Chapter Three – THE MOVE
Philip was brought home straight away Victor could hardly look at him he caused so much grief and put a shadow over the family's good name.
"Philip you come to Titan at 10am sharp tomorrow go to your mother until then I do not want to see you till then your brother and sister will come to you before they go to bed"
Philip left you will pay for this Chloe Belle hadn't called him so she must be grounded its all Chloe's fault he picked up his phone and dialed her number "Hello" said a frustrated Chloe on the other end John and Marlena were picking her up soon and she still hadn't finished packing they told her that they were going to stay the night at the mansion then go to the ski lodge early in the morning and come back at the end of the week so she could have the weekend to get ready for school she was told that the whole senior year knows what's happening and are going to go along with it.
"Chloe you cow you've ruined my life"
"Well hello Philip I wondered how long it would take before you gave me one of your precious phone calls"
"Don't try to be smart Chloe; I've been chucked outer school because of you"
"No Philip you did that to your self and if you keep ringing me and trying to talk I will put the phone down oh and I am outer town for the week so don't bother calling their will not be any one here"
Nancy and Craig planned to take Belle to Italy it was a surprise for Chloe they were going to go to the opera and everything but now they were just going for the beach "which I know is what mum prefers" she said to her self.
She heard the door bell their early Nancy and Craig left a few moments ago to go get Belle their flight left at 10pm they were going to come back here then go to the airport.
Brady stood at the front door Belle rang him and told him the story mom and dad told him she and this Chloe girl need to learn to be friends again or something like that John had asked him to pick this girl up because something had come up at Basic Black.
Chloe ran down the stairs and opened the door as soon as she saw him her heart skipped a beat wow he was gorgeous. As she opened the door Brady almost fell over she was beautiful her long hair and sapphire eyes glaring at him questioningly.
"Oh sorry where are my manners I'm Brady Black"
"Hi, what can I do for you?"
"Well I've come to pick you up my dad John Black asked me if I would Marlena waiting in my Jeep she twisted her ankle on the way to my car so where's your stuff I'll go get it"
Chloe was speech less and let him in she pointed up the stairs and led him to her room he saw the amount of stuff she had wow it was just as much as Tink had packed come to think about it this room looked like his sisters room.
"This looks like my sisters room"
"Yeah that's because we decorated it the same; you look surprised!!"
"It's nothing I just thought you girls we mortal enemies"
"Well believe it or not we were once best friends"
So that's why their going to all this trouble he thought well I'm going to help they both obviously missing each other. He saw her look at a pick of Belle in her top draw Belle had one in exactly the same place although he had never seen he had assumed it was Shawn but he saw it was a girl tonight although he didn't get a good look because she put it back so fast and acted like she hadn't been doing anything I suppose there is a bonus to going along with this experiment at least ill get to know this beauty before me I don't know what it is about her she's gorgeous but there is something else.
Chloe didn't know what came over her he had caught her looking at Belle's photo she had had hidden in her top draw. She missed her but she wasn't about to admit it. There was something about Brady she couldn't put her finger on it but she was glad she would have the time to figure out this punishment wasn't turning out so bad after all. Her thoughts were disturbed when she heard him speak.
"Ok well I think its not all going to fit in my jeep so we will just have to wait till my father gets here to put the rest in his car ill take you with the first load so you can unpack in Belle's room and my dad will bring the rest---cool"
"Yeah ok cool"
"So how long this swap going on for"
"6 weeks"
"A long time"
"Yeah"
They go to his jeep…
"Hi there Chloe"
"Hi Dr Evans"
"Ok Mr. Brady Black what is the prognoses for the transfer of all this"
"Well mom I think dad's gonna have to bring the 4 by 4 to help shift the rest but he'll be here soon"
"I'm so sorry if it's too much Dr Evans-Black"
"Not at all Chloe Belle had had just as much believe me"
"Ok Mom, wait for dad while I settle Chloe in at the penthouse and bring the rest of the stuff piled up in the middle of the room there"
"Ok Brady"
"Chloe have you checked that you got everything and call me Marlena please"
"Ok Dr I mean Marlena yeah I have all the my stuff I think my mom and I packed everything"
"Great lets go Chloe see you at home mom"
"Bye"
"See you at home"
"So what sort of things do you like to do Chloe?"
"Oh you know the usual teenager things"
"Oh now I know your lying I saw the opera cd's in your belongings"
"Yeh ok you caught me I love opera"
"So do I"
"I went to see it in Europe when I was their working for basic black last year I flew in to London to go to the royal opera house"
"Really how was it?"
"Awesome man it was the best I've never been so moved than by seeing that show"
"What did you see?"
"The Marriage of Figaro"
"Shut up….. That's my favourite"
"Really cool well its not mine but it is still in my top five"
I don't know what it was but Chloe felt as if she had known Brady for years they just clicked they had a connection that scared her a little.
They drove to the penthouse where she walked straight to Belle's room and stated putting everything away.
Brady looked on amazed she was walking around and knew where everything was Belle never allowed him to help.
"Wow you really know your way around Belles room and how she puts things"
"Well I know how she doesn't like everything to be outer place; it kind of rubbed off on me I guess when we were friends."
"Do you think you will ever be friends again?"
"I don't think so too much has happened"
"What happened between you guys anyway?"
