My Sister Goes Hunting
"Let's go Chelsea," I yelled up the stairs.
"Just a sec, I'm coming."
"Hurry up or we'll be pitching the tent in the dark."
"I'm right here, relax Bobber."
"Grab the rest of your gear and let's go."
"God you sound like a drill sergeant in a bad war movie," his little sister complained as she picked up her huge equipment bag. "You have my rifle and sleeping bag?"
"Yup already in the back. Ya got ammo?"
"Yeah two boxes, even I can't miss that many times."
Her brother Robert laughed. He remembered their first time at the range three years ago. She was sixteen and seemed to be only a little taller than the Remington 870 12 gauge he had given her to use. The gun was too big for her both physically and in bore. In ten shots firing slugs she had not hit the target once. Next morning her shoulder was a massive bruise.
The next time they went shooting he had traded the shotgun for a Savage youth model bolt action in .243 caliber. She loved the gun and had become a pretty good shot. He didn't think she had grown at all since then.
"How about sun screen. Remember the sunburn from falling asleep on the tree stand last year?"
"It wasn't that bad," Chelsea protested.
"Hey I'm not the one with the fish belly white skin tone."
"I will have you know my skin tone is known as Peaches and Cream or perhaps, alabaster."
"I don't suppose Irish ancestors account for the freckles either, or what are we calling them, beauty spots?" he teased.
"No when you have this many you just have to admit they are freckles. They do go with the naturally curly auburn tresses."
"You're talking about the orange mop on top of your head I'm assuming?"
"Argh, why did I get all the Irish stuff and you got the German blond hair blue eyed stuff."
"And I'm a genius also, don't forget that."
"God you never let anyone forget that."
It was true though, at 22 he was almost finished with his PhD. in chemical engineering.
"Hey you're not exactly a dummy yourself. You get mostly A's on everything."
"Yeah but I have to really work at it, you just breeze through school. Speaking of that where are you going to get a job after school?" It was asked casually but she held her breath waiting for a reply. She really hoped he would stay in the area so she could be close to him.
"I'm not sure. I'd like to stay in town but I don't know if Calypso Energy Products can afford me or not. I have three interviews set up for semester break. One of them is Calypso. So how's it going at LRU?"
She reached across the truck and smacked his arm. "How many times have I told not to call my school Lesbians R Us you butt wipe?"
"I don't know, 250 or so. It is an all girls college named Leslie Richards isn't it? And what is the percentage of students who are lesbian? I think you told me 75% one time."
Robert was not sure of his sisters sexual orientation. She had never dated much in high school but seemed to like boys well enough. She never seemed close to any of her female friends in a sexual manner. Even though they were close it was not something he felt comfortable discussing with her. Why she was going there instead of a coed college was none of his business.
"I think it's something like that yeah. But it's a great school academically and it's in town, I can live at home and help mom with stuff."
"I know that. Me being three hours away is something I can't help right now. I'm just glad I'm close enough to get home on weekends," he said.
"It can't be fun for you being in college and driving home almost every weekend. Mom and I needed you after dad died but it's been over three years now. You need to get a life Bobber."
"I know dad left mom fixed financially but she needed emotional support, hell we all did. I never saw dropping dead of a heart attack at 39 as the way a fit outdoorsy guy like him would go.
"Yeah me neither, maybe we should have expected it, grandpa died at 52 you know." she replied. "Besides two of the reasons you came back every weekend for two of those years were Beth Hogan and Tracy Goodall. You know, the brunette bimbos."
"Oh yes, I remember them," he laughed. They were both his type; brunette, big boobs, tall, cheerleader type girls.
"Mom and I were glad you got rid of them. I told her you liked girls with cup sizes like the grades they got in school, mostly D's."
He laughed and said, "That's not fair, Beth got a B one time."