Kathryn was throwing things into her bags. Her mother had come into her bedroom early that morning and told Kathryn to pack what she would need as they were moving out and they would come back for the rest of their stuff later on. Then her mother had left.
Edward hadn't stayed at the Valmont townhouse the night before, but they didn't know when he'd be back so it was best to go before he came back.
She threw a pair of black heels into her bag but one missed and it thudded against her bedroom floor. She cursed herself, the one thing she didn't want to do was make to much noise and wake Sebastian who was sleeping in his room. She didn't want him to see her leaving.
That morning before she had started packing she had written a letter to her step-brother. Kathryn had no idea where they were going or when or if she would see Sebastian again. It hurt her to leave him but she had no choice. It was all her mother's decision and Tiffany would never let Kathryn stay at the Valmont house.
"What the fuck are you doing?" Sebastian questioned, rubbing his eyes trying to focus on Kathryn and what she was doing.
Kathryn bit her lip then turned to Sebastian who mind you hadn't even knocked and was standing at her door wondering what the hell she was doing. Damn she thought to herself, it was now impossible not to tell Sebastian.
"I'm packing"
"Going somewhere?"
"Yes"
Sebastian wrapped his arms around her tiny waist as he kissed her neck. She got lost in the moment for a few seconds then snapped back to reality. In an hour or so her mother would return and Kathryn would have to leave the well known Valmont townhouse and venture out into New York with her mother into a new environment.
"Where are you going?"
"I don't know"
He looked confused. How could she go away and not know where she was going? Kathryn couldn't go anywhere anyway, she had school to attend. It wasn't nearly close to the end of the school year and she couldn't just take a few weeks off, she was Student Body President.
"How can you not know?"
"Sebastian…"
"What?"
"Our parents are getting divorced"
Sebastian let go of Kathryn. He rolled his eyes at her as she continued to pack her bags. Their parents had said they were getting a divorce but they wouldn't. It did too much for Tiffany's social status and she loved the money, she would never consider divorcing him.
"Don't be stupid Kathryn, they always say that"
"This time it's for real"
"What makes you say that?"
For the first time since he had entered his step-sister's bedroom that morning things clicked. She was going away, her bags were packed and their parents were getting a divorce. Tiffany and Kathryn were moving out. His stomach turned, he could bear with out Tiffany but Kathryn? No, she was his, as he was hers.
"Look Sebastian!" Kathryn pointed down at her bags frustrated.
"Kat you can't go"
"I don't want to. But do you think I have a choice?"
"You can stay here, with me and my dad!"
"Yeah because my mother would let that happen"
She rolled her eyes at him sarcastically. It took all she had to fight back the tears that were approaching her with force. She wasn't going to cry, especially in front of him.
"Please Kathryn! I'll talk to her"
"Sebastian she hates you just as much as she hates me"
"I can't live without you Kathryn"
"I'll see you at school moron"
Kathryn picked up her coat and bag and looked up at the adoring Sebastian. He was so handsome and it pained Kathryn just to look at him right now.
"No you're not going!" Sebastian took her coat from her hands and threw it down.
Kathryn would miss this. The bickers, the fights, the anger and of course the sex. Especially the sex after they would fight, that was most enjoyable. He would push and shove her and as twisted as it sounds it had always turned on Kathryn. She loved it when he was angry.
Kathryn's phone buzzed, she looked at the caller ID, it was her mother. She answered the call and replied politely to her mother's words. She was downstairs waiting for Kathryn.
"Sebastian I have to go"
Mai-Lee entered the room on Kathryn's call and picked up her bags and started to carry them downstairs to the awaiting limo to take Kathryn and her mother away from the Valmont townhouse into their own.
"No"
Sebastian had given up trying to fight back tears and they started rolling down his cheeks uncontrollably. He grabbed hold on Kathryn/
"I'm sorry Sebastian but I have to"
She pulled down his face and closed her eyes. He moved in and they shared a soft small kiss. She looked into his gorgeous blue eyes. This may be the last time she sees them, in her mind she took a picture of them. His hand stroked her pale white face.
"Kathryn, I lo-"
"Don't Sebastian"
She silenced him with her finger. She picked up the letter that was placed on her bedside table and handed it to him. He studied the neat handwriting and held it close to him. His Kathryn was slipping from his grip.
"Read it, it's for you"
As he hung onto her last words she turned on her heel and walked confidently from her blue and gold room for the very last time. No more would she seduce Sebastian from the hallway as he stared across the hall to her wondrous body.
A tear escaped her eye as she looked around the main room of the Valmont house. Mai-Lee smiled at her and bowed down her head in respect. Kathryn left the house and got into the limo where her mother was waiting for her. She slipped on her sunglasses to hide her glassy eyes.
