Halloween -

I didn't really get over the brother-sister thing. Mari and Belle had their little girl chat, and after Mari went home, Belle and I sat down and had our own talk. But it was the same conversation we'd already had before, with me thinking of her as my little sister and her thinking of me as her hunky unrelated step-brother. Her dad came home early and we were behind on making dinner, so we never actually finished the conversation. And after dinner I went back to my own house.

Word of Mari's boldness traveled fast.

Alice was waiting for me and Belle at the parking lot and came over to us as soon as we stepped onto the curb. Literally, the first words out of her mouth were, “Is it true Mari let you suck on her boobs while giving you a hand job until you came on your belly?"

I blinked twice and Looked around to make sure nobody else was nearby.

Other people were walking in from the parking lot, so I quickly grabbed

Alice by the elbow and pulled her toward a quiet corner where I could at least have my back to a wall and see if anyone was eavesdropping, and Belle followed.

“Can we not have these conversations out in public?" I hissed.

Belle drawled, "Did you wanna do it next or something?"

“What? Eww!" Alice made a stink face. "I just wanted confirmation because doing that is the LAST thing I ever thought Mari would do.“

“Well, not the LAST thing," Belle snarked.

Alice rolled her eyes. "I'm being serious. When has Mari ever been the first to do anything with Matty? Not even Neevie or Sam have gotten him off yet."

Belle sighed and rubbed her forehead.

“Can we not have this conversation?"

“Fine, fine, let's get to class," Alice conceded. "But you know this won't be the end of it. The others are all gonna wanna do the same. You know, so we're all still ‘in balance’." Alice finished the last phrase miming air quotes.

I frowned.

“Didn't you just say you wouldn‘t want to do that?"

Alice looked at me like I'd grown a horn out of my forehead. "No, eww!

I mess around with you because it makes ME feel hot and sexy. I mean, I

AM a little curious about you sucking on my titties. But I don't actually want your yucky sperm on my hand or anything like that.

Like... Eww! But you know Sam and Neevie are gonna be all over that."

Belle grumbled, “It's not exactly ‘still in balance' if only two or three of us can do something."

Alice furrowed her eyebrows and gave Belle an agreeable Look. "That's a good point. We should take it up with Sam.”

“Well can we do it at home?" I complained. "I really don't Like having this conversation out in the open."

“Fine, fine." Alice held up her hands defensively and started walking.