Que Sera Sera the Redux

Several of you may have read this recently. This is a story I wrote over a year ago, sent it to an editor, and things didn't go all that well. Can we just say, it fell by the wayside. I found it lurking in an old email, and figured what the heck might as well post it. That was a week ago, posted it without rereading it. Well, there were some huge mistakes, doubled pages, missing content, it was a mess. However, the story did garnish decent reviews, thanks to sirwoodcutter, Spyder23, Brett78x among other for their kind words. I pulled it, edited the glaring mistakes, and here it is once again for your reading enjoyment.

Que Sera, Sera

Darlene was 25 years old a five foot four tall bundle of energy. Her shoulder length straight blond hair framed her face in such a manner that she oozed sexy, not slut sexy just sexy, her deep brown eyes, with her smile that could make you feel like you had won the lottery. Her breasts were on the smaller side, however her legs and ass more that made up for any deficiencies.

Her brother Daniel, was 23 years old. Standing at five foot seven, was a handsome guy with a light muscular build and dark hair that curled slightly at the ends.

It was 10 pm, on a Friday night a time that was a bit early for Darlene to be home from a date, trying to make things work with the wrong guys. She was upset as she burst into Daniel's room without knocking.

"I don't get it, Daniel," she said, her voice thick with frustration. "What's wrong with me?"

Daniel looked up from his studying, his brows furrowed with concern. He could see the sadness in his sister's eyes. "Nothing, you're amazing, Darlene," he said, setting the device aside and moving closer to comfort her. "Guys are just idiots."

"Thanks," she replied with a forced smile, plopping down onto his bed.

Darlene sighed, looking down at her hands. she murmured. "I go on these dates, I try to be myself, but they always seem to want something more, something different, and I never want to see them again much less date them. Hell most of them I should never have gone on a first date with."

Daniel sat beside her, placing a comforting hand on her shoulder. "It's not you, sis," he said firmly. "You're, beautiful, smart, and funny. You just haven't found the right one yet."

"Darlene asked wondering, "Why won't you date the same girl twice? I know most of the girls you date, always say how much fun they have, but you won't go on a second date with any of them. Why Daniel?"

"Well, I don't want to get tied down, look what happened to Mike, two years ago he went on three dates with Jane, and now they are expecting their second child. and he is the same age as me. I do not want that. Hell I can't even look after myself let alone a child." Daniel ranted.

It was Darlene's turn to rant "Every guy I date, I won't date again, first there was Mike, in grade 11, he tried to kiss me, I wouldn't let him, then he told everyone we had sex. We only went on one fucking date. I certainly wasn't going to sleep with him on the first date. I hated him for that, still do. Then there was Alex, we went to a party, he got so drunk I had to drive him home, and his dad drove me home, and Jerry, he wouldn't keep his hands to himself, he kept trying to feel me up, put his hands down my pants. The list goes on, and on, then tonight, I go out with John, not only did he talk about himself, and his prior exploits, he had such bad breath, when he tried to kiss me, I gagged, almost puked, it was so bad. Every guy I go out with, is is" Darlene ranted.

"OK, OK, I get it!" Daniel exclaimed. "But Mike did apologize if I remember right."

"Yes he did," Darlene smiled, "only cause you broke his nose, then hit him with a stick breaking his ribs. You both got expelled for what was it two weeks, and you got grounded for a month." Darlene stated as she looked at Daniel with admiration.

"I didn't hit him with a stick, I just punched him, he was telling everyone you slept with him, I knew you wouldn't do that. So I found him behind the gym, where he hides to smoke. When I saw him there, the first thing he yelled was "Hey Dan your sisters a pretty good piece of ass." so I hit him in the ribs, then again in the face, I cant help it if he has a big nose. But even though I got grounded dad bought me a new PlayStation console. I think, mom and dad were happy, they just couldn't admit it openly." Daniel stated rather proudly

"All the girls you date keep asking me to talk to you, get you to go on a second date with them." Darlene echoed once again.

"Well maybe you should go out on a date with me then." Daniel jokingly told her.

Feeling much better Darlene stood to leave the bedroom turning around just before she exited, saying, "What good would it do, you wouldn't go out with me twice." then quietly closed the door.

Darlene had a shower, in their joining bathroom, then went to bed wondering what it would be like to date her brother.

