this story takes place directly after the skating incident, and is what i think should have happened, and should happen...but hey its my lil world here isnt it?, yeah, it uh kinda strats slow but i sorta picks up and its not very long so bare with me kay?
Belle Black raced through the snow on her new 'full-speed-powered' scooter. It was just pass 7:00 on Christmas Day and she had to get across town, and soon, efore the snow picked up. With all of the comotion last night at Bo and Hopes reception, her and Shawns 'almost-kiss' and then the horrible body she had forgotten to give shawn his present. Places delcatly in her backpack was the present, that she hapened to have wrapped weeks before, the day she bought it. she took alot of pride andpatience in wrapping the gift. sure, shawn was 'just a friend' but she knew in her heart that he could be somehting more. and she knew in her heart that one day after shawn's mind gets detaced from the junior high gutter hed fell the same way. but the gift was wrapped perfectly. Althjough she knew that shawn would rip open the precisenes sin less then 2 seconds flat, she still took great joy in wrapping it, and making sure everything was perfect. As belle reached the brady pub she could see the mass gathering of people inside. 'oh no' she said to herself, she had forgotten about the brady christmas day festivities. 'i dont want to barge' she said aloud, staring into the window. suddenly a voice startled her from behind. 'barge what' he asked, not to loud, bot to soft...in a perfect tone. he had seen her appear in the frosted window. her blond hair hidden under the wool winter hat, her blue eyes, aprkleing in the falling snow. 'uh...nothing....uh...hey' belle managed to stammer out of her mouth, then cursed herself for being such a tounge tied fool.. 'so uh belle, what are you doing here...i mean why, i mean..." shawn studdered out 'man she looks amazing' he said to himself, but then managed to shake the sight and the thoughts out of his head. he was being so moronic near her...near her... belle laughed aloud, he was being more of a goofball then her. and when she saw the slight blush appear on his face, she smiled larger, proving herself in her thoughts that he had to have some feelings for her floating around in that piggish brain of his. 'its cold out here, why dont we go inside, id love, i ean ur theyd all love you to join us" shawn blushed again, did he just almost say that aloud 'good save brady' 'mental note take some ginko before talking to belle black, either that or drink cold fluids' he said to himself. 'sure' belle replied, just smileing then follwoing his lead to the main entrence. as he held the door open for her and motioned for her to go ahead she felt as if she was to melt right there. when the two teenagers finnaly entered the warm and toasty pub almost everyone in there aknoledged their presence. belle though that it wasnt just warm in here prepared to the frigid temperatures outside but becasue of all the love in the room. she glanced across the room looking at the people starring back at her, bo and hope were settled in a booth with a sleeping j.t. in his carrier beside the. caroline and popshawn were near the bar trying to decide what song to play next, roman, sami and will, everone was there. and it seemed to her that all of them were starring at her and shawn... 'look who i ofund out in the snow grandpa' shawn said enthusiasticaly., smiling 'eh, alittle cold out there my dear?' shawn said repling to his grandson and towards belle.. 'just alittle mr brady' belle said with a little hesatancy. 'well come on in belle' hope said 'join the party, dont just stand there!' belle shook her head and laughed, this place really was loving and thats why it was so warm in here, atleast that was her opinion on everyting. part 2. shawn led her to a booth in the corner of the pub, not to far from everyone else, but far enough to get alittle privacy. all belle could do was stair at him, his brown eyes had been stairing back just enough to make her tingle but still she couldnt take her eyes off of him. nor he her. 'so, uh...you never did say why you came all the way over here...i mean...so late and all..' shawn shyly said to the angel sitting in front of him 'well,, i ...because of everything that happened last night i forgot to give you your present so i figured i could just.....'belle said while shifting her gaze from his eyes to the table in embarssmen 'bring it on over' he answered, clearly seeing her embaresment 'i forgot about your gift to, i was hoping you were gonna stop by'...he spat out..to himself he shunned hiself again 'did i just say that? oh no, now shes gonna walk away, scared frightened over the poor excuse for a man sitting in front of her' 'you were?' was all belle could reply he had really wanted her to be there, and slowly but surely to her, the room got alittle larger and the people, alittle farther away. until it seemed like it was just them, in their booth. 