Notes: This is a rewrite of the ending of Cruel Intentions.
Disclaimer: I don't own the characters, much as I'd like to. If I
did, I'd be sleeping with Sebastian or shopping with Kathryn. These
ideas are just my own and the original storyline is not mine. Please
don't sue. I'm broke.
Feedback: Would be greatly appreciated!!!
Distribution: Just email me first and let me know where you are
putting it.
The next day Sebastian walked outside to the pool in his swim trunks, ready to go for a swim. He had gotten himself on a routine where he swam at least once a day. Outside if it was warm, Inside if it was cool. He was about to dive in the pool, when he noticed Kathryn off to the side tanning in a silver bikini. "How long have you been out here?" He asked, trying to start somewhat polite conversation.
Kathryn opened her eyes putting a hand over her eyes. "Ever since nine. " She turned over wanting to tan the other side of her body. "Move, you're standing in my light."
Sebastian dove into the pool, aware she was on icier terms with him than usual. He started to swim a few laps. After this, he knew he'd have a long session with a punching bag, trying to work his stress out.
Kathryn looked at her watch and stood up ignoring Sebastian. She walked into her house seeing the money her mother had left for her on the counter. "Sebastian?" She asked moving outside. "Could you take me out to that car place? I want to look at the cars."
Sebastian was trying to get back on her good side so he obliged. "Sure. I'll need to change first though." He told her walking out of the pool, wrapping his towel around himself.
Kathryn nodded. "I'll be out in the car." She said following him into the house.
Sebastian walked into the house and up to his room. He changed into khaki pants and a thin, long-sleeved, black ribbed shirt. He walked out to the car, grabbing his keys on the way out. He got in the car and since Kathryn was already in the car, belted and everything, he started the engine and drove off towards the car dealership. Kathryn looked out the window holding the money her mother had given her. She ignored Sebastian on the ride there, turning the music up. "What am I going to have to do to get you to stop ignoring me?" Sebastian asked, while they drove.
Kathryn looked over at him. "Just act like your usual self. Want your winnings...want whatever else you want. The rentals are both gone."
"Are you okay?" Sebastian asked. "What's wrong?" She was practically telling him to use her. That's not what he was going to do, though.
"I'm fine. Nothing's wrong. I just want to get the debt thing over with and move on."
"Someone's cranky." Sebastian commented. "Late night?"
Kathryn ignored his first comment. "No, I actually went straight to bed." Kathryn looked down at the picture of the corvette she printed off her computer.
They arrived at the car dealership. "Call me if you need a ride back. " Sebastian told her, from the car as she got out.
Kathryn shut the door ignoring Sebastian. She smiled as a sales man came to her. "May I help you miss?"
Kathryn handed him her picture. "Yes, I came here two weeks ago putting this car on hold and I would like to get it." She said following the man to her new car.
"Of course. Right this way miss." The man told her as he led her to the new car. "Here it is. Just waiting for you to drive it home. Let me go get the papers that are needed." The man walked into his office and got the papers and the keys to the car. He walked back out and was looking through the papers to see which one needed to be signed. "You are Kathryn Merteuil, right?"
Kathryn nodded. "Yes." She ran her fingers over the car looking inside of it. "Is everything alright?"
"Yes, it's just that it appears that someone has already paid for this car for you." The man informed her with a smile. "So all you have to do is sign one of these papers letting us know that you in fact picked it up."
"Who paid? No one other than my family knew I was coming today." She said taking the paper and signed it returning the paper to him.
The man handed her the keys. "The person wished to remain anonymous it appears. We don't have a name written down."
"Oh. Well thanks." Kathryn said taking the keys. She watched the man leave and got in loving the leather interior. She then turned the car on and headed out of the car dealership.
Kathryn pulled into Blaine's driveway taking the keys out and headed into Blaine's house. "Knock knock!" She said not seeing him.
Blaine walked to the door and opened the door. "Kathryn, what a pleasant surprise. What brings you here?"
"I just got my new car." She said happily. "Funny thing is...someone already paid for it and I just told my mom I wanted one yesterday." Kathryn ran her fingers over a piece of wood. "What are you doing?"
"I was just about to eat some lunch." Blaine looked out the window at her car. "You certainly picked a nice one." He walked into the kitchen with Kathryn close behind him. "So I heard Sebastian won the bet. Has he claimed his prize yet?"
"He told you?" Kathryn said annoyed. "And yes, he won. Why? You're not on his side, are you?"
Blaine raised his hands in front of him, innocently. "I'm not on either side. He told me and I was just wondering what had happened. He seemed really confused about it and was acting pretty strangely."
"Yeah, he has been acting weird. He seemed to want me...but then just fell apart." Kathryn shrugged. "Better for me I guess."
"He fell apart?" Blaine asked. That wasn't like Sebastian to fall apart. He was usually so collected and cool.
Kathryn nodded. "Pretty much. I don't know. I guess I want the old version back of him. At least I had something to fight with."
"Well maybe he's starting to feel bad about everything." Blaine commented. He then laughed, "But that would be highly unlikely as he doesn't feel bad about anything. It's one of his best qualities."
"Yeah, maybe I should just tell him if he doesn't get his winnings today he won't get them at all. I mean...I just want his old self back." Kathryn looked out at her car. "Maybe I should just go to him now."
Blaine agreed with Kathryn. "I'm sure if you go to him now, he'll find himself unable to resist you. Especially if you tell him he won't get his winnings ever unless he collects today. He told me that he was worried about collecting. Like he was worried about being disappointed. Or something to that extent."
"Be disappointed? What did he mean by that?" Kathryn asked eyeing Blaine wanting to him to spill everything he knew.
