[FONT=&quot]Inseparable[/FONT]​

[FONT=&quot]Part I [/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]My twin brother Abel and I were born only three minutes apart. I was born first and then he came out three minutes later so silent, my mother thought he was a stillborn and began to cry. It took just a few seconds for the doctors to examine him and assure my mother he was alive. [/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]Not me. I was crying hysterically. My mother says my tiny arms were up in the air like I was trying to grasp something. She says when they lay me in her arms I calmed down but was still desperately trying to find something. Then they laid Abel right next to me. My mom says Abel and I were placed close to each other and he reached out slightly and our hands touched. She says that's when I stopped crying and just sobbed quietly.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]The doctor joked and said I was crying because I had spent the last nine months in my mom's belly with my brother and once we were separated, I went ballistic. My mom would tell me that story every time after Abel and I fought. [/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]It's not like we fought physically, unless you count play wrestling. We just argued like any normal brother and sister do. We called each other ugly face or stupid face. You know, the silly things siblings call one another. [/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]We shared a bedroom from birth until we were six years old. My father had finally landed a decent paying job with the Police force and we moved to a new house where Abel and I got our own rooms.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"Thank goodness I don't have to share a room with you anymore stupid face," he said and lightly pushed me.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]My parents were outside getting some of the boxes from our move and Abel and I were in the house exploring our new rooms. His was next to mine but mine was bigger. [/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"Yeah I don't have to see you every morning ugly face!" I snapped and shoved him hard.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"Hey! Watch it, snot eater!"[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"Ear waxer taster!" I shot back.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"Ok! That's enough!" Mom scorned as she came in with two big boxes. She placed them down. "Am I going to have to tell you the story again where you two were miserable because you were separated?"[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"No mom. Please don't!" Abel pleaded. I seconded that.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]My dad followed with two bigger boxes. "I think that's all Elena," he said to my mother.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"These two are fighting more than ever. I'm glad they are going to have their own rooms." [/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]My dad glared at my brother and I. "You two better stop your fighting before I ground both of you. That means no TV for two weeks!"[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]Two weeks! For a child that seems like an eternity, so whenever mom and dad weren’t around, that's when Abel and I fought.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]We continued our name calling and bickering as any normal siblings do. It wasn't until we were twelve years old and the movie Titanic was showing on HBO. Our parents were out for the night, having one of their famous "date nights." Abel and I were in the living room, the only room with a TV, sitting on the couch next to each other.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]When Kate Winslet took off her robe to let Leonardo Dicaprio paint her, I saw Abel shift in his seat and look down.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]I giggled. He'd seen naked women before because he once saw our mom naked when he accidentally walked into the bathroom just as she'd gotten out of the shower. Abel had screamed and I made fun of him and never let him forget it. [/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"What are you laughing at?" He growled.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"Does Kate Winslet remind you of mom?" I teased.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]Abel groaned. "Shut up stupid face!"[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]I laughed.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"Kate is much, much prettier and more fun to look at than mom." He said boldly.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]I turned to look at him. "Oh, so I see you don't think girls are gross anymore huh?"[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]He stared straight at the TV. "Nope. At least not Kate Winslet."[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"Like she'd ever go out with you," I said jokingly.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]He looked over at me. "You never know. I bet you're drooling over Leonardo Dicaprio huh?"[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]I wrinkled my nose. "Eww no! Boys are gross."[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]He laughed. "Yeah right. I heard you like Chase Thompson."[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]I frowned. "No I don't! Lucy is just saying that because SHE likes him. Not ME!" Lucy was my best friend at the time and I'd told her in secrecy that I kind of liked Chase and she told everyone! At that time I was mad at her and we'd had our little spat.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"You like Chase! You like Chase!" Abel taunted me.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]I pushed him and he let himself fall to the side of the couch. He kept laughing at me. [/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"Shut up already! I want to watch this movie!"[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]I crossed my arms and pouted. I could still hear Abel laughing quietly. Once his laughing subsided, we watched the movie in silence. The normal silence turned awkward when Kate and Leonardo were making love in the car. I felt myself squirm in my seat. [/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]I felt Abel looking at me. I turned to look at him and saw no expression at all.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"What?" I asked haughtily.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"You…um…have you kissed someone yet?" He asked nervously.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"Yeah," I lied.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]His eyes widened. "Who?"[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"None of your business!" I snapped.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"You haven't kissed anyone! You liar!" Abel said.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]I sighed. "Have you?"[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"Yeah." [/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"Who?" I was curious now.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"Someone you don't know. Someone that doesn't go to our school."[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]I groaned. "You're such a liar! You haven't kissed anyone!"[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"Neither have you!" [/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"So?"[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"So?" He mocked me.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"Quit saying you have when you haven't ugly face!"[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"You need to stop lying too, stupid face!" [/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]I pushed him again and he pushed me back. [/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]We were quiet again. The movie continued to play but I couldn't concentrate because I felt Abel staring at me.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"Hey Angie," he called me. My name is Angela but Abel had called me Angie ever since I can remember.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]I turned. He was closer to me now. His face was only inches away from mine. [/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"What?" I whispered.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"You want to kiss?" [/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]I gulped. "No! That's gross!" [/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]He laughed. "It won't be like a gross kiss like they do in the movies. Just like our lips touching. So that way, if any of our friends ask us if we've kissed someone we won't be lying."[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"I'm not going to tell my friends I kissed my own brother!" I yelped.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"Shut up! You don't have to tell them WHO you kissed, stupid! You just have to say you HAVE kissed someone and you really won't be lying. It's not like I'm going to go brag to MY friends and say I kissed you, stupid face."[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]I felt my face get hot. "Don't call me that anymore ok?" [/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"Well you call me ugly face all the time!" He argued.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"Ok, whatever! So you want to…kiss?" I asked nervously.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]He nodded and moved closer to me. He cupped my chin and just as he moved closer I started to laugh. He groaned and moved away from me.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"I'm sorry," I said in between laughs.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"You're so childish," he said sounding like an adult.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"Ok, I'm sorry. Look, we can try it again." I said composing myself. [/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]He sighed and moved closer to me again. He leaned in and placed his lips on mine. His lips were warm and soft. I pressed my lips against his. He pulled back slowly. I hadn't noticed my eyes were still closed until he spoke.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"Ok, so see…we did it. Now we can't lie and say we haven't kissed anyone."[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]I opened my eyes and Abel sat back and continued watching the movie. I watched the movie too only I couldn't stop shaking.[/FONT]


