To the person who said I must not have been watching the show very long: actually, I've been watching it for years. But the story is supposed to be funny, and the characters aren't supposed to act like they always do. It IS fiction, after all.
Chapter Five
"Belle, did Brady hear what I said about him? About me being attracted to him and all? It seemed like sort of a big coincidence that he walked out in his boxers right at that moment." Chloe turned red, remembering the incident.
"I doubt it," Belle lied. "But so what if he did? You didn't seem to mind seeing him like that. Plus, I know for a fact he thinks you're hot. Want me to ask him and you can spy on us? Then you will be even!!"
Chloe considered it in her head, but decided against it. "Nah, that would be obvious. He would probably wonder why you just asked that all of a sudden."
"Are you sure? You could come walking out in your underwear, if you want." Belle smiled. 'Brady would enjoy that.'
"No thanks, I'll pass. Belle, why are you acting so messed up today?"
"No reason. I just think you and Brady would be good together." Belle winced. 'She's gonna get pissed at that one.'
"WHAT?! Are you trying to set us up? I'm with Philip, remember?" Chloe looked pissed, all right.
"Come on, Chloe. You can't tell me you haven't thought about it. There is definitely something between you two."
"I know. And I have thought about it." Chloe giggled, remembering Brady putting her hands on his chest. "I really like being around Brady."
"And he looooooves being around you!" Belle teased.
"Yeah, right. He thinks of me as just a friend, and that's the way it's gonna be, Belle. Sorry to disappoint you. I know you really want to test your matchmaking skills but…"
"Don't worry, I'm not done. I haven't even BEGUN to flex my muscles yet, girl. You just wait." Belle gave Chloe a smug grin.
'Maybe that wouldn't be such a bad thing,' Chloe thought to herself. 'No, I'm with Philip. It doesn't matter how attracted I am to Brady, I love Philip. I think…. But it doesn't matter. Brady and I aren't even a possibility right now.'
"Let's play truth or dare," Belle suggested.
"Uh, oh." Chloe rolled her eyes at Belle. "You have something bad planned for me, right? You know very well I never back down from a dare, Belle! Please don't make me run through the house naked like last time. Your dad got a free show, remember?"
Belle fell on the floor laughing, tears running down her face. "I forgot all about that!!!" she managed to choke out.
"I remember the look on his face perfectly. He raised his eyebrow. Then he said, 'Chloe, you are naked. And that's a fact.'" Chloe started laughing through her embarrassment, and soon they were both rolling on the floor.
Belle suddenly sat up, serious again. "You can't get out of this. Truth or dare?"
"Dare, of course." Chloe fidgeted nervously, but she knew she couldn't back out of a dare now, and break her whole lifetime record.
"Kiss Brady. And it can't just be a peck on the cheek. It has to be on the lips, open mouth." Chloe put a shocked and appalled face on, but not before Belle saw a flicker of a smile. "I saw that!! You wanna do it! I know you do."
"No! I don't! It would be cheating on Philip." Chloe knew she was kidding herself. She was going to do it.
"I won't tell him…you won't tell him…Brady sure as hell won't tell him…so what's the problem? And you never know, you might like it."
"That's what I'm afraid of," Chloe muttered under her breath.
"What?"
"Nothing."
"It's okay, I heard what you said." Belle gave Chloe a slightly sympathetic look. "Go to it, you sex goddess you."
Chloe stood up and took a deep breath. She turned around and marched down the hallway, with Belle right behind her, cheering her on. "Be aggressive, be be aggressive!"
When she reached Brady's room, she flung the door open. Brady, who had been sitting in his computer chair with his back to the door, knew it was time. He grinned as she twisted the chair around so he was facing her and sat down in his lap. He tried to act surprised. "What the…"
Chloe pressed her lips to his, gasping slightly when shocks of electricity shot through her body. She pulled away, and looked into his eyes. Then they both leaned in again, kissing softer this time, but just as passionately. Brady felt himself falling more and more in love with her every second that went by. Chloe wouldn't have admitted it, but she felt the same.
She pulled away, standing up on weak knees. "Um, so, I did it Belle." She tried to control her trembling voice, but it was no use, so she turned around and brushed past Belle, walking out of the room, leaving Brady sitting in the same position with his eyes half closed. "Wow."
"I told you she'd do it." Belle said to him, breaking him out of his trance. Obviously it affected you both. "I am quite the matchmaker if I do say so myself."
Brady took a deep breath, trying to regain control of his hormones. "Yeah, Belle, she kissed me. But she isn't mine yet," he told her sadly. "I want to be able to kiss her whenever I want! And to hold her and…stuff."
"Yeah, well. I got her to realize how attracted she is to you. Now she is gonna be thinking about you all the time. You have to do the rest."
