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Irresistible, Part 4
David groaned into his pillow the next morning. His head pounded slightly. "Never ever drink half a bottle of tequila ever again," he moaned as he pulled the sheet over his head.
"GOOD MORNING!" Victoria called as she pushed the door open, holding onto Alex.
David threw down the sheet to glare at her. "Could you make your voice less shrill?"
"No," she replied as she placed Alex on her other hip.
He continued to glare at her. "Don't you have my brother to bother?"
"Already did. Had Rhys to do that," Victoria replied smugly.
"You' re cruel to wake a man up like that."
"Served him right for getting into that brawl with Jonathon last night. Served him right for drinking the other half of tequila."
David sighed and pulled his pillow over his head. "Go away Vic."
"Don't make me use Alex to wake you up. She has dimples and she knows how to use them," Victoria smirked.
David tossed the pillow away to look at her again. He took a deep breath as he observed his niece's cherubic face and her mother's smirking one. "You're cruel to use a child like that."
"I'm a Yuy. I use whatever method available," she replied cheekily before she turned on her heel and left the room.
"Damn woman," he muttered as he fell back on the bed. He winced slightly as his head throbbed.
"RISE
AND SHINE!" yelled Randy as she poked her head in the door. She came in and
stood at the foot of the bed. She tilted her head to one side. "You look like
hell."
David
narrowed his eyes at his sister. "Who asked you?"
"No one. I give my opinion at any time I wish," she replied as she smirked at him as well.
"Pain in the ass brat."
Randy gave him an innocent smile, but her eyes were mocking. "You don't look much better then Chris. So I hope when you finally make your appearance at breakfast that mom is making before we open presents, you won't look so hung over like him."
"Get lost brat."
Randy stuck her tongue out at him and flounced out of the room.
David threw his legs over the side of the bed. His head throbbed again. "Ugh," he mumbled as he stood up slowly. He walked into his bathroom and splashed water on his face. "I swear I should never drink a half a bottle of tequila ever again. But then again, I did bring it on myself. Got Kellie good and mad at me for what happened last night." He braced his hands on the edge of the sink and looked into the mirror. "Dammit I knew I shouldn't have stayed last night. I shouldn't of let things get that far. You're such a baka David Maxwell." He raked his hand through his tousled chocolate hair and took a deep breath. "I just hope she's had time to cool off. Today is her birthday and Christmas. I know what I got her won't make up for last night, but I sure as hell hope it helps."
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Kellie padded into the kitchen on bare feet. She opened the fridge and took a look at its contents before pulling out a coconut cream pie. She poured herself a large glass of milk and pulled out a fork before sitting down on the stool next to the island. She dug into the rich cream pie. "Always a good way to make me feel better," she said around a mouthful of pie.
Veronica came into the kitchen a moment later. She observed her cousin sitting at the island with the pie. "Hungry? Or was it a rough night?"
Kellie said nothing, but dug her fork in and pulled out a bigger piece.
Veronica arched her brows over her sapphire eyes. "I take it as the latter by the way you're digging into that."
Kellie swallowed her mouthful and absently wiped her mouth with the back of her hand. "I'm hungry."
"Really? You're going to polish off the pie that you know is my dad's favorite and you're only hungry? What happened last night?"
"Nothing," Kellie sulked as she licked the coconut cream off the fork.
"David turned you down again, didn't he?"
Kellie growled.
"I thought so. So what was his excuse this time?"
"He gave me his reasons for not having sex with me," Kellie said as she put the fork down. She looked across the island at her cousin. "Of course after we took it so far."
"And how far is that?" Veronica asked as she got off her stool to pour herself a glass of milk.
"Not far enough," Kellie retorted as she picked up the fork again. She pointed it at her cousin. "I'm getting tired of stopping all the time."
"What were his reasons for stopping?" Veronica asked as she sat down again.
"He wanted to wait until we were married. He loves me. He respects me."
"Those are his reasons? How…"
"He said it wasn't being prudish like I told him what you thought."
"I feel so bad for you Kel. You have a Maxwell who won't give you the goods."
