Chapter 7: Morning After
Summary: Kathryn asks a request of James and Sebastian learns where she spent the night.
The following morning Kathryn awoke in James bed. At first she had that momentary forgetfulness of were she was until she remembered the previous night. Oh boy she thought as she raised her head off the cotton sheet. She had meant to seduce him she hadn't meant to stay the night. But it was so late he insisted and she was to tired to argue.
They had indeed fucked at least twice to Kathryn's recollection and he had been amazing. She had forgotten about the joys of orgasms when they weren't self inflicted. Yes James had been quite amazing but unfortunately her first thought when she awoke was of Sebastian. Christ she was so mad at him she couldn't think straight. Kathryn was angry but there was this other feeling she couldn't detect. It wasn't sadness or fear it was...could it be? Guilt? That was ridiculous she thought what did she have to feel guilty about? It wasn't like Sebastian and her were dating hell they weren't even sleeping together. In fact any left over feelings she thought he might of felt for her were obviously bullshit. It was all part of some act that he and the little misses concocted as part of some revenge scheme. Well fuck him she would show him what he was missing.
"Hey your up" James greeted her dressed in the same jeans he was wearing yesterday. "Coffee?"
"Yes please" she said covering herself with the blanket. "How long have you been up?"
"A couple of hours."
Kathryn sipped the coffee "doing what?"
He turned around and pulled out a canvas. It was a portrait of her sleeping and it was very well done. Kathryn couldn't help but smile "your very talented."
"Well I had a good subject. I told you I would get the portrait done although you didn't make it too easy last night. Are you going to tell me what that was all about?"
Kathryn set down her coffee and moved closer to him. She let her hand slid down his pant leg and asked "didn't you enjoy it?"
"Of course but there was something going on there."
She sighed not wanting to go into it "can't you just except the fact that I wanted to sleep with you?"
James looked like he was going to argue then he changed his mind and said "sure." He pulled her towards him and kissed her. As she crawled onto his lap she decided this was as good a time as any to bring up the second part of her plan.
Kissing his neck she asked "James?"
"Un, yeah?"
"Are you ready to here about the next part of our plan?"
He pulled her away "next part? And what is this about 'our' plan?"
Kathryn gave him a sexy little pout "you didn't think we were finished did you?" James just shrugged and she rolled her eyes. "James just because you got laid doesn't mean done deal. On the contrary now that I know about your considerable...skills I think I might just have to put them to use."
He gave her a dubious look as he leaned over and grabbed his cigarettes off the night side table. "Put them to use how?"
Kathryn stretched herself out on the bed "well in order for me to break up Annette and Sebastian I need something that only you could do. Your going to seduce Annette."
James immediately whipped around and faced her astonished "excuse me?"
She smirked "you heard me. I want you to fuck little Dorothy's brains out. What do you say?"
"What do I say? Why do you want me to do that? So you can finally have Sebastian all to yourself?"
At that comment Kathryn immediately sat up "I do not want Sebastian! I told you this time and again, I want to break them up for revenge...on him. Now the way to do that is by proving that his oh so devoted girlfriend is the closet slut I know her to be."
Shaking his head he asked "and what makes you think in that twisted little brain of yours that she'll go for me?"
Kathryn gave him her most charming smile "I have a pretty good idea what this girl goes for and trust me baby...your it." James took a deep breath and looked off like he was deep in thought. "Well will you do it?"
He turned back to her "let me think about it ok?"
That wasn't exactly the answer she was looking for but it would have to do. "Ok just don't think to long. Now I have to get going before my darling mother notices I was gone all night."
"All right, want a ride home?"
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Sebastian looked out his window for the hundredth time that morning and wondered were the hell Kathryn was. She hadn't come home last night which most likely meant she was out screwing some loser. Probably James Sebastian thought bitterly. "Dammit" he cursed in frustration when he thought of her with him.
What was driving Sebastian crazy was he had no idea why Kathryn had left in the first place. Everything was going fine, sure Annette had arrived but he thought he had made it clear he was going to get rid of her. He left to get a bandage and when he returned Kathryn all but ran him over as she bolted out of the house. She cursed at him and gave him a cold stare that he couldn't get out of his mind. Sebastian had immediately started questioning Annette about it but she said she had no idea they barely said anything to each other. She then wanted to know why he was so concerned so he had to pretend like it didn't bother him while in truth it was all he could think about.
