Ooh, this is new! A story from the darker recesses of my mind, how fancy!
You may as well know right now that there will be incest in this particular fic. Therefore, anyone with weak constitutions or strong moral standards may want to search for something else to read. I also wish to express at this point in time that I do not condone incest, it's just plain nasty. However for the sake of fan fiction I will put my own morals aside and bring this story to light. Keep in mind however that this is just a story and if you think otherwise, you're nuts!
I do not own Rocket Power or any of its characters.
R & R
Chapter 1
"Jeremy,"
"Caleb,"
"Johnny,"
"Roel,"
"Anthony,"
"Torrence,"
"Let's see…1…2..6?" Reggie looked down incredulously at the one hand with it's five fingers extended next to the other with the index finger at extension. 6 guys she dated since she started high school and each and every one of them ended the same way.
"Well that's depressing," Reggie sighed, her hands still up. She finally lowered them and leaned back in her black and pink computer chair, her mind tackling the dilemma that was her life.
Reggie, affectionately named 'One Shot' by her fanfic friends was beginning to see a vicious cycle. Every date she went on, she only went once. She'd meet a nice guy, they'd get to talking, he'd ask her out, it would go off without a hitch, they'd promise to call or hang out again and each of the 6 times, the boys always came up with an excuse not to see her again.
"Jeremy never called, Caleb "moved" out of state, Johnny and Roel had girlfriends, Anthony contracted HIV, and Torrence, my latest failure, was suddenly gay," she recounted.
Despite their different excuses, the end result was the same.
No second date for Reggie.
The 18 year old stretched and logged off of Fanfiction before standing and making her way to her mirror. She looked long and hard into her reflection, 'Is it me?' she wondered out loud. Was there something she did or the way she looked that deterred men from seeking her company again? She didn't think she was drop-dead sexy, but she couldn't be bad looking, long wavy locks of violet, ocean blue eyes, long legs and ample breasts.
Making sure no one was looking, Reggie lifted her right arm and sniffed her pit, 'I don't offend, do I?' she asked. No, Otto had a pretty sharp nose and he would definitely have told her if she had B.O.
A loud 'ding' from the computer hailed the arrival of an IM, Reggie clicked the flashing message and smirked, it was a group chat from three girls in her school, three girls that she despised.
Tiffi-chan145: heard about Torrence.
Bubbles ^-^: Better luck next time!
Reggie didn't feel like fighting these girls and closed the chat room, but they persisted, opening another chat room seconds after.
Tiffi-chan145:U there?
Ailah2000: Prolly gave n 2 dispair, lol
Bubbles ^-^: No worries Reg, never heard of anyone that lost 8 potential bfs
Ailah2000: lmao
Tiffi-chan145:lmao
Reggie hated lowering herself to their levels, but they succeeded in pissing her off.
Sk8rgirl: Don't you have anything better to do?
Tiffi-chan145: Girls, she speaks!
Ailah2000: Poor Reggie, no date for the dance this Friday
"Who is that?" Reggie jumped when she realized she wasn't alone. She turned to see Otto behind her. The 17 year old was fresh out of the shower and burdened with the task of drying his wet dreadlocks. Through a hole in the towel, his eyes were scanning the group chat.
"Nothing, just some idiots bothering me," she said.
"From your school?" he asked, Reggie nodded.
Otto smirked, then scooted Reggie out of the way, "Hey!" Reggie cried, Otto leaned forward and began to type, "What are you doing?" she asked. When he didn't answer, she scooted back and looked at the screen:
Sk8rgirl: Not that it's any of your business, but I do have a date.
Reggie's stomach plunged into her feet, "DON'T SAY THAT!" she screamed, trying to smack his hands out of the way, Otto just grabbed her and held her to him with one hand while the other continued typing, one of the girl's responded. Reggie turned from her position against his chest and read:
Tiffi-chan145: That was fast, wonder what did u did exactly to snag this 1
Sk8rgirl: The same thing I did to your boyfriend last night.
Reggie beat against his chest, "DON'T TALK LIKE THAT AS ME! YOU'RE MAKING ME SEEM CHEAP!" she said, her heart was pounding in her chest at the rumors that would fly from those words.
"Look," Otto said, calm as a cucumber.
Ailah2000: LMAO! She owned you, Tiff!
Bubbles ^-^: lol
Tiffi-chan145: Don't listen to this bitch, she lying.
