David stepped out of the shower, hearing a loud pounding against the wall as he did so. He reached for his towel and clumsily wrapped it around his waist. He need not have worried though; the roaring laughter and giggling a room over indicated Erika and her friends were the ones responsible.
"Hey, I'm having college friends over for a drink later. We'll try not to be too loud," Erika had said.
"Sure," David responded dryly, looking up to see his sister's back. She was rummaging through the cabinets, her legs straining as she peered over the top shelf. Denim shorts suited her ample thighs, he thought.
"Well? Nicer than your girlfriend's?" Erika had noticed David's stares.
"I'm not dating anyone now. Stace and I stopped seeing each other about a month ago," he quipped back tersely.
His sister's smirk dropped. "Oh... sorry. Things are tough, aren't they? Well, I'm meeting up with Sara and Ashlyn. Be back later!"
Now, as David passed Erika's door in the dark hallway, he had half a mind to knock and ask if they could keep it down but decided against it. He should probably dress first, after all.
Turning the knob to his own room, David heard the neighboring door open, accompanied by a cacophony of music, squealing, and what sounded like complaints to close it.
"Hey Davy! Come here for a sec!" Erika called after him.
David stepped back into the hallway, now dimly lit by the light pouring out of his sister's bedroom. In a hushed voice, he started, "Um, could you keep it down? I'm going to bed soon so..." He suddenly noticed he towered over his sister. She might be eight years older and a graduate student, but nowadays their apparent ages felt reversed by their physiques.
Erika stayed unnaturally quiet.
"So did you need something?" he asked.
Her out-of-view friends giggled excitedly. One of them shouted, "Are you gonna do it or not?"
"Just wait a second, Ashlyn!" Erika snapped back, leaning oddly through her doorway. For a moment the stark light detailed his sister's figure, clothed in nothing but a t-shirt; her hand tugged at the hem, fruitlessly attempting to hide her bare hips.