Title: Child of Love (sequel to CAN DREAMS BE MORE THAN JUST DREAM) 11/?
Author: Christen Hays (PurpleHaysC@netscape.com) 
Comments: please send me all you comments. Please! This story is the 
sequel to CAN DREAMS BE MORE THAN JUST DREAM. Please read it first! 
Distribution: if you want to use this fanfic or any other than just ask 
first.

Gabi was sitting in the kitchen with her father and Lindsey. They were 
both beaming; they had their hands entangled in each other. Gabi smiled.
She was glad to have her mother back. For the first time in her life, 
she was actually happy. Everything in her life was exactly how she 
wanted it. She smiled as she watched her parents kiss. She would never 
complain about anything in her life again. She got up, walked over to 
her father, gave him a kiss, and told him she loved him. Then she went 
to her mother and went to kiss her but she was gone and she was at her 
grave but the date now said this year. She turned around and saw her 
father and the rest of her family crying
She woke up with a jolt and covered in sweat. She looked around her 
room and sighed with relief that it was just a dream.  She got up and 
looked out of her window. The sun was up and she could smell bacon 
coming in the kitchen. She grabbed her robe and headed down stairs.
When she walked into the kitchen, she was shocked to see Ethan and 
Lindsey trying to cook pancakes.
"See you sling the mix on the pan like this." Ethan slung down the mix 
and some hit Lindsey in the face.  He laughed.
"Let me try that." She slung the mix all over Ethan's face. "Now that's 
how do it." She said with a laugh.
"Oh really." He grabbed a handful of mix, rubbed it all over her face, 
and laughed.
"You know what this means don't you?" She asked. 
He nodded. "War!"
She grabbed a bowl of flour and he grabbed the sugar. They started 
throwing it at each other laughing wildly.
Finally, Ethan tackled her and started to tickle her. "So you 
surrender?" He asked as he stopped.
"Never." 
"Well then I will have to make you surrender." He started to tickle her 
again and she laughed uncontrollably
"Ok, I'll give." She screamed between laughs.
He helped her up and kissed her. 
"It was worth it." She said with a smile.
"Why's that?" He asked.
"Because now you know that I always will give into you."
He smiled.


Gabi walked out of the kitchen and ran into Ivy who was heading into 
the kitchen.
"I wouldn't go in there if I was, grandma."
"Why?"
"Well Dad and Lindsey are trying to make pancakes very unsuccessfully." 
She said.
"Thanks for the warning but I think I'll take my chances. Why don't you 
go see Grandma Pilar, I think she wants you to got to Church with her 
today."
Gabi nodded and headed off towards the house.
Ivy headed into the kitchen. She saw Ethan and Lindsey laughing and the 
kitchen was a wreck.
"You know we need to get cleaned up before everyone wakes up." Lindsey 
said.
"We'll take a shower, come on." Ethan said and started to lead her up 
stairs.
"Too late." Ivy said and they turned around. Lindsey was blushing. 
"Lindsey, why don't you give me a second with my son. He'll join you 
in a second." She said.
Lindsey nodded and headed up stairs.
Ethan turned to his mother. "What all did you see?"
"Not as much as Gabi." 
Ethan's eyes widened. "How is she?"
"She went to Pilar's and she seemed fine."
Ethan let out a sigh of relief. "Good, but I'm still worried."
Ivy picked up a sponge and threw one at Ethan. "Clean and talk."
He started to clean. "I'm just worried that Lindsey won't stay and 
she'd get attached to her."
"But if you're in love with her, Ethan and you know she loves then she 
won't leave."
"I know you're right. It's just not easy."
"Love never is but don't use your child as an excuse. I should know. 
Because when you run out of excuses she may not be there any more."
He got up and hugged her.  "You're right, mother. Thank you."
"That what I'm here for, that and to clean up."
He headed up stairs.


Sam walked into the kitchen. "Throw me one of those."
She threw one at him. "He still hasn't figured it out yet, has he?" He 
asked.
"No, he gets that from his father."
Sam laughed.  "How do you figure?"
"Well it took you forever and a day to realize he was your son even 
with evidence right in front of your face."
"Ok, that's true but you weren't exactly forth coming with the 
information." 
She blushed. "So history repeats it self again."
"Too bad we can't help him." Sam said. 
"Maybe it's for the best we don't interfere. Interferences are not 
always helpful. You should know that."
"Sadly enough I do."

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Title: Child of Love (sequel to CAN DREAMS BE MORE THAN JUST DREAM) 12/?


"So what's this plan you've got?" Julian asked.
"To kill her. It is pretty simple." 
"Like your plan to kill Luis."
Allister groaned. "That idiot you hired ruined that not me."
"And yet he's still alive and breathing and now so is she. So Lopiz-
Fitgeralds 14, Cranes 2."
 "Shut up, Julian! We are going to win this time. They will die. The 
Lopiz-Fitgeralds can not always win."
"And yet they do. Why do not you just give up and wait for parole."
"Because unlike you I do not like the Lopiz-Fitgeralds and I want them 
to pay."
"Whatever father, you can try as much as you want but you are not going 
to win ever."

Miguel woke up and realized Kay was not there, he got worried. He 
grabbed his robe and headed into the kitchen. He saw Kay sitting at 
the kitchen table looking out at the new morning with a cup of steaming 
tea in front of her. "Kay?"
She turned around to face him. He could see she had been crying. "Are 
you all right?"
She brushed off most off her tears. "I'm fine. I dropped off the kids 
at your mother's and I told her I was not feeling well and you need to 
rest. She was fine with it."
He sat down next to her and took her hands into his. "She must have 
known something was wrong. She always does. So tell me what's wrong."
She got up. "What some tea? I get some honey." 
"Kay..."
She turned towards him. "I do not understand why she hates me and I do 
not know what I did. Am I that bad of a person?"
"No, Kay it's not your fault."
"Then why? Why does my mother hate me?"
"She doesn't, she just hasn't realized what a great person you are yet 
and when she does she'll regret everything she's ever done to you."
"No, she never will and I'm just like her. I'm a horrible mother." 
"Do not ever say that, look at me!"
She turned to face him.
"You are a wonderful mother. Your kids adore you..."
Before he could say anything else, she was in tears. He just held her 
close to him.

