A/N: Here is the next chapter. It's a little bland I'm sorry but it's leading up to something big! Promise! Thanks to all my readers :p

When I woke up the clock said 8:09.

"I have to tell Dom." Shannon said behind me. Geez don't waste any time there buddy.

"Tell him what?" I asked trying to play dumb.

"About Heath being here last night. Tbird there is no guarantee that I will be here next time he sneaks in. God only knows what he was about to do to you. You can't be left here alone anymore." He said to me concern lacing his voice.

"No. No way. Dom will FREAK out. "I started to panic. Its true Dom would flip a nut if he knew that Heath had snuck in here last night. God only knows what Dom would do to him and I would probably never be able to see Wade again or leave the house again for that matter.

"Shannon?" Doms voice yelled from upstairs.

"Down here!" He answered back.

Dom came down the stairs with a confused look on his face. "What are you doing here? In my sister's bed?" He asked peculiarly.

"We're dating! Uh, yeah we're dating Dom. And I didn't want you find out because I knew you would freak out." I stammered out not even thinking about what I had just said.

"I should have told you man, but she wanted me to wait." Shannon added without missing a beat.

I let out a sigh of relief. Dominic looked at us both with speculation.

"Mia is making breakfast. Hungry?" He finally said about staring holes through us.

"Be up in a few." I told him and he turned around and headed back up the stairs. I saw him shake his head in confusion as he walked away.

"Thank you." I said looking at Shannon who had a grin from ear to ear.

"You do realize that you just told you brother that we were dating right?" He asked me chuckling a little bit.

"Sounded good at the time." I said shrugging my shoulders. "Don't get any ideas." I added grinning at him. Shannon and I had always joked around about dating and being together but nothing even happened. I'm not sure why, he was very attractive and had a great personality. He was probably 6 foot nothing, shoulder length blonde hair with black highlights, amazing eyes, great body and he was put together well.

"Me? Ideas? Nooooo…" He said punching my shoulder. "Let's go upstairs and get some breakfast." He said hopping up from the bed and extending his arm out to me. Without hesitation I took it and we headed up the stairs were 6 pairs of skeptical eyes were waiting. No one said anything as we sat down at the table but we were defiantly the topic of discussion before we so rudely interrupted it.

"Morning!" I said cheerfully to everyone as I sat down. There was a few mumbled 'mornings in response.

"So why did you and Shanny boy decide to hook up?" Letty asked me. You could tell by the tone of her voice that she wasn't buying it at all. Shannon and I looked at each other and back at Letty.

"Why is this coming as such a shock to everyone?" I asked back at her.

"Just kinda happened so suddenly. I mean Shannon didn't come over here, you didn't go over there… That we know of. You've been hanging around Wade a lot, it's clear that Wade likes you. You two haven't gone on any kind of dates. But now we get home and he is down stairs in your room in your bed and you're dating. I was just curious of how it came to be." She explained in more detail than what I needed to hear.

"Shit happens." Shannon said. "If it a problem we can discuss it?" He said very sincerely to the entire table. Everyone looked at one another and shrugged their shoulders nodding a no.

"Then let's eat." Mia said trying to break the tension at the table. She placed the food in the center of the table and everyone reached in.

We finished breakfast quietly… and awkwardly and Shannon and I walked outside.

"You want a ride home?" I asked him starting to pull out my keys.

"Uh, no. The last thing I need is to bring you back there." He said and I felt a stab of hurt. Shannon must've seen it because he quickly added, "You know normally it wouldn't be a problem but I'm the only one that is going to be home. If something happened I wouldn't be able to protect my 'woman' against five of them." He said smirking at me.

"Wade wouldn't let that happen." I said matter of factly. We both turned our attention to the front door that had just slammed behind us. Dom, Letty, and Vince came walking towards us.

"Come on Shan, Belles. Get in I'll give you a ride home." Dom said pointing to his car. There was no point in protesting because it was Doms way… No highway option.

Ten minutes later we were pulling up in front of Shannon's house. My body tensed up when I saw Wade on the front porch and Heath in the garage. You could see the others moving about inside the house, not noticing that we pulled up.

"Thanks for the ride Dominic." Shannon said as he locked eyes with Heath who had a smug grin on his face. "And I'll see you later." He emphasized 'you' and leaned in and kissed me. It was a hard kiss but not rough and enough to send an electric current through me. Without thinking I returned the kiss pulling on his bottom lip a little.

"Text me." I said as he started to get out of the car. He walked up the driveway and nodded at Wade who had a confused look on his face as he went from me to Shannon and back to me.

"Alright you got me. I believe you." Dom said as we drove off.

"What are you talking about?" I asked chuckling a bit.

"You and Shan. I didn't believe you. But now I do. He's a good guy Belles." Dom said praising my 'dating' Shannon. 'Oh lord have mercy if he only knew what was really going on.' I thought to myself as we headed back home.

"Uhm… Did I miss something?" Text from Wade.

"Shannon won't always be around. We'll finish what we started soon enough." Text from Heath.

"WTF? You're dating Shannon?" Text from Kelly.

I did a mental head slap and tried to figure out how I was going to explain this situation to Kelly over a text message.

"Long story. Will call later. Yes dating Shanny." Sent to Kelly.

I ignored the other two messages, not knowing what to say to Wade and not wanting to answer Heath.

"I miss you already baby. ;)" Text from Shannon.

"Wade has already texted me. Dunno what to say…?" I texted back ignoring his message.

"Come to our party tonight. We can stay in my room and watch movies or something. Don't want you home alone." He texted back. 'What? Home alone?' I asked myself.

"Dom what are you doing tonight?" I asked him breaking the silence in the car.

"We need to make a run to Reno why?" He answered back looking in the rear view mirror at me.

"Just wondering." I said and stared out the window.

"Alright. But don't let any of those people get me!" I texted to Shannon giving into his request. The last party of his I went to didn't end well. Hopefully this one will have a better outcome….