Love at First Touch Chapter 28 - Moving On

Mimi's head fell to one side as she slept peacefully on the chair at Brady's bedside. Brady had just woken up and watched as Mimi's face displayed different signs of happiness as she dreamed.

"Brady.." Mimi whispered in her sleep.

"Yes?" Brady said in a louder than normal tone in order to wake her up.

Mimi's eyes opened wide as she noticed that she was sleeping in his room. She had completely forgot. "Did you just say something?" Mimi asked.

"Yes I did. You called my name, so I answered." Brady said with a huge grin.

Mimi turned a bright red and slouched in the chair. "Umm, yeah, I wanted to know what you wanted for breakfast."

"Umm, no, that's not what you wanted to know. You were dreaming, sweetheart. Don't try to fool me!" Brady giggled.

"I fell asleep thinking about your recovery, that's all." She tried to hide the fact that she was having a dream about nursing Brady back to health in her own special way.

Brady noticed he was making Mimi a little bit nervous, so he decided to stop.

"I'd like two eggs sunny side up, with a side of bacon!"

"Huh?" Mimi replied.

"Yeah, you said you were asking me what I wanted for breakfast remember?" Brady said as he began laughing and coughing at the same time.

"Oh yeah, I'll go get it for you, don't go anywhere."

"Like I can!" Brady said as he sat in bed not being able to move from his awful incident a few days before.

Shawn stood outside his parents' home. He looked at the bench where he would sit and talk to his dad about girls. Looked over at the plants where he would stand and talk to his mom about school. All the memories of a happy life, shattered.

Shawn ran his hand down the door and placed his forehead against it. "This could've been so different. Why'd you have to change? Why?" Belle walked towards Shawn. "Shawn, it's done. I set it up the way you wanted it. Come look and tell me if it's okay."

Shawn turned around and grabbed his girlfriend's hand as they walked towards the sidewalk at the beginning of the front lawn.

They both turned around to look at this beautiful house. "It's perfect. Thank you for doing this and being there for me."

Knock, knock.

"Who's there?" Brady shouted.

"Room service." A gentle voice said from the other side of the door.

"You can't come in! I'm not dressed!" Brady lied.

"Really?" Mimi's voice sounded giddy. "That's not a problem." She continued to say, under her breath.

"What did you just say?"

"I said to tell me when I could come in." Mimi replied.

"Ok, you can come in."

Mimi opened the door to see Brady in the exact same clothes and position she left him. "You are one silly guy. You sure know how to make a girl weak in the knees!"

They both laughed as Mimi brought over Brady's food and set the bed table over his legs.

"You forgot something."

"What did I forget? You said you wanted two eggs sunny side up and bacon. I even brought you orange juice!" Mimi threw a hissy fit.

"You forgot this." Brady pulled Mimi close and gave her a passionate kiss on the lips.

"Well, uh, do you want a second serving?" Mimi said with a smile.

"How about we save it for dessert?"

A car pulled up behind Belle and Shawn and rolled down the window.

"Wow, this house is beautiful! Is it yours?" The young woman said.

"Yes, at least it is now that my parents are not able to take care of it." Shawn replied.

Belle moved over to one side making the sign behind her visible. For Sale.

"Oh! It's for sale? Do you have any other prospects?"

"My girlfriend and I just put the sign up. Are you interested?"

"You bet I am! Can I take a look around?"

"Yes, you may."

The woman parked her BMW in the driveway and stepped out. Shawn and Belle introduced themselves.

"My name is Cynthia, nice to meet you." She extended her hand for a handshake.

The young couple escorted Cynthia towards the door of the house. Shawn fumbled for his keys but finally opened the door. The furniture was still in tact. The house was quiet.

"Are you selling the furniture, too?"

"Everything stays, as is." Shawn told Cynthia.

"Wow." Cynthia walked around every room and eyed every painting and every piece of furniture. "I'll take it. When can we fill out the necessary paperwork and transfer the money?"

"The sooner the better." Shawn glanced at Belle for reassurance. She nodded.

He grasped Belle's hand as this was truly the beginning of his journey towards acceptance of his parents' betrayal; THEIR journey towards a long happy life together.