The Burdens We Carry
Summary: Sebastian never pushed Annette out of the way and now Sebastian has to deal with the guilt of Annette getting hit by a car.
Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters
Chapter 1: Shocking News
Summary: Sebastian deals with the aftermath of Annette's accident.
"Annette!!!" Sebastian Valmont screamed out.
Annette glanced over at the sound of Sebastian's voice. She smiled over at him. She never saw the oncoming car and in a split second the car plowed through a clueless Annette.
"Somebody do something!!!" Sebastian frantically yelled out as he ran over to Annette's crumpled body.
"Annette?" Sebastian called out gently as he gently embraced her.
"Sebastian?" Annette asked weakly.
"Hold on baby." Sebastian said gently. He raised his head and much to his releif he saw a shaken Ronald on someone's cell phone calling the ambulance.
"Help is on the way." Sebastian crooned to Annette.
"Ummm." Annette murmured and closed her eyes.
NO!!!! Sebastian thought frantically. She has to be alright!
Within minutes an ambulance arrived at the scene and two paremedics jumped out to attend to Annette.
"Out of the way." The paramedic said briskly to Sebastian as he pushed past him and reached to move Annette on the stretcher.
Sebastian watched helplessly as Annette was carried into the back of the ambulance. Please be alright! Sebastian silently begged. He didn't know what he would do if anything happend to her.
"I am so sorry." Ronald said gently as he patted Sebastian on the shoulder.
Sebastian looked over at the young man and much to his suprise tears were streaming down his face. Any ill feelings Sebastian felt toward Ronald instantly melted when he was how sorrowful Ronald was.
No Ronald wasn't to blame. Ronald was only an innocent pawn in this. Sebastian took most of the blame for Annette's accident. But the real culprit was someone else. Someone that Sebastian once thought the world of, but now only felt hatred towards. He would deal with her soon enough.
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"Where is she?" Sebastian demanded as soon as he entered his house and was greeted by the family butler.
"Miss Mertueil?" The butler asked politely.
"Yes."
"Up in her room, Master Valmomt."
Sebastian curtly nodded at the butler and made his was up the staircase. As he walked up the stairs he thought out the ways he wanted to strangle the bitch! As long as Sebastian knew Kathryn, she played out little games with people's lives. He used to be an amused spectator of her antics, but that changed. It happend when he fell in love with Annette. At one time Sebastian only veiwed Annette as nothing more then a conquest. One of the many notches on his belt. That all changed though once he got to know her and let himself fall in love with her. Kathryn didn't like that and tried to manipulate him into thinking it would never work out. It almost worked too! Thank god he came to his senses, but was it too late? It would kill him if Annette died without knowing how much he loved her.
Once at Kathryn's bedroom door, Sebastian struggled to calm himself down before he charged into her room and tried to inflict bodily harm on his stepsister. He pushed open the door and saw her laying on her bed flipping through a magazine.
Kathryn looked up and wrinkled her nose when she saw Sebastian's wild appearence. "God what happend to you?"
It galled Sebastian that while Annette was fighting for her life, Kathryn was flipping through an issue of Vogue!
Sebastian didn't answer her and brislkly walked over to her bed and vicously grabbed her hair and pulled her head.
"Your plan backfired!" Sebastian hissed at her.
"Let the fuck go!!" Kathryn shrieked.
"Guess what happend today?" Sebastian asked ignoring her shrieks.
"I don't give a fuck! Let go of my hair!"
"I'll tell you what. Annette was hit by a car!"
Kathryn widened her eyes in suprise. "Really?" She asked suprised.
That only fueled his anger more! Annette was lying on a hospital bed and Kathryn was reacting like if someone just told her that it was gonna rain today.
"All because of you." Sebastian said to her, determined to get more of a reaction from her.
Kathryn stopped her struggling for a second and looked up at Sebastian with amusment. "Why was it me that was driving the car that hit her?
"Fuck off!" Sebastian said viciously and tugged her hair harder.
Unfortunately he was too blinded by anger that he didn't see Kathryn reach over and grab a book. Out of the corner of his eye he saw a quick movement and went to pull her hand when Kathryn smashed the book in Sebastian's face. Sebastian was knocked backwards and fell back on her bed. His hand let go of her hair so he could check to see if his nose was bleeding.
"You dumb cunt!" Sebastian screamed out at her.
Kathryn stood over him and rubbed her sore head. "Please Sebastian. I should have done more to you then just knock you face in." Kathryn said .
Sebastian jumped up at Kathryn and went to charge at her when a knock came from the door. Sebastian looked over at the doorway and saw the butler standing there.
"Excuse me Master Valmont, but someone from the hospital is on the phone for you."
Sebastian rudely pushed past Kathryn and walked over to the phone on Kathryn's nightstand.
"Hello?" He said when he picked up the reciever.
"Oh Sebastian." A woman's voice said and she began to cry.
"How's Annette?" Sebastian demanded. He braced himself for the worse and silently cursed the fact that he picked up the phone in Kathryn's room.
"The doctor operated on her but-" Mrs. Hardgrove dissolved into sobs.
Sebastian felt his throat clench. "Is she alive?" Sebastian managed to ask. He glanced over at Kathryn and saw her flipping through her Vogue with a bored look on her face.
"Yes, but-"
"But what?" Sebastian demanded. She was alive!
"She's paralzyed." Mrs. Hardgrove sobbed.
