2 comments/ 11972 views/ 1 favorites The Lovers By: StephenEMeyer Danny Effron wore a private smile as he watched a cab draw up across the street. The passenger climbed out and stood on the sidewalk to wait until the cab was out of sight before starting across the street. Sitting on the swing seat on the front porch he was invisible to his sister. Moving up to his feet he saw he head turn and a soft smile appear. "Chris ..." "Hello Mouse." Danny spoke from the shadow. Startled Michelle 'Mouse' Effron instantly froze; the purse and shoes that she had been carrying clattered on the wood porch deck. He saw her eyes open even wider in shock as he stepped out of the shadow. Instantly she was in his arms. Holding his sister in his arms he could feel her body shudder as she wept uncontrollably. "I can't believe that you're home," Mouse cried. "Shush," he whispered. Mouse fell silent for a split second before she was reclaimed by the torrent of emotions flooding through her veins. Minutes passed before she dared push back against his arms and look into her brother's face. "Why didn't you tell us that you were coming?" "I didn't know until this morning," he answered. A smile played with her lips as she shook her head in disbelief. Mouse broke from his embrace and opened the front door. The house was silent and in total darkness. "Where are you staying?" "Why didn't you say? "Do Mom and Dad know? Danny laughed. "I managed to get a room at the Marriott." Mouse jumped at him. "There's no way that you're staying in a hotel. You'll stay here." "Mouse you only have the one bedroom." The second bedroom was her study. "You can have the couch. No, I'll take the couch and you can have the bed. Damn it Dan, don't laugh at me." "OK." "OK, what?" "OK, I'll move from a lovely king size bed to your couch." Exhausted Danny collapsed on to the sofa. Mouse fell down next to him and then twisted and squirmed under his arm. "I missed you." "I missed you too," he answered. Danny could see the moonlight sparkling in her tear filled eyes as silence claimed them. "I'm sorry that I wasn't here for you," he said quietly. Mouse had gone through a bitter divorce with Mike, her husband of two years. Mouse shook her head. "I needed to go through it on my own." Danny nodded but still felt guilty. "Danny..." "I love you too Mouse," he answered Mouse's sleep filled murmur. "That's good then." Lulled by the silence that comforted the house and feeling safe and warm in her brother's arms Mouse closed her eyes and was quickly asleep. Danny was asleep soon after. Danny woke to find the room filled with sunlight and Mouse lying against his side. Not wanting to move he lay there, silently listening to the house and neighbourhood as it stirred awake. "Tell me that you are real." "That you are real." Mouse slowly opened her eyes. "Did you sleep well?" Mouse snuggled against him. "What time is it?" "It's after nine." "Shit, I'm supposed to be at Sam's for breakfast." "Then you'd better get a move on." Mouse rolled off him and scrambled to her feet. "I'll just stay here and get a couple of more hours sleep." Mouse fell upon him. Her hands immediately she went to tickle his ribs. Mouse saw the look on his face as the pain lanced through Dan's spine. "You're hurt." Danny grabbed her hand. "What the hell's going on Danny?" "I'll tell you everything. Just give me some time, OK?" Mouse looked unsure. "I've never lied to any of you, Mouse, and I'm not about to start." Mouse looked down at their enjoined hands. "Make the coffee whilst I get a shower and you can get one after me." Mouse stopped at the door and looked back at him. He was stilling lying on the couch. "I thought that you were making coffee?" "Yes ma'am." Mouse knocked on the door. Inside they could hear voices and then the sound of footsteps closing on the door. Danny stood in the doorway as the door opened. "Have you got room for one more at breakfast, Sis?" said Danny softly. Sam jumped into his arms. Danny winced as a sharp stab of pain lanced through his ribs. "Danny!" Crying, Sam wrapped her arms around his neck and buried her face into his shoulder. "Sam, who is it?" asked Chris Dettmer. "Hey Chris," Danny called out a greeting to his brother. Sam's husband Chris appeared at the door carrying the newest member of the Carter family, 8 month old Jessica. Sam took her daughter from her husband moved to stand next to Danny. "Jessica, I'd like you to meet your Uncle Danny. Danny this is your niece Jessica Elizabeth." Danny took hold of his niece. "She's beautiful." "She is that," said Sam. Danny looked up and caught Chris's eye. He was going to congratulate him but saw a look in his eye that shouldn't have been there. Chris quickly became uncomfortable under Danny's intense gaze. Danny hugged his sister. "How is it being a Mom?" Sam smiled through the tears. "Harder than working but I wouldn't change my life with anyone." "Are the parents units here yet?" Sam giggled. "I haven't heard that in ages." A look of sadness flashed in her eyes as the reasons why invaded her mind. "Mom and Dad called five minutes ago to say they were ten minutes away," answered Sam. Mouse looked at Danny and then to Sam. An unspoken message passed between sisters. Mouse led the way through to the kitchen. As Chris made a fresh pot of coffee Danny slumped into the leather armchair that sat in the corner of the room. As if it was second nature, Sam moved to sit in his lap. The scene that welcomed the senior Effrons quickly overwhelmed them. Sam was sitting across Danny's lap, her feet curled over the arm of the chair as she held Jessica, Danny with his arm around his sister as he leaned forward to watch his niece. Realising that they were not alone Danny glanced up. A smile instantly blossomed on his face. "Hey Mom; hey there Dad; Happy Holidays," he greeted the parent units warmly. "Happy Holidays baby," Mary Effron cried. "It's real good to see you home Son," said Bob Effron. "It's damn good to be home," Danny agreed. "Amen to that," added Mouse. "I really need to use the bathroom," Danny whispered to Sam. There was mischief in her eyes when Sam turned her face so that none of the others could read her lips. "So that's what's been poking me in the ass. I thought it was your 9 mill" "I didn't hear any complaints," he teased. Sam didn't have a comeback. "Hell Sis, have you put on some weight?" Sam glared at her brother but couldn't maintain her anger as laughter filled the kitchen. Rising from the armchair he had to let the feeling return to his legs before he could move. Unable to wait Mary hurried across the kitchen and wrapped her arms around her youngest son. "Are you home for good, baby?" Danny knew that the others had heard the question. If he had looked up he would have notice Mouse's shadow as she hovered at the foot of the stairs waiting for his answer. "My days working