We were close, very close, sometimes I think we were closer then a brother and sister, of 18 and 21 should be. Our parents, for the most part, ignored us. They figured us to be good kids, and didn't feel that they had to keep tight tabs on what we did. When they did take a notion every once in a while, to check up on us, what they found only made them happy, and served as reinforcement for what they already believed.
A few years ago, I began crawling into bed with you. You never protested, just moved over and then held me tightly to you as you fell back asleep. I only remember that the reason that I came to you, was because I was scared. I felt safe with you. It eventually got so that we rarely slept without each other anymore. If I didn't come to you, you came to me. I would go to my room, and find that I couldn't stand being without you near me. I needed to feel your body close to mine, I needed to hear your steady breathing. I never asked you, but I guessed it was the same for you, because on the nights when I had made myself stay in my own bed, and go to sleep by myself, you would come into my room, and wake me gently. You'd slide into my bed with me, and we'd fall deeply asleep wrapped around each other. We NEVER did anything that could have been considered naughty, but what happened ... well it was inevitable I suppose.
We went to school together, we had one class the same, it was a swimming class. Unfortunately, you weren't doing to well in the class. You weren't scared of the water, by any means, but you couldn't seem to catch onto the newest lesson. The instructor had been teaching us some swimming techniques for the deep water. Things that would also help us if we were to ever find ourselves in trouble in the water. It was these things that you were having trouble learning. After class, we went to the instructor, and told him that you were having some problems. At first, he began to tell us that you'd soon catch on, but I knew you, it's always been much easier for you to learn when it's one on one instruction. I explained to Mr. Erikson that you would be able to learn it quicker, if I was able to help you, and that we wanted to know if we could have the use of the pool that day. He was surprised at first, but not un-reluctant. He told us that as long as we promised to make sure that the doors were shut tightly after we were done, that he had no problem with it, he in fact commended our dedication to school and to each other.