sorry for the late updates...
HRae83: thanks for the review...and about erica she's actually 18 here...1st year college...i kinda assumed she's 9 when she shows up in dylan's door back then..
brankel1: im not really planning to get bren and dylan togetehr... i really dont know...maybe..maybe not... but i love bren and dylan/ brandon and kelly...i just wanna write them with different partners...
Friday morning
The gang were busy preparing at the casa Walsh, while Erica needs to attend class, at first she doesn't want to but the gang reminded herm, what Brenda told her at the phone. After her class she hurried back to the casa Walsh, she and Donna would pick up Brenda and Bane, while Steve went to pick up Brandon and Shae. David and Dylan decided not to go and help others as they continue to prepare.
Brenda and Brandon would be arriving at the same time. Donna, Erica and Steve patiently waited for them. Until they heard voices.
"Donna! Erica!" a female voice shouted
"stev-o!" a male voice shouted
When they turned around to see who's calling them, they smiled and wave their hands to the foursome. Erica run over Brenda and hugs her.
"Hey missy…I missed you so much… I've got tons of presents for you…" Brenda said
"Really? Thank you big sis…" Erica said then turned to Bane "hey there Bane!"
Donna approached them and hugs Brenda then Bane. "oh god I can't believe your here…finally.."
"yeah me too… I can't believe I'm in LA…" Brenda said
Steve went to Brandon…"hey B…" he said "hi Shae"
"yo Stev-o.. what's up buddy?" Brandon said
"hi Steve.." Shae replied
Steve then turned to Brenda, he c ouldn't believe how Brenda looks, she's definitely more sexier, more prettier than the last time he saw her.
"hey.." Brenda said
"hey yourself.." Steve said and whispered "I miss you Brenda…its been so long.."
"I missed you too Steve…" Brenda pulls out from the hug and introduced Bane to Steve. "Steve this is Bane Jessup my boyfriend, Bane this is Steve Sanders one of my pal from high school"
They shook hands, Steve look at him as if he's screening him for Brenda. They all went to casa Walsh, Steve horns three times. That was his signal for the gang inside.
When David heard the honks, they started to be in their position. Brenda opened the door; she knew that her friends will do something for them. Then she heard a loud "welcome back guys…"
She then looked at all of them; they all haven't changed a bit. Brandon was surprised too, though he knew Brenda would be more surprised coz she hasn't been here since she left. They all hug each other, but when Brenda and Dylan faced each other, Brenda just nod and say.. "hey stranger…its been a while…" then tap him at his shoulder, he wanted to hug her at that moment, but Brenda avoided him. They all moved at the living room.. She introduced Bane to the rest of the guys, while Erica never left her side.
"Guys this is my boyfriend, Bane, Bane Jessup…" she said
The gang replied "hello Bane.."
"this is Andrea" Brenda said while Bane shook hand with her, "this is Kelly" he shook hand with her too "this is Dylan" before Bane shook his hand, he stared at him first, Dylan stared back at him, Brenda could feel the tension between the two guys, she eyed Bane and got his attention, "sorry beauty…" he said , Brenda playfully hits him at his chest, she told him not call her beauty in front of everybody… the gang laughs at them.
"what? She's beautiful, actually way beyond being beautiful, that's why Bane calls her beauty…" Erica defended Bane, Bane gave her an appreciative look.
They all stop laughing… Bane finally shook hands with Dylan. "And I believe this is Janet…am I right?" Brenda continue to introduce them, Janet nodded she moves forward and hug Brenda.
"Its nice to finally meet you Brenda.." Janet said
"Same here, we'll catch up ok? I wasn't here when you guys married or when you gave birth to Maddy and Bea…" Brenda said
Janet nodded and turned to Bane she shook his hands and said "and nice to meet you too Bane.."
"And of course you know, Steve, David, Donna, Shae, Brandon and Erica…" Brenda said
"Yup, hi guys nice to finally meet you all, beau.." he trailed off as Brenda hits her again
The gang laughs at them again, Steve said "hey bren why don't you let him call you beauty… if he's not gonna call you that I would.."
"Yeah bren its ok.. I think it's cute…" Kelly said
Brenda glared at them "ok fine… it seems that you all sided with Bane… so I guess its ok…"
"As I was saying, beauty here talks about you guys all the time, and she showed me all the pictures you guys sent to her… and I'm really glad to meet all of you…" Bane said
"Same here bro…and welcome to our little gang…" Steve said
"Hey I'm also here…" Brandon said acting like he was jealous of Brenda, the gang just laughs at him, and they knew he was just teasing them.
