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Ch10…

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Most women in the week before their wedding start to transform into a crazed creature that has come to be termed a 'Bridezilla' having panic attacks about just about anything. Brenda Walsh had never been most women. That's not to say she hadn't had her freak-outs, she had but in her case none of them related to the wedding.

Brenda groaned at the sound of the door knocking, if this was her parents on another endeavour to make her forgive Brandon she would scream.

"Brenda?"

She smiled inwardly; it was only Donna. Swinging open the door Brenda ushered the blonde girl into the house, she was as usual carrying a folder full of wedding plans.

"Sorry I thought you were the parentals again."

"Still bugging you about Brandon huh?" Donna commiserated; she was almost at the point where she was going to have to talk to him. Everyone else had had their turn, and she was the wedding coordinator after all.

"You have no idea." Brenda grumbled. "I'm surprised they haven't rented a giant blimp begging me to forgive him."

"Would that work?"

"Nope." She giggled. "But it wouldn't hurt, I thought he would at least try to apologize after mum and dad reamed him but still nothing. Anyway I'm sick of talking about it so tell me what's going on with you."

She didn't know if she should stress out the bride with this so close to her wedding but Kelly was still avoiding her and she had to talk to someone about it.

"Well, you know how David and I have been working together to plan the music for the wedding?" Donna began slowly fidgeting with her skirt. "I think I've started to have feelings for him again."

"Started?" Brenda scoffed. "Sweetie you've always had feelings for David, are you really surprised they resurfaced? You guys were barely broken up when you started dating Noah and you never had time to mourn the relationship. Trust me, relationships that start when you're still hurting never last."

"It's been almost a year." Donna protested. "And I really love Noah."

"Yeah but are you inlove with him? Really in love, toes curling, stomach flipping, eyes lighting up, personal jokes and smiles just for you love?" She pressed. "I mean I still get butterflies when Dylan kisses me."

"Even after everything?" Donna asked.

"Yep, trust me I wanted to stomp on those stupid butterflies on more than one occasion but he brings them back every time." Brenda paused. "Does Noah give you that? Is he who you picture waiting for you at the end of the aisle? The one you want with you when all your dreams come true, or to pick you up if they don't?"

"I don't know, I'm really confused about everything." Donna all but wailed resting her head on Brenda's shoulder. "Can't you just tell me what to do?"

Brenda hesitated, Val would probably want to kill her for divulging this information but she'd have to get over it. She liked Noah but she knew that he wasn't Donna's one.

"I'm going to tell you something but you can't tell anyone I told you." Brenda warned holding out her pinkie for Donna to link. "When David and Val broke up it was because he wasn't over you, he still loves you Donna, and honestly I think he always will."

"That's not what I wanted to hear." Donna moaned banging her hand down onto her knees. "I know oh poor Donna she's got two great guys who love her."

"It could be worse." She agreed. "Look Noah's a great guy but he's not David."

"So you're firmly Team David then." Donna surmised.

"I know what you look like when you're in love, all consuming, vomit inducing to everyone but you love. And it wasn't when you were with Noah. And I say this knowing full well that I could be fired and forced to revive Laverne at the Peach Pit."

"I'm doomed." Donna moaned banging her head against the table.

"Look on the bright side." Brenda comforted. "Either way you'll definitely have a date to the wedding."

"Oh thank goodness, I was really worried about that!" She joked resting her head on Brenda's shoulder. "I thought love triangles went out of style in high school."

"Only in our dreams Don."

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Dylan knew that it was entirely possible that there would be no wedding after this, but he also knew that Erica would be there to help him force Brenda down the aisle if need be.

"Hey Dylan." Val greeted pulling open the door. "They're all in the kitchen."

Sometimes he thought she was psychic, with a knowing wink she followed him, he should have known they wouldn't be able to have privacy for this. He was surprised to see Kelly also at the table being lectured by Jim and Cindy, he had been the one sporting that pained expression not too long ago.

"Hey guys look who dropped by."

Val was evil, she poured a coffee and passed it over to him with a mischievous smirk taking a seat on one of the counter stools. Cindy jumped up to greet him with a hug while Jim just shook his hand, he nodded briskly at Brandon and Kelly.

"So what brings you by Dylan?" Cindy asked smiling; she figured it could only be good news.

"I just wanted to stop by and find out why Brandon still hasn't apologized to Brenda yet."

"It's not as simple as that." Brandon said with gritted teeth.

"Really?" Val scoffed. "Two words, 'I'm sorry'. Seems pretty easy to me."

"You know Brenda, saying I'm sorry isn't going to be enough."

"But it's a start, and meaning it would probably earn you a few points also." Val told him. "God knows you need them right now."

"Valerie honey I think Brandon is already feeling bad enough." Cindy said gently, she didn't really need the fiery brunette fuelling the fire.

