I will post Chapter 8 late tonight or early tommorow...Thanks for all the reviews, keep them coming.
DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN BH90210. But if I did, this is how it should or could've finished.
Chapter Seven
"And where were you Miss Brenda?" asked Val still lying down, "I woke up earlier and you weren't in the bed..Could you have made a stop to a certain person's room?"
"Oh come on Val, Brandon is in the same room!"
"There are plenty of hiding places.."
Brenda stifled a laugh and said "We were watching the stars outside by the pool and we fell asleep. It felt good."
"And you two didn't..." Val shook her head, "After all this time?"
"I don't even know what's going on Val." Brenda straighted out her top, " The girls and I are going out for a walk, do you want to come?"
"No its alright, actually I'm just going to hang out."
"Alright then." Brenda turned the doorknob and opened the door and bumped into Donna.
"Hey Donna."
"Hey Bren, how'd you sleep?"
Brenda smiled despite the lack of sleep she had, the only thing that mattered was she caught a few hours resting on the chest of Dylan McKay, "I slept great actually. That coffee smells awesome, let's grab a cup before we go."
The two girls headed into the kitchen followed close behind by Kelly and Andrea and stopped short. The coffee machine had coffee freshly made and there was a bagel spread on the counter. The refrigerator door was opened and there was a man behind it, he looked up at the 4 girls startled. He closed the refrigerator. He was tall and rugged and he had the brightest blue eyes, even brighter than Brandon or Steve's. Rather than attack him, the four studied him.
"I don't know which is yummier, the bagels or him.." Said Kelly
"If he's delivering bagels.." trailed Andrea.
"Oy vey.." was all Donna could muster, the three girls looked at her.
"Apparently, David's been teaching you new things.."laughed Brenda.
"Ok, eye candy show is over ladies, he's with me." Val entered and rushed to him. She turned to them as she hugged her friend, "Go ahead, grumble."
"Aren't you going to introduce us?" asked Brenda, folding her arms.
"Ladies, this is Rob. Kelly tell me you don't remember Rob."
Kelly paused, "Oh my god, Rob! I'm sorry. Its been awhile. Are you still doing movies?"
"Nah, moved up to Buffalo and opened up a club with a certain Val Malone. I missed Val, so I came down to see her."
"How sweet." gushed the girls.
"You guys are welcome to all of this. I figured if I'm staying, I might as well put in my keep."
"You're staying?" inquired Donna
"Yeah, Val said it wouldn't be a problem."
Val shrugged, "It slipped my mind with all the tequila yesterday."
"I'm sure we'll make due. I'll just have to figure out where to sleep tonight." Brenda nodded. "Why don't we go out for the walk and eat afterwards?"
"Because when we get back you know all the guys will eat the food."grumbled Donna.
"So, how long have you and Val been seeing each other?" inquired Brenda with a smile.
The ladies and Rob sat down at the table amongst the spread of coffee and bagels. It wasn't until almost 45 minutes later, the men began trickling in and stopped short of seeing the girls talking and fawning over this blond haired blue eyed stranger.
"What the-?" asked David.
"You took the words out of my mouth Silver." Steve coughed and the girls looked up, guilt lingering on their faces, "That was a quick walk."
"We didn't even go walk yet. We had breakfast first." Donna answered covering her mouth while she chewed.
"We were just leaving now." trailed Andrea, leading the women out of the kitchen."
Val rolled her eyes at the guys, "Boys, calm down, Rob's with me."
The guys stared at each other and went in a unison, "Ohhh..."
After a quick introduction, the guys finally sat down and ate, while the girls snick out of the house. They only busted out laughing when they were out of sight from the house.
"I only wish I would have thought to take my camera out." laughed Brenda.
"So where will you be sleeping?" asked Kelly quietly.
Donna and Andrea who were behind the two, stood quiet waiting for Brenda's response.
"I don't know, maybe I'll bunk with Andrea and you..or maybe-"
"Dylan?" she inquired.
"Kelly, let's not go down this road again-" Donna pleaded,
"Out of curiosity, where did you sleep last night?"snapped Brenda
"In the room with Andrea, right?" Kelly eyed Andrea looking for a form of cover up.
Andrea stared at her, and just nodded her head in agreement. "She was in my room."
Brenda knew it was a lie, she had seen Andrea earlier and she knew Brandon had slept in the room the entire night. Kelly wasn't on the sofa, and wasn't in Dylan's room. So where could she have slept? In order to avoid conflict, Brenda just nodded in agreement and they kept walking. "For your information, I was going to sleep on the sofa if I had to."
Donna moved on ahead of Kelly to catch up to Brenda leaving Kelly behind with Andrea.
"So..where were you Kelly really?" asked Andrea in a muffled tone.
"Steve's room."
"Oh, how nice." Andrea's voice was laced in sarcasm as she continued down the hill.
