Title: Back to Life… Back to reality (sequel to Trusting One Another) 6/?

Author: Christen Hays (purplehaysc@netscape.net)

Comments: Please send me your comments if you want me to send the story out any more. Oh if Chloe and Philip seem a little hard to believe, that's because I can't stand them as a couple now and I can barely stand Chloe so….

Distribution: if you want this fanfic or any other of mine just ask first

"Hey ya

If were can't find a way out of our problems

Then maybe we don't need this

Standing face to face

Enemies at war we build the fences and secret hiding places"

"Hey, want another cup of tea?" Philip asked Chloe.

"Are you trying to make me very hyper or something? Because if I drink another glass of that I will be." Chloe said as Philip sat down.

"I'm just trying to make sure you're not sick, that's all." Philip said worried.

"I made it though the night, thanks to you so I'll be fine. Stop worrying." Chloe said smiling.

"I worry, sorry. Something about my x-wife showing up on my door step in the middle of the night soaking wet, makes me worry."

"I didn't mean to worry you. I just… I just had to come over."

"Why? I mean Brady did propose to you right?"

"Yes, and I ran here, straight here."

"But why?"

Chloe got up.  "I don't know! I wish I did, because then maybe I can make some sense out of this but I cannot seem to make any sense out of this. I left you and now I back but why!"

"Don't look at me, I don't have the answers, remember I never have." Philip said sadly.

"Yeah you did, you used to any way." Chloe said sitting back down.

"You mean before I started to drink?" Philip asked.

"Yeah, I guess." Chloe said getting up again. "You know you never told me why you started…." Chloe started to say.

"I didn't think you wanted to know." Philip said going over to her.

"I just didn't want to hear you say it was my fault."

"But it wasn't…" Philip started to say shocked that Chloe thought that.

"What? It had to be, I always thought that…."

"It wasn't, believe me it wasn't. If I had known you were blaming yourself, I would have said something."

"I can't believe that all this time…. I always thought…." Chloe said a little unsettled. "I thought I drove you to be that unhappy." Chloe said as she started to cry.

"No you're what drove me to stop being that unhappy." Philip said as he held her.

"But I need you to hold me to tonight

I need you to day it's all right

But I need you to make the first stand

Cause tonight I'm finding it hard to be your man"

"Hold me tonight

Say it's all right

Hey ya

More than angry words I hate this silence

It's getting so loud

Well I want know a scream "

"How did you manage to get out of working?" Eric asked Shawn on the phone.

"My family runs the police station so it wasn't that hard."

"But why aren't you coming in?"

"Belle and I need a day together."

"Oh things are really that bad?"

"Let's just say that I found out some things about your little sister that are rather sad."

"She must have told Nicole."

"Why? Did Nicole say anything?"

"She didn't have to. I'm going to go. Shawn, I hope everything works out."

"Yeah me too, and I forgot to ask but can you…"

"I'll get Nicole to pick up the kids, don't worry."

"Thanks, a lot man." Shawn said as he hung up the phone.

"Who was that?" Belle asked from the living room.

"Your eldest brother actually, he was worried about why I wasn't at work." Shawn said sitting down on the couch next to her.

"Oh, what did you tell him?" Belle asked worried.

"Just that you and I need a day together and he offered to pick up the kids."

"Good, I wouldn't want the kids to see us like this, they would be worried."

"They won't. It is just us, don't worry." Shawn said holding her hand.

"Shawn, thanks for taking off work."

"All you had to do was ask. If had known you wanted me here, I would have gotten off a long time ago."

"Well next time I'll ask." She said snuggling up to him. "It's nice to have a chance to get to know you again." Belle said smiling.

"Take all the time you need, I'm not leaving." Shawn said as he held her tight.

