Chapter 3: Changes
Author's Note: Last chapter took place four years after the first. Someone informed of my mistake...thanks to that reader! I tried to correct it but I don't know if it worked. Enjoy the chapter and thanks for the great reviews so far.
"No. Absolutely not." Replied Fox to Teresa's request.
"Why not? Goodness, it wouldn't be horrible to try now would it?"
"Resa, we've been friends forever, wouldn't dating complicate things?"
"Do you have to always complicate things?"
"Yes."
"UGH! Stop it. Seriously, I mean... didn't you feel anything from that kiss?"
Fox paused. He didn't want to reply. He just stared at her...uneasily.
"No answer means that you did feel it Fox!" She stopped pacing around Fox's bedroom and sat down next to him on his bed and continued, "Fox, let's just give it a try."
He looked at her and replied, "For the last time...NO!"
Tears started to well up in her eyes. She stood up from the bed and said, "Okay. I understand." She ran from the room before could even continue.
He threw his head into his hands and said, "Shit. What did I just do?"
A hour later
Fox had been banging on Teresa's bedroom door for an hour at least by now and couldn't get her to open it.
(Bang, bang) "Teresa, please, open the door!"
"Go away. I'm not in the mood." She replied.
Fox could hear her sniffling behind the door, "Are you crying?"
"No."
"Yes you are. Open the door."
"I said no! Go away."
Fox slumped down along the door and folded his hands on his knees. He wanted to give up, but he had to explain himself.
"Teresa, the last thing I would ever do is purposely hurt you."
"Well...you did!"
"I know. Just please let me in so that I can explain."
"You can explain from the other side of the door."
"Not with Miguel and Luis staring at me."
No reply. He heard the door unlock and walked inside. He saw Teresa sitting on the bed not facing him but the window. He closed the door behind him and went to sit next to her on the bed. She moved away from him onto the edge of the bed. He grabbed her and slipped her between his legs and held her so her back faced his chest. He placed his chin on her shoulder as she tried to escape his hold on her.
"Teresa! Stop moving and let me explain. PLEASE!"
"Fine." She sat there.
He kissed her head as her stroked her arm, "The only reason I can't date you is..."
"Is what?"
"Melanie."
"Melanie? Who the hell is Melanie?"
"Melanie Denver, you know, Melanie...right?"
"What about her?"
"I like her. A lot. And she likes me. We started dating a couple of days ago."
Teresa turned around and faced him with his arms still around her, "Dating?"
He shook his head, "Yeah. Dating."
"Why didn't you tell me?"
"You wouldn't let me. Whenever we met up you just talked about Noah and whenever we talked on the phone in the morning or before bed you only talked about Noah."
"Oh. I see. But Fox, it's different now you see..."
"No, Resa. It's not. You had a love interest and I have one of my own now as well."
"But Fox..."
"Resa, you're my best friend, ever. And I love you...but not like that. Not like a partner should love another partner."
"I see."
"Yeah. You're not though right?"
"Are you kidding me? Of course I am."
"Teresa..."
"No. I'm bound to be mad I guess, but I'll get over. I mean a kiss is just a kiss right?"
"Right. But a kiss is a kiss you can never get back."
"Huh?"
He laughed, "Never mind. Come here." He stretched out his arms and she curled right into them.
"So, we're still friends right?"
"Fox, we're the best of friends. Forever and ever."
"Promise?"
"Promise." She replied.
"This is going to bring on a lot changes for us."
"Changes?"
"Yeah, I can't talk to you so much, like in the mornings or before bed, because Mel may be suspicious or feel threatened."
"She should feel threatened."
"What? Why?"
"I am not going to give you that easily you."
He laughed, "How hard are you going to make this on us?"
"Um... about as hard as you right now."
"Ew! Gross!" Fox jumped from the bed and stared down at his 'little Fox'.
Teresa laughed at Fox as he tried to calm 'little Fox' down.
"Teresa! This isn't funny!"
"Now who said you didn't have feelings for me?"
Author's note: Next chapter: Meet Melanie Denver.