[FONT=&quot]~Three Years later~[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"Yeah and he totally put his tongue in my mouth! At first, I grossed out but then it was pretty cool."[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]I'm listening to my best friend Lucy talking about her date with Tommy Mason. We went to the burger joint not far from the school. I was happily eating my bacon cheeseburger, while Lucy simply had diet root beer. Lucy and Tommy had been "dating" for three weeks now and after the Valentine's Day dance, Tommy walked her home and kissed her good night. He used his tongue. How gross![/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"It feels really good. You should totally try it Angie!" [/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]I cringed. "No thank you."[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"Don't be such a prude! We're in high school now! We have to do more things with the guys otherwise they'll tell their friends we are uptight."[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"Better for them to know we're easy huh?"[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]Lucy rolled her eyes. She was become prettier each year. Her blonde hair was long now, past her shoulders. Pretty green eyes, tiny freckles, and long eyelashes were just some of the things guys found irresistible. [/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"So…Chase still keeps asking me about you."[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]I groaned. Chase and I had "tried" to date in junior high but turns out Chase told everyone I had given him a blowjob before I even knew what a blowjob was![/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"Tell Chase to go to hell."[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]Lucy giggled. "Aww Angie, he was just trying to make himself look cool. Don't you know how guys are?"[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"Yeah, he can make himself look cool but make me look like a slut."[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"Don't be so hard on him, Angie. He is totally cute and you know it. He's already apologized for that a lot of times and he's told his friends it was just a joke. So c'mon and forgive him!"[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"No way. No day."[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]Lucy stuck her tongue at me. "You suck. Anyway so I hear your brother is dating Tania Luna huh?"[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]I felt disgusted. Tania was one of the schools biggest sluts. I couldn't believe my twin brother was into her.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"Yeah you heard right."[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]Lucy had asked Abel out so many times but he was obviously into "easy" girls. He always said blondes weren't his type which I found a bit "weird" for a guy to say. I thought all guys liked blondes.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"He's blind that's why. I would totally love for my brother to go out with you but you know how guys are. They want easy girls."[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"Yeah. Well…maybe in a few years when he grows up." [/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"Wishful thinking my friend. Don't you know guys never grow up?"[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]We laughed.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"True! So true!" Lucy agreed.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]* * *[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]Later that night, after I had finished brushing my teeth, I heard a knock at the door. Abel was in his boxer shorts and white t-shirt. His thick brown hair was a mess. [/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"What's up?" I asked right away.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]Abel looked somewhat uneasy.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"Um…can I come in?" He asked.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"Sure." I stepped aside and let him in. I was wearing my Hello Kitty pajama shorts with matching t-shirt and my hair was in a ponytail.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]Abel paced my room. "Look, I got a date with Tania tomorrow night."[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]I shrugged. "Yeah so?"[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"Well…um you know…you've heard she's…"[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"Easy?" I cut in.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]He frowned. "Experienced."[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"Whatever."[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"Well um..." He looked over at the door and went to close it. He walked towards me. My heart began to race. I noticed how my brother and I had the same dark brown eyes and eyebrows, long black lashes and same olive colored skin. Abel had gotten tall while I remained short. He looked at me and I looked up at him.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"What's wrong?" I asked softly. I hadn't realized how soft my voice had gotten. He was standing so close to me.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"Can we practice? You know kissing?" He asked.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]I felt my knees get weak. "Practice? Didn't we already do that like three years ago?" I had never forgotten my first kiss, even if it was with my own brother.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]He blushed. "Yeah but that was just…you know a simple kiss. Tania has probably had more intense kisses if you know what I mean?"[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]I gulped. "Yeah. So…don't tell me you want to French kiss?"[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]He nodded.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]I felt myself turn red. "Um…do you think that would be a good idea?"[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"Why not? Look, we've already kissed before. This kiss will just be…more practice for me and for you too. I mean when you start dating you'll be ready and know what to do right? So it'll help both of us."[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]I had to admit he did have a point. "Um…ok but make it quick. I don't want to get your cooties."[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]He laughed. "Cooties? What are we in third grade? I didn't give you any cooties last time did I?"[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]My heart was pounding. I still remembered the last time we'd kissed. I had never forgotten. "Ok, just get it over with," I implored.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]Abel put his hands on my waist and leaned down. His lips immediately met with mine. I loved the way they felt against mine. Suddenly, I felt them part slightly. His tongue pressed against my lips desperately trying to find its way in my mouth. [/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]I gasped and parted my lips. His tongue searched for mine. Once our tongues met, they massaged against one another's. A moan escaped my lips and I put my arms around Abel's neck. [/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]With our tongues intertwined, our bodies pressed against one another, and our teenage hormones running wildly, our simple "practice" kiss became an deep long wet lover's kiss. Abel pressed himself on me and that's when I felt it. My brother had gotten a hard on. He pushed me back towards my bed as we continued kissing. I fell back on my bed and he fell on top of me. I felt his hands slowly creep up my shirt and touch my bare breasts. A hot sensation went all throughout my entire body. [/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]Abel began moving himself up and down on me. His hard on was rubbing against my leg. He was panting as we kissed more intensely. His hands kept rubbing my breasts. I had to admit it felt really good to have his hands teasing my breasts. The kiss only made things more erotic. [/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]He began to move faster and grunting and all of a suden I felt slight wetness on my leg. [/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]I quickly pushed him back and gasped for air. Abel turned red and pulled down his t-shirt to hide his cum stain. [/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"T-that's enough practice," I stammered.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]Abel nodded and smiled weakly. He exited my room as fast as he could. Even moments after he left, my heart was pounding so loudly I thought the neighbors would hear.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]That night I couldn't sleep. I felt my brother's kiss and touch for hours after it had happened. I kept tossing and turning in bed. Lucy had been right, a French kiss was really hot! The kiss had left me feeling warm all over. Not to mention his hands up my shirt! I moved my hand down between my legs over my pajama bottoms and rubbed on my pussy slowly. It felt good, so good![/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]I kept rubbing and began to move my hips down grinding my pussy on my own hand. I bit on my lower lip to prevent myself from moaning too loud. I let my other hand explore my own breasts remembering how good Abel’s hands had felt on them. I gently rubbed my nipples and stroked my breasts. I started moving my hips more and pressing harder on my hand until I felt a sweet eruption take over my entire body. I turned my face towards the pillow and moaned as quietly as I could. My body trembled violently until that sweet sensation slowly faded leaving me spent.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]Part II
[/FONT]