After Annette had left he had called her cell phone but she never answered. When he questioned Tony there driver he told him he had dropped her at Barneys and then she had said she would walk to wherever she was going. He was so desperate he was almost going to go over to James house to see if she was there when it occurred to him that he would then have to spend the rest of the night explaining himself. So instead he had stayed up a better part of the night and waited until she got home.
Just when he was about to call her once again he saw a car pull up and sure enough it belonged to that asshole. Sebastian walked into the hallway and listened for them to come in. They were both laughing about something and Kathryn said "thanks for last night...I needed it."
"I was more than happy to help."
Kathryn laughed slightly "so you'll consider my request?"
"I'll definitely take it under advisement."
"Good cause if you do...there just might be a reward in it for you."
"Really? How intriguing."
At this point Sebastian had heard enough, he had reached his nauseam quota. Pulling away from his hiding spot he walked into the living room to find Kathryn and James wrapped up in a tight embrace. They were kissing so passionately that they didn't seem to notice Sebastian was in the room at first. His heart not to mention his pride immediately fell at this point however he quickly recovered. Clearing his throat he said snidely "well isn't this cozy."
The couple slowly broke the kiss but Kathryn stayed in his arms. James gave him a tight irritated smile and Kathryn glared at him coldly. "Morning Valmont" he said tightening his grip on Kathryn.
"Morning" he replied through clenched teeth.
"Where's goldilocks? Did she have to run home before daddy noticed she was missing?" Kathryn asked in an icy tone.
"She didn't stay the night. Where have you been?" He asked almost as coldly.
A small cruel smile came on her lips as she wrapped James arm around her "I'll give you one guess."
The statement hurt Sebastian more than she would ever know. Christ why did he care so much? Trying to mask the pain on his face he said with a sarcastic smile "wow Kat Tiffani would be so proud."
Before Kathryn could reply James snickered "jealous much Sebastian?"
"Yes terribly" he meant for it to come out sarcastic however it sounded more truthful than not.
The step siblings glared hard at one another before Kathryn asked "where is my mother?"
"She left early for some charity brunch. Don't worry she didn't know you were gone all night."
"Good" Kathryn said shortly. She turned back around to James and kissed him full on the mouth knowing full well that Sebastian was watching the whole time. When she pulled away she said "I'm exhausted from last night. Call me later?"
James smiled "of course. See you later."
Kathryn smiled at him but her smile fell when she turned around to Sebastian and glared at him. As she started for her room she limped slightly and Sebastian asked "how's your ankle?"
She shot him a cold look and said "it's fine."
Both Sebastian and James watched as she disappeared into her bedroom. "What happened to her ankle?"
Turning to James with a look of disgust Sebastian said "didn't she tell you? She hurt it yesterday but then she ran out of the house before I could properly treat it."
James seemed to be studying him "what happened between the two of you last night?"
The question surprised Sebastian. He recovered and said "that's what I'd like to know. Was she upset when she went to you last night?"
"Not really in fact she was in a good mood." He smirked "a very good mood."
Sebastian glared at him "I could of sworn I told you to stay away from her."
"I could of sworn I didn't give a shit. Look I don't see the problem. From the way you tell it your very much in love with that little girlfriend of yours so why do you give a fuck who your sister dates?"
The last part of the sentence irked Sebastian but he tried to ignore it. "You have no idea what your talking about. You don't know anything about me and Kathryn so just mind your own god damn business."
"Actually I know the story, Kathryn told me."
Sebastian raised his eyebrows shocked "excuse me? What did she tell you?"
"I know all about the bet you made with her, the terms and how you whimped out of the deal. I also know there's a lot more to the story than she's telling."
"Like what?"
James was quiet for a minute before he said "she had feelings for you, probably still does and you shit on her to go play house with Annette."
"You don't know w-"
"And I'm betting you have feelings for her whether it's just lust or you genuinely care for her either way it's never going to happen. I'm not going to let you use her for some play thing and then throw her away."
Shaking his head Sebastian said "you don't know Kathryn at all. You seem to have this image of her as this innocent victim and it couldn't be farther from the truth."
