CH 45- The Results

Theresa took a deep breath as she prepared herself to hear the news that was going to change her life forever. The suspense was enough to make her pace out, but she forced herself to calm down.

"Dr. Russell before you tell us the results, can I please say something?"

"Of course Theresa." Eve warmly smiled at her.

Theresa carefully placed her daughter in her incubator and tearfully turned towards Ethan and Fox.

"First of all, I just want to tell you two how happy and thankful I am that you're here. I honestly don't think I could have gotten through these last few hours without you. Secondly, I can't tell you how sorry I am for hurting you guys like this. I know that both of you have told me that you're not upset, but I can't imagine what you must be going through because of me. I've put you guys through so much and all you've ever done for me is love me and my babies. The news that we're about to receive is going to change our lives forever. But I just want you to know that no matter what that paper says, you're both the twins' father. A father is a caring, compassionate, and wonderful man who will do anything for his children and you two have constantly shown that and more. So I just want to say thank you for everything that you have done. I love you both very much."

Theresa could barely hold back her tears as thy flowed down her cheeks.

"Ok everyone, I won't keep you in suspense any longer." Eve told them as she opened the envelope before their eyes. " The father of the twins is…"

She let her words trail as she slowly unfolded the paper.

"It's Fox." She smiled, looking up at him. "Fox is the twins' father."

A scattered array of congratulations sounded across the room as everyone cautiously offered Fox their best wishes trying their best to show Ethan their support as well.

"You ok buddy?" Hank patted Ethan on the shoulder.

"Yeah," Ethan smiled, trying to hide the feelings of hurt that filled his insides. "I know that the twins will be very happy with who their father is. I know I am."

Fox looked over at his half brother and gave him an appreciative smile.

Although Ethan looked alright, Theresa still couldn't help but feel incredibly sad for him. She quickly thought of an idea and smiled, knowing that it would make him extremely happy.

"Everyone, I have an announcement to make!" She smiled, picking up one of the babies. "Ethan, Paloma I want you two to be the god parents of our babies. You both are so important to me and I want you to be apart of their lives in the biggest way possible. So please say that you'll do this."

"Of course Theresa," Ethan smiled at her. "I'd be honored."

"Me too!" Paloma happily squealed. "I wouldn't have it any other way!"

"Thank goodness!" She grinned, looking down at the babies.

"Alright everyone, why don't we give Theresa and Fox some privacy to be alone" Eve suggested.

Everyone agreed and slowly began to leave the room wishing their final congratulations to the two of them. When they all left, Theresa looked over at Fox sitting next to her on the bed. She just realized that he hadn't said a word since Dr Russell announced the results.

"Fox?" She softly called.

For a while he just sat there, continuing to stare into his son's tiny face.

"He has my eyes." He finally whispered. "It's almost like looking into a mirror."

Theresa smiled as she suddenly saw a tear slowly trickle down the side of his face. She moved closer to him and tenderly wiped it away as he looked up at her.

"You really wanted them to be yours didn't you?" She asked him.

"I prayed that they would be." He confessed. "Is that bad?"

"No," she smiled. "Not at all."

"I don't know how to explain it Theresa because it's just all so weird." He carefully laid the baby back into his incubator and turned around to face her.

"What is?" she looked into his eyes. "What's so weird?"

"How I just knew." He started. "I don't know how, but deep inside I knew all along that the twins were mine."

"I don't understand. How could you have known? I only found out a couple of weeks ago." Theresa confusingly asked.

"I don't know." He admitted. "But over the past couple of months I've felt this closeness to them. I remember some nights when we'd be alone together and I'd feel them kick inside you, I'd just get this feeling like they were more to me than just my future niece and nephew. Even these dreams that I used to have…"

"Dreams?"

"Yeah," He began. "I used to have these constant dreams of you, the twins and I. Only, they were older, like around the age of three. Sometimes we would just be at the park, or giving them a bubble bath. But when I'd wake up, I'd force myself to forget about it because my head kept telling me that it could never come true—that the babies were Ethan's and there was nothing I could do to change that."

"Oh my gosh!" Theresa happily exclaimed. "Fox, don't you see what those dreams were? They were premonitions of the future!"

"Premonitions?" He looked at her strangely. "You mean like what Charity sometimes has?"

"That's exactly what I mean!" She smiled. "Even under the circumstances that we were in, apart of you still held on to hope."

"Yeah," he quietly whispered staring deep into her eyes. "Do you know why I think that happened?"

"Why?"

"Because I never stopped loving you." He softly said, rubbing his finger across her cheek. "I tried, believe me I did. I even tried to convince myself that I was in love with your sister but it didn't work."

"Oh Fox," Theresa cried. "I never stopped loving you either. There were times when I needed you so badly. But I could never forgive myself for hurting you the way that I did."

"We share an incredible love Theresa, you know that right?" He smiled at her.

"I know." She grinned. "I mean, it's pretty obvious. Just look at the two beautiful babies we made!"

"Oh my goodness! Do you know what I just realized?" Fox asked her.

"What?" she looked at him bewildered.

"We don't even have names for them yet!"

"Oh my gosh, you're right!" Theresa giggled. "I can't believe we forgot!"

"Well, let's get on that right away!" He energetically grinned, placing the baby girl in Theresa's arms.

"Alright, well why don't we do it this way?" She said. "You can pick our son's name and I'll choose our daughter's."

"Sounds like a plan to me." He smiled. "I already have the perfect name for him."

"Oh really, what?"

"Alexander, Lucas, Crane." He proudly announced, remembering the names from his dream.

"Awww, I love that!" Theresa happily squealed. "Well, I've been playing around with this name for a while now. But I think I finally have our daughter's name settled."

"Ok, let's hear it."

"Hallie, Mekayla, Crane." Theresa smiled.

As soon as the familiar names flowed from her lips, Fox shockingly looked up at her.

"Did you just say, Hallie?"

"Uh, yeah" Theresa looked at him oddly. "What's the matter don't you like it?"

"No, it's not that. It's just—" Fox began, wondering how Theresa could have known the name of their daughter in his dream. "Never mind. You wouldn't believe me if I told you."

"Try me." She insisted.

"Well, Hallie was the name of our daughter in my dream." He told her. "But how could you have known that?"

"It's simple!" Theresa giggled. "It's fate!"

"Of course!" Fox laughed, remembering Theresa's favorite phrase.

"Oh Fox, I'm so happy!" She sighed. "Here I am with you and our two beautiful children! This moment couldn't get any more perfect!"

"Actually, you may be wrong about that because there's still one more thing I have to do." He smirked.

Theresa confusingly watched as he eased his way off the bed and came over to her side. Taking her hand in his, he carefully pulled a tiny box from his pocket and knelt down in front of her. Instant butterflies appeared in her tummy as she realized what he was going to do next.

"Theresa, I know that we've been through a lot these past couple of months and although it seemed impossible at one point, we managed to find our way back to each other—with a little bit of help." He glanced at the twins and smiled taking out the ring from the box and placing it on her finger. "Now, I know this ring has been jumping between two different ladies but I think I had it right the first time."

Fox watched as tears glistened in Theresa's eyes.

"Theresa Lopez-Fitzgerald, will you do me the honor of becoming my wife? Will you marry me?"

"Of course Fox!" She excitedly grinned. "Of course I will marry you!"

Theresa quickly pulled him up so she could kiss him. The feeling of his lips against hers made a whole bunch of memories come suddenly flowing back and even though it had been a while, it strangely felt like they had never once been apart.