Reality Sets In Ch. 8
I disclaim.
*** I'm feeling a little weird about this chapter so I'll need lots of feedback. I also want to thank everyone for their previous feedback. It's important that you guys know that I'm a diehard Broe fan, and this is strange thing to write for me, so please remember that I love Broe, and that I'm just trying something new. ***
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Once they reached the elevator Shawn leaned against the wall and closed his eyes trying to block out the pain the blows had caused.
" Shawn." Chloe rushed to his side, and helped him stand. " Maybe I should get a doctor."
Shawn gave a laugh, and shook his head." We know two doctors, one kissed my ass and the other is the mother of the girl you just beat up, I don't think they'll be that helpful." " Just get me to my room so I can pack."
" Pack?"
" I don't know about you, but there's a town full of angry people in that ballroom, and I don't want to run into them."
" So you're just going to leave me here." Chloe playfully hit Shawn's arm and looked away in an angry huff." Abandoning me on day three of our marriage."
" Lanie would you like to run away with me?" Shawn asks with a lopsided grin that was still sexy despite the bloody lip.
" Of course I don't to deal with those people either." The door opens she helps him to his room, before turning to her own, but a thought stops her. "I feel bad about the reception." " I think we ruined Jennifer's wedding."
" Jen will understand."
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Jennifer watched her wedding reception in horror, fist fights and secrets are not really what you want to remember on your wedding day. " This is a nightmare." She loved her Chloe and Shawn, but right now she give anything to kill them, then again that seemed to be the theme of the party.
Craig Wesley wasn't mulling over anything except how to kill Shawn. The once quiet doctor was pacing the room.
" Craig honey you should calm down." Nancy laid a hand on her husband's arm and jumped at how tense it felt.
" Calm I don't want to be calm, I want to be able to say that my daughter is not married." He gets a huge grin on his face as he pulls out his cell phone and begins dialing a number.
" Craig what are you doing?"
He looks at his wife with confusion as thought the answer was obvious." I'm calling my lawyer and getting this thing annulled ASAP, then I'm taking Chloe home and locking her in her room until I die."
" Craig why don't you take a minute to calm down?" Bo couldn't actually believe he was being this calm, his first instinct was to after Wesley for attacking his son, but he understood the man's anger. The first moment he had alone with his son he had slapped Shawn upside the head for his stupidity." Their adults and we should let them handle this themselves.
" Why do people keep telling me to be calm, I don't think this is a situation where I should be calm." Bo Hope and Nancy seemed to be taking this rather well, and that worried him given the situation. " Why are you so calm, did you not hear what Brady said." "Shawn married Chloe, in some cheap Vegas wedding." " Nancy, you especially should be trying kill him."
" Its Shawn and Chloe." Nancy shrugged her shoulders and gave a small smile.
Her husband as well as the other guests scrunched their eyebrows in confusion at her answer, but Belle was the one to ask." What does that mean?"
" Shawn and Chloe are smart young adults, I'm sure they know what they're doing."
Brady scoffed." With all due respect Mrs. Wesley, I think you're wrong about that one."
" Well with similar respect Brady, I don't a DAMN what you think." " Even if was angry about this which I'm not, I'd still forgive Shawn before I ever forgave you." She turned to he husband and gave a pointed glance." Now I think we should go check on Chloe."
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Shawn returned to Chloe's room to find her sitting at the desk writing." What are you doing?"
" I'm writing Jack a letter, to apologize, he's the only one that will probably still speaking to me."
He nods and comes closer to read over her shoulder. "Tell him we'll be in touch soon, and not to worry."
" Are you going to tell me where we're going?"
" It's a surprise." He grabs her bags and walk towards the door. " I'll go put this in the rental."
" Okay." Chloe finishes the letter walks out, when the elevator takes to long she takes decides to take the stair, only stopping to drop the letter off at the front desk before joining Shawn in the rental and leaving Las Vegas.
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Craig returned to the ballroom fuming and headed straight for Bo Brady." Their gone."
" What?"
" Shawn and Chloe aren't in their rooms."
Bo shared an anxious look with his wife." They must be in the hotel; we'll just look for them. " Jack nods and heads for the door when the infamous clerk once again made his presence known.
" Mr. Deveraux, I have a letter for you."
"Thank you." Jack took the letter and separated himself from the crowd as he read, immediately recognizing his sister's writing.
Dear Jack
I'm so sorry about what happened at your reception, please don't let Jennifer blame you for it, it was completely my fault. I also want you to know that I'm not running I'm just stepping back.
