Title: Trying Again 1/? Author: Christen Hays (PurpleHaysC@netscape.com) Comments: please send me all you comments. Please! Distribution: if you want to use this fanfic or any other than just ask first. Chapter 1 Theresa parked her car in the front of the house, grabbed her bags and went into the house as quiet as possible. She steeped on something that squeaked. Then she found her room and laid her bags down. She slipped into bed. Then laid her head on the pillow and took a deep breath and went to sleep. Kay paid the cab driver his money and then tried to use her key to unlock the door but realized it would not work. She tried the door and was shocked that the door was open. She slipped in, went up to her and Jessica's room, laid her bags down next to her bed, and then went to sleep. Both girls were too tired to tell anyone they were home. The night had lasted too long and at that moment, all they needed was sleep. When they woke up, they would be back where they belonged at least that is what they thought. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Title: Trying Again 2/? "Theresa, Theresa!" Two little kids jotted Theresa out of her sleep. She groaned and rolled over putting her pillow on her face. "I'm not here! Leave me alone!" The little kids left. She laughed to herself. "Well at least something is going right." She spoke too soon. "Theresa! You did not come back just to sleep all day! Get up!" She groaned and faced him. "Look give me a break. I just got in last night." "We gave you a break and look where it got us. Now you need to be up in five minutes. I don't want to have to come back in here." He walked out the door. "Someone has not changed." She got up and looked around her room. It had changed completely. She did not care thought she was not planning to stay any way no matter what they said. She went over to her bag and got out a black leather shirt and white top. Then she grabbed her black high heels and her brush. She headed to the bathroom. Miguel was walking out. "Hey you!" He hugged her. She hugged him back. "You're glad to see me?" "Of course. Look, I have to go Charity and I are meeting at the park. So um... welcome home. If I were you, I would get in there now before Luis does. " He ran out of the house. She went into the bathroom, closed the door, and locked it. She started to run the hot water, only hot water. When it started to fog the mirrors, she got in. She let the hot water run down her body and wash away all the feelings of being back here she had. As she started to wash her hair and the smell of her shampoo started to get strong she though back. ~ Theresa was sitting in class watching the teacher mumble on about all the different chemicals and things. It was her first day and she did not like it too much. The kids would not stop staring at her. "Where do you think she's from?" "We'll with that fashion statement she's making I guess a small town. A place that obviously has no good stories." Theresa was getting mad and ready to say something when the guy that was sitting behind her said. "I think that is makes her stand out. Unlike you Melanie, she doesn't blend in." That shut them up quick. Theresa smiled to herself and made a mental note to get to know this guy. All the sudden there was a tape at her shoulder. She turned around to face the guy that was behind her. "Yes?" "You're hair doesn't smell bad either, like roses. Roses that is it. I like it." She smiled. "I'm Resa you?" "Trey and I like that name Resa like Roses." "Excuse me, Miss Lopiz-Fitgerald. Will you mind paying attention." She faced front and Trey whispered in her ear. "Lopiz-Fitgerald is it? Resa Lopiz-Fitgerald well we'll have to get together later...." ~ Theresa finished her shower, dried her self off and started to dry her hair. The curls made it harder to dry but it was worth it. She quickly dressed and head out the living room. Kay woke up to a pillow in her face. "Ok Resa that's is not funny! You know how I am about being woken up early." She opened her eyes and was shocked to see her father and Jessica standing over. "It wasn't a dream." "No, Kay it wasn't. You're back home which means that you aren't going to be sleeping late any more!" She moaned. "Dad, please just..." "That's also not going to work any more. I want you up and dressed and down stairs in five minutes!" He walked out the door. Jessica was standing there smiling. "Leave now!" Jessica only laughed and walked out of the room. Kay went over to her bag and grabbed her black boots, her leather jacket, leather pants and a shirt that was white with a black design on it that brought tears to her eyes. ~~ "Come Resa, why not take these boys up on their offer. It's not everyday we get new clothes." "Ok, Kat I'll do it." Trey locked his arm with Resa's and they started walking. They found a small store that did not look like much from the outside. "Ladies first", the guys said as they held the door. "We never had guys like that in Harmony." "I know I love it here, Resa" Kat held up three shirts. "So which on do you like, Ricky?" She showed them to him. He smiled "This one." He picked out the white one with a black design. "Why?" She asks. "Put it on and you'll see." She slips it on over her shirt. "What?" He takes his finger and follows the design. "Because it leads right up to these." He traces her lips with his finger. Then he kissed her. When they separated, she looked at the shirt and then said. "This one is defiantly a keeper." She was not just talking about the shirt. ~ She got dressed and put on make up to cover up her swollen eyes and the streaks she had from crying. Then she walked down stairs and into the living room. