The last time he had seen his sister, she'd been taller than him. Now, on thanksgiving, he had the strange feeling that they were both finally grown up. First she had gone off to school. Then by the time she'd gotten out, he'd gone off to a different one. He had two years left to get a degree, and it had been two years since she got hers. It had been... wow, it must have been six years since they had seen each other.
"Hey nerd." He recognized the voice as soon as he heard it. She was a platinum blond, hair down to the middle of her back. Her eyes were a dull green. She had all the good genes. He remembered her being an athlete, being just strong enough to overpower him before she left. She was still fit, but now she looked shorter and prettier. He suddenly realized how much he had grown.
"This Terry?" He heard a deep voice, and saw a head appear above his sisters. The small amount of pride he had felt at finally being taller than his sister vanished when he saw the man. He was built like a brick wall, each muscle carved from stone and set in stiff mortar. "Hey, how's it going? I'm Bill, Trisha's boyfriend." He held out a strong arm that extended from a square frame. Trisha blew some hair out of her face in annoyance. She still acted like a teenager. Terry shook the stone mans hand and tried not to shout at the strength. "Sorry dude!" Bill chuckled. "Oh, anyway, the game is on..." Bill left quickly. Trisha and Terry stood there for a moment.
"He seems nice." Terry tried to make conversation.
Trisha huffed, "I knew you wouldn't like him."
"No, I do..." She rolled her eyes and moved out of the way so he could walk in. It wasn't the reunion he'd hoped for.
"Where's your girl?" She asked.
"Broke up."
"Oh yea, mom told me."
"Why'd you ask then?"
"Cause I want to know more!" She closed the door and shoved him playfully. She was still able to push him around, but he didn't slam into the walls anymore. Instead he just stumbled.
"I don't want to talk about it okay." Terry looked away. "You never met her anyway. I don't ask about all of your boyfriends do I?"
"Cause they're not very interesting!"
"What about Bill?"
"Well, except him of course." She looked around in paranoia, making sure he didn't hear. "Hey, look, you're my baby brother okay? I want to know everything!"
"Well, you could have come home to visit more. it's been six years." Terry tried not to sound too judgmental.
Trisha seemed much more demure after that, "I was... busy."
"I get it." Terry shook his head. He realized she felt guilty about it. She'd never apologize or explain herself, but those puppy dog eyes were as close as he would get. "We'll just put it behind us okay?"
"Alright... but I want to know!" She harassed him as they entered the kitchen. He ignored her and greeted his parents. As they were talking Trisha made herself scarce. Terry sighed.
"What's wrong?" His mother asked. She was a blond as well, but cut her hair short. Terry hadn't inherited that. He had apparently been blond when younger, but it degraded into his fathers brown, just like his eyes.
"It's just been a while since I've seen Trisha. I was hoping for... well, I don't know."
"Trisha was always like that when she had something on her mind." His mother shrugged. "She's only just arrived. I'm sure she's busy reminiscing."
"How's dad?"
"Showing Bill the gun collection."
"We don't have one. And I think you'd need something more like a cannon."
His mother laughed, "You know what I mean. They're watching the game. He is interrogating him during the commercial breaks."
"Sounds fun."
"Want to join in?"
"Not really."
His mother nodded in understanding. "I'll call you down when dinner is ready."
There was some normalcy in walking through the house again, but it was not a good feeling. It made him more apathetic than anything else. It was the people he was nostalgic for. After Trisha left he didn't have many good memories of this house.
He opened the door to his room and saw Trisha waiting on his bed. "Hey nerd."
"Will you quit it?" Terry shook his head. "What are you doing here?"
"I want to know!" She rolled to her ample chest. She was wearing a casual Tank top and short shorts. No modesty. No changes there. "Did some terrible woman hurt my little boy?"
"No. Just quit it." Terry rolled his eyes.
"Is it... personal?" She asked, raising an eyebrow.
"Sure. Whatever." He sat at his desk.
"Was she... ugly?" She asked. "Into a weird fetish..." she put on a wry smile. "Was she NOT into some weird fetish..."
"Not really comfortable with this topic Trish." He booted up his computer.
"So I'm getting closer... Was it anal? I bet it was anal."
"Trish, please..." He stopped. His computer didn't ask him for his password like usual... "...Trish..."