Chapter Seven

Brady walked into dot.com, with Belle following behind him. He looked up, seeing Chloe. With Philip. Holding hands. He took a deep breath. "Belle, why the fuck did you have to drag me in here?" He asked her quietly. It had been a week since he had told Chloe how he felt. He hadn't been able to stop thinking about her since, but he'd managed to hide his feelings from everyone. Belle was the only one who knew he was hurting.

"I'm sorry, I never thought she would be here!" Belle lied. "Um…try to make her jealous!"

"That's not very nice. How should I do it?"

"Flirt with me."

"UGH! You nasty little girl! I'm not going to flirt with my half sister!!"

Belle laughed loudly. "I was kidding, you dumb ass. Seriously though, go flirt with a waitress or SOMETHING. Make Chloe notice you. I know I always got jealous when Shawn flirted with other girls. Oh, there's Shawn now. Bye." Belle left Brady to fend for himself and walked over to Shawn.

"Hey!" He greeted her, giving her a quick kiss. "What's up?"

"I'm just playing matchmaker." Belle grinned wickedly.

"With who? Phil and Chloe are already back together." Shawn looked confused.

"Well, that's just the thing. I discovered once I got back, that Brady loves Chloe. And I know she loves him too, a lot more than she loves Philip. So I have taken it upon myself to get them together. She's already kissed him. It WAS truth or dare but she didn't seem to mind doing it too much…and Brady told her how he felt last night. But she felt obligated to be with Philip. Now she just needs a push or two in the right direction. You'll help me, right Tough Boy?"

"Wait wait wait! BRADY and CHLOE?! Wow. Phil's gonna be angered by this!" Shawn laughed. "Oh well. I'm going to have to hear him bitch about her all the time, though. Not that he doesn't talk about her constantly when they are together…that kid can get really annoying. I'll help you out."

"Great."

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"Hi, Brady…your legs are getting so STRONG! Your biceps got quite big too…"

Brady nodded his head, distracted. He looked over the girl's shoulder, to Chloe. 'Good. She's looking. And she's definitely not smiling.' He turned his attention back to the waitress. "What was your name again?"

"Heather."

"Heather. So do you want to go out with me tonight?"

Heather giggled and flipped her hair over her shoulder. "Sure."

"I'll meet you here at seven, okay?"

She giggled again. "Okay."

'All that giggling is going to get annoying, but, anything for Chloe.' Brady gave the blonde a quick hug and walked over to where Chloe and Philip were sitting. "Hi, kids."

Philip looked at Brady warily. "If you came over here to hit on my girlfriend, forget about it."

Brady just laughed. "Nope, Phil, as lovely as she is, I didn't come here to hit on her." Brady smiled at Chloe and she looked down, feeling awkward. "I just asked Heather out, actually."

Chloe's head snapped up. "Heather?! Two bucks a fuck Heather?!"

Brady smirked. "Is that her nickname?"

"Well…that's what I heard. Guys that tip well have been known to…well…get some." Chloe looked pissed that he was even considering going out with her.

"Looks like I'm getting lucky tonight!" Brady pulled out a couple of dollars and headed for the tip jar.

Belle and Shawn had come up behind Philip and heard the whole exchange between Brady and Chloe. "Her face is practically green with envy!" Shawn whispered to Belle.

"Why are you surprised?" Belle whispered back. "I told you she loves him."

Chloe could feel her jealousy raging within her. "Why don't we make it a double date?" She suggested with her teeth clenched together. "Philip? Brady? What do you say?"

"Sure," Philip agreed.

"Hey! Triple date!" Belle said excitedly, "Shawn and I would love to go too!"

"I guess so, it might be fun." Brady tried to sound a little annoyed, but the truth was his plan had worked out better than he had hoped. He knew Chloe just wanted to go so she could keep an eye on him. And that didn't bother him one bit. "Meet us here at seven, then. Shawn, can you give Belle a ride?"

"Sure."

Brady walked out of dot.com, wanting to get his hair cut and buy something new to wear. He had to look hot tonight. Hotter than Philip. **Yeah, I know. Like he has to even try.** He wanted Chloe to be looking at HIM all night. Just like he was sure to be looking at her.

