With a jealous and conniving Gina, a hurt
Kelly and Steve, a yearning Noah, and two surprise visitors in the background
will Dylan and Brenda ever find happiness? Will they even get to talking?
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The rain pattered against
the window pane hard as the rainstorm continued, the rain had gotten so
hard that it made a shatter when it hit the windows but the only thing
that Dylan McKay could pay attention to was the beautiful woman standing
on his front porch holding three bags of luggage. He stared at her face
and noticed that she was soaking wet, her hair was drenched and the water
had smeared her makeup but he hadn't noticed, he noticed her but not the
smeared makeup. Gina stood slightly behind Dylan surveying every inch of
Brenda, she had never been jealous of anyone before because she had no
need to but she truly loved Dylan and the girl, the soaked burnette, was
the one he loved and not her.
"Bren? Is that you?"
Dylan could hardly believe
that she was there. She had to be a dream. Brenda nodded. She tried saying
something but her throat got sore and she choked on her words, it had been
so long since she talked to him she forgot how to.
"Hey Dylan, I'm home"
The words had finally found
their way out of her mouth. Dylan pulled her in for a hug and to his surprise
she didn't pull back, not like the last time they hugged, she had pulled
away before but this time she held on. He smelled her hair, the aroma of
strawberries filled his nose. She smelled so nice but everything about
her was nice, he couldn't get enough of her. Brenda held on to Dylan holding
back tears, he had no idea how hard coming back was and to come to him
of all people was harder then anything she had done before. She had tried
to get over him, to move on with her life but she couldn't, she wouldn't
let go and she resented herself for that. They finally pulled apart.
"It's so nice to see you,
what are you doing here?"
"I was in town"
Brenda swayed back and forth
still holding on to her bags.
"Wow how nice of you to drop
in" Gina replied.
Both Dylan and Brenda looked
back at her, Brenda stared at her.
"Um sorry but do I know
you?"
Gina looked at Brenda.
"Oh no, we've never had
the pleasure. I'm a friend of Kelly and Donna's"
Brenda winced when she heard
the name Kelly but immediately lit up with a huge smile on her face when
she heard the name Donna, it had been so long since she heard that name,
she missed her so much. She missed Kelly the least. Gina stared at Brenda
who had a huge smile on her face.
"What?"
"Oh it's nothing, you said
Donna and it brought back some old memories. Me and Donna knew each other
from High School, we were best friends, the closest two people could ever
be. Well I believe we haven't been properly introduced I'm Brenda"
"I know"
Brenda stared at Gina puzzled.
"Um, I mean… Dylan told
me about you"
Brenda eyes lowered and
she plastered a half-smile on her face trying to hold back some more tears.
"Well let me take your bags
Bren"
Dylan went to pick up Brenda's
bag but was stopped by Gina.
"Oh no, let me Dylan. Why
don't you two get reacquainted"
Gina took the bags and walked
off leaving Dylan and Brenda in silence.
"Well make yourself at home,
I'll be right back"
Dylan smiled at Brenda nervously
and walked into the back room where Gina was putting Brenda's bags away.
"What is going on in that
little mind of yours? Huh Gina?"
Gina turned around and gave
Dylan an innocent smile and continued to fidget with the suitcases.
"Well she is certainly beautiful
isn't she Dylan?"
"Yes she is"
"God even her bags are pretty,
you must of really loved her"
Dylan was losing his patience.
"Gina! God damn it! What
the hell are you trying to pull? I'm not stupid. I know you're conniving
and hurt and jealous. And I know that you must be really pissed at me and
wanting some vengeance and there's Brenda for easy picking so you think
what the hell kill two birds with one stone. Am I right?"
"I have no idea what you're
talking about Dylan, I like her. She seems sweet and kind and I just want
to know her better"
"Yea sure and I am The King
of Fricken Egypt! I don't know what you're planning in that little conniving
brain of yours but just stop it right here and right now, because if you
hurt Brenda in any way at all I will make you wish that you never came
to Beverly Hills"
Gina smiled once more and
left the room while Dylan finished putting Brenda's bags away.
"Well Brenda it was great
meeting you but I have to go. First day of work, I hope to see you again"
With that Gina walked out
the door, Brenda watched her leave and continued to watch the TV show.
Dylan peeked his head out
and sneaked a peek at Brenda watching Jay Leno. He missed that, being able
to watch her every move, her every facial movement. He had once had that
privilege, he had the right to want to kiss her, he had the right to stare
at her but he had lost that because he was an idiot. He desperately needed
to talk to her but he also knew that once the silence was broken that all
would be ruined.
"Well some things never
change do they Miss Walsh?"
Brenda turned around to
see Dylan leaning against the hallway closet door staring at her with a
half smile on his face.
"What are you talking about?"
Dylan walked over to the
couch where Brenda was laying and sat on the arm of it.
"I can see that you are
still a faithful Jay Leno watcher"
"Yea what can I say?"
The silence kicked in again.
Dylan was surprised that Brenda didn't bring up London and what happened
down there but he knew that she would but he was just appreciating the
silence while he could. Brenda rolled over to see that Dylan was out cold.
She got up and walked into the kitchen and looked in the refrigerator to
see what there was to eat.