Brady smiled as Belle walked back to her bedroom. "Chloe is going to be mine soon. I'll do whatever I have to do to make it happen."
Chapter Five
"Belle, did Brady hear what I said about him? About me being attracted to him and all? It seemed like sort of a big coincidence that he walked out in his boxers right at that moment." Chloe turned red, remembering the incident.
"I doubt it," Belle lied. "But so what if he did? You didn't seem to mind seeing him like that. Plus, I know for a fact he thinks you're hot. Want me to ask him and you can spy on us? Then you will be even!!"
Chloe considered it in her head, but decided against it. "Nah, that would be obvious. He would probably wonder why you just asked that all of a sudden."
"Are you sure? You could come walking out in your underwear, if you want." Belle smiled. 'Brady would enjoy that.'
"No thanks, I'll pass. Belle, why are you acting so messed up today?"
"No reason. I just think you and Brady would be good together." Belle winced. 'She's gonna get pissed at that one.'
"WHAT?! Are you trying to set us up? I'm with Philip, remember?" Chloe looked pissed, all right.
"Come on, Chloe. You can't tell me you haven't thought about it. There is definitely something between you two."
"I know. And I have thought about it." Chloe giggled, remembering Brady putting her hands on his chest. "I really like being around Brady."
"And he looooooves being around you!" Belle teased.
"Yeah, right. He thinks of me as just a friend, and that's the way it's gonna be, Belle. Sorry to disappoint you. I know you really want to test your matchmaking skills but…"
"Don't worry, I'm not done. I haven't even BEGUN to flex my muscles yet, girl. You just wait." Belle gave Chloe a smug grin.
'Maybe that wouldn't be such a bad thing,' Chloe thought to herself. 'No, I'm with Philip. It doesn't matter how attracted I am to Brady, I love Philip. I think…. But it doesn't matter. Brady and I aren't even a possibility right now.'
"Let's play truth or dare," Belle suggested.
"Uh, oh." Chloe rolled her eyes at Belle. "You have something bad planned for me, right? You know very well I never back down from a dare, Belle! Please don't make me run through the house naked like last time. Your dad got a free show, remember?"
Belle fell on the floor laughing, tears running down her face. "I forgot all about that!!!" she managed to choke out.
"I remember the look on his face perfectly. He raised his eyebrow. Then he said, 'Chloe, you are naked. And that's a fact.'" Chloe started laughing through her embarrassment, and soon they were both rolling on the floor.
Belle suddenly sat up, serious again. "You can't get out of this. Truth or dare?"
"Dare, of course." Chloe fidgeted nervously, but she knew she couldn't back out of a dare now, and break her whole lifetime record.
"Kiss Brady. And it can't just be a peck on the cheek. It has to be on the lips, open mouth." Chloe put a shocked and appalled face on, but not before Belle saw a flicker of a smile. "I saw that!! You wanna do it! I know you do."
"No! I don't! It would be cheating on Philip." Chloe knew she was kidding herself. She was going to do it.
"I won't tell him…you won't tell him…Brady sure as hell won't tell him…so what's the problem? And you never know, you might like it."
"That's what I'm afraid of," Chloe muttered under her breath.
"What?"
"Nothing."
"It's okay, I heard what you said." Belle gave Chloe a slightly sympathetic look. "Go to it, you sex goddess you."
Chloe stood up and took a deep breath. She turned around and marched down the hallway, with Belle right behind her, cheering her on. "Be aggressive, be be aggressive!"
When she reached Brady's room, she flung the door open. Brady, who had been sitting in his computer chair with his back to the door, knew it was time. He grinned as she twisted the chair around so he was facing her and sat down in his lap. He tried to act surprised. "What the…"
Chloe pressed her lips to his, gasping slightly when shocks of electricity shot through her body. She pulled away, and looked into his eyes. Then they both leaned in again, kissing softer this time, but just as passionately. Brady felt himself falling more and more in love with her every second that went by. Chloe wouldn't have admitted it, but she felt the same.
She pulled away, standing up on weak knees. "Um, so, I did it Belle." She tried to control her trembling voice, but it was no use, so she turned around and brushed past Belle, walking out of the room, leaving Brady sitting in the same position with his eyes half closed. "Wow."
"I told you she'd do it." Belle said to him, breaking him out of his trance. Obviously it affected you both. "I am quite the matchmaker if I do say so myself."
Brady took a deep breath, trying to regain control of his hormones. "Yeah, Belle, she kissed me. But she isn't mine yet," he told her sadly. "I want to be able to kiss her whenever I want! And to hold her and…stuff."
"Yeah, well. I got her to realize how attracted she is to you. Now she is gonna be thinking about you all the time. You have to do the rest."
Brady smiled as Belle walked back to her bedroom. "Chloe is going to be mine soon. I'll do whatever I have to do to make it happen."
