Chapter 1

When the charter bus from Camp Wikinoki finally pulled into the school parking lot, Molly looked at her twin brother Jacob who was licking his lips. He had a spray of colorful wild flowers in his fist. She knew they each loved Camden in their own way, so the six weeks she'd spent away as a senior camp counselor had been hard on them both.

"Why am I so nervous?" Jacob whispered.

"Six weeks of pent up sexual frustration?" Molly whispered back with a raised eyebrow. When he blushed she asked, "Don't tell me you cheated? Her instructions were very specific when she left."

"It would have been easier if you hadn't spent the whole time out at our pool in that black bikini. I swear you outgrew it in eighth grade." He gave her a dirty look.

She glared back. "Who kept walking around naked every morning?"

"Who cares? We made it," he sighed. "And there she is."

Molly's smile faded when she saw Camden's downcast eyes.

Camden seemed to be hiding behind the duffle bag she carried in her arms. When she glanced up to find Molly and Jacob, her lips grew thin as she pressed them together. "Hey," she said with a listless tone.

Jacob didn't seem to notice as he threw his arms wide and pulled her into a laughing embrace. "Hey, Babe, I missed you so much."

Molly stepped up just in time to see Camden turn her face so his kiss fell on her cheek instead of her lips. "What's up?" Molly asked without touching her. She glanced at Jacob to see if he noticed Camden's hesitation. Her heart was pounding in her throat as she realized he hadn't yet.

"Just tired," Camden replied. Her quiet demeanor was a sharp contrast to the happy kids and other adult counselors storming off the bus to embrace family and friends.

Then Molly saw the hickey at the edge of the collar of her t-shirt. Her stomach clenched as she put her hand through her brother's arm. "Look at her neck," she whispered to Jacob.

Camden heard her and finally looked them in the eyes as she tugged her collar closer to conceal the mark of passion on her skin. Her face paled as her mouth soundlessly opened and shut.

"Cam?" Jacob asked in the hush, the flowers in his fist falling against his leg.

Her eyes grew shiny, then her mouth twisted. "And I suppose you both waited?"

The bald truth gutted Molly, but her first thought wasn't her own pain. "Let's go Jacob," Molly said, pulling at her brother. "Come on, let's go home." She had to get him out of here. He was going to be crushed when it sank in.

"We did wait," he whispered as he let Molly pull him away. "We waited for you."

Camden's face crumpled, but Molly's only thought was to get them away before she could hurt Jacob worse. She pushed her own pain away to focus on helping her brother and occasional lover.

That last year in school before college the three of them came together in an experimental relationship of sorts. Molly and Camden had been best friends since kindergarten and Jacob had always hung around them like a buzzing fly. After they grew up, Camden and Jacob began to develop feelings for each other at the same time Molly realized she was drawn to Camden as more than a friend.

In one crazy weekend they each lost their respective virginities to each other and spent six months growing closer. It had been heaven. While Molly and Jacob didn't really have romantic feelings for each other, their mutual affection for Camden brought them close enough to be together with her. Molly had only had sex with Jacob once in all that time, at Camden's request, in part to satisfy Molly's curiosity about sex with a man.

The fact that Camden had broken their trust tore at her heart. Molly got Jacob in their car, then got in to drive them home.

"Maybe she..." Jacob was staring out the windshield at the crowd. "Maybe it wasn't what you thought."

She pulled out of the parking space with her breath catching in her throat. "It was exactly what I thought. She was fucking around at camp. God damn it!"

Jacob sniffed and wiped his nose. "What the fuck? I thought ... I thought we really had something. What about our apartment near campus this fall?"

"We'll talk about it tomorrow. Right now I need..." Molly was still struggling to express what she needed when the traffic light changed to red forcing her to make an abrupt stop. "Fuck!"

When she beat the steering wheel, Jacob reached over and took her hand. "We'll be okay, right? You and me?"

She looked over at his pain filled eyes. "You'll always be my brother. And No one hurts my brother." He nodded and pinched his lips, pulling his emotions back with a breath.

The light changed and Molly stomped on the gas to speed the rest of the way home in silence. When they got to their house, Jacob hesitated as he got out of the car to stare down the street at Camden's house.

"Come on," Molly growled. Taking his hand, she pulled him towards the front door. "We need to hurry before Dad gets home."

Jacob followed her upstairs with a confused expression. She pulled him into her room, slammed the door behind them, then pushed her brother against it.

