Oh now I see why she’s nervous. “Don’t do it, Christina,” Chris said.

“I want to,” Tina said.

“T,” I whispered in her ear, “if it’s gonna get you into serious trouble, I don’t want you to do this.”

“No, I want to baby,” she whispered back, “you’re important to me and if they can’t see it then I can’t be one of their Kennards anymore.”

“Shit, T,” Chris said, “you’re looking to fuck up your life.”

“Don’t you know you’re the favorite?” Laney said.

“I don’t really have a life to fuck up without Bette, and I hate being the favorite, you know it,” Tina said.

“You’re so brave,” Hailey said smiling admiringly.

“Yeah you are T,” I said smiling at the woman of my dreams.

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“How long is the flight?” I said as we adjusted the seatbelts in our seats.

Both Tina and I made enough money to be able to fly first class and her siblings seemed pretty excited to not have to ride coach.

“I don’t know five hours maybe,” Tina said, “I always fall asleep.”

“Are you trying to buy us off?” Hailey said laughing as she lowered her seat and raised it up again childishly.

“You two better not get frisky up at mom and dad’s house,” Laney warned.

“Like you haven’t done that,” Chris said sarcastically.

“Not with a woman!” Laney said.

“You see Laney, until you’ve been with a woman you can’t possibly understand how hard that task really is,” Tina said laughing.

I laughed along with her, already having grown comfortable with her siblings. They were all so much like Tina, I just hoped the rest of her siblings were like that, but by the sound of it, they weren’t.

“Yeah, Tina is right,” Hailey said.

“What!” Chris said.

“No way, Hailey?” Tina said.

“Oh shut up,” Hailey said blushing, “I’m not gay, it’s just experimentation.”

“You’re 17 you little whore!” Laney taunted.

“Fuck you, you’re worse than I am!” Hailey snapped back.

“Yeah Laney, you always did have a hard time keeping them closed,” Chris taunted.

“Fuck you!” Laney laughed.

I laughed and said, “wow this is so different than my family. My sister and I never talk to each other like this.”