[FONT=&quot]~Three Years Later~[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]
[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]"Are you sure Angie?" Lucy asked with wide eyes.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]We were in my bathroom and I held on to a pregnancy test. The instructions said one line means negative and two lines are positive. I blinked and stared at the two lines. This was the fourth test too that had the same results.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"Yeah," I choked and let Lucy see the test.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"Oh shit…" Was all she could say. [/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]I let myself fall onto the floor and sat pressing my back against the sink cabinet. Lucy sat down next to me and held me. [/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"I thought you used protection," she whispered.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]I felt tears rolling down my face. I wasn't supposed to be pregnant. I was just about to finish high school and had plans to go on to college and study to be a writer. This was going to ruin everything, all of my hopes and dreams.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"Well we usually did…but that one night….Chase wanted to go bare and promised he would pull out. Well…he didn't obviously," I began to sob.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]Chase and I had gotten together junior year of high school. I had finally given in to his advances. He had kept pursuing me since junior high by giving me carnations on Valentines days, chocolates on my birthday and cute bracelets for Christmas. Finally I gave in and said yes to dating him. We'd dated about six months until we decided to have sex. [/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]All this time I had managed to keep a steady boyfriend while my brother Abel went from Tania Luna to Casey James, to Laurie Bernal to Sara Gomez and someone else who I can't remember and his now girlfriend Heidi Lowe. [/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"You know that pull out method never works Angie," Lucy said to me.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"Well… I know that now," I scoffed and began to cry hysterically.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"It's ok….you do have options…you know that right?" Lucy said as she held me and stroked my hair.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]I looked up at my friend. "Options?"[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"Yeah….you know abortion is an option," and she cleared her throat, "or adoption," she quickly added.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]I nodded. "I can't abort. I just can't."[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"Well then…adoption?"[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]I felt my bottom lip tremble. "You know how easily I get attached to people."[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]She gave me a sympathetic look. "Yeah I know. Sorry. I just don't know what else to advice."[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]I sighed and kept thinking how stupid I'd been. I had let a night of passion get the best of me. I kept wondering how in the world I was going to tell Chase, or even worse my parents! Yes, I was an adult but I was still in high school. I still lived with my parents. I knew Chase would be leaving to college on a football scholarship and all of this would ruin him too. I was sure Chase would take care of me and our baby.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"When are you going to tell Chase?" Lucy asked curiously.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]I shrugged. "The sooner the better I guess."[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"I'll be here for you," Lucy said sweetly and squeezed my hand.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]* * *[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]I walked around school the next day in a trance. I had hardly slept the night before. I had kept rubbing my tummy thinking there was a life growing inside of me. Part of me was happy and part of me was miserable. [/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]I found Chase by his locker after school. He was talking to one of his football buddies Marc. As I approached I heard Chase say something about college and how great college life would be and I felt sick.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"Hey you," Chase said as he saw me approaching him.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"Well, I'll talk to you later bro," Marc said and waved to me. [/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]I waited until Marc was far away to finally talk to Chase. [/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"Hey you look down babe. You ok?" He asked as his green eyes searched my face.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]I nodded. "I'm not ok. I'm pregnant."[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]His face went blank. "You're what?" He asked as if he hadn't heard me right.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"I'm pregnant," I repeated clearly.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"Pregnant?" His voice rose.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"Shhh!" I warned him and grabbed his hand. I pulled him into an empty classroom near his locker.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"Wait a minute Angie….we were careful…"[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"No we were not! I told you that pulling out bullshit wasn't going to work and now look at the results! I'm knocked up!" I yelled in a whisper.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"Are you sure? I mean what if you're mistaken and you're just sick or something."[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]I laughed sarcastically. "Yeah and that would indicate why four pregnancy tests show me positive and the fact that I've been feeling sick every morning for the past two weeks."[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]He frowned. "So what do you want from me? I guess you want me to screw up my college career to stay in this fucking boring ass town and take care of you and that brat huh?"[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]I was taken back by his words. "You asshole!" I said and punched his muscled arm. "How can you say that to me? You think this is all MY fault?"[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"I had told you to get on birth control but you didn't listen to me!" He growled at me.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]I was stunned. Chase had never talked to me that way before. "Ok so I get on birth control just so your lazy ass doesn't have to wear a rubber….yeah that's real compromise." [/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"Well? What do you want ME to do? Just tell me! I can get you some money to get rid of it."[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]I gasped. "Are you serious? You want me to just get "rid" of it?" [/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]He shrugged as if he didn't give a damn. I saw my boyfriend's true colors right then and there. [/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]I felt tears welling in my eyes. I didn't want this jerk to see me cry but I couldn't help it. I was feeling so hurt. "You know what Chase? I don't need you and neither does the baby. Hope you have a great college career life." I walked out the room with tears running down my face.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]* * *[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]Later that night, after forcing myself to eat some of my mom's pot roast, I went to my room and cried some more. I usually loved pot roast, especially my mom's but today, nothing tasted good to me.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]I heard a knock on the door and quickly dried my tears. I turned on the TV to the Lifetime Channel just in case if it was my mom I would tell her I was crying over some movie that was sad.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"Come in," I choked.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]It wasn't my mom. It was my twin brother. Abel narrowed his eyes at me and closed the door. "Hey you ok?" He asked as he walked towards me.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"Y-yeah," I said in a shaky voice. "I was just crying over this movie on Lifetime."[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]He crossed his arms and shook his head. "You aren't a good liar sis. I can tell something's wrong."[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]I grabbed the remote and turned off the TV. "How do you know?" I asked him.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"I'm you're twin. Remember when you're feeling down I feel it too. It's weird."[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]I blinked. He was right. It didn't happen all the time; only when something big was going on. Like when our grandmother passed away and Abel was told first, I was in class and didn't know about it but suddenly I started feeling sad. There was a time when Abel got in a car accident when he went joyriding with his friend Joe and Joe crashed the car against a telephone pole. I was in my room that night and suddenly felt a sense of panic. It was things like that, that made us feel each other's emotions. [/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"I'm in deep shit bro," I blurted out.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]Abel sat down on the bed next to me. "What's up?"[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"I'm pregnant," I said it fast.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]Abel looked shocked. "Preggers? No way."[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"Yes way."[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]He sighed. "Are you sure?"[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"I took four pregnancy tests."[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]Abel looked uncomfortable. "Hmmm I guess that would explain the dreams I've been having."[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]I glared at my brother. "Dreams?"[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"Yeah I've been dreaming about baby clothes," he laughed nervously. "At first I thought maybe I'd knocked Heidi up but I guess I'd been dreaming about it because you were the one that was knocked up."[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"Yeah….I guess so," I felt myself trying to stop myself from crying."[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]Abel hugged me and held me tight. "Did you tell Chase?" He asked.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"Yeah."[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"What does he think about all of this?"[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"He wants nothing to do with me or the "brat" as he referred to it."[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]Abel pulled back. "What? He said that? That asshole!"[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"Yeah," I began to sob. [/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"I should go right now and kick his muscled head ass!"[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"No, don't. Please. I told him to just go on and do his own thing. He obviously wants nothing to do with me or the baby."[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"So that's it? He knocks you up and goes on his merry way? C'mon sis you're smarter than that. I hope you at least get him for child support."[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"What child support? He's going off to college on a football scholarship and he's going to be partying almost every night. He doesn't even have a job! What child support?" I felt myself getting angry.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"Calm down sis….it'll be ok," Abel assured. He put his hand over mine.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"I have to tell mom and dad," I sobbed.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"Yeah I know. But I'll be there with you ok? So you don't feel alone."[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]I smiled weakly at my twin. He reached over and wiped my tears off my face. [/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]* * *[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]Tell my parents had been no picnic. I explained to them carefully that I was indeed pregnant. My parents freaked of course. Maybe they didn't freak as much as they would have had I been sixteen years old. I was an adult but still…I had so much going for me and now it would be put on hold.