Luis knocked on the door to his mother's house. Gabi come and opened it. 
"Come in and join the party." 
Luis gave her a look.
"I do not mean a party literally. All of the Lopiz-Fitgerald's are her 
but you there so come in." 
Luis walked in with Sheridan and their son. Sure enough, all of his 
nieces and nephews were in the loving room. He saw his mother trying 
to hold the baby and control the kids. He took charge. "Quiet!"
All of the kids stopped scared until they saw that is was their uncle. 
They went over and hugged him.
"Now everyone into the kitchen, Gabi is going to give yall juice."
"Oh thanks." Gabi said.
He laughed. They all headed into the kitchen.
"Gracias, mijo." 
"Da nada. Now where's my brother and sister in law to help you and why 
is Gabi here?"
"Gabi was sent over her by Ivy after she walked in on her father and 
Lindsey kissing. Miguel is with Kay who seems upset. I really worried 
about her."
"Let me guess, Grace?"
Pilar nodded.
"Sam mentioned Grace was getting worse. I just hope Kay's ok."
Sheridan frowned. "Kay's strong. It's Ethan and Gabi I'm worried about."
"If only they had more time."


Ok I have a question for anyone who's been reading this to answer. Do 
you want Lindsey to be Theresa or someone else entirely who knew 
Theresa?
Please respond because this will influence what my final decision is.

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Title: Child of Love (sequel to CAN DREAMS BE MORE THAN JUST DREAM) 13/?


Ethan finally finished his shower by himself, when he walked out, he 
saw Lindsey picking up her dress from last night and putting in a bag. 
She was in a pair of Ethan's cloths; her brown curly hair was in a 
large clip. He watched her for a while. She picked up every trace of 
her in the room and tried to put it in her bag. The sight of her doing 
this sent his mind to other times. 
~Ethan had walked out his office into his room to find Theresa cleaning 
it. He had stood in the door way and watched her cleaning to the music, 
"The right kind of wrong." Gwen had been out to town and Theresa and 
him were not talking. I did not matter. Just to watch her was enough. 
"You're worried about, about your reputation and now it's about to be a 
heart break situation but I can't help if I'm helpless when I'm with 
you...."  She turned down every picture of Gwen with disgust.
Even in her anger, she was moving her hips to the music and signing. 
She was so beautiful. ~
"Say my name and I can't fight it anymore..." Lindsey's voice broke his 
thoughts. There were those hips moving again and that voice. "I know I 
should go but I need your touch just too damn much."
~"Loving you isn't something, I should do. I shouldn't wan to spend my 
time with you." She was leaving. He knew she was going to leave but 
looking at her now, he did not care~
"I should try to be strong but baby you're the right kind of wrong." 
She took the shawl in her arms and almost cried. The memories, he could 
tell, were killing her all over again
~She picked up the bear and she let a tear fall. "They say your 
something I should be with out..."~
"But they don't know what goes in when the lights go out." She put the 
shawl in with the dress. "The pleasure is worth all the pain."
~"I should try to run but I can't seem to ..." He couldn't take it any 
longer. "Theresa..."~
"Theresa..." She turned to face him. "Cause every time I run I run to 
you..." 
~She faced him and all her anger and pain left. "I don't care..."~
"If I'm in too deep." She was in his arms again and he was in her but 
he knew just like she did before she was going to leave. "You're 
worried about your reputation..."
~"And now it's about to be a heart break situation...."~

Ivy put down the sponge and sank down into the chair. Sam was already 
there and he was acting like he was asleep. He was not fooling Ivy. 
"That's not going to work." He did not move. "Samuel Bennett!" She 
screamed. 
He jumped up. "Where's the fire?"
She laughed.  "First I'm stupid and second acting was never a strong 
suit of yours."
"Man, you harsh."
She laughed. "Well one of us has to be, you softy."
"So what's going up there?"
"As entertaining as our son's little soap opera is, I want to know one 
why you're here. Two does Grace know? And three is like at home so bad 
that you are willing to clean with me?"
He groaned. "I'm here because Charity's crying, I don't know if she 
knows and yes."
She frowned. "What's wrong with Charity?"
"I don't know and to tell you the truth I don't care. Grace is all over 
her and it's annoying."
"She's her niece isn't she suppose to care about her?"
"Not to the point of obsession and that's where it is. She never even 
looks at Jessica and Kay well she blames her for everything that has 
gone wrong with Charity. Its nuts."
"And this just started?"
"No, I've just started noticing it. I have just started realizing a lot.
When you and David were trying to break us up we could use you two as 
the excuse but now..."
"Now you're realized that we were just the icing on an already bad 
cake?"
"Yes, I guess. I do not know what to do though. I promised her I would 
never leave her."
"You don't think you can fix it?"
"I don't think she wants me to."
"But you still love her?"
"Yes, but some times love just isn't enough."

Noah, Simone, Jessica and Reese were sitting on the couch in the 
Bennett house. "You try." Jessica said. 
"I'm not going anywhere near them. It's too weird." Noah said. "Reese?"
He shook his head. "I'm not facing them again. I didn't promise to deal 
with them when I married Jessica."
They looked at Simone. She put her hands up. "No, don't even think 
about it. I agree with Reese. No where inmy wedding vows did I promise 
to try to fix these type of problems."
"So what do we do? Noah, we can't just leave mom and Charity here."
"Who says we can't? I say we go see Kay and Miguel and leave them two 
to do what ever they are doing."
They heard a scream and they all looked at each other. "Let's go!"
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Title: Child of Love (sequel to CAN DREAMS BE MORE THAN JUST DREAM) 14/?


