Here's my new story. It's completely B/D but it starts off much different then you'd probably expect. I hope you all like it and please REVIEW!!
The Moment I Saw You
Run In
Beep beep beep!
Brenda Walsh rubbed her eyes wearily and rolled over to shut off her alarm. She sighed and closed her eyes knowing it would only be minutes before she would have to open them again.
Hearing the quiet patter of their feet on the carpeted hallway, just outside her bedroom door, Brenda dove further under the covers in hope that they would think she was sleeping. She heard the door creak open and felt them jump on the bed.
"Wake up Mommy!" two five year old girls cried. Brenda pretended to still be asleep but that sure didn't stop them. "Wake up!"
"Alright, alright," she chuckled, raising herself up, her long raven locks falling over her shoulder. She smiled at the girls whose long chocolate hair had been tangled in their sleep. They had bright, striking blue eyes much like their uncle's but their adorable button noses they had inherited from their daddy. The girls also had the sweetest little dimples whenever they smiled, it just melted your heart. The smaller girl tilted her head.
"Mommy," she said. "Can we have pancakes for breakfast? I wanna go see Uncle Nat!"
"You want to go out for breakfast?" Brenda asked, hearing the mention of 'Uncle Nat' a dear friend of the family who owned a popular restaurant in Beverly Hills called The Peach Pit. The little girl nodded her head causing the other twin to nod her head as well. Brenda let out a sigh. She never could seem to say no to her girls. "Alright, but you have to be really quick getting ready because Mommy has to go to work today."
"Yay!" the girls cried in unison, bouncing off the bed and running into their room to get ready. Brenda shook her head and smiled. They were one of a kind those two. She lay back down for a moment and placed her hand on the pillow next to her own. She closed her eyes and tried to remember the last time she had seen his head resting there and she did. It brought tears to her eyes even thinking about that terrible day. The day she became a widow and the day her girls became fatherless.
It had been nearly three years since then and it still hurt just as much as it had hurt the first time she had ever woken up to find him missing. She'd been broken without him; he was the one man who understood her and she was positive there would be no other who would ever come close to replacing him.
"Mommy!" she heard the girls' calls, causing her to sit up and wipe the tears from her eyes.
"I'm coming!" she answered. Brenda stood up and grabbed her housecoat. She needed to be strong, if not for herself then for her girls. She walked into their bedroom and smiled. The girls had already picked out what they had wanted to wear for the day.
"Do you like it?" Aeryn, the eldest twin asked. Brenda smiled.
"It looks fantastic although I think you might have your shirt inside out." Aeryn crossed her armed with frustration. She was definitely the more independent of the two and she HATED being corrected. Brenda fixed Aeryn's shirt and smiled. "There you go." Areyn rolled her eyes and Brenda was about to say something but was interrupted by her other daughter.
"Mommy, can you help me?" Sadie asked sweetly. Brenda couldn't help but smile. Sadie was probably the sweetest little girl on the planet. She was half a foot shorter than Aeryn and her hair was a slightly darker shade of chocolate brown which caused her bright blue eyes to pop.
"Of course, sweetie," she replied, helping Sadie into her pale pink tights and her favorite jean skirt. She slipped Sadie's pink tanktop and smiled. "How's that?" Sadie smiled.
"Good, now can we go see Uncle Nat?"
"We sure can! Let me just go get dressed," Brenda replied, walking out of the girls' room and into her own. Within twenty minutes Brenda was ready as were the girls. They all piled into the car and drove off to the Pit.
"Uncle Nat!" Sadie cried happily. The older man smiled at the little girl and hugged her dearly.
"Hey there munchkin! How's the little princess today?" Sadie smiled. She loved Nat dearly and the feeling was definitely mutual with the older restaurant owner.
"Good. Mommy said we could come here for breakfast today!" Nat looked up at Brenda and smiled.
"Did she now? Well what are you waiting for? Let's get you girls some breakfast!" Both girls happily ran up and Sadie allowed Nat to help her up on the bar stool of the counter. Aeryn on the other hand helped herself up, looking prime as ever when she finally made it up. Brenda rolled her eyes. They were such opposites but yet, somehow, they were each other's best friend.
Nat poured Brenda a cup of some much needed coffee and winked at her.
"I figured you'd need some of that this morning. How are you doing?" he asked with deep concern. She sighed.
"Thanks, Nat. I'm fine really," she answered, hoping to reassure him. He looked at her not buying her story. Today would have been her sixth anniversary and Nat knew it was going to be a hard day for her. Brenda had always been a very strong person but the death of Mike had hit her like a brick wall. She'd been so broken over the past three years and although she had put up a pretty good front, Nat saw right through it. He rubbed her shoulder sympathetically.
"Okay, I'll go put in those orders for you." She nodded and watched him walk off.
"Thanks Nat." Sadie looked up at Brenda.
"Mommy, are you sad?" she asked. Sadie was so sensitive and she always seemed to know when her Mommy was upset. Brenda smiled and kissed Sadie's forehead.
"I'm fine sweetie. That's a nice picture you're coloring." Sadie beamed.
"It's for Uncle Nat."
"That's beautiful sweetie. Aeryn, what are you coloring?" Aeryn looked up at her mother.
"I'm not coloring. I'm practicing my name. See?" she said holding up the page. Her name was written neatly over and over again. Aeryn was a very smart little girl and Brenda knew she would do very well in school. Not too many five year olds could write their names quite as neatly and correctly as Aeryn could. Not to mention she already knew how to count to one hundred.
