Reality Sets In Ch. 5
I disclaim.
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"Chloe what are you doing here, I thought this was Shawn's room?" Belle Black stood in the door surprise written clearly on her face. "Am I at the wrong room?"
" No this is Shawn's room, come in." Chloe steeped back and let her former best friend in the already crowded room. "We're just going over some last minute wedding stuff."
"Hi every one, I can come back if this is a bad time?"
"No, in fact we have a fitting." Hope gave her son a kiss on the cheek, and motioned for everyone to follow, Chloe however seemed more reluctant to leave then she was before Belle entered the room. "Come on Chloe."
Shawn gave his friend a reassuring nod, before gave a final wave, and left the room. " So Belle what can I do for you?"
Belle looked back at the door, and raised an eyebrow when she encountered Shawn emotionless face. " Is Chloe mad at me?"
Shawn's mouth briefly dropped at the question. " Belle your brother broke her heart, and you sided with him, when you're suppose to be her best friend, yeah I think there is some tension there."
"I didn't side with Brady." She just hadn't known what to say Chloe, when she heard the news, and what could she have done, Brady had been adamant about his decision. " I was in New York, she wouldn't have wanted me to fly home, she would have thought I was pitying her."
" Wrong, all she wanted at that moment was to know that nothing else in her life was going to change."
" I'm sorry, but I thought she'd be okay, after all she had you."
He eyes got hard at the tone she used. " Of course she has me, how else was she going to learn the life of the love lorn?"
" Shawn, I wanted to make sure you where okay with Philip and I being here, in fact he hasn't even left yet, and if you don't want him to he won't come to the wedding. " Belle said it in a rush while she chewed on her bottom lip and trait he used to find adorable, but now just thought was childish.
" Tell Philip to come." " I'm fine with it." Shawn turned and began looking for his wallet. " Damn."
"What's wrong?"
"I misplaced my wallet."
" Oh." Belle starting looking around the room, and finally noticed the disarray, the bed was missing sheets and the comforter was on the floor. " No wonder this place is a mess, let me help you look."
"Thanks."
Belle started looking around the closet area while Shawn searched around the bed, she didn't see his wallet, but what she found was just as important. " Shawn is there something you want to tell me?"
"What?" Shawn looked up form his place on the floor and saw what Belle was holding and blanched.
Chloe's Black Lace Bra.
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Chloe looked beautiful in her peach bridesmaid dress, except for the fact that she was scowling, and it causing quite a problem for the seamstress, because not only was she pouting she wasn't moving either. The woman gave a frustrated sigh. " Could you try to cooperate deary?"
She rolled her eyes and gave a half hearted smiled and lifted her arms to accommodate the women. She caught Jennifer hiding a laugh out the corner of her eye. " What?"
Jennifer looked around the room, and satisfied when she didn't see Hope, move closer to her future sister in law. " It's okay you know."
"What's okay?" Jen gave her an ' I know you know' look.
" It's okay to want to stay married to Shawn." " I've seen you two together."
" Everyone has seen us together, we're the two musketeers, unlucky in love and attached at the hip."
" You know what I mean." Jennifer stamped her foot down on the floor, causing her dress to slide a little.
Chloe stifled a chuckle." Just then you sounded like Jack, all you needed to add was the little sister bit."
" Fine be in denial, but I saw how angry you got when Belle arrived."
"I was angry because, she seems completely oblivious to the pain that she causes him." " I'm sure whatever she's doing is only being to done to ease her mind of guilt."
" I think it's more then that." Hope came out of the dressing room wearing a similar outfit to Chloe, except that a small linen jacket had been added to it.
" Fine okay I'm little upset that she so readily accepted the break up, although I figured she side with him."
Hope rubber her arm. " No you didn't you thought she was your best friend, and she help you through it."
" No I have a pretty cynical outlook on life, after all I side with Jack."
Jennifer shook her head." Last time you told me to throw his stuff out on the lawn, and that you'd help."
Chloe rolled her eyes and gave an exasperated sigh." Well Jack isn't like other brothers, he's…" " He's Jack." " If he was any other guy I would have sided with him."
" Anyway, how do we know that she didn't come to see him to get back together." Hope asked the question with her eyebrow raised.
" Even if that was the case, I doubt Shawn would take her back, after leaving him for Philip." Chloe shook her head, and began to wonder why after everything they the group had been through why she was suddenly so opposed to Belle and Shawn.
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"Uh...." Shawn stared at the object and blushed suddenly remembering the moment he took off his friend. " That's not my wallet."
" I didn't think so." Things began to click into place; the bed is disarray, and Shawn not knowing where his wallet was. " Shawn are you seeing someone?"
" Well....Uh...." He realizes what he's doing and changes his tune. " Wait, what does it matter, you're with Philip, my love life is just that." Shawn emphasizes he point by grabbing Chloe's bra and pocketing it.
" I know, I just don't want you hurt."
The laugh that left his mouth was bitter and full of pain. " That's rich coming you."
" Shawn..."
"Save it." Shawn pushed past her and opened the door, and motioned her out. " I have a lot of things to do before the wedding."
Belle took her time heading for the door, and tried one final time to reach her friend." Shawn..." but was met with the business side of his door.
