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Chapter 2.
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The next few weeks flew by and mostly, I forgot, or at least tried to forget, about that night. I played Bass for the band, I continued doing what I love most, and, well, it was an average three weeks.
So, after that three-week period, on a Friday, school was just let out. Toby and I were putting stuff into our backpacks near his locker once again.
"Hey Steve-Agh, sorry, I mean, Toby-" I stuttered, once again getting his name wrong.
"Man, you always get everyone mixed up with Steven!" He told me, chuckling lightly as he did.
"Not true, just sometimes nowadays, I usually call everyone by a different name when I first meet them though."
Again, Athena was near us at her locker, doing nearly the same thing. She overheard our conversation, shuffled herself and her bag near us, and decided to join in.
"Really? Did you... did you used to call me by Steven? Or Toby?" She asked, turning her head slightly toward us.
Right then, I looked at her. One of her eyes looked toward me with a grin on her face. On the side of her mouth pointing toward me, the side of her tongue poked through her teeth. Her hair was draped behind her ear, the black locks slightly covering her eye and cheek. That look made my heart pitter-patter. I realized I was staring at her for about five seconds before I shook my head.
"Oh. Uh..." I thought about it for a moment. "No. I don't think I actually ever did. I think I've always called you by your name cause, well, it's unique. Never met another girl named Athena."
She turned to her bag again, putting random stuff in. I swear I saw her cheeks go slightly pink, blushing a little. Nah, I'm probably just seeing things. Right?
Yeah.
Right.
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I returned home sometime later, alone. I threw my bag on the couch, greeted my two dogs, and found a note on the counter. I read through it and basically, it was just a drawn out way of saying Mom and Dad are having a date tonight, probably gonna bone, so we'll be checking into a hotel and might not be coming home.
Suddenly, I felt a little bit intimidated. I am in my house for a whole night, completely alone...
Other than for my sister.
Ohhh...
I put the note down and carefully sat on the couch in the living room, rummaging through my bag to get my homework out. All the while, thinking about what my sister was doing right now.
Jenny could be preparing to "show me the ropes" as she offered several weeks ago. And what are those ropes, anyhow? What did she want to show me? Kissing? I knew how to do that. Did she want me to... do other stuff with her? Like touch her and...
Honestly, I think I shivered then.
For the rest of the night, I just stayed on the couch, watching television and doing homework. Hell, I got my homework for most of next week done. I think I saw my sister once, and she just came down to get a drink. Didn't even say hello to me.
At one point, about 10:00 at night, I was very frustrated. Sure I was intimidated about the idea that we could actually be touching each other, but to tell you the truth, it intrigued me. It was forbidden and looked at as a sin among society. And this was a one-way ticket to get to that. The way that everyone looked at it and the way even I looked at it just made it... well...
To put it bluntly, it just made it fucking hot.
So after I had just finished next week Thursday's Math homework, I threw my folder down on the couch seat beside me and marched upstairs. After walking through the halls, I shoved her door open, just to see her on her laptop, listening to music. She looked over to him as he pulled open the door, pulled her earphones out, and gave him an open, friendly smile. He had to scowl.
"What are you doing?" He asked.
She raised an eyebrow with a smirk. "Writing my English report, why?"
He walked over to his bed and pointed at her as if he was a father scolding his child. "You know exactly why, Jen. We're all alone tonight, Dad and Mom aren't here, no friends are over, hell, the English Report you're doing is not due for another two weeks!"
"It's just a simple night, right, big brother?" She smiled at him innocently and he nearly flinched. The way she had said big brother just made him cringe. She never calls him big brother. And yet, even with the innocent look on her face, the glint in her eyes, however, told him of anything but innocence. There was a game she was playing. He didn't want to play games.
"What if I don't want it to be a simple night? What if I want something different, for a change?" I challenged with my arms crossed. She crawled to the end of the bed, got up on her knees, and crossed her arms in turn.
It was the first time I was able to see her tonight. She was wearing a tank top and panties. Her long light brown hair that nearly goes down to her panty line was brushed and was slightly damp. She smelled amazing, like vanilla and lavender. She must have showered recently. Her pouty lips were in something reminiscent of a nearly comically evil smile.
My thoughts were pretty much all over the place at this point. I was nervous as hell.
"Well I guess you're just going to have to take what you want, big brother."
Again, nearly flinched.
They looked at each other for about thirty seconds before he let his arms fall to his sides and sighed. She smiled and daintily got back into bher previous position.
"Maybe when you grow some balls and actually take what you want for a change, I can... show you the ropes... but until then, it'll just be like every other day," She smirked at me for a moment before putting on her headphones.
I growled angrily before storming out of her room and into the hallway. She wants me to be dominant, right? Wants me to show her that I have confidence? That I can go the distance when it comes to women?
Fine.
I'll show her.
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Next week, my father and mother revealed over date night that they decided to head on a short vacation. They were leaving Wednesday night and would be back either late Sunday or early Monday. I decided if I was going to show some initiative, this is the time to do it.
After school had ended, I approached Athena. I remember holding a basketball in my hand while by backpack was draped over one shoulder.
And uh... when I say approached, I mean I kinda stood at least five feet away from her, awkwardly spinning a basketball in my hands while staring at her. But you know. She did eventually notice me.
"Oh. Hey Jeff. What's up?" Athena asked, pulling her raven-black hair into a ponytail.
I stood there for a few moments, not sure that she had actually said anything. I was a nervous wreck. "Oh! Hey there. I was just... Uh... I wanted to ask you something."
Did I see a grin? "So? What is it?"
"So... I was just... you know... wondering, did you... like, want to-" Yeah, I was a bit of a bumbling idiot.
However, she already answered for me. "Did I want to come over today? Sure, Jeff," She giggled and I believe my face was as red as a tomato.
"Yep. That's totally what I meant. You ready to go?" I smirked and she broke into a full out laugh, nodding as she did so.
We left about a minute later and arrived at my house another minute after that. I opened the door for her and she stood on the welcome mat, kind of scrunching herself up as if she took up too much room. She was nervous. Just like me. I was about to tell her to calm down and relax since she's with me, but then I looked ahead and saw what she was nervous about. My sister had several of her friends over and they were watching television in the living room.
I looked over the friends in the room. Don't know her. Don't know her. Don't care about her. She's a bitch. And I think the last one dated Toby for like a month.
"Oh. Hey Jeff. And girl." Jennifer turned to me for a moment, but turned back to the show she and her friends were watching.
"Her name's Athena," I stated. "What's going on here? Are you having a party? You can't have parties with Dad and Mom not here," I immediately got down to questioning her, moving toward the couch.
"Jeez, relax Jeff," One of the girls said, looking up at me. I scowled.
"I don't even know you. And my sister can talk for herself," At this point, I couldn't tell you who I was defending.
Jennifer frowned at me. "No, some of my friends are just sleeping over. God, Jeff"
The girl who had previously said something to me looked over at Athena, who had made her way up behind me. "Oh My God... it's the Emo Bitch!" Her friends laughed, including Jennifer.
The look on Athena's face, the sadness and depressing vibe it gave off immediately sent me into a rage. I don't know what happened to me then, but I was so full of anger that I stomped on the ground next to her as hard as I could. She looked up at me with a defiant expression, but her eyes looked fearful. "You watch your mouth while you're in my house, you got that?"
