A/N: Damn it has almost been five years since I've updated this story... I lost the notebook this story was in so I had to re-read the story and as soon as I did I knew where I wanted the next chapter to go... So here is a new chapter for you all finally!

Disclaimer: I don't own Beverly Hills 90210!

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Dylan smiled once he had Brenda sitting back down on the couch that he knew she had been on before she answered the door when he knocked. He couldn't believe how pale she was and how thin she was. He silently vowed to himself that he would do whatever it took to make sure that regained her health and kept it. He had no doubt that he would be in for a fight but he wasn't going to give in and he would get what he wanted. There was no way in hell that Brenda wouldn't be going onto Dialysis until she got a match for a kidney. He just got her back there was no way in hell that he was going to lose her again. His smile grew as he watched his sons run back and forth between their friends. "We made some pretty good looking sons, Bren."

Brenda turned her head to look at Dylan and smiled softly at the look on his face and in his eyes. "That we did, Dylan. I made sure that they knew everything about you even though you weren't there to help me with them. I made sure that they knew that you loved them even if I wasn't completely sure that you would. They have grown up hearing stories about you and seeing pictures of you. Just because you wasn't there didn't mean that I wouldn't make sure that they knew who you were."

Dylan sighed and ran a hand through his hair. "I'm so sorry for everything, Brenda. I'm so sorry for leaving like I did. I regretted it the moment I did it but I convinced myself that you were better off without me. I didn't want to keep hurting you. I didn't want to keep dragging you down with me, Bren. I love you and that is one thing that will never change. I have loved you since I first saw you and if anything my love for you grows by leaps and bounds daily. They say absence makes the heart grow fonder well if my heart fills up with anymore love for you it is going to overflow. I have picked up the phone to call you so damn many times and I even bought tickets to London but I always chickened out at the last second. If I would have just gotten the balls up to do what I should have done then I would have been with you these last three years and I would have seen our sons grow."

Brenda shook her head and ran her fingers through Dylan's hair in a comforting way. "Dylan, we both said things that we never should have three and a half years ago. I never should have accused you of the shit that I did but at that point I was already pregnant and my hormones were affecting everything. When you walked out the door I knew that you were gone for good. I tried writing you to let you know about me being pregnant because I knew that at the very least you would want to be in the boys' lives. Do I wish that you could have been there for the birth? Hell yes I wish that I could have shared that experience with you. Just know that even though you weren't there for the firsts I made sure to capture them all on video so that you could watch as your sons grew. I'm so very sorry that I didn't try harder to tell you."

Dylan shook his head. "Don't you dare start trying to blame yourself for me not being there, Bren. This isn't really the time or place to talk about this stuff but know that I do want to finish this conversation later on. Just know that I'm so fucking happy that you are here and that I have a chance to make up everything to you. Tonight is about our sons, tomorrow will be about us. I love you, Brenda, and I want you to always remember that. My God our sons are the spitting image of you but I can see myself in them. I love that they aren't shy."

Brenda laughed. "They haven't had a shy bone in there body since they have been born. Brandon Junior when he was about a year old pulled his pants and diaper off and went running down the floor my flat was on. I did manage to get a picture of it before I finally caught him."

Dylan through his head back and laughed. "You'll have to show me that picture, Bren. I can actually picture it happening too. So have the boys been healthy since they have been born?"

Brenda nodded and grinned. "They have had a cold here or there but otherwise they have been completely healthy. There are no medical problems with them. I'm so glad that I let Brandon and Kelly talk me into having you all over this evening. I'm just sorry that I can't get up and participate like I should but I just don't have the energy for it. Brent's first word was Dada while Brandon Junior's first word was Mama. They both started crawling at the age of eight months and were walking by the time they were nine and a half months. Once the doctor learned that she had them tested and they both actually are ahead in development for their ages. In a couple of weeks I plan to have them tested again because with the way that they talk and act I'm pretty damn sure that they are going to always be ahead of others the same age as them. It looks like they have both mine and your brains, Dylan."

Dylan smiled. "I'm not sure about my brain but they definitely have your brains, Brenda."

Brenda huffed. "Quit putting yourself down, Dylan! You know damn well that you are smart so don't even bother trying to act like you aren't."

Dylan chuckled but before he could say anything Brandon Junior ran over and said "Daddy, are you making mom laugh? She needs to laugh!"

Dylan smiled and ruffled Brandon Junior's hair. "I'm making your mommy laugh, little man. What are you up to?"

Brandon Junior smirked up at his dad. "Brent and I are listening to stories about you and mommy. Aunt Kelly and Uncle Brandon said you two needed to get your heads out of your butts and realize that you belong together finally like they have all realized years ago. I know that you're smart, daddy, so why haven't you realized that you belong with mommy for forever yet?"

