I couldn't exactly say my sister, Ella, was mature but she was still a teenager, if only just, so I could hardly hold that against her. Let's face it, we both had the whole rest of our lives to grow up and act like adults, so what was wrong with playing the fool now and then? Even if in Ella's case that was pretty much 24/7. Now don't get me wrong, I'm maybe not in much of a position to lecture anyone else on this subject given the events of that night, but if you put us two in the same room, you'd almost certainly get the impression that there was more than the eighteen months between us that there really is.
So, I was hardly surprised to hear raucous laughter emanating from behind her bedroom door. Given that I had no plans for the evening, I decided to pop in and see what was going on. If I wasn't wanted, I could easily leave again.
I found Ella and her friend Beth on the floor playing Jenga. Both were dressed pretty casually, so it looked like they were more set for staying in than a night on the town. I didn't remember having seen Ella's outfit before, so I guess it must have been new -- I was almost dazzled by the rainbow, leaf-patterned leggings that covered her from ankle to waist, and the matching, sleeveless crop top that clung tightly to her mid-sized, but very shapely, breasts. In between, there was just enough of a gap to tantalise with a glimpse of her shapely, slightly rounded stomach. A simple diamond stud glimmered from her belly button. Her feet were bare, revealing toenails painted with the same glittery varnish as her finger nails. All in all, her choice of clothes showed off her sexy body very effectively, without obviously flaunting it.
While Ella was sitting cross-legged, Beth was lying on her stomach, propping herself up on one arm, the other stretched out as she gingerly prodded at the tower of blocks, no doubt probing for a loose one. This gave me an unimpeded view of her shapely curves -- she was covered from ankle to neck and down to her wrists in black Lycra, the matching top and bottom broken only by the three white stripes down her legs and sleeves that advertised the brand. She had a bit of a bubble butt, which morphed seamlessly into a slim waist. I couldn't see from where I was stood, but up top, I knew she was a little on the small side, but that was really just being picky when you considered it in the light of all her other assets. Somewhat incongruously, she was wearing pink socks -- probably she hadn't given much thought to what she'd put on her feet given that they'd be more or less hidden when she had her trainers on.
Now, we've never actually discussed our measurements, but it was pretty clear that I had a couple of inches on my sister up top, and to be honest a couple of extra inches round my bum and waist too. I liked to think I wasn't any fatter, just a bit wider all round. Well, OK, maybe I did have a slightly more rounded stomach, but I think you could still say I was well shaped all over without getting too many objections. Not that I was showing things off like Ella and Beth were right then -- I had on low rise blue jeans and a short, loosish blue T-shirt. No doubt the top of my lacy boyshorts and a little bit of skin were just visible in the narrow gap in between, but you'd have been hard pressed to get more than a vague idea of my body shape just by looking.
'You want to join in?' Ella asked, barely holding back a laugh.
'What's so funny?' I asked in return. 'Last time we played Jenga I don't remember you finding it quite this hilarious.'
'Whoever loses has to do a striptease,' Beth announced, a broad grin covering her face as she turned to look up at me. She'd just removed a block and was very carefully placing it on the top of the pile.
'Sounds like a load of fun,' I replied sarcastically. 'I think I'll stick to only taking my clothes off when I need to get clean or there's a boy I want to fuck.'
'Oh, you're such a spoilsport, Robyn,' Ella said, but she wasn't looking at me, she was focussed on cautiously removing a block from the middle of the tower. Half the levels were already missing blocks, so the whole tower was looking very precarious.
Something must have stoked my interest though because I enquired a bit further. 'So, is it just to undies or are you going all the way?'
'Robyn, what the hell do you think?' Beth asked me, a cheeky grin on her face.
I was still standing in the doorway, and I very nearly left there and then.
'Seeing as you're my sister, I might agree to let you keep your knickers on,' Ella offered, 'but only if Beth agrees.'
