I really hate to be so repetitive, but it has to be said, or else. I do not
own Passions or any of the characters. NBC has that honor and privilege.
An authors note- (My first real one!) Fox and Kate have special nicknames for each other. Everyone calls them by their middle names, but they call each other by their first names, Meg and Nicky. I just wanted to make that clear. Thank you and keep reading!
Chapter 7- Chess
Fox and Theresa were kissing passionately on the front steps of her house. She could not believe how attracted to him she was. She had never thought she would ever care about anyone but Ethan in this way. She was so glad that she and Fox were together. She doubted that she would have been able to get through the events of the past few weeks without him.
When the couple broke apart, Fox held her close. "Fox?" Theresa asked.
"What?" Fox murmured into her hair.
"Do you really think that your sister is going to be able to help me?"
Fox looked her in the eye. "Theresa, Kate is going to get you everything that you have been wishing for. Trust me, she would never betray you. She knows how much I care about you, and would never hurt me like that. Besides, She isn't like that, she doesn't just hurt people who don't deserve it. She only goes after the people who hurt her or her friends. She is extremely loyal, especially to me. So don't worry."
Theresa smiled and kissed him once more. "Okay. I'll see you tomorrow."
Fox smiled as he watched her disappear behind the door. Spinning his heel, he walked back down to his car, and drove home.
~*~*~
Kate was pacing up and down the length of her bedroom. She was waiting for her twin to show up. She hated to wait, for anyone. Kate could barely contain herself. She had this incredible break, and she couldn't believe it. How did she ever get so lucky. She got Gwen and Rebecca to admit wrongdoing, and on tape no less. She had just spent the last hour copying that little message onto her computer, and had burned it onto dozens of cds.
Finally, her door opened and Fox stuck his head through. "You decent?" He called with a hand over his eyes.
Kate rolled her eyes. Pulling him into the room, she led him over to her computer. "I need to know everything that you do on all of the people in this house, and then I will tell you about something that I just got on Gwen and Rebecca."
Fox raised his eyebrows. He knew that she was good, but she had only been here for a few hours. "Where should I start?" He asked.
"I don't care, how about the beginning. Tell me why Gwen and Rebecca hate Theresa so much." She said impatiently.
"That is a pretty tall order. Well, you know that Theresa was the reason that Gwen and Ethan didn't get married the first time, right? Rebecca and Gwen started torturing her then. The scandal of dear Ethan's paternity came out on Theresa's wedding day. Mother crashed her car through the doors of the church to stop the wedding. Apparently the tabloid named her the person who 'outed' Ethan, so to speak. So the wedding was cancelled, and Theresa followed Julian down to Bermuda, and he got her drunk and pregnant. After this, Ethan gave up on Theresa, and started dating Gwen again. He never fully got over Theresa though, because about a year ago, he almost proposed to her, and then he found out Gwen was pregnant, and so they got married instead. Everything was quiet, until Theresa went out to LA to visit me, and two of her other close friends, and Gwen and Ethan had gone out there to get away from Harmony and all of the stress that had plagued her throughout her difficult pregnancy." Fox took a breath, and continued. "Then one night, she was in the hospital and she saw a show that was filming Ethan and Theresa kissing on the beach. She confronted Theresa at the apartment, and they fought, and Gwen fell, and lost her daughter Sarah. She and Rebecca blame Theresa for that, and everything else that has ever gone wrong in Gwen's life. Now they have had the court and family services strip Theresa of all of her parental rights of Little Ethan Crane. Gwen and Ethan are going to adopt him very soon."
Kate sat back, pretty surprised. She had missed a lot when she was in Europe. "Okay," Fox began. "Now what have you dug up on our lovely stepmommy?"
Kate smiled. "Nicky, you would not believe it. It was like I was meant to be here." She slipped the disk into her computer and hit play.
Fox listened in shock. He could not believe it. This was a stroke of luck, and he could not believe what he had just heard. "Meg, is this for real? How in the world did you get this?"
"Well, you know how I always tape my thoughts on my schemes, right?" Fox nodded, and she continued. "I was sitting in the library, about to speak, when they came in, and spilled everything! I could not believe it."
"We have to tell Theresa right away!" Fox exclaimed, leaping from the chair he was sitting on. "Come on, we can go right now!"
"No Nicky." Kate said, grabbing his arm. "We can't tell her anything yet. She would probably do something stupid and play right into Rebecca's hand. When the time is right, we will tell her, but not yet. I need more time to gather more evidence on all of this."
At the look on Fox' face, she added. "Don't worry. It's like chess. We have to be strategic in all our moves. We wait, until the time is right, and then-"
"Checkmate" Fox finished for her.
