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

    Belle woke up sometime around 4 AM the day of the trip.  They were leaving early so they could get there in time to spend some time at the beach.  She pulled on a pair of sky-blue running pants, a white tank top, and white sneakers.  She didn't want to wear anything that would make her uncomfortable on the long trip.  She gathered her last minute packing and lugged some of her bags into the living room.  Her dad was there and told her that the Brady's were already there.  Bo had rented a large van so they could all travel comfortably down with their luggage.  Eric was also bringing his car in case he had to come home early.  John helped Belle carry all her luggage outside to the van.  Everyone milled around excitedly.  Finally, John climbed into the drivers seat with Bo riding shotgun.  Eric, Greta, and Mirs. Horton got into Eric's car.  Marlena and Hope got into the second seat, leaving the back for Shawn and Belle to share.  Belle climbed in first and buckled up as Shawn followed her, closing the door behind him.
     "Everyone ready?" John asked, as he started up the van.  Everyone shouted "yeah" to him as they pulled onto the road.  Belle settled back in her seat.  "Daddy, what time do you think we'll get there?" she asked.  "I'm thinking around 12 or 1, with a break for breakfast" he answered.  "Did you bring your cell phone?" he asked a minute later.  "Yeah, it's in my purse, why?" she asked.  "Cause if any of your friends try to call you down there, it'll cost both them and us a fortune" he said.  "So can you turn it off?"  "But what if someone needs to get in touch with me?" she asked.  "Yeah, God frobid she get behind in any gossip" Shawn said.  She glared at him.  "There's a phone and a computer down there" John said.  "You can e-mail them. But we have a long day ahead of us so why don't you try to get some sleep?"  "Translation Belle: Be quiet" Shawn said, trying to be funny.  Bo saw an argument starting so he turned up the radio.
    "Hey, isn't this you two's song?" he asked, as "More Than a Woman" came on the radio.  Everyone laughed but Hope.  "Is that something I missed while I was gone?" she asked.  "Yes" Marlena said.  "Your son and Belle danced to this at the dance a little while back.  They were actually really good".  "Guess that's something he picked up from his old man" Hope said, leaning up and kissing Bo on the cheek.  "Proves that you two can get along if you try" Marlena hinted.  "Yeah, well, to avoid any more arguments, I'm going to sleep" Shawn said, leaning back against his seat.  Belle slumped down in her seat and also closed her eyes. Shawn was just falling asleep when he felt something bump against his shoulder.  He opened his eyes to see that Belle had fallen asleep and slid up against him.  He smiled and put his arm around her so she wouldn't slip any further.  She snuggled up against his side and he closed his eyes again.  They both soon fell sound asleep.
     Belle awoke sometime later to find Shawn's arm around her.  "How sweet" she thought to herself.  "I must have fallen asleep against him and he held on to me"  She had noticed that he had been doing little nice things to her lately, which just deepened the confusion she felt for him.  She turned to look at him and almost laughed out loud.  Shawn had fallen asleep with his lead leaning way back against his seat.  He was snoring lightly with his mouth open and a little bit of drool was falling out.  Belle slipped from under his arm and reached into her purse.  She pulled out a camera and quickly snapped a picture of him.  Shawn was wakened by the bright light and saw her slipping something into her bag.
     "Hey!" he said, jumping up.  Belle laughed and tried to put her bag away as he attempted to take it from her.  "What's going on back there?" John asked.  "Belle took a picture of me when I was sleeping" Shawn said, wiping his face.  "Why would you want something like that?"  "I don't know, maybe for the bulletin board by the main entrance for school?" she said, laughing.  John looked at the clock.  "Who's ready to stop for breakfast?" he said, signaling to Eric and getting ready to pull off at the next exit.  "Shawn, can you do me a favor?" Belle asked.  "Only if you don't do anything with that picture" he grumbled.  "Ok, fine" she said.  "Can you get my makeup box?  It's right behind you".  Shawn reached back and lifted up a large pink and purple box.  "Is it big enough?" he asked, handing it to her.  Belle opened it up and fixed her ponytail in the mirror.  She then proceeded to touch up her make-up.  "Belle, you look fine" he said, stretching.  "Just checking" she said, shutting the box as John parked the car.  Marlena threw open the door and they all climbed out.  Belle stretched.
     "Shawn, isn't this exciting?" she asked, her eyes dancing as they waited for the others.  "Uhh, yeah, you know what the prospect of pancakes and waffles does to me" he said.  She playfully hit him.  "No, I mean going to the beach and all that" she said. "It's gonna be so much fun".  "You have no idea" he thought to himself, grinning at her.

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