I wasn't quite sure that that made any sense. Fair enough we weren't the kind of family that had seen one another in the flesh for a very long time. We might have shared a hotel room and even a double bed last time we were on holiday, but we'd always taken turns to get changed in the bathroom when we needed to go beyond undies.
'You'd rather see my bare ass than your sister's?' Beth asked. 'Should I take that as a compliment?' They didn't really seem that eager to get me involved though, as Beth was already gently poking blocks in search of another loose one.
'I guess it's not really fair, is it?' Ella responded. 'Why should Robyn get to see me all over if all she's put on the line is her tits?'
I guess I should have answered with some banter of my own, but actually I was a bit distracted with the thought of seeing Ella in the altogether. It would be the first time since well before we were both developed, and I couldn't believe she was taking it so lightly. I was picturing her standing in front of me, insouciantly displaying her charms as though it was the most normal thing in the world.
'So, do you two play games like this all the time?' I asked, more for something to say than because I really wanted to know the answer.
That just caused the pair of them to burst out laughing.
'I'll leave you two to it,' I said, trying my best to sound disdainful, before leaving and closing the door behind me.
What a pair of monkeys, I said to myself as I headed back to my room. I ended up watching some half-baked rom-com on Netflix, but I couldn't quite get Ella and Beth's game out of my mind. I guess it was nice that they felt comfortable enough with each other that they were prepared to play a game like that. I don't think I'd have been anywhere near so relaxed if it had been my naked flesh that was at stake, even if I'd been playing with my own besties. Maybe those two were more casual around each other than me and any of my friends were. I was pretty sure that they were both as straight as two planks, so I didn't think either of them really had any interest in seeing another girl naked, beyond the fun of seeing her all embarrassed.
I was just down in the kitchen getting a drink when the two of them came in. Both of them were dressed just the same as before, so there was no clue as to who had lost.
'So, who won in the end?' I asked, smiling. I was just making small talk, except I realised I did really want to know. Looking them both up and down, I was picturing what they looked like in their bare skin.
Beth and Ella looked at each other shyly, a bit of a grin spreading across their faces.
'We called it quits at one win apiece,' Beth said. 'But if you've changed your mind, you can come join us for a decider.'
What the fuck, I asked myself. They're honestly still trying to get me involved? But what I said out loud was, 'How does that work? Does whoever lost first time put her clothes back on so she can repeat the performance?'
'No, if Ella lost again, she was going to, come down here and get us a couple of Cokes out the fridge,' Beth explained.
'That doesn't sound like much of a big deal to me,' I responded without giving it much thought.
'Do you think she was going to let me do it with my clothes on?' Ella asked as she reached into the fridge.
Wow! That put a different slant on things. Mum and Dad were just in the next room, and might have seen through the half open door even if they didn't come out. I guess Ella was a lot battier than I'd given her credit for. I pictured Mum staring at her in shock, looking her up and down. All that soft skin, perky tits and her privates on full view. What would Mum have made of it, let alone if it had been Dad! But here was Ella just casually talking about it like it was nothing to write home about.
I was still standing there almost stupefied, but Ella and Beth were already on their way back upstairs. So, they'd both got stark bollock naked, and by the sound of it Ella had kept her clothes off for the second game, ready to pay up if she lost again. I leant back against the counter and began to sip my drink as I contemplated it all. First Ella, and then Beth must have peeled off her clothes. They had had music playing the whole time, so did they do a sexy dance, or was it just matter of fact? Maybe it wasn't really a big deal if they'd played games like this before. Neither of them had seemed to be taking it too seriously. Were they used to getting naked in each other's presence? I guess they had sleepovers together often enough, so it would have made getting changed a lot easier. But if they had played before, tonight was the first I'd ever heard of it -- and I don't think they'd could have pulled many stunts involving walking around the house nude without me hearing about it one way or the other.
As if to prove a point, Mum walked in at that very moment. 'What's up love?'
'Nothing, I was just getting a drink.' I didn't want to seem rude, but I legged it right away. Given what I was thinking about, Mum was the last person I wanted to meet.
