Chapter 3
Really Short
I wasn't sure whether I wanted this whole thing to blow off, and it seemed as if I was still playing it both ways. Gaz caught up to me as I wasted time unlocking the front door. Thank God dad was working late at the lab again, as always. Tonight it was for the best.
I reached out to tickle Gaz as I walked backwards into the house. She giggled like she had never before. This was too good. I made for the stairs. Maybe I could find escape from this girl in the comfort of my dark room, and all the complicated emotions that I now associated with her. But did I really want to do that?
Her frenetic running gave me no time for philosophical questions. I darted up the stairs, nearly tripping on my own feet. My sister didn't let me reach the top. I felt a tug on my left ankle just as I was about to clear the top step. The necklace dug into my palm as my grip on it tightened. She grabbed my shoulder as I fell, and instinctively I twisted my body around so as not to land on her as I tumbled. We literally rolled down the carpeted staircase, her on top of me. I anticipated my head crashing into the wall at the bottom and braced for impact, embracing my sister as we fell.
I collapsed heavily on my backside- Gaz pulled me up at the last second, preventing me from crashing head-first into the wall. I was too stunned by what happened next to breathe a sigh of relief. My eyes sprung open in shock.
Gaz had just half-landed onto me, her lips falling and locking onto mine in a moment that could have been awkward, but somehow ended up infinitely sweet and tender.
My sister had given me my first kiss.
And hers, too.
Hearts throbbing, heads racing, neither brother nor sister flinched when we finally drew our lips apart from one another. She pulled her head back and smiled a little at me- a half-smile, hiding perhaps fear of what I would do next. I don't know if I smiled back at her. All I remember is being lost in her eyes, and stammering while telling her I thought that it was about time we got to bed.
The loving way she crawled off of me and wished me goodnight reminded me that I still had morals. The gravity of the situation rushed back to me. Gaz must not have noticed the horror in my eyes when she told me to sleep tight. Without looking back I rushed up the stairs to my room, unknowingly dropping her necklace along the way.
I wasn't sure whether I wanted this whole thing to blow off, and it seemed as if I was still playing it both ways. Gaz caught up to me as I wasted time unlocking the front door. Thank God dad was working late at the lab again, as always. Tonight it was for the best.
I reached out to tickle Gaz as I walked backwards into the house. She giggled like she had never before. This was too good. I made for the stairs. Maybe I could find escape from this girl in the comfort of my dark room, and all the complicated emotions that I now associated with her. But did I really want to do that?
Her frenetic running gave me no time for philosophical questions. I darted up the stairs, nearly tripping on my own feet. My sister didn't let me reach the top. I felt a tug on my left ankle just as I was about to clear the top step. The necklace dug into my palm as my grip on it tightened. She grabbed my shoulder as I fell, and instinctively I twisted my body around so as not to land on her as I tumbled. We literally rolled down the carpeted staircase, her on top of me. I anticipated my head crashing into the wall at the bottom and braced for impact, embracing my sister as we fell.
I collapsed heavily on my backside- Gaz pulled me up at the last second, preventing me from crashing head-first into the wall. I was too stunned by what happened next to breathe a sigh of relief. My eyes sprung open in shock.
Gaz had just half-landed onto me, her lips falling and locking onto mine in a moment that could have been awkward, but somehow ended up infinitely sweet and tender.
My sister had given me my first kiss.
And hers, too.
Hearts throbbing, heads racing, neither brother nor sister flinched when we finally drew our lips apart from one another. She pulled her head back and smiled a little at me- a half-smile, hiding perhaps fear of what I would do next. I don't know if I smiled back at her. All I remember is being lost in her eyes, and stammering while telling her I thought that it was about time we got to bed.
The loving way she crawled off of me and wished me goodnight reminded me that I still had morals. The gravity of the situation rushed back to me. Gaz must not have noticed the horror in my eyes when she told me to sleep tight. Without looking back I rushed up the stairs to my room, unknowingly dropping her necklace along the way.