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Nice ending.Aden's speech was good and I liked how Belle jumped in and said yes before he could ask her, it made me smile.

Yeah, that kinda makes sense.Although ironically, even though they didn't argue that much when they were going out, I think Lucas did challenge her at times.The scene, some time after they broke up, where he forces her to befriend Annie is one of my favourite moments between them.

Sorry, that last post was a bit rubbish.I've been at work since then so lots of time to think and here's me trying to psychoanalyse Belle.[Feel free to snort in amusement.]Why is Belle attracted to bad boys? Her attitude is broadly similar to that of Cassie, another otherwise intelligent person who admitted to liking guys with a "dark side", but Cassie was an abuse victim and Belle wasn't so it's probably not the same thing.There's a tradition among Home and Away fans of portraying Belle as having a strict, religious upbringing.If that were true, being attracted to bad boys could be a sign of rebellion, choosing someone that her adoptive parents would object to.But I'm not sure she does have that sort of background.From what I remember, her parents were a couple who weren't really interested in her, only took her in because her grandmother paid them, pretty much let her do what she wanted as long as it didn't affect them and, when she ran away, were quite happy to let her stay away.So...could it be attention seeking?Dating bad boys because she wanted her parents to sit up and take notice?As I mentioned several pages back, her attitude when she was seeing Ric was interesting. She was genuinely surprised that he was supporting her and caring about what happened to her while she was searching for her mother.So I suspect up till then her boyfriends had been deadbeats who hadn't really been interested as a person.The whole neglected child thing could well have left her with low self-esteem, which would explain why for all her feistiness she seemed genuinely upset that the like of Cassie and Matilda considered her easy, her insecurities in the early days of her relationships with Lucas and Aden and her habit of clinging on to any guy that shows an interest.And the fact she went for bad boys when she was younger might be why she gravitates towards them when she's faced with a choice.

^It's hard to say really, it just sort of happened.Certainly by about 4814, 4815 Charlie seems to be going above and beyond for her.

I agree.Why did they get rid of Pat?I liked Pat.Since Ruby's been with Xavier, she just seems to have lost all her spark.She had more chemistry with Matthew for pity's sake!

Don't know why she always chooses bad boys, maybe she just needs it to keep her interested.But the self-esteem thing is interesting.She's probably no different to several other characters but she just seem to jump into relationships feet first.She seemed to fall in love with Aden incredibly quickly, one minute she didn't even seem to like him then as soon as she realised he was interested in her she just let him into her bedroom with barely a protest.Same with Drew, she'd been scheming to get Ric back then as soon as Drew said he liked her she moved onto him without so much as a hesitation.When she broke up with Aden last year, she said she was going to do something for herself...and then started dating Angelo.Even the cheating on Lucas started because she was feeling insecure and thought he didn't like her.Maybe getting back with Aden as soon as she gets out of rehab isn't a good idea if she's finding it hard to stand on her own two feet.

Oh lord, the hate's started already.How exactly is Nicole solely responsible for a decision they both made?It's not as though she's in a happy clappy mood herself at the moment. Im pretty sure Roman layed down the rules to Aden when he moved in, Aden disrespected him in not following those rules... Aden's been living there for a year, Roman's stuck by him when he's done a lot worse than having a one night stand when they're both free agents and he apparently has no objections to Belle staying over.It just comes across as hypocritical. but we'll have to see how they do it.

Oh lord, the hate's started already.How exactly is Nicole solely responsible for a decision they both made?It's not as though she's in a happy clappy mood herself at the moment.

Good chapter.I liked the way you shifted the viewpoint between them halfway through so we got to see what they were both thinking.Looking forward to more.

Who knows?At the beginning of the year it said Sally was coming back for Jack's funeral.There seems to be a regular update of "Sally's coming back for...whatever reason we can think of at the moment."

This thread needs changing back to Belle/Aden/Nicole and could really do with been moved to the spoiler section. As I mentioned there was a Nicole/Belle/Aden thread in the spoiler section but it has been removed. Or possibly to Australian Discussion?It does seem to refer more to a storyline than to a character or pairing.

