This chapter takes place several years (and this is referenced within the story) after one of the characters was under age in a previous chapter. Everyone engaging in sexual activity in this chapter is over 18.
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"Hey you. Wanna hang out?"
"Sure. Your place or mine?" Nina's voice sounded excited.
"Yours."
"Just as well, I've got some homework you can help me with."
"Sounds like fun."
"Do you want me to wear anything for you, big brother?"
"Don't call me that. And...sure. Still got that Goldilocks costume from Halloween?"
"Yes, I do." Now she sounded even more excited.
"Be wearing that when I get there."
I packed a backpack and headed out. Friday night in early December and we'd already had snow. That had made for fun times driving back from my parent's cabin with Nina at Thanksgiving.
The Somalian girl had gone into foster care after her parents were accused of beating her. Once graduated from high school, she'd re-entered my life, a friend seeking stability, and after a short period of awkwardness, a frequent companion in my bed. Nina had a taste for as much pain as I could dish out, and I quite often obliged her. In fact, I'd just bought a new paddle...
I took her up to Thanksgiving because she had no one to spend time with over the holidays. Colette was in New Zealand with Mike, who called me every week. Cady had split for parts unknown. And her family wasn't exactly supportive. Or safe to be around.
That left me, her "big brother."
She liked teasing me with role-playing big brother-little sister in bed, and even though we looked nothing alike, weren't related in any way, it still kinda creeped me out. I'd known this girl back before she was of legal age, hearing her beg her big brother to belt her ass was just weird.
But, we enjoyed each other's company in and out of the bedroom, and honestly, I had to admit to a sense of protectiveness and affection towards her that I didn't feel towards any other of my sexual partners. I'd risked everything for this girl, watched her grow up into a beautiful young woman, and I was insanely attracted to her now.
Sometimes I wondered if I was falling in love with her.
Or if I could.
Cady was still a missing puzzle piece in my chest, an open wound that only slowed bleeding when I ignored it.
Maybe a close relationship with my "little sister" would help me get over that loss. Or maybe I should just distract myself with some carnal fun.
I pulled into Nina's driveway and hurried up to the door, jacket pulled tight and hat pulled low against the cold. I rang the bell of her one-bedroom rental, and waited, teeth nearly chattering.
She opened the door and I stepped in, and she closed the door quickly. The living room was cozy, painted yellow, a small kitchen and laundry off to the left, bedroom and bathroom to the right. Books lay scattered across the floor, flashcards spread across the coffee table in front of the TV. She'd turned the heat up to a comfortable eighty-five, if the sweat that was starting to form in my hair was any indication.
The door shut behind me, and I turned, and I could see why she'd raised the temperature.
She'd accepted my request to wear her Goldilocks costume, and had changed into black Mary Janes, white thigh-high stockings and a short, yellow, checked jumper skirt, flared by a stiff white lace petticoat. Under the top of the dress was a short sleeve puffy white shirt cut low to show off her chest. A tiny brown bear safety-pinned to the skirt completed the ensemble.
My heart stopped for a moment, just looking at her. I really liked this woman.
I stepped up close and put a hand on her hip, another on her cheek, looked into her wide almond eyes before pulling her into a kiss.
Her tongue sought out mine, soft wet muscle, and she moaned when mine pushed against it.
I let go of her and stepped back before I dragged her down to the floor right there. "Fuck, I missed you," I said softly, and I meant it more than usual.
"You just saw me like last week!"
"Yeah, but...I missed you." I couldn't really describe it. I felt like I was seeing her again after a long time away. I really did care for this woman. I shook my head, looked away. "You said something about studying?"
Nina sat down heavily on the sofa, box braids swaying, pout on her plump lips, and crossed her arms. "I thought you were gonna..."
"Help you with your homework?"
She laughed and it was music to my ears.
"Show me what you've got."
I kept Nina on edge the entire time I was helping her study, sitting on the couch with her and slowly sliding my hand up and down her bare thigh as I read through the tee-see-are-enn flashcards.
She aced the questions after three times through the deck, and when I put down the cards, I smiled at her so long she blushed and took a sip of her water. "What?"
"I'm proud of you. You beat a really shitty situation and you're working harder than most people I know to get even farther from it."
She'd gotten her licensed practical nurse license in record time while working in a "gun and knife club" hospital in Minneapolis, going to school nights and online, pushing harder and faster for her registered nurse degree than most people working forty hours could be expected to.
"You too."
"Not like you." I'd been pounding through dual accounting degrees in finance and business at the local tech college, the only school of higher education that would take me with a rape accusation, even unproven. All while working at the bank. "You're special."
Another blush, another sip of water, and I took the glass from Nina, set it on the coffee table, and gently pushed her to her back on the couch. Her legs wrapped around my back as I lowered myself to her, and then her lips were against mine, and I closed my eyes and enjoyed the feeling of closeness, of heat, of rising sexual excitement as her hands stroked my back under my shirt and she slowly humped her groin up against mine.
Nina broke our kiss with a gasp, looked up at me over her, smiled shyly. "I don't want you to be proud of me, big brother. Not tonight."
"Good."
"Good?"
I smiled wolfishly at her. "I was looking for a reason to spank you tonight."
"Uhhhhhhhnnn..." Nina groaned and rolled her hips, feeling my erection trapped between us.
"I bet you've been a bad girl, Nina. Have you?"
She bit her lip, cutely, nodded.