Blaine shrugged his shoulders. "It was some incoherent babbling about you being disappointed in him. He has such high expectations in you."
Kathryn sighed. "This isn't happening to me..." She said softly. "I'm going to head back home. See ya later..." Kathryn said walking out of his house into her car and drove home. She stared out in space, but kept her attention on the road. She finally zoned out from her thinking as she pulled into her house. She walked into the house placing her keys on the kitchen counter. "Sebastian?" She asked knocking on his door. "We need to talk..."
Sebastian opened the door. "Yeah, Kathryn what is it?" Sebastian asked, wondering what she would want to talk about.
"I wanted...to know what was up with you. Listen I'm sorry for having the rentals walking in on us. It's my fault but you've acted weird ever since."
Sebastian raised an eyebrow at her. "Acted weird? What are you talking about?"
"I don't know. You've just been acting funny. Do you want your winnings or not? I'm not letting you just wait for them."
Sebastian grinned at her. "Of course I want them. " He wrapped his arms around her. "Did you come here so that I could collect?"
She breathed softly looking up at him. "So, you want them now?" She asked looking in his eyes.
Sebastian nodded, smiling at her. He extended one of his hands and locked the door to his room. He leaned in and kissed her.
"Lock the doors...always a good idea." She said then felt his mouth on hers. She closed her eyes feeling his soft kisses. Sebastian pulled her closer and continued to kiss her, making up for the interruption yesterday. Kathryn moaned slightly feeling his kisses. She ran her fingers through his blonde curly hair nipping at his ears. Sebastian ran his hands up and down her slender waist. While he kissed her, he walked backwards with her towards the bed in his room. Kathryn laid back on the bed with Sebastian laying on her. She ran her fingers over his chest not messing with his shirt. Her kisses fell down to his shoulders with soft luscious licks. Sebastian moaned as she licked his shoulders. He ran his hands through her soft, silky hair. He closed his eyes, enjoying being with Kathryn. After the two had finished having sex, Sebastian rolled off of Kathryn and lay next to her. He wrapped an arm around her holding her close. This by far had exceeded his expectations. Kathryn stared off looking at the other side of the room. She closed her eyes breaking free from her staring off in space as she felt Sebastian tighten his hold on her. She moved her head on the pillow trying to get comfortable. "Are you okay?" Sebastian asked. He knew she was experienced, but he just wanted to make sure he hadn't hurt her in any way.
"I'm fine." She said closing her eyes but wasn't tired. "What now?" She asked turning to face him.
Sebastian shrugged. "I don't know. I never thought about it I guess."
Kathryn didn't say anything in notion to what he said but just ran her fingers on his chest. "Things are going to be different now..."
"Yeah. Not like before." Sebastian commented, referring to what had happened last time the two of them had done this.
"Did I tell you that someone already made the payments for my car?"
Sebastian shook his head. "No. That's odd. Who do you think did it?" Sebastian knew the answer to his own question, but there was no way he could admit that to Kathryn. She would look down upon him as one of her many boy toys. She practically already did and not to mention the fact that he himself could admit he was turning into one. What was it about her that made him willing to do anything for her?
Kathryn smiled. "I'm just wondering what mom will think." Kathryn shook her head. "Oh well. She's never here when I need her anyway." She said looking up at him.
Sebastian frowned down at her. "Yeah, well my father's not exactly around ever."
"I know.." She said feeling sorry for him. "Are you going to college? I really have no desire to go. School bores me." She said honestly as she talked with her brother.
Sebastian shrugged. "I don't know. Lots of new girls I could meet. More trouble to cause. Get out of New York. Isn't sounding too bad actually."
"Yeah, but I wouldn't have you to torture." She said teasingly with a smile. "Life's boring without you."
Sebastian grinned at her. "I'm glad to hear that. I'm sure it wouldn't be the same without you. You know having a female perspective on this sort of thing."
She giggled thinking of how she had tortured him before. "Where are you ticklish at?" She asked grabbing his ribs.
Sebastian laughed. "Do you really expect an answer to that question? You may just have to figure it out yourself."
Kathryn ran her fingers up under his arms and started tickling laughing as she saw him burst out in laughter. "You're so cute when you laugh."
"Thanks." Sebastian told her, not sure what to take from that comment. He smiled at her though and wrapped his arms around for her. "Don't think I won't get you back for this." He mock-warned her.
"Bring it on..." Kathryn said with a giggle laying her head on his chest. She ran her legs against his with a smile on her face.
Sebastian smiled back at her, enjoying this. He ran his fingers down to her stomach and proceeded to tickle her. Just as he was tickling her the phone rang. Sebastian stopped tickling her for a moment. "You want me to get it? Or let the machine answer it?"
Kathryn looked at him. "Let the machine get it." For the first time Kathryn pressed her body against his and her lips and kissed him. She broke free. "Always wanted to do that."
"Do what?" Sebastian asked, still reveling in the fact that she had kissed him.
"Kiss you myself. Girls always told me you were good at kissing, but I think you're good at a lot more." She said with a smile.
Sebastian grinned at her. "Well, you aren't so bad yourself." He teased.
"Thanks." Kathryn said looking up at him then started kissing his chest. "What should we do today?"
"This is pretty fun, I'd hate to stop." Sebastian told her, half-serious. "So it's up to you. Though I do have some unfinished business."
"Unfinished business?" She asked. Kathryn shrugged. "I don't have any plans for today." She said then gave him a gentle kiss and smiled at him laying her head on his chest.
"Yeah, I have to end things with Annette." Sebastian informed her with a smile. "Don't want her thinking we're still together."
