I'm not really sure how people will respond to this story. I am guessing not as openly and lovingly as my other ones. I have written the get girl back, pine over, win her, marriage and baby stories already. I wanted to do something different and if you guys remember the real show it had a lot of this stuff in it. There was quite a few of the characters that had drug problems that they had over come. Dylan is no stranger to substance abuse and I always wanted to write about it. Also I love Brenda and Dylan and I know Brenda would have kicked him to the curb but she would never have left him alone to deal with this. We are going to see her try and help him. She knows that this issue has been going on, He thinks he is fooling her. Its not that Dylan doesn't respect or love her, he does…but he has a problem. I have to let something out though. There will NOT be a love triangle between Kelly/Dylan/Brenda. There will be triangles and drama but not with them. Its been done, its old to me and Dylan in this S9 is totally over her. She may show her true colors and may be jealous about him not obsessing over her anymore but that ship has sailed. And I don't think its OOC of Kelly to care about seeing B/D together. Anyway that I promise. So you will see lots of pairing, some might be weird to you, maybe some aren't but it will ultimately be about B/D and I know you guys know me as a HUGE fan so take that as you will. I am going to add though if people are looking for a happy, go lucky story full of mush, you will not find it here. I mean of course their will be sweet moments and couplings but it really is going to dig down into Dylan's drugs problem and how Brenda deals with it. It may be surprising to you all as well. Ok enough of that.

Chapter 2 Brenda's Secret

Brenda trucked down the Walsh steps and shook her head. Damn him she thought. He must have brought a stash from home. Why did they come back here? There was so much pressure here and people that knew them too well. She made her way into the kitchen in attempts in making some tea. She grabbed a coffee cup and filled it with water. She stuck the cup in the microwave to heat it up. She stood staring at the microwave as it beeped. There was no point in starting a fight with Dylan now. He was going to be out of it until morning. No matter how mad at him she was, she felt bad for him as well. She would be the first to admit she allowed him to do this. She felt bad for him, because of what had happened in his life and it wasn't an excuse. She knew it. She pressed the button on the microwave opening the door as she grabbed her cup and gently submerged her tea bag into it. She moved slowly to the bar stool and sat at the kitchen counter that she had remembered so well. All the talks she had with her parents and Brandon. Brenda rested her elbow on the counter and cupped her palm to her face. She slowly dipped the tea bag up and down and was so into her thoughts about Dylan she hadn't realized she wasn't alone.

"Still on London time huh?" Smiled David as he moved through the kitchen and opened the refrigerator grabbing a bottle of water.

"Oh hey." Brenda smiled, "Don't tell me you live here too?"

David laughed slightly, "No…I have my own place but after you and Dylan went to bed, Steve and I got into 4 bottles of wine." David made a face and held his head.

Brenda laughed, "Ah I see."

"Well…he is having girl troubles." David walked over sitting next to Brenda on the stool and popping three Advil into his mouth.

"Girl trouble? Steve? Never." Brenda smirked, "With who?"

"Well that girl Janet you met tonight, her and him have been." David stopped, "Friends with benefits and he wants more but she wants to just be friends."

"Woah…Steve wants more?" Brenda said surprised. "Never would have guessed that, I have been gone a long time."

"I know, anyway, she blew him off tonight and he wanted a partner to sulk with."

"Oh I see." Brenda looked down before looking over at him again. "You seeing anybody?"

"Me? Oh well where should I start…um I met a girl at the After dark."

"The after dark is the club Valerie owned right…and you?" Brenda tried to show that she hadn't been completely in the dark.

"Yeah but Noah owns it now."

"Noah? Him and Donna been together for while huh? I remember in her letters she talked about him."

"Yeah they have been on and off again. Anyway we are getting off the subject, I met girl at the bar and had a nice little night with her. Come to find out she goes to West Beverly and now I might be charged with statutory rape."

Brenda looked over at him with a surprised face, "Wow…and Steve was the one wanting to sulk, oh my God David, are you ok?"

"Yeah I talked to Kelly's friend Matt, he is a lawyer and he said I have nothing to worry about, she was in a over 21 club and using a fake ID but you can see my luck with women."

"Thank God it is going to be ok and yeah I have been there, Brenda Walsh and love didn't go together for a long time." Brenda raised her coffee mug and sipped her tea. "So this Matt guy? Is he cool?" Brenda didn't care if she seemed nosey.

