Summary: Kathryn and Sebastian go on a double date with Jackson and his girlfriend. As usual it doesn't end well.
Chapter 2: We Will Divide and Conquer
I was having the best dream. It was one of those dreams where everything is just so real that you're telling yourself that it just has to be real. In it I was standing out on a dock overlooking the Hudson river. Besides me was Jackson who was bragging to me about all the women he had conquered, my women. I was trying to tune him out until he told me "but Kathryn had to be the best. Too bad you'll never get the chance to find out!"
He then started to laugh so hard he was clutching his stomach. I glared at him in utter hatred until I finally had enough, so I pushed him into the murky water below. With a cold, malicious smile I watched as the loser struggled to stay above water. Splashing around like a wet dog he begged "Sebastian please! You know I can't swim!"
However I just stood on the dock laughing while he drowned. As I stood there he kept calling out my name "Sebastian! Sebastian! God dammit Sebastian!" Somehow the voice calling out to me started to change into a decidedly female tone. I could also feel someone hitting me across the face and it was then I realized it was all a dream.
Groggily I opened my eyes to see Kathryn kneeling besides me dressed in a back suit and white camisole. Her face was twisted in annoyance as she demanded "wake the fuck up."
She went to hit me again but my reflexes were fast even when I was only half conscience. Grabbing her wrist I yelled hoarsely at her "what the hell is your problem? I'm trying to sleep."
Pulling her hand from my grasp she spat back "it's one o'clock in the afternoon Valmont."
"So? I went to bed at five and I'm tired so fuck off!" I rolled over on my side away from her.
"Sebastian" she yelled as she started shaking me. "Sebastian!"
Even though she was irritating me to no end I continued to ignore her. I was exhausted and wanted to go back to my dream of killing Jackson. Kathryn finally got the hint and sighed laying down beside me on the bed.
However try as I might I couldn't go back to sleep knowing she was right next to me. As I heard her light up a cigarette I began to wonder what she was doing in my bed on a Sunday afternoon. Against my better judgment I muttered "what the fuck are you doing here anyway?"
"I came to get information on your buddy Jackson."
"Why?"
"Well if I'm going to win our bet I'm going to need all the information on him I can get."
I let out a groan of disgust "then go pick up a People magazine or something. That should tell you everything you need to know."
"I don't give a shit what his favorite food is or how much he's getting paid for his latest movie. I need the dirt, the dirt that only you can provide."
Rolling back over onto my other side I looked up at her and asked "why would I give you any information? I want you to loose remember."
Giving me one of her devilish smiles she retorted "yes but you want me to keep Jack busy don't you? After all if I don't he might start steeling even more of your women. Don't you think I know the real reason you made this bet?"
Sliding my hand to her abdomen I began to gradually move my hand up until it was resting on her firm breast. "Well it wasn't the only reason I made it."
"No shit" she scoffed. "Now get your hand off my tit."
"Why? After I win this bet I plan on becoming very well aquatinted with your tits." Rubbing my thumb against her quickly stiffening nipple I leaned forward and whispered in her ear "besides I think your enjoying it."
Pushing me away she volleyed back "Sebastian I've managed to avoid going to bed with you in the three years I've known you. I don't see that changing anytime soon." Kathryn then began to straddle my lap as she winked at me "no matter how delicious it would be."
I couldn't help but smile as I watched her above me. Of there was no way in hell I was going to loose this bet. However I played along with her questioning "so what do you want to know?"
"Well let's start with why has this guy never had a relationship last longer than a week."
"Because he's an arrogant prick." I shrugged "how the hell should I know? Maybe he has mother issues."
"No, Valmont I believe that's your particular problem."
When she laughed triumphantly at her put down I scowled then tossed her off my lap and got off the bed. It was really too fucking early to be dealing with her. "Look I think he had a thing for this girl awhile back but it didn't work out."
"Hmm, that's a little better. What went wrong?"
Before I could answer her my phone went off and I reached for it. "Hello?"
"Hey Sebastian it's Jackson."