undercover are over Mom." Danny's voice carried through the house. Tears of relief and happiness rolled down Mouse's cheeks as she hurried into the bathroom. There were no words when father and son embraced. Sam broke the embrace with a warning, "breakfast in twenty minutes." Danny was the last to arrive in the kitchen for breakfast. Sliding into the empty chair next to Mouse he listened to the mundane day to day gossip around the kitchen table. He learned that a Mrs Harris was having an affair and that two of Sam's friends were getting married in the New Year. Mouse was babysitting so that Sam and Chris could attend the wedding. "Danny?" Opening his eyes he slowly realised that the room had fallen silent until he felt a hand touch his arm and Sam softly repeated, "Danny?" "What?" Mouse was laughing. "Mom asked you a question," said Sam. The Effron women were unmistakeably beautiful. They were all slim and above average in height. Sam had a perfectly flat stomach whilst Mary and Mouse had more of a pronounced stomach swell. As a hormonal teenager he discovered that Sam and Mouse were both B-cups. Just one look at Mary Effron would tell any eligible guy what the daughters would look like when they reached their fifties. Danny suspected that Chris had had similar thoughts as he dated Sam. He was mistaken. Sam and Danny were both adopted. Sam's mother had abandoned her at the hospital when she was only a couple of days old. Mary had been on duty when she had been found. Their parents fought every step of the way until they finally legally adopted her. Mouse was born ten months later, much to her parents shock and joy. Sam was nine when they adopted Danny. He was found by the police after neighbours reported hearing a baby crying. His mother's body was found on the kitchen floor. She had died from a drug overdose. Danny's birth mother was seventeen. There was no record of his father. "Sorry Mom." Sam could see that he had changed. It was unmistakeable. He had lost weight, his face was leaner. She could also see that he walked in a different manner. He moved in a way that reminded her of an old man. Where there had been a spark in his eyes, she now saw pain and hurt. Her brother was hiding something. "Are you OK?" He smiled sadly. The realisation of what he had missed had hit him hard. "I will be Mom. I will be." Mary Effron returned her son's smile. "Your being back is the best present that I could ask for." "Amen to that," added Sam. "If that's all you two want for Christmas then you two are all sorted and I can spend more on Jessica." "Hey," Mouse snapped. There was fun in her eyes. "Don't include me with them and you owe me birthdays presents too little brother." "In that case, can I use your car Mom; I need to go shopping." The only thought he had had since being released was to see his family. Christmas hadn't been in his mind. Mouse glanced across the table and found Sam, a smile on her face, looking directly at her. "You still have some things that you still have to get, don't you Sis? Why don't you go together?" Danny could feel their eyes on him. "You don't have to if you have other plans." "No," Mouse answered hurriedly; her mind was a whirl as she made a mental list of telephone calls she had to make to tell her friends that she wouldn't be able to make it to lunch. "I have no other plans." "What do you say about making a day out of it? We can have dinner at the Cheesecake Factory?" asked Dan. Mouse nodded her head enthusiastically and her face glowed as she smiled. "Hell, if the Cheesecake Factory is on offer then I'm free," announced Sam. When she glanced at her younger sister she saw the disappointment etched on her face. Jealousy pricked her as she said, "But I'll settle on you bringing cheesecake home with you." "Me too," added Mary Effron. Danny mentioned calling in at the local car dealership on the way to the Mall as he needed transport. He had already picked out the model he wanted. A F150 Harley Davidson and the salesman had seven low mileage examples on the lot. When they finally arrived at the Mall he was the owner of a black F150. He would be able to collect it the following morning. Mouse held his hand as they entered the Mall. It was crowded with shoppers after last minute gifts or late bargains. "So, who do you still have to buy presents for?" "You, silly," Mouse answered. "Dad is babysitting whilst Sam and Mom are at the Imperial Centre. You didn't believe that crap about you being Mom's best present did you, because I have you beat little brother." Danny was reflective for a moment and then felt a soft hand against his face. "Where did you go just now?" He was reflective for a moment before answering. Mouse moved up on to her toes and kissed her brother. "I love you." "I know, you told me last night," he answered slipping his arms around her. "So what do you want for Christmas?" "Michelle?" Danny looked up at hearing his sister's name being called out. "Sheila," Mouse answered in surprised. The friends exchanged an air kiss. "So you're the mystery guy she's been telling us all about?" Danny gave his sister a curious look. She wasn't looking him. "I'm Sheila, Michele and I work together." Danny felt Mouse move closer and instinctively he put his arm around her waist. "Nice to meet you," Danny replied. "And I hope you don't mind that I have Mouse all to myself do you?" "Are you both coming to the party tomorrow night?" cried Sheila. Mouse glanced at Dan. It had slipped her mind. "Of course we'll be there," he answered. Sheila leaned closer to her friend. "I want details girlfriend." Sheila disappeared into the crowd that swirled around them. Mouse tightened her grip on his hand. They would be the talk amongst her friends. "Now, what would you like Santa to bring you this year?" Mouse hesitated, "Danny, I made a wish last year that you would be home for Christmas. Santa said that he would keep his promise." Danny pulled her closer. "I love you Mouse." "I love you too but people are beginning to stare." "Let them." They both started to laugh. Hand in hand they followed the flow through the Mall stopping off to window shop or to enter a store. "So tell me about this party." "It's OK Danny. You don't have to go." He laughed. "I've lost weight and my clothes don't fit. I was going to ask you to help me pick out a new suit so that I don't show you up." Mouse headed to the Emporio store. She picked out a dark, Italian cut suit, a white shirt that he could wear with the collar open. She then picked out a casual cut suit and half a dozen shirts. Danny paid the sales assistant. They continued to walk through the Mall. As they looked into the window of a jewellery store Danny mentioned that he needed a new watch to go with his suit. "OK." Inside they immediately went to the watch displays. Danny was unsure and put together a choice of four and then