Luke and Amy Ch. 10

"It's time to get some shoes to go with all of these pretty dresses," Amy said as she began walking back to the main area of the store.

"Oh god," Luke muttered with a graveling tone. He picked up the bags and peeled himself off the cozy recliner.

She looked over her shoulder at him and laughed. "What? You thought this was going to be all fun and games?"

"I'm just giving you a hard time," he chuckled and patted her back. "You're starting to wear me out, that's all."

"You just want to get to the slutty dress part of the day. I know that's what it is."

He dropped the bags and held up his hands, surrendering. "You caught me."

His sister giggled, as she made her way over to the shoes. She tried to hurry, picking out a few pairs of heels to match the dresses that she was going to buy. Lucikly, all of the boxes were on display, so she didn't have to wait for a sales clerk to get them for her every time. As much as she tried to hurry though, she always had to make sure they were perfect and would complete the outfit.

Before hitting the registers, she browsed over the accessories and added a few more items to her purchase.

As the perky salesgirl was ringing up the items, Amy got out her debit card.

"I'm buying this round, don't try to stop me," she stated. She handed the brunette her card before her brother could try to protest.

"Then, we will just have to get even more things for you at the next store." Luke winked.

They shared a grin, and then continued sharing light conversation with the giggling sales girl until she finished up their order.

More bags were added to Luke and Amy's hands as they walked out of the store. She couldn't hold his hand now, but they walked as close together as possible through the mall.

"Is it time to go to the third floor now?" Luke asked with a hopeful tone in his voice.

"It sure is," she retorted with a giant grin.

The siblings made their way to the escalators. Amy counted the moving stairs again before stepping on. Her brother rode up a step behind her. She could feel his eyes on her ass and smiled to herself as she swayed back and forth for his viewing pleasure.

They went up another escalator, and then down the central artery of the colossal mall. Amy continually scanned over her surroundings, looking for people she might know. What she didn't notice were a couple of her classmates scurrying up behind her.

"Amy!" rang a young woman's voice, followed by another shouting her name.

Amy spun around and smiled. She was thankful for the first time ever that she wasn't holding her brother's hand as two of her friends hurried up to her. However, she thought it might be odd for Luke to be holding bags that were obviously from the lingerie store they had gone to. "Please don't notice the bags," she silently willed her friends as they approached.

Amy dropped the bags to the ground a moment before she was surrounded with hugs. Luke took a step to the side to make room for the three females to embrace.

"What are you doing here?" April asked with a surprised expression.

"I thought you were in Des Moines for your cousin's wedding," Madison added before Amy could speak.

"Oh, well, that was yesterday. So, on the way back, I dragged Luke in here cause I wanted to pick up a couple things," Amy said.

Both girls' eyes flicked over to Luke. Madison returned her eyes to Amy, and their other friend continued to check him out, spinning a blonde lock around her finger.

Amy filled Madison in on details about the wedding, while April took the opportunity to flirt with her friend's brother.

Luke watched as April stepped over to him, a bit too close for comfort. He felt like he was about to be eaten as shark bait, but he had to keep up the charade. April was nearly as gorgeous as her sister, the siren of his class, but neither of them could hold a candle to Amy.

His heart sped up and his stomach turned as she drew her fingernails up his arm. He was thankful he had numerous shopping bags in his hands and he clenched onto them. Amy saw what was happening a few feet away, while keeping her focus on her other friend, though her stomach was flip flopping and she wanted to rip her away from her brother.

April was quite tall and barely had to lift up to whisper into his ear in a lusty tone, "Now I know what my sister was always talking about."

"I'm sorry?" He was dumbfounded from her statement and trying to think of a way to nicely get her off of him.

She pressed into him harder and exhaled into his ear, "She had the biggest crush on you." Her hand had moved to his stomach and she rubbed up his chest. "Now, I know why. Too bad, I never met you sooner."

"Well, any sooner, you wouldn't have been eighteen, and that's statutory rape," he stated flatly, desperately trying to show his disinterest with his voice. "Also, I've been gone for a few years."