Despite Otto's comment, Reggie was glad Tiffany got mad. Still, he was getting her into some pretty deep trouble. "Otto, that's enough," she said. She then blushed a furious shade of red as she realized she was still in his arms. Pushing herself out of his grip she turned as he sent his last message:
Sk8rgirl: Don't believe me, see it for yourself Friday.
He then logged off fully and turned to a mortified Reggie, "Why did you do that?" she asked, on the verge of tears.
"I'm not going to sit by while they talk shit to my sister." he said, Reggie was happy that he was so protective of her, but this characteristic was new to her. She honestly didn't understand the boy before her as well as she used to. Otto had become so aloof since...since that happened.
Reggie shook the thought out of her head, 'I shouldn't think about those days anymore, he's finally coming around, I shouldn't deter that,' she said to herself, but that still didn't condone what he did. "So where exactly do I get a date, Otto?" she asked with a grimace.
Otto just smiled and twirled, "You're looking at him!" he said. Reggie's jaw nearly hit the floor, "You? Otto, you're my brother, I'd be a laughing stock,"
"Not necessarily, dear sister," he said with a wink, "I haven't been to school, not since we moved anyway."
"And?" she asked, not getting his point.
"Do any of your friends know me?" he asked.
Reggie opened her mouth to answer, but stopped as her brain came to realize just what Otto was getting at. No one knew Otto, not since he got...
Reggie smiled a sad smile, how sweet Otto was for putting himself out like that. And he was only doing it to make his big sister feel better, she shouldn't be mad at him.
"Thank you, Otto," she said.
"So...we're going to the dance?" he asked, his boyish grin as wide as it had ever been. Reggie began to think this was more for Otto to get out of the house than it was to save her from the lie he just created.
"Absolutely not!" she said.
Otto's smile vanished as soon as it appeared, "Oh...o.k." his voice was suddenly small and broken, hitting Reggie where it hurt. She fidgeted under the guilt of alienating Otto even more than he already was, but she had to stand firm, for Otto's health.
"Otto...I'm just scared, I....I don't want you to be exposed," she said. It killed her that she was reminding him of that, but there was really no way to avoid it.
It was 3 years ago that they found out about Otto. When he caught the flu and wouldn't get better. Everyone thought at first that it was the new, drug resistant strain they had heard about, but tests quickly indicated he in fact had the most mild, treatable flu around. Otto slowly got worse and his heart stopped twice from the strain of the disease; days that were nothing short of hell for Reggie and Ray. It wouldn't be until after a month of tests were performed that they got the answer they'd been praying for and dreading over.
A disease, so rare, so unstudied that it had never been given a name in the medical catalog. In short, whenever Otto gets sick, instead of the anti-bodies destroying the virus, they'd magnify the disease 10 times over, and the only way for the doctor's to treat it was to weaken Otto's immune system. He would live, but if surrounded by too many people for too long a period could contract a common cold and die from it.
Needless to say it changed Otto's life. The family had to move from Ocean Shores north, where there was less chance of bacteria in the air, to Otto and Reggie that meant saying goodbye to Twister and Sam. Everything in the house, Ray and Reggie included, had to be disinfected daily, Otto was home-schooled from that point on. The only thing he was still allowed to do was skate, but only for tournaments and with the strict regulation that he wear a special face mask. What was hard for Otto was the isolation and thusly he fell into a rather deep depression. Only now was he finally coming around.
Otto just smirked and put his hands on his hips, "I'm stronger than you think I am Reg. Besides it'll be for what, two hours. It won't kill me,"
Reggie sighed, Otto really got her stuck. She already spent money on her dress, she had no time to find a date and thanks to Otto if she didn't show up or showed up dateless those girls would never let her live it down.
She rubbed her temples, "I hope you have a tux," she said with a smile.
Otto's eyes lighted up, he jumped in the air, "Sweet!" he cheered.
The phone rang in the hallway, prompting the departure of Reggie from her room. Otto too left and went to his own room, as he closed the door he pulled out his cell and dialed a number, no more than a ring and it was answered.
"Good job Tiffany. You girls have really riled her," he said.
"For $500 I'd have killed her. But I don't understand, why do you want her so bad. I'm hot and I'd love to meet you," Tiffany's voice dropped to a flirty tone, Otto just smirked, "Sorry, not interested. Thank you for your services," her reply was cut off as he flipped the phone closed.
Footsteps indicated that Reggie was returning, he peered through the crack in his door and watched his violet-haired goddess saunter down the hall and into her room.
"The trap is set..."
Ooh, Otto's a bad, bad man! What does he have up his sleeve. What I ask you! Review please! ^-^
