Brady watched the girls walk away and turned to Philip. He had to find out if what Shawn had said was true and he wanted to have some fun with it if it was. He had a plan and hoped that Shawn wouldn't give away that he knew about Belle and Philip already. "So Philip, when are you gonna get yourself a woman?"
Philip sat there obviously trying to figure out how to answer. "Um, yeah, I don't know about that."
"Well, as long as you stay away from my sister I don't care." Brady watched trying not to laugh as Philip choked. "I mean you're a great guy and all but you're my uncle and I know your reputation, I wouldn't trust you around her." Out of the corner of his eye Brady saw Shawn and Jason get up and walk out of the room holding back his laughter. "So, you have your eye on anyone?"
"What? No, no one." IOh shit. Brady's going to kill me. /IPhilip was scared, very scared. He'd been worried about Shawn and Chloe but hadn't even thought about Brady. II've gotta talk to Belle about her brother before she tells...Oh no.. /I"Um, Brade? I'm gonna go and um, just, yeah, bye." He got up and left, heading off to find Belle. As soon as he was gone Brady cracked up. The guys came back and laughed with him.
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"Yeah Belle? What's up?" Chloe wasn't sure what Belle was about to say, she had an odd expression.
"Well, um, congratulations on you and Brady. I'm really happy for you."
Chloe was confused. "Um, thanks Belle." They sat there in silence, Mimi confused and Tabi silently urging Belle on. "Is that all?"
"No." Belle didn't say anything else though. The awkward silence continued. Tabi looked back and forth between the two. Obviously this was going nowhere.
"So Belle, why don't you tell Chloe about why you and Shawn broke up?" Tabi urged her on. "Go ahead."
"Well, Chloe, Shawn and I broke up because...well, I realized that I had feelings for someone else."
Tabi looked at her. "Keep going Belle. Tell her who the person was."
"Well, I realized that I had feelings for...Philip. We're together now but didn't want to tell you until I was sure you'd be okay with it."
Chloe laughed. "Belle, it's okay. I'm happy for you."
"You are?"
"Yeah." Chloe hugged her as Philip came racing in.
"Belle, I need to talk to you." He stood in the doorway panting.
"What's wrong Philip?" He gave her a look that said "not here" but she just stood there. "Philip?"
Chloe looked at Philip's face and bowed body and laughed. "Hey Belle, I think there's something wrong with your boyfriend." Philip realized what she'd said and looked up. "You still need to talk to Belle?"
"Yes, Belle, your brother is going to kill me. We can't tell him." Chloe took the opportunity to sneak out and Tabi followed. They walked back to the movie room. Chloe went and sat next to her Brady. "So I take it you found out about Belle and Philip?"
"How'd you know?"
Tabi laughed at Brady's feigned innocence as she sat down next to Shawn. "Well, he came running into the kitchen scared out of his mind and raving about how you were gonna kill him if you found out. We figured Shawn must have told you and you decided to have a little fun." Chloe looked at her sister shocked. That was exactly what she thought but they'd never discussed it.
Brady laughed. "So how long do you think it'll be before they come back in?"
"Probably a week if you don't go apologize to Philip." Chloe tried to give Brady a stern look but it didn't work. She ended up cracking once more.
Jason had been sitting, wondering why he'd hung out with Jan so long when these people were so much fun. "I think you should let him suffer. He shouldn't have tried to hide their relationship. I mean, what was he afraid of?"
Shawn smiled. "I think he was afraid of Chloe." They all laughed again as Belle, Philip and Mimi returned. Belle and Philip were holding hands but Philip looked extremely uncomfortable and ready to bolt any second. Brady decided to have a bit more fun at his Uncle's expense.
"WHAT THE HELL IS THIS?!" He made as if to push Chloe off his lap to get up and attack Philip and Philip turned to run. Suddenly he heard laughter fill the room and saw Brady laughing merrily with the rest of the gang.
"Oh yeah, you're all so funny! Go ahead. Laugh! I don't care." He plopped down the loveseat opposite of Shawn and Tabi. "You all suck."
Shawn piped up. "Oh come on, Phil, relax. We were only having fun."
Philip continued to pout. "I don't find it very funny."
"We didn't expect you to. But I sure did. You were so scared of me. What's wrong Uncle Phil? Can't control your own nephew."
"Shut up. I still hate you all."
Belle decided it was time to come to Philip's defense. "Oh come on guys, leave him alone."
"Yeah," Jason said. "If we piss Philip off then we lose a place to hang that has it's own movie theatre."
But Belle was no longer amused. "Come on guys. Please." The rest finally conceded to leave Philip alone, for the time being. They put on the movie and watched with the guys making comments every chance they got. The worst was when the scene arose where Sarah Michelle Gellar kisses Selma Blair. It was Jason who started it.
"Hey Chloe, if we paid you ten bucks would you kiss Belle?"
"Um, no."
"Oh come on! You two are best friends."
"Shut up Jason." Belle was beginning to remember why they usually didn't invite him to hang out with them. He could be such an asshole.
"I don't know," Philip ventured. "It could be interesting."
