Shawn and Belle Fan Fiction. Section one: Letting Down the Walls
Chapter 15

Writers Note:  The stories in this chapter are all made up so please don't write me about anything that isn't true-it's all in fun!  But if you have any comments, please e-mail me! ~Pam

    Outside, Greta and Eric were sitting in a small loveseat and Shawn was sitting at the small outdoor table.
"Hey, we were just going to come look for you" Eric said.
"Yeah, we're going to play a game" Greta said, as Shawn slid the seat next to him out with his foot.
"What kind of game?" Belle asked, sitting down and pulling on her sweatshirt.
"It's hard to explain" Shawn said.  "We're going to pick questions and everyone has to answer them.  And I go first because I thought of it.  The question is...most embarrassing moment.  And Belle, you have to go first".
"Why me?" she asked.
"Cause I said so" he said, grinning.  Belle settled back in her seat and sighed.
"Eric probably remembers this" she started.  "Last summer a bunch of us went to the lake for the day and rented a boat.  We all took turns water-skiing and I went last" she paused and Eric started laughing as he remembered.  Belle scowled at him and continued.  "I swam back to the boat after I went and threw my life jacket up on board so I could climb up easier.  I started to climb the ladder and the cord was wrapped around my foot.  I bent down to undo it and my bathing suit top must have caught on a hook.  I stood up and took another step and my bathing suit top was practically pulled off".  Eric and Shawn busted out laughing.
"Oh my God, how embarrassing!" Greta said.  "Who all saw you?"
"Oh, lots" Eric said.  "It was me and Belle, of course, Mom, John, Sami, Will, Austin, and Mimi".  Shawn continued laughing.
"I wish I could have been there," he said.  Belle looked at him questioningly.  "I mean, to make fun of you".
"Ok, Tough Boy, your turn then" she said.
"Mine's kinda similar" he started.  "At boarding school we had communal bathrooms so there was kind of a game where guys would try to pull your towel off when you were walking back from showring.  I caught on pretty quickly so I made sure to always have something on underneath.  Well, of course one day I forgot so I tried to hurry back to my room.  I was almost there when the lights went out.  I couldn't see anything so I stopped and suddenly someone pulled my towel off.  The lights came back on at that second-it was a trick cause they had never gotten me"  They all laughed.
"What did you do?" Belle asked.
"What do you think?" he answered.  "I trucked my naked bum back to my room".  Belle shook her head as she laughed.  "Ok, Greta's turn" Shawn said.
"I was like 6 or 7" she said.  "I hadn't felt well all day but my mother insisted that I go with her to someone's house with her for dinner.  I had to go and was forced to eat a little to look polite.  Well, after dinner he bent down to ask me something and I threw up all over him"
"Gross!" Shawn said, laughing.  Greta blushed as they all laughed.
"I guess I'm left" Eric said.  "Belle was with me.  It was a few years ago, on a Sunday, I think.  We were bored so we went roller-blading at the park.  I saw some girls I knew so I tried to impress them.  I went on that turn near the pond, took it a little too fast, and ended up in the water".
"Guess you made an impression after all" Shawn said, laughing.
"And to make matters worse, my adorable little sister stood at the edge of the pond and shouted 'Mom told you not to get dirty!" They all laughed as the porch door slid open.
"I'm glad to see you young people having such a good time" Mrs. Horton said as she came out, carrying a tray.  Shawn jumped up and took it from her.  It held four glasses of soda, a plate of cookies, and a bowl of peanuts.
"Thanks Gran, that was so nice of you" Shawn said, putting his arm around her.
"Yeah, thanks, this is great" Eric said, grabbing a cookie.  The girls agreed with him.
  "I'm going to bed and your parents are downstairs watching a movie.  So I'll see you all tomorrow" she said.
""Night, Gran" Shawn said, opening the door for her and then sitting down again.
"Ok, I pick the next one" Eric said, taking a sip of his drink.  "First kiss-and you go first Greta"
"I don't know if I can go with this one," she said.  "I mean, it's such a custom in Europe and that..."
"Nope, there has to be one" Shawn said, eating a cookie.  Greta blushed.
"I was like 10" she said.  "It was a prince's son.  I was so embarrassed because he did it in front of everyone that I punched him".  They all laughed.
"Better not try to kiss her good-night!" Shawn joked.
"She does have a mean right hook" Eric added.  Greta smacked him playfully.
"Ok, what's yours then?" she asked him.
'I was 7, I think" he said.  "Some girl in my class liked me so she pushed me down in the playground and did it.  I thought it was sooo gross".  Greta laughed.
"Belle, what about you?" she asked.
"I was 4" she said, without thinking.
"Four!  That's young" Greta said.  "What about you, Shawn?"
"Actually, I was 4 too" Shawn siad, shuffling his feet nervously.
"Four too" Greta said, as the wheels started to turn in her head.  "Wait a minute, who was it?"  Without looking at each other, Shawn and Belle pointed at each other.
"You were each other's first kisses!  How cute!" Greta said.
"I don't remember that" Eric said.
"What, you didn't know Belle and I were married?" Shawn asked, putting his arm around Belle.
"What?" They asked, in unison.  Belle laughed.
"When we were 4, Brady married us" she said.  "He said it would make us get along better.  But when it came down to it, Shawn wouldn't kiss me".
"I still thought it was gross!" Shawn interrupted.  "So she took it into her own hands and kissed me".
"You liked it!" Belle protested.
"I know I did!" Shawn said, laughing.  Greta and Eric laughed too.  Belle took a cookie and sat back and remembered that day until Greta interrupted her thoughts.
"Ok, what's the funniest thing you ever saw?" she asked, reaching for a drink.
"I think that would have to be Belle's boating experience" Eric said, laughing again.  Belle picked up a handful of peanuts and flung them in his direction.
"Last time I was in the hospital, I saw Dr. Wesley biff it down the stairs" Shawn said, laughing at the mental image.
"When was that?" Belle asked, not thinking.
"Umm..." Shawn said, scratching his head.  "When I fell...off the building, around Christmas".  Belle suddenly realized what he was talking about and grew special.  Greta put her head down and Eric put his arm around her.  He whispered to her to comfort her as she got upset.  Eric took her face in his hand and kissed her.  Belle tried not to watch but couldn't help himself.  She felt someone grab her hand and she looked up to see Shawn standing next to her.  He grabbed their glasses and pulled her in the house with him.
"They should be alone" he said, quietly.
"Yeah, they're so cute" Belle answered them.
"Yeah, they are" Shawn said, as they went down the hall.  "Well, Belle, I know it's still early but what do you say to calling it a night?" he said, at her door.
"That's fine, night Shawn" She said, letting herself in the room.
"Night" she heard him say as she shut her door.  She pulled on her pjs and was about to go into the bathroom when she heard him go in.  She straightened up her room until he was done.  She let herself in and brushed her teeth and washed her face.  She went back to her room and pulled back her sheets.  She sat down on the edge of her bed-she was wide awake.
     Shawn, in the meantime, had climbed into his own bed.  He put the air conditioner on high because he didn't like to be warm during the night.  He stared up at the ceiling and tried to relax.  He saw a light enter from the bathroom door and he turned to look.
"Shawn?" he heard someone say, quietly.

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