The Affair

Awkward.

Katherine seed Brad and instantly gets paranoid. What if Brad sees Nick arrive? What if Brad stayed? That's all Katherine could think about.

"What are you doing here? I told you that Natalie wasn't feeling good." Katherine says trying to get Brad to quickly leave.

"I came by to give her the present I got her." Brad says holding up a box.

"She..." Katherine starts but gets interrupted by Natalie coming to the door.

"Daddy!!" Natalie screams and runs to her father.

"I thought you weren't feeling good."

"I feel great."

"Sweetie, go play with your toys while I talk to your mother." Brad says and Natalie runs upstairs to play with her toys. "Natalie's not feeling well,huh?"

"She wasn't. I was just about to call you." Katherine quickly lies.

"Mhmm. Well since I'm here, no need to call me."

"Come in."

***

It's 8:15 pm and Nick still isn't here. She tries to keep stalling Brad and Natalie,but she doesn't think she can for long. Brad and Natalie are watching tv, when someone knocks on the door. Katherine opens the door to see Nick with a present in his hand.

"Sorry, I'm late. I just thought that since I was coming to dinner on Natalie's birthday that I should get her a present." Nick says.

"Ohh, now I see why you didn't want me to come to dinner now." Brad says getting up from the couch. "You're screwing the doctor."

"I'm not screwing him. I just invited him over for dinner." Katherine says. "Nick, can we talk outside?"

"Sure." Nick says and they both walk outside.

"I'm sorry about all of this. I invited you over for dinner, but then I forgot about it when Natalie asked if Brad could come over for dinner, and tried to cancel by saying that Natalie was sick, but then he came over, and I feel horrible that our date is ruined." Katherine says talking really fast.

"It's ok. Our date isn't ruined. We'll just double date with your daughter and ex-husband." Nick says.

"Yea. By the way, you didn't have to get Natalie a gift."

"It's ok. I wanted to. Do you think she'll like a jacket that says 'Who lives in a pineapple under the sea?'" Nick ask.

"I think she'll love it." Katherine says. "Now let's go inside and enjoy some pasta."

"My favorite." Nick says and grabs Katherine's hand. "Wait, I've been wanting to do this all day." Nick says and kisses Katherine. Katherine kisses back. This last for about 2 more minutes until Katherine pulls back.

"How about we continue this later?" Katherine says winking. She wasn't intending on getting an answer. She opens the door and they both walk in.

*****

Throughout the dinner, Brad keeps staring at Katherine smiling. She starts to feel feelings for him, but she quickly tries to push them aside because she likes Nick. Katherine holds Nick's hand throughout the dinner.

"Nick, I want to show you something." Natalie says hoping down from her chair. She runs over to Nick and grabs his hand.

"Where are we going?"

"To my treehouse." Natalie says and takes Nick outside. She climbs the ladder and so does Nick.

"Wow, this is a wonderful, and pink treehouse."

"My sister, Natasha, decorated it."

"Where is she now?"

"She's an angel now. So is my little brother. I'm the only one left."

"Awe. I'm sorry to hear that."

"It's ok. Want to have a tea party?"

"Sure."

Meanwhile, Brad and Katherine are cleaning.

"That was our special place. I can't believe she took him up there. She didn't even take you up there." Brad says while putting up the dishes.

"Yea. Maybe she just wanted to show him something and it was in the treehouse." Said Katherine.

"Yea, whatever. I'll go get them, so Natalie can open her presents." Brad says and goes outside to get Natalie and Nick. He climbs up the ladder and knocks on the door. He then opens it to see Nick and Natalie dancing. Well, Nick twirling Natalie around.

"Natalie, time to open presents." Brad says.

"Ok." Natalie says. Brad goes down the ladder and then Nick does, because Natalie insisted on going down last, because she had to tuck her toys into bed. On her way down, a piece of the ladder she was putting her foot on breaks and she barely holds on with her hands.

"Natalie, I need you to let go. I've got you." Brad says.

"No. I want Nick to catch me. I don't trust you."

"I've got you Natalie, just fall." Nick says and Natalie lets go. She screams but then she feels Nick catch her.

"Told you I had you." Nick says and puts her down.

"Thank you." Natalie says and they all head head inside.

***

Natalie is opening presents. She opens Nicks first and she almost has a heart attack.

"I LOVE IT!!! I LOVE IT!!! I've been telling daddy that I've wanted this for a while. Thank you." Natalie says and hugs Nick. She then opens Brads gift, which has some new dance clothes in it.

"I like them daddy, thank you." Natalie says, but doesn't give Brad a hug, which makes Brad feel a little sad. Natalie got her moms gift earlier, because Katherine wanted her to be able to play it before she had to go to bed.

"Well, Natalie, say goodnight. It's time for you to go to bed."

"Goodnight." Natalie says and goes upstairs with Katherine.

"So, you like Katherine, huh?" Nick ask Brad because he could tell that he was flirting with her during the dinner.

"She is my wife."

"Ex-wife. Why don't you leave her alone? She's happy without you."

"How....." Brad starts but gets interrupted by Katherine coming downstairs. "Katherine I'm going to go."

"Ok bye." Katherine says and Brad leaves.

"Now, how about we get back to what we were doing?" Katherine starts to take Nick's shirt off.

"Natalie's upstairs."

"She's asleep."

"Just making sure." Nick says and then they begin having some fun.

A/N: finally an update. I know it's been a week, but I've been busy with test and then I had writers block on a part so I bet part of this chapter is horrible. I made the chapter longer than usual bc it took me so long, but yall are going to have to be more patient bc my nephew is coming home from the hospital Thursday and he will be living with my mom, dad, and I, so I may only be able to update once a week, but I'll try.

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