Miguel and Kay were still one the floor when the heard a knock on the 
door. "Do you want me to send them away?"
"No, I'll just go freshen up and you grab a shirt."
"Are you ok?"
She gave him a kiss on the check. "I will be." 
She headed off towards their bedroom and he grabbed a clean shirt from 
the dryer. Then he went to answer the door. He was shocked to see Reese,
Jessica, Noah and Simone there. "Oh it's just you."
"Oh thanks." Jess said.
"Kay its just Reese, Jessica, Noah and Simone you don't have to get so 
dressed up!" 
"You so don't know how to make some one feel special."
"Sorry." Miguel said to Simone. "Now why don't you sit down and tell me 
why you're here."
"Can't we just come and visit our relatives who we love?"
Kay walked in and put her arm around Miguel. "No, not in the Bennett 
family you can't. So what's wrong?"
"Mom and Charity have gone nuts!"
"And this is new!" Kay said with a laugh that scared ever her brother 
and sister. 
That is when Noah and Jessica realized that their sister had been 
crying. Noah looked to Miguel who just nodded. "Hey you guys how about 
the Bennett three talk for a while is that ok?"
"I'll take Reese and Simone outside and we'll compare notes on your 
three."
Reese and Simone agreed and left.
Noah turned to Kay "So what did mom to now?"

Sam and Ivy were broken out of their talk by a knock at the back door. 
"Come in." Sam screamed.
TC, Eve, Whitney and Chad came in. TC looked at Sam and Eve at Ivy. 
Sam and Ivy then realized they were holding hands. They quickly broke 
apart. "Chad, Whitney if you're looking for Ethan and Th... Lindsey 
there are upstairs but make sure to knock first." 
They told Ivy thank you and headed upstairs.
As soon as they were gone, TC and Eve turned to Sam and Ivy. "What 
exactly are you up to?"  Eve said to Ivy.
Ivy did not have even get a chance to speak because Sam spoke up 
instead. "She's not up to anything. We are talking and I am the one 
who is upset. She was just helping me."
"Sam come on this is Ivy we're talking about."
"Right TC I know who she is and I know that she's been a great friend 
to me."
Ivy could feel the tension was thick. She decided to say something. 
"I'm pregnant with Sam's son!" All three turned to look at her shocked.

Ethan and Theresa were laying in bed. She was rested on his chest. "So?" 
She laughed. 
"So a lot."
"You've been where this whole time?"
She turned to face him. 
"Let's forget about the past please and only focus on the future."
"The future..."
"Yeah, me, you and Gabi. I missed so much and I want to make up 
starting now."
He smiled. "I like the sound of that. I like that a lot..."
He was cut off by a knock on the door. "Hey you guys decent in there?" 
Chad screamed.
"Give us a minute." Theresa said. She turned to Ethan. "Come on these 
are our best friends and this can wait, right?"
He slowly nodded his head and they both got dressed. Ethan finally went 
and opened the door. 
"Finally!" Whitney said.
"Sorry but we were a little busy." Ethan said. 
"Oh like we care." Chad and Whitney looked at Ethan and Theresa and 
could tell it had happened. 
Whitney turned to Theresa. "You finally told him!" She just smiled and 
Whitney hugged her. 
"Congrats man!" Chad said but he could tell Ethan was not so happy. 
"What's wrong man?"
"Well it's just when you knocked I was about to propose to Theresa but 
now..."
"Now what?" Theresa screamed. 
"Now I've got to do it front of our best friends." He took out a ring 
and got down on one knee. "Theresa Lopiz-Fitgerald aka Lindsey Cane 
will you marry me again?" 
Theresa did not say anything.

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Title: Child of Love (sequel to CAN DREAMS BE MORE THAN JUST DREAM) 15/?


"Mom? Oh you mean Grace Bennett?"
"Yes our mother. That is unless you have a new mother. Do you?" Noah 
said.
"The only mother I've ever known is Pilar Lopiz-Fitgerald. Grace 
Bennett just happened to give birth to me but she's not my mother."
"Ok, then what did Grace do to you?" Jessica asked.
"You want me to make a list? It'll take a while but I could make one."
"Ok, then what did she do now?"
"It's not what she did do but what she didn't do.  She didn't even 
remember my b-day, the kids' births, graduation she only came to it 
because of Charity, my wedding, all my children's b-days, my engagement 
party..." 
"I think we get the idea." Noah said.
"I'm glad someone does because I don't. I can't figure out why she 
hates me."
"She doesn't hate you, Kay. She just likes Charity a lot." Jessica 
said.
"A little too much!" Noah said
"You aren't going to get an argument from me." Kay said.  Jess was not 
about to agree. So Kay looked at her and said. "Come on, Jess. You know 
she does. When was the last time she even asked you about you and Reese 
or your life at all?"
"She's been busy."
"Does she even know you are married?" Kay asked.
"I don't think so."
"Or that you are going to have a baby?"
"You're what?" Noah said.
Jess looked at Kay hard. "I hadn't even told Reese yet!"
"Oh sorry."
"Well do not be mad Jessica, I mean she didn't tell Reese."
"Not yet!" Jessica said.
"Oh come on. I am good at keeping secrets. I haven't told Noah about 
Simone yet."
"What about my wife?"
"Simone is going to kill me." 
"If I don't first." Jessica said. "Your two pregnant sisters are going 
to kill!"
"Two! Simone is pregnant!" Noah said.
Kay smiled. "This time I didn't say anything."
"Oh no, I'm so dead. Noah, can't you just forget I said anything?"
"Noah Bennett, forget something? Come on this is our brother like he 
has ever forgotten anything in his life." Kay said with a smile.
"I can't die! I'm too young!" Jessica said.


