Revenge Is Fair In Love ch. 12 Gwen Runs Away (Gwentonio, Jubecca)
by lordoftheringsfan
 
 

      Julian screamed when TC lunged at him.

      "TC, you've gone positively mad!" Julian yelled. TC attempted to punch Julian. Rebecca grabbed a trash can lid.

      "Don't even think about it!" Rebecca said. A stunned TC turned around as Rebecca hit him in the head and knocked him sensless with a trash can lid. Julian ran away.

      "What the hell is wrong with you?" TC exclaimed.

      "Don't you think you've beaten my pookey up enough already?" Rebecca exclaimed.

      "Couldn't be beaten up enough if you ask me," TC said. Rebecca glared at him.

      "Pookey wasn't even doing anything to you, all we were doing was just going on a walk!" Rebecca said.

      "You expect me to believe that? Who's home are you two going to wreck now?" TC yelled.

      "What got into you?" Rebecca asked in annoyance.

      "Thanks to Julian's affair with my wife last year, David Hastings has completely taken over the house. I can't even have a conversation with my wife without him eavesdropping!" TC said.

      "Don't remind me," Rebecca said.

      "Yeah, I could strangle Alastair with my bare hands for forcing me into that witness protection program scam of his to get you out of the house so he could get rid of Theresa." TC said.

      "Well, if you would quit attacking my pookey on sight, then we wouldn't have to be in the same room together again." Rebecca said.

      "Well, you'd better warn your pookey that the next time anything he does causes any trouble for my family, he is as good as dead." TC said.

      "Just who do you think you are!?" Rebecca yelled. "You should really consider taking an anger management program! Eve might have been able to tell you about her affair with Julian long before if you wouldn't have said you hated anyone who had anything to do with Julian! Chad and Whitney were terrified of what to do about Simone because you'd disown her if she lost a tennis match!"

      "Leave tennis out of it!" TC yelled.

      "Why should I? You're so quick to blame all of your problems on my pookey! You're not as perfect as you think you are!" Rebecca said.

      "You're no saint yourself!" TC said. "All you do is sit around and blame Theresa for all of your problems- I mean accusing Theresa of kidnapping Allan the minute she walks in the door-"

      "Oh come on, I bet that if you found out that Whitney or Simone was missing, you would blame either Julian or David!" Rebecca said.

      "It was Julian's fault that Simone ran away when she heard them talking about those what if visions!" TC said. "If I remembered right, you told Julian that you hated him and that you wanted nothing more to do with him and that he was just using you because he couldn't have Eve."

      "Yeah, but everything changed!" Rebecca said.

      "You damn Cranes can't ever admit that you only want the Crane name and power-" TC ranted.

      "Save it for someone who cares!" Rebecca yelled. Rebecca realized that TC was standing at the edge of the wharf.

      "You don't love Julian at all, you're just using the kid so that you can get your hands on his money!" TC said.

      "For your information, I do love Julian. You're just using your daughter to win you tennis trophies!" Rebecca said.

      "Leave tennis out of this-" TC said. Rebecca smirked at TC deviously.

      "I'll make it easier on the both of us and leave you out of this," Rebecca said.

      "Huh?" TC asked. "That doesn't make sense." Rebecca shoved TC off of the wharf, causing him to land in the water with a splash.

     "That answer your question?" Rebecca asked. "I'm out of here." Rebecca walked off to find Julian. "Pookey?" Rebecca called out. Julian came out from his hiding place with an amused facial expression.

     "What did you do to TC?" Julian asked. Julian heard TC yelling and walked over. His jaw dropped when he saw TC trying to get out of the water. "With the way you can yell, you definitely have the lungs to ditch tennis and take up a career in swimming!" Julian said.

     "Damn Cranes! Just wait until I get back up there!" TC yelled.

     "I think we'd better get out of here!" Rebecca said.

     "I think you're right, Becky." Julian said as TC climbed back on the wharf. Julian and Rebecca ran off and managed to loose TC down an alley and kissed when they realized that they had lost TC.
 

      Gwen sulked at the mansion later that evening as she packed a suitcase.

      "I can't stay here anymore." Gwen said, choking back tears. "This place only reminds me of Ethan." Gwen flashed back to several years ago when she had hired Theresa to be Ethn and Gwen's wedding planner. "If only I had never hired Theresa to plan our wedding- everything would be so different now." Gwen said.