"So I got the saintly one."
"Mmm…my sister got the obnoxious good looking one and Leigh got the temperamental good looking one. They were the skirt chasers."
"According to the definition of most women, all three were considered womanizers," Kellie said drolly.
"But only the oldest two made a regular habit of dating as many women as possible. Good ole' David didn't date as many girls," Veronica pointed out as she slipped the fork from her cousin's fingers and took a piece of the pie.
"Which I don't mind. I don't care that he dated a lot of girls. What bothers me is the number of ones that he's slept with," Kellie said, frowning.
"Do you know how many?"
"He
said only that it wasn't that many. He's never volunteered an exact number. But
he's always been like that. He doesn't kiss and tell. Unlike Chris and
Jonathon."
"Chris and Jonathon both had flavors of the month. I think I heard that Chris had nine and Jonathon had the same. Apparently they were discriminating enough when it came to whom they had sex, otherwise I don't think it really mattered who they dated."
"I would think that you would be glad that Jonathon's never mentioned that little indiscretion concerning you," Kellie said pointedly.
Veronica
shrugged her shoulders. "It was one time and it lasted thirty minutes. I
couldn't get him to do anything besides kiss me."
"That must have rankled that you couldn't. He was being smart though. I bet he kept your age in mind. And with David seeing you two as well."
Veronica snorted. "I think he just didn't want Leigh to get wind of it since he got back with her not long afterwards. David is too uptight to break many rules. He is being hypocritical since he isn't a virgin. I don't understand how he won't sleep with his own fiancée, but he was willing enough to sleep with the others."
"Can you not mention that," Kellie gritted out as she snatched the fork back and took a huge chunk of the now half finished pie.
"Touchy, touchy," Veronica said with some amusement. She swirled the remaining milk around in her glass as she watched her cousin try to finish the pie off single handedly. "So what about tonight. He'll be here since it's Christmas and it's your birthday. What are you going to do?"
"You think I'll be forgiving for last night? Hell no. There won't be a thing he can do to make up for last night. I'm not quite as mad at him anymore, but I'm still not happy with him." She pointed the fork at Veronica again, waggling it up and down. "And if he thinks that just because it's my birthday, I'll be forgiving, he has another thing coming."
Veronica smiled at her cousin's determined face. "You do that. Now are you going to save room for breakfast that my mom and yours will be making once they're up or do you want to explain why you're not hungry since you did eat three quarters of the pie that probably belonged to my dad?"
Kellie flushed slightly. "I guess I'll put this away until later."
"Good, now come on. Let's wake up everyone else so we can open gifts," Veronica said as she hopped off her stool and put her glass in the dishwasher.
Kellie sighed as she slid off her stool and put the pie back in the fridge. She shook her head as she put her glass in the dishwasher. "I can't wait to see what he does tonight to try to make it up to me, but this girl isn't going to crack this time," she said under her breath as she followed her cousin out of the kitchen.
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"This isn't going to be a pleasant evening," David said to Chris as they walked down the main hall in the Yuy/Merquise home.
"You're
telling me. Victoria is being…" he trailed off when he noticed that she was
giving him a look. He smiled sheepishly.
"Better not be talking about me or else you'll really be in the doghouse," Victoria said sweetly as she shifted Rhys on her hip.
"Yes princess," Chris said with a congenial smile. "You want me to take him?" he asked, nodding towards Rhys.
"No. I have him. And if your kissing up sweetheart, keep it up and I might let you back into our bed," she replied as she walked into the family room.
Chris sighed, shoving his hands into his pockets.
"You're whipped," David snorted at his brother.
"I could say the same about you little brother since Kellie has you that way," Chris retorted.
"She doesn't have me completely whipped. I don't do everything she wants."
It was Chris's turn to snort. "Almost forgot about that."
"You're both whipped," Jonathon said as he walked past them.
Chris and David looked at his retreating back. "He's in a swell mood," Chris said sarcastically.
