The Beverly Beat Newsroom

Brandon had been working hard all day... he just had to keep hiself busy so that he wouldn't start thinking about tomorrow. He had been thinking about the wedding all week and everything that seem to cross his mind was that maybe it wasn't the right time to do this. Jim kept telling him that he was just getting cold feet but he wasn't sure what it was he was feeling anymore. Sure he loved Kelly, but it was just hard to look at himself in the mirror knowing that tomorrow he was going to be a married man. His thoughts, however, were soon interuppted by the phone.

"Beverly Beat... Brandon speaking!" He said in his most confidant voice.

"Is this Brandon Walsh?" The voice on the other end questioned.

"It is... What can I do for you?" Brandon's curiousity was peeked.

"My name is John Harper from the Washington Post and I have been following your work and I got to tell you I'm very impressed... I was wondering if you would like to write for us..." The questioned seemed to trail off as Brandon listened.

"You want to give me a job at the Washington Post?" Brandon was still a little shocked.

"That is what I said... you interested?" Mr. Harper asked.

"I'm very interested! I just have to..." Brandon was cut off.

"Great! I'd like to see you hear day after tomorrow for a formal meet and greet!"

"The day after tomorrow?" Brandon asked.

"That is what I said... do you have a problem with that?"

"It's just that I am getting married tomorrow and I really need to talk this over with her..."

"Well, congrats and if we have to we can push it back to the end of the week..." Mr. Harper began.

"I'll let you know later on today." Brandon said as he hung up the phone.

"Who was that?" Steve asked from his desk across the room.

"John Harper of the Washington Post... he wants me to write for the paper..." Brandon began...

The Peach Pit

Kelly had been sitting at her table just staring at the blueberry muffin in front of her... at one point she had started to pick at it but wasn't really eating any of it. She was preoccupide with everything that still had to be done before tomorrow. Donna had just finished the last alteration for Brenda's bridesmaid dress because it was now Janet's. Brenda had left that morning with Dylan and baby Jacob and she was a little sad because her best friend wasn't going to be at her wedding. Maybe that would make what she had to tell Brandon easier... She had been thinking about it a lot since his parents got into town... how much she felt like a sister to him because that was how his family treated her. She wasn't the woman taking away their only son... she was the second daughter to them... she was a part of the family in every way except blood.

"Coffee's getting cold." David said as he sat next to his step sister.

"Huh, oh... I guess I wasn't as thirsty as I thought..." Kelly said looking up at him with a slight smile.

"From the looks of it you weren't as hungry as you thought either... What's up?" David asked concerned.

"Am I doing the right thing... marrying Brandon?"

"Where is this coming from... Of course you are doing the right thing... Brandon is a great guy and you deserve a great guy!" David was trying to be supportive and helpful.

"I guess it's just cold feet... Tomorrow will be better right?" She asked unsure.

"Tomorrow you will be standing up there in that church looking as beautiful as ever and telling Brandon 'I do' then there will be a party and you'll live happily ever after!" David said with a grin.

"You have been reading Erin way too many fairy tales!" Kelly said laughing.

"Hey it worked didn't it? You're smiling again! Everything will go great tomorrow you'll see..." He said getting up.

"Thanks David... You know I'm glad you're my brother!" She said getting up herself.

"Me too... Kel... Me too!"

The Next Morning The Church 10AM

Today was the day that Brandon and Kelly said 'I do' and nothing was going the way it was suppose to... Brandon's tux was the wrong style... Kelly had spilt her morning coffee all over her wedding dress on the way to the church... and it was ten and the flowers had yet to be delivered. Kelly was sitting in her dressing room with Donna, Janet, and Cindy trying not to stress out so much that she would end up passing out, but that may have already been to late. Donna was working on getting the stains out of Kelly's dress while Cindy and Janet were trying to calm Kelly down.

"I don't think I can do this..." Kelly said sitting on a chair in front of the mirror.

