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Chapter Eleven: Courage
What is bravery? I never quite knew until that night.
Emily sat on the couch as her bones shook and her mouth chewed at a piece of string she'd ripped from the furniture. Our older sister was pacing up and down. Everyone was still nude, our mother included. It seemed like the last thing to be worried about.
We'd been caught, less than a week after we started. It was a failure - we weren't careful. Like most young people, we thought we were invincible.
From the second she discovered us, my mother had not taken her eyes off of me. Fixed in her gaze, I found the meaning of bravery and that loving someone is the bravest thing you could ever do.
"I don't think we have anything to be ashamed of," I declared. My heart was on fire; I wanted to protect the girls and stand-up for our love.
Mom sank into the cushions of my couch with anger in her eyes. She looked as though she was about to say something, but she bit her tongue and huffed.
"In fact, I'm happy to say that I love Blake and I love Emily," I continued. "We want to live together, we want to be together."
Tears were forming in the corners of our mother's eyes, but I didn't notice a sadness. She was confused, yes, but something inside her empathised deeply with us.
"Mom?" I plead for her to speak, but she kept still.
Blake suddenly found words; words that cut deep. "I just want to say that I didn't have any part in this. I was just looking."
I felt the heat of tears on my face. Still, I was willing to fall on my sword if that's what my sister needed from me. "Yes, Blake had no part in this."
Our mother looked at her oldest child, exhaled, and finally spoke. "Lying almost seems worse than what I just saw."
Blake appeared to lose her balance for a second. Guilt was welling up inside of her, and she looked like a knife had been stuck to her throat. She mumbled 'sorry' and cast her eyes down.
"Can I ask one question?" our mother shifted. "Have any of you considered the health implications of this?!"
"Health?" I croaked.
"Yes, health... I'm not even talking about pregnancy. Your little sister was whimpering as her brother shoved his... into her... well, you know... down there. Is that healthy?!"
"Mommy," Emily sobbed, "I want- I wa-"
"She wanted it," Blake interjected. "Your daughters are old enough to make up their own minds."
"Oh, then I guess it's FINE. I never thought I would have to see my little girl-" our mother bit her tongue. It was as if the words in her head were too horrific to say out loud. There was a long silence before she got up and crossed her arms. "What's your plan with this? How long has it been going on?"
"We want to move in together," I stated boldly.
"No."
"You can't stop us. We love each other!" I shot back.
"Listen here, you little shit, I don't care where you stick your prick, but you will fuck up your life if you go on like this!"
My little sister addressed her parent with the boldness that only a teenager can muster. "Mommy, I really don't think this is any of your business. You can't tell me who to love!"
I had a responsibility to stand by her, "I agree with Emily. Our love is our business."
Our mother put her hands on her hips and took a deep breath, "Look at you all, talking about love. Standing up for each other. God, something about it makes me so proud, but this just can't be your lives. This relationship will ruin you, all of you!"
I focused on her body language; trying to get a read on how she truly felt. Then, our parent gasped as Blake sat down next to Emily, lifted her sister's chin and gave her a passionate kiss.
Once the kiss had finished, the oldest looked her mother straight in the face and redeemed her earlier denial. "Let it ruin us then."
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I've read a thousand articles about how good walks are for thinking. So, we all got dressed and went for a walk - me, Blake, Emily, our mom...
It was freezing outside, and we had to huddle together. The girls had packed light, and I had to loan mom a leather jacket.
The conversation was free-flowing. I took the lead while Blake wrestled with her own demons. All the kids had in our heads was this fantasy about life together. We couldn't overcome our insatiable thirst for each other to think about practicalities. Not without our mother's help.
"You three have spent years on the brink, and now the floodgates have opened," our mother opined. She had quickly accepted the physical aspect but didn't see it going beyond that.
"We love each other," I said for the hundredth time that night. Each time she heard it, my mom would smile. She wasn't against us, but she definitely wasn't on board yet.
"Emily, you're seeing someone at the moment. How would she feel if she found out about this?" our mother asked.
"I've already told her, Mommy," my little sister proclaimed.
Blake and I gave each other a brief, horrified, look. We had no idea that she'd gone and done that. It was something that would inevitably come up in a lengthy discussion later...