"And you seem to have this idea that she's Satan himself but she's not. If you ever stopped to look through all the confidence and the mind games you might see that. See you later Sebastian."
Sebastian watched as James left and he stood thinking about what he said. He knew there was some truth in his statement. Kathryn wasn't all evil it was just easier for Sebastian to see her like that because that way it was easier for him to hate her and for him to not want her.
Deciding he needed answers Sebastian walked into Kathryn's room without knocking and found her getting undressed. Dressed in only her underwear she turned around and yelled "what the fuck are you doing? Get out!"
"Did you fuck him?" Sebastian asked ignoring her command.
Her eyes went wide and then she shook her head "what?"
"Did you fuck him?" He pronounced every word slowly much to her annoyance.
That same cold smirk appeared on her face as she said "of course. Twice actually, it was quite wonderful I do believe he could teach you a thing or two."
Sebastian's fists clenched "that asshole actually made you cum?"
Kathryn smirked and nodded "now if the inquisition is over I need some sleep. As you can imagine I didn't get much last night."
He winced before asking what had been bothering him all night "why did you leave?"
"Why don't you ask your little girlfriend" she said as she turned to face him.
"I did she said she didn't know. Come on Kathryn what did I do that made you run to someone so unworthy of you?"
That look of fury appeared on her face that she got when she was about to start screaming. Slowly Kathryn started to approach him and she hissed "don't flatter yourself Sebastian my sleeping with James had nothing to do with you."
Sebastian lifted her chin making her look his in the eyes "your lying. What happened?"
Kathryn pushed him away "keep your friends close and your enemies closer. Does it ring any bells?"
At first he didn't get it then he suddenly remembered his conversation with Annette after he left Kathryn. Sebastian closed his eyes and muttered "shit."
"Exactly, I caught you. Did you really think you were going to screw me over? What exactly were you and Barbie planning anyway?"
"Nothing! God Kathryn I told her that because she was wondering why I was so concerned about you. We were never planning anything."
She shook her head at him "am I actually suppose to believe this?"
"Yes!"
"Sebastian I'm smarter than you and I can usually smell a con a million miles away. The only reason I didn't notice sooner was because I..."
He looked at her curiously "because you what?"
Kathryn looked up at him and there eyes locked. "Nothing" she said flatly.
Sebastian smirked "no not nothing." He began to advance on her and every time he took a step toward her she took one back. "Kathryn I wasn't out to hurt you and I think deep down you know that."
"Do I?" She asked as she took a step back.
"Yes the only reason I told Annette that lie was so she wouldn't suspect."
At this point Kathryn was firmly against the wall and Sebastian was leaning into her. "Suspect what?"
His hand brushed her cheek "that I want you. I always have...it's just recently I-"
"You are so full of crap" she said with an amazed smile. "Am I actually suppose to fall for this?"
"Excuse me I'm trying to be sincere."
"Yeah well you suck at it."
He slowly smiled at her and she returned it. It was in that instant that Kathryn knew Sebastian was truly over his virgin fetish and that he was the guy she had fell for all those years ago. Sebastian leaned farther into her and whispered "you didn't think so when you almost kissed me yesterday."
"I never tried to kiss you."
There lips brushed "Kathryn please" he whispered.
He tried to kiss her and she pulled away only slightly before giving in and wrapping her arms around his neck. They kissed fiercely like they were afraid they would never get to do it again. Sebastian had one hand on her face and the other around her waist pulling her closer. His hard on was raging at the feel of her lithe body pressed so tightly to his and the feel of her tongue dancing in his mouth.
After nearly five minutes they needed air and pulled away from each other. Both were breathing heavily as they opened there eyes and gawked at the other. Sebastian desperately wanted to throw her on the bed and live out the fantasy he had been having ever since they first met. Kathryn on the other hand was confused. The kiss had been incredible like she always knew it would be but her head was swarming with all this new information and she still wasn't sure if she could trust him.
Finally she said "I...need to take a shower."
They stared at each other for another minute before Sebastian nodded dumbly and she walked into the bathroom. As Sebastian watched the door close he let his head fall against the wall were Kathryn had previously been. God he couldn't remember the last time he had felt like this or if he had ever felt like this. He knew he couldn't let this game with Kathryn continue on like this. Some changes had to be made.
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