My Brother, My Lover Ch. 09

"What? Amber quit?" Rebecca asked David as he drove her home.

"Yeah. She started saying some really bad shit about Callie and I just told her how I feel about her. She got pissed off and just quit on the spot."

Rebecca laughed hysterically. "Oh my god cus! That is crazy! What was she saying about Callie?"

"Ugh she was saying that Callie and Nathan are lovers!"

Rebecca's eyes widened. "What? Lovers? That's so sick!"

David nodded. "Yeah I know. Only someone like Amber would make that shit up."

Rebecca reclined back on the passenger's seat. She felt bad for saying that incest was sick; after all she'd had a taste of incest herself. Long ago when she was about 12 or so, she and David had made out in her closet playing house. It had been her first kiss but she'd always looked at it as just an experimental thing. She wondered if it was just an innocent kiss why had she never forgotten it?

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"Mom?" Callie called out softly stroking her mother's hair.

Gloria's eyes fluttered as she woke up. "Callie?"

"Yes Mom how are you feeling?"

Gloria opened her eyes. She still looked sad and worried. "I'm better I suppose. What time is it?"

Callie looked at her watch. "It's almost eleven at night. You've been asleep for a while."

Gloria looked away. "Yes I thought I'd wake up and realized what had happened was just a nightmare. I guess it wasn't."

Callie's eyes were starting to fill with tears. Don't cry, she'll only worry more.

"I'm sorry Mom. Look I'm going to stop seeing Nathan. I don't want to hurt you anymore."

Gloria's eyes lit up. "Really? Oh Callie that's the best decision you can make. Honey it's for the best."

Then why do I feel so rotten? Callie asked herself silently.

"Let me take you up to your room. Dad's already asleep. I'm going to stay the night here."

Gloria slowly got up. She felt weak and dizzy. Callie held on to her as they walked upstairs slowly. Callie's intentions were to mend her mother's broken heart and she had to do whatever it took to do that. Even if that meant not being with the man she loved.

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Nathan woke up the next day feeling somber and lonely. He reached over to hopefully feel Callie's small warm body next to him but it was useless. She was gone. He'd cried quite a bit last night. He rolled over and could still smell Callie on his sheets. It'd only been one night without her and he was already yearning for her. He never knew he could miss someone so much. Damnit! Why did she have such a hold on him!

Nathan made himself get up. He had no intentions of going to work today. He wanted to just go and visit his parents and Callie. A few minutes later her found himself calling in to work. It was going to be tough, but he was going to go to his parent's house. If anything to make sure his mother was OK and to talk to her. He needed to explain everything to her. Make her understand that his and Callie's relationship was real. Something special.

Callie had been awakened by the sound of her parents talking in the hallway. They seemed to be acting as if everything was back to normal. She only wished things were back to the way they were a few days ago. But in a way she was glad her relationship with Nathan had been revealed.

Callie called into work leaving the message through the answering service for the school. She wouldn't be able to go to work feeling so sad. She missed Nathan immensely. Closing her eyes she could still see his face and feel his touch. Oh god how she missed his touch! Ok Callie stop it! Your mother is ill and you're not going to hurt her anymore.

Callie heard her father leave to work. He probably didn't know anything, yet.

"Mom?" Callie asked walking into the kitchen.

Gloria was sitting on the table reading the newspaper as she sipped her morning coffee. She looked up and saw her little girl. She remembered Callie once being so innocent. Now after discovering she had a relationship with her own brother, she had no idea what to think. Either way, she loved her daughter no matter what. Callie and Nathan were her only two children and she wasn't going to let anyone, especially some stranger change how much she loved them.

"Hi sweetheart. Come on and join me here. I was just catching up on the latest news here. Feel free to get some coffee or do you want me to fix you up something for breakfast?"

Callie was seeing signs of her mother returning to normal once again. "No Mom but thank you. I'll just read here with you. Did you sleep OK?"

Gloria nodded. "Yes I did. I feel much better today too. How are you feeling?"

Callie hesitated to answer that. "I'm fine."