"Sweetie it's completely normal to be having these feelings... I had them when I married Jim and believe it or not it gets better as the day goes on... Standing up to the feelings you are having is the hardest part about getting married..." Cindy was making total sense but for some reason Kelly couldn't beleive her.

"I wish I could believe that... but I can't... I don't know what I am suppose to do... I love Brandon, but I don't know how to be a wife... I'm no good at anything I do... I am a complete screw up!" Kelly was getting ready to lose it.

"That should do it... Kel... here you are... good as new!" Donna said showing her a once stained wedding dress a bright white again.

"Well at least that is one crisses averted... Oh and Kel... Steve said that he had a tux that would look great in Brandon..." Janet began as someone knocked on the door.

"Flowers are here!" Val said through a crack in the door.

"Okay so there is just one thing left to do and that is get you in your dress..." Donna relpied as she helped Kelly into the dress.

"Is it safe to come in..." Brandon's voice could be heard from the other side of the door.

"I'd like to talk to Brandon alone if you guys don't mind." Kelly said as Donna zipped up the back of the dress.

"Sure sweetie if that is what you want..." Cindy said as her and the other girls left the room.

"Wow, you look amazing!" Brandon stated as he kissed her lightly.

"What are we doing Brandon?" Kelly asked looking him in the eye.

"I don't know... This isn't what we wanted at all..." He replied.

"This was suppose to be our day... why do I feel like it is all just a show for them?" Kelly asked refering to their friends and family.

"I think it is..." Brandon started.

"I can't marry you Brandon... I hope you understand that!" Kelly said with a tear in her eye. "No matter how much I want to this doesn't feel right to me."

"Kel I understand it doesn't feel right to me either..." Brandon said. "How do you think they are going to take it?"

"I don't know... I guess we are about to find out!" Kelly said as she took Brandon's hand and begain to make their way to the front of the church.

Four Hours Later at Casa Walsh Kitchen

The gang was cleaning up the reminants of the unreception party. After everything that had happened that day Kelly and Brandon were still talking and still acting like nothing had happened, even though they both knew what was going to happen later that night. Kelly smiled over at Brandon, Donna and David noticed this and grabbed the remainder of the trash bags before heading out the front door.

"We'll drop these off at the dumpster for you!" David said as they left.

"I think I'm gonna take Janet home see you later man..." Steve said as he and Janet left as well.

"You know I'm hungry... I don't think I got a chance to eat at all during this party." Brandon said.

"Me too... Let's see what we have in the fridge... Salmon, salad, and a cheese plate..." Kelly said taking out the trays and placing them on the counter.

"Hey that looks good!" Brandon said reaching for the cake.

"Here... try it." Kelly said putting a piece in his mouth. "Whatcha think?" She asked.

"I like it... here... your turn." He said as he fed her a piece as well.

Without thinking they both found themselves staring intentely at the other. Brandon moved closer to Kelly and as their lips pressed together her arms wrapped around his neck. She was trying her hardest not to get the cake from her fingers on his tux but it wasn't working as well as she had hoped. Brandon wasn't doing a very good job of this himself.

"Should we be doing this?" Kelly asked in between kisses.

"I don't know!" Was all Brandon could say...

Slowly they made their way to the stairs... Kelly went first and Brandon followed her up to their bedroom. He knew what he was doing and he knew he shouldn't be doing it, but he couldn't help himself either. Kelly knew that she would regret this in the morning, but she also wasn't quite ready to let Brandon go just yet. She still loved him deeply and that emotion was what carried them through the day. It was their love that gave them the strength to tell their friends and family that it wasn't the right time for them. It got them through the day and it got them to where they were at that very moment.

Author's Note: Okay I know that some of you are going to be mad at this chapter but don't worry I know what I am doing. This had to happen for the rest of the story to be written... I didn't want to end it right here because then the title wouldn't make any sense. And just an FYI Dylan and Brenda will be in a few chapter's coming up.