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Alone, Together
by Secret DC Guy (secretdcguy@hotmail.com)

***

With their parents more concerned about their younger 
siblings' illness, a teenage brother and sister are left 
alone with just each other to depend on. Living more as 
a couple than as siblings, it is inevitable that things 
will happen. But can their relationship survive growing 
up? (mf-teens, youths, inc, 1st, rom, preg)

***

Author Note: As usual, this story involves romance and 
has a happy ending. If you like that I hope you enjoy 
it, if you don't then there's probably no need to keep 
going. Though it doesn't deal with the characters 
directly from Always With Me, it is inspired by the same 
area and era, so I encourage you to read that series as 
well. 

Finally, this story deals with incest. That's not your 
thing, neither is this story. If you are still with me I 
hope you enjoy it and would love to hear feedback at 
secretdcguy@hotmail.com. 

***

It really sucked. Once again my parents were at the 
hospital in Philadelphia trying to find out what was 
wrong with the twins. I know that a 16-year-old 
shouldn't resent his 10-year-old brothers, but over the 
years as their health deteriorated, my parents were 
never around. Even worse, I had to play parent to my 
little sister, Mindy, the quite annoying 14-year-old 
soccer star.

So that's where I was today. I had a driver's license, 
but no car. So I had to ride my mountain bike all the 
way to the top of the hill to watch my sister play. It 
was a tournament, so she had been gone all day and 
didn't even know my parents had left at the very last 
minute when an appointment opened. In other words, I was 
going to have to break it to her win or lose. If her 
team won the tournament, she would be upset. If they 
lost she would be devastated. Though we definitely loved 
each other as siblings, I wasn't a good enough 
substitute for a parent. She resented them being away at 
least as much as I did.

I'm not really into sports, and don't play any myself, 
but the game wasn't too bad. Her team had made the 
finals, and my sister played with reckless intensity, 
streaking up and down the field with her dark brown hair 
flying behind her red and blue uniform. For a long time 
the game was close, but in the last five minutes she 
scored three goals. By soccer standards it became a 
blowout.

When the final whistle blew the girls high-fived and 
hugged, but then as youth players are apt to do they all 
ran to their parents. My sister looked directly at me, 
and ran off the field jumping at me. My arms by reflex 
pulled her into an embrace, as she wrapped her arms 
around my neck and her legs around my body. "We won! We 
actually beat them! They're one of the top teams in the 
state!" she yelled directly into my ear.

"You looked great, sis!" I said smiling at her. In 
reality, I was proud of her. Though even the success of 
your siblings can be annoying, a part of you is always 
happy when they're happy-unless of course they're 
getting you in trouble.

My sister let go of me, and slid to the ground. Without 
even looking around, she sighed and said, "They're in 
Philadelphia, aren't they?" I sadly nodded and was about 
to give some platitude about how they were proud of her 
too, but before I could she smiled and said, "Well, at 
least my big brother is here. You don't know how 
grateful I am for that." It was touching and made me 
very happy, but I didn't want my sister to know that I 
could deal with coming to her games sometimes, so I 
simply told her she was welcome.

Of course, being a good sibling, she had to do something 
that pissed me off. It shouldn't have, but when one of 
the coaches said they were going out for pizza, she 
asked me if it was okay to go but didn't invite me. Now, 
there are a lot of things I enjoy more than hanging out 
with a bunch of 14-year-old girls. However, there are 
very few things I enjoy more than pizza. With my parents 
gone, there would be no cooked dinner, and I was, shall 
we say, short on funds. While my sister was out feasting 
on my favorite food, at most I would be eating a bowl of 
cereal. Annoyed, I told the coach it was okay.

Matters were even worse when I got back to my bicycle. 
Apparently some kid wanted to play a prank, and my back 
wheel was slashed. I thought that maybe someone would be 
good enough to give me a ride home, but as I tried to 
flag down any of the parents driving their girls out, 
all I got were waves. I ended up walking my bicycle a 
full mile back to my house, at least it was downhill.

I have no idea what they had done after pizza, but my 
sister didn't get back until 7 o'clock that evening, 
which was well after my parents had called to say they'd 
be spending the night in Philadelphia. When she finally 
came in the door I told her that we'd be alone for the 
night. A look of panic came over her face. It was weird, 
the star soccer player, the tough girl on the field, was 
scared when my parents weren't home. I gave her a hug 
and told her it would be all right-it was always all 
right. I joked that if anybody broke into the house, I 
would protect her.

My sister must have been tired, because she went to bed 
pretty early. It could also have been that she wanted to 
go to sleep before it was too dark, which was when she 
would get scared. That really didn't matter to me 
though. It would give me a chance to play Nintendo alone 
in my room without her, or the twins for that matter, 
wanting to play too. At about 11 o'clock I turned off 
the game and the TV, and then turned out the lights and 
went to bed.

Autumn in northern Pennsylvania bring three things rain, 
fog, and wind. This night, we got the last of those. 
Sometime after midnight, I awoke to the the creaking of 
my door. Silhouetted by the nightlight in the hall, I 
saw my sister's form coming into the room pillow and 
blanket in hand. Coming to the side of my bed she put 
her hand on my arm and gently shook me. "Seth, are you 
awake?" I mumbled that I was, and she sighed. "I'm 
scared. I think I heard something," she continued, "Can 
I sleep on your floor?"

Until a few months ago, she wouldn't have asked, but 
after she came in at pretty much the wrong moment one 
time she was now good enough to ask. In addition, until 
about the same time she would've crashed on one of the 
twins' beds. However with their declining health, my 
parents had decided it was best to move the bunk beds 
into their room, just in case of emergency. I probably 
should have been a good brother and offered her my bed 
while I took the floor. However, I was a teenage boy and 
wanted to impress girls, so I needed my beauty sleep. I 
mumbled for her to go ahead, and within a few minutes we 
were both asleep.

The pattern repeated itself over the next few weeks. My 
parents spent weekends and many weekdays in Philadelphia 
just trying to figure out what could be wrong with my 
brothers. My sister and I made sure each other got out 
to school, and I made sure I got to her games. I'm not 
sure whether it was infuriating or sad, but it just 
wasn't right that we had to depend on each other so 
much.

One Saturday after a morning soccer game, Mindy asked if 
she could go shopping with some friends. I found myself 
strangely asking her who the friends were, when she was 
coming home, and whether there would be any boys 
involved. We were both stunned. For the first time since 
we were effectively on our own, I had said something 
that sounded like a parent. After the initial shock, my 
sister said that they were girls from the soccer team, 
she would try to be home by dinner, and that there 
wouldn't be any boys. She followed up by saying, "you're 
the only man in my life, dad!" We both laughed and I 
told her to have a good time.

Mindy is the typical girl and loves to shop. So I was 
surprised when she came home just after noon. I had been 
playing Nintendo, and was considering pulling out a 
Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue. I was slightly 
disappointed, but knew I would get my chance later in 
the evening, so I yelled down to the other side of the 
house to acknowledge that I knew she was home. 