"Hey little sister…" Brandon teased Brenda "I mean beauty…" then he laughs, they never really got the chance to say hi and hello at the airport, they were in hurry to head home.
"Little?" Brenda said
"Yes I'm older than you remember?" Brandon said
"Right… I forgot you're four minutes older than me… how could I forgot that?" Brenda said it, squinting at her twin brother
"Well, it's nice to see that some things never really change…" Dylan said, everybody looks at him "I mean you guys were exactly the same back in high school, you both love teasing each other, but I bet Brenda would win, she always does…"
The gang laughs at them, Brandon said "it's because I'm a very giving big brother to my baby sister." Brandon said
"Oh c'mon sweetie, you knew it's not true… I know for a fact that you just love to tease Brenda and let her win all the time because you wouldn't want her to see crying…" Shae said
Brandon acted hurt… while Brenda laughs at her brother, it was true that whenever they had fights before, Brandon would always let her win.
"You got that right Shae.." Dylan said, he knew the Walsh twins better than anybody else in the room.
"Ok fine… I admit it…" Brandon said "just because she's my baby sister…I let her win all the time…"
"Brandon stop calling me baby…"
"Hey, Bane calls you beauty; I could call you baby if I want to…" Brandon said
"Whatever…" Brenda replied "speaking of baby, where are the kiddos?" she asked looking at Janet and Andrea.
"They're upstairs, Erica go get them…" Dylan said but Erica didn't move she holds Brenda tighter. Brenda looks at her and said
"Hey, I'm not going anywhere, go get the kids… don't act like a kid Erica, you're 18…start acting like one ok?" Brenda said as she kiss Erica at her cheek, Erica nodded and said
"I'm sorry big sis; I just wanna be here with you, that's all…"
"Well, I have a surprise to you, and I'll tell you about that surprise after you got the kids…ok?" Brenda said
"Its ok Erica, I'll go get the kids, stay with Brenda…" Dylan offered, Brenda look at him and mouthed thank you.
"So what's your surprise?" Erica said
"We have to wait for your brother Erica…" Bane said
Erica nodded, while Dylan was gone, the gang continue to chat, until they heard footsteps coming from the stairs, they all turned around and saw Dylan carrying Alyssa, while Maddy stands beside him. Hannah was holding Bea.
Hannah saw her 'aunt' Brenda and smiled "Aunt Brenda… you're here… I can't believe I'm finally meeting you…" Hannah said as she handed Bea to Steve and hugs Brenda.
"Me too Hannah, I'm glad that I finally meet you,…" Brenda said hugging Hannah
Brandon clears his throat, Hannah looked at him and smiled "hey there Uncle Brandon… and soon to be aunt Shae…" she hugs them too; Hannah is such an adorable kid, very polite and smart.
Brenda moves forward to Dylan and scooped Alyssa out of his arms without looking at Dylan's eyes. "Hey there little girl…" Brenda said making Alyssa giggled
"aww… Donna she's adorable…" Brenda said as she shows Alyssa to Bane, he kissed Alyssa's little hand
"So this must be Bea…" Brenda said looking at the child in Steve's arms, Steve nodded at her "hey there Bea" she said and kissed her at her forehead.
"You guys did well; these kids were all adorable…" Brenda said looking at David and Donna, Andrea, Janet and Steve
"Ok, so much for all of this… I'm starving… when do we eat?" Brandon said which caused everybody to laugh at him
"When are you not starving big bro?" Brenda teased
"Ok I'll set the table, just give me five minutes Brandon…" Andrea said
"I'll help you Andrea..." Brenda said
"Sure..." Andrea motioned for Brenda to follow her.
"Me too…" Erica said following Andrea and Brenda
"I never saw Erica that happy…" Donna said
"Yeah, Brenda was right, she's acting like a kid lately…." Kelly said
"Maybe she just missed Brenda so much…" Brandon concluded
A minute or two later, Brenda shouted "the food is ready…come and get it…"
Dylan and Brandon laughs when they heard Brenda's voice, everybody turned and stared at them… then heads to the kitchen while Bane remained staring at them waiting for their explanation, why they laughed.