"Aeryn, that's great! Have you shown your teacher that you know how to spell your name?" Aeryn nodded.
"Uh huh. I'm going to help Sadie learn how to spell hers." Sadie crossed her arms across her chest.
"I can do it myself!" she cried. Brenda sighed. If there was one thing that came between the girls, it was Aeryn's intelligence. Sadie loved being helped but somehow she felt stupid when her sister helped her. Sadie liked to do things herself at school just to show Aeryn that she didn't need her sister's help all the time. Brenda rested her hand on Sadie's shoulder.
"Sad, she's just trying to help, honey." Sadie uncrossed her arms and sighed.
"Fiiine." Aeryn smiled with satisfaction and Brenda just rolled her eyes but let it drop as she watched Nat bring out three plates of strawberry pancakes.
"Bon appetite my lovelies," he said, setting the plates on the counter. The girls happily dug into their pancakes and Brenda chuckled as Sadie got whipped cream on her nose. Aeryn carefully wiped it off for her sister.
"Would you like some more apple juice, Aery?" Nat asked Aeryn. She nodded, poilitely handing him her glass.
"Yes please. Can you get some for Sadie too? Her glass is empty." Nat smiled at Aeryn's love for her sister.
"I sure can, squirt," he said, taking both glasses and filling them with more apple juice. "How's that?" he asked, setting them on the counter. Aeryn smiled.
"Good. Thanks Uncle Nat." He rubbed her head.
"No problem, sweetie." The girls then finished up their pancakes and said their goodbyes to Nat as they had to get to school. Brenda quickly drove over to the house to get their school bags and realized she had forgotten to make their lunches.
"Crap!" she cried. She grabbed their bags and walked out the front door hoping the girls wouldn't be too angry.
"Mommy, where's are our lunches?" Aeryn asked, immediately checking to make sure her mother had grabbed everything they needed for school. Brenda bit her lip.
"Well, Mommy forgot to make your lunches so I'll grab you something from Subway okay? I promise I'll be there with your lunches right at lunch." Aeryn huffed but Sadie smiled. Brenda had always made sure the girls ate very healthy, cooking with organic products rather than processed and rarely allowing them t eat fast food. Sadie had always liked to eat fast food but Aeryn greatly preferred the organic diet Brenda fed them.
"Fine but promise you'll be there RIGHT at lunch?" Brenda smiled.
"I promise. Now we really have to go or you'll be late for school," she said, pulling out of the driveway for the second time that morning. She dropped the girls off at school then drove over to a local coffee shop where she had promised to meet one of her best friends, Kelly Taylor.
"Bren! Over here!" Kelly called once Brenda had entered the coffee shop. Brenda smiled.
"Hey Kel. How's it going?" She shrugged.
"You know, same old, same old. Your brother took Sammy to school twenty minutes late again!" Brenda chuckled.
"He's never really had a knack for being on time, has he?" Kelly shook her head.
"Nope, but I love him to death." Brenda smiled. Kelly and Brenda's twin brother, Brandon had been together for nearly eight years now. They had managed to maintain a very healthy relationship and Brenda was happy for them especially since the two shared an adorable blonde haired boy, Sammy who was six, just a year older than the twins.
"How is my nephew? I haven't seen him for a few weeks." Kelly smiled at the mention of her son.
"He's great. Growing every day; too much I think."
"Mmm, just makes you want to have another one hey." Kelly nodded.
"Yup, actually Brandon and I are going to try for another one. We need a baby in the house again." Brenda beamed with joy.
"Oh Kel, that's great! Hoping for a girl this time?" She shrugged.
"Doesn't matter. That would be nice but we really just want another baby in our arms."
"Yeah, I know that feeling," Brenda said sadly. Kelly looked at her friend with deep concern.
"Hey, you alright?" She nodded.
"Yeah, I'm fine. It just seems time makes it worse but hey, I've got to go. I forgot to make the girls' lunches and they're going to be starving soon. I'll see you later!" Kelly waved and watched with deep sadness as Brenda walked away. She didn't know how if she'd ever be able to handle all the pain that Brenda had had to deal with.
"Thanks," Brenda said hurriedly, grabbing the two kids meals from the counter at Subway. She was rushing so much she didn't even notice the man in front of her. She trudged forward until she felt something solid collide with her watching the girls' lunches tumble to the floor.
"I'm so sorry!" the man exclaimed. Brenda sighed angrily. She really wasn't interested in dealing with this at the moment.
"It's fine," she said angrily, not looking at the man.
"Listen, I'll buy you another one."
"Another…two," Brenda said slowly as she looked at the man for the first time. He had dark eyes and short wavy brown hair. He wore this almost cocky expression on his face that just pulled Brenda in.
"Dylan McKay," he said, holding out a hand. She shook it politely.
"Uh, Brenda Walsh," she answered nearly forgetting her name for a second.
"I'm really sorry about that. I should've been watching where I was going."
"No, it was my fault, really. It's just I'm in a bit of a rush. I forgot to make my daughters' lunches and they're probably freaking out because I'm not there and they're probably starving and-"
"I'll get you two new meals," he said, cutting her off and walking up to the counter to pay for two new kids meals. He gingerly handed them to her and smiled. "Good luck with your girls."
"Yeah, thanks," she said, watching him leave. She watched him leave, almost transfixed with him. She sighed and walked out of the restaurant as well, climbing into her car and heading over to the kindergarten.