CH 19- Broken Promises
Theresa suddenly felt as though her heart had stopped beating.
"Dr. Russell, what did you just say?" She stared at her in disbelief.
"You're pregnant Theresa." Eve slowly repeated, not wanting to alarm her.
"N-no that can't be," Theresa stuttered. "I-I can't be pregnant!"
"Honey, I know that this is quite a difficult thing to accept, but you're going to have to." Eve looked at her seriously.
"Oh my god," Theresa whispered, placing a hand to her mouth. "My life is over."
"Are you going to be ok?" Eve placed a comforting hand on her shoulder.
"Yeah," Theresa looked up at her, tears clouding her vision. "I'm going to have a baby! This is the happiest moment of my life!"
She tried to sound happy, but deep down inside she felt like her entire world was about to crumble.
"Well, congratulations!" Dr Russell smiled at her. "Did you want me to tell Ethan the good news?"
"No!" Theresa immediately objected. "I'll tell him."
She shakily got down from the examining table and walked towards the door, turning the handle.
"Dr Russell?" She glanced back at her. "Do you mind if we just keep this between the two of us, for now?"
"Of course Theresa. If you don't want me to say anything, I promise to keep this confidential." Eve assured her.
"Thank you." She weakly smiled, as she stepped out in the hall.
She walked back to Ethan's room, and stood frozen in his doorway.
"Hey," he smiled looking up at her. "How did it go? Is everything alright?"
"Yeah, Dr. Russell just said I had to eat something as soon as possible." Theresa lied, barely looking him in the eyes.
She walked across the room and grabbed her bag.
"I have to get going." She told him.
"So soon?" He sadly looked at her. "I was hoping you could stay a little longer."
"Yeah, well Dr. Russell insisted that I get some food in my stomach. So I'm going to head home." She leaned in and kissed his forehead. "Get some rest. I promise I will be back tomorrow."
He held her hand and concernedly looked into her eyes.
"Are you sure everything's ok?"
"Yeah, Ethan everything's fine." She gave him a reassuring smile. "I'll see you tomorrow."
Before he could say another word, she dashed out the room and ran outside. She could feel the hot tears stinging her eyes as she pushed passed the heavy doors of the hospital. Theresa tried to calm herself down, but she could already feel her legs weakening under her as she struggled to come to grips with reality.
"I'm pregnant with Ethan's child!" She cried. "This can't be happening! Everything is going to be ruined! As soon as I start to show, everyone will know that I slept with Ethan! I'll lose everything, including the one person that truly matters, Fo—"
The ringing of her cell phone suddenly interrupted her.
"Hello?" She shakily whispered into the receiver.
"Hey baby, what are you up to?" The familiar voice asked.
"Fox," she sighed, the sound of his voice bringing tears to her eyes. "I'm just here at the hospital."
"Ok, well do you mind coming over for a while?"
Theresa hesitated for a moment. With everything going on, she wasn't sure if she could face him.
"Is something wrong?" She asked him.
"No, I just feel like seeing my beautiful girlfriend. I miss you." The emotion in his voice was heartbreaking.
"I miss you too." She sighed, wiping a tear from her eye. "Ok, I'll be there soon."
She hung up the phone, and stared up at the sky.
"Fox, I love you so much, and there's nothing that I want more than to be with you forever. But I have a strong feeling that after today, our lives will never be the same again."
She slowly stood up and took a deep breath, as she headed in the direction of the Crane Mansion.
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Fox lit the last white candle and sprinkled the left over rose petals on the ground. He stood back and admired his creation.
All around the bedroom, he had lit several white candles; each helping to give the room a romantic glow. He then sprinkled rose petals all over the bed and led a trial of them to his doorway. On a nearby table, he had a plate of chocolate-drizzled strawberries and a bottle of the finest champagne he could find. A single red rose laid next to the plate, and the faint scent of jasmine filled the air.
"Theresa is going to love this." He smiled, thinking about his girlfriend.