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]My father went ballistic when I told him Chase wanted nothing to do with me or the baby. He wanted to do the same thing Abel had said and go beat his ass but I thought there really was no point in doing that. [/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]My brother was with me the entire time just like he said he would. He was by my side holding my hand and protecting me from my really pissed off parents.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]My mother took me to the doctor to get a real examination. I kept hoping that maybe the doctor would laugh and say "Oh Angie, those home pregnancy tests are never accurate. You are not pregnant. You are just getting the flu. Here take these antibiotics and you'll feel better in no time." If only he had said that. Instead he confirmed that I was in deed with child.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]Graduation was approaching. Everyone in school was making plans to go to parties, dances, and barbeques. Abel, Heidi, Joe and Joe's girlfriend Melissa, were planning to go to Las Vegas! Yes, Vegas! Joe's parents are rich and offered to get them all plane tickets and hotel stay as sort of a Graduation gift. [/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]I was going to be stuck at home not doing anything. Lucy had told me to stop punishing myself and wanted me to go to parties with her. I refused. I didn't feel the need to be out partying. Actually I was in no mood to be around people and loud music.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"You're lucky you're going to Vegas," I said to my brother.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]It was after school and we were lounging around watching TV in the living room. [/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"Yeah it should be fun. Sorry you can't come along sis." His eyes stayed on the TV.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"I bet you are all going to have fun. Too bad you all can't gamble but there are tons of things to do in Vegas. I hear they have nice clubs."[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]He shugged. "Yeah I heard that too. Heidi can't wait to go partying."[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]I rolled my eyes. Heidi was definitely a party girl. With her long brown hair and big blue eyes, she would always get guys drooling over her. She was never much into conversation, at least not with me. I once was stuck alone with her because she'd come to pick Abel up to go out and Abel was still in the shower. I tried talking to her but she just kind of gave me short answers and that was it. I decided to not pursue trying to get her to talk.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]Just then, my cell phone rang. I looked at the caller ID and saw Chase's name. My heart began to pound. [/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]I answered it and Chase said he needed to talk to me. He said he'd come over right away. [/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"So Rico Suave is coming over after all huh?" Abel asked sarcastically.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"Shut up, he sounded serious. Maybe he's changed his mind."[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]Abel looked at me and then at my tummy. I was already showing a tiny baby bump. I grabbed a pillow off the couch and covered my tummy. I don't know why I felt somewhat shy having my brother see my swollen tummy.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"Yeah well…whatever," Abel said nonchalantly.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]I went to go fix myself up a little and waited for Chase to come over. I rushed to answer the door because I didn't want Abel to say anything mean to him. Too late, once I went towards the door Abel had already greeted Chase.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"You better be here to apologize to Angie," Abel said right away.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]I walked towards them and stood between them. "Abel, it's ok. I'm going to talk to him."[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]Abel glared at Chase and Chase looked down in shame. Abel left me and Chase alone after a few seconds of scowling at Chase. I frowned. "Come on….let's go talk in my room."[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]Chase followed me and once we were in my room, I closed the door.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"Hey," Chase said quietly.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"Hi," I replied nervously.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"How you been? I've been meaning to call you but…" [/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"But what?" I asked right away.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"I was scared Angie. I'm sorry I was an asshole ok? I-I told my mom you were pregnant and she got really ticked off."[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"Yeah well…my mom didn't exactly embrace me."[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"I'm sorry," he said and put his hands in his jean pockets. "I want to do the right thing Angie."[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]I was almost shocked. "You do?" My voice got soft.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"Yeah. I mean college can wait. I can go to community college here right? I can work and go to school at the same time while our baby grows up. We can take turns taking care of the baby while we get our education. It can be done right?"[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]I smiled. "Yes it can." I walked closer to Chase and put my arms around him. [/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]It took a few seconds before he held me back. [/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"Are you sure you want to really do this?" I asked.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"Yes," He replied sounding confident.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]* * *[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]I told my parents that Chase had agreed to be part of my life and our baby's life. My parents were glad that Chase had stepped up to take responsibility and that I wouldn't have to be a single mother. [/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]Abel on the other hand was not so happy. "You really think he's going to stick around? I seriously doubt it." [/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"You don't know that!" I screamed at my brother.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]He was pacing my room while I sat on my bed and watched him. I had just told him the good news but he didn't think Chase was the family type.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"His parents are divorced," Abel spat.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]I blinked. "Yeah…so?"[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"So? Well kids that come from divorced families end up in divorce themselves."[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]I laughed. "Oh my god. That's so ridiculous."[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]He paused and narrowed his eyes at me. "It's not ridiculous! It's a fact!"[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"Abel, stop being so mean. I think it's so great that Chase is going to stick by my side. He's giving up a lot you know."[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"Oh yeah I'm sure he his. You wait and see….he's going to be fucking around in no time."[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]That hurt. "Thanks a lot bro. Thanks for having faith in your sisters future husband."[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"Husband?" Abel asked angrily.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"Yeah…I mean we will eventually marry. I don't want to just live with him."[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"Live with him?" Abel raised his voice.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"Yes. Don't tell me you think we were going to stick around and live here with mom and dad. We are going to get an apartment after graduation."[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"You're kidding right? I give it less than a month before you're back here at mom and dads."[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"Why are you being so mean? You should support me in all of this."[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"You don't love him Angie."[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]I was suddenly shocked. "What?"[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"You don't love him do you? You're only doing this because of what happened. You don't have to marry him you know that right? You can have this baby and just let him send you a check to support you and your baby and he can see the child whenever he wants to. It doesn't mean you have to be stuck with him for life."[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]I heard the passion I my brother's voice. His words were honest and deep down I knew I truly didn't love Chase but I did want my baby to not have a father. Didn't that mean a marriage? To me it did.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"Well marriage makes a family. How do you expect me to be all alone with this child?" I asked.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"I would help you too," Abel said quietly.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]I felt my body tense up. Just then my cell phone rang. It was Chase. I saw Abel's face filled with disappointment and he just walked out my room. I answered the phone and talked to Chase but my eyes were still glued to the door that my twin had walked out of. [/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]* * *[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]After graduation, Chase and I had agreed to go look for an apartment. I was already four months pregnant. Abel knew we were out looking for apartments when he left for Vegas with Heidi and his friends. [/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]When Abel got back from Vegas, he dropped the bomb on everyone. Supposedly, Joe had managed to buy liquor for all of them because Joe could pass for a 21 year old. Everyone got drunk and Abel and Heidi had taken off and gotten married! [/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"You got married? Are you stupid?" My father yelled at my brother.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]My brother sat on the couch looking cool. "I'm not stupid dad. I love Heidi," he looked at me and clenched his jaw.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"That was a really stupid thing to do bro," I chimed in.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"Oh? Almost as stupid as you getting knocked up?" He shot back.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]I felt my nostrils flare. "Fuck you!" [/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"Hey! That's enough!" My mom yelled.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"Ok I don't know what's going on with you two lately. It seems you are not making good decisions! You are both adults and I can't tell you what to do anymore. I just wish both of you had made better choices," my father said sounding frustrated.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"At least I can get divorced," Abel said and glared at me. "It's not like Heidi's pregnant or anything."[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"Shut up!" I screamed.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"I said that's enough!" My mom roared.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"I hope you don't think you're going to bring your wife here to live with us Abel. You two better get your own place," my dad warned my brother.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]Abel stood up angrily. "That's fine. Heidi and I are going to get our own place don't worry." He walked past me and looked back. I could see hurt? Or was it anger in his eyes?[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]I got up and followed my brother towards his room. “Hey, what’s the matter with you? Why did you do something so irresponsible?” I asked him. “Before you start with all this me getting pregnant bullshit, just answer my question,” I demanded.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]Abel narrowed his eyes at me. “What do you care anyway? You’re going off to start the perfect little family life with Chase so what I do in my life is my business!” With that, he went into his room and slammed the door shut leaving me speechless.[/FONT]


