Sinful Needs of the Flesh Chapter 2 by Syzoth

I had fallen in love with my cousin Samantha—or “Sami”, as I affectionately called her—from the moment I laid eyes on her.

We met for the first time 3 days ago, at our family reunion in California. During our first day together, we had simply talked. By the second day, we were falling hard for each other and holding hands on the beach.

By that evening, we were having sex.

That was 2 long days ago. After that, we had planned to secretly meet in her tent every night, in the midst of the resort campgrounds, literally, surrounded on all sides by family. Sami and I both knew what we were doing was wrong, and that the potential to get caught was high. But we were helpless but to give into sinful needs of the flesh.

Unfortunately, our desire to meet clandestinely at night didn’t go as planned. Our family reunion was in full swing, and there were constant activities, excursions, and other get-togethers that took up our time. Sami and I were together for the majority of it, and we would furtively cast a glance at each other, knowing how badly we wanted to be together. More than once, I had to resist the urge to reach out and touch her…to hold her…to kiss her.

On the flip side, I was having a lot more fun on this family reunion than I had expected. I had never really known my extended family, and to meet a multitude of them, most of whom I never even knew existed, was actually an extremely wonderful feeling. It gave me a sense of belonging, like I was suddenly part of a greater whole. Because of Sami—perhaps even in spite of her—I felt an alien sense of familial fulfillment.

My parents and I had arrived in California last Saturday. It was now Tuesday. We were scheduled to return home to the East Coast on Friday, which was why I was impatiently waiting to sneak away with Sami again. We both were acutely aware that our time together was running out, and wanted to make the most of it. We thought we’d be able to spend more time alone than we were able to, since there were so many family events to attend.

We currently found ourselves in a small tour bus with our parents heading north for a daytime excursion in the mountains. My parents sat in the front seats next to my Uncle Bruce and Aunt Tabitha. Sami’s sister, Breanne, who was almost as beautiful as Sami, had elected not to join us.

Too bad, I thought. Breanne, with all of her body piercings and tattoos and voluptuous figure, was food for the eyes.

My cousin and I sat all the way in the back, 2 empty rows of seats separating us from our parents. As our they chatted extensively, Sami and I were lost in our own conversation. We sneakily held hands, careful to keep it hidden from view. Sometimes, we when our conversation waned, we would simply stare deeply into each other’s eyes.

Our parents were completely oblivious.

At one point, I was looking idly out of the window, when I felt Sami’s hand on my inner thigh. It sent a tingle through my body immediately. I looked at her and smiled, but my cousin didn’t stop there. She slid her hand further up, rubbing the huge bulge that had rapidly developed in my crotch. I gave an audible sigh. I didn’t need to tell her to continue, or what I wanted. Sami very quietly unbuttoned my pants and, maintaining a casual expression so no one would notice anything amiss, she calmly reached into my pants and began stroking me.

I grinned at her and then turned to look out the window again, unable to maintain eye contact with her and afraid someone would see my rapturous expression. Sami kept her motion slow and steady at first before gradually tugging more heavily. I was breathing harder now, and had to bite my lip so I wouldn’t moan aloud.

I closed my eyes, imagining that my burgeoning cock was buried in my cousin’s mouth and that her lips were vacuumed-sealed around my circumference… her head gliding up and down the entire length of my shaft. I idly wondered if Sami could fit me completely down her throat.

My manhood was rock-hard and burning from the friction. Sami kept her body still to avoid detection, but she was masturbating me more furiously now with just a flick of her wrist. Things were building up to a wicked crescendo, and my lungs, just like cock, was about to burst in ultimate elation.

Then Sami stopped.

I nearly groaned in dismay. My erection was in such dire need of release that I almost finished the job myself. But my cousin planted a furtive kiss on my cheek and whispered in my ear, “Just imagine what you’re going to get tonight.”

My penis was hard for the rest of the bus ride.

I was completely sore in my crotch when we arrived at our destination, a hiking lodge at the base of one of California’s many picturesque mountains. After a brief respite, we set out on one of the main trails, backpacks filled with necessary supplies, following markers to a waterfall that was situated near the peak. It was still early morning when started; with any luck, we’d reach our goal by noon.

Unfortunately, it was soon apparent that Sami and I were going to quickly outpace our parents. My father’s troublesome back slowed him down, and my Aunt Tabitha quickly developed blisters on her foot. They urged Sami and I to go on ahead without them, but naturally we wanted to remain as a group.

However, after about an hour of light hiking, we decided to break for a while, and our parents urged us to continue without them.

“We can’t keep up with you kids,” my father puffed. “Go on without us, and we’ll meet you both at the waterfall. If we’re not there by 1 o’clock, just find us on your way back down the trail.”

Sami and I looked at each other, then at our parents.

“Go on.” Aunt Tabitha made a “shoo-ing” motion at us. “We’ll be fine. Go have some fun. We’ll be right behind you.”

It took a little more cajoling, but eventually Sami and I gave in, and separated from our parents. We continued up the trail alone. After about 5 minutes, once they were completely out of sight, my cousin and I pulled each other close, and kissed heartily. There were a few other hikers on the trail, so we tried hard not to be too graphic with our public display of affection! We continued the rest of the way hand-in-hand, and although Sami was my blood relative, I couldn’t help be so in love with her, and believe that I was meant to be with her.

Such is the naiveté of youth.

When we finally reached the waterfall about another hour later, Sami smiled.

The waterfall was several stories high, and cascaded down the face of the mountain. It emptied into a huge crystalline lake in a thunderous roar, with mist splashing back up to the heavens. Sunlight reflected off the running water to cast a rainbow-like prism.

Sami stared at the majestic scene. “It’s beautiful,” she breathed.

I looked at her from the side, wonder etched on her beautiful face, the curves of her profile making my heart beat just a little bit faster. “Yes…yes, you are.” It was a cheesy thing to say, but so appropriate in the moment.

Sami smiled at me and led me toward the water while still holding my hand. There was a wide strip of beach at the water’s edge where a handful of people already wandered. We placed our backpacks on dry land, rolled up our pants, and tentatively stepped into the lake up to our ankles.

I was expecting the mountain water to be freezing, but it was actually quite warm.

I playfully kicked water at Sami, and she squealed in surprise before returning the favor. She then began pealing off her clothes.

“Come on, let’s go in!” My cousin already had her top layers off. I couldn’t help but stare at her as she took her clothes off to reveal the bikini she wore underneath. Sami’s plain black top contrasted shapely with her bright pink bottom. It was a plain combination, but it, nevertheless, hugged her feminine perfectly, and looked incredible on her. The bikini bottom of course had those side-ties that accentuated her hips, which always drove me to lust-filled insanity.

Sami splashed water at me again when she saw me gaping at her in appreciation. “Come on, silly!” she urged. She threw her clothes at me and began wading into the water.

