Authors Notes: Thank you everyone for your comments and reviews! It's good to know that Sachiko and Yumi are so very liked by everyone even though I have them doing the oddest of things. It makes me very happy!
I have been planning a wedding…yes my own! So sorry, it seems everything is just happening at the end of this year – but I hope everyones' holidays have been safe and well!
I am sorry that there are those who don't like the Japanese/English word mix (do NOT read my Sailor Moon fic then lol) but as far as –sama, -chan, etc that can't be helped since (in my mind) that's who they are. But as for the other words like yes and really…well, that's just purely habit and that I can apologize for….sort of :P
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Thoughts by the characters are italicized and between two of these * little guys.
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I don't own any of the characters, I wish I did because they are amazing, but a girl can dream XD
"Does someone want to tell me what happened?" Dr. Ito asked as she noticed Yumi had returned to her not in the same condition she had sent the girl home in a few days before hand.
"Um…well…" Yumi began but was interrupted by Sachiko.
"There was an incident at the lake involving a friend of ours dunking me in the water. Yumi was on the dock and when I returned to the surface Yumi was then being dunked." Sachiko stated matter of factly.
Dr. Ito looked from one girl to the other for a moment and shook her head, smiling privately to herself. Something was brewing between the two girls in front of her, that was certain, but just how deeply one couldn't say. As Dr. Ito worked on recasting Yumis' hand she could see the look in Sachiko's eyes from her peripheral vision, the worry each time Yumi made a noise, but mostly the conflict. She knew that look it was the same look she had in her own eyes so many years ago…
"There you are Yumi-chan, all fixed. You'll need to keep this cast on for five weeks until you're all healed up. Why don't you go out and get you some more pain medication?" Dr. Ito smiled at Yumi, but motioning to Sachiko she wasn't to leave.
Once Yumi left the office Sachiko turned to look at Dr. Ito wondering for a moment what she would wish to speak to her about since the topic of payment had been discussed in the previous appointment. She waited patiently.
"You will have to forgive me for speaking so openly and honestly but there is something I wish to discuss with you about Yumi-chan." Dr. Ito sat down on her chair and looked at the dark haired girl.
"Is something wrong with…?"
"No, nothing more is wrong with Yumi-chan," Dr. Ito sighed as she tried to think of a way to start the conversation she wished to have with the girl, "I can see something in your eyes that is very familiar to me." She said to Sachiko, who indicated she knew of what was being spoken of.
"A very long time ago there was someone I loved more than the breath in my own lungs but it was a love that could cause… 'problems'. I let myself get talked into my career, my duty, and politics instead of following my heart."
Sachiko watched as Dr. Ito's face changed, suddenly becoming so much older and haunted. Why was she telling her these things? True she had thought about what her family would say about her love for Yumi but…
Dr. Ito saw Sachiko's eyes widen as she came to understand the ending of her tale.
"I have lived with regret all of my life and while I became a doctor, following my families' wishes, I had to watch the one I love shatter. Yuei died a few years ago but she wasn't the same woman she was when I was at her side, she…I did something to her that day – to her heart – and she lived such a sad life. She was so much like Yumi-chan. I saw your eyes while working on Yumi-chan, so many emotions running through you right now, I couldn't let you make the same mistake I did."
Sachiko stood there for a moment in shock at what Dr. Ito had shared with her. A part of her would have chastised the woman for speaking to her with such familiarity but there was truth to her words, a part she had kept hidden inside of herself. Yumi and herself were just beginning to form such an amazing bond, she was beginning to grow and learn so many things, and there was so much to do that all Sachiko wanted to do was forget everything else. She wanted, no – needed – to know where this journey with Yumi was going to go…
"You are right, Dr. Ito, about family and duty – those things are important – especially with an upbringing such as mine. But what you do not know is the depth of love I have for Yumi or devotion I have for her. No one can take her from me unless Yumi herself tells me she wishes to go. If I lose my fortune, my place in the world, and I have nothing left…so be it. I want Yumi and I want to be the woman she is beginning to turn me into."
Dr. Ito's eyes filled with tears as she took in all of Sachiko's words, her heart pounding hard in her chest.
"You better get going before Yumi thinks something is terribly wrong. I wish I had had that sort of conviction as a girl. Take care, Ogasawara-sama."