'yeah, i mean...well...yeah' shawn said smiling, again cursing himself for being such a screw off. belle just smiled, she seemed to be doing alot of that lately, but it was the only way she could speak her mind without saying something stupid. especially aorund shawn. she took the gift out of her bag and placed it on the table in front of her. 'here, for you...' 'wow belle, i dont think i should open it, i mean its so perfect already, just wrapped up...perfect' 'oh you mean this, thank god for those wrapping stands at salem place' belle used as an excuse to mask the blush certainly forming on her face. 'yeah, thank god for the wrapping stands, where would we be without them' shawn shot back, cursing himself yet again for the time and patience he spent wrapping belles gifts. 'she didnt even wrap mine...'he said to himself dissapointed. 'wait, i dont have your gift, hold on okay' before belle could even reply shawn got up and raced beind the bar and up the stairs. up the stairs to his old room, where on his bed was a box with a big bow tied around it. it looked perfect just like his perfect girl, but shwan had to plan his course of action, exactly how he would give her his gift, without looking like a schmuck. 'son you up here?' 'yeah dad in here' 'what are you doing up here the party's downstairs by, get down there before i hafta drag you down screaming' bo said to his son laughing 'okay ill be right down, im just putitng the finishing touches on..." "belles present, son youve been saying that for a week now ,ever since you wrapped it!" "now would you, just take a deep breath and go downstairs and give it to her!" bo continued. "okay okay" shawn said over and over again surely blushing at his father, his wise father, who did know everything. maybe alittle too uch at times, but he was a kind soal, someone who e wasnted to be like when he got older, and his love for his mom and how they were finnaly together again, is what he wanted someday. a love that lasted forever. shawn really admired his father Part 3. by the time shawn finnaly got himself down the 17 steps to the pub, he could feel himself sweating with nerves, asking himself the same quesitons over and over agian in his less then functional brain...'will she like it.. what will she think, will she run away, how am i gonna give it to her, is the time right....' suddenly he was knocked out of his subconscience as he slammed into a short figure at the bottom of the steps. 'hey you, i was just gonna go up and search for you, thought maybe you got lost or somehting,' belle said lauhging, 'well you know me, i cant get lost in here, i know this place like the back of my hand, besides like i would ever get lost anywhere" shawn shot at her laughing, being back in his 'toughboy' mode made him feel more secure of himself. 'suuuuuuuuure' belle said, ending it there, she didnt want to get into another arguement with shawn, those could go on for hours, even days, and she was there for a purpose. one purpose only, the gift. 'okay well, shall we' shawn said raising his hand parellel to the floor, and pointing towards the booth where their half drinken shakes were sitting, along with 1 or 2 cookies, with arms or heads bitten into shawn and belle walked slowly back to their booth, a booth where theyve spent many good times in, many bad times in, but most importantly many times together in. 'here, open mine first' belle said, pretty much heaving the gift at him, not giving him a way to get out of it. belle wanted to get it over with, and was to embarresed over her actions to even take it back. 'okay then' shawn said smiling. slowly he began to unwrap the perfectly tied bow. then he began ripping into the package. when he finnaly got to the box he took a quick glance at belle, who was stairing at every move he was making. watchig him open his gift. his gift, from her. shawn smiled back before he opened the box and started ramaging through the pounds of tissue paper inside. when he reached a solid object he took it out of the box gently and placed it on the table. belle spoke up quietly, coughing to get the first words out of her swollon mouth. 