The living room was packed. All of Kade's cousins from his mother's side were sprawled out across the sectional sofa and two couches. Kade had fourteen cousins, ten boys and four girls. It was a huge family, and tonight was the annual family get-together, of all 6 uncles and aunts, along with their offspring.
All the aunts and uncles along with grandpa were upstairs filling the kitchen with cigarette smoke and booming laughter, while the cousins were all downstairs watching movies, quietly. Actually, it shockingly quiet, for a group of 18-25 year olds to be sitting quietly watching Ghostbusters, with red party cups half full of beer scattered across every flat piece of furniture in the king-sized living room.
Kade got along well with most of his cousins, them being all around the same age, they could always relate to each other easily; especially Lily. Lily was the only reason he enjoyed coming to these family re-unions anymore.
Kade always had a strange connection with Lily, he could always be honest and vulnerable with her in a way that he didn't feel comfortable with anybody else; not even his girlfriend. And she was absolutely gorgeous, too. She was 5'4", brunette, with a slim petite figure and incredible, D-cup breasts.
He always had a crush on her, despite their being blood-related. She was married now though, and her husband was absent from the family gathering. Kade didn't bother asking why, because he didn't care.
All the cousins had decided they would just watch a movie instead of having long "catching up" conversations. Kade and Lily were lying comfortably on the two-piece couch at the end of the room, wrapped mutually under a soft wool blanket with the television just visible enough at an awkward angle, which conveniently put Kade in a position to stare at Lily's beautiful face and neck while pretending to watch Ghostbusters for the fifty millionth time.
Lily looked especially gorgeous tonight. Her shoulder length brunette hair shined like mulberry silk and flowed down her porcelain neck down to the cusp of the blanket where it was held up under her chin. Her almond-like green eyes focused on the television and she had the most adorable expression on her face, watching the movie as if she'd never seen it before.
Lily looked back at Kade, catching him in the act of staring at her. Their eyes locked for a second and she smiled briefly, then she turned back around, returning to the entropy provided by the classic film. Kade's heart rate shot up every time they locked eyes. Should he be this attracted to his cousin? Every time he thought about it he felt a sense of romantic taboo, like the kind you felt when you first discover your sexuality.
