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Chapter Six: Return

Chloe, Tabi, and Brady were heading towards the airport in Brady's Jeep. Chloe was excited to see her friends after so long but was also kind of nervous. They had shared so much while they were gone, so much that she wasn't a part of. And she and Brady had grown closer. Chloe had always been more mature then the rest of the gang and she was afraid that the divide would be more prominent now. 'Stop worrying Chloe, everything will be just the same as last year.' But the question was, did she want it to be the same? Belle and the gang were great, but Brady understood her like no one else had. And now she had Tabi, there was so much to learn about her new sister, like why she came to Salem in the first place.

"Chloe, are you alright?" Brady shot her a concerned look. "You have this troubled look on your face."

"Huh? Oh, I'm fine. Just excited I guess. I've really missed everyone."

"Ok, so let me get this straight really quick. Belle is your best friend and your little sister. She used to go out with Shawn but now they've broken up for some mysterious reason. Shawn's best friend is Philip, who is your ex-boyfriend and your Uncle even though you are older than him. Yes?" Tabi wanted to make sure she knew everyone so she wouldn't say something stupid.

"Correct. You learn very well, dear sister."

"And we are bringing Belle and Shawn home, and then helping the Blacks get ready for the picnic."

"Right again. Well here we are. Let's hope I can find a decent place to park this baby and then we'll go in." They were actually able to find a parking spot relatively close. They walked to the gate where the plane would be coming in.

"Well, hello Brady, Chloe. How are you two today?" Tabi looked up and saw an old man standing there dressed in an expensive suit. By the looks on the faces of her companions she gathered they didn't like him too much.

"Hello Grandfather. How are you? Where's Nicole?" Brady raised an eyebrow.

"Oh, she's home. I'm guessing you are here to pick up your sister...but why has the infamous Ms. Lane come to help you?"

"Belle is Chloe's best friend. She has come to see her."

"Of course. And who is this lovely young lady?" He turned to Tabi and put out his hand. "I am Viktor Kiriakis...and you are?"

"Tabitha Cole. I'm Chloe's twin sister."

"Ah, well it's nice to meet you none the less." Chloe looked extremely upset but chose not to say anything about it.

"Mr. Kiriakis is Philip's father." Tabi had figured that out already but she nodded none the less. Just then the stewardess announced that the plane had landed. "Excuse us, we are going to meet Belle now." Chloe brushed pass him and Tabi followed with Brady close behind her. The doors opened and passengers came out of the tunnel. All of a sudden a bubbly blond came bouncing out.

"BRADY! CHLOE! I missed you two, soooooo much. Oh my goodness. It's so great to be home!" She hugged the two of them. Tabi guessed that this was Belle. Then someone else caught her eye. An extremely attractive guy had just walked out of the tunnel. He had brown hair and one of the nicest bodies she had ever seen.

"Shawn!" Brady called out. "Over here." The brunette started walking towards them. "Your parents asked me to bring you home."

"That's cool" he said. "How are you Brady? Chloe?"

'God, his voice is sexy.' Tabi thought. Then she blushed in spite of herself. 'So this is Shawn. How did Belle ever let a guy like that go?'

"We're both fine, right Brady? But I'd really like you two to meet Tabitha Cole. She's my twin sister." Chloe had walked over to Tabi and placed a hand on her shoulder.

"Wow! It's so great to meet you." Belle hugged her. "I didn't know you had a twin sister, Chloe. Wow! You two look nothing alike. I'm Belle Black."

"I figured. Chloe has said so much about you. It's nice to meet you."

"Well, she's said nothing about you. I didn't even know Chloe had any siblings, much less a twin sister."

"That's alright. Neither of us knew until yesterday." Belle looked confused but Chloe broke in.

"We'll explain later. Tabi, this is Shawn Brady."

"Hey." Shawn stuck out his hand.

"Hi." Tabi was more than happy to shake it. Their eyes met and he smiled at her. Tabi thought she would melt right there. They just stood there, hands clasped and staring.

"Well, you ready to go?" Brady looked from one to the other, as did Belle and Chloe.

"Huh?" Shawn turned to look at Brady. "Oh, yeah. Let's go get our luggage." He looked back at Tabi, smiled, and then dropped her hand. Chloe grabbed on to Tabi's arm.

"We're gonna go to the bathroom, right girls?" Belle nodded. Tabi just stood there. "You can grab the luggage and meet us at the car. OK?"

"That's cool. You have Marlena's suitcase, right Belle? The one with the flowers?" Belle nodded. "Come-on Shawn."

"Yeah, we'll just go get the luggage. And meet you in the car. It was great to meet you Tabi." He smiled at her again. Brady grabbed his arm and drug him in one direction while the girls drug Tabi in the other. They pulled her into the bathroom.

"OK" Chloe demanded. "What was all of that?" Belle and Chloe had Tabi pinned against the sink.

"All of what?"

"You and Shawn. We saw the looks you two were giving each other. I've known Shawn all my life and never seen him look at anyone like that." Belle looked curious.

"I don't know what you are talking about. He said hello. We shook hands. Then you two drug me away. You are making a big deal out of nothing." Chloe raised an eyebrow. "Really. I don't know what you two are on but you are seeing things."

"OK. We'll let it go, for now. Let's go to the car. You can sit by Shawn." Chloe and Belle gave each other a look and then all three girls walked to the car.

"You do think he's hot, though, right?" Belle had already accepted Tabi as one of the girls.

"Well, yeah, he is. You'd have to be blind to think otherwise."

Meanwhile, the guys were getting the luggage and Brady was drilling Shawn in the same manner the girls had done with Tabi. "So Shawn. What do you think of Tabi?"

"She seems cool." Shawn wouldn't meet Brady's eyes.

"That's not what I mean, Shawn Douglas, and you know it. There was something there. Don't play dumb." Brady grabbed Shawn by the shirt collar. Shawn put his hands up in a surrender type movement.

"Alright. Lay off." Brady did. "I think she's hot. She seems cool. I don't know. Maybe there was something there. I don't know. Here's my suitcase. And there's Belle's." They grabbed the suitcases and headed towards the car. Shawn's breath caught in his throat when he saw Tabi. 'Brady's got a good question. What is going on with me?'