The twins could see the distant vehicle coming up the mountain road towards the house. They looked at each other, grinning.
"What do you think he'll be like?" said Anne.
Her sister snorted. "Much like last time, but four years older. How the hell would I know?"
"He was good-looking then. He's nineteen, now." Anne glanced across at Beth. "I wonder if he's got a steady girlfriend."
"What difference would that make?" said Beth, sipping at her can of soda.
"He might be a good fuck," said Anne, her air innocent, giggling as her sister snorted soda down her nose, coughing and spluttering.
"You'd fuck him?" said Beth, curious, once she'd regained control of herself.
"Wouldn't you?" Anne raised one eyebrow in query.
Beth shrugged. "Maybe."
"Come on, you're like a mother bear with cubs since Charlie went off to college. Pricklier than a porcupine, too."
Beth made a face. "I miss his lovely prick. Like you miss Dave's, too, I'd say."
Anne sighed. "No contest, sis."
"So what are we going to do? Double-team him?" Beth said, her tone light. Her sister stared at her for a long moment.
"Are you serious, sis? Because if you are, I think that might just be the best fucking idea you've had in ages!" said Anne.
"You'd fuck him with me there?" said Beth, a strange note in her voice.
"Yes, because I want to see it happen when you fuck him." Anne gave Beth a wry look. "I know what it
feels
like. I'd like to know what it
looks
like."
"You've seen porn flicks, surely. Charlie had some, so I'd expect Dave did?"
"Yes, but it's not the same. It needs the sounds, and the warmth, and the smell."
"Yeah! Sweat and pussy juice and grunts and groans and lovely jizz!"
"How? Mom and Dad might hear if we fuck him in the house," said Anne. "I know how noisy you are with Charlie."
"You were listening?"
Anne laughed. "Heck, sis, you were just next door, and those walls aren't
that
thick!"
"I suppose not. If it was summer, we could take him down to the pond," said Beth. "Persuade him to go skinny-dipping." She laughed. "It wouldn't be difficult. If I remember right he was always trying to catch us naked last time he was here."
"He was only fifteen, then. All acne and raging hormones." Anne laughed. "Just like us!"
Beth sighed. "But it isn't summer, is it? It's December and it's too fucking cold to go skinny-dipping." She looked across at Anne. "So? Any ideas?"
Anne shrugged. "Dunno, sis. You?"
Beth shook her head. "Not one. Unless we can borrow a van with a good heater, and a
big
sleeping-bag that would take three."
"A couple of duvets would be better - a bag might be too restrictive. Not likely to happen, because no-one we know has a van big enough, do they? Beth? What are you looking at?"
"Aunt Mary and Jeff's car, except it isn't a car, it's a pickup, and if I'm not mistaken, it has one of those crew cabs with a bench seat behind the driver." The twins looked at each other, and anyone seeing them would know instantly that a similar thought had occurred in each curly red head. "Might be room for three."
"If we can persuade him to take us out for a run?"
"I would expect Aunt Mary will be catching up on the gossip with Mom and Dad. I know they take turns to phone each other every week, but it's been four years since they were actually here."
"It feels longer. Come on, we'd better tell Mom."
*
As they turned the final bend in the mountain road leading to their destination, Jeff Allan glanced across at his mother, Mary. "Almost there, Mom."
Mary smiled across at her son. "So I see. I've been looking forward so much to this visit. It seems much longer than four years since I saw your Aunt Susan in person."
"You're a busy lady."
"True, but I'm so pleased that for the first time in four years I don't actually have to work through Christmas."
Jeff laughed. "I'm kinda pleased myself, Mom. I love it up here."
"Me too. At least it hasn't snowed too much, and there's none forecast while we're here."
"Just as well, or we'd never have made it."
"Oh, I don't know. This mobile pussy palace of yours does at least have four-wheel drive."
"Mom!"
"Jeff, I know you and Claire are lovers. I imagine the back seat gets a good workout those Saturday nights when you're late home."
Jeff glanced across at his mother, but she was smiling. "You don't mind?"
Mary reached across and touched his arm. "Jeff, honey, hormones run riot at your age. I was the same. I know I probably shouldn't admit this, but I was no scared virgin when I met your Dad. One thing I will ask you. No, two."
"What?"
"You and Claire do take precautions, don't you?"
"Yes, Mom, we do. Claire's on the pill, but we use condoms as well, sometimes. That's one question, Mom. What's the other?"
"You don't take her anywhere the two of you could be disturbed? Maybe by some sicko?"
"Mom, absolutely, definitely, not. It's usually in Claire's bed, when her Mom and Dad are out dancing. Claire said her Mom was asking the same questions. I don't think she objects, as long as we're careful, and discreet."
"Sensible woman, Jenny Toms." Mary chuckled. "As horny as me when we were younger."
