Their apartnt was 20 minutes away. They had given a key to let myself in, and I walked in on Alec, making himself a bowl of cereal. "What up, dude! No work today or late shift?"
"No work."
Alec looked like an Australian surfer. Shaggy long blonde hair, a reddish tan with a surfer’s physique. He was also quite tall, standing around 6 feet. He was the most laidback out of the three of us. It certainly helps when your dad owns half the rental properties in town, and that only made up a quarter of his real estate portfolio.
"Cheerios and pot?" he asked .
"No to the Cheerios, yes to the pot. Where’s it at?"
"I should have a few joints in the drawer next to the sofa. Choose whichever one is calling out to you."
I got the joint and lit it up in their apartnt. Since they lived in a unit owned by Alec’s dad, they had tampered with the smoke detectors to not worry about it going off when they smoked. They smoked so much that weed was the permanent sll of their apartnt.
Alec took puffs in between spoonfuls of Cheerios, and we finished the joint in 10 minutes. I closed my eyes and relaxed, letting the weed do its magic.
"Have you thought about getting an apartnt with us?"
"Not really. I told Jackie about the idea, and she said I should go for it. I’m still on the fence, though."
"Speaking of Jackie, when is she coming?"
"Tomorrow. And no, I will not put in a good word for you."
"You don’t have to. But can you ask her to put in a good word for to her friends?"
"Oh, I don’t have to. Jackie has told her friends about all your failed attempts to hit on her. You’re quite popular among her friends."
"Fuck! Dude, that was before I perfected my ga. Now I can get whatever chick I want."
You may be wondering how I was ok with my best friend hitting on my sister. Well, Jackie assured it would never happen, and she would always keep in the loop on his latest attempts. It was a good source of entertainnt for both of us.
"Where’s Jordan?" I asked.
"In his room."
It was as if we summoned him as Jordan walked out of his room. Jordan was the most responsible one out of us. Raised by a single mother, he was forced to be from a young age. He was shorter than Alec and by a few inches. But he put in the work at the gym as he sturdy. He wore his black hair in curls and was the only one of us who could grow an actual beard, but he kept a stubble.
"Sup," he nodded at . "Did you guys already light one up?"
"Yup. You should have co out of your little den."
"I couldn’t. I was in an interview about an internship over the sumr. It’s a great opportunity to beat the rush."
"How did it go?"
"I think it went well. But it depends on how they think it went. I’m supposed to hear back from them after the holidays. Didn’t your stepsister co yesterday?"
"Stepsister?" Alec asked. "When did this happen?"
"What do you an? You were there at my dad’s wedding. How could you forget? It was 4 months ago."
"I rember the wedding, but I don’t rember your new stepmom having any daughters. Is she as hot as your stepmom?" he asked eagerly.
"I am not going to answer that. She has two daughters and a son. But Charlotte is the only one who’s coming for Christmas."
"Charlotte," he repeated. "Hmm, sounds like a girl next door. How about I tag along when you go back ho."
"Fuck off! You were asking about Jackie and her friends 5 minutes ago."
"Yeah, and you said I had no shot. It’s ti to move on."
"Bro, relax! He’s eting her for the first ti. If he introduced you to her, that would be the worst way to start it off," Jordan said.
"Anyways, Charlotte and I have plans. We’re going to a party at the UW campus."
"A college party? That’s perfect."
"Yeah, except you can’t co. It’s a frat party, and her friend got us in. I don’t want to risk bringing more people."
Alec started complaining, but Jordan said, "Let him do his thing. We’ll go out to the city and hit up so bars. Happy?"
"Not as good as a frat party, but it’ll do."
"Next ti, I promise I’ll try my best to get you guys in as well. I didn’t know you would want to go to a frat party," I said, ssing with him.
"You co into my apartnt, smoke my weed, and make fun of . Fuck you, man!"
We ended up ordering pizza for lunch and watching TV. Around 5 o’clock, I decided to go ho to start getting ready for the party. I said my goodbyes, rubbed the party in Alec’s face one more ti and left.
I got ho and went straight upstairs. I passed Charlotte’s room on the way, and she called out for to co to her room.
"What’s up?"
"Nothing. I was going to text you asking where you were, but I don’t have your number. The party starts at eight, which ans 9. My friend invited us to prega at her apartnt. Are you down?"
"Sure. Uhm, will there be other guys or...?"
She laughed cutely and said, "You will not be the only guy there. And what’s wrong with it if you were?"
