Hey guys! Wow I am so sorry it has taken me so long to update this story...things have been really crazy here...I wrote this update a long time ago but just never had the time to do it...well here it is! I hope you enjoy!
"I'm going to go see her."
Teresa looked up at his face.
"Ok," she said meekly.
She watched him as he walked down the hall. He paused before entering her room. Once he was in and the door was shut, she collapsed onto the floor, the locket he had given her twirling between her fingers.
"There's nothing left..."
Fox stood against the door, his legs unmoving.
"Whitney." he breathed.
Her face, covered in bruises, was unrecognizable. Her eyes were swollen shut, her body broken and bandaged.
Fox gulped as he walked towards her and grabbed her hand.
"I'm here Whitney...I'm here."
He pulled up a chair and sat beside her, his eyes carefully surveying the damage.
He was shocked she was still alive in the first place.
"I don't know what do to," he said looking up. He looked back down at her.
"I loved you for so long."
He ran his fingers through his hair.
"I should have been here...maybe I could have protected you."
He shut his eyes. Trying not to picture the accident that Chad had described to him earlier.
He exhaled.
"What am I supposed to do now Whit? I need you."
HE stood up. When he did, he noticed something fall from his pocket.
He reached down and picked it up.
It was a picture of him and Teresa.
He ran his fingers gently over her face.
"Resa..."
Suddenly, he was filled with an intense anger.
"GOD DAMN IT!" he yelled, kicking the chair next to him. He slid down to the floor, his eyes never leaving the picture in his hand.
"What am I doing?" he asked. "What am I doing to us?"
He stared at her smile, her eyes, her hair.
"I love you so much," he cried, his voice dripping with sorrow. "I've always loved you."
He looked over his shoulder at the bed behind him.
"Then why do I feel this way about Whitney?"
"Maybe you're just scared."
He turned around at the voice from behind him.
"Chad!"
Chad walked in, his eyes to the floor.
Fox stood up.
Neither one said a word.
"Fox?" Chad finally said. "Let me ask you something."
"OK."
Chad sighed.
"When did you first realize you had feelings for Whitney?"
Fox took in a deep breath.
"I heard her sing at the Blue Note. I had just taken Teresa home. We had gotten in some stupid fight about Ethan. She was still head over heels for him, and I told her she was being dumb. I went there to cool off."
Chad nodded his head.
"And when did you realize you were in love with her?"
Fox thought hard for a moment.
"I guess it was at the winters ball at the mansion."
"What happened there?"
"I just remember seeing her and she looked so...beautiful." Fox looked at Chad. "Why are you asking me all this?"
"Just hold on a second." Chad said. "Do you remember what happened earlier that night?"
Fox thought.
"Oh yea...that was right after I saw Teresa and Ethan dancing. I saw them and went to her a drink...that's when I saw her."
Chad smiled.
"What?" Fox asked.
"Man don't you see?" Chad laughed. "Cant you see the obvious pattern here?"
Fox looked dumbfounded.
"It's Teresa Fox."
Fox took a step back. He thought of all the times he was with Whit, all the times he had felt there connection, felt feelings for her...
Teresa was always there.
"You want to know what I think?" Chad asked.
Fox simply nodded, no words able to escape his mouth.
"I think its been Teresa all along. I think that you've loved her from afar, since the moment you laid eyes on her, and that scared you. And every time she would talk about Ethan, or you would see her with him, it hurt you Fox. It hurt you that you loved her and she didn't love you back. So you did what you do best...you tried to forget your feelings for Teresa because it hurt you too much...and you put all those feelings and thoughts towards the next girl you saw..."
"Whitney," Fox said finishing his sentence.
"Whitney." Chad nodded.
"So why do I feel like I do now Chad? Why am I sitting here confessing my love to your girlfriend if its been Teresa all along?"
Chad looked over at her motionless body.
"Maybe because if Whitney is gone, you have no one to blame for Teresa's leaving but yourself."
Fox sighed. Suddenly, his eyes shot open.
"Leaving?"
"That's what I came to tell you man...Teresa left."
"What do you mean she left? Where did she go?"
"I don't know...but she asked me to give you this." Chad reached into his pocket.
"Fox's eyes blurred with tears when he saw the locket.
"Go after her Fox...tell her how you really feel."
"She knows I love her Chad...and she loves me. But maybe its not enough."
"Say's who?"
Fox looked at Chad. Suddenly he smiled.
