Author's Note: This chapter is dedicated to Spikeyhairgood...who after a month long hiatus read and reviewed every chapter of this story today. I am very glad to have you back! Just to clarify, Danny and Lexi will more than likely not get together in this story, as they don't get together until Kitty and Julian's wedding, which according to my timeline is still practically a year away. Spikeyhairgood, I am so glad that you think I'm channeling Rory and Jess properly. I've been watching Heroes all week guys, and my character separation difficulties (hence the invention of Paceyfication, see my profile for the definition on that baby) has caused Jess and Peter to be combined in my mind, which causes problems for keeping Dom consistent, but I'm trying OK?

Disclaimer: I don't own Adam, I own everyone else...isn't that fantastic? Oh, um I also don't own Milo Venitmiglia...wouldn't that be nice?

Chapter 14: Telephone Hour

Theresa pulled out her phone and dialed a number. She sighed.

"Pick up," She mumbled, "Please, please, pick up."

"Hello?" Adams's voice came through.

"Adam, it's Theresa, can I please speak to Deena," she said, it was a long shot, Deena wasn't ungrounded until the next day.

"She's at practice Re," He said, "Is everything OK?"

"Yeah," she said, "Um, I just had a question about some homework, could you tell her to call me?"

"Of course," he said, "Did everyone go home today?"

"Mmhm," She said, "I have to get back to this."

"Alright," He nodded, "I'll tell Deena you called."

"Thanks," she smiled, "Bye." She hung up and sat on her bed, banging her head against the wall. How was she going to explain to him what she meant? Her phone rang, she didn't expect Deena home so soon, since even once practice ended Deena spent about a half hour in Ryan's car. She looked down, she didn't recognize the number. "Hello?"

"You know, I didn't tell you how I felt because I want to have sex with you," Dom raged on the other end. "I told you that because I felt that way."

"Where are you calling from?" She asked.

"Pay phone," he grumbled, "My cell died. If we're fooling around and you tell me to stop I will."

"I know that," she sighed, "Because you always have. That's not what I'm afraid of."

"Then what are you afraid of?" He asked, "If you love me Theresa,"

"I'm afraid I won't ask you to stop," she cut him off, "And that can't happen."

"Why not?" He asked.

"Because, it can't," she sighed, "Dom, I'm waiting."

"What until you're married?" He said, she rolled her eyes and then realized he couldn't see her. "That's not a ridiculous question, Re."

"Until I know that I'm going to be spending the rest of my life with that person," she sighed.

"You don't think that I'm that person," he said, as if he understood. "OK."

"You could be that person," she said, "but I don't know. I have to know for sure."

"Is this like a freaky Portman thing?" He sighed.

"It's a freaky not wanting to be my mother thing," she explained, "When she was with Luis she thought that they were going to be with him for the rest of her life and then,"

"I'm not going to cheat on you!" He said, "I wouldn't ever,"

"I just mean that life happens." She sighed, "We barely know each other, and you're well,"

"I'm not what you expected," he said. They sat in silence, still on the phone. "Do you want to watch a movie tonight?"

"Actually watch a movie?" She asked, "Or fool around?"

"Maybe a little of both," he said. "I'll pick you up OK?"

"You said we were going to watch a movie," she said confused.

"We are," he laughed, "At my dad's." Theresa stopped. "He's out of town, and,"

"It's like you didn't even hear me," she sighed and hung up.

"Theresa," He said, "Shit," he reached into his pockets searching for change. When he couldn't find it he banged his head against the receiver.

"I have something for you," Heather smiled as Deena walked in to the house, her hair up in a messy bun, to hide the actual mess it had become. Deena walked into the room, and Heather tossed her a cell phone.

"Oh God," She ran and hugged her, "Thank you, thank you, thank you!"

"It's on a trial basis," Adam said, "Two hours a day and if anything else happens, Deena,"

"I know," she nodded, "It's gone. Thank you Daddy!" She hugged him.

"Call Theresa," He said, "She called earlier."

"OK," she ran upstairs and found her contacts.

"Dee," Theresa picked up, "Thank God! Where were you?"

"Ryan's backseat," she sighed joyously, "We finally got it right. What's going on?"

