Chloe, Brady, Mark and Nicole sat and talked until well after midnight,
before any of them realized what time it was. "Oh my God" Chloe jumped up
"Nancy and Craig are going to kill me" she said. "Wanna have Belle call
and tell them you're staying with her?" Brady offered. Chloe thought about
that for a moment. Brady had come far in the eyes of her parents, but this
would set him back, a whole lot. "No I'll just call them and let them know
where I am" she reached for the cordless phone.
"Your parents are going to kill you, and then me" Brady said. Chloe nodded, "They wont be happy, but were not doing anything and there is no school tomorrow, so why should it matter?" she said "Besides, I am an adult" Chloe pointed out, referring to her recent birthday.
"Trust me, that doesn't matter to parents. You get the as long as you're living in my house speech" Nicole chuckled. "What would your parents do?" Chloe looked at Nicole. Nicole gulped, she didn't really want to talk about her parents, particularly her father. "My mom was so clueless" Nicole spat out "and you know what my father was like." Brady did know what her father was like. He remembered on the island when Paul tried to kill his own daughter. Brady was sure Paul did something to hurt Jan, but she refused to implicate him.
"what about you?" she looked over to Brady. Brady scoffed "why do you think I have my own place?" he reasoned. "I mean, dad and Marleana aren't bad or mean, but they can be tough." Brady rarely referred to Marleana as mom. They had a history of bad blood. "Marleana would always try to make you tell her why you felt you had to do whatever it was you did" he said with a smirk. "Well, she is a shrink" Chloe pointed out.
Nicole stifled a yawn "I'd love to help you out" she grinned at Chloe "but I am beat, and I do have to work tomorrow." Nicole and Mark stood to leave, Brady walked them to the door "Thanks for coming over" he waved to them as they boarded the elevator. Closing the door to the loft, Brady turned and looked at Chloe. She looked dead on her feet "I think you should stay here" he spoke jarring Chloe out of her thoughts "you look tired."
"Brady, I can't" she protested "Nancy and Craig would have a fit." Brady nodded "Probably," he agreed "but they would also have a fit if I let you drive home when you are too tired to see straight." That said, Brady locked the door, walked to the couch and took her hand "come on up and to bed" he directed.
Chloe was asleep before her head hit the pillow. Brady ran his fingers through her hair, parting the strands to see her more clearly. He remembered that he needed to call the Wesley's and let them know where Chloe was. "Hello" Craig answered the phone on the second ring. "Dr. Wesley, it's Brady" he spoke into the phone. "Hello Brady" Craig greeted "if you're looking for Chloe she's not here." Brady grimaced, not sure if he was doing the right thing or not "yeah, I know she is here with me, sleeping" he clarified "we had dinner with Nicole and Mark, then ended up talking for a few hours."
"Oh," was all Craig said.
"She wanted to come home, but she looked so tired, I was afraid to let her drive." Brady defended his decision. On the other end, Craig looked thoughtfully. He knew he could trust Brady and Chloe, they had proven that, but sometimes he wondered if he wasn't being too easy on them. "that's okay Brady, I appreciate you looking after her," he spoke softly, not sure he was doing the right thing. He tried hard to keep in mind that Chloe was an adult, but she was also still in high school and still a teenager capable of being directed by her hormones.
"I have to work tomorrow, so she'll be home early" Brady assured him. "okay, thanks for calling Brady and thanks for taking care of Chloe." Craig said goodnight and hung up the phone, wondering how he was going to explain this to Nancy.
Breathing a sigh of relief, Brady hung the phone up. After cleaning up, and changing out of his clothes for pajama bottoms, he got into the bed beside Chloe. Chloe rolled over onto Brady's chest, her hair cascading down her back in ringlets. He felt her breath on his chest, and her breast against his body. With a groan, Brady placed an arm around her and pulled her closer, this was going to be a long night, but he wanted so bad to be close to her. Brady looked down at her, eyes closed and her breathing relaxed, Chloe was still sound asleep. Brady finally fell into a fitful sleep about 45 minutes later, Chloe firmly wrapped up in his embrace.
"Your parents are going to kill you, and then me" Brady said. Chloe nodded, "They wont be happy, but were not doing anything and there is no school tomorrow, so why should it matter?" she said "Besides, I am an adult" Chloe pointed out, referring to her recent birthday.
"Trust me, that doesn't matter to parents. You get the as long as you're living in my house speech" Nicole chuckled. "What would your parents do?" Chloe looked at Nicole. Nicole gulped, she didn't really want to talk about her parents, particularly her father. "My mom was so clueless" Nicole spat out "and you know what my father was like." Brady did know what her father was like. He remembered on the island when Paul tried to kill his own daughter. Brady was sure Paul did something to hurt Jan, but she refused to implicate him.
"what about you?" she looked over to Brady. Brady scoffed "why do you think I have my own place?" he reasoned. "I mean, dad and Marleana aren't bad or mean, but they can be tough." Brady rarely referred to Marleana as mom. They had a history of bad blood. "Marleana would always try to make you tell her why you felt you had to do whatever it was you did" he said with a smirk. "Well, she is a shrink" Chloe pointed out.
Nicole stifled a yawn "I'd love to help you out" she grinned at Chloe "but I am beat, and I do have to work tomorrow." Nicole and Mark stood to leave, Brady walked them to the door "Thanks for coming over" he waved to them as they boarded the elevator. Closing the door to the loft, Brady turned and looked at Chloe. She looked dead on her feet "I think you should stay here" he spoke jarring Chloe out of her thoughts "you look tired."
"Brady, I can't" she protested "Nancy and Craig would have a fit." Brady nodded "Probably," he agreed "but they would also have a fit if I let you drive home when you are too tired to see straight." That said, Brady locked the door, walked to the couch and took her hand "come on up and to bed" he directed.
Chloe was asleep before her head hit the pillow. Brady ran his fingers through her hair, parting the strands to see her more clearly. He remembered that he needed to call the Wesley's and let them know where Chloe was. "Hello" Craig answered the phone on the second ring. "Dr. Wesley, it's Brady" he spoke into the phone. "Hello Brady" Craig greeted "if you're looking for Chloe she's not here." Brady grimaced, not sure if he was doing the right thing or not "yeah, I know she is here with me, sleeping" he clarified "we had dinner with Nicole and Mark, then ended up talking for a few hours."
"Oh," was all Craig said.
"She wanted to come home, but she looked so tired, I was afraid to let her drive." Brady defended his decision. On the other end, Craig looked thoughtfully. He knew he could trust Brady and Chloe, they had proven that, but sometimes he wondered if he wasn't being too easy on them. "that's okay Brady, I appreciate you looking after her," he spoke softly, not sure he was doing the right thing. He tried hard to keep in mind that Chloe was an adult, but she was also still in high school and still a teenager capable of being directed by her hormones.
"I have to work tomorrow, so she'll be home early" Brady assured him. "okay, thanks for calling Brady and thanks for taking care of Chloe." Craig said goodnight and hung up the phone, wondering how he was going to explain this to Nancy.
Breathing a sigh of relief, Brady hung the phone up. After cleaning up, and changing out of his clothes for pajama bottoms, he got into the bed beside Chloe. Chloe rolled over onto Brady's chest, her hair cascading down her back in ringlets. He felt her breath on his chest, and her breast against his body. With a groan, Brady placed an arm around her and pulled her closer, this was going to be a long night, but he wanted so bad to be close to her. Brady looked down at her, eyes closed and her breathing relaxed, Chloe was still sound asleep. Brady finally fell into a fitful sleep about 45 minutes later, Chloe firmly wrapped up in his embrace.