DISCLAIMER: I do not own Beverly Hills 90210 or any of the characters involved in this story.


Almost everyone at West Beverly High School knows where the Peach Pit is. It's home away from home for so many students there, especially the Walsh Twins and their friends. However, not every West Beverly student is a Peach Pit regular. For those like Scott, who hadn't matured as fast as the others, the Peach Pit was as unfamiliar to him as walking the streets of Rome.

But for so many, the Peach Pit was a special place. And it was special because of the friendly service of its staff that includes the owner, Nat and his loyal long time mainstay employee, Brandon. It is a typical night for them as Brandon is ringing up customers and taking orders while Nat is cooking the food. As Brandon is working the cash register, he is momentarily distracted when the front door opens up and he sees his sister walk in with the blonde haired Scott. As he watches the two of them find a booth, he can't help but notice Scott look around like he had never been in the Peach Pit before. Brandon walks back to the kitchen to give Nat an order.

"I'm going to need a couple of steak and cheese sandwiches, Nat." he says.

"Hey Brandon, I didn't know your sister had started dating somebody else." replies Nat.

"Yeah, that makes two of us." replies Brandon to his boss.

"You know the guy she's with? I've never seen him in here before." says Nat.

"His name's Scott Scanlon. He's a year behind us in school. He use to be David Silver's best friend. He was in a few of my classes last year. His social skills are not exactly his strong point, if you catch my drift. And it's always given him a big red bulls eye on his chest for bullies and others who enjoy hazing." says Brandon.

"I see." replies Nat. "Kind of a major change for her from Dylan, wouldn't you say?"

"That's the understatement of the year. I mean if you were to look at Dylan and everything that makes him the person he is and then were to say show me the exact opposite of that, it would be Scott. For real, you could not find two people who are any more different from each other than Dylan and Scott." explains Brandon. "I just don't get what Brenda's doing with him."

"Well whatever the reason, it's just good to see her out amongst the land of the living again, wouldn't you agree?" asks a smiling Nat as he continues to cook.

Brandon nods and then goes about the business of serving the customers at the Peach Pit. After a few minutes of getting the other customers served, he makes his way over to the booth where Brenda and Scott are at and begins to mingle a bit.

"Hey kids, how's it going?" says a smiling Brandon. Scott looks up and smiles along with Brenda.

"Scott, you know my brother Brandon, don't you?" she asks him.

"Yeah, of course I do. I had him in a few of my classes last year. How's it going?"

Brandon reaches out and shakes Scott's hand. "I'm doing good, man. Of course I'd be doing a lot better if Nat had my winnings from yesterday." He says.

"More gambling winnings?" asks Brenda. "This wouldn't be another one of my suggestions, would it?"

"Sorry Sis, this one was all on me." says Brandon smiling. "Hey Scott, I have to hand it to you, man." says Brandon.

"Why? What did I do?' asks Scott.

"You got my sister back here to the peach pit. I've been trying to do that for several days but I haven't been able to drag her out of her shell." says Brandon. Brenda shoots him a look of death as if to say "Shut up, Brandon." Scott just looks at him, not really knowing what he's talking about. "I don't know how you did it man, but could you tell me your secret. Cause whatever it is, I'd like to know." adds Brandon.

"Well she just invited me here at school today. So I figured I'd come check this place out. I guess since I'm just a few months away from being a senior, it was high time I checked out the Peach Pit." says Scott shyly with a slight chuckle.

Brenda laughs at what he just said, and Brandon smiles seeing Brenda laugh. She's amazed at what a funny and enjoyable guy Scott can be at times. It's so much different from what she had seen from him up until now. And Brandon is just happy that somebody is getting his sister to smile and laugh again.

"So what will it be, kids?" asks Brandon as he pulls out a pen and an order pad.

"Well, Brenda was telling me they make a really good mega burger here." inquires Scott.

"Ah, yes they do my boy. They do indeed. And I'll tell you what, just because you were able to get my sister to come out here and smile and laugh, it's gonna be on the house for you." says Brandon smiling.

"Gee thanks." replies Scott. "And I'll also have a coke too."