Frowning I looked at Kathryn as I said "oh hey Jack. What's going on?"
Sitting up suddenly alert she whispered "speaker phone."
I did as she asked and soon Jackson's voice wafted into the room "well I just wanted to apologize for what happened at my party last night. I know you were into Gwendolyn-"
"Guinevere" I corrected him through clenched teeth as Kathryn giggled.
"Yeah, well I knew you wanted her but I was just really out of it last night. I never should have nailed her." He laughed "to tell you the truth she wasn't even that good." At this revelation Kathryn burst out laughing and Jackson asked "is someone there?"
"Just this slut I hooked up with last night. I've been trying to get rid of her all morning but she doesn't seem to know when to get a hint."
When I said this Kathryn gave me a sarcastic smile and chucked a pillow at me, which I caught. Completely oblivious to what was going on Jack continued "I totally understand. Is she hot?"
"She thinks she is."
"Well when you're done with her send her my way."
I laughed looking her over "oh I plan to."
"So anyway, since I was such an ass last night I've decided to make it up to you by taking you to dinner. Actually on my new yacht I just bought."
Rolling my eyes I told him "yeah I don't know if I can..."
"Well I'm bringing my girlfriend Charlotte along."
Kathryn's eyes' went wide as she mouthed "girlfriend?"
I shrugged at her then asked him "you're seeing someone?"
"Well sort of. We've been sort of off and on for a year. It's nothing that serious. You're welcome to bring someone if you want."
I was going to once again decline when I got a sudden jolt of inspiration. Grinning over at Kathryn I replied "well you know that actually sounds like fun Jack. Count me in."
"Good, so who are you bringing?"
"Kathryn Merteuil."
As soon as I said it Kathryn began shaking her head furiously and mouthing "no!"
Jackson however chuckled at this "oh yeah the goddess in the red dress. She was hot but a total bitch."
"Yeah that about sums it up" I agreed laughing along. "You don't mind if I bring her do you?"
"No not at all, like I said she's hot but I thought you weren't into her?"
I walked back over to the bed and sat behind a pissed off Kathryn. Sliding my hands around her waist I kissed her neck and called out to him "oh trust me I'm not. She's really more like a sister to me."
There was a pause on the line before he asked "then you wouldn't care if I fucked her?"
When Kathryn pushed me away from her I glanced at her coldly as I replied "no not at all."
"Very good, then I'll see you guys tonight at around eight thirty?"
"Sounds great. Bye Jack"
After he hung up Kathryn turned to me and screamed "why the hell did you do that?"
"Oh relax, I'm doing you a favor."
"Like hell, you just want to nail his girlfriend!"
I smiled as I leaned back on my bed folding my arms behind my head. The truth of the matter was that was exactly why I had agreed to go. It was time for a little pay back and fucking what's her name, while Kathryn kept Jackson busy was just the way to do it. "The thought did cross my mind" I confessed. "I don't really see why you're angry. This is the perfect opportunity for you to get close to the guy."
Leaning over me she hissed "I don't want to go out with you to do it. If people find out about this my reputation will plummet."
Rolling my eyes I replied "Kathryn I've seen some of the guys you fuck and trust me I would be a big improvement."
"Others wouldn't think so."
"Oh like who? Your slut mother?"
Kathryn sighed and looked off as she admitted "no, actually mother's quite fond of you. For reasons that totally escape me."
"Me too" I muttered. "Look no one will find out about this. Jackson thinks we're like brother and sister anyway."
Letting out a deep sigh as she fell back against the bed she said "all right you win."
"Ooh I like the sound of that."
"Don't get use to it." Her scowl changed into a smirk as she asked "so what's your plan?"
"It's quite simple actually. We will divide and conquer."
* * * * * *
At around eight that evening I arrived at the Merteuil townhouse. Like their name suggested, the Merteuil's were from old money. To my knowledge Tiffani Merteuil didn't work unless you count luncheons and sleeping with married men a career. However the family had billions as evidence by there extravagant home.
