Chapter 6 PART 1
"Teresita, please watch the pie in the oven. I'm going upstairs for a minute!" Pilar said.
"Yes, Mama." Teresa told her mother. "So what do you want to do until dinner?" She asked Whitney.
"Well, I don't know."
"Okay. Well, what do you want to do tonight?"
"I don't know. Maybe watch a scary movie?"
"Scary movie? How about a romantic one? Like Gone With The Wind! That's my favorite!" Teresa said enthusiastically.
"Well......I've never seen it." Whitney confused.
"What!" Teresa was shocked. "Never?"
"Never."
"Well, there's no better time than the present. We'll watch it, have some popcorn, do make overs...." Teresa was cut off.
"And you can tell me your problem." Whitney said.
"Oh...yeah." Teresa remembered.
"Is something wrong?" Whitney asked.
"No. Why?"
"Because I think something's burning."
Teresa smelled the air and shouted, "Oh no! The pie!"
Teresa and Whitney ran to the oven. Teresa put on her baking gloves and opened the door.
"Cough, cough!" Whitney and Teresa coughed from the black smoke.
"Mama is gonna be mad." Teresa said.
"She'll understand."
"I hope so."
Luis was walking in the house when he smelled the smoke.
"What is going on here?" He asked Teresa.
"I burnt Mama's pie."
"Well, clean that up fast."
"Your not mad at me anymore. Are you?"
"Nope. Hurry up now. I invited a woman over for dinner."
"Who?" Teresa asked becoming interested.
"Her name is Beth Wallace."
"Beth?" Whitney asked.
"Yes, Beth. Who are you?" He asked.
"Whitney Russell. A friend of Teresa's. I work for Beth."
"Oh! She's a lovely girl."
"Yes she is." Whitney said.
"Well, I'll be down in a little bit." Luis said heading for his room.
Teresa could tell that Luis was on the top of the world. It was very obvious to anyone. Whitney even noticed it.
"Your brother is happy!" Whitney told Teresa.
"What gave you that idea?"
"Well, I don't know. Maybe I just got that feeling because he is skipping. I don't often see a guy who skips."
Teresa let out a big laugh.
"You know, Whit, it's been such a long time since Luis has been in love. He was engaged before." Teresa began to inform Whitney.
"Well what happened?" Whitney asked while placing the salad on the table.
Teresa was taking care of the burnt pie and said very sadly, "She died."
A long period of silence then came. A few minutes later Teresa broke it.
"She was like my sister. I can't believe she's gone." Teresa then let out a cry. "Someone cut her breaks. I remember....her and Luis had a fight. Her name was Anne. She was such a sweet girl. Well one day Luis and her had a big fight. They lived together you know. She couldn't be with him after a fight. So she ran off in her car. She was driving, trying to find somewhere to go. Well, on the opposite side of the road a man was driving. He was drunk and speeding." She cried more and more. "It was raining outside and she couldn't see him. But by the time she did see him it was too late. He was driving in the wrong lane. Her lane. It took Luis so long to heal. He's still healing."
"I'm so sorry." Was all that Whitney could say.
"It's not your fault. After that Luis became a cop. He wanted to make people like that guy pay. It's good to see him happy again." Teresa said whipping away her tears.
"Ding, dong!"
"I'll get it!" Luis screamed from upstairs. He raced downstairs to the door.
"Hi Beth!"
"Hi Luis!"
"Come in and meet my family." He said.
"Thank you."
"May I take your coat?"
"You may." Beth took off her coat and gave it to Luis.
"Your brother's smooth." Whitney told Teresa.
"Yeah I guess he is."
Beth and Luis entered the kitchen.
"Beth, this is my sister Teresa and you already know Whitney."
"Hello Teresa! Hi Whitney!"
"It's nice to meet you, Beth!" Teresa said very politely.
"Same here." Beth said.
"Dinner's just about ready. Take a seat." Teresa told Luis and Beth.
"Okay, thanks," said Luis.
Miguel ran into the kitchen. He was soaked.
"Oh Miguel!" Teresa screamed in shock. "Where have you been?"
"Out playing basketball at the park. It started to rain all of the sudden."
"Well Miguel this is my friend Whitney."
"Hi Whitney!" He said taking off his shirt.
"Hi!" Whitney blushed.
"Miguel! We have guests!" Teresa said sounding like Pilar.
"Sorry." He hugged his sister.