"They're having Christmas at Claire's Grandma's place."
"She didn't mind you bringing me up here?"
"No, Mom, because we're both due home on the 28th, so we both have the same family bit to handle."
"Handle, Jeff Allan?"
Jeff laughed. "Sorry, Mom. Poor choice of word."
"And you're the one who wants to be a writer," said Mary, laughing.
"Poor choices get edited out, Mom. You know that."
"True, but there's no time to edit in speech." Mary sobered. "As we all discover sometimes."
"Hey, look, Mom. They're all outside waiting for us!"
The next few minutes were a blur of greetings, hugs, kisses, unpacking luggage, showing guests to bedrooms and general 'families re-united' mayhem. When they'd had time to sort themselves out, the two family groups met up in the big living-room of the Miller home. Three couches formed a big 'U' around the fire. Jeff and Mary sat facing Jack and Sue, the twins together on the third couch. Sue had made fresh coffee and they all had a cup to hand.
"So," said Jack, "what was the journey like? Much traffic?"
"Not once we left the freeway, Uncle Jack. Pretty quiet after that."
"Are you two tired? No? Because, if not, we thought we'd go to the carol service in town, at the church. Tomorrow is Christmas Eve, and the deadly duo have asked me if it's okay for them to show Jeff around. That's if he wants to be shown around. Shown off to their friends, more like."
"Daddy!" protested Beth.
Jeff looked across at the twins. He'd had a hard job not to let his jaw drop when he saw them. Four years had turned a couple of tomboys into elegant young women. Both had softly curling dark-red hair which framed oval faces, each with a straight nose and full lips. Kissable lips, Jeff thought. And they each had a to-die-for body, he figured, although their loose sweaters and jeans didn't exactly reveal.
"I'm more than happy to be shown around by Beth and Anne," said Jeff. "Do we have any sort of timetable?"
"Only for dinner. Seven sharp. Apart from that, the day's yours, the three of you. You can come home for lunch, but you'll have to get it yourself, or Beth and Anne can take you somewhere."
"Can we use your pickup, Jeff?" said Anne. "Neat set of wheels!"
"Sure, if Mom doesn't need it to take her anywhere."
Mary shook her head. "No, son, you take it. Anywhere I go while we're here, I'll be with your Aunt Sue and your Uncle Jack."
"Great," said Anne. "Straight after breakfast, Jeff? Is that okay?"
"Fine by me."
"That's tomorrow," said Jack. "Tonight, the carol service starts at seven, finishes at nine. It's four now, and we'll need to be away by about six-fifteen. Sue has made a load of sandwiches, and we've got potato chips and all sorts of nuts and pretzels, so I suggest we take ourselves through and just have ourselves a face-stuffing and chat, catch up with each other for a while."
"Sounds like a plan, Jack," said Mary.
Jeff had a twin at either hand as they ate, and he was kept busy answering questions about college, what he'd been doing for the last four years, where he wanted to be, the usual family catch-up. They all separated to freshen up before leaving for the carol service and Beth and Anne had a chance for a private chat.
"What d'you think?" said Anne. "Fuckworthy?"
"Are you kidding? My panties are wet just thinking about it. Cousin Jeff has turned into a serious piece of man."
"You are so right! I wish his jeans were a bit tighter. I was trying to get a glimpse of what he's packing in there, but I couldn't." Anne laughed. "At least, not without getting up and holding him still, so I could look."
"And I could just see Mom's face if you did that."
"Come on, time to go. Shall we see if we can ride with Jeff? We might be able to sow some seeds."
"Good thinking, sis. Let's do that."
When the twins rejoined the others, they found they didn't need any subterfuge, as it had already been agreed by the adults that Jeff would drive the twins to the service, and the others would go in Jack's jeep. "If we get separated in traffic, or anything, we'll see you at the church," said Jack, "at ten to seven. If we're not there, go inside. It's cold. It doesn't really matter if we're not sitting together, does it?"
"I guess not," said Beth. "Okay, Jeff, let's go see these wheels of yours."
Outside, Jeff opened the door so that the twins could scramble in. Beth next to Jeff in the front seats, Anne on the bench in the back. Jeff waited a moment until Beth and Anne had their seatbelts sorted before he started the engine.
"This is cool, Jeff."
"I like it."
"I'll bet," said Beth. "Jeff, mind if I ask you a question? It's kinda personal."
Jeff glanced across at his cousin as he manoeuvred the pickup out of the yard, following Jack's Jeep. "I don't mind. Ask away."
"Do you have a girlfriend?"
"Yep, her name's Claire."
"Is she a good fuck?" said Beth, quietly. The question hung in the silence, broken only by the noise of the pickup.
"I beg your pardon?" said Jeff, carefully.