As far as us being brother and sister makes no difference in how I feel for you. We’ve always known we were cousins and didn’t let that stop us.�...“What about Pam? You do know she loves you very much, maybe as much as I do.”“I will stand by my earlier statement, all I need is you.”The tears had dried up and her smile had returned. We talked for a couple of hours about us and those around us. We eventually made love for the first time.“Tom, you do know our mothers are not going to drop this. I. I alwaysdid have a thing for rock chicks," he added, that grin spreading acrosshis face all the more."God, you startled me!" I said, taking a swipe at him but missing, "Youcouldn't have called to me when you came in?" Actually I did, you didn't hear that either. Hey, I got you something,"he said, changing the subject, likely so I'd stop trying to hit him forscaring me. He pulled a gift-wrapped box, tied in a big red ribbon, frombehind his back and handed it to me."A gift for me? You didn't. You're a seventy-five year old male in a twenty-five year old body. And last, you survived those entire fifty years without a feeding tube. You had no food or water for fifty years!, and yet you survived in perfect health. Mister Winkle, this is bigger than penicillin. This is bigger than the polio vaccine. Mr. Winkle, you very well could be the eighth wonder of the fricking world!"He stopped for a dramatic pause, and then went on."You don't have to let anybody do anything, but I wouldn't be. He was in uncharted waters here. He’d never seen Octavia quite like this. He’d often held her hand when they were growing up as she cried over a break-up. He’d regularly served as a sounding board for her schemes to get the girl or guy she was interested in at any given moment. He’d seen her calculating and cool and satisfied – but he’d never seen her quite this ecstatic. He wasn’t sure what to make of her current mood – and he had to tamp down a slight touch of jealousy as he watched her.“Wow.