"Don't! Now I'm wet. Ugh! Excuse me while I go and change." Teresa said leaving.
"Miguel, this is Beth." Luis said introducing Beth.
"Oh! Hi how are you?" He said taking her hand.
"Fine." Beth laughed.
"Well, if you'll all excuse me. I must change." Miguel said.
"Of course." Luis said.
Pilar was walking downstairs when she saw Miguel.
"Mijo! Go change!"
"I am, Mama." Miguel laughed.
"Mama, this is Beth."
"Hello, dear!"
"Hello, Mrs. Lopez-Fitzgerald." Beth said.
"Oh no!" She said when she saw the pie. "Whitney, what happened to the pie?"
"We burnt it."
"Oh well. We still have a tomato soup cake for dessert that Grace Bennett made me."
Everyone took a seat and waited for Teresa and Miguel to come downstairs. Teresa's room was right next to Miguel's. Teresa walked out of her room and saw Miguel standing by his door.
"Waiting for something?" She asked him.
"Someone."
"Who?" She asked.
"You."
"Me?" Being confused she asked.
"Yes." He said coming closer.
"What do you want?"
"I told you already."
"You said me, but what is it that you want from me."
"You'll see." He then ran and picked her up.
"Put me down now!" She demanded.
"Sorry."
He carried her all the way to the dinner table.
"Mijo! What are you doing?" Pilar asked.
"Nothing."
"Now may I get down?" Teresa asked.
"Well, since I want to eat you may." He placed her down.
Dinner went on very nicely without anything odd happening. After dinner Pilar went up to her room for the rest of the night, but warned the children to be good. Whitney and Teresa went up to Teresa's room to get their things ready for the night. They were going to sleep in the living room. Miguel went to his room acting very suspicious. Luis and Beth walked outside to sit on the porch. While Teresa and Whitney were upstairs, they looked out the window and noticed Luis leaning in for a kiss. Beth was leaning in when they heard two people.
"Woohoo!" Whitney shouted.
"Go Beth!!!! Go Luis!!!!" Teresa shouted.
They immediately turned their heads away from each other. Luis looked like he was going to kill them. Beth though, laughed. She thought it was cute. Luis' family was the family she never had. Her mother was always with different men every night. She had no brothers or sisters, and she didn't know who her father was. This was the closest thing she ad to a family.
"You two leave us alone!" Luis said. "It's getting late, I'll take you home." He told Beth.
"Okay. Bye Whitney! It was nice meeting you, Teresa."
"Same here!" Teresa shouted.
Beth got into Luis' car.
"Can I see you again?" He asked nervously.
"Luis, I'd love that." Then she kissed him.
Luis dropped her off and then went home. He went into Miguel's room though and not his own. Teresa and Whitney didn't notice it though because they were starting the movie.
"You'll love this movie!" Teresa said. "I know almost every line."
"Good for you!" Whitney said sarcastically. "Let me hear them out of the actor's mouths. That's why they make movies you know."
"Okay, okay. I can take a hint. Do you want to do the make overs now?"
"Sure. I'll start with you."
"Do I need it that bad?"
"If you want to impress this guy. Now since we're alone tell me your problem."
"Okay. Well, when I first got to Harmony I went to the park. There I bumped into Gwen."
"Gwen Hotchkiss?" Whitney asked.
"Yeah. Anyways she invited me to the mansion for dinner yesterday. There I kinda got drunk and a lot of things happened, but I spent the night there. I woke up in Ethan's bed."
"Wow!"
"Yeah. He was in his boxers and only them. Well there he told me that he likes me. He kissed me and I kissed him back. Problem is he is engaged to Gwen. Well he told me that since he can't break off the engagement I could keep coming to see him during the afternoon and we could be together like that. And see I work there now for Ivy. What should I do?"
"You are in more trouble with Harmony than I have ever been. Well, let's see. Why won't he break off the engagement?"
"I don't know. Maybe he will. Who knows."
"Okay. Well, maybe you should give him a week or so to decide who he really loves. He just needs time right now. As for him suggesting you be his mistress, all I can say is if he wants that then he ain't worth it." Whitney concluded.
"You really think I should give him a week?"
"I do. Next time you see him, tell him that he has a week to decide if he wants you."
"Okay. I'll try it."
"Now, what kind of look are you going for?"
"Whitney. let's hold off on the make overs. I just want to watch the movie."
