First Comes Love…
Disclaimer: I don't own Passions etc.
Chapter 9 (Person in Black)
Fox stirred from his sleep, he had nodded off sometime around 3 in the morning. Glancing at the digital clock on the nightstand. It read 5:50. He slowly looked towards the window, there was a small stream of light entering the room, falling onto Theresa's face and caressing her stunning features.
Fox sighed as he rid his eyes of sleep. Carefully getting up as to not wake Theresa hemade his waydownstairs. Picking up the phone he quickly dialed a number. It rang a few times before someone answered.
"Hello?" Came a tired voice.
"Whitney? I'm sorry if I woke you but I need a favor from you." At the sound of Fox's voice Whitney was immediately shaken from her sleep.
"Oh my God! Is Theresa okay?"
"She's fine."
Whitney let out a withheld breath.
"But there was a break in last night and I wanted you to come here and just look after Theresa so I can make a report to the police."
"Oh my God! Did they take anything?"
"No, Theresa was asleep when I found the guy hiding in a closet so that's why I'm asking you to come over instead of me calling the police here. I don't want to give Theresa any reason to be nervous in her condition."
"Right.. I'll be over there as soon as I can." Replied Whitney.
"Thanks Whit it means a lot."
"It's no problem Fox… what are friends for." She said before hanging up. Fox replaced the receiver to the telephone.
He went back upstairs to take a shower and change out of the clothes that he hadn't changed out of the night before.
As soon as Whitney had put down the phone she had jumped out of bed and begun to dress. Poor Theresa had been through enough as it was. Whitney couldn't believe it when shehad gottenthe news that her best friend had been held hostage in a bank robbery and in her condition no less.
Whitney moved around without much thought after that. She had been feeling a bit of guilt from the last time she had spoken with Theresa. She also couldn't help the small feeling of jealous envy she had against Theresa.
Why was it that Theresa could have found such a great a manin Fox and she landed up involved with her half-brother.
Whitney cringed at the thought. How could her mother keep such a secret from her for so long? Whitney rushed towards the front door. She jotted down a quick note for her father explaining that she was going over to Theresa's and she was taking his car. She was sure he wouldn't mind because if he had to go anywhere he could just take Liz's car.
She grabbed the car keys on her way out and was well on her way to Theresa's house.
As soon as Whitney arrived Fox quickly thanked her.
"Thank you so much Whitney I really appreciate you doing this. I'll be back as soon as I can."
"It's no problem Fox." She replied.
Fox was no sooner out the door and in his car before she could close the door behind him.
Fox quickly made his way to the police department. As soon as he walked in he spotted Luis standing by his desk.
"Oh thank God, Luis.. I need to talk to you." Luis turned, surprised and a little worried at the sight of Fox.
"Fox? What are you doing here?"
"There was a break in last night."
"Is Theresa alright? God she's been through so much already."
"Theresa's fine I caught whoever it was just in time."
"Who was it?"
"I don't know I didn't see his face."
"Why is it that my sister is always in some sort of danger?" Luis sighed. Luis walked over to his desk and grabbed a pen and a form from one of the draws in his desk.
"Alright tell me exactly what happened and then I'll see if we can get a few men out their maybe watch the house a little."
Theresa had gotten dressed and had ventured down stairs. She was surprised to find Whitney on the couch reading a book.
"Whitney what are you doing here? Where's Fox?"
"Hi Theresa I just decided to visit. Fox was just leaving when I got here and you were still asleep so I decided that I didn't mind waiting awhile."
"Oh." Replied Theresa moving towards the couch.
She sat next to Whitney and sighed. A dreamy look plastered on her face.
"What's got you in the clouds?" Asked Whitney.
"What?"
"Well you had such an out of this world look on your face I'm just curious to what you're thinking about."
"Oh, well I'm just thinking about Fox. We've just been through so much. "
"Theresa." Whitney sighed. "I'm really sorry about the argument that I kind of started the other day."
"You're forgiven."
"You know that I worry about you Theresa, right? It's just… well I'm wondering if you're making the right choice.'
"What in God's name are you talking about?" Said Theresa. "Of course I'm making the right choice, I couldn't be happier." Theresa said confusion and anger written on her face.
"I'm just looking out for you. You know how Fox was, a play boy. Who knows how many women he's been with."
"Whit, I love Fox and he isn't like that any more, he's committed to me and his children."
"I'm sorry Theresa I'm just looking out for you, you are my best friend." Theresa nodded, a little hurt that Whitney did not trust her judgment.
A few hours later Fox returned to find Theresa and Whitney sitting in the kitchen. They were both sitting quietly Theresa reading a book on raising twins while Whitney was reading some romance novel.
Whitney was the first to notice Fox enter the room.
"Fox! You're back." Whitney said with a smile.
Whitney and Theresa had sat for maybe over a half hour in silence which Whitney was just beginning to find unbearable. Fox walked over to Theresa and kissed her lightly on her head.
"Fox where were you?" She asked holding onto his arm.
"Oh.. Well I had a few errands I had to get out of the way."
"Oh." Replied Theresa.
Whitney then stood.
"Speaking of errands I promised my father and Liz that I'd meet them at the Blue Note later so I better get going."
"Okay." Said Theresa standing. She gave Whitney a quick hug before she led her to the door.
"Thanks Whit for stopping by."
"It was no problem Theresa, I'll see you later okay."
Theresa shut the door behind Whitney before turning back to Fox. Meanwhile Fox had sat down on the couch and was stroking the cat. He seemed to be in a pensive mood. Theresa walked over to them and sat. Sighing, Theresa held Fox's hand. He glanced at her smiling before lightly placing a kiss on her lips. Theresa frowned as she looked at the cat.
"I was reading that cats aren't good to have around during pregnancy but…" She sighed.
"I don't want to just throw him back out onto the street."
"You don't have to we can find him a home."
"Can we?" She said her eyes sparkling.
Fox gave her a small smile before pulling her into a gentle embrace. 'Who could ever want to harm Theresa?'He thought to himself, closing his eyes.
…The Night Before…
'God he runs fast.' Thought the person all in black. After 5 minutes the person glanced back before slowing down. Fox was no longer behind. Walking around the corner and jumping into a car the person pulled back the ski mask revealing blond hair. Resting her head against the steering wheel she sighed. That had been extremely close. She then started the car and drove off. She soon pulled up in front of a decent sized home. Stuffing the mask in a plastic bag she shoved it into the glove compartment.
Stepping out of the car she walked towards the house. Making a bee line straightfor the kitchen she quickly poured herself a glass of vodka. Then resting the glass onto the counter, she closed her eyes and hunched over the glass. What would have happened if he caught her?
"Ivy? You're home late what have you been up to?" Asked Jessica as she stepped into the kitchen.
A/N: Thanks go to those ofyouwho reviewed. I'm sorry it took so long to review but my computer has caught a virus and beacuse of this virus i can't get into my e-mail and neither can I get into my login so now I have to go to my sister's house to use her computer. sigh I'm stressed to tell you the truth. So I'll do my best not to make you wait too long for my updates.
And to Maggie: I never really knew that about cats (interesting but sad)but then again the last time I had a cat I was either five or six and the poor thing died of leukemia. Anyway I thank you so very much for the review.
And to everyone else who was so kind as to review thank you so much and I hope you continue to like the fic.