"So that's one coke and one mega burger. How about for you, Bren?" asks Brandon.

At that point Steve, David, Donna, Kelly, and Dylan all walk in and sit at a booth across the restaurant from Scott and Brenda. Kelly and Dylan enter and spot Brenda and Scott sitting at the table. Brenda notices them and moves in closer to Scott on the bench to make it appear that they are really cozy.

"Oh just bring me a diet coke, Brandon. I don't want anything to eat. I'll just nibble on a few of Scott's fries. Is that's alright with you, Scott?' says Brenda, her voice clearly becoming more affectionate with the presence of Dylan and Kelly.

As Dylan stares once again at them, Kelly grabs his hand, obviously aggravated, and pulls him over to their table. The rest of the gang spots them over there. Brenda just smiles and waves with her fingers at them as Scott and Brandon turn look over to see who she's waving at.

Brandon looks back at Brenda and then over at the others, and then back at Brenda again, observing everything very closely. "Um. Yeah, okay then. I'll be right back with your drinks and I'll go have Nat put your burger on." he says and walks away.

"Do you want to go over there and sit with them?" asks Scott to Brenda.

Brenda takes a quick glimpse over at Dylan to make sure he's looking at her. Then she smiles at Scott and grabs his left hand with her right hand and holds it on the table, making sure that the hand held is in plain sight of Dylan and the rest of the gang. "No thanks. I think I'd much rather stay here with you. If that's alright?" replies Brenda.

"Well okay." replies a hesitant Scott. "But um, I'm not sure I really like the way that Dylan keeps looking over here at me." he replies.

Brenda looks over at Dylan and smirks. Then she looks back at Scott. "Don't worry about him. He just gets like that when he's thinking about something really hard." reassures Brenda.

"Thinking about something hard? Like what? Like how he'd like to bash my face in for sitting here with his girlfriend?" says a panicked Scott.

"No. Dylan and I are broken up, remember?" she says.

"Well yeah, but there's a long history between you two and now I'm…" says Scott who gets cut off by Brenda.

"Scott, just relax. Everything's going to be fine. And don't worry about Dylan. He's not going to hurt you. In fact if anything, I'm willing to bet he's probably very envious of you right now." says Brenda.

"Envious of me? Why? Because the football team flew my underwear up the flag pole at school a couple years ago and not his?" says Scott in a fearful but joking manner.

Brenda looks at him and then bursts out with enormous laughter. She loves the way that he says the joke, even though he's the butt of it. Having been around people like Dylan and Kelly for so long who are full of themselves and would never tell a joke that would make fun of themselves, it is like a breathe of fresh air for her. Brenda is slowly learning that she really does find Scott's company enjoyable. She may never look at him with a romantic haze, like she does with Dylan, but just the way that he's not conceded and can make her laugh and is willing to poke fun at himself makes her see him in such a positive light. For those few brief seconds while she is laughing, she is actually able to forget about the entire Kelly/Dylan situation.

Brandon comes back over with a tray and hands the two their drinks. "They're you go, kids. And Scott, your burger will be out in a few minutes, man."

Scott nods and thanks Brandon who looks over at his sister and sees that she's been laughing so hard that tears are coming out of her eyes. Brandon smiles as he likes to see his sister laugh that hard again, but he's still suspicious of this whole thing. He leaves them and makes his way over to the table where David, Donna, Steve, Kelly, and Dylan are at.

"Brandon, what is going on with them?" asks Kelly, referring to Scott and Brenda.

"I don't know, Kelly. I'm a little baffled about it myself. But if Scott can make my sister laugh like that, it can't be all bad." says Brandon.

"I don't think I've ever seen your sister laugh that hard before, man. She certainly never did when she was with me. Everything was always so serious all the time." says Dylan.

Kelly looks over at him, annoyed. "And this is a problem?" she says to him.

"I didn't say it was a problem." he replies.

"Well you implied it by your tone." she remarks.

"I was making a simple observation, that's all." argues Dylan.

"Well here's an observation I've been making, you need to mind your own business and pay attention to other things." says Kelly.

"Like what?" he asks.