Dylan's mouth dropped open but he closed it and finally said "I do realize that, Brandon, but it has taken me this long to get my butt in gear to do something about it. I promise you that I will be by your mommy's side from now on and that I'm not going anywhere. You go tell your aunts and uncles to be good and that mommy and I are doing just fine without their input."

Brandon Junior nodded. "Take care of mommy, daddy, because she looks sleepy again."

Dylan nodded and waited until his son ran back over to his twin and the others before he turned his head to look at Brenda. He studied her long and hard before he finally swore. "Why didn't you tell any of us that you were tired, Brenda? You need some rest."

Brenda sighed and shook her head. "I'll lay across the couch but I'm not ready to go to bed yet. I'm enjoying seeing you with the others."

Dylan smiled softly and leaned over to kiss Brenda on the lips. He then stood up and gently moved Brenda until she was laying down and he covered her up. "Get some rest, baby, I'll keep an eye on our boys and the rest of our mismatched family." He waited until he saw Brenda nod and close her eyes before he took about five steps and dropped onto the floor next to big Brandon. He smiled at his best friend before he started watching his sons as they interacted with the others. He couldn't help but grin at the way the others have all taken to both boys like duck to water.

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Brandon looked over and saw that his sister was fast asleep and turned his head to look at the man who he had no doubt would be his brother in law someday. "How is Brenda doing, Dylan?"

Dylan sighed and ran a hand down his face. "She was tired but didn't want to go up to bed so I compromised and let her lay across the couch. Once everyone leaves I'll carry her up to her bed. We still have some things to talk about but just know that I'm not going anywhere. I've lost three and a half years with Brenda and three years with our sons so I'll be damned if I lose anymore time with the three of them. You know Brent said that Brenda shows him and Brandon Junior a picture of me nightly and has them kiss it before they go to sleep. No matter the hell I put her through years ago she still made sure that our sons knew who I was. She told me that she talks about me to them and always made sure that they knew that I loved them even though I wasn't there. God, Brandon, I'm such a fucking idiot."

Brandon sighed and shook his head. "You are not an idiot, Dylan. If you were an idiot then you wouldn't have made the bold ass move you did and kiss Brenda like you did when you first got here. You are a man who is in love and has always been in love with one girl since High School. Don't get me wrong, D, you have done some stupid shit but that doesn't make you an idiot. After all we have all done stupid shit in the past. What matters right now is that you make it up to your sons and to the woman you have always loved. I don't know and I don't want to know what happened between you and Brenda three and a half years ago. However what I do want to know is that you are with her for good this time and that you will be by her side and my side to help get her through what she is going through. It kills me to see her like this but right now we need to be strong for her and for the boys."

Dylan nodded and with a smile on his face he said "Of course I'm with her for good, Brandon. I realized the second I left that I made a mistake but I felt that she was better off without me. You know I actually have over a thousand letters to give her if I ever get the balls up to do so. I wrote her a letter every single day that I have been away from her. I had so much that I was feeling and thinking that I wanted her to know so I wrote it all down so that one day I could give them to her. I always knew that eventually I would finally see her once more. I always knew that I would end up back with her but I needed to get my life together once and for all. I'm pretty damn sure that I have changed in the last couple of years and that I have changed for the better. I wanted to make sure that I was the best man that I could be for Brenda. Want to know a fucked up thing?"

Brandon looked at Dylan with a raised eyebrow. "What?"

Dylan chuckled lightly. "I never thought that I would be a good dad. I mean look out how my own father was and even my mother with me. I never once thought about kids except a few times. However the few times that I did think about kids I always pictured them looking just exactly like Brent and Brandon Junior look. I always figured that if I were to actually have kids one day that Brenda would be their mom. I never once imagined having kids with someone else. I always thought that if I was ever eventually going to have them then the only way for that to happen was to get Brenda pregnant because I couldn't see anyone else as the mother to my children. I guess subconsciously I always knew that Brenda and I were meant to be together. I guess I always knew that Brenda was the one and only for me. Just like I always knew well hoped really that I was the only one for her. There isn't anything in this world that I wouldn't do for that woman, Brandon. She captured my heart when I was seventeen and she never once gave it back not that I want it back."

