"Late? For what?" Chloe asked as she hurried to catch up to Brady. "Brady Stop" she finally called as she nearly tripped. "Where's the fire?" she asked.

"There's no fire, but the movie starts in 8 minutes." He tugged on her arm "come on lets go." Chloe stopped in her tracks, she was beginning to wonder how Brady pulled this whole charade off.

"Wait a minute, dinner reservations, ice skating and a movie, all paid for in advance by a credit card" she paused "How did you pull this off Brady Black?" Brady stopped and turned to face her, "the new fashioned way" he answered "a telephone and my dad's credit card."

"But you didn't know if I would go" she reminded him. "What if I'd said no?" Brady brushed a stray hair out of her face, "Then I would've stayed at your house with you and we would've joined Dick Clark and the millions of people in New York." He stated.

A pass of emotion flashed across her face, Brady saw what was coming next "Chloe, I wanted to spend some time with you tonight, alone, no Phillip, no Belle and Shawn and no parents." He spoke honestly, "I cant give you specific reasons why, but I just did, okay?"

Chloe wasn't sure how to respond to his answer, so she just nodded "Good" he breathed a sigh of relief "Now can we please go to the movie?" Chloe nodded "but what about the roses?" she asked. "Take them with you." Brady suggested "you'll be the envy of the lobby."

Chloe grinned at that thought "Okay, I am ready lets go." She pronounced. "Finally" Brady muttered under his breath. "What movie are we going to see?" she asked. "That French movie that Phillip so rudely interrupted." Brady answered.

"Tonight, he wont be allowed to interrupt anything." Brady promised with a dead serious tone in his voice. Chloe shivered though she wasn't sure if the reason was because of Brady's promise or the memory of that night, but she held tighter to Brady's hand.

Brady felt Chloe tense, but she offered no reason for her action. 'Enjoy it Brady' he told himself, 'isnt this what you wanted all along?' The smell of buttered popcorn and cotton candy wafted in the air as Brady paid for their tickets.

"That smells so good!" Chloe breathed. Brady laughed at her "would you like some popcorn?" Brady offered. "Why Brady, I thought you'd never ask" she grinned. "Yeah right!" Brady snorted.

Popcorn and drinks in tow, the two of them took a seat in the back row. "Were they here last time we were?" Chloe asked pointing to the couple in the front row. "yeah" Brady agreed "I think they were kissing then too." Brady chuckled. "do you think they have a home?" Chloe asked. Brady laughed at her remark "This isn't such a bad home" Brady commented "private, semi-dark and a place nobody wants to come." Chloe thought about that for a minute "Yeah, a quiet movie with no blood, no guts and no gory images." Chloe agreed. "Not afraid of a little gore, are we Lane?" Brady teased. "Is that a challenge Black?' she countered "Cause if it is, we can always switch movies" she said trying to pass him.

"hmm" Brady thought "Chloe Lane clinging to me out of fright over a movie. As good as that sounds..NO!" he refused pulling her down by the arm. Caught off balance, she nearly fell, landing in Brady's lap. Brady wrapped his arms around her waist as she fell against him "Not fair Brady Black" she commented.

"Feels fair enough to me" Brady spoke quite clearly, though his thoughts weren't quite so clear. Having Chloe this close, scrambled his brain and any clear thoughts he may have had. "Chloe" he barely breathed as the urge to kiss her resurged heavily.

Caught up in the moment, Chloe couldn't have turned away if wild horses were pulling her. "Brady" she spoke nervously as one hand caressed the back of her neck, applying the pressure that would pull her closer to him.

The house lights began to dissolve adding to the moment, but the sounds of music came from the screen behind them. Ignoring the movie, Brady continued to pull her closer, close enough to.."Brady," she spoke "please, wait, not now, not here." She spoke almost fearfully.

Something in her tone told Brady this as indeed was not the time or the place, "Maybe not here, and maybe not now" Brady agreed "But someday, and somewhere, Chloe and THAT is a promise"

Chloe felt the intensity of his gaze, heard the promise in his words and just knew he meant what she said. Brady let go of Chloe and held her hand as she sat down in her seat. Unconsciously, or maybe deliberately his thumb traced a pattern in her palm.

Chloe didn't know if it was the loving theme of the movie or just being here with Brady and the intensity of their relationship, but she was feeling something between the two of them. She could no longer deny there was an attraction between her and Brady, one that 'best friends' didn't share. By his behavior, she was sure Brady felt it too.