A short and poignant chapter. Thank you for all the great reviews..I've been sick for the past 2 weeks and I'm working on a story (non 90210 related) as well. Enjoy
I do not own 90210.
Chapter 10
"Brenda? Brenda? Wake up honey."
Brenda stirred, opened her eyes and sits up startled. "Where the hell am I?"
"You fell down the hill and hurt your ankle. Let me help you up." hand goes out.
Brenda grabs it and rises to her feet, "I did not hurt my ankle, because I'm standing right on it." she turned to face who had helped her, "Daddy?"
Jim Walsh smiled, "Yeah, its me honey."
Brenda closed her eyes and shook her head, "How can that be? You had a heart attack."
he nodded, "Yes I did. I'm gone physically, but I'm still around."
"Am I dead?"
"No." he said, "A car drove by and was a little out of control, you went down the hill and hurt your ankle. But you're gonna be alright."
"Then why are you here? If I'm gonna be alright. Daddy I'm scared. What if they don't find me?"
"Do you honestly think Dylan is not going to look for you? He is not a whole person unless he has you in his life. He loves you. I know that now."
"But daddy, I can never give him children." a tear fell down his face, "What if the adoption doesn't go thru?"
"Don't worry about honey. Take it one day at a time and everything will fall into its place. Look at what's already happened at the house. Everything is falling back into its place."
"Brandon was so lost at the beginning daddy and you have to see him and Andrea. He's more alive than I've seen in the past year."
"You, your mom and Brandon will be fine. I know that."
Brenda rushes to hug her father "My god daddy its as if your alive. You're real. I don't want to leave you daddy."
"Honey, you have to go back."
"Daddy..."
"Honey, its time to wake up."
"I don't want to." she shook her head in defiance.
"No honey..you have to..." Jim begins moving away from her, "I love you baby girl."
"I love you too."
"BRENDA!" Dylan yelled, "BRENDA! WHERE ARE YOU!" he sees her in the clearing, "THERE SHE IS!"
The group rushes over. Dylan cradles her and begins stroking her hair. "Brenda, wake up honey. Please wake up. Call an ambulance. Brenda wake up." tears began falling down his face.
"Brenda! Wake up." yelled Brandon nervously. "God damn it, why did she go out alone!"
Andrea grabbed him, "Relax Brandon."
"Relax! I just lost my father, I can't lose my sister now."
Brenda stirred, "Daddy, I love you."
Dylan looked at Brandon and back at Brenda, "Brenda honey, wake up. Please wake up." Brenda's eyes began to open, "Dylan? Is that you?"
Dylan looked up at everyone with huge relief in his eyes, "Yeah baby, its me. We're here we're all here. Brandon, Andrea, Steve, everyone is here."
"My ankle, it hurts."
"You hurt it. The ambulance is on its way and you'll be as good as new."
Brenda, "Brandon?"
Brandon rushed over, "Yes Bren?"
Brenda smiled gently and tears fell from her eyes, "I saw Daddy."
Brandon smiled a little, "You did?"
"He's ok Brandon." she grabbed her twins hand, "He said we're all going to be fine. Me, you and mom. We're going to be fine."
Brandon's tears began to freely fall, "I know. Did he say anything else?"
"He said everything was falling back into its place with all of us." she looked at everyone, then lastly at Dylan.
Rob and Val ran down the hill with the paramedics. The group watched them put Brenda on a stretcher and followed them up the hill. Brandon pat Dylan on the back just as he got in the ambulance with Brenda.
"We're right behind you."
Dylan only nodded and hopped in. He looked outside the back of the ambulance windows at the group who stared at them as they rode into the distance. The sirens became louder and louder as they made their way down the Hollywood Hills.