LEGEND OF LEXI

CHAPTER 9

CONTINUE:

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I half wished she'd balk, just a little. Just enough to keep me in line. Because as it was, I wasn't sure I could stop. There was something truly fascinating about touching my sister like this. In an ostensibly innocent way, that in reality was nothing of the sort. I felt guilty that she didn't know what was going on in my head, but not quite guilty enough to stop on my own.

It was one of those times when I should maybe have been more careful what I wished for. Although, admittedly, it was entirely my own damn fault.

It was a stupid move. No way around it. I was just horny enough to be an idiot, take things that little bit too far, and very nearly ruin everything. In this case, all it took was grabbing Lexi's butt.

Her facade of ignoring me dropped immediately, and she whirled her face around toward me, lips frozen in a shocked gasp. I stared at her for a long few seconds, still cupping her ass, then jerked away.

"Sorry! Sorry. Shit, sorry. Fuck."

"Aiden?"

Her voice was a mix of surprise and confusion. I didn't dare look right at her again. I stood up, facing away from her, very much wishing I'd thought to get dressed before now. Standing in my underwear was not making the moment any easier.

"I know, I shouldn't have done that," I said. "That was my bad. Totally. I really... I just... I'm sorry."

"Well you don't have to freak out that bad about it," Lexi said.

I almost smiled at the gentle chastisement, but wasn't ready for that yet. "I don't?"

"No. You caught my surprise, mostly. I didn't really think you'd do it." She paused. "But after yesterday... I kinda knew it was a possibility you'd do something like that."

I cautiously turned to face her. She'd paused her game and was sitting up cross-legged.

"You knew?" I asked.

"Kinda. I suspected. But, like, I didn't think I was right."

"And you didn't say anything?"

"I told you. I didn't think I was reading it right." Lexi shrugged. "And if I was, I kinda wanted to see what you'd do."

"Well, uh, I'm kinda confused now, then."

Lexi chewed her lip thoughtfully. She studied me with big, searching eyes. "You know, all those times I saw you looking at me... I thought it was just looking."

"Well-"

"I thought there's no way you'd be looking the way other boys do."

I flushed, fully ashamed of myself. "'Cause I'm your brother."

"Yes, partly that. But, like, I didn't think you saw me that way. Didn't think it occurred to you." She waved a hand at me. "Always being topless. Changing around me and stuff."

I looked down at my almost-naked body. "Wait, really?"

"Well duh."

"But... but... it's my room! You're the one always coming in wearing hardly anything."

"'Cause you hardly wear anything. I thought it was fine."

"So did I."

"Yeah?"

"Yeah."

"Good."

"Fine."

We both stopped for a second.

"I can't tell if we're still arguing," I said.

"Were we arguing?"

"I can't tell that either."

Lexi nodded. "Fair."

I looked down at myself again. "I'm gonna put on a shirt."

"Also fair."

I threw a shirt on, then sat down next to Lexi, but not too close. I still wasn't sure where we stood.

To be continue..