Brandon grinned and clapped a hand onto Dylan's shoulder. "Well it's good to know that you realize everything that the gang and I have always known. I'm not going to tell you that it is going to be easy, Dylan, because most relationships aren't easy. Well at least the relationships that are worth anything aren't easy. I won't say that you two won't fight because every couple has fights. However what I will say is that making up after a fight is one of the best parts of a relationship. I'm pretty sure you and Brenda will never take each other for granted for the simple fact that you know what it is like to live without one another in your life. Love will always be something you and Brenda have in abundance, Dylan. What you two need to do is actually talk about how you feel. You two need to make sure that you both know where you stand with one another. I am pretty damn sure that I do not have to give you the talk about what will happen if you hurt my sister again. I know that your relationship isn't always going to smooth sailing because no relationship ever is. Hell just ask Kelly about that one. What I do know is that as long you and Brenda both work at your relationship that you will get to where you have always been meant to be. Just look at the two beautiful boys that you have already made together, Dylan."

Dylan couldn't help but grin as he did just that. After staring at his twin sons for a few minutes he finally turned back to look at Brandon. "We did make some beautiful sons together. My only regret is that I didn't get to see her stomach swollen with my babies and that I wasn't there for the birth of our sons. I know that nothing can make up for that but I'm going to do my damndest to make sure that Brenda and our sons know just how much I love them. They are so advanced for their age group it is unbelievable but I have no doubt that they always will be. Brenda said something about getting them tested in a couple of weeks so maybe you can help me look into that so it is one thing off of Brenda's shoulders that she has to worry about."

Brandon nodded thoughtfully. "Kelly may know where we should start looking. Brent and Junior are very well behaved for kids their age. They also talk like they are older than they are. It honestly wouldn't surprise me if they ended up skipping a grade or two because of how smart they are. I have noticed that they notice every little thing going on around them even if they do not look like they are looking around. One second Junior was talking to Kelly and I and then the next second he was over to you and Brenda talking about something or other. They both understand too much for their own good. They both know and realize that Brenda is seriously sick even though she has been trying to hide her condition from them. I don't think that we are going to be able to keep anything from them. They will see right through any lie that we can and could come up with."

Dylan groaned. "I don't like that they are going to know what is going on but I can also see your point. It is best that they know so that they don't think worse thoughts than they already will be. I should have known that any child Brenda and I had together would be too damn smart for their own damn good. I don't want to lie to them because then that could teach them that it is alright to lie when it isn't okay to do that. I'll talk it over with Brenda tonight or tomorrow so that we can come up with a game plan. Hell we don't know what all she has told the boys about her illness as it is. The only thing I can hope for is that she will finally see reason and do what she needs to until we can get a kidney for her. We need to get everyone tested so that we can see if one of us is a match for her because if we are then she can bypass the waiting list for a transplant."

Brandon smiled at that. "Kelly and I are both going to get tested tomorrow. In fact I called our doctor and set up appointments for her and I. I also think it would be a good idea to talk to Donna's father so that he can give us an insight to all of this from a doctor's point of view. I don't know the doctor that Brenda is seeing and dealing with so I would rather talk to someone who I am familiar with."

"I agree with you there one hundred percent, Brandon. I'll put in a call to John here shortly and see if maybe he can swing by once we put the boys down for bed." Dylan finally replied after thinking for a few minutes on what Brandon said. He looked at his sons and smiled when he saw that they were actually starting to doze off already. He figured that they had tired themselves out playing with everyone. He stood up and motioned for Brandon to join him. He walked over to where Brandon Junior was sitting on David's lap and lifted him up while Brandon lifted Brent up and then walked up the stairs. He followed Brandon into Brandon's old room and gently laid Brandon Junior down beside Brent on the bed. He kissed both boys on the head and tucked them in. A smile spread across his face as he watched his sons quickly fall asleep. He shot a look at Brandon and then pulled his cell phone out. After a quick conversation with Doctor John Martin he ended the call and looked at Brandon before leading the way out of the bedroom and back downstairs. "John will be here in about fifteen minutes. He is going to bring Felice with him so that she can keep an eye on the kids while we all step out back to have a talk. He suggested that we leave Brenda sleeping until we are ready to call it a night. He wasn't surprised at all to hear from me so I'm wondering if he knew about Brenda's health condition."

Brandon's eyes widened in shock at Dylan's words. But when he thought about it he finally nodded. "He very well could have known because Brenda seems to be closer to John than she is our own dad and has been since before she left for London. It wouldn't surprise me at all if she kept in touch with John and Felice. I guess we should let the others know that they are coming."

Dylan sighed but followed Brandon back into the living room. "We are expecting two more people in about fifteen minutes. Donna, just to give you a heads up your father and mother are on their way here. I called John because Brandon and I have some questions and we're hoping that he'll be able to answer those questions. I know that Andrea could answer them for us but John knows more doctors and has more connections. Right now the only thing that matters is getting Brenda the best help that she can have."

Everyone nodded and then just sat around talking as they waited on John and Felice Martin to show up.

A/N 2: Wow this chapter was long to type up... LOL... I do hope that you all enjoyed the chapter... Click the button and let me know what you think!