'i, i... saw it in a window down at the mall and thought it would remind you of the good things that came out of paris' shawn looked down at the snowglobe before him, he gently lifted it and shock it upside down. snow began to fall on the paris setting before him, the eiffel tower. suddenly emories rushed forward in his brain, memories of the plane ride, of the burning chatot, of finding his mother. not very many good memories came from heading to paris, but going home from paris had many good ones. inbetween, paris was fuzzy, he only just settled on the point of getting there and getting home with his mom, he never really stopped to look at the beautiful city before him. and with the snowglobe infront of him, given to him by his best friend, and possibly in his mind one of the most beautiful creatures to walk on the planet, shawn finnnaly realized how beautiful and special paris was. shawn was speechless, for the first time all night, he just sat there, stairing at the gift before him, watching the snow fall in th eglobe. 'its to show you that everything always has a happy ending no matter what...' belle brock the silence between them and went on 'your parents and paris are living proof of that, and i know how them finnaly being together means to you so....yeah ' belle finished, pushing the final sentence out of her mouth. smiling. finnaly shawn pushed himself to reply to the girl infront of him. 'thank you so much belle, its amazing, the best presnt ive ever gotten' shawn said jumping from his seat and giving her a huge bear hug. he loved the feel of her in his arms and although he never wanted to let her go, he had to, she still had to open his gift, and in the back of his head he told himself that hed hug her again later. 'now...your turn' shawn said, letting go of belle and slowly sitting back down. he handed the equally perfeclty wrapped gift to her. but before belle could even grab the gift from his hands shawns relatives seemed to have gathered around their booth, the large room, finnaly seemed very very small again. part 4 'sorry to interupt you 2, but we were all hoping that you could enlighten us with a christmas song or two shawn d.' hope said smiling at her son 'sure mom' shawn said getting up slowly. belle slowly followed shawn and the rest of his family towards the piano and positioned herself inbettween his faily members. standing there, starring over at shawn as he began to play. but to her there was no music, there was no other people, there was just her and shawn, and shawn was there playing the piano. 'he really does look amazing' she said to herself. slowly but surely she was falling depper in love with the boy that she knew all of her life, and everyone around her were witnessing it, knowing exactly what was happeneing between the two friends. when shawn finished up with a round of 'oncores' he and belle finnaly started to make their way through the crowds of people and back to thier booth. but before the could even come close to their table with the unwrapped gift for belle on it, they were stopped once again by the relatives that were really starting to be annoying to shawn. 'hey you two, thought maybe you could use some more cookies and eggnog' caroline said to the youth before her 'uh no thanks grandma we were just gonna go back to the....table" shawn said, leaning back alittlem trying to see the table out of the corner of his eyes, it just kept getting farther away. but to make their way to their both, that seemd miles away by now they had to first get stopped by pretty much every person in the entire pub, people who were just giving shawn their best wishes and telling him how good he plays the piano. to even get close to their table they had to weave through the whole brady clan, and friends, but the table just looked farther and farther way with each step they took towards it, and the gift. 'hey you 2' bo shouted and caused belle and shawn to abruptly stop in the tracks. 'look up' roman shot back at the teens luaghing, leading in the giggles and laughter throughout the room. slowly shawn and belle lifted their heads to find that they were positioned directly underneath the mistletoe. 'just our luck' shawn said to himself alittle to loudly, before taking another glance across the crowd of his faimly towards the table. 'yeah, just our luck' belle wispered back. part 5. they looked up at the mistletoe above them and then back at eachother again and then back up at the mistle toe. they repeated the same lookes for acouple seconds. followed inbettween the shy glances, a embarassed glance by the 2 towards everyone in the pub, who happened to be starring, once again, at them. 