Barely able to tear may eyes away from my cousin, I we went over to our belongings and carefully placed Sami’s clothes into her backpack. Then I began stripping down to my own swimming trunks that were beneath my loose hiking pants.

As I was about to turn, a solitary hiker strolled past me. He appeared to be middle-aged, with slightly graying hair. “Your girlfriend is an absolute stunner,” he said to me, without breaking stride. I followed him as he headed back down the trail.

The hiker’s compliment aroused me, and I quickly ran into the water after Sami before anyone could notice my bulge.

This area of the lake wasn’t deep, and we waded towards the waterfall. The sound of the water emptying into the lake was loud as we approached. We could now feel the cascading water as it poured down over the edge of the mountain, remaining just outside of its splash zone. The water already in the lake was so much warmer than that of the waterfall, which surprised me.

Sami and I decided explored the base of the waterfall. We hugged the cliff face, careful not to loose our balance on the uneven rocks. The roar of the waterfall became almost deafening, and we could feel a fine, cool mist spraying on us.

There was large, natural outcropping that jutted out from the mountain which caught my attention. Leading Sami by the hand, we went over to explore. Upon closer look, we discovered that the outcropping curved out from the rock wall, forming a small space inside that was essentially hidden from view. It was also provided cover from the waterfall, letting in only a single stream. It was a cozy and romantic little spot. More importantly, it was private.

I naughty idea suddenly sprang into my mind. Without pausing think, I quickly ushered Sami into the little niche.

“What are you doing?” she demanded, but the sound of her voice was muffled by the thunderous waterfall.

Placing my hands on her hips, which I openly had a fetish for, I spun Sami around so she faced way from me, and pushed her upper body forward. She instinctively extended her arms, catching herself on a bench-like rock formation before her. Water from above poured onto my cousin, wetting her hair and running all over her body.

Sami, it seemed, belonged in water.

I pulled one of the side ties on her bikini bottom, then the other. Before she could react, I withdrew the fabric from her, exposing her incredible ass. Completely overcome with primal need, I yank my hard on from my swim shorts and, without any preamble whatsoever, rammed it into my cousin’s pussy from behind.

I could barely hear Sami’s surprised cry over the roar of the water. I secured my hands on her hips and, for the second time which was long overdue, began having sex with my cousin.

“Scream all you want! No one can hear you!” I couldn’t tell if Sami heard me, but for emphasis I began bucking into her harder and fast. I didn’t even slow down as I pulled her bikini top over her head and tossed it aside along with her bottom.

I continued pumping into her from behind as I stared at how her blonde hair and smooth skin glistened as water cascaded onto her….I drank in the small of her back, her ass, and her hips with my eyes… I watched proudly as my erection seared in and out of her vagina.

She cried to the heavens each time I thrust into her.

I had fucked my cousin once before, but this time seemed much different. My erection felt like it was going to literally burst inside of her and my lust felt more akin to a berserker rage as I moaned and howled.

This time somehow felt a million times better than the first…and the first time was one of the greatest experiences of my life. An odd realization dawned on me: when Sami and I had sex in her tent, it was virtually pitch black inside, and I could barely see her.

This was the first time I clearly saw Sami naked.

That fact alone was enough to send me over the edge. Growling in sheer ecstasy— part of me dimly hoping that someone would hear me and catch us in our sexual glory—I pulled out of Sami even as my manhood began spewing forth cum.

There was never a hesitation regarding what I did next.

Grabbing a hold of my spasming erection, I stroked myself furiously, giving my cousin a shower of another kind all over the small of her back, her ass, and hips. Sami swiveled her head around and watched with serpentine eyes as I unloaded myself on her. After I was completely spent, I took my still-erect penis and rubbed it all over her butt. In response, she undulated her pelvis slightly, sending another pulse through my shaft.

I finally staggered back. I still felt a sense of wrongness at having sex with cousin, but I didn’t feel as guilty as the other night, and I ruefully realized that I would experience less guilt with each subsequent fuck!

Sami straightened her back and turned to look at me, unintentionally unleashing the full force of her breasts at me. Up until now, I could only admire them through her sexy bikini tops, and fantasize about what they really looked like. Now I could finally admire her body up close.

Sami slapped me in the shoulder and brought me out of my reverie. “Thanks for making a mess on me!” she shouted over the deafening waterfall.

“I’m sorry!” I yelled back sheepishly. “You just have the most incredible hips and ass I’ve ever seen. Here, let me help you wash it off!”

I playfully splashed water at my cousin, then began cupping water in my hands and pouring it over her ass. As I did so, my cousin rubbed her hands all over her butt, rubbing and rinsing my semen off her skin.

I became aroused again just watching her. Unable to contain myself, I grabbed her and pulled my cousin towards me, smearing my lips on hers. Afterwards, Sami sat me on the bench-like rock formation that she had her hands on earlier. She allowed me to watch as she draped her bikini top over her chest, delicately depositing her supple breasts into the cups. As my cousin began donning the bottom, I stepped over to her to assist her. She drew the fabric up her tone legs, and I happily secured the side-ties against her hips, which I found extremely arousing.

I was already wanting to have sex with my cousin again.

Sami saw the desire in my eyes. Instead of giving me what I clearly craved again, she bounded out of our little hiding place with a laugh. Shaking my head and smiling, I followed.

We remained frolicking at the lake for a while longer. I kept wanting to take Sami back to our hidden spot again, but by now the area was crowded with other hikers and tourists. And it was almost 1 o’clock.

Reluctantly, we toweled off and got dressed.

I held my cousin close. “I guess I didn’t have to wait until tonight, after all.”

Sami looked at me, as a predator might look at its prey. “Patience,” she told me cryptically.

Giving each other one last kiss, we headed back down the trail to find our parents.

Sami and I found them not far from where we had left them, no worse for the wear. They had been eating lunch, and we joined them at the perfect time since we were famished. After taking a bit of time to digest, we trudged our way back to the lodge, where we eventually boarded our tour bus and headed to the resort where our family reunion was being held.

On the return trip to the resort, my mind kept thinking about our secret sexual encounter beneath the waterfall. I realized that it was the first time I ever had sex outdoors, and it was a wild and liberating feeling. The fact that I experienced with Sami, my cousin, only had it that much hotter.

I also couldn’t help but feel that Sami and I had taken another step in our romance. Sure, this wasn’t the first time we had sex, but things felt more differently know. Whatever inhibitions we had clung onto had been completely discarded.

I knew it was a prelude of better things to come.

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“Are you sure she won’t be here?” I asked Sami desperately, much later at night.

“I’m pretty sure,” Sami answered. “Breanne told me she was going out. Probably met another boy, knowing her. Unfortunately, she can be a little slutty like that sometimes.”

Sami was leading me by the hand to her sister’s hotel room. We had originally tried to meet back in her tent earlier in the evening, but the area around it was absolutely crowded. Many of our family members had decided to gather around a campfire by Uncle Bruce and Aunt Tabitha’s trailer which, unfortunately, was right next to Sami’ tent.