"Poor girl." Kathryn said really not caring about her. "Is that your unfinished business?" She asked raising her left eye brow.
Sebastian nodded. "Yeah. Other than that, I'm free for the day."
Kathryn nodded with her head still on his chest. "Now there's nobody else you can try to get. Annette was basically the major one and you got her."
"I know. What's there to do for fun anymore?" Sebastian asked.
Kathryn pressed her lips together in thought. "I'll think of something..." Kathryn placed her chin on his chest with her hair down at her face on both sides. "Maybe you should think of some for me."
Sebastian smiled at her. "I'll do that, but it could be hard to find a challenge for someone like you."
Kathryn giggled. "I know, but I'd have to get something good out of it."
The phone rang again. "Maybe we should get that. Who knows who could be calling?"
"Go ahead." She said getting off of him and laid back on the bed looking up at the ceiling holding up a blanket on top of her as her brother answered the phone.
Sebastian picked up the phone. "Hello?"
"Hi, Sebastian. Is Kathryn there?" Lili asked.
Sebastian replied, "Yeah let me get her." Sebastian handed the phone to Kathryn.
Kathryn scooted closer to Sebastian. She wrapped one arm around him while she held the phone with her other hand. "Hey! It's Lili! How are you? Are you doing anything today?" Lili asked in her rapid manner of speaking.
"I'm good. I did have some plans...why? What's up?"
"Well, I thought maybe we could drive out to the Hamptons and stay at our house there." Lili suggested. "My parents are leaving and so I get the place to myself."
Kathryn smiled liking the idea of going to Lili's place alone with her best friend. "Sure, how long do you plan on me staying?"
"Oh just for a couple of days. Sort of an early birthday celebration for you with your best friend." Lili told her with a smile. "Does Sebastian want to come? We have that guest bedroom where he could stay."
Kathryn nodded her head. "We can go." She said in answer to her friend. "When should we meet down there?"
"Um...How's 3 o'clock?" Lili asked, glad both could come.
"Sounds good. Thanks for calling." She said then handed the phone to Sebastian to put back on the jack. "We're leaving around 2:30. Lili wants us over there at 3. Is that ok with you?"
Sebastian smiled at Kathryn. "Yeah, that's great." He then asked teasingly, "So what should we do until then?"
"I don't care. I leave that to you to decide." Kathryn said moving in for a kiss placing her body over his. Sebastian wrapped his arms around her and kissed her back. Kathryn locked her legs around his waist as she placed her hands on his face. "You're going...to act normal around...Lili, right?" She asked pausing as she kissed him.
Sebastian asked, "You mean not kissing you every minute like I'm going to want to be doing? I'll be my usual self. Don't worry."
"Thank you." She said still kissing him. "I really don't know what she has planned." Kathryn said hating to be surprised.
Sebastian gently traced her face with his fingers. "I'm sure it'll be just hanging out with your friend kind of thing. I mean, you two have been friends for how long? She knows you don't like being surprised."
"Yeah, I guess you're right. What time is it?" She asked looking around the room for a clock.
Sebastian picked up the caller I.D. on his phone. "It's noon. Do you want to go get something to eat?"
"Yeah, but nothing big. I'm sure Lili has a feast prepared. I really have to tell that girl how much I dislike food." She mumbled. "What were you thinking of us eating?"
Sebastian frowned at Kathryn's mention of how much she hated food. She was perfect the way she was. Why couldn't she see that? "Well, we could go out and get something. You know I can't cook."
Kathryn giggled. "Alright." Kathryn got off of him wrapping a towel around her. "Who's car are we going to take?"
"Well, I haven't seen your new car and I need to get gas in mine so what do you say about yours?" Sebastian suggested, knowing she was dying to show off her new car.
"Great." She said then headed in her room to put on a pair of tight jeans and a T-shirt. She combed her hair and smiled heading back into Sebastian's room leaning on the door frame. "I'm ready Romeo."
Sebastian laughed at the nickname. He had managed to get on a pair of jeans and then slipped on a black shirt over it. He started to walk out with her. "So where would you like to go?"
Kathryn grabbed her car keys and headed out of the house with him. "How about...Subways?" She asked trying to think of at least somewhere healthy. She unlocked the door for Sebastian to get in. "You like?"
Sebastian got in her car. "It's pretty nice for a new car. You know me though. I prefer the classics." He sat down and then commented, "The interior's very nice."
Kathryn turned her key on and headed out to the restaurant. When they got there she parked the car and walked in with Sebastian. She then looked at the menu deciding what she wanted.
Sebastian looked at the menu and decided just to get a classic sub. "Know what you are going to get yet?" He asked.
"No, what kind of stuff is on yours?" She asked not really sure of what she wanted since she hardly went out to eat.
"Mayonnaise, lettuce, tomatoes, chicken, and Swiss cheese." Sebastian replied.
Kathryn thought it over. "I'll take one then." She said taking out her wallet. "Could you get two and I'll pay for mine."
Sebastian shook his head. "I'm buying, Kathryn." He walked over to the counter and ordered two classic subs. He walked over to the counter to pay when he saw Annette. "Annette, hi. What are you doing here?"
Annette tried to smile then saw Kathryn. She turned her attention to Sebastian. "I was just getting something to eat. How are you doing?"
"I'm good. How about you?" Sebastian asked, being friendly.
"I'm great." She said softly. "You have plans today?"
Sebastian nodded. "Yeah, I'm going with Kathryn and some of her friends up to the Hamptons. It's an early birthday party for her." He noticed the subtle hurt look on her face. "Do you want to eat with us? There is room for one more."
"No, thanks. I've got to get going." Annette said noticing Kathryn's looks. "I'll see ya later." She said looking out the door.
