LAURA'S

It was Friday, like any other Friday, or at least I thought it was. I woke up as usually at 7:30 a.m, I had a shower and I went downstairs for breakfast. While I was going downstairs I heard my mom talking with another lady, in a start I didn't know who was she, but then i recognised my cousin’s voice. Once in the kitchen I remembered that she was going to stay home for the following 4 days while her house was getting paint. Laura

I had totally forgotten, and I had to collect and clean my whole room, because it was mess. Once it was neat, I ran to take the bus to school and left my cousin alone at home. She told us she was ill and so she stayed there while my mother went to work. My father was in Mexico since wednesday. When I came back home, she was in the sofa watching TV. I went upstairs to leave my stuff when I saw the wrapping of a condom. I was shocked, because it wasn’t mine and it wasn’t there when i cleaned the room that morning. My cousin is only fourteen… That really scared me. Javier Vallejo Terraza

I was shocked because she is really young and i didnt expect of her having sex at such a young age and at a place that wasn't her house! 

I went downstairs and I asked her if she had sex with someone and her answer was yes, I asked her why she did that and she didn't want to speak with me about it, I was really disappointed at her.

-Sergio Vara-

I was completely shocked, I did not know what to say, so in an attempt to clarify things, I seated near her. She was very shy and ashamed. I knew she was feeling really bad and in order to console her, I hugged her. That was the hottest moment I have never experienced. Since this day, there was a kind of especial attraction between us, a strange feeling of guilty and pleasure at the same time. Nicolás Bagur

I separated from her, stopped and thought she is my cousin, this cannot be happening.  Then I was scared by that feeling I had and I ran down to the kitchen. There was my mum, who had just entered through the door, she saw the overwhelmed face that I had and asked me what was happening to me and I told her that my cousin could not stay longer in our house but I did not explain her why. Ana Baños

My mom asked me the reason for this strange all of a sudden, I told her the bit about the condom, but I did not tell her what happened after that. She responded that she would stay with us until she needed , and I should talk with her, to give her advice, as I was older. I refused, and ran to my bedroom, and started crying. After about 10 minutes, my cousin walked in, and asked me what was going on, and, after a series of events, the inevitable happened. Carlo Cabrera

She tried to kiss me. I turned my head and her lips landed on my cheek instead. They were soft and gentle, and her hand, which was cupping my other cheek, felt warm and protective. In that moment, reality hit. This is my cousin, she is three years younger than me. Nothing about this was okay, but at the same time, it felt good to rebel against all of these principles that had been imposed upon us without an explanation. If we were to question them, our doubts were to be suffocated by guilt, shame and looks of disgust from others. 

Alexa C. (note: I don't agree with this, I was just working with what I had)

I didn't feel right doing that, but something inside me really wanted to, at the end  she was just my step cousin we aren't blood related and we are both underage so technically it wasn't a felony. At the moment i didn't think much about it and i let the  opportunity pass. Two days later my step cousin asked me for help because she was stuck in the washing machine and she couldn't get out, so i didn't think it twice this time. -Stefan

I didn't think twice and I helped her. We barely exchanged a word for two entire days, so she gave me a shy smile, and I smiled back to her politely. She tried to find a way to talk to me, but I ignored her as I could because, otherwise, those feelings would come back to me again. The only thing I did for hours is thinking about everything that happened during those days. I was kind of sad as she would be leaving the following day. Ariana Espada

As she was leaving the following day, and as she realised that I would not see her again in a long time she felt that she should give me something that i would never forget, a special gift. She gave a teddy bear, and then we watched netflix and we chilled. José Gálvez 

We saw a famous TV serie called “Disjointed” or something along those lines..

This is my last memory of her before she left.

Even if I missed her, life goes on.. I had to focus on my studies, because my cousin distracted me so much that I failed all the subjects.

I could not get my cousin out of my head, I knew that we would see again, i didn’t know when but, I was totally sure.  Hugo

When time passed I got depressed. I went to my step grandmother's house in order to talk with her, as we have a good relationship since I were young. I told her my situation and at first, she was going to take the phone and call the police, but then she realised that if I fell in love with my cousin, then I could do the same with her, with my step grandmother. She closed the entire house and a warm red passion light came on…Pablo.

