Take Your Time by Sophie Stern

Author:Sophie Stern [Stern, Sophie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-04-13T23:00:00+00:00

9

Melody

After the bath, we make hot cocoa and sit around the fire talking. As it turns out, Keagan and Eli don’t just rescue women and bring them to their cabin every night. In fact, this isn’t their usual residence: it’s their weekend cabin.

“We actually live in Morris,” Eli says.

“You live together?”

“We do,” he answers, sipping his cocoa. His has extra marshmallows in it, which is kind of adorable.

“Are you twins?”

“Keagan’s older.”

“A lot older,” Keagan throws in.

“A little older,” Eli clarifies. “When we were kids, we always said we wanted to be roommates and best friends when we grew up.”

“And you made it happen,” I say, a little impressed. “That’s incredible. I wish I had that relationship with my sister.”

“You two aren’t close?” Keagan asks.

“No. After today, I’m pretty sure our relationship is over.”

“What happened?” Eli sets his hot cocoa down and pulls me into his lap. I seem to be spending a lot of time in laps today, but I don’t mind.

I know that whatever happens between us is just for the weekend. I know this isn’t a permanent relationship. It’s not an offer of true love or romance or anything that’s going to last forever, but maybe that’s why I’m so comfortable.

Our playing around has a deadline: the end of the snowstorm. When the roads are clear, I’m going to be on my merry way back to Morris and I’ll never see Eli or Keagan again. That’s fine. It’s totally fine.

But there’s a little part of me that loves how I feel around them so much that I don’t want it to end. There’s a little part of me that kind of wishes this could last forever.

I don’t really want to talk about my sister right now. I don’t really want to ruin this beautiful moment we’re sharing, but what’s the harm? I’m never going to see them again and maybe they’ll actually be able to give me some good advice. Maybe they’ll be able to understand why I did what I did. Maybe they won’t think I’m a complete bitch.

Even if they do, I can just book it when the storm ends. It has to end soon, right?

“I went to this family reunion today,” I begin. “You have to understand that my family doesn’t like me.”

“How could they not like you?” Eli asks. “You’re amazing.”

“I’m also fat,” I say. Then I hold up a hand before Keagan can speak. “And no talk about spankings. It’s just a fact. I’m not putting myself down. I’m bigger than they are and they don’t like it.”

“They’re fucking idiots,” Keagan growls, but he doesn’t move to pull me over his knee, so even though I kind of hoped he would, I keep talking.

“My mom is really thin. So is my dad. So is my sister. I shouldn’t have gone to the reunion at all. I didn’t want to go, but I felt like I should. I don’t know why I’ve always felt like I owed my parents. They don’t like me and it’s pretty obvious.

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