Chapter 2:
"Dylan, I do not care what you have to say, just leave," screamed Kelly.
"No, Kel, I can't do that," Dylan told her.
"I came here to tell you that I talked with Jack. He told me he would come out of the program or I had to go into the program. That is the ultimatum he gave me." Dylan told her.
"He said it was my decision to make."
"Kelly, I am going into the program," he said.
Kelly looked at him.
"Looks like you made your decision." I am so happy for you," yelled Kelly sarcastically.
"I am doing this for my dad. Right now he needs to be safe and so does his family."
"Kelly, I know I am hurting you more then I ever have."
But I feel that I do not have much of a choice." Dylan said.
Kelly just looked at him. Kelly screamed, "Dylan McKay you are a bastard."
"I may be, but I am a lovable bastard," Dylan said with a smirk on his face.
"I hate you."
"You just want to hurt me." Kelly screamed.
"I never loved you Dylan I was just faking it the whole time."
"Get out of my house, get out of my life."
"I do not care if I never see you again in my lifetime," she said.
The words Kelly were saying stung but Dylan knew it was because of what she was going through right now.
"If that is what you want Kelly I will leave," Dylan said.
"Go and don't come back," Kelly cried.
Dylan stormed out the house. He was hurt, angry and sad.
"Damn it Kelly, I know you are hurting but you know how to go right to my core," Dylan said to himself.
He got into his car and started to drive away when it hit him. The tears were streaming down his face. He started to cry so hard he had to pull of the road.
"No, I am not letting her do this. I went there to finish something that was started a long time ago. I will be damn; if I do not finish it." Dylan said to himself.
So he turned the car around and went back to Kelly's.
Dylan walked through the still opened door and went into her room. Kelly was just sitting there crying.
"Kelly, we are not through."
"I came to find closure between us. I am not going to leave until we do." Dylan yelled.
"I told you to leave me alone, what part of that do you not understand?" screamed Kelly.
Dylan approached her.
"Stay away from me Dylan," Kelly warned him.
Dylan put his hand under her chin and tipped it up to look at him.
"Kel, you and I have been to hell and back together."
"I know what has happened in the last twenty-four hours has been unbearable."
"Kelly, I need you to understand that this is the last time we will ever be together for the rest of our lives."
"You do not want it to end this way, do you?" asked Dylan.
Kelly just had that same blank look on her face when he first found her. He put his hands on her shoulders to pull her to him.
Kelly started to scream, "No."
She started to hit his chest with her fist pushing him away.
"Go ahead and hit me, slap me I do not care you are not going to chase me away that easily," he told her.
Kelly finally collapsed into Dylan's chest. Her body was trembling, she was sobbing harder then before. Dylan wrapped his arms around her and held her tightly. Dylan sat down on the bed next to Kelly. He gentle put her head on his shoulder.
"Just cry it out Kel," Dylan told her.
To him it seemed like forever until she stopped crying. Kelly's body stopped trembling and the sobs quitted down.
"Kelly, we need to talk. I need you to understand what I told you earlier tonight," Dylan said.
"I am not sure if you heard all or just part of what I told you."
"So I am going to tell you again," Dylan said.
Kelly lifted her head and looked at him.
"Dylan, I am so sorry I did that to you tonight," she told him as the tears rolled down her face.
"Kelly, no I am sorry. I truly understand what you are feeling right now." Dylan said.
Dylan told her the whole thing again and this time she was listening to him. After he was done Kelly just looked at him, the gambit of emotions running through her right now were working overtime.
"Dylan, how am I supposed to handle this?" asked Kelly.
"I wish I had the answer to that because I do not know how I am going to handle it either." Dylan told her.
"Dylan, through the years we have broken up and gotten back together countless times and for this to be our last time I can not fathom," said Kelly.
"I know Kel, but it can not be helped my dad made it clear to me that if I do not go into the program he was leaving it."
"I can't let him do that after all this time he has been in hiding," Dylan told her.
"Kelly, I need to ask you for a favor."
"Be with me tonight no walls and no hiding behind our feelings."
"Free to be ourselves," said Dylan.
Kelly looked into Dylan's eyes and saw that same look she saw in Mexico. She knew she could not deny him then how could she deny Dylan's request now. Dylan saw the answer in her eyes.
The unspoken word was all he needed. Dylan gently laid Kelly down on the bed.