[FONT=&quot]* * *[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]Abel ended up moving out before Chase and I did. He and Heidi got an apartment in the downtown area. It was a small studio apartment. Heidi was working as a waitress at some diner and Abel got a job working as a cook in a restaurant. [/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]Chase and I were planning to move out and had even made our deposit for our apartment. Chase got a job at his father's law office helping out the paralegals. I was feeling somewhat excited to finally be living on my own but a part of me really missed my twin brother. It was like something was missing from my life. Abel hardly ever called me and when he did it was just to ask something quick. I hadn't even had the chance to go visit him at his new apartment because he was always working. [/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]My mother was the one that had gone over to the apartment to drop off some house warming gifts for them. She said the place was a mess and that Heidi wasn't very talkative. Go figure.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]It seemed it had all happened so fast. One minute I'm living at home with my folks and my twin and then next I'm getting ready to move out and live with my boyfriend and soon we'd have a baby. It was all too unreal. [/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]Chase and I decided to go out to eat the night before our big move. He took me to a nice restaurant where we ate the best deluxe cheeseburgers ever! We drank milkshakes and even had apple pie for dessert. [/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]It was a nice night out, with the moon so full and the air breeze very light. I was feeling happy. As we drove home we listened to the radio and the song we had danced to at prom played. It brought back good memories for just a second until I saw a pair of bright lights coming my way and then everything went black.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]* * *[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]I woke up feeling groggy and my entire body was aching. My eyes hurt as I opened them. The lights were bright shining in my eyes. I groaned and heard a familiar voice.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"Sweetie?" It was my mom's voice.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"Mom?" I asked quietly.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"Honey, how are you? How do you feel?" My mom was crying.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"It hurts mom. Everything hurts."[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]She cried more. "Oh sweetheart."[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"My baby," I said right away. "My baby!" I tried to yell.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]I felt my mom hold my hand gently. [/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"Mom….my baby…Chase…my baby," I repeated over and over.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"Chase is ok honey," my mom assured. She still hadn't answered my other question.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"My baby…."[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]I felt my mom tighten her grip on my hand. That hurt. "You lost…you lost your baby," my mom said and cried hysterically.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]The way she had squeezed my hand hadn't hurt as much as what she had announced.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]The woman who had hit us was drunk. She died instantly. Chase was ok minus a broken arm and I was the one that took the hardest hit. I had lost my child. The child I would never meet. [/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]* * *[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]Abel came to see me right away. He pushed the hospital door open and ran towards me. "You're hurt sis. I can feel it," he cried as he knelt by my bedside.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]I could barely move. I looked at my twin and saw the pain in his eyes. "My baby…my bay is gone," I said and felt tears rolling down my face.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]Abel cried more. We cried together. "I'm sorry sis. I'm so sorry." [/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"I miss you," I choked.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"I miss you too. I'm sorry I haven't been around much. I'm sorry your baby is gone."[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]He held my hand in his. [/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"What would you have named her?" Abel suddenly asked me.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"Emily," I replied. I hadn't even considered the fact that my child could have possibly been a boy and obviously neither did my twin. It's like he knew me so well. [/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"That's a nice name," Abel said softly.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]I felt his hand lay on my belly. "I loved you even before meeting you," he said as if he was talking to my deceased child. That only made me weep more. I moved my hand down and placed it over my brothers. We kept our hands together over my belly which was no longer swollen. [/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]Part III[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]After the loss of our baby, Chase and I went separate ways. He was able to get his football scholarship back and went away to college. We parted in friendly terms thankfully. I guess he wanted to get away from me to forget he once could have been a daddy.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]My best friend Lucy had gone away to college and we lost touch. I guess she didn't know how to deal with my loss. I stayed living at home with my folks and went to community college to study writing. In my spare time I would write a little here and there. Mostly wrote poems and some short stories. I started to slowly get short stories posted on magazines and newspapers. That brought in decent money. Also, I got a job teaching creative writing to grade school students three times a week. I eventually moved out of my parent's house and got my own place. It was a small but cozy apartment on the fifth floor of an apartment building. I kept working on a longer story I had been working on. I decided that writing books for teens was my genre. [/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]Abel was still married and living with Heidi across town. He was working more at the restaurant but had moved to be head cook. Heidi was no longer working as a waitress. Her mother had gotten her a job at a spa resort where she worked on make up for rich women who wanted to look their best. She was bringing in decent money but was getting really fed up with Abel not being able to give her the high class life she had been used to.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]It had only been two years since Heidi and Abel got married and that's when their problems started. Supposedly Heidi was going out and partying and not even wearing her hundred dollar wedding band that Abel had got her. She was acting like she was still single by going out with her girlfriends almost every night and not coming home until almost sunrise. [/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]This continued to go on for months and got worse when Abel lost his job. The resaurant he was working at closed and Abel was jobless. Heidi told him flat out that she wanted a divorce. [/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]This is what brought Abel to live with me. Heidi basically kicked him out and a few days later got a bigger and classier apartment for herself. She already had a new boyfriend as well.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]Abel came to my apartment one late Sunday evening. I was typing away working on my novel when I heard the doorbell chime. My poor twin brother stood there with nothing but a sad look on his face and a small suitcase. [/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"She kicked me out," he said sadly.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]I sighed. "Come on in."[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]He walked in and put his suitcase down by the couch and flopped on it. "Do you mind if I crash here a few nights until I get another job and then get another place?"[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"I take it you didn't want to go back to mom and dads huh?" I asked.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"No way. I'd never hear the end of it. You know how stupid they thought I was to elope in Vegas."[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"Well…that was pretty stupid," I teased.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]He gave me another sad look.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"I'm sorry ok? So she's asking for a divorce huh?"[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]He nodded. "Yeah and the faster the better she told me."[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]I sat next to my brother. "It's ok Abel. You can stay here for a while. You'll be back on your feet in no time."[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]* * *[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]I was wrong about my brother getting back on his feet. Instead of looking for work, Abel would lounge around all day in my apartment and watch TV. He'd eat all my Lean Cuisine meals and leave his laundry around the living room. He was quickly wearing out his welcome. [/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]I came home one night to find a pile of his laundry in the bathroom after I had told him to clean up the living room. I grabbed all his dirty clothes and went out to the living room and threw them on him as he laid on the couch. The entire pile of clothes fell on him.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"Hey! What's your problem?" He said in a muffled voice under his clothes. He dug himself out of the pile and looked at me shocked.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"My problem?" I yelled. "I told you to clean up!" [/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]He frowned. "I did!"[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"No you didn't! You just threw your dirty clothes in the bathroom! You need to go do laundry!"[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]He got up and his clothes fell everywhere on the floor. "Where am I going to put my clothes? You have so much clothes that my clothes won't fit in your closet!"[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]I couldn't believe my ears! "Seriously? Well if you had a JOB by now you wouldn't NEED to worry about sharing a closet with me!"[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"So that's it huh? You want me out of here is that it? Are you going to kick me out too?"