Gift Giving

Fiona pulls up to the same spot where she had dropped Elsie off. The pair of you sit waiting, hoping the parking cops didn't come around.

"Looks like I have to start sharing you again." She holds you chin between her thumb and finger as she looks at you. "We'll have to do this again soon."

You smile. "I'd like that Fiona." Looking down at the gift in your hands you look back up to her again. "Fiona...I have to tell Elsie who this is from."

Fiona sighs, her eyes flash with annoyance. "Jesse...she would like it better..."

"Fiona please. I'll lie to Mom. I'll lie to Aunt Peg or anyone else. I'll do whatever you want. But..." You plead. "Please, not Elsie. I can't...I can't lie to Elsie. I just can't do it."

Fiona's face slowly softens, ending in a soft laugh. She shakes her head. "You two... Of course, what was I thinking. Okay, tell her it is a gift from me to both of you then. It's the truth. That better?"

You nod and straighten up in your seat, a bright smile returning. "Thank you Fiona."

"Of course...hey, here she comes." You turn to see Elsie coming out of a nearby building, she spots the car and is soon on her way. "Fucking hell, that sister of ours....God DAMN that girl is HOT!"

You laugh and turn to your big sister in surprise. Fiona winks. "What, you think you're the only hottie in this family? You and El....MMMMM MMMMM! Yes please!"

You guffaw. This was still so new, you just weren't used to your sister talking like this. Especially about you and El. The lustful look in Fiona's eyes as they follow El approaching the car told you she was very much serious. It didn't surprise you that Fiona also liked the ladies.

You are still laughing as Elsie climbs into the backseat. She smiles at the laughter though she doesn't know what's up. "What's so funny?" She asks as she settles in.

"Jesse." Fiona answers before you can. "He was telling me how fucking hot and horny he was for you. Shameless horndog this brother of ours. You should hear him talk about you when you're not around."

Elsie blushes furiously as she brings her hand up to her mouth. "Oh!" You blush too.

Fiona winks at you again. "Hey, why don't you sit in the back with her?"

"Okay." You reply.

You get out and get back in beside your little sister. As you close the door you hear Elsie exclaim. "Oh wow! Nice coat Jesse."

"Yeah, isn't it?" You say proudly. "Fiona got it for me."

She strokes the sleeve to feel the nice fabric. You place your hand on hers and the pair of you look at each other...your heart skips a beat. Those magical dark eyes of hers...breathtaking.

As Fiona pulls out and begins to drive she says over her shoulder. "Hey, you two get as friendly as you want back there. I'll just keep driving if you want me too."

Elsie laughs at the absurdity. "Fiona! We're out in public. Geez."

You keep your eyes locked on El. "It's okay Elsie, no one can see us. And if they do, they don't know who we are." You lean over and kiss her on her blushing cheek.

You hear your older sister chuckle up front, she says almost to herself. "Fast learner. Good boy."

Elsie laughs again as she touches her cheek, she was flustered. "Jesse! People are looking." That wasn't true but you understood she probably felt it was. "My god, what's gotten into you two?"

You rub her small soft hand in yours. "Love." You respond in a strong voice. Elsie stops laughing as she sees you are serious. "Hey, Fiona got us both something too." You produce the gift and hand it to her.

She looks down at the small glossy wrapped box in her hand. You had her head spinning. "What...is this?"

"Open it!" You chuckle. "It from Fiona, for both of us. I helped pick it out."

Elsie was starting to look suspicious. She looks over your obviously expensive coat again. "What's going on? Why are you giving us presents Fiona? What are you up to?"

Elsie had every right to be suspicious at Fiona's sudden change in character, she didn't know the underlying emotions yet. You say in a soft voice. "She's not up to anything El. She loves us. It's a long story about the money...I'll...I'll tell you about it later." She is looking at you curiously. "Hey, can I sit closer?" You ask.

She nods slowly. You sidle over beside her, even being so bold as to put your arm around her shoulders. You pull her into your side, your faces now just inches apart. "Hey." You say with a smile as you rub her nose with yours.

She can't hide her own grin. "Hi. Goodness you're bold today." She wriggles even more into you. "I like that." She smelled of field berries. She looks around. Fiona had gotten the car up to speed, no one could see in now. Elsie cuddles in a little more, reluctantly allowing herself to be much more intimate than adult siblings really ought to be. "This is so bad." She says under her breath, still worried about being caught but enjoying the feeling too much to stop it.

You look down to the present. "Open it, I think you'll like it."

Without another word she begins untying the bow. You notice Fiona repeated looking back at you through the rear view, she really wanted to see Elsie's reaction. Her obvious concern about Elsie's liking the gift gives you a warm feeling inside.

As Elsie sees it is a jewelry case she looks over to you then to the front. "Oh no, how much did you spend?"

Fiona shrugs. "Don't worry about it." She says as if it was no big thing. "If you don't like it we'll return it or something." You could see right through her bravado this time around, she very much was hoping this went over well.

Elsie slow opens the box. The two pendants sit side by side, not connected but only a fraction of an inch apart so that the effect of the two halves made whole can be seen. You kiss her cheek. "One's for me, one's for you." You say.

