Almost as soon as Brandon closed the door, Sophie drifted off into a peaceful sleep. The next thing she knew, it was morning. Surprisingly, she didn't have the guilt she suspected she would feel for what happened.
'It's not my fault that mother can't satisfy her man,' Sophie thought wickedly as she got out of bed and went to take a shower.
As Sophie began to wake up in the shower, she realized how ridiculous (and awful) a thought like that sounded. But the way she looked at it, her mother would probably be more upset with the potentially negative publicity of this coming to light than she probably would that her boyfriend had slept with her daughter.
In all likelihood, Jessica and Brandon would be breaking up soon anyway. You could get as much good publicity from a breakup as you could from the relationship itself, if it was played right. So Sophie figured she might as well have a little fun while Brandon was around. There was precious little she liked about being here as it was.
But as she got dressed, the other positive aspect of the trip once again entered her thoughts: Diego. He was a nice boy, and he didn't deserve her treating him this way. She thought the best thing to do was pull away from a more serious relationship for now. Hopefully they could reconnect back in NY in the fall.
She knew she would only break Diego's heart if things went any further. So she planned to tell him the next time she saw him that they should slow things down.
Sophie came down the stairs for breakfast, this time both Brandon and her mother were there. Brandon motioned for her to sit next to him at the dining room table, while her mother was arguing in the kitchen with her chef.
"Sleep well," said Brandon with a smirk, leaning over and putting his hand on her knee under her robe. "I know I did."
"Not here, she'll be out any minute," Sophie replied, pushing his hand off. "Do you want to get caught?"
"If I want to finger you here in front of your mother, I will," Brandon countered, putting his hand on her knee again and moving it upward. "If you keep quiet, she'll never know."
"You're unbelievable," Sophie said, but this time she made no move to remove his hand. She heard her mother's voice, arguing about the calorie count in the omelet the chef was making, but that slowly began to fade as Brandon began manipulating her mound through her shorts. Her breathing picked up and soft little moans began to escape from her lips as Brandon's fingers began their magic.
"Ohhhh...ohhhh...ohhh," Sophie moaned, trying desperately to keep her eyes focused on the kitchen and her mother's movements.
"That's it, Sophie, surrender yourself to it," Brandon whispered in her ear, as his manipulations increased. "Come for me with your mom 10 feet away. Do you want that?"
"Yes, please, make me come," Sophie replied desperately. She was moments away from her orgasm and needed it now.
"What about your mother?" Brandon whispered back. "What if she walked in the room right now?"
"I don't care!" Sophie shot back, a little too loudly, though luckily her mother was still focused on her breakfast emergency. "Keep going, don't you dare stop!"
With that, Brandon began rapidly stoking her clit and brought her to her release, placing his other hand over her mouth as it formed an O when her orgasm hit. Sophie moaned her pleasure into Brandon's hand, neither of them noticing that her mother was beginning to make her way out of the kitchen.
Just before she got there, Brandon quickly pulled his hands away, jolting Sophie from her post orgasmic bliss back into reality. He looked none the wiser as Jessica sat down to eat, but she did notice the dreamy look on her daughter's face.
"Sophie, darling, are you OK, you look flushed?" asked her mother.
"What..." stammered Sophie at first, "...yeah I'm fine, just need a little something to eat," she said as she recovered her bearings.
"Well, don't eat too much," said her mother, her momentary concern for her daughter forgotten. "You shouldn't gain any more weight. Ask Pierre to make you what I'm having."
"OK," replied Sophie, rolling her eyes as she walked into the kitchen. 'If only you knew the real reason I looked that way,' Sophie thought to herself.
That afternoon, she noticed Diego outside with his father again. He was clearly distracted looking for Sophie. She realized she had to let him down easy now, before it got more complicated. She walked out to the pool area and motioned him over.
"Hi Diego, I wanted to talk to you for a second," Sophie said. "I think we need to slow things down a little."