"Fine with me. That way I can see the whole movie."
"I warn you now it's long."
"Thanks for the warning."
When the movie was done, Teresa got out of her seat and pulled her covers around her. She put her hair up like Scarlet's and said, "Ooh if I just wasn't a lady, WHAT wouldn't I tell that varmint!"
Whitney giggled and then said, "You make a good Scarlett."
"Thank you."
"Fiddle dee dee." Whitney said.
"Your doing it all wrong!"
"How then is it suppose to be?"
"Well your doing it fine, but I'm Scarlett!" Teresa laughed. "You can be Melanie."
"Frankly my dear, I don't give a damn!"
"That was good!"
"Thank you! I'll be here all night signing autographs."
"Your so full of yourself." Teresa laughed.
"Bump!"
Teresa and Whitney heard something. It was past 2 a.m. so they knew everyone else was asleep. They turned and held each other.
"Wha...what was that?" Whitney asked. Her whole body was shaking.
"I...I...I don't know."
"Should we go see?" Should we get Luis?"
"Let's get Luis!"
They girls ran upstairs holding on to each other by their clothes. They didn't even knock on his door, instead they ran into his room and jumped on his bed. When they didn't hear Luis, they got worried.
"Whitney, flip the lights!"
Teresa screamed once Whitney flipped the lights.
"Ahhhh!"
"Oh my God!" Whitney screamed next.
"Luis! Are you alive?"
Luis laid on his bed covered in blood which was ketchup. Teresa tried to find a pulse, but she couldn't find one.
"Let's go get Miguel!" Teresa said pulling Whitney.
They found Miguel in his room covered in blood too. It looked like his throat was cut.
"Oh no! Not Miguel!"
"Let's go find your mom." Whitney cried.
When they turned around, they were greeted by someone. It was Luis. He took some of the blood off of him and licked it.
"Mmmm! Good ketchup!" He smiled.
"Damn you! You scared us!" Teresa was pissed off now.
"We were just having fun." Miguel said getting up.
"Oh my! Is this what you guys do for fun?" Whitney asked.
"Never like this before." Teresa said. "Excuse us now. We're going to bed."
"Goodnight." Whitney said as Teresa pulled her out of Miguel's room.
"Teresita, please watch the pie in the oven. I'm going upstairs for a minute!" Pilar said.
"Yes, Mama." Teresa told her mother. "So what do you want to do until dinner?" She asked Whitney.
"Well, I don't know."
"Okay. Well, what do you want to do tonight?"
"I don't know. Maybe watch a scary movie?"
"Scary movie? How about a romantic one? Like Gone With The Wind! That's my favorite!" Teresa said enthusiastically.
"Well......I've never seen it." Whitney confused.
"What!" Teresa was shocked. "Never?"
"Never."
"Well, there's no better time than the present. We'll watch it, have some popcorn, do make overs...." Teresa was cut off.
"And you can tell me your problem." Whitney said.
"Oh...yeah." Teresa remembered.
"Is something wrong?" Whitney asked.
"No. Why?"
"Because I think something's burning."
Teresa smelled the air and shouted, "Oh no! The pie!"
Teresa and Whitney ran to the oven. Teresa put on her baking gloves and opened the door.
"Cough, cough!" Whitney and Teresa coughed from the black smoke.
"Mama is gonna be mad." Teresa said.
"She'll understand."
"I hope so."
Luis was walking in the house when he smelled the smoke.
"What is going on here?" He asked Teresa.
"I burnt Mama's pie."
"Well, clean that up fast."
"Your not mad at me anymore. Are you?"
"Nope. Hurry up now. I invited a woman over for dinner."
"Who?" Teresa asked becoming interested.
"Her name is Beth Wallace."
"Beth?" Whitney asked.
"Yes, Beth. Who are you?" He asked.
"Whitney Russell. A friend of Teresa's. I work for Beth."
"Oh! She's a lovely girl."
"Yes she is." Whitney said.
"Well, I'll be down in a little bit." Luis said heading for his room.
Teresa could tell that Luis was on the top of the world. It was very obvious to anyone. Whitney even noticed it.
"Your brother is happy!" Whitney told Teresa.
"What gave you that idea?"
"Well, I don't know. Maybe I just got that feeling because he is skipping. I don't often see a guy who skips."
Teresa let out a big laugh.
"You know, Whit, it's been such a long time since Luis has been in love. He was engaged before." Teresa began to inform Whitney.
