Expert: Crystal - 7/26/2006

Question
Hi Crystal,
 I would like to know how Brenda reacted when Rick asked her to join him on a backpacking trip across Europe. Did she want to go with him? I remember that she almost missed her plane to see him, and he got in a cab before she could catch him, but I don’t remember what she wanted to do then. Did she plan to go with him anyway, or just to say goodbye, or something else? I was so afraid that maybe she would have joined him if she had missed her plane. Was it ever explained?
 Thanks,  
           Maria  

Answer
Hello Maria,

I think Brenda was tempted to go with Rick, but her strong feelings for Dylan held her back. She told Rick that things weren't what they seemed and that they did not know each other well enough. After returning to her room with Donna, she made the decision to just not show up to meet Rick claiming it'd be better that way. She had told Donna if she saw Rick again that she wouldn't want to leave him. However, when it's time for her to get on the bus to go to the airport, Brenda tells Donna that she cannot take the idea of Rick standing there all alone waiting for her to show up. She tells Donna that she has to tell him goodbye and rushes out. Brenda arrives just in time to see Rick get into the cab. She calls out his name, but he doesn't hear her and she watches the cab drive away.  

Obviously, Brenda had enough time to get back to the hotel she & Donna were staying at because the next episode's first scene with them is on the airplane almost in New York. However, they do not mention if she just barely got back in time to leave for the airport. Brenda had been daydreaming though that she had missed her plane and stayed in Paris with Rick, but she called him "Dylan" and he gave her a strange look before she snapped out of it. When she talked to Donna, she mistakenly said she couldn't wait to see "Rick" when she meant to say "Dylan."

Hope this answers your question,
Crystal