He took an earlier flight, eager to get away from the small Midwestern college town that had been his home since turning 18 and heading off to school. All the better to surprise his folks and his older sister. This would be the first holiday they were both home since she left for school two years earlier.
The cab dropped him off in front of his childhood home. He fetched the emergency house key from beneath the seat of the old Chevy in the carport and let himself in, walked straight downstairs to his old bedroom. The light in the hallway bathroom was on. He turned and looked as he walked past.
"Oh shit, I'm sorry," he said. His sister stood in front of the vanity, hands on top of her head and a bobby pin in her mouth. She was nude but for a pair of white cotton panties that rode high on her hips. She screamed and turned. He couldn't help but stare at the reflection of her shaking breasts as she quickly covered up.
"You scared me to death, Danny," she laughed.
"I'm so sorry, I didn't know anybody was home," Danny said.
A few minute later there was a knock on his door.
"It's Lydia," she said, and she opened the door.
"Can I come in?"
"Looks like you already did," Danny said.
"That was really embarrassing for both of us, but it was my fault," Lydia said. "I shouldn't have left the door open."
"It's cool. You thought you were the only one home."
"Yeah, but still. That was awkward."
"I've seen lots of naked women. It doesn't bother me."