"Like me." she replies.

"Hey, you'll get no argument from me here." answers Dylan.

"So quit arguing." says Kelly as she leans in and kisses him passionately. Brenda glances over at this for a second and tries to hide her disdain for it.

Brandon walks over to the other side of the table where David, Donna, and Steve are sitting. "David, you know Scott the best. Tell me what you make of this….whatever it is that's going on with him and Brenda." asks Brandon.

"To tell you the truth, Brandon, I don't really know. I mean Scott and I really don't talk that much anymore. But I will tell you one thing; she had to have gone to him. Because he certainly would never have asked her out." says David.

"And how do you know?" asks Donna who looks over lovingly at David.

"Well, I've known Scott since he was five. The guy has no self confidence, he use to be afraid to ask the teacher to go to the bathroom back in elementary school. There is no way he would have gone up and asked your sister out, Brandon." replies David.

"Well maybe he's changed since then, David." suggests Donna.

"Not that much." says David shaking his head.

"Well, I don't care how it happened. I think it's kind of sweet." says Donna.

"Sweet? You mean that you think that they're…" says Steve.

"I don't think anything because it's not any of my business. But I know Brenda really needs a friend right now. And I think she's found one." implies Donna.

Those words from Donna ring in Dylan's head, and even though Kelly is sitting next to him with her head on his shoulder, he can't help but look over at Brenda who is seemingly enjoying herself with this guy. Watching the two of them have fun, makes Dylan think back and remember that he and Brenda had a lot of fun times when they were together. It saddens him to think that they may never have anymore good times. Those thoughts run through his head as he puts his arm around Kelly and snuggles up with her at the Peach Pit booth.

"Hey guys, are we going to sit here and talk about beauty and the geek all night? David, come on, we have to talk about your meeting at Icon." says Steve trying to change the subject.

Brandon walks off to go check on his other customers as the diner begins to fill up.

Later, Scott has finished his burger and Brenda is finishing the last of the fries. She has been sitting notably closer to him ever since Kelly and Dylan have walked in.

"This was awesome, Brenda. Thank you so much for bringing me here. I can't believe it took me so long to come here. That burger was delicious." says Scott.

"It's one of Nat's many specialties." says Brenda. "Next time we come, I'll have to introduce you to him. He's like a second father to Brandon and one of the nicest guys you could ever meet. And I'm sure he'd love to meet you." she adds.

"Sounds like a great guy." says Scott.

"He is." says Brenda smiling at him.

Scott gulps really hard and with his knee shaking from nervousness, he begins to speak. "Brenda, I don't know why you are being so nice to me all of a sudden." He says getting cut off.

"Well, let's just say I have a lot of empathy for what you are going through. I mean I saw how David has kind of left you behind. Well two of my so-called friends, who just now happen to be sitting at the same table with your old best friend, did the same thing to me. It's just kind of nice to know that they're other people out there who understand what you are going through." says Brenda.

"Well whatever the reason, Brenda, I can't thank you enough. I mean, today at lunch and now taking me out here to the Peach Pit, I can't remember the last time I had this much fun. And I just want to say thank you. And well, anybody who wouldn't want to keep you as a friend is completely nuts." says Scott still nervous but feeling a little more at ease.

"Thank you." says Brenda as she smiles at him. At that moment she thinks that Scott really does have a heart of gold. She hates the fact that she's not attracted to him romantically, but she really enjoys his friendship. If only she could put his strong character into Dylan, she'd have the perfect guy. But no matter, her ultimate goal was still revenge. And she was determined to get it, one way or the other.

Brenda overhears Dylan saying that he has to get home because he, his father, and his mother have a meeting with Jim Walsh in the morning about his trust fund. Brenda knows about it from overhearing her dad when she's home. She'd really love to see Iris again, but she knows with the way things are, that's just not possible.

"Well, I guess we better go. Care to escort a lady to her car?" asks a smiling Brenda.

"Sure." says Scott with a non confident grin on his face.

