turn7

Turn Around

Summary: Sebastian and Kathryn come to blows over her deceiving him.

Chapter 7: Set Him Up, Knock Her Down

She was dead there was nothing more to it. This was the last and final time I was going to allow Kathryn to screw me over. As I charged out of the guest room I made an immediate bee line for her. Like I thought she was at the bar chatting to Sabrina. I could just imagine what they were talking about but I wasn't about to stick around and find out.

Upon seeing me she smiled "Sebastian there you are. Sabrina and I were just-"

"That's nice" I took the drink from her hand and put in on the bar. Turning to Sabrina I gave her a fake smile and said "if you don't mind I have to borrow her for a minute." Without waiting for a reply I grabbed Kathryn by the wrist and pulled her away.

I quickly walked back the guest bedroom dragging Kathryn behind me. Once we were away from the crowed she began to protest "what the hell do you think your doing?" Yanking her into the room I didn't let go of the hold I had on her arm even after I shut the door. She struggled in my grasp "let me go! That hurt's!"

My grip on her wrist only tightened as I hissed "you god damn bitch. You set me up."

Kathryn continued trying to pull her hand away "what are you talking about? I didn't do any-"

"Save it!" I yelled as I let go of her wrist but pushed her backwards in the process. "I just got done talking to Annette."

She rubbed her wrists "I take it, it didn't go as planned."

"No, thanks to you."

"What did I do?"

I stared at her a moment with absolute hatred. I couldn't believe she was standing there denying it. If she had just told me the truth then and confessed what she had done maybe I would have been able to forgive her, maybe. But no she had to play the game out till the end. I guess I had fooled myself into believing that it was different between us. That she would never play me but I guess that was just another lie. "You've been setting me up all along. This whole plan wasn't to help me get Annette back it was to ensure that I never got her back."

Kathryn was quiet for a moment before she turned around and said. "So what the plan didn't work so you immediately assume I set you up? Nice to know what you think of me."

"She told me Kathryn what you said to her. You purposely damaged me in her eyes and then told her some shit about me trying to destroy her relationship with Patrick."

She scoffed "well weren't you?"

"Yes but she wasn't suppose to know about it! Goddamn it Kathryn you set me up from the beginning!"

"I didn't" she said it a voice barley a whisper.

At her denial my anger grew "look at you, your pathetic. You can't even look me in the eye. Maybe your mother was right about you."

That set her off. Kathryn spun around and yelled "fine I set you up!"

"Really?" I said mockingly.

"And you know why I did it?"

I smiled "oh I know. You can't stand the fact that I wanted Annette over you. All your flirtation and throwing yourself at me got you nowhere with me. I love Annette and I would never lower myself to be with you and that kills you."

Kathryn laughed harshly "is that what you think?" She stopped abruptly "are you out of your fucking mind? You think I did this because I was jealous?"

"What other reason would you have?"

"A much nobler one I assure you."

Noble? At that I almost began to laugh. Was she actually trying to make me believe that she has destroyed my life for a reason? "Oh this should be good. Let's hear it"

Her hard expression softened somewhat as she said "I did it for you."

"Excuse me?"

"Take a step back and look at what you became when you fell your Annette. You gave your heart to her and she destroyed you. It was pathetic how much she changed you."

"Oh and suddenly your the expert on me?"

A faint smile graced her lips "I know enough, I read your journal remember. I saw the guy you use to be before you let Annette screw you over. I wanted to see that guy again so I had to-"

"Take away the one thing I wanted?"

Kathryn let out a frustrated groan "oh for crying out loud! Do you really think that if you got her back it would make you happy? She would only make you more miserable."

"Well I guess we'll never know. Now we had a deal and since you didn't complete your part you leave me no choice."

Crossing her arms over her chest she sighed "what are you talking about?"

I pulled the roll of film out of my jacket "I wonder what everyone will say when they see this. Your mother especially should find it interesting."

"You fucking asshole, you wouldn't."

