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Sibling Rivalry

... had been about two hours. They found Cornelia fast asleep on the blanket, while Eric was nowhere to be seen. "Just as well," Penny said with a conspiratorial smile. "Want to go have a look at the waterfront shops?" she asked, pointing at the far end of the beach; it was much too early to go home but definitely time to get out of the sun.

"Sounds great," Joe said. "Is there a secondhand bookstore there?"

"Two of them, unless one has closed down since the last time I was here."

"Oh, that's dangerous!" Joe said.

"For me too," Penny said. "But let's go!"

They returned to the house just long enough to drop off their beach garb and collect their wallets. Joe offered to carry Penny's so she could remain in just her bikini and t-shirt over it, and Penny more than willingly agreed as she was feeling utterly beautiful. On their walk back up the beach, their hands brushed a few times, and Penny was sorely tempted to just take Joe's hand in hers already. Only when she'd made up her mind to do it next time did the big question occur to her.

"So do you have a girlfriend?" She made it sound as casual as she could, and was rather pleased at how successful she was.

"No," Joe replied. "I was engaged for a little while but...she went back to Italy. Her father didn't want her marrying an American."

"I'm sorry!" Penny said, though she wasn't entirely. Of course a guy like this wouldn't stay single any too long.

"Oh, I'm getting over it," Joe said. "Never would've worked ...

... if she was still going to take orders from her parents at our age, would it? Besides, I already had my golden moment, when I knew things would get better."

"Golden moment?"

"It's happened every time I've ever had my heart broken. It's a moment when you feel real joy again for the first time. Mine came about a month after Carlotta went home. I went to New York for a weekend to clear my head, and it was pouring rain when I got to my hotel. I took a long bath and then just went to bed, and the sound of the rain and the city out the window while I was warm and dry inside...so comforting, you know? I think that night I got a good night's sleep for the first time since she left - and in an unfamiliar bed, too!"

"Oh, that's beautiful," Penny said.

"How about you?"

"Oh, there was a friend from college who ended up in the same neighborhood as me. We were together for about a year and a half before we both realized there was a reason why we were just friends before."

"No golden moment, though?"

Penny thought about it for a minute. "I think my golden moment was when we admitted to each other that it was over. I'd known it was coming for a while, and I was glad it ended fairly peacefully."

"That's good! Nothing better than having no bitterness at the end of the road like that."

The conversation was on to lighter talk as they approached the shops and tourist traps, and for the moment Penny forgot about the politics of hand-holding as they window-shopped and ate ...