I'm sorry I have taken so long since my last story submission but work and family takes its toll on all of us, I suppose :-)
This story has a very slow buildup, which is the kind I like best. I hope you like it too. As always, any and all comments are welcome. I hope you enjoy your read!
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Finally, graduation day was over and a long summer holiday beckoned. After the summer I was going away to college in a far away state, far away from my grandparents, that is. My parents died in a car accident 4 years ago and I had to move to my grandparents, meaning that while I had to deal with the loss of my parents, I also had to cope with a new school, new city, a new house -- everything was new. I even lost my sister. Not that she died or anything, but she's 5 years older than me and had already started college and left home. She lived in a dorm during her college years and only rarely came home. Mandy, as she's called (short for Amanda), and I kept in touch through the phone and e-mails. We've always been close since our parents were involved in international business and often went abroad, leaving me and Mandy to fend for ourselves -- meaning that Mandy was left in charge and had to take care of me.
Our parent's death meant that I could afford any Ivy League school I wanted but my choice was to go to UCSD, since Mandy lives close by. We had already agreed that I'd stay at her house, at least for a while, so I could focus on getting started in school and learning the ropes in a Californian city which is somewhat different from an Iowa town of 3500 souls, I'm sure. Our grandparents had decided that I should stay at least half the summer with them but then the Monday after graduation, the phone rang. It was Mandy.
"Hi Sean. Congratulations to finishing school. Feels good, huh?"
"Hi Mandy. Thanks. And yes, it feels great. I can't wait to leave this hole in the ground."
"I'm sure. Hey, I was thinking...why do you have to stay there for another 5 weeks? Why can't you come here right away? I can take a few weeks off, we can go somewhere and you'll get the chance to get your bearings around here. I feel we need to reconnect since we haven't met in so long."
"Me too, sis. Me too. When's the last time we met, anyway?"
"2 years ago, when I graduated. I'm so sorry Sean. I haven't really taken care of you, have I?"
"Shut up with that nonsense, sis! You're my sister and I love you. If I'd had the chance I'd left here years ago myself. Grandpa isn't exactly getting easier to get along with and Granny is Granny...as long as you finish your meal and do what she says, she's happy. If not, there's hell to pay. Gramps is slowly pulling himself away, mentally if not physically. All he does is go to church, talk with rev. Paul and read the Bible. I understand perfectly why you couldn't live here."
Indeed I could. Mandy has always been a vibrant, healthy girl with a large appetite on life. Our grandparents would have tried to kill her love of life and make her into a prim, prissy goody-two-shoes, like most other girls in town. In fact, I knew only of one girl who didn't fit that mould, Annie Clarkson, and she was generally regarded as a whore in the community. Well, she did give me my first, and only, lessons in sex -- blowjobs, pussy-licking and fucking -- but she never demanded any payment. She just loved sex.
She left me after 3 months, the best 3 months of my life so far, and got together with a 4-years older, ex-football star. 9 months later she had a baby and he left, to the smug contentment of most of the grown-ups in the town. Grandpa told me all about this town-slut and how bad an influence she was and how unfit she was for mother-hood and so on. He went on and on for hours. Finally, just to shut him up, I told him that I'd gone out with her for a few months and he flew into a fit. He was furious with me and even sent me to the doctor's for a check-up -- he was certain I had Syphilis or worse. That's when life became unbearable for me.
Suddenly I heard Mandy's voice.
"Hello! SEAN!"
"Oh sorry, sis. I just started thinking about something. What did you say?"
"Do you want to come over here sooner?"
"Of course I do."
"Good, let me speak to Granny, then."
I went into the kitchen and gave my grandmother the phone.
"Hello?...Mandy?" She listened for a long while.
"I'm not sure your grandfather will think that's such a great idea...No need to be rude, young lady!...I'll talk to him...WHAT?! Never, not if I can stop it!"
She handed me the phone back.
"Your sister must have lost her mind."
"Hello? Mandy?"
"Eh...that didn't go too well. They won't let you come early. Maybe not at all. Fuck!"
"So...what can I do?"
"Do you really want to move here?"
"Of course I do."
"Are you aware that by going you might lose contact with the old folks for good?"
"If they try to stop me from doing what's best for me, fuck 'em!"
"That's the spirit, little brother. Then I suggest you get your money and what stuff you can put in a small bag and take the bus to the airport. I'll arrange for tickets that you can pick up when you get there."
"Ok. When?"
"Can you leave the house tomorrow night?"
"Sure. The old ones go to bed at 9 or 10. Nothing can wake them up."
"Great! Get to the airport and I'll make sure there are tickets waiting for you for a mid-morning flight. Then I'll pick you up at the airport and we'll take it from there. ok?"
"Sounds great, sis. I can't wait."