Family Vacation: >5

My heart finally slowed. It was OK. This was OK. Liam had just been following Logan's lead. But then, what was Logan doing? None of this made any sense. My body's reaction least of all. Because in that moment, as Liam's fingers had drifted downward, I'd wanted him to brush against my sex. To dip his digits into the gusset of my suit and feel exactly how wet I was. To press his pointer deep into my...

"Hey, you OK?"

I startled and looked over to see Liam, himself, floating next to me. He really did look concerned, his usual playful grin replaced by a slight frown. His blue eyes crinkled with worry. "I'm fine," I said.

"I didn't, um, do anything to upset you?" Liam asked.

"You're fine," I told my brother. He nodded. But he didn't swim away. Instead, the two of us stayed out in the ocean and bobbed up and down with the waves.

"This is nice," I said, after we'd been bouncing for a while.

"You've been saying that a lot lately," Liam said.

"I haven't had a lot of nice things lately," I said. My brother looked good out in the ocean. The water glistening on his muscled arms and broad chest. His short blond hair dark with wet. Now that we both felt comfortable, he had his usual crooked smile. His eyes shone a brighter blue than the sky.

"I'm still a virgin," I said.

"Wait. What?" Liam cocked his head.

"That's, um, that's my secret," I said. "Remember I owed you one from before? I've never done it. Or anything close to it, actually."

kissed a few girls. Betsy Connors gave me a

few boys. No one's ever... Well, let's just say you're

though,"

I said, "I'm glad we got a chance to share this. Even though you didn't

He put his arms around me and hugged me tight. It felt nice. His

we got to our spot, all

walk on the

"Maybe," Liam said.

head home. As we rolled up our towels and

anything, and we didn't ask. We all silently packed up

asked me as we climbed the wooden steps

She gave

*

and t-shirts, we went back outside to where Uncle Micah was grilling burgers and hot dogs. We hadn't been in the backyard yet, and I saw this was a very nice setup with a big deck and a barbecue, plus benches and tables for sitting. Down the steps from the deck, there was a small

both families went down to the boardwalk and took a long walk along the shore. The way was lit yellow, the ocean crashing

came home. It was hard to imagine we'd been in Pennsylvania that morning, sleeping at my Aunt Tara's house, but we had. I wondered if all our

in the hall, getting changed into pajamas, washing up, brushing our teeth, etc. I was last, so everyone was already in the

had on a cute, turquoise linen shirt and shorts set that looked like it came from the more conservative side of Victoria's Secret. I was wearing a long, yellow bed shirt that came down to about my knees.

long day, it was easy to climb into bed. My brother's warm body slid next to mine. These beds were way smaller than I'd realized. There was no way to position ourselves where

some reason, even the most casual contact felt inappropriate. As if we hadn't

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