My parents and other relatives were currently hanging out in our hotel room, so Breanne’s place was our last resort. Fortunately, she had given her sister a room key.

Sami insert the key into the lock, opened the door, and paused. I held my breath as she called out, “Hello?”

Silence.

The room was dark as we poked out heads in. Still no sound. Finally, we walked in and turned on the light. The room was a complete mess. Clothes and other personal belongings were scattered everywhere, and it looked like maid service hadn’t been here in quite some time.

But most importantly, Breanne wasn’t here.

Sami and I looked at each other hungrily and smiled. We were instantly in each other’s arms again, making out once more as if we hadn’t touched each other in years. It seemed as though we couldn’t keep our hands off each other whenever we were alone!

“Mmmm….” I murmured, tasting Sami on my lips. “You are SO worth waiting for. I’ve been thinking about you all day. The fact is, I haven’t been able to stop thinking about you since we met.”

Sami smiled at me so affectionately that I thought my heart would burst. No other girl ever had such a profound effect on me.

She wrapped her arms around my neck and touched her head to mine. My cousin stared into my eyes, and it seemed as though she was looking into my soul.

“Tell me what you want.”

It was a simple request that left me speechless.

“I…I just want to be with you,” I stammered. It was a lame response, but it was also the truth.

Sami looked at me gravely. “Tell me what you want,” she repeated in a whisper.

I stared back at my cousin, and told her exactly what was on my mind: “Get on your knees and take me into your mouth.”

Sami gave me a devastating smile as she began undoing my pants. My penis was already fully erect by the time they hit the floor. Then she dropped to her knees right in front of the bed and examined my erection almost clinically. Without warning, my cousin lunged forward and licked the underside of my penis, from base to tip.

My knees almost buckled. “Oh fuck….that feels good.”

Sami began attending to my manhood, licking and kissing it all over, caressing it with her hands and nuzzling her face lightly against it. My cock had never been treated so delicately before, and I was so hard that it was actually blissfully painful.

Sami suddenly tossed her head, flinging her long golden hair over one shoulder. My heart leapt as I knew what was coming next.

Sami opened her mouth and slid me coolly into her mouth.

I was in such heaven that I arched my spine, threw my head back, and moaned. She choked a bit as she drew me down her throat. But to her credit, she didn’t stop or withdraw, she merely recovered and began giving me the best blowjob I had ever experienced.

I placed my right palm behind her head. My initial instinct was to control the speed of her head travelling up and down my shaft, but I forced myself to let her dictate things. I did, however, slip my other hand down the front of her shirt to cup her breast and play with it. I could her erect nipple poking into my palm.

Sami murmured with her mouth full, sending shock waves coursing through me. I almost couldn’t contain myself and had to tighten every muscle in my lower body to refrain from cumming in my her mouth.

I twisted my hips and pulled out of Sami’s mouth. A thick tendril of saliva and precum stretched between the tip of my hard-on and her lips, connecting us in a lewd sort of way. My cousin wiped it away with the back of her hand and swallowed whatever was in her mouth.

I helped Sami to her feet and sat her on the edge of the bed. Wordlessly, she started taking off her clothes and, taking her cue, I began peeling off my shirt. As I tossed my clothing aside, Sami was already naked, but had an amused expression on her face.

I was too preoccupied to notice earlier, but the bed was littered with Breanne’s clothing. Sami picked something up and showed it to me.

A pair of her sister’ panties.

The panties were lacy and fiery red, something cute and expensive that Breanne had probably purchased from a VS catalog. Sami held it by the waistband and stretched it on display.

I couldn’t help but picture Sami’s sister wearing it. “Sexy,” I commented.

Sami looked at me and smirked. She casually wrapped the panties around my erection and began stroking me with them.

My eyes widened as I gaped at her.

“Shhh…don’t tell my sister.”

I couldn’t believe it. “Oh you dirty, dirty whore…” The silky fabric combined with Sami’s gliding palm made for the greatest handjob ever.

My cousin giggled mischievously. Then her expression hardened, but she never broke eye contact with me or stopped jerking me off with Breanne’s underwear.

“Tell me what you want,” she said yet again.

My first response was to tell her to finish my handjob, but Sami deserved much more than that.

“I want to bang the hell out of you again… just like I did in your tent the other night… just like I did at the lake this afternoon.”

Sami cackled. “Then put your cock inside of me, and fuck me like you mean it.”

This was the first time I ever heard my cousin talk dirty, and to be quite honest, it was a major turn-on. Something had definitely changed between us from just this afternoon. I was certain the Sami from yesterday wouldn’t have dared to masturbate me with her sister’s sexy panties or tell me how much she wanted me to fuck her, using that precise word!

I pushed Sami so that she fell onto the bed, atop Breanne’s rumpled clothing, with her legs hanging over the edge. Then I grabbed her ankles and spread her legs apart so that her shaved pussy gaped at me. “Don’t worry, Sami. You’re about to get what you deserve.”

Spitting onto my hand, I lubricated my cock and pressed it into her hole. I proudly thought my cock was a decent size, yet I was always amazed had how easily it slid into Sami.

My cousin gave a surprised “Oh!” as I hastily threw her legs over my shoulders and began fucking her. I leaned forward so that her bottom rolled slightly up from the bed, and began driving into her for all she was worth. I found her hands and interlocked my fingers with hers as we pressed our foreheads together. We gazed into each other eyes and rocked the bed, using the springs of the mattress to bounce myself up and down into Sami’s pussy.

She was practically gasping for air, moaning each time I brought the full weight of my body into her. “Yes! Oh, I love that… harder, don’t stop! Harder!”

I was only too happy to oblige. I slowly drew my hips back until my tip was just barely inside her vaginal entrance. Then I thrust my hips forward hard, slamming into her with as much force as I could muster. Sami screamed in ecstasy, and I did it over and over and over again, until I was grunting and perspiring from exertion.

I love how Sami looked under me, naked and sweaty, with her face contorted in a euphoric expression. I started altering my pace and technique… gliding into her in a long, sinuous manner….jackhammering into her with a rapid staccato… then slowing down until I came to a full stop, my manhood buried inside of her. I grinded my hips against hers a few times, making my cousin squirm, before I stopped completely, keeping myself fully inside of her.

Sami was panting and breathing hard when she opened her eyes after a moment. “Wh…what’s wrong? Why did you stop? Did you—-”

Without warning, I began tearing into her pussy again, pumping into her so hard that the sound of skin slapping against skin filled the hotel room.

“Beg me not to stop,” I hissed in my cousin’s ear.

“Please, please, please, don’t stop,” she responded, and I could tell she meant every word.

