“I need your opinion, as a guy,” she said.
He raised an eyebrow and glanced over, eyeing her warily.
“Oh stop,” she said, “it’s not that bad.”
He didn’t look convinced though and sat quietly waiting, looking like she was going to do something weird.
“I need to know if this looks like something girls wear out to work out in or does if it looks like I’m trying to attract attention.”
He glanced at what she was currently dressed in and raised his eyebrow again.
She sighed and yanked off the shirt she had put on. He had turned back to the computer screen for a moment and looked over, seeing her clad in the black sports bra and skin-tight work out shorts.
He nodded and shrugged. “I mean, it looks like something some girls would wear to work out in. I’ve seen them wearing things like that.”
She smiled and pulled her shirt back on.
“Why?” he asked.
She smiled. “Well, you interrupted my fun with Keith Mich… with Keith,” she corrected, suddenly feeling like calling him Keith Michael was something that old Samantha would do. “You didn’t want to keep snoozing, so I need something to do. I don’t have any homework, and I don’t work tonight, so I’m gonna go work out.”
He smiled, nodding. “Well, that I can understand, but why are you worried about what you look like, besides because you’re a normal woman and mildly neurotic.”
She shook her head and smirked at him. “Like I said, you interrupted my fun with Keith. I’ve been feeling… well… a little… worked up…”
He smiled, and she knew he understood what she was referring to.
“Go on,” he prompted. She sensed that he was enjoying watching her squirm.
“Horny,” she said, scowling at him. “I figured a good work out will get it out of my system and I dunno… I feel like being attractive.”
“Sam, you’re always attractive, but if you go out wearing those to work out in, you’re going to draw attention to yourself.” Her heart melted a little as he spoke, and she smiled.
“Thank you, Dane.”
He nodded. “Still, that doesn’t explain why you don’t just go and find some spot to fool around with Keith.”
She sighed and couldn’t help but scowl at the mention of his name. “Well, he’s too scared to come over here, and he’s even more scared of being caught over at his house, much less anywhere else. He wouldn’t dare try and use one of his friend’s houses, and it’s not like he’s going to try and do anything in his car.” She sighed in irritation.
“I get it,” Dane said. “Still, it’s just a little bit of arousal. Go take care of it.”
She shook her head. “This is… different,” she said. “I can’t get… male anatomy… so to speak, out of my head.”
Dane glanced over at her in surprise, covering a smile. “Well, then,” he said, turning back to his machine. An awkward silence hung over them for a few seconds before he spoke again. “All the same, I think a good monkey spanking is all it would take for you to get right again.”
“I don’t have a monkey to spank,” she said, rolling her eyes.
“High-five the man in the rowboat?” he offered grinning goofily.
She sighed and started to turn, shaking her head. “I knew this was a mistake.”
“Wait, wait, wait,” Dane said, standing. “What’s the real problem?” he asked, coming over. “What’s going on between you and Keith?”
Sam turned, looking down as he came over. “I’m just… I’m having a hard time coming up with reasons to not break up with him.”
He didn’t say anything for a minute, and she glanced up. He looked a little stunned.
“Wow,” he finally managed to get out. “That’s big. You guys have been a thing since like… middle school.”
She nodded. “I care about him, but he’s just… so damn oblivious, and such a wimp at times.”
Dane nodded, gesturing to his bed as he sat down on it. A minute or so of silence passed before she spoke, her mind going back over the times they shared. She sniffed in sadness.
“Do you know that one time, Pastor Dickhead had Keith wait outside while I sucked him off, and then made sure to tell me to give him a kiss for being so patient. I was so stupidly oblivious, but so was he,” she said. “Wouldn’t you know the taste of cum on your girlfriend’s lips?” she asked, turning and almost glaring at him.
He looked like he was turning a little green and shook his head. “I’m sorry Sam, I just… that’s a lot to process.”
“You’re telling me,” she said, looking down at her hands.
“You’re saying that the asshole had your boyfriend wait outside of his office while you sucked his dick?”
She nodded. “He even came in my mouth while he had the door open, and was actually talking to Keith,” she said. “If memory serves, that is.”
