Notes: This is a rewrite of the ending of Cruel Intentions.
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did, I'd be sleeping with Sebastian or shopping with Kathryn. These
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The next morning, Lili arose earlier than usual. By the time she finished getting ready, it was 11:30. She picked up the phone and dialed Kathryn's number. She waited for Kathryn to pick up the phone. Kathryn's eyes opened as she woke up and rolled over slowly picking up the phone. "Hello?" She asked seeing Marc starting to wake up.
"Morning. Did I wake you up, sleepyhead?" Lili asked with a cheerful tone in her voice.
Kathryn smiled hearing her friend on the other line. "Hi." She yawned. "Yeah, I just woke up. It was a long night." She said smiling down at Marc. "What's up?"
"We're going shopping today. Aren't you excited? I can't believe you aren't up. I woke up at the ungodly hour of 10 o'clock so I could get ready." Lili gushed.
"Oh yeah, shopping. What time do you think you'll make it over here? It won't take me long to get ready and Marc's here."
"Well, I'll probably be over there in about 15 minutes. I'm stopping at Starbucks for a latte. Do you want anything?" Lili asked.
"Sure. Pick up one for me. Can you get one for Marc too? I better get off so I can get Marc up and get ready myself."
"Ok. Bye!" Lili said cheerfully and clicked her phone off. She rolled over on her bed and looked at Sebastian. "Do you think she suspects anything?"
"Marc?" Kathryn asked moving over to him and bent down to kiss him. "Morning sunshine. I'm going to go shopping with Lili but she's bringing us a latte so you have to get up."
Marc smiled at Kathryn. "Well since I won't see you for the rest of the day, this will have to do." He gently kissed her.
She closed her eyes as she returned the kiss. "My baby." She whispered while kissing him. "I'll try to get home soon to do some stuff with you." She said smiling at him.
Marc grinned. "I'll be looking forward to that." He told her as he sat up. "I suppose we should get dressed.."
Kathryn nodded and got off of Marc and went into her closet picking a soft blue color dress. Their was elastic to where the chest part was then the flowed out at the bottom. The dress went to her knees. She quickly put it on then walked to Marc handing him her modeling photos. "I got those in the mail yesterday." She cleared her throat remembering how revealing the pictures were. "They want to put them in different magazines."
Marc looked through the pictures. "You look beautiful." He said, admiring the pictures. "But not as beautiful as you really are." He stood up and walked to his closet. He pulled out some black shorts he could work out in and a white wife-beater's shirt and then quickly threw them on.
"Thanks. I just have to sign a paper saying they can put my pictures in the magazine they choose. That's alright, isn't it?" She asked smiling at him admiring his body in the wife beater shirt.
"As long as they don't put you in Playboy or some trashy magazine like that." Marc commented with a smile. He would give her anything, knowing that she only loved him.
"Ok. You look nice." She said walking up to him with a smile on her face.
"Thank you. You look..." He looked at her, trying to find a word to describe her. "Beautiful."
"Thank you." She said then kissed him kissing him on the lips. "I'm going to head downstairs so when Lili gets here it won't take me five minutes to walk down the stairs."
"All right. That sounds like a good idea." Marc commented with a smile. He started to walk with her to the stairs.
Kathryn walked down the stairs slowly with Marc. holding his hand. She walked into their kitchen picking up her leather black jacket. "I'm not really good at cooking, but you want something to eat?"
Marc shook his head. "No, I'm not really hungry this morning." There was a knock at the door. "That must be Lili." He said walking over to the door. He answered it and smiled at Lili, "Good morning."
"Good morning. Kathryn around?" Lili asked, handing him his coffee.
Kathryn walked to the door smiling as she saw her friend. "Hi Lili." She looked up at Marc and gave him a kiss. "I'll call you if the plans change on the time." She said looking at him after she kissed him.
Marc smiled at her. "Alright. Bye." He waved to her as she left.
After they were out of Marc's earshot, Lili commented, "He's in a better mood than last night."
"Yeah." Kathryn said getting in Lili's car. "I just...had to recharge his battery." She said with a smile. "How were things with James?"
Lili laughed. "Oh, they were great. All I had to do was drop him off at his house. He fell asleep in the car on the way home. So I went out to a club after I dropped him off."
Kathryn smiled and laughed. "Sounds like James. Always sleeping around. What happened at the club?"
"Oh I danced for a couple of hours. Nothing new. It was the same guys as always." Lili commented, telling the truth. Just leaving out the part about Sebastian.
"Sounds fun." She said with a smile. "How long do you think we'll go shopping?"
"Oh I don't know. I have a date tonight at 7 so I guess we'll finish about 4. Which by the way means we need to pick me something out for the date." Lili said with a grin.
Kathryn nodded her head. "You know I'm the best with clothing..." She said with a smile. "Oh, the people who take my pictures want to put them in magazines."
"Wow! That's so cool! You're gonna do it right?" Lili asked eagerly.
"Yeah, I can't wait. I've already had people asking for autographs. Plus, a few of them were my photographers but, they said I'd do well."
"Of course you will. You're gorgeous and sweet and smart. If someone like you can't do well, no one could." Lili said, supporting her friend.
"Thanks Lili." She said with a smile. "You never did tell me who your date was. If you tell me who it is then maybe I'd know his taste."
Lili wasn't expecting this question. "It's...umm...You don't know him." She said quickly, trying to hide the fact that it's Sebastian.
"It's not another college guy, is it? Or is it James?" She asked wondering why her friend wouldn't tell her who her date was.
"No, it's not either of them." Lili responded, being honest. "It's sort of a secret. I mean, he has this on-again, off-again girlfriend but he thinks her affections are waning or something so he asked me out."
Kathryn smiled. "Alright. I'll to find something for ya." Kathryn got out of the car as Lili pulled into a parking space and walked with her into a store. "So, what kind of dress are you looking for?"
"Umm...Something sexy. Just not overkill." Lili told her as they walked into the store. "And we need to hit Victoria's Secret."
"Victoria Secret?" She asked raising her eyebrows. "You two must be serious. I don't mind though, I need to get some stuff there anyways."
"Yeah, we've been seeing each other for a while." Lili replied as they started to look at dresses.
"How long?" She asked pulling a dress of the holder. It was a mint green dress that she thought Lili could try.
Lili looked at the dress and liked it. She took it from Kathryn to hold while they looked at other dresses. "Well our first date was that night you met Marc for the first time. Because I remember you calling me about him as I was getting ready for my first date with him." She picked up a pink dress with black lace over it.
Kathryn nodded her head. "So, it's been awhile?" She asked then took a dark blue dress and handed it to Lili. "I just wish my life was as simple as yours?" She said still looking at the dresses. "So what does your guy plan on doing with this girlfriend of his?"
"He doesn't know. We don't really talk about her that much. It's kind of a sore subject for him." Lili replied. "So, have you told Sebastian about your modeling news?" She asked, trying to change the subject even though the person in the subject hadn't changed.
"No, not yet." She said looking at Lili as she said Sebastian's name. "Marc doesn't want me going there to the house." She cleared her throat. "I'm sure I could call him sometime."
"Yeah, you could call him now. It's not like Marc would find out." Lili suggested.
Kathryn nodded her head. "Yeah, you're right." She took out her cell phone and dialed her old house number. "Sebastian?" She asked with a smile hearing his voice on the other line. "How are you doing?"
"I'm good. " Sebastian said a little out of breath. He had taken a shower at Lili's after she had left and had just arrived home in time to hear the phone ringing. "What's new?"
"I'm just shopping with Lili." She said looking at more dress's. "She has some date." Kathryn looked concerned hearing him out of breath. "Did you just take a jog?"
"How is Lili?" Sebastian asked with a grin on his face. "Actually, I just got back from breakfast. I went out and ran in when I heard the phone ringing."
"She's fine. Just excited about this date." She said handing Lili more clothes then walked to the opposite side of the store. "I miss you Sebastian." She said closing her eyes wishing she was at her old house.
"Any idea who the lucky fellow is?" Sebastian asked, trying to find out if Lili had told her about him. "I miss you too Kathryn. I wish you were home with me."
"No, she won't tell me who her date is which is odd." Kathryn sighed. "It's not a big deal I just feel like she's hiding something from me. Are you coming to the house tomorrow for supper? I'm not sure how much longer Marc is going to let you come over. He told me last night you always look at me with lustful eyes." She said then giggled.
"Of course. I wouldn't miss it for the world." Sebastian then laughed at Marc's comment. "I may have to stop that, won't I? Of course that means I may not be able to look at you." He was grateful to hear Lili hadn't told her it was him and didn't say any more on the subject.
"Great." She said with a sigh of relief. "Just come around five. Oh, the reason why I'm supposed to be calling you is that my photographers want to put my pictures in magazines."
"Really? Congratulations! I wish I was with you so I could show you how proud I am of you." Sebastian told her sincerely.
"Maybe Lili wouldn't mind if she dropped me off at the house so I could see you. Marc will just think I'm shopping." She said waiting for his answer.
"What time?" Sebastian asked. "I have to be somewhere at 6:45." He hoped he hadn't given her the same time Lili had said.
"In half a hour? I'm sure I can get a dress for her in that time." She said with a smile.