I abruptly withdrew my shaft from her whole, much to her dismay. Sami started to demand that I put it back in when I cut her off by rolling her onto her right side. Pushing her knees up to her chest, I drove my cock back into her vagina.

From this new position, I was able to do two things as I started fucking my cousin again: look down at her wonderful profile, and reach down to squeeze her tits.

The fact that Sami was my cousin no longer bothered me in the slightest. Unbelievably, each time I had sex with her seemed better than the last. The first time would, of course, always be special for that very reason, not to mention there was that feeling of doing something very wrong but wanting it so badly, anyway. And like our first time in Sami’s tent, there was the element of danger, of being caught. But finally being to see Sami’s naked, athletic body in the broad daylight and experiencing her in the great outdoors took the eroticism to another level.

And here we were, having forbidden sex yet again, now in her sister’s room where we could do whatever we wanted, be as loud as we wanted… where we finally privacy without having to worry about being caught…

Sami and I were both sweating and moaning, writhing in each other’s grasps and seized n the throes of passion.

Which is why we didn’t hear the door open.

Sami was screaming and running her nails down my back as I slammed into her pussy one… two… three more times. I felt that wonderful surging sensation between my legs once more, and relished the sensation of being inside my cousin.

“I’m going to cum!” I growled.

I heard a loud gasp off to the side.

Sami swore and began struggling underneath me.

I turned my head and looked toward the door, just as I began pulling out of her pussy, to see Breanne staring at us in absolute shock, mouth open and eyes as wide as saucers. She wore a black concert t-shirt and tattered jeans, and her hair was tied up in her usual pigtails.

Unfortunately, I had already exceeded the point of no turn and, literally, couldn’t contain myself. However, the idea of ejaculations on Sami in front of her sister was too obscene, even for me. Instinctively, I grasped the first thing I could find and blasted my cum into.

Breanne’s sexy red panties.

I moaned as I helplessly exploded. When I was finished, I stepped back, first looking at Breanne in horror, then at Sami, then back at her sister. Both wore the same flabbergasted expressions and, again, I couldn’t believe how similar their facial features were.

Sami was stammering and trying to cover herself with some clothes that were laying on the bed. I took a step back and placed my hands over my private area.

For a long, awkward moment, no one dared to speak.

“Oh…my…god…” Breanne finally choked out. “Did I REALLY just see that? Did you both just…just…” She couldn’t even finish her sentence.

Sami was too embarrassed to look at her sister. “I am so sorry you had to see this, Bree. We shouldn’t have come here. Please, just give us a moment to get dressed, and we’ll leave. I’m so sorry. We….I don’t even know what to say.”

The embarrassment and guilt were palpable in Sami’s voice. I was red-faced myself, but I still had to consciously stop myself from reaching out to comfort her. Instead, I glanced warily at her sister, trying to gauge my other cousin’s reaction.

Breanne shook her head in amazement. “I cannot believe what I just saw. I knew you both hit it off well… I know you’ve been spending a lot of time together. Damn, I’ve even watched you flirt outrageously with each other. But…but…omigod, Sam, are you really sleeping with our cousin ?!?!”

Sami’s face reddened even more. “Please don’t,” she begged as she started to cry, which has tore at my heart.

But her sister’s expression turned from one of shock and horror to that of love and sympathy. She quickly closed the distance between them and hugged Sami fiercely. “I’m sorry, sis. I didn’t mean to embarrass you, or hurt you. It’s just that…well, seeing the two of you in my hotel room doing….what you were doing…well, I just was not expecting to see that when I walked in the door, that’s all.”

Sami immediately laughed between her tears, and I could tell her sister’s words already made her feel better.

“I know, I know,” Sami grumbled. “It’s just that…” She sighed forlornly. “There was no place else to go. We were tired of hiding, and just wanted to be together.” She sighed. “You must think we’re crazy.”

Breanne looked at her sympathetically, and it was instantly obvious how much she cared about her younger sister. “Neither of you have to worry,” she said, casting me a reassuring look as well. “I won’t say a thing to anyone. And no, I don’t think you’re crazy, either of you.”

I had been standing away from the girls, with my heart pounding and as still as a statue, keeping my manhood covered during their entire exchange, too afraid to chime in. But seeing Breanne’s surprisingly supportive reaction put me more at ease.

“Besides,” Breanne continued, her eyes lingering on me as she suddenly smiled impishly, “I can see why you’d want get naked with our cousin. He IS pretty cute.”

My cock unexpectedly twitched at her remark.

“Bree!” Sami exclaimed in shock.

“Oh, come on, Sam. Don’t be such a hypocrite. You’re the one fucking him, I’m just admiring the view!”

My penis was still dripping cum as I felt extremely self-conscious with their attention suddenly on me. “Uh, I’m sorry I messed your panties, Breanne,” I told her self-deprecatingly.

Breanne laughed, and I realized that everything was going to be ok. “You’re like two silly little kids at summer camp!”

Sami and I shot each other a glance her sister’s timely and ironic analogy.

“Well… don’t let me interrupt. I just came here to pick up a few things, and I’ll be on my way.”

Breanne walked towards the dresser and rummaged through her personal items as we watched in uncertainty. But then she turned and grinned impishly at us. “On second thought, maybe I’ll stay here for a bit. I’m very curious as to what exactly you’ve been doing to each other when no one is looking.”

Sami turned a darker shade of red, if that was even possible. I just stood in place, not sure if I heard her sister correctly.

“Breanne!”

“Yes, Sam?” My elder cousin asked innocently.

Sami was spluttering. “What are you doing? What do you want?”

“Why, I only want to watch.”

Sami and I gaped at her sister.

“I’ve been very bored on this trip,” Breanne continued matter-of-factly as if she were discussing the weather. “I haven’t meet any boys worth my attention. I need some excitement. And, I want to make sure that you’re being treated properly.” She gave me a meaningful look. “Besides,” she continued, “I’ll tell everyone about your incestuous affair if you don’t let me stay and watch.”

“You can’t be serious!”

Breanne shared the same musical laugh as her sister. “Of course I’m not serious, Sam. Duh! You know I would never do such a horrible thing to you. But I still want to watch!”

Sami turned to me for help, unable to respond. To be honest, my cock had hardened immediately once Breanne mentioned that she wanted to watch us. Fucking my hot cousin while her almost-equally-as-hot sister watched us was the stuff that fantasies were made of.

Sami saw my burgeoning reaction and slapped her forehead. “Omigod,” was all she could manage.

“We’ve already crossed the line and gone this far,” I coaxed Sami. “At this point, how much crazier can things get?”

“But she’s my big sister,” Sami argued in a pained tone.

“And I’m your cousin.”

“See, sis? We have you two against one.”

Some tears were still rolling down Sami’s cheeks, but then she was shaking her head in disbelief and chuckling. Taking a deep breath with nothing to lose, I corralled her in my arms and kissed her deeply.