In a few minutes she was sitting cross-leg facing me. 
"Seth," she said softly, "I got something for you. I got 
a game, but I'm not sure you're going to like it. It's a 
sports game and I've never seen you play one. But you 
like games and I like soccer, so I thought it was 
something we could play together."

I hated sports games, but it was really touching that my 
sister wanted to do something for me. I gave the 
perfunctory 'you didn't have to', but when she said that 
it was because of how I had taken care of her and been 
there for her in the past few months she really wanted 
to, I leaned over gave her a hug and thanked her.

Ironically, I enjoyed the game much more than I thought 
I would. Perhaps part of it was that my sister was just 
not good at video games, but I kept taking the ball down 
the field and scoring. Rather than getting upset or 
frustrated, Mindy laughed and would bump my shoulder 
with hers trying to distract me. Eventually, we decided 
we would need dinner. As I was turning off the machine, 
my sister laid her head on my shoulder and said, "Seth, 
you really are a great guy, the best brother a sister 
could want. I hope that when I'm older I meet a guy just 
like you."

If there was one thing my sister and I never talked 
about it was boys and girls. Neither of us dated because 
she was too young and I just wasn't the type of guy that 
high school girls wanted to be seen with. I desperately 
wanted a girl to see something good in me, and now one 
did. Unfortunately, it was my sister.

In most ways the evening was uneventful, except for one 
minor detail. Because the twins' medical expenses were 
so high our parents tried to economize anyway possible. 
One aspect of this was to keep the heat turned down when 
the twins weren't home. Thus, on weekends they were in 
Philadelphia, or Baltimore, or Pittsburgh desperately 
trying to find out what was going on, Mindy and I were 
literally left in the cold. If we ever complained, my 
mother just said to put on a sweater.

Even though it was only October, it was going to be very 
cold that night. So both Mindy and I thought it would be 
a good idea to go to bed early. It got so bad, that 
instead of boxers and a T-shirt I slept in sweatpants 
and a sweater. Predictably, just about midnight Mindy 
came into my room and told me she was scared. She spread 
out on the floor like she normally did, but after about 
10 minutes she crawled over to my bed, shook my 
shoulder, and told me she was cold. I offered to get her 
another blanket, but instead she said, "Seth, could I 
get in bed with you."

I was stunned by the question, and thought that it would 
be a bad idea on so many levels. First, I only had a 
single bed. If we got in bed together, we would spend 
the night smushed against each other, and neither of us 
would get any sleep. On top of that, this was my sister. 
While I often fantasized about cuddling girls in bed, 
they were always the hot girls from high school. My 
sister had never entered that equation.

However, as I thought about it there were two reasons 
why it was a very good idea. First, with both of us in 
the same our body heat would help keep each other warm. 
Second, it's not like we never touched. We hugged often 
and occasionally on cold days when we watched TV we 
would cuddle up on the couch. She was my sister, so it 
probably wasn't a big deal.

I told her that it was okay, and she slid in bed behind 
me. We lay back to back and chatted for a little while. 
At first, we both complained about the lack of heat. We 
followed that by expressing our bitterness about our 
parents always being gone with the twins. However, 
eventually the conversation turned to the twins, Bobby 
and Mikey, and their failing health. They had been happy 
kids until about three years ago. Then they started 
having trouble eating. 

First it was a dairy, then meat, then most vegetables 
and some grains. Originally, our parents were able to 
adjust their diets, but eventually they could eat less 
and less. Now they were thin and emaciated and sometimes 
needed to be fed intravenously. The prognosis was very 
bad.

As we talked, I began to realize that my biggest 
frustration was that we couldn't be a family. I loved my 
mother and father, and of course the twins too, but it 
was hard because I almost never saw them. On the rare 
occasions that I did, a specter of what seemed to be the 
twins' imminent death hung over the house. Our parents 
might physically be there, but they never were really 
with us. 

The person in the family I loved the most was my sister, 
and unfortunately Mindy took their absence harder than I 
did. I was a bit of a loner, never really being in 
situations where I saw much of my friends' parents. 
However as an athlete, my sister constantly went to 
practices and games by herself. 

While the other girls got compliments from their parents 
and rides home, my sister had to depend on other people. 
This year, her frustration had turned into shame. I 
found this out one day when she was late from a game-
before I had started going to them. The field was about 
a mile from where we lived, so it should have been a 
quick ride with somebody's parents. 

However, it had taken her over an hour to get home. I 
was playing video games, and nonchalantly asked her what 
took her so long. She told me that she had walked home. 
Shocked that she couldn't get a ride from somebody's 
parents, I asked her why. Apparently, she had told 
everybody that our parents were coming to pick her up 
but would be a little bit late. Then after everybody 
else had left she changed out of her soccer cleats and 
started walking. When she started to cry, I decided that 
I would try to get to as many games as possible.

After a few minutes of talking in bed, I could hear 
Mindy's voice beginning to slow. Then she started to say 
nonsensical things and mutter unintelligibly. I knew she 
was falling asleep, so I told her good night and closed 
my eyes myself. In a few minutes I was asleep as well.

Sometime in the middle of the night, I awoke hot and 
sweaty. After shaking the cobwebs out of my head, I 
realized that Mindy and I were no longer back to back. 
Instead, I was still facing away from her, but she was 
lying with her chest to my back and arm draped over me. 
I felt uncomfortable, but it was because I was wearing a 
sweater. For some reason it didn't bother me that Mindy 
was cuddling. 

I sat up in bed and walked over to my dresser. I took 
off my sweater and threw it on a chair, then exchanged 
my sweaty T-shirt for a fresh one. Returning to bed, I 
gently pushed Mindy to the side of the bed I had 
previously been on. And then I lay down against her back 
to back.

Still later, I awoke a second time. I felt like there 
was a weight pressing against my chest and something 
tickling my face. My first thought was that it would be 
a terrible night's sleep, but then I realized that this 
time I was facing Mindy's back. Instead of one arm 
draped over her, I had been hugging her while we both 
slept. Though it was a little bit awkward, I decided 
that that I had curled up with her because it was so 
cold. Again, I turned back to back and returned to 
sleep.

I awoke first in the morning to the greatest shock. 
Before I opened my eyes I smelled morning breath. Still 
groggy, I wondered why I could smell my own breath, as I 
didn't remember it ever happening before. As I grew more 
awake, though, I realized it wasn't my breath. Mindy and 
I were lying face-to-face embracing with our faces just 
inches apart.

I don't know why it happened that way, but Mindy woke up 
before I could move. Immediately she screamed, which 
made me scream. Then with inhuman agility we both jumped 
backwards out of bed. We both started apologizing and 
talking about how weird it was. 

