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Chapter Five: Old Friends New Friends

Belle Black looked out the window of the plane. She had enjoyed Puerto Rico but was glad to be coming home. So much had happened there that had changed her life. First there was getting closer to Mimi again. She was very happy about that because they had grown apart and now they were friends again...although not as close as they used to be. Then there was Shawn Brady. She and Shawn had been friends forever. Then, at the end of the school year, they'd finally realized that they both desired more than friendship. But then things got complicated. They had almost gone all the way in Puerto Rico...but they were able to stop themselves. But they were happy...for awhile. Belle had had a crush on Shawn's best friend Philip Kiriakis for a long time, she figured those feelings would die after she had hooked up with Shawn, besides he had been in love with her best friend Chloe and wasn't yet over her. But then he kissed her...or, to be more exact, they kissed each other...and Shawn saw. It wasn't supposed to happen. They had gone for a walk together just to talk and stuff, be friendly, while Shawn was talking to Mr. Woods about some stuff. They had gone down to the water and were just talking and then all of a sudden it just happened...and kept happening...and it was wonderful. Then Shawn walked up. Belle cringed at the memory of it. They hadn't heard him approach but they had heard him as he was running back towards the camp. Philip went after him and caught him. Belle had followed but didn't say anything.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~FLASHBACK~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

"HOW COULD YOU?" Shawn yelled. "God Philip, YOU WERE MY BEST FRIEND! DAMMIT! Why her? You could have any girl in school, why'd you have to pick mine?"

"I...I...All I can say is that I'm sorry. But come on. We've both liked Belle forever. And I wasn't the only person involved back there, or did you not notice that?" Philip didn't know what to say...he hadn't expected this at all.

"Leave Belle out of this. This is between you and me Kiriakis." Shawn pulled off his shirt and prepared for a fight.

"You don't want to do this man. Please, let's just talk." But Philip knew his words were pointless. Shawn was ready to fight him.

"WAIT!" Belle yelled. "Stop it! Fighting won't help either of you. And you can't just 'leave me out of this' because I am in this. If I wasn't you two wouldn't be about to fight. Shawn, I would never hurt you on purpose. I know I, we, have but we didn't plan on this." Belle was crying. She was so confused about everything. Shawn backed down.

"So what now? Are we over Belle, what? How do you feel about Philip? Do you want to be with him?" Shawn was trying to stay calm and be rational.

"I DON'T KNOW! I just know that I am confused."

"Well, if your confused then we can't be together. You need to sort out your feelings and let me know." He turned and walked away, not waiting for an answer from either of his so called 'Friends'. Philip started to follow him but Belle put out a hand to stop him.

"Let him go, he has a right to be upset. And if we force him to talk now he'll just get more upset." Belle knew both guys and they needed time apart.

"Well then what do we do, Belle?"

"I don't know"

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~End of Flashback~~~~~~~~~~~~

Belle's thoughts were interrupted by the sound of the pilot's voice. "We are now in our final decent. Touchdown will be in about fifteen minutes." The seatbelt sign went on. Belle looked over at Philip, who was still sleeping with his head on her shoulder. "Hey Philip, wake up. We're almost home." She had hated hurting Shawn but they were back to being friends. They had been friends longer than anything else and knew that it was truly more important to both of them to stay that way. He'd told her if she really wanted to be with Philip he would understand. He knew they had liked each other in the past. And Belle knew he meant it. She and Shawn had always been truthful with each other no matter what. The person she was really worried about was Chloe. True, she claimed to be over Philip but what would she think if she knew that he and Belle were together. She tapped him again. "Philip, wake up!" He grumbled and then moved his head to the other direction. "Philip Kiriakis, wake up right now!" She planted a kiss on his forehead. He opened his eyes and grabbed her face, kissing her hard. "Well good morning sleepy head!" She laughed and kissed him again. She was glad that everything had worked out. She only hoped that it would be OK back in Salem. Chloe wouldn't be too happy about either Philip or Mimi. But at least everything was OK with everything else. The plane began to land, sending chills into Belle's body. She grabbed Philip's hand.

"You OK?" Philip said, laughing.

"Shutup. You aren't funny."

"Then why are you laughing?" Shawn had leaned across the aisle.

"It's not fair when you two gang up on me."

"Get used to it." the guys said, simultaneously. At that moment the plane touched down. Belle buried her head in Philip's shoulder which inspired more laughter from the guys. Once again the pilot's voice came over the intercom. "Thank you for flying with us. We hope to see you again. You may now start unloading." Belle let go of Philip's hand.

"We have to wait and find a way to tell Chloe, OK?"

"Fine." but Philip didn't look too happy.