My sister Cristi and I weren't always friends, but, being similar ages and personalities, we always knew we could rely on each other for advice and support. The summer after I graduated high school, when she got home from her freshman year of college, was when things changed for us.
We had a swimming pool in our basementβ-yes, in the basement, not the yardβ-and this gave us great opportunities to relax, even at night when outside there wouldn't be enough light. The previous summer I had spent a lot of time ogling Cristi's tightly-suited body when we both got bored late at night and felt like getting some activity that wasn't too strenuous. Back then we'd gotten into the habit of talking with each other (mostly her giving me advice about classes to take and teachers to avoid at the high school). This was a tradition I hoped to revive from the first night we were both home, not least because of the ogling, but also because she was excellent company.
I was gently gliding from one end of the pool to the other at about midnight when Cristi stepped into the pool room. Her body hadn't changed at college, at least as far as I could tell, but having been at home for a week with no high school hallway eye candy, she looked even better than it would have otherwise.
Her blue one-piece, rather than giving every little detail away about her figure, made my imagination work a little to see the wonderful curvature of her abs, and deemphasized her breasts. I knew them to be a C-cup from years of snooping in the laundry room, but her suit gripped them tightly enough that they wouldn't wobble, with the side benefit that I could distinguish her nipples.
What little brotherly propriety I had left in me made my eyes drift over her mound quickly, getting right to her smooth, shapely legs. Cristi usually runs for exercise, giving her basically perfect legs. I'm not sure, but I may have forgotten to breathe for a few moments.
"Something wrong, Jon?"
I hadn't noticed that my eyes were taking her in a little too intently, so I had to recover and try not to blush too much. "Well, Cristi..."
"Checking for tattoos?"
"As a brother, I have to make sure that your no-good boyfriend isn't hitting you. It's a protectiveness thing." I thought she didn't buy it when she sliced into the water, but then she popped up right next to me, embracing me, much to my surprise.
"Thanks, Jon. That's sweet, whether or not it's completely accurate." She pulled back and smiled at me. "But I don't even have a boyfriend right now. So you have nothing to worry about."
"No boyfriend? For how long?"
"I went on a few dates this semester but the only guy that lasted more than a week was first semester." She didn't look upset by this at all, so I didn't see any reason not to ask for more information.
"Now Cristi, I don't mean to pry, but..."
"No, I didn't sleep with him." I was relieved I didn't have to finish the question. "I'm still a virgin, Jon." After a moment in which I didn't know what to say (hey, *you* try to say something there that doesn't offend or trivialize her), she broke the silence again to ask, "How about you? Have you had sex yet?"
My male instincts screamed at me to bluster and inflate my experience, but we made eye contact and I humbly sighed, saying, "No, I haven't. The closest was a handjob nine months ago." I blushed at this admission.
Cristi, a little embarrassed to see me so vulnerable, brushed a strand of her wet hair behind her ear as she floated closer to me in the pool and said, "A few guys have groped me a little through my clothes. The most intense it's ever been was when I had my hand over a guy's fully-clothed crotch and he...um, I guess "came" early."
I don't know what came over me, but suddenly I got a shot of courage and said something I wouldn't have in a million years expected to say to my sister.
"We should do something," I said.
"What do you mean?"
"Well, I've never gotten farther than handjobs, and you've never gotten further than heavy petting. Why shouldn't we? I can't think of a nicer way to learn about sex than with someone I trust, like you. We're both mature and attractive people, and from what I've heard, it's pretty fun."
She was quiet for a minute, as if she didn't know what to say. Finally, "You're attracted to me?" Her facial expression was not encouraging, but it was still more surprised than revolted so I quickly worked to recover.
"Definitely. How could I not be? You take good care of yourself. You're thin, curvy, and soft-featured--how much more could I ask for?" She looked at me like she still didn't know how to respond to the idea. "How else would we lose our virginity? To some transient post-adolescent relationship? I don't anticipate falling into real love for a long time. I think it would be a great way to become closer between us. It would be a way to express our friendship in something beautiful. I don't wanna pressure you, but I don't want you to dismiss the notion out-of-hand. And if you don't want to, I'm not offended, so don't take my feelings as significant. It's your feelings that matter."
She said, hesitantly, "I don't know, Jon. Don't think I'm not flattered or that you're not attractive, but I had never really thought of this before, and you obviously have. I'm sort of dealing with the idea a little more." She paused, pursing her lips in just the thoughtful way I found so appealing. She crossed her arms over her breasts as if to hug herself. "Just leaping into your bed seems like the wrong decision, but I am curious, and I do trust you and value our relationship." Another pause, shorter this time. "I think that it could work just fine if we took it slow." She smiled at me and I smiled back awkwardly, internally calming down from the coronary events of the past few minutes.
"So, where do we start?" Cristi asked.
"The better question is, how far we want to go this first time."
She pondered it, and came upon a solution. "Let's not touch tonight. We should watch each other."