Hotel Room, Baltimore

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"Ooooh, it's got an in-suite hot tub-slash-jacuzzi," Kathy said, reading from the room's amenities list, even as she sprawled out on the king-sized bed and could just go looking for said amenities. "And an in-room bar, flat screen color TV with premium cable package--no porn, though, sorry, gotta pay extra for that. 24-hour room and laundry service, in-suite massages, oh my god yes, and a seven-head luxury shower." She paused, thinking that over. "Might have to try that, hmm."

Sometimes you just had to get off the island for awhile, like right after your soul was partially eaten by a skinless tremens and you were now questioning whether or not you should ever drink again. That was, in fact, a very good time to leave the goddamn island, just to get your head on straight and remember that that kind of thing wasn't normal.

Right now, already in a bathrobe that was thick and warm and just a little too big for her, Kathy could almost pretend that the weekend hadn't happened at all. Except that she kept looking at the champagne resting in the bucket of ice and just kinda not feeling it.

[For either/both of the guys she'd be there with! nfb for distance.]

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"Well, he's always been smokin', so that tracks," Kathy said, turning a happy smile up at him. She leaned up out of the water to give him a kiss--and to steal his elastic to keep her wet hair from clinging to everything. "Get in here, what are you waiting for? Look how sad Dante looks not to have an Anders in the tub."

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"Poor Dante," Anders said, amused. "Maybe I like keeping him waiting."

He slid down toward the water as he kissed Kathy, letting his legs get used to the hot water.

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"You're the worst," Dante told him, leaning over so he could pout with his chin resting on Anders' shoulder.

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"Aww, look, now he's pouting," Kathy said, wishing she had brought her phone over so she could take a picture of them like that. "You should feel bad. How can you look at those puppy eyes and not wanna make everything all better?"

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"Because he keeps telling me I'm the worst," Anders joked, scuffing a hand through Dante's hair. "It hurts my feelings. Maybe he should make things all better."

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"So sensitive," Dante sighed, sliding an arm around Anders' waist and leaning into him.

Shut up, Anders felt nice. Even when they weren't doing naked dirty things.

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"Personally, I think you should both kiss and make out," Kathy said, tossing her braid over her shoulder. "And then you'll both feel better."

...Not quite the saying, Kath.

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Anders splashed a little water at Kathy with the hand he wasn't wrapping around Dante's waist. "You have a dirty mind."

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"Totally does. Wonder where she gets it from," Dante mused, tilting his head sideways.

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"I learned it from watching you, obviously," Kathy said. "You can ask Anders. Before you showed up, I was a sweet, quiet, gentle girl who blushed through her very first kiss."

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Anders snorted. "I didn't remember the blushing," he said, nuzzling into Dante. "The running and making it very clear you just wanted to be friends left an impression, though."

To Dante, he added, "I was too much man for her back then."

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Dante snickered loudly. "Oh yeah, I bet you were swinging that dick everywhere back then," he said, pressing a kiss against Anders' cheek. "Super-experienced and shit."

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"I was nervous!" Kathy protested, sinking lower into the water. "Boys had never been into me before."

And there was that whole 'crush on the unavailable older guy' thing, but why bring Nick up now?

"Believe me, I definitely blushed. And wrote about it in my diary after you left."

And managed to half-convince herself it had been some kind of mistake, but again, why bring that up now?

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"I'll have you know that many people found me resistible," Anders told Dante, a trace of mischief in his voice. (Granted, they'd mostly been in his own head, but what did that matter?) "And I'd love to see those diary pages sometime. Might help me out the next time I try to seduce a virgin."

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"Why would you do that?" Dante sighed. "Virgins are hard."

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"He has a point," Kathy said, having absolutely less than no intention of ever letting anyone see that old diary. "I was so difficult, it took me two attempts to lose mine."

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"Really?" Anders said, barely raising his head from its spot on Dante's shoulder. "I would have thought Ezra knew how all of that worked."

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Dante let out a soft snicker, patting Anders on the hip. "He got distracted the first go-around," he said. "If I remember the story right."

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"Yup," Kathy said, moving through the water to come up next to Anders. "Wandered off leaving me on a blanket in the middle of the Preserve." She hooked her chin over his shoulder, brushing his cheek with a kiss. "So I was amply paid back for all my first kiss awkwardness."

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"You were good at the kissing part," Anders told her, stroking her hair. "Just like you're good at everything else."

He was relaxing into the warm water, feeling almost boneless.

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Dante watched them for a moment with a smile on his face, happy to be squished up against Anders' side while Kathy was close like that.

"Or at least super eager to figure it out," he said, amused. "Fuck, you flipped me on my back like the second time we met."

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"You said you liked it rough," Kathy said innocently. "I was testing that."

A pause, while she pressed a kiss to Anders' cheek.

"And how good you'd feel between my legs. Answer? Very."

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"But you still kept him waiting before your pants came off," Anders reminded her. "I think you like the chase."

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"Oh yeah, she had this whole thing about how I had to respect her this high to ride," Dante said, making big eyes at her past Anders' shoulder.

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"I stand by it," Kathy said, nipping Anders' shoulder. "And not just because I enjoy the chase. I was serious about not being just another notch on someone's bedpost. Even someone as hot as you, Dante."