Chapter 5 - Heart to Heart

She was heartbroken; not knowing where to go or who to turn to she just ran. Why had all the men in her life disappoint her. Was she doomed to live her life alone! No one loved her. She wanted to run, run from Fox, Ethan her family. She didn't pay any attention to where she was going and ran into a wall of arms

"Hey there, where's the fire?" said the stranger

"I am sorry, I guess I wasn't paying attention to where I was going?" she didn't bother to look up.

"Hey it's o.k. Theresa"

""How did you....." she said as she looked up. "Ethan! What are you doing here?"

"I was going to ask you the same question?

"I was just out here, I need to think!" said Theresa "What about you?" asked Theresa "Nothing, I just needed a breath of fresh air, remember Theresa we use to come out here late at night and talk!"

"I know don't remind me!"

"Yea when I am stressed out or when me and Gwen are fighting I come out here to clear my head you know!"

"Are you and Gwen having problems?

"You know the same o, same o" laughed Ethan "Theresa this Theresa that!"

"Oh that touchy subject, I am glad that I have become a conversation piece between you and Gwen, and that you find it amusing Ethan!"

"No, not that it is amusing" sighed Ethan "It's just getting old fast! " Smiled Ethan as he looked at her.

"What's going on with you Theresa, why are you out here so late at night?"

"Nothing!" she said as she smiled at him

"Come on Theresa, you were running from something, come on you can tell me what is going on!" said Ethan as he took her arms into his

She sighed was she going to tell him what had happen tonight that she overheard the man that she loved confess to the world that he was in love with someone else and that person was her best friend. She hated him for that, how could he use her like that then again she use him to get Ethan jealous.

"Come on Theresa take a walk with me, for old time sake!"

"Alright are you sure that Gwen won't mind"

"She'll mind but I am trying to help an old friend with a problem what is the harm in that!" smiled Ethan "So tell me what is wrong?"

What happen to Ethan just the other day he had despised her now he was comforting her was there an ulterior motive. She decided that it was time that she told the truth she was tired of lying tried of scheming. She was going to let everyone know the truth tonight starting with Ethan.

He led her to a Spot on the beach and sat down with her.

Fox ran he searched for Theresa in her room but she was not there "Where could have she gone?" he thought to himself.

He walked outside and saw her running he ran after her but it was too late she had run into Ethan he hid behind a tree. Listening to their conversation "Please god don't let her fall for Ethan again, I love her too much to lose her to him" he then notice that Ethan had wrapped his arms around hers and was leading her somewhere he decided to follow. He wanted to know what they were talking about he wanted to know if they were going to rekindle their love. He had to know his relationship with Theresa depended on it.

"So are you going to tell me what is bothering you or do I have to tickle it out of you?" Said Ethan.

"Well.... Where do you want me to start?"

"How about with the truth Theresa?" said Ethan "Tell me why were you crying?"

"Remember Ethan we spent the night before our wedding here" she said

"How could I forget?" he laughed "I remember you screaming my name!" he smiled

As she balled up her fist and punched him in the arm "OW, damn that hurts" as he rubbed the place where Theresa just punched

"Serves you right, if that's all you remember!"

"No Theresa, I remember everything, we had our good times and bad times" Laughed Ethan "What happen to us Theresa?"

"Lies Ethan, Lies is what happen to us..... I thought I was protecting you I should have told you the truth, I shouldn't have kept things from you!"

"Theresa, forget it, that's all in the past!"

"Ethan.... Do you think that if I told you the truth that maybe things would have been different between us?"

"I don't know Theresa, maybe.... You just can predict things like that you know I guess fate had a different path for us"

"Oh my god ETHAN you talking about FATE!" Laughed Theresa "Man hell must have really froze over

He gently shoved her, and she shoved him back, he started to tickle her and she was laughing hysterically "Now that is the smile I wanted see!" as he stopped and moved the strand of hair from her face he leaned in "I miss that smile Theresa!" as he leaned in closer and kissed her she kissed him back. He moved in closer trying to make the kiss more passionate but she back off. The kiss wasn't the same it wasn't like before. She didn't feel the spark, the fireworks. She knew that her love for Ethan was gone, it was with Fox.

"Oh god! Theresa I am sorry I don't know what came over me!"

"It's o.k. Ethan!" as he looked away from her he couldn't bear to look her in the eye. He felt it to the love was gone he wanted her to remember the love that she felt for him. What had happen to them they had been so in love so happy.

She noticed that he was sad. "Ethan I think I better go!"

"No stay.... Tell me what is wrong with you?" he said, "That's why we came here!"

"Where should I start?"

"From the beginning!" as he put his hand in hers

Fox was angry he couldn't believe that Ethan would do something like that with his wife at home in bed not knowing where he was. He heart jumped when he noticed that Theresa had backed away from the kiss. He thoughts were interrupted when he heard Theresa talking.

"Well you know that me and Fox were dating right and that we had mutually broken things off...."

"Yeah!"

"Well.... Me, Whitney and Chad came out here to relax because the stress for the baby is not good, Fox showed up and we got into a huge fight." She sighed and she tried to catch her breath "He walked off.... Whitney convince me to go after him and talk let him know how I felt...That I wanted to start the relationship over with him... You know work things out.... I didn't know where he went and I just was walking!" as a tear fell from her face

"I found him talking to himself.... So I crept and hid and listen to him!" she sighed

"I heard something that I guess I wasn't supposed to hear! Theresa said as she held back her tears. She sighed as she laid back into the sand "I heard Fox confess his love for Whitney tonight!"

"Well isn't that a good thing?" smiled Ethan "Yes!" he thought to himself all this time he thought that his brother was in love with Theresa but all along it had been Whitney "There might still be a chance for us!" his mind screamed

"I am sorry Theresa!" he said sadly but in his mind and in his heart it jumped for joy

"You don't understand Ethan, I am in love with him!" as she lifted herself up "I am in love with FOX!"

Wait did he hear her right she was in love with him, his heart jumped with joy this was the happiest moment of his life. He felt a pang of jealousy and the women he loved was confessing her thoughts her emotion to his half brother.

"No!" Ethan mind screamed, "She can't be in love with him, she told me that she would always love me!

"What!" he said loud

"Ethan I thought that you might be happy for me, I know Gwen will be happy!" she said "I am leaving you alone!" she said "I have decided that I am not going to pursue you anymore, I am done with these childish games and antics!

"So you are going to pursue Fox?" as he looked down on the floor he didn't want her to see the sadness in his eyes

"No!" she cried "How can I, he loves Whitney not me!" as she grabbed Ethan into her arms and cried heavily on his shoulder "He will never love me!" as she cried hard "Why.... Every man that I loved has deserted me" as she gradually remove herself from Ethan Shoulder "Maybe I am destined to be alone for the rest of my life!"

She stood up "I have to get out of here I have to leave I can't be around, I only bring heartache!" she ran into the night. "I am sorry Ethan, tell Gwen that I am sorry for everything that I have done to her!

Ethan stood there stunned what had he done he had pushed the one women that he loved more than life into the arms of his brother, the womanizer the thought of Fox made his blood boil. How could he do that to her!

Fox just stood there he wanted to run after her but his legs wouldn't move "She thinks that I don't love her!" he thought "I have to let her know how much she means to me!"

Fox had decided he was going to find Theresa and convince her that he loved her more than life itself before it was too late for them she had to know, he step out of his hiding place after he notice that Ethan was not there anymore "YOU!!!"

A/N - Sorry I haven't updated in such a long time I had writer's block!!! Next Chapter Theresa confronts Gwen. And Ethan and Fox get into a confrontation regarding Theresa.