"You really think he would be in a good one? Get real. He'll be in a nasty mood for the next week," David said as they walked into the family room. He paused for a moment, looking for Kellie. He spotted her over by the windows with her back to the room. He smiled grimly and walked towards her. He stood behind her and tentatively rested his hands on her hips. "Happy birthday," he said softly as he spoke to her reflection.
Kellie arched a brow at him and said nothing.
He sighed. He knew she wasn't going to go easy on him. "Kellie…"
"You don't have to say anything David," she said, cutting him off. She turned around to face him. "But don't think for a second that I'm not still unhappy with you."
David looked down into her amethyst eyes. "I didn't think you wouldn't be."
"Good, I wouldn't want you to delude yourself into thinking that I wouldn't be upset."
"Kellie, could we not argue about this here. I don't like public confrontations unlike my brothers."
She gave him a tight smile, sliding her hand under the unbuttoned dress shirt he was wearing over a white tee shirt. She gave his side a hard squeeze. "Fine, we won't argue about it now if that's the way you want it. But don't think you're going to get any other attitude then what you're getting."
His lips twitched slightly from her hand. "Don't carry this too far Kel. I don't want your dad knowing why you're mad at me."
"Oh he won't know. No one does, except for Veronica. She caught me eating the coconut cream pie out of the pan this morning before breakfast."
"You told her!" David hissed, now annoyed.
"She asked, so I told her. And you know what she told me?"
"What?"
"She told me if you wouldn't sleep with me, she said I should find a guy that will."
David ground his teeth together, mentally throttling Veronica Yuy.
Kellie sighed. "You really think I would do that? Oh please! I may be acting irrational, but I'm not stupid. I know how that Maxwell jealousy goes."
He growled.
She stood on her tiptoes and leaned close to his face. "And keep that expression up, then you will have someone asking what's going on." She gave him a peck on the cheek and walked away.
David jaw worked for a moment, still thinking about how many ways he could choke Veronica. "Meddling Yuy. Always had to put her two cents in. She's like Randy times five," he muttered under his breath, shoving his hands into his pockets. He turned around and looked over at the others. He looked directly over at Veronica as she sat in front of the fireplace with Victoria, fussing over Rhys. His lips twitched again.
Veronica felt someone's eyes on her. She looked over towards David and found him looking at her. His eyes were glittering dangerously. She sighed and looked over at Kellie who was talking to Randy. "I bet she told him," she said to herself. "Oh what do I care? If he doesn't like it, fine. I'm only trying to help."
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Later after dinner…
David sat on the back of the couch, behind Kellie. They had already opened gifts and Alex was crinkling the wrapping paper between her hands to the delight of the others. His eyes found Veronica's again. She arched a brow at him and gave him a smirk, making his teeth grind. She got up off the floor and walked through the connecting door to the kitchen. He bent down and pressed a kiss on top of Kellie's head. "I'll be right back," he said softly as he got up and walked towards the kitchen.
Kellie tilted her head a little. They had be acting like everything was all right between them the entire evening especially when she opened her birthday and Christmas gift from him. She held up her wrist and looked at the amethyst tennis bracelet she was wearing. It had been her birthday gift. She then looked at the book on photography on her lap. It was her Christmas gift. She wrinkled her brow slightly at his departure. "What is he doing?" she asked herself.
Veronica opened the fridge. She would be damned if she let the last few pieces of the coconut cream pie go to waste. She didn't hear David come in. She jumped when she noticed him leaning against the counter. "What do you want?"
"What I want is for you to stop offering advice to Kellie on how to get me into bed," David snapped.
She put the pie down on the counter and gave him a sweet innocent smile. "Why would I do something like that?" She leaned back against the counter on her elbows.
"Don't
you pull that crap on me Veronica! I'm not quite as gullible as my brothers
when it comes to a pretty face and a hot body. So cut out the little Miss Pure
and Innocent act!"
Veronica stood up straight and faced him fully. She propped her hands on her jean-clad hips. "No, you're not as gullible as those two. But you're a guy who likes women."
His
eyes narrowed at her even more. "I may like women, yes, but I didn't fall prey
to every man hungry undiscriminating blond bombshell like you."
