Author's Note: Okay, so its been 3 years since I updated this story and just on a whim I thought I'd check it today 7-1-05. I was shocked and pleased to see that people had read, enjoyed, and reviewed it long after I stopped posting it. So I thought what the heck, I would post more and see what turns up now. Unfortunetly, its been so long that I had to change my screen name from Broe 83 to shiney1983, so I hope the readers from before can find the new chapters.  Please review, so I know there are people reading it and be sure to let me know if you have suggestions. All are appreciated and will be considered. I promise no yearlong gaps this time around! Here goes nothing hope you like it.

Dangerous Promises

Chapter 6

Broe 83/shiney1983

"Dylan, are you sure this is okay, man." Brandon questioned nervously on the way to Dylan's old house.

Dylan let out a heavy, tired sigh and glanced wearily at his friend, "What other choice do we have, B?"

Brandon looked at him frustrated and then turned his head to look out the window, "None, I guess."

"She'll get better, Brandon. She has to." Dylan said patting Brandon on the shoulder, unsure which one of them that statement was meant to benefit more.

"I just hope it happens sooner rather than later, this last week has been so weird, and Andrea's beyond upset."

Dylan said nothing, but nodded in response. Andrea had every right to be upset, she and Brandon had put all their wedding plans on hold until who knows when and could not even so much as hold hands in front of Brenda. After all, they were only friends throughout high school.

And Andrea wasn't the only one upset. David and Donna had taken off their wedding rings, which made Donna cry inconsolably, and toned down their interactions with one another considerably. Jim and Cindy cancelled all their appointments in Hong Kong and Jim had put all his clients on hold indefinitely, while they moved back in to the house in Beverly Hills to keep up appearances. Jim was in serious danger of losing his job. And between the paper and spending time with the gang, Steve had barely been able to spend five minutes with Janet and Mattie in over a week. In short, everyone's life had been turned upside down.

And then there was Kelly. Her behavior really worried Dylan. She had hardly been at the hospital since her first visit with Brenda and had been avoiding Dylan like the plague. Neither of these things bothered him all that much though, he simply attributed them to the situation. But something else did trouble Dylan a great deal. Since that first night in the hospital when Kelly said it was all her fault, Dylan had tried to talk to her repeatedly about what she had meant exactly. Every time he tried though, Kelly avoided the question with tears, hugs, kisses, or saying she needed air. He had let all of that go while Bren was in the hospital because he had too much on his mind and didn't want to put further strain on he and Kelly's relationship. But Dylan's concerns always stuck in the back of his mind.

He would talk to Kelly today he decided, as they pulled up in front of the house. Once and for all he had to know what she knew about Brenda's accident.

Dylan sighed as he turned off his car, stepped out, and stared at it in to the California sun. This house held enumerable memories, demons that Dylan had tried desperately to escape, especially those memories of Tony. He felt a lump rise in his throat at the thought of her, surprised at how much it still hurt, and quickly pushed it back down.

He felt Brenda's arms go around his waist from behind then and it pulled him violently back to the present.

"Do you know how much I love you, Dylan McKay?"

He cringed at the happiness in her voice, imagining the confusion and pain she would feel when she got her memory back, and yet her words pulled at his heart in a way he hadn't felt in years.

He turned in her arms and gazed at her with that all too intense stare of his, "Gee, I don't know Bren. How much?"

As Dylan playfully questioned her, Brenda could feel Kelly staring at them from behind, and Brenda could imagine the pain that Kelly felt. For a moment she felt guilty for that, but then she remembered her accident and the guilt turned to rage. Keep watching, Kell Brenda thought you deserve every second of pain you can get.

Then Brenda turned her thoughts back to Dylan. She smiled broadly at him and her eyes sparkled. I knew this would all be worth it, Brenda thought mischievously. "This much," she responded, getting up on her toes to kiss him passionately. She loved being able to kiss Dylan again, and really loved remembering the happiness she had felt in high school. It was a happiness that had been missing from all her years since.

Kelly felt as though someone had pulled her heart from her chest and stomped on it as she once again watched Brenda and Dylan embrace. She had avoided seeing the two of them together as much as possible while Brenda was in the hospital, and when she did see them together she always felt a little like Brenda was rubbing the situation in her face. But that was impossible, Kelly reminded herself, after all in Brenda's mind Kelly and Dylan had never been together so why would she try to hurt Kelly with her affection for Dylan.

