The steady rhythm of rain against the windows echoed through the house, a relentless reminder that nature had plans. Tom sat on the edge of the couch, his eyes fixed on the weather radar displayed on his phone. The screen showed a dense band of rain swirling over East Jordan, Michigan, with no sign of letting up. He sighed, glancing at Kathy, who was flipping through a guidebook for the trip they'd so carefully planned.
"This storm isn't moving," Tom muttered, showing the radar to Kathy. "Looks like our white water rafting trip is a bust."
Kathy closed the guidebook with a resigned thud, setting it aside. "I suppose we could reschedule, but who knows when the weather will cooperate?"
Marcus, leaning against the kitchen counter, ran a hand through his hair. "So, what's the plan now? We can't just sit around all weekend."
Tiffany, who had been scrolling through her daily feed of Instagram reels, suddenly perked up. "What about Cedar Point? Maybe the weather is clear down there."
Tom searched Sandusky, Ohio on his app, and to his excitement the weather was expected to be a perfect 75 degrees and partly cloudy. The Williams family always loved going to Cedar Point but since both kids had grown up and spent most of their summers with their friends the frequent trips to the amusement park had diminished over the last few years.
"Cedar Point, huh? It's been a while since we last went, but it could be fun."
Kathy's eyes lit up. "That's a great idea. We've been wanting to go again for years, and this might be the perfect opportunity."
A murmur of agreement passed through the room, the disappointment of a canceled trip slowly being replaced by excitement for a new adventure. The Williams, always up for a good time, were about to trade their rafting gear for roller coasters and milkshakes at Johnny Rockets.
"Alright then," Tom said with a smile, "Cedar Point it is. Let's pack up and hit the road."
With a newfound sense of enthusiasm, the family began preparing for their impromptu journey to the roller coaster capital of the world, eager to turn a rainy day into a thrilling escape.
***
Tom sat in the driver's seat, head bobbing to the dad rock coming out of the speakers, while Kathy was buried in one of the Romance novels she had downloaded to her phone. Marcus and Tiffany sat in the middle section of the family's third-row SUV both in their worlds, each wearing their matching headphones they had gotten as a present just this past Christmas.
The hum of the SUV's engine filled the air, a steady backdrop to the mid-morning sun streaming through the tinted windows. Marcus leaned back, arms folded casually across his chest, his gaze drifting to the passing landscape outside. The vibration of his phone in his pocket snapped him out of his nearly meditative state. Marcus pulled his phone out to see a text notification from his sister that read "Let's play a game."
Marcus glanced at Tiffany, a bit bewildered as to why she chose to text him instead of just talking, considering they were sitting only a few feet apart. His confusion was evident as he raised an eyebrow at her. In response, she put her index finger to her lips, making a shushing gesture, then pointed at her phone.
Seriously? Marcus mouthed, but she simply smirked. He sighed, pulling out his phone.
What do you want to play? He typed back.
He watched his sister stroke her chin in an exaggerated, playful manner, pretending to think. A moment later, his phone buzzed. "Let's play truth or dare."
Marcus snorted, amused by her suggestion. "How the hell are we supposed to play that in the car?" he texted.
His phone buzzed again almost immediately. "If you're too chicken to play, just say that." Tiffany stuck her tongue out at him as he read the message, clearly enjoying the challenge.
Shaking his head, he typed out his reply and hit send. "You can be a real pain in the ass, you know that?"
"Yeah, I bet you'd like to be a pain in my ass," Tiffany replied. Before Marcus could even make sense of what she just sent another text came in. "C'mon, quit stalling, and let's play. You'll go first. Truth or Dare bro?"
"Truth."
"What happened to you and Rachel? She wasn't putting out enough for you?"
Marcus had told his sister at the start of their summer break that he had broken up with his girlfriend Rachel, whom he had been seeing since his junior year of college, but didn't go into detail as to why. "Our majors were requiring a lot of our attention so we just saw less and less of each other. So, yes in a sense I wasn't getting the amount of action I was wanting."