…
Yumi knew that they were talking about something, that much was evident, but as to what? She wasn't sure. The minute her Onee-sama came out from Dr. Ito's office she bit her tongue in asking what had transpired between them, the look on Sachiko's face told her she needed time.
Slowly she fell in step with Sachiko as they headed to the cabin. Every so often she would sneak a look at the older girl but that look was still on her face.
*What did they talk about in there?
Dr. Ito would never be rude…*
Yumi was puzzled and wondered for a moment if it had been something she had done. She shook her head, that wasn't possible, since all she had done was get a cast on her hand.
The rest of the walk to the cabin was silent as Yumi kept a respectable distance from Sachiko while she thought. As they were coming up to the cabin a brown package caught Yumi's eye on the porch so she ran ahead to see who it was from but noticed it was to her Onee-sama from Kashiwagi. She made a face as she handed it to Sachiko, who in turn made a face, as they walked inside.
"Yumi, I think I am going to go nap for a bit before dinner." Sachiko said as she gently caressed Yumi's cheek, trying her best to be soft and affectionate even though her head was overflowing with confusing thoughts.
*I'm sorry Yumi…
I just need to think, to be alone, and to figure this all about…*
Yumi searched her Onee-sama's eyes, the blue orbs so full of many emotions, but she made her 'yes' noise. There were many things Yumi could do while Sachiko slept and she knew that she had been neglecting her workouts.
*I need to plan for her birthday…
Her sleeping just makes it that much easier.*
Sachiko smiled softly and took the box with her up the stairs.
…
Without care to what was in the box Sachiko threw it to the corner of the bed, while in a very unlady like manner, threw herself down on the bed. There were so many things on her mind from what Dr. Ito had said to what was in the box.
*Why is it getting to me so badly?
Because you know you'll lose her when your Father finds out…
No! I will still have Yumi!
No, you won't, you'll bend under the pressure…
No! I meant what I said to Dr. Ito…
You sure?
Yes.*
Curiosity, and wanting to change her chain of thought, finally got the better of Sachiko as she moved herself to a sitting position to open the box. Her fingers hesitated for a moment after she unwrapped it, knowing that nothing good could from the box since it was from Suguru, it was one of the reasons she had chosen to open it alone instead of with Yumi.
A note was in the box:
"Dearest Saachan,
Just read.
Love, Suguru"
Her nose crinkled up at his use of 'love' but she didn't understand is cryptic message. Just read? Read what? His note? The box? The answer came to her immediately when she moved the packing paper to see…
"K…Kami-sama!"
Sachiko's face turned a deep crimson as her eyes caught the cover of the book packed in the box. No lady in her right mind would read such a book! Such rudeness was left to men and why would Suguru send her something like that?
*Yumi*
The older girls' face exploded with heat as all the lines finally connected with the gift. Yumi, he was giving the book for Yumi. It was true she didn't have a clue when it came to…intimate….things with her petite soeur and the few times they had become intimate with one another there had been such intense feelings and desires. She had wanted to be places and do things…
Calmer, she looked back into the box and removed the book, the continuing blush on her face betraying the calm she was trying so desperately to show.
*You can do this, Sachiko, it's for Yumi…
But you're a lady; ladies do NOT read this type of filth!*
As Sachiko continued to read her mind fought with her every step of the way, the voices of her Mother and Father filling her, but she pressed on. By the time she finished the first chapter she had noticed three things: 1. The feelings inside of her body were raging, 2. She felt somewhat more confident in knowing what her feelings and desires were, 3. There was a rather odd sounding noise coming from the window.
Setting the book down she moved her body to look out of the window to find herself in a rather familiar situation, staring at Yumi working out again. The excitement that bubbled up inside of Sachiko was nearly palpable as she watched the younger girl. The feeling that was already stirring inside of her from the book turned into an inferno as she watched the tank topped and cut off clad Yumi sweat in the heat while her body moved. Blue eyes went wide as Yumi changed her work out to one that required her to use one hand to make her body move up and down from the tree branch she was hanging from.
*I know the name of this exercise…
Think Sachiko, think…what is it?
Pull-ups.
Yes! That is the word…*
Sachiko decided she could very easily and happily watch Yumi do pull-ups all day, she loved the way Yumi could move her body, but more so she loved the way the lines and curves of her body looked as the traces of muscle moved under her skin.
