T-shirt bunched up around her neck and grunted out my release as well, feeling the overwhelming relief of pressure as my cock was spewing out gobs of cum deep into her body.

We lay there for a few moments, panting and trying to come to terms with what we had done. And then E-Beth grunted.

“Oof, you're getting heavy."

"Oh, right." I rolled off and onto the bed next to her.

She retrieved a box of tissues and began to dab at the leakage coming out of her. She handed me a couple and I cleaned myself off. Then I pulled my shorts and pants back up and zippered myself closed. E-Beth was fixing her bra and getting her panties straightened out as well.

For some reason, the worrisome tension between us was gone, released along with our climaxes. E-Beth quickly Leaned over and pecked me on the mouth.

“That was fun.”

“It was." I was already replaying the quickie in my head.

“We going to be okay?" she asked me. Our eyes bored into each other, looking for any sign of regret. There wasn't any.

"Yeah. Still friends?”

“Absolutely.” E-Beth visibly relaxed when it was clear I wasn't going to push her to get back together.

“Hey, if I ever get... you know... an itch that needs to be scratched..."

I grinned. "Hey, gimme a call."

The Sisters --

FALL QUARTER, JUNIOR YEAR (September 2000)

Friends. I could handle being friends.

For some reason, having sex with E-Beth gave me closure with her. I'd subconsciously spent the entire summer with her in the back of my head, wondering how we would act around her when we met up again at school.

Now I knew. And I knew we could be friends.

I grinned. Maybe friends with benefits from time to time... but friends. We weren't meant to be together. Not now, at least. I'd been there for her as she grew up into a full-fledged woman and gained her confidence. But that was the end of our destiny. I couldn't tie her down to me, even though she might have stayed with me out of obligation. It wasn't right. Just Like Monica belonged to someone else,

E-Beth had her Mr. Right out there somewhere else.

I only hoped we didn't grow apart like Monica and I had done. At least

E-Beth would still be at the same school, close by.

In the evening, I dropped by Kevin and Jen's place for dinner. We managed to chat about school for at least three minutes before Jen started peppering me with questions about E-Beth

I specifically avoided mentioning the sex, but I managed to communicate that everything was good between E-Beth and me. Of course, Jen couldn't let me off without a twenty-minute interrogation, and pretty much everything came out eventually.

“Dude! Even when you're not trying you manage to get laid," Kevin chuckled.