Title: You Can Never Escape Your Past
Spoiler: This story is a continuation of Viva Las Vegas.
Rating: PG-13
Disclaimer I have nothing to do with The Agency and receive no
compensation
Since Stiles and Terri are now secretly married. I've changed some of the scenes to have it play out a little different. This part is leading up to Unholy Alliances
Chapter 10
Terri called Stiles on his cell phone. "Can you make a 2:00 appointment with the doctor this afternoon?"
"Sure. I'll meet you downstairs."
Terri and Stiles got away from work and went to Dr. Jefferson's office. Terri and Stiles were put through several tests. Stiles wasn't thrilled with having to leave a sperm sample he was a little embarrassed, but he would do anything to make Terri happy. They told them they could come in tomorrow evening at 6:00 for the results.
Terri's mom Helen had invited them over for dinner. When they were finally done with all the tests they drove over there, Stiles was being very quiet and Terri looked over at him. "Stiles, do you want to postpone dinner with Mom?"
"No I can't wait to see Helen."
"You're just so quiet."
"So much of our plans are hanging on what those tests say."
"When I get pregnant we'll have to tell everyone we're married."
"That's the good part." Stiles kissed her. They were parked in Helen's driveway. Stiles held Terri's hand as they walked in together.
Helen greeted them both with a big hug. "Come on in."
"Mom it smells great." Terri said.
"Yeah, I'm starving Helen."
"You are always starving A. B." Helen said teasing him.
The three of them sat down to dinner, they had hardly started when Helen asked. "So when are you two going to get married? I really want some grandchildren."
"Mom!" Terri was upset that she was pushing this, even though they were already married.
"Well, actually Helen, to tell you the truth," Terri just looked at him, thinking please don't just tell her the truth, not now, not yet. "Terri and I have talked about our marriage a lot lately." Terri just smiled at him.
"Really, I have some definite plans. Honey, I hope you want a big wedding. I can't wait."
"Now Helen. Don't rush us. We love each other and will have a long and happy marriage, when the time is right. You'll be the first one we call."
"Don't wait too long. I know I won't get any grandchildren from Kevin. Terri is my only hope." Helen got up to bring in desert.
Terri looked at him. "You scared me. I thought you were going to tell her. She is going to kill us when she finds out."
"I didn't lie, we have talked about our marriage, haven't we?" Terri kissed him. Helen saw them kiss as she brought out a homemade chocolate cake, which just happened to be Stiles favorite.
Terri and Stiles drove home, he could tell Terri was a little nervous. "What's wrong?" he asked as he reached over and held her hand.
"I'm just a little worried about the tests." she looked over at him as he nodded. "What if we can't have kids?"
"We can look into adoption, but Terri lets not get all worried we haven't even talked to the doctor yet. Lets wait until we see what he has to say."
Terri was anxious all day at work, she couldn't wait to hear what the doctor had to say, even though she was afraid to hear it. Stiles came by OTS at 5:30. "Terri, you ready to go?"
"Yes." Terri grabbed her purse.
Terri sat nervously in the doctor's office waiting to hear the results. When the doctor walked in with their results, Stiles took Terri's hand in his and squeezed it to reassure her. "Everything looks normal." Terri had a big smile on her face. Stiles picked her hand up to his lips and kissed it. "There is no reason the two of you can't have as many kids as you want."
"Is there anything we should be doing?" Stiles asked.
"I think you should have learned that in sex education classes."
Stiles laughed. "I mean to improve our chances."
"Relax, both of you. Terri you should be taking your temperature every morning, and looking for signs that you are ovulating." She took out a book that explained the whole temperature thing.
Terri and Stiles walked out of the office as happy as could be. "See Terri, I told you everything was fine." When they got home they read the book, and were ready to have a baby. They figured about when would be the best time for conception based on her cycle, this weekend.
On Wednesday, Quinn sent Stiles on a meeting to San Francisco. Stiles was hoping to wrap everything up in time, but he told Terri he wasn't due back until Monday afternoon. Terri was upset that they would have to wait another month because he was going to be gone.
Jeff called and Terri picked up the phone. "Hi Terri, its Jeff."
"What do you want Jeff?"
"Well I thought I could buy you dinner Saturday night."
"Jeff I can't."
"Why not. Terri the way our divorce went we need to talk about things."
Terri wasn't sure she should agree, but Stiles wasn't going to be around. She thought this would be a good time to get rid of Jeff once and for all. "Ok. Saturday, but Jeff, just dinner to straighten things out. That's it."
"Ok. Terri, I'll pick you up Saturday, 7:00.