Scott holds out his arm and Brenda grabs a hold of it and he walks her out of the restaurant. He politely holds the front door open for her like a gentleman. Dylan glances at this. Brenda waves to everyone sitting at the table except for Kelly and Dylan. This irks Dylan as he begins to feel like he never really treated Brenda right when they were together. After Scott and Brenda leave the restaurant, Dylan puts some money down on the counter for his food and leaves hand in hand with Kelly.

As Brenda and Scott make it to her car, she hears the bells ring on the front of the Peach Pit door and knows that it is Kelly and Dylan leaving. She gets an idea. She wants to give Dylan one last thing to think about on his way home. She turns and looks at Scott.

"Scott, I really enjoyed tonight. It was a lot of fun, and I really want to see you again soon." she says. Dylan and Kelly start to walk off in the other direction, but Dylan over hears Brenda, just as she hoped he would, and turns around to look at them.

At the exact moment that Dylan turns around, Brenda plants a closed mouth kiss right on Scott's lips. Her peripheral vision catches the arm of Dylan's jacket, so she knows it's him. She breaks from the kiss and looks at Scott. "See you tomorrow in school." she says in a soft voice and walks off down the back alley way behind the peach pit.

Scott just stands there for a moment. His body is completely frozen. He's dreamt of this moment happening before, but he never ever expected it to actually happen. In his wildest of fantasies, he never possibly thought that Brenda Walsh would ever kiss him full on the lips like that. He didn't know what to make of it. He then started to feel all tingly. He just experienced his first real kiss from a girl he liked. He just stands there looking out at the night air for a second and then begins to walk off towards his car, which he parked a few blocks away. The goofy grin on his face just won't disappear.

Dylan just stands there, and has seen the entire kiss take place right in front of his eyes. Kelly is behind him with a scowl look on her face that could burn through metal. She walks over and grabs Dylan's shoulder as he turns around and looks at her.

"Would you grow up?" she angrily says to him.

"What?" asks Dylan with an agitated look on his face.

Kelly begins to angrily walk toward the peach pit parking lot and their car.

"Look, Kel, the kiss thing just caught me by surprise that's all." says Dylan as he runs after her.

"Oh cut the crap, Dylan, you don't think I have eyes? I see exactly what's going on here. I see the little 2nd grade game that Brenda's playing and you're falling right into her trap like a lost puppy dog looking in a window." shouts an angry Kelly.

When Scott leaves, Kelly and Dylan start walking away. Brenda sneaks back around to the parking lot and hides out of sight behind a dumpster to listen in on Kelly and Dylan. She didn't get there in time to hear what Kelly just said, but she picks up on Dylan and what he says next.

"You're crazy, you know that? I'm not jealous." argues Dylan with Kelly.

"Give me a break, Dylan. I saw you tonight at dinner. You couldn't keep your eyes off of Brenda and her new little boy fling for more than 10 seconds at a time. You barely said a word to anybody." shouts Kelly.

"I have a lot on my mind, Kel. My mom's in town, my dad's looking to buy a new houseboat, and we got a big meeting tomorrow with Jim about my trust fund. So forgive me if I'm not Mr. Chatterbox at dinner. And being my girlfriend and all, I would think you could be a little more understanding and supportive." argues Dylan back.

"Supportive? You want me to be supportive of you while you spend all night staring at Brenda and Scott eating? I don't care what excuse you use to cover it up, Dylan, I know exactly what you were looking at and exactly what you were thinking." she yells.

"Oh and how do you know? Are you psychic or something? Cause if you are, my mom's in town and she's into that kind of stuff. So maybe you and her ought to get together and discuss your little wacky theories to each other." he shouts.

"Fine Dylan, make all the cracks you want. But know this. I refuse to play second fiddle to anyone anymore. So I am not going to just sit idly by and watch while you sort through your feelings for your ex. So unless you want to lose what you and I have, then I suggest you get your priorities in check, and I suggest you don't waste any time at it." shouts an angry Kelly as she points a finger at Dylan.

Dylan opens up his Porsche door for Kelly and she gets in scowling. He slams it and then goes around and gets in the drivers side and starts the car and shoots out of the parking lot like a bat out of hell, obviously mad at the argument he just had with Kelly.

