CH 1- New Expectations
Fox Crane stepped out of the private jet and stretched.
"With all the money that we have, you'd think Father would get more comfortable chairs in this plane." He mumbled to himself, rubbing the back of his neck.
He picked up his bags and made his way to the black limousine a few feet away.
"Good afternoon Mr. Crane how was your trip?" The chauffeur asked, opening the door.
"Richard my man, how many times do I have to tell you? Call me Fox. 'Mr. Crane' sounds too much like my grandfather and believe me he's probably the last person I'd want to be named after."
"As you wish Mr. Cr—I mean Fox." He nodded.
Fox patted him on his back and slid into the back seat.
He gazed out the window as the limousine sped down the road.
This was going to be his first time in a long time going back to Harmony. He wasn't sure what to expect, but he was looking forward to his stay there. Although he wasn't particularly fond of some members of his family, he had a good feeling about his destination.
"Who knows Fox, maybe you'll find a hot girlfriend." He chuckled to himself.
He leaned his head back and closed his eyes, feeling the cool breeze on his face.
Secretly he was actually hoping to find someone. Most of his adult life he had always been sort of the 'ladies man'. But this time he wanted to find someone special; someone who would listen to him, and love him for who he was and not for how much money he had. If there were such a girl in Harmony he would have to find her, and once he did he would never let her go.
He opened back his eyes and barely saw the wooded sign as the limousine whizzed by.
'Welcome To Harmony' it read.
~*~*~*~*
"Whit, what am I going to do?" Theresa Lopez-Fitzgerald sighed into the phone, as she threw herself down on her bed.
"Theresa, how many times do we have to go through this?" Whitney Russell asked her best friend. "Ethan is a very honorable man, and he strongly feels that without trust there's no point to a relationship."
"Yeah I know that. But Gwen confessed to both Ethan and I, that it was her and Rebecca who sent the email to the tabloid about who his real father was. So I didn't really lie to Ethan."
"But honey you're forgetting something." Whitney took a deep breath and spoke seriously in the receiver. "You knew all along that Sam Bennett was really Ethan's father and you never told him. That's why Ethan feels like he can't trust you."
Theresa held the phone numbly in her hands. She knew Whitney was right. There were so many times when she had the chance to tell Ethan the truth and didn't. When the truth finally did come out, he was furious with her. Even after Gwen confessed that she and her mother were behind it all, he still told her that they could never be together. He needed to completely trust her and right now he didn't.
Theresa glanced over at a picture of Ethan on her night table.
"Oh Ethan," she whispered.
"Theresa honey, are you still there?"
Whitney's voice brought her back to reality.
"Yeah Whit I'm still here. I just can't believe that Ethan doesn't trust me anymore. I love him so much." She let out a heavy sigh.
"I know you do Theresa, and Ethan knows that too. It's just that sometimes it's not enough. When Ethan found out that he was no longer a Crane, it really hit him hard."
"That's it Whitney!" Theresa quickly sat up.
"What's it? Theresa what are you talking about?"
Whitney didn't like the sound her friend's voice. Whenever she talked in that tone, it usually meant she was thinking about doing something stupid.
"It's what you just said, about me telling Ethan that I love him not being enough. I need to show him how much I love him. Then he will know that he can trust me and I'll get him back." She spat out, unable to control her happiness.
"No Theresa, that is a bad idea. Showing Ethan how much you love him is exactly what got you into the mess that you are in right now." Whitney reminded her. "In attempts to show Ethan how much you love him, you went down to Bermuda to try and get Julian to adopt Ethan back into the Crane family. And what ended up happening?"
Theresa closed her eyes, knowing exactly where her best friend was going with this.
"That's right honey. Julian got you drunk and you too slept together. It's a good thing that you didn't get pregnant, because if you did I don't know what your life would be like now."
Theresa sat in silence as she reluctantly remembered the night when she woke up in bed with Julian Crane. It was horrible. All she wanted to do was help Ethan and she ended up making things even worst.
"Honey, look I know that you didn't mean to cause any more trouble, but the fact is you slept with a man whom Ethan has always believed to be his father. And even though your motives were right, the truth is you probably caused Ethan even more pain."
Whitney hated to make her friend feel miserable, but sometimes Theresa needed a reminder in order to stop her from making even bigger mistakes.
"Believe me Whit, I understand what you're saying. But that's exactly why I have to at least talk to Ethan. I need to show him that I didn't mean to cause him so much heartache. I need him to see how much I love him, and most of all I need him to trust me again."
Theresa rose from her bed and walked over to her window.
"Alright, so what are you going to do?" Whitney hesitantly asked.
"Don't worry Whit." Theresa laughed at her friend's concern. "I'm just going to go over to the Crane mansion and talk to him. Once he hears what I have to say, there's no way that he can still be upset with me. I will finally get Ethan back." She smiled.