"And why not? You happily ruined my life I would like to return the favor. If I remember correctly Sabrina does have a dark room around here somewhere. I should be able to have these pictures passed around before the end of the party."

I smiled once more at her before turning around and heading for the door. "Sebastian stop!" She called out but I ignored her and kept going. She grabbed me by my arm and spun me around to face her. "Will you listen to me."

"Why should I? You destroyed my life without a second thought. Well guess what baby you got your wish. The guy I was a year ago would of happily destroyed you a long time ago."

I opened the door but Kathryn slammed it shut "what do you want?"

Looking her over I gave her a cruel sneer "nothing you have to offer."

"Oh now who's lying?"

She was right as twisted as it was I did want her still even after everything she did. I knew this was just another ploy of Kathryn's to tease me so I decided to shock her by taking her up on it. I smiled "you right. You want to see the old me?" I then grabbed Kathryn and threw her on the bed. Before she could get up I climbed onto top of her and pinned her arms down. "Well what do you think?"

"Get off of me Sebastian!"

"Isn't this what you wanted?"

Kathryn struggled under me but I used my weight to hold her down. "No now get off!"

"No" I then leaned down and kissed her hard on the mouth. She continued to struggle and didn't respond when I kissed her. Pulling away I complained "oh come on it's not as much fun if your not into it."

"Because I'm not. Let me go."

"Not a chance" I whispered. I kissed her again this time letting my lower half press into hers. That must have done something because she was soon kissing me back. It wasn't sweet or even particularly nice. It was cold and rough as we pawed each other while our tongues crashed into each other's mouths. Kathryn continued to try to pull her hands free but I held on. With my free hand I let it roam over her body grabbing onto one of her firm breasts. She moaned into my mouth but continued to struggle.

After a few minutes of this she pulled away "ok you've had your fun now let me up."

"Oh Kat we haven't even begun" I smiled wickedly at her as I let my hand slid under her dress and up her smooth thigh.

She groaned "Sebastian no."

"Yes" I said before I kissed her again. This time I let go of one of her arms so I could undue my fly.

"I said no" Kathryn replied in her usual arrogant tone as she pushed me off of her roughly.

She got up and as I grabbed her wrist her other hand came up and hit me hard across the face. This hurt a hell of a lot more than when Annette did it. Recovering I hissed "christ what's wrong with you?"

"You son of a bitch how dare you treat me like that!"

Looking her over I realized she was shaking but I wasn't sure from what. It was then that I realized the damage that I caused. I had gone too far with her. "Kathryn I-I'm sorry. I didn't mean-"

"Oh fuck you! That's exactly what your intended to do. I was trying to do you a favor and this is how your repay me?"

I sighed "come on Kathryn you knew you were screwing me over or else you wouldn't have denied it."

"Well I'm not any longer. I'm going home."

I guess my inner asshole kicked in because I asked "what about the photos?"

She sighed and turned around "if you really think so little of me feel free to show them around. Just do me a favor and stay the hell away from me, ok."

Kathryn didn't give me a chance to respond she simply walked out the door and left me laying on the bed contemplating what to do. I wasn't going to ruin her I don't think I ever really was. I just wanted to scare her into giving me some respect but I suppose I had to earn that.

As I took out a cigarette and lit it all I could think about was the look on her face when she pulled away from me. She looked at me the same way she looked at her mother, with contempt. I had gone too far this time and I had no idea how to make it right.

* * * * * *

I barely slept that night because I was still plagued by the events of the previous night. The looks on both Kathryn and Annette's faces haunted me all night. I had hurt the both of them so much and it was now time to make it up. I wasn't sure how I would make things right with Annette. Maybe I never would but I had to try to fix things with Kathryn.

My father told me he was going to see Tiffani and I told him I wanted to come along. He seemed surprised but he wasn't going to argue with me. Tiffani greeted us wearing a black dress and somber expression. It was then I remembered the scene in the limo the night before. Something about Kathryn and Tiffani visiting her father.

