Keeping Apart

Victoria was too full to fool around that night and passed out early. She fell asleep on her back, her food belly hanging out as she slept with grease still glistening on her lips.

I returned to the living room.

“Is she okay?” Angie asked.

“I hope so.”

We were silent for a moment.

I turned to her. “How did I cause this?”

“It’s not your fault,” she told me. She caught my eye, and I felt it mist up as the world became blurry. “Aww, Dan! Come here!”

She held me to her chest as my tears ran into her cleavage. I didn’t enjoy the moment past the sensation that her tits felt far more firm than they had any right to.

Finally I pulled my head up and she smiled sweetly at me. “I know you care about her,” she told me. “And I want you to know that I care about you.”

She reached forward to kiss away the tear on my cheek. “And you’re not alone.”

“I know.”

“You have me.”

“Thank you, Angie.”

She kissed away another tear and tickled my cheek. I laughed as she began to giggle. She leaned forward again, but this time she chased the tear all the way down to my lips.

There was a spark between us and I swear that I felt an electrical shock as her lips touched mine. Then we began making out in earnest. Our lips mashed together and we pulled each other in as we both kissed like long lost lovers.

Five minutes later my cock was grinding against her pussy on its own accord. It was all I could do not to pull aside the fabric and fuck this girl the way she deserved.

But I didn’t. I slowed down, pulled back, stood up and kissed her forehead.

“I love you, Angie.” I told her.

“I know. And that’s why you are going back to your bed to sleep next to my sister.”

“Yep.”

“Hey, Danny?”

“Yeah?”

“I love you, too. I know I don’t have to say it. But I can’t help myself.”

I leaned forward and kissed her one more time. It was a mistake. It lasted too long.

But I still walked away.

“We shattered it, didn’t we?” Angie asked me the next day. “That fragile barrier that we somehow managed to maintain for the past months we called friendship. It’s gone, isn’t it?”

“Yep.”

The day was already half over. But we both knew.

“I have an idea,” she told me.

“Spill it.”

“We take turns on who is the responsible one. Like today I could flirt with you all I want, but your job is to turn me down.”

“Great idea.”

“Yeah?”

“It’s a great start. But it’s flawed.”

“Why’s that?”

“It relies on the concept of me ever being able to turn you down. And that’s impossible.”

“You do it every day.”

“I’ve been doing it with you, Angie. That’s us working as a team. We are unstoppable that way.”

“Except for when things happen like last night.”

“All we did was kiss,” I reminded her. “And frankly, it’s pretty incredible that’s as far as we’ve gone. We’ve been living together for several months now.”

“Yeah, I suppose. I mean, you did finger me…”

“No, you used my finger to masturbate with. There’s a difference.”

“Hmm. Is there though?”

“It’s like if I made a mold of cock and gave it to you as dildo for a present. It’s not the same as me fucking you.”

“Can you do that, though? Seriously, my birthday is coming up-”

“Oh, when’s your birthday?”

“October.”

“Oh, congratulations. No.”

“Damn. Worth a try.”

“But back to our original discussion, no. There is no way in hell I’m going to be able to turn you down.”

“But you get laid. All the time. Your girlfriend was pissed off yesterday but you still got the angry sex. And that’s the best kind!”

“Still.”

“Okay, fine. I have an idea.”

I high fived her. “Tell me.”

“I’m going to start losing weight.”

“Aww.”

“I know, you love my junk in the trunk.” I nodded. “But I’m already three cup sizes bigger than when you met me.”

“So that’s…”

“I don’t know, I haven’t really been measured. But I’m guessing I’m an H cup.”

“Yeah, that’s what I would put you as,” I agreed.

“Oh yeah, you have experience with bra sizes?”

“Occupational hazard,” I admitted. “And I’d put you right around Tessa Fowler three years ago.”

“Why three years ago? Is she bigger now?”

“Now she’s a J cup.”

“Show me.”

I pulled out my phone.

“Fuck, those are nice.”

“Right?”

“Alright. We lost track. I’m going to work out more. And eat better.”

“Right, right,” I said. “And?”