asked Mouse for her opinion. He selected the one Mouse had picked out; it was also the one that had caught his eye first. Leaving him to pay Mouse moved down the shop. "Have a nice day." Danny smiled, "you could make it a better day." He knew that he had caught the assistant's attention and explained what he wanted. "How do I get a boyfriend like you?" "I'm from right here in Franklin," he answered. Danny moved across to where Mouse was looking at jewellery. "Is there one in particular that you like?" Mouse pointed out a diamond pendant and then shook her head. Danny also noticed matching ear rings. He glanced at the assistant. "There's no harm in looking," Danny pushed. "But I can't afford it. So there's no point." Danny exchanged a look with the assistant before he followed Mouse further along the counter. They walked around the store before returning to the watch counter to collect his purchases. They strolled through the Mall. As they were passing Victoria Secrets Danny dragged a reluctant Mouse inside. "Sit." Mouse heard the authority in his voice and sat down. "Just hear me out. I'm not good at this but I want to buy something for Sam. You know her better than I do. It's for when she goes away for the wedding weekend. Hell, I don't know what but to make her feel sexy. Then I want you to pick out something for Mom. Again you know what she likes. Then I want you to buy something for me." Mouse's eye's opened wide. "The stuff for me is so that I can give it to you for the birthdays that I missed." "Danny, you are better at this than you think." Mouse jumped to her feet, a determined look on her face, grabbed his hand and dragged him across to the counter. Danny played no part of the conversation with the Sales Assistant but understood enough to understand that Mouse had asked for a private room where she could model for her husband. They were shown to a private room. Inside Danny found himself sitting on a leather sofa opposite a wall of mirrors. "Sit!" commanded Mouse. Danny smiled. "Yes Ma'am." The assistant who escorted them into the room returned with coffee for Danny. Drinking his coffee he was amused as Mouse with the assistant closely following on behind made several explorations of the sales floor, returning each time with an arm full of outfits. Several items were placed on a rack next to a curtained changing booth. "Those are for Sam and Mom." Mouse had a wicked look in her eye. Danny started to have doubts. "No peaking." Lost in thought he hadn't heard the swish of the curtain as Mouse stepped into the changing booth. When he finally looked up his breath was choked off. Mouse hadn't closed the curtains fully. Danny had seen Mouse in two piece swimsuits more times than he could remember but he was unprepared for the vision standing before him. Mouse was wearing a burgundy bra that pushed her already perky 34C breasts up and out. She was also wearing the matching pair of silk pants, they were full at the hip and accentuated with lace that matched the bra. When she turned he got a look at her perfect ass. The pants accentuated the curve of her ass. He saw the silhouette of her erect nipples and felt the sudden rush of blood to his groin. Mouse was laughing as she looked at her reflection and then disappeared behind the curtain. Minutes passed before she peeled back the curtain and stepped out wearing a long silk gown belted at the waist. Beneath the sheer material he could see that she was naked underneath as the silk flowed over Mouse's slender hips. "This is what you are getting for Mom and Sam," announced Mouse. Danny looked shocked. "Seeing the look on your face then I guess I've picked the right item." "Your boyfriend will be the luckiest guy on the planet." Mouse gave him a strange luck and then quickly disappeared back behind the curtain. He glanced across at the lingerie that Mouse had picked out for his Mom and sister. "So what else have you picked out?" Mouse put her finger to her lips. "That's a secret for me to know and you...well..." Mouse turned abruptly and dashed behind the counter but not quick enough for him not to see the silk had adhered to the cheeks of her ass. The image was quickly burned into his mind. Mouse reappeared ten minutes later. The argument at the checkout was over within seconds as Danny asked the assistant to charge all the items to his card. As the assistant processed the items he moved to stand behind Mouse and held her against him. "Let me do this." "You owe me one," Mouse whispered back. "I owe you more than I can ever repay Mouse. You kept me going when I was ready to quit." Mouse turned without breaking his embrace. "You, Sam and Mom kept me safe and warm. It was thinking of the three of you that got me through each day." "Are you in a good place now?" asked Mouse. He nodded. The assistant interrupted at that moment. As he waited for the electronic cashier to process his card he heard Mouse say. "Oh no, he's my boss and this is my bonus for being a good girl this year. Aren't I lucky?" He completed the transaction and rushed to gather their purchases and dashed out of the store. Mouse stopped laughing at her brother's embarrassment when she noticed that he winced as he put his weight down on his right leg. "Danny, I'm tired. What about getting cheesecake and going home to Sam's," said Mouse. He saw the fierce determination in her tear filled eyes. "Yes Ma'am." Danny spoke slowly as he told his family about his injuries. He had limped into the kitchen and instantly his Mom was alert. Her question was screamed at him. They were all sitting in Sam's kitchen. Mouse was sitting next to him holding his hand as he spoke. Sam, Chris and his parents listened. They all had tears in their eyes. The Lovers "How can someone do that to another person?" cried Sam. Danny saw Sam put her head into her hands as she cried. Chris was immobile at her side. Rising from his seat he limped around the table to slide into the chair next to her. He took her hands from her face and turned her to look into her tear filled eyes. "It's not worth trying to think about why. There are people like that out there that have no conscience. It was one of the reasons why I do what I do." Danny had spent ten months in prison to get on inside of a drug gang. There had been a leak. Local law enforcement supported the FBI when they raided the former gas station where he was being held captive. They found him locked in a basement cell. He was naked and had been brutally tortured. He looked up and fixed his eyes on his Mom. "I'm done with working undercover." Their parents had been at Sam's house when they called to deliver the cheesecake. "Oh Baby..." Danny moved to stand behind his mother. Leaning forward his wrapped his arms around her. "This morning, you asked me if I was OK and I answered that I will be. Here is where I need to be to do that." "So