Anna awoke in a cold sweat, unable to quite remember the nightmare she'd just had. She knew it had been bad though. She sat up slowly, pushing her pink satin sheets down to her knees, and looked at her clock. 2:28 a.m. No one would be up right now, she thought, but she grabbed a robe anyway in case her mom's newest husband happened to be downstairs. Anna generally slept in the nude β she liked the feel of clean sheets against her bare skin, and she was 18 now, after all. She could do what she wanted. She couldn't stomach the thought of her stepdad seeing her naked though. Something about the way his narrow eyes tended to linger a little too long on her breasts creeped her out a little. She checked in the mirror quickly before going downstairs, combing her fingers through her thick blond hair β more out of habit than of actual concern for how it looked. Then she pulled the robe tightly over her perky size-C breasts, which were big for her tiny figure and tended to pop out of clothing at inopportune moments.
Anna padded down the hallway and down the stairs, grabbing a glass from the cabinet. She winced as the icemaker groaned loudly, the ice cubes clanking into her glass. Hopefully she hadn't woken up the whole house. She was in the midst of taking a long sip of her icewater when she heard the stairs creak behind her. Damn it. She'd woken her stepdad.
He came down the stairs and stood in the doorway to the kitchen, dressed only in his boxers, carrying a rifle. His hairy stomach poking out over the boxers' elastic made him seem more silly than anything, and Anna was rather glad it hadn't been an intruder.
"Calm down, David, it's me. I'm just getting water. Sorry I woke you."
David swore and lowered the gun. "Fuck, Anna, you scare the living shit out of me!" He looked angry.