"Alright. Bye." Sebastian said, confused by her abrupt departure. He picked up the sandwiches and walked back over to Kathryn. He handed her her sandwich.
Kathryn took the sandwich seeing Annette leave. "Something wrong?"
"No. She just left so suddenly. I'm not sure why. I hadn't even told her anything." Sebastian remarked.
"Oh." She said. "Thanks for paying for my lunch. You didn't have to."
"It's no big deal." Sebastian told her with a smile. "I think it's wrong to let the girl have to pay."
"Whatever floats your boat." Kathryn said taking a bite of her sandwich.
Sebastian laughed and then started to eat his sandwich. He would call Annette later and break things off with her. He didn't like how there wasn't a sense of closure to this. Kathryn grinned looking back at Sebastian. She looked at him with a smile then crumpled the paper that she got her sandwich in. "All done."
"That was quick." Sebastian told her with a smile as he finished hers. "You must have been really hungry." He threw their trash away and walked out of the Subway with her.
Kathryn shrugged. "Yeah, I guess I was." Kathryn walked out to her car with Sebastian and got in. She placed a CD in the CD player waiting for her brother to get in.
Sebastian got in the car and asked, "So, where are we going now?" He slipped his sunglasses on, so that he wouldn't have to squint.
"I want to drive around some." She said pulling out into the street. "You look good in those glasses." She said with a grin. She put her own glasses on with a grin.
Sebastian grinned. "Thank you." He leaned back in his seat, enjoying being in a car and just being a passenger. "You look pretty good yourself." He told her.
Kathryn smiled, "Thanks." Kathryn then pulled her car into a deserted parking lot that over looked the beach. She turned her car off looking out the window.
"I've never been here before. It's beautiful." Sebastian commented looking out at the beach.
"Yeah, you wanna go take a walk? It's fairly nice out." She asked looked at her brother.
Sebastian smiled at her. "Sure." He got out of the car and waited for her. When she got out, he walked next to her along the beach. He was going to take her hand in his, but he didn't want to scare her away.
"I don't bite Sebastian." She said noticing his strange behavior. "Is there something you would like?" She asked sweetly looking up at him.
"Not hard anyway." Sebastian commented with a snicker. "I was just thinking about us. I mean, we're not an us. At least I don't think so. I don't know what we are. It's like you said earlier. Things would be awkward. I mean, should I just go back to how I was before or what?" He found himself confiding in his step-sister things he usually wouldn't tell anyone.
"You want there to be a "us"?" She asked not sure how to respond to that. "I didn't know you had feelings for me..." She said softly as she looked into the water.
Sebastian nodded. "I'm not going to lie. I have feelings for you Kathryn. More so than any other girl." He quickly added before she could interrupt, "I know. This is too weird and it can't happen. But, I just can't go on pretending these feelings don't exist."
"I...I.." Kathryn scratched her brow not knowing what to say. "What are you saying you're going to do?" Kathryn asked shocked.
Sebastian shrugged. "I was just going to tell you. I didn't mean I was going to do anything about them. It's wrong and it would just end badly. We're both too much alike. We'd be cheating on each other left and right." Sebastian stopped, surprised by his babbling. "Can we forget I've said anything?" Sebastian asked.
"How can I forget what you just told me?" She asked looking up at him. "I'm not that much of a slut that I can't keep myself to one guy if I'm going out with him." She said annoyed. "Why did you have to wait to tell me after my mom married your father?" She asked still hurt from when he left her alone years ago.
Sebastian didn't know the answers to either of her questions. "I'm sorry. I'm screwed up, Kathryn. Big time. It's hard for me to do this."
"I wish I knew how screwed up you were 5 years ago!" She said loudly. "Hard for you to do what? Leave again?" She threw her keys at him. "Go ahead. I'll walk the rest of the way."
"That's not what I meant. I meant it was hard for me to tell you all of this." Sebastian answered angrily. "But nevermind. I see it didn't matter." He turned to walk off, not accepting her keys. He'd find his own way home.
Kathryn fell down on the sand quietly crying. "Run away...you do that best.." She said with anger watching him leave. Sebastian walked to the main street and hailed a cab. He found one and gave it directions to Annette's home. He might as well pay her a visit. When the cab reached Annette's home, Sebastian paid the driver and then got out of the cab. He walked up to the door and knocked twice, waiting for an answer.
Annette opened the door smiling as she saw Sebastian. "Sebastian, come on in. I was just heading out, but I can wait."
"Thanks." Sebastian told her with a smile. "This won't take very long. I just thought maybe we could...talk."
"Sure." She said noticing the cab. "What's wrong?"
Sebastian asked, "Could we go to your room? For some privacy?"
"Uh, sure." She said leading him to her room. She closed the door sitting down on the bed looking up at him. "What is it?"
"I've been thinking a lot lately...and I don't know how to say this nicely." Sebastian started. He took a breath and continued, "I think we should break up."
"What?" She asked tearing up. "But....you told me..." She said crying. "It's someone else isn't it?"
Sebastian shook his head. "No. It's me. I'm completely fucked up. I can't be with anyone right now. There is too much going on."
"Get out..." She said with her eyes watering up. "Please, just get out."
Sebastian turned to walk a way but then turned back to look at her. "I'm sorry. You were just another conquest."
"GET OUT!" She screamed falling down on her bed crying not able to control her tears. "I never want to see you again.." She choked out." Sebastian obeyed her command and walked out. He took a taxi back home and walked in the house. He walked up the stairs and knocked on the guest bedroom Kathryn was staying home to see if she was home yet. "Kathryn are you in there?" He didn't hear an answer and just walked into his room. He lay down on his bed and soon fell asleep.
