Family Ties S1E1
Nat and Georgia. My two best friends. They’re also my cousins. We grew up together, did everything together, we’re practically siblings. Four years ago, I left for college. Nat didn’t handle it well. She got into bad company and ended up getting shipped off to a boarding school which was basically jail. Only her mom was allowed to visit her once a week. When I came back to town, I found an eighteen year old Georgia barely holding it together. The character difference was the only thing stopping her from following a similar path to her sister, Nat. Today, Nat was returning home and I am finally going to see her after four years.
I knock on Aunt Lucie’s front door and when she opens up, I step into her house. She shuts the door behind us and when I turn to face her, she takes my hands in hers, squeezing gently. “I feel like I’m finally able to breathe again, Josh. The divorce, Nat’s case, Georgia’s loneliness, I felt like I had no control over anything,” she says. I watch her silently as she wipes away a tear rolling down her cheek. She takes a deep breath before looking up at me. “I’m glad you’re back. I’m glad all of you are back. Things can finally become…somewhat normal again. I’m going to be with you mom today and tonight as well, Josh. Have fun, all three of you,” she says before hugging me amd leaving the house. I take a deep breath before stepping into the living room. I look up the staircase and call out, “Last to come down is a wuss!” Moments later, there she is. Nat. Just the way she looked four years back when I left. But so much more mature now. She stands frozen to the seconf floor, her mouth agape. Tears fill her eyes. Then, she races down the stairs. She almost knocks me over as she throws herself onto me. I return her embrace, so glad to finally hold her again. She hugs me feircely, her nails digging into my shoulders as she buries her face in my chest, sobbing silently. Georgia steps us behind her, smiling. “You didn’t tell me he was coming today,” Nat says as she looks up at me. When I look into her tear filled eyes, my heart wrenches. “Well then it wouldn’t have been a surprise now, would it?” Georgia replies with a smirk. “She does have a point,” I say and Nat breaks into a giggle as she buries her head back into my chest. “I didn’t even know you were back in town,” she says, her words muffled. I open up my right arm and Georgia joins the hug. My heart warms as I hold the two girls close, just as I used to all these years. We stand there like that for a long time before Georgia breaks the silence. “If we’re all done, can we go get ice cream?” she asks.
The days goes by with ice cream, walking by the beach and cycling. Everything seemed to be back to normal, as though the last four years hadn’t happened. It felt nice and light. As night falls, the three of us head back home. “I’m exhausted. I’m going to bed,” Georgia says as she trudges up the stairs. Nat and I flop onto the couch in the living room. She grabs the TV remote and starts going through channels. I watch her silently. She catches me looking and turns to face me. “What?” she asks. I release a deep breath and say, “I’m glad to see you, Nat. It feels like ages since we saw each other last.” She smiles and nods. “It does, doesn’t it?” she replies. Her eyes fall onto the floor. I watch her in silence. Then, I break the silence with a question, “Stop holding back, Nat. What’s on your mind?” Nat’s breathing falters. Her bottom lip quivers. Then, she breaks down. I hold her tightly as she sobs on my chest, her shoulders shaking. I rest my chin on her head. “Its okay, I got you,” I whisper. She takes deep breaths as she slowly calms herself. “Why did you leave town like that? I was struggling without you,” she whispers, her voice shaky. My heart twists. It pains me to see Nat like this. It always has, “I’m sorry…” I whisper but she cuts me off, “After you left, Mom and Dad fought every single day. Things would break, doors would slam, screaming, yelling. Georgia and I were miserable. I started staying out more to escape all this, That’s when I…” she stops. I wait silently. “I met the wrong people. I became… horrible, Josh. I hurt Georgia. I skipped school. I blocked you online and when your mother tried to reach out to me, I spoke… words I shouldn’t have,” she says. “I tried calling you many times, Nat. I didn’t know you blocked me. Georgia said you were in a tough spot. I should have come back…” I say regretfully. “Georgia tried to get me to talk to you once. I-I hit her,” Nat admits, tears rolling down her cheeks. She sits by my side in silnce, deep in thought. “What was the case? That got you shipped off,” I ask. “My mom didn’t tell you?” Nat asks. “She wanted to but I wanted to hear it from you,” I say. Nat looks away. She takes a deep breath before saying, “The cops found drugs on me during a random spot check one night.” Then, silence. I process everything she had told me. While I was in college, living my life, Nat and Georgia were here in misery. I should have came back every now and then. But I just assumed they could