"Yeah he seems nice, he kind of reminds me of a wanna be Brandon…unsuccessfully though."

"Interesting. They been together long?" Brenda looked over at him.

"I don't even know if they are together, he has been trying, she has been politely putting it off. The whole mess with Brandon really did a number on her in the beginning."

"Yeah well, it really did a number on Brandon as well. I think she was the main reason he left. He had second thoughts about ending things but Brandon told me Kelly had started to move on. I think he left on good terms though. I could feel the awkwardness with her tonight. Will it ever end?" Brenda swallowed hard and looked down.

"Yeah I think we all felt it, you know Kel, she is…well Kelly." David shrugged.

"Yeah, you think after Dylan and I being together for a few years now she would be over it, especially because she has moved on." Brenda shook her head.

David changed the subject from Kelly, "You and Dylan seem good, like you used to be." David smiled.

Brenda took a deep breath , "Yeah…Dylan is great. Things couldn't be better." Brenda lied.

"You guys looking toward marriage or anything?" David nosed around.

"Oh God No." Brenda laughed, "Are you serious?"

"Well he did it once." David stopped himself further in going into Toni.

Brenda saw his hesitation right away, "Oh its cool, yeah I know he did it once but…I don't see Dylan doing it again. What happened to Toni ruined Dylan in the commitment department. I mean I know he loves me and we don't need a piece of a paper to show it. His way of showing me he is committed is the fact that he has been totally faithful to me and that we have been living together for three years…and that's ok. Plus we are young. I am only 23 so I guess anything can happen." Brenda smiled.

David nodded in agreement, "Hey I am going to watch some TV, want to join me?" David got up as he held out his hand.

Brenda took his hand and started to walk toward the living room, "Maybe I should just go to bed." Brenda said as she looked up the stairs.

"Ok…well I will see you in the morning." David brought her in for another hug, "Good chat." he laughed.

"Yeah, thanks." Brenda eyed him and smiled. She quietly made her way up the stairs and gently opened the bedroom door. She sighed at the sight of him. He was laying on his back, passed out. She slowly walked over to him. It physically hurt her to see him like this. She lifted his legs carefully moving them onto the bed. This was actually something Brenda had sadly gotten used to, Dylan got pretty shaken up when he had received word from Bruno that Toni's grave had been moved. Brenda was pleasantly surprised that he seemed to move on from the news without any fall backs but then something else happened, something that pushed him over the ledge. Something that happened to both of them and it hit Dylan hard. He started using and after a while Brenda asked Dylan if he wanted heroine or her and he chose her. Before that she would take care of him, sit there until he was sober and try to talk some sense into him. After he chose, she nursed him through it all and for while it was good; it was the same as it was before. She knew he thought Brenda didn't know he had relapsed but the truth was Brenda knew. She knew Dylan better than anyone and when he was high, he was different. And then he would wake up and be nice to her, and loving and she would see that old Dylan come back to her. She slowly sat on the edge of the bed and closed her eyes. She looked over at him and pushed back his hair and ran her fingers down the side of his face. She lay next to him and held him. He was unaware of it but she felt close to him. She closed her eyes and went to sleep.

**

Dylan moaned as he moved slowly. He felt his body again and he knew it had worn off. He slowly opened his eyes and saw Brenda going through his suitcase. He rubbed his face and yawned.

"What are you doing?" Dylan asked confused.

"Get up." Brenda said coldly and he recognized her tone right away.

Dylan slowly sat up and rubbed his eyes again. He moved his legs off the bed and looked over at her. His eyes got bigger as he saw she had his drug paraphernalia in her hand.

"Ah…I can explain." Dylan said quickly.

"Get up…come on." Brenda went over and held out her hand. Dylan took her hand and took a deep breath. He knew he was caught and was nervous to what she would do. Dylan stood up and tried to wrap his arms around her waist but she pulled away. She opened the bathroom door and walked over to the toilet. She stood with tears in her eyes holding the little plastic baggie in her hand.

"Flush it." she demanded.

Dylan swallowed hard, "Bren."

"Dylan…flush it or I am leaving." he walked over and looked in her teary eyes. He nodded and took it from her.

He stared down at the toilet; he closed his eyes and tossed it in. He reached down and flushed the handle and looked at her.

"Come on, let's get some coffee and move into a hotel, you are going to be sick later." Brenda without much emotion moved out of the bathroom and closed her suitcase.

Dylan didn't say anything he just watched her. "Brenda…I'm sorry."