     Antonio arrived at the mansion.

     "Gwen, are you in here?" Antonio asked.

     "What are you doing here?" Gwen asked in surpise.

     "I know you were upset with everything that happened earlier back at the house, and I came to make sure everything was ok." Antonio said.

     "I'll be alright once I get out of this place," Gwen said.

     "Where are you going to go?" Antonio asked.

     "I'll just go to the bed and breakfast for now. I plan on seeing if I can take a job I was offered in Paris." Gwen said.

     "Paris?" Antonio asked.

     "Yes." Gwen said.
 

     Julian and Rebecca arrived at the mansion.

     "I'll have security gaurd the place against TC," Julian said.

     "Good idea," Rebecca said.

     "Some Christmas Eve this is turning out to be," Julian said. "First our son gets kidnapped, and then TC threatens to attack me. If anything could happen to make this holiday any worse, I don't even want to know about it." Rebecca and Julian heard voices coming from Gwen's room.

     "Are you sure you want to rush into this?" Antonio asked. Julian cringed.

     "That sounded like Antonio," Julian said. "I specifically told the security not to let any Lopez-Fitzgeralds into this house." Rebecca walked into the room.

     "Rush into what!?" Rebecca asked. Rebecca noticed that Gwen was packing suitcases. "Gwen, where are you going? Are you moving back in with Ethan?"

     "Ethan and I are finished for good, mother. I can't be with a man who runs back and forth between two women." Gwen said.

     "Running away isn't going away to fix things." Rebecca said. Antonio stepped in.

     "Gwen isn't exactly running away," Antonio said.

     "Why can't you just stay at the mansion?" Rebecca asked.

     "I just can't take it anymore," Gwen asked. "Seeing Ethan around town is just too much, especially seeing that smug smirk on Theresa's face. I'm going to take that job I was offered."

     "Job?" Rebecca asked. "I thought you were happy at the one you have now."

     "I was offered a job in Paris," Gwen said. Rebecca's jaw dropped in shock.

     "Paris!?" Rebecca exclaimed.

     "I'm leaving tonight," Gwen said. "Next flight out of Harmony. I just can't stay in this town another minute."

     "You're leaving the country?" Rebecca asked, everything sinking in. Gwen hugged Rebecca and said goodbye. She grabbed the suitcases and left followed by Antonio. Rebecca watched as Gwen left.

     "I can't let you do this alone," Antonio said.

     "Antonio, I have to do this." Gwen said. "I have to leave Harmony."

     "Then I'm coming with you." Antonio said.

     "You'd really leave Harmony just to look out for me?" Gwen asked.

     "I've lost the woman I love, it is hard to see the person you love with someone else." Antonio said. Antonio and Gwen got in the car.

     "This is all Theresa's fault!" Rebecca said as the car turned the corner. Rebecca walked off to find Julian and found him in his office. "Julian, we're going to the Lopez-Fitzgerald house right now!"

     "I just don't think this plan is going to work-" Julian said.

     "Forget about the plan!" Rebecca said. "Thanks to Terrorcita, Gwenny just rushed off to some job in Paris with Antonio!" Julian spit out his wine in shock. "Gwen and Antonio!?" Julian exclaimed.

     "Yes, Gwen and Theresa's brother!" Rebecca said.

     "Gwen and Antonio-" Julian said. Rebecca dragged Julian to his feet.

     "Julian, we're going to the Lopez-Fitzgerald house right now!" Rebecca said. Soon, Julian and Rebecca arrived at the Lopez-Fitzgerald house.
 

     "Here's some more cocoa-" Pilar said, bringing a tray of cocoa and cookies into the room as the family sang carols. Soon, the front door burst open. "What do you think you two are doing barging into my home!?" Pilar yelled.

     "Out of my way Pilar!" Rebecca said, walking towards Theresa.

     "Julian, Rebecca, what is the meaning of this?" Luis asked.

     "And unhand my daughter!" Pilar said.

     "Why should I? Thanks to Theresa chasing after Ethan, Gwen and Antonio just ran away to Paris together!" Rebecca said. Everyone was stunned.

     "Paris!?" Everyone exclaimed.

     "Why would Antonio go to Paris with Gwen?" Pilar asked.

     "Oh gee, I don't know. Could it be because Theresa stole Ethan?" Rebecca yelled.