what happens now?" "I start looking for a place to live so that I can become Danny Effron again "You can stay with me," said Mouse instantly. "You only have the one bedroom," answered Sam. Danny looked at Mouse when she didn't try to argue. "Would you let me help you find a place?" Danny heard the uncertainty in his sister's voice. Sam was a realtor and had taken leave after adopting Jessica. "Yeah, that would be great." Sam moved from next to her husband and walked around the table. Standing behind her brother she wrapped her arms around him. She spoke loud enough for the others to listen. "You are the only brother that I've got so listen carefully; no more crazy stuff or I will hurt you." "Yes ma'am," he answered. "I love you, you fool," Sam cried into his ear. "I love you too." "We all love you Baby." Danny smiled at his Mom. Mouse laughed through her tears, "right, who wants cheesecake?" Sam hugged her brother. Her voice was no more than a whisper. It was just between them. "I don't think that I can let go." Danny reached back and cradled her face in the palm of her hand. "I'm not going to let you." Sam finally released her hold. "I could use a sandwich." Dan's Mom instantly jumped to her feet. "This is my kitchen," Sam called out. Danny felt Mouse start to release her hold on his hand and then change her mind. He gave her hand a gentle squeeze. "Dan, what do you want on your sandwich?" "Mom, you're a guest in my house." "I can't have them like this Mouse." Danny excused himself. Mouse watched him walk out of the kitchen. "Stop it! For Danny's sake would you just stop this now?" Mouse had their attention. "He didn't need the bathroom. He couldn't watch the two of you argue about making him a sandwich." Mouse paused when she thought she heard a door opening. "Mom, Danny knows that you want to take care of him but this is Sam's house and she should be making him a sandwich." Mouse had tears in her eyes. "He'll kill me if he knows that I've told you." Mouse felt her Mom's arms wrap around her shoulder. "You are right Honey. I'm sorry." A shiver ran down Mouse's spine as she heard the soft moans through the bedroom walls. Slipping out of the room she tiptoed down the corridor stopping at the door to Dan's room. She knocked light and waited. "Hey, couldn't you sleep?" "Not with the moans coming from the next room." Danny popped his head around the door and looked down the hall. He noticed that she was wearing an old hockey shirt and lounge pants. They looked more like Chris's than Sam's. "Way to go Chris." He felt the sting when Mouse slapped him on the arm. "Let me in, it's cold out here." Danny stepped back and let her enter. Mouse went to the warm left side of the bed and slipped beneath the cover. "That's better." "Hurry up and get in before all the heat escapes." Danny walked around the bed and slipped into the cold side of the bed. The bed shifted beneath him as Mouse shimmied across the bed and curled into his form. "I had a good day today," Mouse said quietly. "Me too." "Truth?" "Truth," he whispered into her ear. He felt her shiver. "Are you cold?" Mouse reached back for his hand and pulled it across her stomach. "Not anymore." "Hey, it's time to wake up sleepy head." Mouse opened her eyes to see Danny standing at the foot of the bed. She could smell coffee. "You have fifteen minutes to shower and try to make yourself look human again." Mouse growled. "Just as I thought; here, this should help to get you started." Mouse sat up in the bed and he passed the coffee to her. Danny left her alone. Dressed in a white sweater and jeans that she had tucked into ankle boots Mouse entered the kitchen to be greeted by the Sam, and the parent units. "Good Morning Honey. Did you sleep well?" asked her Mom. Mouse smiled, "I had trouble getting off to sleep but, yes, I had a good night's sleep." "Did you sleep well Mom?" "Yes, thanks to Sam and Chris," his father answered. "We swapped rooms last night." Danny caught Mouse's eye. He wasn't sure what he saw in her expression. When he looked at Sam he saw hurt. "So, where should we have breakfast?" Mouse smiled at Danny and then turned her head slightly. She put forward an idea that had just happened. They would have breakfast at Al's Diner and then they would drop Danny and Sam off at the car dealership so that he could collect his new truck. Mouse and the parent units would take Jessica, letting Danny and Sam go shopping for her present. Danny saw Sam smile for the first time. "We can drive around and look at what areas you'd be interested in living in." Danny glanced at Mouse and noticed that she was looking at Sam. He saw the puzzled expression on her face. "I still need to buy Mouse's present." Mouse's head whipped around. Her eyes narrowed. "That would be a smart move." Her comment brought laughter into the room. Sam sat quietly in the passenger seat of the F150. The details had been quickly processed and they were handed the keys to the truck. Sam had stayed silent the entire time. At the next intersection Danny took a left instead of heading straight on. Sam still remained silent. They joined the Interstate heading west. "Are you OK?" Sam shook her head. "Yes." Danny took the next exit. "Sam, don't shut me out." Had he glanced over he would have seen the tears welling in her eyes. "Chris wants a divorce, he's met someone else." Danny listened as Sam explained. "He's leaving after the Holidays so that he can be with her for New Year." Danny spotted the entrance to a Mall and pulled in. He parked the truck a distance from the other shoppers. He twisted in the driver's seat and look at his sister. "You need to tell him to leave now." Sam stared at him. Finally she nodded. "Do you trust me?" Sam nodded. "Of course." "Then, I need you to get him on the phone?" Sam stared at him. Danny gave her a simple nod in encouragement. "Put it on speakerphone." "I thought I told you not to call me." Chris's voice echoed inside the truck. Danny felt the hairs on his neck rise. "Hey asshole, I am going to tell you this the one time, so listen up. You will do exactly what I'm about to tell you. Are we clear?" Danny waited. "I said, are we clear?" "Yes." "Next time I ask you a question, damn well answer." Sam shivered in the passenger seat as she heard the menacing tone of her brother's voice. He hadn't raised his voice once. "Sam and I will be at the house in thirty minutes. You will be sitting outside in the street waiting for us. You will then have one hour to pack up all your shit and leave. Anything left behind will be going in the dumpster." "Do you understand?" "You can't..." Danny cut the call. "I need a cell." Sam looked at him as if he had grown a second head. "What? Y...You scared the shit out of me and you're on my side." He considered an apology. "Then seconds later you calmly say that you need a cell phone." He nodded. "Remind