Surprisingly, I didn’t feel self-conscious or horrified kissing my cousin in front of her sister. I had never had a spectator during a sexual encounter before, and the fact that it was happening now excited me beyond belief.

Sami must’ve felt the same way, too, because her timid kisses quickly became more bold and passionate.

“Mmmm…..much better,” Breanne said softly. There were a pile of clothes on a nearby chair that she pushed to the floor. She sat down, leaned back, and crossed her legs, her eyes never drifting from us.

I gazed into Sami’s eyes. “I believe your sister wants to make sure that I’m taking proper care of you.” With that, I turned Sami around and began grinding my stiff erection into her ass. I turned our bodies slightly so Breanne could glimpse our profile; if Sami’s sister wanted a show, then we’d give her one.

Sami was surprisingly willing to play along. She began bouncing up and down on her knees slowly, gliding the crease of her butt along the underside of my shaft. I had never experienced an ass-job before and, likewise, had never dabbled in exhibitionism. Individually, they would’ve already felt incredible, but combined felt absolutely divine.

“Fuck, I love your ass. I can’t get enough of it.” To illustrate the point, I held onto her hips and pressed into her bottom more firmly.

“Careful,” Breanne admonished me. “You’re going to make a mess all over her backside.”

Sami smirked as she rubbed against me. “That was earlier today!”

Both sisters laughed, and I almost lost my load.

My erection was an angry beet-red color from being so engorged that it actually ached. Sami noted that she had never felt me so hard before.

“Have you had that beautiful thing in your mouth yet, sis?”

“Right before you barged in on us, as a matter of fact.”

I felt a bit humiliated that the girls were talking about me as if I wasn’t there, but it quickly morphed into a serious turn-on.

“Really? How far down your throat did you take him?”

“Almost all the way.”

“Wow, that’s a lot of meat right there. I hope you didn’t choke and get it all over you.”

“Gee, thanks, Bree.”

“Do you even realize how hard it is to clean that stuff out of your hair?”

“No, Bree, I don’t.”

“God, did you swallow our cousin’s cum?”

“If you don’t mind?” Sami snapped. She was still masturbating me with her butt, and their casual conversation during my assjob made me want to cum right now.

“I really don’t think you can deepthroat him without choking.”

The gauntlet was thrown.

Sami rolled her eyes in exasperation. “Goddamn it, Bree! Am I going to have to prove it to you?”

“I won’t believe it until I see it.”

By now, my erection resembled a fat water balloon that was about to explode. A trail of precum had leaked from of my head and glazed the small of Sami’s back, one of my favorite body parts on her. But she didn’t notice. In fact, she turned around to face me, planting a soft kiss on my lips as she sat me down at the edge of the bed. I leaned back on my elbows, excited at the prospect of receiving more oral sex.

As Sami took me into her mouth again, I looked at Breanne appreciatively, wanting to thank her for the blowjob that I was about to receive from her sister. I was VERY happy to see my older cousin touching herself as she watched, one hand down the front her her tight jeans that were unbuttoned and unzipped.

Breanne made eye contact with me and smiled. We locked gazes for a moment as I felt Sami’s lips and tongue working all over my erection. I tried to focus on the wonderful sensation, but found myself unable to look away from Breanne. But then Sami’s lips and throat constrict around my girth, and it was even better than the first time she gave me head. I looked down between my legs to discover that Sami was staring intently at me, too, while I was buried in her mouth. Her eyes narrowed as she took me all the way down her throat, not stopping until her face was planted flush against my pelvis and her chin was against my sac. Sami held her position and sucked.

“Oh, fuck….” I moaned.

Breanne leaned forward to watch more closely. “Wow, sis. I didn’t know you were so good with your mouth.”

Sami popped me out of her mouth long enough to retort, “Takes one to know one… especially coming from the girl who got knocked up by her idiot boyfriend.”

I was actually shocked at Sami, but her sister merely chuckled and said “Touché!” The girls, it seemed, had the type of relationship where insulting each other was part of their bond.

Sami went back to sucking my cock and, remembering what Breanne had said earlier, I carefully bunched her hair into a ponytail to keep it unsullied. I also wanted to watch my shaft disappearing down her throat. It was such an amazing sight to behold and an incomparable feeling.

I happened to glance up at Breanne again, and to my amazement, saw that she had stripped down out of her clothing. She was clad in only a matching baby blue bra and thong that were equally as sexy as the red piece of underwear that I had soiled. One hand was still buried between her legs while the other hand rubbed her chest, over the fabric of her top.

I didn’t know where to keep my eyes.

“Shit…I’m not gonna be able to hold out much longer…”

Sami immediately slid my fat slug-like member from her mouth. While I wanted to prolong the moment, it was still a bit disappointing, nonetheless. She looked back at her sister, and then at me, with uncertainty etched all over her face.

“Do you want her to join us?” She said it so lowly that I wasn’t sure if she had really even spoken. There was an odd meekness in her eyes.

I gaped at Sami as she knelt between my legs, her lips coated with wetness and my manhood still cradled in her hands. It was an odd dichotomy, her slutty appearance and her gentle timidity.

I’m certain that every heterosexual male who’s ever lived has dreamed about being with 2 women at the same time. Naturally, it was one of my oldest and favorite fantasies, despite the cliché. While incest had never been a fantasy of mine, having sex with Sami had quickly became acceptable to me. But now, confronted with the possibility of having her sister join us in a threesome…despite the fact that Breanne, who also my cousin, was nearly as beautiful as her sister, I struggled with my limit of decency and immoral behavior.

I didn’t struggle for very long.

“Are you sure?” I asked, feeling such a rush of exhilaration and anticipation that was only matched by my first time with Sami. “I know I said things couldn’t get any crazier… but this is definitely crazier.”

She rested her head on my lap, and looked so adorable and innocent. “Someday, I may look back on all of this as an awful mistake, but for right now… I say let the chips fall where they may. I just want to make you happy.”

I pulled Sami up and sat her next to me. I was definitely having second thoughts. “I should be the one saying that to you, and trying to make YOU happy!” I told her fervently. I kissed her and caressed her face. “And I don’t ever want you to think of me as a mistake.”

Sami touched her forehead to mine once more. “Let’s just go with it,” she whispered.

Just go with it. How those words would be so prophetic for me and Amanda, many years from now <see “Sharing My Wife Amanda, Chapter 1>.

“Are you sure?” Yes, I wanted to have a three-way with my hot cousins, but truthfully, more than anything, I wanted to be with Sami. Her happiness and well-being were the most important things to me; everything else was secondary.

Breanne couldn’t hear the majority of our conversation, and actually approached us. “What are you two saying?” she asked curiously.

I gawked at her as she came over. Breanne’s tits were practically bursting out of her bra, and her thong was so skimpy that it was barely there. She had more tattoos covering her body than I had realized. The glittering of her belly ring caught my attention, and I suddenly remembered that she was pregnant! I looked her over again, and had I not known that she was expecting, I never would’ve detected Breanne’s barely noticeable baby bump.