"Finally" Tiffany spoke.
"Sorry mother, I was caught up"
"Don't give me your excuses Kathryn"
The limo left the curb that was in front of the Valmont townhouse, it entered the traffic. Sebastian was watching from his balcony, still in his boxers. She was gone. All he could hope for was to see her tomorrow at school.
Elise listened as two females moved into the next door apartment. The one next door to the one the White and Winchester family occupied was much larger and very expensive.
"What are you doing?" James asked as he found Elise with her ear to the wall.
"Listening, we have new neighbours"
"Oh"
Elise listened as the bickering began.
"Not there! God you're hopeless!"
"I'm sorry mother"
The siblings both laughed as they listened into the bickering. The poor girl must be tormented by her mother all the time. Elise almost felt sorry. As she was her next door neighbour she made it her duty to welcome the girl and rescue her from her mother's tormenting.
Elise knocked on the door of the female's apartment. There were words that were muffled behind the door then quick footsteps towards the door before it was opened.
"Hello, I'm Elise I'm you-"
Elise was wide eyed when she realised that her new next door neighbour was Tiffany and Kathryn Merteuil. Inside she was laughing hysterically, her plan was working and it was oh so enjoyable for Elise to watch, especially now that it would all happen next door to her.
"What the fuck do you want!?" Kathryn scowled.
"I came to welcome my new neighbours, but seeing as it's you I won't bother"
Elise turned to leave when Kathryn's mom appeared. "Elise dear, come in"
Tiffany welcome in the girl and passed her a cold glass of water as they all sat down. Kathryn glared at Elise. She hated the pretty girl, Sebastian may be her best friend but no way was Kathryn going to let her get in her way.
It was quite late as Sebastian still stood out on his balcony from when Kathryn had left. He had only moved once, that was to get the bottle of whisky from his bar, his cigarettes and his journal. He sat their in the open writing in his journal, he had filled 3 pages of it writing about his day and how he felt.
Sipping from the whisky he shook it. There was barely any left by now. He had been drinking the whole day away, writing, smoking and drinking. That's the only way he felt like spending his day.
Once he had finished the whisky bottle he threw it to the ground, he was drunk and angry about everything. Then he remembered the letter Kathryn had given him. He hadn't read it yet. He opened the envelope and unfolded the neatly folded paper so he could read it.
Sebastian,
I don't really know what to say to you and I'm not really sure what's going to happen. Mother and I have moved out (her choice) and I'm not exactly sure where we are going. I don't know when or if I'm going to see you next or kiss you and it kills me to be telling you this.
Although we've had our moments when we'd both rather we lived on different continents I always knew that we were two of a kind. You're like my other half to me, without you I'm simply half of a person.
Now don't get all sappy on me, so far my letter has been all sap and romance. God what has this weird relationship with you reduced me to? I'll always remember the games we played, the ones where we would fuck with each others heads for our own amusement and the others where we would fuck with other peoples mind, again for our own amusement.
I must say that over all the years of living in New York not once have I ever met someone quite so egoistic. You're full of shit and you're one hell of a liar. Your charming good looks and manipulative attitude can get you in to so much shit.
Sebastian I doubt that I'll ever meet someone who completes me the way you do, or aggravates me the way you always manage to do. You get me in ways no one will or can. I'm always going to be thankful for the times we shared.
If we don't see each other in the near future, goodbye.
Kathryn.
Sebastian laughed at the letter as he read it. She was sweet and then a bitch, her usual self. He was hoping that they hadn't moved to far and Kathryn would be at Manchester tomorrow. It was the only time he had looked forward to school and it was all because of a girl he may love.
Footsteps were heard from the hall, somewhere in Sebastian he was hoping it was Kathryn, but he knew it wouldn't be. When his father came into his room and went over to Sebastian on the balcony. There was a million and one places he would rather be then with his father right now. He was to blame for all this.
"Sebastian, son. Drinking again?"
"Yes dad. Screwing around again?"
The older Valmont laughed. He was not supposed to laugh, what father's extra curricular activities included screwing every woman he saw? Sebastian was disgusted in his father.
"No need for the nasty tone"
"Fuck you"
Edward's stature stiffened and his tone became harsh. Sebastian had always hated his father and always had been mean to him. But Edward wouldn't take it anymore. Sebastian had never bluntly said 'fuck you' to him before and frankly Edward didn't like it.
"Sebastian you will not speak to me like that"
"Screw you"
Sebastian pushed past his father. He was in a bitter mood in did not feel like dealing with his cheating father. Edward followed Sebastian and grabbed him. He held on to him tight and told him sternly.