"Right because we wouldn't want Brandon to feel bad about making Brenda think her friends hated her." She snapped back sarcastically. "I'm just going to go, someone needs to make sure Brenda knows there are people around who support her no matter what."

Dylan remained silent while Val stomped off making sure to slam the door noisily behind her. Taking her vacated seat he flopped onto the stool and shifted his gaze to Jim and Cindy, Jim stared back stonily while Cindy busied herself staring at her cup of tea.

"I should probably get going too." Kelly announced her chair scraping the floor as she pushed it back. "I really am sorry for all of this."

"You know I don't think they're the people you should be apologizing to." Dylan told her biting back a snarl.

"I know." She said sadly. "I'm going over there now. For what it's worth I'm sorry Dylan you guys didn't deserve what I put you through."

"No we didn't." He snapped back trying and failing to keep his anger in check. He imagined Brenda holding his arm and calming him down. "I can't say I forgive you right now but I'll try."

"It's more than I deserve." Kelly muttered to herself letting herself out the kitchen door nodding her goodbyes to Brandon and his parents.

"Brandon you have to fix this." Cindy ordered taking charge. "I don't care what it takes but the entire Walsh clan will be there to celebrate Brenda's wedding day and they will be happy about it!"

She stalked out of the kitchen leaving the boys alone, she still needed to find the perfect wedding gift for her daughter, and somehow she didn't think facilitating reconciliation between the twins would cut it.

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Brenda was in the kitchen fixing coffee for her and Donna when she heard Val come in.

"Hey Val, you want a coffee?" She yelled already reaching for a third cup, she'd never known Val to turn down coffee.

"Always." She answered entering the kitchen. "Your hubby to be is over at Casa Walsh and if I spent anymore time listening to your dimwit twin I was going to throw something at him. Actually I think Dylan might do that he looked pretty pissed."

"Great." Brenda groaned lifting the tray expertly and walking back to the lounge. "What is she doing here?"

Donna and Kelly looked up from their hushed conversation the latter looking guiltily back at Brenda. Val held her hands up showing her innocence; she would have warned Brenda if she'd noticed Kelly following her.

"I wanted to talk to you, apologize."

"Right because hearing 'I'm sorry' from Kelly Taylor is going to make everything in the world right again." Brenda snapped not trusting herself to drink from her coffee; she was far to tempted to throw it in Kelly's face. "I don't need your apology and I sure as hell don't want it either. You see for an apology to mean something the person has to mean something and you just don't, at least not to me anyway. Get out."

"Brenda please!" She protested not moving, the guilt was eating away at her. "Just hear what I have to say and then I'll leave."

"Why should I?" Brenda retorted. "Why should I let you ease your guilty conscience?"

"Because we used to be best friends?"

"When was that? The first time you hit on Dylan or the second? I've heard it all before, we were just kids and all that crap. I'd let it go if you showed any remorse over it or grew up least a little but you're still the same selfish Beverly Hills princess you were at sixteen."

It was everything she had always wanted to say to Kelly and damn did it feel good to say it out loud.

"You don't mean that." Kelly whispered tears spilling from her eyes.

"Yeah I do. So go ahead Kelly, say your little piece because it wont change a damn thing." She spat the last part out taking a seat on the couch Val sitting on the arm beside her giving her support.

"Believe what you want but I am sorry." She apologized, whether Brenda listened or not was by now moot, she just needed to say this. "I've always been jealous of you, I wanted what you had. I thought just maybe if I took it then it would be enough. Dylan, Brandon, even your parents but it wasn't. And I'm sorry, you're right I do still act like that insecure sixteen year old you first met. But I don't want to."

"Are you done?" Val asked completely unmoved, she was enjoying Kelly's fall from grace, it was about time everyone else realized what a bitch she was.

"Val!" Donna scolded, she was torn between her two friends, right now she knew that Kelly needed her, hell she just needed someone.

"It's okay Don." Kelly assured her. "I said what I needed to, Brenda just know I'll always regret what I did to you."

The blonde slunk out the door her head bent down low, Brenda let out a sigh and turned to Donna with a grim smile.

"You should probably go after her, I may not be her number one fan but she needs you right now more than I do."

"Thanks Bren." Donna hugged her tightly. "And thanks for before I'll definitely think about what you said."

Val waited until the door shut behind her and then slid down onto the couch beside Brenda throwing her arm around her.

"She finally figured out she was still in love with David huh?"

Brenda laughed and returned Val's hug, people never really did notice just how perceptive she was.

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Get excited guys next chapter = the end! The wedding! Will Brandon finally work up the courage to apologize? Will Brenda make up with Kelly? Will Jim actually let BD say 'I do'? Or will it all go to hell in a way only our favourite zipcode can?