She wasn't buying it. Men never turned her down and she had learned all of her moves from her big sister. April pulled away to look in his eyes with her body pressed into him. Amy continued to check over, making a conscious effort for a growl not come out in her voice as she talked with her friend.

Luke felt like she was trying to read his mind while her eyes darted over his. Her hand came up and she traced his jaw with her fingers. Her touch felt numb and made him uneasy. He wanted to look over at Amy but kept his eyes unfocused on her face because he didn't want to bring any attention to the screaming voice inside of him that was desperate to tell her that his only interest was Amy.

"So how long are you in town for?" April asked. Her chest pushed into his like she was trying to suffocate him with her tits.

"Till the end of the month." Luke dropped the bags onto the floor and placed his hands on her hips, gently nudging her away.

She wouldn't budge and pressed her body even harder into his. "We should get to together before then. It would be fun to make my sister jealous, wouldn't you say?"

Her lips shined with a glossy invitation that he did not want to take. He wrapped his hand around her wrist, and then took her hand away from her face. "That won't be necessary." Luke inwardly chuckled at the fatherly tone of his voice.

Amy clenched her fist, digging her nails into her palm as she watched and listened. She wasn't mad at her brother. She thought he was handling this quite well, considering the blatant flirtation that she was using on him. Flirtation wasn't a good enough term, April was pouring on her seduction. However, she wanted to pounce on April and scream at her.

April pouted and hunched her shoulders forward. She took a step back while looking at the ground. Then, her eyes returned to his and she spoke in her best little girl voice, "Too bad. You should know how good I am in bed."

"Someone else might make better use out of that information." Luke gave her a forced smile. "I appreciate the offer, but I'm not going to take you up on it."

She glanced down at his crotch and pouted even more when she didn't notice the semblance of a bulge forming. "What? I don't do it for you?"

He took a moment to pick his words carefully and make sure they came out with enough to conviction to put an end to this. "I have a girlfriend and I'm not going to cheat on her."

April sighed and crossed her arms under her breasts. "Whatever," she said as she rolled her eyes. "If you change your mind, your sister has my number."

Amy couldn't take anymore. She picked up her bags and stepped over a couple of paces. "April," she said through gritted teeth. She unclenched her jaw for her next string of words. "I would really appreciate if you stopped flirting with my brother. It's really grossing me out."

April threw her head back in a laugh. "Oh Amy, you're so cute. I bet it's just cause he's a stud and you can't have him yourself."

Madison was the innocent bystander in the confrontation. Her eyes flickered back and forth between her two friends while she hoped that she wouldn't have to break up a cat fight.

Amy bit her tongue to keep from saying what she wanted to. She cocked her head to one side as the words flew out of her mouth, "I don't know where you get off, but seriously stop. He has a girlfriend. He doesn't want you."

"All men want me, Amy. You're just jealous that you can't have Luke." April needled her. "If he was my brother I would be all over him in a second. Since you can't have him, you won't allow anyone else the pleasure." She had finished her statement with an upturned nose.

Luke looked back and forth, between them. He was already uncomfortable, and now even more so.

Amy took a deep breath, pushing down the anger inside of her. She reminded herself that April was her friend, though in this moment, she was the furthest thing from it. She was her enemy.

Amy needed to be the bigger person in this and just make it end before she said something she would regret. She looked into her eyes and spoke slowly, "That is not the reason. Luke is my brother. He's a good guy and he has a girlfriend. He's not going to fuck you. So please, let it go. I don't know what's gotten into you today, but let it go. There are plenty of other men for you to seduce and Luke isn't going to be one of them."

"I'm sure I'll convince him differently," April stated with a wink towards him. "I have a couple more weeks for him to change his mind."

Luke shook his head firmly. "It's not changing."

Amy smiled inwardly.

Madison grabbed her friend's arm. "Come on, let's just go. We need to pick up a birthday present for my mom. Please, can we go?" she begged.

"Fine." April shook her off of her. She was still going to get the last word in. "Amy, you need to relax. Luke can fuck whoever he wants." She was turned and stomping away before the end of the sentence.

Madison looked back and gave the siblings an apologetic look. Amy nodded, sympathizing with her, as did Luke.