me never to be on the opposite end of one of those." "When I'm at work I'm protecting strangers. It's different when it's someone I love." Sam looked at her brother. He wondered what she was seeing. "Can you call Mouse on that thing?" Sam hit the speed dial. "Hello." "Mouse, don't let the parent units know that you're talking to me, OK?" "Hi Sheila." Danny smiled. "Can you keep Mom and Dad away from the house for the next couple of hours?" "I'm sorry Sheila but we won't be able to make the party tonight. No, Danny has just come home and I want to spend some time with him before the rest of the family drop in on us." "Thanks Mouse." "I'm sorry too," said Mouse. "I'll explain everything to you later." "That's fine." "Yeah, I'm sorry too but I haven't seen him in like forever and you know how it is." "No, but you'll tell me later," said Danny. Mouse was silent for a second. "Sure. Bye." Danny recognised Chris's Black Explorer parked in the street. He pulled into the driveway and parked behind Sam's minivan. "Go into the house, I'll just be a minute." Sam was about to argue and then nodded her head. Danny slipped from the warmth of the truck and intercepted Chris as he climbed out of the Explorer. "Just give me one excuse and I'll beat the shit out of you and not lose a second's sleep." Danny looked at his watch. "You have exactly one hour to pack up all you clothes and the rest of your shit." "There's one more thing; if you have a present for Jessica then leave a message on the answerphone. I will meet you to collect it." "The bitch wanted the kid, she can keep it." The slap knocked Chris sideways. He stumbled but didn't fall. "You were warned. Now you have thirty minutes. I'd suggest you get a move on." Danny turned his back and walked towards the house. Sam climbed out of the truck and met him at the front door. "Go through to the kitchen," Danny said as they entered. He stood at the doorway and watched Chris entered the hallway. They exchange a look and then he started for the stairs. Entering the kitchen he found Sam standing at the kitchen window. He walked up behind her and slipped his arms around her. Sam leaned back against him. He felt her body shiver and then heard her crying softly. Turning her around her pulled her into an embrace. "Don't let go." "I'm not about to. Trust me." Sam fell silent. She trusted him without question. "Danny, talk to me. Talk to me about anything. Just don't let me hear him upstairs." "OK." He felt nervous. "I was thinking of the type of place I should be looking at. I could rent or buy a place. Maybe even buy a fixer upper." "So, you're really moving back here." Sam leaned back to look him in the face. "I've been offered a posting as an Investigator with the State Police. I wasn't sure if I wanted to take it until seeing you with Jessica and realised how much I've missed with being away." Danny tilted his head to the side. They broke their embrace when they heard heavy footsteps on the stairs. Danny moved across the kitchen and stood in the doorway. Chris appeared at the foot of the stairs. He was carrying two cases and had a large gym bag over his shoulder. His laptop was hanging from his other shoulder. Danny nodded toward the hall table. "Leave your house keys on the table before you go." Chris hurled the keys down the hallway. Danny let them hit him. "Mikey's a better fuck any way." Seeing the anger in Danny's eyes he fled from the house, tripping over the doorstep in his hurry to flee. Danny caught him as she scrambled to his feet. Chris was petrified into silence. Danny released his grip and let him fall. Mouse entered the house and instantly sensed the ice cold atmosphere in the room. She found Danny sitting in the armchair in the kitchen. He turned and looked directly at her. Mouse felt as if an ice cold hand had taken of her heart when she saw the look of disgust in his eyes. There was a moment of sickening silence. "Danny, it's not what you think." As he expected Chris had called her. His voice was low and ice cold. "You have no idea what I'm thinking!" Mouse was shaking. "It just happened. We didn't mean for it to happen but we love each other." "The Mouse I knew wouldn't let her sister pay the price for her happiness." Mouse saw the look in his eyes and knew that she had lost him. "Please, don't shut me out." Slowly he lifted her sweater to reveal the lines of scars across his ribs. "The people who did this to me did so because I was their enemy. Sam wasn't your enemy but you have done than this to her. You're not the Mouse I used to love, that's for sure. The Mouse that I love wouldn't let her sister hurt just so that she can be happy. I don't know who you are, any more. " "You don't mean that." Danny turned away from her. "I love him," Mouse said quietly to his back. "What makes your love more important than Sam's?" The confrontation with their parents was heated. They blamed Danny for breaking up the family. He stared at his silent father and then his mother. The remnants of his anger had been festering. Sam entered the kitchen in the middle of an argument and moved to stand next to her brother. "Well, Chris and Mikey will be staying with us until you get things sorted out." Danny took a step forward. "So, what you've always said about us being equal was a lie all along. She was always your favourite." "We put a roof over your heads." Danny glared at his mother. "You knew about the two of them having an affair and did nothing. That makes you worse than they are. They fell in love. You lied to your own family." Bob took a step forward. "Don't even think about taking me on right now. Besides putting you down I'll arrest you for assaulting a police officer and don't think I won't." He could see the hurt in his father's eyes. "I will always be grateful to you for putting the roof over our heads but I guess that all you did." He followed them to the front door and stood on the porch to watch them leave. His father's silence had disappointed him most. Danny finally realised that Sam hadn't reappeared after taking Jessica upstairs. He checked the master bedroom. Jessica was sleeping soundly in her crib. Finally he heard the soft sound of someone crying. He opened the bathroom door. Sam was down on bathroom floor. Danny fell to his knees and wrapped his sister in the safety of his arms. What self control she had kept when facing her parents had vanished and she unleashed all her heart felt sorrow. Slipping one arm under her legs and the other around her back he lifted her up off the floor and carried her back into the master bedroom. He lowered her gently on to the bed and drew the quilt across her form. Slowly the sound of her crying fell away. He realised she was sleeping and checking on Jessica he tip toed out of the bedroom. The kitchen was silent as he sat in the armchair, alone with his thoughts. The baby