However, part of what I said was a lie. Something about 
waking up with Mindy in a tender embrace didn't feel 
weird. She was the person I loved more than anyone in 
the world. Though admittedly I didn't get much attention 
from girls, I did know that the way I felt about my 
sister was not what it would feel like to have a high 
school crush. Instead, it was a peaceful and comfortable 
love that I knew would last until I died.

Because of the stress of the twins' illness, our family 
usually dealt with uncomfortable situations with humor. 
Within a few minutes, Mindy and I were joking about the 
situation. She confessed that she really enjoyed sharing 
the bed with me; it made her feel connected to someone. 
I admitted that it wasn't so bad. Without thinking, I 
found myself saying that she could come in on any cold 
night.

Over the next few weeks, the situation with the twins 
grew even bleaker. At this point, the situation was so 
bad that they had been moved to a hospital in Memphis, 
Tennessee. I had heard about the city and thought it 
might be a fun place to go, but I knew the chances of us 
going down were very small. In addition, both my parents 
were down with Bobby and Mikey, so we were completely 
alone. 

Though occasionally one of our parents' friends would 
come to check up on us, our parents thought I was old 
enough and responsible enough to take care of both Mindy 
and myself. In effect, we were living alone and could do 
whatever we wanted.

In one way, that was good. Though Mindy was only 
supposed to come to my room on cold nights, she 
eventually started coming in every night. We didn't even 
make the pretense of sleeping back to back. Instead, she 
would slip into bed in front of me and I would spoon 
her. It was exciting and different every night. 

On nights it was warm enough she would shower after 
soccer practice. Then her hair would smell like the 
flowery shampoos my mother would buy. But on very cold 
nights, neither of us felt like getting wet in a cold 
house. Those times, I could smell the sweat in her hair. 
I didn't know how to tell her, but I liked that more. 
What was even weirder was that I realized that her 
natural scent turned me on more than any perfume could. 

Some people say it's natural to be attracted to people 
that you are around all the time, especially if it's 
somebody you love. In addition, I think it's only 
natural to be attracted to people who have similarities 
to us. Or at least that's what I told myself. I knew you 
weren't supposed be attracted to your sister. However 
when I thought about it, I realized that in some ways we 
had been living together more like a married couple than 
brother and sister. 

Every day we came home to each other. I would make 
dinner for both of us the best I could. We would do our 
homework together, and play video games together when we 
were done. Because we were alone and on a very tight 
budget, we would even sit down once a week and look at 
the finances to make sure we had enough money to get 
through until the next time our parents could send 
money.

As autumn passed and Thanksgiving came, we were alone. 
Neither of us really knew how to cook, so we ended up 
going to the house of one of my mother's friends. At 
first we were happy to have the invitation, but the day 
really turned into a disaster. When we got there we 
realized that it was more of a party for their extended 
family than an intimate dinner. Some people just greeted 
us and asked about general things like school and 
sports. 

Unfortunately, anytime you have a big gathering there is 
the nosy person. When one older woman asked why our 
parents weren't there, we gave a vague answer. Then she 
went and asked our mother's friend. I never really liked 
the woman because she was rather self-centered, and she 
immediately proved that my dislike was well-founded. 
Rather than respecting our privacy, she started to brag 
to everybody about how our parents weren't around 
because of the twins' illness and how she just had to 
invite us for dinner. By the time we left we were both 
ashamed and embarrassed.

That night when Mindy came to my bed, she was crying. At 
first she just said how embarrassed she was. It stabbed 
me like a knife when she asked, "Seth, why don't they 
love me?" It was devastating. I knew my sister took 
their absence harder than I did, but I hadn't known she 
felt that they didn't love us. Trying to be the 
reassuring big brother, I asked for her to turn and face 
me. She did, and as we looked to each other, I told her 
that I loved her. Then I leaned over to give her a kiss.

At first, it was just a kiss on the forehead. But I 
could tell that we both knew something had changed. 
Silently, Mindy leaned over and with her beautiful brown 
eyes wide open kissed me on the lips. It was just a 
quick kiss, but by the way she pulled back I realized 
that she was just trying to feel it out, trying to see 
how I would react. Though I hadn't really made a 
decision what to do, I found myself leaning in to kiss 
her. 

As our lips met her eyes were still open. I think we 
were both in shock, but when my sister closed her eyes I 
knew that my kiss was welcome. I closed my eyes and kept 
the kiss going. It wasn't a make out session; it was 
just the one kiss. However, we both realized it wasn't a 
sibling kiss. We were now living together as a couple.

Things were a little awkward the next morning, but by 
afternoon we were back to living together comfortably. 
That night, with the lights out we kissed again, this 
time for longer. It continued every night getting 
progressively more intense. It even got to the point 
where we talked about what was happening. We agreed that 
things needed to slow down, but we couldn't control 
ourselves. Eventually we gave in and just promised that 
we wouldn't have sex.

Just before Christmas during our nightly phone call with 
our parents, I could tell my mother and father seemed 
more upbeat. When we asked what was going on my mother 
said that the hospital had found a doctor with a 
promising new treatment. It was experimental, but it was 
something. We were all guarded in our enthusiasm because 
there had been promising treatments before. They all 
failed. However, over the next few weeks our parents 
mentioned that there was an improvement. Then strangely, 
they stopped giving us any news at all. We figured that 
this treatment, like all the others, had failed.

On Christmas Eve, we were devastated that our parents 
did not call. We figured that there was probably very 
bad news about the twins, so that made it even worse. We 
didn't have a Christmas tree that year or any presents, 
the only thing we did was get a ride to church then eat 
some boiled frozen pierogis when we got home. We had at 
least been hoping for a call from our parents, but none 
came.

We went to bed together as usual, and started a heavy 
make out session. We kissed with the desperation of two 
people who loved each other but otherwise were left 
alone in the world. This time, we both knew that things 
were going to go further. As our bodies rubbed against 
each other, Mindy said, "We can't have sex, but you can 
do anything else you want to me tonight."

I didn't know what I wanted to do, but I knew I wanted 
to do something. For a while I hesitated and just kept 
kissing her, but then finally I decided that I at least 
wanted to feel her body. When I put my hand on her 
stomach I could see her smile in the dim light of my 
nightlight. As I began to slide my hand under her shirt, 
I heard two exuberant shouts, one from my door and one 
from down the hall, "Merry Christmas!" Then I heard my 
mother scream.

When the overhead lights flashed on, we both turned and 
saw my mother standing at the door, her face in absolute 
shock. Then my father was next to her. At first his 
mouth hung open wide, but then his jaw clenched and his 
eyebrows arched. I could tell he was angry, as it looked 
like he would fly across the room and hit one or maybe 
both of us. We were only saved by Bobby and Mikey 
bouncing into the room and jumping onto the bed, hugging 
us as if all happiness in the world depended on it. The 
twins were better, but we were busted.