As the cars tires screech, and the car drives away, Brenda comes out from where she had been hiding behind the dumpster with a big grin on her face having just heard the majority of the fight between Kelly and Dylan. Thoughts begin to race through her mind. And she now feels that the wheels are already in motion for the inevitable split up.


Brenda gets home from her dinner at the Peach Pit only to find Iris McKay sitting in the living room talking to her parents. She runs up and hugs her. As they exchange pleasantries, Brenda politely dismisses herself and goes upstairs to her room while Iris and Jim continue to discuss the business of Dylan's trust fund.

A bit later, Brandon gets home, and after saying hi to Iris, he goes upstairs and knocks on Brenda's door and goes into her room and finds her lying on her bed doing her homework.

"So you mind telling me what's going on with you?" asks Brandon.

"What do you mean?" she asks back.

"Oh come on, Bren. You know what I'm talking about. 48 hours ago, you were as down as I've ever seen you, tearing up old photos and listening to the same song over and over. Now here you are, and I see you at lunch laughing and feeding pasta to Scott Scanlon of all people. And to top it off you bring him by the Peach Pit and you looked mighty cozy with him." says Brandon.

"And your point being?" she replies.

"Well either you've just had the fastest emotional turn around in the history of all break ups, or this completely has the smell of you on the rebound." suggests Brandon. "And Scott Scanlon of all people, why him? You hardly know the guy."

"And maybe I prefer it that way." she retorts. "Look, he and I are just friends. And that's all we're ever going to be."

"Does he know this?" asks Brandon.

"I think he has a pretty good idea." replies Brenda.

"But you still haven't answered my question yet. Why have you just all of a sudden started hanging out with him? I mean don't get me wrong, he seems like a nice kid, but it doesn't take a matchmaking genius to see that he's completely not your type." says Brandon.

"And you know what, I like it like that. I have had it up to here with the cocky arrogance that so many of our friends seem to have, Brandon. I mean look at them. Kelly, Dylan, Steve, even David now. All of them are so damn arrogant that it makes me nauseous sometimes. They drive the nice cars, wear the expensive clothes, and have to be so damn slick all the time. Sure, Scott dresses funny and doesn't act cool, but maybe spending time with somebody who's humble and good mannered and treats me like a friend instead of eye candy is exactly what I need right now." argues Brenda.

"Hey, I'm all for that, Bren. Remember, I'm on your side here. And I think it's great that you and he are having fun and he's making you laugh. You need that. All I'm saying is that we all know Scott has very little in the way of friends and a social life. And with that, it probably won't take very much for him to start to like you and develop feelings for you. And if you don't want him to get hurt, then you need to nip that in the bud right now and tell him that all you want is friends." says Brandon.

Brenda takes in a deep breathe and exhales. "Look, you're right. I don't want to see him get hurt. Just please, don't say anything to anybody and let me handle this." says Brenda.

"Hey, this is your business, I know when to keep my nose out of it." says Brandon

"Really? I hadn't noticed." Jokes Brenda as Brandon looks at her and begins to laugh. At that moment Iris McKay knocks on Brenda's door.

"Excuse me. Brandon, I hate to be rude, but do you mind if I have a few words with Brenda alone." says Iris

"Not at all." replies Brandon as he exits out through the adjoining bathroom.

Iris sits down on Brenda's bed and grabs her hands.

"Brenda, before I left I wanted to tell you a couple of things." says Iris

"Iris, Dylan and I…" Brenda starts to say and is cut off.

"I know that you and Dylan have had your problems, and I'm sure that a lot of nasty things have been said back and forth between you two." she says. "But I also know that you did the most wonderful thing for him that any person could have done."

"Really?" asks Brenda.

"You opened your home and your heart to him. You were there for him in a way that nobody else could have possibly been." says Iris.

"I know I was, and that's why this hurts so bad." says Brenda as her eyes begin to swell up with tears. Iris pulls Brenda in and hugs her to comfort her as Brenda sobs on her shoulder.

"Why didn't he want me, Iris? What did I do wrong? I gave him everything I could have possibly given him, and when it came time for him to choose, he chose somebody else. What did I do wrong?" sobs Brenda.

