My sister's life-changing celebration of the 14th
Author's note:
This is my entry for the
Valentine's Day Story Contest 2023
. It is a continuation of the Tale of Annie and Brian... and others. Regardless of any contest, voting and constructive criticisms are how I learn how better to please you, the Reader. Enjoy!
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"Aw, nuts!"
This time, I just waited for her to tell me. I didn't bother asking.
"They're all sold out." Okay, so she was going to make me drag it out of her.
"Okay, Annie... who is all sold out of what?"
"Victoria's Secret. They're sold out of this really cute red and white Teddy."
"I didn't think you liked red. I thought greens and brilliant blues were more your style."
"It's not for me." Okay, at that point I had a pretty good idea who the Teddy was for.
"Jill?"
"Yeah. She did that really nice outfit for me for Christmas and I wanted to give her something."
"Christmas was over a month ago."
"I know. I was going to make it a Valentine's gift."
Oh. Okay... Only in my world would my sister be gifting expensive, erotic lingerie to my girlfriend for Valentine's Day. And, yeah... girlfriend. Jill and I were officially dating.
In fact, way back in December...
* * * * *
"Thank you for getting Annie home safely," my Dad was telling me as I helped schlep my sister's stuff up to her room. "I could have made the trip, I suppose, but the roads have been getting treacherous and I appreciate you taking it on. I know you've got to turn around and head back tomorrow, but at least you'll have one of Mom's home cooked dinners and a decent night's sleep."
He was absolutely right about the meal. Before her stroke, Mom had been an excellent cook and she loved showing off for family and friends. Since then, for almost the last year, she'd been fighting to get her body back to normal and was doing an amazing job. You could still see a slight limp as she favored her right leg and a slight trembling and weakness in her right hand when she was tired, but otherwise she seemed completely fine. She was back to being able to drive and back to being able to cook.
And based on their trip to visit me and Annie at Thanksgiving, back to fucking the hell out of our father.
The 'getting a decent night's sleep' part, I wasn't going to bet on. Not with Annie horny all the time and me the object of her lust.
"So, who you gonna call?" she asked me as I helped her put her clothes away. We were in her room, minus the parental units, and she had taken the opportunity to tease me. She'd changed into Daisy Dukes and a thin tank top in front of me. I wasn't sure how well that would fly with Mom and Dad, but it was her problem, not mine.
"Ghostbusters," I told her. "You want these jeans hung up in the closet or folded into a drawer?" We'd done laundry before we'd left, so everything we'd brought home was clean. It did seem to me that she'd brought home a lot more than she needed. But again, her problem.
"In the closet," she decided, "and very funny. You know I'm talking about who you're gonna boff when I'm not around." She looked at me for a long moment. "Involuntarily not around," she added. "I know Jill for sure. You two are almost dating. In fact, you sort of are. But what about Becca? And Abby and Barb and Linda? Well, scratch Linda. I think it'll be awhile before she needs another cock fix."
"Annie, please... seriously..." I tried to explain. "I haven't really thought about it. I've been...
we've been...
way too busy and when I go back to school it's to go back to work and to start fleshing in my thesis."
"I don't buy it," she told me. "I mean, I buy that you haven't thought about it, but I'm pretty sure that now that you know you can get great sex whenever you want it, you're gonna want it. A lot."
"I've told you before and I'll try telling you again," I answered and I'm sure I sounded annoyed. "What I
want
to do and what I'm
going
to do are two different things. They're all attractive in their own right, so what I
want
to do is a no-brainer. What I'm
going
to do is probably sleep with Jill when she wants to, and maybe have sex, again if she wants to, and work and study. But it's unlikely I'll do anything else.
"And mostly because you won't be there and it's been made abundantly clear that you don't approve of me fucking around as if I were single. Their loyalty to you is going to trump any horniness, especially when there are other available, attractive options of both sexes. Regardless of what I do or do not want."
She looked at me for a long time, before going back to putting away her clothes without a word. She was thinking and I knew it. And she knew I knew. And I knew she knew I knew... But we still managed to get to Mom calling dinner in immense silence.
