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Summary: Chapter 5: Theresa is confused about her feelings for Fox and is also upset Ethan didn't tell her he loved her. So she starts drinking…

Thanks so much for all of you who reviewed. I'm really happy I've got such a large and good response. Practically everyone wants this fic to be Foxeresa! Well, I'm not going to give it away (especially when I haven't even decided what to do yet either!) and I'm going to leave it hanging for a while because both Therethan fans and Foxeresa fans can enjoy it! Thanks for all your support. Please review!!

In the car (Fox and Theresa)…

Theresa was so confused and shocked about what had happened only a while ago. Things seemed to be going fine until the kiss. Now everything seemed stuffed up. The thing was- Theresa didn't know if she enjoyed the moment or regretted it. I'm in a mess! Here I am, trying to win Ethan back and I'm not sure how I feel about his half brother!

Then it struck her. "I can't believe it. Ethan didn't come and tell me he wanted me and not Gwen!" Theresa said out loud. She started sobbing.

Fox looked over at her. At this time, she's still thinking of Ethan?! Still, he needed to be supportive. "Maybe he just needs time to re-think this whole situation. I mean, it's got to do with 5 people's lives here: you, Ethan, Baby Ethan, Gwen and her unborn child." 6, really, if you include me!

"Yeah, I guess," was all Theresa could manage to say.

They drove on in silence again. What was an awkward silence before was now a reviewing the situation silence. Theresa looked out the car window. She saw a liquor store up ahead.

"Could you stop here?" she asked.

"Uh, ok."

The car came to a stop. Theresa opened the door and walked into the liquor. I need some alcohol to numb the pain. She went to the fridge and grabbed a dozen cans of beer. Half for tonight, the rest for other nights I wonder when Ethan will cancel his wedding to Gwen. She then went to the cashier to pay for them. The man behind the counter gave her a curious and worried look as she gave him the money, but she chose to stare at the floor. So she got her change and jumped back in the car.

"Ok, I'm ready to head home now."

Theresa could tell Fox was about to say something so she cut him off and said, "Sometime this century would be good!"

So Fox closed his mouth and did as he was told.

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As Gwen and Ethan entered their bedroom, Gwen began to plan how she was going to get Ethan to make love to her. Ethan, on the other hand, just wanted to go straight to bed. He was still hurt and furious at the thought of Theresa and Fox together in the lake. Without clothes on! Disgusting! Ethan decided he needed to stop thinking about Theresa so he went to the bathroom to wash his face with cold water.

Meanwhile, Gwen strips down and changes into black, sexy lingerie. Then she gets into the bed and waits. Ethan returns to the bedroom, now only with a T-shirt and boxers. He doesn't notice that Gwen was barely dressed and hops into bed next to her, just wanting to close his eyes and forget tonight's events. But Gwen had other plans. She pulls him closer and kisses him so passionately that it shocked Ethan. Her hands travelled up his shirt and pulled it over his head. She put his hands around her waist, while she got down to his boxers.

"No! Gwen, no! Not tonight," Ethan shouted for her to stop.

Gwen froze. What the heck is wrong with him? "But why?"

"I'm…I'm not in the mood."

"Oh, so now you need to be in the mood to make love to me?!" Gwen accused, feeling the pain in her heart.

"No, that's not what I meant…"

Gwen cut him off. "Do you love me, Ethan?"

"Yes, of course I do. You should know that."

"Yeah right. You have a funny way of showing it!" Gwen replied angrily.

"Please believe me, I do love you."

"Then prove it to me. Make love to me, Ethan!"

Ethan had not one good answer to say no to her without hurting her. She's my soon-to-be wife. I don't want to hurt her. He didn't answer her. All he did was grabbed her into his arms and kissed her, undressing her. He did as she asked. If you could do it to Fox, then I can do it with Gwen! He began to make love to her. Beat that, Theresa! Gwen thought to herself in triumph.

So it wasn't about love…it was purely based on revenge.

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Theresa stomped up the stairs, wanting tonight to end, to wipe out. Fox followed her.

"You know, alcohol doesn't solve anything," he told her.

"At least I'll feel warm and numb so I won't feel the pain in my heart right now!"

Fox was guilty that he couldn't help her. As Theresa walked up the stairs, she heard screams. It was coming from Ethan and Gwen's bedroom. She walked closer to it. She was shocked at what she heard.

"Oh, yes, yes! Ohhh! More!"

"Mmmm…Ethan!"

Tears streamed down Theresa's face. She couldn't bear to hear any more of that. She ran into her bedroom, Fox running to catch up with her. What Theresa didn't hear after the little excerpt she heard was: "Yes, Theresa!"

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At first Gwen thought she heard wrong. But Ethan kept screaming her name out more and more.

"Theresa! Theresa! Theresa!"

She pushed him away, turned around and started crying. Ethan, breathing heavily, didn't know what was wrong.

"What's wrong, honey?"

"What's wrong?! You were screaming out Theresa's name over and over again!"

Ethan paused. Oh no, now what am I going to do? "I'm sorry, Gwen! I didn't mean it."

Gwen kept on crying. I've tried everything now. Nothing is working to keep Ethan from thinking about that gold-digger, Theresa!

"Gwen, give me another chance. Please, I promise I won't mention Theresa at all!"

Gwen turned to look into Ethan's eyes. They were innocent and she knew immediately that he was sorry. She wiped the tears out of her eyes and then smiled.

"Ok, one more chance. But I'd like a change of scenery." She walked over to the bathroom and looked back at him, signalling him to follow her.