It turns out, that the twins had a rare condition where 
they couldn't digest something or other. Without 
treatment, it was devastating and they eventually would 
have starved to death. However, the treatment was rather 
simple. All that they had to do was take some kind of 
medicine or something that would replace some enzyme 
they were missing. 

When they started the treatment they had improved 
quickly. The reason why our parents had stopped giving 
us information is that they wanted to surprise us with 
the good news. The reason they hadn't called that day 
was because they were traveling home. Being together as 
a family was going to be a Christmas surprise.

At first, it seemed like everybody was trying to ignore 
what they had seen. But eventually the twins got tired-
they were still somewhat weak-and went to bed. Alone in 
the living room with our parents my mother started to 
cry. They asked us what happened and how long it'd been 
going on. 

Hanging my head, not in shame, but in disappointment 
that things would have to end, I told them the story. I 
held nothing back, and Mindy added some details as I 
continued. At one point I looked at her and noticed that 
instead of looking away from my parents, she looked at 
my mother directly in the eyes.

 When I finished the story, I could tell my parents were 
trying to stay calm. Holding back whatever he was 
feeling, our father told us that it couldn't happen 
again. Before I could say okay, I saw a pillow flash 
across the room, hitting him square in the face. Mindy 
was on her feet cursing my parents up and down. She said 
how they shouldn't have left us all alone. And then she 
said I was the only person she could depend on. Finally, 
she said that if we weren't able to continue our 
relationship, she was leaving. Our now obviously furious 
parents sent us both to our rooms.

When I got up the next morning, everyone else was still 
asleep. I thought that I would go to my sister's room, 
wake her up and maybe give her one last kiss. However, 
when I opened her door she wasn't there. I looked around 
her room, sensing that there had to be in answer to 
where she was somewhere in the room. Eventually I found 
her diary, which surprisingly was not very well hidden, 
and opened to a page that was marked. Folded between 
those pages was a note. It read, "Seth, if I can't be 
with you I can't stay. I don't know where I'm going, but 
when I get there, I want you to come find me."

It was a tense three days trying to figure out where my 
sister went. Finally, we got a call from an aunt who 
lived in New Jersey. My sister apparently had -a dumb 
thing to do-to Philadelphia. Then she navigated the 
public transportation to the train stop nearest their 
town, and then walked five miles to their house. It had 
taken most of the day, and when my uncle opened the 
door, they could both tell that something was terribly 
wrong. At the end of the phone conversation I heard my 
mother meekly say, "We'll be down this evening."

When we got there it was too late to have a family 
discussion, but the next morning the twins were driven 
to see a girl they had met on one of the trips to the 
hospital. She was in remission from leukemia, and was 
ecstatic that two of the only kids she knew who could 
understand what it was like to be in the hospital were 
coming to visit. When my father got back from dropping 
them off my aunt took charge of the conversation. 

She said my sister had told her what was going on. Then 
in a commanding voice she said that if Mindy and I 
wanted to stay with them we were welcome. She ended her 
part of the conversation by saying to our parents, "I 
just want you two to remember what you have in common, 
what you bonded over when you met in college."

Neither of my parents said anything, but I could tell 
that something had changed. They turned to each other 
and hugged. I could tell by the way they looked each 
other in the eyes that they had some deep and meaningful 
connection, some secret that my aunt knew about what had 
brought them together. Mindy and I both stared at them 
quizzically. Before we could ask what was going on 
though my father looked at us as he continued to hold my 
mother and said, "No, we're not related." I knew we 
would not get an answer even if we asked.

The conversation continued, and some ground rules were 
decided. Mindy and I would be allowed to continue our 
relationship. However, things were not allowed to go 
beyond kissing while we were under their roof. With the 
twins' condition improving, they needed to move out of 
my parents' room. Since it was 'inappropriate' for them 
to share a room with a teenage boy and since my sister 
would probably end up in my bedroom anyway, the twins 
would move into my room and I would move into Mindy's. 

However, we would keep separate beds to at least keep up 
the appearance that while it was a weird situation 
nothing was going on between us. We were also not 
allowed to have any friends in our room or tell anyone 
that we shared a bedroom. When the twins got back, they 
agreed to the same rules. They were happy to have their 
own room, and because they had been sick didn't have 
many friends to bring home anyway. Also, being young 
they didn't understand that a brother and sister should 
not be making out.

Over the next year and a half Mindy and I grew closer. 
We kept our promise that we wouldn't let things go 
further than they already had. After a few months of 
frustrating passion, we became more boyfriend and 
girlfriend than siblings. We wouldn't make out every 
night; there was no need to get everything in before we 
got caught. But when we did it was tender and caring. 

We kept the relationship hidden well though, I didn't 
ask any girls out, which wasn't surprising since I was a 
loner, and any time my sister was asked out she simply 
said my parents thought she was too young to date. I 
thought things were going wonderfully.

However, all good things must come to an end. Our smack 
in the face was my senior prom. I wanted to go, but I 
couldn't take the woman I really wanted to take. It 
would have been too much for me to show up with my 
sister. Without telling her, I agreed to go with the 
girl I knew who was also a loner. We were only going as 
friends, so it seemed like a good solution.

Mindy didn't take it well. When I told her, she flew off 
the handle. In between throwing things at me, she 
reminded me that she was my girlfriend and if I was 
going with anyone I should go with her. My parents tried 
to calm things down reminding her that we had to keep 
our relationship private. But my sister would have none 
of it. To her, it was the greatest betrayal.

I had learned over the past few years that my sister had 
a volatile streak. I now learned she could also be 
vindictive. Until I graduated a few weeks later, she 
didn't speak to me, and stopped sharing a room with me. 
Instead, she slept on the couch, only coming into the 
room to get what she needed. 

Her silence broke on graduation night when she 
congratulated me. But she would only speak to me briefly 
through the rest of June and July. To maximize our time 
together during what I thought was going to be a 
wonderful summer, I had scheduled myself for the last 
orientation at my college down in Washington DC. The 
first week of August though my sister went away to a two 
week soccer camp. She had not come back by the time I 
left.

Over the next few months, I called and even wrote 
letters trying to get some kind of response from her but 
none came. Over Thanksgiving, Christmas, and spring 
break she ignored me. When I got home at the end of the 
spring semester she ignored me for the rest of her 
school year. Then she and her traveling soccer team went 
to Europe for six weeks. She was home for a few days, 
and then went to spend a month as a counselor at a young 
girls' soccer camp. Finally the week before I went back 
to school she went off to her own soccer camp. She had 
managed to avoid me for the entire summer.

Surprisingly, my parents were understanding even though 
I was sure they would have been happy to see us apart. 
They explained up and down how teenage girls don't know 
what they want. My mother also stressed that sometimes 
people don't know how to apologize and let anger and 
grudges fester even though they don't want to. My father 
told me to just give it time, and maybe things would 
work out. I thought that maybe they knew something I 
didn't, but I didn't care. I was sure my relationship 
with my sister was over. 

