She was the most beautiful girl I'd ever met. Her long blonde hair, blue eyes, adorable smile and birth mark right below her right eye always kept me mesmerized. I had longed for her for many years. It was a longing that I knew could never be realized.
Sammy and I were very close; we had been for as long as I can remember. Whenever our families got together I knew there was always going to be a seat saved for me right next to her and I couldn't wait to be next to her. Just sitting next to her made butterflies flutter in my stomach. We would always find little ways to flirt with each other; just enough so that it didn't look weird that cousins were flirting. Sometimes she'd lay her head on my lap or I'd play with her hair or "accidentally" bumped my feet against her leg. It was always playful but I wanted so much more.
Looking back, I don't know what others really thought. An ex-girlfriend of mine once told me that my relationship with Sammy seemed almost sexual. I played it off like she was crazy, meanwhile I wished it were.
Sammy was the perfect girl and for years I knew she was going to be beautiful, sexy and plain old hot. Sammy was always playing with her hair and picking at her split ends, it would drive me nuts and I would always jokingly yell at her telling her to stop. But, for me, it was just one more reason to talk to her and be near her.
It wasn't until Sammy's younger brother, Danny's, high school graduation until I finally realized she had grown into the sexy young woman I knew she would. Nor did I know that that graduation would change our lives forever. Sammy was 20 and I was 23, at the time.
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"Hurry uppppp, when are you getting here," read the text from Sammy late the night before Danny's graduation.
"Haha. We're on the way, I'll be there in like 20 minutes. Can't wait to see you." I replied.
"Fineeeee....just hurry." I was on the way to Danny's graduation party and was so excited for to see Sammy and wrap my arms around her and hug her so tight.
Finally we arrived at my aunt's house. The three hour trip seemed to take so much longer with all my excitement bubbling inside me. As we walked into the house Sammy came up to me and wrapped herself around me like always, it felt so good. She was wearing a tight gray t-shirt that really accentuated her breasts that had seemed to come out of no where and pink shorts. Her body melted into mine. Her 5'3" thin frame fit perfectly into my 5'8" muscular body. I never wanted to let her go.
After Sammy and I let go, I hugged her mom and brother. They were alone in the house. Her father had passed away a few years earlier and her older sister, Jamie had moved in with her boyfriend. So it was just the three of them in the house. I had Jamie's old room, my parents slept in my aunt's bed and my aunt and Danny slept in his room on the bunk beds.
Before heading to bed, though, we all stayed up talking and catching up and having some drinks. Of course Sammy and I squeezed in next to each other, her head steadfastly leaning on my shoulder.
"So Tedd, how's the new job," my aunt asked. I had recently began working in a hospital in the purchasing department. The job was easy and my colleagues were great but my boss was a real dick.
"Umm, it's alright. Pays the bills." I laughed.
"What bills?" my dad quickly retorted with a laugh. Truthfully, my bills were minimal. I did live at home, but did pay some rent and I had a car that I paid a couple hundred a month for. My bills were pretty minimal.
I laughed, "It's good for now, but I would like to get into something I went to school for. So I'm still working on that."
