A Long Talk

(Fox and Whitney's house)

"Dude, are you alright? You don't seem like yourself."

"Well, what can I say, Fox? Love hits you when you least expect it."

"Are you telling me what I think you're telling me?"

Sighing, Ethan wipes the sweat off his brow. "Yup. I'm madly in love with Theresa, and I don't have the slightest clue what to do about it."

"Whoa. This is big. Have you told her?"

"I can't, Fox. She sees me as just her best friend, a big brother if you will. If I tell her I love her, I'll be pushing her away. I don't want that to happen."

"Well, do you know how she feels about you? I mean, has she told you that she loves you?"

"No. We haven't had any talks about our feelings. It was never an issue before, but now..it's strange. I've known her for so long, and it takes for me to live with her for me to realize that she's the only woman I want to be with for the rest of my life."

"Dude, you are in deep."

"Yeah, tell me about it."

"What are you going to do?" Fox asks.

"Well, for one, you can go to your apartment and talk to Theresa about it." A voice suddenly says, making Ethan and Fox raise their heads.

"Whitney?"

"That's right, Ethan. It's only me. And I'm telling you that if you really love Theresa, you better get your butt to your place and talk to her, because from what I gathered from her today at our lunch, she thinks that you only see her as a best friend, and nothing more."

"Oh, God, what have I done?" Ethan asks as he runs his hands through his hair.

"Ethan, man, listen to me. If you really love Theresa the way you say you do, you have to go to her and talk to her. You both have to talk about how you feel about each other. It's the only way you'll get anything to work."

"I have to go to her." Ethan says as he gets his things together. "Fox, I'm sorry to leave you like this."

"Don't be. We'll do this again another day. Just go and fix things with Theresa, Ethan."

"Thanks, bro."

"You're welcome. Good luck."

"Yeah, I'm going to need it."

(Ethan leaves)

"You think they're going to make it?" Fox asks, wrapping his arm around Whitney.

"Well, we made it, didn't we?"

"We sure did." He says as he kisses her softly.

(In Ethan's car)

"I can't believe this. I can't believe that the one woman I ever wanted actually wants me too. It seems like a dream, but I know it's not. I have to go to her, and make her see that I love her too. God, please let me not be too late."

(At the apartment-Theresa's room)

"This is unbelievable. How can I stay here knowing that all Ethan wants from me is friendship, when here I am wearing my heart on my sleeve? I can't believe the way my life has thrown this at me. I have to get out of here, I have to get out." Theresa says as she searches her room for a bag to pack her things. Wiping her tears, Theresa throws her clothes into the bag, and then jumps when she hears the door close.

"Theresa, where are you?" Ethan says as he comes through the kitchen, to her bedroom door, and knocks.

"Theresa, can I come in?"

Sighing, Theresa opens the door. "What do you want, Ethan?"
"We need to talk."

"Fine, I'm listening, start talking." She says as she continues to pack her bag. "Resa, what's going on with you?"

"Nothing! Just talk!"

"No. First, I want to know what's wrong with you."

Sniffling, Theresa quickly wipes her eyes. "It's nothing.

"If it's nothing, Resa, then why are you crying?"

"It's nothing, don't worry about it."

"But I do."

"Oh, that's right, I forgot. You worry just because I'm your best friend."

"Resa, you ARE my best friend. What's going on?"

"Nothing, Ethan. It's nothing. I need to leave here."

"Don't leave, Resa. Is it something I did? Whatever I did, we can fix it. Please, Resa, just talk to me."

"I can't talk to you! You wouldn't understand what I'm going through!"

"It's not the time of the month, is it?"

"NO!"

"Okay, okay, sorry. Just please, talk to me."

"Fine you want to talk, then I'll talk!" Theresa yells as she throws her clothes down on the bed. "You want to know why I'm crying and packing right now? You want to know why I've been so quiet lately toward you? Fine, I'll tell you! I can't believe that this even happened, Ethan, but it did!"

"Resa, what happened?!"

"I FELL IN LOVE YOU WITH, DAMNIT! There, are you happy? I've been in love with you since I first met you, and then when we became best friends, I knew I had to hide my feelings from you because I didn't want to ruin what we had! Being able to be here in this apartment with you has been wonderful yet tormenting at the same time because all I want to do is be with you in everyway possible, and yet I can't because you don't feel the same way I do!"

Stunned, Ethan closes his eyes, and releases the breath he's held. "How do you know I don't feel the same way, Theresa?" He whispers.

"Oh, puhlease. You could have any woman you want! Why would you settle for plain, boring old me."

"Because it's plain, boring old you that I love."

Stunned, Theresa looks at Ethan. "What did you just say?"

Coming Up

Ethan confesses his feelings

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