Author's note: This is Chapter 3 of "Fourth Year After", the last book in my series that began with "First Year After." Then Second, Third, you get the picture. If you have not read the earlier books in the series, I recommend you do, so you'll know who the characters are, how they relate to each other, and how they got to where they are now.
As always, all sexual acts described here involve fictional characters over the age of 18.
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March 12, 2016
Just before Henry was going to head to the airport to pick Sandy up for Spring Break, he got called to the hospital for a birth, so Mom and I went to pick her up instead. Mom dropped me off at the curb to go find Sandy, while she circled around. Inside the terminal, I checked, and Sandy's flight had just landed, so I headed towards security to look for her.
"Hi, Sandy!" I called out, when I spotted her come through the security gate, toting her laptop bag and purse. She was wearing a red sweater and jeans.
"Oh! Hi, Drew! I wasn't expecting you," Sandy said.
"Dad got called to the hospital, so I came along with Mom, to help with your bags. She'll meet us at the curb. Weren't Aaron and Amanda supposed to be on your flight, too?"
Sandy frowned. "They changed their minds, and went to Minneapolis for break, instead."
"Anything wrong between the three of you?" I asked, unsure whether I wanted the answer to be yes or no.
"Only the debate about where we're going to live. It's the only thing we ever fight about, but we can't seem to resolve it. Amanda wants Minneapolis, I want Dallas. Aaron isn't emotionally bound to either city, since he's from Kansas City originally, but he's got this job lined up in Minneapolis already. His parents died when he was in high school, and his brother and sister are in Dallas now, too." She looked around to see if anyone was listening to us, then said, "I still haven't figured out whether I can reveal our secret to them, so I can't use that as a factor, or suggest that we might join you all somehow."
"So, what are her arguments for and against?" I asked.
"Just that she's closer to her mom than her dad," Sandy answered. "She says it like a mantra. Her dad and sister are in Dallas, so she feels she owes it to her mother and aunt to stay in Minneapolis so they won't be lonely. But she's asking both Aaron and me to live away from our entire families. I keep getting the feeling that there's more to it, almost like she's avoiding her Dad or sister for some reason. I came right out and asked her if there was abuse, and she denied it. Vehement isn't strong enough of a word for her reaction."
We were waiting by baggage claim now, and I spotted her duffel bag, and swiped it when it came by, checking for her name. "Anything other bags?" I asked.
"No, just the one. What am I going to do, Drew?"
I grabbed my phone and shot Mom a quick text as we headed to the exit, then said, "You actually have two separate decisions to make, sis. The more immediate one is where your baby is going to be once school starts. Are you going to try and raise it on campus, have Aaron care for it, or add it to the nursery at the new house and have Toni and the other moms care for it?"
"I will be so glad when Dad does the ultrasound so I know the gender. I'm tired of thinking of him or her as an 'it'."
I nodded, saying, "I bet. The second decision of where you live once you graduate can actually be delayed, if that would reduce the conflict you're having with Amanda. Unless Aaron locates to where your school is in Virginia, he's going to be living apart from you, so whether that's in Dallas or Minneapolis doesn't matter as much. Delaying the final decision might give Amanda's mother the time to adjust to the idea of Amanda living in Dallas, too. This was Amanda's freshman year, which was hard on my Mom, even with my Dad still around. I can't imagine what it must be like as a divorced mom, to be empty nesting. But it might come down to one of you giving in for the sake of the relationship, and if Aaron has roots down in Minneapolis by then, I think that might need to be you."
We were out on the curb, looking for Mom's car.
"God, I wish you weren't so selfless sometimes, Drew," Sandy said softly, so others wouldn't hear, and sighed. "Dad, too. You've both gotten so good at sharing, that the usual signals of possessiveness are erased. Sometimes those are reassuring, and sometimes infuriating, but it's hard to know what you want."
Given that we were surrounded by people, even if they were strangers, I only kissed her on the forehead. "It's simple, Sandy. Loving you means your happiness comes before mine. We all want you to be with us, but not if Aaron and Amanda would make you even happier. That's even if the baby weren't a factor binding you to Aaron."
I spotted Mom's car, and waved so she'd see us. Sandy blurted, "I call shotgun!"
I chuckled as I tossed Sandy's duffel and laptop bag into the trunk, and as I closed the lid, spotted Sandy giving Mom a deep kiss before she settled down and put her seatbelt on. I climbed in the back and we headed home.
"Any engagement news coming from your sister Maria and Ginger, Mom?" Sandy asked.
Mom answered, "Ginger's still considering it. After calling a moratorium on her sexual partners, the proposal caught Ginger off-guard, and she's still trying to come to terms with everyone before she makes a decision about it."
Sandy said, "Damn. I haven't had a chance to make love with Ginger yet, to be included in that consideration," Sandy said. "I left for school before she bumped into Dad, she went to Denver for Thanksgiving, then the only times I saw her over Christmas Break were Christmas Eve, New Year's Eve and my ultrasound appointment. If she's really sworn off sex for a month, I won't get a chance this week, either."
"I think we can keep you busy enough that you won't notice, Sandy," I said.
"Who am I with tonight?" Sandy asked. "Or am I not in the rotation until Sunday night?"
Mom said, "Patti added you into the program and it picked Drew and me to be with you, actually. It's Patti, Toni and Amber matched with Henry, if he gets home before they've tired each other out. The babies are with them at West, so we can just head to East, get you a bite to eat, and head upstairs."
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Undressed, Sandy's baby bump was evident, and her boobs were definitely larger than they were in January. The combination made her cuter than ever, and she blushed when I told her so. "Aaron can't keep his hands off of me," she said.
"I don't want to, either," I said. I lay her down on the bed, and began licking her pussy, slowly, savoring her musky flavor. Mom was lying next to her, kissing her face, then nibbling along her neck.
