HOPE
Rachel and Sandy made it very clear they were pissed.
Well, I was accustomed to it: it's a matter of faith to my half-sister that she's the heroine of her story and I'm the villain. Today, my offense was Danny paying attention to me. So sue me: I like looking good for guys, and they like to look. Maybe Rachel should put some more effort into it. I've offered to help.
Sandy's attitude was a mystery: even if Danny
was
looking at me, he's Rachel's boyfriend, not hers. Sandy's fucking her best friend's boyfriend, and I'm doing her a hell of a favor by not ratting on her. You're welcome, bitch!
While Rachel was in the shower, a message came through on her phone. It was from Sandy: "Have to go into town with Mom in the morning, probably not back until at least noon."
I deleted the message.
JO
Fortunately I had a few hours to compose myself before talking to Sandy. Longer than I'd expected, actually, since she came home upset and angry with the world and I decided it could wait.
I was really hoping she'd had a big fight with Danny, and wouldn't want to even speak to him for the remainder of his stay; but alas, he seemed to be the only person she
did
still like.
Typical teen drama, but there was a lot worse going on.
I couldn't even talk to my sister, Danny's mother, about this, because she didn't know the full story. Only her husband Ed did. Anyway, they were both overseas.
The kids might be thinking them sleeping together was only mildly scandalous, because after all they're just cousins. Cousins can even get married in some states. But... Ed is Sandy's father as well as Danny's. Long story: he had no idea until after the fact, since he thought he was having a quickie with his wife.
I'm... okay, I'm
not
as innocent here -- though I hadn't expected a little prank to go as far as it did. Well, ancient history.
Anyway, so the kids aren't cousins, they're half-siblings. Worse, since Kait and I are identical twins, genetically identical, I think that makes them, for all practical purposes, full siblings. I don't know, it's not as if I can ask anybody.
I knew I couldn't tell "brother and sister" why they had to stop having sex, because that would mean revealing a family secret that would tear us apart. I couldn't even find an excuse to send Danny back to his parents, since they weren't around.
I'd been sure Danny was having sex with Rachel. In much simpler times (yesterday), I was worried that Danny having a relationship with Sandy's best friend could lead to complications.
Now understand, while I wasn't thrilled about Sandy having sex with with her cousin/half-brother/brother/whatever, it was the possibility of her becoming pregnant with a kid out of Deliverance that frightened me. We'd had "the talk," of course, but teenagers are stupid.
I did a little research: if I got her on the Pill, she wouldn't be protected until several days after Danny left. Worthless. An IUD, though, would be immediate: so rather than confronting Sandy, I told her we were going into town first thing in the morning.
DANNY
I woke up spooning Sandy. I thought she wasn't going to be around this morning, but I certainly wasn't complaining.
She was really getting down to business: usually she wears panties when she crawls into bed with me, but she was already naked. Again, not complaining.