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Title: Trying Again 3/? Theresa walked into to the living room and saw Luis sitting with the same two kids that had woken her up this morning. As soon as Luis saw her, he got up. "Mattie, Mark this is your babysitter Theresa. She is my sister. She will be watching yall while you're daddy is at work." He saw Mattie look somewhat sacred. "She's nice Mattie. And she was only joking this morning." Theresa looked at Luis with big eyes. "Luis, can we talk in the kitchen?" He nodded his head. "We'll be right back." Theresa said. As soon as they were in the kitchen, Theresa turned to Luis. "You're kidding me! I am not babysitting! There is no way! Remember the last time I babysitted Miguel? Remember the fire department had to come?" "Of course I remember and I don't really care. You are watching them and there is no way for you to get of it. This will be your job. Theresa if I hear one complaint from them, you just better hope I don't." He walked into the living room, she followed him. "Mattie, Mark I'm going to work. You two have fun with Theresa. Ok?" They simple nodded their heads. After he left, Theresa sat down between the two kids and sighed. ~~ "Resa, this is were you will be working. This is Officer Mike. You will be his secretary every day after school and on weekdays." As soon as Travis walked off, she looked back at Kat, who only smiled. She sat down at our desk and started up her computer. She walked over to where Officer Mike was. "I was wondering if there was anything I could do for you?" He put the donut that he was eating down his napkin. "Actually you can start on typing of these notes for me and getting me another thing of donuts." Resa just smiled. "Yes sir." She tried to grab the stack of papers but they spilled to the floor. She quickly picked them up. She sat back at her desk. An instant message popped up on the screen. DeviousKat: I see you were stuck with Officer Donut. FatefulResa: LOL. He is already asked for me to get another thing of donuts and tons of things to type up. I do not think I will last. DeviousKat: Well Travis has me as his secretary and let me tell you his since of work is not like anything I have every heard off. However, we have to last or will.... FatefulResa: Do not say it we will make it. It could be worse.... DeviousKat: I know I could be a maid and you could be a... FatefulResa: A babysitter I know. BRB I have to get him more donuts. DeviousKat: Me too It seems Travis wants me to copy some things. Just hang in there Resa and just think we're away from Harmony and you get to see Trey tonight in "our" place. ~~ Theresa looked at the two kids and decided she was going to make it though this. She just had to. Kay came down into the living room and saw her mother and father sitting on the couch. "Grace, there has to be another alternative." "Sam, you're the one who said that if she messed this what she has to do. She knew that she screwed up we were doing to do something." "But this! Grace I have a serious problem with my daughter cleaning toilets and picking up after other people." "As do I." Kay said as she came into thee room. Both of her parents got up. "Kay, we didn't know you were in the room." "Obviously..." She turned to her father. "Dad do you really think I deserve this?" He looked at the floor. "You screwed up and you knew we were going to do something. So...." "So nothing fine I'll do this." She said. Then Sam left. She was left with her mother. "You can start in the bathroom." Grace said and left the room leaving Kay there to think about other times ~~ Kat was sitting in Ricky's lab on the couch in their living room and Resa was on the floor in Trey's lab. They well all cracking up laughing. "And then he had the nerve to ask me if I would clean the place." Kat said "I almost busted up laughing when you imed me with that. Travis obviously has never seen your cleaning skills. You can't even keep your room clean enough to walk in neither less cleaning their bathroom." Resa said laughing. "So what did you tell him?" Ricky asked. "What else could I tell him other than no." "If that's all you said Kat then I'll be shocked." She hesitated. "You know me to well Resa." "Well?" Trey asked wanting to know. "I told him that he have a better chance of getting me into bed then getting me to clean the bathroom." They all laughed. "He didn't take you up on the offer did he?" Ricky asked hoping he did not. No, don't worry Ricky you're the only guy I would ever think of being in my bed." She started to make out with him. "Do we need to leave the room?" Resa asked laughing. "That would be nice." Kat said. Resa and Trey laughed. She grabbed his hand and started to lead him outside. "Resa, you can't do that." Kat said. "Travis's new rule thanks to your little outburst?" Resa asked. Kat nodded. "Well it looks like you boys aren't going to be getting anywhere tonight." Resa said. Ricky wrapped his arms tighter around Kat. "I wasn't going to get anywhere tonight any way." Trey laughed. "You and me both but as long as I get to kiss these sweat lips I'm not complaining." He said as she kissed her. "Me either." Ricky said as he kissed Kat. ~~ Kay smiled and held her tears back and headed to the bathroom. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Title: Trying Again 4/? The telephone rang for the second time and Mattie ran into the kitchen and Mark upstairs. "Please come back, Mattie, Mark." The telephone rang again. She picked it up. "Who is this?" She said not to happy. "I take it that Luis dished out a pretty bad punishment." "Worse then I could ever imagine. I'm babysitting." Kay laughed. "Oh Resa, you're kidding me?" "I wish I was. So what did you get stuck with?" "Don't laugh but I got cleaning duty." Theresa cracked up. "You're kidding me." "No, I'm not. My mother's decisions of course. They say it's the only way they could think for me to pay off the damages." "I still can't believe we did that, Kat." "I know." Both girls start to think back to that night. ~ "Come on Resa, you have to." "Why?" "Because I can't drive and Ricky doesn't want to stay here again. Come on Resa." "But to a bar, Kat that's a little extreme." She frowned. "Ok, no bar but you will drive me?" "Sure..." Then in walked Trey and Ricky. "Hello ladies, we come bringing gifts." Resa frowned. "If that's what I think that is, Kat you're dead." ~ "Oh Kat I have some bad news." "Resa, I don't like the sound of tat." "It's isn't good." Theresa Lopiz-Fitgerald! If you do not tell me now I will go up to Luis and tell him about..." "Don't you dare! If you do, I'll tell Sam about...Ok Just tell me." "Miguel and Charity are still together." Kay let out a small and weak laugh. "What was that for?" "Because I don't care any more." "You liar! I know you Kay Bennett and I know no matter what you say you are still in love with my brother. Just like you were the first day we moved in together." ~ Kay laid her stuff down on the floor and sank down to the couch. "What am I doing to do?" Resa threw the rest of the stuff down. "What are you talking about now, Kay?" Resa said. "Love?" "Great! That's is defiantly something I don't want to think about." "How can you do that?" Causes I cannot stop thinking about his brown eyes and brown hair and his hot body..." "Stop it! Ok, I just have to ask who?" "Miguel Lopiz-Fitgerald." "Sick! My little brother. Let's make a deal you do not ever mention my brother again and I will not..." "Ever mention Ethan again?" "Not going to happen." Kay got up. "Let's make a deal; a whole new life." " But what do you mean?" "New name, new guys..." "New names?" "You'll be um... Resa." "I like it and you will be Kat.... And the guys?" "That will have to wait." ~ "I'm glad we aren't staying her long." Kat said. "Me too, I couldn't stand it. Charity and my mother are going to drive me crazy." "Luis is going to drive me crazy. Can we leave now?" Kay laughed. "Resa, we made a plan or a reason." "I know but I can't help but hope can I?" Kay laughed again. "Being in Ricky's arms would be nice." ~ The girls were standing outside of their house crying and the guys were holding them. "I don't want to go Ricky. I can't." he wiped a tear away from her face. "Kat, no matter how far away you are I'll always be there." Kay just cried harder. "Trey how will I ever be able to go back there? Be able to go back to school and not see you face every morning?" He hugged her. "Where ever you go, Resa, I will follow." "I've got something for you." Kat tried to smile. "You do?" "It's something to remember me by." He took a necklace out oh his pocket. "Turn around." She did. He slipped it on her neck and clasped it. She turned around. "Oh Ricky." She opened it. It was a picture of Kat and him and on the other side, "I love you" was written on a sheet of paper and had been slip it. "I love you too, Ricky." She said as she kissed him. "Give me you hand." Trey said. "Why?' She asked suspiciously. "Just do it." He said smiling. She did and he slipped a small ring on her finger. "A rose... I love it Trey." "And I love you, Resa." He said and then kissed her. "Resa, Kat it is time to go." Travis said. "We'll be right there." "I'll be back I promise. " Kat said. "Me too. Sooner then you're realize." "The sooner the better." Try said. "Hurry back, Kat." "I will." ~ Kay bragged her locket and held it tight. Theresa held on tightly to her ring. "The sooner the better." Theresa said. "We've got to hurry back." Kay said. They both hung up the telephone. As Kay put the telephone down, there was a knock at the door. As Theresa put down the phone, she grabbed her jacket and the kids and headed out to the park. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Title: Trying Again 5/? Theresa sat down on the bench in the park. "You can go play but stay where I can see you." She said and the kids ran off. "This is something I thought I would never see again." Theresa turned around and was shocked to see Ethan standing behind her. "What's that's?" She asked. "You in Harmony again." He said and sat down next to her. "I'm advising you now that I can't promise I'll be nice." "You don't have to be. If you were then I would be shocked." "Well that's me. I'm always shocking people right, Ethan?" She said sarcastically. "Theresa..." "What? If you came here to say you are sorry and you wanted me to forget it, then leave. I am not ready to pick up where we left off. I still cannot believe you have the nerve to even talk to me. If it wasn't for you, I would not of have to leave." "I know." "I don't care so stop saying that. Ethan, I should actually thank you. If it wasn't for you I would never have realized how strong I can be and that I don't need you." "You don't?" "No, I was fine with out you. I will always be." Ethan got up. "Well if you don't need me in your life then I'll leave." Then he walked off and did not look back because his heart had just been broken. ~ Ethan and Theresa were sitting on his bed in his room making out. They stopped. "Ethan?" "Yeah?" "When are we going to tell your family and mine we're engaged?" "Why do you want to tell them so badly?" "Why don't you?" "I just don't think it's the right time..." "Come on..." She grabbed his hand and led him downstairs. "Momma, Mrs. Crane, Mr. Crane, Sheridan, Luis..." "What are you doing?" Ethan asked worried. Everyone came in the room. "What are you screaming about?" Everyone asked. "I have an announcement to make." Ethan tried to plead with her. "We're engaged." Ethan slipped his hand of hers and turned to leave. "Ethan? Is this true?" Ivy asked. "No mother." Theresa looked at him shocked. Luis looked at Theresa with stern eyes. "I'm sorry Mrs. Crane." Pilar said. She grabbed Theresa's arm. "Let's go home, Theresa." Theresa looked at Ethan pleading with him but all he did was turn around and go to his room. "Theresa, this time you're gone to far..." Luis said. ~ Theresa let a tear slide down her face and go the kids and went home. Kay went to the door and put down the sponge. She opened the door. "I'll be with you in a little bit...." She looked up and was shocked to see Miguel standing in the doorway. "Is there something I can help you with?" Kay said sarcastically. Miguel closed the door and walked in. "Can't we talk?" "Are you a paying customer?" "No." "Then no." She headed to the back on the B&B. He followed. "I just want to talk to you. Can I?" She turned around and faced him. "No, Miguel you gave up that right a long time ago." "I'm sorry." "For what?" He did not say anything. "You don't even know. Maybe because you didn't tell me bye or because you never wrote me." "You never wrote me either." "I did but I didn't send it because I knew that holding on to a friend that was letting go was pointless so I never sent it." "I wasn't letting go." "Right. Then what do you call it?" He did not say anything. "Miguel, if you're finally realizing that you want the position of my best friend back you can go. Your sister has already filled the position." "Theresa? But she's so..." "Don't even start. Just go Miguel and I would advise you not to come back." He looked at her shocked. Then he left. "And he does not even know he's the reason I left. ~ Miguel and Charity were walking home hand and hand Kay was following behind. They had not even noticed her. There had to be some way to get his attention. Kay thought. Kay saw a skate that was in the middle of the sidewalk. That's is she thought. She ran ahead of them and stepped on the skate acting like she ahs fallen. She started to scream. "Ow! Ow! I am hurt! Help!" No one came. She looked around and was shocked to see Charity lying on the sidewalk a little further back. She got up and walked over to where they were. Charity was bleeding from her head. "What happened?" She asked. "You!" Miguel said. "You pushed that stupid skate at her and caused her to fall and hit her head." "No, I didn't." Jessica spoke up. "Just like you didn't make the fish guts and the nightmares." Miguel looked at her. "You did all that?" She did not say anything. He looked away. "Jessica, go get your mother and father. Kay just go." ~ She held back all of her many tears and shut down the B&B. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Title: Trying Again 6/? "Bye Maxie. Bye Mark." "Will we see you tomorrow?" Maxie asked hoping. "Of course and this time I will be awake." Maxie laughed. She closes the door. "You're kidding me. They actually had fun." "Don't act so surprised, Luis. So is there a reason you're in here and talking to me?" "Yeah momma said to tell you dinner's ready." "Well you can tell her sorry but I'm meeting Kay for dinner since she's the only person I can stand to be in the same room with." "And who said you can go?" "No one and I don't really care." She grabbed her leather jacket." "I'll be back." "Just a second I would like to know how you paid for that." "Well..." The telephone rang. "Don't you go any where's." "Hello?" "There is no Resa here. You have got the wrong number..." Theresa ran and grabbed the phone for him. "Trey?" "Of course." She squealed, which caused her mother and Miguel to come in. "Who's she talking to?" Miguel asked. "Some Trey guy." "Well someone is weak. It's only been one night." "Like you didn't want to call me." She laughs. "Ok you caught me." "I knew it. So you do miss me." "Of course. How else could I get though life with out think of you and..." "Our nightly walk on the beach..." "...with the moon shinning..." ".... and the waves crashing..."