“And concede the title to my little sister. She wants to stuff her face with fast food? Let her. But once she passes me up she can gain her confidence and feel like she has you for herself.”

“Not bad.”

“Thank you. Plus, that will help with your attraction for me. I’ll no longer be the hotter sister.”

“Disagree.”

“What? Don’t say that.”

“I’m serious.”

“So am I. Don’t fucking string me along, Dan.”

“I’m not. I really think you are sexier than your sister.”

“My sister… who you are dating. Who you fuck every night.”

“Yep.”

“Because you can’t have me.”

“No.”

“Seriously, Dan. Shut your fucking mouth. Do not lead me on.”

“I’m not, but okay. I get your point.”

“Good.”

“I’m just saying-”

“No.” She put her finger to my lips. “You aren’t.”

“Fine.” I stood up. “Alright, I need to get to work.”

I headed back into my office.

Two minutes later, I returned.

“You know what?” I asked. “No. I will tell you.”

“Dan-”

“You know this connection we have? How you can be in the next room, but I can guess what you’re thinking?”

“What was I thinking just now?”

“You were fingering yourself, You only pulled your finger out of your shorts when you heard me coming.”

“No!” she said. “Yeah, okay fine.”

“I’ve never had it before,” I told her. “You’re my best fucking friend, and I’d do anything for you.”

Her eyes watered. “Dan-”

“You are trying just as hard as I am to be a good person. And we’ve had each other’s backs this entire time. And we deserve a good fucking reward for that.” I paused. “I don’t know what that reward is, but whatever it is I can give you, I will.”

“So will I.”

“We both care about your sister. We both love her. And that’s the only fucking thing that is keeping me from jumping across this counter and fucking you over it until we crack it.”

“Better stay over there, then.”

“But don’t think for a second that I don’t love you, or that you mean anything less to me than your sister.”

She sniffled. “But she has to mean more.”

“No, she doesn’t. Because we can’t always choose that. We can try to **** it as much as we want. But at the end of the day, I’m not-”

“Don’t you dare fucking finish that sentence.”

“Angie.”

“Dan.”

I took another breath.

“I appreciate what you’re trying to say, Dan, but that’s the thing. You don’t have to. I already knew all of this. I can see it in the way you look at me. And that’s what Victoria saw the other night, too. That’s why it scared her so much.”

“Does it scare you?” I asked.

“It freaks me the fuck out.”

“Oh.”

I sat down next to her.

“No, Dan. It freaks me the fuck out because I feel exactly the same.”

“Oh.”

“So let’s not say it. Because we both already know it.”

“But-”

“I love you, Dan.”

“I love you, Angie.”

“And that’s all. That’s all that we need to say.”

“It’s not though.”

“Yes, it is.”

“You don’t have to tell me with your lips. You don’t have to tell me with your cock. I already know. So keep those things to yourself. Because they don’t belong to me. They belong to my stupid sister.”

“Okay.”

“And I’m not here to kiss you. Because if I kissed you right now it would all be over.”

“Obviously.”

We sat there next to each other, holding hands.

“So this brings us back to square one?” I asked.

“Square fucking one.”

“Any more genius ideas?”

“I do,” she said.

“Yeah?”

“It’s a terrible idea.”

“Tell me.”

“It goes back to the ‘get it out of our systems’ concept.”

“I’m listening,” I told her.

“We bend the rules.”

“Oh.”

“I know, fucking stupid.”

I nodded.

“You buy me your Dan shaped dildo, I give you titty fucks-”

“You what now?”

“Titty fucks. My hands aren’t touching you. Your dick is only sitting there minding its own business. There is no mouth, hand, ass or pussy involved. It’s the perfect crime.”

“Fuck me.”

“Because it’s a stupid idea?”

“Well, yeah. But more because we obviously have to do it now.”

“Until we get it out of our system?”

“Obviously.”

“Right now?”

“No. It’s obviously a stupid idea,” I reminded her. “Probably your dumbest yet. So we are going to take a few hours to realize how dumb it is so that we can not do it.”

“Deal!”