Author's Note: Last chapter took place four years after the first. Someone informed of my mistake...thanks to that reader! I tried to correct it but I don't know if it worked. Enjoy the chapter and thanks for the great reviews so far.
"No. Absolutely not." Replied Fox to Teresa's request.
"Why not? Goodness, it wouldn't be horrible to try now would it?"
"Resa, we've been friends forever, wouldn't dating complicate things?"
"Do you have to always complicate things?"
"Yes."
"UGH! Stop it. Seriously, I mean... didn't you feel anything from that kiss?"
Fox paused. He didn't want to reply. He just stared at her...uneasily.
"No answer means that you did feel it Fox!" She stopped pacing around Fox's bedroom and sat down next to him on his bed and continued, "Fox, let's just give it a try."
He looked at her and replied, "For the last time...NO!"
Tears started to well up in her eyes. She stood up from the bed and said, "Okay. I understand." She ran from the room before could even continue.
He threw his head into his hands and said, "Shit. What did I just do?"
A hour later
Fox had been banging on Teresa's bedroom door for an hour at least by now and couldn't get her to open it.
(Bang, bang) "Teresa, please, open the door!"
"Go away. I'm not in the mood." She replied.
Fox could hear her sniffling behind the door, "Are you crying?"
"No."
"Yes you are. Open the door."
"I said no! Go away."
Fox slumped down along the door and folded his hands on his knees. He wanted to give up, but he had to explain himself.
"Teresa, the last thing I would ever do is purposely hurt you."
"Well...you did!"
"I know. Just please let me in so that I can explain."
"You can explain from the other side of the door."
"Not with Miguel and Luis staring at me."
No reply. He heard the door unlock and walked inside. He saw Teresa sitting on the bed not facing him but the window. He closed the door behind him and went to sit next to her on the bed. She moved away from him onto the edge of the bed. He grabbed her and slipped her between his legs and held her so her back faced his chest. He placed his chin on her shoulder as she tried to escape his hold on her.
"Teresa! Stop moving and let me explain. PLEASE!"
"Fine." She sat there.
He kissed her head as her stroked her arm, "The only reason I can't date you is..."
"Is what?"
"Melanie."
"Melanie? Who the hell is Melanie?"
"Melanie Denver, you know, Melanie...right?"
"What about her?"
"I like her. A lot. And she likes me. We started dating a couple of days ago."
Teresa turned around and faced him with his arms still around her, "Dating?"
He shook his head, "Yeah. Dating."
"Why didn't you tell me?"
"You wouldn't let me. Whenever we met up you just talked about Noah and whenever we talked on the phone in the morning or before bed you only talked about Noah."
"Oh. I see. But Fox, it's different now you see..."
"No, Resa. It's not. You had a love interest and I have one of my own now as well."
"But Fox..."
"Resa, you're my best friend, ever. And I love you...but not like that. Not like a partner should love another partner."
"I see."
"Yeah. You're not though right?"
"Are you kidding me? Of course I am."
"Teresa..."
"No. I'm bound to be mad I guess, but I'll get over. I mean a kiss is just a kiss right?"
"Right. But a kiss is a kiss you can never get back."
"Huh?"
He laughed, "Never mind. Come here." He stretched out his arms and she curled right into them.
"So, we're still friends right?"
"Fox, we're the best of friends. Forever and ever."
"Promise?"
"Promise." She replied.
"This is going to bring on a lot changes for us."
"Changes?"
"Yeah, I can't talk to you so much, like in the mornings or before bed, because Mel may be suspicious or feel threatened."
"She should feel threatened."
"What? Why?"
"I am not going to give you that easily you."
He laughed, "How hard are you going to make this on us?"
"Um... about as hard as you right now."
"Ew! Gross!" Fox jumped from the bed and stared down at his 'little Fox'.
Teresa laughed at Fox as he tried to calm 'little Fox' down.
"Teresa! This isn't funny!"
"Now who said you didn't have feelings for me?"
Author's note: Next chapter: Meet Melanie Denver.