END OF CHAPTER
Disclaimer: I don't own the characters, much as I'd like to. If I
did, I'd be sleeping with Sebastian or shopping with Kathryn. These
ideas are just my own and the original storyline is not mine. Please
don't sue. I'm broke.
Feedback: Would be greatly appreciated!!!
Distribution: Just email me first and let me know where you are
putting it.
The next day Sebastian walked outside to the pool in his swim trunks, ready to go for a swim. He had gotten himself on a routine where he swam at least once a day. Outside if it was warm, Inside if it was cool. He was about to dive in the pool, when he noticed Kathryn off to the side tanning in a silver bikini. "How long have you been out here?" He asked, trying to start somewhat polite conversation.
Kathryn opened her eyes putting a hand over her eyes. "Ever since nine. " She turned over wanting to tan the other side of her body. "Move, you're standing in my light."
Sebastian dove into the pool, aware she was on icier terms with him than usual. He started to swim a few laps. After this, he knew he'd have a long session with a punching bag, trying to work his stress out.
Kathryn looked at her watch and stood up ignoring Sebastian. She walked into her house seeing the money her mother had left for her on the counter. "Sebastian?" She asked moving outside. "Could you take me out to that car place? I want to look at the cars."
Sebastian was trying to get back on her good side so he obliged. "Sure. I'll need to change first though." He told her walking out of the pool, wrapping his towel around himself.
Kathryn nodded. "I'll be out in the car." She said following him into the house.
Sebastian walked into the house and up to his room. He changed into khaki pants and a thin, long-sleeved, black ribbed shirt. He walked out to the car, grabbing his keys on the way out. He got in the car and since Kathryn was already in the car, belted and everything, he started the engine and drove off towards the car dealership. Kathryn looked out the window holding the money her mother had given her. She ignored Sebastian on the ride there, turning the music up. "What am I going to have to do to get you to stop ignoring me?" Sebastian asked, while they drove.
Kathryn looked over at him. "Just act like your usual self. Want your winnings...want whatever else you want. The rentals are both gone."
"Are you okay?" Sebastian asked. "What's wrong?" She was practically telling him to use her. That's not what he was going to do, though.
"I'm fine. Nothing's wrong. I just want to get the debt thing over with and move on."
"Someone's cranky." Sebastian commented. "Late night?"
Kathryn ignored his first comment. "No, I actually went straight to bed." Kathryn looked down at the picture of the corvette she printed off her computer.
They arrived at the car dealership. "Call me if you need a ride back. " Sebastian told her, from the car as she got out.
Kathryn shut the door ignoring Sebastian. She smiled as a sales man came to her. "May I help you miss?"
Kathryn handed him her picture. "Yes, I came here two weeks ago putting this car on hold and I would like to get it." She said following the man to her new car.
"Of course. Right this way miss." The man told her as he led her to the new car. "Here it is. Just waiting for you to drive it home. Let me go get the papers that are needed." The man walked into his office and got the papers and the keys to the car. He walked back out and was looking through the papers to see which one needed to be signed. "You are Kathryn Merteuil, right?"
Kathryn nodded. "Yes." She ran her fingers over the car looking inside of it. "Is everything alright?"
"Yes, it's just that it appears that someone has already paid for this car for you." The man informed her with a smile. "So all you have to do is sign one of these papers letting us know that you in fact picked it up."
"Who paid? No one other than my family knew I was coming today." She said taking the paper and signed it returning the paper to him.
The man handed her the keys. "The person wished to remain anonymous it appears. We don't have a name written down."
"Oh. Well thanks." Kathryn said taking the keys. She watched the man leave and got in loving the leather interior. She then turned the car on and headed out of the car dealership.
Kathryn pulled into Blaine's driveway taking the keys out and headed into Blaine's house. "Knock knock!" She said not seeing him.
Blaine walked to the door and opened the door. "Kathryn, what a pleasant surprise. What brings you here?"
"I just got my new car." She said happily. "Funny thing is...someone already paid for it and I just told my mom I wanted one yesterday." Kathryn ran her fingers over a piece of wood. "What are you doing?"
"I was just about to eat some lunch." Blaine looked out the window at her car. "You certainly picked a nice one." He walked into the kitchen with Kathryn close behind him. "So I heard Sebastian won the bet. Has he claimed his prize yet?"
"He told you?" Kathryn said annoyed. "And yes, he won. Why? You're not on his side, are you?"
Blaine raised his hands in front of him, innocently. "I'm not on either side. He told me and I was just wondering what had happened. He seemed really confused about it and was acting pretty strangely."
"Yeah, he has been acting weird. He seemed to want me...but then just fell apart." Kathryn shrugged. "Better for me I guess."
"He fell apart?" Blaine asked. That wasn't like Sebastian to fall apart. He was usually so collected and cool.
Kathryn nodded. "Pretty much. I don't know. I guess I want the old version back of him. At least I had something to fight with."
"Well maybe he's starting to feel bad about everything." Blaine commented. He then laughed, "But that would be highly unlikely as he doesn't feel bad about anything. It's one of his best qualities."
"Yeah, maybe I should just tell him if he doesn't get his winnings today he won't get them at all. I mean...I just want his old self back." Kathryn looked out at her car. "Maybe I should just go to him now."
Blaine agreed with Kathryn. "I'm sure if you go to him now, he'll find himself unable to resist you. Especially if you tell him he won't get his winnings ever unless he collects today. He told me that he was worried about collecting. Like he was worried about being disappointed. Or something to that extent."
"Be disappointed? What did he mean by that?" Kathryn asked eyeing Blaine wanting to him to spill everything he knew.
