Reality Sets In Ch.7
I disclaim.

Something had been nagging Brady about Belle's earlier statement, the moment the desk clerk said 'Mr. and Mrs. Shawn Douglas Brady' it all clicked into place.

Chloe always wore black lace; the final evidence was when she blushed at when the clerk said it was a wedding video.

After that everything kinda went red, until he realized that Shawn was on the floor and Philip was holding him back.

" Brady are you insane?" Chloe cradle her fallen friend's head in her lap, trying to wake him. Shawn came to and she helped him up, and began pulling him back toward the ballroom. " You guys need help."

Brady shrugged off Philip and followed the couple into the ballroom; he found them halfway across the dance floor and grabbed Shawn's arm just as Belle and the rest caught up with him.

Belle grabbed his arm and turned on her brother livid. " What's your problem?" " Brady what the hell are you doing?"

The DJ picked that exact moment to turn off the music for speeches.

Brady turned on his sister amazed that she hadn't caught on yet. " Don't you get it, the wedding video the black lace bra." When she shook her head he lost all patience. " IT WAS CHLOE, SHAWN MARRIED CHLOE."

""WHAT!?!?" Nancy Wesley had stopped dancing with her husband and just stared at her daughter in shock, her husband however had another idea.

" BASTARD." Craig Wesley didn't think he merely charged the man that married his baby girl. The only thing Craig thought of as he punched Shawn was how often he let the man into his home and his daughters bedroom, the way he so readily accepted his daughter going away with him." Little Bastard."

Shawn had only been conscious for twenty seconds after Brady's punch when the second fist knocked him to the ground.

It was then that literally ALL HELL BROKE LOOSE. The same moment that Craig hit Shawn, Belle slapped Chloe, and Brady not want to be left out joined Dr. Wesley in beating Shawn up. The twosome delivered punches and kicks to the man's midsection, while shaking off people trying to restrain them.

Chloe meanwhile wiped away the blood that started trickling down her chin, before she straighten to her full height, balled her fist and struck out at her ex-best friend catching her in the eye.

Bo, John, and Roman managed to pull off Brady and Craig off of Shawn, who was now a bloodied and bruised on the floor. The catfight on the floor wasn't so easy to break up

Belle must have been acting on pure instinct when she first hit Chloe, because the fight had quickly turned in the brunettes' favor. Chloe was not only bigger, but had obviously had some other experience in fist fights, not to mention she seemed to have some unresolved anger that she taking out on the small petite blond. Who was at this very moment getting really intimate with Chloe's fist.

It took several minutes for Brandon and Jack to hold Chloe back from attacking Belle again.

"JUST HOLD ON ONE GODAMN MINUTE EVERYBODY!" Shawn Brady Sr. stood in the center of the room Mic in hand face red with anger. " CALM DOWN BEFORE WE CALL OUT THE PADDY WAGON!"

Chloe pushed down her anger and finally focuses on Shawn who was being lead to a chair by his mother and grandmother. " Oh god Shawn are you okay?"

" Probably not, no thanks to you." Sami and Marlena were holding Belle, and although her eye was swelling and she had clearly lost the fight, and yet she still spoke to her former friend with anger that suggested otherwise.

" THAT'S ENOUGH LASS." Shawn pointed a finger to quiet Belle up, and turned to boy he had always treated as a second grandson with not a lick of blood to bind them. " Now Brady, what are ye talking about?"

Brady shrugged off his father's hand and motioned for Philip to hand him the tape he picked up form Shawn in the lobby, he snatched the tape and threw it to the older man." That is your grandson's wedding to Chloe." Brady turned and looked at his young cousin with disgust. " How could you?" " She was vulnerable and YOU took advantage of that."

" What make you think it wasn't the other way?" The question came from Belle who was still glaring at Chloe as she stood over Shawn helping his mother dress his wounds." It sounds more likely that Chloe just moved on the next Kirikias man."

"SHUT THE HELL UP." Shawn struggled to stand up and moved to closer to his attackers. " Both of you are the most conceited and arrogant people I have ever met, it's like I don't even know you." " Chloe and I get married and it's all about you two." " Heaven forbid we move on with our lives after 'The Black Siblings'." " I mean after all you're are our soulmates, it's not like you broke up with us and started dating other people."

"Chloe is...."

"Chloe is what Brady." "Hmm, a beautiful, intelligent, special women, just because you're too stupid to keep her, doesn't mean we're all as dumb." Brady took a step toward him, John caught he hand, but Shawn moved the rest of the distance till he was eye to eye with the older man. " Come on Brady, I'm paying attention now, still want to try."

" Shawn...."

The man turned his angry glare on the woman he once thought he would spent his life with. " I don't know which is worse your brother believing that Chloe is still hung up on him or you after all the years still not knowing someone you claim is your best friend, but I no longer care." Shawn gave a final look of disgust to the Black children before moving toward his only friend and new wife. " You ready to go Lanie?"

" I am SO done with this." Chloe took his hand and walked with out of the ballroom to the shock of everyone they left behind.

Nicole Walker stopped by her brother Brandon who still hadn't closed his mouth, and stuffed a twenty-dollar bill in his mouth. " You win Brandon, this thing didn't suck."