My Cousin and Me
Part 2
I sat on the couch, staring at nothing and wrestling with my thoughts. Cleaning up from the party was finished for the most part, and my step-dad insisted that what was left could wait. I could hear the others talking from the other room. The rest of the guests had long since left, and only my family remained now. Emily was in the kitchen with our mothers. My step-dad and uncle were at the table. I didn't catch a word anyone was saying, as my mind was otherwise occupied.
I kept replaying what happened in the bathroom over and over again. I couldn't stop. I kept reliving the feel of her hand, the taste of her tongue, and that damned look in her eyes! I was so shocked and turned on, I didn't know what to think. The only thing I knew for sure was that the one thing I wanted to do most at that moment was fuck my cousin.
There was guilt in that. I knew I shouldn't have felt that way, but I couldn't help it and I didn't know why. Why wasn't I able to push this out of my head? Why was I so turned on by this?
A sudden weight on the couch next to me snapped me out of it.
"Hey."
Those eyes again!
"Uh...hey."
"You okay?" She asked the question playfully, tilting her head to the side and knowing perfectly well how I felt. Her little smirk was teasing, and I could tell she was enjoying this way too much.
"Fine," I muttered. "I'm just...processing."
"No, I mean your balls," she said, her smile widening. "I didn't hurt you, did I?"
There was a mild ache, of course, but nothing I couldn't handle. I had had much worse before.
"I'll live," I said, trying to sound casual.
"I could take care of it for you." She reached out and placed her hand on my leg, her fingers lightly brushing the inside of my thigh. My cock had already been standing at attention, pressed down inside my jeans. Now it gave a quick throb, and she let a finger trace lightly over the spot.
"Stop it!" I whispered, and pushed her hand away. "Look, if nothing else everybody is
right there
! Do you want to get us in trouble?"
"No," she said, and pulled her hand away. Her smirk, however, did not fade even a little. "I want more, though."
"God help me, so do I." Her smile widened even more now.
"What would you do," she asked, "if we were alone right now?"
"Shut up! Save it!"
"Sorry," she said, and I believed her. "I'm just...I don't know if excited is even a strong enough word."
"Well, you're gonna have to cool it, all right?"
"Hey, you two!"
I snapped my head up, suddenly panicked! Had one of them heard something? Emily tensed up, too, bracing herself for whatever was coming next.
"Yeah?"
"Your mother and I are about dead on our feet," my step-dad said. "I hate to kick everybody out, but..."
"No, it's cool," I said, very slowly getting to my feet. I had to subtly readjust myself as I did so, making absolutely sure nobody saw my hard-on. Emily helped a little by getting up faster, and standing in a way that mostly blocked me from view.
"Come on, kiddo," Uncle Mike said. "We made plans to come back tomorrow morning for breakfast."
"Actually," Emily said, hesitating for a moment, "would it be all right if I went back with Nick, instead?"
She and my aunt and uncle were staying in a different hotel than I was, and in the opposite direction. Uncle Mike looked at his daughter for a moment, and then at me.
"We, uh, were really catching up," I said. "Neither of us are tired, and I think we have a lot to talk about." I specifically made eye contact with Aunt Lauren this time, forcing her to take my meaning. Not my
whole
meaning, of course, but she seemed to catch on that I was at least referring to the request she had made of me earlier.
"I don't see why not," she said, nodding knowingly. "I mean, really you don't need our permission. You're eighteen, and he's your cousin. I think you're pretty safe with him."
"That's true," Uncle Mike agreed. "It has been a while. We'll just see you at breakfast, then."
"Sounds good," said Emily. She looked back over her shoulder to toss me a wink.
"See you tomorrow, then."
The drive back to my hotel was shockingly silent. I was even more surprised by how Emily kept her hands to herself. I half expected her to jump me as soon as we were in the car. Her silence was most unnerving, though.
I still didn't know exactly what to expect when I opened the door to the room, and she bounced her way inside. She plopped herself on the edge of the bed, looking back at me expectantly, with those eyes of hers. She leaned back on her elbows, which angled her in such a way that it made her breasts stand out. Her sundress crept up her legs a little, exposing more of her thighs, but she kept them crossed.
"So," she said.
"So."
"What now?" Her tone was playful and seductive, but I could tell she was starting to get nervous. I was, too. Who wouldn't be?
"What do we do now?" she asked, even though I knew perfectly well what her plan was.
"Can we just, ya know...talk about this a little bit?" I asked.
"Sure." If she was disappointed or impatient she didn't show it. Instead she sat up straighter, and leaned forward. Her hair fell across her face, and she looked up at me with one eye this time, which was no less effective on its own. Her expression did soften, though. Her seductively wry smirk had faded, and she looked more serious now.
I took a moment to collect my thoughts.
"Why?" I asked, finally. "I mean, where is this coming from? We haven't seen each other in years. Now that we're back in the same space, in less than two days you're throwing yourself at me like a cat in heat! I don't get it. What brought this on?"
Emily looked down at her hands, which were folded between her knees. For the first time that weekend, she seemed to be the one wrestling with her thoughts.
"I used to have a huge crush on you," she said, almost whispering. "Did you know that?"
"No," I said, letting some of the edge out of my voice. She pointedly turned away to look at the wall, like she was suddenly embarrassed to face me. Her cheeks flushed a little as she continued.
"When we were younger," Emily explained, "I really had a thing for you."
"Why? When?"
"I was twelve," she said, "you were seventeen. What can I say? Puberty hit me hard. You were my cool older cousin. You were fun and attractive...ripe for crushing on. I thought it was weird at the time, but I still indulged it. I never said anything, obviously, but it was there for a long time.
"Then...shit happened, and we stopped seeing each other. That first time you said you weren't coming to visit for the summer I ran to my room and cried my eyes out. It was like being dumped. After that, I assumed that crush would just go away on its own. After a while, I thought it did.
"When I heard you were going to be here this weekend I got so excited, and I didn't even really know why. I thought it was just that I missed you so much, but then I actually saw you. You walked in, all grown up and mature, but still smiling that same smile you used to give me when we were kids. It all just came right back. Now, though, I was older and really understood what sex was. So, that old feeling...well, there was a bit more to it, you know?"
It took me a few minutes to process that. I couldn't remember anyone having a crush on me in my entire life. At least, not that I knew of. I mentally questioned why. Like, what was so special about me that it was enough to make my own cousin consider incest?
Incest! The word flashed red inside my brain. For a split second, I had been flattered by the prospect of someone having a crush on me. Now I felt guilty about that. I was harshly reminded of how forbidden this was.
"Am I the only one of us who thinks this is weird?" I asked.