[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]I took a deep breath. "Abel, I'm not saying I want to kick you out but you need to understand that this is MY apartment and I don't like having it look like a pigsty."[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"Oh so now I'm a pig?"[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]I groaned. "Stop it ok?" I lowered my voice. "Look, I know you're depressed because of your divorce, but you need to get out there again and did you even bother to go look for a job today?"[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]He shrugged. "I looked online."[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]I rolled my eyes. "You're supposed to dress up and go to interviews. I bought you two nice shirts and pants so you could go and they still have price tags on them."[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]He pushed his clothes onto the floor and flopped down on the couch. "Just leave me alone Angie. I'll get a job and then I can get out of here so you'll stop nagging me."[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]I felt rage stirring. I grabbed one of his dirty t-shirts and threw it at him. [/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]"Hey!" He yelled.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"No wonder Heidi wants to divorce you! I don't blame her!" I snapped and then went to my room.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]* * *[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]A few days later, after constant nagging, Abel finally washed his clothes. He still didn't have a job though and got even more depressed when he got the divorce papers delivered. [/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]In the midst of all the chaos, I kept working on my novel little by little. Abel would stay up late into the night and sleep almost all day. I was reaching my boiling point.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]One early evening after my class, I came home to find Abel with a bag of Cheetos watching TV and laying on my couch. There were crumbs everywhere! I looked on the table and he'd signed the divorce papers. [/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"What are you doing?" I asked and slammed the door shut.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"What does it look like I'm doing?" He shot back.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"Get up! Clean up this mess!"[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"That's why I got you, to clean up my mess."[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]I threw my handbag down on the coffee table. "I know you didn't say that to me."[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]Abel laughed and sat up. More crumbs fell onto the floor. "So what if I did?"[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]I had it with my brother. Family or not he was making my life miserable. "Get out!" I said calmly.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]Abel ignored me and continued to watch TV. [/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"Are you deaf? I said get out!" I yelled.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]Abel looked at me and before he could say anything I threw one of the couch pillows at him. "Look at you! You're such a loser! No wonder Heidi wants nothing to do with you! I'm going to go for a long drive and when I get back I want you out of here you hear me?" [/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]I grabbed my handbag and headed out the door. I was fuming! I got in my car and put the radio on the heavy metal station. I needed to hear some angry music. I went off driving into the night. I must have been gone for two or three hours.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]When I got home, I opened the door and found the apartment to be clean! No Cheetos crumbs on the floor. The TV was off. Abel wasn't lying on my couch. No dirty laundry visible anywhere! And to top it all off, something smelled really good! My tummy began to growl. I realized I hadn't eaten dinner.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]I walked in slowly and put my handbag on the coffee table. I walked towards the kitchen where Abel stood by the stove. [/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]He saw me and put his hands up as if he was surrendering. "Whoa, wait before you yell at me, I thought I'd do all this for you to make up for being such an asshole to you sis."[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"You're cooking me dinner?" I asked slowly.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]He nodded. He put his hands down and went back to stirring whatever smelled so delicious! "I figured you'd be hungry and I'm tired of eating all those Lean Cuisine meals," he teased.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]I laughed. I took a seat at the table. "What are you making? It smells heavenly."[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"I'm making you some minestrone soup."[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"Mmmm, it smells decadent I must say."[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"I hope you like it. You didn't have much for me to make here so I used what you had available."[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"Wow I would have never thought to make minestrone soup."[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]He laughed. I had missed hearing my brother's laugh. [/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"I'm sorry for calling you a loser," I apologized and meant it. [/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]He smiled at me. "It's ok. I was way out of line. I guess this divorce thing really got to me."[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"Did you really love her that much?" I asked curiously.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]He looked down. "Not really. That's the weird part. I guess I just wanted it to last for some weird reason. I don't know. I know I make no sense."[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]I nodded. "Makes perfect sense to me. I guess that's why I was so adamant on making everything work with Chase. I thought it would make me happy."[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"Look, I'm really sorry Angie. I'm sorry for being a lazy ass and for being such a pig. I was wondering if you can let me stay just for a few more days and if I don't get a job I promise I'll move back home with mom and dad."[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]I sighed. "Ok but you better promise me that you will not behave the way you have been for days ok?"[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"I promise," he said sincerely. [/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]I stood up and hugged my brother. [/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]We ate and talked about anything other than Abel's divorce or my past miscarriage. The soup my brother made me was absolutely wonderful! [/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"Hey have you thought about going back to school bro? I mean you could go for culinary arts. This soup is yummy!"[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]He scoffed. "This is the only thing you've tasted that I've made and already you want to make me a chef?"[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]I laughed. "Well…remember you used to make those grilled cheese sandwiches when we were kids?"[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]He nodded. "I remember. You used to pile on like four slices of cheese on them."[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"The cheesier the better!"[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]He laughed. "I can probably make you one tomorrow night after you get out of work."[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"That'd be awesome bro. With some of this left over soup…oh yes!" I ate my soup heartily. I felt my brother watching me.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"What?" I asked as I slurped up the last of the soup.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]Abel smiled. "Nothing. It's just that I haven't seen you this happy in a long time. I like it."[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]I felt my face turn red. "Yeah…me too."[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]* * *[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]The next morning I woke up to find Abel dressed up. He wore the pants and one of the new shirts I had bought him. I whistled at him playfully.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"Woo! Look at my handsome bro! You're looking sharp."[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]He blushed slightly. "Thanks. I'm going to go job hunting. I can't expect to find a job by lounging around here right?"[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]I walked closer to him to fix his tie. "That's so true. I know you'll do great. The good thing about restaurants is that they are always hiring. Did you think about going back to school?" I asked.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]He shrugged. "I did think about it but I don't know sis."[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"Don't doubt yourself. You'll do great." I tiptoed to kiss his cheek. [/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]Abel turned his face slightly so instead of kissing him on the cheek I accidentally kissed him on the corner of his lips. [/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"Oh…sorry I thought you were going to hug me," Abel said bashfully.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]I giggled. [/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"What's so funny?" He asked.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"Well…we've already kissed once before so-"[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"Actually twice sis," Abel reminded me. [/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]I remembered the kiss during Titanic and then the really intense kiss in our early teens. I never forgot those kisses. How could I?[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"Um…oh yes twice," I said shyly, "So I don't know why we have to be so shy that we almost kissed just now."[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"So are you saying you want to kiss me?" Abel asked.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]I felt my face get hot. "Um…no I-I just…"[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]Abel laughed. "I'm kidding stupid face."[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]I playfully punched his arm and stuck my tongue out at him like I used to when we were kids. "Whatever ugly face."[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"Well…wish me luck," he said and winked at me. He walked out the door leaving me feeling warm all over.