We were just wondering if you wanted to join us,” Sami asked her sister evenly.

Breanne was stunned. “What?”

Sami wrapped her hand around my cock as she sat next to me, and gave it a playful wiggle. Some precum at the tip spewed onto the floor. “I mean, there’s definitely enough of him to go around… and sharing is caring, after all. And I want you to be happy, too.”

Breanne, who seemed so confident earlier, blushed deeply. “Oh my…” Then she hesitated, turning serious. Once again I couldn’t believe, despite their different styles, how much the sisters looked alike. “Are you sure about this? You obviously care so much for each other. I know it’s something special and unique, and I don’t want to get in the way of that. In fact… if you want your privacy, I’ll leave. I should’ve left you both alone in the first place.”

Sami got up and hugged her sister. It was a tender moment, to be sure, but watching them embrace still aroused me.

“Are you sure?” Breanne asked again, genuinely touched.

Sami looked at me and nodded. This felt even more wrong and obscene than just being with Sami, but at this point, I couldn’t say no.

I nodded mutely.

Sami’s grin returned as she sat next to me once more. “Besides, Bree. It’s my turn to watch you with our cousin.”

Breanne was about to kneel before my erection, which completely vertical, when I stopped her.

“Strip out of the rest of your clothes,” I told her boldly, suddenly feeling more confident than ever. “I want us all naked together.”

My elder cousin stood fully upright, less than a foot away from me, as she coolly slipped her bra over her head. Her breasts were the size of small melons and I instantly felt hungry. My eyebrows perked up as I noticed her left nipple was pierced. The girls blushed at each other and giggled, but Breanne didn’t stop. She slowly lowered her panties, and tiptoed out of them.

She had a small patch of public hair right above her clit that was neatly trimmed into a trapezoid shape. As if that wasn’t enough of an attention-grabber, I discovered that Breanne’s clit was pierced, too!

Breanne noticed where my eyes were. She smirked and kneeled before me, taking my erection in her hand and giving it a solid shake.

“Are you sure you want to share this with me, sis? I’ll understand if you say ‘no’ “

“I’m sure, Bree. Go on, taste it. You won’t regret it.”

Sami and I watched her sister intently as she slowly ingested my cock and sucked. As if that wasn’t arousing enough, Sami loving weaved her fingers through her sister’s hair, and stroked my inner thigh.

“I can’t believe we’re doing this,” I uttered in disbelief. “This is beyond fucked up. I—” Breanne inadvertently interrupted me by twisting her neck and swallowing while my shaft was halfway down her throat. The exquisite pulling sensation made me gasp and claw at the bedsheets, “— goddamn, that feels so good…”

Breanne suddenly gagged, and drew her head away. I thought she was choking, but then I realized she was chortling. “I can feel you still getting harder in my mouth,” she chuckled.

I wonder why, I thought glibly to myself.

Sami placed the palm of her hand on her sister’s head, and firmly impaled Breanne’s throat on my erection once more. “No talking,” Sami said sternly. “Back to work!” Then she looked at me. “Go on, pull on her pigtails, and stuff yourself down her throat.”

Her sister murmured an excited response.

As if programmed on command, I wrapped Breanne’s long hair around my fists, holding them like handlebars, and pulled. I felt her lips sliding against the circumference of my shaft, and moaned. As her face approaches my crotch, Breanne nuzzled the rest of the way onto my erection until she was fully deepthroated. I held her there for a moment then released her pigtails. Breanne withdrew and inhaled sharply once she was free again.

Sami was sitting close enough to me that our hips were touching. We looked at each other as Breanne wiped her chin with the back of her hand, and kissed.

“What’s gotten into you?” I demanded. I was only being half facetious, but in truth, I couldn’t believe Sami’s sudden change. “You were the sweet All American girl-from-next-door a moment ago, and now you’re acting like your sister’s pimp!”

Sami responded by kissing me again. But instead of withdrawing, she began making her way down my body… kissing my chin and neck dow to my chest….over my tummy…she rose from the bed as she kissed her way down my legs, pushing Breanne aside to join her sister at my feet.

I stared at the girls in disbelief.

As the they crouched between my legs, Sami affectionately stoked my still-quivering erection “Don’t be greedy now, Bree. Remember, sharing is caring.”

“Go ahead. I definitely saved some for you.”

It WAS, in fact Sami’s turn to suck me, and Breanne leaned back to watch. At one point, as her sister’s long hair fell over her face while giving me oral sex, Breanne pinned Sami’s hair behind her ear to keep it clear.

Every time the naked sisters touched each other, it sent a wildly numbing pulse throughout my lower body.

Then Sami slipped me out of her mouth, and offered me back to her sister. Back and forth they passed me, as if they were playing Hot Potato. After perhaps the 5th time, I was back in Breanne’s mouth, but Sami suddenly twisted her head in and began sucking my balls! Together, my cousins worked me in unison.

“Oh fuck….oh fuck…” I kept repeating those same 2 words over and over. In my absolute divine ecstasy, I wasn’t capable of any other thought or speech.

Sami and Breanne were both ultra-energetic as they alternated between my cock and balls. It almost seemed like there was a friendly competition between the two on who could be more aggressive. And I discovered they were equally as vocal and messy, as wetness and goo covered their faces as they loudly slobbered over each other.

I looked down at their pasted faces. Sami eyes were stinging and tearing as she blinked them rapidly, and Breanne’s dark makeup was smeared and running down her face.

I felt myself about to explode like a volcano, and I had to make a split-second decision: did I want to cum all over their faces, or save it for something else?

I chose the latter.

My boiling lust made me bolder than ever before. I suddenly stood up, and they cried in dismay as my cock and scrotum were taken from them. Since Breanne was shorter, I pulled her up to her feet first, practically tossing her onto the bed, and quickly pushed her in a crouched position. Next, I positioned her sister over her so that Sami was stacked on top of Breanne.

“What is this, naked Twisted?” Breanne asked impudently.

“Oh no, not at all,” I told my gorgeous cousins, approaching them from behind as I waggled my cock. “I’m going to give you girls precisely what you want…what you need from me.”

I plunged Breanne’s pussy first, and she was so shocked that she squealed. I gave her several good hard pumps before I pulled out, and turned my attention to Sami. I stared down at her sexy backside as I fucked her from behind. Her reaction was similar to her sister’s, and I could both feel them squirming under me, trying to maintain their position like a rickety structure about to be blown over by the wind.

Just as they had passed me back and forth earlier, now I switched between the sisters at my whim. Often, one would complain as I gave my attention to the other, and they playfully began to argue. As I found myself buried in Sami’s gaping pussy, I leaned over her and reached around the stacked bodies, feeling her sister’s huge tits dangling like udders, and gave them a hard squeeze. For good measure, I even tugged on her nipple ring.