Her face flooded with color at the insult. Her eyes narrowed as well. "You take that back!"
"Why should I when it's true!"
Veronica's nostrils flared as her temper kicked in. "You bastard!"
"So you do take offense to that don't you Ver! Well if you didn't want it told to you, you should have stayed out of my relationship with Kellie! It's because of you this past year; she's been trying to seduce me. I know it's because she tells you and then you tell her! Now she's mad at me because I won't!"
"I don't see what the hell you're problem is! You should be glad that your fiancée wants to sleep with you! I'm only trying to help!"
"Don't help! You're making it worse!"
"You're only making it worse on yourself! If you had sex with her then maybe she wouldn't be pissed at you! I never thought that she would still be a virgin with everything she throws at you! If it was any other guy she would spend all her time on her back!"
David's hands clenched themselves into fists.
"So I struck a nerve there, didn't I?" Veronica stated smugly. "I told her something like that this morning when she was downing this pie here."
"So I heard! You're treading on dangerous ground here Yuy by telling her stuff like that!"
"What? Jealous?"
"That's none of your business!"
"Come off it David! Why should she wait for you when there are so many other guys willing to sleep with her if she offers?"
"Because I know she wouldn't. And she's not you!"
Veronica's face flared with even more color from this insult. "That was uncalled for!" she growled.
"Is it?"
"I'm not easy!"
"Oh no?"
"No," Veronica said as she took a few steps closer to him. She looked up at him. "You think I'm easy?" she asked sweetly.
David took a step away from her. "If you think I'm going to fall for that, get over it!"
"I'm not doing anything."
"That's bullshit! You're coming on to me just like you did Jonathon several years ago. But I'm not quite as stupid as he is when it comes to women like you!" he shouted.
Everyone heard this time.
Heero's eyes shot to Jonathon.
Jonathon flinched guiltily.
Leigh's eyes shot to Jonathon as well.
Kellie cringed as she stood up and tried to beat her uncle to the swinging door. He got there before her. "Oh shit!" she muttered under her breath.
Heero pushed open the door and gave his daughter and David a hard look. "I want to know what you two are shouting about?"
Veronica blanched.
David flinched as well under Heero's dire look.
"Its nothing daddy," Veronica said faintly.
David snorted.
"David!" Kellie ground out.
David looked over at her, but said nothing.
"Will someone answer me?" Heero gritted out as he crossed his arms.
Veronica's face went white. "It's nothing."
"Veronica, you better not be lying to me! I want to know what you were doing with Jonathon Maxwell several years ago?" Heero asked, his eyes narrowing the tiniest bit.
Veronica said nothing,
"She fooled around with my brother," David replied flatly.
"SHE DID WHAT!"
"DAVID!" Kellie yelled at him.
Jonathon slunk down in his chair as Heero turned around and impaled him with his Prussian blue eyes.
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Kellie dragged David out of the kitchen. "You baka!" she snapped as they made their way out of the family room, away from the curious eyes of their families.' She pulled him into her father's study, slamming the door behind them. She let go of his arm and smacked it. "YOU IDIOT! YOU KNOW WHAT YOU JUST DID!"
"I DIDN'T MEAN TO SAY IT THAT LOUD!" David shouted back.
"YOU KNOW HOW MUCH TROUBLE SHE'LL GET IN!"
"SHE DESERVES SOME OF IT! IF SHE DIDN'T POKE HER NOSE INTO OUR RELATIONSHIP THEN THIS WOULDN'T HAVE HAPPENED!"
"MY UNLCE IS GOING TO ROAST YOUR BROTHER ALIVE FOR THAT!"
"He might get some, but Veronica was the one who took it upon herself to go after my brother while he was on the rebound!" David said as he lowered his voice.
"She was only trying to help!"
"Help you seduce me? For God's sake Kellie, you don't have to! I love you like you are! You don't need to learn how to seduce me from your cousin. You've been able to do it since I started dating you. I know you might not believe that, but you have. You always have."
