Chapter 7: Revelation part 2.

"Rachel!" Kelly yelled urgently "wait."

Rachel whirled round on one foot to face them from where she stood at the dressing room door.

"Have you guys been dating?" she asked still clearly in shock. "But Peter is married" she said trying to make sense of what she had just witnessed.

"All you have to know2 Peter began "Is yes, Kelly and i are together and my wife and i are over and we hope you are ok with this".

"Well it might take me a little while to forget the compromising position i just saw you two in but..." She sighed eventually "If you guys are happy that's all that matters and therefore I'm happy."

Peter and Kelly just looked lovingly at each other.

"we are happy." Peter spoke again "and you should be thankful that you didn't walk in five minutes earlier or you would have got a real fright" He laughed.

Kelly playfully hit him on the arm before she spoke.

"Thank you for understanding but can you please not tell anyone? That's just something that we have to do, infact, i think we should do it tomorrow."

Tomorrow they were all going to McG's house to watch the tape of the completed first episode of the season before it airs. This was something they did at the beginning of every new season as a sort of celebration.

"Oh that's a good idea" Peter commented realising what she meant "At least then every body will be together."

"Ok" Rachel agreed "I won't say anything but you have to tell them all tomorrow!"

"We will they said together in exact synch.

Rachel left the room and Peter held Kelly in his arms as they both thought about how to announce their relationship.

-

Kelly and Peter arrived at McG's together the next night to find Melinda, Ben, Adam, Mischa, Rachel and Josh Swartz already there. The only person who seemed to note this fact was Rachel. As they walked in Peter smiled reassuringly, "It'll be fine" he kept telling himself. He and Kelly had discussed many tactics of sharing the news the night before but had failed to decide on one. They sat down on the couch immediately next to each other greeting everyone in the process. McG got up and put the episode in the machine. Munching crisps and the other nibbles that had been set out on the coffee table they watched themselves on the screen. At the scene where Sandy visits Kirsten in rehab, which happened to be the only one they were together in, Peter had taken Kelly's hand onto his knee and laced his fingers with hers. Again the only person who noticed this intimate action was Rachel.

After the episode finished they discussed the good bits and not so good bits eventually agreeing that overall it had been a job well done. They all just sat chatting for a while with Adam and Ben were telling jokes making everyone laugh. Peter had attempted to gather everyone's attention a couple of times but nobody seemed to notice him which was getting him frustrated. With everyone breaking up to do different activities Peter grabbed Kelly's arm and lead her into the kitchen.

"OH my god!" he said when they reached the empty kitchen. "It's like speaking to a bunch of three year olds! Nobody is paying attention to me."

"Well we need to find a way because if Rachel stares at me much longer I'll go crazy" Kelly announced.

"I guess I'll just have to keep trying" he said sounding doubtful. "I'll find a way to claim their attention for two minutes."

They kissed passionately before heading back to the living room. The music channels were playing on the large plasma screen and everybody was mingling with each other.

Five minutes, three jokes and two peanuts later Peter still couldn't get everybody's attention. He considered going around everybody individually but that kinda defeated the point of why they were telling them there and then. Kelly had gotten up restless and gone over to the corner of the room where she stood by a bookcase. She just stood there looking at the hundreds of books. Suddenly an idea entered Peter's head. a plan neither he nor Kelly had thought of previously. Getting up he walked over to the corner where she stood. Placing himself directly behind her he placed his hands on her hips and whispered

"Just take my lead" In her ear before spinning her around to face him. Wondering what his plan was she looked up into his eyes as he smiled cheekily at her. Then she felt his lips on hers, his tongue entering her mouth and suddenly she became aware of the intelligence of his plan. Somebody was bound to notice and then cause a scene diverting everyone's attention to them. He was a genius! Losing herself slightly in his kiss she slid her arms up his and clasped them behind his neck. His rested on her hips.

"OH my god!" came Melinda's voice as she glanced at them.

Everybody turned to look at Melinda. Then as she pointed the heads slowly turned in their direction. Everybody's eyes were on them. They both knew it but neither let go. Still kissing they laughed with each other.

"Kelly, Peter stop!" Came Melinda's voice again.

They obeyed before turning to look at the shocked face on front of them.

"Finally! Something worked. Do you know how long i've been trying to get all your guys' attention in the last two hours?" Peter asked rhetorically.

"What's going on guys?" Mischa asked them.

"Well," Peter answered "Kelly and i were wanting to share the news with you all that we are a couple."

Everybody looked gob smacked once again.

"When did this happen?" Ben asked.

"The first time was in Italy." Kelly answered this time.

"ITALY!" Melinda shouted. "Now how did none of us pick up on that one?" She said slightly sarcastic.

"Oh my god" Adam jumped in "You guys were looking so guilty and were really jumpy when we came back into the indoor pool that day and you deliberately dodged the question when i asked what you had been doing"

"And It explains why Peter offered to stay instead of me" Ben continued.

"Oh the sexy underwear Kelly bought when we went shopping" Mischa added.

"Along with the looks across the table, the dancing and the jacket lending" Melinda concluded "and..." she paused remembering "was he in your room that morning i came to call you for breakfast? You took ages to open the door and he was nowhere to be found! How come none of us even thought about any of that!"

"I guess we weren't as subtle as we thought" Peter said looking at Kelly and laughing along with everyone else.

"What about your wife?" Josh spoke for the first time.

"Erm me and her broke up. Well actually i told her that i was in love with Kelly and that i was leaving her."

"OH god! I thought you guys were just having sex!" Rachel blurted out "I didn't realise you were in love!"

"You Knew?" Adam asked her.

"Only since yesterday" she defended herself "I kinda... sorta ...managed to walk in on them." She finished embarrassed.

"Well" Melinda said raising her glass "Here's to Kelly and Peter, may their relationship be as successful as Sandy and Kirsten's."

"Kelly and Peter!"

"Thanks Guys" Kelly said relieved before leaning into Peter and Kissing him at the sound of the toast.

-

On their way home that evening Kelly sat quietly as she drove along the road. Peter's hand was resting on her leg as he sat in the passenger seat next to her. Kelly was reflecting on the evening. It had been successful, everybody had been reasonably receptive to the idea of them being together. After the announcement Josh had approached them and asked if they had shared their feelings for each other for some time. When they answered "yes" he said he had just found the explanation for how they portrayed such chemistry on-screen between Sandy and Kirsten. This was probably true, their physical and mental attraction for reach other had probably shown through their characters and had probably improved how they acted the on-screen married couple.

"Kelly, Baby." Peter's voice broke her thoughts.

"Hmmm?"

"I love you." He simply said.

Kelly could never get tired of hearing him say those three words to her and she would never get tired of saying them to him.

"I love you too" she replied as she pulled up the drive.

They lay on the couch for a short while watching telly before she got up and switched it off, taking his hands she hauled him off the sofa.

"If we are gonna be moving you in tomorrow it'll be a long day, which means we should get an early night." She said implicitly.

"Oh really? Isn't nine o'clock a little too early?" He asked as she dragged him up the stairs. "I can't fall asleep this early."

"Who said anything about sleeping?" She asked now playing with him.

Peter, suddenly catching on laughed.

"Well in that case i definitely need a really really early night" He said pulling her in for a kiss as they fell onto the bed.

It was well past midnight before either of them even thought of going to sleep. They were so happy that everybody now knew. Now all they had to worry about was the public reaction and the press. However, they wouldn't need to worry about that for a couple of days at least they hoped. Their main focus now was getting Peter's belongings into Kelly's house. It would be a big day for them both. Now they really were making a proper commitment to each other.