Chapter 40 - Confessions over Chocolate
Vince woke up the next day with a vague idea what he'd done. He wasn't proud. But he wasn't too upset either. Might help Leon get his act together. He wondered what was about Kat that made him forget he should be mad at her for what she'd done. He thought it was the elements in her that were so much like a child. But she wasn't childish, with it's connotations of pettiness and ill behavior, she was childlike, with connotations of innocence and wonder at the world. Vince hauled himself out of bed and threw on the first clean clothes he found and checked to see that Leon was still in bed. He was.
Vince went to the little bakery that made the breakfast rolls with the chocolate inside. When ever he'd had something to make up with Nyssa over he brought her these things with the chocolate for breakfast. For some reason women seemed to love these things. Vince figured that once Kat was sober she was gonna be pissed at him for taking advantage of her. He figured if he started off with a peace offering things would go better for him. He drove to her house and parked then walked to the door.
He knocked and waited. The door was opened by one of Kat's friends. Vince tried hard to remember the name of the man in front of him but he drew a blank. He decided to try and bull shit his way past that fact.
"Hey, is Kat around?" He asked.
"Yeah, but she's still asleep." The man smiled. "I guess you two had a late night."
"Um, yeah. Not too late, but late enough." Vince coughed. "I told her I'd come by in the morning, we have something to talk about. About a car." Man that was lame. Vince hoped the other man didn't ask any questions.
"Well, you go wake her up man, cause I enjoy havin' my nuts attached to my body." Kale laughed.
"Ok, I'll wake her and then run away." Vince started up the stairs. Oh shit, he wasn't supposed to know what room was hers. "Um, hey man, which is her room?" Nice save, he thought.
"First door on the left man." Vince headed up the stairs. He knocked on the door. "Kat?" He didn't get an answer. He figured she'd want time to clean up and take an aspirin before Leon came to talk. He wanted to give her a heads up as well as apologize. Plus let her know Leon knew what they'd done, or at least what they'd thought about doing. She didn't answer his call. He knew it was only 11am but he didn't know how long Leon'd wait to come talk to her.
"Kat?" He called again, slightly louder. She still didn't answer. He opened the door and walked in. She was still asleep just how he'd left her but she'd sort of pulled blankets around her in a nest. She looked so relaxed and happy he didn't know if he wanted to wake her up after all. Plus, it looked like she'd just slept how he'd left her so she was still pretty much naked under that blanket. He had to talk to her before Leon came though. He walked up to the bed and shook her shoulder gently. "Kat?" He backed away, remembering her friends warning.
"Um hum." She mumbled and rolled over. He laughed. She was so cute all tangled in her blankets and still asleep. The he noticed that the blanks were just covering the essentials and she was showing him a lot of skin. Vince was sorry for a second he'd left last night instead of taking what she'd offered him. He wanted to be waking up in that bed with her. Scared the hell outta him.
"Kat wake up." He shook her again. She rolled onto her back and her eyes opened into slits. She closed them again as though the sun and his face had hurt them, then opened them slightly and looked at him.
"Wha?" She asked in a growly, what are you doing here, why am I awake now, why does my head hurt voice. Vince thought to himself that that was his line.
"Time to wake up and talk. Remember, we need to talk."
"Damn it Vince. Couldn't it wait? I'm still so tired. Wanna crawl in here with me and catch a few more hours yourself?" She asked, and Vince figured she was still half asleep. She held up the corner of the blanket. He was so tempted to do it, just crawl in there with her, hold her close and fall asleep with the comfortable feeling of not being alone, and knowing that when you woke up you'd still have someone close in your arms. Might even get to kiss them awake, watch consciousness spread over their features. But he wanted that with Nyssa, not Kat. But Kat sounded good right now.
"Nope, as appealing as it sounds to catch a few more hours sleep we need to talk. I brought breakfast though. Some sort of French pastry thing with chocolate it in." He held up the bag. "Consider it a peace offering."
"You're forgiven, for whatever you think you did, hand over the chocolate and no one gets hurt." She went to sit up and realized she wasn't exactly dressed. "Um, maybe you wanna go wait in the hall and we'll eat in the backyard huh?"
"Sure. I'll be in the hall." He chuckled as he walked out of her room and shut the door. She came out about 10 minutes later, looking much better then she had when he woke her. "Feel like shit?" He asked.
"Not as bad as I've felt before. You?"
"I feel like a moron, but not too hung over." Vince sighed.
"What's to feel like a moron over?" Kat looked at him. She thought they'd settled this last night.
"Well, I'll tell you outside when we're sure we're alone to talk and eat." Vince didn't want her guys to know what had occurred.
"Ok, sure." She lead him through the house and into the backyard. They sat at the table and Kat started to devour one of the pastries he'd brought her. "Ok, so tell me what's up."
"Well. First off, I'm sorry for my part in last night. I know you were drunk and upset. I just feel like I took advantage of that."