She had been so busy with her regular visits to Ethan, that they hardly spent time together anymore. Although he was proud of her generous act, he still couldn't help but feel a pain of jealousy towards the situation. Lately his half brother had been seeing his girlfriend more than he had, and it seemed to create a distance between them. But tonight he was going to make up for all of that. The special afternoon that he had planned would be just what they needed to reconnect.
He suddenly heard a tiny knock on the door. He smiled, knowing exactly who it was.
"Fox?" Theresa softly called, stepping into the room. "The maid said that you were up here, planning something for m—"
She stopped in her tracks and looked around amazed, tears slowly filling her eyes.
"What is this?" She smiled peering around the gorgeously lit room.
Fox just stood there and looked at her.
"You like it?" He grinned, taking her hand.
"Like it? Fox, this beautiful!" She beamed, looking into his eyes. "I love it."
"Well I did it for us, so that we could spend some time together." He teasingly pulled her to his bed. "I feel like I haven't seen you in ages."
He softly kissed her lips and inhaled the sweet scent of her perfume. He missed her so much, he felt like he could be with her forever.
As he led a trail of kisses down her neck and gently laid her down on the bed, Theresa felt as though all her problems had melted away. Being with Fox always managed to make her feel like she was floating on a cloud. If only life were really like that.
Fox didn't even realize that he had left the radio on, but as he softly kissed Theresa, he could hear the beautiful words playing in the air.
Every time our eyes meet, this feeling inside me is almost more than I can take.
Baby when you touch me, I can feel how much you love me, and it just blows me away.
I've never been this close to anyone or anything.
I can hear your thoughts. I can see your dreams.
Fox looked deep into Theresa's eyes, as he lovingly stroked her cheek.
"I love you," He whispered.
"I love you too." She smiled, the heavenly words still playing.
I don't know how you do what you do.
I'm so in love with you, it just keeps getting better.
I want to spend the rest of my life, with you by my side, forever and ever.
Every little thing that you do, baby I'm amazed by you.
Fox's hand slowly moved down her back, as he continued to passionately kiss her.
"Theresa, you're so amazing." He whispered in her ear. "I'll never understand how Ethan could be so stupid as to let you go."
The sound of Ethan's name made Theresa's heart skip a beat. Suddenly the events of the night when they had accidentally made love came rushing into her memory.
She pushed Fox off of her, and sat up feeling extremely uncomfortable.
"Baby, what's wrong?" He looked at her confused. "Was it something I said?"
"No, it's nothing like that." She lied, easing off the bed. "I just have to go to the bathroom for a second."
"Oh ok. Don't take too long though." He smiled, winking at her.
She weakly smiled back, and walked into the bathroom closing the door behind her.
She sat on the toilet seat, and pulled out the small box from her pocket. Staring down at it, she took a deep breath.
"I have to make sure that Dr. Russell was right." She whispered to herself, holding the pregnancy test box in her hand. "If I am pregnant, I have to tell Fox the truth."
Theresa did as the instructions told her to do and waited for what seemed like forever. She almost didn't even want to see the results, knowing the destruction that it was cause if it didn't turn out in her favor. She sat on the bathroom floor and nervously rocked back and fourth.
"Theresa?" Fox called from the other side of the door. "Are you alright in there? What's taking you so long?"
"I'll be right out!" She called, her voice shaking.
She picked up the device, and apprehensively looked at the results.
Two blue lines appeared.
"Oh no!" She whispered, placing a hand to her mouth. "It's true! I am pregnant!"
She shakily rose from the ground and turned the doorknob handle, walking back into the room.
Fox sat on the bed and looked up at her, noticing the distressed expression on her face.
"Theresa?" He slowly came towards her. "Is everything ok?"
A tear fell from her eye as she quickly brushed it away.
"Fox, we need to talk." She sadly looked at him.
"What's wrong baby?" He took her hand and guided her back to the bed. "You know you can tell me anything."
He could feel her hands shaking in his own, as he concernedly looked at her.
