Who You Really Are- Chapter 7
by lillbugg

Chapter 7

Fox sat in his fathers study. Julian had aged a lot since being married to Theresa. he spent most of his time in his study, away from Theresa's ordering and spending money. He had lost his desire for all the things he used to love, women, booze, everything that made Julian Julian. Fox looked at his father with pity. "Soon father," he said to himself. "Soon you will be the powerful man you once were and the Crane name will have all the prestige it once did."
Ivy fairly pranced into Julian's study. His eyes lit up at seeing her. They normally avoided each other like the plague, and he had found that he missed her smart remarks and jabs at him. "Good day Julian, Fox," Ivy said, a brilliant grin on her face.
"Good day to you Ivy," Julian replied. "And what do we owe this unexpected visit?"
"Oh. I'm just in a remarkably good mood" she said, winking at Fox. "You and I have something to celebrate."
"Oh, do we?" Julian asked. "Would this by any means involve the little harpy that is presently spending all my money and ruining my name?"
"What?!? And ruin the surprise?" Ivy feigned shock."You'll just have to wait and see." she said, handing him a glass of brandy and then sweeping out of the room. Julian and Fox smiled as they watched her go.
"Well my boy" said Julian, looking at his glass, "whatever put your mother in such a good mood is obviously quite a big deal."
Fox grinned at his father. "If only you knew" he thought to himself. Julian smiled at his son, then drank his brandy down in one gulp, holding his glass out for Fox to poor him another.

Theresa sat in her office, surrounded by pictures of her and Ethan together. She look at each of them, thrying to figure out a way to win him back. Her eyes rested on a picture of her, Ethan, and Lil Ethan together. She stared at it. "Of course" she thought to herself. She had seen how wrapped up Ethan was in his daughter. What if he thought she wasn't his first born. If Ethan thought Lil Ethan was his, he would love her again for sure Theresa concluded. She grabbed her coat and ran out the door. She had big plans for the weekend.

Gwen arrived at the Lopez Fitz Gerald house and was greeted at the door with a big bear hug from Sheridan. They laughed and joked with each other as they walked to the couch, their children in their laps.

"Oh, the twins are getting so big!" Gwen stated as she looked at the two babies on Sheridan's laps.
"They're big? Just look at Andrea!" Sheridan exclaimed. "Good thing she looks more like you than her goofy father." The two woman were laughing at that when Pilar entered the room with Lil Ethan in tow. He immediately detached himself from her and ran into Gwen's arms. He snuggled up in her lap, putting his thumb in his mouth and twirling his fingers in her hair. Pilar watched sadly. How she longed for that to be Theresa holding her son. Lil Ethan was hesitant to go to his own mother, she had spent so little time with him. Gwen look at Pilar's sad face. "How are you Pilar?" she asked, hoping that Pilar had forgiven her for Theresa's situation. Pilar looked at her. Gwen was so good with Lil Ethan, a natural mother.She appreciated that at least Gwen was in the mansion, giving Lil Ethan the love he needed. It was time to put the past behind them. "I am doing well, thank you Gwen" she said with a smile. Gwen visibly relaxed, and Sheridan grinned from ear to ear. "WHy don't you sit Pilar, we can have a nice girl talk,"Sheridan said, winking at Gwen.

Kay sat up in her room with Brandon. Miguel had not come home from work yet, not that it would really matter. He seemed to be avoiding her, though he loved his son very much. She knew it was a mistake to move into his house without him being committed to her. He also knew that he had been hiding the fact that he and Charity had been e-mailing each other and he was still in love with her. Kay sighed. No matter what she had done, she hadn't won Miguel's heart. She heard the women laughing downstairs. No matter how well they treated her, she didn't feel comfortable in their presence. She still felt like a little kid, and she guessed, she really was. Brandon played in his playypen happily. At least he is a good baby, Kay thought smiling at her son. She felt she would have gone crazy in this place if he cried all the time, thought she knew she wouldn't have loved him any less. The phone next to her bed rang, surpriseing her. She had her own line in the house, but it very rarely rang. She picked it up, expecting it to be her mother. Grace had called every wekk since they moved away. Kay hated to admit it, but her and her mother's relationship had never been better. The voice on the other end was manly, not gentle like Grace's.
"Hi Kay, it's John"he nervously stammered. Kay smiled to herself. John and Migual had become very good friends and John had spent a lot of time at the house, playing with Brandon. He had seemed to become very attached to him.
"Hello John," Kay answered.
"Ummm....I was wondering...If you don't have any other plans, woul you like to come to dinner with me on Thursday?"
Kay was shocked! She had never thought that John thought of her as anything else than the mother of Miguel's child or the person he thought was his sister.
"Uh, yes John. I would like that," she found herself saying, which surprised her.
"Great! I'll pick you up at 6" said John, then hung up the phone.
Kay sat staring at the phone in her hand. She had never thought a man would want to date her after she had a baby. A smile appeared on her face. She farely ran to her closet to pick out what to wear.

Ivy ran into Theresa as she was walking to her study. Theresa glared at her. "I am inviting some people over on Friday for a special dinner," she snapped."Don't get in my way."
"Oh, I wouldn't dream of it!" said Ivy. "If you need any help, just let me know."
Theresa looked at her suspisciously, then swept up the stairs, dropping a piece of paper behind her. Ivy picked it up. It was a list of names that Theresa was plannign on inviting to the dinner. Theresa's whole family plus Ethan, Gwen, Ivy, Alistair, and Julian were all on the list. Ivy smiled. This was too perfect.