"PHILIP!" Belle reached over and slapped him while Brady had to prevent Chloe from doing the same.
"I don't see how they could do that. That's so gross." Belle wrinkled her nose. The group contemplated that for awhile until Tabi spoke up.
"It's only acting." Six heads swung to look at her. "Well, it is. It doesn't mean anything."
"What?" Shawn was slightly disturbed. His new girlfriend was sitting here saying it was alright to kiss other girls.
"Well, I've acted since I was little and last year I had to do a stage kiss." Seeing the looks she was getting Tabi clarified. "With a guy...and it's odd. It's not like kissing someone you're dating or who you like. It's just a kiss, you don't really think about it or feel anything."
"Would you ever kiss another girl?"
"Don't know. Depends on why it was called for in a script, if it was tastefully done and why it was placed there." She looked at Shawn. "Oh don't look at me like that. I'm not saying that I'm a lesbian or that I would willingly kiss another girl, but if my career required it I wouldn't turn it down without thinking about. When you are acting you're not yourself, you're whatever character you are playing. And if that character wants to kiss someone of the same sex you really can't do anything about it." Everyone sat there thinking.
"I guess that makes sense." Chloe said hesitantly.
"Yeah it does. Completely actually." Brady spoke up. "When you really lose yourself in the emotion of performing you don't think about what you would or would not do, you just live in that moment."
"Exactly." Tabi thought that Brady had been responded to her but Chloe knew the comment was really aimed at her. "But let's finish the movie now."
"Good idea," Shawn said. "And how about you don't mention kissing any one, especially girls, anymore..well except me maybe." Tabi didn't answer, she just cuddled against him once more as Philip unpaused the movie. The rest of the movie was watched in relative silence and at the end Philip turned on the lights revealing the teary faces of Mimi, Belle and Chloe.
Brady looked at the girl on his lap and laughed. "Oh come on. You girls are such wusses."
"Hey!" Tabi yelled sitting up. "If you will notice not all of 'you girls' are crying. I know how to deal with movies."
"Ha!" Shawn said proudly. "My chick is the only brave one of the group."
"Thank you Shawn" Tabi turned to him. "But don't call me your 'chick' again." This led to all the guys laughing at Shawn.
"Sorry, Tabi."
"No problem."
By then everyone was getting a bit tired, most of them had been on a plane the entire day and were weary. "I'm going to turn in now." Belle yawned. "It's been a long day." Jason, Mimi, Philip and Shawn all agreed. Brady drove Shawn, Belle, Chloe and Tabi to their respective homes. The two residing at the Wesley house were met with a glare.
"Don't even Nancy." Chloe walked up to her room and Tabi just followed.
Philip sat there obviously trying to figure out how to answer. "Um, yeah, I don't know about that."
"Well, as long as you stay away from my sister I don't care." Brady watched trying not to laugh as Philip choked. "I mean you're a great guy and all but you're my uncle and I know your reputation, I wouldn't trust you around her." Out of the corner of his eye Brady saw Shawn and Jason get up and walk out of the room holding back his laughter. "So, you have your eye on anyone?"
"What? No, no one." IOh shit. Brady's going to kill me. /IPhilip was scared, very scared. He'd been worried about Shawn and Chloe but hadn't even thought about Brady. II've gotta talk to Belle about her brother before she tells...Oh no.. /I"Um, Brade? I'm gonna go and um, just, yeah, bye." He got up and left, heading off to find Belle. As soon as he was gone Brady cracked up. The guys came back and laughed with him.
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"Yeah Belle? What's up?" Chloe wasn't sure what Belle was about to say, she had an odd expression.
"Well, um, congratulations on you and Brady. I'm really happy for you."
Chloe was confused. "Um, thanks Belle." They sat there in silence, Mimi confused and Tabi silently urging Belle on. "Is that all?"
"No." Belle didn't say anything else though. The awkward silence continued. Tabi looked back and forth between the two. Obviously this was going nowhere.
"So Belle, why don't you tell Chloe about why you and Shawn broke up?" Tabi urged her on. "Go ahead."
"Well, Chloe, Shawn and I broke up because...well, I realized that I had feelings for someone else."
Tabi looked at her. "Keep going Belle. Tell her who the person was."
"Well, I realized that I had feelings for...Philip. We're together now but didn't want to tell you until I was sure you'd be okay with it."
Chloe laughed. "Belle, it's okay. I'm happy for you."
"You are?"
"Yeah." Chloe hugged her as Philip came racing in.
"Belle, I need to talk to you." He stood in the doorway panting.
"What's wrong Philip?" He gave her a look that said "not here" but she just stood there. "Philip?"
Chloe looked at Philip's face and bowed body and laughed. "Hey Belle, I think there's something wrong with your boyfriend." Philip realized what she'd said and looked up. "You still need to talk to Belle?"
"Yes, Belle, your brother is going to kill me. We can't tell him." Chloe took the opportunity to sneak out and Tabi followed. They walked back to the movie room. Chloe went and sat next to her Brady. "So I take it you found out about Belle and Philip?"
