"Do it again…"she said her hot breath tickled my skin. I was right in front of her.

"Cal I don't know you're my best friend…"

"We were best friends back then too."

"We were younger…" I tried to argue but I couldn't stop my eyes from falling to her lips.

"So…" she said and I didn't interrupt. "…I need to know if what I felt was real…" I didn't talk I just pulled her close to me and kissed her. When the need for oxygen became so over powering I couldn't even think I pulled back. She'd stopped swimming and I was holding her up in the water. I leaned in close to her ear and whispered

"It was Cal…"

"I thought so." She smiled then laughed.

"What are you laughing at?" I asked slightly worried. She raised a hand to my cheek and smiled.

"Don't worry I'm not laughing at you. It's just… I'd thought this would be weird but it's not!"

"I know…"

"You are never to leave me again you understand?" she wrapped her arms around my neck and kissed my forehead.

"Ere We'll see I might get sick of you!" I laughed. She jumped up and pushed my head underwater.

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August

1991

I pulled a fresh shirt over my head and ran down the stairs. I was ten minutes late in picking up Calleigh from work.

"Eric? Are you going out?" my mother called out.

"Yes Ma?"

"Are you going out?"

"Yeah I'm just collecting Calleigh."

"You're father and I are going out to Sofia's to give her a hand with the new baby."

"Ok." I replied grabbing my keys and going out the door.

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Calleigh put down the bowl of popcorn on the table in front of her. She leaned back into my chest and I wrapped an arm around her shoulders. I leaned down and kissed the top of her head. She sat back up and turned around to face me.

"Happy five month anniversary." She whispered and kissed me. I smiled and leaned against her gently causing the two of us to lie back on the couch. I kissed her again and her hand's went to the back of my head. My hand went to her waist and slowly up under her top. She moved her mouth to my jaw just as the front door opened. We froze as whoever it was spoke.

"Eric? It's me Aleece. Mom sent me over to make sure you got fed." My sister announced. I sat up quickly and smiled.

"Hi Al…" Calleigh sat up too trying to pulled down her top. Her face was bright red and I guessed mine was pretty much the same.

"Oh God…" my sister said and she went through to the kitchen. I got up and followed her.

"Um… sorry about that Al…" I said. She was laughing.

"God that was too weird!" she laughed. I looked at her totally confused. "My baby brother was feeling up some girl on our couch! My baby brother!" she said. I couldn't help but smile.

"Al I'm seventeen come on!" I replied.

"Yeah I know that but you're Eric! The baby. The baby who was just in between some girls legs…" just then Calleigh walk in. the color in her face had faded slightly.

"Hey Aleece" she said, unable to look my sister in the eye.

"Oh my God it's Calleigh! It's Calleigh!" Aleece started laughing again.

"Yeah…"

"Wow… Does mom know."

"Yes but my parents don't… they think we're just friends…" Calleigh said.

"I wont say a word… right well I better get you two fed, I cant leave Carlos alone with the kids for too long." She said. I'd always admired how easily she could change a subject.

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"Come Eric… Color!" my small niece pulled at my hand. I sat down with her and took up a crayon. It was a typical Sunday in my house. My father and brothers-in-law were outside having their before dinner cigarette my mother was with her two youngest grandchildren and my two oldest sisters were in the kitchen. From where I was sitting with Maria I could hear them talking.

"So what did you have to tell me about Eric?" Sofia asked. I leaned in closer to the door.

"Yeah so yesterday I walked in here to find Eric and Calleigh all over each other on the couch!" she said still sounding as shocked as she had yesterday. I bit back a laugh.

"Calleigh as in Calleigh Duquesne?"

"Yes! They were almost doing it on the couch! He's our baby brother! And he had his hand up her top!" I nearly chocked at that.

"Really?"

"Yes! They're only babies."

"Calm down Al I mean they're seventeen! Remember what you were like at seventeen."

"That's different! He's the baby."

"Ah come you surely had never thought about this I mean he's not exactly bad-looking!"

"God they grow up so fast…"

God… he thought sometimes they're worse then mom!

February

1992

"Heads!" someone behind me shouted. I turned just in time to catch the football that was coming towards my head. "Wow good catch man!" the thrower said. "Sorry about that I wasn't actually aiming at you." He laughed.

"No bother Chase…" I said handing it over.

"Hey I meant to say it to you, you did great in that swim meet last weekend!"

"Thanks man." I smiled. Chase was a sound guy. For a football player.

"You wanna come throw around the ball with me for a bit. Adam's ditched me again for Amy!" he made a face at her name.

"Yeah ok!" I nodded. Wait until Calleigh hears this!!