"My anxiety will destroy . We may need to prega for the prega."
"Oh boy, you do need this. Alright, prega starts at 7. So let’s leave in an hour?"
"Works for ."
I took a shower and had so ti to kill before having to get ready. I decided to take a very short nap, but when I woke up, I felt refreshed for a potentially long night out.
After throwing on a hoodie and jeans, I knocked on Charlotte’s door to see if she was ready, but there was no response. She instead ca out of the bathroom, looking amazing. She had just done her makeup, and she did it very well.
"Give a second. I just need to change, and we can head out."
She walked past into her bedroom and shut the door behind her. There was a small part of that was tempted to crack the door open and spy on her, but I shook that thought out of my head. She’s your stepsister, I told myself.
I waited for her downstairs, and my dad and Samantha ca downstairs all dressed up. Samantha said, "Since you two are going out, your dad and I decided to go out too. Have fun!"
Charlotte ca down a few minutes later dressed in a light blue sweater and leggings. At that mont, Alec saying Charlotte sounded like a girl next door ca to my mind. Even though he hadn’t seen her before, I agreed with him.
"Let’s go? Want to take your car or mine?"
"My car is already in the driveway."
"Ok, let’s put on our jackets and head out."
We got in the car, and she gave the address of her friend’s apartnt to put into the navigation.
"Jackie’s coming tomorrow, right?"
"Yup, I have to pick her up from the airport."
"Oh. It’ll be nice to see her again. I was talking to my friend, and she said it was weird how we’re step-siblings but barely know each other."
"We are all scattered across the country. You have a brother and sister, right? Samantha said they’re not coming for Christmas."
"Yup, you’re stuck with , but I am the best one," she laughed. "My brother is spending Christmas with his girlfriend and her family in Texas. My sister is spending Christmas with my dad."
That’s when it occurred to that I don’t know what happened between her parents to cause them to split. I didn’t feel like bringing it up if she didn’t want to.
We got to her friend’s apartnt and knocked on the door. A cute girl with straight, brown hair opened the door. She was wearing a blue tube top with beige-colored pants. She had small, brown eyes with thin lips. Her top was stretched, trying to contain her massive bust.
"Hi!" she said as she wrapped Charlotte in a hug. After she finished her hug, she reached a hand out to , which I shook. "You must be Noah. Nice to et you. I’m Natalie."
"Nice to et you too."
Inside the apartnt, a couple was sitting on the sofa. A redhead girl wearing a university sweater, black leggings, and a black jacket. The guy was wearing a fashionable jacket and looked like he did social dia for a living.
Natalie introduced us to the couple on the sofa, "Charlotte and Noah, that’s Heather and her boyfriend, Chance. Heather and I were roommates freshman year. Charlotte and I went to high school together, and Noah is her brother."
Chance said, "Nice to et ya. Hope you don’t mind, but we already started pregaming."
"Follow . Drinks are in the kitchen," said Natalie. We made the short walk to the kitchen, where she had tequila, vodka, and beer. "The frat that’s hosting this party is known for going crazy on Fireball. If you don’t like Fireball, I’d suggest loading up now."
Natalie, Charlotte, and I were together most of the ti, talking to each other. I didn’t know if it was the alcohol, wishful thinking, or both, but I felt that Natalie took a liking to . It was honestly a blur, as I may have gone a little too hard on the prega.
At around 8:15, we decided to head to the party. Chance said, "We won’t fit into one Uber anyway, you guys get going. We’ll et you there."
"Ok. Lock the door from the inside before leaving. I’ll take my key with . And please don’t make a ss."
As we walked out of the apartnt, Charlotte said, "They just started dating, didn’t they?"
Natalie nodded her head and said, "They can’t keep off each other. Chance lives in a house with 4 or 5 other guys, and Heather still lives in the dorms. Sohow, my apartnt beca their hookup spot."
"I figured with how casual you were about it."
"What about you, Noah?" Natalie asked . "Are you seeing anyone? In a relationship?"
"Uh, no."
"That’s why I made him co to this party. I wanna see if I can play matchmaker and get him a pretty girlfriend," Charlotte said.
"You said you wanted to show what college life was. Not find a girlfriend."
"Would you have co if I said that?" she asked with raised eyebrows.
I shook my head. "Exactly. Sotis, you have to lie to get things done," Charlotte justified.
Our Uber pulled onto a busy street lined with cars on both sides of the streets and flocks of students walking to a brightly lit house.
