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Dreams of You
Chapter 8: Paint
War
Theresa
was having one of the best times of her life, or so she thought. All afternoon,
she and Fox had been having a good time, laughing and sharing stories – it
seemed like she had known him all her life, instead of just a few days. After
leaving Ethan and Gwen in the hallway, she and Fox had dashed up to Fox’s room
and proceeded to move all his furniture, which had taken a good three hours. By
the time they were done moving everything to a spare room, and covering the
floor with old newspapers, Theresa was ready to go back to her room, flop on
her bed and call it a day.
But no such
luck. The fun was about to start.
Theresa felt
her tiredness drain away when she saw Fox coming back through his bedroom door
carrying all the supplies they had bought earlier that afternoon. With her
excitement returning, she immediately stretched out her arm for one of the
bags. Redecorating was going to be so much fun!
Fox gave her
an amused look, which Theresa noticed. “What?”
He smirked.
“Your expression gives the impression that Christmas just came early. I’ve
never seen anyone get excited over painting before.”
Theresa gave a
giggle, before reaching into the bag and pulling out one of the cans of paint
and a paintbrush. “Well, that’s because you haven’t met someone like me before.
I’m unique!”
Fox laughed,
“That’s true, you are original.”
Theresa gave a
little curtsy. “Why thank you.”
Reaching into
one of the bags, Fox pulled out a paintbrush of his own. Giving Theresa one of
his trademark grins, he rolled up his sleeves. “Shall we?”
Pilar
was down in the laundry room folding up bed sheets when she heard large amounts
of laughter flowing through the thin walls. She stopped folding, and for a
moment just listened to the happy melody. She couldn’t remember the last time
the mansion had been filled with happiness and laughter instead of arguments
and hatred.
Listening more
closely, Pilar suddenly realized that the laughter belonged to her very own
daughter. Curious to see what was making Theresa so happy, she quickly folded
the rest of the laundry and headed up the stairs.
Ethan
and Gwen were sitting on the couch in the large living room, just enjoying each
other’s company. Or in Gwen’s case, very much enjoying Ethan’s company. Ethan
on the other hand, couldn’t get his mind off Theresa and how she had grabbed
Fox’s hand all those hours ago. He just couldn’t figure it out. Theresa had
been surprised to see him, but there was a look in her eyes, a look that sort
of gave the impression that she gave up on him. Shaking his head at the
thought, his hands clenched, ‘Theresa still loves me, I know it.’
Feeling Gwen
slip her hand into his, Ethan turned and gave his wife a painfully forced
smile. He had gotten so good at it, that it naturally looked like a genuine,
loving smile. Suddenly though, Ethan heard a shriek coming from upstairs and he
abruptly stood up. “What was that?”
He didn’t wait
for Gwen’s reply and went running towards the stairs, with Gwen following
behind with an unhappy expression.
Fox
was surprised to find that he was having a good time repainting his room. When
he had first mentioned to Theresa that he thought his room needed a little
color, the Latin beauty had immediately jumped onto the idea and suggested that
they redecorate his room. Seeing her so excited, he didn’t have the heart to
refuse and went along with the idea.
Now he was
glad that he had gone with the idea, he was having a lot of fun and despite his
earlier skepticism, his room was starting to look really neat. One point for
Theresa, she really knew how to pull things together.
Fox was
concentrating on painting his side of the wall a pale blue color when Theresa
called his name.
“Hey Fox.”
“Yeah?” he
responded as he turned around.
SPLAT!
He was hit in
the face with a paper towel all covered in purple paint. He numbly wiped off
the purple paint with his left hand, the paint smearing all over half of his
face as he did so.
Theresa was
bent over, clutching her stomach; tears were running down her eyes because she
was laughing so hard. Fox stared at her for a moment before reacting. Taking a
few steps toward her, he smiled devilishly. Theresa was still laughing to hard
to notice him coming any closer and shrieked in surprise when she felt cold
liquid on her face, then traveling down her arm. She stared up at Fox, who was
smirking at her arrogantly, holding a bucket of white paint.
“Oh it’s on!”
she declared before scooping a handful of paint into her hands, and then
throwing the huge amount at him.
And from that
point on, a huge paint war started.
Pilar
and Ethan met each other at the top of the stairs. “Ethan!” Pilar cried,
sounding a little bit worried, “did you hear someone scream just a few minutes
ago?”
Ethan nodded
and replied as Gwen came into view, “Yeah I did.”