When I returned to school for my sophomore year I made 
an effort not to be a loner and actually made one really 
good friend in a history elective. His name was Bernard, 
and he was gay as Mardi Gras. He would occasionally 
flirt just to get a rise out of me, but in reality we 
had a lot in common. Near the end of the second 
semester, I got an offer for a summer long internship at 
an architecture firm. Not being able to face Mindy for 
another summer I accepted.

The week after classes started in the fall semester of 
junior year, Bernard and I were playing Nintendo in our 
dorm room. "Seth man," he said laughing, "Why the fuck 
don't you date. You got to be pretty damn frustrated. 
Are you just waiting for me to actually give you that 
blow job?" 

I had never told him about my relationship with Mindy, 
but as I had gone a year not showing any interest in 
girls, or guys for that matter, it became hard for me to 
avoid the subject. I sighed and decided it was finally 
time to tell him. However, before the words came out of 
my mouth and almost on cue, the phone rang. When I 
answered a woman's voice on the other side said, "Is 
this Seth?" When I said that it was, she continued, "My 
name is Diana. I'm a freshman at State University, and I 
play soccer with your sister. I'm also her roommate." I 
was shocked, my sister was going to college just outside 
the city.

As I listened in silence on the other end of the line, 
Diana told me that after their first game my sister had 
looked very depressed. That night when Diana asked her 
what was wrong, Mindy had told her about how I would 
come to all of her games when our parents were away with 
the twins. She said that I was always the one she could 
hug, and it really hurt her that I wasn't there. 

Diane had tried to make her feel better, saying that she 
knew I was proud of her but that would probably be hard 
for me to get to their college for games. However, Mindy 
had told her that even though I was going to college 
nearby, we hadn't spoken for over two years. 

I managed to be happy and sad at the same time. I was 
sad because all of the hurt of the past two years came 
back. I was also sad because I knew it hurt Mindy too. I 
was happy though because at least my sister was thinking 
about me in a good way. I don't know how I responded, 
but Diana sighed and said that Mindy and I were exactly 
alike, bullheaded and stubborn. 

Finally, she said that Mindy didn't know she was 
calling, but I should come up and visit the next Friday. 
Though I said I didn't know if it was a good idea, Diana 
gave me their phone number and told me to think about 
it.

Bernard could tell that something was wrong, so he asked 
me if I was okay. I gave him vague details about the 
situation, mentioning how Mindy and I were estranged 
after depending on each other for so long. I left out 
the details about our relationship though. I had no idea 
how I could explain that. When I finished I asked him 
what he thought I should do. In the most caring voice I 
had ever heard from him he said that I should go. 
Tentatively, I picked up the phone and dialed the 
number. I was relieved when I got the answering machine. 
Though I thought I should just hang up I found myself 
saying, "Hi Mindy, it's Seth. I'm going to come by next 
Friday."

When Friday came Bernard was prancing about the room 
having me put on outfit after outfit. He said I needed 
to find something perfect for meeting a long-lost 
relative. I had no idea that they were outfits 
appropriate for that, but I was happy for his 
enthusiasm-it helped me to ignore my anxiety. Finally I 
left, taking the subway then a shuttle bus to her 
school. I looked at a campus map, found her dorm, and 
started walking.

When I called up from the call box, it was Diana who 
answered and buzzed me in. She was also the one who met 
me downstairs to sign me in. She was a very attractive 
African-American woman who I thought under different 
circumstances I might be attracted to, but she also wore 
a shirt that read "lesbian and proud of it". On the way 
up to their dorm room she asked if I was the brother or 
the boyfriend. I was crushed. I had spent the last two 
years thinking about Mindy and how nobody would ever 
replace her. And here she was replacing me. 

I had often thought that I would never date again, but 
it never occurred to me that she might not feel the 
same. Trying to act happy, I said I couldn't wait to 
meet the lucky guy. Diana snickered and said that this 
was the first time she would meet him as well. Mindy had 
never even mentioned a boyfriend until that week. 

When we got to their room Diana open the door and walked 
in first. When I followed I saw Mindy sitting on her bed 
on the other side of the room. Her hands were folded on 
her lap; her beautiful brown hair hung wavy over her 
shoulders. She looked beautiful, like she wanted to 
impress the boyfriend who was coming. However, she 
looked very nervous.

I quietly said hello not knowing whether I felt happy or 
sad. I had my sister back, but not in the way I wanted. 
I never thought it would be like this. Maybe it would 
have been better for me if we had never spoken again. 
But Mindy was a person I loved more than anyone else in 
the world. Even if it was painful for me, I would do 
whatever it took to make her happy.

Mindy said nothing. Instead, she jumped to her feet and 
ran across the room. In a second she was kissing me all 
over the face, telling me that she was wrong, she had 
acted like a little girl, and she never wanted to let go 
of me again. She finished by putting her hand behind my 
head and pulling me down she gave me the deepest French 
kiss she had ever given me. And then she held me, her 
head against my chest, and cried, "Seth, I loved you 
then. I love you now. And I am going to love you 
forever. I'm never going to leave you again. Please, 
promise you won't ever leave me."

When we finally broke our embrace, we noticed Diana 
standing in shock. Mindy looked at her and said, "I told 
you my brother and boyfriend was coming over tonight." 
When Diana stammered that she didn't know they were the 
same person, my sister replied, "You're the English 
major. 'Was' is singular. 'Were' is plural. I used 
'was'. Hence, you should have known they were the same 
person." Though I probably should have been worried 
about how Diana would react, I couldn't have cared less. 
Mindy had referred to me as her boyfriend. In her mind 
we had never broken up.

For a few minutes, it seemed like Diana was trying to 
make sense of the situation. Finally, she shrugged her 
shoulders and said, "Well, I'm a Dyke. Who am I to 
judge? Let's get dinner." I was shocked but happy. We 
now had a friend who accepted us.

Though Diana was accepting, we decided we should still 
keep things quiet. However, I started to attend every 
one of Mindy's home soccer games. It turned out she was 
a star. As a true freshman she was starting. She was 
also the leading goal scorer on the team. Eventually, I 
convinced Bernard to start coming to the games too. Even 
though he didn't know our secret, it was great to have 
another friend hanging around.

Though her team was pretty good, it was clear before the 
last game that they wouldn't make the playoffs. However, 
there was still tense excitement about the final game. 
Not only were they playing their rivals, but their other 
game this season had been close for most of the game. 
However, with five minutes left Mindy shined. She scored 
two goals, and had one assist. What had been a tie game 
quickly became a blowout, at least in soccer terms.

