Amy watched the Illinois scenery zoom by. The sky was gray and littered with clouds, shielding the sun. Large plowed farms were the only accompaniment to the scenery.
She felt her brother squeeze her hand and she turned to him and smiled. They were almost to civilization, but Chicago Proper was still a couple of hours away. They had left their grandmother's house in the early morning and were both thoroughly looking forward to having the house to themselves until Monday evening.
"Hey, handsome," she said with a smile, breaking a long peaceful silence between them. Her eyes trailed over his masculine features.
Luke glanced over and grinned. "Hello, beautiful."
Amy leaned over and kissed his cheek, just above his beard line. She settled back into her seat and curled one of her legs under her. Her head rested against the headrest, turned to the left so that she could look at him.
"Are you still doing okay? If you want a nap, I can drive for a bit." She reached over and trailed her hand over his arm that was covered with a soft, dark blue hooded sweat shirt.
"I'm good, thanks for the offer though. I may want a nap when we get home." He paused for a moment and smirked. "That is, after I fuck you."
His sister squirmed and giggled, "Nap all you want after you use me, my sexy man."
"I'm sure that my nerdy goddess has a lot of homework to catch up on today. So, that would be a good time for a nap."
"I don't have too much, but yes. It'll be a perfect time."
Amy rested her head on his shoulder and closed her eyes. She wasn't sleepy. She just wanted to be close to him. She breathed in his scent and cuddled in, wrapping her free arm around his.
"Hey, Luke, can I ask you something?" Her eyes remained closed.
"Always." He kissed through her brown hair.
"You said you were leaving March thirtieth, right?"
"That was the original plan, yes," Luke replied.
"Original plan?"
"Well, I've been thinking, since school doesn't start till the third, I could stay an extra day or two."
Amy perked up, lifting her head off of his shoulder, smiling wide. Her tone was excited as she rhetorically asked, "Really?"
"Really," her brother confirmed with a bright smile that matched hers. "I really don't need an entire weekend to get prepared for the semester. So, I was going to see if I can change my return flight to that Friday or Saturday."
She started bouncing in place, unable to control her jubilation. "Oh goodness, I hope so!"
"I really hope so too. I'll see what I can do. I promise."
"Another twenty-four or forty-eight hours with you would be wonderful. Also, I won't have to skip school to go to the airport with you."
"You want to come see me off?" he asked.
"Of course I do. Every moment with you is precious." She kissed through his facial hair, and then rested her head back on his shoulder and snuggled in tighter, pressing her breasts against his arm. "I'll be a mess, I'm sure. But, I want to go."
He smiled, and then kissed her head again. "I could be a mess too. Leaving you is going to be hell."
"It is." Amy sighed. "But, you have to go back. As you've said, you don't have much longer."
"I'd rather stay here with you."
His sister nuzzled her forehead into his neck. "I would like that too. But, I'm not letting you stay. You need to finish school. That doesn't mean I won't miss you. But, it's important that you go back."
"I know." He rested his cheek against her head. His voice was soft as he spoke, "I'll miss you more than you know."
She closed her eyes and drew in a deep breath, in attempt to keep tears from forming in her eyes. Her words came out a bit shaky, "So will I."
"Do you still want to come visit me in the summer?" He lifted his head to give himself a better view of the highway.
"Oh yes, I absolutely will." She had calmed the tears away and smiled. "It won't be too long till then."
"No it won't. And, I'll help you pay for the trip as much as I can."
"Thank you. I know I'll get a lot of money for graduation gifts, but I'm not sure how much it'll be."
He changed into the left lane to pass a slowly driven vehicle. "Well, you won't have to pay for a hotel."
She grinned and angled her head up so she could look up at his face. "Is that so?"
"Yup. My roommate is pretty cool, I've been teaching him English so it won't be all that weird. It won't be like you can never talk to him and it's always awkward."
"Well, umm, he knows you have a sister, doesn't he?"
"Yeah, but he's never seen a picture of you. I don't even think he knows your name."
Amy raised a chestnut brow and pulled away from his shoulder, but still keeping his her arm around his. "You've never told him my name?"
He chuckled. "Well, I haven't lived with him long. We moved in together in January. I always refer to you as 'meine Schewester,' and he refers to you as, 'deine Schewester,' meaning your sister."
She giggled, putting her head back down. "Well, it's probably a good thing he doesn't know my name. You should keep it that way."
"I definitely will."
The car was quiet for several minutes, except for the hum of the engine and the occasional clicking of the turn signal when Luke passed by other motorists.
During the silence, a melody began filling her mind. She closed her eyes and focused on it, it was soft and lyrical at first, and quickly started becoming more intense and passionate.
Luke was caught by surprise when she suddenly jerked up. "Are you okay?"
"Yes, yes," she replied in a hurried tone, "I just need to write something down." She reached to the floorboard, and then dug a pen out of her purse.
He kept a confused look on his face, but stayed quiet. Amy sat up on her knees and he glanced over to see her ass in her dark wash blue jeans. She turned in the seat, and then reached back into the pocket on the back of the passenger seat. Luke's eyes trailed over again as she turned around and her breasts bounced underneath her zipped up Cubs hoodie as she plopped back down in the seat.
She opened up her manuscript notebook, and then scrambled to find a blank page. Quickly, she drew treble clefs and bass clefs on all of the blank staffs on the page. Luke's puzzled expression faded when he realized what she was doing.
Amy closed her eyes again and hummed the opening melody she heard. She filled in the key signature and time signature, and then hummed the tune slowly as she began to notate it. Her fingers tapped on her knee occasionally, as if she was playing piano keys, and then she would fill in more notes.
She put her feet up on the dashboard and put the manuscript pad on her thighs. Her pen was going wild on the paper, writing out the piano piece that she was hearing in her head.
Luke took glances over at what she was writing, but he let her work with a smile on his face. He loved when she was focused on something.
When she turned to a blank page, he asked, "What is it you're writing?"
"One second," she muttered. She finished the phrase before answering, "I have to write a piece for my music theory class by the end of the semester. And, this will be it." While it was a piece for her class, it truly was her brother's song and she hoped to serenade him with it.
"That's awesome. Did it just come to you?"
She took a moment to fill out treble and bass clefs down the page and the next while they talked. "Yeah, pretty much."
"How does that happen?" he questioned with curiosity.
"It's the same as when you hear a random song in your head. Except, this isn't one you've heard before. I can't really explain it better than that. It just happens, and when it does, I need to write it out before I forget it."
"You don't have to." Luke smiled. "You're incredible."
Amy went back to writing. "You're not so bad yourself, love."
He rolled to a stop at a tollbooth. "Can I have a kiss before you get focused again?"
"I'm already there, but yes, you can have a kiss anytime you want."
Her brother turned his head, and she turned in her seat. Their lips met with a gentle brush, and then their tongues glided into each other's mouths. They played with and massaged the other's tongue for a few moments until Luke had to pull up to the booth.
He pulled the cash from his pocket and paid the toll. Amy went back to work.
Luke listened to the song that she was softly singing. Already, he liked how it sounded. Her hand was furiously writing, filling in the staffs.
The siblings were a couple miles from the exit for the shopping mall in the suburbs when Amy finished writing. She started from the beginning and sang the notes inside of her head, so that her brother wouldn't hear. She gave herself a nod as she closed up the notebook.
Luke looked over at her and said, "All done?"