monitor sitting on the kitchen counter gave him peace of mind. A low rumble in his stomach reminded him that he hadn't eaten since breakfast. He wandered upstairs and looked into the master bedroom. They both appeared fast asleep. "Danny, please don't leave me." "I won't." Sam lifted her head. The quilt slid off her shoulders. His eyes settled on her naked breast. He had held her in the bathroom and carried her into the bedroom. She had been naked in his arms but he hadn't seen her as he was now. "I was just going to make some tea and came up to see if you wanted some?" Sam smiled, though sadly and nodded her head. Her breasts shimmered with her movement. They were pale and flawless. Her nipples were pink and hard and a half inch long and surrounded by dollar sized areola. "That would be good." He nodded before turning away. As he headed for the stairs he hoped that Sam hadn't seen the effect she had had on him. He busied himself in the kitchen building sandwiches and making English breakfast tea for them both. Minutes later he heard Sam enter the kitchen and then felt her move up behind him and slip her arms around his waist. He covered her hands with his. "I'm not sure if I could cope if you weren't here with us." "I wouldn't be anywhere else." "Truth?" Danny turned in her embrace. Leaning back against the counter he put his arms around her shoulders and pulled her into a tighter embrace. Sam rested her head against his chest. "I wouldn't be here if it wasn't for you. How do you repay someone for saving your life?" Sam knew to what he was referring. That winter was the coldest on record. Ice storms had swept down from Canada. Danny had been dared by some of Sam's school friends to go out on to the ice. The ice had given way and he plunged into the cold water. Sam had heard the crack and then the screams and raced to see his head disappear beneath the water. Laying on the ice, her friends folding on to her legs she had plunged her arm into the freezing water. Losing the feeling in her gloved hand she grabbed something and pulled with all her might. Danny's head appeared and her friends pulled him out. Sam's scream ripped through the air when she saw that he had stopped breathing. Alerted by the screams several parents appeared on the scene and took over. Sam watched as they stripped Danny and started CPR. He was breathing but still unconscious when the paramedics appeared. Sam rode in the back ambulance with her brother. She had suffered from the early stages of hypothermia. Danny had been seven. "In some societies if you save someone's life then they belong to you." "Is that so," he answered. His arms dropped to her waist. Sam looked deeply into his eyes. "Do with me what you will." The kiss took him by absolute surprise. She bit his lips hard. He tasted the saltiness of his own blood. Danny kissed her back fiercely, letting her taste his blood. He cupped the cheeks of her ass in his hands and lifted her off her feet. Sam wrapped her arms around his neck and clamped her legs around his waist, locking her ankles behind his back. "Oh God," she gasped as she felt the familiar pressure from his hard cock against her pussy. He walked across the kitchen and lowered her into the armchair. "Fuck me Danny. Fuck me and make me forget." Danny slipped his hands under her bank. He hooked his fingers under the waistband of her PJ's. He tugged them over her hips. Sam's aroma filled his senses. He looked deep into her eyes. Sam leaned forward and kissed him, feeding hungrily on his lips. "Make me forget." He grabbed her PJ's in his left hand and yanked them off first her right leg and then her left. Raising his hands to her thighs he slowly pressed her legs apart. He watched as her pussy opened, revealing the pink most labia. "You're beautiful." Her pussy was clean shaved. He hated hairy women. A small landing strip was fine but he loved to eat out clean shaven pussy. Lowering his face he kissed the inside of her left knee. Sam squirmed under the touch of his lips. He trailed kisses along the baby soft flesh inside her thigh. "Oh God..." she gasped. "Don't... stop." He stopped and inhaled her essence. "You are so beautiful." He ran his tongue along her slit, tasting her for the first time. It was nectar sweet on his tongue. Sam grasped his hair between her fingers. Arching her back she thrust up with her hips, pushing her mound into his mouth. "No one's ever," she said gasped breathlessly. "Oh Fuck, eat me." Danny lifted her legs up to rest on his shoulders. His hands were free. Sliding his fingers along her thighs he pushed on the flesh either side of her slit opening her pussy to his mouth. He touched the tip of her clit with his tongue. The Lovers "Don't stop....I cumming...!" Sam's legs clamped his head and her fingernails dug into his scalp as she came. He lapped frantically, drinking the flood of juice from her pussy. He clamped his mouth over her mound as her pussy flooded with her cum. He drank his fill. "Oh Fuck." Danny sucked on her clit. Pulling back her outer lips of her pussy he revealed the delicately pick inner folds. They were slick with her juice. He rammed his tongue deep into her pussy as his fingers found her hard clit. He rubbed it frantically and plunged his tongues inside her. Sam's thighs clamped his head in a death vice grip. Danny maintained his assault on his sister. "No...No..." Sam was frantically shaking her head. Danny dropped his right hand to his belt. Unbuttoning his pants he yanked them to his knees. He was hard. He slid his hands under her thighs and started to rise. He moved up, pressed Sam down into the armchair. Sam's legs framed her face. Sam opened her eyes. He stared into her deep grey eyes as he slipped the tip of his cock along her slit. "Put it in me. Fuck me." The tip of his cock plunged between her labia, spreading the lips of her pussy apart. The head of his cock slipped inside. Sam's eyes opened wide as she felt him enter her. She was tight on his cock. He remained motionless letting him feel him inside. "Fuck, fill me up with your cock." Danny knew he had an average size cock. It was ticker than average but only seven and a half inches in length. "You are mine," Sam screamed. "Make me yours." Danny pushed his cock into her. He had a couple of inches inside her before he pulled back. He thrust inside her and withdrew until just his cockhead was inside. He thrust harder, driving deeper. "I want to feel all of you." Danny started to slowly fuck her. "Fuck me. Pound your cock into me. Make me forget." He thrust forward, driving his full length inside her pussy. "Ugh." He stayed inside her, letting Sam feel the full length of his cock deep inside her pussy. He released the pressure on her thighs until they rested on his shoulders. His hands slid across her stomach, pushing up the hem of her t-shirt to reveal her breasts. His fingers