Luke picked up the bags and they began a silent walk to their next destination. After a couple of minutes, he spoke up, "I'm sorry."

"You have nothing to be sorry for. You did the best you could. I just wanted to claw the tramp's fucking eyes out."

Her brother kissed her temple. "I love you. I'm just sorry you had to witness that and get in a fight with your friend."

"I love you too." Amy sighed deeply as he pulled away. "It's all part of what we are. Hiding. Always hiding."

He easily picked up on the complex tone of her voice. There were several layers to it, sadness, anger, disappointment, guilt, and a small glimmer of happiness slipped in because she did love him.

Luke didn't say anything for a moment. Her silence made him uncomfortable. He had never seen her like this since he had gotten home. He spotted an empty bench, and then put all of the bags in one hand. His free hand went to the small of her back and he led her towards it.

Once they were seated, with bags around their feet, her took her hand and looked into her eyes. "Talk to me, Amy. Tell me what you're feeling."

She kept her words quiet because of people passing by. "I just love you. It's not fair. It's just not fair. There's nothing in the world that can compare to what we have together and no one will ever understand us. We have Ethan, and thank God we have him. I could never keep all of this bottled inside and it's wonderful to have someone like him that we can be open and honest with. But, I just want to scream to the world and tell everyone that I'm madly in love with my big brother and I can't."

He listened intently while she rambled off her thoughts. His eyes and hand never left hers.

"It hurts me that I can't be open. I know the secret is part of the thrill, but we are beyond 'the thrill,' aren't we?"

Luke nodded.

"I bit my tongue so much with April." She felt tears welling up in her eyes and sniffled them away.

"I know you did. So did I." He squeezed her hand.

"What are we going to do, Luke?" Her eyes went wider as she looked at him and her bottom lip quivered.

His heart hurt from the look she gave him. It was the same look she gave him growing up, desperate for her brother's advice. Except this time, he didn't have any. He could say everything would be okay and work itself out, but he himself even questioned that. The one thing he knew, he didn't want to lose her and he really didn't want to hurt her.

Luke swallowed hard before answering her, "Amy," he paused again. He spoke in quiet whispers, "I don't know. I don't have a brother-sister incestual relationship for dummies book." He tried to lighten her mood and she cracked a smile. "I'm going to ask you this again, because I don't want to hurt you."

His sister cut off his next thought because she knew what he was going to ask. "No, I don't want to stop. I love you. I want you. For always."

He glanced around for any sign of her friends, and then gave her a quick, tender kiss. He pulled back and looked into her eyes again. "What we do is we take it a day at a time. We continue loving each other and being together as we have been. I know the secret is hard. It's the hardest part. Loving each other is easy. Keeping our secret is the painful part."

Amy nodded with her sapphire eyes still wide and desperate.

"If something happens, if someone finds out, if your friends find out, or even worse, Mom and Dad find out, we deal with it. We deal with it together. I promise you, Amy, we're in this together." He lifted their locked hands and kissed each of her knuckles. "When I go back to school, you won't be alone. Ethan will be here for you to talk to and confide in. I'll be a phone call away and I'll be with you too."

She smiled fully and he smiled back. "We're in this together," she repeated with confidence.

"We are, and always will be. It's always been you and me." He did a quick look around again, and then kissed her lips. "Do you feel better?"

"Yes, very. Thanks for making me talk. I was going to wait till we got back in the car."

"Thanks for talking to me. I always want you to tell me what you're feeling."

"I will." Amy kissed his cheek, and then whispered in his ear, "I feel like getting some slutty dresses for you to enjoy me in. Then, I want you to fuck me silly when we get home."

Her brother grinned wickedly. "Let's go then!"

She giggled as she collected her bags. Luke grabbed his, and then they went to the store.

He looked around the store. It seemed like a place for a stripper to buy work clothes from. The walls and racks were littered with the shortest dresses imaginable, tiny skirts, wicked lingerie, some costumes, microscopic bikinis, and a whole section full of shoes.

"Have you ever been in here before?" Luke asked as she fingered through a rack.

