Chapter 9
After Brandon hangs up the phone with Kelly, he decides to drive over to Casa Walsh since Cindy should have picked up Sammy about an hour ago. After spending a few hours as Casa Walsh with Sammy, Brandon gives Silver a call to ask her to help with his plan.
A bit after four, Silver's phone rings. "Brandon, its Kelly, what should I tell her?" Silver asks.
"Just say, you haven't seen me and you need something from the store to give us some more time," Brandon says.
"Like what?" Silver says.
"I don't know, make something up," Brandon shrugs, while handing a spoon to Sammy to lick clean.
Silver gives him a confused look and then answers her phone, "Hey, sis, what's up?"
"Is Sammy ok, I just spoke with Cindy," Kelly asks.
"Uh yeah, he's fine, he just huh…" Silver looks around and sees one of his new toys, "He wanted to play with some of his new toys."
"Oh okay, have you seen Brandon? I never had a chance to call him back since it's been a hectic day," Kelly explains.
"Huh, no I actually haven't, I noticed he left a bit of a mess in the kitchen though," Silver says as she looks a Brandon while she's trying not to laugh.
"Oh, well don't worry about it I'll clean it up later. I'm sure he just forget, he's probably still not use to being back in LA yet. What would you like for dinner?" Kelly asks.
"Huh…it doesn't really matter, don't worry about it Kel, we can just have leftovers," Silver says trying to sound normal, then says, "Hey, how close are you to being home," quickly trying to distract Kelly.
"Well, I'm just leaving school, so it should be soon."
"Do you think you can stop by the store for me?" Silver asks without knowing what she needs.
"Sure, no problem, what do you need?"
Kelly asks. "Hmm…I need…I need tampons. I just ran out, I almost forgot," Silver couldn't believe she just said that, and Brandon tries to contain his laughter.
"I have some in the bathroom, you know you can take some," Kelly says.
"Uh, I don't really like those, could you just pick up another kind please."
"Ok, I'll be home in about an hour," Kelly says.
"Ok, good," Silver says relieved and finally hangs up. "Ok, Chef Walsh, we have an hour, and you owe me."
An hour has pass and right on the dot, Kelly pulls into her driveway, noticing Cindy's car. As she walks into the front door, all of the light are off and she is wondering what is going on.
"Silver…Sammy" Kelly says loudly, wondering where they were, as she walks further in she sees a soft light coming from the dining room.
Then Sammy comes running out from the dining room, "Mommy, follow me," as he takes her hand, she sets down the sack for Silver.
As Sammy leads her to the candle light, she sees the table set with a gorgeous dinner then she looks up to find Brandon and Silver.
"Brandon," she pauses, "what's going on?"
"I wanted to surprise ya," Brandon says as he smiles at her.
"Well, I am surprised. This all looks delicious."
Then she looks at Silver, "I thought you did sound weird on the phone, now I know why."
Once they all sit down to eat, Sammy starts to tell Kelly about his day. After dinner, Brandon and Kelly wash the dishes as Sammy watches. Silver excused herself to go study for a test.
Suddenly Kelly realizes it a little past 8 and Sammy's bed time.
"Alright, Sammy, it's that time, let's get ready for bed."
"Mommy, do I have too?" Sammy whines.
"Yes, come on," Kelly says. After they get Sammy to sleep at about 9, Kelly asks Brandon, "Would you like some tea or something, I normally make myself some after Sammy goes to sleep."
"Yeah sure, tea sounds good," Brandon says as he follows Kelly to the kitchen.
Once Kelly heats up the water and they pick the flavor they want, they sit down at the bar stools.
"I can't believe you did this tonight, thank you," Kelly tells Brandon.
"Well, you're very welcome, I just wanted to surprise ya, I've missed ya," says Brandon.
"I've missed ya too, I really wish you had have known about Sammy. It's broke my heart every time he would ask about you, thankfully it just started a couple of months ago," Kelly says.
"Kelly, it's killing me that I didn't know, it's breaking my heart just knowing I've missed 6 years of his life," Brandon explains.
"I know," Kelly says with sympathy for him as she reaches for his hand to squeeze it.
"Brandon, what are we going to do, please tell me what you are thinking, I need to know," Kelly asks looking into his eyes.
"I wanna take you out on a date," Brandon says immediately, catching Kelly off guard.
"A date?" Kelly questions, "Brandon that was not what I meant."
"I know, but I want to take you on a date first to give us a full night to ourselves so I can tell you everything."
"I don't know, Brandon," Kelly says honestly.
Brandon tries another approach, "Can I see your wand?"
"My wand? What wand? Brandon," Kelly says confused.
"The magic Morton wand, I got for you several years ago," Brandon explains.
As soon as Brandon said Morton, she immediately remembered and got a huge smile on her face, "I can't believe you remember that," Kelly says.
"Of course I do, I was afraid you forget, so do you have it?" Brandon asks.
"Somewhere in the attic, I'll need your help," Kelly says,
"What do you want with my wand anyways?"
"So I can make a wish," Brandon says.
"Can't you just tell me your wish?" Kelly asks.
"Nope, I need the wand, so it will come true," Brandon says stubbornly.
He follows Kelly upstairs to where the pull down stairs for the attic is in the hallway.
