Author's Notes
All characters are 18 or over.
Warning: This story includes non-monogamous sexual activity among single persons as well as sexual activity between siblings. If you find either of these offensive, you should not read this story.
The first nineteen chapters of this story were provided as one submission. However, in response to reader feedback, the continuation is being submitted in smaller chunks.
In spite of this being a continuation, it is not essential that the first nineteen chapters be read before going on to this chapter and beyond. However, the reader who does, will have a better understanding of the characters and their motivations.
From this chapter onward, all chapters should be read in sequence.
The complete story has been written. Beginning with this chapter, one chapter will be submitted every three or four days until all of it has been posted.
Thanks to Linda62953 who assisted with the editing.
Previously
Eighteen year-old Ashley Adams was still a virgin but she wasn't planning to remain that way long. Until recently her twin brother Brad had thought of her as his innocent little sister, (although she was actually seven minutes older), but when the drapes from her bedroom windows were sent to the cleaners, he embarked on a bit of spying.
Unbeknown to Brad however, Ashley was not only aware of his clandestine activity, but even worked a bit at furthering his interest. Although the knowledge that she was being watched by her brother was somewhat frightening, she also found it intoxicating, resulting in her having less and less concern for modesty when alone at home with him. Brad was not immune to the change in his sister's attitude and joyfully abandoned his role as protector, encouraging her instead toward even more revealing attire.
Ashley became intrigued by and began dating her brother's best friend Jarrad, a charmer in a roguish way. Her sexuality excited him also and he encouraged it further... and not just in private either. She was embarrassed, by how easily she could be talked into behavior she had previously considered very inappropriate.
Chapter XX.
Ashley had retreated to her room. It had been an eventful morning. She had started it by sitting down to breakfast with her brother, dressed only in a worn dress shirt and panties. This, by itself, was not all that unusual. Lately, it had become almost normal for her not to be wearing much when at home with just her brother.
Then Jarrad and his cousin showed up, and instead of putting on something more suited to hanging out with three eighteen year old guys, she allowed herself to be talked into remaining as she was. Sure, it was a bit on the naughty side, especially so since she had never before even
met
Jarrad's cousin, but after all, as she told herself, she was still wearing more than she would be on a public beach.
If it had stopped there, she might have been able to chalk it up to expanding her horizons, but then they went into the den and once again, she allowed herself to be talked into something she knew she shouldn't be doing. She danced for and with the guys, wearing only the panties and the worn dress shirt.
She loved the attention and encouragement she got, even from her brother, and it wasn't long before the panties were gone and the shirt was unbuttoned. In hindsight, she realized how fortunate it had been, that Jarrad and his cousin got a phone call from home and had to leave before things went any further.
However, she had gone well beyond anything she had ever done before and well beyond anything, she thought she should be doing. She really did need to slow things down.
It was nearly noon and her brother would be expecting her in the kitchen to help with lunch. She couldn't pretend that the morning hadn't happened. "
My God,
" she thought as she recalled dancing with her brother while wearing
only
an unbuttoned shirt. There was no way she could allow him to think
that
would be the new 'normal'.
Guessing that Ashley was probably embarrassed over what had transpired earlier in the day, Brad expected there to be a noticeable change in how his sister dressed and otherwise behaved. He was prepared to find her dressed as modestly as she had been when he thought her to be so innocent.
When Brad got to the kitchen, Ashley was already there fixing soup to go with sandwiches. The sight that greeted him though, was not what he was expecting. He stopped dead in his tracks. Yes, Ashley was embarrassed, so much so that she had even considered
not
showing up for lunch. She chose instead to pretend that what had happened that morning was okay, of her own choosing, and not something her brother and his friends had coerced her into. Besides, she wasn't so sure that wasn't the truth anyway.
Instead of the modest attire Brad had expected, Ashley was dressed in only her underwear – a bra and panties. Granted, it was probably the most conservative underwear she owned, but it was still underwear.
Ashley turned to greet her brother and saw that he had stopped in the doorway, staring in her direction. She felt it necessary to say something about how she was dressed. "You got to see plenty of me earlier in the day, without underwear, or much else either." Ashley smiled, painting a cheery mood over her embarrassment. "I hope you don't mind if I dressed up a little for lunch."
"Uh no... Of course not... it's very nice. I was afraid you might be planning to join a nunnery."