"You're what!" Sam said.
"Not again!" Eve said.
"You two just can't keep your hands off each other!" TC said.
"Ok, how about everyone take a deep breath." Ivy said nervously.
Everyone looked at her as if she was crazy.
"Oh poor Grace. Sam, you better tell her before she loses another child." 
Eve said.
Ivy looked at Sam. "Grace is pregnant!"
He put up his hands. "No nobody is pregnant. Not Ivy and not Grace! 
Actually there is more of a chance of Ivy being pregnant with my child 
then Grace." He said with a laugh.
"So if you not pregnant then why say it Ivy?"
"To break the tension."
"You thought that would help?" Sam said.
"Sorry I've held it for too long. But Eve why would you say Grace was 
pregnant?"
"To stop this! You're married Sam, remember?"
"How could I forget? Believe me if I could I would have."
"Ok it is official you're spending to much time with Ivy." TC said.
"This doesn't involve Ivy or David it just Grace and I and I wish it 
wasn't."
"Ok I'm confused if there isn't anyone else then what's the problem?" 
Eve said.
"You don't see it, Eve. Come on when was the last time you actually 
choose to spend time with Grace? You cannot even remember can you? You 
are her best friend and you will not even spend time with her. And I 
am her husband and I do not want to spend time with her. I think that's 
pretty much a sign that's there is something wrong."
"Ok, I don't understand you two stayed together though David and Ivy 
and John and Ethan, but you can't without?" TC asked.
"We still have Ethan and John not that they are threats. I think with 
the threats we were able to stay strong. We had to. Now we do not need 
to. The kids do not need us to be. They don't really want us to be."
"But do you?" Eve asked.
"No." Sam said.


"Theresa?" Ethan asked nervously. She did not move. 
Chad whispered to Whitney. "Is she ok?"
Whitney walked over to Theresa. "Theresa, honey did you hear Ethan?"
Theresa nodded.
"Ok then why don't you answer him?"
She whispered something in Whitney's ear. 
Whitney laughed. "Ok, that's fine. Chad how about we step out for a 
second."
"Sure but I want to know what her answer is." 
"You'll find out in a second. Now let's give them some privacy." Chad 
and Whitney walked out.
Ethan turned to Theresa. "So?"
Theresa sat down on the bed. "I've dreamed of this my whole life of 
marrying you, then I did, and I had to leave with out you. They told me 
I could never be with you again."
He could tell she was crying. He went to hold her but she pushed him 
away. "And I started to believe that. I believed that for the safety of 
everyone I loved, I could not be with you..."
"But you can."
 "How do you know that?"
"Because I know what it's like to not have you in my life and I don't 
ever and would not ever let you out of my life again. I do not care 
what it takes. I'm not losing you ever again."
She smiled. "Do you really mean that?"
"I've never meant anything more in my life."
"Oh Ethan." She said as she hugged him.
"So does this mean yes?"
"Yes, of course it's means yes."
"Then this is for you." He slipped the ring back on her finger. 
"It's nice to have this back on and fate back on our sides." 
He just laughed.

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Title: Child of Love (sequel to CAN DREAMS BE MORE THAN JUST DREAM) 16/?


The phone rang again. "Luis, can you get that?" Pilar asked.
"Sure." He picked up the phone. "Lopiz-Fitgerald house."
"Luis."
"Ethan?"
"Yeah, can you come over to the mansion quickly and bring the whole 
family?"
"Sure but why?" He asked worried.
"Just hurry." He said as he hung up the phone.
"Who was that?" Sheridan asked. 
"Your crazy nephew."
"Is something wrong?" 
"I don't know. He just said to bring the whole family to the mansion."
"Something must be wrong." Gabi said.
"No honey nothing's wrong at least I don't think so. We'll know soon 
though."
"I hope you're right." She said scared.
Sheridan went over to her. "If something was wrong he would have told 
you."
"Actually he wouldn't have, he wouldn't want to worry me. Which is what 
he is doing."
"Oh sweetie!" She went over and held her.


"The poor child." Kay said.
"Who?" Jessica asked.
"Noah's future child. Can you picture him raising a child?"
"Not really." Jessica said.
"Hey! I don't appreciate that!" Noah said. 
"Well it wasn't meant to be a complement." Kay said.
The phone rang. She picked it up. "Hello?"
"Kay?"
"Yes, Ethan you sound very excited, what's wrong?"
"Don't have time to explain. Just come to the mansion right away and 
bring everyone."
"But wh..." He hung up. "Ok, I've got one thing to say, the males in 
this family are jerks."
"Hey!"
"She's right, Noah. Kay, what did Ethan say?"
"To come to the mansion immediately and bring the family, that's all."
 "Is something wrong?" Miguel asked.
Kay turned around. "I don't know but we need to hurry."


Sam's cell phone rang. "Excuse me." He picked up the phone. "Hello? 
Ethan?"
"Dad, I need you and Mom to come in the living room quickly."
"But why?"
"Just do it and call Uncle Hank."
The phone went dead.
"Who was that?" Ivy asked.
"Our lunatic son."
"But isn't he just upstairs?"
"Yes."
"So why did he call you?"
"How should I know? He just told us to go into the living room and to 
call Hank."
"Well then do it." Ivy said.
"Why?"
"He doesn't ask for much does he?"
"No but..."
"Just call Hank."
"Fine but this he gets from you."

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Title: Child of Love 17/?


"Do you have any clue what's going on here?" Luis asked Hank as him and 
Beth walked up.
"I have no clue, do you?" Hank asked.
"He's your nephew, shouldn't you know?" Luis said.
 Hank laughed. "I've never understood him at all. Just like I've never 
understood his father."
"Hey Uncle Hank." Kay said as Miguel and her walked up, and she hugged 
him.
"Hey did your brother call you two?" He asked.
"Yes, he called me and told me to bring everyone else. Does anyone know 
why?" She asked.
"I wish someone did." Noah said as Simone and him walked up.
"He's your brother, you don't know?" Pilar asked.
"No clue but I bet if we go in we'll find out." Jessica smiled as her 
Reese walked up.
"You've always been a smart one haven't you." Hank said smiling as they 
started into the mansion.