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]* * *[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]About three days later, Abel came home with good news. He'd gotten hired at one of the cities best restaurants in town. [/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"I'm so proud of you!" I said and hugged my brother. [/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"Thank you for believing in me sis," he said as we broke our embrace.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"This calls for a celebration. Let's go out to dinner what do you say?" I asked.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]He agreed. [/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]We went to a little bistro where we ate steak and shrimp. At dinner I kept harping on Abel going back to school. He finally gave in and told me he would apply for the spring semester. [/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"How's your novel going?" He asked as we waited for dessert.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"It's going ok. I've got writers block right now though, so I figured I'd stay away from the novel for a bit."[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"I'm sure it'll be great," he said kindly.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]I smiled. "Thank you."[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"I read some of the short stories you wrote on those magazines."[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]I looked puzzled. "What? You actually read Cosmo magazines?"[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]He laughed. "Not me. Heidi did. She showed me one time said 'hey isn't this your sister?' and I looked and read them. You write well sis."[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"How come you never told me you read them?" I questioned.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]He shrugged. "I don't know. I guess I forgot to mention it." He looked down and I saw the red on his face. "Some of those stories….I don't know sis….they were pretty steamy."[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"Well it is Cosmo magazine what did you expect? A fairytale?"[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]He laughed. "Yeah I guess I should have known."[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]* * *[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]After dinner we headed home. Once at home, I kicked off my heels and flopped on the couch. [/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"I'm going to go take a shower. I got an early day tomorrow," Abel said.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]I nodded and laid my head back. It had been a fun evening with my brother. It had felt almost like a date, minus the uncomfortable pretenses one puts on a first date. Around my brother I could always be myself. [/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]I heard the shower go on and went over to my room to get ready to shower after him. I removed my make up and got into my robe. Once Abel got out of the shower, I went towards the bathroom. Abel came out wearing his boxer briefs only. It was hard not to want to look down. At that moment I came to realize it'd been so long since I had been on a real date. I missed kissing someone and being held after making love. [/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]I quickly brushed those feelings aside and got in the bathroom to take my shower. Once in the shower, I couldn't help but wish someone was in there with me holding me from behind and kissing my neck and rubbing my breasts. I started to feel the loneliness that I felt after I learned I had lost my baby. I started to cry. [/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]I hurried up and finished washing myself off. After drying off, I stepped into my robe. I wiped the condensation of on the mirror to look at myself and cleaned up the bit of mascara that had smeared under my eyes. My nose was red and my eyes were puffy. I hoped Abel wouldn't see me that way.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]I got out of the bathroom and Abel was in my room. He'd put on a t-shirt and pajama bottoms. He saw my face and his smile faded.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"Hey…you ok?" [/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]I nodded but then started to cry. [/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]He came over to me and held me. "Don't lie to me sis. I know you're not ok. I'm your twin remember?"[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]He stroked my wet hair and kissed my forehead. [/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"I just…I guess I just remember losing Emily and then…I haven't been with someone in so long and I just….I just feel so lonely." I poured my feelings to my brother. [/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]He held me tighter against him. I could smell Irish Spring soap on him. "I'm sorry you feel that way sis. Just know I'm here for you so you'll never be lonely. No matter what happens in our lives, we'll always have each other. We were born together and we could possibly leave this life together."[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]I pulled away slightly to look at my twin. "That's so sweet," I whispered.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]He smiled and caressed my face. "You know I love you so much sis." He leaned down to kiss me on the cheek. "So very much."[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"I love you too… a lot," I said in a tiny voice.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]Abel continued caressing my face. I felt warm all over again. I wanted him to kiss me but how does a girl ask her own brother to kiss her? Not to mention make love to her? [/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"Can you…um…can you…" I couldn't get the words to come out![/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]Abel stopped caressing my face and leaned down to place his lips on mine. He broke our soft kiss and looked at me. "Is that what you wanted to ask me?"[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]I nodded looking surprised.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"I knew it. I had a feeling you know. Remember, I can feel what you feel."[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]I blushed.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"I can feel that you want this," he said and kissed me again this time parting his lips and pressing his tongue against mine. [/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]He hesitantly broke our kiss. "Was I right?" He asked.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"Yes," I replied in a low voice.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"I think and I sure hope I'm right that you want me to do this," he rasped while his shaky hands undid my robe. I did nothing to stop him of course. I felt the room's warm air hit my naked skin as soon as my robe came undone. Abel looked into my eyes as he pushed it down my shoulders and off of my body. I saw my brother's eyes drinking up my naked body. His eyes went from my breasts, to my tummy to my pussy. I suddenly didn't feel shy anymore. I felt hot and ready to do something sinful.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"Wow sis….you have such a gorgeous body…" his voice got lower.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"You're turn," I said boldly.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"You need to undress me like I did to you," he teased.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]I grabbed the sides of his t-shirt and pulled it up. He helped me out since I was shorter than he was. Off came his t-shirt. I quickly began to yank down his pajama bottoms. They slid down easily since they were baggy leaving my brother in nothing but his boxer briefs. I looked down and took in what he would have to offer me. I wanted to see it, feel it, taste it…[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]I pulled down his boxer briefs next and for the first time ever saw my brother's cock. He was already erect. He stepped out of his clothes leaving himself completely naked for me. I reached down and put my hand on his hard cock. I stroked him gently feeling every inch of him. He moaned quietly and put his hands on my breasts. [/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]“I want you,” I whipered to him.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]Abel kissed me hard and lifted me up. I squealed playfully. He laid me down on my bed and started kissing me all over. His lips kissed my lips, my neck, my breasts, my belly and my inner thighs. His warm breath teased me between my legs followed by his tongue teasing me. I squirmed all over the bed feeling the warmth of his mouth and tongue between my legs. He was tasted me until I exploded. He lapped up my honey and trailed kisses up my body until he reached my mouth. Our kiss was deeper and filled with the taste of my nectar. [/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]“I need you in me,” I implored.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]“I can feel you need me,” he said sweetly.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]He flipped over and laid on his back. He climbed on top of him and kissed his lips, his neck and chest. I straddled him and grabbed his aching cock. I slid my pussy on it until every inch of him was inside of me. I moaned instantly and closed my eyes. I was getting adjusted to his size by slowly swaying my hips.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]Abel put his hands on my waist and pulled me down on his cock. I could feel him throbing inside of me. [/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]“Oh baby…you feel so good….” Abel was in bliss and so was I.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]I moved my body more. I slid up and down his cock easily after getting used to his size. It’d been so long since I had last made love and everytime I had made love with Chase it had never felt like this. This felt so real and so right, even if it was wrong in the eyes of most people.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]I didn’t even think about the consequences of my incestous love making. It was raw, completely unprotected but I didn’t care. I needed to feel my twins cock in me. I needed to feel his seed fill me. I needed to accept anything and everything from him.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]“I love you,” I cooed in between our lovemaking.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]Abel pulled me down and kissed me hard. “I’m so close sis. I’m so close…I love you so much….” Just then he grabbed my waist and held me down on his cock. I started cumming. He was cumming a lot! I liked watching the look on his face as he displayed pleasure. He pulled me down and held me agasint him until he finished shooting his seed in me. He goraned softly in my ear. [/FONT]