Sebastian grinned. "Alright. I'll see you then I guess."
Kathryn smiled and said good-bye then hung up the phone. She then walked to Lili seeing she had tried on a dress. "Oh Lili. You look beautiful in that one."
"Thanks. " Lili replied with a smile. "This is my favorite. I guess I'll get this one." She walked back into the dressing room and changed into her black pants and white tank top. She then walked to where one of the salesgirls was standing to ring up the dress for Lili. After she had finished buying the dress, she asked, "On to Victoria's Secret?"
"Yeah, ummm I was wondering if you could drop me off by my old house. I wanted to see Sebastian. I wouldn't be there long." She said looking at her.
"Sure! After I pick up that thing I ordered we can go. If you want to go that early." Lili suggested walking towards Victoria's Secret.
Kathryn smiled and nodded walking with her to Victoria's Secret and up to the register. "Thanks Lili."
"No problem. I would be a bad friend if I stood between you and Sebastian." Lili smiled as she handed the clerk her credit card to pay for her order.
Kathryn just smiled looking around the store. She waited as Lili got her order then headed back to the car with Lili. She got in the car. "You have to let me know who your mystery date thinks of your dress."
"Oh I will. I'll call you tomorrow afternoon with all the details." Lili told her with a grin as she got in the driver's seat of her car and started driving towards Sebastian's house.
Kathryn nodded her head. "Great." She headed out of the car as Lili pulled up in her old driveway. "Can you pick me up in a hour? Just call me when you're here." She said then waved to her friend as she walked in her old house. "Sebastian?" She called out.
Sebastian walked downstairs after hearing Kathryn's voice. He embraced her in a hug. "It's so good to see you."
Kathryn smiled closing her eyes as Sebastian hugged her. She wrapped her arms around his waist. "I miss you so much." She said placing her lips on his and kissed him passionately.
Sebastian kissed her passionately as well and wrapped his arms around her waist, pulling her closer. He ran his hands up her back. "It's so lonely here without you."
Kathryn pressed her nose against his. "I get lonely without you too. I wish things were how they used to be." She said staring up at him.
"I know. I wish that our parents had never come back from Egypt with him." Sebastian told her. "I mean things were better for us, even before we weren't together."
"Oh really?" She asked raising her eyebrows. "How so?" She whispered coming closer to him.
"We didn't have to worry about anyone coming between us." Sebastian replied, leaning in and kissing her once again. As he kissed her, he heard a knock at the door. He pulled away. "This will just take a minute. " He walked to the door and opened it. "Hey Marc. What's going on?"
Kathryn nodded and walked to a bookshelf looking at her family photo's. Her eyes locked on the photo hearing her brother say Marc. She bite on her bottom lip wondering what he was doing here or how he knew she was here.
Marc faked a smile, "I'm here to get Kathryn."
"Well she's not here." Sebastian said with a shrug. "Sorry. She's shopping with Lili."
"Lili's not shopping anymore. Her room mate just told me she went to exercise after coming home. Alone. I know Kathryn's here. Let me see her." Marc said, bursting into the house. He spotted Kathryn and ran over to her. "What are you doing?" He asked angrily."
"I...I left something over here." She said. "Lili had to go get something and she was coming right back over to pick me up. What are you doing here?" She asked taking a step back.
"I called James to see if he wanted to go play tennis with me while both of our significant others were out and he told me that Lili had just come home alone and was going to go work out." Marc replied angrily. "Why don't you go get what you forgot then we are leaving."
"I already have what I want." She said then looked down at the floor. "I'm sorry." She said softly.
"You already have what you want?" Marc asked. He looked in her hands. "You don't have anything...You're talking about Sebastian, aren't you? You little slut."
"Look that's enough! She's talking about her family photo." Sebastian said, defending Kathryn.
Kathryn looked at Marc and picked up the picture. "Bye Sebastian." She said then walked out of the house and got in Marc's car and started to cry.
Sebastian walked to the window, watching Kathryn leave. "Stop crying, Kathryn." Marc ordered. "If you don't, I won't let him come over for dinner tomorrow. I'll tell him that you are sick or something and you won't be able to see him."
She wiped the tears from her face. "Why can't you trust me? You can't run my life."
"That's where you're wrong Kathryn. I will run your life. I have the power in this relationship and you need to remember that." Marc told her calmly.
Kathryn looked out the window wiping the tears from her face again. "Why can't you trust me? I'd think you can trust me since we're married." She said not looking at him.
"It's not you I don't trust. It's Sebastian. " Marc answered.
"He's my brother Marc!" She said starting to lose her temper. She angrily got out of the car slamming the door shut and stormed into the house.
"Not for much longer." Marc muttered under his breath. Kathryn didn't know their parents were separating and soon on their way to divorce, but he did. A fact that he was going to keep from her, until the time was right.
"Excuse me?" She asked spinning around in a mad mood. "What's that supposed to me?"
"Nothing." Marc commented. She wasn't supposed to have heard that.
Kathryn sat on her couch glaring at Marc as he sat next to her. "Don't touch me." She said scooting over.
"You weren't supposed to have heard that." Marc informed her. "I thought your parents should have told you or even I should have at a better time."
"You're lying!" Kathryn shouted. "And even if they were getting a divorce he's still my step brother."
"I didn't say there were getting divorced. They're getting separated. Why would I lie about this, Kathryn?" Marc asked her.
"You hate Sebastian! You've never liked him." Kathryn took her car keys that were laying on the table. "I'm going out for a drive."
"If anything, I would hate this news more. It means you won't be legally related to him, which makes it okay for you to be with him." Marc shouted at her retreating back.
"You think I would go with my step brother after my parents got divorced?" She asked then stood up. "I'm going to Blaine's." She said not moving as she looked down at Marc.
"I don't know. Would you?" Marc asked angrily. "Leave! I don't care!" He yelled. "Go!"
Kathryn placed her keys back on the table. "Forget it. I'm staying here." She wiped the tears from her face again. "I wouldn't Marc. Why can't you believe me?"
"Because so far you've done nothing to disprove my suspicions." Marc told her as he stood up from the couch and stormed out of the room.
"Marc wait!" Kathryn yelled running to him grabbing his arm. "What have I done? Every time I've asked to go see him you've let me except for tonight and I was just waiting on Lili." Kathryn said.
"You know your excuse keeps changing for why you were over there. Which means you are lying." Marc told her, not being able to look into her eyes.
"They're not excuses. I've told you before, he's the only real family I have since my parents are never home. You told me you trusted me. I'm telling you the truth." Kathryn said taking Marc's hand.
Marc nodded his head. "I know. I just can't help feeling jealous. I don't know. Something's off about your brother and I don't know what it is."
"I wish you weren't jealous baby." She said looking up at him wrapping her arms around his waist. She laid her head on his chest. "I promise, it'll be just us two tomorrow." She then lifted her head looking up at Marc. "Alright?"
Marc smiled and nodded. "Alright." He stroked her hair.
Kathryn looked at Marc and smiled. "What should I do now to make it up to you?" She said with a grin.
"I'm sure we can think of something. In our room." Marc answered, grinning back at her as they walked up to his room.
Kathryn nodded and walked in the room with Marc walking to the bed laying down on her pillow. It seemed she was making up for a lot of the things she was doing with Sebastian to Marc. She smiled at him as he got on the bed.
Marc lay down on their bed and looked at Kathryn next to him. He leaned in and gently kissed him.
Kathryn leaned in closer and began to kiss him further. She rolled over on top of him. "You must like me making up to you in this way." She said with a smile then kissed him again.
"How could I not?" Marc asked her with a smile and then went back to kissing her.
Kathryn straddled him with her body running her fingers down to the bottom of his shirt and lifted it off him. She then let her kisses trail down his body as her small body was on top of his.
--Cut to Sebastian and Lili's Date—
Lili let the mint green dress that Kathryn had picked out of the store for her and put it on. She looked great in it. She then put on a pair of black shoes and sprayed a raspberry scent spray on herself. She headed down stairs looking in the mirror one last time to look at her hair.
Sebastian pulled up to Lili's driveway in his black 1956 jaguar roadster. He stopped the car, got out, and walked towards the door. He knocked twice and waited for Lili to come out.
Lili answered the door and smiled. "Hey Sebastian." She grabbed her black leather purse on the rack and shut the door. She got in the car amazed with how good it looked. "You look great." She said with a smile.
Sebastian leaned in and kissed her. "I can say the same for you." He told her with a smile and handed her a rose.
"Oh how sweet." She said taking the rose and smelled it. "Thank you Sebastian." She then leaned over to kiss him.
Sebastian kissed her back and then pulled away to drive to the restaurant they were going to. "So, how was shopping today? I heard you kept talking about some mystery date."
Lili grinned and looked out the window. "Yeah, pretty lame, huh?" She asked smiling as they neared the restaurant.
"Are you okay with this being a secret?" Sebastian asked. "I mean if you want we could come out about it, but it's going to hurt Kathryn. And you know that."
Lili cleared her throat. "I just don't see how I'm dating you is going to hurt Kathryn." Lili got out of the car as Sebastian stopped. "How do you feel?"
