Simone sobbed into her pillow. Eve comforted her daughter.
"It's going to be ok honey," Eve said. "You'll find a man who loves
you for who you are," Eve said.
"No I won't," Simone said. "I won't find anyone who's not going to
play me for a fool. Whitney was the one that played me for a fool- my own
sister lied to my face and stabbed me in the back."
"Simone, Whitney didn't mean to hurt you." Eve said.
"Whitney, Whitney, Whitney- Whitney is such a saint." Simone said sarcastically.
Simoen wiped a tear from her eyes. "Whitney is a liar, Mom. If she wasn't
she would have told the truth when you and daddy asked her that night at
Theresa's party," Simone cried. "Daddy doesn't even care, he thinks that
his precious Whitney could do no wrong because she was so focused on tennis
until Chad got her pregnant, he blames Chad for everything, he told me
it couldn't possibly be true to my face when Whitney stole my boyfriend,
all daddy cares about is his tennis." Simone said. "I feel like no one
even notices I exist because I'm not special and good at tennis and other
things like Whitney is, daddy never asked me to be his tennis buddy." Simone
cried. Eve hugged Simone.
"Simone, your father loves you." Eve said.
"No he doesn't he loves Whitney." Simone sobbed. Simone got an idea
to get revenge on Whitney. Simone looked up at Eve. "Mom, do you ever think
I could be anything like, you know, a doctor?" Simone asked. Eve looked
at her daughter in surprise.
The phone rang at Sheridan's cottage.
"Hello?" Antonio asked. "Yeah, Theresa's here. Theresa, Whitney's on
the phone!" Antonio called.
"Theresa, I heard that you're not married to Julian- this is unbelievable."
Whitney said.
"Yeah, I know." Theresa said. "And that pig Julian and Rebecca are
trying to get custody of little Ethan." Theresa said.
"What!?" Whitney asked. "Oh my God, they can't!" Whitney said. "Theresa,
you are not going to believe what we just found out."
"What was it?" Theresa asked.
"Brace yourselves," Whitney said. "I'm pregnant with Chad's baby."
Whitney had to cover her ears as Theresa squealed into the phone.
"Oh Whitney, this is great! You're going to have Chad's baby, I knew
it!" Theresa said. "It's fate! If this is not fate, I don't know what is!
It's fate!"
"What's fate?" Antonio asked.
"Whitney and Chad are having a baby!" Theresa said.
"Tell her I said congratulations!" Chad said.
"Antonio said congratulations." Theresa said. "I suppose you heard
that Sheridan is pregnant with Antonio's baby?"
"What?" Whitney asked in confusion. Whitney sighed. "And I thought
I had the worst luck with my father."
"Oh no, what did coach Russel do?" Theresa asked.
"He threatened to kill Chad." Whitney said.
"Whitney, I will be over right away! Oh, but I can't take my baby off
of the grounds, what if I leave and Julian comes into the cottage and takes
little Ethan?" Theresa said frantically.
"Don't worry, Theresa, I'll babysit little Ethan," Antonio volunteered.
"You're a life saver, Antonio." Theresa said. "I'll be over there right
away, Whitney, you can tell me everything." Ethan came into the room after
Theresa hang up the phone.
"What was that about?" Ethan asked.
"Ethan, you are not going to believe it- it's the best news ever!"
Theresa said.
"What happened?" Ethan asked. "Did Julian change his mind about getting
custody of little Ethan?" Ethan asked.
"No, but it is about babies." Theresa said.
"What about babies?" Ethan asked.
"Whitney is pregnant!" Theresa said. Ethan looked stunned. "With Chad's
baby!" Theresa dragged Ethan out the door.
Fox sighed as he walked into the mansion.
"Oh, its you." Julian said, pouring himself some champagne.
"You will not believe what Jessica Bennett, Reese Durke and I saw."
Fox said.
"Oh lord, you're hanging out with the Bennetts?" Julian asked. "I suppose
it could be worse, at least you're not socializing with that spiky haired
girl Beth Wallace or that diaper wearing granny." Julian said.
"Don't worry dad." Fox said. "I was over at the Bennettes talking to
mother than Rebecca showed up for some reason so I left, then I looked
into Tabitha's window and Kay Bennett was floating through the air and
reading a book of spells."
"I warned you about those tomato soup cakes and premonitions." Julian
said.
"Don't worry, dad, I didn't go within a yard of Grace's cakes, but
Tabitha was also floating in the air." Julian laughed at Fox's comment.
"Dad, I'm dead serious. She was floating in the air, her body parts were
floating around the room. Reese and Jessica saw it too- there was a red
shoe floating by the window and Tabitha was trying to put herself back
together, then Kay read a spell and Tabitha got put back together and Tabitha
and Kay stopped floating." Julian spit out his champagne. "Yeah, it was
that bizarre." Fox said. "Almost as bizarre as things are around here.
I'm going upstairs." Fox said. Julian's jaw dropped in shock. "Oh no, what
did I get myself into?" Julian asked, collapsing into the couch. "I had
sex with the residential witch," Julian thought in dread. A few seconds
later, Rebecca walked through the door. "What were you doing over at the
Bennett house?" Julian asked impatiently. Rebecca gave Julian a guilty
smile.
"Ok, I admit it, I tried to get Ivy to help me break up Ethan and Theresa."
Rebecca said.
"Rebecca, what did I tell you?" Julian asked.
"Don't worry, Ivy told me to butt out." Rebecca said. "Anyways, I went
over to Gwens apartment, we made up," Rebecca said.