When I got off the elevator that led me to the second floor where Kathryn's bedroom was located, I was surprised when I ran into my fathers ex-whore. As the doors opened there was Tiffani perfectly coifed as ever, holding a Louis Vuitton carry on bag. She smiled pleasantly at me "oh hello Sebastian. What are you doing here?"
Glaring at her coldly I walked past her and replied "I'm here to pick up Kathryn."
"I didn't know you were seeing Kathryn" she exclaimed a hint of excitement in her voice.
"I'm not" I explained not bothering to face her. "We're just having dinner with a friend."
"Well have fun!"
I paid no attention to her as I strut past the sitting room down the hallway to Kathryn's room. All the while I was boiling over in anger at how pleasant the women was being to me. Everyone knew she was a bitch so why was she trying to be nice and why was the idea of me seeing Kathryn so appealing to her? Shaking my head I told myself I didn't care and I wasn't about to be nice to the women who nearly destroyed my family.
Walking over to Kathryn's room I opened the door just in time to get a quick peak of her naked. She was zipping up her dress and apparently decided to go with out undergarments that night because I got just a small glance at almost everything. I don't know why but it left me sort of dazed and speechless. Glancing over at me she grumbled "god don't you knock?"
"I didn't know you were changing"
"Like that would have stopped you." She looked over at me and noticed that I was still staring at her. With a smile she asked "what's the matter Valmont, never seen a naked girl before?"
"Please" I huffed.
"Poor boy's probably never seen real breasts before."
Rolling my eyes I sneered "are you almost ready?"
"Give me a second"
As she walked into the bathroom I took a seat on her alcove bed and glanced around her luscious blue room. It occurred to me this was really the first time I had a good look at it. I had been to parties at the Merteuil home but never really looked in her room. With it's dark blue walls and crystal mirrors it looked like how I imagined Kathryn's room to be. The perfect room for an ice princess.
Leaning back on her bed, wondering how many men had laid there before me, I called out to her "I ran into mommy dearest on my way in. Is she going somewhere?"
"Yes, she's off to Florence for the rest of the summer. Thank god!"
I nodded "she seemed so pleased to see me. Why is that?"
"How should I know?" she asked coming back into the room. "I shudder to think how the women's mind works. Are you ready to go now?"
I hadn't heard the last part of what she'd said because my attention had drifted to the pair of hand cuffs resting by the bed. Picking them up I grinned at her "on second thought maybe we should stay in for the night."
Grabbing them from me she tossed the cuffs aside and replied "let's go."
* * * * * *
"I'm so happy you could come tonight Kathryn" Jackson smoothly told her later that evening.
We had been there was nearly a half an hour and the guys eyes hadn't left Kathryn all night. I was pretty sure this hadn't gone unnoticed my the lovely Charlotte who consequently frowned at this. With her long red hair and curvy body it wasn't hard to tell what Jackson found so attractive about her. However unlike Kathryn her breasts were definitely fake.
The four of us were sitting around the dinner table on the top deck of Jacks' yacht. We had just finished eating the first course of the meal. I was sitting between the two lovely ladies which was a plus for me because whenever I got sick of listening to Jack I would leer at one of them. Still as amusing as that was, I was anxious to get on with the game plan.
"So Charlotte what do you do?" Kathryn asked.
Tossing her long hair back the beauty declared "I'm an actress."
"Oh, what have I seen you in?" It sounded like a question but I knew coming from Kathryn it was more of a challenge.
Charlotte shrugged "well I've done some plays and commercials. I had a part in that film Night Heat."
"Never heard of it" Kathryn replied coldly.
"Well actually Char's got a lot of projects coming up." Taking his girlfriend hand he explained proudly "she's an amazing actress and is going to be huge some day."
Charlotte smiled as she leaned in and kissed him affectionately. It was then I began to wonder if Jackson actually cared for the girl. I hoped he did because the victory would be that much more sweeter.
Kathryn grimaced at the happy couple then looked at me and whispered "now."
I nodded then turned away "hey Charlotte, do you have the time?"