"I guess we should tell her. Break it to her gently. " Sebastian told her as they got out of the car. He wasn't going to go in why it would hurt her, especially since Lili didn't know that Kathryn and him had been together.
"Right." Lili said with a smile. She sat down at a table with Sebastian. "You're ok with this dating thing, aren't you?
"Yeah. If I wasn't, I wouldn't be here now, would I?" Sebastian asked with a grin.
Lili smiled and drank a sip of water that was already laying on the table. "When should we tell her?"
"Well, knowing Kathryn she'll ask how it went. And she'll ask who it was you went out with again." Sebastian replied. "Do you want something to drink? Besides, the water?"
"I'm fine." Lili said. "I realized how much I like to be sober when I'm around you." She said with a grin
Sebastian grinned at her. "I feel the same way. It was you who called Marc today, wasn't it?"
Lili almost choked on the water she was drinking. "Yeah." She said softly.
He laughed. "Thatta girl. That's pretty crafty of you." He told her with a glance of admiration.
Lili looked at Sebastian. "Really? Was Marc mad at Kathryn?"
"Yeah. But I'm sure that Kathryn's using her feminine wiles to get him less mad." Sebastian answered with a grin.
Lili giggled. "Yeah, she's good with that stuff. Good with putting her charms on guys she wants something from.
"Yeah, but it's a little obvious sometimes, you know? I prefer girls who are more...real and into the moment." Sebastian told her with a grin. "Like you."
"You're not just saying that are you?" She asked with a smile teasing him. "Not to get something out of me, huh?"
"No. I'd never do something like that." Sebastian said returning her teasing tone with an innocent look on his face. "Besides, if I wanted something I'd let you know."
"That's why I like you. You're very honest with me." She said with a smile.
"Well, what's the point in dilly-dallying around with lies? Everything comes out eventually." Sebastian answered.
"Exactly." She said. The waitress then came. "I'll just take one of your southern bell meals." She said looking at the waitress.
Sebastian then told the waitress what he wanted and she walked away. "How long have you known Kathryn?" Sebastian asked.
"Ever since 3rd grade." She said taking another drink. "Why? I remember when you first came." She said with a smile.
"And I still only met you in July." Sebastian said, shaking his head. "I can't believe that you knew me that long without my ever meeting you. How is it that that happened?"
"You just seemed more...interested in someone else." She said clearing her throat in between the pause.
"Someone else? Who?" Sebastian asked, not knowing if she knew of Kathryn and Sebastian the summer before 9th grade.
"Kathryn..." She said softly. "I was still her best friend back then and she seemed to like you too."
"Yeah, well that's all old stuff. We had our fun and it ended, come the beginning of high school." Sebastian answered her, pretending it didn't mean as much as it really had.
Lili smiled. "Yeah." She said not wanting to tell him how torn up about it Kathryn was. She smiled up at the waitress as her plate of food was laid in front of her. She began to eat it just looking at Sebastian.
"What is it? You're keeping something from me." Sebastian commented, noticing the obvious look of being deep in thought.
Lili shrugged. "It's nothing. It's just that when you broke up I guess that's the best way to put it Kathryn cried over you for so long, but when your parents got married she uh, kinda hated your guts."
"She cried over me?" Sebastian asked, pretending to be shocked. "Kathryn actually cried? Did you get any pictures?" He asked with a laugh.
Lili shook her head with a smile. "That's when she started making herself throw up too." Her eyes widened. "But don't tell her I told you that. She made me promise not to tell anyone."
"What?" Sebastian asked, not having to pretend to be shocked any more. He had never heard this. He was the cause of that? "Oh my God...I didn't know..." He mumbled to himself.
Lili scratched her brow not sure whether to tell Sebastian all of what she knew. "She uh...told me about your first time together and she thought that's why you didn't talk to her anymore. She was depressed and that's how she dealt with it." She took a bite of her food. "When she figured that guys liked her she started sleeping with them and they told her how great she was or looked so she kept sleeping around and kept making herself throw up."
"But, she's better now. I mean she's only with Marc and he seems to love her a lot. She isn't still making herself throw up, is she?" Sebastian asked concerned. "Because that would be horrible for the baby and I don't want her endangering our child." Sebastian said, not even realizing his obvious slip up.
Her eyes narrowed hearing Sebastian say, our. "Our?" She asked wishing she heard him say wrong but knew she didn't. "Sebastian! That's your baby!"
"What? What are you talking about?" Sebastian asked not knowing how she would have discovered it was his.
"You just said, "endangering *our* baby! That's why you've waited so long to tell her about us." She put her hand on her mouth feeling as if she were going to get sick.
"Oh God. I said that didn't I?" Sebastian commented, with a shocked look on his face. "That wasn't supposed to come out. You can't tell anyone I told you that."
Lili started breathing heavily as if she were in a nightmare. "I can't believe that's your child! No wonder Marc doesn't like her seeing you!"
"It was a fluke. An accident. We didn't mean for it to happen." Sebastian said, defending himself and Kathryn.
"But you slept with her. You both had intercourse." She said in a low voice. "Did you make her have it with you?" She asked not seeing why Kathryn would sleep with her brother.
"No. I would never force Kathryn in to something she didn't want. We were just both really drunk." Sebastian said, trying to explain.
"I think I'm going to catch a cab home. Oh and yes, Kathryn still starves herself and makes herself throw up when she does eat. If it is your child you better do something or it will die." She said standing up and walked to the pay phone.
Sebastian stood up and followed Lili to the phone. "Wait! What am I supposed to do? Lili, you have to help me. As Kathryn's best friend, help me."
Lili turned around. "What do you want me to help you with?" She asked raising her eye brows.
"Help me help Kathryn. We have to help her get away from Marc. He hits her. " Sebastian answered Lili.
"He hits her? I thought he really loved her. She's giddy with him whenever I see him. When has he hit her?" She asked.
"Whenever he gets drunk. He acts differently when he drinks in the worst way." Sebastian responded. "I'm not making any of this up, Lili. The first night he met her, we all three went out to a club. He got drunk and he hit her in front of everyone in the club. Along with hitting me."
Lili's eyes widened. "How am I supposed to get her out of that house? Maybe we should go there together."
"Right. Just let me show up on the doorstep and everything will be fixed." Sebastian commented sarcastically.
Lili sighed. "What am I supposed to do? I want to help her out but how?"
Sebastian shrugged. "I don't know. That's why I need your help. Between the two of us, we should be able to think something up. I can't let anything happen to her. I promised her that I wouldn't. She's scared of him."
"Let's go to her house then. He can't deny her seeing us, right?" She sighed. "I want to go see her."
Sebastian nodded. "All right. But we need to think of a realistic reason for seeing her first." Sebastian said as they walked out to his car. "He won't let me in without a reason."
Lili thought. "How about...your parents splitting up?" She said getting in the car. "Or just say you're moving even though you aren't."
"We can try both. " Sebastian said as he drove to Kathryn and Marc's home.
Lili nodded and kept silent as they drove to Kat and Marc's house. She got out of the car as they pulled in their driveway. She cleared her throat again as Sebastian rang the door bell.
Marc and Kathryn had just finished making up when they heard the door bell ring. Marc slipped on a pair of boxers and his robe. He walked downstairs. "What do you two want? It's nearly midnight."
"We need to talk to Kathryn. It's important." Sebastian told him.
Marc asked, suspiciously, "What about?"
Lili smiled at Marc even though she was disgusted with him. "We have some news for her. Can we come in? We won't be here long."
Marc raised an eyebrow at them. "Fine, come in." He moved out of the way so they could walk in. After they did, he shut the door behind them. "What news are you talking about? She already knows that her parents are separating."
Lili looked at Sebastian knowing plan A wouldn't work. "Uh, just some news that Sebastian is moving and I'm going off to college down in Georgia." She said Georgia came the first state in her head. "Where's Kat at?" She asked looking around.
"She's upstairs." Marc said. Sebastian was moving? This was great. "You can go talk to her alone. I'll be down here watching TV."
Sebastian started to walk up the stairs with Lili to Kathryn's room. He knocked on her door and waited for an answer.
Kathryn looked up at the door knowing it wasn't Marc he would have just come in. She slipped on one of her long shirts. "Come on in." She said noticing how late it was. She almost jumped out of her bed seeing her brother and best friend.
"Hi Kathryn." Sebastian said with a small smile.
"What are you two doing here?" She asked walking over to Sebastian and hugged him tightly letting Sebastian feel her body.
"We came to check up on you and make sure that you were alright." Sebastian told her as he embraced her. "Marc looked pretty angry when he picked you up at the house."
Kathryn sighed. "He's fine. You didn't have any trouble getting in, did you?" She sighed again. "He and James have become friends."
"That's not good." Sebastian said. "We got in fine. We had to say we had news which was that I was moving and Lili was going to the university of...where, again?"
"Georgia." Lili said noticing how skinny Kathryn was.
"You're moving?" Kathryn asked starting to worry.
"No. It was a lie. Just to get in. It was either that or Lili and I were getting married. We were trying to make it sound plausible." Sebastian informed her. Sebastian noticed how skinny Kathryn was as well. "Kathryn, we need to get you some help." Sebastian told her, cutting to the chase. "You can't be this skinny if you're going to have a child."