Blaine shrugged his shoulders. "It was some incoherent babbling about you being disappointed in him. He has such high expectations in you."
Kathryn sighed. "This isn't happening to me..." She said softly. "I'm going to head back home. See ya later..." Kathryn said walking out of his house into her car and drove home. She stared out in space, but kept her attention on the road. She finally zoned out from her thinking as she pulled into her house. She walked into the house placing her keys on the kitchen counter. "Sebastian?" She asked knocking on his door. "We need to talk..."
Sebastian opened the door. "Yeah, Kathryn what is it?" Sebastian asked, wondering what she would want to talk about.
"I wanted...to know what was up with you. Listen I'm sorry for having the rentals walking in on us. It's my fault but you've acted weird ever since."
Sebastian raised an eyebrow at her. "Acted weird? What are you talking about?"
"I don't know. You've just been acting funny. Do you want your winnings or not? I'm not letting you just wait for them."
Sebastian grinned at her. "Of course I want them. " He wrapped his arms around her. "Did you come here so that I could collect?"
She breathed softly looking up at him. "So, you want them now?" She asked looking in his eyes.
Sebastian nodded, smiling at her. He extended one of his hands and locked the door to his room. He leaned in and kissed her.
"Lock the doors...always a good idea." She said then felt his mouth on hers. She closed her eyes feeling his soft kisses. Sebastian pulled her closer and continued to kiss her, making up for the interruption yesterday. Kathryn moaned slightly feeling his kisses. She ran her fingers through his blonde curly hair nipping at his ears. Sebastian ran his hands up and down her slender waist. While he kissed her, he walked backwards with her towards the bed in his room. Kathryn laid back on the bed with Sebastian laying on her. She ran her fingers over his chest not messing with his shirt. Her kisses fell down to his shoulders with soft luscious licks. Sebastian moaned as she licked his shoulders. He ran his hands through her soft, silky hair. He closed his eyes, enjoying being with Kathryn. After the two had finished having sex, Sebastian rolled off of Kathryn and lay next to her. He wrapped an arm around her holding her close. This by far had exceeded his expectations. Kathryn stared off looking at the other side of the room. She closed her eyes breaking free from her staring off in space as she felt Sebastian tighten his hold on her. She moved her head on the pillow trying to get comfortable. "Are you okay?" Sebastian asked. He knew she was experienced, but he just wanted to make sure he hadn't hurt her in any way.
"I'm fine." She said closing her eyes but wasn't tired. "What now?" She asked turning to face him.
Sebastian shrugged. "I don't know. I never thought about it I guess."
Kathryn didn't say anything in notion to what he said but just ran her fingers on his chest. "Things are going to be different now..."
"Yeah. Not like before." Sebastian commented, referring to what had happened last time the two of them had done this.
"Did I tell you that someone already made the payments for my car?"
Sebastian shook his head. "No. That's odd. Who do you think did it?" Sebastian knew the answer to his own question, but there was no way he could admit that to Kathryn. She would look down upon him as one of her many boy toys. She practically already did and not to mention the fact that he himself could admit he was turning into one. What was it about her that made him willing to do anything for her?
Kathryn smiled. "I'm just wondering what mom will think." Kathryn shook her head. "Oh well. She's never here when I need her anyway." She said looking up at him.
Sebastian frowned down at her. "Yeah, well my father's not exactly around ever."
"I know.." She said feeling sorry for him. "Are you going to college? I really have no desire to go. School bores me." She said honestly as she talked with her brother.
Sebastian shrugged. "I don't know. Lots of new girls I could meet. More trouble to cause. Get out of New York. Isn't sounding too bad actually."
"Yeah, but I wouldn't have you to torture." She said teasingly with a smile. "Life's boring without you."
Sebastian grinned at her. "I'm glad to hear that. I'm sure it wouldn't be the same without you. You know having a female perspective on this sort of thing."
She giggled thinking of how she had tortured him before. "Where are you ticklish at?" She asked grabbing his ribs.
Sebastian laughed. "Do you really expect an answer to that question? You may just have to figure it out yourself."
Kathryn ran her fingers up under his arms and started tickling laughing as she saw him burst out in laughter. "You're so cute when you laugh."
"Thanks." Sebastian told her, not sure what to take from that comment. He smiled at her though and wrapped his arms around for her. "Don't think I won't get you back for this." He mock-warned her.
"Bring it on..." Kathryn said with a giggle laying her head on his chest. She ran her legs against his with a smile on her face.
Sebastian smiled back at her, enjoying this. He ran his fingers down to her stomach and proceeded to tickle her. Just as he was tickling her the phone rang. Sebastian stopped tickling her for a moment. "You want me to get it? Or let the machine answer it?"
Kathryn looked at him. "Let the machine get it." For the first time Kathryn pressed her body against his and her lips and kissed him. She broke free. "Always wanted to do that."
"Do what?" Sebastian asked, still reveling in the fact that she had kissed him.
"Kiss you myself. Girls always told me you were good at kissing, but I think you're good at a lot more." She said with a smile.
Sebastian grinned at her. "Well, you aren't so bad yourself." He teased.
"Thanks." Kathryn said looking up at him then started kissing his chest. "What should we do today?"
"This is pretty fun, I'd hate to stop." Sebastian told her, half-serious. "So it's up to you. Though I do have some unfinished business."
"Unfinished business?" She asked. Kathryn shrugged. "I don't have any plans for today." She said then gave him a gentle kiss and smiled at him laying her head on his chest.
"Yeah, I have to end things with Annette." Sebastian informed her with a smile. "Don't want her thinking we're still together."
"Poor girl." Kathryn said really not caring about her. "Is that your unfinished business?" She asked raising her left eye brow.
