Reality Sets In Ch. 6
I disclaim.
The wedding had been beautiful. Jennifer made a stunning bride to Jack's dashing groom, unfortunately Chloe spent the ceremony wondering what her own wedding had been like, sitting in the ball room of the Golden Nugget for the reception she was still thinking about it.
What annoyed her was she was thinking the silliest things. Like did she have someone walk her down the aisle, did she carry a bouquet, and did anyone sing. The strangest thing was that she didn't wonder how they got there at all. It seems to make perfect sense to her that she and Shawn had ended up in front of a justice of the peace.
"Aunt Chloe?" Abigail stopped at the main table and nudged her aunt out of her dream like state.
" Yeah, sweetie."
"Daddy sent me over, he says ' get your but in gear or he's coming over'."
Chloe looked up form her adorable niece and met the eyes of her brother who raised an eyebrow and gave her a challenging look. " Tell your dad, that I go when I'm good and ready."
Abby shook her head ad walked away speaking over her shoulder. " Okay, but that'll only make him come over, and then you'll have to deal with him."
" She's right you know." Brady sat down across from, and curse himself when the smile she had given her niece left her face. " Jack is nothing if not tenacious." He gave a light laugh, but Chloe was searching the room.
"Where's Taylor?"
"She's talking with her brother and Sami." Brady lowered his voice and leaned over the table. " Look Chloe I wanted to see how you were, we haven't talked in a while?"
" While I've been busy Brady, you know majoring in Music isn't as easy as people think." " That on top of volunteering at the hospital takes up a lot of my time, but I'm fine so don't worry."
" But I do worry Chloe, you're my best friend."
Chloe fought the urge to roll her eyes, but he was doing it again, he was being the Brady she had fallen in love with, but she knew that he had changed. " Brady…"
" Hey Lanie, how bout a dance?" He had been watching form across the room, and knew that Brady just like his sister was trying to be a 'friend'. Neither one seemed to get that Chloe had all the friends she needed.
" Shawn we're kind of in the middle of something here." Brady understood the urge to protect Chloe that had brought the younger man over, but Shawn needed to understand that he was also trying to keep her safe.
" Actually we're done." Chloe stood and took his hand. " Let's go."
Shawn led Chloe onto to the dance floor to cheers from Abby and Jack. " So did you get the 'Black, I'm your friend speech'."
"I see you're familiar with it." " If it wasn't so annoying, I'd think they were such caring people."
" Yeah I know, but let's forget about them, and focus on having fun." That said Shawn dipped Chloe in a fashion that made Craig and Nancy stand up and clap.
While across the room Belle and Brady discussed their ex's.
" I got the same reception from Shawn." Belle looked at them out on the dance floor, and felt jealousy, that she quickly pushed down. Chloe and Shawn were just friends. " I thought we're trying to remain friends?"
" We are, we just need to give them time." Brady gave his sister a conforting smile. " They're angry, they have every right to be, I'm just glad they have each other."
" Yeah, while Shawn seems to be overflowing with people to help ease his pain." Belle began to pout as she remembered the bra she found in his room, that he didn't even deny.
" What does that mean?"
" When I went to talk to Shawn, and I found something."
"What?"
"It doesn't matter."
"It does or you wouldn't have said anything."
" A bra, and not just any bra it was black lace."
Brady shrugged his shoulders he didn't know what black lace meant, but he was sure that it had some significance or at least did to Belle. " Sale at Victoria's Secret?"
" Brady." Belle hit her brother arms and continued. " Black lace is what a woman wears when she wants someone else to see it, preferably a guy."
" That's so ridiculous, I'm sure it's true."
" What's true?" Philip asked as he and Taylor returned from talking to their respected sibling.
Belle gave the eye motioning to keep quiet and Brady followed her lead." That Shawn and Chloe are still mad at us."
Philip looks on the dance floor and sees them laughing and smiling on the dance floor. " You could understand how they're angry though."
" Maybe you should just give them time." Taylor gave a small smile, as she wrapped her hand around Brady's arm.
" Or we could ALL sit down and talk about it, like adults." The small blonde nodded her head vigorously; sure that seating down with her former best friends was just what they needed. " Shawn and Chloe will just avoid us unless we force the issue."
" I hate to say this but confrontation does work best with Chloe." " Come on nothing big, just a drink." When his date and uncle nodded Brady started walking toward Chloe and Shawn with the small group following, he failed to notice how the room seemed to part as they entered the dance floor. " Hey guys."
Shawn stooped midlaugh and looked at the group not happy to find them interrupting." Yeah?"
Brady tensed at the angry edge that his cousin answered him with. " We just thought you guys might like to join us for a drink?"
Shawn ventured a look at Chloe, and knew that a drink with those four was the last thing she wanted, but he also knew that they'd keep hounding them until they gave in. " Sure, why not."
The brunette beside him grabbed his arm and pulled him to away from the group. " How bout cause I rather die."
" Come on Lanie, you know they don't give up, one drink and they're off our backs." He motioned for her to follow him and began walking off.
" Remember what happened last time you said that." Shawn shook his head, and she chuckled. " That's my point." She reluctantly followed and keeps a sedate pace behind the others, with Shawn by herside. Anyone that saw them would think the they're were being executed
They were halfway across the lobby when the man at the front desk stopped them. " MR. AND MRS. BRADY, WAIT."
Shawn stopped and shook his head, as the others surrounded him. "My parents are still in ball room."
" No not your parents." The man hands Shawn a small videocassette. " You, it's right here." He removed the paper that came with it. "Mr. And Mrs. Shawn Douglas Brady, it's your wedding video from Paradise Wedding Chapel."
That was the last thing Shawn heard before the blow to his head caused him to lose all consciousness.