'What?" She asked looking at Sebastian. "I just lost some weight...since I've been taking those walks."
"Yeah, but Kathryn...you want the baby to be healthy right?" Sebastian asked concerned for her. He reached out and took her hand in his.
"Yes." She said softly. "I'm so miserable. I can't cope. This is just how I deal with it, by not eating." Kathryn looked at Lili then Sebastian. "I am a little hungry. You wanna go down with me to the kitchen?"
Sebastian gently stroked her hair with his free hand. "You have to eat." He stood up with her. "We'll go down with you to the kitchen and eat with you if you want."
Kathryn walked down to the kitchen with both of them smiling at Marc as he looked at her. She then took a banana and cut it up in a fruit mix with strawberries and other fruits. She took a bite. "Happy?"
"I'm getting there." Sebastian told her with a smile. In a low tone so Marc wouldn't hear, "You know when things get bad you just need to call Lili or me."
Kathryn gave a tiny smile. "I know. Things haven't been so bad. I Just think he thinks I owe him something every night." She said looking at Lili and Sebastian. "You know what I mean." She said continuing to eat.
"Unfortunately we do. But isn't that how it is supposed to be the first few months of any marriage?" Sebastian asked teasingly. "We didn't interrupt anything between you two did we?" Sebastian was trying to stay upbeat and happy, but it was hard. "I heard Marc told you about the rentals."
"We actually just got done with my apology." She said not being able to say the word, make-out. 'Yeah, Marc told me. He was thrilled to say the least."
"Really? He was happy about it? Why would he be?" Sebastian asked.
"He said I wouldn't be related to you anymore." She said finishing off her fruit mix. "How long are you guys staying?"
"As long we're allowed to." Sebastian responded with a laugh. "Which might not be for too much longer."
"Why do you say that?" She asked then turned around seeing Marc standing right by her. She jumped not expecting him to be right by her. "Done watching TV?"
"Yeah. I'm getting tired. We should head to bed." Marc told her, wrapping an arm around her.
Kathryn looked over at Sebastian. "I better say good night." She said standing up. "Thanks for coming over. Come again." She said not wanting Sebastian to leave her. She walked with Marc to the door and watched them get in his car. "What was on TV?"
"Just some disturbing episode of Jerry Springer. This guy dumped his ex to marry his sister." Marc said, fully getting the irony of his comment.
Kathryn just laughed. "People these days, huh?" She said turning off the light and walked up to their room and got in the bed and under the covers. "You ok sweetie? You seem a little disturbed."
"Yeah, I'm fine." Marc told her with a smile as he got in bed next to her. "I just did some thinking today. Maybe I was wrong. I should give Sebastian another chance."
"Another chance?" She asked. "But he told me he was moving. What do you mean by second chance?"
"I should be nicer to him. I've never given him a fair shot." Marc commented. "Did he tell you when he was moving?"
Kathryn shook her head at his last question. "No, I forgot to ask. I was just surprised by it." She laid on her back turning off the light by her side of the room. "You don't mind if my trainer comes over tomorrow do you?" She asked not sure how he would feel about a good looking guy in the house helping her with her body.
Marc turned off the lamp next to him. "No, not at all. I'm starting my first day of work with my father's company so I won't be home anyway."
"I thought we were going to spend the day with each other tomorrow? And where is your father's business?" She asked him in the dark.
"I forgot. I'm sorry. It's in Manhattan." Marc replied.
"Manhattan? So when are you getting home?" She asked yawning.
"I should be getting home around 5:30 or 6. " Marc answered. "I guess that's when I'll see you tomorrow. Since I have to wake up at seven."
"Marc..." She said softly. "You really don't think I'm a slut?" She asked still hurt by him calling her that. "Did you just say that because you were mad or do you really think that?"
"No, sweetheart I don't. I was just angry and I wasn't thinking clearly." Marc answered, feeling bad about having said that to her.
Kathryn felt a burden lifted off her chest. "Can I ask you how you found out about me being at my old house?"
"Lili called me." Marc answered her honestly. "She told me where you were."
Kathryn was shocked hearing that Lili would call Marc. "She called you?" She choked out. "What did she say?"
"She told me she had dropped you off at Sebastian's. She thought I'd want to know." Marc replied. "I was little surprised she had called me too."
She felt her head spinning. Why would Lili tell on her? She put her hands up to her head trying to remain calm. "I'm going downstairs." She said wanting to really use the phone.
"Are you okay?" Marc asked. "Should I not have told you?"
Kathryn felt her head still spinning. She remembered Lili in her dress she had picked out for Lili earlier. Sebastian was dressed up to. She started to cry knowing they had been the date. "I'm fine." She lied and walked downstairs searching for the phone.
Marc just nodded and let her go. She was obviously going to settle this out with someone. There wasn't anything he could do.
She found the phone and dialed Sebastian's number angered. "Sebastian!" She said mad placing one hand on her hip
Sebastian had just arrived home from dropping Lili off. "What is it, Kathryn?" He asked, not knowing why she sounded so angry. "Are you okay?"
"You've been going out with Lili!" Kathryn said in an annoyed tone not wanting Marc to hear. "I bet Lili is in on the whole thing too. You better have a good reason for why you're doing this to me."
"Doing what? Look Lili and I broke things off tonight. I couldn't do it Kathryn. I was trying to move on Kathryn, but I can't." Sebastian confided to her.
"Why did she tell Marc that I was with you?" She asked.
"I don't know. She was the one who told him? I thought it had something to do with her room mate..." Sebastian answered.
"Oh...Marc didn't say anything about that. Or maybe he did. I just feel I can't cope with anything anymore."
"Well you can. Maybe you should ask Marc to give you a massage. It might make you feel better." Sebastian suggested.
Kathryn turned her head looking up at her room. "I could." She sighed. "Marc is working tomorrow. Wanna come over?"
"Yeah of course." Sebastian told her with a grin. "Look don't feel too bad about Lili telling Marc. She was just doing what she thought was right as a friend."
Kathryn thought for a moment. "Why would she tell him though? It doesn't make sense. She knows how he feels about us being together, in the same house let alone the same room."
"Well, maybe she was jealous of you." Sebastian suggested.
Kathryn sighed then yawned. "Yeah, well I hope not. Listen, I'm going to head back to bed. See ya tomorrow." She said getting up and walking back to the phone jack.
"Bye." Sebastian told her, before hanging up the phone.
"Bye." Kathryn said then hung up the phone and walked back in the room to see Marc still awake. "Sweetie, can you rub my back?"
Marc smiled at her. "Sure." He waited for her to lay down and then started to rub her back over her nightgown.
Kathryn closed her eyes as she laid down on her pillow but was still awake. "What time did you say you were coming home tomorrow? I was planning on doing a few things."
"Around six o'clock." Marc answered as he continued to rub her back. "Doing anything that would be of interest to me?"
Kathryn turned her head looking up. "What kind of things would happen to interest you?" She asked. "I'll try to fix something up for dinner."
"Well, if you were going to the museum or something. " Marc answered. "Or to a movie. You know, anything that isn't shopping. That'd be great if you could."
"Well, my trainer is coming for about an hour. That'll be around 8. Then around 10 I was going to go get a manicure. That'll take two hours then I was going to go get lunch with Sebastian. I was thinking of getting some meatloaf to cook for dinner and some other things." She said trying to turn the attention off Sebastian. "That sound ok?"
"Sounds like you're going to have a busy day." Marc commented with a grin. Now that he thought Sebastian was moving and had noticed somewhat of a change in Sebastian's look towards Kathryn, he was starting not to mind Kathryn doing things with him. Sebastian was her brother after all and he didn't want to ruin her familial bond with him. "Have fun tomorrow. Tell Sebastian I said hello."
She kept her eyes closed loving the back rub. She then opened her eyes surprised Marc wasn't upset. "You don't care he's coming over?" She asked rolling over in his arms.
"No. Why should I? You're right. I need to trust you and I'm starting to." Marc told her with a smile as he wrapped his arms around her.
Kathryn smiled hugging him. "Thank you." She said then gave him a kiss on the cheek. "You want me to buy some meat loaf for dinner tomorrow?" She asked nuzzling her face in his throat.
"That sounds wonderful." Marc told her with a smile. "Have you ever cooked before?" He asked.
"Not really." She said softly. "There has to be directions, right? If not I can ask someone."
Marc laughed. "Maybe we should think about hiring a cook. Or you could ask your old one."
"Yeah, that's a good idea. I don't think I'd be able to reach the back burner anyways." She said and started to kiss his throat.
Marc grinned as she kissed his throat. He gently pulled her up so that he could kiss her on the mouth. He wrapped his arms around her as he pulled her in for a kiss.
Kathryn let him lift her up gently. She started kissing him passionately. With her arms still wrapped around him she tightened her hold around him. "Marc." She moaned. "Don't stop." She said locking her leg around his. Marc more than willingly obliged and continued to kiss her passionately. He let his hands start to pull her nightgown up. Kathryn let out soft moans of passion letting him take off her gown. She lifted her arms as Marc lifted it above her head. She then laid down on Marc moving her mouth all over his face showering him with kisses.
