"I'm so borrred," my sister, Liz, whined with an attached groan as she tossed the TV remote aside.
After a silent thirty seconds, I didn't even take my eyes off the screen as I responded with, "Are you expecting some kind of response?"
She leaned forward and grabbed her beer bottle from the coffee table set in front of the two long couches positioned in an "L" shape in the attic, which was fully carpeted and furnished as a comfortable second living room area. She downed the remains of the bottle and sighed, adding the empty bottle next to the series of others.
"Bad enough my date got cancelled and nothing else is going on to subject me to drinking while watching bad movies on a Friday night," she complained.
"Don't forget who got you those beers," I coyly reminded her. I was twenty-one, attending college locally and living at home, and my legal age had privileged me with a sense of power over those who couldn't buy it, like my sister, who was only eighteen and finishing her senior year of high school. I truly didn't mind, since I wasn't much of a drinker myself. "And who was this date? That Greg guy you brought over last week?"
"So?" she muttered.
"Half-brain guy like that is doing you a favor by standing you up. Can't string three words together."
"As opposed to your date missing in action tonight? That Kelly chick you've been seeing?" Liz said, raising an eyebrow. "Talk about a skanky slut-ass hoe-bag."
"That skanky slut-ass hoe-bag was my ticket to getting laid," I joked. "She's working late."
"Yeah, working late," she sarcastically mimicked, tonguing the inside of her cheek as she balled her fist to knock it against her other, signaling a blowjob.
I rolled my eyes, trying not to let her get a rise out of me. "Anyway, you've got all week now that the house is all to ourselves with mom and dad on their trip," I reminded her.
"Yeah, but we still have school, dummy. Just a shit way to start this weekend off is all," she murmured in a depressed manner. "Anyway, try to broaden your horizons a little, big brother, and make it more of a challenge than that easy, sleazy, beautiful blubber girl."
"She's not fat. She's just got a well-rounded ass," I corrected. "And my horniness knows no boundaries. So I'll take it easy any night. Plus, you're one to talk."
"I'm a girl. I'm entitled every now and then to throwing hard-to-get out the window when I just need a good, simple old-fashioned dicking."
"Sounds like mom and dad's little princess has grown up with a mouth that can let stuff like that come out. And let other stuff come in," I vocally jabbed.
"Is that a disparage of my blowjob skills? Because Greg never complains. I can suck one better than Kelly any night. Well, that is, when she can find it," she jostled, giving me a sneer and a wink.
"I'll have you know I'm very well-equipped," I assured her. "I know it's been a while since you've accidentally gazed upon the glory of my magnificent piece of machinery, but just for the record that there have been some amazing growth advances."
"Okay, Mr. Modesty. Whatever helps you sleep at night," she snickered.
There was silence for a good minute or two as the idiotic movie she chose played. She tapped the remote against her leg as if pondering something, before finally speaking out with it, "You ever wonder why people freak out when someone accidentally sees them naked?"
"Because it's embarrassing?" I answered as if it were obvious.
"Well, yeah, the surprise value, sure," she agreed. "But I mean, if you're someone who is comfortable with your naked body, then why should you be embarrassed about what the other person saw or thought afterward?"
"You bringing that up because of that time years back when I accidentally walked in on you changing out of your bathing suit?" I smirked, narrowing my eyes toward her.
She tried to hide an embarrassed smile. "Now THAT was embarrassing, only because back then I WASN'T so equipped. But that's what I mean. If that were to happen tonight, I don't think I'd be so embarrassed, because we're both mature adults."
"That's debatable," I noted.
"Okay, good point. But I mean it wouldn't be traumatizing or anything, because we've both seen our share of the naked opposite sex."
"I still think you would freak out," I smiled. "I think you're all talk and no walk."
"I honestly would not be embarrassed if you accidentally saw me naked now," she calmly stated. "And I wouldn't be embarrassed seeing you, either."
I gave a short, confused laugh. "Why?"
She shrugged. "Because I've seen a dick before, and I've seen YOUR dick before. And despite your claims of present-day Paul Bunyan caliber, a minor difference of having hairy balls now as opposed to then is not enough to warrant a horror scream queen reaction. I just think people blow it all out of proportion."
"I just think you're a little drunk and thinking of weird drunken things."
"TouchΓ©," she gallantly agreed, toasting another beer bottle toward me. "But it's the guys who can't handle it."
"You're saying I couldn't handle seeing you naked now? All because your chest balloons have inflated since the last time I suffered accidental witness?"
"Well, my handles are too hot to handle, anyway," she figured with a roll of her shoulders, drinking more. "But yes. I'm saying YOU would be the one to freak out because chicks just handle this stuff better."
"I wouldn't faint like some little bitch overseeing my sister's steaming hot titties, you narcissistic psycho," I grumbled.
Liz leaned forward and set the bottle down on the table, slapping her hands on her knees. "All right, then. Let's do it."
"Do... what?"
"An update. A naked update. It's been all these years, right? All these changes and developments? How about we exchange glances at the new model hardware?"
I flatly stared at her. "You're out of your skull. And drunk, if I didn't mention it before."
"You've never been the least bit curious? What each other looks like now? Come on, it'll be fun! I need to see a dick tonight, damn it!"
"And I need to see some boobs, but that doesn't mean my sister's. Go on the internet like a normal person, perv."
"Prove to me you wouldn't freak out!" she insisted.
"I don't need to prove shit," I sanely assured her. "But I promise, the next time I accidentally see you naked, I won't be losing my shit over it."
"We go downstairs, we undress, put towels on, come back up, do a mutual reveal, and then move on with our lives. It'll be like a fast naked reunion."
"You are sooo out of your mind drunk," I said in shaking laughter, tipping my head back against the rear of my couch.
"And you're lame," she blurted. "And no fun. No wonder you're with Kelly." She bounced up from her seat and flopped her arms to her sides. "I'm going to get my booty naked and I'll be back up for you to see, whether you want to or not. So you might as well do it, too."