SOON ~~~~ Chapter Three

In Belle's bedroom...

She ran over to her bed and put her head down in her pillows and began crying.

"Why can't I just forgive him?" she asked herself aloud. "It wasn't his fault, it was Jan's! I hate that girl!" Belle screamed throwing a pillow at her radio, causing it to turn on. She quickly realized what song was playing and got up to turn it off just as Brady walked in.

"So, I saw Shawn leaving," Brady began trying to act mad.

"And did he tell you what Jan did?" Belle asked, walking over to the radio, crying.

"What is it with you and that song?" Brady asked.

"Shut up, Brady! Did he tell you or not?" Belle asked.

"He told me," Brady said. "And I think you should forgive him."

"Yeah, well, big brother doesn't always know best!" Belle yelled. "Just leave me alone! I need to call Mimi."

"Okay, if you need to talk, I'll be in my room," Brady said hugging her.

"Okay, I'll be right in after I talk to Meems."

"Goodnight, Tink," Brady said, leaving the room and closing the door.

"Mimi please don't be asleep," Belle said as she dialed the number.

"Hello?" Mimi asked sleepily.

"Hey, Meems. It's Belle. Do you have time for a girl talk?" Belle asked.

"Sure, anytime," Mimi said waking up. "What do you need to talk about? Is it about Shawn and Jan?"

"Yeah, Jan drugged Shawn," Belle began, telling her everything that had happened.

"Belle, you should take him back. He thought it was you," Mimi said.

"Meems, I didn't tell you that he thought he was kissing me," Belle said confused.

"Uh oh!"

"Meems, did Shawn tell you?" Belle asked, hearing silence on the other end. "Mimi!"

"Well... yeah, he kinda did, but he didn't want Brady to come home and get mad at him..."

"So, Brady knew too?"

"Belle, I'm gonna go," Mimi said.

"Mimi, don't go!" Belle yelled into the phone, but all she could hear was silence.

Belle got off of her bed and ran to Brady's room.

"Brady Black! You already knew, and you weren't even going to let me know!" Belle screamed at him. "Are you even awake?" Belle asked.

"I wasn't, but thanks," Brady smarted off at her.

"How could you? You're my brother, I thought I could trust you to tell me everything!" Belle screamed as she ran out of the room crying.

"Mimi Lockhart!" Brady yelled as he rolled over and picked up his phone.

"Mimi Lockhart, you better pick up!" Brady said to himself.

"Hello?"

"Hey, honey, it's me, Brady," he began sweetly.

"Hey, what's the problem? You never call me this late."

"I just wanted to thank you," Brady replied.

"For what?" Mimi asked, confused.

"For making my little sister loose her trust in me!" Brady yelled into the phone.

"Brady, I'm sorry," Mimi said, crying. She knew exactly what Brady was talking about, Belle must've told him. "She, she told me everything, and I didn't realize that she hadn't told me everything that Shawn told us."

"Gee thanks," Brady said. "Listen, I think we need to take a break for awhile."

"What?! No, Brady!" Mimi said into the phone as she heard silence. "Way to go Meems! You finally find the love of your life and you ruin it by making his sister loose trust in him! You've done it this time Lockhart!" Mimi said to herself as she began to cry into her pillow.

Back in Belle's bedroom...

Belle sat on her bed, her head buried in her hands, crying. It seemed like all she ever did anymore was cry. She had cried every night the past week, and barely made it through the day at school without crying.

'Look what he's doing to me!' Belle thought to herself. 'He's making me a complete wreck. If only I could forgive him...'

The Next Day...

"Rise and shine," Belle said as she entered Shawn's bedroom carrying a tray with an array of breakfast foods.

"Belle, you forgave me," Shawn said getting up and walking over to grab her and kiss her. Just then, he fell flat on his face and realized it was only a vision of his imagination. "Belle, if you only could forgive me..." Shawn said as his cell phone rang.

"Hello, Shawn Brady," he said picking up his phone.

"Uh, Shawn..."

"Belle, is that you?"

"Yeah, it's me. Listen, I need to talk to you. If you can, would you come over to my house around noon?" Belle asked. "My mom and dad will be gone by then, and so will Brady. I just need to talk to you without any interruptions."

"My parents are gone off this weekend, they just left this morning, and I'm stuck watching Issac. Great Gran has to watch Abby today, and she couldn't watch 'em both. You can come over her if you want," Shawn said.

"Isn't Jan there?" Belle asked.

"Oh shoot, she is."

"I really need to talk to you. Is there anyway you can bring Issac with you?" Belle asked.

"I'll find a way," Shawn said smiling. "Anything for my Perfect Girl."

"Well, I guess I'll see you later. Bye. I lo..." Belle said catching herself.

"I love you, too," Shawn said smiling at the thought that Belle still loved him. They both hung up the phone.

Back at the penthouse...

"Hey, Brady," Belle said coming down the stairs.

"I thought you were mad at me," Brady said gloomily looking up at her from the couch.

"I just had a bad night last night. Too much for me to handle I guess," Belle said walking over and sitting down beside him. "I'm sorry I got mad at you. Do you forgive me?"

"Yeah, sure," Brady said dully.

"What's the matter?" Belle said looking at him.

"Nothing," Brady said, twiddling his thumbs.

"I thought you'd be excited, Mimi informed me yesterday that today you have been dating for a year."

"Yeah, well, I guess you haven't talked to her today, because we broke up last night," Brady said getting up and walking out on the balcony.

"What?" Belle asked. "I talked to her last night, and she didn't mention anything about it."

"That's because I didn't break up with her until after you came in and screamed at me."

"Why?" Belle asked, confused.

"Because she told you that we had talked to Shawn when me and Shawn had both warned her not to. I should've known Mimi couldn't keep a secret."

"Well, I'm glad somebody told me you knew," Belle said. "If you weren't going to, I'm glad Mimi did. That wasn't a good enough reason to break up with her after a year, everybody can see the chemistry you have between you."

"Yeah, well, I've ruined it now," Brady said, trying to hold back the tears. Deep in his heart, he knew he still loved her and wanted to be with her, but something was telling him she wasn't right for him.

"You can fix it Brady, at least you didn't kiss another girl. Go get her, Brady, I know she still loves you."

"She loves me?" Brady asked. "How do you know?"

"She told me," Belle said, matter-of-factly.

"Oh, my goodness, she has never told me that," Brady said.

"I guess that's because she told Kevin she loved him and later that same night, he broke up with her."

"Oh my goodness! I've gotta go get my girl!" Brady said. "I love her!" Brady yelled, running up the stairs and into his bathroom.

"I'm glad someone's in love in this world," Belle said as the doorbell rang. 'It's almost noon,' Belle noted as she went over to the door and opened it.

TO BE CONTINUED...

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