"For fucksake woman!" Seth heard his brother aggetated and then the sound of something hitting the floor.
"What the-?" Seth followed the sound and found a cup and ice on the carpeted floor, knowing that it was the Princess's; then heard a door slam. "Shit."
Seth ran to the now closed door of his and Richie's room dreading what his brother could be doing to the princess. Just as Seth was about to slam his hand on the door he heard a loud moan coming from a woman on the other side of the door. Seth knew that it was the princess but nonetheless he grabbed his hotel key and jogged down the hall, out the door, heading straight for the elevator. He knew his Kate would never end up with Richie but he still had his doubts because no matter how much he tried to forget that kiss he saw his brother and Kate share, Seth knew that they shared a connection too. Something that ran deep, much deeper than any lust or love, it was something dark.
Seth paced the elevator trying to calm his breath as he waited to get down to the pool. Knowing full well that Richie was in bed with the princess but he still had to see Kate with his own eyes and away from his brother. Seth was never a jealous man but with Kate, it was different. He felt the need to protect her the moment he saw her adorable annoyed face in that old RV right after she slammed the brakes before running his drunk, at the time, ass.
The elevator finally landed on the first floor and Seth ran as fast as he could in his Jordan sandals to the back of the lobby where the indoor pool was. His heart was racing knowing that he would see Kate. Knowing he was going to see her in a scanty bikini swimming in the middle of the night. He ignored his heart as he yanked the metal door to the pool area almost twisting the knob off in the process.
"Good God!" He heard Kate gasp and turned to find her sitting on the edge of the pool by herself.
Seth let his breath catch up to him as he looked at the small girl and then lost it again when he saw her bikini.
'No!" Seth reminded himself as he looked back at Kate. 'She is definetly no longer a girl.' With that he started to approach her.
"Are you trying to give me a heart attack?!" Kate held her hand to the top of her almost exposed chest.
Seth let his eyes linger on her for moment, savoring the view he was getting. Kate was wearing a tight dark green two piece bikini that held her breasts tightly together before tying up and behind her neck. Her bottom piece went up to her small waist and had a criss-cross figure exposing some skin on the side of her hips accentuating her hourglass figure. Seth, with a rapid heart rate, watched as Kate got up from her sitting position and started to walk towards the lounge chair where her phone was laying next to a large red towel as Emmylou Harris crooned softly from a small speaker next to it.
"What are you still doing up?" She asked with a sigh and laid down on the lounge chair. "Earth to Seth!" She said loudly and it echoed around them in the large area awaking Seth from his daze and snapped his head towards her blushing face.
Kate knew that Seth was, no matter how much she tried to ignore it, perfect for her. Everything that they were put through together and the way he always wanted to protect her, despite his best efforts, that they brought them in tune with one another. Something so much more than just friends, it was something more, much more. Kate wanted to be anything to him as long he was in her life.
Living the life in the fast lane with the Gecko Brothers had showed Kate a side of them that she had never seen before. They were the only two left in their family and it always warmed her heart to see them together laughing and telling stories about their youth to her. She used to be that way with Scott. She never missed someone so much as she missed Seth when he left to do a job on his own to "Cut off a loose end." He casually put it.
Kate remembers that night as one of her worst nights ever. She couldn't eat, sleep, or even drink anything for two days until Seth came back with a bloody nose and missing two front teeth in his hand did she realize that she loved him much more than her own life and that was the last time that she gave in to her feelings and jumped in his arms as soon as he gave her a grin exposing the area on his upper gums where his teeth were missing.
Kate couldn't remember something as adorable as Seth was in that moment. She fell in love, even before she knew what it actually was. Every time they were alone in a room together Seth would always gravitate towards her. She never felt safer in her life as when she was in his arms but he didn't seem to notice and would let go of her quickly whenever she hugged him or was in close proximity to him. It was almost as if he was checking himself.