caressed the softness of her breasts before finding her nipples. Sam gasped as he pinched them between his fingers. He was looking into her eyes when he slammed back into her. Sam's lungs exploded. He withdrew slowly before driving his cock deep inside her; driving hard and fast. He started to pound into her. He slammed his cock deep into her pussy with each stroke. As he withdrew he pinched her nipples. "I'm cumming!" Danny didn't let up as he felt the first surge of cum. "I want your cum inside me." Sam went into orgasmic spasm. Danny felt the first surge of sperm erupt. He slammed into her as he came, pumping his cum deep into her. Sam was confused for a moment as she stirred. She was holding a hand across her stomach and could feel a body pushed up against her back. Sam closed her eyes. Her senses were filled with his warmth and smell. Her body was screaming at her. The ache was comforting to mind and spirit. Exhaling slowly she let herself bathe in the feeling of being secure, safe, warm and loved. Danny felt her stir. He was sore. Sam had worn him out. They were naked and she could feel his cock. It was hard and pressed between the cheeks of her ass. She reaching behind her she grasped his cock. "Didn't you have enough of me last night?" "You talk too much." Sam maintained her hold on his cock as she rolled over. Raising her upper leg she straddled his waist. Lay along his body she could feel his hardening cock pushing against her lower stomach as she looked into his face. Sam started to kiss her way down his body. Using her tongue she flicked his nipples before nipping them lightly between her teeth. A growl emanated from deep inside him. Moving back up to look into his eyes she kissed him hard. She tasted his blood. She shifted her hips until she felt the head of his hard cock at her entrance. Sam slammed back onto his cock, taking his length in one. Sam started to massage his cock with her cunt. "What the fuck are you doing to me?" Sam silenced him with her mouth. Moving with small motions of her hips Sam started to fuck herself on his cock. Danny responded and started to thrust upward as she dropped down his length. Soon they were slamming against each other. "I'm cumming!" screamed Sam. Danny felt his balls explode sending a stream of cum into her pussy. Fighting for breath and satiated Sam collapsed on to his chest her pussy filled with her lover. They were joined until his softened cock slipped out. Silently, they looked into each other's eyes. "Danny. If you have any regrets now is..." He silenced her with a simple kiss. "Danny, please..." he kissed her into silence. Sam put her hands on his chest and pushed back. "Danny, please, just let me talk." He nodded reluctantly. Sam relaxed. "If you have any regrets about us then now is the time to say so and I won't hold it against you. I will never regret what happened. It was the most beautiful thing that has ever happened to me with another person. I have Jessica and if all I have is the memory of last night then I will live happily from now on." "Do I get a say in this?" Sam shook her head. "No." He silenced her with his mouth. They kissed feverishly. "Can I talk?" "If you must," Sam answered reluctantly. She was scared. "Do you know those questionnaires that you see in women's magazines where you rate your lover?" he saw in her eyes that she did. "Well the question that I could never answer was; what was your best sexual experience." He could see an intense look in her eyes as she concentrated on what he was saying. "I always answered, hopefully the next time." He was silent for a second. "Well I know for certain; it is you." Sam mashed her lips down on his. "I want to look into your eyes when we make love. I will fuck you any way that you want me to but I will only make love to you when I can look into your eyes." "Always." Sam kissed him. He responded eagerly. "That's the first time anyone has eaten me out." Danny reached up and pushed a stray lock of hair away from her eyes. He wanted to see her soul. "Then your other lovers were fools. You have the sweetest most beautiful pussy." "Do you mean that?" He frowned. "You said my other lovers. Is that what we are?" "I am." "I am too." Sam kissed him. "Then you had better love me." She saw the hungry look in his eyes. "Not right now. We need to shower and I need to see to Jessica. I also want to repay you in kind." Danny cradles her face in his hands. "You repaid me when we made love the first time." He silenced her by placing a finger on her lips. She kissed his finger and remained silent. After their first feral fuck in the kitchen they sat on the armchair, arms and legs entwine. When his cock had grown hard he had lifted her up off the chair. Sam wrapped her legs around his waist locking her legs behind his back. Danny's cock was buried deep in her pussy. Interlocked he carried her as far at the stairs. It was as far as they managed before Danny pushed her up against the wall. Sam rode his cock as he slammed her up against the wall. "I didn't think that it could be better. Two people needing each other physically. But when we made love and looked into your eyes I knew that I was healing. You gave me something which I will never be able to repay. You gave me you. You brought me back to life." "I need you in my life. I want you in my life. But if there comes a time when you meet someone I want you to just tell me so and I will walk away." "Stop, just stop, will you just stop." Tears were now rolling down her face. "I love you more than life. I am going nowhere but to where you are. Jessica and I are not going anywhere mister. You will have to kick us out and then we will not go easily." "I love you Danny." "You'd better because according to custom you own me." Sam's self control finally broke. She collapsed on to his chest and wept. He held her until her body ceased shaking and her sobs abated. "Shall we go and look in on Jessica?" Sam pushed back in his arms. She smiled before rolling off him. Naked she stood at the side of the bed and looked down at his naked form on the bed. She could see the scars along his ribs and the memory of the feel of his skin on her lips as she traced each scar burned into her mind. His face suddenly grew serious. Sam's smile faltered. "Sam, there's something I do need to ask you." She nodded. "Did I make you forget?" "Yes, but you will need to do it again that I'm sure." He scrambled from the bed and followed her out of the bedroom and across the hall to the master bedroom. "Have I told that you have a cute ass?" "Then you can kiss my ass....anytime." Dan made several phone calls before Sam made an appearance in the kitchen. He saw a momentary look of confusion on her face. "Who were you talking to?" "I was talking to the DA's office." Sam suddenly became scared. "No...They can't have you back...please, don't...." "Hey," he