Author's Note: Again, I apologize for how long it's taken for the next story. Sadly, there's not much time to write these days. But thank you to my readers for your patience and encouragement to continue writing. It's very appreciated.
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Ross and Cassie sat in his apartment watching a movie. A bowl of popcorn sat in his lap, and he held a wine glass, which his cousin was refilling.
Tortured thoughts played in his head. "She's your cousin. She's your cousin! If she knew what was going on in your head she'd think you were sick!"
Cassie reached over and took some popcorn from the bowl, so close to his crotch.
"Or would she?" A slight smile crossed his lips as he reconsidered his assumption. The voice in his head went on. "Let's back up a second. She was the one who suggested opening a bottle of wine. She was the one who turned down the lights. She was the one that wanted to rent Logan's Run, the sexiest movie ever."
Cassie grabbed the blanket from behind him, giving him a silent sultry look.
"Oh, I know that look," his mind decided. "Forget it. I want it. She wants it. I'm going in."
He leaned in quickly to kiss her. Cassie fluidly slipped back from him, evading his lips.
"Hey! What the hell are you doing?!" she said with faux indignation. She wasn't about to let him have her with just a kiss. If she wanted him to truly throw caution to the wind, and forget about anything being "wrong", she needed to keep him off-balance for a little while longer.
They sat upright again. She successfully kept an angry look, as she stared at him.
Ross' thoughts stammered for the right response. "Say something clever!... Okay, doesn't have to be clever, it just has to be words. Say some words... Any words will do... Omigod! This is the longest that anyone has not talked ever!... There is nothing you can say to make this worse!! So just say something!!..."
He hesitantly broke the silence. "I, I... I, uh, haven't had sex in a very long time."
Cassie's look softened somewhat. "Ross, you know I'm your cousin, right?"
"Yes," he said, very embarrassed, not wanting to make eye-contact.
"And you know that us having sex would be wrong, right?"
"Uh huh," he quietly admitted.
She turned back to watching the video. Cassie dipped her hand into the bowl again.
"REALLY wrong..."
"Uh huh..." he agreed, nervously munching.
She retrieved more popcorn.
"No matter how good it would be..."
"Uh..."
Cassie's hand went back toward the bowl. As their eyes were locked on the TV screen, her hand "missed" the bowl and slipped behind it. The back of her fingers brushed against the soft bulge in Ross' pants.
"Oops," she said, before slowly pulling it out and grabbing from the bowl.
"OOPS?!?" his mind questioned. "How could she mean 'oops'? She totally meant to do that! Oh god, did she mean to do that? Wait a minute, she just got mad when I... I thought she didn't... But she had to have done that on purpose. No one just 'misses' a popcorn bowl..."
The movie played on, and Cassie smiled to herself, perceiving the desire and confusion she had built in Ross.
"How long?" she asked, interrupting his thoughts.
"Um, what?"
"How long since you've had sex?"
"Uh.." He blinked hard, trying to clear his head, uncertain that he had heard her correctly. "Well... months."
"Wow," she replied with just enough sympathy to pique his interest. "That's a long time..."
They sat in silence. Ross, trying to figure out just what his cousin was thinking. And Cassie, still trying to fight that little smile.
It seemed like forever, that she allowed him to struggle.
Just when she sensed that he had pushed aside the possibilities, Cassie set down her glass of wine. She lithely moved across the couch and straddled Ross' hips. Her tight jeans rubbed against the grey cotton of his pants. Light brown hair hung in waves, framing her face, and cascading down her chest. The bowl of popcorn that sat in Ross' lap, now was nestled between their legs. She slipped her hands beneath the bowl, rubbing against his thighs and crotch.
"Popcorn?" she offered with a mixture of seduction and innocence. Ross could only shake his head in a daze. Wordlessly, she removed the bowl, and placed it on the coffee table behind her.
Ross took this time to steal a glance. She was wearing a red, long sleeve top. It had a low v-neck, and as she stretched backwards to dispose of the popcorn bowl, his eyes ran to the bare tanned skin showing inside the V. Then his sight went to her pert breasts, standing out beneath her shirt. As she turned back, his eyes immediately moved to her face. He didn't know why... they were in a very compromising position... one that she was creating. But still, he was almost afraid of being caught looking at his cousin's chest.
Cassie had seen his "change of view" out of the corner of her eye. She knew she had him. She placed her forearms on the back of the couch, behind his head. Crossing her wrists, she trapped his head, and settled her body closer to his.
Ross looked up at her, staring into those beautiful eyes. But more than that, he found himself fixated on her lips. Full... luscious... pouty... They looked so soft. He wanted so much to kiss them... to find out just how soft they were. And... and more than just kissing them, he wanted to...
"No, no," his mind chastised, recalling her angry look of a few minutes before. "Let's have none of that here. You don't even know what she REALLY has in mind. Besides... she IS your cousin... and that would be..."