Dane shook his head, still stunned. “That’s… that’s… insane…”
She nodded. “You have to move past that part, Dane. I’m upset that Keith didn’t notice, not that he had to taste some asshole’s cum. I mean, I get that I’m the one at fault there, and should have realized that the asshole was using me, but I think I should have been able to rely on my boyfriend, you know?”
Dane was quiet for a few long moments, and she let him quietly process.
“Wow,” he said at length. “I mean, yeah, I think I’d notice if Sally kissed me with cum on her breath, but then again, I’ve never tasted cum before.”
Sam subconsciously licked her lips at the thought of tasting cum again, and had to steady herself before she accidentally moaned or sucked her brother off in a mad dash to get the succulent nectar she knew he had. Shaking her head, she forced the thoughts away.
“So, you think I’m right to break up with him?” she asked, opening her eyes and glancing over.
He didn’t answer right away. Eventually, he turned and said, “I think you’ve had a good deal of trauma and are doing a great job of dealing with it. I think you’re also looking for answers and for people to blame for what happened. Keith’s only problem is that he’s too naive to think that someone would do that to his girlfriend. He’s also obviously not very observant, and I honestly don’t think he’s all that bright, you know? There’s only one person that’s really at fault here, Sam. It’s not you, and it’s not Keith.”
Sam smiled and nodded, knowing he was absolutely right.
“What brought all this up?” he asked. “Have you been thinking about dumping him for a while?”
She shrugged. “I started resenting him when I was still really processing what had happened with Pastor Dickhead. Plus, I met a couple of guys at school who were super nice, and it’s just gotten me wondering what I’m missing.”
Dane smiled. “Well, to be honest sweetheart, there’s always going to be issues. Dad once told me, “She may look good tonight, but someone somewhere is tired of her shit,” and he was right.”
Sam smiled again. “Everyone has issues.”
He nodded and seemed to hesitate for a moment before speaking. “So… why are you going to go work out and attract guys at the same time.”
She sighed, glancing over and wondering why he wasn’t getting this. “Look, it’s empowering for women to feel attractive. Some women truly don’t like the attention that men give them, and to tell the truth, it’s a dangerous world out there for us.”
“Obviously,” he said, nodding at her.
“But… some women like to feel… desired…” she said, a silence hanging between them for a minute. “I just… I’ve been hit on more at the restaurant than I’ve ever been before, and even when I was being… I don’t know the right word for it… seduced?”
He shrugged. “I’d say forced, but seduced sounds better.”
“When Pastor Dickhead was seducing me, I felt desirable. I mean, Keith was always happy to try and make out with me, but he’s just not the type of guy to push boundaries. I mean… he asked at one point about when I would be ready to have sex, but that was the extent of him trying.” She smiled at the simpler times, when exposing her breasts to her boyfriend was a big step for her.
“So, you’re going to work out to get rid of some sexual energy, and you’re also wanting to feel attractive and desired by the guys that you know will be there.”
Sam nodded. “More or less.”
“Still, if you’re going out to get guys to look at you, at least tell one of our sisters to go with you,” he said.
She shook her head. “Nah, I’m okay. They’re working anyway.”
He hugged her and stood. “I can go with you if you like,” he said. “We can go to the place where I work out.”
She looked over. “That kind of defeats the point of why I’m going.”
“So, we go in separately,” he said. “I’ll leave you alone and ignore you. Unless there’s someone else there that we know, it will look like I’m just another dude there, checking out the hottie.”
Realizing what he’d said, he blushed slightly and fell quiet.
She smiled, leaning over and kissing his cheek. “Okay,” she said. “Just don’t ogle your sister too much, you freak.”
He chuckled and shook his head.
Turning, she walked out, adding a little bit of extra sway to her step as she did so, smiling quietly to herself. Then, wondering why she was doing that in front of her brother, she stopped at the edge of the stairs to wait for him.
“You know, we’re technically cousins,” he said, smiling cheekily at her.
She rolled her eyes and sighed. “Can we leave now?” she asked, smiling at him.
“Just follow me,” he said, moving down the stairs past her and out the door.
A few minutes later, she pulled in behind him at the gym and waved as he gestured that he was going to go ahead and go in.