"Good thing we didn’t take a car," said Natalie. We got out of the Uber and walked into the house. There were a couple of guys standing outside the door and recognized Natalie as she walked in.
We headed straight to the booze table in the back of the house. "What did I tell ya?" Natalie said, referring to most of the alcohol being Fireball. We took a few shots each before joining the party.
I attached myself to Charlotte and Natalie like a parasite, fearing if I lost sight of them, I wouldn’t find them again.
Natalie was quite popular as everyone stopped to talk to her, especially the guys. Even Charlotte was stopped occasionally by people she went to high school with. I recognized a person or two from my high school, but I had never talked to them before.
After making a round of the party, we went back to the drinks table to top up before rejoining the party. We headed upstairs, where there was a ga of beer pong was going on.
"Hey Nat! You want to play winner?" asked a dude as he sunk the winning shot.
She looked over at us and asked, "Which one of you is good at beer pong?"
I had never played beer pong in my life before, but Charlotte pushed towards the table, saying, "You got this."
As the table was being reset, Nat asked, "You know the rules?"
"I could use a refresher," I said, not wanting to look like a loser.
She gave a quick rundown of the rules before the ga started.
The dude opposite us tossed us the ping pong balls, saying we got the first shot. Nat sunk hers, but I missed mine.
Natalie was great as she did the heavy lifting, but we still ended up losing. She said, "Don’t worry. It was your first ga. We’ll get them next ti." She left to go talk to the guy we lost to, and I saw them walking away.
I scanned the room for Charlotte, who was talking to a few people in the corner of the room. I made my way over to her, where she introduced to the people she was talking to. Drew, Tobi, Mia, and Tiffany. The six of us went down for another drink.
The alcohol got to as I wandered off on my own to explore the party. I found myself talking to people and playing drinking gas with strangers. I was completely caught up in a ga of battleships, but you had to take a shot each ti the opposing team got a hit when Charlotte ca up to .
"Hey, I’ve been looking everywhere for you."
"I made new friends," I said, obviously drunk. "See, battleships, but with alcohol."
"That’s cool. When you’re done, we’ll leave, ok?"
"Do we have to?"
"Yeah. Rember Drew and Tobi? They invited us over to their place. And this party seems to be dying down."
"Fine, but lem finish this ga. Alright, my turn!" I called out a position and ended up hitting. The ga ended, and I found Charlotte sitting on a sofa with the sa group of people. We followed them to their car, and the six of us packed into a sedan, with four of us smushed in the backseat.
It was a long car ride navigating through the traffic, and I ended up falling asleep in the car. Charlotte woke up when we pulled into a nice-looking apartnt complex. Drew and Tobi led us into their apartnt, which didn’t look like a student apartnt at all. It was furnished and with fancy-looking stuff, too. The apartnt on its own looked expensive, especially considering the area we were in.
"You guys have a nice apartnt for students," I remarked.
"Students? We’re alumni of UW and the frat. We work in tech here in Seattle," said Tobi.
"Oh, that makes a lot more sense."
"Make yourselves comfortable. I’ll bring out so water and drinks. If you need to use the bathroom, down the hall, first door on the left."
Charlotte and I think Tiffany went to use the bathroom. Drew was setting the entertainnt, playing so music, and fiddling with the lights while Tobi was in the kitchen.
I sat on the sofa, and the girl I assud to be Mia sat at the other end of the sofa. She was either of xican or Latin Arican descent. She had foxy brown eyes with prominent cheekbones. Her dark brown, almost black hair tied up in a ssy bun, a weakness of mine. She had a very slight underbite and natural-looking lips. She was wearing a Christmas cardigan, a white t-shirt underneath, and faded black jeans.
"Noah, right?" she asked.
"Yeah. Mia?"
"Yup. You enjoy the party?"
"Yeah. I didn’t want to leave. But Charlotte wanted to, so here I am."
"This wasn’t the best party I’ve been to, but also not the worst. And I don’t think it would’ve gone on much longer anyway."
"Do you work with Drew and Tobi?"
"No, we’re still students at UW. But I know Tobi from when he was still going to UW."
Charlotte joined us and took a seat in between us. Tobi and Drew handed us drinks, and when asked what it was, they said it was their special cocktail. It tasted dangerously nice, as you couldn’t even tell there was alcohol in it.
Tobi was a short and slim black gentleman. He dressed pretty casually in sweats, but it looked fancy in a way. Drew was taller than Tobi but shorter than . He had his blonde hair in a mullet and was wearing a sweater and jeans.
