The Healer -

This is Chapter 4 of a five-part story. The final chapter should be published in a couple of days after this one is published. You would understand this part better if you read the previous chapters first.

All characters are 18 or over at the time of their sexual activity. If you enjoy this, please take time to vote and leave a comment. My goal in all my writing is for my audience to enjoy what they are reading, so if that happens to you, please let me know!

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It wasn't long before we were all settled back into our routines. I had a week before school started to get my books and supplies for the second semester of my junior year. That semester was typically thought of as the most difficult semester. Many engineering students chose to take fewer classes during this semester to try to make it go by easier and then extending their studies for another semester at the start of their fifth year. I was going to try to complete it as a traditional four-year program. It would be difficult, but with Bri being healthy, I knew I wouldn't have to make as many trips home as I did in the fall. I WANTED to, but I didn't have to if it meant keeping up with my course work.

Bri and Lara started their last semester of high school. I talked daily with both of them, either through text messages or through video chats. Bri's friends were excited to see her back to school with them. Bri had considered trying to work up to participate in the spring softball season, but eventually decided against it, fearing she would not have the physical strength to play at a high level. She chose to concentrate on her studies as well. Both she and Lara began the enrollment process to join me next fall. The day they got their acceptance letters in the mail was a very proud day for all of us.

I missed both Bri and Lara tremendously. Just as last semester, the daily texts and video chats helped ease the loneliness of not being with each other. I was able to have some sexy time with both girls - usually alone, but occasionally they would both be on the other end when we played. I had told the girls that they should not hesitate to enjoy each other while I wasn't there, and I got to witness that enjoyment a few times. I was able to get off twice while watching their first ever "69" with each other, and it was easy to see that they had been practicing.

Both girls had important medical appointments. Lara was going to her doctor for the first time since I had injected her with healing serum (still not sure I believed that!). She was reporting no pain, so they reduced the anti-inflammatory she had been taking for several years. Lara reported having more energy, which could have been due from either the absence of her arthritis or from the reduced medicine dosage. It was also possible that she had just outgrown her arthritis, as many sufferers of juvenile arthritis do. When I teased her about not needing injections anymore, both girls protested, playing along with my little game.

Bri's next scan was to happen in early February. We all silently hoped that there would be no detection of any cancer in her body. Several days after her scan appointment, she texted me to get somewhere we could talk instead of message. I had told each of my professors that I might have to step out of their classrooms for a few minutes for this call, explaining what Bri had been going through, and just like last semester, all were very supportive.

I was having lunch in the student union when the text came. Finding my hunger suddenly became secondary, I grabbed my tray to dump the contents into the trash. Most of the buildings on campus were old and were not conducive to receiving a strong cell phone signal, so I hurried outside into the cold, biting wind of winter. Using a tree trunk as a windbreak, I quickly entered my sister's cell number into my phone. When she answered, she didn't bother with any formal greeting.

"IT'S GONE! They can't find any trace of cancer in my body! They called it a remission, cautioning me that I was still susceptible to having it grow back again, but I know that you'll do all that you can to keep me healed. Timmy! THERE IS NO CANCER IN MY BODY!"

It was of course the news we had been hoping for, but to hear it confirmed by Bri herself...the emotions overwhelmed me and I started crying.

"Bri...my god, this is the best news ever!"

I could hear my sister sobbing on the phone as she answered me. "I know, Timmy - I'm still in shock, even though knew it had been shrinking since...well, since you gave me my life back by healing me!"

I didn't try to argue with her. I still didn't believe it, but something happened to start healing in Bri's body and if it was indeed me, it was certainly worth it! I found myself wishing I had been there in person to hear the news, and then to celebrate after with another injection of my healing serum.

"What's next, Bri? Do you still have things to do to make sure it doesn't come back?"

She giggled. "Of course I do - sleep with you as much as I can! I'll do another scan in three months, and he wants me to stay on a very low dose oral chemo med, but it won't be strong enough to keep my hair from growing back. It will be slow, but eventually, there will be no more shiny cueball above my ears!"

It had been over a year since I'd seen Bri with hair. I'd gotten so used to her shiny head that it was almost a shame it was going to be covered again! But I knew why she was excited, because even though she had been very strong about it, there were still people who looked and stared at her, wondering why this young woman didn't have any hair.

"That's great, sis - I can hardly wait until it's long enough so I can pull it again. I missed teasing you like that! But...there are other ways of pulling it that I think you'll enjoy!"

"You know whatever it is, I will completely trust you. You've taken such good care of me to this point and I know you're not going to stop!"

She was right about that. I was prepared to spend the rest of my life taking care of that amazing girl.

I glanced at my watch and saw that I still had fifteen minutes of class remaining. "Bri, I have to get back to class. Think we might be able to video together tonight to celebrate?"

"Promise! I love you, Timmy!"

"I love you too, Bri! Bye."

I dried the tears from my face as I walked back into the building. Once inside the classroom, the teacher looked at me and I gave him a 'thumbs up' in return. His smile back meant a lot to me. I listened as best as I could for the rest of the class lecture, but it was hard getting Bri off my mind. She was days from death back on her birthday in October, and now four months later, the agent of death could no longer be found in her body. If I didn't believe in miracles before, I certainly did now!

