“Still sleeping with Mr. Bear next to you Casey?” He asked.
“You know that it calms me down, dummy!” Answered his sister with a pouty face.
Casey had trouble sleeping after the event that changed their lives, some nights there was no problem but tonight she woke up to another one of those horrible dreams.
Jake flipped open his blanket and nodded to her, his bed was big enough for two people.
Casey sat Mr. Bear next to them on the nightstand and slipped into the bed, once in she pulled herself close to her brother. An arm around his neck and her head on his chest, her breasts pushed against his side as she comforted herself.
“Thank you Jake, I love you.”
He threw the blanket back over them and softly stroked his sister’s hair.
“You know, I really like your new look Sis.”
She smiled. “Glad to hear it, you should have heard Dad about it when he saw me for the first time.”
“Dad’s an asshole, he left Mom for some skinny younger bitch. He has no right to judge your appearance, especially not after all those stunts he pulled.
“… So, what do you like about my look?”
“It makes you look… Mysterious… Sexy… Cute… Tough… Smart… It just looks like… Like you I guess!”
Casey started to giggle. “Are you trying to seduce me with those words little brother? But yeah, I’m glad I went through with it, I finally feel like myself. The generic Casey went out the door and the real me came out!”
They both laughed softly.
“So what made you decide to come back last month?” Asked Jake.
“I thought you already knew?”
“I heard it from Mom, but I rather hear it from the source herself. You know Mom doesn’t like talking about anything that involves Dad, so I guess I got a half-baked version from her.”
“Well the truth is I… I just missed home, and I mean my real home. You know I get along well with Dad but after these five years it just felt like it was time to return… Home. My studies were finished and I work as a freelance, I told Dad one day and he was fine with it, and so, here I am again.”
“And you really missed us…” Added Jake.
“Yes… I missed you all so much. Probably the biggest reason I wanted to go back.”
They grew silent for a little while, just listening to their soft breathing.
“Casey… About that whole avoiding me thing when you returned… What was that all about?” He asked with a soothing voice. He then felt his sister holding onto him tighter.
“I… I’m sorry for that… I was confused at the time, conflicted with myself… I thought… I thought you would have changed in those five years that we were separated. I was afraid that you would be different, that you had forgotten about me and moved on… So… I tried to lock myself away from you… But after that night I… I…”
Jake could feel his sister’s tears drip onto his bare chest, he then gently pulled her up so that they were face-to-face. He looked deep into her teary eyes. “I’ve never changed Casey, and especially not for you. I was so happy when you came back into my life. I had missed you as much as you had missed me, Casey… We are back together finally and I never want to separate with you again.”