*Why not just have a man then?
What?
If you like muscles and such then have a man.*
The minute the thought filled her head she frowned. True men had the ability to have muscular bodies and were naturally stronger than women but did she really want a man? For a moment she moved her eyes from Yumi to the book laying on her lap. It showed and explained to her many things two women could share with one another and she was sure the book would hold many more things with in its pages. She had always been terrified of men, that had been evident to anyone who knew her, but there were a few men she could stand – Suguru, Yuki – but it didn't mean she wanted them?
Her brain thought harder.
In essence she knew she shouldn't judge all men due to the way her Father and Grandfather chose to live their lives but she knew that Suguru would also had been such a husband if she had chosen to marry him. The only man she could think of not being like her family was Yumis' brother. It was true she felt comfortable with him and he had been nothing but respectful to her but did that mean she desired him?
No, not even with the knowledge that Yuki was very similar to Yumi, she didn't want a man – she just wanted Yumi. She turned her head to once again look at the sweating girl to feel the feelings inside of her swell knowing it was just Yumi that caused such emotions to flow inside of her.
Her thoughts once again filled with Dr. Ito's words and she realized why suddenly she was filled with such doubt. A sigh escaped her lips.
"Yumi, what is going to happen when we get back home?"
"So that is what was bothering you earlier."
Sachiko jerked to the source of the voice…
…
Yumi watched her Onee-sama head up the stairs with the box from Kashiwagi and gave a sigh. The mood from Dr. Ito's hadn't changed and it seemed to darken all the more when they reached the cabin. She wanted to say so many things, to comfort Sachiko, but she had seen that look before – it was something Sachiko herself needed to think about and try to solve.
Another sigh came from her lips but her cell phone rang before she could really finish it. She looked at the number and recognized it as being the grocery store in the town, excitement making her answer the phone quickly.
"Is it in?"
"Yes, just in today. Want to come and pick it up or you want me to send someone there to deliver it?"
"Actually, if I gave you a list, could someone deliver it along with the package?" she hoped she wasn't pushing their kindness.
"Of course!" said the voice on the phone.
"Perfect, I need…"
After a few moments Yumi hung up her phone and went to her purse to pull out the total the shopkeeper told her the total was. She had been saving for months for the package that arrived at the little shop but while most would see that amount of money being spent as a loss, Yumi saw it as something special.
*I just hope she likes it…
An 18th birthday is a big deal…*
Yumi realized she had stayed too long in her thought when she heard a gentle knock on the back door.
"Yumi-san! Long time no see, how are you going?" asked the shopkeepers daughter with a bright smile.
"Doing well, Rei-san! Here is the money owed to your Father, a cold bottle of water for you, and of course – a tip!" Yumi exclaimed happily, thankful for the delivery.
"I couldn't take the tip I was on my way home anyway, you know your cabin is before our home." Rei blushed as she traded the bags with Yumi.
"Nonsense, it means a great deal to me and your family has always been so kind. If you won't take it for yourself then please pass it along to your Father."
"That sounds fair to me and enjoy the feast! You must be having a huge party?"
"Just a small celebration." Yumi said with a blush as she fiddled with the grocery bags.
"Enough teasing, enjoy, and I'll hopefully see you later!" Rei chuckled as she turned to leave.
"Hai! Thanks again Rei-san!" Yumi called after her before shutting the door and putting the groceries up for Sachiko's birthday.
The younger girl couldn't help her excitement at seeing the refrigerator full of food she knew her Onee-sama enjoyed eating. She wasn't the best at cooking but she would do her absolute best to make the most amazing dinner she could for her special someone.
*Someone special…*
For the bazillionth time Yumi blushed at the thought of Sachiko being in her life like she was. She had never thought the older girl would love her like she loved her, their lives being so different, and Yumi herself being so different than Sachiko herself – most would see them as probably being incompatible. Sachiko was refined, elegant, and everything a woman should be while Yumi was klutzy, frumpy, and everything a woman shouldn't be. Again it was hard for the younger girl to grasp what her Grande Soeur saw in her but she wouldn't lie that whatever it was she was thankful for.
