Author's note: my first attempt in the Incest category. It could have gone in multiple groups, including Anal, First Time, Romance and probably a couple of others, but Incest is the overarching theme. As always, feedback is appreciated, especially voting. It's painless and helps me know better how I'm doing entertaining the readers. Thanks...
The Bribe
What will his sister pay to pass Trigonometry?
"Steve, I've got a problem..." My sister, the college freshman, in whine mode.
"You've always got a problem." Me, the college senior, in study mode. I have Finals in two days.
"No, really, Steve, this is serious..."
"It's always serious."
"Steve, c'mon... don't be like that. I need your help."
"You always..."
"STEVE!!!" She actually seemed upset this time. Okay, so I thought I'd humor her.
"Fine. What's the problem?"
"I'm going to flunk Trig." Strange... it was usually about boys, or being broke, or needing my car.
"Why?" Seemed reasonable to ask.
"Because I've got a dot-head T-A that I can't understand and the book totally sucks and I've been struggling all semester to keep a D and nobody I've gotten to tutor me makes any sense."
"And you think I can help you how?"
"You're a fucking computer geek and a math genius!" she blurted out. "I've seen you explain shit to people dumber than a post and they walked away knowing their shit. You can teach
anybody
! All I have to do is pull a B on the final and I can get through with a C. That keeps me in school. You know I'm on the edge of flunking out... I'm desperate! I mean, if you can't help me, who can? I'm doomed."
"Maybe taking a couple of semesters off would help you focus," I suggested. I really wasn't in the mood to save her ass again. "Maybe hustling drinks at Beebo's or flippin' burgers at the Arches would put things in perspective. You like to party too much, Mandy, and you're letting it ruin your life."
I think I saw tears starting to well up.
"Yes, Steve, I like to party. I like to drink and to dance and to fuck my brains out. But this is serious. If I flunk out, Dad will kick me out of the house. And Mom will be right there holding the door. I
have
to pass this class. What do you want? What will it cost me to get you to help me get through this damned test?"
"What are you willing to pay?" I asked, pretty facetiously. I knew she was broke and didn't have anything worth bartering. She was going to be preying on my good graces. Again.
"I don't have anything, Steve, and you know it," she sniffed, and I realized she really
was
starting to cry. It's hard to cry on cue. Not impossible, just hard. I was starting to get my heartstrings tugged at.
"Mandy, I've got my own problems," I tried to reason with her. "I've got two finals on Friday, one in Diff-EQ and one in Laplace transforms. I'm up to my ass in studying as it is."
"My test isn't until Tuesday," she told me, moving into negotiating/begging mode. "Maybe you could find some time before then? I know you can explain this shit to me and have it stick in my head long enough to take the test..."
"Okay," I went back to trying to discourage her. "So what are you willing to pay?"
I could see the crushed feeling descend on her. She sat down on the edge of my bed and her shoulders slumped and her face went all despondent. Her hands went to her lap and she hung her head.
"I really don't have anything, Steve," she told me in a forlorn voice. "I don't know what to offer."
"How about sex?" I suggested. I figured that would get her running from my bedroom.
Weird... it didn't. She just sat on the bed looking like a cat that had been locked out in the rain. She sniffled a bit, then slowly looked up at me with the most amazingly pitiable expression I've ever seen.
"Seriously?" she asked softly.
Okay, that stopped me cold. Never in a million years would I have thought she might seriously consider sex with me. We had been antagonists the entire nineteen years of her life. I had three years on her but she had Mom and Dad's affection.
Not that they didn't love me. It's just, I was always held to a higher standard. First born, a son, smart... had to be successful -- professionally, socially, personally. No pressure there. She was always the cute one that got away with murder.
"I was kidding, Mandy," I told her. "I figured you'd run screaming from the room. You know, go get Dad to hire some outrageously expensive genius to teach you everything you need to know overnight."
"Sex isn't a bad suggestion, Steve," she went on softly. "My body's mine, free and clear, and I think I'm pretty good with it. If you're really horny, maybe we could work something out? Like maybe a couple of blowjobs or something?"
"Mandy, I don't have time for sex," I countered. She was scaring me. "That's why I haven't been getting laid. Hell, that's why I haven't even been dating! I need to ace these courses."
"Steve, everybody has time for sex," she came back. "Even if it's just fifteen minutes here or half an hour there. When was the last time you got laid?"
I actually had to stop and think about that one.
"Um... a year ago last New Year's," I confessed. "Angie Martin at the New Year's bash at the country club."
"Steve!" She actually seemed shocked. "That's like, sixteen months ago! What are you doing? Jerking off? You can't possibly be celibate, I've seen you..." She shut up in a hurry, realizing she'd said something she didn't mean to.
"You've seen me?" I prompted. I wasn't about to let it go.
"Nothing," she answered in that embarrassed and dejected tone.
"You've seen me
what?
" I persisted. I really wanted an answer. She sighed.
"I used to spy on you, Steve," she admitted, chagrined. "I hit puberty and the hormones were going crazy and you were fascinating to watch. I liked watching you handle yourself, and then later, when you'd bring girlfriends home, I liked watching you going down on them and fucking. You're a pretty well hung stud, Steve, and don't try to pretend you're not. I can't imagine you going without sex."
"Honestly, I don't," I told her. "I jerk off. Mostly to go to sleep. Satisfied?"
"No," she told me with conviction. "You deserve a lot more than that! You're busting your ass to meet Mom and Dad's expectations, and you're not even having any fun along the way? Okay,
I'll
make the offer. Sex in exchange for helping me pass the damned Trig class."