closed the distance. "I called them about you." Sam's face relaxed. "Me? What does the District Attorney want with me?" "Do you remember Gayle Demmy? Well I heard that she had left the DA's office and set up a divorce law practice. I've made you an appointment for 11:00." "Are you sure?" He put his arms around them both. "Just talk to Gayle, that's all I'm asking." "OK." "There's something else. I want to start looking for a place to live." He could see Sam started to panic. "This was the house you shared with him. I don't belong here." A tear slowly slipped down her cheek. "I'll find a place for us but you are scaring the crap out of me when you suddenly go all serious." "I'm sorry. I promise I'll try to do better." "The sex is good though, right?" He sensed her confidence was low. "You are perfect as a woman and a mother but above all as a lover. You fit me well Samantha Dettmer." "If I am all that, then it's only because you fit me too, Daniel Effron." She felt his erection pushing against her stomach. Her hand slipped between them. "We don't have time but we can make time later." Gayle Demmy was early. Sam was expecting someone of similar age to Danny. Gayle was in her mid-fifties but looked in her forties with close cropped silver hair. She clearly took care of herself. Danny met her out front and joined Sam in the kitchen. Jessica was sitting in a baby chair at the kitchen table, amusing herself with some toys. Danny made the introductions. "Samantha this is Gayle." Sam smiled, "Nice to meet you." Gayle returned the smile, "It's nice to meet you to though, and I wish it would be under better circumstances." Sam gave her a shrug of the shoulders. "I guess that Arnie said it best; shit happens." Gayle laughed. "And who is the sweetie?" "This is Jessica my daughter." Gayle picked up on the love and pride in Sam's voice. "I'm not sure what Daniel has mentioned to you exactly or what this meeting is about." "First off, Dan; do you have any cash on you?" "I think so," he answered, puzzled. Gayle waited until he had removed two $10 bills from his wallet. "Give one to Sam." Gayle plucked both bills from their fingers. "You have both just paid me a retainer to act as your attorney." Gayle paused. "Dan has told me that you are his sister, by adoption and that your husband has met someone else and wants a divorce. Is that correct?" Sam nodded. "That information is not client/attorney confidential. What is said between us now on is confidential." "How do you want to go about this?" asked Danny. "You make some coffee and look after Jessica and Sam and I will talk in the living room." They reappeared an hour later. "Is that coffee ready?" Danny gave Gayle a stern look. Gayle laughed. "How I have missed that face around the office." Sam looked at Gayle and then at Danny. Her mind was wondering if there had been something going on between the two of them. Gayle caught her confusion. "How long have the two of you been lovers?" The question took them both by surprise. Danny looked at Sam. "Since last night." Continued in 'The Divorce' The Lovers When I see him, my body reacts to his stare..my nipples are erect...he can see they are pointing for him. He drinks his soda, and smiles. Walking away..trying desperately to hide from his stare. I'm wet, very wet...I hide, hide away from him...he got me touching myself when I'm alone..no one sees me, he finds me, sees me and smiles. He drinks his soda. I want him, he does this to me, he licks his lips, as I taste my fingers. He leans against the wall, looking both ways to make sure no one is staring at him. Then he sees me and smiles. He winks, and moves closer to me, after slamming the door behind him...He grabs my fingers, smells them..tastes them. I'm wet..I want him to taste more of me..god I love him. He grabs me and pulls me to him, he takes control of me..I can smell me on his lips. He kisses me gently, parts my lips with his tongue..wrapping my arms around his neck, one leg around his waist...we kiss...passionately, hungrily.. His fingers gently touching my wet lips, sliding up and down my slit. Feeling wet, dripping for him. His mouth kisses my neck, whispering sweet things in my ear. Telling me, he can't get enough of me...He puts my hand on his balge...telling me how hard I have made him. We never get tired of each other, we are lovers...our secret...he would be my slave if I ask of him as I would be his...I want him this way, I want to feel venerably, scared and protected. He leaves me wanting...and quenches my thirst. He never denies me anything, instead he invites it. Moaning and screaming, he silences me with kisses. His hand under my lower neck. My hands, one scratching his suit, the other unbuttoning his pants. I need him to fuck me, to take me there...I need to wet him. He picks me up, my legs wrapped around his waist. He is curvy, thick, long and growing. Feeling him outside my pussy lips. He moans as if in pain, he wants to come in. Slamming me against the wall, raising myself up at bit..He nails me, putting my hands up, holding them by my wrist. His other hand grabs my ass in position and fucks me. His mouth plays with my breast...I can only scream..as he become more aggressive. Fuck. My lover knows my body..when to touch, how to touch, what to say, when to say. Oh I love him...but for now, we are lovers...we each give each other what we want..what we crave. He doesn't stop...he just smiles and kisses me some more. He knows my body, knows when I'm about to cum..to soak. He losens his grip, lets me scratch him, then pulls himself off me. Wetting and gushing on his cock. He loves feeling the results of his fucks, the carpet is wet, his pants are wet. He holds me and calms me, I shiver..and he hold me. Looking up at him..he smiles and welcomes me with kisses. His hand holding on to my face, we kiss like we are never going to see each other again. Telling me sweet nothings, bitting my finger nails as his words sweeten my ear. Grabbing my ass, he drives deep inside me again, fucking me slowly, knowing that we only have a few more minutes, before our marriage partners wonder where we are. Here is where we take our time. Slowly, deeper, sweeter. He slams me once in a while, as I make him moan with my lips against his neck. Telling him that I want him again..he nods yes to my question. He doesn't stop until it hurts. Then he cums laying his head on my breast. Breathing deeply,holding me tightly. Losing his grip, unwrapping my legs from his hips. Silently fixing our selves up, hiding all signs of a passionate love affair. Then with a deep stare, he brings my hand to his lips, he kisses, winks at me and leaves. I feel sad, but I know I will see him again. How did we ever come up to this..We found each other when we were both longing. We said yes and we took it from there. We never looked back... ZoilaVidal (c) 2011