"Hell no Vince. I'm the one with something to be sorry over. I let us get carried away and I shoulda known better. Hell, if I was gonna pick up at that party last night I should nev'a picked you man. I know how it goes with friends. Hell, if one of the other guys wanted to date my friend Nikki it'd never happen cause her and Stacy have history. And it's old history now but you still don't move in on a friends Ex unless you know for a fact he's aight with it, and not just sayin' he's aight with it. And I know you didn't force your way in the front door. I asked you."
"Aw hell, now I feel even worse." Vince answered.
"Why the hell do you feel worse?"
"Cause you're bein' so cool over it all and I have to tell you what I have to tell you."
"Well, just tell me V. Did you go for a drive drunk and kill someone. Cause you look about that bad."
"Thanks. It might be worse. Um, I don't know how to tell you this other then to tell you straight up. Leon heard us talkin' last night. He said that he didn't mean to but he walked around the house to come in the back door, heard us and then couldn't make himself stop listening." Kat sighed and frowned.
"It gets better." Vince said with sarcasm. "He also watched us go for our walk."
"And saw us walk into my house after we made out on the porch." Kat breathed out and then buried her face in her hands. "So he's totally pissed at you and hates me even more." She said into her palms.
"You'd think that wouldn't you. But no, he had to go and make me feel like even more of an ass and take it well, believe that we didn't do anything to really be ashamed of, tell me he shoulda known somethin' like that was comin' after he treated you like he did, that he shoulda known that a girl like you'd move on to other guys sooner or later."
"He said that? What'd you say to Leon?"
"I told him that it was a mistake, a misunderstanding. That we just got carried away, both needed the comfort, that we both knew it wasn't what we wanted. That you were pissed he was all over the blonde ho so soon after you guys had issues and that he didn't at least try to start shit wit you."
"Vinnie, you're a smarter man then you let on."
He winked. "Don't tell too many people, Kay? I have a rep to worry about." She got up and walked around the table. She gave him a big hug.
"I owe you big."
"No you don't. I fucked up just as bad as you did girl. Now, you need ta know he's comin' to talk about this all later so be ready for that." Vince stood up. "I gotta go. Dom wants to do somethin' to that fucken' Mazda. I swear that thing's never good enough."
"True dat. I know all about it. I'm always redoin' the skyline too." She smiled and shooed him toward the fence gate. "See you later, and thanks for the breakfast and the heads up."
"No problem, thanks for bein' so cool."
"You too Vince, you too." She ran back into her house and up the stairs. She didn't know what to do. She was terrified of what Leon was going to say to her. He was fine with Vince but that was Vince. They lived in the same house and had known each other for years and years. Kat needed to talk to someone to know what she should do. Nikki'd know. She always knew what to do about guys and the troubles that came with them. Kat called her friend.
Vince woke up the next day with a vague idea what he'd done. He wasn't proud. But he wasn't too upset either. Might help Leon get his act together. He wondered what was about Kat that made him forget he should be mad at her for what she'd done. He thought it was the elements in her that were so much like a child. But she wasn't childish, with it's connotations of pettiness and ill behavior, she was childlike, with connotations of innocence and wonder at the world. Vince hauled himself out of bed and threw on the first clean clothes he found and checked to see that Leon was still in bed. He was.
Vince went to the little bakery that made the breakfast rolls with the chocolate inside. When ever he'd had something to make up with Nyssa over he brought her these things with the chocolate for breakfast. For some reason women seemed to love these things. Vince figured that once Kat was sober she was gonna be pissed at him for taking advantage of her. He figured if he started off with a peace offering things would go better for him. He drove to her house and parked then walked to the door.
He knocked and waited. The door was opened by one of Kat's friends. Vince tried hard to remember the name of the man in front of him but he drew a blank. He decided to try and bull shit his way past that fact.
"Hey, is Kat around?" He asked.
"Yeah, but she's still asleep." The man smiled. "I guess you two had a late night."
"Um, yeah. Not too late, but late enough." Vince coughed. "I told her I'd come by in the morning, we have something to talk about. About a car." Man that was lame. Vince hoped the other man didn't ask any questions.
"Well, you go wake her up man, cause I enjoy havin' my nuts attached to my body." Kale laughed.
"Ok, I'll wake her and then run away." Vince started up the stairs. Oh shit, he wasn't supposed to know what room was hers. "Um, hey man, which is her room?" Nice save, he thought.
"First door on the left man." Vince headed up the stairs. He knocked on the door. "Kat?" He didn't get an answer. He figured she'd want time to clean up and take an aspirin before Leon came to talk. He wanted to give her a heads up as well as apologize. Plus let her know Leon knew what they'd done, or at least what they'd thought about doing. She didn't answer his call. He knew it was only 11am but he didn't know how long Leon'd wait to come talk to her.
"Kat?" He called again, slightly louder. She still didn't answer. He opened the door and walked in. She was still asleep just how he'd left her but she'd sort of pulled blankets around her in a nest. She looked so relaxed and happy he didn't know if he wanted to wake her up after all. Plus, it looked like she'd just slept how he'd left her so she was still pretty much naked under that blanket. He had to talk to her before Leon came though. He walked up to the bed and shook her shoulder gently. "Kat?" He backed away, remembering her friends warning.
