The Hotel Where Brandon Is Staying

Kelly is standing just outside the hotel's front door thinking about how she is going to persuade the guest service agent to give her Brandon's room number. As she thought the cab driver took her bags out of the trunk and set them on the curb next to her and waited to be paid. Just as Kelly was about to give up on trying to find a way into Brandon's suite she noticed Lucinda and Clare getting off the elevator together and heading into the breakfast room.

"Ma'am sometime in the next century would be nice!" The cab driver said with his hand outstretched in front of him.

"Oh I'm so sorry here you go… thanks for the ride." She said as she handed him the money she owed him along with a ten dollar tip for making him wait.

"No thank you ma'am." The cab driver said pocketing the money while flashing a quick smile at her as he climbed back into his cab.

Kelly took a deep breath and grabbed her bag before she walked into the lobby and towards the breakfast area. She wanted to know why Clare and Lucinda were together before she tried to get the room number Brandon was staying in. It didn't take long for her to find out because she could hear everything that the two were saying.

"I can't believe he changed rooms on us!" Clare said as she sipped her orange juice.

"Oh I can!" Lucinda said as she took a bite from her banana.

"So what are we going to do now?" Clare asked as if Lucinda had all the answers.

Kelly smiled to herself as she turned to face the front desk. She stood as tall as she could and confidently walked up to the woman behind the counter. It was then that the words just came to her and started to flow right out of her mouth. It seemed so easy for her to pull off because, let's face it; some of Brenda had actually rubbed off on her.

"Hi, my boyfriend checked in very early yesterday morning and forgot to tell me what room we're in." Kelly said just letting it roll off her tongue.

"I'm sorry I'm not allowed to give you that information, but I can call up to the room for you and let him tell you the number." The young woman said to her.

"If that is what you have to do… this was supposed to be a surprise, but I totally understand… his name is Brandon Walsh." Kelly said with her million dollar smile still plastered on her face.

"I'm not seeing a Walsh anywhere in our system could it be under any other name… yours perhaps?" The woman asked.

"I don't know why it would be under my name, but it's Kelly Taylor." She said with a somewhat confused look on her face.

"That's it… okay all I need from you is an ID and I can give you the key." The woman said as Kelly handed her license over to her. " Thank you Miss. Taylor, you will be in this room and to get there just take the elevator up to the fourth floor and make a left. If there is anything else we can do to make your stay more comfortable please don't hesitate to ask." The woman said handing Kelly her key.

"Actually there is something you can do for me… can you have room service bring up the breakfast special and tell them I will meet them at the door." Kelly said flashing the woman a smile as she turned towards the elevator.

"Right away!" The woman said as she picked up the phone and dialed the kitchen.

Kelly cautiously waiting for the elevator hoping that neither Clare nor Lucinda would see her standing there. After all there had to be a reason that Brandon had put his hotel room in her name. As soon as she got to the room she put her ear to the door just to see if she could hear him, but all she could hear was the sound of the shower. She smiled to herself as she slipped the key into the door and quietly opened it. There was a closet behind the door that was just big enough for her to hide her bags in so in an effort to make it seem like a spur of the moment decision she placed her bags in the closet and closed the door behind her.

Just in time too, as the shower shut off and the room service cart rolled down the hallway towards the room. Kelly met the young man at the door and gave him a tip before rolling the cart in front of the room. She waited for the guy to disappear into the elevator before she knocked on the door… using her key would make Brandon feel a little uncomfortable.

"Room Service." She called as he came over to the door.

"I didn't order any room service…" Brandon said as he opened the door and saw the cart of food but nothing else.

"No but I did." Kelly said as she stepped into his view.

"Kelly… am I glad to see you!" Brandon said as he quickly took her hand and pulled her into the room.

"Yeah, I bet you are… the room is in my name…. care to explain that one?" Kelly said as she watched him search for an answer.

"I'll give you two guesses." Brandon said flatly.

"Lucinda and Clare, am I right?" Kelly asked knowing that she was dead on.

"How'd you know?" Brandon asked a little curious.

"They were getting off the elevator as I was walking in… and no they didn't see me if you're wondering." Kelly said knowing that he probably was.

"Good… not that I'm not happy to see you, but what exactly are you doing here?" Brandon asked watching her face for some sort of hint.

"You promised me breakfast and I was hungry so here I am." Kelly said hoping that he was still a little jet lagged and wouldn't press her further.

"I know that's not the whole reason, but I'll let it slid this time." Brandon said as he guided her over to the table on the other side of the room.

"Any big plans for today or did they give you the day off?" Kelly asked as he placed one of the plates in front of her.

"Actually, I believe I am a free man until tomorrow morning when I meet the president!" Brandon said somewhat excited as he took a bite of his eggs.

"Good because there is something I need to talk to you about." Kelly said digging into her bowl of fruit.

"Fire away!" Brandon said looking up at her expectantly.

It was at that very moment that Kelly wished she had never brought it up. She couldn't tell him right now on the spot… what was he thinking? This was something she had to carefully bring up… it was not something that just rolled off the tongue. However, as she looked up at his all knowing eyes she saw something that made her heart skip a beat. His eyes were always so warm and inviting it made it hard for her to concentrate. On the other hand, she could imagine what he would say if she told him now.

Inside Kelly's Head…

In Kelly's mind, Brandon was pacing back and forth in the middle of the room as she tried to explain that she had a little girl. She watched him as he paced and shook his head back and forth; it was all she could think about. His hands all of a sudden started to fly about as he found the words he wanted to say.

"I can't believe you never told me about this… what would make you think that you couldn't?" Brandon tried to stay calm but it wasn't something he was very good at, at the moment.

"I'm sorry I was scared okay… and a little embarrassed… I couldn't tell anyone at first, no matter how much I wanted too." She could hear herself say.

"Who else knows about this?" Brandon asked wanting to know how many people knew before him.

"Everyone." She said bracing herself for the blowout that was about to happen, it was at that moment that she wished she could have lied to him.

"You mean I am the last to know? I thought we were better friends than that Kel… I thought we had a connection… from the first time I met you and know I find out that everything up until now was a lie… How could you do this?" He said as he opened the door.

Back To Reality…

Kelly couldn't even think of a time when Brandon was ever that mad at her, but there was always a first time for everything. She didn't even want to take her chances with this one. It was too big of a secret and Brandon meant way to much to her to just blurt this out at him.

"We can talk about it later… really… it's not a big deal." Kelly tried to down play it a little too much.

"If that's the way you want it. Then later it is!" Brandon said with a smile just glad that she was there.