"Oh my...Fiona, Jesse...they're beautiful!" El gasps. "Oh my god, so pretty!"

You see a big toothy smile come across your big sister's face.

"Oh Fiona...you shouldn't have." Elsie says. "This is too much."

"Try it on. Jesse, put it on her." Fiona responds, trying and failing to hide her excitement.

You carefully pull her necklace out of the box. You fiddle a bit and finally unfasten the tiny clasp. You turn and put the delicate silver chain around her delicate slender neck. Her wide eyes stare at your face as you do so. You straighten it then brush your fingers along her neck as your hands pull back. The glittering green and silver half heart rested on her upper chest. "It's beautiful on you." You whisper. "You're beautiful."

She blushes once more. "Hey...let me put yours on you."

You nod. She pulls your chain from the box and places it around your neck as you had done for her. Her graceful hands were around your neck, the smell of her perfume intensifying, her stunningly gorgeous face so close to yours...as you feel the clasp come together you lean forward and kiss her full on the lips. Your arm slides around her hourglass waist. This was no brother's kiss.

She stiffens and hums in surprise. "MMM!"

She pulls back and says breathlessly. "Jesse! We can't!"

You smile and stroke her cheek. "If you say so." She didn't know what to say to that. It was easily evident she didn't actually want to stop.

"It's...the rules..." She stammers in a whisper

You puff your chest out as you change the topic. "Hey, what do you think?" You ask as you show off your shiny new pendant sitting just under the knot of your tie.

El looks you over. "It looks handsome on you." She says, echoing your statement from earlier. "You're handsome."

Leaning toward her you place the pendants side by side, forming the single heart. "Perfect." You say.

"Perfect." She echoes.

"You guys like it?" Fiona asks, again trying to see what is going on through the rear view.

Elsie nods. "I love it. I just love it. It is beautiful. They're both so...beautiful."

"Thank you Fiona." You say.

"Yeah...thank you." Elsie follows.

Fiona is most pleased. She readjusts the rear view to better see the road and continues driving normally, but you could tell she was happy.

El is feeling her necklace with the tips of her fingers, lost in thought. You hug her tight with your one arm. "Hey, what's up El?"

She lays her head on your should, much like you do with Fiona, and says in a soft voice. "You guys...you're really serious about all this aren't you? Like, for real for real. You really want us...to..." She trails off. There was still some distrust and suspicion to her confused demeanor. Not toward you but toward Fiona.

Fiona speaks up, her voice a bundle of nerves. "Only if you want to Elsie. We'll only do what you want to. I'll...we'll treat you nice. So nice, nothing you don't want to do. Not ever. We'll treat you so nice. Like you deserve."

You back her up. "We want you El. We want you with us. And yeah, we are absolutely serious."

You take her hand in yours. She looks into your eyes and your souls meet. "But...that's...not allowed." Her defense was half-hearted at best. "And Mom won't let us."

You lean in for a long tender kiss, her soft nose brushing yours, her plump lips pressed gently. She makes a cute little whimpering moan. "....mmmm..."

You pull back, your heart beating like a jack rabbit. "We're not children anymore Elsie. Mom can't tell us what to do."

"Yes!" Fiona blurts out, unintentionally interrupting the moment you were having.

You and Elsie laugh at the awkwardness of it. You continue. "And yeah, it's totally not allowed but...when has that ever stopped the Bailey's? I...I think you like me...more than just as a brother."

Her blush deepens as a little bashful smile appears. She says in a light voice. "And I think you like me too?"

You nod slowly. As you peered into her eyes you are lost. Once more you are falling in love with someone you already love. Your overflowing heart could barely take the strain. Easily as powerful as your feelings for Fiona but also completely unique. Fiona was your crush, your sexual ideal, your hero, your goddess. You wanted to throw yourself at her feet and bask in her attention. Elsie was...you couldn't even put your finger on it. Your feelings for her subconscious, indescribable, deep and mysterious. With her you wanted to stand side by side, hand in hand. The single split heart pendants seemed so absolutely appropriate.

"You don't have to make any decisions right now El." Fiona says. "Take your time kitten."

Elsie giggles. "Kitten?"

Fiona glances back. "Don't like it?"

El relaxes her body into you, really starting to get comfortable with you and very much enjoying it. "No, it's fine. It's cute. Um...I have to say, I'm kind of overwhelmed by all this."

You let out a loud laugh. "You are!? You should have seen what I've gone through today!"

As Elsie nuzzles into your shoulder you begin to tell her all about your incredible morning.

(And it's official, I'm going the family route as opposed to the just Fiona route. Not 100% sure Helen will be in on it yet. Once more I apologize for the confusion the poll caused a while back. This was always the intention of this path and also, more importantly, I need to decide on one of these paths becoming the "canon" RotL path so I can link it up with other stories in my little universe if I want too. I think this might be that path. There is NO chance I'd have the canon path end with Jesse and El not together somehow. There might be an element of a "greatest hits album" to this path, some near repetition from other paths. Also, as you've probably already noticed, it will be more blunt and hurried than other paths. It might not end up being the best path but I need something functional I can work with going forward. Finally...so close to 10K likes!!! Holy shit! You guys are awesome.)