"Well what happened?" Whitney asked while placing the salad on the table.
Teresa was taking care of the burnt pie and said very sadly, "She died."
A long period of silence then came. A few minutes later Teresa broke it.
"She was like my sister. I can't believe she's gone." Teresa then let out a cry. "Someone cut her breaks. I remember....her and Luis had a fight. Her name was Anne. She was such a sweet girl. Well one day Luis and her had a big fight. They lived together you know. She couldn't be with him after a fight. So she ran off in her car. She was driving, trying to find somewhere to go. Well, on the opposite side of the road a man was driving. He was drunk and speeding." She cried more and more. "It was raining outside and she couldn't see him. But by the time she did see him it was too late. He was driving in the wrong lane. Her lane. It took Luis so long to heal. He's still healing."
"I'm so sorry." Was all that Whitney could say.
"It's not your fault. After that Luis became a cop. He wanted to make people like that guy pay. It's good to see him happy again." Teresa said whipping away her tears.
"Ding, dong!"
"I'll get it!" Luis screamed from upstairs. He raced downstairs to the door.
"Hi Beth!"
"Hi Luis!"
"Come in and meet my family." He said.
"Thank you."
"May I take your coat?"
"You may." Beth took off her coat and gave it to Luis.
"Your brother's smooth." Whitney told Teresa.
"Yeah I guess he is."
Beth and Luis entered the kitchen.
"Beth, this is my sister Teresa and you already know Whitney."
"Hello Teresa! Hi Whitney!"
"It's nice to meet you, Beth!" Teresa said very politely.
"Same here." Beth said.
"Dinner's just about ready. Take a seat." Teresa told Luis and Beth.
"Okay, thanks," said Luis.
Miguel ran into the kitchen. He was soaked.
"Oh Miguel!" Teresa screamed in shock. "Where have you been?"
"Out playing basketball at the park. It started to rain all of the sudden."
"Well Miguel this is my friend Whitney."
"Hi Whitney!" He said taking off his shirt.
"Hi!" Whitney blushed.
"Miguel! We have guests!" Teresa said sounding like Pilar.
"Sorry." He hugged his sister.
"Don't! Now I'm wet. Ugh! Excuse me while I go and change." Teresa said leaving.
"Miguel, this is Beth." Luis said introducing Beth.
"Oh! Hi how are you?" He said taking her hand.
"Fine." Beth laughed.
"Well, if you'll all excuse me. I must change." Miguel said.
"Of course." Luis said.
Pilar was walking downstairs when she saw Miguel.
"Mijo! Go change!"
"I am, Mama." Miguel laughed.
"Mama, this is Beth."
"Hello, dear!"
"Hello, Mrs. Lopez-Fitzgerald." Beth said.
"Oh no!" She said when she saw the pie. "Whitney, what happened to the pie?"
"We burnt it."
"Oh well. We still have a tomato soup cake for dessert that Grace Bennett made me."
Everyone took a seat and waited for Teresa and Miguel to come downstairs. Teresa's room was right next to Miguel's. Teresa walked out of her room and saw Miguel standing by his door.
"Waiting for something?" She asked him.
"Someone."
"Who?" She asked.
"You."
"Me?" Being confused she asked.
"Yes." He said coming closer.
"What do you want?"
"I told you already."
"You said me, but what is it that you want from me."
"You'll see." He then ran and picked her up.
"Put me down now!" She demanded.
"Sorry."
He carried her all the way to the dinner table.
"Mijo! What are you doing?" Pilar asked.
"Nothing."
"Now may I get down?" Teresa asked.
"Well, since I want to eat you may." He placed her down.
Dinner went on very nicely without anything odd happening. After dinner Pilar went up to her room for the rest of the night, but warned the children to be good. Whitney and Teresa went up to Teresa's room to get their things ready for the night. They were going to sleep in the living room. Miguel went to his room acting very suspicious. Luis and Beth walked outside to sit on the porch. While Teresa and Whitney were upstairs, they looked out the window and noticed Luis leaning in for a kiss. Beth was leaning in when they heard two people.
"Woohoo!" Whitney shouted.
"Go Beth!!!! Go Luis!!!!" Teresa shouted.
They immediately turned their heads away from each other. Luis looked like he was going to kill them. Beth though, laughed. She thought it was cute. Luis' family was the family she never had. Her mother was always with different men every night. She had no brothers or sisters, and she didn't know who her father was. This was the closest thing she ad to a family.