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The next big event actually happened to me, and it caught me completely unaware. It was the middle of February, and I received an email from my faculty advisor, Dr. Wilson, asking me to make an appointment to see him in his office. I sent him the times during my weekly schedule that I could be free to visit with him, and we set up a time for the following day. That would give me a full 24 hours of worrying about why Dr. Wilson wanted to see me.

I mentioned the appointment to Bri that evening as we had our daily video chat. I mentioned how worried I was, but she laughed it off.

"Seriously, Timmy? He knows how hard you have worked to this point, and he also knows how hard it's been with all that was going on with my health. I don't know why he wants to see you either, but I'm sure it's something good, because you only do good things!"

She was trying to help me relax about this, and it was working well. I smiled and replied, "You're right, Bri. I guess I'm more surprised than anything, but I let doubts replace the surprise. As soon as I find out, I'll send you a message to let you know what he wants."

She giggled as she said, "This is a change - usually it's me sending you messages after I find out news. I'll keep my phone with me so I can hear whatever the good news is going to be!"

I was set to meet with Dr. Wilson immediately after my first class of the day ended. Since all my classes were in the engineering building, it would be an easy trip. His door was open when I knocked softly, announcing I was there.

"Hello, Tim. Please, come in and have a seat."

There were two chairs in front of his desk, and I sat in the one on the right. As I looked over at him, I noticed a smile on his face, which relaxed me just a bit.

"Thanks for coming to see me, Tim. How is your sister doing?"

It was time for me to smile. "Actually, a couple of weeks ago, her scan showed that the was no cancer. It looks like it has disappeared. She's going to stay on a low chemo dose as a precautionary measure moving forward, but she's back in school and feeling great!"

Dr. Wilson clapped his hands together. "That's great news! I'm so happy for you and your family. I know how hard it was on you last semester dealing with her decline, so it's wonderful that the news is all positive now."

He paused for a few seconds and then continued. "Your hard work the past couple of years while you were going through your sister's health problems has not gone unnoticed. We know that you maintained a great academic record in your classes while working nearly full-time and also making quick visits home. You did an outstanding job handling all that.

"That tells us on the faculty that you are more than just a great engineering student. Because of your exceptional work ethic and your great academic record so far, we have chosen you to have a very special opportunity. The local engineering firm Bell and Associates has created an apprenticeship for an incoming senior student here at the university. It will start this summer, and while there's no guarantees for what happens after, I'd think you'd find yourself on a fast track for a full-time position once you receive your degree."

I leaned back in my chair, trying to process what Dr. Wilson had just told me. I was familiar with Bell and Associates, since as engineering students, we had made a few trips to their offices. As part of a freshman-level class Intro to Engineering, we had visited so we could see what a private engineering firm was about, including the kind of work they do. Then last year as a sophomore, we visited them twice. We spent two days shadowing actual engineers - one day with the inside work, and a second day on a working project outside. It was exciting to think about me being an engineer and doing the things they were doing for a living.

But the implications of the internship with an inside track to being employed there after college were immense! First of all, I liked living in the city where my school was and had become adjusted to the idea of big city living.

But more importantly, if I could get on with Bell and Associates, I'd still be here as Bri and Lara completed their degrees. It was one thing we really hadn't thought about yet, but I knew the possibility was there that I'd have to move away while they completed college, and as much as I missed them while I was away from them for school, it would have been unbearable to be away from them for three more years, waiting on them to graduate from college.

I looked back at Dr. Wilson, and he knew from the smile on my face that I would accept the internship. He went over the details, telling me I'd have one week off when school was out for the summer, and then I'd report to the company to begin my internship. He also said that I'd have one week off before school started again in the fall. I would be expected to work a standard 40-hour week, and there would be a stipend for me, but not near the level of pay a beginning engineer could expect.

I would have done it for free! This was an outstanding opportunity for me to learn from real engineers at a real firm, and if it also meant an enhanced opportunity to work for them...well, it would be the realization of my dreams, and a great reward for working hard to achieve those dreams.

I stood up to shake Dr. Wilson's hand. He presented me with a packet of information I would need to get the internship process started, including the completion of a job application at Bell and Associates that I would find on their website. As I left his office, I was so happy that I felt like skipping to my next class. I promptly sent a text message to Bri, telling her that I had good news to share, but wanted to do it this evening when Mom and Dad could be home so I could tell everyone at the same time. She promptly asked if Lara should be there also, and I said yes, if it was possible for her to be there.

The rest of the day was difficult, because my concentration was more on what Dr. Wilson had told me and less on my actual classwork for the day. I was fortunate that I did not have a work shift that evening, so I messaged Bri again, asking her to let me know when everyone was present so I could share with them. She was cute, trying to be coy in getting me to at least give her a hint of what the news was. When that failed, she must have gone into a restroom at the school, where she took a selfie with her hand barely covering one of her naked breasts. I laughed, sending her a message that while she was still sexy, she was going to have to wait.