Without a thought she put on her extra set of workout clothes that were downstairs and went to her favorite tree to begin her usual regime. Yumi found climbing the tree one handed difficult but once she was up there she hung herself upside down on one of the many branches to begin doing sit ups. Within moments she could feel her muscles telling her that she had been neglecting them but she pushed passed it, thinking about other things.
*I want to be able to finally tell Onee-sama how I really feel.
I want to hold her close to me and…*
If anyone saw Yumi they would say she was flushed from working out but the truth was her blush was caused by the images conjured in her thoughts. There was much in the world she didn't know and it seemed when it came to the deeper part of relationships it seemed she REALLY didn't know anything. She was willing to learn though and if her learning partner was Sachiko then there really couldn't be anything wrong with that right? Yumi knew that essentially there wasn't a difference when it came to Sachiko and herself. They were both girls, the same parts, but she knew that was a lie because there were differences. The younger girl knew her Onee-sama was better…endowed…, taller, more curvaceous than herself…
A frown came to Yumi's face as she thought about that. What would her Onee-sama see in her body? She was 'small' in every aspect a girl could be…wouldn't she rather a person who had something worth giving? Yumi struggled to pull herself back up to a sitting position on the branch to catch her breath before moving on to pull-ups but that thought still hung in her head. Brown eyes looked down at her chest and sighed. It was almost sad at how 'unlady' like she was in comparison to her beautiful Onee-sama. Another sigh came out of her lips as she gripped the branch tightly before hanging one handed. Her body took control without a conscious thought pulling herself up and down while after a few moments a thought crept into her head.
She DID have something her Onee-sama liked…her 'new' body. Numerous times she had 'caught' her Onee-sama watching her workout, looking at her bare arms, or bare stomach depending on what she was wearing. That blush was always on her face… Yumi smiled widely, happily, and put a renewed vigor into her workout. When her arm screamed at her to stop she dropped down and shook out her limb before heading into the house.
The clock on the kitchen counter told Yumi that a few hours had passed but before getting into the bath she decided to check on her Onee-sama. She stood outside of the door to the bedroom they would share now that Yuki and Kashiwagi were gone and debated on whether she should knock or just walk in. If her Onee-sama was sleeping she didn't want to wake her up with a knock but if she was awake she didn't want to be rude by just barging in. A little panic fluttered inside of her stomach as the two sides warred inside of her until she just grabbed the door knob, gently turned it, and poked her head in – deciding that if Sachiko was sleeping no harm was done but if she was awake she could easily close the door to knock. She heard her Onee-sama sigh.
"Yumi, what is going to happen when we get back home?"
"So that is what was bothering you earlier."
Yumi saw her Onee-sama jerk her head in her direction.
"I'm sorry I didn't knock, I didn't want to in case you were sleeping and it would wake you." Yumi looked down, berating herself.
Sachiko didn't really know what to say as she was surprised to see her petite soeur there and normally she would remind her that not knocking was unlady like, but there was something inside of her…
Yumi's eyes went wide as she was suddenly in Sachiko's arms in a tight hug, the older girl pressed tightly against her, as she wrapped her arms around Sachiko's waist. They stood there for a long moment until Yumi could feel the woman in her arms begin to tremble.
"Onee-sama, are you alright?" Concern flooded the younger girls' voice as she moved her head to catch Sachiko's tears on her cheek.
"Yumi…I love you…but I don't know what will happen. I don't want…" Sachiko began to say but soft fingers were pressed to her lips before moving to wipe her tears.
"Whatever happens will happen but I will be there. I will always be there. I know I'm not rich or have the best 'breeding'…I know I'm not the right match for you in your parents' eyes, especially since I'm a girl. But…but if you still want me, I will be there, never doubt that. I love you too." She looked up into watery blue eyes.
There was silence.
*I guess I said the wrong thing…
Your words were never very good you know.
I know…*
The familiar pain in her chest began to make itself known as she realized she probably had said the wrong thing.
"Let's go take a bath, Yumi." Sachiko said so very very softly, a blush covering her cheeks, as she wiped the rest of her tears away.
Brown eyes met blue ones in wide surprise at the statement uttered and for the sudden change of topic.
"Onee-s…s…sama?" Yumi very unsure as to what she should say when her mind was fighting between two very different thoughts; one being very inappropriate and the other…very very inappropriate.
"I would like to continue this conversation but I am slightly distracted by your scent." Sachiko stated.