[FONT=&quot]He held me against him. Our naked bodies were pressed against one another. He slid his hands up and down my back. "I knew we both wanted this didn't we?" He asked.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"Yes," I said holding him.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"I think we've always wanted this right?" [/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"Yes," I replied with more excitement now.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"I think that's why my relationships with other women never lasted and have never felt real to me like my feelings for you. You know the real reason I did something as stupid as marrying Heidi was because you were leaving me to go live with Chase. We were being seperated."[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]I felt nothing but joy.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"I think that's why we went through all that heartache and struggles because we were meant to be put in this situation that we are in now."[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]I pressed my cheek against his chest and could hear my twin's heart pounding indicating he was just as excited and as in love as I was. [/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"I think you and I are inseparable."[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]My heart fluttered. That night we made love over and over until we were both spent. Later in life we made children together and when our children grew up and left home, we still had each other. I couldn’t imagine life without my twin in it.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]Ever since that first kiss, I had always loved my brother. We had been each others first kiss and we’d be each others last.[/FONT]


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[FONT=&quot]The End[/FONT]

 

gret story Jessy, and even though it was overly long....I stuck with it, thanx girl !!

 

I wouldn't say it was overly long at all. I'm a Devil is in the Details kind of person and love that the characters develop and go through "life" as the story unfolds. I has liked everything I've read if yours thus far

 

Another very well written story Jessy19, looking forward to your next story .

 

Hate to say it but "brother Abel " seriously? couldn't find a better name than that? cain and abel lol

 

i didnt mind that it was a longer story. very good, enjoyed the whole thing.