They met up with Sam, Ivy, TC and Eve who were sitting on the couch. 
"Hey grandpa." Gabi said hugging Sam and then Ivy. "So do either of you 
know what's going on with my father?"
"Hi to you too." Ivy said smiling.
"I'm sorry hi grandma so where is my father?" Gabi said again worried.
"He's up stairs. He should be down soon." Sam said. "How are you doing?" 
Sam asked worried.
"I'm worried and I'm about to go upstairs and drag my father down here 
for an explanation." 
"I don't think that will be necessary." Ethan said smiling as him and 
Theresa came down stairs.
"Dad!" Gabi said smiling as she hugged Ethan and then looked at both of 
them and demanded. "Tell me what's wrong!"
"We will and nothing's wrong really. Please sit down everyone and we 
will tell you what's going on." Ethan said pleading. 
"Wait you said "we", right?" Ivy asked.
"Yes they said "we". Whitney said smiling as Chad and her came down.
"Whitney, do you know what's going on?" Eve asked.
"Yes, I do but I think that Ethan and Th... I mean Lindsey, should tell 
you what's going on." Whitney said as her and Chad sat down.
"We agree so tell us!" Luis demanded.
Ethan laughed. "Well the first part really isn't mine to tell..."
"It's mine, I don't know how to tell everyone this but... I'm... I mean 
I was... I'm..." Theresa tried to say.
"It's ok, you can say it." Ethan said as he held on to her hand tightly.
Theresa took a deep breath. "I'm Theresa Lopiz-Fitgerald." She said 
quickly.
"Finally!" Miguel said smiling as he got up and hugged her.
"It took you long enough sis." Luis said laughing as he also hugged her.
"What are you two talking about? And why aren't you shocked?" Theresa 
asked confused.
"Well we already knew mija."  Pilar said.
"How did you know?" Ethan asked. "How did I not know?"
"Well they figured that was her job to do." Sam said getting up.
"Who's they?" Ethan asked.
"The FBI?" Theresa asked Sam.
"Yeah, they told me first, they said it was for your safety." He said.
"And of course they don't tell me!" Theresa said annoyed.
Ethan laughed. "Well I'm just glad to have the women I love back and 
there's more news, we're engaged again."
"Congratulations." Sheridan said smiling as she hugged Ethan.
"Well all of you didn't know about this did you?" Theresa asked.
"No, of course not and congratulation to the both of you." Kay said 
smiling as she hugged both of them.
"I agree, I'm happy for my brother." Jessica said as she hugged Ethan.
"Thanks, Jessica I'm so glad you are here with me." Ethan said smiling.
"How about me? Are you glad I'm here too?" Noah said as he and Simone 
came walking up. 
"Yes of course." Ethan said laughing.
"You know I'm still bothered at the fact that everyone knew who I was 
before I even told them." Theresa said.
"Not everyone knew." Gabi said as she got up crying and ran upstairs.
"Gabi wait!" Theresa said as she started to head up.
"Maybe I should go." Ethan said.
"No, she's my daughter too and this is long over due." Theresa said as 
she headed upstairs.

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Title: Child of Love 18/?


"Gabi?" Theresa asked as she cracked open the door. She saw Gabi 
sitting on her bed crying. She walked over to her. "Can we talk?"
Gabi got up. "I'm too mad at you to talk to you." 
"That's understandable, I guess. I mean I cannot make you be ok with 
this. I wish I could but I can't." Theresa said sadly.
"I wish you could too. I want to be ok with this. But... I don't know 
how to be."
"Me either, you know I've dreamed of always being here with you and 
your father but... I always thought it would be sooner." 
"I wish it was, I wish you could have been here for everything, I wish 
I really knew you."
"I'm here now, you can get to know me now."
"It's not that easy! I have had to accept since the day I have said the 
word mommy that you were dead. That I was never going to have a mother. 
That mother's day was not a celebration but a memorial to remember you, 
to mourn you."
"I'm sorry for that."
"You should be. You have been alive all this time and never once did 
you contact me, not once! How could you do that!"
"I wanted to contact you I really did but they wouldn't let me."
"Excuses! That is all that is, is an excuse. If you really wanted to be 
with me then you would have found a way. You would have been here for 
me, but you weren't." 
"I did fight for you, every day I fought, I never won and I hate my 
self that I couldn't beat it, that I couldn't win. Gabi, I would give 
anything to get back that time I missed with you, all that time when 
you were growing up." 
"But you can't, you can't go back and redo history. You can't make all 
my bad memories go away."
"I know that but at least I can make new good ones to try to replace 
the old ones."
"And how am I suppose to do that?"
"We're suppose to try every day to try to get use to this, to try to 
enjoy this family that we now have again. I can't promise you this is 
going to be easy for either one of us, but what I can promise you is 
that I'm going to work so hard to make sure that you are happy. I have 
waited forever to be able to be your mother, to be able to tell you I 
love you, to hug you and to not let you go. Can you let me do that?" 
Theresa begged.
Gabi just stood there for a minute not really believing what was happen. 
"I'll let you do this if you can promise me that you will not leave me 
again, that's this is real and I won't wake up in a second and find out 
this was all a terrible dream."
"I can promise you this is real and I'm not going any where's any time 
soon." Theresa said as she hugged her daughter for the first time in a 
long time.


"Maybe I should go check on them." Ethan said worried to his parents.
"Don't, take it from someone who knows long lost parents may take some 
time getting back with their kids, but it does happen." Sam said.
"I guess your right, I'm just worried about how Gabi is going to take 
this." Ethan said.
"We're more worried about how you're taking this." Ivy said.
"That's nice and all but I fine, I'm very happy, and I'm fine." Ethan 
said.
"You're fine and happy? That is all? I'm shocked, if the love of my 
life came back from the dead I would be a lot more emotional." Sam said.
"Well I'm trying to take it all in, one minute at a time. I'm not 
really sure it's even hit me yet and when it does, I don't know how I'm 
going to feel." Ethan said truthfully
 "That's reasonable I guess, so about this wedding.... You two do 
realize you weren't ever not married to begin with?"  Sam said.
"I guess we weren't but we never really had a real ceremony and we both 
need one I think for this to be official and all." Ethan said.
"Well I would love to see us celebrate something for once that goes 
right." Ivy said.
"I second that, I just hope nothing goes wrong." Ethan said worried.
"I'm not letting anything ruin my son's wedding this time, I'll get all 
the police force I can find on it." Sam said.
"Thanks  Dad that means a lot." Ethan said.


