Friends and Lovers
By Misha
Author's Notes- This chapter is short and angsty. It's really just to show you what they're feeling before the next chapter. Enjoy.
Chapter Five
Friday, November 10th
Shawn stood on Phillip's terrace thinking about Belle and the dance they had shared.
He had felt something when he held her in his arms, but he didn't know what it meant. If it was a friends thing, or if it was more.
He looked through the glass doors at Belle who was laughing something Jason was saying, then his gaze caught Chloe who was standing next to Phillip talking to some of Phillip's football teammates.
Shawn looked at the two and knew that it was still Chloe he wanted. She was so beautiful, so perfect...
He continued to watch her for a moment then sighed and went back inside.
* * * * * Phillip watched as Shawn reentered the house and instinctively tightened his hold on Chloe's waist.
She didn't seem to notice, she just snuggled closer to him.
Phillip gazed down t her and smiled softly.
She was the most important thing in the world to him and he didn't want to lose her. Not that he actually thought that Brady was much of a threat, but...
He looked down at Chloe's face and realized that he was feeling jealous for nothing.
What he had seen in her eyes earlier had shown him that. They had made a silent promise to one another and nothing could break that.
Not even Shawn.
* * * * * Belle watched Shawn as he made his way over to her.
His eyes never left Chloe.
Belle sighed.
She had hoped that the dance they had shared had affected him the way it had affected her, but she must have been just dreaming.
She nodded at what Mimi was saying, her eyes locked on Shawn.
Shawn Brady was everything she had ever dreamed of, but... It seemed he was out of reach to her. His heart was elsewhere.
Belle suppressed a bitter laugh. It didn't seem fair.
She was falling for Shawn, who saw her only as a friend, and the girl he loved was in love with someone else. Fate was cruel.
She tore her gaze off Shawn and turned to see Phillip. He was also looking at Shawn, but the jealousy and unease that had been there for the last month was gone.
I guess he finally realized that he's the only one Chloe wants. Belle thought sadly, wishing things could be that simply for her and Shawn.
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Chloe looked around the room, puzzled by what she saw on the faces of the three people closest to her.
Phillip looked peaceful, almost reassured. As if he had been nagged by some secret fear which had been put to rest.
Chloe bit her lip and then looked at Shawn.
The tension was back, so was the unhappiness. He looked as if the one thing he wanted in the world had been taken from him.
Chloe's heart ached for her friend as she wondered what was wrong.
Lastly she turned to Belle, who also looked unhappy. Chloe sensed her friend was on the verge of tears and wondered what had caused them.
She looked back and forth between the three faces and wondered what they knew that she didn't.
What was going on that she didn't understand?
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