As I inserted myself back into my tattooed cousin, Sami suddenly climbed off her sister. “No… stay,” I pleaded with her.

“Mmm…normally, I wouldn’t argue. But you’ll make me happy my making Bree happy.” Both girls looked at each other and smiled. “Besides—,” this time, Sami gave her sister a sly look, “— I want to watch.”

Breanne and I tracked her, even as we fucked, as Sami sauntered over to the seat where her sister had watched us earlier, and sat down.

“You are too good to me, sis,” Breanne told her between grunts.

“She is an sweetheart,” I agreed, then redoubled my efforts on penetrating my elder cousin.

Breanne moaned and arched her back, clenching the bedsheets as I drilled in and out of her gaping vagina from behind. I looked down her body, and idly studied the tattoos that adorned most of her backside. She had one strategically placed across her lower back that really caught my eye. Like with Sami, I was really attracted to that area of Breanne’s body.

I must be developing a new fetish, I thought to myself.

Looking up at Sami to make sure she was still observing us, I felt her sister beginning to weaken and collapse under me, no longer able to withstand my physical onslaught. Remaining inside of her pussy, I deftly rolled us onto our sides so that we were still attached in a spoon position.

Sami and I smiled at each other knowingly.

Breanne swore. “I’m so jealous that you’ve been fucking him all this time, Sam. You’ve been holding out on me!”

I felt my lust about to peak. “Keep talking about me like I’m not here,” I growled at her, “and you’re going to get what’s coming to you.”

Breanne twisted her head back to look at me, snaking her arm around my neck to pull me closer and kiss me. She didn’t taste quite as good as Sami, nor did she smell as good. In fact, I was surreptitiously looking at Sami through a sidelong glance as I made out with her sister. I had frequently fantasized about be with girls who were much lesser than Breanne; but right now, I found myself longing for Sami even though she sat but a few feet from us.

Sami made eye contact with me and smiled.

That was enough for me to achieve my moment of bliss.

Rather than pull out of Breanne’s pussy and jerk off all over her ass and onto her sexy lower back tattoo, which was actually my first inclination, a lewd idea popped into my head. I withdrew from her, quickly rolled her onto her back, and climbed over her. Breanne looked at me in surprised as I straddled her and stroked off on her belly.

Splashing her little baby bump with my cum.

I climbed off my cousin and lay next to her, panting and sweating. I peeked over at Breanne, who had her eyes closed. I had splattered all over her tummy, and a good amount had pooled into navel, coating her belly ring with my thick, white goo. She was idly swirling her index finger on her glazed skin.

Sami came over to sit next to us, wearing a bemused expression on her face. “I should’ve warned you that our cousin likes to pull out and make a really big mess,” she told her sister drolly.

Breanne laughed, then licked her finger clean. “Mmm… have you tasted this, Sam? It’s yummy. Here, have a try.” She wiped more of my semen off herself and inserted two milky fingers into Sami’s mouth, who sucked her fingers clean.

“You’re right, Bree. I should’ve gotten some for myself before you barged in.”

I stared at my cousins in disbelief, still unable to comprehend what had just happened and what they were talking about.

I continued the sexual trysts with my sexy cousins for the next two days. Sometimes, I met with either Sami or Breanne alone; sometimes, they were both with me together. I never had so much sex before, and it was a near miracle that we continued to have the urge and stamina. The three of us had a sexual appetite wasn’t going to be satiated any time soon.

However, although sex with Breanne— and sex with Breanne AND her sister!— was greater than anything I could’ve imagined, my heart still belonged to Sami. As her sister shared these intimate moments with us, I found myself looking to Sami, not just for her approval or because it was so hot as she watched me fuck her sister, but because she was the person whom I truly wanted to be with.

With a realization born of conflicting emotions, I finally admitted to myself that I was in love with Sami.

The certainty of this fact actually put my mind at ease somewhat, yet it came with a sense of dread since our family reunion would be ending in a day. After that, I would be returning back East with my parents, and Sami would be remaining California, where she truly belonged.

The last day was one of the saddest experiences of my life. While we should’ve been savoring our last remaining moments together, Sami and I kept gazing at each other despondently, knowing that we had, at last, run out of time. Although we tried our best not to show our emotions, Breanne must’ve noticed because she conspicuously left us alone all day. She even gave us the use of her hotel room and spent the night in Sami’s tent.

It was late that night, and Sami and I were naked in bed, holding each other tightly. We had spent most of the day talking, trying to enjoy our final day with each other, trying not to let our sadness overwhelm us. But Sami began to cry as she held onto me fiercely, and I felt such genuine heartbreak that I began to tear up as well.

“I love you, Sami.”

I finally said the words that I had been wanting to tell her since our first day together. It removed a burden from me, yet tore at my heart.

My cousin sobbed loudly as my face became even wetter. Her heart beat rapidly against my chest, just like mine was against hers.

“I love you, too.” She touched her forehead to my chest. Her whisper was soft: “Make love to me.”

The world suddenly fell away, and I felt as if Sami and I were floating in space. We kissed… there was no trace of lust or animal-like desire, just gentle loving tenderness. I rolled on top of her and, with her body spread out before me, I slowly…very delicately… became one with my cousin. Our lips merged once more, and my hands sought hers. We moved together in a slow, rhythmic motion. I felt every curve of her firm, warm body as Sami rolled beneath me, and my genuine love for her allowed me to prolong the moment.

As my orgasm washed over me, I didn’t pull out. In fact, I pushed in deeper and kissed Sami, squeezing her hands tightly as I pinned them over her head, our fingers intertwined. My cousin wrapped her long legs around my waist as if to prevent me from withdrawing, but there was never a chance of that happening.

Our lips and body remained connected as I released my seed into her.

After I gave my cousin all I had to offer, I remained on top of her, keeping myself embedded, not wanting to separate myself from her just yet. My manhood stayed hard for a long time as her inner muscles continued to pulse and constrict around it. It felt as wonderful as the climax itself.

Eventually, I rolled next to Sami, and she rested her head on my shoulder. We didn’t talk for a long time; there was nothing left to say. I felt wetness on my shoulder and felt her shaking. I swallowed hard, and told her everything was going to be alright. The words pained me, since it felt like a lie.

Some hours later, we eventually talked ourselves into leaving the hotel room, and visiting the ocean one final time. We arrived there just before sunrise, walking hand-in-hand in our bare feet. The pristine beach was deserted except for one solidary figure.

Breanne.

She smiled at us as we approached. “I had a feeling you two would come here. Couldn’t sleep?”

“Couldn’t sleep,” Sami answered somberly.

“Yea, me, either.” She looked at her. “Is everything ok, Sam?”

“Of course,” the younger sister replied, even though her expression said otherwise. “If you both don’t mind, I’m going to dip my feet in the water one last time.”