There was
another shriek and Pilar’s worried expression grew. Ethan’s head whipped toward
the left hallway. “It sounds like it’s coming from Fox’s room!” With those
words said, he dashed towards his half-brother’s room and threw the door wide
open.
SPLAT!
He was hit in
the face with pink stuff. Stunned, Ethan raised his arm to wipe the paint off
his cheek as Fox and Theresa stoodstarring at him. Pilar and Gwen headed into
the room to see what the commotion was all about, as two voices of laughter
rang out. Gwen and Pilar just stared at the laughing Theresa and Fox in shock.
They were certainly a sight to look at. Fox’s usual blonde hair was coated in
brown and green paint, his face and neck were a mix of purple and orange, his
arms were red and grey, his clothes were a mix of multiple colors. Theresa on
the other hand was a lot more covered in paint than Fox was, due to him being
taller and having the advantage of looming over her – she was the easier
target. Her long brown hair was coated in red paint, her face and neck were a mix
of all sorts of different colors, green, red, white, yellow, orange. Her
clothes were colored blue, grey and brown. Together they looked like a rainbow,
and were a funny sight to look at – each holding a bucket of paint, standing
next to each other and were both still laughing very hard at Ethan.
Pilar covered
her mouth with her hand to smother her laughter. Amused, she composed herself
and tried to look stern and disapproving, though it was proving very difficult
when the atmosphere in Fox’s room was happy and full of laughter. Theresa and
Fox’s good moods were beginning to rub off on her. “Just what is going on
here?”
“Hi mama,”
Theresa replied at the same time Fox said “Hi, Pilar.”
They gave each
other a look before Theresa responded, “We were just having some fun.”
“Fun?”
Amusement was evident in Pilar’s voice, “throwing paint around is considered
fun?”
“Well-“Theresa
started to say when Fox cut into the conversation.
“We’re sorry
Pilar. The original plan was to re-paint and redecorate my room, but Theresa
started our paint war by throwing it at me first, and I couldn’t just stand
there and take it-“
Pilar held up
a hand, “I understand. Just try not to let it get out of control okay?”
“Okay mama.”
“Theresa
started it.” Fox smirked as Theresa stuck out her tongue at him.
Laughing
slightly, Pilar turned and left the room, heading back to finish her duties
around the mansion.
Ethan looked
at the pair in front of him and shook his head, a little jealous that Fox was
the one that was sharing this amusing time with Theresa. “You two are adults,
not children.”
Gwen kept
quiet, looking a little envious as Theresa and Fox laughed off Ethan’s lecture.
‘When was the last time I ever had any fun like that?’
“Oh Ethan,”
Theresa laughed, scooping up a handful of pink paint from the bucket she was
holding, “lighten up!” And with those words, she turned to Fox and smeared the
paint all over his front side, adding a pink color to his already rainbowed
shirt. In return, Fox grabbed some more blue paint and dumped a large portion
over Theresa’s head.
“Yeah Ethan,”
he chimed, “We were just having some fun. No need to lecture us.”
“And besides,”
Theresa continued cheerfully, “We didn’t totally waste the paint. A lot of it
went on the walls!”
“My room looks
so cool,” Fox noted looking around the room, turning towards Theresa, he asked,
“Was this what you had in mind when you said you wanted to repaint my room?”
“Not exactly.
But it still looks cool.”
Fox nodded in
agreement. “That it does.”
Ethan just
shook his head. “You two are so immature.” And with that he walked out of the
room. Gwen gave them a glance before following Ethan out the door.
Alone in the
room, Fox and Theresa glanced at each other before bursting out into laughter
once again. The laughter continued for several moments before it died down.
Theresa gave a happy sigh and looked around the room.
“Satisfied
with the way it looks?” she asked.
Fox glanced
around at his splattered walls and grinned. “More than satisfied.”
Theresa
nodded, all the while smiling. “Good. I’m going to take a shower. It’s going to
take forever to get all this paint out of my hair.”
“Good luck
with that,” he smirked.
She headed
towards the door, pausing for a moment before leaving, she said, “Hey Fox? Want
to watch a movie later?”
Fox smiled, a little
bit surprised but delighted all the same. “Sure Theresa. After dinner?”
Theresa
nodded. “Okay after dinner.”
And with that
she left.
Alone in his
room, Fox grinned. The day had been the absolute best! ‘She sure is
something special that’s for sure!’ he thought before heading towards his
bathroom to take a much needed shower.
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