After their coffee date , Peter and Kelly went back to work and after a long
and exhausting day, Kelly finally made her way home, being tired but happy.
Happy because her fiancé finally made some effort to make their
relationship work even if there was a distance between the two of them
while Kelly worked for the O.C.
Her day was great, well...it started like... she wouldn't put it as
'nightmare' but... okay fine it was a nightmare, but Peter managed to cheer
her up and the rest of the day was pretty uneventful and it was great to be
around Peter again, he always had the ability to make her laugh even in the
worst of moods.
He is special, Kelly thought and smiled slightly when she put her keys down
and put her jacket on the hanger.
DAVID, David is special, she corrected herself, shaking her head slightly.
He's visiting tomorrow and maybe we'll have a little more time for each
other than the past few days.
When she placed herself on the couch and kept daydreaming about her
soon-to-be-husband and how happy she was that he finally took some action
and that he really missed her, her cell started to ring.
Groaning she got up and walked over into the kitchen where she found her
cell and pushed the green button.
"Rowan" she said politely even if she could've sighed out loud for the
interruption. Why can't she just enjoy her evening without any
interruption?
"Hey darling" she heard and the edges of her mouth curled up into a smile
"hi honey".
"Well...you know i said i was going to visit...tomorrow" he said and Kelly
interrupted, still grinning widely "Yes I'm really looking forward to seeing
you. I miss you".
She expected to hear him say that he missed her too and that he was happy
to finally be with her but instead she heard him sighing.
"Well that's what i wanted to talk to you about..." he started and when
he didn't get an answer he continued. At some point Kelly stopped paying
attention. She was hurt. Thank god he couldn't see the hot tear that made
its way down her cheek.
"Kel?" he said after a while when she didn't answer him.
"well see you...next week" she said coldly and hung up. She really hadn't
the nerve to talk to him right now. She told the whole cast he was going to
visit and everyone was curious about him. 'Everyone was supposed to meet
him tomorrow. And now... he just said he can't come. He doesn't even care
how i am feeling. He just said, sorry I'm visiting some day next week',
Kelly thought wiping her cheek dry. It wasn't that she was just sad, she
was truly angry with him. She just thought he'd care about seeing her, just
as much as she did. Big mistake, Mrs. soon-to-be-Thompson.
"Okay you guys she'll be here any second, is everything ready?" Melinda
said and Ben and Adam nodded "Yup, we got the drinks, the decoration and
well everyone's here so all that's missing is Kel...and David of course"
said Ben smiling.
"His name is David?" Peter spoke up for the first time that morning, his
tone one of surprise.
Melinda hid her giggle when she said "uh huh".
Peter slightly blushed . Whoooops. You are a good friend, you don't even
remember your friend's fiancé's name, great Peter, he thought to himself.
Melinda once again spoke "okay everyone takes his or her position and when
they come in we'll yell 'surprise', as we planned it , all right guys?".
Everyone nodded and did as they were told.
Peter took his position and waited. He stood there almost every morning
waiting anxiously for Kelly to arrive. But not today. She couldn't be too
far away from work, in Peter's eyes. But not because of her. Because of her
wonderful company. Daniel. Uh David, he thought and starred at the door,
when he saw it being opened.
Kelly parked in front of the building and got out of her car. She wished
she could've stayed home today. What was she going to say? Oh sorry my
fiancé isn't here. Why? Oh, obviously he isn't as interested in getting to
know my friends as i thought, sorry guys, Kelly thought shaking her head.
When she reached the door she took one last deep breath and opened it.
"SURPRISE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" yelled everyone and Kelly just stood
there, stunned.
She smiled when she realised why everyone was standing there and she saw
the sweet decoration. A party. For her. And David. Who was...unfortunately
not with her.
Kelly looked down and sighed, quite embarrassed by the fact that everyone
made such an effort for David and her and he didn't even show up to say
thanks.
Once again she felt tears prickling in her eyes when she looked back at her
friend's faces, but instead of showing her feelings she forced a smile "Hey
guys!".

Peter's heart stopped beating for a second when he saw that it was Kelly
opening the door. In a few seconds he'd see the luckiest man alive. Or not?
he thought, confused, when he noticed that she was alone. She smiled and he
had to smile in return, she was happy about the surprise. But still: where
was this guy? Waiting in the parking lot? When Peter had finished his
thought he saw Kelly's expression change and he watched her looking down,
suddenly not looking happy at all.