The following night Saturday, Darlene was home even earlier, it was barely past 9pm. She stomped to her bedroom slamming her door, which resulted in a stern warning from her parents, and a sorry from her.

Daniel heard her door slam, checking the time, he went through the joining bathroom to see what had went wrong on her date.

Darlene replayed the date to Daniel. They went and got burgers. John seemed to be very nice they talked about each other, their families, all was going good. Then they went to a party John put their names on the list for one of the bedrooms. Darlene just left when she saw the list, with her name beside her dates. Good thing Janet had told her about it, so Darlene could get out of there without making a scene.

Daniel asked her if she wanted him to break his nose for her, she giggled, replying "No."

Daniel replied indignantly "Hey, dad would probably buy me a new laptop. Just one punch I promise"

Darlene giggled rolling over on her bed, she looked him in the eyes, asking him, "Do you want to go on a date with me?"

Daniel blushed, replying, "Don't be silly we are brother and sister, we can't go on a date." with that he left the room, to lay on his bed.

Daniel kept thinking about Darlene's question, what would a date with her be like, could he, should he. Daniel fell asleep in turmoil.

Meanwhile, Darlene was thinking the exact same thing, what would it be like, would he ask, would she accept, should they.

Tuesday after classes Darlene found Daniel, in his bedroom, dropping beside him, she stated, "About that date idea, I wanna try it?"

"I was only joking, we cant go on a date its not right." Daniel remarked

"So, I want to go on a date with you." replied Darlene

"Nope, not going to happen. Now get out of here." Daniel said

Darlene, begrudgingly got up and went to her room.

Daniel had spend most of the day thinking about and even dreamt about going on a date with his sister.

Thursday, after classes, Daniel, found himself outside Darlene's bedroom door, he gently knocked and opened the door when she said come in.

He sat on her bed, fidgeting with his hands, nervously saying to Darlene, "I was thinking about this date think and how it might work. First you are Sara, and I am Mathew, if we go on a date, we have to call each other by our middle name. Second thing is, I choose everything and I will pay for it all to. And lastly there is only going to be one date, well that's not the last. The last thing is, we have to pretend that we barely know each other, so we start from the beginning, just like a real first date would be."

Darlene replied excitedly, "When are we going."

"I don't think Mathew has asked Sara yet has he?" Daniel replied questioningly.

"No, no he hasn't, do you think he is going to." replied Darlene getting more excited.

"I cant talk for him, I don't know, him very well." Daniel said as he stood and walked through the bathroom to his room.

Darlene was on pins and needles all day Friday, then came Saturday, again nothing, Sunday came and went, again nothing.

On Monday, at lunch in the cafeteria Daniel was in his corner sitting alone doing some home work, like always.

Darlene walked up to him, she was going to ask him what the problem was. He looked up as she stood over him,

"Oh, Hi Sara, care to have a seat, I'm Mathew by the way, I think your in my sister Darlene's physics class." Daniel chimed in an eager but nervous voice, like it was well rehearsed.

Darlene stumble, "Hi Mathew, can I call you Matt, your sister Darlene, yes I think we are in physics together, failing physics together is more like it though." Sara shyly said.

"Matt is fine, how are your classes doing." Daniel said once again sounding rehearsed.

Sara, replied gaining confidence "They are great, well all but physics, I can't get a handle on it, it's so confusing, it's only entry level too."

Matt, eagerly replied, "I am pretty good with it, if you have your books, I might be able to help."

Sara pulled out her physics book, opened it to her latest assignment, and sure enough Matt helped her with understanding it a bit better.

Matt, looked at the clock, and said, "I have a class in 10 minute, I better get going."

Darlene's face fell, as Matt stood and turned to walk away, after taking a few steps he turned back, and with a nervous tone, said "Uh Um, Sara I was wondering Sara, if you would like to go on a date with me, say this Friday, around 6pm. that is if you want that is." for some reason his mouth didn't do what his brain was telling it to do.

Sara almost jumped up and hugged him. but replied, "I don't think I have anything planned so I guess we could go on a date, yes Friday would be nice."

That afternoon as soon as she got home, Darlene knocked on Daniels door, opening it before he answered, barging in, she said, "Guess what? he asked me out."

Daniel looked at her funny, "What are you talking about? Who asked you out,? When?"