"I thought Aunt Theresa was dead?" Maria asked Kay.
"Um... she was playing dead I guess." Kay said not sure how to answer 
her daughter's question.
"Why would anyone play dead?" Maria asked confused.
"Someone else take that one please?" Kay begged
"Well you see Maria, your Aunt Theresa's life was in danger, she had to 
hide, and the only way she could hide was if people thought she was 
dead." Miguel said.
"Why was her life in danger?" Maria asked still confused.
Miguel looked at Luis.
"Well some people who really didn't like me decided that they would go 
after my sister, your aunt Theresa and when they didn't get her, they 
decided to go find her."  Luis said.
"But why don't they like you?" Maria asked.
Luis looked at Pilar. 
"Well you see your Uncle Luis is a police officer and some people don't 
like people who are police officers." Pilar said.
"So they don't like Uncle Noah and grandpa either?" Maria asked.
"You know that's a lot of questions for a little girl to ask." Theresa 
said as she came down with Gabi.
"Is everything ok?" Ethan asked.
"Things are better than ok." Theresa said smiling.
Ethan looked at Gabi.
"Listen to mom, she knows what she talking about." Gabi said smiling.
"Can I make an announcement really quick?" Ivy asked.
"Depends on what it is." Ethan said.
"I wanted to invite everyone to a party at the Lobster Shack tonight 
for my son and future daughter-in-law." Ivy said. "We're doing this to 
celebrate their engagement once again to each other and if it's ok with 
Pilar I'd like for her to co-host it with Sam and I." Ivy said looking 
at Pilar.
"I'd be happy to." Pilar said.
"Then it's settled, everyone be there for seven, so we can finally give 
this family something wonderful to celebrate." Ivy said.
"We need it." Luis said.
"And it'll give me a chance to meet all my nephews, nieces and in laws." 
Theresa said looking around the room. "I thought this was a big family 
when I left, I was defiantly wrong." She said smiling.
"Yeah well sis, we've been busy while you were gone." Miguel said.
"Yes, I see that." She said looking at Miguel and Kay. "When did you 
two? Where is Charity?" She asked confused. "And when did you get back?" 
She asked pointing to Noah. "You two are married?" She asked Simone. 
"And where is your wife?" She asked looking at Sam. "You two get along 
now?" She asked Luis and Sheridan. "When did you start liking her?" She 
asked Hank. "And when did you get over Kay?" She asked Reese. "Oh and 
you two, finally." She said to Chad and Whitney. "But when did that 
happen?"
"Now you're the one with a lot questions, that I already know the 
answers to. Can we trade answers?" Maria asked.
"Yeah I think we will have to do that. Miguel, Kay is this little one 
of yours?" Theresa asked.
"One of our many ones." Kay said.
"Yeah I see that there or a lot of little Lopiz-Fitgerald's running 
around." Theresa said. 
"Yeah well we're not responsible for all of them." Miguel said looking 
at Luis and Sheridan.
Theresa put her hands up. "This is going to take a me a little while so 
one family at a time please." She begged.

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Title: Child of Love 19/?


"So are you going to invite Travis?" Theresa asked as she came into 
Gabi's room.
"You know it's not fair to use things that you learned as my teacher 
against me as my mother." Gabi said.
"Sorry, but does that bother you? I mean do you want me to quit?" 
Theresa asked worried.
"Would you?" 
"I don't know. I like having a job again. It's a good feeling but if it 
bothers you than..."
"I don't bother me yet it just when people find out you're my mother, 
they'll start to think that that is why I'm passing you know?"
"Yeah well let them think what ever they want."
"You do realize you don't really need this job. Don't you?" 
"I don't?" Theresa asked questionably.
"Your husband owns the Crane estate and well to say the least we're not 
counting our pennies here or anything." 
"Thanks for that reminder but it has nothing to do with money."
"Then what does it have to do with?"
"Well it's the first job I've had that I've really enjoyed in a long 
time. Plus I get to see you all that time and that alone is worth any 
job."
"Yeah make me feel guilty why you at it." Gabi said jokily.
Theresa laughed. "Sorry, I didn't mean to. I am going to go and get 
ready. Call Travis." She said as she closed the door.


"So is everything ready?" Sam asked Ivy and Pilar as he came up to the 
two of them.
"Yeah no thanks to you. Where have you been?" Ivy asked annoyed.
"Dealing with Grace. She didn't want me to come." Sam said sadly.
"But you came that's a good sign, right?" Ivy asked worried.
"Yeah, it's a good sign that my marriage is going down the drain." 
"Maybe Grace just needs some time to..." Pilar started to say.
"To do what remember why she loved me? Because I think she forgot." Sam 
said sarcastically.
"I don't know what else to say, I've tried helping Grace." Pilar 
started to say.
"Hopeless?" Sam asked.
"A work in progress and I'm trying to help you but you both seem pretty 
set that it can't be fixed. Maybe you two have already made up your 
minds. You just need to do it." Pilar said.
"We just need to do what? You can't be talking about a divorcee because 
I defiantly am not thinking about leaving my man." Grace said walking 
in.
"Grace, what are you doing here?" Sam asked confused.
"Trying to keep you." Grace said, as she looked mad at Ivy.
"This is going to be one night we'll remember." Pilar mumbled.


