Unspoken Pleasure by Erotica

Chapter 221

Brother & Sister Pleasure: Ep13

Soon after, we sat down to the meal. There was enough food for all, but I would never have described it as a sumptuous feast. Weird how even our indulgences were a reminder of all the things we could no longer indulge in. Everything started OK. My Dad asked Kara how school was going, and she did a good job keeping things light. My sisters chimed in, and we were having a pretty good time. But then one innocuous question stopped everything dead. "So where are your parents during the holiday?" Mom asked.

"Oh, they're off at the ski resort," Kara said.

"Ski resort," my dad said. It was not a question.

"Yes, it was this whole thing," Kara said, "Dad said that money was tight, so he reserved at this place that isn't as nice as usual and Mom freaked out."

"Yes," Dad said, "Important to be financially responsible."

The room went dead silent. I think Kara realized what she'd been saying, but it was too late. The cloud of our family's failures hung over us, thick and murky. I felt it, heavy, in my chest.

We'd been those people, once. Never as rich as Kara, of course, but doing well enough to have a nice home, new cars, and a good vacation. Dad didn't set out to lose his job, we all knew that, but it happened anyway. Suddenly we were scraping by.

Dad had found another job for about a quarter of the pay. Mom went back to work and Jan cut grad school short to start earning money. The only reason Lucy and I weren't working was because Dad insisted that school was more important and wouldn't allow it. Watching him gather up those last shreds of his pride was almost worse than seeing it obliterated in the first place.

So, hearing Kara talk about having to accept the 'lesser' chalet while we stared at two sad, skinny chickens at a busted up table in a sad, old house -- I guess it hurt a little. With conversation stifled and the meal mostly gone, we turned to the one thing we still had plenty of: alcohol.

We'd ended up with a half dozen bottles of wine and we proceeded to methodically murder them all. It didn't make dinner less awkward, but it helped us remember less of it in the morning.

After dinner, the inevitable began to take its effect. My Dad found his way to the football game and Jan joined him. Mom ended up napping in a corner. That left Lindsay, Lucy, Kara and I to sloppily clean up.

At one point, while I collected the dishes and Kara and Lindsay were washing in the other room, Lucy sidled up next to me, nudging my side.

"Kara's been eyeing you all night," she said.

"That's nice," I said, absently.

"You should make a move," Lucy said, "I think she'd go for it."

"Last time, that did not turn out too well," I said, looking at my sister meaningfully.

"It's fine," Lucy said, "I won't get mad."

"Are you sure?"

a lot worse. Besides, I feel like one of us should score on Thanksgiving, since it looks like

I said, meaning

put me in an uncomfortable spot for other relationships. What had happened when I flirted with

up, I made my way over to Kara. I was about to suggest she come see my room for

something," my little sister said, "The rest of the family is busy, so let's hang

be fun, I guess," I

said, "I think

hell no," Lucy said, "That's only going to lead

did our

I'm surprised our necks didn't snap in unison. What

that's a good idea, hon," Lucy said, taking the side of reason for

would really like it," Lindsay

was suggesting this soberly. This was beyond a disaster; it was a twenty-car pileup with a nuclear-powered van in

some game you guys play?"

away. "Come on, I want to show you this cool thing

a great idea,"

had pinched

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that for?" Lindsay asked,

turned and smiled at Kara. "Little sisters, right? So

two older brothers," Kara said with a

skiing with your parents?" I asked, desperate to change the subject. You know it was a bad sign if I was willing to bring that up again. It truly felt like the safer of the two conversations. "Kevin is," Kara said, "But

cool," I said. Most. Awkward.

this thing you want to do,

Lindsay said, "You'll love

sister has had a little too much to drink," I said to Kara. Then I turned to my sister. "Right,

fine," Lindsay said, calmly. "Let's go up

was now implicated in

*

cajoled us all into following her upstairs. She marched straight into my bedroom, grabbed one of my

Kara stared from

yourself up against the pillow and it starts to feel really

"Oh wow," Kara said.

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