Sebastian nodded. "Yeah. Other than that, I'm free for the day."
Kathryn nodded with her head still on his chest. "Now there's nobody else you can try to get. Annette was basically the major one and you got her."
"I know. What's there to do for fun anymore?" Sebastian asked.
Kathryn pressed her lips together in thought. "I'll think of something..." Kathryn placed her chin on his chest with her hair down at her face on both sides. "Maybe you should think of some for me."
Sebastian smiled at her. "I'll do that, but it could be hard to find a challenge for someone like you."
Kathryn giggled. "I know, but I'd have to get something good out of it."
The phone rang again. "Maybe we should get that. Who knows who could be calling?"
"Go ahead." She said getting off of him and laid back on the bed looking up at the ceiling holding up a blanket on top of her as her brother answered the phone.
Sebastian picked up the phone. "Hello?"
"Hi, Sebastian. Is Kathryn there?" Lili asked.
Sebastian replied, "Yeah let me get her." Sebastian handed the phone to Kathryn.
Kathryn scooted closer to Sebastian. She wrapped one arm around him while she held the phone with her other hand. "Hey! It's Lili! How are you? Are you doing anything today?" Lili asked in her rapid manner of speaking.
"I'm good. I did have some plans...why? What's up?"
"Well, I thought maybe we could drive out to the Hamptons and stay at our house there." Lili suggested. "My parents are leaving and so I get the place to myself."
Kathryn smiled liking the idea of going to Lili's place alone with her best friend. "Sure, how long do you plan on me staying?"
"Oh just for a couple of days. Sort of an early birthday celebration for you with your best friend." Lili told her with a smile. "Does Sebastian want to come? We have that guest bedroom where he could stay."
Kathryn nodded her head. "We can go." She said in answer to her friend. "When should we meet down there?"
"Um...How's 3 o'clock?" Lili asked, glad both could come.
"Sounds good. Thanks for calling." She said then handed the phone to Sebastian to put back on the jack. "We're leaving around 2:30. Lili wants us over there at 3. Is that ok with you?"
Sebastian smiled at Kathryn. "Yeah, that's great." He then asked teasingly, "So what should we do until then?"
"I don't care. I leave that to you to decide." Kathryn said moving in for a kiss placing her body over his. Sebastian wrapped his arms around her and kissed her back. Kathryn locked her legs around his waist as she placed her hands on his face. "You're going...to act normal around...Lili, right?" She asked pausing as she kissed him.
Sebastian asked, "You mean not kissing you every minute like I'm going to want to be doing? I'll be my usual self. Don't worry."
"Thank you." She said still kissing him. "I really don't know what she has planned." Kathryn said hating to be surprised.
Sebastian gently traced her face with his fingers. "I'm sure it'll be just hanging out with your friend kind of thing. I mean, you two have been friends for how long? She knows you don't like being surprised."
"Yeah, I guess you're right. What time is it?" She asked looking around the room for a clock.
Sebastian picked up the caller I.D. on his phone. "It's noon. Do you want to go get something to eat?"
"Yeah, but nothing big. I'm sure Lili has a feast prepared. I really have to tell that girl how much I dislike food." She mumbled. "What were you thinking of us eating?"
Sebastian frowned at Kathryn's mention of how much she hated food. She was perfect the way she was. Why couldn't she see that? "Well, we could go out and get something. You know I can't cook."
Kathryn giggled. "Alright." Kathryn got off of him wrapping a towel around her. "Who's car are we going to take?"
"Well, I haven't seen your new car and I need to get gas in mine so what do you say about yours?" Sebastian suggested, knowing she was dying to show off her new car.
"Great." She said then headed in her room to put on a pair of tight jeans and a T-shirt. She combed her hair and smiled heading back into Sebastian's room leaning on the door frame. "I'm ready Romeo."
Sebastian laughed at the nickname. He had managed to get on a pair of jeans and then slipped on a black shirt over it. He started to walk out with her. "So where would you like to go?"
Kathryn grabbed her car keys and headed out of the house with him. "How about...Subways?" She asked trying to think of at least somewhere healthy. She unlocked the door for Sebastian to get in. "You like?"
Sebastian got in her car. "It's pretty nice for a new car. You know me though. I prefer the classics." He sat down and then commented, "The interior's very nice."
Kathryn turned her key on and headed out to the restaurant. When they got there she parked the car and walked in with Sebastian. She then looked at the menu deciding what she wanted.
Sebastian looked at the menu and decided just to get a classic sub. "Know what you are going to get yet?" He asked.
"No, what kind of stuff is on yours?" She asked not really sure of what she wanted since she hardly went out to eat.
"Mayonnaise, lettuce, tomatoes, chicken, and Swiss cheese." Sebastian replied.
Kathryn thought it over. "I'll take one then." She said taking out her wallet. "Could you get two and I'll pay for mine."
Sebastian shook his head. "I'm buying, Kathryn." He walked over to the counter and ordered two classic subs. He walked over to the counter to pay when he saw Annette. "Annette, hi. What are you doing here?"
Annette tried to smile then saw Kathryn. She turned her attention to Sebastian. "I was just getting something to eat. How are you doing?"
"I'm good. How about you?" Sebastian asked, being friendly.
"I'm great." She said softly. "You have plans today?"
Sebastian nodded. "Yeah, I'm going with Kathryn and some of her friends up to the Hamptons. It's an early birthday party for her." He noticed the subtle hurt look on her face. "Do you want to eat with us? There is room for one more."
"No, thanks. I've got to get going." Annette said noticing Kathryn's looks. "I'll see ya later." She said looking out the door.