"Hey Kel, where is your prince charming" Melinda said when she came over to Kelly and hugged her tight.
'Fantastic' Kelly thought when she pulled away to be able to look at the
other one's faces "He... his private plane wasn't ready. There was a
misunderstanding you know..." Kelly lied too embarrassed and hurt to say
the truth: That he just had to deal with some important business crap .
"He's going to visit some day next week" she finished and forced another
smile. The cast nodded understanding and everyone bought the lie and her
fake-smile. Everyone but Peter. He had silently watched the scene and now
made his way over to her, seeing she was getting uncomfortable "Well Kel,
then we'll meet him next week. We can't wait" he said and smiled at her
warmly.
She sighed relived as Peter helped her out and smiled in return "Yea...but
still Thank you so much" she said looking around "Everything looks
great…amazing, that will make my day so much better".
Rachel giggled and said "maybe Kirsten needs HER prince charming.." and
motioned to Peter who blushed slightly when Kelly said, joking back
"maybe". And it was true. Maybe she really, uh Kirsten, needed Peter right
now, or Sandy, god I'm confused, she thought. Is this wrong? Being with
someone, even almost married to someone but be attracted to another man? Is
this wrong? Or just weird? Is it allowed? Kelly thought for a moment. She
didn't know why but Peter just made her happy, especially when she needed a
good distraction- he was the perfect man.
"Well you two, there i can help, i have two family-scenes planned for today
and a Kirsten-Sandy-one. So back to work you guys" Josh said after he
kissed Kelly's cheek instead of saying 'hello'.
The cast laughed and they did as they were told.
Even if Kelly had great friends around that really helped her forgetting
about David, she couldn't help but needing some minutes to herself
"I...I'll be ready in a few mins" she said and made her way to her dressing
room.
Josh, Ben, Rachel, Melinda and co just nodded a little hesitating and went
back to the set to film a scene that didn't involve Kelly or Peter.
Peter knew that something was bothering her so he made his way to Kel's
dressing room and knocked slightly on the door. When she invited him in he
opened the door and saw her sitting on the couch, looking down to the
floor. He silently placed himself beside her and rubbed her back
"Everything okay?".
Kelly wanted to say yes but then she thought about it, why lying to him? We
are friends. Good friends. I trust him and i can talk to him about
everything. She shook her head and said "I lied".
Peter tried to lighten the mood and said "Yea i know you are a bad liar,
what was it this time". Kelly giggled softly but quickly turned serious
again "David didn't have any problems with his jet because it wasn't ready.
He just has some business stuff he wants to do".
Such an idiot, Peter thought and felt himself getting angry. He doesn't
know how lucky he is to have her. And now he is upsetting her.
Peter took her hand and Kelly smiled up at him, when he said "Oh Kel he
doesn't know what he is missing here. Please don't be upset because of the
guy, I bet he didn't mean to make you sad. Well forget about Da...vid and
Let's make out" he said laughing, referring to the scene they were told to
film.
Kelly laughed and punched him on the arm "uh huh" she said and without even
thinking about it, she leaned over and brushed her lips slightly over his
before pulling away.
Peter laughed but thought his heart stopped beating for a second when he
saw her leaning in and kissing his lips. Just for a second but she really
did it. Peter didn't want to be embarrassed and give her the feeling that
what she did was amazing beyond words so he giggled along with her and said
"I was talking about the scene".
Kelly stopped giggling and played serious for a second while she got up "so
was I" she said and when she turned around she gave him a wide smile and
turned back around, opened the door and left Peter sitting there, not
believing what just happened.

When they filmed the Kirsten/Sandy-scene Peter couldn't have been happier
and feeling awkward all in once more than he did then. He was glad that they
had the scene because he loved kissing those sweet lips but on the other
hand he couldn't believe that Kelly really kissed him. Okay not a real KISS
but he really felt her lips against his. And it wasn't a Sandy and
Kirsten-moment. No. The first Peter and Kelly moment they had ever shared.
After Kelly had left the room she slightly blushed because of her behaviour
in the dressing-room. When she kissed Peter it was more like something she
thought about and her body did without permission. But she couldn't deny
that her stomach flipped over when she felt his soft lips against her
smaller ones.
It was perfect even if he thought it was just because she wanted to make a
joke, she thought smiling. It was well worth it.
Later when they filmed the Kirsten/Sandy-scene Kelly could feel that Peter
was a little nervous but his kisses were still as incredible as before.
They always took it a little further than needed on set and she didn't
regret a second of it- she loved their playful manner. Peter literately
made her knees go week and he was the man she wanted to think about right
then, not the one that had disappointed her so badly only a few hours ago.