Then the bruises started showing on his face regularly when he would get back to their home, which was wherever they were hiding or running from the police at the time. There was something off about him when he would come back drunk and beat up. And every time Kate and Richie would drag him inside and bandaged him up before putting him in bed. It went on like that for two months straight. Kate always tried talking to Seth, asking him what was wrong and that he could trust her. Richie wouldn't let Seth drink in front of Kate and he would always wake him up and tried talking to him whenever they were alone but to no avail. Not even when he arrived to their hotel a couple weeks ago with major bruises and his face almost unrecognizable from the swelling of a horrible beating.
Seth didn't want to go back to the dark pit of pity. He hated hearing Kate cry after he would get back. He heard her cry every night he did that and he never really understood why. He always thought that he was like a brother in her eyes and that was the reason she cried. Until a score proved to be too dangerous and Seth's life was in danger.
He could remember like it was yesterday and his heart ached just thinking about it. He remembered that early day as he and Kate were going to pull a score on their own without Richie who had gone to feed. They did the spiel and were about to leave when one of the security guards grabbed him from behind and pointed a taser to his neck and Seth went down.
He yelled at her to go without him but she wouldn't budge and shot the security in the shoulder and while still pointing the guns at everyone else she managed to get two women to help her take him to their car. She didn't care about getting caught. She didn't even think twice about it.
Even now, looking at the woman in front of him, somewhere deep inside of him he didn't care about the age difference, he just wanted, needed to be with Kate whatever that meant.
"I can't sleep." Seth replied before looking up from her legs to her eyes and he rubbed his eyes and pulled at his hair messing it up more than it already was in the process. "Why are you still up? I would have thought you asleep by now." He took a seat in the lounge chair next to her.
Kate looked away as she tried to feel at ease with his smoldering gaze coming her way. Seth looked as if he wanted to say something when he walked in. He looked so relieved to see her that Kate thought it was bad until she realized he didn't have a gun in his hand and relaxed. Now he looked at her as if she was something to eat with scowling gaze as he feasted at the sight of her.
Kate was starting to feel nervous and hot all over. Only Seth made her feel vulnerable while still feeling accepted. She never felt pressure from him on anything; if anything he was always trying to keep her in a cacoon and protect her as if she was a child.
"You know I love to swim." She said never removing her eyes from her phone as she kept scrolling, trying to ignore his piercing blue eyes.
"Trying to get away from it all?" Seth asked leaning closer with his strong arms hanging off his knees looking at her intensly.
"It's feels good to exert myself physically." Kate looked up and noticed his pupils dialate, surprised.
Kate was over the whole embarrassing thing about wanting to sleep with him. She wanted Seth to be her everything. She wanted to give him anything as long as it meant she could be with him. Seth, Richie, and Scott were all Kate had left and spending so much time with him, Kate slowly became aware of her feelings for him. And she knew by the way he looked at her that he was trying to keep himself from making a move. Kate was going to have to drop the hint soon, she knew this and smiled to herself as she looked down at her phone again. It wouldn't be long by the looks he was giving her. Did she have the guts to pull it off?
"I'm headed back in." Kate said casually throwing her phone on the lounge chair as she got up. "Want to join?" Kate asked with a hand on her hip as she waited trying to look relaxed.
"I uhh..."Seth looked away and then down to his hands that he rubbed on his sweat pants wiping away the sweat. "I don't have my swimming trunks." He looked so confused and wouldn't meet her gaze.
"You can just go in your underwear." Kate said enjoying the discomfort she was causing him; it needed to happen.
"Right." He finally looked up from his hands looking like he wanted to say something but decided against it. Hands clenching and unclenching slowly, his eyes scowled at her but it was a curious scowl that turned into a small smile and an eyebrow raised.
Seth was going to call her bluff. Even he knew the girl who kissed his brother was no longer in front of him and she was ready, Seth was just waiting for her confirmation. He was a man after all, how could he not see the woman in front of him and recognize her for what she is?
No. Seth thought pursing his lips and reached for the ends of wifebeater shirt to pull over his head and threw it on the lounge chair he was sitting on only a minute ago. Kate switched her footing and fidgeted with her hands as she watched closely.