Darlene replied, "At lunch today, I have a date with this really nice guy Mathew, this Friday, well he seems nice, I will let you know."

Daniel replied that's cool, I have a date too, with this beautiful lady, named Sara its also on Friday, around 6 pm. but I don't know where she lives, I was so nervous when I asked her out, forgot to ask her what her address is, or her number. Hope I see her before Friday."

"You mean that Sara from physics? I see her every day, I can give her your number if you would like?" Sara asked him.

"Yes, that Sara, that would be super if you could thanks sis." Daniel replied

The next morning, before classes, Daniel was surprised to find his phone buzzing with a strange text from Darlene, it read, "Matt, this is Sara. I can't wait for our date on Friday! Oh, by the way, can we use Pulse SMS to keep in touch, its a cool texting app, I have on my laptop and phone?"

He chuckled to himself, realizing she was playing along with their little charade. He quickly responded, "Hey Sara, this is Matt. That sounds great! Let's definitely use Pulse SMS. I have it also, what is your name there. Can't wait to see you on Friday!"

Sara texted back, "My name on Pulse is QueSaraSara, ya I know corny but I like it."

Moments later, Darlene's Pulse app beeped, incoming contact request from MattyCakes. With shaking fingers she pressed accept. Then a new message popped up from MattyCakes, it read "QueSaraSara, what ever will be will be, don't laugh my sister picked it out for me, I kind of like it now." referring to his nickname.

Friday morning at breakfast their dad, reminded them that him and their mom, would be out late, they had a work party they were attending, and would be home late that night, 2 or 3 am. Leaving from the office, so they were on their own for dinner. He reminded them of the rules, no large parties, be home at 11pm. Yes he knew they were adults but he was paying for their education.

Friday, about lunch time, Daniels, Pulse app beeped with incoming msg. from QueSaraSara, he chuckled to himself, she was really getting into this. The Pulse msg. read. "Hey, MattyCakes, just wondering what I should wear for our date tonight? It's still on I hope. Getting nervous. Oh and what time?"

Daniel took a his time in replying, had to keep his sister in suspense. Just before last class, he Pulsed her. "QueSaraSara, for sure the date is still on, I was thinking about 530 pm, wear something casual and comfortable. TTYL Matt"

Darlene was feeling like a teenager again, she hadn't felt like this before a date for a long time. and it was her brother for crying out loud.

Friday evening, at 520, Daniel rang the doorbell on their house door, dressed in a casual button-down shirt and jeans. Darlene opened the door with a smile, obvious she wasn't quite ready, and not expecting her brother, she looked confused.

"Hi, Sara looks like I found the right address, I don't get over to this part of town very often, sorry sorry I'm a bit early" Matt said sounding nervous. What the hell it's his sister he is talking to, no need to be nervous, was there he thought.

"Its all good Matt, come in, I will only be a few more minutes. Just have a seat on the couch, I will be quick." she said as she turned running up the stairs, almost tripping.

Less than 10 minutes later, she came down the stairs, Matt was watching hockey, Bruins vs Sabre, he heard her on the stairs turning around, what he saw was a vision of loveliness

She had chosen a light blue knee length sundress that accentuated her figure perfectly, and her hair was in loose waves that fell around her shoulders. She had a slight blush to her cheeks, which only made her look more attractive.

Matt stood, a lump in his throat, almost lost for words, he stumbled, "You, you look wonderful tonight Sara. As they turned to leave Matt looked back at the couch, talking out loud, to no one, "I almost forgot, Mr. Atkins, what time should I have Sara home, oh that's good, I will make sure she is home by 11pm."

Matt, and Sara walked side by side down the walk, going to the passenger side of his truck he opened the door, as Sara got in, he gently closed the door, walking behind his truck, he got in, grabbed the steering wheel and took a deep breath, and started driving.

Sara asked him where they were going, Matt replied, "I was thinking about this little out of the way burger joint, they make the best burgers but it is kind of hidden I don't go there often because of its location, I hope that is OK."

"You mean Jacks Shack", Sara said with excitement, "I love Jacks Burgers, they make the best fries ever too, but I don't go there that often either"

Matt had done his homework, he knew Sara loved the Shack. He smiled to himself.