After work the whole cast had dinner together and laughed away about Josh
"Did you see his hair today?" said Adam and Peter punched him on the arm
"hey what's so bad about his hair?".
"Oh my god, this unruly mop of black hair- totally stylish- you are right,
Pete" said Adam which earned him another slap from Peter and everyone else
laughed.
"Don't worry Peter, you are allowed to wear your hear like this" said Kelly
and flashed him a smile over the table which he returned "Ha! Thanks Kel and
you other guys, you just don't know what's ALL MAN" Peter said proudly and
the other ones rolled their eyes, giggling.
The rest of the evening went quite amusing and everyone enjoyed a delicious
meal before they finally went back to their cars together and said their
good-byes.
When Peter walked Kelly to her car a few minutes later, because they wanted
to have a drink together, her cell started to ring.
She excused herself, again not being happy about the interruption. Can't she
just live in peace for one evening?
She pushed the green button and answered, this time not politely at all, her
cell "Hello?".
When she didn't get an answer immediately she got slightly annoyed. She just
wanted to have a drink with Peter, laugh at his jokes and forget that
yesterday ever happened.
After a moment, just when she was about to hang up she heard a voice, not
more than a whisper say "Hey darling".
Kelly just shook her head. How dared he to just call her like nothing
happened.
"Hello" she just answered.
"Ohh baby come on, don't say you are still mad at me" David said and Kelly
could've screamed at him for saying 'still', but she didn't want Peter to
make out that they were, once again, fighting.
"Still?" she said and laughed slightly.
"Okay I'm sorry but you know what? Do you wanna know where I just arrived?"
David said and hoped Kelly would show a sign of interest "Actually no" was
her simple answer.
"Ohh Baby come on, I'll tell you anyway: I'm waiting for you" he said and
Kelly's eyes widened "EXCUSE ME? DO YOU WANNA SAY THAT YOU EXPECT ME TO COME
TO CANADA TO SEE YOU????"
After she said it , a little too loud, she turned to Peter and mouthed a
sorry but he just waved a hand to say "no problem".
"Kelly relax, I didn't mean it that way, I'm here – to see you" he said and
Kelly sighed "what do you mean?".
"I'm here, in your apartment, I used the second key, hope you don't mind,
darling" said David and Kelly suddenly smiled "you really came? I thought
you can't come!" replied Kelly a little confused.
Peter stood there and couldn't believe what he just heard. Damn this guy
always knew what buttons to push with her and she always fell for it. How he
wished he could just tell her she is stupid for loving this guy.

"I'll be right there. Love you, David" she said smiling and hung up before
turning around to see Peter, who looked a little uncomfortable.
"I…I'm sorry but.." she started but Peter interrupted "It's fine. I'm glad
you are happy. See you tomorrow" said he but Kelly felt bad for leaving him
so suddenly "Sorry about the drink.." she tried to say again but Peter once
again waved his hand "Go, have fun" he said smiling warmly. Kelly could've
kissed him right then and there, she loved how supportive he always was
"Thanks and about the drink…we'll do that some other day- definitely!" she
said and took a step towards him. When she looked at those loving blue eyes,
starring at her, she could almost forget that she was engaged and that her
fiancé was waiting for her.

Peter had to swallow deeply when he felt her breath tickle his ear and she
leaned in to brush her lips over his cheek. He once again felt this tension
between them. Not just physically but emotionally as well. He lightly
returned the kiss and they both pulled away and smiled at each other 'so she
feels it too' Peter thought and turned around after saying "Night, Kel".

Kelly just stood there and didn't know what to say. She wasn't even able to
return the statement.
She watched his back while he walked away from her and she thought about if
it was really worth leaving this man for David just because he "needed" her
right now. She decided on NO it wasn't but she still turned around, knowing
it was right this way even if she would've loved nothing more than calling
after him to tell him she'd love a drink and that he is already a lot more
important to her than he'd think.

When Kelly arrived at her apartment, still slightly disappointed she saw
that there was light and her expression changed into a grin. "…someone to
come home to" she remembered herself.
She used her key to open the door and walked over to the couch, were David
was seated. When she walked around the couch she saw how he was dressed "Wow
look at you" she said smiling and kissed his cheek.
He was dressed in a pretty expensive suit. He wants to go out with me, Kelly
thought and smiled.
"Darling, hello" he said, glad she forgot about their 'argument' last night.
"I can't believe you really came" she said and placed herself next to him.
"So I want to tell you something" he said and Kelly nodded.
"I'm here…" he started and Kelly said "and…"
"And… as you can see am dressed in a suit"
"and…?" she said getting happier and happier each second.
"and I have a important dinner planned" he said and Kelly smiled once again
at him "and?" she said waiting for him to say where he wanted to go with
her.
"and I wanted to ask you if you could watch Leo" he said abruptly.

Kelly thought she misunderstood him. She couldn't say anything. Not even
yelling at him was possible at this moment. She just looked at him in shock.
Did he forget about the disaster that morning? Her watching the baby and HIM
GOING OUT? Was that supposed to be her soon-to-be-life as a married women? A
member of the 'desperate housewives'-club.
"Kel?" asked David after a while.
"Huh" she said still not being able to say anything else.
"I have to go, so thank you, sweetheart and see you in the morning, could
get a little late" he said, ''''kissed''''' her on the cheek and left after
he got up and, took the baby with him and placed it on her lap.

Kelly sat there, Leo on her lap and still couldn't believe that David was
serious.
She could've cried and yelled all in once but decided it wouldn't make sense
because she would just disturb the baby and make him cry.
She leaned back on the couch and thought the day couldn't be much worse when
the dummy Leo had been sucking at dropped from his mouth to the floor and he
burst out crying loudly.
"Oh my god"