Thanks so much to everyone who's commented on this and I'm glad that you seem to like it.There was a couple of things that didn't work quite as well as I hoped so the words of encouragement were much appreciated.

It was okay.Good to have you back.I thought Aden did a good job looking after Sydney.Not so good looking after Eloise but hey, it all turned out all right in the end.

Okay, who retitled this?Because as I pointed out in my last post if anyone read it they're here.

There's already both an Aden/Belle and an Aden/Nicole thread on this forum but seeing as how this is here I might as well put in my tuppenorth. I genuinely think that Aden and Nicole would work better as a couple and Aden and Belle would work better as friends.I think they've got that sort of chemistry and that sort of relationship.I actually think Aden and Belle as friends would be interesting to see because in a way friends are more selfless than partners;when you help a partner it's not completely selfless because you've got a vested interest in them being all right.I actually said right back when Aden first told Belle about his abuse that she should have helped him as a friend instead of getting back with him and both of them trying to force a relationship(which is what I see them as doing, Adelle fans will probably disagree)has never really done them any good. Aden and Nicole I think just look right together in a way that Aden and Belle never have for me. Watching at UK pace here and given what's coming up I'm really hoping that we're going to see Aden supporting Nicole in the near future because it's something we've never seen.In a way their friendship seems a bit one way:We've seen Nicole supporting Aden, at least to some extent, during the court case and his relationship troubles with Belle and her drug addiction but whenever Nicole's had a problem, like her two experiences on the island and her break-up with Geoff, Aden's been conspicuous by his absence. Another comment I made earlier in the year when they first started speculating about Aden and Nicole was that I hoped they weren't going to let them have a five minute relationship and then have him run back to Belle. To me that would just succeed in annoying everyone, ruining their friendship and wasting a potentially decent couple.

Hmm, interesting, wondering how Belle's going to react to that one.Looking forward to the next chapter.

Although my first instinct is to want Aden and Belle to be with almost anyone apart from each other, Guess we'll have to see how it plays out.

I'm pretty sure we did.I can remember Cassie having a bit of a wobble and Martha going up to reassure her.

They had a black girl called Stephanie who was a regular on the show for about a year around '96/'97. And there was a boy named Kevin who stayed with Michael and Pippa for a few months a few years before that.No-one else springs instantly to mind.

I'm here and...actually I kinda agree with everything you said so I don't know why I'm posting other than to touch base.(Probably gonna get told off for spamming.)I agree it's not really Aden's fault that he didn't get help sooner, although Rachel did offer him counselling before, after the incident with Nicole, and he said he didn't need it, which may or may not have made a difference to the way things turned out.

Well, it certainly makes things interesting.Although I am in severe danger of forgetting exactly who's doing what to who and why here.(Gonna need to read a few chapters again, I think.)Looking forward to what you do next.

Just read all of this, good stuff.I'm just glad to see someone doing something different with Aden.(Or should that be someone different doing...no, let's not go there.)Loved Geoff winding up Aden with the disease and their type of relationship.Looking forward to more. (Although going by that last chapter, you should probably change your spoiler warning to "Yes".)

Now that would definitely be a show I'd want to watch... (By the way, going back to the subject of Belle and Aden's ages that someone mentioned earlier, Aden used to be the same age as Belle and still is sometimes, it depends on the episode.Personally I tend to assume he is.)

Seriously, I'm not offended, I've got no hard feelings and you're as entitled to express your opinion on here as I am.What I'm saying is that the writers shouldn't please the majority just because they are the majority.They should ignore the viewers and do what they think is best.I'm not even sure how they'd even decide what the majority think, short of asking every single person that watches the show whether they think Aden and Belle should stay together or not.There may, or may not, be thousands or millions of people who watch the show and hold a strong opinion on the subject but would never even think of writing a letter or hopping on the internet to have their say.The writers are, after all, the professionals and should know what's best for the show and characters.I don't think they should keep Aden and Belle together just because they're popular.I think they should trust their own judgement.

It wasn't in one of your chapters but in the original fiction Roman says that Belle was spending time with Drew because he'd lost his father. And you can kill off as many people as you like.I was just worried you were going to run out.