Fox Crane stepped out of the private jet and stretched.
"With all the money that we have, you'd think Father would get more comfortable chairs in this plane." He mumbled to himself, rubbing the back of his neck.
He picked up his bags and made his way to the black limousine a few feet away.
"Good afternoon Mr. Crane how was your trip?" The chauffeur asked, opening the door.
"Richard my man, how many times do I have to tell you? Call me Fox. 'Mr. Crane' sounds too much like my grandfather and believe me he's probably the last person I'd want to be named after."
"As you wish Mr. Cr—I mean Fox." He nodded.
Fox patted him on his back and slid into the back seat.
He gazed out the window as the limousine sped down the road.
This was going to be his first time in a long time going back to Harmony. He wasn't sure what to expect, but he was looking forward to his stay there. Although he wasn't particularly fond of some members of his family, he had a good feeling about his destination.
"Who knows Fox, maybe you'll find a hot girlfriend." He chuckled to himself.
He leaned his head back and closed his eyes, feeling the cool breeze on his face.
Secretly he was actually hoping to find someone. Most of his adult life he had always been sort of the 'ladies man'. But this time he wanted to find someone special; someone who would listen to him, and love him for who he was and not for how much money he had. If there were such a girl in Harmony he would have to find her, and once he did he would never let her go.
He opened back his eyes and barely saw the wooded sign as the limousine whizzed by.
'Welcome To Harmony' it read.
~*~*~*~*
"Whit, what am I going to do?" Theresa Lopez-Fitzgerald sighed into the phone, as she threw herself down on her bed.
"Theresa, how many times do we have to go through this?" Whitney Russell asked her best friend. "Ethan is a very honorable man, and he strongly feels that without trust there's no point to a relationship."
"Yeah I know that. But Gwen confessed to both Ethan and I, that it was her and Rebecca who sent the email to the tabloid about who his real father was. So I didn't really lie to Ethan."
"But honey you're forgetting something." Whitney took a deep breath and spoke seriously in the receiver. "You knew all along that Sam Bennett was really Ethan's father and you never told him. That's why Ethan feels like he can't trust you."
Theresa held the phone numbly in her hands. She knew Whitney was right. There were so many times when she had the chance to tell Ethan the truth and didn't. When the truth finally did come out, he was furious with her. Even after Gwen confessed that she and her mother were behind it all, he still told her that they could never be together. He needed to completely trust her and right now he didn't.
Theresa glanced over at a picture of Ethan on her night table.
"Oh Ethan," she whispered.
"Theresa honey, are you still there?"
Whitney's voice brought her back to reality.
"Yeah Whit I'm still here. I just can't believe that Ethan doesn't trust me anymore. I love him so much." She let out a heavy sigh.
"I know you do Theresa, and Ethan knows that too. It's just that sometimes it's not enough. When Ethan found out that he was no longer a Crane, it really hit him hard."
"That's it Whitney!" Theresa quickly sat up.
"What's it? Theresa what are you talking about?"
Whitney didn't like the sound her friend's voice. Whenever she talked in that tone, it usually meant she was thinking about doing something stupid.
"It's what you just said, about me telling Ethan that I love him not being enough. I need to show him how much I love him. Then he will know that he can trust me and I'll get him back." She spat out, unable to control her happiness.
"No Theresa, that is a bad idea. Showing Ethan how much you love him is exactly what got you into the mess that you are in right now." Whitney reminded her. "In attempts to show Ethan how much you love him, you went down to Bermuda to try and get Julian to adopt Ethan back into the Crane family. And what ended up happening?"
Theresa closed her eyes, knowing exactly where her best friend was going with this.
"That's right honey. Julian got you drunk and you too slept together. It's a good thing that you didn't get pregnant, because if you did I don't know what your life would be like now."
Theresa sat in silence as she reluctantly remembered the night when she woke up in bed with Julian Crane. It was horrible. All she wanted to do was help Ethan and she ended up making things even worst.
"Honey, look I know that you didn't mean to cause any more trouble, but the fact is you slept with a man whom Ethan has always believed to be his father. And even though your motives were right, the truth is you probably caused Ethan even more pain."
Whitney hated to make her friend feel miserable, but sometimes Theresa needed a reminder in order to stop her from making even bigger mistakes.
"Believe me Whit, I understand what you're saying. But that's exactly why I have to at least talk to Ethan. I need to show him that I didn't mean to cause him so much heartache. I need him to see how much I love him, and most of all I need him to trust me again."
Theresa rose from her bed and walked over to her window.
"Alright, so what are you going to do?" Whitney hesitantly asked.
"Don't worry Whit." Theresa laughed at her friend's concern. "I'm just going to go over to the Crane mansion and talk to him. Once he hears what I have to say, there's no way that he can still be upset with me. I will finally get Ethan back." She smiled.