"Sebastian don't talk to me like that. Now come down stairs, there are people I want you to meet"
He rolled his eyes. He wasn't even divorced and had already moved on. Sebastian trailed after his father down the stairs to the living room of the large townhouse. His father stopped before they got closer to the guests.
"Best behaviour Sebastian"
"Yes dad"
Mr Valmont proceeded towards the guests who were waiting in the main room. They were seated on a couch, their back facing Sebastian and his father as they entered the room.
A woman, two girls and a boy were seated on the couch. His father sat on the couch in front of the family and Sebastian resided next to him. He had not yet made eye contact with the guests.
"Sebastian, this is Julie, Ashley-Kate, Sadie and Mitchell Dunkin"
"Julie, Ashley-Kate, Sadie and Mitchell this is Sebastian my son"
For the first time Sebastian looked up from his hands and acknowledged the family. Julie looked about his father's age with light brown shoulder length hair; she had a stunning figure for an older woman.
Ashley-Kate was a piece of work. She was absolutely gorgeous. She also had light brown hair, bur hers hung longer and was straighter then her mothers. She was tall and very petite.
Sadie must have been younger then Ashley-Kate but only by a year or two. She had blonde hair that was loosely curled. She was short and petite like her sister.
The youngest of the family Mitchell was a handsome young boy, Sebastian estimated he was about 12. His hair was darker brown then his mother's and Ashley-Kate's but he looked a lot like his mother. His figure was a bit more built then the ladies' but still was on the skinnier side.
"It's nice to meet you" Sebastian stated.
"Like wise"
"Julie and her family are in town on a vacation. I was at a restaurant with one of my secretaries and well I met them their"
"Your father is a very nice man"
"Yes, I suppose he can be"
Edward shot Sebastian a glary look, to warn Sebastian that if he screwed this up he would be sent away.
"I invited them to stay here on their vacation, seeing as the house is quite empty, you could use some company"
"Thanks dad"
Sebastian smiled at his father. In his mind he was stabbing him with knives for bringing guests over just after he and Tiffany and broken up. He stood up from the seat.
"If you'll excuse me, I'm tired. I've had a…" He paused for a moment. "Rough day, it's really worn me out"
He started to walk off towards the stairs but his father stopped him in his tracks and gave him that warning look again. Sebastian had no choice but to go back to the seat.
"Sebastian, help me carry their bags up stairs to the bedrooms"
The Dunkin's stood up as Edward and Sebastian grabbed their bags. They had maids for this, why was he doing it? The Dunkin's followed Edward and Sebastian up the stair case to the long hall of bedrooms.
Edward stopped at the room across from Sebastian's; formerly known as Kathryn's room, the room that he had been seduced so many times by the Ice Queen he had lost count.
"Ashley-Kate, you can stay in this room"
He went to open the door to let the pretty girl inside but Sebastian stopped him. His grabbed his hand and looked as if Kathryn had died in there and he wanted to preserve every memory of her and the room never be touched.
"Dad, not this room"
"Sebastian don't be stupid, of course this room"
"There are plenty of other rooms in this god forsaken house!"
"I'm not going to put her in a room right down the other end of the hall"
"This is Kathryn's room!"
"Was Kathryn's room Sebastian"
"Kathryn? If you don't mind me asking who is Kathryn?" Ashley-Kate asked.
"She was Sebastian's step-sister"
"Did she die?" Sadie asked.
"Sadie" Julie said.
"No it's okay, no she did not die Sadie, her mother and I broke up"
"I don't have to sleep in here, its fine"
"No, don't be silly Ashley-Kate. Kathryn was merely a step-sister to Sebastian. They didn't really get along anyway. They always fought and truthfully she was a handful"
Sebastian was furious how dare he talk about Kathryn like that. Kathryn was more then just his step-sister. Kathryn had been the only person he could talk to when things were bad. Kathryn had been the one who understood Sebastian. She was the only one who knew Sebastian, the real Sebastian.
"No dad you're wrong. Kathryn was not just my step-sister okay! She was my other half. Not that you'd know what that's about, you go around fucking every woman in sight. You're the reason Tiffany and you broke up!"
Sebastian dropped the guest's bags and turned into his own room, slamming the door behind him he poured himself a glass of vodka and downed it in one gulp. When he finished he smashed the glass against the wall. He could hear Edward trying to apologize to Julie and her family.
"I'm sorry Julie; Sebastian has had it rough today. He and Kathryn had something special I guess"
Julie just smiled and Edward opened the door. He didn't care what Sebastian had said. It was his house and his guests will sleep where he wanted them too. No matter if his son cracked it because he was letting someone sleep in Kathryn's bed.
