So here you go, I didnt get 10 but I got 8, so close enough lol. Warning in the beginning of this chapter there is a flashback of Dylan's you aren't suppose to get it yet but you will eventually find out.
Chapter 3 Promises Promises
Dylan slowly walked up to his storage unit. He swallowed hard as he looked at the pad lock. Three years of memories. Dylan unlocked the unit and pushed up the sliding door. Three years of dust, he thought as he walked in and admired his black 56 Speedster. He ran his hand along the side of it, god she was beautiful. Then his eyes fell on the six bullet holes that shattered his windshield. He took a deep breath as the images of rain…opening up the drivers side door and her falling into his arms, flashed before him. Dylan shook his head and he picked up the new windshield he had brought to replace the shattered one. After replacing the windshield he gently moved the wet sponge across the hood and wiped the three years of dust that had collected. He closed his eyes and flashed back, he saw himself driving, laughing and then the tires squealing and the crunch of metal. Dylan saw himself sitting alone in the bright halls of a hospital. Dylan opened his eyes and shook his hands. The itch was coming and he began to feel antsy. Dylan finished drying off the car and climbed in the drivers seat. He stuck his key in the ignition and turned it. As he slowly drove out of storage unit he felt a little better with the wind against his face. He hit the gas hard and peeled out heading to the Peach Pit.
Brenda laughed and shook her head as she hopped out of David's jeep. "You are funny, when did you get so funny?" Brenda giggled at a joke David told her.
"What can I say, I'm not the nerdy little tag along I once was." David said proudly.
"I see that." Brenda could feel his eyes on her and it was weirding her out. She looked down with a smile and shook her head. "David." Brenda said awkwardly. She looked out the corner of her eye as a familiar black Porsche headed into the back parking lot of the Peach Pit. Dylan pulled into a spot as David and Brenda came walking over. Brenda swallowed hard and crossed her arms.
"Hear that Bren…still purrs like a kitten." Dylan smiled and raised his eyebrows.
"Wow…this car still is in pristine condition." David clapped his hands together and rubbed them gently.
Dylan got out and closed the drivers side door, "Yep…she is something. I forgot to ask you, is there a garage at your house? I will pay more or whatever."
David smiled, "No need if you let me drive her one of these days."
Dylan pretended to think, "Mmmmmm Maybe."
Dylan walked over and ran his hands down Brenda's arms as he looked down and smiled at her. "You ok?" she asked with full knowledge of what had happened with that car.
"I'm great." Dylan smiled pulling her in and kissing her on her forehead. "Let's go I am starving."
Brenda looked at Dylan closely, he didn't seem high, what were the odds he was actually ok with driving this car around? He was smiling, he didn't appear shaken and he was hungry, which was a great sign he hadn't used. Brenda smiled and shrugged as she grabbed his hand tight. "I am starving too. Let's go see Nat." David opened the back door letting both of them in.
Dylan and Brenda hand and hand stopped and smiled as hey looked around the Pit. "God I missed this place." Dylan said as he led Brenda to the booth.
"Yeah it doesn't change much around here. The food is still greasy yet delicious." David said handing over a menu.
"Are you kidding Silver, we know what we are getting." Dylan said handing the menus back.
"Sorry I should have known." David shook his head.
"Hey look, its Donna, Kel and that Gina girl." Brenda said pointing toward the front door.
The girls noticed them sitting there and walked over to join them, "Heeeey Bren." Donna said as she sat next to David, "You remember Gina."
"Yeah, nice to see you." Brenda and Gina smiled at each other.
"So you guy coming from the store?" David asked as he waved down Nat.
"Yeah." Kelly took a deep breath, "We decided to close for lunch and come here for some food, its dead slow today." Kelly sighed.
"Oh yeah, I am going to have to do a little shopping at that shop yours."
"Great…there goes all my money." Dylan playfully rolled his eyes.
Brenda gave him a look and smiled, "Excuse me McKay, I do have my own money."
Dylan put his hands up in defeat, "I know…I know."
"But its more fun to draw from a much bigger pool." David joked.
Dylan bit the inside of his lip and looked down uncomfortably, he always got uncomfortable talking about how much money he had.
Donna sensed the awkward silence and broke it. "Bren tell Dylan what you want and come with me next door, I will show you the club." Donna said sweetly.
Brenda smiled and nodded, "Baby…Mega Burger…no."
"Onions or tomatoes. I know." Dylan smiled as he leaned in and kissed her gently.
