“It’ll get better,” he whispered. XXNX So Hugh closed the world out for them, and shortened the space between them, removing an article of clothing with each step until the path of discarded garments drew a straight line from the door to her bed and he stood before her unashamed in his own nakedness. Even if there’s only one chance in a million that they’d find us it would be disaster.” His mute response proved her right. The sudden understanding that of the hundreds of other students in their new world, the only people they even knew the names of were each other. Finally he asked “can I sleep with you tonight?”
“I want that more than anything, Hugh, but mom and dad will be home soon. That’s what I want.”
And what if anything had they learned, brother and sister, from their first taboo coupling?