"I know and I'm sorry I didn't do it before. I thought coming back here would help but I should have known." Brenda said more disappointed with herself.

"How long have you known?" Dylan leaned against the bathroom frame.

"All along." Brenda said coldly not looking at him. She sat on the bed and took a deep breath. "Look I gave you the choice and you chose me so I am not letting you go that easily. I won't watch you do this again."

Dylan walked over to her and sat beside her, "I know." Dylan took a deep breath, "I know."

"Ok come on, before everyone catches on." Brenda got up and grabbed her suitcase as she opened the bedroom door.

"Bren?" Dylan called out to her and Brenda turned to face him. "I love you."

Brenda nodded; she turned quickly so he wouldn't see her tear up and made her way down the stairs.

"Hey Bren, going somewhere?" David said as he passed her on his way to the kitchen looking at her suitcases.

Brenda smiled, "Yeah Dylan and I are getting out of everyone's hair, we are going to check in to a hotel."

"Why?" David asked curiously.

"I don't know, this place is pretty cramped and I thought I heard that Matt was moving in here."

David nodded, "Oh yeah, but I am sure Steve would rather have you here, I mean it is your house."

"No biggie." Brenda set down her bag and linked her arm with David's as he led her into the kitchen.

"Good Morning Steve." Brenda said chipper.

"Ughhhh." he rumbled.

"Hang over hell huh?" Brenda laughed as she grabbed the coffee cup and poured herself a cup. "What are you guys doing today?"

"Sleeping." Steve mumbled.

"No…we should take you guys to the pit and come listen to my show tonight at the After Dark." David said proudly.

"You have a show?" Brenda eyes widened.

"Yep a radio show."

"Wow…I definitely want to see that. That's great."

"What's great?" Dylan ran his fingers through his hair as he stepped down into kitchen.

Brenda looked down as she felt him close to her, she looked up at him, "David has a radio show at the After Dark."

"Cool." Dylan gently took Brenda's earlobe in his mouth.

Brenda lifted her shoulder to slightly push him away. She looked at him intently and moved away. David looked at them back and forth and noticed the tension between them.

"David wants to take us to the pit." Brenda raised her cup to her mouth and eyed David.

"Yeah…I would love to see Nat. I have some stuff to check on in storage but why don't I meet with you guys later."

"Dylan?" Brenda looked at him with suspicion.

"Yeah Bren, get ready and I can take you, I just have to swing by my house and shower and change but we can meet Dylan at the Pit in a couple hours." David smiled.

Brenda took a deep breath and stared at Dylan, "What about the hotel?"

"Why are you guys staying in a hotel anyway? I have an extra room, I could use some help with rent." David said with a smile.

"Bren…you guys can live here, I can move into Val's old room and you guys can have the master, it's your house." Steve said sweetly.

"No…Steve…this is your home now, and it's not cool to change plans all because Dylan and I are back. Let Matt know he can move in as planned." Brenda said sincerely.

"Are you sure? I don't feel right not having a Walsh live in the Walsh house." Steve felt bad.

"No honestly, my room is cramped with both of us and we don't know how long we are staying and besides it doesn't feel the same anymore." Brenda looked down.

"Ok then it's settled, you go change, get your stuff together and you guys can live with me. It's a nice place, close by and honestly I could use the help."

Brenda and Dylan looked at each other, "Ok." Brenda said softly, "Dylan can I talk to you for a sec."

Dylan nodded his head and followed Brenda to the stairs, "What about the hotel? What about later?" Brenda hinted about Dylan going through withdrawals.

Dylan set his hands on Brenda's arms, "Its fine, I'm ok…I promise."

Brenda looked into his eyes and sighed, "You promise?"

Dylan gave her a half smile, "I promise. It's you and me babe, that's it." He leaned in and kissed her gently. Brenda slowly opened her eyes and nodded.

Look at these fast updates, God I love when I start a new story and have so much planned. I am in the process of working on this one, the next chapter of LF and B/K reception in LTC, I am busy lol Anyway please review, let me know what you are thinking. I guess you guys are getting the hint that David has a big role in this fic, finally…I love the character of David but honestly never knew what to do with him. Let me know what's going on in your mind and if you are liking it, hating it, have any ideas, I am good at working them in. Thanks for giving it a chance. Now review if I get 10 reviews on this second chapter I will post the new chapter tomorrow. Bribery is so fun :P