Seth removed the rest of his clothing only leaving his silk boxers on.
"You coming?" Seth asked with a smirk on his handsome face, his eyes trailing down her body biting his lower lip.
"Yes." She replied stepping up to the edge of the pool and jumped in from the deep end escaping those freaking eyes of his.
"Hey!" Seth yelled jumping in after.
Kate swam quickly away from the second splash next to her in the pool. She would continue her exercize without any distractions unless he somehow gets the balls to try something. She knew he wouldn't, it was no secret that she was a virgin but it seemed like Seth was scared of the situation, which she understood. It was a big factor to him that he was twice her age but she saw beyond that. At least they made more sense to her then her and Richie.
She thought she felt something for Richie in the beginning but quickly thought otherwise when he turned on all of them for Satanico Pandomonium. Even knowing he was under the Culebra's spell, Kate didn't like it. If she could survive the body possession of a demon much worse than Satanico than Richie could handle a little spell. But Richie wasn't as strong as she thought, he was a pure soul but he was also a lost soul. After what happened at the Twister, Kate felt nothing but friendship towards him. He was like an older brother to her now.
"This feels pretty good right now." Seth said leaning back and let his body float with a contented sigh.
"I love it." Kate said agreeing and let her body float as well closing her eyes.
Seth kept his eyes on her as he stood and wondered what was making her feel so at ease with him. He used to be the guy parents worried about. He was the guy that women were afraid of not resisting and here was this young virgin woman totally unafraid and unaffected by his presence in a very vulnerable position and he couldn't make a move to save his life.
Was he turning soft? Maybe so. When it came to Kate he wanted her to trust him. And she did, and a little too much for his comfort.
Looking down at her floating body as it gravitated towards him he was fighting the urge to pull her to him and just give in for fucksake. He was pining over her for the last year now and he was getting tired of it. Not only that, she started wearing sexier clothes.
Last week the three went out to dinner and Kate had dressed up in a dark blue dress that was just above her knees with a slit on the side exposing the soft pale skin and the low cut of the dress left little to the imagination. Seth couldn't get over it; it was the first time she dressed like an older, more sophisticated version of her. The first time she dressed like a woman.
And here she was in all her glory and Seth stepped back just as her outstretched leg almost touched him. He leaned back on the edge of the pool and watched her. Just watched, wishing he could bring himself to do more than just that.
"Oh Seth." Seth tore his eyes from her legs to her face that was watching him and he didn't say anything. "When are you going to make a move already?" Kate sighed and relaxed again as she threw the ball in his court and Seth just couldn't comprehend what she just said with a rapidly beating heart.
"What?" He asked stupefied and watched as Kate began to make her way towards him with slow steps a smirk appearing on her maroon colored lips her eyes boring into his.
"Just make your move..." She said only inches away from his face. "Seth?" Kate asked for him as if in a distant voice. "Seth?"
"I-" Seth couldn't breathe as he watched her lean in to his face.
"Seth!" He heard her scream and all of a sudden he opened his eyes to find himself underwater with a worried looking Kate as she pulled him to the surface. "Seth?" Kate said slapping his face lightly to focus again.
"What the fuck?" Seth coughed and rubbed his face as Kate cradled him near her in the water on the stairs that lead out of the pool.
"Are you okay?" Kate said pulling away, her hands cupping his face and Seth realized how close he was and sat upright and away from her grasp.
"Fine." He replied trying to calm down. "I think I passed out." He said with a laugh trying to put her at ease but Kate's worried expression never faltered.
"Are you sure you're alright?" She touched his arm lightly trying to get his attention and Seth turned to her to find her really close again and sucked in a deep breath and froze.
"Yes." He replied frozen but Kate moved closer looking into his eyes only inches from his face moving her hand to his chin and up to the stubble on his cheek looking from his lips to his eyes, Seth leaned into her touch without knowing.