Marc pulled her closer and murmured in her ear, "I love you." He kissed her softly on her cheek, leading a trail of kisses to her mouth.
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The next morning, Lili arose earlier than usual. By the time she finished getting ready, it was 11:30. She picked up the phone and dialed Kathryn's number. She waited for Kathryn to pick up the phone. Kathryn's eyes opened as she woke up and rolled over slowly picking up the phone. "Hello?" She asked seeing Marc starting to wake up.
"Morning. Did I wake you up, sleepyhead?" Lili asked with a cheerful tone in her voice.
Kathryn smiled hearing her friend on the other line. "Hi." She yawned. "Yeah, I just woke up. It was a long night." She said smiling down at Marc. "What's up?"
"We're going shopping today. Aren't you excited? I can't believe you aren't up. I woke up at the ungodly hour of 10 o'clock so I could get ready." Lili gushed.
"Oh yeah, shopping. What time do you think you'll make it over here? It won't take me long to get ready and Marc's here."
"Well, I'll probably be over there in about 15 minutes. I'm stopping at Starbucks for a latte. Do you want anything?" Lili asked.
"Sure. Pick up one for me. Can you get one for Marc too? I better get off so I can get Marc up and get ready myself."
"Ok. Bye!" Lili said cheerfully and clicked her phone off. She rolled over on her bed and looked at Sebastian. "Do you think she suspects anything?"
"Marc?" Kathryn asked moving over to him and bent down to kiss him. "Morning sunshine. I'm going to go shopping with Lili but she's bringing us a latte so you have to get up."
Marc smiled at Kathryn. "Well since I won't see you for the rest of the day, this will have to do." He gently kissed her.
She closed her eyes as she returned the kiss. "My baby." She whispered while kissing him. "I'll try to get home soon to do some stuff with you." She said smiling at him.
Marc grinned. "I'll be looking forward to that." He told her as he sat up. "I suppose we should get dressed.."
Kathryn nodded and got off of Marc and went into her closet picking a soft blue color dress. Their was elastic to where the chest part was then the flowed out at the bottom. The dress went to her knees. She quickly put it on then walked to Marc handing him her modeling photos. "I got those in the mail yesterday." She cleared her throat remembering how revealing the pictures were. "They want to put them in different magazines."
Marc looked through the pictures. "You look beautiful." He said, admiring the pictures. "But not as beautiful as you really are." He stood up and walked to his closet. He pulled out some black shorts he could work out in and a white wife-beater's shirt and then quickly threw them on.
"Thanks. I just have to sign a paper saying they can put my pictures in the magazine they choose. That's alright, isn't it?" She asked smiling at him admiring his body in the wife beater shirt.
"As long as they don't put you in Playboy or some trashy magazine like that." Marc commented with a smile. He would give her anything, knowing that she only loved him.
"Ok. You look nice." She said walking up to him with a smile on her face.
"Thank you. You look..." He looked at her, trying to find a word to describe her. "Beautiful."
"Thank you." She said then kissed him kissing him on the lips. "I'm going to head downstairs so when Lili gets here it won't take me five minutes to walk down the stairs."
"All right. That sounds like a good idea." Marc commented with a smile. He started to walk with her to the stairs.
Kathryn walked down the stairs slowly with Marc. holding his hand. She walked into their kitchen picking up her leather black jacket. "I'm not really good at cooking, but you want something to eat?"
Marc shook his head. "No, I'm not really hungry this morning." There was a knock at the door. "That must be Lili." He said walking over to the door. He answered it and smiled at Lili, "Good morning."
"Good morning. Kathryn around?" Lili asked, handing him his coffee.
Kathryn walked to the door smiling as she saw her friend. "Hi Lili." She looked up at Marc and gave him a kiss. "I'll call you if the plans change on the time." She said looking at him after she kissed him.
Marc smiled at her. "Alright. Bye." He waved to her as she left.
After they were out of Marc's earshot, Lili commented, "He's in a better mood than last night."
"Yeah." Kathryn said getting in Lili's car. "I just...had to recharge his battery." She said with a smile. "How were things with James?"
Lili laughed. "Oh, they were great. All I had to do was drop him off at his house. He fell asleep in the car on the way home. So I went out to a club after I dropped him off."
Kathryn smiled and laughed. "Sounds like James. Always sleeping around. What happened at the club?"
"Oh I danced for a couple of hours. Nothing new. It was the same guys as always." Lili commented, telling the truth. Just leaving out the part about Sebastian.
"Sounds fun." She said with a smile. "How long do you think we'll go shopping?"
"Oh I don't know. I have a date tonight at 7 so I guess we'll finish about 4. Which by the way means we need to pick me something out for the date." Lili said with a grin.
Kathryn nodded her head. "You know I'm the best with clothing..." She said with a smile. "Oh, the people who take my pictures want to put them in magazines."
"Wow! That's so cool! You're gonna do it right?" Lili asked eagerly.
"Yeah, I can't wait. I've already had people asking for autographs. Plus, a few of them were my photographers but, they said I'd do well."
"Of course you will. You're gorgeous and sweet and smart. If someone like you can't do well, no one could." Lili said, supporting her friend.
"Thanks Lili." She said with a smile. "You never did tell me who your date was. If you tell me who it is then maybe I'd know his taste."
Lili wasn't expecting this question. "It's...umm...You don't know him." She said quickly, trying to hide the fact that it's Sebastian.
"It's not another college guy, is it? Or is it James?" She asked wondering why her friend wouldn't tell her who her date was.
"No, it's not either of them." Lili responded, being honest. "It's sort of a secret. I mean, he has this on-again, off-again girlfriend but he thinks her affections are waning or something so he asked me out."
Kathryn smiled. "Alright. I'll to find something for ya." Kathryn got out of the car as Lili pulled into a parking space and walked with her into a store. "So, what kind of dress are you looking for?"
"Umm...Something sexy. Just not overkill." Lili told her as they walked into the store. "And we need to hit Victoria's Secret."
"Victoria Secret?" She asked raising her eyebrows. "You two must be serious. I don't mind though, I need to get some stuff there anyways."
"Yeah, we've been seeing each other for a while." Lili replied as they started to look at dresses.
"How long?" She asked pulling a dress of the holder. It was a mint green dress that she thought Lili could try.
Lili looked at the dress and liked it. She took it from Kathryn to hold while they looked at other dresses. "Well our first date was that night you met Marc for the first time. Because I remember you calling me about him as I was getting ready for my first date with him." She picked up a pink dress with black lace over it.
Kathryn nodded her head. "So, it's been awhile?" She asked then took a dark blue dress and handed it to Lili. "I just wish my life was as simple as yours?" She said still looking at the dresses. "So what does your guy plan on doing with this girlfriend of his?"
"He doesn't know. We don't really talk about her that much. It's kind of a sore subject for him." Lili replied. "So, have you told Sebastian about your modeling news?" She asked, trying to change the subject even though the person in the subject hadn't changed.
"No, not yet." She said looking at Lili as she said Sebastian's name. "Marc doesn't want me going there to the house." She cleared her throat. "I'm sure I could call him sometime."
"Yeah, you could call him now. It's not like Marc would find out." Lili suggested.
Kathryn nodded her head. "Yeah, you're right." She took out her cell phone and dialed her old house number. "Sebastian?" She asked with a smile hearing his voice on the other line. "How are you doing?"
"I'm good. " Sebastian said a little out of breath. He had taken a shower at Lili's after she had left and had just arrived home in time to hear the phone ringing. "What's new?"
"I'm just shopping with Lili." She said looking at more dress's. "She has some date." Kathryn looked concerned hearing him out of breath. "Did you just take a jog?"
"How is Lili?" Sebastian asked with a grin on his face. "Actually, I just got back from breakfast. I went out and ran in when I heard the phone ringing."
"She's fine. Just excited about this date." She said handing Lili more clothes then walked to the opposite side of the store. "I miss you Sebastian." She said closing her eyes wishing she was at her old house.
"Any idea who the lucky fellow is?" Sebastian asked, trying to find out if Lili had told her about him. "I miss you too Kathryn. I wish you were home with me."
"No, she won't tell me who her date is which is odd." Kathryn sighed. "It's not a big deal I just feel like she's hiding something from me. Are you coming to the house tomorrow for supper? I'm not sure how much longer Marc is going to let you come over. He told me last night you always look at me with lustful eyes." She said then giggled.
"Of course. I wouldn't miss it for the world." Sebastian then laughed at Marc's comment. "I may have to stop that, won't I? Of course that means I may not be able to look at you." He was grateful to hear Lili hadn't told her it was him and didn't say any more on the subject.
"Great." She said with a sigh of relief. "Just come around five. Oh, the reason why I'm supposed to be calling you is that my photographers want to put my pictures in magazines."
"Really? Congratulations! I wish I was with you so I could show you how proud I am of you." Sebastian told her sincerely.
"Maybe Lili wouldn't mind if she dropped me off at the house so I could see you. Marc will just think I'm shopping." She said waiting for his answer.
"What time?" Sebastian asked. "I have to be somewhere at 6:45." He hoped he hadn't given her the same time Lili had said.
"In half a hour? I'm sure I can get a dress for her in that time." She said with a smile.
Sebastian grinned. "Alright. I'll see you then I guess."
