Figuring It Out

"I just wanted to tell Ben he could fuck other women, why did he bring up that I could be with other guys as well, damn it," Willow was in the shower as she thought of the date and day.

"Jade, he already has, River maybe joked about that. But I know her—if I was okay with this and he was, she would go for it, and Ms. Sinclair. Already three women, that's plenty. Why not give him the pass and be done with it? Am I being illogical?"

"Why would he think I would want other guys? Because I kissed Finn? So what? But I have to admit it's kinda hot how confident he is in us from the get-go."

"I think I can try swinging… maybe I'll talk to Mom about it."

The moment she decided, she just went for it.

She went out of the shower, put her clothes on, and found her mom in her art room.

...

"Hey Mom, can we talk?" Willow asked.

Skye, who just did a new artwork for her tattoo shop, looked at her daughter.

"She was acting weird—normally she would immediately ask what I was painting," she thought.

"Of course, honey," she stopped painting.

"We talked a little about the date when I arrived home, but I didn't tell you everything," Willow said fast, while Skye just nodded waiting for her to continue.

"I gave Ben a pass to fuck whoever he wanted, and he gave me the same," Willow just fired out, as she didn't know how to convey it better.

"Okay, that's sudden. I guess several things happened to both of you that brought this up. I won't ask as I guess that's not your question," Skye said to her daughter.

She was a liberated person; she gave her kids the freedom to grow up. If that was what her daughter wanted, she would not do anything about it. Of course, she was surprised by it, but that was it.

Willow, who saw her mom taking it well, continued: "I don't know about the free pass, but I thought maybe swinging could work…"

Willow said in a lower voice. She herself didn't know why swinging was an option for her. Her parents' influence? She wanted this? She didn't know, and she had time to decide. For now she wanted her mom's advice.

"Swinging is fun. We aren't doing it with strangers; we do it with our best friends. We see it as a fun activity. I won't lie—getting more dicks is also fun after years of marriage; that's a nice change of pace. And would your father or I want to stop? We will, because our marriage will always come first," Skye said and added, "I don't know if that was the answer you wanted, but that was the answer I could give."

Willow wasn't surprised how straightforward her mom was on this matter; she had never been shy about being direct.

But that answer also wasn't for her. They weren't married, just a young couple.

"Thanks, Mom, I don't know if that helped, but there are still more things I need to consider," Willow said and went back to her room.

Skye, who saw her daughter, thought, "She needs to reach answers of her own on that matter. Hopefully she will, and if not? She will learn from this," as she went back to her new painting.

Willow, who just dropped to her bed, told herself, "I had time to decide, no need to rush this. We pretty much only had Finn and Jade to swing with anyway, and that was if those two became a couple," and with that final thought she went to the painting corner of her room and started to paint, as that was her best therapy.

...

"Just finished talking to Finn, he would be alright. Ben did most of the heavy lifting already. Now what is going on with you?" Melody asked.

She noticed yesterday they acted weird, but she went to girl night, so she didn't have time to talk to her eventually, so she did it now.

She started with Finn. She got the idea; he seemed more grounded and in a better headspace. Ben helped, and there was something else; she would find out what it was anyway, but now it was time for her little sister.

Luna looked at her sister, not knowing where to start. She still remembered their shower time together and was still processing this.

"I don't know what you're talking about," Luna stated.

"Really, sis? We're not going to do this the hard way?" Melody asked.

Melody, who saw no response from her sister, jumped on her and started to tickle her.

"Hahaha, stop it, hahaha, I'm not a hahaha little girl anymore," Luna laughed as she tried to say this.

"I'll stop when you agree to tell me," Melody tickled her.

Luna started giggling even harder and finally broke.

"Fine, fine," Luna said, still breathless from laughing.

"Too bad, I had so much fun," Melody pouted.

"You really needed to touch me this way again?" Luna glared at her sister.

"Why not? It always worked the best, and it gave me my answers," Melody said with a chuckle.

"Ben," Luna said only that.

Melody didn't need a lot more. Those two always were extremely close, and when she stopped cheerleading, Ben was her rock, which drove them even closer, so she wasn't too surprised, but then...

"Willow."

"About Ben, I'm not too surprised, but Willow? I know you were best friends, but I didn't think you saw each other as more..." Melody said in surprise.

"We kissed, something surfaced," Luna said.

"Short answers. Melody will get what she wants from that. I'll finish this talk sooner," Luna said to herself.

"Yeah, a kiss can do it," Melody nodded.

"Well, now those two are together, so we need to work on Ben, not Willow," Melody saw the real problem, and Willow wasn't it.

"What can I do about it? We are cousins, it is wrong," Luna said quietly.

"Why? That's legal. You can marry your cousin; we both know couples like that," Melody stated.

"Yeah, but they are old, and back then it was okay," Luna gave a side glance.

"Seriously? That's your defense? They're old? You want Ben? Fuck everyone who would look at you differently. 'This was back then'? Fuck those people too," Melody suddenly shouted.

"Your reaction isn't a little too strong?" Luna said. She didn't know what came over Melody with this reaction.

"No. I saw my sister hurting because of that bullshit, so I was mad about it," Melody stated.

Luna immediately hugged her sister.

"Kisses can make you realize a lot of things, so do you want me to kiss you?" Melody asked as they hugged.

"It's so wrong, but I really want to kiss her now, and maybe it would help me?" Luna told herself, and then gave a nod.

Melody went for a kiss. The two kissed slowly and lovingly.

"Control yourself. Right now Luna needs that as something simple," Melody reminded herself not to go too far.

"So wrong, but I can't. I love my big sister, and the kiss was too good."

The kiss heated up a little before Melody broke it off.

"See? You can be with family and be okay with it," Melody grinned.

"You are right, and you said yourself before, not the same girl-girl isn't the same," Luna fired back.

"Luna, I love you, but you put up such strong walls around Ben you can't see I am right. That's the level I feel to smash them," Melody said, shaking her head.

"What do you mean by 'break my walls'?" Luna said with a little fear.

She knew her sister; that's what she said when she sees no other choice to do something wild.

Melody didn't say anything; she grabbed her sister for another kiss, which Luna joined in immediately this time without thought.

Between the kisses, Melody said, "That means you should fuck a family member."