handle everything. The underlying cause for everything the girls had been through was me and no one could change my mind about it. Nat looks back up at me and we lock eyes. “I’m so sorry, Nat. Its all my fault,” I say. Nat arches her brows. “How?” she asks. I take deep breath before saying, “I should have come back every now and then. Should have tried to reach out to you harder. I shouldn’t have left you all alone.” Nat’s lip quivers again as she starts sobbing. My heart breaks. She punches my arm, hard as she cries, “Yes! You should have!” She punches me repeatedly and I remain still, letting her punch. Tears well up in my eyes as I see her in this state. “You’re all I had, all I have! Didn’t you know? How could you just leave us like that!?” Nat cries. I pull her into a tight hug and she doesn’t resist. I hold her close as she sobs on my shoulder. I try to hold my tears back but hearing her sobs makes it hard for me. “The two of you mean the world to me, Nat. I’m sorry. I really am,” I say in a low whisper. Nat starts to calm down as her sobs grow softer. She takes a deep breath before pulling away. Still in my arms, she looks into my eyes. We hold that gaze. Nat had grown up to be this beautiful girl. Even through her tear stricken eyes, I could see that light in her that always amazed me. Time grows still around us as all I can see is her. I hear her heavy breathing. “I-“ she starts but something takes control of me. I press my lips to hers in a gentle kiss. She’s stunned at first. But instinctively, her lips move and we kiss, softly, passionately. We slowly stop and I pull away, breaking the kiss. “Fuck! I’m so sorry. I don’t know what got over me,” I say as I panic. I just kissed my cousin! Nat pulls me back, pressing her lips to mine. Her kisses are desperate and fervent. Something blocks my rationale thoughts and all I can think of is her, I return her kisses with equal fervor as she lays down on the couch with me on top of her. We kiss deeply, her soft moans filling my ears. “I want you,” she whispers as she breaks the kiss. “What?” I ask. She kisses me again, her tongue dancing in my mouth as she tugs at my T-shirt. I take it off and drop it to the floor. Her fingers roam my toned body as I cup her face in my hands, kissing her passionately. She pulls away from lips and starts pressing soft kisses on my neck. I hold her head close, closing my eyes as I smile. “Nat…” I whisper as desire flares in me. She plants a trail of kisses down my chest and abdomen till she reaches my pants. “Take it off,” she whispers. I look down at her and I see something new in her eyes…desire. I comply, taking off my pants as she takes off her top. She drops her black bra to the floor as well, baring her petite breasts. Nat isn’t my little cousin anymore. She’s a woman and I see that now. “They’re beautiful…you’re beautiful…” I whisper. Nat cups my hardened shft under my boxers, kneading it. I let out a soft gasp. She tugs at my wistband and I remove my boxers. Her eyes widen when she sees my erect cock, inches away from her face. “I never thought you’d be this big,” she whispers. I smirk. “We’ve both grown up apparently,” I say. When Nat strokes my shaft, it was a whole new feeling. I’ve hooked up with random girls in college before. But this… watching the girl who means so much to you, who you love with all your heart, taking your pleasure into her hands…its something else. She strokes my cock gently and I tuck a strand of her hair behind her ear. She looks up at me, into my eyes and we both sense each other’s desires. My heart races with anticipation as she slowly takes me in her mouth. I instantly throw my head back, letting out a soft gasp as my hard cock enters her wet and warm mouth. She sucks me like a pro but I don’t stop her to ask why. Pleasure overwhelms me as her head bobs up and down, her saliva dribbling down my cock. I hold her head, running my fingers through her hair as my vision goes hazy. “Fuck…” I groan. When she pulls my cock out of her mouth with a ‘plop’ sound, she locks eyes with me, breathing hard. I grab her chin and pull her into a sloppy kiss as I undo her shorts. I toss them aside and before I know it, I’m in her. Nat’s surpressed moans spur me on as I fuck her on the couch. She wraps her legs around my waist, moaning in my ears as I nibble on her neck. I move fast and deep, giving her my all. She digs her nails into my ass, pulling me deeper into her. “Yes…harder, Josh. Please….” she begs and I comply, groaning as I fuck her harder. My cock goes deep in her and her eyes roll up as she breaks into an ecstatic smile, moaning and urging me on. “Fuck… Nat… I’m gonna cum,” I say. She looks into my eyes, panic and desire dancing side by side in them. I press my lips to hers as I release inside her. She lets out a moan of satisfaction as my hot semen fills her. I pump my hips as I groan with the overwhelming orgasm, Our lips never part and when I slowly pull out of her, my semen drips out of her swollen lips. “What… did we just do?” she asks me in a shaky voice. I cup her cheek. “We made love,” I say.