Tiffany finally joined the group after using the bathroom. She looked similar to Natalie, except she still seed to have her baby fat. She also wasn’t quite as big in the chest departnt but had a bigger ass than Natalie.
Tobi poured Tiffany a drink and stood up in front of the group. "How about we play a ga?"
The girls all looked at each other with a smile, and Tiffany said, "What a surprise! Let guess. Truth or Dare, or so stripping ga."
He smiled knowingly and answered, "Truth or Dare. I’m sure you all know how we do it, but to make sure we’re on the sa page, I’ll go through the rules. You spin a bottle to see who asks you a question. You decide if you want a truth or dare. You can pass one each but have to take a shot, no choosing the sa more than three tis in a row. If anyone feels like a line is crossed, call it out on the spot. Good?"
Everyone agreed to the rules. I looked at Charlotte because this was the first ti I had ever played Truth or Dare like this. She looked at , gave a reassuring smile, and mouthed, "You’ll be fine."
We shifted to the floor, alternating between boy and girl. Going from my left, it was Charlotte, Tobi, Mia, Drew, and Tiffany on my right. Drew had grabbed a bottle and placed it in the middle of the circle, asking, "Who’s first?"
The girls quickly nominated him, and he spun the bottle, which landed on Mia. "What will it be, Drew? Truth or Dare?"
"I’m playing it safe and starting with a truth."
That drew a chorus of boos from the girls. After taking a minute to think, Mia asked, "What’s your body count for the year?"
I nearly choked on my spit. I knew the gas tended to have questions like this, but not right off the bat.
"Hmm, this year, I have to say it’s 6."
"I don’t believe it, but I guess I’ll have to take your word."
Tiffany was up next, and it landed on Tobi. Tiffany chose truth as well, and Tobi said, "I’ll give you sothing light. If you have to hook up with soone in this room, who’s it going to be? Wait, if you were to hook up with a guy in this room, who would it be? I’m not letting you get out of this easy."
She blushed but answered, "You. Isn’t that what you wanted to hear?" with a hint of flirtation.
He had a confident smirk on his face but didn’t say anything.
"You’re up," Charlotte said.
Sleeping in the car had taken away my drunk confidence and brought back my anxiety. My heart was thumping as I grabbed the bottle and gave it a wobbly spin. Luckily, the bottle landed on Charlotte. She could see I was tense, and I knew she wouldn’t ask a heavy-hitting question. Before she could ask truth or dare, I declared truth. I didn’t want to be peer pressured into taking the ga’s first dare.
"If you could take in any position you wanted, what would it be?"
This ti, I choked on my spit. What would everyone else think? A stepsister asking her stepbrother what position he wants to fuck her in. And did she assu I wanted to fuck her? I scanned the room, but no one else seed to be grossed out or think differently about the question.
She pressed for an answer, and after stuttering, I answered, "Doggy."
Tobi applauded my answer, saying, "Sa here, brother. I always love hitting it from the back," as he mimicked spanking a girl’s ass.
Before Charlotte took her turn, she asked to see her in the kitchen.
I followed her, and once we were out of earshot of the others, I asked, "What the fuck! What were you thinking about asking that question? And what’s wrong with these people? Am I the only one weirded about a sister asking her brother what position he would take her in?"
"Stepsister and stepbrother," with a heavy emphasis on the step. "And they don’t know that. I told them that we’re friends."
"What? Why?"
"I don’t know, I just did. Play along, ok? I t them at this party for the first ti, and we’ll never see them again. And we can’t tell everyone our actual relationship after you said you’d fuck in doggy style."
"Because you asked ."
"Yeah, yeah."
"Yo! What’s going on over there?" asked Tobi.
"Nothing. We’ll co back in a second," Charlotte answered. She turned her attention back to and said, "Rember, we’re friends. Not siblings."
We went back to the group and sat back down in our spots. "My turn, right?" Charlotte asked as she spun the bottle. It landed on Tiffany, and Charlotte kept the streak of truths going.
Tiffany asked, "What’s the riskiest or most fun place you’ve had sex?"
"Uhm, I’d have to say a lecture hall."
This got everyone interested, and Tiffany said, "I know I didn’t ask this as part of your truth, but details?"
"You’re probably wondering if it was a professor, but no, it was a guy I was kinda seeing but not dating. I was helping him catch up on lecture notes after class ended, and we ended up having sex. That’s all you’re getting from ."
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