"At least that argument's over," Julian said.
"And you won't believe the next." Rebecca said eagerly.
"What happened?" Julian asked, hoping it would be good news after the
story Fox just told him about Tabitha and her new sidekick.
"You'll never guess who spent the night at Gwen's apartment!" Rebecca
said.
"Who?" Julian said. "Was it Ethan?"
"No, a thousand times better than Ethan." Rebecca said.
"You mean Gwen is seeing someone else already?" Julian asked in surpise.
"No, not exactly, but Luis Lopez-Fitzgerald spent the night at Gwennie's
apartment- the best part is, he forgot his work badge, which gives him
the excuse to go back!" Rebecca squealed. Julian looked at her in dread.
"Oh, that was after Luis saved Gwen from drowning when she fell off of
the wharf."
"Oh no." Julian groaned. "This is not a good thing."
"How is it not? I know he's a Lopez-Fitzgerald, but anyone with muscles
like his has to be normal." Rebecca said.
"Rebecca, will you quit daydreaming about Luis taking his shirt off?
This is serious. Luis and Gwen can't be a couple, well, I mean, you'll
be a Crane soon, and if Luis and Gwen got together that could give Luis
access to Crane family secrets..." Julian said.
"Pookey, you always see the downside of everything, don't you?" Rebecca
said.
"Explain the positives, because I'm just not seeing it." Julian said.
"We're doomed."
"No, we're anything but doomed." Rebecca said. "If Luis and Gwen fall
in love, then that will mean that it's over between Luis and Sheridan!
Then you won't have to worry about killing your own sister to break up
Sheridan and Luis."
"I guess," Julian said.
"I don't think we'll have to worry about Alastair asking you to kill
Antonio, because he's just too clueless, Gwen told me that Sheridan told
her that Antonio told Sheridan that he knows what's going on here, Luis
is just upset about you trying to get custody of Ethan Martin..." Rebecca
said, talking a mile a minute. Julian quickly downed the rest of the champagne.
"Julian, will you stop getting drunk and listen to me?" Rebecca asked.
"Sorry, even hearing about Antonio not being able to figure this whole
mess out gives me a headache just thinking about it." Julian said.
"Yes, lacking a brain is that body's one flaw," Rebecca said. Julian
groaned, getting very annoyed to have to hear about Luis and Antonio. Rebecca
smirked, figuring this would be a good opportunity to get Julian to slip
up. "Pookey," Rebecca said, massaging Julian's shoulders. "You know, I
was thinking, it seems like kind of a double standard that you had three
wives but you get annoyed with me if I look at other men, you're not chasing
other women again, are you?" Rebecca asked. Julian realized he was cornered.
"Um, no." Julian said. "What put that idea in your head?"
"Well, there's always that music you're listening to, I know you love
the music but you are obsessed with that one singer, and you're always
playing that song over and over," Rebecca hinted. "Who is the singer?"
"Oh no, how am I going to explain this one?" Julian wondered, it was
obvious that Rebecca wasn't going to give this up any time soon.
"It's just a tape," Julian said.
"Just a tape? You know, I overheard Ivy telling David that you were
always listening to that tape and you get well, depressed when you listen
to it." Rebecca said.
"Wait, why were Ivy and David talking about the tape?" Julian asked.
Rebecca decided she wasn't going to tell Julian about what she overheard
Ivy and David talking about, she wanted to hear it from him. Rebecca started
to kiss Julian. "Come on, pookey, you can tell Becky," Rebecca said.
"No, I can't let anyone find out about Eve's past!" Julian thought.
"What am I going to do?"
At Gwen's apartment, Gwen sighed. "I can't stop thinking about Luis,"
Gwen said. Gwen held Luis's badge in her hand and stared at it longingly.
Gwen flashed back to last night when he saved her from drowning. The song
"Everywhere" played in her mind. 'Turn it inside out so I can see The part
of you that's drifting over me And when I wake you're never there But when
I sleep you're everywhere You're everywhere Just tell me how I got this
far Just tell me why you're here and who you are 'Cause every time I look
You're never there And every time I sleep You're always there 'Cause you're
everywhere to me And when I close my eyes it's you I see You're everything
I know That makes me believe I'm not alone I'm not alone I recognize the
way you make me feel It's hard to think that You might not be real I sense
it now, the water's getting deep I try to wash the pain away from me Away
from me 'Cause you're everywhere to me And when I close my eyes it's you
I see You're everything I know That makes me believe I'm not alone I'm
not alone I am not alone Whoa, oh, oooh, oh And when I touch your hand
It's then I understand The beauty that's within It's now that we begin
You always light my way I hope there never comes a day
No matter where I go I always feel you so
'Cause you're everywhere to me And when I close my eyes it's you I
see You're everything I know That makes me believe I'm not alone 'Cause
you're everywhere to me And when I catch my breath It's you I breathe You're
everything I know That makes me believe I'm not alone You're in everyone
I see So tell me Do you see me?" During the song, Gwen flashed back to
Luis taking her back to her apartment, Gwen and Luis comforting each other,
falling asleep in each other's arms and waking up on the couch the next
morning, Luis accidentally kissing Gwen in his sleep, and the akwardness
when Luis woke up. Gwen smiled dreamily as she remembered watching Luis
walk out the front door. Gwen snapped out of it. "Gwen, what's wrong with
you? You're still not over losing Ethan to Theresa, and Sheridan is your
best friend-" Gwen realized that she had feelings for Luis. "What am I
going to do?" Gwen asked herself.
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