"Good." She smiled sweetly and pulled back. "Lets head back." She said standing and walking out of the pool leaving Seth breathless and confused lying on the stairs of the pool and he felt like a complete fool.
Did Kate just tease the shit out of him? What the hell is going on? Seth thought he should be the one close to breaking not her!
"You coming?" Kate said with a laugh as she waited by the metal door of the entrance a smirk on her face.
"Yup." Seth replied keeping his to the ground, he felt ashamed that she played him.
What was he supposed to do now? Reciprocate? No. He couldn't do that to her. Maybe it was just an 'in the moment' type of thing. Maybe.
"I'm so hungry and tired." Kate sighed but refused to look his way as they entered the elevator.
"I could call for room service." He suggested as the elevator took them up to their floor.
"That would be perfect, thank you!" Kate turned to face him with a small smile and Seth held his breath again looking into those eyes.
"Y-yeah." Seth turned his eyes back to the elevators' door with a scowl.
He was pissed at himself. How could he let Kate do that to him? He was a grown ass man and this girl was making a blushing fool out of him! It wasn't supposed to be like this. Shaking his head Seth pinched the bridge of his nose and cleared his throat as the elevator dinged that they had arrived.
Seth sighed with relief and walked ahead to the door of the suite. He opened the door for her and Kate gave him a grateful smile before she walked in and Seth rolled his eyes not falling for the 'nice girl' act. He knew better now, he learned his lesson.
"What would you like to eat?" Kate asked grabbing the menu on the coffee table next to the Jack Daniels bottle and plopped down on the couch letting her towel fall around her.
'You.' Seth replied in his head and threw the images rising in his head away to concentrate. He was getting delusional.
"I feel like pizza." He said before turning away. He needed to get out of the wet clothes and change until he realized his clothes were in the room Richie and the princess were currently occupying. "Shit." He crumbled walking to half bathroom beside the kitchen. He would go commando. "I'll be back." He said aloud before walking into the bathroom.
"Oh! Me too!" Kate said jumping up and walked by him slowly to her room.
"Jesus Christ." Seth sighed closing the door behind him, the woman would be the death of him; no doubt about it.
"Sorry, I was in-" Kate stopped herself when she opened her room to find it empty. Where was the princess?
Before she went to investigate Kate pulled an oversized white knit sweater that fell loosely around her small frame exposing her shoulder at the collar and some short black 'booty shorts'. Maybe this will some sort of reaction, she thought.
Kate grabbed her phone and made her way to the living room to find Seth on the couch flipping through the channels, not noticing her enter but just as she was about to pass the door she heard a loud groan.
"Richie!" A woman yelled out with an even louder moan.
She found the princess, Kate thought and turned to see Seth looking in that direction as well and smirked before turning back to the TV.
Oh fuck! What the fuck was she wearing? Did she not know how exposed she was to him and how close he was to losing his shit? Did she not understand the kind of man he was after almost two years of being in constant contact?
Seth adjusted himself in his seat as he looked at the sweater that did little to hide the fact that she was completely naked underneath besides some black shorts that hugged her hips. What the fuck was she playing at? He could see all of her through the thin material.
"Thought I was going to have to go out to find the princess." Kate thought out loud as she took the seat that had Seth's arm laying on the top edge of it.
"Sorry about that." Seth apologized with a scowl.
"Don't apologize!" Kate said adjusting herself so that part of her bare shoulder touched his arm. "They are doing what the body wants." Kate said lowly and Seth huffed out, a look of surprise flashed across his face before masking it with a scowl.
"Let's order some food." Seth said removing his arm from behind her and grabbed the menu.
Okay! Seth thought laughing in his head. He wasn't stupid. Kate was up to something and he just wished she would understand what she was getting into with him. He wasn't a very gentle man and Kate needed a gentle man. What was he supposed to do? Give in to her advances? He could control himself. Right?
Just a kiss. Seth thought. Just one kiss for them both to calm and finally confess. He could control himself with one kiss. He would. Seth decided but he wanted to see how far Kate would go in her advances.