"So are you ready for the party?" Ethan asked Theresa as they got into 
the car.
"I'm defiantly ready for a celebration that's for sure." Theresa said 
smiling.
"Me too." Ethan said as he started up the car and drove off.
(Tell Me I Was Dreaming  by Travis Tritt started to play.
"When I woke up this morning
Wiped the sleep from my eyes
Found a new day dawning
And suddenly I realize
You're gone"
"So what do you think they're going to do at this party for us?" Ethan 
asked trying to ignore the lyrics.
"Hopefully nothing too crazy, but knowing our families, it will 
probably be wild." Theresa said.
"Tell me I was dreaming
That you didn't leave me here to cry
You didn't say you don't love me anymore
And it was just my imagination telling lies
Tell me that you didn't say goodbye"
"Ethan, are you ok?" Theresa asked, he seemed to be looking off into 
space. 
"I... I'm fine." Ethan said nervously.
"I don't believe you." Theresa said. "Talk to me."
"I'm in a state of confusion
I hope things aren't what they seem
If this is really happening
Just let me go back to dream
You're home"
"Things are happy now, let's just leave it that way, please?" Ethan 
begged.
"It doesn't do any good to ignore what you're feeling, please tell me 
what you're thinking." 
"Tell me I was dreaming
That you didn't leave me here to cry
You didn't say you don't love me anymore
And it was just my imagination telling lies
Tell me that you didn't say goodbye"
"I'm thinking that this is all a dream and that you're still dead in 
the ground." Ethan said quickly.
"Ethan, I... please pull over we need to talk." Theresa begged.
Ethan pulled over to the side. "I don't know why I said that really. 
You don't need to..."
"Yes, I do I need to know exactly what you're thinking and feeling." 
"Theresa, you left me with out even a good bye. You left me with our 
daughter to raise by myself and then you just come back. I mourned you. 
I buried you, I cried for you." Ethan said crying.
"I'm sorry, Ethan. I really am." Theresa said also crying.
"You know what the hardest thing to do was? It was to not blame you for 
leaving me all alone. I tried not to, I really did...."
"You should of, I deserved it. I should of found a way to come back to 
you and Gabi..."
"You couldn't and I shouldn't be bringing this up right now and making 
you feel bad."
"Yes you should, I should have known that coming back here wasn't going 
to be easy. And it would be a miracle Ethan if you didn't have some 
problems with me suddenly coming back into your life. The fact that you 
do is just a sign that your human and makes this, us more real because 
this everything suddenly be happy and fine, seemed un real, fake, like 
a dream."
"So you want me to be sad?" Ethan asked shocked.
"What I want you to be is able to openly tell me what you're feeling 
and thinking and don't feel like you have to hold anything back. That 
wouldn't be a real relationship, this whole talking this is." 
"You know I love you so much." Ethan said smiling.
"I love you too. Now let's go to our party." Theresa said as he got 
back on the road.
"Tell me I was dreaming
That you didn't leave me here to cry
You didn't say you don't love me anymore
And it was just my imagination telling lies
Tell me that you didn't say goodbye?"

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Title: Child of Love 20/?


"Grace, it's good to see you." Ivy said lying.
"Yeah I bet so where is the people for who this party is for?" Grace 
asked.
"They probably got delayed. Ethan probably got distracted, with Theresa 
back and all he's too happy to really be able to think straight." Kay 
said
"So no one knows where they are and none of you are worried?" Grace 
asked shocked.
"She did it again." Kay told Miguel annoyed.
"Grace, Kay just told you what happened." Sam pointed out confused. 
"Did you not hear her?"
"No I heard her, I'm sorry Kay I just thought you were talking to 
Miguel." Grace said lying. 
"Yeah right. Miguel let's go some where's else for a little while." 
Kay begged.
"Don't got too far." Sam spoke up.
"Please do." Grace mumbled.
Kay heard her. "We'll be back in time for the party, don't worry." Kay 
said as she walked off.
"Grace, what have you been up to lately? The kids seem to not talk 
about you as much." Ivy asked.
"Yeah well I've been trying to help Charity through something's so I've 
been busy." Grace said.
"Yeah, dealing with her life." Jessica mumbled annoyed to Reese.
"Is she ok?" Ivy asked.
"As well as she can be, all things considered." Grace said looking at 
the place where Kay and Miguel had just went off to.
"That really wasn't Miguel or Kay's fault." Pilar said defending her 
son.
"Right, well either way Charity's devastated."
"That was over fifteen years ago." Pilar said shocked.
"Yeah, I guess some one forgot to tell Charity that there was a limit 
on how long she could stay heart broken." Grace said mad.
"You know what uh Noah, Simone can you take Mrs. Lopiz-Fitgerald 
outside and..." Sam said quickly.
"Sure thing." Noah said getting up. "Come on Pilar, we'll uh... find 
something to do." 
"That's fine." Pilar said as she started to leave with them.
"Hey Dad, you might want to give her something to put her to sleep for 
the good of everyone." Noah whispered in his ear.
"Noah Bennett!" Sam said in shock.
"Don't tell me, the thought hasn't crossed your mind." Noah said 
smiling as he walked off after Pilar and Simone.
"Grace, what's wrong?" Sam asked worried.
"How can she do that?" Grace asked.
"Do what exactly?" Sam asked confused.
"Act like it wasn't Kay and Miguel's fault. It was. Well Kay's any way. 
She took advantage of him. She used him, just to get back at Charity." 
Grace said mad.
"Yeah right. Look Grace, why don't you talk to Jessica for a second I 
need to do something." Sam said as he looked at Jessica and Reese.
"What did I ever do to you?" Jessica asked Sam.
"You've been a wonderful daughter, now just continue to do that please?" 
Sam begged.
"Fine but you better be back in ten minutes or I'm coming after you." 
Jessica warned.
"I'll be, thanks." Sam said walking out side. 
Ivy followed.


