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Date Posted: 20:08:26 09/24/02 Tue
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Title: “In The End Was True Love”©
Author: Dee
Rating: PG-13
Disclaimer: I am not affiliated with NBC's Passions or its characters
Chapter 3 "You Are Mine"
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As Theresa and Ethan danced, he felt like he was the most envied guy in the whole place. He was sure that every woman envied Theresa.
She was gorgeous, and at first he felt guilty for being in her arms, but this just felt right. Like it was meant to be.
“Ethan, what are you thinking about? Why are you looking at me like this?”
“I’ve never really noticed before how well we match together. I mean sure, we’ve dance together before, but there is something different this time, something more magical. I sound foolish don’t I?”
“No Ethan, you do not. I feel it too. It’s like we’re supposed to be right here, right now, in each other’s arms.” “Now I sound foolish.”
“No you don’t Theresa. I’m not sure why my heart is racing so. I want to say things to you that I’m sure I shouldn’t say. I want to tell you that I…. that I,”
“That you what Ethan? What?”
“Nothing. Maybe we should go. It’s getting late.”
“No Ethan, maybe you what? That you love me?”
Ethan looked in Theresa’s eyes with such passion and tenderness. He held her even closer now, and leaned forward.
“Theresa I’m not sure what I feel. Yes, you are beautiful, and any man would be drawn to say those words to you.”
“Oh.” Theresa replied, looking down.
“Maybe I should take you home now.”
“Yes, Ethan, maybe you should.”
As they drove home, Theresa was very quiet. She didn’t even want to look Ethan’s way. Maybe her plan had failed. Maybe she was foolish to think that she could ever be with Ethan Crane. Tears weld up in her eyes as she pondered the thought of never being with him.
Just at that moment the car stopped. They were not at Theresa’s house. Ethan seemed to have driven to a site overlooking the ocean.
“Hmm, what made me drive here? I thought I was driving you home. I must have made a wrong turn.”
“I didn’t notice either Ethan. The water sure is beautiful tonight. The light of the moon reflects off it so gently.”
Ethan turned to look at Theresa as she met his gaze.
“Would you like to sit out on the sand? I have a very big blanket in the trunk of my car.”
“Sure, that would be nice.”
As the two exited the car, each wondered what was coming next. Will Ethan tell her what he was feeling? Could she tell Ethan that she loved him? It was too much for the couple to handle that they both kind of blurted out words at the same time.
“Ethan I have something to tell you.”
“Theresa I have something to tell you.”
“What is it Ethan?”
“No you go first.”
“No Ethan I would really like to hear what you have to say.”
“Thank you Theresa. Please sit down.”
Ethan spreaded out the soft feathery blanket from his trunk, as Theresa sat down on it.
When Theresa looked up at him, he caught the moon light in her eyes. It was so amazing. How could he have these feelings for her? What about Gwen? What was he going to do?
“Ethan please, sit with me.”
“Oh, sure.” Ethan sat down next to Theresa and looked at her. He was taken in, and did not want to return. He knew at that moment that the next few seconds would change his life forever.
Ethan took her hands, and spoke. “Theresa I have never had these feelings inside me before. At first I tried to shake it off saying that Chad and my father had put these thoughts in my head. But as I look deep in your eyes, I know it’s something more. We have really grown close these last few weeks, and it is now making me realize that I love being with you. You make me laugh. You awake things in me that I could never do with anyone else. It’s like the world is perfect when we’re together. I know you are back with Chuck, but I can’t help thinking that somehow I should make you mine.”
Ethan dropped his head and apologized for sounding so forward.
Theresa gently lifted his head and stared at Ethan with tears in her eyes. “Ethan I thought I was crazy for having these same feelings for you. I thought, how could the housekeeper’s daughter ever be with Ethan Crane.”
“Theresa, please don’t say that.”
“No, Ethan let me finish. Ever since I was a little girl, I dreamed of having my Prince Charming whisking me away on a beautiful white horse, taking me to a palace filled with love. Loving me as much as I loved him. Having him tell me that our station didn’t matter. And that he would love me even after death. But lately I thought that it would never come true. I thought that love and romance was just for the rich. And that a poor girl like me could never experience such passion. Was I right? Could I ever be with the man of my dreams? Could I? It seemed impossible.”
“No, Theresa,” Ethan grabbed her hands. “Let me be your Prince Charming. Let me be the man of your dreams. You complete me in so many ways, and that kiss on the wharf made me realize that you are the one that I’ve been searching for. The one that I want a future with.”
Theresa’s tears rolled down faster now. Ethan pulled a handkerchief out of his pocket and wiped the tears from her face.
“Don’t cry. Just say you would let me love you. No one else matters.”
Theresa’s heart raced with such passion that she couldn’t speak. Ethan knew that his next action would speak for the both of them. He leaned close to her, put his hand to her chin to lift her face, and slowly allowed his lips to meet hers. With his other hand, he placed it around her to draw her closer. Theresa’s hands slowly reached behind him as she gave him every intention of wanting to be kissed. Ethan's hands went from her face to her body, marking every inch of her his. The kiss was so passionate, much more than that of the wharf. Theresa was enjoying every bit of it. She laughed and cried all at the same time knowing that her life had now changed, and that Ethan was hers and hers only.
The young couple kissed well into the night, and fell asleep under the stars. No one else in the world existed. They lay so close together, that they could hear the other one’s heart saying, you are mine.
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What happens when Gwen returns home from her trip unexpectantly?
Will Ethan continue a new relationship with Theresa, or will he choose Gwen.
Find out in the next part: “The Choice”
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