She pressed herself against him while her hands went around to grip his hair. Pulling his face down, she kissed him until he responded by putting his own hands around to grip her ass and pull her into his erection. Their teeth clicked as she devoured his lips, biting him hard enough to make him gasp in her mouth.

"Oh fuck," he murmured as she ripped his shirt open, buttons bouncing off on wood floor. Her hands pushed it off his broad shoulders and down his muscular arms.

"I want you to fuck me," she hissed in his mouth as she worked his belt open. "Fuck her out of me."

His answer was to push her shorts and panties down until they fell to her feet. When his pants were down past his hips, he lifted her up and held her ass in his hands while he turned to press her back against the door. In seconds her legs were around his waist as he pushed against her wetness.

She cried out her pain and lust as he forced her tender lips apart with his meaty shaft. Clutching his head, she kept their lips together while he drove himself inside her. The hollow wooden door creaked as they moved. Even the pain from the scraping wood felt good to her just then.

"Fuck her," Jacob panted, his anger stirring at last. "I hate her."

"Show me how much," Molly begged as she bit the cords on his neck. "Fuck me raw!"

With a shout he carried her to the bed without missing a stroke and dropped her back against the comforter. They had planned to bring Camden back here to welcome her home together. Jacob raised up and grabbed Molly's hips in a tight grip as he thrust harder, pinning her to the edge of the bed.

Molly cried out her orgasm, her first in a long time without Camden present. The paralyzing sensation made her back arch as she gripped the comforter in her fists. "Harder!"

Jacob growled again and dropped down to mash his lips against her mouth. She pulled against his back, demanding more as he slammed himself inside to strain out a low cry.

Molly knew he was close considering how long it had been for them both. His pulsing finish filled her with warmth as he overflowed her tight depth. She held him as he collapsed, her legs wrapping around his to hold him tight.

With his face buried between her neck and shoulder, she felt his hitching breath against her skin as he let out the pain Camden had inflicted.

"Shhh," Molly whispered as she mussed his hair. "It's gonna be okay."

The soreness and scrapes gave her something to focus on other than the pain she felt for herself and Jacob. They had both loved Camden and now it was over.

"We didn't use protection," Jacob whispered as Molly sat on the toilet in their shared bathroom. He was as naked as she was, staring at himself in the mirror while poking around his nose with his broad fingers.

"My period starts tomorrow or the next day," she said. "Besides, we both needed that."

"I thought you weren't into guys?" he teased with a sad smile.

"I'm not usually," she said as she wiped herself with a look of disgust. "Jeez, this is so gross. Your stuff just keeps leaking out." She took another bit of tissue from the roll and wiped again. "Oh, yeah, I'm definitely gay."

"I told you I'd waited," he grumbled at her complaint.

She barked a short laugh. "I need to shower to get the rest of you out of me." She got up and tossed her towel over the shower curtain rod.

"What about college? We have classes with her starting next month. Can we even afford the new apartment without her?" He sounded so lost it broke her heart and stirred her anger at Camden again.

"We can post a notice for a roommate online. And we'll make new friends, you'll see. College is gonna be great."

"Maybe we could talk to her?" he whispered looking in the mirror at Molly before she shut the shower curtain. "Hear what happened at camp. Maybe we could work this out somehow?"

"No," Molly growled. "Don't you even think about it. You remember how she got when you hung out with Melissa one time after that soccer game? You didn't even do anything and she torqued you for weeks about cheating on us."

He glanced down at his feet. "Maybe you're right." He didn't seem convinced.

She sighed and touched his back. "Look, you can do what you want, but no one hurts my brother like this. I'll never forgive her, whatever you do."

The next day was Sunday and Molly woke up with her uterus trying to push it's way out through her stomach. When she went to get an ibuprofen, she found Jacob's note on the bathroom mirror that he was going to work out with friends. She showered again, stuffed in a cotton plug, then left to go shopping for their new apartment near the campus.

Their father had co-signed the lease and agreed to pay it in their names, but he still expected them to pay him back for the rent each month. He wanted them to start getting a rental history, but he couldn't afford to cover the apartment rent and house mortgage on his income alone.

Molly knew her waitressing job would cover her share and Jacob made enough as a personal trainer at the fitness center near campus. They had been counting on Camden paying her share to cover the whole cost, but that wasn't going to be an option now.

After pulling into the bed and bath store parking lot, Molly grabbed her purse and the full shopping bags she'd brought before heading in to shop. The apartment had three bedrooms and two bathrooms, with a kitchen and a combination dining and living room. Before Camden had gone to camp, she and Molly had shopped like newlyweds, picking colors and designs that suited them both together.