'aw come on dont be shy' was wispered from the back of the room. suddenly laughter arrupted and echoed throughout the room. even shawn and belle stopped their frantic looks to laugh at their situation. both of them knew, like everyone in the room, that they wanted this. but booth were to pigheaded to admit it. seconds later the room was silent again. although in reality it wasnt. the room had no one in it, althugh it was jam packed. and as the guests started to get back to the party, it was just belle and shawn, loacted under the mistletoe, tyring to decide who should make the first move, but both were to scared of the other to do so. slowly belle leaned towards shawns boyish face and touched his chin with her palm. shawn leaned his head slightly and glared at belles eyes, her beautiful blue eyes. slowly he did the same, bringing one hand up to her shin, touching it, then moving his hand gently up to the side of her face, touching all of her features. her cheeck, her eye, her eyebrow, then a strand of her blond hair falling over his fingers as his fingers ran through it. throughout it all, his gaze stayed glued on belles eyes, smiling. with that boyish, brady, grin that he was known for. belle was doing the same thing. she was trying to move her body but only her hand would move, only her hand was doing what the rest of her body wanted to do. slowly shawn bent down and with a little hesitance, he placed a small, but in its own way, loving, passionate kiss on belles lips. they only moved inches apart, cenimeters even, and then took another glair into eachothers eyes. before they both leaned in at the same time and kissed again,their second kiss. their second kiss was a little longer, and more demanding then the first one that they shared, but yet it was still as innocent as they were. slowly as they kissed the hands that they hand on eachother had roamed to different palces on eachothers faces and necks, and backs. both were loving the feel of eachother. No one in the room existed, just the two, shawn and belle. underthe mistletoe, finnaly enjoying a kiss that had been built up insde of them for years now. A kiss that showed eachotehr what their true feeliings were, without so many words. as they slowly pulled a part they couldnt take their eyes off of eachother. the kiss had been magical and they both knew from that kiss that there would be many more after that. then shawn took belles hand in his and started guiding her through the room. Still the silence was there, no one was there, like slow motion they just kept walking, ignoring everything that turely existed besides eachother. slowly they made their way through the smiles and taps of the bradys to their booth. never lifitng the gaze that was placed on the both of them. until they finnaly reached their destination. the only thing left was the gift, still situated in the middle of the table, where belle palced in when they got up before. but right then even the gift was invisible, just an object, for the time being.... part 6 when they finnaly reached their booth shawn grabbed his gift for belle with one hand and kept the other arm intertwined with belles. they slowly walked back towards the crowd, who were all knownligy waiting for this day for years, and walked out the pub door. they kept walking, silently. neither really saying a word. they were both just enjoying the snow falling around them and being together, so close. both wanted the felling to stay, the warmth from their bodies touching to never change as they walked arm and arm away from the pub. they finnaly stopped in front of a park bench. the lone bench in between the trees, the buldings, the lights and the snow. just there, like the young couple, the bench was like them, seperated from the world. 'hey......' shawn said silently, his voice cracking, breaking the silence first. 'hey' belle said back with a ear to ear smile on her face as they sat on the bench, at the same time. quietly, almost in a wisper, shawn finnaly spoke a complete sentence 'you, you ...still have to open your present' he said 'yea, i....do dont i?' belle replied just starring at shawn. she had forgotten about her present. she forgot that that it was christmas. that they were outside, sitting hand and hand on a bench in the middle of the snow. 'whats the point' she thought, she had already recieved her gift, the one gift that she truely wanted. 'yeah' shawn said handing the gift to her 'open it....please' shawn grinned, 'that grin could kill a person' belle thought to herself. 'okay' belle said breaking the trance she was in and finnaly putting her eyes on the gift that she was fondeling in her hands. she opened it slowly, just as shawn did hers, realizing that shawns eyes were following her every move, just as she did to him. finnaly she opened the box and took out one of the objects that were in the box. 'whats this?' she asked him caustiosly, trying not to hurt his feelings 'its, its uh...its a sailors telescope, and antique sorta, i mean. uh.. well.....old sea captains used to have these to look thorugh. when they were alone, out on the sea' he looked into her eyes and smiled at the beauty she had, and how intently she was listeinging to him 'its to look at the stars with' he continued ', so you wont be so alone.' 