Kelly exhaled and rolled her eyes. "Thanks." Brenda smiled at him. She used his leg to help her up.
"I will come too.' Gina said as she got up as well. All three girls moved to the back.
"What the hell is taking so long with Nat?" David looked toward the kitchen not seeing Nat anymore. "I'll be back." David got up and headed toward the kitchen.
"I saw the Porsche outside." Kelly leaned her elbows on the table.
Dylan nodded slowly, "Yeah just got her out of storage before I came here."
"You doing ok Dylan? I mean you have been acting like an ass to me since you got back." Kelly said coldly.
Dylan smiled and shook his head, "I'm fine. Never better."
"You know, it hurt me when you left and didn't say goodbye." Kelly swallowed hard.
"Well Kel, my wife had just got shot and killed, sorry I didn't feel like making my rounds." Dylan returned the coldness as he looked at her.
"But you had no problem finding Brenda in London, what within a couple months?" Kelly shot out.
Dylan laughed and looked at the ceiling before looking at her, "Actually it was one month."
Kelly breathed heavily through her nose, why did she let him have this effect on her.
"Look Kel…" Dylan smirked, "Its not to late to be friends you know."
"Me and you have never been friends." Kelly leaned back in her chair.
"You know your right but time goes on…people move on…maybe you should too." Dylan laid it out for her.
Kelly looked offended, "I have moved on."
"Well good…then I guess there isn't any more to talk about." Dylan took a deep breath and noticed Nat and David walking back to the table.
Kelly pouted for a second. As she looked toward the bathroom.
"So Bren, this is the Peach Pit After Dark." Donna said as she led them through the club.
"Wow, this is great. Too bad there wasn't anything like this when I lived here." Brenda said as she looked around.
"Yeah well…probably better, Steve started it more as an underground thing our sophomore year, its much better that its legit, believe me." Donna looked around for any sight of Noah. "I'll be back, let me find Noah so we can say hi." Donna left them as she made her way to the office.
Brenda took a deep breath and looked at Gina, "So you're Donna's cousin?' Brenda made small talk.
"Yeah…the less fortunate one." Gina said smug.
Brenda looked at her awkwardly, "Well I mean I didn't grow up in Beverly Hills." Gina corrected herself.
Brenda nodded slowly, "Yeah neither did I."
"You didn't?" Gina seemed surprised.
Brenda shook her head, "Nope…I moved here in 10th grade, my dad got transferred from Minnesota and then I left end of freshman year at CU and got a full ride to the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in London. So that's where I have been living for the last 5 years."
"London, wow. Cool." Gina smiled. "Yeah well, I was always jealous of Donna growing up, I mean she had everything and well…my mom and I had nothing." Gina opened up.
"I know how you feel."
"You do?" Gina turned toward her.
"Yeah…I am from Minnesota remember, I was raised in a house where people worked for their money, kids got jobs and didn't have trust funds. I mean my dad worked hard and we did live comfortable but not by Beverly Hills standards. When I first moved here I was always wanting to have the clothes that some of the kids had at my high school."
"God I can imagine." Gina smiled, she didn't have much of a first impression of Brenda but she was starting to like her. The fact that she wasn't a Kelly made Gina drawn to her. Plus it was nice to have another brunette in the group.
Donna walked over with Noah, "Hey Brenda, nice seeing you again." Noah said as he held out his hand.
"This is a great place, must be fun owning a club." Brenda said looking around.
"Yeah it has its perks but it could be a headache as well. You guys going to come down tonight you and…" Noah tried to remember Dylan's name.
"Dylan." Brenda finished.
"Yeah sorry." Noah felt embarrassed.
"Ah yeah definitely…Dylan doesn't know it yet but I haven't been dancing in a long time." Brenda laughed.
The group laughed softly, "I should get back to work but if you want anything a shot, beer whatever, Donna here can hook you up." Noah said as he turned to head back to his office, "Oh and Brenda, bring Dylan by the bar later and I will give you guys something on the house." Noah smiled and carried on his way.
Brenda swallowed hard and took a deep breath, "Sure." she flashed a smiled.
"Hey women." Dylan called out as he walked in, "Food is here." Dylan said as he looked around, "This place doesn't change much."
"I was just telling Donna here how its been ages since I have been dancing, and how you are going to make it up to me." Brenda said as he walked up to them.
"Bren…no." Dylan shook his head.
Brenda pouted, "Dylan…its been forever." She gave him a puppy dog look.