Later on Sebastian woke from a light sleep. He was restless. It was almost 5am and he had slept for about an hour. He never ever got much sleep but usually he would sleep for at least 3 hours a night. But then again he always was with Kathryn before he went to bed.
He ventured out into the hall way and looked across the hall. The door of Kathryn's room was slightly open. He figured his dad had obeyed his request and not have Ashley-Kate sleep in the room. It was Kathryn's room and it always will be.
He peered in, it was dark inside the large room and as far as he could tell no one was in there. He went inside quietly and ran his finger over her dresser where she used to sit and brush her hair before she went to bed every night for as long as they had lived together.
He sat down on her four posted bed under the canopy and looked out the window of Kathryn's old room. So many nights he had stood before her barely clothed looking out the window in silence with her.
He fell back and let his head rest on the bed, he started drifting off to sleep when the bed moved and a small yelp came from someone occupying the bed.
He jumped up and moved back; shocked that someone was in there. He had hoped it was Kathryn, but was disappointed when he found Ashley-Kate in her pyjamas.
"Sebastian" She whispered.
"Uh- I'm sorry I didn't know anyone was in here"
"That's okay"
"What are you doing in here?"
"Your father said I could sleep in here"
That's right. Sebastian should have known better. Of course his father was going to do as Sebastian had asked. He shouldn't have known better and locked Kathryn's room or something. The bed no longer had that sweet-bitter smell that Kathryn held.
"Should have known"
"I'm sorry if I've done something wrong to you in the short time I've known you"
"No, it's not you. Kathryn and I…we…she was like…don't worry"
Sebastian got up from the bed. He looked over to a chest of draws that were partially opened from Kathryn pulling out clothes the previous morning. Inside the draw was a picture frame, Sebastian couldn't see what the picture was.
He got closer and picked up the small frame. He went over to the bed and turned on the bedside lamp, completely ignoring the fact that Ashley-Kate was there wondering what the fuck he was doing.
The photo frame had a small black and white picture in it. From what Sebastian could tell it was taken a few years back. There were two people in the picture, Kathryn and Sebastian. They were both smiling. It was happier times back then, before their games.
"Who's that?"
Ashley-Kate placed her finger over Kathryn and asked about her.
"Kathryn"
"She's…"
"Beautiful, I know"
"I was going to say interesting"
"What?"
"Well I mean she's pretty but I wouldn't say beautiful"
Ashley-Kate was seriously implying that Kathryn Merteuil was not beautiful. No one ever said that Kathryn was not beautiful.
"How can you say that?"
"Because she's not beautiful"
Okay, so this picture was not one of their bests. But Kathryn still looked amazing in it. She was younger back then and only had grown a million times prettier since that photograph.
"And who do you suppose is?"
"Well me for starters"
"You?"
Sebastian knew Ashley-Kate was gorgeous but he wasn't going to give her compliments straight away.
"I'm gorgeous in fact"
"Really?"
"You wouldn't say I am?"
"Well I mean you're pretty, but gorgeous? I don't know about that"
Ashley-Kate got up from under the covers and stood in front of Sebastian. She smoothed her silk pyjamas.
"I have a killer body, my ass is perfect. My tits are big and sit perfectly. I have a gorgeous face and skin that most girls would kill for. Now am I gorgeous or not?"
Sebastian laughed, he had not laughed like that all day and it felt kind of good to do it. Then he thought about Kathryn and felt guilty. He was enjoying himself whilst she was probably alone and thinking about him. He was letting another girl sleep in her bed.
He quickly rushed out of the room and left a stunned Ashley-Kate alone to sleep the rest of the morning. He re-treated back to his own room. He downed another glass of vodka and rubbed his forehead.
Kathryn were his only thoughts. What was she doing? What was her mother doing to her? Was she okay without him? He looked over to the clock. He had to get up for school in 3 and a half hour.
He layed his head down on the pillow and closed his eyes. Thoughts of Kathryn were soon taken over by a gorgeous Ashley who had stood before him in Kathryn's room.
He shook his head. Tomorrow would be different Kathryn would be there and he would talk to her and see her and everything will be okay. Ashley-Kate will be gone and his father will go away for 'business'.
A/N: Introduction of new characters, new homes. The plan for Kathryn's destruction might be revealed next chapter. Or I think I will, I'm not sure yet.
You're probably all against Ashley-Kate and the rest of her family, but I know she'll make an interesting read. Before you go thinking that she's just like Kathryn don't be mistaken. I have yet to reveal her more.
I know that I didn't really introduce Sadie, Mitchell and Julie much but that will come further along. Oh and for Elise and James. They aren't done with the former siblings yet.
Stay alert for new chapters to come.
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