am such a hard ass when it comes to you. Mara never needed me as you did. She knew what she wanted in life and grabbed it. When she met Mick and they got married, I saw she was settled for life. You were always the wild card. You hold this thirst for life and adventure. Always digging for answers and never considering the consequences.”
“I do think about them, Sean,” I murmured. “Sometimes the big things are worth the risk.” Hugging him tightly, I rubbed my nose against his shirt. “I love you, Sean. You see that right?”
“Yeah, Dia. Love you, too, snot and all,” he snorted.
“Ewwww…okay sorry.” I pulled back. “As much as I loved our heart to heart, I really need to pee now," I squirmed.
I jumped up and dashed to the toilet, before proceeding to lock myself in for the next several minutes. After doing all that needed done in the bathroom and eating a few paracetamol, I moved back into the other room of my flat.
“Okay, I’m going to grab some clothes and take a shower, Sean. Hey, not to be creeping out on you or anything, but how was I changed last night? I didn’t go out in jammies.”
He began to rub the back of his neck, looking more uncomfortable than I had ever seen him. “Yeah, well I kind of changed you.”
“OH. MY. GOD. You did not.” I was mortified. I didn’t know what reply I’d been expecting. Possibly that he waved a magic wand or something. Even that I had changed myself and didn’t remember. I could not cope with my brother seeing me naked.
“Hey, don’t worry I didn’t see anything.” He squirmed. “I put the t-shirt over what you were wearing then unzipped that thing you had on and pulled it down. Seriously, Dia, something a guy never wants to see is his sister sans clothes. I might have thrown up a little in my mouth trying to undress you. I almost left you in that thing.”
After an all over shudder, I held out a pinkie. “Okay, let’s promise to never speak of this again, alright? I may need therapy now…”
“You and me both,” he muttered. Louder he said, “Deal.”
He grabbed my pinkie and we tugged three times before releasing our sacred digits. Pinkie swears between siblings are unbreakable.
Grabbing a clean pair of jeans and a t-shirt, I stuffed my underwear underneath it all and made my way back toward the bathroom. “I’ll be out in like ten minutes, then we can talk.”
“Yeah right,” he said while he pulled his mobile out. “No woman has ever been in and out of a shower in ten minutes.”
“There’s coffee and food in the kitchen if you want," I told him, ignoring his remark.
I left him to his phone and ran into the bathroom so I could jump in the shower. I scrubbed furiously to get the morning after funk off. Not to mention scoured the idea of my big brother putting me to bed out of my mind. Twenty minutes later, I made my way over to the countertop where Sean sat drinking a cup of coffee. He had set toast and juice out for me and had a mug waiting if I wanted something hot.
“Hey thanks, brother mine.” I grabbed some toast and spread marmalade across one side of it. “So what are the plans for today?”
“First off,” he said as he put his phone away. “There were no reports of a fight last night where you were, so no arrests or injuries. That’s good and bad. It means we don’t have the bad guy but your hero wasn’t laying stabbed in the street either. I asked a couple of the guys on the beat to go check the alley out for me. We’ll need to wait and see if they find anything. Now, for the fun part,” he grinned boyishly. “I’ve got the day off. I was originally planning on calling you and seeing if you wanted to go out to mum and dad's for lunch. After seeing the state of this place, I imagine you need more help here.”
I looked around me, gawked at all the unpacked boxes, and groaned. I had forgotten the unpacking. “Yeah, I was going to work on that yesterday, but Annie and I went out
“I do think about them, Sean,” I murmured. “Sometimes the big things are worth the risk.” Hugging him tightly, I rubbed my nose against his shirt. “I love you, Sean. You see that right?”
“Yeah, Dia. Love you, too, snot and all,” he snorted.
“Ewwww…okay sorry.” I pulled back. “As much as I loved our heart to heart, I really need to pee now," I squirmed.
I jumped up and dashed to the toilet, before proceeding to lock myself in for the next several minutes. After doing all that needed done in the bathroom and eating a few paracetamol, I moved back into the other room of my flat.
“Okay, I’m going to grab some clothes and take a shower, Sean. Hey, not to be creeping out on you or anything, but how was I changed last night? I didn’t go out in jammies.”
He began to rub the back of his neck, looking more uncomfortable than I had ever seen him. “Yeah, well I kind of changed you.”
“OH. MY. GOD. You did not.” I was mortified. I didn’t know what reply I’d been expecting. Possibly that he waved a magic wand or something. Even that I had changed myself and didn’t remember. I could not cope with my brother seeing me naked.
“Hey, don’t worry I didn’t see anything.” He squirmed. “I put the t-shirt over what you were wearing then unzipped that thing you had on and pulled it down. Seriously, Dia, something a guy never wants to see is his sister sans clothes. I might have thrown up a little in my mouth trying to undress you. I almost left you in that thing.”
After an all over shudder, I held out a pinkie. “Okay, let’s promise to never speak of this again, alright? I may need therapy now…”
“You and me both,” he muttered. Louder he said, “Deal.”
He grabbed my pinkie and we tugged three times before releasing our sacred digits. Pinkie swears between siblings are unbreakable.
Grabbing a clean pair of jeans and a t-shirt, I stuffed my underwear underneath it all and made my way back toward the bathroom. “I’ll be out in like ten minutes, then we can talk.”
“Yeah right,” he said while he pulled his mobile out. “No woman has ever been in and out of a shower in ten minutes.”
“There’s coffee and food in the kitchen if you want," I told him, ignoring his remark.
I left him to his phone and ran into the bathroom so I could jump in the shower. I scrubbed furiously to get the morning after funk off. Not to mention scoured the idea of my big brother putting me to bed out of my mind. Twenty minutes later, I made my way over to the countertop where Sean sat drinking a cup of coffee. He had set toast and juice out for me and had a mug waiting if I wanted something hot.
“Hey thanks, brother mine.” I grabbed some toast and spread marmalade across one side of it. “So what are the plans for today?”
“First off,” he said as he put his phone away. “There were no reports of a fight last night where you were, so no arrests or injuries. That’s good and bad. It means we don’t have the bad guy but your hero wasn’t laying stabbed in the street either. I asked a couple of the guys on the beat to go check the alley out for me. We’ll need to wait and see if they find anything. Now, for the fun part,” he grinned boyishly. “I’ve got the day off. I was originally planning on calling you and seeing if you wanted to go out to mum and dad's for lunch. After seeing the state of this place, I imagine you need more help here.”
I looked around me, gawked at all the unpacked boxes, and groaned. I had forgotten the unpacking. “Yeah, I was going to work on that yesterday, but Annie and I went out
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