"Holy shit!" My coffee spills all over the counter, making my mom laugh out loud: "what is going on?"
The screams come from the outside, my sister Emily has obviously decided to give her classmates a 'Quebec baptism': dunking new house guests in the powder snow. In my experience this initiation is best performed after a long day on the slopes, followed by a 30 min soak in the hot tub and a drink or two for courage, but apparently it also works to wake someone up first thing in the morning.
Mom and I move to the window to take in the youthful extravaganza: four bikini clad 18 year olds jostling barefoot in the snow. My sister Emily is quite the pro, a high tackle has Ashley fall full length into a snow drift. In a skilled move my near naked sister grabs a fistful of snow, slides on top of Ash and rubs the white stuff passionately in her face. Deed done, Ashley sits up, brushes the snow off her chest like it is no big deal and blows wet wavy hair out of her face between laughs. Em gives her a helping hand off the ground, before they hug it out.
Em's BFF, Megan is struggling with the task of dunking Brianna. They are more evenly matched: tall, athletic, lively. "Handbags at dawn," mom giggles, as they get into a slap fest of sorts. Pawing at her chest in retaliation for a rap on the wrist, Bri inadvertently pulls Megan's top down and a youthful milky-white breast pops out: deep pink areola crowned by a stiff nipple contrasting the sun starved skin.
Joyful taunts at the sight of the wardrobe malfunction. Megan doesn't miss a beat; juts her chest forward and jokingly puts the palms of her hands either site of her small breasts in a showgirl pose, making sassy 'in-place steps' to everybody's amusement. She suggestively cups her breasts and brushes her palms across the nipples before she pulls the fabric back in place and adjusts her assets in the polka dot bikini. Mom, sipping her coffee, seem as tickled as the rest of them by the spectacle. Megan, now recovered, charges back, and Bri's grapefruit sized breasts bounce in her bikini as she jumps and jukes, trying to avoid the inevitable. Eyes fixed on Megan, she is eventually blindsided by Em. Being expertly tackled at the knees, she hits the snow bank: sinking deep into the powder.
Two for two - there was no ball involved, but Em does a little TD celebration: swinging her hips as she gyrates with her arm up, as if lassoing a steer. More shrieking as Megan and Ashley pile on top of Brianna in the deep snow and eventually Em joins them in a big pile of bare skin, steam rising from their collective bodies.
Dad joins us at the window as they dig Brianna out of the snow: mug in one hand coffee pot in the other, he is offering refills. A pair of blue bikini bottoms, fabric stretched tight across shapely asses, shoot up towards us to greet him. "Honey, did you heat the hot tub when we got in?" mom's practical side on display: "They are going to start feeling the temperature any minute now."
"We got in at 2:30 in the morning, babes. I didn't even get undressed before I fell asleep."
"Well, that may be considered cruel and unusual if we hadn't had the sauna," she smiles, gets a top-off on the coffee and a kiss on the cheek.
The girls hustle back towards the house, the sliding door to the den opens and excited voices fill the downstairs. "You guys OK?" mom shouts down, "do you need some coffee to warm up?" her questions go unanswered. Doors slam and the giggling moves beyond the rec room to the sauna.
Dad smiles and exclaims: "Healthy girls". He moves over to the stove-top, only breakfast on his mind.
My mind race as I pick up a couple of rashers of bacon on my way out of the kitchen. Brianna. What a stunning sight out there in the snow: muscular, tall, lime green bikini contrasting against dark skin. Unafraid. Standing up for herself against her accosters with a smile. If anyone would ask, confidence is what I find most attractive in a girl: Confidence to flirt with the big brother after eyesdropping on a sexy text exchange. Confidence to have her last text before falling asleep in the back of the car be to ask if I can carry her to MY bed when we arrive. Of course I carried her, to her bed.