Kathryn smiled and said good-bye then hung up the phone. She then walked to Lili seeing she had tried on a dress. "Oh Lili. You look beautiful in that one."
"Thanks. " Lili replied with a smile. "This is my favorite. I guess I'll get this one." She walked back into the dressing room and changed into her black pants and white tank top. She then walked to where one of the salesgirls was standing to ring up the dress for Lili. After she had finished buying the dress, she asked, "On to Victoria's Secret?"
"Yeah, ummm I was wondering if you could drop me off by my old house. I wanted to see Sebastian. I wouldn't be there long." She said looking at her.
"Sure! After I pick up that thing I ordered we can go. If you want to go that early." Lili suggested walking towards Victoria's Secret.
Kathryn smiled and nodded walking with her to Victoria's Secret and up to the register. "Thanks Lili."
"No problem. I would be a bad friend if I stood between you and Sebastian." Lili smiled as she handed the clerk her credit card to pay for her order.
Kathryn just smiled looking around the store. She waited as Lili got her order then headed back to the car with Lili. She got in the car. "You have to let me know who your mystery date thinks of your dress."
"Oh I will. I'll call you tomorrow afternoon with all the details." Lili told her with a grin as she got in the driver's seat of her car and started driving towards Sebastian's house.
Kathryn nodded her head. "Great." She headed out of the car as Lili pulled up in her old driveway. "Can you pick me up in a hour? Just call me when you're here." She said then waved to her friend as she walked in her old house. "Sebastian?" She called out.
Sebastian walked downstairs after hearing Kathryn's voice. He embraced her in a hug. "It's so good to see you."
Kathryn smiled closing her eyes as Sebastian hugged her. She wrapped her arms around his waist. "I miss you so much." She said placing her lips on his and kissed him passionately.
Sebastian kissed her passionately as well and wrapped his arms around her waist, pulling her closer. He ran his hands up her back. "It's so lonely here without you."
Kathryn pressed her nose against his. "I get lonely without you too. I wish things were how they used to be." She said staring up at him.
"I know. I wish that our parents had never come back from Egypt with him." Sebastian told her. "I mean things were better for us, even before we weren't together."
"Oh really?" She asked raising her eyebrows. "How so?" She whispered coming closer to him.
"We didn't have to worry about anyone coming between us." Sebastian replied, leaning in and kissing her once again. As he kissed her, he heard a knock at the door. He pulled away. "This will just take a minute. " He walked to the door and opened it. "Hey Marc. What's going on?"
Kathryn nodded and walked to a bookshelf looking at her family photo's. Her eyes locked on the photo hearing her brother say Marc. She bite on her bottom lip wondering what he was doing here or how he knew she was here.
Marc faked a smile, "I'm here to get Kathryn."
"Well she's not here." Sebastian said with a shrug. "Sorry. She's shopping with Lili."
"Lili's not shopping anymore. Her room mate just told me she went to exercise after coming home. Alone. I know Kathryn's here. Let me see her." Marc said, bursting into the house. He spotted Kathryn and ran over to her. "What are you doing?" He asked angrily."
"I...I left something over here." She said. "Lili had to go get something and she was coming right back over to pick me up. What are you doing here?" She asked taking a step back.
"I called James to see if he wanted to go play tennis with me while both of our significant others were out and he told me that Lili had just come home alone and was going to go work out." Marc replied angrily. "Why don't you go get what you forgot then we are leaving."
"I already have what I want." She said then looked down at the floor. "I'm sorry." She said softly.
"You already have what you want?" Marc asked. He looked in her hands. "You don't have anything...You're talking about Sebastian, aren't you? You little slut."
"Look that's enough! She's talking about her family photo." Sebastian said, defending Kathryn.
Kathryn looked at Marc and picked up the picture. "Bye Sebastian." She said then walked out of the house and got in Marc's car and started to cry.
Sebastian walked to the window, watching Kathryn leave. "Stop crying, Kathryn." Marc ordered. "If you don't, I won't let him come over for dinner tomorrow. I'll tell him that you are sick or something and you won't be able to see him."
She wiped the tears from her face. "Why can't you trust me? You can't run my life."
"That's where you're wrong Kathryn. I will run your life. I have the power in this relationship and you need to remember that." Marc told her calmly.
Kathryn looked out the window wiping the tears from her face again. "Why can't you trust me? I'd think you can trust me since we're married." She said not looking at him.
"It's not you I don't trust. It's Sebastian. " Marc answered.
"He's my brother Marc!" She said starting to lose her temper. She angrily got out of the car slamming the door shut and stormed into the house.
"Not for much longer." Marc muttered under his breath. Kathryn didn't know their parents were separating and soon on their way to divorce, but he did. A fact that he was going to keep from her, until the time was right.
"Excuse me?" She asked spinning around in a mad mood. "What's that supposed to me?"
"Nothing." Marc commented. She wasn't supposed to have heard that.
Kathryn sat on her couch glaring at Marc as he sat next to her. "Don't touch me." She said scooting over.
"You weren't supposed to have heard that." Marc informed her. "I thought your parents should have told you or even I should have at a better time."
"You're lying!" Kathryn shouted. "And even if they were getting a divorce he's still my step brother."
"I didn't say there were getting divorced. They're getting separated. Why would I lie about this, Kathryn?" Marc asked her.
"You hate Sebastian! You've never liked him." Kathryn took her car keys that were laying on the table. "I'm going out for a drive."
"If anything, I would hate this news more. It means you won't be legally related to him, which makes it okay for you to be with him." Marc shouted at her retreating back.
"You think I would go with my step brother after my parents got divorced?" She asked then stood up. "I'm going to Blaine's." She said not moving as she looked down at Marc.
"I don't know. Would you?" Marc asked angrily. "Leave! I don't care!" He yelled. "Go!"
Kathryn placed her keys back on the table. "Forget it. I'm staying here." She wiped the tears from her face again. "I wouldn't Marc. Why can't you believe me?"
"Because so far you've done nothing to disprove my suspicions." Marc told her as he stood up from the couch and stormed out of the room.
"Marc wait!" Kathryn yelled running to him grabbing his arm. "What have I done? Every time I've asked to go see him you've let me except for tonight and I was just waiting on Lili." Kathryn said.
"You know your excuse keeps changing for why you were over there. Which means you are lying." Marc told her, not being able to look into her eyes.
"They're not excuses. I've told you before, he's the only real family I have since my parents are never home. You told me you trusted me. I'm telling you the truth." Kathryn said taking Marc's hand.
Marc nodded his head. "I know. I just can't help feeling jealous. I don't know. Something's off about your brother and I don't know what it is."
"I wish you weren't jealous baby." She said looking up at him wrapping her arms around his waist. She laid her head on his chest. "I promise, it'll be just us two tomorrow." She then lifted her head looking up at Marc. "Alright?"
Marc smiled and nodded. "Alright." He stroked her hair.
Kathryn looked at Marc and smiled. "What should I do now to make it up to you?" She said with a grin.
"I'm sure we can think of something. In our room." Marc answered, grinning back at her as they walked up to his room.
Kathryn nodded and walked in the room with Marc walking to the bed laying down on her pillow. It seemed she was making up for a lot of the things she was doing with Sebastian to Marc. She smiled at him as he got on the bed.
Marc lay down on their bed and looked at Kathryn next to him. He leaned in and gently kissed him.
Kathryn leaned in closer and began to kiss him further. She rolled over on top of him. "You must like me making up to you in this way." She said with a smile then kissed him again.
"How could I not?" Marc asked her with a smile and then went back to kissing her.
Kathryn straddled him with her body running her fingers down to the bottom of his shirt and lifted it off him. She then let her kisses trail down his body as her small body was on top of his.
--Cut to Sebastian and Lili's Date—
Lili let the mint green dress that Kathryn had picked out of the store for her and put it on. She looked great in it. She then put on a pair of black shoes and sprayed a raspberry scent spray on herself. She headed down stairs looking in the mirror one last time to look at her hair.
Sebastian pulled up to Lili's driveway in his black 1956 jaguar roadster. He stopped the car, got out, and walked towards the door. He knocked twice and waited for Lili to come out.
Lili answered the door and smiled. "Hey Sebastian." She grabbed her black leather purse on the rack and shut the door. She got in the car amazed with how good it looked. "You look great." She said with a smile.
Sebastian leaned in and kissed her. "I can say the same for you." He told her with a smile and handed her a rose.
"Oh how sweet." She said taking the rose and smelled it. "Thank you Sebastian." She then leaned over to kiss him.
Sebastian kissed her back and then pulled away to drive to the restaurant they were going to. "So, how was shopping today? I heard you kept talking about some mystery date."
Lili grinned and looked out the window. "Yeah, pretty lame, huh?" She asked smiling as they neared the restaurant.
"Are you okay with this being a secret?" Sebastian asked. "I mean if you want we could come out about it, but it's going to hurt Kathryn. And you know that."
Lili cleared her throat. "I just don't see how I'm dating you is going to hurt Kathryn." Lili got out of the car as Sebastian stopped. "How do you feel?"
"I guess we should tell her. Break it to her gently. " Sebastian told her as they got out of the car. He wasn't going to go in why it would hurt her, especially since Lili didn't know that Kathryn and him had been together.