'all you have to do is look through this and you have the whole world in your hands, and that is where the world belongs .....in your hands' shawn finished, picking up one of her tiny hands and placing it inbetween his own. he wanted to kiss her again right then, right there. but he couldnt now, later he told himself. later... 'its amazing shawn' belle said blushing 'way better then any snowglobe' she stated afterwards, embaressed of her gift. 'snowglobes are just as amazing belle, your gift means more to me then anything in the world. because it came from...you' shawn said reasuringly but before she could even speak he continued... 'but...theres more belle, in the box' shawn said wiyth a slight laugh. he liked surprising her and he knew that these gifts were truely surprising her :) 'more' belle asked smiling and giving out a small laugh before she started to dig into the package again. next she took out a scroll like piece of paper. not really understandig what it meant. shawn had given alot of thought to her gifts this year, and she could tell. and that made her blush even more, and long for him even more. 'now, now..this isnt going to make much sense..i gotta explain this....' shawn started.... Part 7 'i got the idea for this from my parents, they are the perfect example of how love can over power everything' shawn continued. he took belles arm and motioned for her to lay her head on his shoulder, slowly he leaned back, with her head on his shoulder, leaning back to get a clear view of the stars above them...he continued.. 'see...this is for you to use with your telescope....up there, in the stars, lies the world....see the constalation that looks like an angel?' he asked belle nodded slowly, enjoying the posistion she was laying in and hoping to herself that she coulsd stay there forever shawn continued ' well see the star, to the right, 3rd star to the right, the bright one?' uhhuh' belle answered, yawning alittle 'well, thats your gift from me belle its the one thing that i knew would be perfect for you, thats star up there, thats your star.' shawn said, quickly, finialy finishing his sentence. 'what?' belle asked, still alittle confused, and angry at herself for not understanding the obvious in things. 'i mean, well...my parents have one.' shawn stated 'no matter where they are in the world, if their seperated by seas or not, they can look up at the stars and see their star, and know that the other is looking up at the same sky, the same star at the same time.' 'thats so beautiful' belle said 'yeah well...well, its so that no matter what, they know that they have eachother, and that even if theire seperated, there together, and will be together forver in the end.' shawn finished. 'it is amazing with all your parents have gone through they are finnaly together. love really does lasts forever through them' belle said, leaning her head away from the stars and towards shawns eyes. those brown eyes.. 'i know....uh...they have their star belle, and i think thats the link that keeps them together. and that star there belle..' 'yea shawn' 'thats...our star, my gift to you, so we will be together forever.' part 8 'really' belle said realizing that both of them were looking at eachother now, instead of the stars above them ' yeah.' shawn said. he coninued 'its there to say that no matter where we are, what we are doing, whats going on in our lives, all we have to do is look up, 3rd star to the right of the angel, brightest one in the sky...and well know...' belle interupted ' that the other will be there looking up at the same sky and the same star and we'll be together, forver, through that star' 'no matter what' shawn cleared up. giving belle a small smile 'shawn' 'yeah' 'this is the best gift that anyone has ever given me, and probebly will ever give me' shawn smiled 'but hey, ya know me, i have many more tricks up my sleaves and i expect that star to give us many more christmases together' shawn laughed 'forever' belle wispered, smiling 'yeah forver' shawn said back.leaning down to give her another kiss, a kiss much diffrent from the one in the pub, the one infront of his family. that kiss right there underneath the stars, their star, finnaly brought realization to the both that no matter what, true love does last forever,and no matter what comes out of life, there will be hardships and there will be happiness, but they knew that very moment that they would be together....forever...under the stars. breaking the kiss shawn said quitly to the girl in front of him 'merry chirstmas perfect girl' 'merry christmas shawn' she returned, and kissed him again. and they lied there, under the stars sharing their first christmas together. their first christmas together with no heartache, no distractions. their first christmas together, of many that will ineviatbly come, forever, under their star. the end :)