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Casa Walsh May 17, 1998
Kelly smiled as she opened her eyes, slightly ammused at what had happened the previous night. Then as suddenly as the smile had come it was gone... Oh my God, what have I done... I didn't want this... I didn't want us to break up... It just didn't feel like the right time... I want to marry him I do! Her mind was racing as she heard Brandon waking up beside her. He was thinking about the same things she was... What have I done... was all he could think. He turned to face her wondering what her thoughts about last night were.
"Hey... How'd you sleep?" He asked watching her every move.
"Like a baby..." She said pulling the covers up closer to her face.
"Cold?" Brandon asked noticing what she was doing.
"Yeah I think Val turned the AC on again..." Kelly said unaware that they were the only two in the house last night.
"Um... she couldn't have done that... no one was hear but us... It was their wedding gift to us..." Brandon trailed off.
"The house to ourselves for our wedding night..." Kelly finished his sentence like she always had.
"Does this seem..."
"Wong to me... Yes... How about you?" Kelly asked him.
"A little..." Before he could finish his thought the phone rang. "Hello?" He asked picking up the reciever.
"Mr. Walsh, how are you this morning?" It was Mr. Harper.
"Fine Mr. Harper and yourself?" Brandon asked sitting up in the bed.
"Good... good... How was your wedding yesterday?"
"It didn't really go as planned... so what can I do for you this morning?" He asked dropping the subject.
"I really need you here the day after tomorrow and seeing as you special day wasn't so special I was hoping you could be on your way out here ASAP..." Mr. Harper was being optimistic.
"Okay I'll see you the day after tomorrow." Brandon said as he hung up the phone.
"Who was that?" Kelly asked turning to face him.
"John Harper... Editor of the Washington Post... He wants me out there for a meet and greet... get to know the staff thing right away."
"You got a job in DC!?!" Kelly was happy for him but didn't want to lose him either.
"According to what Mr. Harper said... yes... and I think I'm going to take it!" Brandon was estatic that he finally got his big break.
"So you're leaving the day after tomorrow?" Kelly was disapointed that he was leaving so soon.
"Is that a problem?" Brandon asked getting out of the bed.
"Well, yeah... do you really expect me to return all of the gifts and everything we rented for yesterday?" She couldn't even bare to say the word wedding... it was like the plague or something.
"I'll take care of everything before I go... don't worry!" He said kissing her forhead and heading into the bathroom.
Kelly just fell back into the pillows wondering what had gone so horribly wrong in her life. What had made her the way she was... She wanted to cry but no tears would come... she wanted to scream but there was no sound. Instead her body racked with heavy sobs as she clutched onto one of his pillows. His scent seemed to calm her nerves and make her feel a little better, but as soon as she reminded herself that he was leaving the sobs would start up again.
Inside the solitude of the bathroom Brandon started the shower and he too began to fall to pieces. He wanted to stay with her, but he wanted the job too... and he knew there was no way she would go with him. It wasn't even up for debate... he wasn't going to ask her to leave behind everything she knows for him... not again. He looked in the mirror and faced the man before him... himself... What am I going to do? He quietly asked to himself.
Two Days Later Casa Walsh Foyer
Today was the day they had to say good-bye... There was no turning back on this one... Kelly regreted not marrying Brandon but she wasn't going to stand in the way of his happiness. She knew he wanted this and needed it... how it would boost his career... and who knew maybe he would come back in a few months because he hated it. She was hoping he would come back even though she didn't want him to fail at his dream. Brandon was taking his bags out to Kelly's car when she asked...
"Do you have everything you need?" He wanted to tell her that he was missing the most important thing... her... but he didn't.
"I think I have everything... you gonna be okay without me?" He asked her.
"I'm going to move back in to the beach apartment with Donna and David... I don't think I can stay here..." Kelly began.
"Stay as long as you need to... I'll let Steve know that he can't have our room just yet..."
"It's not our's anymore remember... we broke up." Kelly said solomly.
"Please stay... as long as you need to!" Brandon was pleeding with her to stay... that way he would know she was taken care of.
"Fine... I'll stay for a little while at least... now we need to get you to the airport before the plane leaves without you!" She said knowing that he wasn't going to leave until she agreed.
With that they were both out the door and on their way to the airport... where a teary good-bye would take place. Neither one wanted to leave the other, but Brandon was too ashamed to admit that he really wanted her to come... and Kelly was to full of guilt to beg him to stay. Although, if she would have asked, Brandon would have stayed because truth be told, he still loved her with every fiber of his being.
"I love you!" He said as he walked through the gate and boarded the plane.
"I love you too..." She said a little to quietly for him to hear.
The Wyatt Foundation
The next few days were the hardest days of Kelly's life... she had decided that a change in her work inviroment would be the best thing for her. So there she was at the Wyatt Foundation cleaning out her personal items from her desk. There were pictures of her with Brandon and hanging from her computer was the silver chain that once again held her engagement ring. Some day that ring would stay on her finger... she just wasn't sure when. Just as she was about to walk out the door for the last time she heard the phone ring.
"Wyatt Foundation." She said into the mouth piece.
"Kelly Taylor please." The sweet sound of Brenda's voice said from the other end.
"Brenda? How are you? Is Dylan okay? How's the baby?" Kelly was shooting out questions so fast that Brenda couldn't get two words in.
"Slow down Kel... I'm fine... the people at the hospital and hotel have been great to us... Dylan is a real trouper and they said he should pull through soon... J.J. is getting so big... in fact he is trying to crawl already." She gushed as she played peek-a-boo with him in their hotel room.
"That's great! I'm so happy for you..." Kelly sounded like she was hurting.
"Kel, are you okay? How was the wedding?... and where is that brother of mine? I want to say hi..." It was Brenda's turn to ask all the questions now.
"I'm fine... The wedding was a bust... I got scared and called it off... then the very next day I of course regretted everything... except the sex that was great! Oh and Brandon is probably at the Washington Post working on an important article... I haven't heard from him since he left." Kelly explained although she was sure she had lost Brenda somewhere in there because she was being very quiet.
"You still had the wedding night?" Brenda questioned and Kelly's suspitions rang true.
"Yeah, and we both knew it was wrong but we didn't care... it was one of those in the moment things... we had the house to ourselves and it just sort of happened..."
"I can't believe you!" Brenda said before she got to the sad part... "I'm sorry he left you..."
"If I know Brandon he'll be back someday... I'll get over it! Don't worry about me... In fact I should probably be going I just quit my job here at the foundation! I'm moving on to bigger and better things..."
"Really what?" Brenda asked.
"I'm not forsure at the moment, but I will figure it out soon." Kelly said as she heard Jacob start to cry.
"I gotta go J.J.'s hungry..." Brenda said.
"Okay... Keep in touch..." Kelly said getting ready to hang the phone up.
"I will!" Brenda said as they both placed the phone back on the reciever.
For some reason it made Kelly feel just a little better hearing Brenda's voice, like her world wasn't crashing down all around her. Maybe there was hope after all... maybe things really would get better... and maybe she really would get over Brandon leaving... Okay so she wasn't ever going to be over Brandon leaving, but maybe she could at least accept it.