"Brenda, oh Brenda." says Iris nearly in tears herself. "You did nothing wrong, sweetheart. You were the perfect one for my son. And you still are. You know sometimes to find the right path in life, a person must go down a few of the wrong roads and see how bad they are. That's what Dylan's doing right now. But trust me, Brenda, he will find his way back to you again. I know it in my heart." she tells her.

"I want to believe you, I do." she tells Iris as she wipes away her tears. "I just don't know what to do. I'm so lost right now." cries Brenda

"Now Brenda, just don't go losing sight of who you are. Dylan just needs a little enlightenment right now. And I'm afraid that with his father back, he won't listen to me. Somebody's going to have to show my son the right path, and you are the only one I can think of to do it." says Iris as she looks at Brenda.

Brenda embraces Iris again. As the tears begin to dry out, she thinks about what she just heard from both her brother and from Iris. And she contemplates her current situation. She knows the great risk there is for Scott to get hurt when he finds out the truth, that she doesn't feel anything for him romantically. But like Iris said, it is up to her to show Dylan the right path to walk on. And maybe, just maybe in doing so, she can help Scott see what a great person he is as well. In any cause, the train has already left the station and it is too late to turn back now.


The following day at school, the students at West Beverly are walking around before classes start. Donna and David are busy at their radio show, and Brandon and Andrea are discussing what they are going to do for their prom edition of the Blaze.

Scott has caught up with Brenda who is walking along in the hall way. He walks with her as he starts to try to get up the nerve to ask her something he intended to ask her yesterday but just couldn't find the right time to do so.

"Hey stranger." says a friendly Brenda.

"Hey Brenda. Thanks again for taking me to the Peach Pit last night. I really enjoyed it."

"Oh you're welcome, though I feel like I should be thanking you. I had just as good a time as you." she says.

"Listen, there's been something I've been meaning to ask you." says Scott.

"What is it? You can ask me anything." says Brenda.

"Really?"

"Of course, Scott. I'm your friend and you can talk to me about anything." she says to him with a reassuring smile.

"Well, this Saturday is my little brother Spencer's birthday. And it's kind of become a family tradition the last couple of years that I take him to Magic Mountain for his birthday. That way my parents can get our house ready for his party and set up all his presents." explains Scott.

"Aw. That's sweet." replies Brenda.

"Yeah, well I had an extra ticket that I asked David to go with me, but he didn't have the time. SO I was thinking maybe if you weren't doing anything…" says Scott, who gets cut off by Brenda as she spots Kelly and Dylan walking arm in arm toward them from the other end of the hall.

Brenda reaches out and holds Scott's hand as Kelly and Dylan get closer. "Scott, you don't need to say anymore. I would love to go with you this Saturday." she says in a loud voice right as Kelly and Dylan walk by. Dylan doesn't turn around but he hears what has been said.

"Really? That's great. We'll have fun, I promise." says Scott. "Listen, I have to get to class. I'll give you a call later tonight, okay?" he says.

Not sure if Kelly and Dylan are looking or not, Brenda leans in and gives Scott a quick kiss on the cheek right there in the hall way in front of everyone. Many of the other students look shocked, but we can hear a few jocks shout out "Yeah, you go Scott" as Brenda kisses his cheek.

As Scott walks to his class, one of the jocks in a letter jacket gives him a high five. Scott smiles as for the first time in his entire life he is finally getting a taste of what it's like to be popular.

Brenda smiles as she sees everyone else's reaction to it and feels that she is actually doing a good deed by helping Scott to become more popular with everyone else.

Dylan has seen all this happen and nonchalantly tells Kelly that he'll see her later and gives her a quick kiss on the lips and walks off toward his class.

Brenda turns around and begins to walk to her class where she is met by Kelly who grabs her arm. "We need to talk! NOW!" says Kelly in an assertive voice and begins dragging Brenda toward the ladies room.

"I have a class to get too." says Brenda.