Kellie's lips parted slightly in surprise. "I have?"
David nodded his head. "Just because I don't fall into bed with you doesn't mean that I don't like any of what you're doing. I just think it was best for us to wait since I knew when you first said that you loved me, that you were going to be the girl I was going to marry."
Her eyes rounded in shock.
He took a step towards her. "Kellie, I love you. Don't think that I don't love you because I won't sleep with you. And if you think it's hypocritical of me for not sleeping with you while I slept with others that I didn't love, don't. I wasn't being hypocritical. I wanted to distinguish you from the rest. You're the woman that I'm marrying. You're the woman that I love more then anything else. I tried saying this to you last night, but both our tempers were so high."
Kellie pulled up the sleeves of her fuzzy red sweater up to her elbows. She quirked a slight smile at him. "You're reasons don't sound so bad now," she said softly. She looked out the window.
"And last night, don't think I didn't want to. If you feel the back of my head, you'll feel a lump from me banging my head on your headboard."
She stood in front of him and touched the back of his head with her hand. She felt a slight bump. She looked up into his eyes. "So you did?" she asked tentatively.
"Yes, I did. But I told myself that I wouldn't. The size of that bump tells you how much I wanted too. I don't want you to think all those times that you've tried, that I never wanted to. I wanted to say to hell with it and make love to you. But my conscience made me remember the promise I made to myself every time."
Kellie smiled a little more. "You did?"
David placed an arm around her waist, pulling her close. He touched his forehead to hers. "I did. I think you're the hottest woman in the world. But you're also the most beautiful and sweet. And you're sexy as hell. I love you more then anything else."
"Is that so?" she asked, as she looped her arms around his neck. "So, can I keep on trying?"
"If you don't get all mad at me if I stop," he replied as he put his other arm around her.
"I promise," she said as she kissed him. She leaned away from him a little. "You know that you got your brother and my cousin in trouble?"
"I know. It was wrong of me to confront Veronica in a place that everyone would hear."
"You should. You know how nasty it can get when a Maxwell and a Yuy get into a fight."
"I'm sorry that I did that. I just wanted to make it clear to her that she shouldn't interfere. And since that remark you made to me when I first go here about the other guys, I wasn't too happy with her," he said quietly.
"I know that I shouldn't have said it to you, when I knew you were still probably in a mood about what happened last night."
"Last night I hope to forget. I never thought you would throw something at me."
"I was angry."
"I know you were. I was mad too because I couldn't make you understand and because you were mad at me. I went home and polished off half a bottle of tequila with Chris."
Kellie winced. "You Maxwells and liquor."
"Hey, I didn't polish an entire bottle off like Jonathon did. He was still standing upright when I started. My hangover compared to his this morning was nothing. He looked like hell came to visit at breakfast. But then again, Chris and I didn't look too good either."
"I can imagine how that looked this morning," Kellie snickered.
David grinned a little and hugged her tight. "You women that the three of us love drive us to drink."
"I'm so glad that we have that effect on you," she said cheekily.
He rolled his eyes and kissed her again. "God I love you."
She smiled against his mouth. "I love you too." She rubbed her nose against his before she leaned back against his arms. "Now maybe we should go see how my cousin and your brother fared against the wrath of Heero Yuy."
David cringed a little. "I swear, he's the only man that puts the fear of God in me. Still."
"I think Heero likes that fact. The only ones not scared shitless of him are our parents. It doesn't it even faze Relena. And your dad has been courting death since they met."
"My dad does seem to have that effect on people," David said wryly.
"All of you have that effect on people," Kellie said as she rolled her eyes.
He chuckled at her response before brushing his nose against hers. "Yeah, but no one ever does. Now come on, it's probably a good idea if we see what havoc I created earlier." He started for the door, holding her hand. He looked back at her. "I love you."
She smiled back and squeezed his hand. "I know. I love you too."
David smiled at her answer. He retuned the squeeze and opened the door to see what was going on.
A/N: How did you like it? There's probably going to be two more chapters of this! So stay tuned for more coming soon! XOXO!
