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A/N: Sorry about the no updates thing. Hopefully there will be more soon.
SLY Chapter 7- A Plan
"Please, please, please help me! I'm begging you! I'll do anything!" Jason cried, crawling after Belle on his knees.
Belle sighed and rolled her eyes.
"Fine! I'll do it! But I swear to you Jason Kyle Masters, if you ever- ever, and I do mean EVER- do a thing to hurt Meems, I will have the Marines hunt you down and kill you, ok?" Belle stood with one hand on her hip, and with her right index finger pointing at him, glaring.
"Thank you so much! I promise you, I would never, ever hurt Mimi. Never." At that, Jason scrambled up, filled Belle in on his plan, and left.
Mimi finished packing all her knickknacks up into the bubble wrap filled boxes. She looked around her apartment. True, she still had twelve days left at work, and then she could leave, but there was a lot she had to do in those twelve days. She sighed as the phone rang. Who dared drag her from her busy work?
"Hey! Can you meet me for lunch?" Came Belle's immediate reply as soon as she heard the phone pick up.
Mimi hesitated. "I'm actually really busy, Belle." The truth was, the more she distanced herself from everyone now, the easier it would be to just leave and go to the job she was offered in San Diego.
"Plllleeeeeaaaassseee?" Came Belle's whine.
Mimi thought about it. Belle was her best friend, and she did owe it to a life long friendship to at least say goodbye. "Yeah, I can."
Once they hung up, Mimi couldn't keep the tears at bay any longer. It was going to be so hard to leave, but Belle was right. She needed to be strong.
Belle sat at the table, with the invitation in her hand. This had to work. Jason looked so desperate; it was obvious he truly cared for Mimi. Mimi had looked so miserable last night. She wanted them to be as happy as she and Phillip were. 'Even our happiness wasn't without a few bumps in the road, though.' She thought, remembering the trouble they had in the beginning of their marriage, with Shawn, and Phillip's being MIA. Belle smiled, truly happy with the way things worked out. She and Phillip were at the best point their marriage had ever been at, and hopefully, in nine months, they would have an addition to that happiness. Belle patted her tummy, hoping that later that night, when she took the pregnancy test, this time it would be positive. She pushed that thought to the back of her mind, and continued waiting for Mimi.
Belle looked across the table at Mimi, and smiled, sipping her tea. Mimi looked so confused that Belle wanted to laugh more than anything in the world at that moment.
"So why wasn't I told about this before?" Mimi asked, shaking her head. Something about this whole thing just seemed really fishy to her.
Belle sighed, pretending to be fed up. "The ball. It's just a ball, that Phillip and I happen to be invited to, along with most of Salem. My dad is actually throwing it as a 'Thank You' to the Salem P.D. for their amazing job on the investigation regarding the recent, um- activities- at Basic Black."
It wasn't a total lie. Her dad had been so thrilled when the Salem P.D. had found the criminal siphoning funds out of Basic Black, that when Belle came to him with the idea of a Ball, he was ecstatic. Of course, Jason was a silent major contributor to the Ball, and to the very generous donation to the P.D.
Mimi looked at Belle and shook her head. Something still didn't seem right about it, but hey, if Belle said so, then it had to be the truth, because Belle wouldn't lie, would she?
As soon as Mimi left the café, Belle pulled out her cell phone. "It's me." She told Jason. "Yeah, she bought the whole thing. Ok, so let's just keep our fingers crossed that tomorrow night everything goes ok." She listened for a moment. "Yeah, I'll meet you there!" She said, giggling at what he said, bouncing in her seat. She hung up her phone and raced out of the café, barely stopping to pay the tab. Jason was being such a prince to Mimi. That girl just didn't know how lucky she was.
Jason stood in the store next to Belle, unsure of which one to buy. He looked over at Belle.
"What do you think?" He asked.
She smiled. "That one."
Mimi hung up her dress in her office. She was going to change there and just head strait over to the Ball. This was going to be her last time seeing most of the people that would be there. Goodbyes would be bittersweet. But at least once that was done she could move on with her life.