Couples Therapy- Chapter Three- Thea and Eric
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So here you are! Eric and Thea's problems!
"I hate you! You're so stupid!" Thea uncharacteristically slammed her fist on the metal examination table.
"Oh, what'd I do now? Prescribe the dog the right medicine?" Eric retorted throwing his hands in the air.
"No! You gave it the wrong medicine!"
"I gave it what I thought was best!"
"You weren't thinking then!" Thea shouted.
"Just because I don't have some freaky witch power-"
"Freaky witch power?" Thea repeated, feeling like she had just been slapped in the face. "Is that was my life is to you?"
Eric sobered immediately, "Thea, I didn't mean it like that."
"Whatever." Thea shoved past him and ran out of the room, taking her veterinarian coat off in the process. She grabbed her bag off of the hook and walked out of the building. She was in her car when her phone rang.
"What do you want?" She demanded.
"Well hello to you too Thea." Lord Thierry said. "It's time for your and Eric's session with Paul."
"I'm not talking to him." Thea said shortly.
"Eric or Paul?"
"Both."
"Thea Harman, you get down here this instant."
"Yes Lord Thierry." Thea said miserably.
"Should I call Eric?"
"Whatever."
"Just be here in ten minutes."
"On my way." Thea snapped her phone shut and sped back towards the mansion, wondering how Eric would get there considering she was his ride.
"You're late, Mr. Ross." Paul examined his watch and then the sandy haired boy that had just walked into his office.
"Yeah. My ride kind of left me." Eric amended nervously, taking his seat.
"Oh, that's what I am to you now? Your ride?" Thea questioned.
Eric rolled his eyes.
"Did you just roll your eyes at me?" Thea looked ready to slap him.
"What are you going to do? Turn me into a newt?" Eric sneered.
"Maybe I should just let Blaise have you! Maybe I should have never tried to protect you from her you rotten jerk!" Thea stood, tears in her brown eyes.
"Okay! Sit down, Thea, let's talk this out." Paul reasoned.
Thea lifted her chin haughtily but took her seat.
"Now Thea, how have you been feeling lately?"
Thea shrugged her slumped shoulders. "Stressed, upset. Pressured. Annoyed. PMS-like."
"PMS-like?" Paul asked, obviously confused.
Thea rolled her eyes. "You have got to get a girlfriend." She muttered under her breath. "Moody," She answered louder.
"Ah. Continue." Paul nodded.
Thea shrugged again. "I feel on edge. And… I think that's it."
"Hmm…" Paul tapped his pen on his notepad. "Eric? Would you like to share how you feel?"
Eric's mouth twitched. He shifted in his chair and began, "Uh… Well, um. I don't know. I feel kind of lousy; like I can do more but no one really thinks I can. A little scared. And… upset. I feel like a jerk."
"You are a jerk." Thea whispered, not looking at him.
"Thea, would you refrain from hurtful comments from now on? Please?" Paul requested.
Thea grumbled something and Paul sighed. "Continue Eric."
"I think I'm done." Eric said, staring at his shoes.
"Okay." Paul nodded, a brooding look on his face.
"Why are you so stupid?" Thea exploded.
Eric jumped a mile high and asked, "What do you mean?"
"Oh, I don't know!" Thea sneered.
~Flashback~
"Hey Eric!"
"Hey David!"
"Are you bored?"
"Very." Eric rolled his eyes.
"Me too. Thea off with Blaise again?" David asked.
"Probably." Eric grumbled.
"Yeah, I think Gillian is off with Mary-Lynnette, Jez, and Rashel." David's brow furrowed.
"Why?" That seemed like a very strange combination.
"I don't know. When I asked Jill about it she blushed really red and mumble something I couldn't understand then ran out of the room." David shrugged.
"You know what we should do?" Eric asked, a glint in his eyes.
"Spy on the girls?" David guessed.
Eric nodded slowly. The two boys scooped around the room the got up and bolted out of the room.
They emerged from Eric room in all black, like ninjas. Like very clumsy ninjas.
They clung to the walls, using lame signals to maneuver around corners and down halls.
They checked Mary-Lynnette's room first. Eric and David pressed their ears to the door.
"What is that?" David asked, disgusted.
"It sounds like… They're playing the Wii or something." Eric shook his head and reached for the doorknob. He slowly turned it peeked into the room… And screamed and slammed it shut.
"What happened? What did you see?" David asked, but Eric didn't seem to hear him; he was running down the hall screaming something about "it" and "Ash and Mary-Lynnette" and something about a lock.
After several minutes on persuasion, David finally managed to get Eric to check Rashel's room.
"I'm sorry, I thought I heard her say Mary-Lynnette!" David hissed and they pressed their ears to Rashel's door. Silence. They cautiously turned the knob and peeked inside. This sight made them scream and run away just as much as the last one. Only this one was much, much scarier.
Rashel had been staring at the door, arms crossed, looking dangerous and deadly.
"Eric! David! What is wrong with you?" Rashel called after them. "And tell Quinn he's dead meat! Dead!"
"Shall we dare even try Jez's room?" David asked.
"Eric shook his head. "No way. No way in hell."
David nodded. "Good choice."
~End Flashback~
"How do you know about that?" Eric demanded.
"You can't hide things from me!" Thea scoffed. "And that's the stupid stuff I'm talking about!"
"What do you mean?"
"You know exactly what I mean! You and your stupid pranks! Why do you try to be like Ash or Quinn or Morgead! Because really you'll never be like them Eric!"
"I don't think that could really have been considered a prank…"
"Eric!"
Eric turned beat red. "Do you want to know why I act like them?"
"Try! You mean try to act like them?"
"Whatever! Do you want to know or not?"
Thea shifted. "Fine."
"Because you pay attention to them!"
"And I don't pay attention to you?" Thea shouted.
"No! You don't! When was the last time we've been on a date?"
Thea's face fell. "I don't know."
"When was the last time you couldn't go on a date or had to cancel or just were too tired to?
Thea looked down. "Last night."
"And how many times before that?"
"A lot."
"So you see? I want you're attention. It may be childish and stupid, but I love you Thea." Eric admitted.
"Oh, Eric. I'm so sorry. I've just been so busy lately. With all my responsibilities and I'm still going to vet school." Thea threw her arms up in a helpless gesture. "I'm sorry, Eric."
Eric took her into his arms and kissed the top of her head. "I know Thea. I wish there was more for me to do to help you, but I'm just a human."
"Eric… There's still a lot that you can do." Thea pulled away and cupped his face in her hands.
"What?"
"You can be there for me."
Eric smiled. "I am. Always."
Thea returned the smile and pressed her lips softly against his.
"EW! Okay! I think you've made up!" Paul interrupted.
Thea and Eric parted and laughed.
"Thanks." They said in unison and walked out of the room holding hands.
"Ew." Paul shivered and leaned back in his chair and waited for the next couple.
~In the Camera Room~
"So that's what that was." Ash said. "Oh, I'm so going to kill them!"
Mary-Lynnette rubbed his arm. "I'm helping you."
"I knew Eric never got laid." Ash said absentmindedly.
"How'd you figure that?" Hannah asked.
"Because he didn't know what was going on," Ash rolled his eye, as if this should be obvious.
"Eric's gotten laid." Blaise voiced.
Everyone looked at her.
"What? I know things." Blaise winked.
Oh, and how would you know that Blaise? ;)
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