Once they climb up into the attic, Kelly points over to a large trunk in the corner, "It should be somewhere in there."
Brandon walks over, but before he opens it, he notices his name on top. Once he opens it, he sees the clothes Kelly wore that night in New Orleans laying on top of everything.
He turns around to find Kelly still standing near the stairs, starting to form tears in her eyes, "I had to Brandon, I had to try to move on, and it's just been easier with all of that stuff put away where I wouldn't see it."
"Kel," Brandon walks back to her, "hey, it's okay," pulling her in for a hug, "I'm here and I'm not going anywhere anymore."
"But what if you feel the need to go follow the next story traveling around the world again? What if you want to go back to the island to get away from the hustle and bustle of LA? Brandon I'm afraid of getting close again, I'm afraid of how Sammy will react and feel, I'm afraid of being with you, I'm afraid of trusting you again, I just don't know if I could handle losing you again. I don't want us to fight and let the little things get in the way; I just can't do that. I feel that I need you, Brandon I will still always love you until the day I die, but I still can't help that feeling of being afraid. I don't know how to stop it Brandon. It killed us before, I don't want that anymore, I can't have that anymore," Kelly finally finishes while crying.
Brandon puts his hands on her shoulders, "Kelly, our relationship was never killed and there are no more 'what if's'. As soon as I stepped foot on the first island, I knew I made a big mistake by going because of how much I missed you, but an even bigger mistake of not telling you where I was going when you told me about Sammy. If things could have been different, I would have been here the whole time with you and Sammy. Before New Orleans, I was positive you have moved on completely, Steve told me, you were happy and content. I didn't want to ruin that for you because of how much I love you," Brandon finishes saying as he whips a tear away from Kelly's face.
He continues, "Now I still need to find that wand, so I can make that wish."
Kelly follows Brandon over to the trunk with all of her belongs that remind her of him.
Finally, he found the wand, "aha ha, I found it," Brandon says smiling,
"I remember the reason you told me that you wanted this wand in the first place, when you were a little girl. It was so you could put a spell over your parents and they would fall back in love, right?"
"Yeah, that's correct and I remember the day that you gave it to me, I hated my father a little less," Kelly says smiling through her tear stained face at the memory.
"Yep, and now I would like to cast a spell over us for Sammy. Kel, I know this is all very sudden, but I know that I can't be without you ever again. I want to be there for you and Sammy for the rest of my life. And Kel, it's important for you to know that I would be saying this even if Sammy wasn't ever born. We can do this, I know we can," Brandon tells her.
"How, Brandon, how can you be so sure?" Kelly asks.
Brandon pulls a picture out of his back pocket, "Because if it wasn't for you and being able to look at this picture for about the last 6 years, I would have never survived on that island."
Kelly looks at the picture; it's of them on her birthday in Hawaii.
Brandon continues, "I have always carried this picture with me since it was taken, I could never take it out of my wallet even after we didn't get married and I left town as I was trying not to regret our decision. This picture has given me hope. It also always has reminded me of what Donna said when we got the pictures developed while you were in the hospital."
"What's that? She never told me?" Kelly asks.
Brandon lets out a small laugh, "She said that she's going to use this photo as a cover for our 50th wedding anniversary."
"Brandon, I…I don't," she trying to find the right words.
"It's okay; you don't have to say anything. I know you're afraid of being hurt again, so I am. All I am asking for is a date with just you and me, to give us a chance."
Kelly looks up onto Brandon's eyes, taking a deep breath, "Okay, we can go on a date, but you have to tell Sammy why he won't be seeing you that night" Kelly says, being pretty sure Sammy won't like it.
"Well, that was the easy part, he agreed right away," Brandon says with a smile watching Kelly's surprise face.
"You already ask my son's permission to take me out on a date," Kelly asks shocked.
"Yep, and you will need to get used to saying, our son," Brandon mentions.
"Sorry," Kelly says embarrassed, "So have you got a night in mind."
"Well, I was thinking tomorrow night, what do you say," Brandon asks.
"Well okay," Kelly finally caving in.
"I was hoping to have a get together with the old gang on Sunday. And then a trip to New York with you and Sammy after school gets out. I have some business to finish with the guys and we can visit with Dylan and Brenda, plus I haven't met my nephew yet or seen my niece since she was born," Brandon relieves.
"You really want us to come with you?" Kelly asks.
"Of course, plus I don't want Sammy to think I'm leaving him, he deserves better than that, and so do you," Brandon states.
"I agree," Kelly says as she smiles and then realizes the time, "it's probably time to go to bed, still got work in the morning."
"Yeah, I probably should head back to Casa Walsh," Brandon says kind of disappointed.
"Brandon, you can still stay in the guest bedroom," Kelly mentions.
"You sure," Brandon asks.
"Yes, I'm sure, but just so you know, I leave the my door open a crack just in case Sammy comes in," Kelly says giving him a teasing smile as she's climbing down the stairs,
"Oh, and I probably won't stop him from waking you up tomorrow like I did this morning."
"Well, thank you, but tomorrow I'll be looking forward to seeing you before you leave," Brandon says.
"Good night, Brandon," Kelly says before she goes into her room.
"Night, sleep well," Brandon says looking forward to tomorrow since he's had it planned for couple years.