"Well he did say to make
myself at home"
Brenda poured herself a
bow of cereal and sat down, she glanced down and caught a glimpse of David
and Steve from a group photo that was taken back in high school, she picked
up the picture and smiled. She really did miss David sure they weren't
the closest but they were friends, she glanced at the picture again. She
missed David but she missed Steve more, right before she left she felt
as if they formed a strong bond. Right before she left they had gotten
really close, after the whole Laura thing she saw Steve and their friendship
in a new light and she truly did miss him when she left. She had once gotten
a letter from him saying that he getting married to this girl named Janet
that was pregnant with his child, in the letter he said that he desperately
wanted her to come. Of course she never showed, she didn't even write him
back telling that she wasn't going to come. There was so many things going
on with her back then that she didn't have the courage to write him back,
he must hate her, ever since that day her and Steve haven't talked. A knock
at the door pulled her back to reality, she looked over at Dylan, seeing
that he was out cold she got up and answered the door herself, and the
person that was on the other side made her gasp, it was no other than Steve
Sanders.
Steve stared back at Brenda
with shock in his eyes, she was the last person he had expected to see.
The last time he had had any sort of contact with Brenda was when he wrote
her a letter inviting her to his wedding and to his disappointment she
never showed, she didn't even have the courtesy to write him back saying
that she wasn't going to show, after that day he had given up on any sort
of communication with her, but here she was.
"Brenda? Is that you?"
Steve blinking trying to
make sure that it wasn't a dream. Brenda had expected Steve to be upset,
to yell, to holler or to just leave but what he did shocked the hell out
of Brenda. He hugged her. He held on to her like this was their last minute
together, he wanted to be mad at her but he wasn't, he was just happy to
see her, she was still the same beautiful Brenda.
"My god Bren, when did you
get back?"
They sat down in the kitchen.
"Like five or six hours
ago"
"You were the last person
I expected to see, I came over here to see Dylan and I got you. I should
come see Dylan more often."
Brenda smiled and opened
her mouth to say something but closed it again.
"You never showed up. I
waited and waited and then I realized that you weren't going to show"
"I'm sorry. I wanted to
come, I really did. But so many things were going on with me at the time
that I couldn't deal with coming back. So many emotions were going through
me and I was… guess afraid to come back. I wanted to write you or call"
"But you didn't, why?"
"I was afraid"
"Afraid? Well that doesn't
matter or at least not right now. Come on, let's go"
Steve pulled her up.
"Whoa Steve, where are we
going?"
"The Peach Pit, everyone's
going to be there"
"Who is everyone?"
"Well you know… me, Donna,
Kelly, David, and the newbies"
"Newbies?"
Steve smiled, she was always
full of questions… that was another thing he loved about her.
"Well there's Matt who is
Kelly's boy toy"
Brenda cracked a smile,
the first smile that wasn't fake.
"Noah who was Donna's boyfriend,
there's Janet my wife and there's Gina… Dylan's girlfriend"
Brenda's smile faded when
she heard the mention of Gina being Dylan's girlfriend. She had no idea
what so ever that she was his girlfriend.
"I don't think that…
Brenda stopped in the middle
of her sentence when she saw Dylan come walking up.
"Yo D-man! How's it hanging?"
"Good"
Dylan eyes were fixed on
Brenda, he looked up to see Steve staring at Brenda also.
"So what were you going
to do with this beautiful young lassie? Hide her forever?"
Brenda smiled as Steve did
his best Irish accent.
"No just for a couple of
years"
Steve smiled and grabbed
Brenda by the hand and pulled her up.
"So are we ready or what?"
"Steve, I think I'm going
to sit this one out"
Both Dylan and Steve stop
chatting to stare at Brenda.
"Why not? Everybody is there
and they will be so happy to see you. Come on."
"Excuse me if I don't want
to go through the blinding pain of the long awaited reunion just so that
I can see Kelly and see how much I'm not her"
Brenda bit down in her lip
and yelled at herself in silence for her little comment.
"Maybe you've got it the
wrong way. She's not you, so Brenda get up and let's go and prove that
brunettes are the ones that have more fun"
Brenda smiled at Steve's
joke and got up. The car ride to the Peach Pit was the longest one she
ever had. Beverly Hills was pretty much the same, still hot as ever and
crowded as ever. She glanced at a store that her and Kelly used to go to
all the time. She would casually stare at Steve and he would stick his
tongue out at her or make a face as a lame attempt to make her laugh.
"We're here madam and madam's
friend"
"Thanks Jeeves"
Brenda sat there in silence
looking down at the floor of the red corvette while Steve and Dylan talked.
"Let's go Bren"
Brenda heard Dylan call
her but she couldn't fight back the fear and doubt in the back of her head.
"I can't"
Her voice was faint but
they both heard it, Dylan went to go talk to her but Steve stopped him.
"Let me"
Steve hopped back in the
car and sat next to Brenda.
"So my young chickadee what's
on that little pretty brain of yours?"
"I can't go in there, I
can't face them"
"You can't face Donna, David
and Kelly the people you spent the good ol' days with? What are you so
afraid of?"
"That I don't fit in here
anymore. That I was gone so long that their lives don't combine with mine
anymore."
"Okay Brenda you're not
making any sense at all. Sure you were gone a long time but there was not
one time that we weren't friends. So get your booty in that little diner
that we all love so much and show us that you can always go home"
Steve hopped out of the
car reaching his hand out to Brenda, she put her own in his and they walked
to the Peach Pit.
"Don't go in yet"
Brenda stopped and stared
at Steve.
"Why not?"
"Well I want to surprise
everybody"
"And what a surprise it
will be"
Steve and Brenda stared
back at Dylan as he walked into the Peach Pit.
Dylan walked past Donna and
sat down, David sat down next to Dylan and stared at him.
"What David?"
"So what happened between
you and Gina?"
"You'll see"
With that they both were
quiet.
