02. Let´s meet tonight

You made me realize

Not to compromise

The fact that you and I

Should meet

(Britney Spears – Bombastic Love)

It was nearly eight o´clock and Kelly Taylor was walking along the hallway looking for pupils who were late for their lessons. Normally it was a very hard job to get the teenagers in their classes and if it wasn´t then there was still her sister who came constantly too late. Today she was walking through an empty hall. Nobody far and wide.

A few seconds she thought of turning around and heading for the lounge. But she knew that this was no option. So she went on to the next floor.

After moving downstairs and looking left and right into two smal hallways she finally made her way to the lounge. When she turned her head right again she saw someone standind there. She couldn´t see a face but long dark hair which hung over the shoulders. Her back was turned to Kelly.

Maybe three seconds Kelly hold her breath unable to speak.

This can´t be. What am I thinking?

She shook her head and turned into the hallway following the other person.

Kelly thought, she had recognised the person in front of her and called to her.

´Sweetie! You´re late for school again.´

The dark haired person stopped moving and started turning around to face Kelly, slowly.

´I think I wasn´t late that often!´

Just as she finished her sentence she was standing face to face with Kelly and a gentle smile spread over her lips.

Kelly was just starring at the person she just thought was one of her pupils. The smile on the dark haired woman´s face was growing and she started to walk over to Kelly. Her, still not believing wasn´t doing anything. Not yet breathing.

´Don´t you recognize your old friend?´

She stops just two steps in front of Kelly still smiling.

All at once Kelly awoke from her stiffness and fell in the arms of her friend. A little unsure if she was just dreaming she held her a few seconds longer than necessary. Then she lokked deep in her friends eyes.

´I´m not dreaming right? You´re really here?´

´No. You´re not dreaming. I´m standing here right in front of you.´

Again Kelly fell into Brenda´s arms just to make sure her daydream wasn´t making her believe it was real. Then she took Brenda´s hand and headed for the lounge.

There come the two women set on the couch and Kelly was checking her watch to see how many time she would have with Brenda until she had to go working again. After she was to the opinion that there was enough time to begin their talk she got up from the couch and came back with two cups of hot coffee. Thankfully Brenda took her cup out of Kelly´s hand, took a gulp, placed the cup on the table in front of her and smiled at Kelly once more.

´So tell me. How long you´re going to stay?´

Kelly placed her cup on the table, too and watched her friend.

´As long as you and Sammy could live with one room less.´

´It seems you were moving to Beverly Hills forever.´

The first time since Kelly and Brenda met that day Kelly was really smiling. She never thought of seeing Brenda again that soon. But now she finally saw that this whole situation was true and Brenda was right here.

Suddenly Kelly was torn out of her thoughts.

´Or maybe there is someone else I have to ask, too?!´

Brenda´s lovely smile fade away. Now her eyes were saying tell me everything I missed.

´No. There isn´t anyone to ask except me and Silver. Oh and don´t look like this. There isn´t anyone.´

Just as Kelly was trying to escape her friend´s look Ryan Matthews enters the room. He and Kelly exchanged a short look and turned their heads off each other quickly.

´Don´t! Wipe away this smile. I don´t like it.´

Kelly´s voice was only a whisper to her friend who was smiling brighter than before.

Ryan took his cup of coffee from the little cupboard and walked to the armchair towards the two women.

´Good morning Ladys. Do you mind if I´m sitting here?´

Just as the women earlier Ryan placed his cup on the table. Now he was facing Kelly who was trying not to show how embarrassed she was.

´No. Of course not! Well, Ryan this is Brenda Walsh an old friend from High school. And this is Ryan Matthews. He´s a teacher here.´

Actually Ryan was hoping to find Kelly alone. The whole week he was thinking of how he could ask Kelly to go on a date with him. Today he thought he was going to ask her out and then he finds her hanging aroung with some friend from High school. Even though he had to ask her now or he would never do it.

´Kelly. I was thinking if maybe you want to have dinner tonight?´

´ I-I really like to. But I´m sorry I don´t have a babysitter. Silver has to work on her school project with Annie.´

At this point in the conversation Ryan was lucky to have Brenda with them. He wasn´t sure what the big smile on her face meant when she volunteered to look after Sammy but to him it didn´t matter.

Kelly first meant that she can´t leave Brenda alone with Sammy on her first day back but when Brenda mentioned that she would love to do this for her Kelly was happy.

She didn´t want to show it but she was glad Ryan asked her out. She always had some feelings for him. She wouldn´t say she´s in love with him but it was more than just the ordinary colleagues- thing.

´What was this?´

Ryan was just out of the room as Brenda couldn´t hold her tongue any longer.

A little bit embarrassed but very glad Kelly studied her hands on her legs.

´Well I think I´ve got a date for tonight.´