I disclaim.
The wedding had been beautiful. Jennifer made a stunning bride to Jack's dashing groom, unfortunately Chloe spent the ceremony wondering what her own wedding had been like, sitting in the ball room of the Golden Nugget for the reception she was still thinking about it.
What annoyed her was she was thinking the silliest things. Like did she have someone walk her down the aisle, did she carry a bouquet, and did anyone sing. The strangest thing was that she didn't wonder how they got there at all. It seems to make perfect sense to her that she and Shawn had ended up in front of a justice of the peace.
"Aunt Chloe?" Abigail stopped at the main table and nudged her aunt out of her dream like state.
" Yeah, sweetie."
"Daddy sent me over, he says ' get your but in gear or he's coming over'."
Chloe looked up form her adorable niece and met the eyes of her brother who raised an eyebrow and gave her a challenging look. " Tell your dad, that I go when I'm good and ready."
Abby shook her head ad walked away speaking over her shoulder. " Okay, but that'll only make him come over, and then you'll have to deal with him."
" She's right you know." Brady sat down across from, and curse himself when the smile she had given her niece left her face. " Jack is nothing if not tenacious." He gave a light laugh, but Chloe was searching the room.
"Where's Taylor?"
"She's talking with her brother and Sami." Brady lowered his voice and leaned over the table. " Look Chloe I wanted to see how you were, we haven't talked in a while?"
" While I've been busy Brady, you know majoring in Music isn't as easy as people think." " That on top of volunteering at the hospital takes up a lot of my time, but I'm fine so don't worry."
" But I do worry Chloe, you're my best friend."
Chloe fought the urge to roll her eyes, but he was doing it again, he was being the Brady she had fallen in love with, but she knew that he had changed. " Brady…"
" Hey Lanie, how bout a dance?" He had been watching form across the room, and knew that Brady just like his sister was trying to be a 'friend'. Neither one seemed to get that Chloe had all the friends she needed.
" Shawn we're kind of in the middle of something here." Brady understood the urge to protect Chloe that had brought the younger man over, but Shawn needed to understand that he was also trying to keep her safe.
" Actually we're done." Chloe stood and took his hand. " Let's go."
Shawn led Chloe onto to the dance floor to cheers from Abby and Jack. " So did you get the 'Black, I'm your friend speech'."
"I see you're familiar with it." " If it wasn't so annoying, I'd think they were such caring people."
" Yeah I know, but let's forget about them, and focus on having fun." That said Shawn dipped Chloe in a fashion that made Craig and Nancy stand up and clap.
While across the room Belle and Brady discussed their ex's.
" I got the same reception from Shawn." Belle looked at them out on the dance floor, and felt jealousy, that she quickly pushed down. Chloe and Shawn were just friends. " I thought we're trying to remain friends?"
" We are, we just need to give them time." Brady gave his sister a conforting smile. " They're angry, they have every right to be, I'm just glad they have each other."
" Yeah, while Shawn seems to be overflowing with people to help ease his pain." Belle began to pout as she remembered the bra she found in his room, that he didn't even deny.
" What does that mean?"
" When I went to talk to Shawn, and I found something."
"What?"
"It doesn't matter."
"It does or you wouldn't have said anything."
" A bra, and not just any bra it was black lace."
Brady shrugged his shoulders he didn't know what black lace meant, but he was sure that it had some significance or at least did to Belle. " Sale at Victoria's Secret?"
" Brady." Belle hit her brother arms and continued. " Black lace is what a woman wears when she wants someone else to see it, preferably a guy."
" That's so ridiculous, I'm sure it's true."
" What's true?" Philip asked as he and Taylor returned from talking to their respected sibling.
Belle gave the eye motioning to keep quiet and Brady followed her lead." That Shawn and Chloe are still mad at us."
Philip looks on the dance floor and sees them laughing and smiling on the dance floor. " You could understand how they're angry though."
" Maybe you should just give them time." Taylor gave a small smile, as she wrapped her hand around Brady's arm.
" Or we could ALL sit down and talk about it, like adults." The small blonde nodded her head vigorously; sure that seating down with her former best friends was just what they needed. " Shawn and Chloe will just avoid us unless we force the issue."
" I hate to say this but confrontation does work best with Chloe." " Come on nothing big, just a drink." When his date and uncle nodded Brady started walking toward Chloe and Shawn with the small group following, he failed to notice how the room seemed to part as they entered the dance floor. " Hey guys."
Shawn stooped midlaugh and looked at the group not happy to find them interrupting." Yeah?"
Brady tensed at the angry edge that his cousin answered him with. " We just thought you guys might like to join us for a drink?"
Shawn ventured a look at Chloe, and knew that a drink with those four was the last thing she wanted, but he also knew that they'd keep hounding them until they gave in. " Sure, why not."
The brunette beside him grabbed his arm and pulled him to away from the group. " How bout cause I rather die."
" Come on Lanie, you know they don't give up, one drink and they're off our backs." He motioned for her to follow him and began walking off.
" Remember what happened last time you said that." Shawn shook his head, and she chuckled. " That's my point." She reluctantly followed and keeps a sedate pace behind the others, with Shawn by herside. Anyone that saw them would think the they're were being executed
They were halfway across the lobby when the man at the front desk stopped them. " MR. AND MRS. BRADY, WAIT."
Shawn stopped and shook his head, as the others surrounded him. "My parents are still in ball room."
" No not your parents." The man hands Shawn a small videocassette. " You, it's right here." He removed the paper that came with it. "Mr. And Mrs. Shawn Douglas Brady, it's your wedding video from Paradise Wedding Chapel."
That was the last thing Shawn heard before the blow to his head caused him to lose all consciousness.