"Um hum." She mumbled and rolled over. He laughed. She was so cute all tangled in her blankets and still asleep. The he noticed that the blanks were just covering the essentials and she was showing him a lot of skin. Vince was sorry for a second he'd left last night instead of taking what she'd offered him. He wanted to be waking up in that bed with her. Scared the hell outta him.
"Kat wake up." He shook her again. She rolled onto her back and her eyes opened into slits. She closed them again as though the sun and his face had hurt them, then opened them slightly and looked at him.
"Wha?" She asked in a growly, what are you doing here, why am I awake now, why does my head hurt voice. Vince thought to himself that that was his line.
"Time to wake up and talk. Remember, we need to talk."
"Damn it Vince. Couldn't it wait? I'm still so tired. Wanna crawl in here with me and catch a few more hours yourself?" She asked, and Vince figured she was still half asleep. She held up the corner of the blanket. He was so tempted to do it, just crawl in there with her, hold her close and fall asleep with the comfortable feeling of not being alone, and knowing that when you woke up you'd still have someone close in your arms. Might even get to kiss them awake, watch consciousness spread over their features. But he wanted that with Nyssa, not Kat. But Kat sounded good right now.
"Nope, as appealing as it sounds to catch a few more hours sleep we need to talk. I brought breakfast though. Some sort of French pastry thing with chocolate it in." He held up the bag. "Consider it a peace offering."
"You're forgiven, for whatever you think you did, hand over the chocolate and no one gets hurt." She went to sit up and realized she wasn't exactly dressed. "Um, maybe you wanna go wait in the hall and we'll eat in the backyard huh?"
"Sure. I'll be in the hall." He chuckled as he walked out of her room and shut the door. She came out about 10 minutes later, looking much better then she had when he woke her. "Feel like shit?" He asked.
"Not as bad as I've felt before. You?"
"I feel like a moron, but not too hung over." Vince sighed.
"What's to feel like a moron over?" Kat looked at him. She thought they'd settled this last night.
"Well, I'll tell you outside when we're sure we're alone to talk and eat." Vince didn't want her guys to know what had occurred.
"Ok, sure." She lead him through the house and into the backyard. They sat at the table and Kat started to devour one of the pastries he'd brought her. "Ok, so tell me what's up."
"Well. First off, I'm sorry for my part in last night. I know you were drunk and upset. I just feel like I took advantage of that."
"Hell no Vince. I'm the one with something to be sorry over. I let us get carried away and I shoulda known better. Hell, if I was gonna pick up at that party last night I should nev'a picked you man. I know how it goes with friends. Hell, if one of the other guys wanted to date my friend Nikki it'd never happen cause her and Stacy have history. And it's old history now but you still don't move in on a friends Ex unless you know for a fact he's aight with it, and not just sayin' he's aight with it. And I know you didn't force your way in the front door. I asked you."
"Aw hell, now I feel even worse." Vince answered.
"Why the hell do you feel worse?"
"Cause you're bein' so cool over it all and I have to tell you what I have to tell you."
"Well, just tell me V. Did you go for a drive drunk and kill someone. Cause you look about that bad."
"Thanks. It might be worse. Um, I don't know how to tell you this other then to tell you straight up. Leon heard us talkin' last night. He said that he didn't mean to but he walked around the house to come in the back door, heard us and then couldn't make himself stop listening." Kat sighed and frowned.
"It gets better." Vince said with sarcasm. "He also watched us go for our walk."
"And saw us walk into my house after we made out on the porch." Kat breathed out and then buried her face in her hands. "So he's totally pissed at you and hates me even more." She said into her palms.
"You'd think that wouldn't you. But no, he had to go and make me feel like even more of an ass and take it well, believe that we didn't do anything to really be ashamed of, tell me he shoulda known somethin' like that was comin' after he treated you like he did, that he shoulda known that a girl like you'd move on to other guys sooner or later."
"He said that? What'd you say to Leon?"
"I told him that it was a mistake, a misunderstanding. That we just got carried away, both needed the comfort, that we both knew it wasn't what we wanted. That you were pissed he was all over the blonde ho so soon after you guys had issues and that he didn't at least try to start shit wit you."
"Vinnie, you're a smarter man then you let on."
He winked. "Don't tell too many people, Kay? I have a rep to worry about." She got up and walked around the table. She gave him a big hug.
"I owe you big."
"No you don't. I fucked up just as bad as you did girl. Now, you need ta know he's comin' to talk about this all later so be ready for that." Vince stood up. "I gotta go. Dom wants to do somethin' to that fucken' Mazda. I swear that thing's never good enough."
"True dat. I know all about it. I'm always redoin' the skyline too." She smiled and shooed him toward the fence gate. "See you later, and thanks for the breakfast and the heads up."
"No problem, thanks for bein' so cool."
"You too Vince, you too." She ran back into her house and up the stairs. She didn't know what to do. She was terrified of what Leon was going to say to her. He was fine with Vince but that was Vince. They lived in the same house and had known each other for years and years. Kat needed to talk to someone to know what she should do. Nikki'd know. She always knew what to do about guys and the troubles that came with them. Kat called her friend.