Chapter 2: I’ll Be Home For Christmas

I didn’t sleep much. I often don’t, when I’m in a new place. And the pull-out couch was not comfortable. It needed another few inches of mattress. Or something. And whenever I did close my eyes, all I could see was a smiling face, with big bright brown eyes, and a long ponytail. So I was already awake when I heard the bedroom door open, and then heard someone go into the bathroom. I glanced at my cellphone to check the time, and found that it was just after 7:00. A few minutes later, when the bathroom door opened, I expected whoever it was to go back to bed, since it was still fairly early for a Sunday. But instead I saw a young girl, with the same brown hair as Jessica had, pad lightly into the kitchen. She was wearing a white t-shirt and baby blue underwear. I knew she was underage, but I couldn’t help looking. Her pale legs seemed to go up for miles. And the t-shirt was short enough that the bottom of her cheeks was covered only by her panties. She stayed in the kitchen for a few minutes, where I heard water running and cupboards being opened, and then padded back into the bedroom without looking my way.

A few minutes later I could smell the second most heavenly smell in the world - fresh coffee brewing. I got up then myself, and went into the bathroom, and emptied my bladder, then went back out and pulled on the jeans I’d been wearing the day before. I didn’t want to be caught wearing only my boxers if either of the girls came back out in their underwear, as I was sure my reaction would be obvious enough to embarrass myself as well as them.

Just after I got zipped up, Jessica appeared, in a t-shirt and yoga pants. She was followed by her sister, who had also pulled on some yoga pants, and after giving me a good morning hug she introduced us. “Alex, this is my sister Katelyn. You can call her that, or Kate, or Katie. Kate, this is my new friend Alex, who I’ve been telling you about.”

Katelyn was easily one of the most beautiful teenagers I have ever met. She looked much like her sister - they had the same hair, and the same eyes - but her features were softer, somehow. Where Jessica was cute, Katelyn was stunning. Her breasts were smaller than her sister’s, but otherwise they were about the same size, and looked like they could get away with wearing each other’s clothes.

Katelyn surprised me by stepping forward and giving me a hug, and saying how nice it was to meet me. Then she asked about coffee, and smiled at the urgency in my voice as I replied. She headed for the kitchen and soon came back with three mugs, plus milk and sugar, and we sat at the dinette table and silently sipped the hot nectar of the gods.

Jessica was the first one to speak.

“Alex, we need to talk about plans. You said your car wouldn’t be ready till after Christmas. I know you can get a rental, if you want to, but what are you thinking of doing? Do you want to keep travelling with a rental, then come back through here when your car is done? Or would you stay here for Christmas, now that you’re stuck here?”

“I don’t know,” I said. “I thought about it a bit in the night. I didn’t really have firm plans to go anywhere - I just didn’t want to be at home. So I got in the car and started driving. I’ve been trying to decide whether to stay close to here until the car’s ready, or to go exploring. And I don’t know what to do.”

“Well, here’s something to help you decide, maybe. We’ve talked, Katie and I, and we would both be very happy if you would stay here with us for Christmas. We don’t have much to offer, either in terms of space or in terms of a celebration. But I don’t like the thoughts of you being alone for Christmas. So we’d love to have you here, with us, as our guest.”

I wasn’t expecting that. When I’d been invited home last night, I thought it was just for the night. Sure, we’d talk in the morning, but then I’d be on my way. Now I had an offer to stay for a few days.

I took another sip of coffee. Pros and cons. I was planning to be alone. But that was because I had no other offers that were really worth considering. Now I had one. Christmas with two gorgeous young girls. It was tempting. Course, one was off limits: jailbait, and I’d promised Jessica I wouldn’t molest Katelyn. And from what Jessica had said last night, she was off limits too. But even a few days of non-sexual time with these two had to be better than being alone.

Before I could speak, Katelyn chimed in.

“Alex, Jess woke me up last night when she got home, and we talked for a bit. She told me lots about you. And I’d like to get to know you a bit better. Please, stay and have Christmas with us?”

How could I resist?

“Thank you both. I’d love to stay.”

Jessica smiled, and Katelyn actually giggled.

“Well, here’s the plan so far. I have to work today, from 11:00 until closing. We close early, though - I’ll be done at 4:00. Katelyn has some grocery shopping to do today for tomorrow, right, Kate? Tonight, we will go to church, if that’s ok with you, then come home and have some munchies before bed. Then in the morning we will get up and exchange some gifts. We don’t give each other much, but it’s fun to do something. Katelyn is our chef - she’ll make something yummy for us all to eat after presents, as a brunch, and then she will make something for dinner, likely in the late afternoon. We usually just have two real meals on Christmas.”

“You’re off tomorrow?”

“Yes, all day tomorrow and all day Boxing Day. John won’t open up again till Wednesday.”

“That all sounds great. Of course, you would have to agree that I can buy you each a gift.”

Jessica frowned.

“But we don’t have a gift for you,” she explained.

“You’ve already given me a great gift,” I responded, to looks of confusion from both of them. “You’ve made me part of your family for the holidays. That’s all the gift I need from you.”

Katelyn teared up a bit, and Jessica got up and gave me a hug and a kiss on the cheek, then went and hugged her sister.

“Fine,” she said. “You can buy us each a gift. But no going overboard like you did last night. I don’t want you running yourself into debt spending money on us.”

“Agreed,” I said, though I had no intention whatsoever of keeping that promise. Well, I could at least agree not to go into debt for them. That wouldn’t be a problem.

Katelyn got up then, and made us breakfast. Scrambled eggs and toast. I don’t know what she put in the eggs. They were divine. As we ate, we firmed up the plans for the day, agreeing that we would all get showered and dressed, then we would all take a cab to the closest car rental place. I wanted a car for going shopping with, and in case anything else came up. Katelyn and I would drop Jessica off at work, then we would go and get groceries, and then Katelyn would show me where the closest mall was.

So, with plans made, we got up from the table and started getting cleaned up. Jessica and I cleared the table while Kate showered, then Jessica took her turn. While they dressed, I ran a razor over my face and showered as well. The water was tepid - not sure if that was normal, or the result of three showers. But in any case it made it easier to shower quickly. By 9:30 we were dressed and out the door, and walked the ten or so blocks into town to the local Budget office. I arranged for a car, and then we drove down to drop Jessica off, and then Katelyn and I carried on to brave the supermarket.