"There's stuff we shouldn't do," I said.
"Agreed," Lucy said, "But as long as we keep things within the boundaries...?"
"Yes," I said, "I'm good with that."
As if I could have possibly answered any other way.
*
With work coming the next day, my parents called it an early night. Jan, apparently, was planning to go straight from her weekend thing to work the next day, so we were on our own. Lindsay, Lucy and I sat on the couch and watched TV, innocent as ever.
But once the lights were out, and the house was quiet, we turned off the television and slinked upstairs. We didn't say a word. We didn't need to. Lucy opened her bedroom door and we stepped inside, like soldiers ready to do our duty.
As if they'd agreed on it before, both of my sisters stripped off their tops as soon as the doo