~ "Where are you taking me, Trey?" He laughed. "If you would just be patient." "Patient, I don't think I know what that word mean." He laughed. "Just wait." She started to hear waves. "Where are we?" "You'll see." He took of her blindfold. She looked around. They were at a beach. There was a picnic setup with candles and every thing. "I love it but I didn't know there was a beach in New York." "I was driving around and found it. I knew you would love it." Resa ran into the waves. "Wait up." He ran after her. "I love the beach." She turned and faced him. "Can we come out here every night?" He smiles. "Of course. Just me and you." They kissed. ~ "You haven't been taking anyone else there have you?" "Of course not. I would not dare. So how are you holding up?" "I'm alive aren't I?" She said. He laughed. "You know that's not what I meant." "Ok, yes I've seen him but no nothing happened. You believe me?" "I believe that if there was something to tell you would tell me." She smiled and looked around at everyone in the room, and then at the clock. "We both have school in the morning and I think we both need our sleep and now that I've spoken to you. I can defiantly sleep. Good night, Trey." "Good night Resa, I love you." "I love you too." She put down the telephone and walked off to bed smiling. As Kay walked into the house though the kitchen, she saw her family sitting down at the dinner table. There was not even an empty chair left. "The B&B is clean. Here are the keys." She threw them in front of her mother. "I'll see you later." "Where do you think you're going?" Grace asked getting up. "To eat with Theresa since she's the only one I can't stand to even be with." "I know we didn't give you permission to go out." Grace said. "I know you didn't and I don't care either. I'm going." She grabbed her jacket. "No, you're not!" Grace said. The telephone rang. "Don't you go any where's." "Hello? I do not know a Kat..." Kay went and grabbed the telephone from her hand. "Ricky!" "Kat?" She squealed, "I am so glad you called but you know that means?" He sighed. "I'm weak. I admit it." She laughs. "Finally you admit it. You are weak." "Who's she talking to?" Grace asked. "I don't know, Grave maybe if you actually talked to her then you would know." Sam said. Grace glared at him. "And you won't have called if you could?" "Ok, true." "I miss you, Kat." "I miss you too and our story times." "By the fire..." "At night...." "Just the two of us." ~ "I've got something for you." Ricky said. Kat turned around and smiled. "You do? What is it?" He smiled. She reached behind him and grabbed the book. "Fairy Tales." "What's this?" Kat asked shocked. "Don't act like you don't want to read it." "What are you talking about?" "I saw your fairy." "What fairy?" "The one you have hidden in your suitcase. My little sister said that was the best fairy book alive. I thought we could read it while Trey and Resa are gone." They went into the living room and she started the fire. "Once upon a time there was a fairy queen titan and a fairy kind Oberon..." Kay snuggled up to Ricky and leaned up against his chest. "Let's do this every night. Just the two of us." ~ "I wish you were here right now." Kay said. "Me too, Kat. So have you seen him?" "Yes, and I told him off." She looked at her mother. "Ricky, I hate to say this but I've got to go to bed. I did a lot of work today, I am tired, and now that I have talk to you, I will sleep peacefully. Good night." "Good night Kat sweet dreams filled with good fairies." She laughed. "And you too. I love you." "I love you too." She hung up the telephone and walked to her room to go to bed. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Title: Trying Again 7/? Resa and Kat were both getting ready for the day that they had waited for their whole life. "I still can't believe we're getting married, Resa." "Me either, Kat. But I'm glad we are." "Me too. I really love Ricky." "And I really love Trey." "Then why do I have this sickening feeling in my stomach and my heart?" "You too? I don't really know why." Kat frowned. "Could be it because we always dreamed of having my father and Luis give us away. And our mother's crying the whole time." Resa nodded. "But we can't have it all, Kat. I wish we could. But out families have made it clear they don't want anything to go with out lives." The door opened and the witness came and told them it was time. As both girls walked out, they were thinking about what might have been. "One day Kay when you're older it'll be my honor to give you away to the man of your dreams. But remember Kay you'll always be my little girl." "So don't forget my invitation." Sam said. Kay laughed. "I could never have my wedding without you. I love you daddy." She said and hugged him. Sam had walked in and saw a little seven-year-old Kay marrying a very confused