Red_Roses_and_Black_Dahlias_-_Macy_T

My heart beat harder, I swear we could all hear it. Gulping loudly, I got
under the cover, the farthest I could be from her while still remaining on the
bed. It would be okay if we weren’t touching. Sofia laid just as rigidly on the
bed next to her sister, her arms were stiffly along her body, and was staring at
the ceiling. As I was trying to do the same, while still trying to control my
breathing, a little head suddenly popped up from beside Sofia.
“Hey, what’s wrong?” Valentina was only nine, so obviously she didn’t
understand what was the big deal, yet she still noticed something was off
from how rigid her sister and I both held ourselves. “Why aren’t we
cuddling?” It was so innocently asked, I almost chuckled.
See, that’s what I liked most about kids. Valentina’s soul was so pure that
she didn’t see anything wrong with us all sleeping together. To her, it was
just a big sleepover with the people she cared for.
“Tina!”
I could tell it was not usual for Sofia to reprimand her sister because
Valentina’s eyes widened in surprise and filled with tears almost instantly at
her tone. It was a hard night for both sisters, with everything that happened in
the hotel, then them suddenly moving in— without the DA’s support at that,
since we still hadn’t heard back from Callie. I got it, Sofia was on edge,
Valentina needed comfort, their emotions were all over the place. I truly got
it. So I tried to ease it, make it better.
As silence stretched the room I slowly edged closer to Sofia, until my
pajama clad thigh bumped her naked one. I could hear her small intake of
breath, and when I rested my hand on her hip, turning her slightly so I could
spoon her, she looked at me with wide, questioning eyes.
“What are you doing?” She sounded out of breath, just as much as I felt.
My gaze strayed to Valentina for a second, she looked at me with hopeful
eyes which only made me more sure of my decision. I was a grown ass man,
I could control my body. It was only inappropriate if we made it that way.