27 Dresses

Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha or the 27 Dresses storyline or Vogue or The YMCA programs.

Authors Note: This fic. was inspired by the movie 27 Dresses. But of course I'm going to give my own personal twists. This is for those that have ragged on me about the characters being OOC. Kag/Sesse will be OOC, along with other characters. If you don't understand why they are acting this way WATCH THE MOVIE!!! Thank You. :)

Last Time: Sesshomaru leaned into closer to her and kissed her softly. Kagome returned the kiss and wrapped her arms around his neck. He pulled her out of her seat and into his lap.

Soon clothing had disappeared and they were entertwined in each others' arms and made love as the storm raged on outside.

Kagome awoke to find herself alone in her car. Sesshomaru was nowhere to be seen. She was a little put out that they were off the highway, god knows where and he left her. It felt like a one night stand. She closed her eyes and fought back the forthcoming wetness of tears.

It hurt. He left her in the middle of somewhere with no phone service. No way to call for a tow truck unless she walked and found a shop or a house. Kagome sighed; she had decided to walk to find a phone or atleast service.

With her cell phone in hand she began to walk down the road. After a few minutes she saw coming her way the one thing she needed, a tow truck. She moved to the side of the road as it came closer and was slowing down.

"I thought you were still asleep." Sesshomarus' voice came from the truck.

"Sesshomaru? I woke up and you were gone." she said relieved that he hadn't left her.

"I came back. As you can see I left to get us a tow. Come on we can get a lift to the cafe a couple miles away and get some breakfast." he said.

She climbed into the tow truck and sat between Sesshomaru and the driver. They first headed towards her abandoned car and then made their way to the cafe. Sesshomaru paid the tow driver and escorted her in. Once in Kagome headed for the bathroom to freshen up.

Minutes later she joined Sesshomaru at a table and a waitress came around to take their orders.

"So what will it be?" she asked.

"Hmm, I'll have the number 3 with some plain coffee." Kagome answered.

"Pancakes, bacon, and coffee." she muttered as she wrote.

"Now what about you?" she asked Sesshomaru.

"The number 4 with plain coffee." he said.

"Two eggs, bacon, toast, and coffee." she muttered again.

"Your order will be here shortly." she said.

Seconds later she returned with cups of coffee and asked if they needed anything else while they waited for their breakfast. They said no and began to sip the bitter liquid and sat in silence until their meal arrived.

Through breakfast they said very little. Neither one was sure what to say about what had happened the night before. But both were sure that they loved the other, they just didn't know what said other felt for them. When they were finished they slowly began to speak to each other.

"Umm, how do you plan to smooth things over with your sister?" he asked.

"I have no idea. But I thinkI should let her calm down first." she said.

"That may be best. What about Inuyasha?" he said.

"Oh man. I am going to be late for work." she said.

"You have a good excuse." he said.

"Yeah. Why did you leave without waking me up?" she asked.

"It was really early and you looked so peaceful" he said.

"Oh. I thought you had just left me there." she said.

He was taken aback by her statement. She saw the look of "what?" on his face.

"I mean you were gone, no note, or anything. Just gone. What was I suppose to think?" she asked.

"I see your point." he said.

"Good, please don't do that again." she said.

His ears perked up at that statement. She wanted to do it again. She thought they were together. Well that was fortunate for him, he wanted to be with her. But there was one problem. The article in the paper. He had to tell her and now.

"Kagome there is something I have to tell you." he said.

"Hmm, what about?" she asked.

"It is about the pictures I...." he began.

"I was right!" a female voice said.

They bother turned to see a female customer was coming towards them with a newspaper folded in her hands. Sesshomaru groaned when he saw the paper. He wasn't going to get to tell her.

"You are her." the lady said.

"Excuse me?" Kagome said.

"You are Kagome Higurashi." she said.

"Yeah. What about me?" Kagome said.

"I just read an article about you. I can't believe that you kept all 27 of those dresses." she said.

"What?!" Kagome exclaimed.

"It is right here." she said and unfolded the newspaper before Kagome.

Right there in black and white on the front page was her picture under the article title. The title said "Always the Bridesmaid, Never the Bride." Down below and stratigically placed were the photos that Sesshomaru had taken while she was modeling the dresses for him. Around them were the questions and answers from the tape-recorder he had had with him.

Kagomes' face showed she felt betrayed, used, and exploited. Then it was sadness, heartbreak, and cold fury that replaced all previous emotion. Kagome stood up slowly and walked outside the cafe, silently scolding herself for falling for Sesshomaru.

Sesshomaru had watched every emotion flitter across her features. When she stood and exited the cafe he knew that she was angry and that it would take alot of groveling to get her to forgive him, if she ever would. He stood quietly and paid for their meals and made to join her outside.

The atmosphere inside the cafe was suffocating, for the patrons and workers realized what had just happened. The article was about Kagome and he was the one that wrote the information and that it wasn't supposed to be printed. More than that they realized that they loved each other and the lady who opened her mouth more than likely ruined a budding relationship.

Sesshomaru moved slowly towards Kagome. He was a little afraid that she might swing at him if he got too close. Not that he would blame her. He wanted to slap himself for leaving the material out in the open.

"Kagome?" he said.

She said nothing to him. She was so angry and felt so betrayed by him that she just wanted to shut down for a little while.

"Kagome?" he said again.

"What?" she hissed between gritted teeth.

"Please let me explain. In the cafe I was trying to tell you what had happened." he said.

"And what you think that will just make everything better. Make me think that you didn't betray my trust." she hissed.

"I didn't mean for it to happen." he said.

"Oh you didn't? What about that makes this situation ok? You had the material and now it is all in the paper. Did you see the title. Always the Bridesmaid, Never the Bride. You said the exact same thing when you were at my apartment. What makes you think I am going to believe you?" she asked.

"I don't know. Please listen. My editor got ahold of the pictures and the recordings. She printed it all without my knowledge. When I found out about it I told her not to send it out, she refused. Then I went to the dinner to tell you but you were upset and I decided to wait until you calmed down a bit. But then we hydroplaned and slept together. Then I tried to tell you when that woman came up with the paper." he said.

"Oh My Gosh! I slept with you. Oh!" she said.

She had completely missed everything he said after the "we slept together" part.

"I can't believe I slept with you. I let myself feel something for you, love you. I am so stupid. I... I... have to get away from here." she said and backed away from him.

"Kagome wait." he said.

"No. No. No. No." she said and turned to the tow driver as he was coming out of the cafe.

"Please take me back to the city with my car. I will pay you." she said.

The tow driver said that he would and asked about Sesshomaru. Kagome told him that he had decided to find his own way back. The driver nodded and left with her.

Sesshomaru sighed as she left. It was his own fault. He should have kept it on him. He knew this was going to happen and now he had no idea how to get her back to him. First he had to get back to the city. He went back inside the cafe to use the phone and called his editor and she came to get him.

He told her what had happened and she apologized left and right. He told her not to worry about it. He had to get her back now. How? He didn't know but he hoped that she would find it in her heart to forgive him. She did say that she loved him. That was good, he just had to get her to listen to him long enough to pull on those heartstrings of hers. Maybe she would come to him, he could only pray that she would.