Gloria knew her daughter was lying to her. Callie sat in silence mostly feeling her mother's eyes on her. Gloria wondered how hard all this was on her daughter. She just had to make Callie understand that an incestuous love was a sin and wrong. As much as her daughter was hurting, it was for her own good.

Nathan felt his heart race as he drove to his parents' house. He was thinking of what to say to his mother. He had to be careful about the things he'd say around her. She was in a vulnerable state right now.

Gloria was starting to wash dishes. "Mom! No go sit down. You need to take it easy right now."

Gloria smiled sweetly at her daughter. "It's ok Callie. I'm capable of washing dishes."

Callie was about to speak when she heard the doorbell. "I'll get that Mom."

She scurried over to the door and her heart skipped a beat seeing Nathan standing there. Their eyes locked for a moment. They didn't need words or actions to show the world their love for one another.

"Hey, how are you?" Nathan asked softly wanting to put his arms around her.

Callie's breath grew short for a moment. "I-I'm fine. What are you doing here? I told you that it's not safe right now."

Nathan looked down. "I wanted to see how Mom was, and I wanted to see you."

"I'm sorry, but you have to leave. Mom might not take this visit so well."

"Callie, I-"

"Callie? Who is it?" Gloria asked walking in the living room.

It was too late. Callie felt her body weaken as her mother saw Nathan.

Gloria stood there frozen. She had to now face up to her son.

Nathan's sad eyes were fixed on his mother. "Hi Mom." He said slowly.

"Nathan. Hello. Uh why don't you go ahead and come in," Gloria said nervously.

Callie wanted to just leave the room. Nathan walked past her, his eyes never leaving hers.

The three of them sat in the living room. It was silence at first. An uncomfortable silence. Callie kept her eyes on the ground and finally Nathan was first to speak.

"Mom, are you feeling OK?"

Gloria shrugged. "Well physically yes, emotionally no. Nathan what is going on?"

Nathan looked at Callie who still had her faced turned away. "Well Mom I'm in love with Callie and she's in love with me."

Gloria got up immediately frustrated. "Oh for Christ sakes! Nathan you are brother and sister! This kind of love cannot exist!"

Nathan felt his mother's angry words cut through him. "Mom, it does exist. I'm sorry. Neither one of us meant to hurt you."

"How am I supposed to feel? Honey, you and your sister cannot ever have children together."

Nathan felt Callie look up at him now. The thought of even having a child with Nathan had always excited Callie. Nathan always pictured his sister's belly so swollen as she carried his baby. He'd done some research and in a lot of incest relationships the babies are usually born healthy.

"Mom, the conversation of children has not ever come up. At the moment I just want to be with Callie. I love her."

"Sweetheart please try and understand that this relationship is wrong! It's immoral!"

"Says who? I don't feel that way. I've never been happier with any other girl than I have been with Callie."

"You were happy with Amy," Gloria dared to say.

Callie didn't need to hear that. "Mom please don't bring up the past. Amy was someone else. I don't love her. She's a friend and that's it," Nathan argued.

"Look," Callie blurted out as she stood up, "Nathan I already told her I'm not going to continue this relationship with you. Please, you already said how you feel but just go. I don't want Mom hurt more than she already is."

Nathan stared deeply at Callie. Her sweet voice cracked as if she wanted to cry. Nathan knew Callie still loved him. It was probably just for the best if he left.

"Ok I'm leaving." Nathan stood up as Callie began to cry.

"Mom, I'm sorry. I just had to come speak to you about my feelings for Callie. I never meant to hurt you."

Gloria put her arms around her son. He'd been so brave to talk to her. She could never hate him no matter what. She was just doing this for his own well being. In the long run his love for Callie would hurt so many people.

"Bye sweetie."

Nathan stared at Callie. Her eyes met his. He wanted to just pick her up and kidnap her to take her away from this pain she was going through. Callie wanted to runaway with Nathan. Somewhere far away where no one knew them. Somewhere that they could be together as lovers the way they should be.

Callie watched her brother leave. Her mother stood behind her putting her arm around her. Callie began to sob quietly trying not to but it was impossible to not want to cry. She watched her lover leave. How was she ever going to go on with her life again?