Terri knew she couldn't tell Stiles about this over the phone, he wouldn't understand and be too upset. She would tell him after he got home,
Friday morning Terri was sitting at her desk. She really missed Stiles and couldn't stop thinking about him. Joshua told her he had some errands to run and would be right back. When Joshua walked in about an hour later. He handed her two plane tickets.
"What is this Joshua?" Terri asked looking at him surprised.
"I asked him to do me a favor." Terri turned to see Stiles standing in doorway with a big smiled on his face..
"Stiles!" Terri couldn't believe he made it, she jumped up and hugged him. "I didn't expect you back until Monday."
He smiled and hugged her back, while he was holding her close he whispered. "I thought we were supposed to be trying to make a baby this weekend." She looked up at him and smiled.
"Miss Lowell, you have the weekend off. Why don't you go home and pack?" Joshua asked with a big grin on his face.
"Thank you Joshua." Terri got up to leave. She gave Joshua a hug, and gave Stiles a kiss. "Thank you Stiles."
"I'll meet you at your place, I just need 15 minutes to go over a few things with Quinn."
When he got home Terri had everything packed for the two of them. "I can't believe you are doing this."
"Terri, I'm just following Doctor's orders, he said to relax. There is nothing more relaxing then a weekend on Andros."
"I guess that's why I love you so much, you think of everything."
"You remembered to pack my favorite bikini right." She smiled and nodded at him.
Terri and Stiles arrived at their hotel, Andros Paradise Hotel. They had a beautiful suite on the 23rd floor, overlooking the beach. The first thing Terri did was walk out onto the big balcony. Stiles followed her out there, and put his arms around her waist. "What do you want to do to relax?"
She turned around and kissed him. "Well I don't know Mr. Stiles." she smiled at him seductively and kissed him. "My temperature was just right this morning." He picked her up and carried her off to bed.
After a while of just talking about what they wanted in the future, Stiles looked at the clock. "Let's go, I've got reservations for dinner."
"Can't we just order room service?"
"Maybe tomorrow night. Come on, dinner, a romantic walk on the beach, dancing. Then we can come back here."
"Ok, but first I want to take a shower, would you like to join me." She said kissing him as she was starting to get out of bed.
"Sounds like a great idea to me."
Terri and Stiles arrived at a beautiful restaurant called The Tiki Room. They had tables on the beach and of course Stiles arranged for them to be at one of those. The table was in a gazebo, it had Tiki torches around the gazebo for light, room for dancing and music from the band was being piped in.
"This is incredible." Terri said, she couldn't believe it.
"Are you nice and relaxed?"
"Yes."
Stiles didn't tell Terri but of course he had it all set up with the band, after they finished eating the band made a special dedication of 2 songs to newlyweds that were there for their long awaited honeymoon. The first song was "Love Me Tender" and the second was "Can't Help Falling in Love" by Elvis Presley. Stiles took Terri by the hand and held her close as they danced to the two songs from their wedding.
After they finished at the restaurant Stiles and Terri walked arm in arm down the beach towards their hotel. Stiles had been to Andros many times, but tonight for the first time the Island was different. It was like he was seeing things for the first time, things he had never taken the time to notice, he did because of Terri. They decided to just sit on the beach for a while and talk.
"Stiles I can't believe how beautiful Andros is. I love it here."
"I have a great idea." she looked at him and smiled, anxious to hear it. "Why don't we come back here at least once a year, for our anniversary?"
"Really, I would love that."
"Me too." He leaned over and kissed her. "Terri this is one of my favorite places, that's one of the reasons I wanted to bring you here. I was hoping you felt the same way." He leaned over and kissed her again "I wasn't going to mention this until Sunday, but" Terri looked at him, he sounded serious. "They are building an apartment complex on the beach. Why don't we see what it would cost to buy a co-op here?"
"Are you serious?"
"I could sell my condo in DC. I don't plan on going back there. You don't plan on throwing me out do you?"
"No. You're stuck with me." Terri said laughing. "Let's look at it."
"I was hoping you would say that. We have an appointment Sunday morning at 10:00."
After sitting there for a while just talking and kissing they walked back to their hotel, both feeling very happy and content with their lives.
Saturday morning Stiles woke Terri up early. "Stiles we're on our honeymoon, we're supposed to sleep in, especially after you kept me up so late."
"I didn't hear any complaints last night." She laughed. "Come on. I've got a boat, we're going bone fishing. Besides I have a big surprise for you."