I think you'll agree that things have definitely gotten out of control.
I feel bad just leaving this letter when I wanted to say goodbye to you guys, but I know that Craig and Nancy wouldn't let me leave their side much less the state. I also fell guilty because after turning your wedding into a Saturday Night Boxing Match, I'm about to ask you for a favor. I need you to tell the parents that Shawn and I aren't going home to Salem.
"What!" Jack rereads the sentence, and gives a nervous giggle when the rest of the room eyes him for answers.
Before you get all hysterical I want to reeinterate that we are not running, we're just taking a vacation. It cowardly of me to pass the buck, but I'm hoping that my big brother will come through for me. That said I also want you to know how much I love you, and that I think I got pretty lucky in the brother department. You're not exactly the run of the mill guy, but then neither I am not the run of the mill little sister so I guess where even.
I don't know how long we'll be gone, but I will write, and call.
Love Always,
Chloe
PS Please keep the parents from starting a nationwide search; we really will be okay.
" Jack, what's going on?" Jennifer stood by her new husband trying to read the letter, but he quickly pocketed it and turned to the crowd.
" Chloe and Shawn are gone, they've left Las Vegas for parts unknown." " They give their apology for the inconvenience and request they don't search for them." Jack gives a smile. " Well I think we should cut the cake now."
" That's it." Brady steps in Jacks way and raises his eyebrow." You're not concerned about where she is?"
" I trust them to know what's best." " What I don't trust is your constant concern of my sister's action and whereabouts."
" Someone needs to be concerned, Jack you don't seem to be doing a good job as her brother."
Ohs and Ahs were heard among the crowd, most of them came form Sami and Nicole, as Bo stepped up ready to end another fight.
"You're right, I haven't done a good job as Chloe's brother, after all I supported her relationship with you, but I think I'll rectify that mistake." Jack steeped into Brady face until they were a mere inch apart, and his face lost all pleasantness. " In the future you will stay the hell away from my sister or I will I will make you regret it." The steel tone in Jack's voice gave no one in the room reason to doubt his intentions. " Now let's cut the cake."
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I know I'm making Belle and Brady real jerks, but it's the only way I make Shloe plausible in my mind, for give me?
I disclaim.
*** I'm feeling a little weird about this chapter so I'll need lots of feedback. I also want to thank everyone for their previous feedback. It's important that you guys know that I'm a diehard Broe fan, and this is strange thing to write for me, so please remember that I love Broe, and that I'm just trying something new. ***
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Once they reached the elevator Shawn leaned against the wall and closed his eyes trying to block out the pain the blows had caused.
" Shawn." Chloe rushed to his side, and helped him stand. " Maybe I should get a doctor."
Shawn gave a laugh, and shook his head." We know two doctors, one kissed my ass and the other is the mother of the girl you just beat up, I don't think they'll be that helpful." " Just get me to my room so I can pack."
" Pack?"
" I don't know about you, but there's a town full of angry people in that ballroom, and I don't want to run into them."
" So you're just going to leave me here." Chloe playfully hit Shawn's arm and looked away in an angry huff." Abandoning me on day three of our marriage."
" Lanie would you like to run away with me?" Shawn asks with a lopsided grin that was still sexy despite the bloody lip.
" Of course I don't to deal with those people either." The door opens she helps him to his room, before turning to her own, but a thought stops her. "I feel bad about the reception." " I think we ruined Jennifer's wedding."
" Jen will understand."
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Jennifer watched her wedding reception in horror, fist fights and secrets are not really what you want to remember on your wedding day. " This is a nightmare." She loved her Chloe and Shawn, but right now she give anything to kill them, then again that seemed to be the theme of the party.
Craig Wesley wasn't mulling over anything except how to kill Shawn. The once quiet doctor was pacing the room.
" Craig honey you should calm down." Nancy laid a hand on her husband's arm and jumped at how tense it felt.
" Calm I don't want to be calm, I want to be able to say that my daughter is not married." He gets a huge grin on his face as he pulls out his cell phone and begins dialing a number.
" Craig what are you doing?"
He looks at his wife with confusion as thought the answer was obvious." I'm calling my lawyer and getting this thing annulled ASAP, then I'm taking Chloe home and locking her in her room until I die."
" Craig why don't you take a minute to calm down?" Bo couldn't actually believe he was being this calm, his first instinct was to after Wesley for attacking his son, but he understood the man's anger. The first moment he had alone with his son he had slapped Shawn upside the head for his stupidity." Their adults and we should let them handle this themselves.
