Unspoken Pleasure

At first, the pills they took at the lake had driven the Campbell family to fuck anything, everything, they could find. If Lexi had found a good cock-shaped tree knot, she'd have humped that, too. The encounter with the redheaded college siblings -- Kim and Cole, Lexi reminded herself -- at the lake had been part of that. She simply needed them both in that moment.

After the Campbells came home and tried to control themselves, though, an interesting permutation had occurred. Lexi, the whole family really, had started only desiring each other. This wasn't a side effect of the pill, obviously. Family sex was not an adverse event. But whatever had shifted in their brains had caused this odd consequence where incest was best.

The few times the family had gone out, Lexi hadn't felt any crazed urges. She didn't jump the jogger who passed her running in the neighborhood. She didn't assault the reverend at church. It was only when she got home that she felt the uncontrollable urge to screw her brother and Mom. And sister. And so on.

Going to the college was another way of testing Lexi's theory. She figured she'd walk around campus and see. If things got out of control again, well, her car was waiting nearby to take her to safety. Lexi was pretty sure it wasn't going to happen though. She was pretty sure she had this thing well figured out.

Lexi parked in a student lot and walked over to the admissions building. She was used to seeing the campus covered in snow, or at least dead leaves, and a warm summer's day made the place look different. She wasn't accustomed to seeing bright green grass on the quad. She didn't expect to see swaths of students in shorts and t-shirts. The area was lovely, and it warmed Lexi's heart to be back at a place she'd started to think of as home.

Lexi got her paperwork straightened out, then went over to the campus bookstore. She called up her list on her phone and grabbed what she needed. The whole time, she passed other students, professors, administrators, store clerks -- the college was quite busy -- and she didn't feel anything at all. This is fine, she thought. Better than fine, it's awesome!

She found everything except one book. When she went to the front, there was a boy (a cute boy, tall, with mussy brown hair and a bow-shaped mouth who she still totally didn't want to fuck) behind the counter. When she asked about the missing book, he sucked his teeth like she'd kicked him in the shins.

Apparently, the professor had listed something that was currently out of print. Whatever stock they had, they'd sold months before. They were hopeful they'd get more copies in before the start of the semester, but in the meantime, Lexi should check the school library. He'd heard they had several copies and if Lexi grabbed one of those now, she'd be ahead of the game.

Lexi thanked him, then popped out of the bookstore and headed toward the library. "Alexis!"

She looked over and saw a familiar face standing across the street, smiling and waving. It was Dane, her formerly super serious high school boyfriend. He jogged over to meet her.

"I thought that was you," he said.

"It's me," Lexi said, forcing a grin.NôvelDrama.Org holds text © rights.

There was a time when Lexi thought Dane was the most handsome man she'd ever seen. The rest of the high school had agreed with her. He had dark hair and even darker eyes. Broad shoulders. Always well dressed. But looking at him in the collegiate summer sun, he simply wasn't the same.

He had a bit of a paunch around the waist. His hair looked thin and oily. His nose was bent at a weird angle and something about his smile seemed more desperate than sexy. She supposed he could have changed since she'd seen him. But then, Lexi had changed, too. She wondered how much came from column A and how much from column B. No matter how Lexi tried, she couldn't see the man she'd once known she was going to marry.

In fact, all Lexi could see now was the man that Dane wasn't: Austin. Austin's smile was sweeter. His body tighter. The way his light eyes seemed to shine with laughter. How he carried himself, even when he was down. In a world where Lexi had her golden boy brother, Dane couldn't even claim to be pyrite.

"I said, how've you been, Alexis?" Dane asked. He'd clearly repeated it at least once already.

"Oh! Fine," Lexi said, "Sorry I was distracted for a moment. I'm fine. How are you? How is Gretchen?" Lexi felt herself get nauseous just from saying the name of her former best friend.

Dane looked down and kicked at the ground. "We broke up."

"Oh, what a shame," Lexi said, "You two seemed so right together." She said the word 'right' like their compatibility was a conviction. You're such lying snakes, you ought to be slithering around each other.

Lexi and Dane had dated throughout high school. They were the 'Perfect Couple.' College had come and everything had seemed fine. Then Lexi went to some frat party that Dane wasn't supposed to be at, and she'd caught her 'Perfect Boyfriend' hooking up with her 'Best Friend.'

Lexi had known Gretchen since they were in pre-school. They were beyond BFFs, they were practically sisters. Lexi winced thinking about that now. How had she felt closer to dumb Gretchen than Molly, her actual amazing sibling? Lexi couldn't explain it, but she couldn't deny the truth of how she'd felt, either.

When she found her boyfriend and her best friend in bed at that party, everything shattered. Lexi didn't know who she hated more in that moment. Actually, she did: she hated herself. She loathed the perfect little person she'd convinced herself she was. The innocent dope who'd let people she'd trusted hurt her so.

That was the moment, the very second, where Alexis became Lexi. When the little girl grew up to be a woman. As for Dane and Gretchen, well, they could go fuck each other. Which, last she'd heard, was exactly what they'd been doing. A new 'Perfect Couple.'

"No, ummm, Gretchen and I split up months ago," Dane said, "It was all such a huge mistake. In fact, that's why I was hoping to talk to you. Alexis, we used to be so good together. I know I screwed up. Gretchen and I felt really bad about it, honestly."

"I'll bet."