Chad smiled back.
"You better go before its too late!" Chad yelled down the hall as Fox sprinted past him.
"I'm going to go see her."
Teresa looked up at his face.
"Ok," she said meekly.
She watched him as he walked down the hall. He paused before entering her room. Once he was in and the door was shut, she collapsed onto the floor, the locket he had given her twirling between her fingers.
"There's nothing left..."
Fox stood against the door, his legs unmoving.
"Whitney." he breathed.
Her face, covered in bruises, was unrecognizable. Her eyes were swollen shut, her body broken and bandaged.
Fox gulped as he walked towards her and grabbed her hand.
"I'm here Whitney...I'm here."
He pulled up a chair and sat beside her, his eyes carefully surveying the damage.
He was shocked she was still alive in the first place.
"I don't know what do to," he said looking up. He looked back down at her.
"I loved you for so long."
He ran his fingers through his hair.
"I should have been here...maybe I could have protected you."
He shut his eyes. Trying not to picture the accident that Chad had described to him earlier.
He exhaled.
"What am I supposed to do now Whit? I need you."
HE stood up. When he did, he noticed something fall from his pocket.
He reached down and picked it up.
It was a picture of him and Teresa.
He ran his fingers gently over her face.
"Resa..."
Suddenly, he was filled with an intense anger.
"GOD DAMN IT!" he yelled, kicking the chair next to him. He slid down to the floor, his eyes never leaving the picture in his hand.
"What am I doing?" he asked. "What am I doing to us?"
He stared at her smile, her eyes, her hair.
"I love you so much," he cried, his voice dripping with sorrow. "I've always loved you."
He looked over his shoulder at the bed behind him.
"Then why do I feel this way about Whitney?"
"Maybe you're just scared."
He turned around at the voice from behind him.
"Chad!"
Chad walked in, his eyes to the floor.
Fox stood up.
Neither one said a word.
"Fox?" Chad finally said. "Let me ask you something."
"OK."
Chad sighed.
"When did you first realize you had feelings for Whitney?"
Fox took in a deep breath.
"I heard her sing at the Blue Note. I had just taken Teresa home. We had gotten in some stupid fight about Ethan. She was still head over heels for him, and I told her she was being dumb. I went there to cool off."
Chad nodded his head.
"And when did you realize you were in love with her?"
Fox thought hard for a moment.
"I guess it was at the winters ball at the mansion."
"What happened there?"
"I just remember seeing her and she looked so...beautiful." Fox looked at Chad. "Why are you asking me all this?"
"Just hold on a second." Chad said. "Do you remember what happened earlier that night?"
Fox thought.
"Oh yea...that was right after I saw Teresa and Ethan dancing. I saw them and went to her a drink...that's when I saw her."
Chad smiled.
"What?" Fox asked.
"Man don't you see?" Chad laughed. "Cant you see the obvious pattern here?"
Fox looked dumbfounded.
"It's Teresa Fox."
Fox took a step back. He thought of all the times he was with Whit, all the times he had felt there connection, felt feelings for her...
Teresa was always there.
"You want to know what I think?" Chad asked.
Fox simply nodded, no words able to escape his mouth.
"I think its been Teresa all along. I think that you've loved her from afar, since the moment you laid eyes on her, and that scared you. And every time she would talk about Ethan, or you would see her with him, it hurt you Fox. It hurt you that you loved her and she didn't love you back. So you did what you do best...you tried to forget your feelings for Teresa because it hurt you too much...and you put all those feelings and thoughts towards the next girl you saw..."
"Whitney," Fox said finishing his sentence.
"Whitney." Chad nodded.
"So why do I feel like I do now Chad? Why am I sitting here confessing my love to your girlfriend if its been Teresa all along?"
Chad looked over at her motionless body.
"Maybe because if Whitney is gone, you have no one to blame for Teresa's leaving but yourself."
Fox sighed. Suddenly, his eyes shot open.
"Leaving?"
"That's what I came to tell you man...Teresa left."
"What do you mean she left? Where did she go?"
"I don't know...but she asked me to give you this." Chad reached into his pocket.
"Fox's eyes blurred with tears when he saw the locket.
"Go after her Fox...tell her how you really feel."
"She knows I love her Chad...and she loves me. But maybe its not enough."
"Say's who?"
Fox looked at Chad. Suddenly he smiled.
Chad smiled back.
"You better go before its too late!" Chad yelled down the hall as Fox sprinted past him.