"Happy Birthday!"
I woke suddenly with my face feeling cold and wet. I was disoriented for a second before I snapped back to reality. My older brother was standing over me with a cup in his hand, smiling wickedly.
"What the hell Jake!" I yelled. My brother had obviously thrown water on me. I was furious. What a piece of shit! Why couldn't he just leave me the fuck alone? Why couldn't I get any privacy from him?
"You're eighteen bro! Time to be a man," he said laughing.
I ignored him and got out of bed to grab a towel and wipe my face off. I looked back to see my pillow and sheets were wet. Thankfully it wasn't too bad, so I just stripped off the pillowcase and bed sheet so the mattress and the pillow would dry by that evening. I started to strip off my pajamas. The only way to deal with Jake was to ignore him. He only annoyed me to get a reaction.
"Dude, what are you doing?" Jake asked, no longer smiling.
"I'm taking off my wet clothes so I can get dressed" I said, neutrally, and I pulled down my pants. I was now standing in my boxers.
"Gross! I'm right here!" Jake protested.
"Yeah, well, you'll survive, and you chose to come in here and throw water on me. Not my problem." I kept my responses terse and unemotional. Don't feed the bully right?
"Whatever," Jake said, no longer having as much fun. He looked nervous. "I was just trying to be funny, and it's your eighteenth birthday. You don't have to be such a baby about it."
I sighed. It was always like this with Jake. He obviously loved me as his brother, but he couldn't just be nice to me. He had to annoy the shit out of me until I lost it. I never understood why he was like this, but I loved him too.
"All right, good prank" I said wearily, pulling on some jeans. "You really got me," I said sarcastically. Like throwing water on a sleeping person is some sort of genius prank.
A smile flickered back onto Jake's face. I turned away to grab a shirt, and he suddenly grabbed the back of my jeans, pulled them out, and dumped the rest of the water down the back of my pants.
"What the fuck is wrong with you!" I spun around, and he ran out of the room laughing before I could do anything. I went over to my bedroom door and closed it hard, just shy of a slam. Our mom would get mad if we started slamming things this early in the morning, no matter who did what. That's why Jake could always get away with this bullshit. I pulled off my wet pants and underwear, fuming, trying to calm down. At least he hadn't used something sticky.
Finally dry and dressed, I went downstairs for breakfast. Mom was there finishing up making pancakes, and Jake was at the kitchen table, looking innocent. He was only a year and a half older than me, and he was home for summer break from college. I would be heading to college also in the fall, and I was looking forward to it.
"Happy birthday Dan!" My mom said, turning off the stove. She walked over to me and gave me a big hug.
"Thanks mom," I said, hugging her back.
"I have to go out for some errands but I'll be back later to celebrate of course! Do you have plans with your friends for today?" She asked.
"Not until later mom. They were hoping I could go hang out with them after dinner," I looked at her hopefully.
"Of course you can hun! That sounds so nice. Enjoy breakfast, I'll be back in a couple of hours!"
Mom was a great cook, but she didn't usually eat breakfast with us. She would have some sort of juice or smoothie concoction even if she made pancakes, bacon, and eggs for us.
"Don't worry mom, I'll keep him company!" Jake said.
"Oh that's so nice Jake. Dan you're so lucky to have a brother who loves you," Mom said as she gathered her purse and keys. "Be back soon!"
I rolled my eyes at Jake's angel act. Yeah I was so lucky. Mom left and I ate my breakfast in silence, scowling. I was still in a bad mood from my rude awakening.
"Hey Dan," my brother said. "Let me make it up to you."
I ignored him and focused on my pancakes. Jake left the room and came back with a paper bag, putting it down on the table with a clunk. He pulled a six pack of beer and a small box out of the bag. He opened the box and pulled out a joint.
"Are you serious?" I asked. "Where did you get that? Mom would kill you if she found out."
"Oh buddy," Jake replied. "You have a lot to learn about college."
I was usually a pretty good kid, but I had been to a couple parties and smoked a little bit of weed before. It was just like Jake to do something so annoying and then follow up with something cool. I breathed a sigh of relief. If he was going to chill with me and some beers, I could probably expect no further "pranks" at least for a couple hours. Jake took his chilling very seriously.
"All right, cool. Thanks man," I said.
"Let's go to my room and watch a movie," he suggested.
We went up to his room and both sat on his couch, and cracked a beer. We started watching one of the superhero movies that had recently come out. Jake cracked a beer and handed it to me. Then he opened a window, lit the joint, took a big hit, and passed that over as well. I took a long draw of the marijuana and then a swig of beer. It didn't take long for the weed to hit me, and I began to feel much better.
"See?" Jake said, observing my change in mood. "Maybe your brother isn't so bad," he teased, obviously feeling good himself.
I didn't say anything, but I chuckled a bit. In my altered state, I had to admit that throwing water on me was a little bit funny.
"Come here bro," Jake said, pulling me over to his side of the couch. We hadn't cuddled in ages, but with the weed and the beer it felt nice. Jake put his arm around my shoulders and I leaned into him. He smelled good, like fresh laundry and soap, and his solid muscular build was warm. We watched the movie for a while in silence.
A sex scene came on screen. The superhero was boning his hot girlfriend, and since this movie was not made for kids, she had her breasts out. My dick started to harden, and I started to feel a bit uncomfortable with my brother so close. I didn't want to pull away though. The weed made me worry that he'd realize why. But if I didn't do something soon, he'd notice the tent in my pants. I tried to adjust myself surreptitiously, but Jake noticed.