All characters in sexual situations are 18 years of age and older.
I heard the crying as soon as I reached the second floor, so I knocked gently on my sister's bedroom door. "It's me, Mel. Need to talk?" I said.
"No," Melanie replied between sobs. "I want to be alone." I went back down to the living room, grabbed a soda, and sprawled out on the couch. It was a lazy Sunday afternoon.
I felt bad about Mel. For the four years I'd been away at college, she seemed to be having a rough time of things. On my visits home, I'd often find her sullen, upset, or locked away in her room, sometimes crying. Not atypical for a teenage girl, I guess.
But this last year, her senior year of high school, she seemed to have hit her stride. She seemed happier, more confident, more sure of herself and her place in the world. She had a guy, Gregg, who may not have been an official boyfriend but sure spent a lot of time with Mel and seemed to be good to her.
Because I was living back at home, saving money from my middling job in order to one day rent my own place, I got to hang out with Mel and really re-connect. She may have been five years my junior, but she'd become someone I legitimately liked hanging out with. No longer was she an annoying little kid or a moody teenager. She was a cool, confident 18 year old. So it hurt to see her obviously suffering.
I figured Gregg must have done something to make her upset, but I wasn't prepared for the text I received as I was lying on the couch.
"Dude, they ran a train on your sister," read the message from my buddy Chris.
I wrote back with a question mark.
"There's a video of Mel having sex with some guys. It's blowing up. Want me to send it to you?" he continued
"Definitely not. But are you sure it's her?" I wrote back.
"100% her. It's spreading all around town. My lil bro sent it to me, since he knows we're tight. Who knew Mel was so hot?" said Chris.
"Fuck off, man," I wrote.
"Haha sorry. But she's legal now. Anyway, enjoy the vid :)" Chris wrote.
With that, my idiot friend sent me the file. And like an idiot, I opened it.
I was hoping Chris was wrong, or pulling a prank (hey, maybe it would be a video of Rick Astley), but it was definitely Mel. I only watched a few seconds, but it was enough to see that my kid sister was naked, in bed with two guys.
Poor girl. Something like this would absolutely spread like wildfire in our boring, suburban town. Every kid in her grade would see it eventually, if they hadn't already. No wonder she was so upset.
I climbed the stairs again and knocked on her door. "Mel. I think I know what this is about. It's going to be OK. You can talk to me. Please open up," I said, in as soothing a voice as I could conjure.
There was no response, but a second later I heard the door being unlocked, and then it swung open. I stepped forward and wrapped my sister in a big hug. We just held each other for a little while as she continued to cry.
"You know?" she asked, dabbing her eyes with her sleeve.
"About the video? Yeah," I replied.
Mel nodded. "How?"
"A friend told me about it. I'm so sorry, Mel; it seems to be spreading around," I said.
"I know. Everyone at school has seen it. I can never show my face there again. I should just go out in the woods and die," Mel said and started crying again.
I pulled her tighter to me. "Believe me, it'll pass," I said. "But in the meantime, tell me who I need to go kill."
"No one," Mel replied. "But it was Gregg who shared the video."
I shook my head. "Fucking Gregg."
At that, my sister started to cry again--maybe it was the reminder of the betrayal by someone she had cared about. She threw herself onto the bed, and I followed her. Pressing myself to her back and wrapping my arms around her, I held her for a long while as she cried.
As close as we'd become, we weren't really touchy-feely with each other, so this was the first time I could remember having such intimate contact with her. My nose pressed against the back of her head, and I could smell the beautiful fragrance of her hair. I could feel her body move against mine; first, the forceful jerking of her sobs, but then, after she stopped crying, the subtle feeling of her chest gently expanding and contracting with each breath.
As we lay there in silence and I held Mel, I appreciated--not for the first time--that my sister had grown to become a woman. AShe'd been pretty chubby as a kid and through much of high school, and I was sure that must have been difficult for her. And while she was still not model thin, and still made comments about wanting to lose weight, she had really grown into her body. My arm stretched along her nearly flat stomach, my elbow resting at the top of her wide hip--I'd angled my body awkwardly so that I could press my chest into her back without rubbing my crotch against Mel's round butt. As I looked down the length of her legs, I saw how her thick thighs tapered to thin, delicate calves.
"Mel, do you want to talk about what happened?" I asked.
My sister turned over and looked at me. Her eyes were red and her eyeliner had run, but her round face was still beautiful: dark, soulful eyes; large lips; thick eyebrows; smooth, tan skin; and dark hair. Chris was an asshole, but he wasn't wrong about Mel: she was objectively hot.
"So a couple of weeks ago, Gregg and I went to this party over in Smithtown, at the house of this friend of his from lacrosse, Jeremy. And I was having a good time, and people started to go to sleep, so Gregg and I went to one of the bedrooms. And we start to like hook up, and he keeps telling me how hot Jeremy thought I was, what a great bro Jeremy is. Eventually, he asked me if I wanted to take care of Jeremy, too, and because I was pretty drunk and horny--sorry--I said yes.
"So he texted him, and like 20 seconds later, Jeremy is in the room. And I hook up with both of them--"
"Wait, only two guys?" I interrupted.
"Yeah. Why?" Mel asked, her eyebrow raised.
"No, nothing."
"Anyway," Mel continued. "I was kind of aware that Gregg was filming, but didn't really pay attention to it. When it was done, I told Gregg and Jeremy to not tell anyone about it. And everything seemed fine, until Gregg and I got into a really bad fight yesterday. Then the asshole must have started sending the video around to some people in our grade."
Mel started crying again. "I just feel like such a fucking idiot," she said.
I leaned in and kissed her forehead gently. "I don't think you did anything wrong," I said. "If one of my exes had offered me a threesome with one of her friends..."