Kelly drags Brenda into the ladies room and checks to make sure that nobody else is in there. Brenda jerks her arm away. "Don't touch me." she screams at Kelly. "And are you suffering from memory loss or are you just plain stupid? I told you to never talk to me again and I meant it. Goodbye." says Brenda as she tries to walk out of the ladies room. Kelly backs up standing between Brenda and the door, not letting her out.

"Look, you may have everyone else fooled. But I see exactly what you are doing. And it's starting to piss me off." snarls Kelly at Brenda.

"What are you yammering about, Kelly? I haven't done anything." replies Brenda.

"Oh you haven't? Do you honestly expect me to believe than in just a few days you went from being a complete shut in to Miss social butterfly. And do you seriously think I'm stupid enough to actually think that you now all of a sudden out of the blue have fallen for Scott Scanlon, one of the most unpopular kids in school." says Kelly as she glares at Brenda.

"Look I don't care what you believe or don't believe. The fact is that I like Scott because he doesn't have to put on make up and fancy clothes every time he leaves his house. He's a good, honest, and down to earth guy. And he's fun to be around. And he has more dignity in his pinkie than a lying backstabbing bitch like yourself could ever hope to amass even if you weighed 500 pounds." taunts Brenda.

"Dignity?" says a disgusted Kelly. "You want to talk about dignity, let's talk about what you are doing to that boy right now. You are leading him astray." says Kelly.

"I don't know what you're talking about." replies Brenda.

"Don't act stupid, Brenda. You can't fool me. I know exactly what you are doing. You are using Scott to try to make Dylan jealous and split us up. You'd have to be an idiot not to see that." retorts Kelly.

"Are you serious, Kelly? Look, if you are that insecure and paranoid about your relationship with Dylan, it's not my problem." barks Brenda.

"This isn't about Dylan, or me, or even you for that matter. This is about Scott. Now maybe you can fool the entire school into thinking you like the guy, but I know the truth, Brenda. And whether you admit it to me now or later, I know that you are using him to try to split up Dylan and I, and it disgusts me to even look at you right now because I don't know what kind of a human being you really are." says Kelly.

"You are obviously a demented and paranoid individual who needs help. Now why don't you go and see one of the guidance counsellors and spout your theories to her." replies Brenda.

"That's right, Brenda. Deny it. Deny it to me and to everyone. But sooner or later, Scott's going to find out what your true intentions are. And when he does, you are going to crush that boy and tear his heart out. And when you do, he's going to feel the exact same hatred towards you that you feel right now for Dylan and I. Now is that something you want on your conscious?" says Kelly.

"I know what I'm doing. And the fact of the matter is that I happen to like Scott, a lot in fact." replies Brenda.

"Brenda, if you want to hurt somebody, then come after me. Go ahead, tear me to shreds. Tear Dylan too while you are at it. We're the ones who snuck around behind your back. It was us who hurt you. But leave Scott out of it. He's been through enough humiliation, he doesn't need anymore." says Kelly.

"Quit acting like you care about him, you don't. And I do." says Brenda.

"You're right, Brenda, I don't. I just don't want to see anybody else get hurt. Now I'm sorry things happened the way they did. But you get this through your head. Dylan chose me, not you. And if he had chosen you, I would not knowingly be dragging some poor kid into this to try to split you two up, only to tear his heart out when it was all said and done. Dylan is with me now, not you, and nothing you say or do is going to change that. So do everyone a favor and drop the charade act, before anybody else gets hurt. You got it?" replies Kelly.

"Are you going to get out of my way now? Or do I have to throw you out of my way?" snarls Brenda at Kelly.

Kelly steps off to the side to allow Brenda access to the door. As Brenda walks by her, the two girls glance at each other with the look of death on their faces. Kelly's eye remained focused on Brenda as she walks out the bathroom door. Brenda continues down the hallway to her class thinking about what was said and what she has gotten into. She didn't start this war with Kelly. It was started when Kelly ran around with Dylan behind her back. But is she doing the right thing by bringing Scott into this whole mess? Sooner or later, she's going to have to find a way to let him down easy. But she'll cross that bridge when she gets to it. For right now, her focus remains the same.

TO BE CONTINUED