"Brady, do you mind if we leave that to another day because well I want to tell you but it's a long story and I'm kind of beat"
"Sure Chloe, if you need me just knock on the door through the bathroom my rooms through there"
"Thanks, but I'm sure I will be ok"
"Anyway the offer is there"
Brady's room was the closest John and Marlene's was on the other wing of the penthouse.
They said their good byes and went to bed. Brady couldn't sleep all he could think about was Chloe while she had unpacked they had chatted for hours about this and that likes and dislikes her friends ex friends. While he was deep in thought of her he heard muffled screaming he got up and ran to Chloe's room she was screaming in her sleep he eyes were open but she was asleep she looked rigid he heard her say "leave me alone" he took hold of her hand she calmed down. He went back to bed he would ask Marlena about it on the plane tomorrow.
They woke up early and brought there suitcases down the limo driver Charlie took the bags to the limo and as soon as they were ready they left Salem for the lodge. Once they got there they went to their rooms and unpacked. Over the next week Chloe and Brady spent hours together they went skiing, dancing, bowling and they even went swimming and in the hot tub together. One evening after dinner Brady said he had to make a few phone calls so Chloe decided since it was probably to a girlfriend since he made them every night that she would go for a walk she soon came to a gazebo that looked much like the one she found herself going to back in Salem.
Brady called Tink every night but tonight there
conversation was fairly short because she was going out the time
difference being so different. He decided to follow Chloe she had
walked in the direction of the gazebo he decided to follow her.
Chloe had been there a while she remembered last time she was at
the gazebo it was just a night like this one she was so happy right
now she started to hum to her favourite
song from the phantom of the opera "all I ask of you" she heard
someone behind her start to sing the words of the phantom. She turned
around to see Brady sing to her she began to sing her part.
No
more talk of darkness
Forget these wide-eyed fears
I'm
here
Nothing can harm you
My words will warm and calm you
Let
me be your freedom
Let daylight dry yours tears
I'm here
With
you, beside you
To guard you and to guide you
Say you'll
love me every waking moment
Turn my head with talk of
summertime
Say you'll need me with you now and always
Promise
me that all you say is true
That's all I ask of you
Let
me be your shelter
Let me be your light
You're safe
No one
will find you
Your fears are far behind you
All I want is
freedom
A world with no more night
And you
Always beside
me
To hold me and to hide me
Then say you'll share with
me one love, one lifetime
Let me lead you from your solitude
Say
you need me with you here beside you
Anywhere you go, let me go
too
Chloe that's all I ask of you
Say you'll share with
me one love, one lifetime
Say the word and I will follow you
Share
each day with me
Each night, each morning
Say you love me
You know I do
Love me
That's all I ask of
you
Any where you go let me go too
Love me
That's all I
ask of you
Once the song had finished Brady smiled at her
"You didn't tell me you could sing opera"
"You never asked"
"And you never said you could sing"
"You never asked, Can I give you some advice though" he took her hand and pressed her hand towards her heart "Sing from here"
When Brady touched her hand her heart starting beating faster she knew if they began to sing now she would have no problem doing as he asked.
She asked timidly "how do I do that" he looked her and smiled walked back to the entrance of the gazebo he began to sing "Music of the night"
As he sang his every touch his every look made her feel the music his heart was pouring out.
When he finished she said "I couldn't do that"
"Of course you can, you have the raw talent you just need to be a little tweaked let me help you I did a lot of training at college while I was doing my degree.
"You make me sound like a car engine… tweaked" she smiled "but that would be really great of you Brady"
"It will be my pleasure"
"I always had this dream of going professional like going to Julliard then turning pro I have never told any one I don't know why I'm telling you I just feel I can tell you everything"
"If Julliard is your dream go for it Chloe"
"Brady, can I ask you a question I know I'm going to sound so forward but have you got a girlfriend course you have a girlfriend you call her every night"
Brady grinned "No I don't I call tink every night"
"Tink?"
"Yeh Belle"
"oh right of course you call Belle … but I suppose you just see me as a kid, I mean I'm your sisters age, oh my god I'm so embarrassed oh my god why would I even think you'd even go out with me"
Before she could carry on with her tirade of the "oh my god's" Brady grabbed her waist and engaged in a passionate kiss.
"I don't think of you as a kid quite the opposite"
"I'm only 2 years older than you and you are very mature for age; Chloe will you be my girlfriend"
"Yes I will" they held each other while looking out to the frozen lake in front. "Belle will freak at you I don't wanna come between you she loves u soo much she used to talk about you constantly you were like her hero"
"We will have to keep it a secret till you sort things out with my sister I just hope uncle Philip will slip up and tell her himself" Chloe had told him the whole story one night when they had gone for a walk.
"I dream about what he nearly did to me every night"
"I know"
Chloe turned around "you do"
"Yeah, the first night at the penthouse I heard you scream I saw you lying there so scared I held your hand to calm you down you soon fell asleep. I talked to mom about it she said you were reliving a horror I thought if you wanted to tell me about it you would so I waited."
"Thank you"
"For what"
"Not confronting me about it"
"I somehow knew you'd come to me in your own time I felt we had this connection that was deeper than friendship"
"Me too"
"I'll do everything I can to sort this out so we can be together properly"
"I hope its soon, I hate having secrets from people"
That night for the first time since Philip nearly beat her up that her dreams consisted of nothing but Brady; she slept soundly. In morning she had a smile on her face Brady came to her door before breakfast so he could kiss her good morning they held hands under the table and spent the whole day stealing kisses.