This game was tense and physical. There were a total of 
five yellow cards, two for State and three for the other 
team. The game was even closer after regulation and 
injury time the game was tied. Overtime didn't settle 
the match either. Finally, it came down to penalty 
kicks. Surprisingly, the coach opted not to have Mindy 
kick first. She was still a freshman, and he thought it 
might be too much pressure. So instead he had four 
upperclassman kick first. Unfortunately, all of their 
shots were blocked. Luckily, of the other team's shots, 
each was blocked by Diana who happened to be the only 
true freshman goalie in the league. 

Finally, with the other team's five players expended and 
each team's sixth person warming up, Mindy lined up on 
the ball. The entire stadium was silent during her 
approach and as the ball flew through the air. But there 
was an explosion of joy when the ball sailed into the 
upper left-hand corner just past the opposing goalies 
hands. With her arms in the air Mindy ran forward with a 
look of joyous shock on her face. She had done it. I had 
never been so happy for her.

But then something unexpected happened. Right as Mindy 
was trying to head back to her team the opposing goalie 
kicked her legs out from under her. As my sister lay on 
the ground the goalie kicked her in the head. Mindy lay 
motionless on the ground as the other woman kicked her 
in the stomach repeatedly. Diana who had been running 
over to celebrate, tackled the woman.

I had been sitting near the front with the other family 
members, so I hopped the railing and quickly ran onto 
the field. The coaches and players knew I was Mindy's 
brother so they didn't stop me. As the other goalie was 
being held on the ground and the campus police ran 
towards her, I got to my sister. She had somehow managed 
to roll onto her back. Not wanting to move her I just 
took her hand and looked at her. Her eyes open groggily 
and she asked, "Did I score?" I said she had as her eyes 
closed.

I stood back as the paramedics put Mindy on a backboard 
and stretcher. When they asked the coach if he wanted to 
ride with them, he said that I was her brother and I 
should be the one. As I walked away with the paramedics, 
the coach yelled that he would call our parents. When I 
looked back, I saw Diana crying on Bernard's shoulder. 
When we got to the hospital my sister was still 
unconscious. 

However, after a brain scan the doctors determined that 
even though she had a concussion, remarkably, it wasn't 
that bad. However, they still sedated her so she would 
sleep through the night and they could do more tests in 
the morning.

About an hour later the coach arrived, Diana and Bernard 
in tow. He agreed to let Diana come along because she 
was Mindy's best friend, and Diana had convinced him to 
bring along Bernard, as he was my best friend. As I sat 
by Mindy's bed, holding her hand gently, our friends sat 
at the other side of the room. Diana was apparently 
devastated, and Bernard held her the entire time. I had 
heard about the empathy that people in the gay community 
have for each other. It was reassuring to see that it 
was true.

Eventually, my parents arrived with the twins. They had 
driven all night so they could be there when their 
daughter woke up. At about 10 o'clock a groggy Mindy was 
sitting up in bed listening to a recap of everything 
that happened. Diana, Bernard, and I explained 
everything as my parents joy turned to fear. But by the 
time we were done we realized Mindy would be okay, and 
everyone was happy.

There were course other tests that had to be run, and 
one of the results left me numb. Because of all the 
kicks to her stomach, the doctors wanted to perform an 
MRI on Mindy's abdomen. The results were bad. The only 
internal organ with any damage was her uterus. Because 
of the trauma the doctor said that while she would not 
need surgery she would likely never be able to get 
pregnant.

Though I could tell she was numb as well, Mindy took the 
news better than I expected. She calmly asked everybody 
besides me to leave the room. When we were alone she 
asked me to get in the hospital bed with her, I sat 
behind her with my arms holding her gently. She leaned 
back against me, turned her head, and kissed me on the 
cheek. She told me she had never seriously thought about 
having children. The only person she would've wanted to 
have a child with was me, and she knew the risks that 
would entail. Now, she said we didn't have to worry 
about that. Nothing could keep us apart.

It was several months before Mindy had fully recovered. 
During that time I would go out to see her at State as 
often as I could. My parents felt like they needed to 
facilitate it, so they bought a car for me and paid for 
space in my university's garage. Bernard would often 
come out with me, though we hadn't told him the full 
nature of our relationship. So, often it was the four of 
us spending time together. They were also good enough to 
let us be alone for a little during each visit. Because 
of the concussion and the other injuries, my sister and 
I didn't do anything more than tenderly kissing. We 
didn't want there to be any more damage.

As spring semester passed it seemed as if love was in 
the air. Bernard started seeing somebody, though I had 
no idea who the guy was. All I know is that my friend 
was happier than I've ever seen him. He also grew his 
hair long and spent at least an hour every night 
brushing it while talking to his significant other on 
the phone. 

I figured the guy had to be closeted, as even when I 
asked to meet him Bernard politely refused. It was odd 
though, because every time they would go out, Bernard 
would dress as feminine as he could without putting on 
women's clothing. Why would the guy be willing to be 
seen with the very feminine man but not be willing to 
meet the guy's best friend?

According to Mindy, Diane had met somebody too. In her 
case though, she had cut her hair really short and 
started to dress more butch. Much like Bernard, she 
would not tell Mindy anything about her new girlfriend.

Luckily, our schools had the same spring break. Diana's 
family owned a three bedroom condo down at the beach, 
and though she and Mindy had to spend the week training, 
the four of us hopped in my car Friday afternoon and 
drove off on a mini vacation. Mindy and I were happy, 
but Diana and Bernard were ecstatic. As we drove along 
Diana kept saying that there was going to be some big 
relationship news that tonight. We figured we would 
finally get to know who her new girlfriend was. She also 
knew that Mindy and I had finally decided to tell 
Bernard the true nature of our relationship.

When we got there, Mindy and I took our stuff to one of 
the smaller bedrooms while Diana and Bernard were at the 
window talking about the view. My sister and I both 
freshened up and put on the nicest clothes we ha, as 
Diana had made dinner reservations at the nicest 
restaurant that was open during the offseason. When we 
got back out to the living room Diana and Bernard had 
also moved their stuff to their bedrooms. Diana looked 
as butch as she probably could, while Bernard even had 
makeup on, though he didn't do a very good job and it 
looked a little smeared. If he was going cross dress, he 
obviously still had some learning to do.

Dinner was wonderful. We all ordered varieties of fish, 
and even got the waiter to bring us wine, though none of 
us were of age. Finally while we were waiting for 
dessert, Diane asked if everybody was ready for the big 
relationship news. After everyone said they were, Mindy 
and I turned to each other. Looking deeply into the 
others eyes, said that we were in love and were going to 
spend our lives together as a couple.

I hadn't thought about what response we might get, but 
was surprised when none came. I had been expecting 
something, but apparently the news didn't faze Bernard. 
When Mindy turned her face to look at Diane and Bernard, 
her mouth dropped. I quickly looked as well, and saw 
them making out. My gay roommate was dating my sister's 
lesbian roommate. When they finally stopped, I asked how 
they could be dating as they were both gay. 