"How'd you know?"
Tabi laughed at Brady's feigned innocence as she sat down next to Shawn. "Well, he came running into the kitchen scared out of his mind and raving about how you were gonna kill him if you found out. We figured Shawn must have told you and you decided to have a little fun." Chloe looked at her sister shocked. That was exactly what she thought but they'd never discussed it.
Brady laughed. "So how long do you think it'll be before they come back in?"
"Probably a week if you don't go apologize to Philip." Chloe tried to give Brady a stern look but it didn't work. She ended up cracking once more.
Jason had been sitting, wondering why he'd hung out with Jan so long when these people were so much fun. "I think you should let him suffer. He shouldn't have tried to hide their relationship. I mean, what was he afraid of?"
Shawn smiled. "I think he was afraid of Chloe." They all laughed again as Belle, Philip and Mimi returned. Belle and Philip were holding hands but Philip looked extremely uncomfortable and ready to bolt any second. Brady decided to have a bit more fun at his Uncle's expense.
"WHAT THE HELL IS THIS?!" He made as if to push Chloe off his lap to get up and attack Philip and Philip turned to run. Suddenly he heard laughter fill the room and saw Brady laughing merrily with the rest of the gang.
"Oh yeah, you're all so funny! Go ahead. Laugh! I don't care." He plopped down the loveseat opposite of Shawn and Tabi. "You all suck."
Shawn piped up. "Oh come on, Phil, relax. We were only having fun."
Philip continued to pout. "I don't find it very funny."
"We didn't expect you to. But I sure did. You were so scared of me. What's wrong Uncle Phil? Can't control your own nephew."
"Shut up. I still hate you all."
Belle decided it was time to come to Philip's defense. "Oh come on guys, leave him alone."
"Yeah," Jason said. "If we piss Philip off then we lose a place to hang that has it's own movie theatre."
But Belle was no longer amused. "Come on guys. Please." The rest finally conceded to leave Philip alone, for the time being. They put on the movie and watched with the guys making comments every chance they got. The worst was when the scene arose where Sarah Michelle Gellar kisses Selma Blair. It was Jason who started it.
"Hey Chloe, if we paid you ten bucks would you kiss Belle?"
"Um, no."
"Oh come on! You two are best friends."
"Shut up Jason." Belle was beginning to remember why they usually didn't invite him to hang out with them. He could be such an asshole.
"I don't know," Philip ventured. "It could be interesting."
"PHILIP!" Belle reached over and slapped him while Brady had to prevent Chloe from doing the same.
"I don't see how they could do that. That's so gross." Belle wrinkled her nose. The group contemplated that for awhile until Tabi spoke up.
"It's only acting." Six heads swung to look at her. "Well, it is. It doesn't mean anything."
"What?" Shawn was slightly disturbed. His new girlfriend was sitting here saying it was alright to kiss other girls.
"Well, I've acted since I was little and last year I had to do a stage kiss." Seeing the looks she was getting Tabi clarified. "With a guy...and it's odd. It's not like kissing someone you're dating or who you like. It's just a kiss, you don't really think about it or feel anything."
"Would you ever kiss another girl?"
"Don't know. Depends on why it was called for in a script, if it was tastefully done and why it was placed there." She looked at Shawn. "Oh don't look at me like that. I'm not saying that I'm a lesbian or that I would willingly kiss another girl, but if my career required it I wouldn't turn it down without thinking about. When you are acting you're not yourself, you're whatever character you are playing. And if that character wants to kiss someone of the same sex you really can't do anything about it." Everyone sat there thinking.
"I guess that makes sense." Chloe said hesitantly.
"Yeah it does. Completely actually." Brady spoke up. "When you really lose yourself in the emotion of performing you don't think about what you would or would not do, you just live in that moment."
"Exactly." Tabi thought that Brady had been responded to her but Chloe knew the comment was really aimed at her. "But let's finish the movie now."
"Good idea," Shawn said. "And how about you don't mention kissing any one, especially girls, anymore..well except me maybe." Tabi didn't answer, she just cuddled against him once more as Philip unpaused the movie. The rest of the movie was watched in relative silence and at the end Philip turned on the lights revealing the teary faces of Mimi, Belle and Chloe.
Brady looked at the girl on his lap and laughed. "Oh come on. You girls are such wusses."
"Hey!" Tabi yelled sitting up. "If you will notice not all of 'you girls' are crying. I know how to deal with movies."
"Ha!" Shawn said proudly. "My chick is the only brave one of the group."
"Thank you Shawn" Tabi turned to him. "But don't call me your 'chick' again." This led to all the guys laughing at Shawn.
"Sorry, Tabi."
"No problem."
By then everyone was getting a bit tired, most of them had been on a plane the entire day and were weary. "I'm going to turn in now." Belle yawned. "It's been a long day." Jason, Mimi, Philip and Shawn all agreed. Brady drove Shawn, Belle, Chloe and Tabi to their respective homes. The two residing at the Wesley house were met with a glare.
"Don't even Nancy." Chloe walked up to her room and Tabi just followed.