Miguel. That was so long ago now. What had happened? When had he lost his little girl's love? He thought back to the day she was born. "Grace, she is so beautiful." "You want to hold her?" "I would love too." He picked her up. She softly cooed. Sam put his finger in her small hand. She tightly held onto it. "Sam, we haven't even given her a name." "Kathleen, Kay Bennett." "I like it." Grace said. "Do you like that?" He asked the little girl in his arms, who smiled. "I'll always be here to protect you Kay. No matter what because she'll always be my little girl." He came back to the present and looked at the picture on his desk. It was taken the day she was born. It was of him holding her. How could I have sent her to New York? How could I even send my little girl away? It was hard enough to being able to see Kay when she was gone but now that she is back, it was even harder to stand. She cannot even stand to be in the same room with me. Why did I ever listen to Grace! He should have never of sent her away because now she hated him for it. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Title: Trying Again 8/? Resa walked into the room smiling at Trey. She was so happy but she could not help but be a little sad like something was missing. She knew what it was, her family. In her dreams, Luis was going to give her away, her mother was suppose to sit there and cry because her nina was leaving, Miguel was going to be supporting her all the way, Paloma would fly home and help get her ready and by some miracle Antonio would make it home just in time and it would end happily ever after. That was not going to happen. Her family had made it very clear they did not want her; especially Luis. So she dreamed a lot and was a little obsessed with Ethan but that was before he told her he loved her and proposed to her. Did she really deserve to be sent away? She was going to make them sorry for sending her away. They weren't going to see get married and when she got back she wasn't going to take any of their stuff and she would have Trey there to stand up for her. She got closer to Trey and started think about what might have been. "The day my nina gets married is going to be one of the happiest day of her life." "And I'll be there to give her away to the man of dreams." "What will I do?" Miguel asked. "You'll be the one to encourage her to go though it." "So Theresa remember that we will are going to be there at your wedding someday." "Even if I marry Ethan?" Little Theresa said. Luis laughed. "I don't know about that, we'll just have to see." She laughed. "Of course you will be there. I couldn't get married with out my loving family." Then she hugged everyone, lastly Luis. That was seven years ago when Theresa had dressed up in her first communion dress and acted like she was marrying Ethan. That was back in the day when she was happy and her and Luis got a long. "I even remember the day she was born." His parents had allowed him to wait in the waiting room. When Martin came out smiling, he knew he had a new baby brother or sister. He followed his father in the room. Harris saw his mother holding a little baby. "Luis, come met your new baby sister, Theresa." Luis looked at the baby in his mother's arms. "She's so cutie. Momma, can I hold her?" "Sure Luis just sit down." He sat down in the chair and she handed her to him. He looked at her. "I'm one of your older brothers, Luis. I'll always look out for you Theresa no matter what." However, he had not done that. Instead, he sent her away. Why did Sam and him ever listen to Grace? That was the worst mistake he had ever made and he would never get her love back. " ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Title: Trying Again 9/? Author 's note: WARNING!! This chapter is going to touch on two subjects that might either hit close to home or just be shocking. Some if you read this chapter please be warned that I am going to have both Depression and Suicide in this chapter. "Theresa!" She opened her eyes and saw Miguel standing in front of her. He was smiling. She got up. "I don't ever want to know." She went over and started to brush her hair. She looked at the mirror and could see him frowning. "Why?" "Because I know it'll be about Charity and I don't want to hear it." "I can see you've spending too much time with Kay. She's so rude." Theresa turned around and looked him straight in the eyes. "Don't you dare! After everything, you have done..." "I didn't do anything. She's the who's being a bit..." She slapped him. "I've never been more ashamed to have you as a brother. Now get out!" He looked at her shocked. "Fine! But remember you're the one who lost me!" He said and then walked out. She slammed the door and sat down on her bed. "I lost you a long time ago." ~~ Resa knocked on the bedroom door. She did not get a response. Kat had been in the bed since they had gone to bed their first night except to go to school and /or work. "KAT? Are you ok?" She still did not get a response. She had told Travis that she thought Kat might be sick. He blew her off. She cracked the door and saw Kat sitting on her bed crying hysterically and from all the tissues that surrounded her she could tell