Sooner than you’d like

You went through the general outline of what the both of you were planning to say again but the tension continued to rise as you waited for your sister to come upstairs. You had seen Mom head over to her room through the open door and Lucy was already in her room as well.

You tried to calm down Emma’s nerves and reassure her but even you felt a little stress when the sound of footsteps on the stairs started to get closer. Emma was sat slightly further down the bed so she couldn’t see when Sarah walked down the hallway and headed towards you, about to enter her room when you called out to her.

“H-hey” you announced, your voice catching in your throat as you got her attention.

Sarah gave you a funny look as she started walking in your direction and you knew that if you didn’t man up and start acting more dominant, the chances of this meeting going well were going to drop. As Sarah came into your room, closing the door behind her, you patted the bed at the side of you before moving yourself back, leaving you, Emma and Sarah all sitting in a triangle facing one another.

“It feels like your about to tell me I’m adopted or something” Sarah nervously joked, trying to lighten the mood a little which did actually seem to lessen Emma’s nerves a little as a smile appeared on her face.

“No nothing like that. You know what I mentioned earlier right?” you asked, getting a nod in response before you continued.

“So I mentioned that this was about mine and Emma’s relationship and although I’m being open about what Emma wants to discuss with you, anything that you still want to keep a secret between us will still be kept. So, we're telling you first because we trust you and even if you aren’t onboard with what you hear, I’d like it if you could keep this a secret as well, at least for the time being that is.” you asked and reassured, making sure Sarah was aware you hadn’t divulged her own secrets before hand.

Sarah seemed a little less tense once she realised you hadn’t revealed her sexuality to Emma but it seemed that something else had popped into her head as she had a slight look of panic.

“You're not pregnant are you?” she asked with a wide-eyed expression, immediately making you panic before she could ask any further.

“No! Definitely not, we haven’t even… Nevermind. It’s probably best just telling you without all this extra stuff but just.. Keep an open mind” you replied, getting thrown off by her random question and realising all your intricate plans were useless when it came to understanding how someone would react.

With that, you looked at Emma and although you felt bad passing the conversation over to her like this, it seemed better to just be direct with Sarah.

“So I don’t think there's gonna be any easy way to say this but… do you know the term ‘cuckquean’?” Emma started, struggling to find the right words to say even after everything but finally deciding to just use the definition the KDK had given her.

“I haven’t and I could take a guess but you're gonna have to explain a bit more” Sarah replied, a picture now forming in her mind of where this conversation was going.

Emma took a few seconds to try and organise her thoughts with the reddest blush you had ever seen on her face and Sarah sat there in silence as she calmly waited, not pushing Emma and letting her take her time.

“So it’s essentially a one-sided open relationship. We have some rules but Max gets to be involved with other people and as long as we are both on the same page about who he’s with then I’m okay with it.” Emma continued, giving a quick smile to you as she looked your way.

“You're really fine with that?” Sarah asked, looking between you and Emma as if one of you were about to tell her it was a joke.

“More than fine actually. Getting to hear about everything later on or what Max has done when I’m not there is just so…'' Emma explained, starting to get slightly excited as she went along before realising and forcing herself to calm down.

“The point is I’m okay with him seeing other people. Not behind my back though” Emma clarified.

“Isn’t it always gonna be behind your back though, if he's with someone else?” Sarah asked, not sounding put off but more genuinely interested in what Emma was thinking.

“...I don’t see it that way. As long as he tells me about who he’s planning on doing stuff with then I don’t have any issues but if he say started flirting with a random girl at school and didn’t tell me, that's when I’d have an issue. I wouldn’t know about it and therefore it's not really doing anything for me in the process and that's when I’d consider it cheating. It's more about communication.” Emma tried to explain, still struggling to explain her own feelings but it seemed that Sarah got the gist of it as she nodded along.

She sat there for a few moments and looked like she was processing what she had just heard. Both you and Emma gave her the same courtesy that Sarah had given Emma earlier when she was trying to collect her thoughts and you both kept quiet while she thought. Sarah’s head was facing down so you couldn’t see her eyes but after about a minute, something seemed to click for her from the conversation earlier.

“When you say Max has told you about who he’s been with…” Sarah started, looking between you and Emma to answer the question she had left unsaid.

“Emma knows what we've been doing, and what I’ve been doing with everyone else. If there's been anything said that people wanted to be kept secret, then that is still something I haven’t revealed ” You admitted, adding a little extra to reassure Sarah once again.

Your reassurance didn’t seem to help as her face turned a deep shade of crimson and it looked like she wanted to crawl under your covers to hide. You couldn’t think of anything to say as she curled up her knees to hide her face.

“If it helps, hearing what the two of you did was really hot. Part of me also wants to watch first hand, I can’t imagine what I would be like if I could see you on your knees or with his face between you… Sorry” Emma said, trying to help. Getting a bit carried away once she started.

“Really? You're not put off considering we’re you know… siblings?” Sarah asked, raising her back back up to barely look Emma in the eye.

“No, that makes it even better honestly. I know the both of you are close and if I did get to watch then maybe I could get involved. Only if the both of you are comfortable of course! And not every time mind you but maybe just once in a while” Emma revealed, acting shy at her proposition.

“Y-you mean the two of us would…” Sarah started questioning, the blush remaining on her face for a completely different reason than Emma would ever expect.

“Only if you were okay with it. I wouldn’t want to push you to do anything you weren’t comfortable with”

You could see that Sarah was struck speechless at what Emma had said and although you knew she had a crush on Emma, you weren’t sure if she would be able to speak up in a situation like this.