"So which family members should I stir clear off?" Travis asked Gabi as 
they walked up to the restaurant.
"Well there's my uncles Miguel, Luis and Noah, my grandfather Sam, my 
dad's best friend Chad..."
"How about we just not go to the party?" Travis offered worried.
"No can do, my mother told me I had to come. Plus I want you to meet 
her."
"I already have."
"No, you met her as my teacher not as my mother. Plus you haven't met 
my father."
"I thought there was a reason for that, you know my health and all?" 
"Oh he's not that bad."
"You can say that, only because you're his daughter and of course he's 
good with you."
"You've got a point, I guess. But these are the people I love Travis 
and with out them, I don't know what I'd do and the same goes for you." 
Gabi said truthfully.  
"You know it's the moments when you're so honest with me that I 
remember why I put on these monkey suits and risk my health for you, 
Gabriela." Travis said smiling.
"I love it when you say my name like that." Gabi said getting closer to 
him.
"I know that's why I say it." Travis said taking her hand.
"So you purposely say my name like that so I'll give up?" Gabi said as 
she took his other hand.
"Well it works doesn't?" He said as he pulled her closer.
"Yeah but now that I know what you're doing it won't work." She said as 
she leaned up against him.
"Oh I wouldn't bet on that." He said as he leaned into to kiss her.
"Excuse me?" Ethan asked coming up with Theresa.
"Oh Dad, we were just..." Gabi started to say nervously.
"You were just what?" Ethan asked mad.
"They were just talking, honey relax." Theresa said.
"They were talking rather closely." Ethan pointed out and looked at 
Travis. "Who are you any way?"
"I'm Travis Schultz, sir." Travis said reaching out his hand.
"So Travis, what are you doing with my daughter?" Ethan said ignoring 
his hand.
"I'm.... We're..." Travis said nervously.
"You're? Speak up son!" Ethan said.
"Dad!" Gabi said.
"Look Ethan, how about we go in and Gabi and Travis will join us later?"
Theresa said trying to led him in.
"But I'm not done here." Ethan said.
"They're not going any where's and plus this is a celebration and how 
about we act like it?" Theresa offered. "And if for no other reason 
than because I want you to."
"Ok I'll go but we're not done here yet." Ethan said looking at Travis.
"I didn't think we were." Travis said as Ethan and Theresa headed 
inside. 
"I'm so sorry about that." Gabi said as she turned to Travis.
"It's ok, you're worth it." Travis said smiling.


"So how are you feeling?" Ivy asked as Sam sat down in a car outside.
"She's back." Sam said sadly.
"Yes, she's back. But she's your wife so shouldn't you be happy about 
this?"
"Yes, I should but I would like to know why before I start getting so 
happy."
"Why don't you ask her?"
"You really think she'd tell me the truth?"
"It's worth a try."
"Maybe it's worth too much."
"So you're just going to keep pawning her off on your children?"
"Is there something so wrong with that?"
Ivy laughed. "Yes there is, your kids don't really like her and plus 
you're technically still married to her so you can't just ignore her."
"You do that with Julian."
"Well he's in jail and plus I was brave enough to divorce him."
"Are you trying to point something out to me?"
"Is it that obvious?"
"Well subtlety has never been your strong point, Ivy."
"Yeah that's what people tell me. You also want to know what people 
tell me?"
"I know I'm not going to want to hear this but I'm going to ask any way. 
So go ahead."
"People keep telling me that they think that the Chief of Police isn't 
brave any more."
"Oh really now why would they say that?"
"Because you're still married to a lunatic wife."
"So the people want me to divorce her?'
"It seems that way."
"And what do you want me to do?"
"Not ask me that question."
"Why not?"
"Because you're still married and I'm not and I can't stand this close 
to you much longer or I'm going to lose it."
"And that's a bad thing?"
"Yes, now come on we need to go inside."
"But Grace is in there?"
"Yeah, I know." Ivy said pulling Sam into the restaurant.


"So are you feeling better?" Simone asked Pilar as they sat out side.
"I guess, thank you both so much." 
"No problem, this is better than being in there any way." Noah said 
sadly.
"Are you ok?" Pilar asked worried.
"I'm fine, it's just some times my mother drives me crazy." Noah said.
"But she's your mother." Pilar said.
"Yeah and rare times she actually acts like it." Noah said mad.
"What are you talking about?" Pilar asked confused.
"You might not want to get him started, Pilar." Simone suggested.
"No, I want to hear this. I feel I only hear Kay's, your dad's and your 
mom's side a lot of the time." Pilar said.
"Well Kay's pretty much accurate. She got the worst of mom's 
non-parenting. I feel sorry for what mom put her through she didn't 
deserve it."
"But she can handle it." Pilar said.
"Yeah she probably could but she shouldn't have to. She should have a 
mother who cares about her, like you do."
"Well as I told your sister, I'm here for her when ever she needs me. 
The same goes for you and Jessica." Pilar said.
"That's a bad idea because you are never gong to be able to get rid of 
him now." Simone said.
"Yeah well I've known him since he was a little baby running around 
Harmony after Luis and Antonio." Pilar said smiling.



"Are you ok?" Miguel asked Kay worried as they continued walking.
"I bet she's just bad mouthing me in there." Kay said sadly.
"I bet she isn't. My mother, your father, brother, sister and even Ms. 
Crane have probably stopped her already."
"I hope so." Kay said sitting down. "Miguel, why does she have to do 
that?"
"Because that's the only way she knows how to be. She does not know how 
to be your friend or your mother. She has spent so much time being 
Charity's friend and mother that she missed out on you."
"I never wanted her to miss out. I always wanted her to be there for 
everything: my first kiss, my first love, my wedding, my first child, 
all my children..." Kay started to say crying.
"And she wasn't. That is her fault, not yours. You could not wait 
around forever, for her. You had to move on."
"Maybe I should of waited, gave her more chances."
"You couldn't, you had a life to live Kay and waiting for her wouldn't 
be living that life. And I know personally that I need you in my life 
and I don't know what I'd do with out your in it."
"You'd have married Charity."
"Never, not now that I've seen what she's really like. I could not stay 
with someone who is that perky, and perfect. I need someone who does 
not mind not always following the rules and who will go to any length 
to be with me. I needed you."
Kay laughed. "And you got me, with all my dysfunctional problems 
included."