Chapter One: A Night to Remember
The years passed and the bond between Rene and me appeared to slow erode as we started living separate lives. The codes and signals of affection turned to relics of children. Our nighttime comforting came to an end, becoming an almost forgotten tradition. Our parents were pleased by the strange turn of events, not sure whatād happened, but pleased nonetheless.
She indeed turned into a woman, in less time than the other girls I knew. She developed a nice hourglass body as her hips filled out, with large, firm breasts and as desirable as any guy could want when they jiggled or bounced. The rear rounded and firmed, tightening with age until itās seductive swishing hypnotized most of the guys in school. She had let her wavy hair grow until the long, silky, auburn strands reached her firm behind, and flowed about her angelic face in the most beautiful way. The delicate, heart-shaped face softened in time with a more angelic look, as her eyes grew long lashes to bat at men, to further entice them with her sky blue eyes, and her lips grew more dangerous to look at, becoming full and naturally pouty. The legs that had helped in little league way back when grew longer yet, but now they curved in a way they never did before and held not an ounce of fat in the toned, well shaped length.
With her turning into a woman, Iād hoped early on that the stimulus to my erections would go away, but instead the desire for her only became more intense. We kept pretty much out of each otherās way now, even had separate friends as our childhood group fractured as the heart of it separated. It would only make matters worse if we spent more time together than needed. Somehow, though, it felt like she mirrored my own mournful feelings of the loss between us.
The two of us began dating and going out to parties and things like that. At sixteen, I got my license and a job at a nearby mall. Iād turned into an average teenager, involved with the baseball team and with schoolwork, in addition to my social activities. For awhile, I did have a steady girlfriend, but when I wouldnāt go all the way with her, she dumped me and started going out with a football player.
Funny, itās supposed to be the girl who doesnāt want to have sex, but something in me wouldnāt do anything. She asked me repeatedly if it was her, and of course, I told her it wasnāt, it was me. Eventually the excuse didnāt hold water, so in that I donāt blame her. A year after she dumped me, she got pregnant and rumor had it her new boyfriend, her fifth or sixth after we broke up, got her knocked up. Still, I wanted that very first time to be special, I just wasnāt sure why it had to be. Sure, I was as horny as any other guy in school, even masturbated to help ease the tension, but when it stood before me, I couldnāt step up to the plate.
A lot of girls wanted to go out with me, and after that one steady girlfriend spread around the truth of our breakup, not painting a very good picture for herself in the process, I found even more girls looking at me, definitely hoping Iād asked them out. People called me āthe Nice Guyā, the one you could take home to meet the parents, just because of that one little thing.
And Rene didnāt slump in the dating. She shot down enough guys who asked her out that she earned her own reputation, āthe Gunnerā. No, she preferred the nice guys, only once they got her alone, most lost the nice exterior to show a raving horn dog. Her legs remained tightly locked together the entire time and when it seemed she had a steady boyfriend, fate conspired against our parentsā warnings.
Something happened one November day that sent our parents out to California. On Wednesday night, my motherās only sister got into a car accident with her husband and kids, and only my aunt and cousins survived, so mom and dad immediately took emergency leave from their jobs and prepared to fly out on Thursday. As the man of the house, dad told me take care of my sister and watch over the house, theyād let us know when theyād be home, stuff like that. All fine and dandy. It seemed so easy and I figured that by now, Rene and I could deal with each other without any strangeness, so easy.
That night, I drove them to the airport in Hartford and then drove home alone. Rene had stayed home on the pretense of preparing for a test the next day, but secretly I knew that as soon as mom and dad left, sheād have Will over to make out. The drive back took forever. Pulling into the driveway, only momās car sat near dadās barn, no company from Willās red pickup. Maybe she did have a test after all, I thought even as I got out, snow crunching under my foot and made my way from the Explorer to the house, coming in the kitchen door.
Everything seemed quiet and I heard the television on in the living room, not up too loud but loud enough that I knew Reneās location. While I went about the kitchen making something to eat, something told me she had come in behind me, and sure enough, looking over my shoulder, there she stood in the door frame, but holding herself tight and eyes ringed in red with signs of crying. A thought stirred, only taking a moment until a full blown thought, and reaction borne of instinct, took hold. I slammed down the butter knife on the counter in rage, but seeing my sister, the need to comfort her took priority.
Without any words, she lurched towards me and I strode to her. Her body went almost limp in my arms. One of her arms swung up under mine and clutched at my back, the other circled my neck, all the while her head dug deep into my heavy coat and chest, sobbing frantically. After I let her cry awhile, I guided her to the table and sat her down, sitting myself in another chair in front of her. It took her awhile before I thought she could talk, and a thought kept me from pushing her into confirming my suspicions.
See, from the moment Iād met him, Will seemed too nice, with a sterling reputation better than mine. But guys notice little things about each other and know more than girls do, so weād like to think. He just always had a bad feel about him, and I warned him more than once if he hurt her, Iād personally hurt him more. Never once would I put it past him to try and rape a girl, and a brotherās still a brother. Even after all that happened between us, Iād kept protecting her in secret.
Finally, she could talk through the sobs, so I looked at her with a stern expression, locking my eyes on her. Iād learned that doing that would get more from a woman, like the eyes of a woman held the depths of her soul. But when she spoke, she tried to look away, and almost immediately I felt I knew what she wanted to say, all without a single look or word from her.
āWill didnāt do that, Rick.ā Her strained voice bore further shame and for the life of me, I couldnāt understand why. āHe... He tried to get me to do that, but when I didnāt, he said he couldnāt take it anymore and tried to, but I hit him, then kicked him, and kept hitting him and kicking him and he tried to force me down and fuck me still. Then I... Then I smashed grandmaās vase over his head and threw him out.ā