As she turned back to face me I 'accidentally' knocked the glass of red wine off the table and all over her white dress. "Oh my god" she exclaimed rising to her feet."
I got up as well "oh shit! I'm so sorry!"
She forced a smile to her face "it-it's okay. It looks like you got some on you too."
I looked down at my black pants and noticed the wet splotches. "Fuck" I muttered.
"Hey there's probably some dry clothes down below" Jackson offered. "Why don't you two go change while Kathryn and I exchange our life stories."
Judging by the hesitant look Charlotte gave him I could tell she wasn't comfortable with leaving her boyfriend alone with a beautiful girl. However she said nothing and simply nodded "okay."
I followed her down below into the bedroom. As we stepped inside I closed the door and locked it discreetly while eyeing my prey. "I'm really sorry about this Charlotte" I told her once again.
"It's all right" she said as she began rummaging around the closet for clothes. "So what's the deal with you and that Kathryn girl? Are you two together?"
"No, not at all. She's like my sister."
Turning back around she slid up close to me and smiled "but you want to be right?" Laughing at her own cleverness as she suddenly started unbuttoning my pants she explained "I saw the way you were looking at her. It most certainly wasn't brotherly."
I was more than a little surprised at how forward Charlotte was being and even more so as how perceptive she was. "You got me" I admitted. "However I'll tell you a secret: I like you more."
She smiled knowingly before turning around and unzipping her dress. "I have a boyfriend"
"All the beautiful girls seem to."
"You know Jackson told me all about you. He said you are very charming and good with women." Sliding her dress off she said "it's good to see he didn't exaggerate."
This time I walked up to her and quickly pulled her to me, kissing her hard on the mouth. Charlotte returned it but then pulled away suddenly "we shouldn't. Jackson's right upstairs."
"Shh" I whispered. "What he doesn't know..." She jumped me before I could even finish the sentence.
* * * * * *
As it happened Charlotte was more than willing to hop into bed with me. However after all the fun and games she suddenly seemed to grow a conscience. "Oh god I can't believe we did that" she sighed as she started to get dressed.
"What the big deal? I got the feeling you and Jackson weren't exactly monogamous."
She stopped dressing all of a sudden and looked over at me suddenly "did he tell you that?"
I shrugged "he said you guys were sort of on and off."
"We've been seeing each other exclusively for a year!"
Oops. Jackson forgot to mention it was only an open relationship to him. Looking over at Charlottes fallen face I told her comfortingly "I probably just miss understood. I mean it's obvious that you two are very committed to each other."
Yeah so committed you fucked me as soon as the chance allowed it. "We better get back to them before they notice something's up."
I finished buttoning my shirt as I followed her out the door. As we made our way up the stairs to the top deck we were greeted by the sight of Kathryn sitting on Jackson's lap as they made out passionately. "Oh my god" Charlotte whispered. "What the HELL are you doing?!"
They broke apart suddenly at the sound of her voice. Jackson looked guilty as hell but Kathryn just smiled triumphantly. "Charlotte we were just..."
"Save it!" She spat "I know you've been cheating on me but it ends now!"
Suddenly she charged off the boat and Jack quickly moved Kathryn off his lap so he could chase after his girlfriend. Once alone, Kathryn took the bottle on wine and drank from it as she stretched out "well that was almost too easy. Judging by that look of horror on poor Charlottes face at her boyfriends infidelity, I take it you didn't score with her."
"On the contrary" I sighed sitting beside her. "Charlotte is just a hypocrite. I'm rather surprised you didn't hear her screaming."
"Jackson was too busy with me"
"I noticed"
"Yes you did didn't you" Leaning closer to me she smiled "you look positively...jealous."
"You wish" I scoffed taking the wine bottle from her. The thing that bothered me was that I WAS bothered at seeing Jackson with his hands all over Kathryn. Normally the women I lost to him were of little consequence to me. I never cared about them but I did care for Kathryn. There was no way I would let him have her.
Turning to her suddenly I told her adamantly "you're not going to win this bet."
"We'll see."
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