My last class of the day ended at 4:00 p.m. I knew from the past that Dad would be the one likely to arrive home the latest, and that was usually around 5:30. I had my laptop open on the little table in my apartment, working on a couple of assignments that had been given to me earlier. Neither were due until the first of next week, but I had learned to take advantage of any free time I might have, so I could work on the assignment while the class session was still fresh in my mind.

I had completed one assignment and was in the middle of the second when the call came in on my laptop. I pushed my textbook aside and centered the computer so the screen was directly in front of me. I accepted the call and saw that Lara had indeed joined Bri and my parents for the good news. Lara and Bri were sitting at the kitchen table, and Mom and Dad were standing behind them.

"Hello everybody!"

They waved and said "Hello!" all at the same time. Taking quick charge of the call, Mom spoke up next.

"Timothy, this is unusual. Is everything okay there for you? Are you in trouble?"

I was not surprised at all when mom took it in that direction, I started to say something, but Bri beat me to it.

"Mom! I told you, he said he had good news to share with us!"

"I know what you said, Bri. But if he had bad news, he wouldn't have told us ahead of time that he had bad news so that we would have worried until we talked to him in person!"

I could tell that Mom and Bri could really get something started if they weren't checked, so I spoke up. "Mom, I promise - it really is very good news!"

I proceeded to share my meeting with Dr. Wilson with them, telling them about the faculty choosing me for the internship based in part on my hard work to keep up well with my schooling while working and driving home to be with Bri as much as I possibly could. I was getting ready to tell them about the possibility of having a better chance to work there following my graduation, but Dad had already figured that out.

"Tim, this is a tremendous opportunity for you to show them what you are capable of, and if you impress them, they would be foolish to turn down somebody with your strength if you wanted to work there."

I laughed and replied, "I know - I was just going to tell you that! Dr. Wilson mentioned the same thing. It would be amazing to transition from college to work in the same city, plus I'd be able to stay with Bri and Lara and help them through school - not that they would need any help!"

When I mentioned being able to stay with the girls, both of their faces lit up with excitement. They knew I'd be there for at least one year, but finding out I might not leave at all was very good news for them.

Mom said, "Timothy, we're so proud of you! I wish you were here with us tonight! I think we might go out and celebrate your great news! Can you celebrate somewhere tonight also?"

I smiled and said, "My celebration will be finishing up a couple of assignments I received earlier today so that I don't have to worry about them over the weekend. But don't worry - when I get to come back for spring break, we'll find time to celebrate together.'

We spent the next fifteen minutes or so chatting about things that were not so important, but still good enough to share together. They finally told me they needed to go, so they could get dinner ready and so I could stop being interrupted while trying to do homework. I could have talked to them a lot longer because it had been well over a month since I'd been home. But I was thankful for the technology that allowed us to communicate with each other.

I heated up a cheap microwave dinner and picked at it while I tried to finish my homework. Right as I was about to stop for the night, my phone pinged with a new text message. It was from Bri, asking if she and Lara could call one more time. I told her yes, and then received another message, and an interesting one at that. They asked me if I was alone. I was curious to see what that was all about, so I told them I was.

In just a few seconds, the video message program on my laptop and phone rang again. I accepted it and suddenly realized why they wanted to make sure I was alone. On the screen in front of me were two very sexy and very naked girls! My cock jumped instantly in my shorts.

"This is a very nice surprise!"

It was Lara who spoke first. "We wanted to congratulate you properly, and since you can't be here with us, we decided to do what we can to make sure you know how proud we are of you!"

Bri joined in. "Honestly, it's great that this may happen for you, because I was afraid our time together next year would be another "one and done" like it was our only year together in high school. I loved that year we were both in school together, but you had to ruin it and go off to college. I was feeling the same vibes here, though I hadn't said anything about it yet. I was secretly hoping you wouldn't abandon Lara and I once you got your degree and had to move to another city for a job."

I wasn't surprised to see Bri had the same concerns I did. "It's not a done deal yet, but it sure seems like a great opportunity, and I promise for both of you that I will work my hardest to make sure I get the opportunity. If that means I'll have to abstain from sex with you two sexy girls next year to get my homework done, it will just be a sacrifice we'll all have to endure!"

They were having none of that. Bri responded, "That's not going to happen! How can you give up fucking these two beautiful and sexy bodies?"

They both pulled a "Vanna White" move, pointing to each other as if they were selling merchandise.

"I think I know the way to motivate you to do your homework," Lara commented. "We'll withhold your access to these bodies unless all of your work is done on time and to an "A" level standard! Bri and I will simply have to take care of each other if you can't join us!"

They started kissing each other while rubbing their hands across each other's breasts. I had to get my hard cock out since it was fighting to push its way through my underwear and sweatpants. I stroked as they continued kissing and rubbing each other. Their hands began to slide down, and both of them adjusted so that they could spread their legs far enough apart that they could accommodate hands. They began to intensely rub each other's pussies, and it looked like it became a contest to see who could make the other cum first.