They continued to walk, the conversation drifting away from who was bunking with whom to children, and their adult lives. Kelly tapped her pocket to reach for her cell to call Silver and find out how Sammy was when she stopped.
"Girls, stop a sec. I think I dropped my phone." she looked around the area they were walking
"Are you sure you didn't leave it in the house? If it dropped we would have heard it." asked Andrea
Kelly thought for a second, "You may be right actually." realizing that it was in Steve's room on the nightstand. She was careful not to say such though. "I'm going back to the house to get it. I'll meet you down here in a few."
"Kel, I'll go back and get it for you if you want." Brenda began.
"Its my phone. I'll do it."
"I have to go get something anyway for myself, No sense in two of us going back. Where is it?"
Kelly paused, "I think its on the nightstand." she closed her eyes hoping that Steve would somehow be smart enough to take it out of his room and bring it to the living room.
"Alright. I'll be right back girls." Brenda said quickly and began her march up the hill back to the house.
Brandon peered out at the pool area and noticed Steve doing laps in the pool. The image of Kelly wearing Steve's shirt still clear in his mind, despite as much as he drank the night before, he knew it was no hallucination. He headed out to the pool area and sat on a beach chair waiting for Steve to come out, which he did a short time later.
"Hey Bran."
"Hey Steve." Brandon's tone was flat. He didn't even make eye contact with him.
Steve pointed at his forehead, "Too much tequila huh?"
Brandon touched his head, "Yeah." he sipped his black coffee, "But the tequila did its job. It dulled the pain."
"How are you bro? We were out here last night us guys and you disappeared."
"You didn't come looking for me."
"Well I just assumed you went to your room to crash or a bathroom to puke."
"I can hold my liquor better than most people."
Steve's tone turned serious at that moment, realizing that this may have not been the only time Brandon got drunk in a year. "I know this years been rough on you man, but are you..."he did the drinking motion.
"No. I have a little girl to care for. I don't have time to feel sorry for myself let alone drink myself numb. Caitlin is everything to me."
"I know the feeling. Maddie is the most amazing little girl. I can't believe she's mine."
"So are you and Janet planning on adding to your brood."
Steve grew quiet, knowing that he could talk to his best friend. "Actually man, things aren't going really good right now for us. I think that things are going south."
"I thought things were great."
"They were at one time. A long time ago. And we tried, to no avail."
"So you two are splitting up?"
"She may not be at the house when I get home tomorrow afternoon if that's what your asking."
"That explains a lot."
"What do you mean?"
Brandon shrugged, "I don't know, your lonely, Kelly's single.."
"What are you saying?" asked Steve in disbelief
"I saw Kelly leaving your room this morning."
Steve paused and put his head in his hands. "I thought that—I mean how.."
"You don't owe me any explanation Steve." Brandon put his hand up and began walking back to the house. Upon his re entry into the living room, he saw Brenda coming from the rooms. "Sis, I thought you were going on a walk.."
"Yeah, well Kelly forgot her phone and I wanted to change my sneakers. I checked her room. But its not there."
"Why don't you ask Steve. He may know."
"Why?" asked Brenda,suddenly recalling the night before when she left Kelly to go to Steve, "Brandon, is everything alright?"
"Everything is fine. Why wouldn't it be?" Brandon shrugged.
"You do realize that you didn't sleep in your bed last night?" Brenda grinned
"Yes. I know. I have the bump to prove it."
"You're not regretting it are you?"
"No. I was drunk but well aware of what was going on." Brandon replied, not mentioning when Andrea turned him down for another go around in the morning. Despite their sibling bond, there were certain things they kept to themselves. Quickly changing the subject, "Steve's right out-"
"Brandon what's wrong?"
"Nothing at all."
Before his twin could ask anymore questions, he headed back into the kitchen for another cup of coffee. His eyes caught a glimpse of a bottle. Looking around to see if anyone would come in, he grabbed the bottle and stared at it. He then opened it and took a swig. The alcohol that had numbed his pain from last night was gone and he needed another dose.
The girls caught sight of Brenda coming back down the hill a short time later. Her happy face, suddenly distorted. They couldn't figure out why until she put the phone against Kelly's chest in a harsh manner. "Here you go."
"So it was on the nightstand?" asked Kelly, silently praying that Steve dropped it off in her room.
"Yes." Brenda said, then mumbled incoherently, "Steve's nightstand."
"What?" asked Donna confused.
The rest of the walk remained quiet, with conversations stemming only between Andrea and Donna. Kelly and Brenda chimed in from time to time, but not to each other. Donna thought it weird because everything had seemed to be going great last night and wondered why it had changed so suddenly. When she asked Andrea, even she seemed different. Suddenly being married to one man didn't seem as complicated at all.
