A/N: Things take a little twist towards the end :-)

Disclaimer: I still don't own the characters. And I'm still broke.

After allowing the news to sink in, Belle chanced a glance at the clock beside her bed. It read 7:15; it was time to get up and get dressed. Thank the Lord it was Saturday.

An hour later both girls were showered, dressed, and heading out for the day. There wasn't much out of the ordinary to do, but sitting in stuffy hotel room dwelling on what had happened was not going to be on the agenda. They took a cab over to their house, and walked slowly up the front walk, afraid of how their living room would look. They walked in to find agents, investigators, and police officers everywhere. Bypassing everyone, the girls scooted into their bedrooms. In a hurry to get back out of the house, they grabbed the first things they saw. However, in the back of their minds they knew that they may run into Shawn and Phillip again, so they tried to pick cute items. After they'd both packed a bag, they headed back through the kitchen, grabbing some snacks and their car keys. Both cars had been parked in the garage, which had been blocked off the night before when the police had arrived. The garage had also been the suspected hiding place of the intruder, until he decided to lunge at the searching officers. The search team moved aside their equipment, and the girls hopped into their cars and backed down the driveway. Belle's silver Jetta made the yellow light but Chloe stayed behind. Not wanting to risk being pulled.

As Chloe finally pulled into the parking lot of the hotel, her cell phone began ringing.

"Hello."

"Hey gorgeous, how was your morning." She proceeded to tell him about her phone call at 7am and also about their plans to stay in the hotel for the next few days.

"Would you like to stay with us?"

"What?" she asked stunned.

"I know it's really soon but I really don't want you two staying in a hotel. I mean you've been through so much, I just want you both to be able to relax and besides, if you're with us we won't have to worry. We're staying in Ryan's house while we're here in town; he just left for the weekend to go visit his girlfriend in Raleigh. So, what do you say?"

She could hear Shawn pleading in the background, "Please, please please!"

She laughed to herself, "I'll talk to Belle and I'll call you back, how does that sound?"

"Better than a no. I'll talk to you soon, be safe." She hung up, got out of the car and crossed the parking lot to Belle's.

"Guess who I just got off the phone with!"

"Who?" The look on Chloe's face said it all. She told Belle they'd been invited to stay with Shawn and Phillip at Ryan's house for the weekend. Both girls pondered the idea. They had only known Shawn and Phillip a day and a half, and that was not long enough to be moving into the same house. She filled Belle in on the details as they rode the elevator to the fourth floor.

Back in the room Chloe called Phillip back, "hey gorgeous," he said.

"Did you make a decision?"

"What are the sleeping arrangements?"

"Well, Shawn and I each have our own rooms but one of us can take the couch and you girls can share a room. Does that sound okay? If not, you let me know."

"That sounds perfect, thank you."

"You're welcome. Oh, Shawn wants to talk to Belle."

"Okay, we'll see you all later." "Bye, baby." He had called her baby, the number one way to Chloe's heart was through that nickname.

"Hey beautiful, I'm glad you all are coming to stay with us. We can spend some quality time and get to know each other better."

"I can't wait." Shawn told Belle instructions on how to get to the house and they decided they'd meet them at around 6 for dinner and then follow them back to Ryan's. Belle hung up the phone and then lay back on the bed.

"What are we getting ourselves into Chloe?"

"I don't know about you Belle, but I'm going to be in love before long if things keep going this way."

"You aren't lying girl!"

They lay there for awhile talking about what was happening. Reminding themselves that just because these were multi-billionaire hunks didn't mean they couldn't screw them over and that they shouldn't get too wrapped up too soon. Typical females, always having to talk things through. A little while later they got up and headed downstairs to the café for lunch.

The waiter came up and when he asked, "hi ladies, what'll it be", Belle immediately recognized that voice. Jason Welles. They had all graduated together years ago, and he'd stood Belle up for a date the summer after. And, here he stood now. Off of his pedestal, waiting on other people for two dollars and fifteen cents an hour plus tips. He wasn't so high and mighty anymore.

"Oh, hey Belle how have you been?"

"Great, I didn't know you lived in Atlanta."

"I just moved here about six months ago, how about you?"

"I've lived here about three years now."

"Wow, we should get together some time."

"No, that's okay, but thanks for offering." Chloe just grinned; she'd hated him ever since that one occasion, Belle had a hard time letting go, but now it was obvious she had. Jason looked over at Chloe and nodded a hello knowing that it was probably because of Chloe's influence he had just been rejected. He took their drink orders and then turned on his heels and headed for the kitchen. Moments later he returned with drinks and they placed their entrée orders.

A couple cheap love songs on the juke box later, the hostess seated two guys beside them. Chloe looked over, always on the lookout for new scenery. She made eye contact with one of them. He had dark curly hair and the deepest green eyes she'd ever seen. He was smiling. She smiled back. His friend looked over at her and then to Belle. Chloe nudged Belle's shin with her toe; she looked over and she smiled as well. Their waitress walked up, interrupting the strange moment, and Belle and Chloe turned back to their previous conversation.

After the guy's waitress had returned to take their order one of them leaned over, "Hi, I'm Jay and this is my friend Rob."

"Hi Rob and Jay. I'm Chloe, and this is Belle."

"Are you two here alone?" The two girls laughed, a classic line to find out whether or not a girl was dating anyone.

"Yes, we're single." Both guys blushed, they'd been discovered. Rob slid his chair over, Jay not far behind. They struck up a conversation, and the girls found out that Rob was a reporter for the local newspaper, the Atlanta Constitution, and Jay was a photographer for the same paper. They talked, their meals arrived, and the conversation continued to flow. Both men were successful in the business world, very well off. In fact, they were on their lunch break. The conversation was cut short after about forty five minutes since they needed to return to the office. They got both the girl's phone numbers and headed for the door. Chloe and Belle finished their lunches and went to pay only to find the bill had already been covered. The girls just smiled, and walked out to the car.

A/N: Let me know what you think of the story so far!!