"
Probably not a bad idea," thought Ashley. She was determined, however, to hide her discomfort. "No way," she responded cheerily, "I'm having too much fun to even think about that. Now get the sandwich stuff out of the fridge." Ashley turned back to the stove where the soup was about to boil over.
"Oh yeah, right." Brad turned and opened the refrigerator. He got out the tuna salad, cold cuts, mustard, mayo and cheese. From the pantry, he retrieved a fresh loaf of bread and put all of it on the table while Ashley busied herself ladling the soup into bowls, attempting to hide the self-consciousness she was feeling.
Seated at the table, she buried her concerns in the business of eating lunch, nervously noting however that her brother's gaze was fixed on her near naked body. Her embarrassment was waning however and she was beginning to enjoy his attention when he said, "The uh... bra and panties... I like it. Am I going to be seeing more of them?"
Ashley stopped abruptly with a spoonful of soup in mid-air. She turned bright red as she stammered to find the words she hoped would be the right ones. "Uh... uh... since you like it..." She strained to show a confidence she did not feel, pausing long enough to shovel the soup into her mouth and get it swallowed.
She doubted quite seriously if she'd ever have the nerve to dress this way again but she didn't want her brother to know that. "Well," she continued, "Uh, not every day, but yes, maybe, once in a while."
"And uh... this morning then... you sort of enjoyed yourself. It wasn't just something we talked you into," Brad asked as he put the glass of milk to his lips.
Ashley choked on her sandwich. How was she going to answer that one? What she had done that morning... well it certainly wasn't the way a "good" girl was supposed to behave. On the other hand, they hadn't exactly forced her into it either. "Uh, yeah..." she allowed sheepishly, "I guess that's right..." Ashley looked like the proverbial deer caught in the headlights. "But I was also scared," she quickly added. "It was all like way too much and I don't think I want to talk about it anymore."
"Sorry," Brad said, returning his glass to the table, "But at least let me say that, whatever... I am still your brother and I love you."
Ashley had finished her lunch and was looking at Brad as he spoke. She was genuinely relieved by her brother's apparent acceptance of the morning's events. "I am so glad that I have a brother like you and I love you too."
"So what are you going to do for the rest of the day?" Brad asked, perusing his sister's delectable form as they began clearing the table.
Ashley admitted to herself that she liked the way her brother was looking her over, but after this morning, she needed to put a little distance between them, at least for a while. "Mom brought me a new Cosmo from the city. I thought I might spend the afternoon in my room, reading that."
With his sister's body covered by only a bra and panties, Brad was disappointed that she was going to hide it in her room. Still, he had promised Dad that he'd help clean up the garage this week. Maybe he could get started on that.
As Ashley headed for her room, Brad quipped, "You might want to change before Mom and Dad get home. I doubt they would like seeing you in your underwear as much as I do."
Ashley flashed bright red at the remark but wanted her response to sound confident. "I'll keep that in mind," she said cheerily. Then grinning she added, "Especially the part about you liking it."
Although the twins each had a TV in their room, it had become the custom after dinner each night, unless they were going out, that they joined Mom and Dad in the den. There the whole family watched television together or otherwise engaged in some common activity. It was also customary that the family's together time ended between ten and eleven when they drifted off to their own rooms.
This evening, Ashley was wearing a tight pair of jeans and a button-up blouse over the underwear she had worn at lunch. Over dinner and later while watching television, she noticed Brad sneaking peeks in her direction. She took it as a compliment that even when dressed for a family gathering, she still looked good enough to garner her brother's attention.
Tonight, the folks were the first to leave. After the news, they said their good-nights and departed, leaving the twins alone to watch the late night talk show. "You wanna go for a swim," Ashley asked after their parents were out of the room.
Brad was surprised by his sister's suggestion but hastily replied, "Well yeah, sure, of course."
Ashley sensed that Brad had probably been miffed at her spending the afternoon in her room. She had offered an olive branch but was afraid he might be reading too much into it. "With suits," she clarified.
She was right, Brad had assumed she meant skinny-dipping, but he knew he couldn't let her know that he had been thinking that. He pretended that that was understood. "Oh sure," he responded, "With Mom and Dad home, that's a must."
"See you in ten," she said cheerily, as she got up from her seat.