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Chloe knew she had to look good tonight if she wanted Brady to be looking at her and not that tramp Heather. She knew she shouldn't be trying to look good for Brady, she should be trying to look good for Philip, but she couldn't help it. The only reason she had suggested the double date was to make sure Brady didn't have sex with that Heather chick. She didn't want him to get some kind of STD. 'Shut up, you know the reason you don't want him to sleep with her is because you would be insanely jealous. And what if he DID get AIDs or something from that whore? Then I wouldn't be able to…oh my God, Chloe. Did you just think you didn't want Brady to get AIDs because then YOU wouldn't be able to have sex with him? That's a great reason.' She rolled her eyes and sat down on her bed. 'Maybe I should just have sex with Philip and then I would stop thinking about Brady.' She laughed out loud at that one. 'Yeah, right.'

Chloe put on her black leather pants and a silky white tank top that showed a strip of skin under her belly button. 'Hopefully we go clubbing or something. This outfit wouldn't work for Tuscany…or McDonalds. I bet McDonalds is where that ho Heather…stop thinking about her! Ugh.'

She strapped on her black stiletto strappy heels and stood up. 'I know these shoes make me tower over Philip but I'm still shorter than Brady with them, so that's what I'm gonna wear.'

Chloe grabbed her leather purse on the way out and got in her car. Philip had wanted to drive her but she had insisted on meeting him there. She sighed. 'This is going to be a long night.'

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Belle and Shawn walked into dot.com, they were the first couple to arrive. Chloe wandered in right after them. "Hey Chloe!" Belle hugged her. "You look hot! Brady…I mean PHILIP…will love it." Belle gave her an exaggerated wink. Chloe glared at her.

Shawn laughed. "That wasn't obvious, Belle. Chloe, why don't you just dump Philip for Brady if you want him so bad? Obviously you are trying to look good for him."

"No, I'm trying to look good for…damn it, you guys won't believe me anyway. Yes, I want Brady. But it's too late now. We aren't going to be together."

Just then, Brady walked in the door. 'Wow he looks good. I never can resist a well muscled man in a wife beater.'

"Hey, Belle, Shawn. Chloe."

"Brady." They stared into each other's eyes for what seemed like an eternity. Finally Chloe shook her head and looked away. "Haircut?"

"Yup. I like your pants." Brady smiled innocently.

"You can borrow them sometime if you want." Chloe told him sweetly.

"Do you think I'd look hot in them?" He watched as a thoughtful look passed over Chloe's face. She snickered at the picture in her head of him wearing her leather pants.

"Possibly. But only if you wore the heels too."

They both broke into laughter at that mental picture, along with Belle and Shawn. "Brady, I knew you wanted to get into Chloe's pants, but damn. That's not the way to go about it," Shawn commented. The girls looked up at him, shocked. "What?! What'd I say?"

Brady laughed and slapped Shawn a high five. "Well…I thought it was a good one, man. Chloe looks kind of embarrassed though." He walked over to her and put his hands on her hips. He moved his mouth to her ear. Chloe felt electricity go through her entire body when she felt his warm breath and his lips lightly touch her ear. "It's okay. They probably wouldn't fit me anyway." Brady kept his hands there, until they both felt uncomfortable. He moved away first. After all, she had hurt him, and he wasn't over that yet. No matter how much he wanted to be with her.

"Oh, Chloe." Belle wanted to change the subject before things got too awkward. "Did you want to spend the night tonight?" Maybe that wasn't the best thing to ask at this moment, but hey, I wanted her to, anyway, Belle added silently.

"Well…sure." What the hell, she thought. "As long as we don't play truth or dare." Chloe laughed lightly.

"Hey what's wrong with…" Brady turned suddenly as Philip walked in the door, with Heather behind him.

"Hey, guys." Phil walked over to Chloe and kissed her. "Girl you look DAMN fine."

"You don't look so bad yourself," she told him, smiling.

'She is supposed to tell ME I look good.' Brady walked over to Heather and kissed her on the cheek. "You look beautiful." 'Hey so it's not quite the truth. I don't usually go for girls that wear shorts with their asses hanging out and tube tops, but whatever. I'm over it.'

"Let's go, the limo is waiting." Victor had allowed Philip to use one of their limos tonight, on the condition that he wasn't going out with Chloe. 'What Daddy doesn't know can't hurt him,' Philip thought. 'This is gonna be one wild night.'