"I am sick and tired of being treated like some little girl," Dawn complained, stamping her 18-year-old foot in frustration. "Why can't I go out and stay until midnight like David?" she asked. "He's only 19."
"Honey, I know you're impatient to grow up and do all the things that go along with that," Sara, her mother answered her. "But you just need to wait a little bit for some things. David had the same 10:30 curfew when he was 18 as you have now. Fair's fair, isn't it?"
"Well, then it was unfair to him, too," she retorted.
"That's what I said," David laughed. "I agree with you, but that's the way they are."
"What about when Janie comes to visit?" Dawn asked, referring to her cousin who was coming to spend a month. "Are you going to humiliate me with this stupid curfew even then?"
"We'll see what kind of a curfew she has and make a decision then," Sara replied. "Is that fair?"
"We'll see," Dawn said, still disappointed.
"I'll tell you what," David said. "If you want, you can come with me until you have to be home and I'll make sure you get here in time. I'll just go back out until I have to be here."
"You'd do that?" Dawn asked, staring at him. "Why?"
"Let's just say I feel sorry for you," David replied. "If you don't like it, fine, but I had a momentary weakness and thought you might appreciate it."
"I do," Dawn said. "Really. I just thought...."
"What?" David asked. "Get it out."
"Just that you'd rather be with your friends and not your little sister," Dawn answered lamely.
"It crossed my mind," David said. "But like you said, you're growing up. Let's see if you can behave like you are."
"I think that's very nice, David," Sara said. "And you should be more grateful, Dawn. He didn't have to offer."
"I am grateful, I'm just mad about it all," she said. "Can we go now?"
"I'm ready," David laughed. "See you later, mom," he said, kissing her on the cheek. "I'll make sure she's home on time."
"You'd better," Sara said, "or you'll pay the price, too."
"Come on," Dawn said, opening the door. "My night's almost over already."
David laughed as he followed his sister out of the house. He hadn't been kidding when he'd commented on how Dawn had grown up. She had a pretty nice ass under her shorts, and he had noticed that her t-shirts were sticking out farther and farther all the time. A few of his friends had commented on how she was developing and he knew there would be no objections to his bringing her along.
David carefully drove to the old railroad station outside of town where he always met his friends. When they got there, John and Henry and Bill were already there, as well as Mary and Sue. David smiled when he saw Sue. She had been very friendly lately and he knew she had a reputation as a girl who would let things go along farther than the other girls. There were a couple of remarks about him bringing his little sister, but Henry and Bill quickly voiced their support for her presence.
Dawn felt a bit shy with all these older friends of her brother's, but they quickly accepted her and soon she was laughing with them as they gossiped and told stories about each other. Out of nowhere a bottle of vodka appeared and was passed around. She watched as everyone took a swallow right out of the bottle, some of them coughing as they swallowed the strong alcohol. When she took a swallow, she almost gagged, it was so strong. She had never tasted strong alcohol and it surprised her how much it burned as it slid down into her stomach.
Slowly the bottle went around and around until it was empty. Dawn noticed that her face felt flushed and that she was very relaxed. She laughed when Sue leaned on Bill and kissed him, rubbing her body against his. John and Henry quickly voiced their complaint at being left out of the action. Sue laughed and broke off her kiss, moving back away from Bill.
"Well, Mary's here, too," she laughed. "And I'll bet Dawn wouldn't mind playing, too," she added.
Dawn gasped when she heard this. She certainly wasn't about to make out with any of these boys, especially not in front of everyone else. Mary didn't say anything, so Dawn assumed that she too didn't mind the idea.
"But there's only two, or three of you and four of us," Henry complained. "How is that fair?"
"Well, let's draw straws," Sue laughed. "Big straw for me, medium one for Mary and a small one for Dawn," she suggested. "Whoever draws the straw gets to make out with whoever goes with the straw. Then we'll do it again and that way everyone gets some loving."
"That sounds okay to me," John said. "What about you guys?"
Everyone voiced their approval but Dawn, who stood there in shock.
"How about it, Dawn, are you going to join us?" Sue asked, a twinkle in her eye. "Or would you rather watch for now?"
"I think I should watch," Dawn replied, feeling her face flush with embarrassment as everyone stared at her. "I mean, at first anyway," she said, feeling foolish, and young.
"It's no big deal," Sue said, rescuing her. "More for me and Mary, isn't there? Now we don't even need straws, we can just do evens and odds."
"Let's do it then," John said. "I need some loving already."
They threw fingers until it narrowed down to Bill. Then they did it again and Henry won.
"Well, it looks like Bill's mine for now," Sue said, "and you can have Mary, Henry," she said with a laugh, wrapping her arms around Bill's neck.