"Ok. I'll get up. What is my surprise?" Terri asked as she sat up. Stiles bent down to kiss her and went to make sure breakfast would be up there by the time she came out. "Aren't you going to answer me?"
"You'll have to wait and see."
Terri got dressed, of course for a day on the boat, she wore his favorite bikini. the one that she wore in Nice, when she walked out and saw the big smile on his face she got exactly the reaction she wanted. "Um.." she walked up and kissed him. "Wow. Uh... Breakfast is on the balcony." she walked out on the balcony, she noticed Stiles didn't take his eyes off of her for a second. Seeing her in that bikini brought back all the memories of that night in Nice.
"Aren't you going to eat?"
"Uh yeah." was all he could say as he walked out and sat down across from her. "I almost forgot how great you look in that." Terri blushed and Stiles just smiled at her.
When they finished eating Stiles grabbed the picnic basket he had the hotel make for them for lunch. "Picnic lunch too?"
"Of course, I know a great little spot for us to have a picnic on the beach." This wasn't the surprise he had for Terri though.
He took Terri's hand in his as they walked to the dock. "Which boat did you rent?"
"Well actually I've come down here a lot. Last October I bought a boat and had it brought in here." Terri looked at him funny, he never mentioned he owned a boat.
They walked down to the end of the pier. Terri couldn't believe it. She looked at the boat, and noticed it looked just like the one they stayed on in Nice. She started to cry when she saw the name. Recompense. "Stiles."
"I don't know, I guess this boat just kind of has some special memories for me." Stiles leaned over and kissed Terri.
"When?"
"Last September, it was my first mission, in Nice."
She hit him on the arm for teasing her. "When did you buy it?" They walked onto the deck of the boat. Terri was now reminded of the memories of that night.
"Last October, after we went to Afghanistan." he kissed her lightly. She just looked at him in shock, she couldn't believe he bought their boat. "Terri, even though I couldn't admit it to you. I knew I loved you. I may have even known on the plane when you helped me talk to Carlston. Terri hearing your voice that day, I can't tell you what it meant to me." he looked down and then looked right into her eyes. He put his hand on her cheek and lightly rubbed it. He took a deep breath. "Hell, Terri I knew that night when you gave yourself to me, right here. I loved you so much it scared me. I was so afraid of blowing it with you, that I almost lost you." Stiles had a tear in his eye as he admitted this to her.
"Stiles, why didn't you tell me this?" Terri put her arms around him.
"Terri do you remember the stupid things I said from the plane that day? I tried to make it sound like that night didn't mean anything to me. I was already negotiating with the owner to buy this boat. That night changed my life. You changed my life."
Terri looked into his eyes. "What you said that day doesn't matter anymore. I know what that night meant to you now." She put her arms around his neck and kissed him passionately like she did that first night in Nice. "You don't have any surveillance cameras on here do you?" Stiles laughed and held on to her tight. "I love you. Thank you for everything this weekend."
Stiles found the perfect spot for bone fishing. Terri smiled as he put his arms around her to help her cast out her line. He couldn't resist nibbling on her neck a little. Once they got their poles set they sat back and relaxed. Terri cuddled up close to him. "Terri, am I what you expected in a husband?"
"And more."
"I never knew that I could be so happy. I love you so much. I can't imagine being with anyone else. I know you never really talked about Jeff, but."
"You're curious about why we broke up?" Stiles nodded, he felt Terri getting a little tense so he held her closer. "It wasn't ever like it is with you. I never really felt this connection with him."
"Why did you marry him?"
"I thought I was in love with him. I thought it would be like this. I dreamed it would be like this. He never talked to me. He never did things like this for me." Stiles smiled, feeling very proud of himself. "He never really loved me." Stiles couldn't understand how Jeff could hurt Terri like that. Terri kissed Stiles passionately. "I don't want to talk about what was missing from my marriage with Jeff. I have everything I need, right here, right now." She said these last words to Stiles in between kissing his face and neck. Stiles held her close when he noticed Terri's line had a bite. He stood behind her and helped her reel it in.
After lots of talking and catching several fish, they were both starting to get hungry. Stiles steered the boat to a little cove on the north side of the island. It was beautiful and secluded. Terri had never seen anything like it. Stiles got the boat up on shore and they got off and sat on the beach. They were the only two there.
After lunch Stiles took Terri by the hand and they walked away from the ocean. After walking about 15 minutes Terri couldn't believe it. There was a small stream and a beautiful waterfall. "Come on, lets go for a swim." Stiles said as he took her hand and they jumped in.
They were having fun swimming around and under the waterfall. Terri kissed him and thanked him again. She never felt so much love. She knew that Stiles would always be the only one for her.