I disclaim.
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"Chloe what are you doing here, I thought this was Shawn's room?" Belle Black stood in the door surprise written clearly on her face. "Am I at the wrong room?"
" No this is Shawn's room, come in." Chloe steeped back and let her former best friend in the already crowded room. "We're just going over some last minute wedding stuff."
"Hi every one, I can come back if this is a bad time?"
"No, in fact we have a fitting." Hope gave her son a kiss on the cheek, and motioned for everyone to follow, Chloe however seemed more reluctant to leave then she was before Belle entered the room. "Come on Chloe."
Shawn gave his friend a reassuring nod, before gave a final wave, and left the room. " So Belle what can I do for you?"
Belle looked back at the door, and raised an eyebrow when she encountered Shawn emotionless face. " Is Chloe mad at me?"
Shawn's mouth briefly dropped at the question. " Belle your brother broke her heart, and you sided with him, when you're suppose to be her best friend, yeah I think there is some tension there."
"I didn't side with Brady." She just hadn't known what to say Chloe, when she heard the news, and what could she have done, Brady had been adamant about his decision. " I was in New York, she wouldn't have wanted me to fly home, she would have thought I was pitying her."
" Wrong, all she wanted at that moment was to know that nothing else in her life was going to change."
" I'm sorry, but I thought she'd be okay, after all she had you."
He eyes got hard at the tone she used. " Of course she has me, how else was she going to learn the life of the love lorn?"
" Shawn, I wanted to make sure you where okay with Philip and I being here, in fact he hasn't even left yet, and if you don't want him to he won't come to the wedding. " Belle said it in a rush while she chewed on her bottom lip and trait he used to find adorable, but now just thought was childish.
" Tell Philip to come." " I'm fine with it." Shawn turned and began looking for his wallet. " Damn."
"What's wrong?"
"I misplaced my wallet."
" Oh." Belle starting looking around the room, and finally noticed the disarray, the bed was missing sheets and the comforter was on the floor. " No wonder this place is a mess, let me help you look."
"Thanks."
Belle started looking around the closet area while Shawn searched around the bed, she didn't see his wallet, but what she found was just as important. " Shawn is there something you want to tell me?"
"What?" Shawn looked up form his place on the floor and saw what Belle was holding and blanched.
Chloe's Black Lace Bra.
~~
Chloe looked beautiful in her peach bridesmaid dress, except for the fact that she was scowling, and it causing quite a problem for the seamstress, because not only was she pouting she wasn't moving either. The woman gave a frustrated sigh. " Could you try to cooperate deary?"
She rolled her eyes and gave a half hearted smiled and lifted her arms to accommodate the women. She caught Jennifer hiding a laugh out the corner of her eye. " What?"
Jennifer looked around the room, and satisfied when she didn't see Hope, move closer to her future sister in law. " It's okay you know."
"What's okay?" Jen gave her an ' I know you know' look.
" It's okay to want to stay married to Shawn." " I've seen you two together."
" Everyone has seen us together, we're the two musketeers, unlucky in love and attached at the hip."
" You know what I mean." Jennifer stamped her foot down on the floor, causing her dress to slide a little.
Chloe stifled a chuckle." Just then you sounded like Jack, all you needed to add was the little sister bit."
" Fine be in denial, but I saw how angry you got when Belle arrived."
"I was angry because, she seems completely oblivious to the pain that she causes him." " I'm sure whatever she's doing is only being to done to ease her mind of guilt."
" I think it's more then that." Hope came out of the dressing room wearing a similar outfit to Chloe, except that a small linen jacket had been added to it.
" Fine okay I'm little upset that she so readily accepted the break up, although I figured she side with him."
Hope rubber her arm. " No you didn't you thought she was your best friend, and she help you through it."
" No I have a pretty cynical outlook on life, after all I side with Jack."
Jennifer shook her head." Last time you told me to throw his stuff out on the lawn, and that you'd help."
Chloe rolled her eyes and gave an exasperated sigh." Well Jack isn't like other brothers, he's…" " He's Jack." " If he was any other guy I would have sided with him."
" Anyway, how do we know that she didn't come to see him to get back together." Hope asked the question with her eyebrow raised.
" Even if that was the case, I doubt Shawn would take her back, after leaving him for Philip." Chloe shook her head, and began to wonder why after everything they the group had been through why she was suddenly so opposed to Belle and Shawn.
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"Uh...." Shawn stared at the object and blushed suddenly remembering the moment he took off his friend. " That's not my wallet."
" I didn't think so." Things began to click into place; the bed is disarray, and Shawn not knowing where his wallet was. " Shawn are you seeing someone?"
" Well....Uh...." He realizes what he's doing and changes his tune. " Wait, what does it matter, you're with Philip, my love life is just that." Shawn emphasizes he point by grabbing Chloe's bra and pocketing it.
" I know, I just don't want you hurt."
The laugh that left his mouth was bitter and full of pain. " That's rich coming you."
" Shawn..."
"Save it." Shawn pushed past her and opened the door, and motioned her out. " I have a lot of things to do before the wedding."
Belle took her time heading for the door, and tried one final time to reach her friend." Shawn..." but was met with the business side of his door.