"Right." Lili said with a smile. She sat down at a table with Sebastian. "You're ok with this dating thing, aren't you?
"Yeah. If I wasn't, I wouldn't be here now, would I?" Sebastian asked with a grin.
Lili smiled and drank a sip of water that was already laying on the table. "When should we tell her?"
"Well, knowing Kathryn she'll ask how it went. And she'll ask who it was you went out with again." Sebastian replied. "Do you want something to drink? Besides, the water?"
"I'm fine." Lili said. "I realized how much I like to be sober when I'm around you." She said with a grin
Sebastian grinned at her. "I feel the same way. It was you who called Marc today, wasn't it?"
Lili almost choked on the water she was drinking. "Yeah." She said softly.
He laughed. "Thatta girl. That's pretty crafty of you." He told her with a glance of admiration.
Lili looked at Sebastian. "Really? Was Marc mad at Kathryn?"
"Yeah. But I'm sure that Kathryn's using her feminine wiles to get him less mad." Sebastian answered with a grin.
Lili giggled. "Yeah, she's good with that stuff. Good with putting her charms on guys she wants something from.
"Yeah, but it's a little obvious sometimes, you know? I prefer girls who are more...real and into the moment." Sebastian told her with a grin. "Like you."
"You're not just saying that are you?" She asked with a smile teasing him. "Not to get something out of me, huh?"
"No. I'd never do something like that." Sebastian said returning her teasing tone with an innocent look on his face. "Besides, if I wanted something I'd let you know."
"That's why I like you. You're very honest with me." She said with a smile.
"Well, what's the point in dilly-dallying around with lies? Everything comes out eventually." Sebastian answered.
"Exactly." She said. The waitress then came. "I'll just take one of your southern bell meals." She said looking at the waitress.
Sebastian then told the waitress what he wanted and she walked away. "How long have you known Kathryn?" Sebastian asked.
"Ever since 3rd grade." She said taking another drink. "Why? I remember when you first came." She said with a smile.
"And I still only met you in July." Sebastian said, shaking his head. "I can't believe that you knew me that long without my ever meeting you. How is it that that happened?"
"You just seemed more...interested in someone else." She said clearing her throat in between the pause.
"Someone else? Who?" Sebastian asked, not knowing if she knew of Kathryn and Sebastian the summer before 9th grade.
"Kathryn..." She said softly. "I was still her best friend back then and she seemed to like you too."
"Yeah, well that's all old stuff. We had our fun and it ended, come the beginning of high school." Sebastian answered her, pretending it didn't mean as much as it really had.
Lili smiled. "Yeah." She said not wanting to tell him how torn up about it Kathryn was. She smiled up at the waitress as her plate of food was laid in front of her. She began to eat it just looking at Sebastian.
"What is it? You're keeping something from me." Sebastian commented, noticing the obvious look of being deep in thought.
Lili shrugged. "It's nothing. It's just that when you broke up I guess that's the best way to put it Kathryn cried over you for so long, but when your parents got married she uh, kinda hated your guts."
"She cried over me?" Sebastian asked, pretending to be shocked. "Kathryn actually cried? Did you get any pictures?" He asked with a laugh.
Lili shook her head with a smile. "That's when she started making herself throw up too." Her eyes widened. "But don't tell her I told you that. She made me promise not to tell anyone."
"What?" Sebastian asked, not having to pretend to be shocked any more. He had never heard this. He was the cause of that? "Oh my God...I didn't know..." He mumbled to himself.
Lili scratched her brow not sure whether to tell Sebastian all of what she knew. "She uh...told me about your first time together and she thought that's why you didn't talk to her anymore. She was depressed and that's how she dealt with it." She took a bite of her food. "When she figured that guys liked her she started sleeping with them and they told her how great she was or looked so she kept sleeping around and kept making herself throw up."
"But, she's better now. I mean she's only with Marc and he seems to love her a lot. She isn't still making herself throw up, is she?" Sebastian asked concerned. "Because that would be horrible for the baby and I don't want her endangering our child." Sebastian said, not even realizing his obvious slip up.
Her eyes narrowed hearing Sebastian say, our. "Our?" She asked wishing she heard him say wrong but knew she didn't. "Sebastian! That's your baby!"
"What? What are you talking about?" Sebastian asked not knowing how she would have discovered it was his.
"You just said, "endangering *our* baby! That's why you've waited so long to tell her about us." She put her hand on her mouth feeling as if she were going to get sick.
"Oh God. I said that didn't I?" Sebastian commented, with a shocked look on his face. "That wasn't supposed to come out. You can't tell anyone I told you that."
Lili started breathing heavily as if she were in a nightmare. "I can't believe that's your child! No wonder Marc doesn't like her seeing you!"
"It was a fluke. An accident. We didn't mean for it to happen." Sebastian said, defending himself and Kathryn.
"But you slept with her. You both had intercourse." She said in a low voice. "Did you make her have it with you?" She asked not seeing why Kathryn would sleep with her brother.
"No. I would never force Kathryn in to something she didn't want. We were just both really drunk." Sebastian said, trying to explain.
"I think I'm going to catch a cab home. Oh and yes, Kathryn still starves herself and makes herself throw up when she does eat. If it is your child you better do something or it will die." She said standing up and walked to the pay phone.
Sebastian stood up and followed Lili to the phone. "Wait! What am I supposed to do? Lili, you have to help me. As Kathryn's best friend, help me."
Lili turned around. "What do you want me to help you with?" She asked raising her eye brows.
"Help me help Kathryn. We have to help her get away from Marc. He hits her. " Sebastian answered Lili.
"He hits her? I thought he really loved her. She's giddy with him whenever I see him. When has he hit her?" She asked.
"Whenever he gets drunk. He acts differently when he drinks in the worst way." Sebastian responded. "I'm not making any of this up, Lili. The first night he met her, we all three went out to a club. He got drunk and he hit her in front of everyone in the club. Along with hitting me."
Lili's eyes widened. "How am I supposed to get her out of that house? Maybe we should go there together."
"Right. Just let me show up on the doorstep and everything will be fixed." Sebastian commented sarcastically.
Lili sighed. "What am I supposed to do? I want to help her out but how?"
Sebastian shrugged. "I don't know. That's why I need your help. Between the two of us, we should be able to think something up. I can't let anything happen to her. I promised her that I wouldn't. She's scared of him."
"Let's go to her house then. He can't deny her seeing us, right?" She sighed. "I want to go see her."
Sebastian nodded. "All right. But we need to think of a realistic reason for seeing her first." Sebastian said as they walked out to his car. "He won't let me in without a reason."
Lili thought. "How about...your parents splitting up?" She said getting in the car. "Or just say you're moving even though you aren't."
"We can try both. " Sebastian said as he drove to Kathryn and Marc's home.
Lili nodded and kept silent as they drove to Kat and Marc's house. She got out of the car as they pulled in their driveway. She cleared her throat again as Sebastian rang the door bell.
Marc and Kathryn had just finished making up when they heard the door bell ring. Marc slipped on a pair of boxers and his robe. He walked downstairs. "What do you two want? It's nearly midnight."
"We need to talk to Kathryn. It's important." Sebastian told him.
Marc asked, suspiciously, "What about?"
Lili smiled at Marc even though she was disgusted with him. "We have some news for her. Can we come in? We won't be here long."
Marc raised an eyebrow at them. "Fine, come in." He moved out of the way so they could walk in. After they did, he shut the door behind them. "What news are you talking about? She already knows that her parents are separating."
Lili looked at Sebastian knowing plan A wouldn't work. "Uh, just some news that Sebastian is moving and I'm going off to college down in Georgia." She said Georgia came the first state in her head. "Where's Kat at?" She asked looking around.
"She's upstairs." Marc said. Sebastian was moving? This was great. "You can go talk to her alone. I'll be down here watching TV."
Sebastian started to walk up the stairs with Lili to Kathryn's room. He knocked on her door and waited for an answer.
Kathryn looked up at the door knowing it wasn't Marc he would have just come in. She slipped on one of her long shirts. "Come on in." She said noticing how late it was. She almost jumped out of her bed seeing her brother and best friend.
"Hi Kathryn." Sebastian said with a small smile.
"What are you two doing here?" She asked walking over to Sebastian and hugged him tightly letting Sebastian feel her body.
"We came to check up on you and make sure that you were alright." Sebastian told her as he embraced her. "Marc looked pretty angry when he picked you up at the house."
Kathryn sighed. "He's fine. You didn't have any trouble getting in, did you?" She sighed again. "He and James have become friends."
"That's not good." Sebastian said. "We got in fine. We had to say we had news which was that I was moving and Lili was going to the university of...where, again?"
"Georgia." Lili said noticing how skinny Kathryn was.
"You're moving?" Kathryn asked starting to worry.
"No. It was a lie. Just to get in. It was either that or Lili and I were getting married. We were trying to make it sound plausible." Sebastian informed her. Sebastian noticed how skinny Kathryn was as well. "Kathryn, we need to get you some help." Sebastian told her, cutting to the chase. "You can't be this skinny if you're going to have a child."
'What?" She asked looking at Sebastian. "I just lost some weight...since I've been taking those walks."
