Chapter 4
They were now standing only inches away. They could feel the energy between them. Ethan thought only about kissing her. Teresa couldn't believe that this was happening.
Ethan moved in for a kiss. Teresa knew that she should pull away, but she wanted it too badly. Their lips were barely touching. He wanted her so badly, but he was engaged to Gwen. He didn't care though. He finally kissed Teresa. At first it was nice and soft, but it got more and more passionate. They finally stopped for some air.
"I've....I've never kissed anyone like that." Ethan said breathing heavy.
"Neither have I." Teresa said.
"Listen, Teresa, you know that I'm engaged to Gwen, but I want you. I can't break off the engagement. So would you mind coming to see me everyday. We could do more than this." He said smiling.
"What!" Teresa screamed. "I'm not going to be you're whore or your mistress! I have too much respect for myself and my family. Sorry, but you'll have to find a hooker on streets." She said very angry.
She stormed out of his room slamming the door as hard as she could. She ran past Ivy and Julian. What they thought of her now didn't matter. She just had to get home and think. She knew that once she got home her mother and Luis would start questioning her. She hoped that they were busy or not home. She pulled out her key and tried running to her room, but was stopped at the top of the staircase.
"Teresa!" Luis sounded very mad.
"Yes, Luis." She tired to act innocent.
"Drop your act. Come down here and talk to me face to face."
Teresa came downstairs. Luis' face was as red as a tomato.
"Come closer." He said trying to calm down.
She closed her eyes and stepped forward. He didn't yell in her face or anything. Instead when she opened her eyes, she saw him shaking head.
"How could you, Teresa? You know the rules."
Teresa was confused. "What do you mean?"
"No drinking! You're only 18! Not even yet!" Luis said.
"I...I.."
"Don't deny it. Tell me the truth."
"I did drink. I'll tell you the whole truth." She said very frightened.
"Yes. In front of Mama, Miguel, and me."
"Luis, please later and just between you and me. Please."
"Teresa, you broke the rules. This is a family problem. You have to be an example for Miguel."
"Okay. But please later."
"No! When I want. I'm not going to put my schedule aside because you don't want to talk now." He said getting more angry every minute.
"O.." Teresa was going to say okay, but someone was at the door.
"Thanks, God!" She told herself.
"Knock, knock!"
"I'll get it." Luis said.
"Hi, is Teresa here." The man asked.
Teresa couldn't see who it was, but the voice was familiar. It was Ethan. But what was he doing there?
"She's here, but she can't talk now. She's in trouble." Luis said closing the door, but Ethan pushed it back open. Luis eyes lit up like a fire work.
"Excuse me, but what do you think you're doing?" Luis asked getting mad at Ethan. "Just who are you?"
"I must talk to Mrs. Martin Lopez-Fitzgerald and Teresa. I'm Ethan Crane."
"You're Ethan?" Luis said beginning to smile.
"Yes." Ethan sighed with relief.
"Oh please come in."
"Thank you. What's your name?" Ethan asked.
"Luis."
Once Ethan entered the house Luis grabbed Ethan by his coat and pinned him up against the wall.
"Who exactly do you think you are? Letting a 18 year old minor drink! How old are you?" Luis demanded to know.
"23." He said scarred to death of Luis now.
"23. You're old enough, but she isn't!" He said pointing to Teresa. "You rich people are different than us middle class people. We know the difference between the law. All you do is break the law. Get out of this house now! You're not allowed on these grounds again. Got that buddy?" He finished making his point clear by poking Ethan with his index finger.
"Yes, Sir." Ethan said.
"Good." Luis said letting go of Ethan. "Leave now!"
"Good day." Ethan said as Luis slammed the door in his face.
"Go to your room now! I'm too angry to talk to you!" Luis shouted.
Teresa ran to her room. It was so empty. She sat and looked out her window. She saw Ethan sitting in his car.
"Ethan!" She screamed.
"Teresa?"
"Ethan!"
"Teresa!" He said smiling.
"Come up here."
"How?"
"Climb."
"Climb?"
"Yes."
"I'll try."
At first he had a hard time, but he finally got up there.
"Teresa, I must speak to your mother."
"My mother? What about me? You want my to be your mistress. That hurt me so much, Ethan." She said with tears in her eyes.
"That's not what I meant. Please, I'll make it up to you. Right now I have to speak to your mother if we are ever going to speak to each other again."
Teresa looked into his eyes. She could tell that he was in pain. He wanted to be forgiven.
"Okay. Hid in case Luis comes in here." She told him.
Teresa went to find Pilar.
"Mama, someone needs to talk to you."
"Who, Mija?"
Ethan popped out.
"Ethan Crane?" She said very confused.
"Yes. Please Pilar, don't blame Teresa."
"For what?" Pilar asked.
"For being drunk."
"Drunk!" Pilar said very upset.
"It was my fault. I know now that I shouldn't have given her anything to drink. Please hate me and not Teresa. I want to be friends with her. I truly do." Ethan pleaded.
