Hey everyone, it's me, Rose, again. So I promised last time I'd tell you more about what happened between me and my step-brother, and I finally found time in the middle of these classes to write it all down. (Note to self: you are not "too good" for blow-off classes. Blow-off classes will be your friend next semester.)
So I kind of teased you guys last time when I implied that I gave Gabe a blowjob the next morning. Unfortunately, it really didn't happen that way, even though it was totally my plan at the time. Instead, I got a serious talk from Gabe about boundaries and how we can't do this. I know what you're thinking: total drag. Only, weirdly enough, it didn't feel that way.
Brief detour: domination fantasies. I want my guy to be in control, not weak. If he gives in too easily to temptation, it loses a little bit of the spark. I'm not speaking for all the ladies out there, but for me, it's not about pain, sadism, or humiliation. So much of that just makes me think a weak guy gets his jollies from beating up girls. I get feelings of inferiority all the time; domination isn't about making me feel that way. It's about being the center of attention, need, and desire, for someone that you see as superior. If you feel small, or weak, or worthless, being dominated (but not degraded) by someone powerful, strong, and superior makes you feel whole.
That last part is the key, but it's tricky. It's weird to think of someone your age, who's like you in some ways, as just being...better. Sure people might be more popular, or hotter, or whatever. But most of us think that we're all kind of equal deep down, and I guess I do too. But when I'm with Gabe, I can't explain it, but it just feels right to kind of look up to him. It might sound pathetic, but I see Gabe as this superior man, and it makes me want to just give myself over to him completely.
My problem at the time was that I was afraid that the guy I worshiped was going to let the whole brother-sister thing get in the way of something great. I mean, I didn't have any basis of comparison, but our first time together was hot. He had to feel it too. If it was just the blowjob, then I'd get it: old news. "Dudes like getting their dick sucked—now Chet with the weather."
That wasn't the only thing, though. It was the way he looked at me when I asked his permission to play with myself. When I asked to do it "for him," I could see him experience the same rush I did, the rush of control, just from a different direction. He had stared right into my pussy as I made myself orgasm for him. He couldn’t turn away. Part of me thought he might have been imagining all the things he could do to my virgin kitty.
I thought about this kind of stuff all the time, and I realized, like a lot of girls I bet, that I don't just generically get off on being controlled. Some asshole I didn't know or like bossing me around would just make me angry. No, it had to be someone I trusted and admired as much as I did Gabe. Finding someone like that would be hard; at the time, in my naive, lovestruck brain, I thought it practically impossible. (Now I think differently, but that's a story I'll have to wait to tell you about.)
Sorry, longer detour than I thought! Anyway, I can't lie, even if I really want to right now: I started to cry. It wasn't just that I was sad or felt rejected. It was that right then, as he was telling me that we couldn't be together, everything about him screamed "I'm perfect for you."
Checklist of fantasy traits:
-Authoritative tone, telling me what to do and not asking.
-Strength and self-control, always in charge of himself as much as me.
-Love and concern for me, never taking control only for himself
-Abs (I'm only human, and he was wearing a tight shirt that morning!)
He pulled me in for a hug, and I could feel the warmth of his body, its strength. I wanted to sink to my knees right there, but I wasn't going to embarrass myself if I wasn't pretty sure it would work. After I stopped sobbing and smiled, Gabe was sure I was OK. Then it was back to "normal."
Normal for me, of course, meant constantly fantasizing about that night, and what would have happened if I had just climbed on top of Gabe and let him take my virginity. As you can probably guess, the next few days saw me pleasuring myself at least a couple of times daily imagining how that scenario would have played out.
It was a whole cycle: I would think about what I should have done and feel stupid for passing up the chance. Then I'd think about how it could have gone wrong, since I didn't know what I was doing and probably wasn't hot enough for Gabe anyway. Then when I felt at my lowest, I'd allow myself to fantasize about what it would take for him to actually do it, to have sex with me, his nerdy little step-sister. What could I do to make him want me?
You might think it’s weird that I jilled off while thinking about how lame I was, but that wasn’t unusual. What was different was that this time my fantasy scenarios really could come true. There might be things I could do that would make him want me. If it happened once, it wasn’t out of the question that Gabe would change his mind.
For those few days, Gabe didn't exactly avoid me, but he made sure we were never alone. Where once I hung out with him at his band practices, now I was left behind. Gabe was getting stuff together for his Halloween costume, and I wasn’t helping him. I assumed he go off in a few days to a huge party and meet some new slut who’s way hotter than me and not related to him. We didn’t even watch TV alone together. It was hell, and I know he could tell how depressed I felt. I wasn’t play-acting, trying to lead him on or anything. I was just bummed, like I had no energy.
Our parents noticed it too. My mom asked me if there was a boy; I told her it was complicated. In her mind, she must have taken that to mean I had some crush at school or something, maybe even a boyfriend. She told me I could always be honest with her, but I knew that this case was a huge exception. She wanted to know if I was going out on a date for Halloween, or if I’d be around to help her pass out candy. I told her that I didn’t have any plans, and she looked a little sad.
On the fourth day, Gabe finally decided things couldn't go on. I guess he thought he could take the risk of being alone with me to actually sit down and talk about this. I remember him waiting until my parents had gone to a dinner party with some of their lame friends. We went into the bonus room above our garage, which was a good hangout spot with a couple of couches, a TV, and a little card table with four chairs around it for game nights. In retrospect, I still don't really know what his intentions were; sometimes it’s hard to tell whose idea something was in the end.
I remember a lot of the things he said. He started by asking me if I felt comfortable speaking openly and honestly tonight.
"Only if you're just as honest with me," I responded, probably sounding a little bratty.
"Totally," he said. "That's the only way this conversation can work."
I was ready for him to start in with another lecture about family, boundaries, and rules. He could really surprise me, though.
"Rosie, I want you to know something right now. You're fucking beautiful. That’s not just because you’re a redhead, either."
I blushed, unaccustomed to compliments and not really believing this one. I didn’t know Gabe liked redheads either. I’d never seen him date a redhead, but, then again, there aren’t that many of us. I remember looking at my lap, afraid to my eye contact in case I started crying again. God, some times it sucks to be a girl. He continued.
"Those girls at school really pulled a number on you. You go around thinking nobody could ever like you, but it's not true. You don't need me, you could get any guy."
I think Gabe thought this was a compliment, but it actually hurt, since it felt like he was trying to pawn me off on some other guy to get rid of me. Once he saw my hurt expression, he held on to my hand, and I felt a little better.
"Gabe," I said in a soft voice, my eyes still lowered.
What can I say? Writing this stuff down after the fact is one thing, but at the time I was shy and a nervous wreck over this.
"Yeah?"
"Gabe, I know I'm not, like, Sadie level pretty or anything. I just...thought that you'd let me do things with you. What happened last night was the best thing that's ever happened to me."
When I let my eyes come up to meet his, I didn't know what to expect. I think he was trying to process what I was saying. Maybe he couldn't understand that a girl would actually want to perform oral for a guy, since a lot of girls just do it to make their boyfriends stop begging. For me, it was so much more.
"Rosie," he said, using his pet name for me again, "you don't have to do that for me to make me like you. You'll always be part of my life."
"I know, but it's...not like that. I like doing it. I liked everything we did."
Gabe's eyes widened.
"Tell me the truth, Rose. You want to suck cock?"
I was a little shocked. I suppose once it had actually already happened, saying the words shouldn’t be a big deal. For me, it felt like Gabe was letting me into a secret world, where we could talk about things like this without shame or fear.
"No," I replied. "I want to suck your cock. Nobody else's."