Christopher stepped off the plane and shouldered his duffle bag. He walked down the ramp and onto the long runway, rifle on his back, his uniform, dusty but pressed. He heard the cheers and turned with his fellow team mates to see quite a few family members and friends gathered behind a taped off area waiting as patiently as possibly for their husbands/sons/brothers/friends to be released to them once more. Christopher smiled and turned to his best friend in the Corp, Gene.
"Looks like they came out in droves today, Gene." Gene nodded towards his commander and friend.
"Looks that way, Sir. What did you expect, though? We're heroes in their eyes." Christopher nodded. Gene was right it looked like.
Christopher and his Marine Expeditionary Unit had just returned from Kandahar where they had been successful in securing the airport there in the war against terrorism. Christopher loved the action, thrived on the danger and excitement, but he was glad to be home. His sister, Michelle, was picking him up this afternoon. They had not seen each other in several years, since the death of their parents just after Christopher had left for boot camp. For a long time, Michelle was cold towards him, indignant. She'd blamed his leaving for the death of their parents. But she'd been too young to understand. Now she was eighteen years old and in a matter of weeks, she'd be headed to Parris Island to follow in her brother's path.
Finally the crowds were released and they ran towards the tarmac to meet their loved ones. Christopher spotted Michelle first and dropped his bag as she ran at him. Had he not steeled himself, she'd have probably knocked him over in her enthusiasm. For a long time, they just stood there, Michelle latched on to him, crying this time in happiness to see him alive. Christopher held her tightly, stroking her hair lightly, reassuring her that he would be home for awhile this time. Holding her felt strange at first, but slowly it sank in that this, indeed, was not the little girl he'd last seen six years ago.
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The ride home was quiet. Christopher looked at Michelle from time to time trying to adjust to the fact that she'd outgrown her little girl look. She'd gone from pigtails and braces into leather pants, crushed velvet shirts, shoulder length hair that was tri-colored (black, blond and red) and a body that could stop a Marine in the middle of a heated battle. Christopher was not in a battle, but gods above, he was floored at the reaction the sight of his sister stirred within him. As they got to the house, Michelle stepped from the Excursion and walked to the door. Christopher grabbed his bags and followed her inside. He hadn't gotten in the door good before she'd turned around to face him.
"I wasn't sure which room you'd want, so it's up to you to decide. I've been using the study as my room and I made the master bedroom into a work out area. I'll go ahead and fix dinner...if you'd like." The last part was spoken so quietly and with a hint of seduction, Christopher almost stopped breathing. Was she actually coming on to him? He saw the smile on her face as she turned and walked towards the kitchen, her every move enticing him. Christopher felt his cock begin to harden beneath his uniform and shook his head. She was playing with fire and the thing was, she knew it! Shaking his head, he walked upstairs and walked into the room that had once been his several years before. He changed into civilian clothes (blue jeans and a tight black t-shirt) and walked back downstairs and into the kitchen to find Michelle bent over looking for something under the sink. Smiling he walked up behind her and, as any brother has been known to do, grabbed her sides and tickled her. Michelle screamed, first in fright then in laughter before he released her.