"Pepperoni pizza and some nice red wine sounds good." Kate said and Seth watched her exposed legs as they made their way in front of him to the kitchen.
"Sure." He said when Kate walked back in taking the same seat as before this time folding her legs underneath her as she snuggled back on the couch and Seth let out a breath as the skin of her thighs lightly brushed up against his sweat pant clad ones.
"Good." Was all she said leaning back on the couch as she called and placed the order.
"Thank you!" She hung up after what seemed like forever and turned to him with a small smile before turning to the TV.
A flash of exasperation passed through her eyes as she looked at the TV and Seth noticed her arms as they crossed under her chest and it enhanced them and exposed them even more.
This was enough! He couldn't do this with her. What the hell was she thinking? Seth thought as tore his gaze from her to the TV changing the channel before he got to something that would distract him from her. He could control himself.
Seth treated this mantra in his head so many times that he was almost saying it out loud.
"Oh I love this movie!" Kate said and Seth set the remote down on the coffee table, getting up for another glass to drink some Jack Daniels.
He needed something to take the edge off.
"Where are you going with that bottle?" Kate questioned as she sat up looking after him but Seth didn't even turn although he was tempted to.
"Just getting a glass." Seth replied over his shoulder and kept his pace unbothered to the kitchen.
"Bring two!" Kate yelled and Seth grinned.
Getting her drunk would defiantly calm her and God knows Seth needed for her to calm the fuck down before he did something he would regret. Taking two glasses from the cupboard Seth walked back into the living room and gave her a glass.
Kate accepted the glass and waited for him to take his seat next to her. Seth didn't meet her eyes as he poured a shot in her glass but poured himself a half glass.
"Hmmm..." Seth hummed after he took a long swing of his drink and began to relax against the couch feeing Kate's eyes on him.
"This will keep me warm." Kate said knocking back the shot if the harsh liquid and coughed lightly afterwards. "That's strong!" She laughed at herself but Seth had a worried expression on his face that turned into a smirk.
"Just take small sips and relax." He said trying to keep in the laughter that threatened to escape at her expense and refilled her glass.
"I'll be drinking like a pro in no time!" Kate laughed already feeing the affects of the alcohol and cleared her throat trying to calm herself.
What was she doing?! She's supposed to get him drunk so that he could finally, at least confess how he felt for her. He's supposed to be the one drinking!
"Just take it easy." Seth let out a small chuckle and sipped at his drink turning back to the TV.
Kate watched his large figure relax, outstretching his arm behind her on the couch and set his ankle over his knee. He was wearing the wife beater shirt that left nothing to the imagination as her eyes traced the tattoos; and his dark blue sweat pants were stretched at his strong thighs and Kate licked her lips softly before taking another sip of the burning liquid giving her attention back to the movie.
"What is this movie about?" Seth asked and Kate turned to look at the TV to see the couple in the movie disrobe and started to have sex. She forgot to mention to him that the movie was rated R for a reason. It was Fifty Shades of Grey after all.
"It's about two people who love each other and are willing to make certain changes to be with one another." Kate replied feeling confident but Seth didn't turn to her because the woman in movie was completely naked now.
"We need to talk." Seth said turning the TV off abruptly and drowned the rest of the liquid in his glass and turned to her with a scowl that turned into that of confusion and looked away as if thinking of what to say.
Oh shit! Kate thought feeling the blush creep her cheeks. She was being caught and Seth was about to call her out on it! Then a calmness spread over her when she realized what a breakthrough this actually was. But she didn't say anything.
"Do you know what you're doing?" Seth asked his eyes looked deeply into hers and Kate noticed how much he was actually freaking out and decided to help him.
Drowning the last of her drink she turned to him and put a hand on either side of his face and looked from his lips to his eyes.
"You're not very good at taking hints." Kate smiled and pulled his head forward and kissed his lips lightly.
Seth was trying to regain control of the situation but Kate had other plans and he froze when their lips touched. What was he supposed to do now? He asked himself trying to process everything and then his lips moved of their own accord and kissed her back.