An embarrassment flooded Yumi's face as she realized she probably did stink and she had just been pressed up against her Onee-sama.
"I will go and get the bath ready then, One-sama, sorry!" Yumi all but yelled as she immediately turned and nearly ran to the bathroom.
Sachiko stood there for a moment a little bewildered but realized how Yumi took her statement. True Yumi did have a 'scent' to her but it was one that Sachiko found herself becoming effected by. That outdoor…musky…scent of the younger girl was beginning to make her thoughts a bit cloudy and to be that distracted during such an important conversation was just rude.
*So having a bath with the girl naked would make it easier?
...
…
…
Oh...*
…
Yumi stood there in her towel making sure the bath water was the right temperature but her mind was overflowing with so many thoughts. Why would her Onee-sama want to take a bath with her? They would both be…n…n…n…naked… Even just the thought made her inner self stutter. She had never seen Sachiko naked, oh she had dreamed about it, but actually getting to see…
"Are you ready, Yumi?"
Yumi was so into her thoughts that an "EEP!" came from her lips as she nearly dropped the towel that was around her.
"H…h…hai, Onee-sama…" she stuttered with her back still to Sachiko.
Sachiko was just as nervous as she stood there in her two towels, one around her breasts and one around her bottom, but found it cute that Yumi could easily use one towel around herself.
"Where you wanting to wash or soak first?" Sachiko asked as she walked closer to Yumi.
"W…w…wash first, I don't think you'd like it very much if I got the water all dirty and you were in there…too…" Yumi squeezed her eyes shut tightly to try and get her stutter under control.
*WHY am I so nervous?
We've kissed…
Because she'll be naked and Soeurs don't see each other naked.
No they don't.
So it will be a final step in making you girlfriends.*
Sachiko could see Yumi was extremely nervous and gently put her hand on the smaller girls' shoulder. Another "EEP!" came from Yumi's mouth as she spun around only to find herself in Sachiko's chest. Both girls were crimson as brown eyes met blue but it was Sachiko who recovered first.
"Would you help me into the bath? We can continue talking while you wash."
Yumi mindlessly nodded and held out her hand to her Onee-sama once she moved to give her room to move. Once she saw that Sachiko was in the deep warm water, her back to Yumi, she began getting herself ready for a wash.
They were silent while Yumi got out a stool and wash tub, it wasn't a bad thing – the silence, it caused a comfortable air to settle between then.
"Did you know a woman named Yuei from the village?" Sachiko asked suddenly, her back still to Yumi.
"I only knew a Kusanagi Yuei but she passed away a few years ago. She always made me sad." Yumi said as she began soaping herself up.
"Sad?"
"I only talked with her a few times before she passed away. Each time she said she was always waiting for someone to be beside her. The lake extends itself down to Dr. Ito's office and she was always sitting under the trees next to the bank every day. I know that Dr. Ito was her best friend so maybe she sat there to wait for her someone with Dr. Ito close? I'm not sure. I had asked my Mother about it once and all she could say was that was what a woman looked like when her heart had truly been shattered." Sadness crept into Yumi's heart as she recalled the elderly woman.
Every muscle in Sachiko's body tensed as the reality of what Dr. Ito said gripped her heart. There would never be a moment in her life that she would ever let Yumi become like Yuei, she would never allow Yumis' heart to become shattered and broken like that - never.
"Why do you ask, Onee-sama?"
Sachiko filled Yumi in on what had been said between Dr. Ito and herself but Sachiko stopped talking when she heard a rather large splash. She turned around to see Yumi sitting on her washing stool, hair dripping and in her face, while a floating shampoo bottle was in the washing tub. Yumi's hands were shaking.
"Yumi…?" Sachiko asked, concerned and beginning to get out of the water to go to the younger girl.
Yumi's heart was gripped with a pain she didn't think possible at the telling of Sachiko's story. Pain filled her knowing that it was Dr. Ito who had made Yuei so sad, that through that pain Yuei remained faithful until her death, and more than likely it was that pain that killed her eventually. But why would Dr. Ito tell her Onee-sama something like that? It had been then she dropped the shampoo that she realized she was the 'Yuei' of the story and her Onee-sama the 'Dr. Ito'. Is that what was to happen to her? Would she become the faithful unrequited love?
The fear that began to ravage her was cut short when she felt arms around her.