My step grandmother tried to seduce me in several different ways but nothing resulted, I refused flatly and asked her to let me go from there. In that moment something changed, the door of the cosy red room opened and my cousin appeared wearing a set of lingerie that, being sincerely, fit her extremely well. She came over and started kissing me in a very nice way, in that moment the world stopped to me, I didn't even think on the fact that my step grandmother was participating, yet, I liked what was happening, it was a strange sensation, but I can say I have never felt better in my whole life. Isabel

I tried to avoid what was about to happen. However, I really wanted it, I stopped thinking, I head across my step grandmother’s lips. When I was about to kiss her, she started shouting, “You are a creep!, You are mental!, You are no longer my grandson! Forget about me! You are disgusting and I’m calling the police! And don’t you dare denying it!” I started to feel something strange, I did not know if I felt guilty, bad or angry. By Sofía

I beg her not to call the police, instead she called my mum. After waiting for 10 minutes my mum arrived. I was sweating as I knew what was happening to me was not right, I thought my mum would take me to the psychiatric. When she entered through the door she just screamed me and told me she was totally disappointed, “I´ve been educating you for being a good boy, how could you be able to kiss your grandmother and have sex with your cousin?”. She then confessed me it was a tradition that the family do to see if that person is loyal or not. By Moe

I didn’t pass it, all my family was so pissed at me and ashamed of me , that after some days of thinking what to do with me ,they kicked me out the house , because I had turned 18 a week ago and now they didn’t had anymore the responsibility of taking care of me. As a result I had to find a partial job to pay a rent and for having time to go to high school ,because I was in my last year and I wanted to graduate.By Roxana

Due to my terrible grades, I was kicked out from school, forcing me to make my part time job full time. I started working in a fast food restaurant, while I was applying for other schools. In this new workplace, I found a girl that reminded me of  my cousin, the reason for all my problems, but I still loved her, hence why I felt attracted to this girl. Her name was Katherine, the same as my cousin. I went to talk to her, and, she was indeed my cousin. It turns out she was staying with us because her parents had abandoned her, and, after all that happened, she decided to escape to live alone. I knew this was my chance to conquer her, no matter what society said. By Pedro 

At this point I had lost it all, my family, my school, my house and most of my friends. I needed her, I needed to enter a new and better chapter, and finally be able to forget about my past. I can't say I was regretful of what happened, but I didn't want to live with the weight of the consequences on my shoulders anymore. By Ana Pérez

My cousin finally accepted my proposal, and we rented a small flat in a poor, but quiet neighbourhood in Alexandria, a few miles west of Washington. We both had poorly-paid jobs, but, after some time, I could go back to study thanks to a grants program for adults started by the State of Virginia after Terry McAuliffe became Governor. By Miguel de Perosanz

Although I started to study again I could not study a real career, I had to study a vocational training for being a mechanic. I started working as a mechanic, and at the second day working there I saw a car that was the same as my step-grandmother’s one, and the driver was indeed my step-grandmother, but I was not the one who would repair her car that time. Although I saw her, she didn’t see me, and when she went to the toilet I had to take advantage of that opportunity. When she was inside the toilet I started to ask myself if it was ok, because I had a relationship with my cousin, but at that moment, Katherine appeared and told me, ‘You are not the only one who wants do it’. By Gonzalo

We wanted revenge, so I did it. I were to where the car was as if I was going to repair it, but instead of doing my job, I put a bomb below the car. I was really nervous, so I asked for a free day and went home with Katherine. There we just waited for it to happen. The bomb was set to explode 24 hours after it was put. We were really nervous and during those 24h we did nothing but watching the news waiting for the big new. At 6 pm, it occurred. It was breaking new as my step-grandmother was a senator. Everyone thought it was a terrorist attack and Donald Trump confirmed it. He stated that it was an attack from Iran to take revenge for the death of General Soleimani and declared war to Iran. Who would have thought that this stupid revenge would lead to WWIII.By Andrés

The war started and I was so regretful I had to get myself into the lines of war. My life was starting to flourish, but because of revenge, my cousin had left me and I was about to go to a war that I provoqued. I went to the office and wrote my name down on the list, in one week notice I would be training for becoming a soldier. Finally the day came, and I was nothing but relieved that I could serve a purpose to my country.Manuel Ruiz

When I arrived to the military base, I started realising what was happening, I was going to war, even though it was my choice to go, the fear and the panic started to increase. Suddenly, a boy that claimed to be my brother entered in the barracks where I was and, relieved because I was still alive, he talked to me. He was quite handsome, as his gorgeous body was a typical military one: full of very well defined muscles. However, I had a feeling inside my heart that told me, for some reason, that I knew him. Elisa 

Then, he started to explain that he had gone through the same tradition as I, and he had also failed it. After his explanation, I started to remember everything, my gorgeous older brother who loved me as much as I did, and, as we looked each other, we finally kissed, falling on a near bed. I felt full of happiness and joy, but also full of lust. However, my brother also seemed to be full of it, as he started undressed me. I could see in his eyes how desperate he was of this, his lust, the desire he had of filling me up with his love. Finally, after several minutes, we were one with each other, we shared the rhythm, the heartbeats, the love that we felt towards each other; and the following morning, when we woke up, we exchanged love vows. We knew that we were could die during the following days, but our love was stronger than war. Jacobo

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