"aww you poor baby." Tiffany looked at him sporting a pouty face of fake sympathy. Marcus just shook his head and chuckled. "Alright, your turn. Truth or Dare?"
"Dare"
Marcus was stumped for a moment trying to think of a dare. A thought came to him and he typed and hit send before common sense and decency was able to stop him. "Send me a picture of your panties."
Shit shit shit, why the fuck did I say that? He thought to himself.
Marcus was too embarrassed to look at his sister and when his phone vibrated he took a pregnant pause before reading the message.
"I can't, because I'm not wearing any. This will have to do instead." Attached to the text was a winking emoji and an image of his sister standing in front of a mirror in a matching set of bright pink panties and matching bra. She was posing with a peace sign held up and one leg kicked out like she was an anime model. Marcus had seen his sister in a bikini before but something about seeing her in the mostly tame panties and bra sent a surge of energy to his cock. Tiffany was about five and a half feet tall with shoulder-length sandy blonde hair. She had perky B-cup tits that matched her slender frame but she had an ass that could bring a man to his knees.
Another text came through. "Are you done drooling so we can keep playing? It's your turn, truth or Dare?"
Marcus shook his head to try to regain his composure. "Dare."
"I dare you to text mom that you're horny."
"But I'm not horny." Marcus lied in his text.
"You sure about that bro?" Tiffany was looking at his groin where it was now noticeable that the photo of his panty-clad sister was affecting him.
"So what, you just want me to text mom saying I'm horny? That's it?"
"Spice it up if you want, I don't care." This time with a Kissy emoji to end the text.
Marcus pulled up his mother's contact named "hot stuff", it was a running joke between Marcus and his mom and he had never bothered to change the contact name to something more appropriate.
"My cock is getting hard just thinking about you." His heart raced as he hit send. He already thought up an excuse for when the inevitable berating would come. "sorry, that was meant for someone else," or something like that. Tiffany was watching for their mother's reaction, curious to see if Marcus truly did the dare.
Kathy put her hand to her mouth as the text she had just received from her son shocked her out of the romance novel she was reading. "What the hell is he thinking sending me something like that?" she thought to herself. She looked in the rearview mirror and saw Tiffany smirking. "That little brat must have put him up to this, there's no way he would say that to his own mother on his own would he?" She had heard about sons being attracted to their mothers, and she would be lying if she said she didn't find the taboo even a little bit intriguing, but never thought it would come from Marcus.
"Well I appreciate the compliment but I don't see how that's appropriate. What exactly were you trying to get out of this?" she asked in the reply to her son. A text came back fast, almost too fast, as if he had already had an excuse ready.
"Shit Mom I'm so sorry, that was meant for Rachel. Just try to forget it, my mistake." Marcus wrote.
Kathy returned her attention to the book on her phone but she was now taking frequent glances at the rearview mirror to see what kind of trouble her kids were getting up to.
"What did you send her?" Tiffany asked curiously.
"I said my cock was getting hard thinking about her," Marcus replied.
"Damn bro I said you could spice it up a bit, didn't realize you would go full pervert lol is it true?"
What are you talking about? Is what true?
"Does your cock get hard thinking about Mom?"
"I'm not answering that. Besides, it's your turn anyway. Truth or Dare?"
"Your silence is the only answer I need to know." Winky emoji. "Let's go truth this time."
"Have you ever been sexual with another girl?"
"Soooo you do get hard thinking of Mom and not only that you think of me with her? You're freaky Marcus."
"Just shut up and answer the question. Unless you're too shy." He tried teasing her the way she had done to him but it seemed to not affect her.
"Of course, I've been sexual with another girl, isn't that what college is all about? Hooking up with whoever you want."
"If you say so."
"I do say so. Your turn. Final round. One for you and one for me. Truth or Dare?"
"Truth."