"You two leave us alone!" Luis said. "It's getting late, I'll take you home." He told Beth.
"Okay. Bye Whitney! It was nice meeting you, Teresa."
"Same here!" Teresa shouted.
Beth got into Luis' car.
"Can I see you again?" He asked nervously.
"Luis, I'd love that." Then she kissed him.
Luis dropped her off and then went home. He went into Miguel's room though and not his own. Teresa and Whitney didn't notice it though because they were starting the movie.
"You'll love this movie!" Teresa said. "I know almost every line."
"Good for you!" Whitney said sarcastically. "Let me hear them out of the actor's mouths. That's why they make movies you know."
"Okay, okay. I can take a hint. Do you want to do the make overs now?"
"Sure. I'll start with you."
"Do I need it that bad?"
"If you want to impress this guy. Now since we're alone tell me your problem."
"Okay. Well, when I first got to Harmony I went to the park. There I bumped into Gwen."
"Gwen Hotchkiss?" Whitney asked.
"Yeah. Anyways she invited me to the mansion for dinner yesterday. There I kinda got drunk and a lot of things happened, but I spent the night there. I woke up in Ethan's bed."
"Wow!"
"Yeah. He was in his boxers and only them. Well there he told me that he likes me. He kissed me and I kissed him back. Problem is he is engaged to Gwen. Well he told me that since he can't break off the engagement I could keep coming to see him during the afternoon and we could be together like that. And see I work there now for Ivy. What should I do?"
"You are in more trouble with Harmony than I have ever been. Well, let's see. Why won't he break off the engagement?"
"I don't know. Maybe he will. Who knows."
"Okay. Well, maybe you should give him a week or so to decide who he really loves. He just needs time right now. As for him suggesting you be his mistress, all I can say is if he wants that then he ain't worth it." Whitney concluded.
"You really think I should give him a week?"
"I do. Next time you see him, tell him that he has a week to decide if he wants you."
"Okay. I'll try it."
"Now, what kind of look are you going for?"
"Whitney. let's hold off on the make overs. I just want to watch the movie."
"Fine with me. That way I can see the whole movie."
"I warn you now it's long."
"Thanks for the warning."
When the movie was done, Teresa got out of her seat and pulled her covers around her. She put her hair up like Scarlet's and said, "Ooh if I just wasn't a lady, WHAT wouldn't I tell that varmint!"
Whitney giggled and then said, "You make a good Scarlett."
"Thank you."
"Fiddle dee dee." Whitney said.
"Your doing it all wrong!"
"How then is it suppose to be?"
"Well your doing it fine, but I'm Scarlett!" Teresa laughed. "You can be Melanie."
"Frankly my dear, I don't give a damn!"
"That was good!"
"Thank you! I'll be here all night signing autographs."
"Your so full of yourself." Teresa laughed.
"Bump!"
Teresa and Whitney heard something. It was past 2 a.m. so they knew everyone else was asleep. They turned and held each other.
"Wha...what was that?" Whitney asked. Her whole body was shaking.
"I...I...I don't know."
"Should we go see?" Should we get Luis?"
"Let's get Luis!"
They girls ran upstairs holding on to each other by their clothes. They didn't even knock on his door, instead they ran into his room and jumped on his bed. When they didn't hear Luis, they got worried.
"Whitney, flip the lights!"
Teresa screamed once Whitney flipped the lights.
"Ahhhh!"
"Oh my God!" Whitney screamed next.
"Luis! Are you alive?"
Luis laid on his bed covered in blood which was ketchup. Teresa tried to find a pulse, but she couldn't find one.
"Let's go get Miguel!" Teresa said pulling Whitney.
They found Miguel in his room covered in blood too. It looked like his throat was cut.
"Oh no! Not Miguel!"
"Let's go find your mom." Whitney cried.
When they turned around, they were greeted by someone. It was Luis. He took some of the blood off of him and licked it.
"Mmmm! Good ketchup!" He smiled.
"Damn you! You scared us!" Teresa was pissed off now.
"We were just having fun." Miguel said getting up.
"Oh my! Is this what you guys do for fun?" Whitney asked.
"Never like this before." Teresa said. "Excuse us now. We're going to bed."
"Goodnight." Whitney said as Teresa pulled her out of Miguel's room.