Smiling, they looked lovingly at each other and said, 
"Make that gay plus one." When we repeated our secret to 
Bernard, he said that it been obvious because we really 
didn't interact like a brother and sister. When he had 
asked Diana, she simply told him. We all laughed at the 
irony the world brings. After dinner, we all took a walk 
along the beach. Two couples, four friends, all warmed 
by love in the cold ocean breeze.

Eventually, we made our way back to the condo. Mindy and 
I went to our bedroom, while Diana and Bernard went into 
the master bedroom. As I changed into my boxers and a T-
shirt, Mindy insisted on getting changed in the 
bathroom. Though we still had only ever made out, we had 
seen each other naked plenty of times. It was strange 
that now she was getting modest.

When my sister came out of the bathroom though I 
realized she had wanted privacy because of a surprise. 
She had redone her hair and put on a shimmering purple 
nighty. As I scanned it over I saw she wore panties of 
the same color underneath. Immediately, I was rock hard, 
and knew tonight would be different. Timidly, Mindy 
asked if I liked it. All I could do was nod my head yes.

Mindy glided across the room towards me. She hung her 
hands around my neck and kissed me deeply. It started 
off tender and gentle like we normally kissed but then 
it became more passionate. In seconds we were lying on 
the bed. When my hands slid under the nighty and up to 
her breasts she didn't protest. When I touched her 
nipples she let out a sigh and told me it felt 
wonderful. First her nighty was slid over her head, and 
then my T-shirt came off as well. Our chests pressed 
together, as I felt her skin truly against mine for the 
very first time.

My kisses moved away from her lips and onto her neck. 
She moaned as I worked my way down her neck, and then to 
her breasts. Her nipples were hard with excitement and I 
caressed one as I gently kissed the other. Mindy and I 
were both inexperienced, so I would occasionally do 
something wrong. But after a few minutes of me switching 
between her breasts, my sister arched her back and said, 
"Oh God! I'm cumming!" She then slumped down on the bed 
and told me how intense and wonderful it felt.

I was afraid our encounter was over because my sister 
had finished, but then she started rubbing me through my 
boxers and said that it was time. She pulled my boxers 
off with desperation and then slid her panties off her 
legs. Sliding the top sheets out from under her, Mindy 
spread her legs and I knelt between them. Even with the 
distance between her and my face I could smell her-musky 
and clean, somehow familiar.

Sitting up slightly, Mindy gently grasped me and started 
to stroke me. She told me that she knew it would hurt, 
but she wanted me to do whatever I needed to do. She 
wanted my first time to be wonderful. So slowly I slid 
myself inside of her, her hand guiding me to the right 
spot. I didn't feel any resistance, and remembered from 
my health classes that many female athletes have already 
torn their hymen by the time they have sex. Mindy was 
still tight though. So I started slowly, stopping 
occasionally to let her body adjust.

Slowly though, we picked up speed. We were somewhat 
awkward since it was each our first time, but our bodies 
did well enough. Eventually, a rhythm worked out, 
imperfect but sufficient. In just a few minutes I was 
driving in as hard as I could, feeling my cum building 
inside of me. Mindy was arching her back thrusting 
herself onto me as well telling me that she wanted it, 
and to make her a woman. 

Soon I drove myself in as far as I could and started to 
shoot inside of her. At the same time Mindy arched her 
back again, gasping with another orgasm. We lay there 
tired with me on top of her. I was still a little hard, 
so I slowly and gently continued to move as we both 
relaxed. I was still inside of her, inside of my sister, 
inside the place I was meant to be.

As I rolled off my sister, Mindy kissed me and told me 
that she had wanted that for years. I was her first and 
I would be her only. I told her that she would be the 
same for me. Then with a mischievous smile, she told me 
to rest up a bit because we weren't done for the night.

After a night that didn't involve sleep, we stripped the 
bed. Though there was no blood, there were stains all 
over. We decided that we would put it in the washing 
machine before the others awoke. However, when we got to 
the laundry room, we saw Diana putting bloody sheets 
into the washing machine herself. She turned to us and 
laughing said, "I never thought I'd have something up 
there." We started to laugh too.

As college continued, Mindy and I continued to keep our 
secret. After we had each graduated, we got an apartment 
together. Most of the friends we made along the way 
thought we were a couple that had married young, so we 
kept the details about our lives vague and ambiguous. 
However, after a few years something completely 
unexpected happened. One morning after a dinner at a 
surprisingly questionable new restaurant, Mindy was 
kneeling in front of the toilet throwing up.

It was surprising that she would get food poisoning and 
I didn't, since we both tried each other's food. We 
figured it would pass though. Then the next day she was 
sick again-and then the day after that. She always felt 
better by afternoon, so we weren't too concerned. But 
after the pattern repeated for a week, I convinced her 
that she needed to go to the doctor.

The appointment was in the afternoon, and surprisingly 
Mindy didn't call me afterword. So even though my firm 
was working on a major project, I told my boss that I 
couldn't work late. When I got home, Mindy was at the 
kitchen table crying. When asked her what was wrong all 
she could tell me was that they had told her that it 
would be okay and so we hadn't used protection. She 
never said exactly what was going on, but I realized my 
sister was pregnant.

We were honest with my sister's obstetrician who told us 
that there was a very good chance the twins she was 
carrying would have some kind of genetic condition. 
However, later in the pregnancy, tests began to come 
back negative; it looked like we might be lucky.

However, for Mindy that was only one problem. She was 
afraid that eventually people would find out that we 
weren't married, but instead were siblings. Luckily, 
Bernard came from a powerful political family in our 
home state, and was able to convince an uncle to get us 
fake birth certificates. Mine had our father's name but 
no mother, my sister is had our mothers name but no 
father. Our last name was rather common so we didn't 
think we have any questions.

Again though, that wasn't enough for my sister. We were 
both lapsed Catholics, but my sister decided she wanted 
a church wedding. So we found a parish to join and an 
old priest who would marry us even though we were living 
together. We decided we would lie to the priest about 
being related, but during one of our meetings my sister 
broke down. During a flood of tears she told him the 
entire truth. 

She thought she would go to hell if she lied to a 
priest. Luckily, the old priest had seen a lot in his 
career. He let us know that throughout history the 
church had been willing to make exceptions in 
extraordinary circumstances. He would talk to the 
archbishop. It would probably not come to anything, but 
he would try to get one for us.

Two weeks later, we were sitting in the office of the 
Archbishop, a stern looking man famous for his 
orthodoxy. The old priest was sitting next to us trying 
to explain the situation. The Archbishop was looking 
over the letter that our priest had sent to him, as well 
as copies of our birth certificates-both real and the 
fakes. 

Finally, he threw himself back in his chair and crossed 
his arms and said, "Father Simon, I've always 
appreciated your sense of humor, but this time it's too 
much. This is not a laughing matter. Marriage is a 
sacrament of the Chruch and should not be a joke. Now I 
know this gentleman and his lady wish to get married. 
And I won't give an exception because none is needed." 
Then he sat forward, elbows on his desk and cracked half 
a smile continuing, "Well okay, maybe it is a little 
funny." It was settled my sister and I were getting 
married.