"Finally!" Kate breathed out between kisses.
He snaked his arms around her waist and pulled her into him. The taste of her was sweet and he groaned letting his hands slowly drag up the sweater to touch the warm skin on her back.
He should stop. Seth knew this but his body was acting on its own and he didn't want to stop either. Her arms wrapped around his neck and he bit her lower lip asking permission to deepen the kiss. When she hesitated Seth pulled her hips against him and she gasped and Seth took advantage.
Kate was so happy she never wanted it to stop. His lips felt like burning fire against hers and she gasped when he pulled her against him giving him a chance to slip his tongue against her own.
Seth kissed lower from her lips to her chin and to her neck.
"Seth!" Kate gasped when his tongue came in contact with her neck before biting down on it lightly.
Seth kept his hand on her hips and pulled her closer making himself groan and her purr against his neck. Then he felt himself getting more excited and stopped his kissing to look up into her green eyes.
"About time." Kate laughed at him and he couldn't help it either and they both stayed in each other's arms in comfortable silence before Seth began to speak and she adjusted herself so she was sitting on his lap.
"I was waiting for you." Seth replied letting his head fall against her exposed shoulder and clasped his hands around her small waist and Kate snuggled closer.
"Why were you waiting for me?" Kate laughed as if it was the most ridiculous thing ever.
"You know why." Seth said his tone turning serious but expression soft as he looked into her eyes. "I want to do this right Kate." He confessed.
"What's right?" Kate asked relaxing her arm around his neck and leaned back looking at her feet. "What do you mean?"
Seth laughed lightly and kissed her exposed shoulder making her shudder. "I want you to have the experience of a real relationship." He smiles softly. "I want to be able to be do this the right way, the way I think is best." He pulled her hand to his chest. "I don't want to run the risk of hurting you."
"It's always a risk." Kate said looking in to his eyes. "It's a risk every time we walk out the door."
Kate felt exasperated. He wanted to take things slow? Why would he? They've already wasted enough time! They didn't have a future guaranteed like Richie did. They weren't going to live forever and in their field of work the odds of living through a job were small no matter how prepared they were.
"Thats why I want to take my time with you." He said with pleading eyes to her lost ones that were on the edge of anger. "I've never done this the right way with someone and I want to change that because you are worth that and so much more to me Kate." He rested a hand on her cheek and Kate leaned into the small caress.
"Okay." Kate conceded with a small sigh. "How long until we..." Kate trailed off kissing the tip of his nose with a smirk on her blushing face.
"When you are mine." Seth said kissing her softly and pulled away to see her grinning at him.
"I've been yours for sometime now." Kate replied and pulled him closer hugging him to her and Seth wrapped his arms around her and let out a deep sigh.
"You know what I mean." He pulled back making sure to look serious when he looked into her eyes.
"If we both know," Kate began keeping her arms hooked around his neck their faces only a inch or two apart. "Why wait?"
"My god!" Seth groaned throwing his head back and Kate huffed in annoyance looking away. "You're killing me!" Seth groaned out.
How could he get her to understand? He understood her though. Kate was a woman now and she had her needs, no matter how innocent. Seth understood but if this was going to be her first and only real relationship he wanted to do everything right.
"Promise it won't be long?" Kate asked as she laid her head against his chest relaxing but his frame turned rigid as of just processing her words.
"Jesus Christ Kate!" Seth slowly tried to calm his breathing at the realization that Kate was the one that was barely keeping it together.
Seth couldn't believe his ears and for a fleeting moment entertained the thought about just giving her what she wanted he brought his hand up to the back of her neck and pulled her closer to him. This was Kate. He wanted to do this right, even if it meant he had to take certain measures to do so.
How to calm her down he thought with a grin. He didn't have to necessarily have to have sex with her to give her some comfort.
"I promise but you have to do exactly as I say." He warned in his chest voice and Kate shuddered a little. "Promise me!" He commanded and Kate pulled back to look into his eyes with a wide grin.
"I promise."