"Yeah, but Kathryn...you want the baby to be healthy right?" Sebastian asked concerned for her. He reached out and took her hand in his.
"Yes." She said softly. "I'm so miserable. I can't cope. This is just how I deal with it, by not eating." Kathryn looked at Lili then Sebastian. "I am a little hungry. You wanna go down with me to the kitchen?"
Sebastian gently stroked her hair with his free hand. "You have to eat." He stood up with her. "We'll go down with you to the kitchen and eat with you if you want."
Kathryn walked down to the kitchen with both of them smiling at Marc as he looked at her. She then took a banana and cut it up in a fruit mix with strawberries and other fruits. She took a bite. "Happy?"
"I'm getting there." Sebastian told her with a smile. In a low tone so Marc wouldn't hear, "You know when things get bad you just need to call Lili or me."
Kathryn gave a tiny smile. "I know. Things haven't been so bad. I Just think he thinks I owe him something every night." She said looking at Lili and Sebastian. "You know what I mean." She said continuing to eat.
"Unfortunately we do. But isn't that how it is supposed to be the first few months of any marriage?" Sebastian asked teasingly. "We didn't interrupt anything between you two did we?" Sebastian was trying to stay upbeat and happy, but it was hard. "I heard Marc told you about the rentals."
"We actually just got done with my apology." She said not being able to say the word, make-out. 'Yeah, Marc told me. He was thrilled to say the least."
"Really? He was happy about it? Why would he be?" Sebastian asked.
"He said I wouldn't be related to you anymore." She said finishing off her fruit mix. "How long are you guys staying?"
"As long we're allowed to." Sebastian responded with a laugh. "Which might not be for too much longer."
"Why do you say that?" She asked then turned around seeing Marc standing right by her. She jumped not expecting him to be right by her. "Done watching TV?"
"Yeah. I'm getting tired. We should head to bed." Marc told her, wrapping an arm around her.
Kathryn looked over at Sebastian. "I better say good night." She said standing up. "Thanks for coming over. Come again." She said not wanting Sebastian to leave her. She walked with Marc to the door and watched them get in his car. "What was on TV?"
"Just some disturbing episode of Jerry Springer. This guy dumped his ex to marry his sister." Marc said, fully getting the irony of his comment.
Kathryn just laughed. "People these days, huh?" She said turning off the light and walked up to their room and got in the bed and under the covers. "You ok sweetie? You seem a little disturbed."
"Yeah, I'm fine." Marc told her with a smile as he got in bed next to her. "I just did some thinking today. Maybe I was wrong. I should give Sebastian another chance."
"Another chance?" She asked. "But he told me he was moving. What do you mean by second chance?"
"I should be nicer to him. I've never given him a fair shot." Marc commented. "Did he tell you when he was moving?"
Kathryn shook her head at his last question. "No, I forgot to ask. I was just surprised by it." She laid on her back turning off the light by her side of the room. "You don't mind if my trainer comes over tomorrow do you?" She asked not sure how he would feel about a good looking guy in the house helping her with her body.
Marc turned off the lamp next to him. "No, not at all. I'm starting my first day of work with my father's company so I won't be home anyway."
"I thought we were going to spend the day with each other tomorrow? And where is your father's business?" She asked him in the dark.
"I forgot. I'm sorry. It's in Manhattan." Marc replied.
"Manhattan? So when are you getting home?" She asked yawning.
"I should be getting home around 5:30 or 6. " Marc answered. "I guess that's when I'll see you tomorrow. Since I have to wake up at seven."
"Marc..." She said softly. "You really don't think I'm a slut?" She asked still hurt by him calling her that. "Did you just say that because you were mad or do you really think that?"
"No, sweetheart I don't. I was just angry and I wasn't thinking clearly." Marc answered, feeling bad about having said that to her.
Kathryn felt a burden lifted off her chest. "Can I ask you how you found out about me being at my old house?"
"Lili called me." Marc answered her honestly. "She told me where you were."
Kathryn was shocked hearing that Lili would call Marc. "She called you?" She choked out. "What did she say?"
"She told me she had dropped you off at Sebastian's. She thought I'd want to know." Marc replied. "I was little surprised she had called me too."
She felt her head spinning. Why would Lili tell on her? She put her hands up to her head trying to remain calm. "I'm going downstairs." She said wanting to really use the phone.
"Are you okay?" Marc asked. "Should I not have told you?"
Kathryn felt her head still spinning. She remembered Lili in her dress she had picked out for Lili earlier. Sebastian was dressed up to. She started to cry knowing they had been the date. "I'm fine." She lied and walked downstairs searching for the phone.
Marc just nodded and let her go. She was obviously going to settle this out with someone. There wasn't anything he could do.
She found the phone and dialed Sebastian's number angered. "Sebastian!" She said mad placing one hand on her hip
Sebastian had just arrived home from dropping Lili off. "What is it, Kathryn?" He asked, not knowing why she sounded so angry. "Are you okay?"
"You've been going out with Lili!" Kathryn said in an annoyed tone not wanting Marc to hear. "I bet Lili is in on the whole thing too. You better have a good reason for why you're doing this to me."
"Doing what? Look Lili and I broke things off tonight. I couldn't do it Kathryn. I was trying to move on Kathryn, but I can't." Sebastian confided to her.
"Why did she tell Marc that I was with you?" She asked.
"I don't know. She was the one who told him? I thought it had something to do with her room mate..." Sebastian answered.
"Oh...Marc didn't say anything about that. Or maybe he did. I just feel I can't cope with anything anymore."
"Well you can. Maybe you should ask Marc to give you a massage. It might make you feel better." Sebastian suggested.
Kathryn turned her head looking up at her room. "I could." She sighed. "Marc is working tomorrow. Wanna come over?"
"Yeah of course." Sebastian told her with a grin. "Look don't feel too bad about Lili telling Marc. She was just doing what she thought was right as a friend."
Kathryn thought for a moment. "Why would she tell him though? It doesn't make sense. She knows how he feels about us being together, in the same house let alone the same room."
"Well, maybe she was jealous of you." Sebastian suggested.
Kathryn sighed then yawned. "Yeah, well I hope not. Listen, I'm going to head back to bed. See ya tomorrow." She said getting up and walking back to the phone jack.
"Bye." Sebastian told her, before hanging up the phone.
"Bye." Kathryn said then hung up the phone and walked back in the room to see Marc still awake. "Sweetie, can you rub my back?"
Marc smiled at her. "Sure." He waited for her to lay down and then started to rub her back over her nightgown.
Kathryn closed her eyes as she laid down on her pillow but was still awake. "What time did you say you were coming home tomorrow? I was planning on doing a few things."
"Around six o'clock." Marc answered as he continued to rub her back. "Doing anything that would be of interest to me?"
Kathryn turned her head looking up. "What kind of things would happen to interest you?" She asked. "I'll try to fix something up for dinner."
"Well, if you were going to the museum or something. " Marc answered. "Or to a movie. You know, anything that isn't shopping. That'd be great if you could."
"Well, my trainer is coming for about an hour. That'll be around 8. Then around 10 I was going to go get a manicure. That'll take two hours then I was going to go get lunch with Sebastian. I was thinking of getting some meatloaf to cook for dinner and some other things." She said trying to turn the attention off Sebastian. "That sound ok?"
"Sounds like you're going to have a busy day." Marc commented with a grin. Now that he thought Sebastian was moving and had noticed somewhat of a change in Sebastian's look towards Kathryn, he was starting not to mind Kathryn doing things with him. Sebastian was her brother after all and he didn't want to ruin her familial bond with him. "Have fun tomorrow. Tell Sebastian I said hello."
She kept her eyes closed loving the back rub. She then opened her eyes surprised Marc wasn't upset. "You don't care he's coming over?" She asked rolling over in his arms.
"No. Why should I? You're right. I need to trust you and I'm starting to." Marc told her with a smile as he wrapped his arms around her.
Kathryn smiled hugging him. "Thank you." She said then gave him a kiss on the cheek. "You want me to buy some meat loaf for dinner tomorrow?" She asked nuzzling her face in his throat.
"That sounds wonderful." Marc told her with a smile. "Have you ever cooked before?" He asked.
"Not really." She said softly. "There has to be directions, right? If not I can ask someone."
Marc laughed. "Maybe we should think about hiring a cook. Or you could ask your old one."
"Yeah, that's a good idea. I don't think I'd be able to reach the back burner anyways." She said and started to kiss his throat.
Marc grinned as she kissed his throat. He gently pulled her up so that he could kiss her on the mouth. He wrapped his arms around her as he pulled her in for a kiss.
Kathryn let him lift her up gently. She started kissing him passionately. With her arms still wrapped around him she tightened her hold around him. "Marc." She moaned. "Don't stop." She said locking her leg around his. Marc more than willingly obliged and continued to kiss her passionately. He let his hands start to pull her nightgown up. Kathryn let out soft moans of passion letting him take off her gown. She lifted her arms as Marc lifted it above her head. She then laid down on Marc moving her mouth all over his face showering him with kisses.
Marc pulled her closer and murmured in her ear, "I love you." He kissed her softly on her cheek, leading a trail of kisses to her mouth.