"Bitterness has silence these emotions

It's getting hard to breathe

Tell me isn't happiness worth more than a golden diamond ring

I'm welling to do anything

To calm the storm in my heart"

"I've never been the praying kind

But lately I've been down upon my knees

Not looking for a miracle

Just looking for a reason to believe"

"Brady, you here?" Mimi asked as she came into his apartment and was shocked see it a complete mess. "Brady? Where are you?" Mimi asked freaking out. She ran into his bedroom, he was not there. Then she ran into the bathroom, he was not there either. Then she went out on the balcony, where she found him sitting against the railing. "Are you ok?" She asked as she went over to him.

"Why are you here?" Brady asked annoyed.

"We were supposed to meet today, to work on our parts in the party, for Belle and Shawn, remember?" Mimi pointed out.

"Right, can we do that later? I'm not really in the mood anymore."

"Yeah I see that, but what I want to know is why. Didn't you just get engaged?" Chloe asked sitting down next to him.

"You haven't called your boyfriend today is see."

"I don't have a boyfriend as I've told you before but I'm guessing you mean Philip."

"You got it."

"What does Philip have to do with you being engaged?"

"Where not engaged, Chloe ran away to Philip's."

"Oh, well at least I won't have to sit through another boring date with Philip."

"Yeah because Chloe will be sitting through it now."

"Brady, I'm sorry. I really am."

"Just leave please Mimi." Brady begged.

"No, I'm not leaving you alone." Mimi promised.

"But I need you to hold me to tonight

I need you to day it's all right

But I need you to make the first stand

Cause tonight I'm finding it hard to be your man"

"Do you remember not long ago when we use to live for the nighttime?

Cherish each moment

But now we don't just live we just exist

We just run for our lives

So alone

That's why you got to hold me"

"Brandon?" Sami asked as she came into the apartment. It was completely dark. "Ok, I guess some one didn't go to work." Sami said as she turned on the light. She jumped back when she saw Brandon sitting on the couch. "What are you doing here in the dark?"

"Waiting for you."

"Why?"

"Because I won't to talk to you."

"You couldn't use a phone to call me?" Sami asked confused as she hung up her jacket.

"It wasn't really something I wanted to talk to you about on the phone."

"Ok, what's up?" Sami said sitting on the couch next to him.

"Do you ever wish that you were still with Austin?"

"Why are you asking me that?" Sami asked worried.

"Because I want to know."

"You know this isn't really something I want to talk about right now." Sami said getting up.

"Right, so you do, I'm sorry I asked." Brandon said mad.

"Hey ya

If were can't find a way out of our problems

Then maybe we don't need this

Standing face to face

Enemies at war we build the fences and secret hiding places

But I need you to hold me to tonight

I need you to day it's all right"

"But I need you to make the first stand

Cause tonight I'm finding it hard to be your man

Hold me tonight

Say it's all right"

"Finally, I thought Victor was never going to give us a lunch break!" Greta said annoyed as she hung up her jacket.

"Well you know Victor, he's got to make sure he uses every possible minute he can." Austin said as he came in.

"Sometimes I think we should both just quit." Greta said sitting down.

"And how should we pay the bills? Are you offering to take back your princess title for us?" Austin asked smiling.

"The Von Among Estate is broke."

"When did this happen?" Austin asked shocked.

"When I agreed to work for Titan. Why else did you think I did it?"

"You wanted to work with me?" Austin said half-smiling.

"I see too much of you already." Greta said getting up.

"But obviously not enough time to tell me about the Estate."

"It didn't seem important at the time." Greta said lying.

"But we planned to use the money to pay for our daughter's collage remember?"

"So we'll find another way. We always do."

"I know but I just wish you would have told me."

"I didn't ok? Can't you just forget it?" Greta asked getting mad.

"Fine I just… I wonder what else you haven't told me." Austin said as he went in their room.

"But I need you to hold me to tonight

I need you to day it's all right

But I need you to make the first stand

Cause tonight I'm finding it hard to be your man

Hold me tonight

Say it's all right"