Dylan didn't awaken until after 2pm. It had been the first time he'd slept peacefully in weeks. The best part of the night before was laying outside with Brenda and sleeping under the stars. Getting started on his latest novel didn't hurt either. He had called his publisher before he went to sleep to let him know what he was working on and that he would get him a chapter by next week. He had a lot of typing to do when he got back to the ranch. But before he left LA he had the joint custody issue with Kelly first. And then after that was settled, there was one more...
His thoughts were broken by doors opening and closing from the outside. Hearing female voices, he knew the girls were back. Getting up from the bed he cracked his neck. The rest did him well, he knew it was going to be another late night. Just as he exited the room, he was greeted by David.
"Hey man. We're all heading out to the pool for BBQ and swimming. You game?"
"Sure, sounds like fun. The girls back?"
"Yep." David nodded, then leaned in and said quietly, "The tequila bottle is almost empty."
Dylan put his hands up in defiance, "I have been slee-"
"Bro, not you. Take a look at Brandon when you head out."
Dylan only nodded and understood. He walked out to the pool area and saw Brandon sitting on the pool chair with his shades on. He moved closer to him and tapped him, "Bro. You alright?"
Brandon picked up his shades, "Never better." he took a sip from his coffee cup. "Great day."
What David had mentioned earlier was confirmed, Brandon's eyes were different from earlier. They were glazed over. "Is that coffee?"
"Yeah." when Dylan snatched it away, "HEY!"
"Dude, this isn't just coffee." Dylan said, then whispered, "How long have you been drinking man?"
"I don't know." Brandon snatched the cup back, "I'm fine. Honest."
"Ever since you got back from Andrea's room, you've been acting funny. Do you regret-?"
"No. It has nothing to do with her at all." Brandon's eyes trailed away from Dylan and to the girls who were coming out with the guys. His eyes locked on Kelly.
Dylan followed and realized, "If you still love her, what are you doing with-!"
Brandon mumbled, "I saw Kelly come out of Steve's room this morning...wearing his shirt." he then put down the cup, jumped into the water.
Dylan jumped up to look for him only to hear Andrea scream because he lifted her on his shoulders.
"Anyone up for a game of chicken?" he asked.
"I'm in!" Dylan removed his shirt and jumped in lifting Brenda up. "Bring it on Walsh!"
After a few rounds of chicken, Rob and Steve started the barbecue, while Kelly and Val went to bring out drinks. The group spent time splashing around the water. When David threatened Donna with a splash, she ducked and the water caught Andrea dead on, she proceeded to the edge of the pool to rub her eye with the towel. She turned around to return to the group only to be startled by Brandon who was less than 2 feet in proximity.
"Hey chief, you alright?"
"Yeah, Water in the eye. The usual."
He pointed at her eye, "Your contacts get irritated?"
"No more contacts, lasik surgery, the smartest move I made." she smiled, "I thought you knew."
"I forgot." his eyes locked on hers, "I never realized how hazel your eyes are."
"Oh the sun is hitting them. That's all." Andrea began chattering a little. It was a heated pool, but the close proximity to Brandon and the fact the rest of the group were there made her incredibly nervous. She knew that look, it was the same look the night before they kissed the first time, and the last time before they got hot and heavy. After remembering what had happened the night before, she felt flushed and suddenly warm.
"Brandon, we should get back to-"
He kissed her on the lips slowly then pulled her in tighter. The harder she tried to pull away, the tighter his grip became and she gave in, suddenly not caring who they were in front of.
Brenda caught a glimpse of them in the corner of the pool and nudged Dylan. "Geez."
Dylan shook his head, "I think more of get a room is like it." he caught a glimpse of Kelly and Val returning and quickly splashed the two apart. "Hey you two, come on, one more game of chicken." he then lifted Brenda up again.
Brandon nodded, and looked back at Andrea, "How about it?"
"Yeah, sure."
Val watched from the wetbar, she had caught a glimpse of Brandon and Andrea and had to catch herself from saying "Get a room" to avoid the attention. Instead, she moved positions to cover Kelly's view of the pool. But as she watched the 3 couples in the pool, she locked eyes on Brandon and Andrea. "Why don't you get in on the action Kel? I'll man the bar."
"I need a partner for chicken. Steve?"
"I'm-"
"Go ahead Steve, Rob and I got it." Val said.
"Alright." Steve nodded then yelled, "Cannon Ball!" just as he jumped into the pool and splashed them all. He then yanked Kelly into the pool. "Now its war!"
Rob wrapped his arms around Val, "You sure you don't want to play chicken?"
"No. I'm happy speculating. And besides, I think I have an idea for a game tonight."
"With me?" he asked nuzzling her neck which made her laugh.
"No silly. For everyone. And then we'll play our own private game in the room. Because, I don't think anyone is sleeping where their supposed to tonight."
"I must've missed a lot last night."
"I might have too. Being a good girl is no fun." she sighed.