" Why do people keep telling me to be calm, I don't think this is a situation where I should be calm." Bo Hope and Nancy seemed to be taking this rather well, and that worried him given the situation. " Why are you so calm, did you not hear what Brady said." "Shawn married Chloe, in some cheap Vegas wedding." " Nancy, you especially should be trying kill him."
" Its Shawn and Chloe." Nancy shrugged her shoulders and gave a small smile.
Her husband as well as the other guests scrunched their eyebrows in confusion at her answer, but Belle was the one to ask." What does that mean?"
" Shawn and Chloe are smart young adults, I'm sure they know what they're doing."
Brady scoffed." With all due respect Mrs. Wesley, I think you're wrong about that one."
" Well with similar respect Brady, I don't a DAMN what you think." " Even if was angry about this which I'm not, I'd still forgive Shawn before I ever forgave you." She turned to he husband and gave a pointed glance." Now I think we should go check on Chloe."
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Shawn returned to Chloe's room to find her sitting at the desk writing." What are you doing?"
" I'm writing Jack a letter, to apologize, he's the only one that will probably still speaking to me."
He nods and comes closer to read over her shoulder. "Tell him we'll be in touch soon, and not to worry."
" Are you going to tell me where we're going?"
" It's a surprise." He grabs her bags and walk towards the door. " I'll go put this in the rental."
" Okay." Chloe finishes the letter walks out, when the elevator takes to long she takes decides to take the stair, only stopping to drop the letter off at the front desk before joining Shawn in the rental and leaving Las Vegas.
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Craig returned to the ballroom fuming and headed straight for Bo Brady." Their gone."
" What?"
" Shawn and Chloe aren't in their rooms."
Bo shared an anxious look with his wife." They must be in the hotel; we'll just look for them. " Jack nods and heads for the door when the infamous clerk once again made his presence known.
" Mr. Deveraux, I have a letter for you."
"Thank you." Jack took the letter and separated himself from the crowd as he read, immediately recognizing his sister's writing.
Dear Jack
I'm so sorry about what happened at your reception, please don't let Jennifer blame you for it, it was completely my fault. I also want you to know that I'm not running I'm just stepping back.
I think you'll agree that things have definitely gotten out of control.
I feel bad just leaving this letter when I wanted to say goodbye to you guys, but I know that Craig and Nancy wouldn't let me leave their side much less the state. I also fell guilty because after turning your wedding into a Saturday Night Boxing Match, I'm about to ask you for a favor. I need you to tell the parents that Shawn and I aren't going home to Salem.
"What!" Jack rereads the sentence, and gives a nervous giggle when the rest of the room eyes him for answers.
Before you get all hysterical I want to reeinterate that we are not running, we're just taking a vacation. It cowardly of me to pass the buck, but I'm hoping that my big brother will come through for me. That said I also want you to know how much I love you, and that I think I got pretty lucky in the brother department. You're not exactly the run of the mill guy, but then neither I am not the run of the mill little sister so I guess where even.
I don't know how long we'll be gone, but I will write, and call.
Love Always,
Chloe
PS Please keep the parents from starting a nationwide search; we really will be okay.
" Jack, what's going on?" Jennifer stood by her new husband trying to read the letter, but he quickly pocketed it and turned to the crowd.
" Chloe and Shawn are gone, they've left Las Vegas for parts unknown." " They give their apology for the inconvenience and request they don't search for them." Jack gives a smile. " Well I think we should cut the cake now."
" That's it." Brady steps in Jacks way and raises his eyebrow." You're not concerned about where she is?"
" I trust them to know what's best." " What I don't trust is your constant concern of my sister's action and whereabouts."
" Someone needs to be concerned, Jack you don't seem to be doing a good job as her brother."
Ohs and Ahs were heard among the crowd, most of them came form Sami and Nicole, as Bo stepped up ready to end another fight.
"You're right, I haven't done a good job as Chloe's brother, after all I supported her relationship with you, but I think I'll rectify that mistake." Jack steeped into Brady face until they were a mere inch apart, and his face lost all pleasantness. " In the future you will stay the hell away from my sister or I will I will make you regret it." The steel tone in Jack's voice gave no one in the room reason to doubt his intentions. " Now let's cut the cake."
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I know I'm making Belle and Brady real jerks, but it's the only way I make Shloe plausible in my mind, for give me?