"Fox, I'm pregnant!" She blurted out, not knowing how else to say it.
He blankly stared at her, shocked by the words that had come from her mouth. Suddenly a huge smile appeared across his face. He picked her up in his arms and swung her around.
"Oh my god, Theresa!" He exclaimed, kissing her on the lips. "Honey, do you know what this means?"
She shockingly looked at him, confused by his reaction.
"I'm going to be a daddy in nine months!!" He laughed, caressing her face in his hands. "This is the best news ever!"
"Fox, no you don't understand!" She cried.
"What's there not to understand? You're going to be a mommy and I'm going to be a daddy!" He grinned, but slowly frowned as he saw the seriousness in her face. "Or is there something that you're not telling me."
Theresa closed her eyes and placed a hand to her head.
"You're not the father Fox," She quietly spoke. "Ethan is."
For a moment he just looked at her, his pulse rate slowly increasing.
"What did you just say?" He coldly stared at her.
When she didn't repeat herself, he tightly closed his eyes.
"You're joking right?" He looked at her, her gaze never meeting his. "God dammit Theresa, tell me that your joking!"
The anger in his voice made her tremble, as tears rolled down her face.
"No, it's the truth." She finally looked up at him. "The night that Ethan was rushed to the hospital, he and I accidentally made love. But I was dreaming! I thought it was you!" She cried, placing her hand on his arm. "But when I woke up, I realized that it was Ethan. I'm so sorry Fox."
He looked off to the side and for a while didn't speak.
"Why didn't you tell me?" He impassively asked her.
"I didn't want to upset you." She began, but her interrupted her.
"You didn't want to upset me?" He yelled. "How did you expect me to react? You slept with my half-brother for god sakes! Did you think that I was just going to kiss you and tell you that it was ok?"
He angrily paced around the room.
"I can't believe this! Theresa how could you do this to me? I thought you loved me!" He stared at her deeply hurt.
"I do love you!" She exclaimed.
"No, you don't do this to someone that you love! After everything that I've done for you, this is how you repay me?" His voice shook as he spoke.
"I didn't mean to! I'm so sorry!" She cried. "Please don't hate me!"
"Please don't hate you?" He stopped and took a deep breath, afraid that he was going to explode.
Theresa had never seen him this angry and it frightened her.
"My god, you're so selfish!" He coldly stared at her, feeling as though she were a complete stranger.
"What?" She looked at him, hurt by his words.
"Here you are standing in front of me, asking me not to be angry with you, when you're pregnant with my half-brother's child! Can you not understand that this is killing me right now?" He could already feel the tears stinging his eyes.
"Fox, please—" She begged, the tears pouring from her eyes.
"Do you have any idea what I was going to ask you tonight?" He dug in his pockets and threw a small black box across his bed. "That's a ring Theresa! That is a god damn ring!"
She hysterically cried, as his voice got louder.
"I was going to get down on my knee and ask you to marry me tonight!" He stared at her in pain. "I was going to ask you to be my wife!"
"Fox—" She placed a trembling hand to her mouth.
"I guess there's no point in that now!" He shook his head and stared at her tear-stricken face. "I can't believe you would do this to me. I can't believe that you're pr—"
He stopped himself from continuing, the pain too much to bear.
"I have to get out of here." He mumbled, heading for the door. "I can't take this!"
He grabbed the knob and slammed the door shut behind him.
Theresa just stood there and cried loudly, begging him to come back. She let herself fall to the bed as the tears flowed down her face. She looked to her left and held the small box in her hands. Opening it, she almost gasped at the beautiful diamond filled, white gold ring that laid inside.
"It's all over," she sobbed, her heart breaking in two. "I've lost him forever."
(A/N: Hey guys!! Just to let everyone know, the song that we used in this chapter was "Amazed" by Lonestar. We realize that we're probably upsetting some of our readers because of what's happening to THEROX, but please keep reading. We promise in the end, it will be worth it! Keep the reviews coming!!! Alicia & Amanda)