She got up early, too early for a Saturday morning. Slowly Deidre stumbled into the bathroom to wash her face and brush her teeth. As she left the bathroom, she noticed Mark was in the basement working at the computer. He had to be the only one home.
“Hey Mark, where is everyone?” Deidre’s voice was raspy and sleepy, she sounded like a little girl.
Mark smiled at his younger step-sister. The way she stood there in that over grown t-shirt that clung in all the right places. Sure she was 18 and he was 21 and sure they had the relationship of two siblings, but this morning was different.
“Mom’s out and your dad’s at work. They probably won’t be home until tonight.
Deidre nodded and sauntered over to Mark, where he pushed the office chair back away from the desk to let her sit on his lap like she always did.
“I wanna show you something.” He opened up an e-mail that had been forwarded to him and they both had a good laugh. His hand was firm on her stomach and Deidre could feel him grow under her. Mark kissed the back of her neck and she jumped off.
“What do you think you’re doing? That’s gross, you’re my stepbrother!”
Mark reached for her hand and she didn’t resist.
“We’re not related by blood or anything, Dee...it’s only our parents that are married. If they divorced, we really wouldn’t have any ties.”
Deidre thought about it for a minute and climbed onto his lap, facing him.
He smiled the largest smile Deidre had ever seen.