that she had been crying for quiet some time. She sat down next to her and pushed something off the bed. She looked at what had fallen to the floor: Pictures. She looked at the bed. It was covered in pictures; some of Kat and Miguel, others of her family. She was ever clutching something in her arms. "Kat?" Resa asked. She was getting worried. She never saw her like this before. "I can't take it... The pain is too much... I just want it to end..." "Kat, honey what are you talking about?" "Ending all the pain... Getting the painful memories out of my head." Ending it? What was she talking about? "What memories?" "Of Miguel, mom, Jessica, Charity and all of them," "What did they do?" She started crying again. Resa held her. "He said, "I could never love you or even be friends with someone so selfish and conceded. I never want to see you again." Resa looked at there shocked. She knew she was talking about her brother but she did not think he would say anything like that. "My brother?" She nodded. "What happened?" "Well I went to Charity's room to check on her and he lit into me. He started to yell at me saying that I had no right to ever be in there. I told him that it was an accident and I was sorry. He said that I was a liar and that I did not to live. I think he meant it. Then I said, "But Miguel I love you and we're best friends." Then he said..." "I could never love you or even be friends with someone so selfish and conceded. I never want to see you again." Kat nodded. "I left the room and ran into her and she said, "I cannot believe you could ever do that to her but at least I know what you really are. You know I'm ashamed toe ver call you my daughter." "Your mom?" Kat nodded. "She just seemed so ok with saying that and then she smiled and said that my father had something tot ell me." "That's when he told you they were sending you away?" "Yeah, they sent me away three days before my birthday." "Is it today?" She nodded. "Well that explains a lot. Now what did Jessica and Charity do" "What didn't Charity do?" Resa could tell that she didn't want her to answer. "That girl took my life, my family, my friends... You know my mother stopped spending money on me. She said that Charity needed things." Resa was shocked she had never thought of Mrs. Bennett that way. "And what about Jessica?" "As I was packing to leave, she came into our room and she told me she was happy that everyone finally saw I was a convening liar who only cared about getting Miguel. And that now that I was gone and she hoped Charity and Miguel could get closer because he loved her and not me." "I'm sorry, Kat. I never knew." " Don't worry because I found away to get ride of them." " How?" "How else?" She looked at the bottle of sleeping pills in her hands. "By killing yourself? Kat, that's not an answer." "I didn't ask you!" "Fine. I'll go fix you something to eat." She was shocked not to hear a smart comment about her cooking. When she came back in her room with a bowl of her favorite soup and a cupcake with a candle on it, she almost dropped it. There lying on the floor was Kat and a bottle of sleeping pills and a full glass of water next to her. Resa ran to her and held her in her arm. "Oh Kat, I'm so glad you didn't do it..." However, all Kat could hear was the Birthday song playing on the stereo in the den and see the candle on the cupcake. She smiled. "You did all that for me?" Resa smiled. "You think that's good.? You ain't seen nothing yet." "There's more?" Resa just nodded her head. "So there will be better day?" Resa nodded. "And they will be worth living for." ~~ Theresa grabbed her books and headed off to school but said a quick thank you to the man up above for giving Kay better day that were worth living for. "Are you read yet?" Jessica asked for like the 20th time. "I'll be there in a minute, Jessica chill!" Kay screamed back. She was trying to clean out her bag. She reached at the piece of paper in the bottom of her bag. "What the heck!" She opened the door. "Theresa, my love..." as soon as she read this she knew what it was ~~ "Trey's here. Resa!" Kat screamed. She heard Resa's bathroom door slam and her bed squeak. "Kat, can you go and check on her?" Trey pleaded. "Sure. We will be right out. Just do not go any where's." Both of the guys set down on the couch and turned on the game. Kat walked into Resa's room and saw her sitting on the bed looking at a piece of paper. "Resa, what's that?" "This?" "No, the other thing you are holding." Kat said sarcastically. "It's a letter from Ethan." "Oh." Kat said and sat down next to Resa. "He wrote you?" "No, of course not. He would not write me." "Then how did it get here?" "I brought it with me I just couldn't leave all of him at home. You know it's the only time he ever wrote me at home." She smiled. "He wrote it the night after he proposed and sent it the nest morning. He made it look like some business letter so Luis would not question it. Do you want to read it?" "Sure." Kat took the letter. "Read it out load please." "Sure..." Kat picked up the letter. "Theresa, my love, I'm writing this letter to you because for the first time I can not explain nor control the feelings I have for you. Tonight when I