"Did I do something wrong?" Diego lamented, "I knew I shouldn't have kept you out so late."
"No, it's not you, it's me," Sophie replied, using the dreaded words. In this case they were true, but she clearly couldn't tell him why.
"I just got out of a long-term relationship at school," Sophie lied. "I want to take this summer and be alone, to recollect my thoughts. It wouldn't be fair to start anything with you, maybe once we get to school in the fall."
"OK," Diego said disappointedly. "But can we still hang out, you know, just friends?"
Sophie wanted to say no, that she was bad news and he should run as far away as he could, but looking into his cute, puppy dog eyes, she couldn't break his heart fully. Besides, she did like hanging out with him, and it wasn't like Brandon was one for deep talks.
"Sure, I would like that," Sophie said, against her better judgement.
"Maybe we could go to a movie again on Friday?" Diego asked.
"I can't, my mother has a big party planned; she wants to show me off to some of her high-powered friends. Maybe another time."
Sophie had not been looking forward to this party at all, but suddenly she did have a reason to go. Brandon's attention had suddenly given her a new found confidence, in her body and her sexuality. She was now excited to show it off and maybe try out her flirting skills.
And she knew her mother's boyfriend would be there. Knowing how Brandon reacted seeing her with Diego, she only imagined what he would do if she was flirting with his young Hollywood friends. She couldn't wait to find out now.
Saying goodbye to Diego, Sophie made arrangements to go to her mother's favorite boutique in Beverly Hills to pick something out for Friday night. She picked out a strapless black dress, with a v-shaped plunge in the middle to accentuate her cleavage. A week ago, she wouldn't have dared tried this on, let alone wear it to a party. Now, she couldn't wait to see the reaction.
Sophie turned all the heads of the young men at the party that Friday. She even caught her mother's attention; for the first time, she thought she saw a hint of jealousy as her mother really looked at her body for the first time. This only did wonders for her confidence as she flirted with the boys.
Surprisingly, Brandon was nowhere to be seen, she noticed, with a little disappointment. She knew this dress and her flirting would drive him mad, and she wanted to reap the benefits of that later tonight.
Sophie didn't know it, but Brandon was watching from the corner of the room, and seething. He hated seeing those guys, those boys, touching Sophie. Only his hands should be roaming her gorgeous body. He began to walk to her to pull her away; at this moment he didn't care if he caused a commotion, he didn't want Sophie being touched like that.
Before he could though, Jessica made his way over to him.
"Well, I must say, I've never seen Sophie look so confident," said Jessica, with a hint of annoyance in her voice. She wanted her daughter to make friends, but she didn't like being overshadowed by anyone.
"Those guys shouldn't be groping her like that, in front of everyone," snorted Brandon. "I'm putting a stop to this."
Jessica misread his anger as protectiveness of Sophie, and not for what it really was.
"It's sweet that you want to protect her, darling," Jessica said as she grabbed Brandon by the arm and pulled him away from the scene. "But Sophie's a big girl; she can take care of herself. Maybe someone will take a few pictures and leak them to the tabloids. It'll do wonders for my image, having the new hot daughter in town."
Brandon continued to stare at Sophie as he allowed himself to be pulled away. He knew he couldn't cause a scene now, in front of Jessica. But he was going to put a stop to this, the only way he knew how.
A few hours of flirting and dancing later, Sophie excused herself to the kitchen. The party was almost breaking up, and several of the boys suggested going to an after party at one of the hot new clubs on Sunset. Sophie wasn't used to this sort of attention, so it was fun and exciting for her. She decided to go, making her way to the stairs to her room to freshen up before going out.
Before she could get there, she felt an arm pull at her from behind and jerk her around. It was Brandon.
"Are you crazy, letting those creeps put their hands all over you!" he said angrily.
"I thought they were your friends," Sophie replied with a laugh. "Besides, I'm just doing what you and mother told me to do, make new friends. Now, if you'll excuse me, I need to get ready. We're all going out clubbing now."