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."

Liam said, "I've kissed a few girls. Betsy Connors gave me a handjob once.

No one's ever... Well, let's just say you're a bit ahead of

though," Liam

"I'm glad we got a chance to share this. Even though

bank for another time." He put his arms around me and hugged

to shore. When we got to our spot, all of our

they went for a walk

"Maybe," Liam said.

in the sun and dried off. By that time, my phone said it was five pm and I knew we needed to head home. As we rolled up our towels and folded our chairs, Logan and Marissa walked over. They were both looking a bit bedraggled. Logan's hair was full

didn't ask. We all silently packed up

me as we climbed the wooden steps onto the boardwalk. "I'm good," I

She gave

*

was an outdoor shower, surrounded by green corrugated plastic for privacy. We took turns washing the sand off, then went into the house. Once all of us were changed into shorts 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

went down to the boardwalk and took a long walk along the shore. The way was

Aunt Tara's house, but we had. I wondered if all our days at the Shore would feel so long. If that happened, it would be like having a

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

came from the more conservative side

we'd had such a 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

the exhaustion, I lay back and stared up at the ceiling. Very aware of the muscular man lying next to me. For some reason, even

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