As we walked in Tiffani gave me a curious glance and before she could ask why I was there I told her I wanted to talk to Kathryn. "She's in her room and in quite the mood" she said with a dismissive wave of her hand.

"Great" I sighed as I headed down the hall. I had never been in Kathryn's room before but I had seen her come out of it so I knew where to go. Tentatively I knocked and waited for an answer.

"What?" She yelled back

I knew if I asked to come in she wouldn't let me so I slowly opened the door. "Don't throw anything. It's just me"

Stepping into the room I took a look around. It was a large room with dark maroon wallpaper on the walls, hard wood floors and a large canopy bed in the middle of the room. Kathryn was sitting at her vanity table playing with her hair. At my presence she spun around and hissed "fuck off Sebastian."

Holding up my hands I told her "I come in peace."

"I don't care get lost. I'm not in the mood."

"Kathryn I came to apologize can you just please hear me out?"

She sighed and turned back around "fine but make it quick."

I sat down on the bed behind her and noticed a black dress thrown carelessly on the floor. "So you went to visit your father today?"

At the question she stiffened "how's that any of your concern?"

For whatever reason I kept pushing "what did he do to make you hate him so much?"

The heavy hair brush she was holding dropped out of her hands as she quickly turned to me. "Why do you keep bringing this up?"

"Because it obviously is a big deal to you and I thought maybe I could help-"

"You can't" she interrupted "so please just stop talking about it."

"Fine if that's what you want" she nodded and as she bent to pick up her brush I noticed some bruises on her wrists. I walked over to her and gently touched her wrists. "What the hell happened?"

Kathryn quickly yanked her wrists back "your what happened moron."

"Jesus Kathryn I'm sorry. I didn't think..."

"No you didn't think" she told me harshly as she turned away.

Getting down on my knees quickly I turned her chair around to face me. "Ok what's it going to take?"

"Come again?"

"What's it going to take for you to forgive me? What do I have to do?"

Kathryn looked me over and smiled slightly "this would be almost amusing if it wasn't so sad."

"Stop avoiding the question. Tell me what you want I know there's something."

She shook her head "you can't buy your way out of this."

"Did I say I was trying to?"

Rolling her eyes she started to turn around but then instead she faced me "actually there is something you can do."

"Great! What is it?" I asked somewhat dubious.

"Your going to help me win the election."

This wasn't exactly what I expected. "That's it? You want me to help you win some stupid school election? Why?"

"Why do you think? Since the little scandal everyone has been wanting the job because of what it will do for there college transcripts."

I sighed as I took a seat on her bed "yes but as we both know your grades are perfect and even if they weren't you could just buy yourself into any school you wanted."

"The truth is if it was up to me I would just say fuck it however mother is insisting-"

"Christ what is with that women?"

Kathryn shrugged "she's a pain in the ass and she wants me to be president. It would look so good for my reputation blah, blah, blah."

"Ok well why do you need my help."

"Well there's only three real contenders all female and I need your help to ruin them. If you did this I might be persuaded to forgive you."

At that I smiled "well then I don't really have a choice do I?"

Kathryn smiled at me as she got up and sat next to me on the bed. "Don't worry you'll enjoy it."

"I'm sure I will" I whispered as our noses brushed against each other and I leaned in to kiss her.

Our moment was ruined however when her maid came into the room. "Ms. Kathryn your date is here."

"Thank you Mai Lei" Kathryn said as she got up.

"Date? Your going out?"

"Yes with Parker."

"God why?"

Kathryn smiled as she grabbed her purse "I like what he does for me. Now I'll call you later with details for your first assignment. See you later Sebastian."

She left before I could say anything. Slowly I got up and walked out onto her balcony. Down below was Parker sitting in a red Porsche. Kathryn soon joined him and I watched as she leaned over and kissed him. Watching them drive off a strange feeling coursed through me that I couldn't identify right away. When I realized what it was I was horrified. It was jealousy.

- to be continued