When we all stood up and shook hands the Archbishop said 
that if he understood correctly I was an architect. When 
I replied that I was, he asked if my firm worked with 
historical buildings to which I responded that it was 
our specialty. Smiling, he invited me to join him on the 
dome.

Apparently there was some work that needed to be done 
and he wanted to see if it was something we'd be 
interested in. After 10 minutes climbing narrow winding 
staircases, he showed me one of the nicest views of the 
city I had ever seen. The capital and the Washington 
Monument were visible in the background. But what was 
most remarkable were the lights of the cars on the 
streets below flashing by like the lights in a dance 
club.

After pointing out the damage to me, the Archbishop 
asked me to look at the building directly across the 
street. He asked me if I knew what was there. When I 
responded that I didn't he told me that it was an 
abortion clinic. Then he pointed up and another street 
and told me there was another one up there. 

Finally, he sighed and looked at me with the deepest 
pain in his eyes. "Seth", he said sadly, "I know that 
Mindy is your sister, and the situation is a bit 
troubling. However, you and your sister aren't taking 
the easy way out. But do you know how many people do?" I 
shook my head telling him that I didn't. 

Almost desperately he continued, "In this diocese it's 
tens if not scores of thousands every year. So many men 
and women get into bad situations and don't know how to 
get out. For some of them it's because they're afraid of 
losing a job or being shunned by their families. But for 
most, it's because they don't believe in love. They 
don't believe in the strength and the power of love. 

"If there's one thing our Lord and Savior taught us it's 
that with the power of his love and our love for our 
brothers and sisters we can change the world. Remember 
that St. Paul said that the last thing that ever exists 
will be love. I figured out that everyone was telling 
the truth the moment I met you. You and Mindy look too 
much alike to not be related. But can you imagine the 
scandal if I allowed a brother and sister to get 
married? There are now two witnesses to say that I 
didn't believe you. 

"Then there's you. I wanted to let you know that I know 
the truth, but I'm willing to keep a secret. I truly 
think that there are too many in this church and too 
many in the world, but I'll keep yours. I don't mind if 
you tell your sister, but don't tell anyone else. It's 
obvious to me how much you love each other, and I am not 
going to come between that. I do not believe that God 
will judge any of us for this. Love your sister, cherish 
your wife. That's all I ask of you. Now let's go back 
down to my office so I can write down whom to call about 
an estimate for this dome."

***

A month later, Mindy and I were married in a quiet 
chapel at the Cathedral. The excuse we used was that 
most people thought we were already married and didn't 
want to let them know we weren't, but the real reason 
was that the Archbishop and I decided that the more 
people who knew, the bigger the risk of people finding 
out we were siblings. 

Father Simon celebrated the wedding and the Archbishop 
concelebrated with him. Our parents were there with the 
twins. Diana and Bernard stood as maid of honor and best 
man. They wore matching tuxedo jackets over their 
matching black dresses. Though it put everyone else off 
slightly, we thought it was funny.

A few months later I held my sisters hand as she 
delivered twin boys. We named Joseph and Simon after the 
Archbishop and the priest who married us. In general, 
they were healthy. Though it became apparent they had 
the same condition the twins had. However, it was easily 
treatable by this point, so in the overall grand scheme 
of things it wasn't a big deal. Because of the damage 
that had been done to Mindy's womb in that fateful 
soccer game, the doctors told us of severe risks if she 
ever got pregnant again. 

Even though things went well this time, the next time 
could be deadly. Though we were sad to know that our 
family would not get any bigger, we agreed that my 
sister should have her tubes tied. We also knew that 
next time we not might not be so lucky.

People have told me that in Greek there are over a dozen 
words for love. Each has its distinct meaning about 
passionate love, or fraternal love-or even sibling love. 
Somewhere along the line these got conflated for my 
sister and me. I'm not saying it's the right thing for 
everybody, or even that it's a good thing at all, but so 
far it's been working for us. 

We still have to keep things secret, lying even to our 
children about why they only have one set of 
grandparents. But again, they say you can't help who you 
love. And I love my sister more than anybody in the 
world.

On the night after our twins' first soccer game, Mindy 
came into the bedroom wearing that shimmering purple 
nighty and panty combination she wore years ago at the 
beach. It didn't fit as well as it did when she was a 
19-year-old freshman in college. Her breasts were bigger 
and sagged a little from nursing, and though she was 
still in great shape her skin was slightly loose with 
stretch marks. To me, though, she was even more 
beautiful than back then.

Without a word she gently pushed me onto my back and 
slipped off my boxers and T-shirt. Then after removing 
her panties, she slid between my legs and took me in her 
mouth. Gently, she worked me until I was rock hard. When 
she stopped, I offered to go down on her, but instead 
she wanted to feel me inside of her. I nodded my assent, 
and she mounted me slowly sliding down with me inside of 
her. 

Rocking her hips back and forth, she worked herself to 
exhaustion. When she couldn't continue, she got on her 
hands and knees and let me take her doggy style, our 
favorite position. We finished with me ramming myself in 
her and cumming, while she bucked her hips back into me.

After sex we usually liked to savor the moment no matter 
what position we were in. As I stayed behind her, Mindy 
told me to look at the small of her back. On her skin 
was a just healed tattoo that read, "To my loving 
brother and the love of my life." She looked back and 
told me that the tattoo artist must not have been very 
smart. He thought it was a dedication to two people. It 
was really a double dedication to me. How could I love 
anyone as much as I love my wife, my sister, and my 
everything?

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Authors note: I'm not really big into the judging. 
However, as someone who was sexually abused by a close 
family member (not a brother or sister), I can tell you 
that any sexual activity between family members can be 
devastating. Seth and Mindy are fictional characters, 
and the story is an allegory about how love can come out 
of hardship and persist afterward. This is not something 
you should try at home. 

I also understand from consensual activity with another 
family member (the same age as me but not a brother or 
sister) that even what seems loving and playful at the 
time can lead to confusion later in life. I've dealt 
with these things in counseling for the better part of 
two decades. Don't let your children (if you have any) 
end up in my situation. 

If you've been in a situation like Seth and Mindy found 
themselves and it has had a good ending, I bless you 
with all my heart. If you found yourself in a situation 
like me, I hope for the best for you. And most of all if 
it's become destructive to you or others, for God's sake 
get help. There are counselors and clergy who are more 
than willing to help. 

And of course, if you're just reading the story for fun, 
check out my other work at www.asstr.org/~Secret_DC_Guy. 

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This story was written as an adult fantasy. The author
does not condone the described behavior in real life in 
any way, shape or form. Anyone tempted to act out any of 
the scenarios in this story should seriously consider 
seeking professional help.
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