Ethan smiled and followed her into the hot, steamy shower.

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Theresa shut the door just as Fox got into the room. She was covered in tears when she opened the can of beer and started drinking. She drank and drank, not caring how much she hated the taste. It didn't matter now. Nothing did.

"Don't drink so much, Theresa," warned Fox.

Theresa then realised Fox was there. "You either drink with me or get lost!"

"I guess I could use with a drink after all that's happened tonight." So he sat down next to Theresa and grabbed another can and sipped. Soon a sip became a gulp. Can after can was consumed by the duo. That night's events definitely became a blur. It was the warm, bright sunlight shining through the windows that woke them up…the next morning.

The morning after the night before…

Theresa squinted her eyes as the ray of sunlight burst into the room. She had a massive headache and wanted to go back to sleep. Hangover. But she felt weird. So she forced herself to open her eyes. She gasped. I'm naked! What was more shocking was there was a leg over her legs, a hand around her shoulders and the other on her thigh! This can't get any worse…can it? She slowly turned over to see who it was and her heart seemed to stop right then. Fox?! He's naked too. You know what that means don't you, Theresa? He looked so peaceful and gentle, lying there asleep. Theresa didn't know what to do. He does look really cute like this though…Oh no! What am I doing? And furthermore, what did I do last night? Theresa tried to remember what happened last night… She was drinking and Fox was drinking. Then they both felt hot and decided to take some of their clothes off. Some! It definitely didn't end at some! There's no doubt what we did after that! Now what am I going to do? Ok, first I need to get my hand off his chest! Ooo! But it feels so good.

Just then, Fox moans and flops on top of Theresa. As he did so, he realised, something (or someone) was under him and it was really warm and smooth. Theresa didn't know what to do. Fox opened his eyes and is shocked. He looks down and sees that neither Theresa or him were dressed in anything at all! He gets off of her and sits up straight as Theresa covers her chest with the covers. He was too shocked to say anything for a moment. Until he finds the courage and the words to ask:

"What happened?" Why bother asking that, stupid! You and Theresa both know what happened!

"We…we…" Theresa couldn't finish the sentence.

"I'm sorry! I didn't, I didn't know."

Theresa was surprised to hear him say that. "Fox, don't be. It isn't even your fault. Neither of us planned this or wanted this to happen." I think…

"But…" at the back of my mind I did!

"Don't feel guilty, please! (pause) Now who's going to get dressed first?"

"Uh, do you want to? It is your room."

"Yeah, ok. On second thoughts, I'm going to take a shower."

"Ok."

So Theresa jumped off the bed and raced to the shower, glancing at Fox one last time before she closed the door. What's going to happen between us now? She turned the hot water on and washed herself.

Fox got out of Theresa's Theresa! bed and got dressed. He didn't know whether to leave or not. Finally, he decided to stay. They seriously need to talk about what happened the night before. If it had been any other girl, he wouldn't have cared this much but this was Theresa. The woman Fox had fallen in love with. This isn't just a crush. It's gone way beyond that now.

Theresa opened the door to her bedroom. She had wrapped her wet hair with a towel and wrapped her body with another one. She nearly screamed when she saw Fox sitting on the chair beside her bed.

"I'm sorry I scared you. I just think we need to talk about what happened last night. We didn't get much of a chance before," Fox explained.

"Yeah, I know what you mean." Theresa went back into the bathroom and dressed herself in a short, flowery dress.

"So what is there to discuss?" Theresa asked, sitting on her bed, facing him.

"Well, where are we going to go from here?"

"It was a mistake and so we should move on."

Her words stung Fox's heart. "Like pretend it never happened?"

"N-no. Not exactly. We just continue being friends and all."

"And your plan to get Ethan back?"

"Oh…yeah."

"Do you still want to go ahead with that?"

"I don't know. I guess so."

"Theresa, I need an honest, straightforward answer."

"Yes, I want it to continue but I don't want things to get awkward between us."

"Well, last time I checked, things were already awkward!" Fox had had enough. She still wants Ethan after everything that's happened! All she can ever think about is Ethan! He stomped angrily to the door, opened it and slammed it shut behind him.

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Ethan had taken a shower and gotten dressed, while Gwen was still asleep from last night. He didn't want to wake her. He wasn't even sure if what he did last night was even fair to her. It was time he was honest with everyone- starting with Theresa. He needed to talk to her. So he walked over to her room and knocked on the door. Ok, Ethan, take a deep breath and just let your thoughts out.

When Theresa heard the knock on her door, she thought it was Fox. She was upset when he left her so angrily. She felt guilty and wanted to make things right. So she ran to the door and flung it open.

"I knew you'd come back!" she said without realising Ethan was standing in the doorway not Fox.

"Who are you talking about, Theresa?"

"Oh, no one Ethan." She was pretty disappointed to see it was Ethan and not Fox. Oh my! For the first time in my life, I'm kind of disappointed to see Ethan!

"Well, I came by to see if we could talk."

"I don't think this is a good time to talk."

"But Theresa, I need to tell you something important."

"Ethan, this is bad timing though. I mean…"

Ethan didn't want any more talking. They had done enough talking. So he placed his lips on Theresa's and kissed her. She hadn't felt his lips on her in ages. She kissed him back. They both felt satisfied with each other's company.

He's kissing me! It's an "I love you" sign!

As a few seconds passed by, she had completely forgotten about everything except Ethan.

A/N Lots of people want this to be a Foxeresa ending. What do you think? Please review! I love getting comments from readers! Please!