"Yes, but I've never bought anything except for a pair of shoes and some panties." She pulled out a bright yellow, one shouldered dress, and held it up for him.

He nodded his approval.

"I've gotta say though, I'm quite exhausted from trying on clothes." She moved over to the next rack. "If it's okay with you, I'd rather just try on things at home and save the receipt in case I need to return anything."

"Are there any other reasons behind that thought?" He wiggled his eyebrows.

"Mmhmm," Amy muttered as she looked over a white tube dress. "We will get home sooner."

"I love how you think."

They continued through the store, plucking out dresses in a rainbow of colors. All of them were form fitting and skimpy, with various cuts and styles. She also picked up a handful of bikinis that she knew she probably couldn't wear any other time except for their vacation.

Before going over to the shoes, they went over all of the dresses together, decided their favorites, and handed a few off to one of the salesgirls. She quickly tried on shoes to match the dresses that she was going to buy. Included in the mass of shoe boxes was a pair of thigh high, red, vinyl boots that she hoped would fit because she couldn't try them on with jeans.

When it was time to pay, Luke insisted that this was his purchase. His sister thanked him and whispered in his ear that he would be truly thanked when they got home.

The siblings made a quick stop in an electronics accessory store for a camera memory card, and then went a couple of doors down to the sports novelty shop that Luke wanted to go to.

He was busy looking over the numerous baseball caps when he heard his sister holler for him.

"Luke! Come over here!" she called gleefully.

He hurried over to her and found her holding something behind her back.

"I found something that you're going to love," Amy cooed with a bright smile that lit up the area around her.

He smiled. "Well, show me already."

He tried reaching behind her and she playfully drew her hand further behind her. After a few moments of teasing him, she gave in and presented him with an authentic Cubs jersey of his favorite player growing up.

Luke snatched it from her, as if he didn't get his hands on it, it would disappear. "Mark Grace! Amy you remembered!" He wrapped his arms around her, forgetting where they were, and covered her face in kisses.

"Of course I remembered, silly, I remember everything," she giggled as his kisses continued. "I also remember how happy you were when he got his ring with Arizona in 2001."

He spoke softly into her ear, "You're the best little sister any brother could ever have." He kissed her lips and offered her just a taste of his tongue before pulling away.

"You're the best big brother any girl could ever ask for," she whispered with happiness gleaming in her eyes. She quickly took the jersey back from him, and clung onto it, pulling it away from him. "I'm buying you this. You've spoiled me all day, now it's my turn."

He laughed at her playful stern tone and raised his hands up in surrender. "You win."

They returned to the caps, and Amy helped him pick out one before they went to the registers. She bought both items for him and she glared at him when he tried to protest.

"Your girlfriend wants to spoil you, accept it," she stated as she handed the salesman her debit card.

Luke's heart warmed when she called herself his girlfriend. His sister. His girlfriend.

"Take it, man, it doesn't happen often. I would love my girlfriend to spoil me every once in a while." The clerk swiped her card and handed back to her. "You're a lucky guy."

"Thanks, I really am," Luke said proudly.

The siblings left the store, and then the mall together, lucky to not run into Amy's friends again. They walked so close together that their arms grazed over the other's as their strides took them outside.

After tossing the numerous bags in the trunk, Luke opened her door for her. She plopped down in her seat, and then he went around to the driver's side. They buckled up, he ignited the engine, and then their hands found each other's.

Luke entered the highway and while he drove, Amy called her best friend to let her know that they would be arriving home in a little over an hour.

After she hung up her phone, she looked over at her brother. "Luke, there's something else I was feeling earlier, when April was flirting with you."

He glanced over at her, nodded, and then returned his eyes to the road.

She squeezed his hand and locked their fingers tighter together. "It bothered me to see another woman all over you like that." Amy took a deep breath before she continued. "I feel bad too, because you like it when I flirt and tease other men. But, seeing her practically dry humping you..." her voice trailed off and she inaudibly mumbled the rest of her words.

"It's different when you do it." He looked over to see her spinning the silver ring on her middle finger while nibbling her lip. "It's different because it's foreplay for us. It turns us on. We want it to happen. But, when she was doing it, we both didn't want it to happen."