Mimi must be dreaming. Did Brady Black just ask her a question without a condescending tone behind it?

"Why?" She asked carefully. She was afraid she'd wake up and the real Brady Black would rear his gorgeous head.

'Gorgeous? God, Mimi. You miss Kevin so much that you're starting to call Brady gorgeous. Maybe you need to pay a little visit to Kevin at college…No! You won't do that. He wants to see other people? That's exactly what they're gonna do. She just hasn't found anyone that sparks her interest.'

"Because I'm taking a poll for Broadway, hell, Mimi, just answer the question." Brady said, wanting her to answer before he changed his mind.

'There's the real Brady Black.' Mimi thought.

"Okay, you don't even deserve an answer now, but yes, I do. Bye." She said, once again going for the door.

"Wait! Wait, Meems." Brady said, sighing. He didn't know why every time he was around her, he felt the need to be rude. He's just gotten so used to it over the years that it's more like a reflex now rather than a voluntary action.

"No, Brady, you wait." Mimi said, turning around and coming face to face with him.

"I've tried so hard to be nice to you, Brady. Not just for Belle's sake, but for my own. Believe it or not, but I do get tired of fighting with you. Hell, last week, I called to check on you when you were sick, and when I told Belle, she laughed and asked what was wrong with me. Two days ago, I saw a Matchbox 20 CD and I remembered that you were complaining a month ago that yours had gotten all scratched up. You know what I did? I BOUGHT it! I bought it for you because I'm *sick and tired* of not getting along with you. I thought maybe this would show you that I do have a nice bone in my body, and I wish you'd give me the opportunity to show it! Why do you think I brought Advil to you today? Because I just happened to have them in my pocket? No, because I felt bad for playing the music too loud and I wanted to help! I'm just tired, Brady." Mimi said, lowering her head down. She didn't know where the hell all that came from, but it was the truth, and it was a relief to have it all out. She looked back up and saw Brady with a shocked look on his face. He didn't offer to say anything in his defense, so she turned and left the penthouse.

Brady saw her turn and leave, and yet he couldn't do or say anything to stop her. He deserved everything she said to him. He really had been an asshole to her all these years. It's not that he didn't like her, but no matter how hard he tried, something about her brought out the smart ass in him. He thought about running after her, but he knew he couldn't catch up to her now. Besides, what would he say? He was sorry, but would that be enough for her? In his eyes, it wasn't.

Belle and Shawn were sitting on a blanket in the park, eating the dinner he had prepared for them, and watching the people go by. Shawn had apologized to her profusely, and she did the same. They both knew what they had together was special; too special to let go to waste over a stupid fight. Shawn's cell phone went off in his shirt pocket, and he checked the caller ID to see who was calling. It was Mimi's cell phone.

"Hello?..Mimi, wait a second, hold on, what's wrong?..yeah, she's here…she must have her cell phone off sweetie, it's okay…what happened?…wait, stop crying, I can't understand you." Belle immediately sat up and grabbed the phone away from Shawn.

"Meems? Honey, you okay? What's wrong?" Belle asked as Shawn held her hand for comfort, knowing Belle was upset, hearing Mimi cry.

"Belle, oh god, I messed up. I really did." Mimi got out through her crying. She didn't know what to do. Why had she went off on Brady? She just wanted to make him understand, she didn't mean to say all that. She immediately called Belle's cell phone, but nobody picked up. She needed to talk to her. Before she even got through punching Shawn's number into her phone, the tears were coming hard.

"Mimi, calm down. Just calm down and tell me what happened. I can't understand you when you're crying like that. Did someone hurt you?" Belle asked her, hoping nothing had happened to Mimi's family or anything. Mimi took a few breaths and calmed herself down.

"Belle, I didn't mean to. I really didn't. I just went back to get to my purse."

"You didn't mean to do what? What happened?" Belle asked.

"I don't know what happened. I went back to get my purse from your room…I came back downstairs and I went to leave but Brady stopped me. He asked me if I liked Les Miserables."

Belle smiled. So Brady had taken her advice and was going to ask her. But why would Mimi be upset over that?

"When I asked him why, he got smart with me as usual, and had a smart ass comment. I turned to leave again and he stopped me. But I went off on him, Belle, something just snapped. I was tired of fighting with him. I've tried to be nice. I really have. I called to check on him, hell, I even bought him a present. But I just went off. I told him I was tired of fighting." Mimi explained, holding back the tears over reliving it. Belle sighed.

"Honey, Brady's just like that. He's so used to fighting with you, I don't think he even thinks twice about it. He just does it. He was born with his mother's wit and his father's lack of restraint." Belle said, laughing. She wanted to make Mimi see that it would be okay. Brady would get over it. He probably deserved it.

"Why don't you go back over there and try to straighten it out? Maybe you two could come out of this as actual friends." Belle said, remembering Shawn's earlier comment about tension. She just couldn't see her best friend and her brother getting together. They could be friends.

"No! I can't go back there. I don't want to see him. No, I can't go back." Mimi said, not wanting to see Brady's shocked face again.

"I'm just gonna go home and go to sleep. It's been a long day." Mimi said, getting into her car. She had barely made it to the parking lot before she knew she needed to call Belle.

"Okay, but call me later if you need to talk. I'll come over if you need me to."

"Thanks, Belle, but I'll be okay. Have fun with Shawn. Tell him I'm sorry if I scared him or anything, sobbing my eyes out in his ear." Mimi said. Belle giggled.

"I don't think he cares. We're both here if you need us." Belle said, leaning back up against Shawn.

"Thanks, I'll talk to you later." Mimi said.

"Bye" Belle said and hit 'End' and handed the phone back to Shawn.

"Everything okay?" He asked.

"Yeah, Mimi just blew up on Brady. About time, if you ask me. I've seen it, she has tried to be nice to him and he just acts like she didn't." Shawn laughed.

"Like I said there's too mu-"

"Don't even wanna hear it. Shut up and kiss me." Belle said, grabbing him by the shirt and pulling him toward her.

"Yes, dear." Shawn said before kissing her.