"Alright. Bye." Sebastian said, confused by her abrupt departure. He picked up the sandwiches and walked back over to Kathryn. He handed her her sandwich.
Kathryn took the sandwich seeing Annette leave. "Something wrong?"
"No. She just left so suddenly. I'm not sure why. I hadn't even told her anything." Sebastian remarked.
"Oh." She said. "Thanks for paying for my lunch. You didn't have to."
"It's no big deal." Sebastian told her with a smile. "I think it's wrong to let the girl have to pay."
"Whatever floats your boat." Kathryn said taking a bite of her sandwich.
Sebastian laughed and then started to eat his sandwich. He would call Annette later and break things off with her. He didn't like how there wasn't a sense of closure to this. Kathryn grinned looking back at Sebastian. She looked at him with a smile then crumpled the paper that she got her sandwich in. "All done."
"That was quick." Sebastian told her with a smile as he finished hers. "You must have been really hungry." He threw their trash away and walked out of the Subway with her.
Kathryn shrugged. "Yeah, I guess I was." Kathryn walked out to her car with Sebastian and got in. She placed a CD in the CD player waiting for her brother to get in.
Sebastian got in the car and asked, "So, where are we going now?" He slipped his sunglasses on, so that he wouldn't have to squint.
"I want to drive around some." She said pulling out into the street. "You look good in those glasses." She said with a grin. She put her own glasses on with a grin.
Sebastian grinned. "Thank you." He leaned back in his seat, enjoying being in a car and just being a passenger. "You look pretty good yourself." He told her.
Kathryn smiled, "Thanks." Kathryn then pulled her car into a deserted parking lot that over looked the beach. She turned her car off looking out the window.
"I've never been here before. It's beautiful." Sebastian commented looking out at the beach.
"Yeah, you wanna go take a walk? It's fairly nice out." She asked looked at her brother.
Sebastian smiled at her. "Sure." He got out of the car and waited for her. When she got out, he walked next to her along the beach. He was going to take her hand in his, but he didn't want to scare her away.
"I don't bite Sebastian." She said noticing his strange behavior. "Is there something you would like?" She asked sweetly looking up at him.
"Not hard anyway." Sebastian commented with a snicker. "I was just thinking about us. I mean, we're not an us. At least I don't think so. I don't know what we are. It's like you said earlier. Things would be awkward. I mean, should I just go back to how I was before or what?" He found himself confiding in his step-sister things he usually wouldn't tell anyone.
"You want there to be a "us"?" She asked not sure how to respond to that. "I didn't know you had feelings for me..." She said softly as she looked into the water.
Sebastian nodded. "I'm not going to lie. I have feelings for you Kathryn. More so than any other girl." He quickly added before she could interrupt, "I know. This is too weird and it can't happen. But, I just can't go on pretending these feelings don't exist."
"I...I.." Kathryn scratched her brow not knowing what to say. "What are you saying you're going to do?" Kathryn asked shocked.
Sebastian shrugged. "I was just going to tell you. I didn't mean I was going to do anything about them. It's wrong and it would just end badly. We're both too much alike. We'd be cheating on each other left and right." Sebastian stopped, surprised by his babbling. "Can we forget I've said anything?" Sebastian asked.
"How can I forget what you just told me?" She asked looking up at him. "I'm not that much of a slut that I can't keep myself to one guy if I'm going out with him." She said annoyed. "Why did you have to wait to tell me after my mom married your father?" She asked still hurt from when he left her alone years ago.
Sebastian didn't know the answers to either of her questions. "I'm sorry. I'm screwed up, Kathryn. Big time. It's hard for me to do this."
"I wish I knew how screwed up you were 5 years ago!" She said loudly. "Hard for you to do what? Leave again?" She threw her keys at him. "Go ahead. I'll walk the rest of the way."
"That's not what I meant. I meant it was hard for me to tell you all of this." Sebastian answered angrily. "But nevermind. I see it didn't matter." He turned to walk off, not accepting her keys. He'd find his own way home.
Kathryn fell down on the sand quietly crying. "Run away...you do that best.." She said with anger watching him leave. Sebastian walked to the main street and hailed a cab. He found one and gave it directions to Annette's home. He might as well pay her a visit. When the cab reached Annette's home, Sebastian paid the driver and then got out of the cab. He walked up to the door and knocked twice, waiting for an answer.
Annette opened the door smiling as she saw Sebastian. "Sebastian, come on in. I was just heading out, but I can wait."
"Thanks." Sebastian told her with a smile. "This won't take very long. I just thought maybe we could...talk."
"Sure." She said noticing the cab. "What's wrong?"
Sebastian asked, "Could we go to your room? For some privacy?"
"Uh, sure." She said leading him to her room. She closed the door sitting down on the bed looking up at him. "What is it?"
"I've been thinking a lot lately...and I don't know how to say this nicely." Sebastian started. He took a breath and continued, "I think we should break up."
"What?" She asked tearing up. "But....you told me..." She said crying. "It's someone else isn't it?"
Sebastian shook his head. "No. It's me. I'm completely fucked up. I can't be with anyone right now. There is too much going on."
"Get out..." She said with her eyes watering up. "Please, just get out."
Sebastian turned to walk a way but then turned back to look at her. "I'm sorry. You were just another conquest."
"GET OUT!" She screamed falling down on her bed crying not able to control her tears. "I never want to see you again.." She choked out." Sebastian obeyed her command and walked out. He took a taxi back home and walked in the house. He walked up the stairs and knocked on the guest bedroom Kathryn was staying home to see if she was home yet. "Kathryn are you in there?" He didn't hear an answer and just walked into his room. He lay down on his bed and soon fell asleep.
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