[OTA] Parties are a Diamond's Best Friend

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Without a doubt, late autumn and winter are prime season for Diamond events. Getting married? You're both Diamonds? It's entirely likely that about five minutes after the proposal, the bride decided a winter wedding would be just fantastic - with all the blue and the white and the crystal. Which, of course, leads to the anniversary parties being the same time of year. The Diamonds also have their fair share of autumn and winter babies, which means that whenever someone turns fifteen and formally enters the Suit - and happens to be from one of those families - a debut simply must be thrown, with all the decorations, guest lists, catering, floral arrangements and et cetera to arrange and coordinate. There's also the holidays. There may not be that many extremely religious Deckbabies, but no one doesn't like holiday parties, whether it's for Christmas, or Hanukkah, or Diwali, or just the Winter Solstice: this is the time of year when everyone comes to the event planning department at Diamond Castle and tells Katriane Berthier and her boss, Valentina Frost, that they have this fabulous idea for just a tiny little soiree, and have they got just a little bit of time?

All that aside, winter is also the time when the Suit invites all of the Deck to Diamond Castle to show off celebrate the season with them, and for some utterly inexplicable reason, Valentina's washed her hands of the whole thing this time around and Silas has decided that organizing it by herself would be good for Kat.

And now it's October. In the past, it's been one of Kat's favorite months - when she goes outside to appreciate the changing leaves, come up with ideas for little (unimportant) parties, organizes them all and still has time for things like dating. But this year? Oh no. This year, Kat is closed up in her office. There's a pile of catalogs on her desk, and she's replying to a nervous Diamond bride who decided to get married Christmas Eve and now is thinking that with everything else, no one will come to her elegant red-and-crystal wedding.

Someone should definitely interrupt the therapy/event planning and make Kat eat a sandwich before the catalogs start looking like a pillow.

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"It's okay. There's no need to reciprocate. I understand the value of food and a good night's sleep, see?" He laughs quietly as he carries her into the kitchen, setting her down on the counter. "Now, do you want eggs and bacon or something sweeter?"

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"Bullshit. Don't think I remember this spring and summer, Sebastian. Dozing off against the wall of the cellar doesn't count as sleeping." She huffs and crosses her legs and arms before she finally answers.

"Ham and eggs on a croissant, I suppose. I do hope you're going to let Gwen make it, cheri."

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"I wouldn't try to poison you by making it myself. Don't worry. And while you're waiting for her, you can doze off yourself. See? It's a golden plan."

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"I'm not going to fall asleep on the counter, Sebastian." Seriously. Seriously, Sebastian. "I have work to do."

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"Not for..." He checks his watch. "Not for twenty-seven minutes, you don't." Seb relents just slightly, leaning against the counter next to her. "Come on. It's just for a little while. Then you can drive yourself insane again."

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She pulls out her phone and pulls up the calendar, handing it over with her lips in an annoyed line. Not only does October have Saturday's 500 person memorial, there's two 250 person weddings, three dinner parties of fifty or more, a fifteenth birthday party, an anniversary ball, and an engagement dinner.

"And how am I supposed to sleep with all of that in the next three weeks?"

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"I understand you're busy, honey. I'm not even suggesting you sleep for one night, as you probably should. Just fifteen minutes." He's cajoling now, slipping the phone out of her grasp. "Is there any way I can help you with any of this?"

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"I don't know. Mon Dieu, the worst part is this memorial. Five hundred people, in four days. I have no idea how I'm even supposed to manage it."

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"If you want me to help at all with the food, I can try my best to commandeer the Diamond kitchens. Though I don't know if they'd listen to me or not."

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"It's worth a shot, at least. Honestly." Her breath gusts out. "I have no idea what it is with give Kat every big job this year, but I'm getting tired of it."

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"Think of it as a compliment. Obviously, you're the one who's trusted with all the big jobs because you can do them right." Look at his smile, Kat. He must be right.

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"Apparently." She suspected, somehow, that Valentina was behind this. And if this was the level of stress she was under now, she'd probably cry if she had to actually had to do everything. She grimaces, tough.

"I hate winter."

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"It's only three months. You'll be fine." Technically, winter hadn't even started yet, but he won't bring that up.