Title: Back to Life… Back to reality (sequel to Trusting One Another) 7/?

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

"Baby tell me where'd you ever learn
To fight without sayin' a word
Then waltz back into my life
Like it's all gonna be alright
Don't you know how much it hurts"

Shawn got up and headed to the kitchen. Belle was still in the living room on the couch. Shawn had told her, he was going to get some food but truthfully he just needed a break. He didn't realize how much he had hurt her, how much she had been suffering. It was killing him to see what he done to the women he loved. He punched the wall out of anger.

"Shawn, you ok?" Belle asked getting up.

"I'm fine, I… I accidentally dropped something." Shawn said lying.

"Is there any glass…" Belle started to ask.

"No, I've got it taken care of, don't worry." Shawn said as he cursed him self for doing that.

"Ok, sure. Just don't leave me waiting long." Belle said as she sat back down.

"I won't I promise." Shawn said as he turned on the faucet.

"Hey you're home!" Belle said happily as Shawn came in the door.

"I'm glad to see someone's happy to see me." Shawn said as he gave her a kiss.

"Work wasn't so much fun?" Belle asked sadly.

"Well working with your family has it benefits, but today I didn't see any of those benefits." Shawn said sitting down.

"I've got an idea: how about you just forget about work because the kids aren't home." Belle said smiling.

"I like that idea." Shawn said smiling.

"I thought you would, that's why I made sure that Brady and Chloe watched the kids for a little while." Belle said getting up.

"You always think of everything don't you?" He asked smiling as he also got up.

"Well I've got to because you never do." She said laughing.

"When we don't talk
When we don't touch
When it doesn't feel like we're even in love
It matters to me
When I don't know what to say
Don't know what to do
Don't know if it really even matters to you
How can I make you see
It matters to me"

Mimi's head hit Brady's bedroom wall hard and it woke her up quickly. "What the…." She started to say but the she remembered were she was. She was in Brady's bedroom and he was sleeping. She had sworn to her self that she'd stay here all night, just to make sure he was ok. But of course, leave it to idiot Mimi to fall asleep. She got up and noticed he had kicked off his blanket. She went and picked it up. As she went to cover him up again, he grabbed her arm.

"Chloe, don't leave me. I can't lose you." He said still asleep.

A tear slid down Mimi's eye. "I… I won't Brady I promise." Mimi said as she tried not to start crying loudly.

"Good, I was worried." Brady said as he let go of her.

Mimi walked back over to the chair, sat down and let the tears fall. "Yet another man who has fallen for Chloe but not for me."

"Have you been sitting there all afternoon?" Brady asked as he walked out to the balcony.

"Is that so wrong?" Mimi asked smiling as Brady came over to her and gave her a kiss.

"I guess not, but I just don't understand how you can sit out here all day." Brady asked as Mimi got up.

"Well it's a great view."

"I guess but… are you going to sit out here all day?" Brady asked hoping her answer was no.

"That depends on rather you have to go back to Basic Black."

"No, I got my dad to let me off."

"Why would you do that?"

"Because I wanted to spend some time with my crazy wife." Brady said smiling.

"Crazy? Who are you calling crazy?" Mimi said faking outrage.

"I'm calling my beautiful, sexy, smart yet insane wife, crazy."

"You know if you hadn't said insane then that would have been the best description you've said of me yet."

Brady laughed. "Oh I must have forgot to tell you that I love how insane you are."

"You do?"

"Of course, who wants to be married to a normal, sane, boring wife? Not me. Not when I can have you." He said as he wrapped his arms around her.

"You know maybe you should get off work more often.

"Maybe I still don't understand
The distance between a woman and a man
So tell me how far it is
And how you can love like this
'Cause I'm not sure I can"

Philip got up and headed out side. Chloe was in the bathroom taking a shower. He took a seat on a bench under a tree. They had talked most of the day. She had admitted how responsible she had thought she was for all the pain he had caused her. Pain that was his fault entirely not hers. How had he let her go on believing that she was the reason he was the horrible person he was. She didn't deserve that; she didn't deserve half of the things he had done to her. "When did I turn in to such a horrible person!" He screamed. A nest of birds flew from the tree quickly. Philip sat back down sad.

"Tess? Tess, where are you?" Philip screamed worried as he came into the mansion. "Tess?" He screamed again.

"She's not here." Chloe said coming down the stairs.

"But she called me at work. She said she was sick and that she need me to come home immediately." Philip said confused.

"I know our daughter is quite the actress." Chloe said calmly walking into the living room.

"Actress, Chloe what are you talking about?"

"Well Tess and I were talking about how you're working so much now a days at Titan and we don't see you as much as we used to so Tess said she knew how to get you home so we could spend some time together."

"You mean our daughter lied to me just so we'd spend time together?"

"Basically, it's for a good cause right?" Chloe asked smiling.

"Yeah it was but if my dad finds out that she's not really sick I could…" Philip said scared.

"You're not going to lose your job because if Victor ask Tess can cough." Chloe said smiling.

"Well in that case then what do you have planned to do with the rest of the day?" Philip asked also smiling.

"Spend it with my loving husband."

"When we don't talk
When we don't touch
When it doesn't feel like we're even in love
It matters to me
When I don't know what to say
Don't know what to do
Don't know if it really even matters to you
How can I make you see
It matters to me"