Ch.2
"So let's all raise our glasses…TO LUIS!"
"To Luis!" the crowd cheered, toasting their reunited friend.
Luis blushed as he stood up, giving Sam a hug for the speech he has just made.
"Thank you guys so much," he said, speaking to his friends in family in the crowd.
"These past few years have been crazy to say the least…but being back here makes everything feel alright again."
He looked out in the crowd and spotted Teresa, a smile beaming across her face.
"And to my sister Teresa," he said smiling. "I owe you my life."
She blew him a kiss as Fox walked up behind her, wrapping his arms around her.
"Ok!" Luis laughed. "Enough of this…lets have some fun!"
"Yea!" the room cheered as the music starte3d playing. Everyone went on to the dance floor.
"He looked good up there," Teresa said.
"Yea…he really did," Fox smiled, twirling Teresa around to face him.
"Now let's dance." He said, trying his best to be serious. Teresa laughed as he picked her up and dragged her to the floor.
Chad and Whitney were already out there.
"This is so much fun!" Whitney exclaimed.
"Hey, when the Lopez-Fitzgerald's throw a party, they do not disappoint," Teresa said.
The music kept playing. Suddenly, "Hot in Here," came on.
"Oh lord not this song!" Whitney and Teresa screamed.
"Oh yea!" Fox and Chad yelled out, running to the middle of the dance circle that had formed.
The girls groaned as they watched their boys make fools of themselves, attempting to break dance.
"What is it about this song?" Whitney asked? "Every time this song comes on, those two go crazy!"
"I don't know," Teresa said, laughing hysterically. "But you have to admit Whit, their attempts to dance are pretty cute."
Finally, the song was over. The boys returned dripping with sweat.
"Did you ladies enjoy our sweet moves?" Fox asked, trying to catch his breath.
"We umm….well…" neither girl said anything.
"Well what?" Chad asked.
"Um…we have to go the ladies room!" The girls laughed as they ran away.
Fox and Chad looked at each other.
"Well I thought we were good."
The girls ran into the bathroom and shut the door.
"That was too funny," Teresa said, holding on to her sides. They hurt from laughing so hard.
"Oh god Teresa, what are we going to do with these guys?"
"I guess just stay away from dance clubs!"
Whitney laughed.
Suddenly, the door opened.
"Oh hey girls!"
"Sheridan! How are you?" Teresa tried to ask in between her laughs.
"I'm great…and apparently so are you girls!" Sheridan laughed. "What's so funny?"
"Well," Whitney began. All of a sudden, people began screaming from the party. There was a lot of commotion. Then, there was a loud crashing noise, and more screaming.
"Oh my god! What was that?" Teresa yelled. The three girls ran out and back to the room.
When they got there, they saw a large crowd gathering towards the middle of the dance floor.
Teresa saw Fox.
"Fox!" She called out.
He turned around. His eyes widened when he saw her.
"Teresa, no!"
She tried to run towards him, but was suddenly grabbed from behind.
She screamed. A big hand covered her mouth.
"Resa!" Fox yelled, running towards her.
"Don't move!" Teresa heard a deep voice yell out in her ear from behind her. "Don't think I wont use this thing." He pulled out a knife and placed it against her neck.
Fox stopped. His eyes looked helplessly at her.
"Let her go."
" Not on your life buddy," he said, tightening his grip. Teresa gasped in pain.
"Son of a bitch!" Luis yelled, standing by Fox.
"Both if you better not come any closer!" the man yelled. "I'm warning you."
"Luis, stop!" Fox yelled, holding him back.
"What do you want?" Luis asked, gritting though his teeth.
The man smiled as he looked at all of the terrified faces watching him. The whole room was unmoving, everyone too scared to even breath.
He licked his lips.
"I have a job to do," he said laughing.
"And what's that?" Fox asked.
Teresa shut her eyes, shivering in fear.
The man looked at him, beaming.
"To kill you."