Love at First Touch

Chapter 13 - Behind Bars

"C'mon punk. Is that all you've got?" Brady said as he taunted Shawn into fighting with him more.

"No, I have some more." Asserted Shawn.

With this last statement, Shawn sent a punch flying towards Brady's face causing his nose to bleed.

"Come here, you little shit. You are going to pay."

As Brady and Shawn made their way back to each other, they were stopped by Salem's finest - the Salem police.

Roman Brady grabbed a hold of Shawn, while Abe Carver took Brady towards his police car.

"I'm going to have to take you boys to the station," Roman told Shawn.

As Roman walked Shawn to the police car, he glanced over at the crowd and noticed that Belle Brady saw the whole fight.

He mouthed the words I'm Sorry to her, but she shook her head and looked away.

Belle now faced Mimi.

"This is the guy you went out with last month? Shawn Brady?" asked Belle.

"Yeah, why?" answered Mimi, still not knowing that Shawn was Belle's love interest.

"Shawn. he's the one. he's the one I was talking about." Stuttered Belle as she felt as though she was having sloppy seconds.

"Belly-Belle. we went on one date. He's so not my type, but definitely yours."

Belle had no words.

"Listen girl, we didn't do anything. We went to the movies, saw Star Wars and left. We decided that it wouldn't work out." Said Mimi, who now felt bad for causing any pain to her best friend.

"Are you sure? Are you sure that nothing else happened?" questioned Belle. "I promise you! Nothing happened. In fact, I wanted to set you two up, as I knew that you both would hit it off. I was just waiting for the right moment, but I guess I'm a bit too late."

"Really?"

"Really! Belle, I'm always looking out for you, you are the bestest friend a girl could ever have!" exclaimed Mimi.

Both girls squealed and shared a quick hug.

"Wait, why were your bro and Shawn fighting?"

"I have no idea, but there's only one way to find out. Let's go to the station." Said Mimi, as this time she grabbed Mimi and dragged her down the street, practically running to the station.

"So, are you two going to tell me what happened?" Abe said to Shawn and Brady who were now sitting in chairs opposite of each other.

"I was defending my little sister from this punk." Stated Brady.

"Abe, I didn't do anything to Belle. Brady has been trying to keep us apart and I'm not going to take it anymore. He needs to talk to Belle so she could tell him that we belong together."

"I think you two need two cool off for a little while. I'm going to hold you both for 5 hours in separate cells." Said Roman.

The two men were placed in separate cells, with one extra cell in between them so they are not tempted to attack each other through the bars.

A few minutes later, the station door is thrown open and in runs Belle and Mimi.

Panting, Belle asks, "Where are they?!"

Abe and Roman simultaneously point towards the back wall where the cells were located.

"Can I?"

Roman nods.

Belle headed over to the guys and said, "What has gotten into both of you? Do you think that acting like a bunch of immature brats is going to get you anywhere?"

"Belle. He was trying to ke." Shawn started saying but was cut off by Belle.

"I don't want to hear it! Instead, I want to make something clear to each one of you. Brady, I love you so much but you really need to get your act together and let me fight my own battles. I'm not a baby anymore and can handle my relationships. You also need to talk to me because this shouldn't have happened. Shawn and I worked things out with mom's help.. Shawn, revenge is stupid and immature. Case closed. That's all I have to say. Enjoy you stay." Belle said with a chuckle and turned around to head back towards Mimi.

"Ok, I'm done." She told her friend as they both looked at the cops and smiled. They turned around and walked out the door arm in arm.