Summary: Sebastian never pushed Annette out of the way and now Sebastian has to deal with the guilt of Annette getting hit by a car.
Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters
Chapter 1: Shocking News
Summary: Sebastian deals with the aftermath of Annette's accident.
"Annette!!!" Sebastian Valmont screamed out.
Annette glanced over at the sound of Sebastian's voice. She smiled over at him. She never saw the oncoming car and in a split second the car plowed through a clueless Annette.
"Somebody do something!!!" Sebastian frantically yelled out as he ran over to Annette's crumpled body.
"Annette?" Sebastian called out gently as he gently embraced her.
"Sebastian?" Annette asked weakly.
"Hold on baby." Sebastian said gently. He raised his head and much to his releif he saw a shaken Ronald on someone's cell phone calling the ambulance.
"Help is on the way." Sebastian crooned to Annette.
"Ummm." Annette murmured and closed her eyes.
NO!!!! Sebastian thought frantically. She has to be alright!
Within minutes an ambulance arrived at the scene and two paremedics jumped out to attend to Annette.
"Out of the way." The paramedic said briskly to Sebastian as he pushed past him and reached to move Annette on the stretcher.
Sebastian watched helplessly as Annette was carried into the back of the ambulance. Please be alright! Sebastian silently begged. He didn't know what he would do if anything happend to her.
"I am so sorry." Ronald said gently as he patted Sebastian on the shoulder.
Sebastian looked over at the young man and much to his suprise tears were streaming down his face. Any ill feelings Sebastian felt toward Ronald instantly melted when he was how sorrowful Ronald was.
No Ronald wasn't to blame. Ronald was only an innocent pawn in this. Sebastian took most of the blame for Annette's accident. But the real culprit was someone else. Someone that Sebastian once thought the world of, but now only felt hatred towards. He would deal with her soon enough.
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"Where is she?" Sebastian demanded as soon as he entered his house and was greeted by the family butler.
"Miss Mertueil?" The butler asked politely.
"Yes."
"Up in her room, Master Valmomt."
Sebastian curtly nodded at the butler and made his was up the staircase. As he walked up the stairs he thought out the ways he wanted to strangle the bitch! As long as Sebastian knew Kathryn, she played out little games with people's lives. He used to be an amused spectator of her antics, but that changed. It happend when he fell in love with Annette. At one time Sebastian only veiwed Annette as nothing more then a conquest. One of the many notches on his belt. That all changed though once he got to know her and let himself fall in love with her. Kathryn didn't like that and tried to manipulate him into thinking it would never work out. It almost worked too! Thank god he came to his senses, but was it too late? It would kill him if Annette died without knowing how much he loved her.
Once at Kathryn's bedroom door, Sebastian struggled to calm himself down before he charged into her room and tried to inflict bodily harm on his stepsister. He pushed open the door and saw her laying on her bed flipping through a magazine.
Kathryn looked up and wrinkled her nose when she saw Sebastian's wild appearence. "God what happend to you?"
It galled Sebastian that while Annette was fighting for her life, Kathryn was flipping through an issue of Vogue!
Sebastian didn't answer her and brislkly walked over to her bed and vicously grabbed her hair and pulled her head.
"Your plan backfired!" Sebastian hissed at her.
"Let the fuck go!!" Kathryn shrieked.
"Guess what happend today?" Sebastian asked ignoring her shrieks.
"I don't give a fuck! Let go of my hair!"
"I'll tell you what. Annette was hit by a car!"
Kathryn widened her eyes in suprise. "Really?" She asked suprised.
That only fueled his anger more! Annette was lying on a hospital bed and Kathryn was reacting like if someone just told her that it was gonna rain today.
"All because of you." Sebastian said to her, determined to get more of a reaction from her.
Kathryn stopped her struggling for a second and looked up at Sebastian with amusment. "Why was it me that was driving the car that hit her?
"Fuck off!" Sebastian said viciously and tugged her hair harder.
Unfortunately he was too blinded by anger that he didn't see Kathryn reach over and grab a book. Out of the corner of his eye he saw a quick movement and went to pull her hand when Kathryn smashed the book in Sebastian's face. Sebastian was knocked backwards and fell back on her bed. His hand let go of her hair so he could check to see if his nose was bleeding.
"You dumb cunt!" Sebastian screamed out at her.
Kathryn stood over him and rubbed her sore head. "Please Sebastian. I should have done more to you then just knock you face in." Kathryn said .
Sebastian jumped up at Kathryn and went to charge at her when a knock came from the door. Sebastian looked over at the doorway and saw the butler standing there.
"Excuse me Master Valmont, but someone from the hospital is on the phone for you."
Sebastian rudely pushed past Kathryn and walked over to the phone on Kathryn's nightstand.
"Hello?" He said when he picked up the reciever.
"Oh Sebastian." A woman's voice said and she began to cry.
"How's Annette?" Sebastian demanded. He braced himself for the worse and silently cursed the fact that he picked up the phone in Kathryn's room.
"The doctor operated on her but-" Mrs. Hardgrove dissolved into sobs.
Sebastian felt his throat clench. "Is she alive?" Sebastian managed to ask. He glanced over at Kathryn and saw her flipping through her Vogue with a bored look on her face.
"Yes, but-"
"But what?" Sebastian demanded. She was alive!
"She's paralzyed." Mrs. Hardgrove sobbed.