Caught on Camera
Chapter 2 - Going Private
Now - Thursday, 6:59pm
"Fuck! Case!" Alison called into the kitchen. She scuffed her mouse, jabbed at the Escape key repeatedly, tried Ctrl-Alt-Delete, then smacked her keyboard with an open palm. Nothing. Her desktop monitor remained frozen. "Of all the... god
damnit! Casey!
"
"Hang on!" her roommate yelled back. "Muffins! Two minutes!"
Alison let out a long exhale and reclined in her gamer chair, placing a hand over her heart. She swiveled back and forth, studying the minuscule cracks that crisscrossed the ceiling. She closed her eyes and focused on her breathing, trying to find calm. A knock at the door.
"Come in," Alison said, sitting forward. "I told you, Case, you don't have to knock."
"Kinda do, Ali," Casey said. She wiped her floury hands on her apron. "I mean..." She gestured with an open palm, up and down, indicating Alison's... everything. "Look at you."
"What're you... oh." Alison looked down. Her hoodie was unzipped past her navel, and one hand had wandered inside, absently massaging a bare breast. From the waist down, she had nothing on but a pair of boy shorts and a single green sock. "Right. Sorry," Alison said, turning pink. She hastily withdrew her hand and zipped the hoodie up to her chin, pulling the hem to mid-thigh. "Sorry, Cici."
"It's fine, Adie," Casey said. "I've walked in on worse. What'd you need?"
"It's this fucking... thing." She waved a hand at her streaming rig. "My VPN's acting up again, or it's got a virus or something. Always something, as usual. Could you...?"
Casey sighed. "I'll have Cal look into it. What time do you go live?"
"I'm thinking maybe nine? Ish?"
"Until?"
"'Question mark!" Alison smiled wide. "Gotta make that rent. I'm so glad you're cool with it still, I mean, I know it sometimes can be awkward-"
"Ali." Casey gave her a small, resigned smile in return. "I'll be fine. I'll be home late, and if you're still at it I've got my headphones charging, and my Nothing-Is-Happening-Everything-Is-Fine playlist already cued up."
"Oh come on, I don't make
tha
t much noise when I'm on stream." Alison said. "I mean, at most all I'm doing is-"
"Noooope! Nopenopenope. Don't need to know, Ali."
"Okay, okay. Got it. Shutting up. Thanks, Case." Alison paused. "You know, sometime when I'm camming, if you ever wanted to..."
"Ugh. I'm not going to join in, Ali." Casey pushed her glasses up the bridge of her nose. "For the millionth... I might be a lowly adjunct, but I don't need extra money
that
badly."
"Ha! I just meant you could watch the show sometime, Case, see what it is I do. VIP access, on the house, I wouldn't even have to know you were signed on. But now you mention it, with those tits..." Alison's gaze drifted downward. Under the floral apron, Casey's breasts strained against a tight sweater. She imagined Casey in the apron and nothing else, busy at the counter making a quiche or whatever. "We could..." Imagined kissing down the hard knots of Casey's spine to her tailbone, nudging the taller girl's legs apart before lowering...
Casey watched her, one eyebrow raised, waiting.
"We'd, uh, we'd make money faster than we could spend it," Alison said at last, her daydream evaporating.
"Yeah, thanks, no, sorry, it's still a no. To both. Not watching,
definitely
not going on camera." Casey crossed her arms. "It's been years, Ali. When are you going to stop asking?"
"When you say yes, Caseygirl." Alison smirked. "I'll change your mind someday. You'll see. Show you what you've been missing."
"Sure, you do that. So long as it's after finals. Did you need anything else? Muffins are cooling, and I still have to put the lasagna in the oven and get back to grading."
"Nope, that's it, thanks," said Alison. "Get outta here. Gotta get busy dyeing."
"Oh right! What color did they pick?"
Alison ran a hand through her short, freshly-bleached hair. "Blue this time. By fourteen percent. But shhh! It's a secret! You can't tell, anyone, not even-"
"I'll call him right now, and I promise not to tell."
"Love you, Cici," Alison said, distracted, tapping away at her phone. "I owe you one."
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Casey closed her bedroom door and leaned her weight against it. She and Alison had been friends since first grade, and had seen each other naked plenty of times, but still. It was the way Alison looked at her recently, that longing, that hunger. It was... different.
No. Focus up. Call Cal.
"Aria?" Casey called out. Her phone chirruped. "Call Cal. Put it on speaker."
"
Calling Cal
," the phone said in a metallic voice.
Two rings, then Cal picked up. "Yeah?" He sounded busy, impatient.
"Heeey, little brother."
"This again. We're six minutes apart, Case. Six. What's up?"
"Hang on, putting you on speaker." She untied her apron and hung it on a hook. "I need to get ready for class while we talk."
"What's on the bill tonight?"
"Double feature," Casey said, shrugging out of her sweater. "
Atanarjuat
and
The Thing
, eighty-two. Carpenter's their reward for making it to the end of term and handing in their essays on time."
"Sounds snowy."
"It felt appropriate. You looked outside?" she asked, peeking through her curtains. The falling snow showed no signs of slowing.
"Yeah, it's still coming down pretty hard. You going to be alright getting to campus?"
"Should be. I think I'll walk it. Love the snow, hate driving in it. I'm heading out now, gotta set up the projector and maybe get some grading in. Talk soon!"
"Um, Casey...? Big sister? You called me...?"
"Oh! Duh! Right! It's Ali, she needs-"
"Fuck me, it's Thursday, isn't it? Tech support?"
"Got it in one. She's going live at nine. Do you think you can come over?"
"What time is... shit. I'm supposed to meet Jeff for coffee in half an hour." The sound of typing in the background. "Give me... just a sec..."
"It's okay, I'll tell her you're busy. Maybe she can use her phone or something..."
"No no, it's fine, I can take care of it from here."
"Thanks, Cal. I'll owe you. I made a batch of those cranberry orange muffins you like. Ali knows - she sniffed them out - but I'll try and save you some." Casey, down to her utilitarian bra and panties, went over to her closet. She selected a bulky cardigan and a gray button-up blouse. "You still coming over on Sunday? I'm doing carbonara."
"Wouldn't miss it. I'll bring that wine you like."
"Can't wait! Bring extra, I'll be finished grading by then and we can all celebrate. Ali says she misses you, whatever that means. Listen, I really need to get going. You sure you can...?"
"Tell Ali I'll call her in a few. Need to sort out a few things on my end first."
"Thanks, little brother." Casey stood before a full-length mirror, studying herself. She ran a hand down her stomach.
Thank god Cal can't seem me like this
. Unconsciously, she removed her bra tossed it away. She lifted her naked breasts and pressed them together, creating a deep cleft. "Hey, uh, before you go? Ask you something?"
"Mm-hm?" He kept typing.
"Ali's cam shows."
With those tits...
Casey turned to the side. "You've never watched them, have you?"
"Jesus, Case! No! She's like a sister to me, you know? Besides, it's not like she ever goes past the underwear stage on cam, and I've seen that much at your apartment." More clacking, then a pause. Cal laughed. "Waitasec, why? Have
you?!
"
Lost in her own reflection now, breasts full, hair untamed, Casey barely recognized herself. It took her a moment to process her brother's question. "What?! No, I've... I'd never. She's like a sister. Like, uh, like you said. Anyway. I'll tell her you'll call. Um. Yeah. Bye. Thanks. Bye. Aria, hang up." Her phone bleeped.