It was getting a little late. It was time to head back to the hotel. Stiles was very happy because he knew that Terri was having a good time. As he steered the boat back to the pier. Terri watched him in amazement. She couldn't believe how happy she was.
When they got back to the room, Stiles walked out on the balcony where dinner from room service was waiting for them. "Stiles when did you do this?"
"Terri, I thought out every minute of this trip." He smiled at her as he made his confession.. "Actually I lied to you. I wasn't in San Francisco for a meeting." Terri just looked at him, she didn't know what to think. "Well I was, but I finished there Wednesday then I was here setting everything up. I wanted it to be perfect." Terri began to cry. "I love you. I wanted to make sure you knew how much."
"I was so mad when I thought you weren't going to make it back this weekend, and this is what you were doing?"
Stiles leaned down and kissed her. "Come on. I'm starving. You can show me your appreciation after dinner." he smiled at her and raised his eyebrow. Terri just kissed him as they sat down to eat dinner.
Stiles and Terri woke up early, this was their last morning on the Island. After breakfast they went for a walk on the beach, they headed to the apartment complex Stiles was talking about. They looked at an 4 bedroom apartment on the 28th floor. It had a beautiful view of the ocean. It had 2 balconies, one off of the living room and one off the master bedroom. Terri and Stiles both fell in love with this apartment.
They sat down with the realtor and made an offer, which was accepted. Terri and Stiles signed all of the papers. In just a few months the building would be finished and they would have their apartment on the beach in Andros. They could fly down their anytime they have a few days off. They planned on spending lots of happy times there with their children.
They held hands and kissed as they walked back towards their hotel on the beach. They got back just in time to finish packing and head back to the airport. Terri couldn't believe everything Stiles had done for her. Stiles couldn't believe that he could be so happy with Terri.
When they got home Terri went upstairs to unpack. Stiles went to the machine to check the messages. The first one was from Helen. "Terri, where are you? I thought we were going to have dinner tonight. I hope you and A. B. snuck away for a few days to plan your wedding." Stiles smiled.
"Your mom wants to know if we went off for the weekend to plan our wedding."
Terri just laughed , "She never gives up."
"Terri, its Jeff, What's going on? I came to pick you up for our date Saturday and you weren't there. Call me as soon as you get in I couldn't get you on your cell phone either. I'm really worried about you." Terri was walking downstairs and heard the whole message.
Stiles turned around and looked at her. She could see how hurt he was. "Stiles, I can explain. I forgot to call him when you showed up Friday at work."
"Explain. Explain! Terri you were going on a date with your ex-husband? How could you do this to me? To us?"
"Stiles it was just dinner. He wanted to, I wanted to straighten things out."
"What the hell do you have to straighten out with him?"
"Stiles he wanted to talk about the way things went with the divorce."
"Maybe you just figured if I wasn't here, maybe Jeff could do the job, you were determined to get pregnant this weekend."
"I can't believe you just said that. I would never sleep with Jeff. Stiles I want us, you and me to have a baby."
"I can't believe my wife had a date with her ex-husband. I'm sorry that our honeymoon ruined your plans."
"Stiles it wasn't a date. I love you. I wanted to be with you."
"You don't know what you want. Did you tell him about us?"
"That we're married, nobody knows that. Why the hell would I tell him?"
"Not that. Did you tell him I exist?"
"No. I.."
Stiles didn't let Terri finish before he started yelling at her. "Terri, I told Dacia that I was in love and had a future with someone else. I didn't tease her. I didn't lead her on that there was any chance between us."
"Are you accusing me of leading Jeff on?"
"Yes. You agree to go on a date with him. I know you couldn't tell him we're married, but you could have told him you're seeing someone." Terri walked over to him she put her hand on his shoulder. "Forget it, I'm outta here."
Stiles stormed out and drove over to his condo. He couldn't believe Terri of all people had betrayed him like this. After what Jeff put her through, you would think she wouldn't do the same. Right now he felt like Jeff and Terri deserved each other. He poured himself a glass of scotch sat down and sulked.
Terri sat down and cried. How could Stiles accuse her of that? How could he think for one minute she would be unfaithful. Especially after this weekend. If she was so interested in Jeff she would have never married Stiles. If she wanted to see Jeff on Saturday, she never would have went away with him this weekend. At this point Terri didn't want to talk to him. She was mad at him too. She could understand Stiles feeling hurt, but he should know that he can trust her. Terri looked at her wedding ring, love, friendship and trust. What a joke she thought to herself.