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Chapter 10, Adventures in Harmony...Apart,
"Men are jerks." said Theresa the next day to Belle.
Theresa was dressed in black pants and a black and white argyle cashmere sweater.
Belle was dressed in jeans and a black sweater.
"Yeah, but he did it exactly a month before Christmas." said Belle, she was crying.
"Hunny, Shawn loves you, and if its meant to be, like Ethan and I, then it will be, just give it time." said Theresa.
The phone rang.
Belle took a drink of water while waiting for Theresa to get off the phone.
A few minutes later Theresa walked over.
"Belle, I have to go to Crane Industries, stay here, take the limo wherever you want, do whatever, just do not go back to that hotel room." said Theresa.
"Ok." said Belle.
Theresa left.
Meanwhile at The Book Cafe:
Shawn walked in. He was dressed in jeans, a green sweater and his leather jacket.
He walked up to the counter.
"Can I get a cappucino and a egg mcmuffin?" he said.
"Sure, for here or to go?" said The Girl working there.
"Here." said Shawn.
He got the stuff and went and sat down.
He picked up the sports section of the newspaper and started checking out the game scores.
"Shawn?" said Luis.
Luis was dressed in jeans, black shirt and a brown leather jacket.
"Luis, hey, did you get any leads on Claire?" said Shawn.
Luis sat down across from Shawn.
"Not yet, I met Belle yesterday." said Luis.
"You did? Where?" said Shawn.
"She was at The Crane Mansion" said Luis.
"Why were you at The Crane Mansion?" said Shawn.
"Theresa is my sister." said Luis.
"Oh, yeah, small world huh?" said Shawn.
"Yeah." said Luis.
Meanwhile at The Mansion:
"So, you broke up with Luis for Chris Boothe?", said Belle to Sheridan.
Sheridan was dressed in a red dress.
They were sitting in The Libary/Theresa's office.
"Yes, I was already married to Chris when Luis got back, and I'm pregnant." said Sheridan.
"So, you and Luis are obviously soulmates, what about when he finds Beth and Marty?" said Belle.
"I don't know yet." said Sheridan.
A few hours later:
Belle was in the kitchen reading Bizzare.
She called the staff.
"Yes, can you bring a plain chicken breast sandwich with mayo,a side of clam chowder and a coke to The Kitchen, please?... Thank you." said Belle.
Fancy walked in.She had on a orange turtleneck and a long black skirt.
"Hey Fancy." said Belle.
"Hey Belle." said Fancy.
She sat down next to her.
Just then Belle's food came.
The Maid sat it down in front of her.
"Miss Crane, would you like anything?" said The Maid.
"I'll just have a lobster salad and a diet coke." said Fancy.
15 minutes later:
"So, he really dumped you?" said Fancy.
Her and Belle were eating and talking about Shawn.
"Yeah, he said he doesn't know if its forever but right now we both need to be single." said Belle.
"Just goes to show that even with kids, a guy will dump you just like that." said Fancy.
"Yeah, I still can't believe Noah cheated on you with Mya, you are so much prettier then her." said Belle.
"Yeah, so tell me more about this Mimi girl, she sounds like a bitch." said Fancy.
"Yeah, well, she was my bestest friend in the world, I told you that, I've known her since first grade, in Sophmore Year of High School, she went homeless, and I got my dad to buy some land to build a house, we did a Habitat for Hummanity thing, then well, in 2004, she was dating Shawn's cousing, Rex and well we were only like barely 20 and everytime she brought up kids he would say how they weren't ready, but I told her just tell him and that will change, but she didn't.. and she had an abortion before ever telling him, and then she kept it all a secret but then he overheard us talking and he left her, and the day he left was the day I found out I was pregnant, so, it wasn't to long before she moved in on Shawn." said Belle.
"She started dating Shawn, knowing you were still in love with him?" said Fancy.
"Yes, and then well when Shawn went to break up with her or whatever, we found out that she had known and had been keeping it a secret for monthes." said Belle.
"Wow, she kept it from you, so she could have Shawn?" said Fancy.
"Basically, yeah." said Belle.
"I would have smacked her across her face." said Fancy.
"Maybe I should have", said Belle.
Meanwhile somewhere in Harmony:
Jan and Philip were in bed.
They just made love for the first time.
"That was great, now whos the best? Me or Miss Perfect?" said Jan.
"You, all the way." said Philip.
Just then Claire started crying.
"I'll get her." said Jan.
She got up and put on a robe.
"Mommy's coming." said Jan as she went to Claire.
Meanwhile at The Book Cafe:
"Why would you break up with her? Shes sweet, nice, got a great personaility, not to mention shes one of the prettiest girls I've ever seen besides Sheridan." said Luis.
"Yeah, well, it might not be forever, I don't know yet." said Shawn.
"Well, I'll tell you this, if I wasn't in love with Sheridan, I'd be at The Crane Mansion pursuing Belle right now." said Luis.
"Yeah, well, you have Sheridan." said Shawn.
"Yeah, but heres one thing, if I find Marty, and Sheridan still doesn't want me back, and you and Belle are still apart, I'll probably end up being Claire's stepdad." said Luis.
"What are you saying?Your in love with Belle?" said Shawn.
"Am I in LOVE with her? No. Do I like her? yeah, but I love Sheridan." said Luis.
"Would you ever go for Belle before you found Marty?" asked Shawn.
"Thats possible..very possible." said Luis.
Back at The Crane Mansion:
"So, have you seen any guys in Harmony that your interested in?" said Fancy.
