The Kiss

After some time coffee is served and your family settles into visiting and planning for the future. Eventually your mother turns to Fiona. "Oh yeah, you had something you wanted to announce Fiona."

Fiona takes a hard swallow of coffee and nods. You and El excuse yourselves, you knew what was to follow and you both still hadn't freshened up for the day. Heading upstairs you head to your own rooms and get dressed. You choose a simple jeans and t shirt look. By the time you get out El had already claimed the washroom so you wait by the door. It is not long before she opens the door.

You catch your breath as you see her alluring beauty. She didn't look any different than usual. Dress, short sleeved shirt, her short brown hair parted near the middle, a subtle touch of make up. No, the change wasn't with her, it was with you. Her confession to you last night was playing havoc with your feelings about her. Elsie wouldn't even remember telling you her feelings for you. You wonder again, what do you do with this knowledge? Talk to her? Ignore it?

She pauses at the door and gives you a funny look, she could tell something was up. "Everything okay Jesse?"

You shake your head to snap you out of your reverie. "Yeah, sorry. That's just, um, quite the news huh?"

She smiles and nods. "Yes! I've waited all my life to hear that. There was always the surgical option of course but Dr Tremblay said it wasn't as straightforward as you would think. There could have been complications." She looks up into your eyes. Those deep chocolate brown eyes, you become lost in them. She continues. "You have a big decision too. I..." She hesitates, she is a bit confused by your intense stare at her. She clears her throat and continues. "I hope you consider it Jesse. Bigger isn't all that it's cracked up to be. But...I mean, whatever makes you happy."

She sighs, a warm look of contentment on her face. "A cure. I still can't believe it. And all thanks to whatever was in your genes." She laughs. "Our hero!" She leans forward and gives you a little peck on your cheek. You smell her berry-vanilla perfume, you feel the brush of her hair on your chin and her body press briefly against yours. As her happy face pulls back you are awestruck by her beauty once more. Try as you might you couldn't see her as 'good ol Elsie', little sister and best buddy, any longer. She was suddenly familiar and mysterious all at once, comfortable yet forbidden, a paradox in a long dress.

In yet another moment of madness you act without thinking, this time driven on by a very different and deeper desire within you. This wasn't new Jesse acting. Reaching forward you cup her head in both hands and slowly lean in for a kiss. A real kiss.

Her eyes widen as she realizes what is happening, she lets out a soft sound. "..oh.." She tenses slightly but doesn't stop you.

You kiss your little sister full on the mouth. It was tender, delicate, but with barely contained passion. It was a lover's kiss, a long sweet kiss, the kiss of young love. She opens up to you like a fresh spring blossom and you sip of her sweet nectar. Her tension melts to your gentle touch. She slowly snakes her arms around your body. You press together. You continue kissing. Sweet and soft but beginning to intensify, an overwhelming feeling of this unique and flawless union fills your soul. The feel and the heat of her supple body pressing into yours, her feathery hair in your hands, her smooth skin, her luscious lips lapping at yours, the rich aroma of her perfume, the peppermint taste of her tongue and mouth, her perfect looks, her little sighs as you caress. She was a feast for your senses.

In the doorway of the upstairs bathroom, the rest of the family sitting in the room below, brother and sister share the most perfect, special, and romantic kiss they would ever experience.

It was a tiny taste of paradise.

At the worst possible moment your logical brain kicks in. This was Elsie! This was your little sister! You pull back from her, shaking your head to regain your senses.

"Oh god...I'm sorry Elsie. I shouldn't have done that." You gasp.

She is just staring at you with wide, loving, yet very confused, eyes. She was equal parts stunned and swept off her feet. "Jesse?"

You push away from her. "I shouldn't have done that. I...I'm so sorry." You add hastily. "It's this...procedure, I'm not thinking straight..." You turn to leave.

Elsie says softly. "Wait...it's okay..."

You couldn't talk to her right now. You weren't thinking straight, who knew what crazy things you would say if you talked with her now. It's like she had cast some spell on you or something. The new aggressive you wanted to stay and seduce her, though that was purely a physical desire. Instead you retreat back to your room to try to take a moment to clear your mind. You desperately needed a moment to pull yourself together.