The vibrations of his phone on the night stand slowly broke Seth's slumber. It was the normal badgering text from his mother making sure that he wasn't sleeping away his entire summer break. It was almost lunchtime but Seth felt like he could sleep for another six or seven hours. The previous night had offered very little rest as he struggled to fall asleep.
Seth rolled out of bed and zombie walked his way to the bathroom. Standing next to the sink, Seth cupped some of the cold water running out of the faucet and splashed it against his face. The cold water shocked some life into his groggy mind. Grabbing a towel, he dried his face and stared into the mirror.
Seth's blue eyes were hardly visable through his squinting eye lids, as he struggled to adjust to the light. His short brown hair was askew from lying on his pillow. During the school year, Seth did his best to find time to work out at the school gym, but since being home he had let himself go a little. He could notice a distinguishable loss of muscle and he was starting to get a little belly from all of his mother's cooking. Seth looked up and down his 6'2" frame, he knew he needed to start working out again before school started. This was going to be his senior year, which meant he had very little time to put the moves in his longtime college crush.
Heading out the bathroom door, something suddenly popped into Seth's vision as he turned got through the door frame. He jumped, alarmed in his still sleepy state.
"Did I scare you?" Amber chuckled.
Amber stood smiling looking up at her brother. Her blonde hair flowed down to just passed her chest and even though she had just woken up, her hair looked as nice as it had the night before. Amber's 5'8" frame was athletic, but had some nice curves. Her long tan legs were on full display as she wore a purple pair of super short sleep shorts. She was also wearing a white tank top that read, "Not until I have my coffee", with a picture of a coffee mug on it. However, the writing on the tank top was the least Seth could pay attention to as the low cut top was showing off a generous amount of cleavage. This was an outfit Seth had seen his sister in many, many times; but given his recent awakening to his sister's sexuality, was the first time he had ever paid it much attention.
"Just didn't expect to run into someone," Seth said, trying to play it cool.
"Mom wake you up too?"
"Of course," Seth said with a laugh.
"Are you done with the bathroom? I'm headed to Drew's today and I'd like to go ahead and get on the road as soon as I can."
"Uhh, yeah, bathroom is all yours."
Amber smiled and slipped past her brother, closing the bathroom door behind her. Seth could hear the water cut on for the shower and Amber's clothes being thrown into the hamper. A mental image was beginning to form in Seth's head, but his conscience finally kicked in.
"You are a sick guy," Seth muttered to himself, heading back into his bedroom.
Seth flopped backward onto his bed, landing on top of his piled up blanket. His mind continued to wander to his sister across the hall in the bathroom. The battle to keep those thoughts away was a losing one.
"That's it!" Seth exclaimed, rolling off the bed and locking his bedroom door before storming over to his desk.
Seth flipped open his laptop screen and turned on his sister's cloned cell phone. Seth needed to wipe the cell phone clean so that he was no longer tempted to pry into his sister's personal life. The computer program loaded and flashed Amber's lock screen with the picture of her and Drew. Seth unlocked the phone, ready to go in and reset the phone.
When the home screen popped up, a dozen notifications flashed on the screen. His sister had gotten quite a few text messages since Seth had turned off the phone. The messaging app was showing 12 new messages. He moved his mouse over to the "Settings" app, but he couldn't find the power within himself to proceed any further. The new messages were all he could focus on.
"Well, these are the last messages I'll let myself see," Seth thought, moving his cursor over and clicking on the messaging app.
The 12 new messages were between just two people. Two of the messages were from their mother, with one message seeing if Amber was awake and the other telling her to be safe on her trip. The other ten messages were from Drew. It was no surprise, as she always seemed to be texting him.
Seth opened the conversation with Drew and began to read:
Drew: Hey babe are you up yet?
Amber: Yeah, I just woke up. My mom will be bugging me soon to see if I'm up yet.
Drew: How did you sleep?
Amber: Not that great. I was too excited that I am going to get to see you today ο
Amber: You could say that I've missed you.
Drew: Oh, really?
Amber: You have no idea!
Drew: I can't wait to see you too...I'm looking forward to having some alone time with you. It has been a long time since we have gotten to be alone.
Amber: Are your parents going to be gone all weekend?
Drew: Yes! House to ourselves!