A few guys popped into her head.
"Fox is pretty cute, but hes getting married right?" said Belle.
"Yes, Fox is my brother, hes marrying Kay, she used to be really mean and evil, but now shes ok." said Fancy.
"Oh, I'll have to meet her." said Belle.
"You will...anybody else you like?" said Fancy.
"Well, there is this one guy, hes sorta single, but no, not gonna happen." said Belle.
"Who?.. Oh, have you met Miguel, Theresa's younger brother, hes single.. hes hot too." said Fancy.
More like Theresa's OLDER brother, thought Belle.
"Close, I've met Miguel, hes cute, but its not Miguel." said Belle.
"Oh my god, is it Luis?" said Fancy.
"Guilty." said Belle.
"He likes you!" said Fancy.
"What? No, he is totally in love with Sheridan." said Belle.
"Yes, but he LIKES you." said Fancy.
Later That Day:
Belle was at The Pier.
She sat down on the bench.
She looked out onto the Harbor.
A girl walked over.
"Is this seat taken?" said The Girl.
"No, go ahead." said Belle.
She sat down.
Belle looked at the sun setting sadly.
"Something wrong?" said The Girl.
"Well, my boyfriend, a guy I've known since I was little, broke up with me, and we have a 2 month old daughter." said Belle.
"Yeah, men are jerks, try having the love of your life, leave you and his child to go look for you "perfect" cousin, who he supposedly can't live without, then come back and think the child is gonna remember him." said The Girl.
"Wow, how long had he been gone?" said Belle.
"A couple years..I'm engaged to another man now tho." said The Girl, she put her left hand up for a quick second showing off your bling.
"Oh, and hes ok with your child?" said Belle.
"Yeah, he loves Maria, he considers her to be his." said The Girl.
"Hes a good guy then.. how is this on your daughter tho?" said Belle.
"Shes only 2, but she loves Fox, I mean I'll tell her that Miguel is her father and Fox is her stepfather but she'll be ok with it, I mean yeah, all kids want their parents together but, eventually they get over that." said The Girl.
"Oh...your Kay Bennet right?" said Belle.
"Yeah, how do you know?" said Kay.
"I know Fox..I'm a friend of Theresa's." said Belle.
"Oh..yeah...your the friend from Salem right?" said Kay.
"Yeah." said Belle.
Meanwhile:
Shawn was at Crane Industries.
He was talking to Chad, who he had met earlier.
"Your life is even more screwed up then mine..your sister..well you didn't know she was your sister.. thank god Chelsea is not my type..ickk." said Shawn, he shuddered at the thought of that.
"Yeah, but I still love Whitney." said Chad.
"Thats understandable." said Shawn.
Back At The Pier:
"So after all this.. he dumped you?" said Kay.
"Yeah." said Belle.
"Forget him then." said Kay.
"Yeah, but I still love him." said Belle.
Belle really thought they were over and the whole promise thing was just cuz Claire was kidnapped and he didn't want her to feel like she lost everything and she figured as soon as Claire was found they'd be officially over for good.
Later that eveining:
Belle was wondering around The Harmony Mall.
She saw Shawn across the mall and immediatly froze.
'I can take the rain on the roof of this empty house
That don't bother me'
"I can't just stand here, he'll eventually get here, and he'll ask why I'm staring at him." said Belle to herself.
'I can take a few tears now and then and just let them out
I'm not afraid to cry every once in a while'
"Ok, think Belle." said Belle.
'Even though going on with you gone still upsets me
There are days every now and again I pretend I'm ok
But that's not what gets me'
"Hes getting closer, what do I do?" said Belle.
"What hurts the most
Was being so close"
She saw the baby store and got an idea.
'And having so much to say
And watching you walk away'
Shawn was walking down the mall when he saw Belle standing infront of the baby store just staring into it.
"And never knowing
What could have been
And not seeing that loving you
Is what I was tryin' to do"
"She must be thinking about Claire." said Shawn.He walked over to her.
"It's hard to deal with the pain of losing you everywhere I go
But I'm doin' It"
"Belle." said Shawn.
It's hard to force that smile when I see our old friends and I'm alone"
"Shawn hey." said Belle, acting suprised.
"Still Harder
Getting up, getting dressed, livin' with this regret"
"Hey." he said.
"But I know if I could do it over"
"Do you have any news about Claire?" said Belle.
"I would trade give away all the words that I saved in my heart"
"Not right now..speaking of Claire..I see your infront of the baby store...are you thinking about her?" said Shawn.
"That I left unspoken"
"Yeah, but its natural, I'm her Mommy." said Belle.
"What hurts the most
Is being so close"
"Yeah..do you think I don't think about her? I'm her dad, I love her more then anyone." said Shawn.
"And having so much to say
And watching you walk away
And never knowing"
"More then me?" said Belle.
"What could have been
And not seeing that loving you
Is what I was trying to do"
"No, its different..your the love of my life..shes my daughter." he said.
"What hurts the most"
"Oh." said Belle.
"Is being so close"
"And yes, I still love you." said Shawn.
"And having so much to say"
"Good." said Belle.
"And watching you walk away"
Shawn's cell rang.
"And never knowing"
He looked at it."I gotta take this, I'll see you later." said Shawn and walked away.
"What could have been"
Belle walked and turned into Debs.
"And not seeing that loving you"
She breathed a sign of relief.
"Is what I was trying to do"
"I didn't break down in front of him..thank god." said Belle.
"Not seeing that loving you
That's what I was trying to do"