Donna Martin sighed as she watched Kelly burning holes through Dylan and Brenda. This week had been hell for all of them but was especially brutal for Kelly. After all would wouldn't be totally crushed to see the man you love kiss another woman, Donna thought remembering how she had felt every time she had seen David with someone else.

She gently rubbed Kelly's back, starling her for a second. Kelly jumped slightly, and then turned to face her best friend. "Oh Donna," she said mournfully.

Donna smiled at her in full understanding, "Just remember Kell, Dylan loves you and when all this is over he'll be yours again," then seeing doubt cloud Kelly's eyes she added, "I promise."

Kelly smiled appreciatively and leaned forward to give her quasi-sister-in-law a hug, "Thanks Don."

"Hang in there, Kell." David Silver said sympathetically to his one time stepsister, who still felt like a sister to him, as Donna grabbed his hand and pulled him up toward the house.

Kelly smiled at him, painfully; knowing neither one of them would be sympathetic if they knew what had happened the afternoon of Brenda's accident. Worse than that Dylan would never forgive her. Kelly shivered at the thought and gently rubbed her arms as she walked toward the "happy couple."

"You okay, Kell?" Brandon's voice barely caught Kelly's attention as she passed him, leaning against Dylan's car.

His warm, concerned smile almost melted the chills Kelly felt within her soul and she loved him for it. "As okay as I can be," Kelly answered honestly with a halfhearted attempt to return his smile. She exhaled and leaned against the car next to him.

"Let's go watch some movies then," he replied casually draping his arm around her neck and pulling her toward him to kiss her forehead.

Brenda had wanted the gang to have a giant sleepover at Dylan's when she got out of the hospital, and everyone had painfully agreed. They all knew they were in for one hell of a night.

Brandon and Kelly were almost to Dylan's door when they heard a voice behind them, "Going in without me, Ace?"

Both Kelly and he turned and Brandon's eyes looked playfully as he answered his fiancée, "No way, Chief, I wouldn't think of it."

"Good." Andrea smiled and moved toward Brandon who removed his arm from Kelly's neck and wrapped her in a loving hug.

Kelly smiled as she watched them and felt a strange but familiar tug at her heart she always tried to ignore. "I'm gonna go inside guys."

"'Kay we'll be in in a minute" Brandon replied still happily holding Andrea. After Kelly was inside Brandon pulled back a little but still had his arms around her, "I thought you weren't coming?" he questioned.

She had said the night before that spending an entire night with him and not being able to hold him would be too much, and Brandon had therefore told Brenda that Andrea's Grandma Rose needed her help with something so she wouldn't be able to make it.

Andrea shrugged and looked up at Brandon seriously, "I couldn't bare the thought of spending the whole night without you." Brandon smiled but his smile faded when she added, "Or leaving you alone the whole night with Kelly."

Brandon exhaled in frustration and rolled his eyes, "I told you a million times, Kelly and I are just friends."

"I know but it wasn't that long ago when you wanted to marry her and now all this reliving the past…I just…I'm sorry Brandon…" Andrea looked down unable to continue.

Brandon looked off to the side slightly hurt. He knew when Jesse cheated on her it had scared Andrea deep and left her with major trust issues. Still didn't she know after all these years that that just wasn't Brandon style, he was a one woman guy, always had been. Andrea was that one and he knew somewhere deep in his soul she always had been.

He turned his focus back to her and tilted her chin up to meet his gaze. She had been crying and it made Brandon ache as he wiped away her tears, "I love you, Chief and nothing bad is ever going to happen to us. As soon as we can we are going to get married and live happily ever after. I promise. Okay?"

"Okay," she said softly through her tears as he brushed her lips with his own. She patted his belly playfully and added, "We better get inside, Ace."

Andrea hoped with all she had that Brandon was right that everything would be fine for them as well as for everybody else. But just as Andrea's fears started to subside, they walked in the door and Brandon quickly let go of her hand. She took a deep breath and felt a dull ache inside her and a fear that each one of their lives had the potential to change forever in one night…

Hee Hee Hee… I just love suspenseful cliffhangers don't you? Don't forget to r/r. If enough people are interested, I'll post another chapter. Hope to hear from you soon Broe 83