"No, I won't let you become a ghost, my Little One. I love you and you're the future I choose. If my family can not understand that then so be it because I refuse to live my life without you beside me." Sachiko said softly, her voice shaking a little at the admission and at a half naked Yumi being pressed against her.
Relief flooded Yumi's entire body as she heard the words leave Sachiko's lips and turned on her stool to see the steeled determination and truth in those blue eyes she couldn't ever stop losing herself in.
"I love you, Onee-sama." Yumi blushed a little through her wet hair.
"I love you too, Yumi." Sachiko smiled softly as she moved the wet hair out of Yumi's face before leaning in to kiss her lips softly.
Tingles shot through Yumi as she felt Sachiko's soft lips against hers followed by her warm tongue. After a few moments the kiss ended with both girls almost a little shy.
"Let me wash your hair and back?" Sachiko asked as she picked up the shampoo bottle from the wash tub and began to pour some on Yumi's hair.
Yumi made her yes noise and turned back around, her back to Sachiko, and began to relax as long elegant fingers began working their magic. It amazed her how Sachiko could ease her fears and better yet how she never had to doubt what Sachiko ever said. Realistically Yumi knew that Sachiko had the determination to do as she said but however difficult they thought it was it would be nothing compared to having it actually happen. She had faith in her Onee-sama.
Sachiko decided she liked washing Yumi's hair, it meant she was able to touch her and the younger girl seemed to enjoy it as well. They had taken a step today, Sachiko knew, in what might happen when they went home but there was another step she wanted to take with Yumi…
Once the soap had been rinsed from brown hair Sachikos' eyes began to wander to the exposed skin of Yumi's shoulders and back. She knew she should wash Yumi's back with a cloth but she wanted to feel the girls' skin and what was under the skin. Body wash filled her hands a moment later before she began to 'wash' Yumi's back.
*Control yourself a little Sachiko.
After reading that book, seeing her workout, and now in the bath…*
The tingles and aches that were surging through the older girl was making her body have instant reactions. The junction between her legs almost HURT while her breasts ached to be freed from the towel that now felt like it was binding them to her body. The more she washed and touched Yumi the more she wanted the girl. Her hands had reached far enough down Yumi's back to feel the towel, an obstruction her impassioned mind did not like, and it took everything within her to leave it where it was instead of ripping it off of Yumi. She continued to wash every bit of Yumi she could find…
Yumi's whole body was on fire with Sachiko touching her. She wanted this, she had dreamt of it for almost a year – though more so since they admitted their feelings for one another, but she knew that she didn't want it in the bathroom. Nothing could be comfortable there but she wasn't about to have Sachiko stop what she was doing…not yet. Yumi continued to watch her Onee-sama wash her, especially when she moved to the front of her, to wash her arms and legs. Yumi was mesmerized at how softly her Onee-sama was touching her even though it felt like each and every touch was burning itself into her skin. She was thankful when the water was poured over her body…it cleared her head.
"O…O…Onee-sama?" Yumi stuttered, shakily standing up from the washing stool.
Sachiko's eyes went wide as her face was met with Yumi's most intimate of places. The towel just barely covered everything… Sachiko's nose flared wide as a familiar scent once again flooded her senses. A moan rumbled deeply in the older girls' throat as she fought the near overwhelming urges inside of her. Fear laced those urges at how she felt like she was losing control and how badly she wanted to.
Yumi could sense what Sachiko was feeling before the she heard the moan from the older girl but she fought her own urges and embarrassments. She needed to get Sachiko to the bedroom, she needed to get herself there…
"Onee-sama…why don't you…head to the bedroom…I can finish washing…" Yumi breathlessly said as her hand reached down to pull Sachiko to a standing position.
The look in those blue eyes when Sachiko looked at her told her so many things, intense things, but all she could do was blush.
"I don't want…"
"Please, Onee-sama, the bathroom isn't…I don't want…" Yumi could barely finish her sentence but she saw the look of recognition on Sachiko's face, a blush forming on her own cheeks.
"Five minutes, Yumi, don't keep your Onee-sama waiting."
Yumi threw off the towel the minute Sachiko shut the bathroom door knowing full and well the ramifications of keeping the older girl waiting.
Authors Notes: You know what's to come...or do you?
Update to follow in the days/weeks.