They were now standing only inches away. They could feel the energy between them. Ethan thought only about kissing her. Teresa couldn't believe that this was happening.
Ethan moved in for a kiss. Teresa knew that she should pull away, but she wanted it too badly. Their lips were barely touching. He wanted her so badly, but he was engaged to Gwen. He didn't care though. He finally kissed Teresa. At first it was nice and soft, but it got more and more passionate. They finally stopped for some air.
"I've....I've never kissed anyone like that." Ethan said breathing heavy.
"Neither have I." Teresa said.
"Listen, Teresa, you know that I'm engaged to Gwen, but I want you. I can't break off the engagement. So would you mind coming to see me everyday. We could do more than this." He said smiling.
"What!" Teresa screamed. "I'm not going to be you're whore or your mistress! I have too much respect for myself and my family. Sorry, but you'll have to find a hooker on streets." She said very angry.
She stormed out of his room slamming the door as hard as she could. She ran past Ivy and Julian. What they thought of her now didn't matter. She just had to get home and think. She knew that once she got home her mother and Luis would start questioning her. She hoped that they were busy or not home. She pulled out her key and tried running to her room, but was stopped at the top of the staircase.
"Teresa!" Luis sounded very mad.
"Yes, Luis." She tired to act innocent.
"Drop your act. Come down here and talk to me face to face."
Teresa came downstairs. Luis' face was as red as a tomato.
"Come closer." He said trying to calm down.
She closed her eyes and stepped forward. He didn't yell in her face or anything. Instead when she opened her eyes, she saw him shaking head.
"How could you, Teresa? You know the rules."
Teresa was confused. "What do you mean?"
"No drinking! You're only 18! Not even yet!" Luis said.
"I...I.."
"Don't deny it. Tell me the truth."
"I did drink. I'll tell you the whole truth." She said very frightened.
"Yes. In front of Mama, Miguel, and me."
"Luis, please later and just between you and me. Please."
"Teresa, you broke the rules. This is a family problem. You have to be an example for Miguel."
"Okay. But please later."
"No! When I want. I'm not going to put my schedule aside because you don't want to talk now." He said getting more angry every minute.
"O.." Teresa was going to say okay, but someone was at the door.
"Thanks, God!" She told herself.
"Knock, knock!"
"I'll get it." Luis said.
"Hi, is Teresa here." The man asked.
Teresa couldn't see who it was, but the voice was familiar. It was Ethan. But what was he doing there?
"She's here, but she can't talk now. She's in trouble." Luis said closing the door, but Ethan pushed it back open. Luis eyes lit up like a fire work.
"Excuse me, but what do you think you're doing?" Luis asked getting mad at Ethan. "Just who are you?"
"I must talk to Mrs. Martin Lopez-Fitzgerald and Teresa. I'm Ethan Crane."
"You're Ethan?" Luis said beginning to smile.
"Yes." Ethan sighed with relief.
"Oh please come in."
"Thank you. What's your name?" Ethan asked.
"Luis."
Once Ethan entered the house Luis grabbed Ethan by his coat and pinned him up against the wall.
"Who exactly do you think you are? Letting a 18 year old minor drink! How old are you?" Luis demanded to know.
"23." He said scarred to death of Luis now.
"23. You're old enough, but she isn't!" He said pointing to Teresa. "You rich people are different than us middle class people. We know the difference between the law. All you do is break the law. Get out of this house now! You're not allowed on these grounds again. Got that buddy?" He finished making his point clear by poking Ethan with his index finger.
"Yes, Sir." Ethan said.
"Good." Luis said letting go of Ethan. "Leave now!"
"Good day." Ethan said as Luis slammed the door in his face.
"Go to your room now! I'm too angry to talk to you!" Luis shouted.
Teresa ran to her room. It was so empty. She sat and looked out her window. She saw Ethan sitting in his car.
"Ethan!" She screamed.
"Teresa?"
"Ethan!"
"Teresa!" He said smiling.
"Come up here."
"How?"
"Climb."
"Climb?"
"Yes."
"I'll try."
At first he had a hard time, but he finally got up there.
"Teresa, I must speak to your mother."
"My mother? What about me? You want my to be your mistress. That hurt me so much, Ethan." She said with tears in her eyes.
"That's not what I meant. Please, I'll make it up to you. Right now I have to speak to your mother if we are ever going to speak to each other again."
Teresa looked into his eyes. She could tell that he was in pain. He wanted to be forgiven.
"Okay. Hid in case Luis comes in here." She told him.
Teresa went to find Pilar.
"Mama, someone needs to talk to you."
"Who, Mija?"
Ethan popped out.
"Ethan Crane?" She said very confused.
"Yes. Please Pilar, don't blame Teresa."
"For what?" Pilar asked.
"For being drunk."
"Drunk!" Pilar said very upset.
"It was my fault. I know now that I shouldn't have given her anything to drink. Please hate me and not Teresa. I want to be friends with her. I truly do." Ethan pleaded.