"well… uhhmmm…" Dylan said
"what he's trying to say is that Brenda always uses the same line before, remember Dylan were always here with us back then, even after their break up?" he nodded, "she always shouted that line every time we have to eat, we get irritated, one time when she shouted that, we didn't respond to her, and you all knew how Brenda is when she's waiting, she gets mad and run upstairs to get us, but were not there, she didn't know that were already eating at the kitchen, when she gets there, she saw us enjoying the food, while she lost her appetite… she didn't talked to us for like 3 days… and she never yells at us since then…" Brandon said
"ahh…" he said "she always does that too with me…" Bane said "but I'm ok with it…"
"Good for you man… she loves to do that so if you're ok with it, you won't have any problems with her…" Brandon said
"But I know that she could be stubborn at times…" Bane said the three men were laughing hard, they knew Brenda too well.
"What's so funny? And why are you all here? Brandon I thought your starving?" Brenda said as she reappeared from the kitchen, the boys stopped laughing and stared at her, wondering if she heard they conversation.
"And you mister… don't tell me you're listening to whatever this guys told you? Don't listen to them…" Brenda said looking at Bane
"What bren, we didn't tell him anything YET…." Dylan teased her
"You wouldn't dare Mister McKay…" Brenda said in a matter-of-factly "now scoot all three of you…"
They all went to the kitchen and ate. Kelly, Janet and Andrea made a very good feast, everybody was so full, even the kids…after they ate, Andrea said that she would put the kids to bed, Hannah helped her. The girls clean up the kitchen while the boys went shooting at the backyard just like the old days.
Janet, Shae, Donna, Kelly, Valerie, Brenda and Erica were all cleaning up, they were also chatting at the same time.
"So Brenda how's your life in London?" Janet asked
"well, I've been there for like 9 years, and I love the place I never wanna leave that place… then of course I have Bane … my life was never been this happy, and now I get to see all of you again… I'm overjoyed…" she said
"I'm sorry I never went to visit you Bren…" Kelly said
"Hey, its ok, I know we didn't have a good parting, but I'm all over it a long time now, so don't ever think of anything ok? Were ok, ok? And Kelly you're one of my bestfriend here in LA, sure we didn't get along few months before I leave but that doesn't change the fact that were friends ok…?" Brenda said
Kelly went to hug Brenda "ok bren, I'm really glad you're hear now, and that were ok…"
"Me too.." she said
They finished cleaning up when Andrea walks in and saw the girls had tears in their eyes "hey what happened? "
"Nothing, we just had closure to what happened to us before…that's all… and were actually ok, I mean we could always start a new friendship…right Kel?" Brenda said
"Of course Bren…" Kelly answered
Andrea too shed her tears, the girls, even Janet and Shae knew what happened between Kelly and Brenda, they were all happy that finally they were ok now.
"I hate to break this moment but we have to go outside and now we have another reason to celebrate…" Erica said "and besides you have a surprise for me right?" she asked Brenda
"Oh yeah, I forgot about that… let's go see what boys are up to…" Brenda said
"What else they would do?" Erica asked
"Basketball" all the girls said
When they went outside they saw Dylan and Bane were teammates versus Steve and Brandon, David were sitting on the lawn, he's sweating, that means he already played and has been replaced by any of the four guys, the girls cheered for them…
"Go Bane… beat my brother…" Brenda shouted they didn't know how well Bane plays basketball; he used to play for his college university.
"Go Brandon…" Shae and Andrea cheered
"Steve can beat them all.." Janet said
"No watch my brother… he's the best…" Erica said
"Of course he is…" Kelly added
At the end of the game, Bane and Dylan won; they were all exhausted from the game, all sweaty and tired. Bane and Dylan walks towards the girls, but Brenda run towards them, for a moment there, Dylan thought she's coming towards him, but them he realized Bane was just beside him. Brenda jumped at Bane's and hugs him…"you did great honey.." she said, Dylan shook his head and continue to walk towards the others.
"thanks beauty…I'm inspired…what can I say…" Bane said
"Really… huh?" Brenda said kissing him, the kiss grew passionately, and they forgot that all of their friends were there
"eeeww!!! Get a room baby sis…" Brandon said
Brenda pulls out of the kiss and smiled at Bane, she so love this man, she thought. But Bane pulled her closer and kisses her again… Brenda smiled at his lips… and whispered "hey we have all night for that…can we go back to them before they yell at us again…"
Bane sighs… "Ok beauty…" Brenda kiss him again teasing him "your cruel bren…" he said as they walk towards the group.
"Finally, I thought you guys were going to bail on us…" David said
"Sorry…my fault…" Bane said
Dylan looks at Brenda; she seemed so happy, genuinely happy. Then he smiled, he's glad that Brenda found a perfect man for her. He still cares for her, and he still loves her at some level.
"So what's the surprise?" Erica asked, they were all sitting at the lawn in a circle.