Breanne and I both nodded, and my eyes followed Sami as she walked out to the ocean’s edge. Her sister smiled gently as she saw the look of adoration on my face.

“You really care about her, don’t you?”

I didn’t answer right away. “Yes, I do. Like no one else before.” I sighed heavily. “I love her so much…”

She regarded me sadly.

“I know, Breanne. You don’t have to say it. This relationship was messed up from the very beginning. I know. We both knew it. But…we didn’t care.”

Now it was her turn to pause. “It’s ok,” she responded softly. “I’ve seen the way you look at her. The way you treat each other. It was a very beautiful thing, and I don’t see anything wrong with that.” My cousin swallowed hard. “When I walked in on you both that night, I figured it was just raging hormones and casual fucking. I didn’t start piecing things together until afterwards. Had I known something was going on between you and my sister, I never would’ve interrupted. I’m so sorry.”

I chuckled. “No worries, Breanne. Sami obviously didn’t mind, and I know I sure as hell didn’t. I mean, my relationship with her was already fucked up even before you walked through that door.”

Her tone suddenly became bitter, “I know something about fucked up relationships, too.”

To this day, I don’t think it was a conscious act, but Breanne was gently rubbing her tummy.

I stood in awkward silence, watching the love of my life standing with her ankles in the ocean, when Breanne faced me one final time. “I’ll leave you two alone. I’m really glad I got to meet you, cousin.”

“Me, too, Breanne. And I mean that from the bottom of my heart.”

She gave me a soft kiss on the cheek and left.

Sami came back to me. I wrapped my arms around her as we stared out at the gentle waves of the ocean.

This time, I stayed with her until the sun came up.

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The moment we both dreaded finally arrived.

I was standing with my parents in the resort lobby, our car already packed with our suitcases. Uncle Bruce and Aunt Tabitha was there, and so was Sami.

We were saying our farewells.

Sami and I had to force ourselves to act casual as we hugged and said good-bye. I didn’t think she would be able to keep her composure, and I found myself unable to make eye contact with her. My parents turned and began heading out the sliding glass door of the lobby. Sami and I remained holding each other, neither of us wanting to let go. But she broke first, and her movement was quick and sudden, as if she was angry, or wanted to get the moment over with.

I hurried after my parents with a heavy heart. As I heard the lobby doors close behind me, I realized I would regret it for the rest of my life if I didn’t look at Sami one final time.

I turned back.

Sami hadn’t moved. Her sad expression suddenly changed as she managed a weak smile and waved good-bye to me.

I waved back.

And just like that, my love was gone.

This was a time before social media, so Sami and I had to keep in touch the old-fashion way. For the next several months, we called each other often and wrote letters, and kept each other abreast of what was going on in our respective lives. She was thoroughly enjoying college life, and still visiting the beach and surfing on a regular basis. And I was delighted to learn that Breanne had given birth to a healthy baby girl name Alexis. Sami was clearly excited to be an aunt.

But, like always, life has a way of interfering with things, and although it happened over a long period of time, Sami and I eventually grew apart. The phone calls and letters became less frequent. I was fully immersed in school and my girlfriend, among other things, but my cousin was still constantly on my mind. I found myself frequently comparing my girlfriend to Sami. It wasn’t fair, nor was it intentional, but I missed her so much. Perhaps subconsciously because of the comparisons, I wound up breaking up with my girlfriend.

Harsh reality finally started sinking in when I received a letter from Sami telling me that she had a boyfriend. It had been over a year since I had last seen her, but I wasn’t surprised. In fact, what DID surprise me was the fact that she hadn’t found someone sooner. A perfect girl like her wouldn’t stay single for very long, and could pick any man she wanted. I was happy for her, but it still shattered my heart into a thousand pieces. While I always understood Sami and I never a future together, it still broke my heart to know she was with someone else . She was my family, and in all actuality, I hadn’t even known her for very long. But I had still loved her.

I was in a state of depression for a long time after that, all due to a relationship that I knew was doomed from the very beginning.

The heart can be fickle like that.

But time heals all wounds— to some degree, anyway— and although the process took a considerable amount of time, I was able to eventually move on from Sami. Time gave me a better, more mature, perspective on things, and although I knew I had been in love with Sami, I realized that there had been an unhealthy obsession on my part, too.

Some time later, social media exploded onto the public consciousness and, with it, the ability to reconnect with people who I thought were long-lost to me.

Breanne found me first. Using a particular social platform, she located my online profile and contacted me. I was so delighted! Time had been kind to her. Breanne didn’t quite appear like the Goth-raver chick anymore, and it made her even more beautiful than I remembered. I also discovered she was currently living in North Dakota as a single mom, and working at a job that she really loved. She immediately showed me pictures of her little girl who, at 10 years old, wasn’t really a little girl anymore.

Had it really been that long?

I skirted around the topic, but couldn’t avoid the elephant in the room for very long.

I asked Breanne about her sister.

“She’s doing well,” was all Breanne said cryptically.

I considered trying to find Sami on social media, but prevented myself from doing so. Over a decade had passed since I had last seen her, and while I still thought about her from time to time, I reluctantly decided to leave the past where it was.

That was why I experienced trepidation and conflicting emotions when Sami messaged me through social media. I didn’t respond to her immediately, afraid to make myself vulnerable and open my heart again. But I was curious. Feeling only a little bit like a stalker, I viewed her online profile after much self-wrangling. Immediately, I was bombarded with pictures of her family… of a tall, ridiculously handsome man who could only be her husband, and of adorable children, a boy and girl, whom she seemed to be holding in every picture. They both appeared to be around 3 years old, and were spitting images of their mother, and of each other.

Twins!

I also noticed a lot of surfing pics. My cousin was still apparently spending a lot of time on the beach. And she still looked goddess like in a 2-piece bikini. In fact, she looked exactly the same as I remembered.

I didn’t need to delve too deeply into Sami’s public online profile. What little I saw made me smile and filled my heart with joy. I didn’t feel a pang of loss or heartbreak as I feared I would. She seemed happy and like she was in a great place in life, which were all that mattered. I was genuinely happy for her.

I messaged Sami.

It took her only a day to respond. She sent me her cell number, and I didn’t hesitate to call. We spoke to each other for the first time in a decade, and it was simply 2 people reconnecting. We caught each other up on our respective lives, and the more I spoke to my cousin, the more I realized I was happy to have her back in my life.

We hedged around it, but eventually got around to talking about what had happened between us at our family reunion all those years ago. We had a serious discussion, and even laughed about it. It was a grownup, positive conversation, and both of us felt much better afterwards.

It enabled me to finally put closure on that aspect of my relationship with Sami, and allowed me to see her as she really was: my cousin whom I was always feel a special kinship with.

I got to know Sami and Breanne again— really, for the first time— and I was happy to have my cousins back in my life.

Not long after that, I met a girl named Amanda.

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