As they drove to the Shack as it was affectionately called, they talked about classes, the good and the bad ones, they talked about their childhood. Matt learned that Sara had a brother Daniel and of course she already knew Darlene from physics. The conversation flowed freely. As Matt had previously made clear, they pretended they knew very little about each other.

At the Shack, Matt asked Sara to wait, he very quickly got out, walked around the truck and opened the door, taking her hand so she could safely get out of his truck, once safely on the ground he let go of her hand. Inside they ordered burgers, fries and a shake each. Taking a seat in the back, they both tentatively looked around the place, it was busy, but there was nobody either recognized. Relaxing their breath they sat down, once again talking Matt asked most of the questions, Matt asked Sara about her mom and dad, her brother, what she wanted to do after graduation. Sara talked mostly answering his questions eagerly, and sometimes excitedly. He was learning some things about Sara he never knew about Darlene, and this made him happy.

After finishing at the Shack Matt paid the bill, leaving a decent tip. As they got to his truck, he once again opened the door for her to get in, again closing it carefully. Once, he was behind the wheel, Sara turned to him a hint of tears in her eyes, saying, "They don't do that Matt."

"Did I do something wrong." Matt said alarmingly.

"No, you didn't just the opposite, your the only date that has ever opened the door for me, the only one." Darlene's tears were evident now.

"That's kind of sad, I always do for my dates, I bet your brother Daniel does too." he said rather proudly.

"I bet he does." she whispered to herself.

Matt checked the time, it was still early, just after 7pm, he drove carefully but confidently through this part of town like he knew it. Sara knew he seldom came over here. after just a few minutes, he pulled into an elementary school parking lot, there were several parents, and lots of children milling around. Like before, once Matt parked he got out, he opened the door for Sara. Again taking her hand as she got out, making sure she wouldn't fall. He couldn't help but look at her legs, as her dress rode up her thighs. Shaking his head as she was standing before he, he let go of her hand, together they walked to the school.

"What's happening here" Sara asked as children ran up and down the halls.

Matt said "One of my professors mentioned that his wife was a teacher here, and they were having a science fair tonight, I thought it might be fun, hope you don't mind."

"No its wonderful Matt, I love children." Sara said looking at Matt with a huge smile on her face.

They walked around the gym, and several classrooms, talking about their science projects when they were in elementary school. They saw balloon and rubber band powered cars, lemon powered lights, and volcanoes.

Matt talked about the volcano, he made in his moms kitchen, "You can still see spots of red food colouring if you look." he said, Sara reminisced about her potato, powered experiment, her mom couldn't figure out why so many of her potatoes had punctures in them. They laughed, as they moved from project to project, children looked up at them with curious eyes, and a couple of teachers nodded and waved to them, as they walked by.

There was a catapult the launched balls, into buckets, you pay a dollar, and get the prize in the bucket if you get the ball in it. They both tried, one after the other, Matt must have spent twenty dollars, and eventually one of Sara's balls landed in a bucket which had a tiny stuffed monkey in it, the monkey was only about 3 inches tall, and could be wrapped around your finger, Sara thought it was so cute.

After playing with it for awhile, she asked Matt if he would wrap it in her hair, which he did. She looked so happy Matt wanted to hug her, but couldn't. Sara so desperately wanted Matt to hug her also, but knew he wouldn't.

It was after ten pm when they left the school, both smiling. As usual Matt opened the truck door for Sara, this time, he couldn't help but notice her butt, as she climbed in, she slipped, out of instinct, he reached out and gently, holding her butt, pushed her in the seat. Sara was smiling to herself as Matt climbed in the drivers seat. It worked she was thinking, he grabbed my butt.

They had about forty minutes left, as they drove toward home, Sara thinking the night was over, began to feel sad, but Matt took a detour to a park she had never been to. A small out of the way park very well lit. Matt parked his truck in the parking lot, he turned to Sara, saying, this is one of my favourite parks, it has everything. With that he got out, and again opened the door for her. As she got out, holding Matt's hand, it was obvious or was it, that she allowed her dress to ride a little higher on her thighs, almost revealing her panties.

They walked around the park, stopping at a pond, where Matt reached in his pocket pulling out a bag of bird seed, as they sat on a bench, feeding the pigeons, they talked about the science fair. It was clear to Matt that Sara had enjoyed it immensely, as she wanted to be an elementary school teacher once she graduated.