proposed to you, I knew for once in my life I was doing something right. You mean the world to me and I cannot wait until we get to spend the rest of our lives together. I hope you feel the same way I do, Theresa and you must since you said yes. I do not know if this sounds crazy or something but what ever it is, I hope I never ends. I g/g Love Ethan. Kat looked up and saw Resa was crying. "Oh honey. I am sorry. Why didn't you show this to your family?" "What was the point then? He had already broken my heart and I didn't really feel like trying to prove something that he wanted to deny." "So why now look at this?" "Because my heart is still broken and by reading this it mends it. I do not know how but it does." "I don' t think it does because of that letter there is an awesome guy waiting out side for you and you are in here crying." "Then what would you recommend I do?" Kat smiled. "Put on your makeup again and give me the letter and I'll hide it and you go on your date with Trey and have a wonderful time." Resa smiled. "Thanks. I do not know what I would do with out a friend like you ~~ Kay put the letter in her pocket, zipped up her book sack. However, before she left she said a quick thank you to God. "Thank you for mending her heart." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Title: Trying Again 10/? Theresa found her first hour class finally and opened the door. Everyone looked at her. The teacher looked up. "You must be the new students from New York." Everyone laughed. The teacher looked confused. "Did I miss something?" Theresa heard on of the students talking about her. "Yeah, she's not new she's just a loser who couldn't make it in New York." "No ma, I'm not new. I transferred to New York for a little while and how I'm transferring back." "Oh, well take a seat Miss..." "Lopiz-Fitgerald." "Right there's a seat in the back next to Miss Russell." Theresa walked over to her desk and sat down. She turned to smile at Whitney, but she was trying to ignore her. "Oh what a wonderful year this is going to be." Theresa thought sarcastically. When the bell rang, Theresa decided to try to catch Whitney. She ran after her. "Whitney wait up!" She turned around to face her. "What?" "I just wanted to talk to you." "Oh, really and what is it your wanted to tell me?" "Well to start off with hi." "Hi?! Is that all you want to say? How about "oh I've got other plan for Ethan" or "sorry I didn't tell you I was "engaged", "sorry I didn't tell you by or didn't write you" or here's my favorite: "Sorry I messed up again can we still be best friends." "Look Whitney I'm sorry I never meant for you get hurt but if that's the way you feel then maybe we shouldn't be friends." "There's no maybe Theresa. Friends do not do what you did and then expect everything to be the same. At least not in the real world that everyone but you live in." Whitney walked off. Theresa headed to the bathroom. Kay walked into her first hour class she went up to the teacher's desk. "Mrs..." She looked t the name on the desk. It said "Lisa Young" "Mrs. Young.." She looked up. "Yes?" "I'm Kay Bennett and I just transferred back here from New York." The lady looked down at her list. "Kay Bennett, I see ok take a seat in between..." She looked around. "Miss Russell and Mr. Lopiz-Fitgerald. You just might be able to stop them and Miss Standish from talking." "But Mrs. Young..." "Miss Bennett!" She looked right at Kay. "I'm sitting." She sat down between Simone and Miguel with Charity sitting behind her. "Hey Simone..." She turned to Kay. "Don't talk to me!" She could hear a giggle from Miguel and Charity. She down in her chair. "If this is what the ret of the year I going to be like it will be buddle of laughs." She thought to herself. When the classed ended, she tired to get Simone. "Simone, please stop!" Simone stopped. "What?" "I was hoping we could talk like we use to." "Don't' you have Theresa, your new best friend. So why do you need me for?" "You're my best friend." "We use to be your best friends. Remember the three amigos." "Of course I do but that was before..." "You decided to screw it all up with your schemes and your revenge.." "Simone, I'm sorry..." "You're wasting your break. We don't want to hear it." All three of them walked off. Kay ran to the bathroom. As Kay opened the door she could tell she wasn't alone. "Hello?" The girl popped her head out of the stall. "Can you just leave me alone." "Resa?" "Kat?" Theresa came out. "So what are you doing in here?" "Oh nothing." She turned Theresa to her. "You've been crying. Oh what happened?" "So have you. Why?" "Whitney." "Simone." They both laughed. "Looks like the Russell sisters strike again." Theresa said. "You know we can't spend all day in this bathroom." "Why not?" "Because then it will look like we skipped which means..." "Our parents would kill us." "Right now I know I have all f my classes with the terrible three but I'm going to be tough." "And I have all my classes with Whitney but I'm be fine." "Right, we'll survive and then got to work." "And then do it all over again..." "Oh nice way of looking at it." Kay said with a laugh. "Sorry." She looked at her watch. "Oh shoot we're late which means go!"