An authors note- (My first real one!) Fox and Kate have special nicknames for each other. Everyone calls them by their middle names, but they call each other by their first names, Meg and Nicky. I just wanted to make that clear. Thank you and keep reading!
Chapter 7- Chess
Fox and Theresa were kissing passionately on the front steps of her house. She could not believe how attracted to him she was. She had never thought she would ever care about anyone but Ethan in this way. She was so glad that she and Fox were together. She doubted that she would have been able to get through the events of the past few weeks without him.
When the couple broke apart, Fox held her close. "Fox?" Theresa asked.
"What?" Fox murmured into her hair.
"Do you really think that your sister is going to be able to help me?"
Fox looked her in the eye. "Theresa, Kate is going to get you everything that you have been wishing for. Trust me, she would never betray you. She knows how much I care about you, and would never hurt me like that. Besides, She isn't like that, she doesn't just hurt people who don't deserve it. She only goes after the people who hurt her or her friends. She is extremely loyal, especially to me. So don't worry."
Theresa smiled and kissed him once more. "Okay. I'll see you tomorrow."
Fox smiled as he watched her disappear behind the door. Spinning his heel, he walked back down to his car, and drove home.
~*~*~
Kate was pacing up and down the length of her bedroom. She was waiting for her twin to show up. She hated to wait, for anyone. Kate could barely contain herself. She had this incredible break, and she couldn't believe it. How did she ever get so lucky. She got Gwen and Rebecca to admit wrongdoing, and on tape no less. She had just spent the last hour copying that little message onto her computer, and had burned it onto dozens of cds.
Finally, her door opened and Fox stuck his head through. "You decent?" He called with a hand over his eyes.
Kate rolled her eyes. Pulling him into the room, she led him over to her computer. "I need to know everything that you do on all of the people in this house, and then I will tell you about something that I just got on Gwen and Rebecca."
Fox raised his eyebrows. He knew that she was good, but she had only been here for a few hours. "Where should I start?" He asked.
"I don't care, how about the beginning. Tell me why Gwen and Rebecca hate Theresa so much." She said impatiently.
"That is a pretty tall order. Well, you know that Theresa was the reason that Gwen and Ethan didn't get married the first time, right? Rebecca and Gwen started torturing her then. The scandal of dear Ethan's paternity came out on Theresa's wedding day. Mother crashed her car through the doors of the church to stop the wedding. Apparently the tabloid named her the person who 'outed' Ethan, so to speak. So the wedding was cancelled, and Theresa followed Julian down to Bermuda, and he got her drunk and pregnant. After this, Ethan gave up on Theresa, and started dating Gwen again. He never fully got over Theresa though, because about a year ago, he almost proposed to her, and then he found out Gwen was pregnant, and so they got married instead. Everything was quiet, until Theresa went out to LA to visit me, and two of her other close friends, and Gwen and Ethan had gone out there to get away from Harmony and all of the stress that had plagued her throughout her difficult pregnancy." Fox took a breath, and continued. "Then one night, she was in the hospital and she saw a show that was filming Ethan and Theresa kissing on the beach. She confronted Theresa at the apartment, and they fought, and Gwen fell, and lost her daughter Sarah. She and Rebecca blame Theresa for that, and everything else that has ever gone wrong in Gwen's life. Now they have had the court and family services strip Theresa of all of her parental rights of Little Ethan Crane. Gwen and Ethan are going to adopt him very soon."
Kate sat back, pretty surprised. She had missed a lot when she was in Europe. "Okay," Fox began. "Now what have you dug up on our lovely stepmommy?"
Kate smiled. "Nicky, you would not believe it. It was like I was meant to be here." She slipped the disk into her computer and hit play.
Fox listened in shock. He could not believe it. This was a stroke of luck, and he could not believe what he had just heard. "Meg, is this for real? How in the world did you get this?"
"Well, you know how I always tape my thoughts on my schemes, right?" Fox nodded, and she continued. "I was sitting in the library, about to speak, when they came in, and spilled everything! I could not believe it."
"We have to tell Theresa right away!" Fox exclaimed, leaping from the chair he was sitting on. "Come on, we can go right now!"
"No Nicky." Kate said, grabbing his arm. "We can't tell her anything yet. She would probably do something stupid and play right into Rebecca's hand. When the time is right, we will tell her, but not yet. I need more time to gather more evidence on all of this."
At the look on Fox' face, she added. "Don't worry. It's like chess. We have to be strategic in all our moves. We wait, until the time is right, and then-"
"Checkmate" Fox finished for her.