Carrying the two large bags to the return counter, she dropped them with a huff and waited for someone to help her.

"Are you returning all this?" the woman asked. Molly noticed the short blonde haircut with blue tips and suppressed the grin she felt. She wasn't the first woman Molly felt a stirring attraction to, but it was the first time she'd felt it without feeling guilty.

"Yes," Molly said, looking away from her amber eyes. "For a store credit if you don't mind. The colors and designs don't really work anymore."

She began pulling the items from the bags, glancing up occasionally with a grin of her own. "That's a shame, I like some of these."

"There's nothing wrong with them. They're just..." She felt uncomfortable admitting why she didn't want to see Camden's touches around the apartment.

"I'm going out on a limb here." She scanned the items while she spoke, her pink tongue sticking out at the corner of her mouth. "Did you have a falling out with someone?"

Molly rolled her eyes and chuffed a laugh. "Is it that obvious?"

"Kinda." She scanned the last of the items and pulled a blank gift card from the stack near the register. "He was probably a jerk anyway." The way she said it implied the question she was really asking.

"Yes, she was." Their eyes met and Molly felt a tingling in her stomach. She glanced at the name tag over the woman's small breasts. "Thanks, Zoe."

Zoe had a twinkle in her eye as she flipped the gift card over and wrote something on the back with a sharpie. "If you ever want to get together to vent or something, text me." She handed the gift card over with a sly grin.

"Maybe I will," she said as she took the card, slipping her fingertips along Zoe's bright blue nails.

"I hope you do."

Molly backed away, feeling her face heat as the grin she'd been hiding forced it's way out. Being hit on was a wonderful lift after everything that had happened.

She grabbed a cart and made her way into the store to replace the items she'd returned. She needed towels for the bathroom and kitchen, shower mats, pot holders, and a dozen other little items. She decided to pick things that had bold colors and a more masculine feel she thought Jacob would appreciate.

Despite the ache in her heart, it didn't take her long to get into the spirit of shopping. As she moved from aisle to aisle to select her replacements she began to imagine a new future where she dated college women. Maybe even someone like Zoe, she thought as she made her way to the front of the store.

Zoe smiled when she saw Molly approaching and nodded to her short line of customers. Queuing up there, Molly watched as Zoe quickly checked out the people ahead of her. When her turn came, she began unloading the cart onto the conveyor belt.

"I like your taste," Zoe said as she handled each item before scanning it.

"Thanks," Molly said as she dug the store gift card out of her purse.

"Do you go to UCF?" she asked looking everywhere but at Molly.

"I do now," she said. "My brother and I are getting an apartment near campus and I'm decorating."

"Your brother doesn't mind?" Zoe raised an eyebrow.

Molly smirked. "What? The decorating or me being gay?" She tried to ignore the churning in her guts as her ibuprofen wore off.

Zoe laughed. "I haven't seen you around."

"I'm an incoming freshman. What about you?"

"Junior. There's gonna be a party on Friday if you're interested in hanging out with some friends of mine. It's a sorority thing, but anyone can come."

Molly wanted to, but it didn't feel right. "Look, I'm a bit of a wreck right nowâ€""

"Don't worry, it's not a date or anything." She brushed her blue tipped hair out of her eyes as a slight flush crept up her cheeks. "Call me if you want to go. You can even bring your brother if you want. It's a mixed crowd."

"Thanks again, Zoe. I promise I'll think about it."

As she left with her full bags she could almost feel Zoe's eyes on her ass. Yeah, I'll be thinking about it alright.

When Molly drove into her driveway she found Jacob and Camden standing in the front yard. The tension was evident, but she ignored them both as she got the bags from the back of the car.

"What can I do?" Camden begged Jacob. "I want to make this right."

Molly snorted to herself as she made her way to the front door.

"What's that supposed to mean?" Camden shouted, making Molly glance back at her former best friend. She rolled her eyes and entered the house without saying a word.

After she got inside, she put the bags next to the boxes they had packed and stored in the dining room. They couldn't move into the apartment until the following weekend so she and Jacob had been staging things there.

Just seeing Camden again made her guts twist and head pound. She took a deep breath, then went to her room to lie down. Before she could get comfortable, the front door slammed and Jacob ran up the stairs and slammed the door to his room. She wanted to comfort him, but he needed to work through things himself just like she did.