She snapped out of whatever mood she was in, just in time for dinner and it was a nice family gathering like the old days. Mom had done her signature cheesy apple stuffed pork chops, garlic mashed potatoes, asparagus tips with bacon and a cheesecake for dessert. It was amazing and I was stuffed.
"I know you kids like video games to relax," Mom commented during dessert. "The old Xbox systems are still hooked up, if you want. Let me know when you want to be up and out of here in the morning, Brian, and I'll make sure you've got breakfast and something to-go."
"I figure if I'm on the road not later than eight," I told her, "I'll make it back in time for a nap before I have to go to work."
"Then I'll have food ready by seven," she decided. "I've been a bit tired recently, so I'm going to be a party-pooper and head for bed as soon as the dishes are done. You kids can just tidy up after yourselves when you go to bed."
"I've got the dishes, Mom," Annie spoke up. "It's the least I can do. And unlike Brian, I know how you want the leftovers put away, so I'll deal with that, too. No need to break in the hired help."
"You're being a little unfair to the help," Mom chided her with a smile. "After all, he
is
the chauffer, not the maid."
Okay, so they were teasing, but I wasn't going to let it get to me. I just finished my cheesecake and sighed. "Too bad it's going to be Christmas before another wonderful home-cooked meal," I told Mom and by inference Annie. "Guess I'll just have to suffer along on popcorn and grape Kool-Aid."
That got a pause... and then a muttered and sarcastic "
yeah, right!
" from Annie.
"You should rotate the flavors of Kool-Aid, son," was Mom's sage advice. With a smile.
"Well, if you two are going to fire up the Xbox," Dad decided, "I think I'll take my reading to my office. Like your Mom, though, I'm not going to be staying up late. Let me know if there's anything you need."
We all agreed it was a plan and I helped clear the dishes, then left Annie to them while I went to fire up the game. We had an old Xbox 360 Mom still used for Minecraft, and an Xbox One that I'd given to Annie when I left for college. She still had the COD: Black Ops II disc, so I figured some Zombies would be cool. I was running some solo stuff when Annie joined me, and shortly after that Mom and Dad said goodnight.
"How about Mob of the Dead instead?" Annie asked as she sat down next to me and picked up a controller. I was running Buried at the time.
"Not a problem," I told her and let myself get swarmed, went back to the lobby and selected Mob.
Annie and I worked well as a team, even against Brutus, and we were almost to midnight when she brought it up.
"So do I sneak into your room tonight? Or do you sneak into mine?"
"Annie, come on... please?..." I knew we were going to be separated for ten whole days, or whatever it was, but you'd think after the party the night before, that she'd be sated.
Not a chance.
"Hey, it's going to be like, forever before I see you at Christmas," she pouted. "And Jill's going to be boffing you every night while I lie here alone, thinking about you."
"Jill is
not
going to be boffing me every night," I objected. "I'm going to be working and you know it. Plus I'm sure she and her friends have their own plans. If I'm
very
lucky, I'll see her a couple of times, and sex isn't a given."
"Wanna bet?" she countered. "Besides, that doesn't have anything to do with me not getting laid before Christmas."
"Hey, you're eighteen," I pointed out. "Go out to one of the dance clubs. I'm sure there will be a lot of studs tripping over their tongues to get together with you." Okay, so the glare I got told me I'd said exactly the wrong thing.
"Whaaat?" I drawled, dreading the answer.
"If you think I'm some kind of slut that'll go cruising the clubs to get her ashes hauled, you have a serious re-think coming," she told me levelly. "I'm not interested in any other guy. I'm interested in you. Period. And you're going to be 300 miles south of me."
I sighed. What else was I going to do? I'd never hear the end of it if I opted to not fuck her before I left. I was going to have to get her to ease up on her fixation. Maybe I could enlist Jill's help. Regardless, tonight I needed to risk the wrath of our parents and take care of her.
"Will cuddling and a soft screw be okay?" I asked. Maybe I thought I was negotiating.
"That's a good start," she told me, shifting to a smile. There was that mercurial thing again.
"Okay, then let's wrap this up and head for bed," I decided. I shut down the game and she helped me pick up, then headed to my bedroom with me.