"I hate boys," she said, "I hate them and their stupid stupidness."

"He hooked up with Lilly didn't he?" Deena said, angrily, "That son of a bitch, I'll kill, I'll rip his dick off, and that's before the twins get to him,"

"No," Theresa said, "He just, he didn't do anything really, I just, I told him."

"The whole waiting until you're with the one man who you're going to be with for the rest of your life thing?" Deena said, "He freaked didn't he."

"He just seemed hurt," Theresa sighed. "But then he asked if I wanted to go to his dad's tonight."

"To meet his dad?" Deena asked, "Doesn't he hate his dad?"

"Pretty much yeah, and no his dad isn't there," Theresa said, "His dad is out of town, it would be just us."

"Hence the freaking out," Deena nodded. "Hey, I got my phone back."

"I noticed that," Theresa smiled, "And you and Ryan figured out the back seat huh?"

"We did," She smiled, "And the application is in," she sighed, "I want it so bad, Re."

"You'll get it," Theresa said, "You've got the grades, the SATs, you have it."

"What about you?" Deena said, "Any movement."

"Northwestern, Roosevelt or Loyola Chicago," she sighed, "Those are my choices."

"He's really making you live at home?" Deena said, "What about Boston? Wouldn't Julie totally love it? Or New York? Kitty and Julian are going to be living there,"

"He's not making me live at home," Theresa explained, "I want to live at home. I love being at home."

"Danny's going to be gone, and Marie'll be here," Deena said, "It's just going to be you. You really think you can handle full time all by yourself?"

"Marie's not coming," Theresa said.

"What?" Deena said, completely thrown off.

"She might not be," Theresa explained, "She got into this special culinary program, she might do that instead."

"Wow, good for her," Deena said. "Listen, I have to call Ryan."

"OK," Theresa said.

"Give him some time to absorb it Re," Deena said, "Go hang with the twins tonight, or call Kitty."

"Yeah, bye Dee." She hung up.

"So I thought I'd ask Danny to be best man," Julian said, laying in a hotel room in Dallas. "You think he'd do it?"

"In a heart beat," Kitty laughed, "But are you sure?"

"I thought about Andy, to be truthful," Julian sighed, "I mean, I know its been years since any of us spoke to him, but he was my best friend for so long,"

"We saw him this weekend," Kitty swallowed, "I wasn't sure how to tell you."

"At the competition?" Julian asked, "Yeah, I figured there was a chance of that. I should call him, or something."

"He told Lex he was in love with her," Kitty sighed, "She completely lost her footing Julian, I'm worried about her."

"How's Danny?" Julian asked.

"OK," Kitty sighed, "You wanna talk to him?"

"Yeah," Julian said, Kitty smiled, walked to the edge of the door of her and Theresa's old room.

"Danny!" She shouted.

"What?" He yelled back.

"Julian wants to talk to you," she said, holding out the phone as Danny raced up the stairs and grabbed it.

"Hey man," he panted. "What's up?"

Theresa sat reading on her bed when she heard a knock and answered it. Dom was standing in front of her, he grabbed her and started kissing her. She was taken by surprise at the intensity of it.

"What was that?" She said pulling away from him.

"That is what I've wanted to do since I saw you," He smirked, "I've never felt this way, ever, and I don't want to lose it, OK?"

"OK," she nodded, taking her jacket, "Let's go." He smiled following after her. "What?" She stopped and turned to look at him.

"That part of you that scares your self," he said, "That's what's going on right now isn't it?"

"Maybe a little," she nodded. "So, what are we going to watch?"

"My dad's got a pretty extensive collection," He smiled, "I was thinking maybe some TV on DVD. You ever watch Heroes?"

"No," she shook her head.

"You like Milo Ventimiglia right?" He smirked, "Deena told me once I reminded you guys of him?" She blushed. "Ah, you haven't done that in a while."

"You remind us of Jess," she said, "Just like Ryan reminds us of Dawson." He laughed. They got out to the bike and she smiled, taking the helmet and pulling it on. As she wrapped her arms tightly around him she whispered in his ear. "You're going to go fast right?"

"Are you talking about the bike princess?" He teased.

"Of course," she kissed his ear, "That's part of the fun right?"

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