Magnus and His Family (Chapter 18)
Kathryn M. Burke
The next morning, both Greg and Kristen had to hurryâhe to his hardware store, she to her classes. They promised to see each other soon, but Kristen felt the need to report back to the householdâand especially to Darcyâabout what had happened.
Of course, no one was in doubt as to what had happened, since everyone noticed that Kristen had not come home the previous night. As she wandered into the house late in the afternoon after her last class, she found Darcy sitting in the living-room couch. There was a smirk on her faceâbut also a somewhat troubled look.
"Well, look at you!" Darcy said. "Corrupting my brother on the first date!"
Kristen impulsively embraced Darcy and planted a wet kiss on her mouth.
"Omigod, Darcy!" she exclaimed. "He's such a darling! I think I must be . . ."
I must be in love with him already.
Darcy didn't need Kristen to finish the thought. "That's really wonderful, dear. I thinkâI think he's wanted a girl for a long time."
"You bet he has!" Kristen said enthusiastically. "He certainly showed it last night!"
Darcy colored a little, not used to hearing her brother being talked about that way. "Heâhe came through?"
"I'll say he did!" Kristen said.
Over and over again.
"But he was nice, wasn't he?" It was a point Darcy seemed really intent on.
"Of course he was! Just the world's greatest sweetheart. I gotta get to know him better."
"I hope you like what you find out."
"Sure I will! He just needs someone who understands himâwho can bring him out of his shell."
"It would be wonderful if that someone was you."
"Well, I'm going to give it a try." Then, after a pause: "I guess you know . . ."
"Know what?"
"Oh, come on, Darcy! You must know."
"Must know
what?"
Kristen faced the realization that Greg's sister really didn't know. Even though there was no one else in the house, she felt compelled to whisper:
"His thing is really big!"
Darcy clapped a hand over his mouth. "It is?"
"Of course it is!"
"Well, how was I to know that?"
"I guess you couldn't have."
"Umâhow big?"
Kristen spread her hands out to the requisite length.
"No way!" Darcy burst out. "That's impossible!"
"It isn't. Trust me, it isn't."
"Andâand you managed?"
"I believe I did." She said it with some smugness.
"Can I ask . . . how many times?"
"Four."
"How? I mean, which ways?"
"Once in my pussy, once doing sixty-nine, and twice in my bottom."
"You got that monster into your bottom?" Darcy was aghast.
"He didn't go all the way in. I told him not to." Kristen lapsed into a contemplative mode. "But as a matter of fact, I think he went in pretty far." She rubbed her bottom as she thought about it.
"Jesus, Kristen, did he hurt you?"
"No, no, nothing like that. It was just a little uncomfortable. I'll probably get used to it."
"So I guess he must have liked itâand liked you."
"I would say so." And she mockingly imitated Greg's pronouncement: "That was the most incredible thing that's ever happened to me."
"He said that?" Darcy cried.
"Yup. I told you he was a sweetheart."
"God, you must have had a real effect on him."
"Yeahâeven with these tiny boobs."
"Will you stop going on about your boobs? They're just fineâall the guys say so."
"I guess. I just wishâ"
"Never mind that. What are you going to do?"
"Well, I'm going to see him again, of course. Maybe even tonight. Or maybe we should rest up before meeting again."
"Hey, I don't want you having just a sexual relationship with him."
"Don't worryâit's already way more than that."
The overriding thought that was in both women's minds rendered them silent for a time. It was Darcy who articulated it.
"Um, when are you going to tell him aboutâabout what happens here?"
Kristen chewed her lower lip. "Yeah, that's going to be a tough one. I don't want him to freak out. I guy like that who hasn't had much experience may get real possessive of the first girl who takes an interest in him. But I'm sure he'll take to Adeleâand of course he loves you already."
"Yeah, but not like that."
"Don't be too sure!"
"Kristen, what on earth are you suggesting?"
"Nothing. But I think it'll be all right. There are whole new worlds of love that we need to introduce Greg to."
Both women decided that getting Greg into the mix was an urgent matter. So, after several more dates (and sleepovers) with him to solidify their relationship, Kristen suggested that Greg come over to the house to meet the other occupants. By this time she well knew that Greg was awkwardâeven disturbedâby large gatherings; but she figured that she and his own sister Darcy would make him feel welcome, and that the others would be on their best behavior.
The meetingâa lavish dinner in Greg's honorâwent splendidly. The two guys (Paul and Curt) greeted Curt with open arms; and the three girlsâwell, they greeted him with more than open arms. After dinner, Kristen, Darcy, and Adele clustered around Greg on the living-room couch, asking him question after question about himself (Darcy cleverly led the questioning in directions she knew her brother would be comfortable with), and laughing and touching and even kissing him whenever he said something cute or funny.
Later, Kristen took Greg up to her bedroom for what might prove to be a sensitive discussion.
"Sorry to have thrown so many people at you all at once," she said. "I hope you liked everyone."
"They were fabulous," Greg said, humbled that he had been so enthusiastically treated.
"Well, it's clear everyone thinks you're pretty fabulous too," Kristen said earnestly.
Greg was so choked up with emotion that he fell silent.
"Listen, Greg," Kristen said, sidling close to him on the loveseat they were sitting on, "I gotta tell you something about how things work here."