" I askedher as nicely as I could, and reached up and touched her face with my palm.She only sighted and lowered her eyes. "Well, I suppose when I saw...you in the mirror like that, I thought backto us growing up. It's always been two guys and one girl, ya know? I neverhad a sister, only 3 older brothers who I wrestled with. Don't get me wrong, Ilove you guys and I wouldn't trade our lives together for anything. I supposeI just got lost in it and saw a sister in the mirror." It was then that I. "I can't believe I'll be an aunt!" Will Simon be an uncle?" Emily teased."Well, honorary, I guess." Connie looked at her, puzzled. "What do you mean?" Sweetie, I'm the one who's supposed to be a little slow these days," said Emily. She winked at her sister. "Mom told me about you and Simon—and it's about time, I say. You guys have danced around it for years. I'm glad you finally got together." Oh." Connie hadn't told Emily about the arrangement. At the moment, they were alone, but she could. Oh dear. What a crying shame. Just look at you lying there drooling, the sad old schmuck tantalized by what he can’t have. Aw, you poor unfortunate thing. This is so tough for you, baby, isn’t it, looking at my sexy body, now you know the score. Yeah it must be. But you know what? It is also rather funny. Least I think it is.”“It’s not funny, Vanessa. Not at all.”“Oh but it is. It is fucking hilarious and I aim to be amusing myself like this a whole lot. You will get plenty of drooling. Soon after, she was snoring softly. Finally the house was quiet, and the silence wrapped me in wonderful sleep. I awoke at some point in the night, the room a blue glow from the tv that was still droning on. Oh shit!I jumped off the couch and back to the bathroom and puked again. At least this time I actually felt better. I felt halfway normal. But Jesus I was still fucked up. I felt so fuzzy all over, every felt over stimulated. I rinsed my mouth and walked out of the bathroom. Jesus. .