"What are you talking about I took you dancing like…" Dylan looked up trying to remember.
Brenda eyed the girls and raised her eyebrows, "Like over a year ago."
Dylan sighed as he brought his hand over his heart, "Has it been that long?" Dylan grumbled.
"You guys are so cute still." Donna admired them, "You two haven't changed much. It must have been amazing living in London. Especially together, it must have been really romantic." Donna said dreamy.
Brenda and Dylan looked at each other and smiled, "Yeah it was." Dylan said as he stared at her. They got caught up for a moment in each other's eyes and Brenda looked away, "Well come on, I can not wait to sink my teeth into that Mega Burger." Brenda said.
"Lead the way beautiful ladies." Dylan said as he allowed the girls to go first.
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Brenda looked at herself in the mirror. She took a deep breath and turned slightly to see the back of her. She was wearing a short dress. It had spaghetti straps and was tight on the top. It had red satin and a black lace type over lay. She picked up some strapy heels and slipped them on. She ran her fingers through her hair and checked herself out one last time as she made her way out into the living room. She stopped and smiled as she saw David get up off the couch.
"So…how do I look?" Brenda tilted her head to the side.
David took a deep breath and looked her up and down, "You look…hot." David smirked.
"Well thank you. Is Dylan still in the shower?" Brenda looked toward the bathroom.
"Yeah." David nodded.
Brenda walked to the kitchen and opened her small black purse, she looked down at 6 empty beer bottles, she looked up and looked over at David, "Did you drink all these?"
"No…I was getting ready, I had one, Dylan must have drank them." David said nonchalantly.
Brenda took a deep breath and shook her head looking down, "In a hour? I mean that's how long I was getting ready for."
David shrugged, "What's wrong?" David moved closer to her.
"Never mind." Brenda shrugged it off.
David placed his hands on Brenda's bare arms and pulled her to face him, "Bren…what?"
Brenda sighed and looked up at him, "Dylan is a recovery alcoholic, he shouldn't be drinking."
David remembered as he looked toward the bathroom. "I forgot. Well he seemed ok, I mean he had a drinking problem when he was in high school, maybe he has grown up."
"Just forget it, you are probably right." Brenda smiled hearing the shower water turn off. She wasn't going to get into it with David, not right now.
David looked at her and he knew she was hiding something. He slowly let go of Brenda's arms and nodded.
"Just don't say anything to him, your right he is fine." Brenda nervously grabbed her purse.
David looked at her and toward the bathroom door, "You sure you're ok?" he spoke quietly.
Brenda smiled, "Yeah." she bit her lip and walked away from his questioning. She went and knocked on the bathroom door, "Dyl…come on hurry up."
Dylan swallowed hard as he wiped the steam from the mirror, "I'll be out in a sec." he yelled back. He blinked a couple times looking at himself. He grabbed his jeans off the floor and took out the baggie that he gotten after he took the Porsche out. He looked down at it and looked toward the door. He fidgeted with his hands as he looked himself in the mirror again. Dylan grabbed his pocket knife and dipped the edge of it in the baggie, he quickly brought it to his nose and sniffed. He squeezed his eyes shut, he opened them quickly as he swallowed and allowed the smack to hit his throat. Dylan wiped his nose and opened up the bathroom door quickly to see Brenda standing outside of it.
"Come on…" Brenda stopped as she looked at him. The color from her face drained she knew by his eyes. She bit her lip and looked at the counter. There it was… the enemy.
She shook her head and looked at him in the eyes. Even in a blur of his high Dylan could see it, the disappointment, the sadness, the anger.
"Bren." Dylan tried to grab her as she pulled her arm back and lifted her hands.
"You promised." Brenda said sadly with tears in her eyes. She turned quickly and walked into the living room.
"BRENDA!" Dylan yelled following her out of the hallway.
"NO!" Brenda yelled back as she put up her hand again. David got up from the couch and walked up standing behind Brenda. She stared at him intensely and she could see his eyes showed fear, she shook her head and turned away from him. She grabbed David's hand and pulled him out the front door. David clueless to what had just happened looked at Dylan with wide eyes as he followed Brenda.
"DAMN IT!" Dylan yelled as he hit the empty beer bottles off the counter.
Please review! *smiles* You know the drill, the more reviews I get I will post the next chapter which is already done. I don't know about you guys but I just want to hug Bren. And don't be mad, Dylan is a drug addict did you actually think he was going to be clean in the 3rd chapter. What kind of story would that be : )