By FireBloom and
FrostByte
novalegion451@gmail.com
Copyright 2025 by FireBloom and FrostByte, all rights reserved
[6,163 words]
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This
story is intended for adults only. It contains depictions of forced
nudity,
spanking, and sexual activity of preteen and young teen children for
the
purpose of punishment. None of the behaviors in this story should be
attempted
in real life, as that would be harmful and/or illegal. If you are not
of legal age in your community to read or
view
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An anthology of vignettes depicting teenagers (usually girls, but not always) in a variety of troublesome predicaments.
FrostByte says ... Hi,
my name is Jamie. I'm the "idea" person around here, and also the
reason why it's mostly girls who get the treatment in our stories, even
though my partner, Kit, prefers femdom. Most of the plotline
inspirations come from inside my strange little brain.
FireBloom says ... I'm
Kit. More than half the time, I'm the one who takes Jamie's plotlines
and turns them into actual words. I'm also the copy editor, which is
why my name comes first in the byline. We both hope you enjoy our
stories. If you do, we'll try to write more.
1. Winning Streak
2. Every Resource At Hand
3. A Fair Trade
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1. Winning Streak
"I'm in for ten," said Jennifer, tossing two chips into the growing pile in the center of the table.
"Make it thirty," said David tensely.
"Dude, I hope you know what you're doing," said Joey glumly. "That's the last of our week's paychecks you're down to."
David didn't answer. The 15-year-old boy locked eyes with his older
sister across the table, and not for the first time, David felt as if
Jennifer was seeing right into every thought in his head.
Having lost his last chip in the previous hand, Joey could only watch
helplessly as his best friend aggressively shoved more than half of his
remaining money into the pile.
"I'll see your thirty ... and
I'm all in." Joey's own older sister, Courtney - who, unlike him, was
still at the table - pushed her large stack of chips forward with one
hand, smirking as they fell over into the pot.
"I'm out," said
Jennifer, not even bothering to wait for her turn. The 17-year-old girl
threw down her cards and took a long sip of the beer she had sneaked
out of her father's cooler.
"Your call, David," said Courtney, neither her eyes nor her smirk wavering. "In or out, little boy?"
David glared back at her.
"Dude," murmured Joey in a high-pitched tone.
"Ya gotta be in it to win it," declared David, ignoring Joey's groan as he pushed the last of his chips into the pile.
David fixed a steady gaze at Courtney as he laid down his hand. "Full house, kings over jacks."
Joey swallowed hard. He felt like he should have been jumping for joy
at the sight of David's boat, but every instinct inside of him warned
him not to celebrate until ...
"Not bad," said Courtney coolly, returning David's gaze.
"Show him, Courtney," said Jennifer confidently, downing the last of her beer.
"Well," said her friend, putting down the first of her cards, "here's
one queen ... and here's another ... and a third ... and here is the
last ... little ... lady."
Jennifer grinned at the sight of her brother's face falling, yet again.
"I knew it." Joey buried his face in his hands.
David sat limply in his chair as the giggling girls gathered up the last of the boys' money.
"That was fun," said Courtney cheerfully. "C'mon, Jen, we gotta get to the mall."
"Sorry we can't hang around with you fellas anymore," said Jennifer
smugly. "But don't worry, you'll get another chance to lose your money
to us."
David and Joey watched stonily as their sisters headed out the door, laughing all the while.
"I'm sorry," said David after a minute. "I shoulda listened to you, man."
"Hey, I lost all my money faster than you did." Joey shrugged.
"We just lost every penny we made this week," grumbled David. "Last
week, the girls cleaned us out when we made that stupid bet at the
billiards table, and before that, it was the bowling alley ... "
"Poker, pool, bowling, those girls whip our butts every time!" lamented Joey.
"It's not the losing I mind so much as all that damn smugness," complained David.
"Courtney's always been like that," said Joey. "As far back as I can
remember, every time she ever succeeded at anything - which is most of
the time - she always has to rub it in."
"Same with Jennifer."
David paused. "But ever since she and Courtney became friends, it's
been ten times worse. They really bring out the worst in each other."
David began picking up the cards. Joey paused thoughtfully.
"Maybe they were cheating," Joey suggested.
"How could they have been cheating?" asked David, shuffling the cards. "I was dealing seconds the whole game."
Joey rolled his eyes.
"By my math, we've got about two dollars left to our names now," he
said. "Looks like it's gonna another really boring weekend."
David was silent.
"Uh-oh," murmured Joey. "You're getting that look on your face again ... "
"I've got - "
"Oh, God."
" - an idea."
"Dude," moaned Joey. "Not again - "
"Hear me out." David turned to look at his friend. "There's something
I've been thinking about for a while, but I didn't really think we
could do it - "
"Why don't you go with that thought?" suggested Joey.
" - but desperate times call for desperate measures. Joey, do you
really want to let our sisters hold this little winning streak of
theirs over our heads for the rest of our lives?"
"So what's your big idea, then?" sighed Joey.
"Like you say, we've got two dollars left. I say that tomorrow, we make a bet with the girls, just one bet, to make us even."
"How will one lousy two-dollar bet make us even, after all they've won?" demanded Joey.
"Trust me," said David.
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"Did you see that? Did you see that?! Did you?!"
Courtney was fuming as she threw open the front door and stormed into the living room.
"Yes," said Jennifer, quietly following her friend and closing the door
behind them. "Just like the first one hundred and twelve times you
asked that question."
"I can't believe that Andrew Sheridan!"
raged Courtney. "He was actually on a date with Stephanie Cook! Just
one week ago, he was asking ME for a date!"
"Hard to imagine," said Jennifer in a completely deadpan tone.
"Seriously, what does Stephanie have that I don't?" demanded Courtney.
"Well, for one thing," answered Jennifer, giving her friend a critical look, "She actually said yes when he asked her out."
"If you want to call that a reason," muttered Courtney.
"Okay, Courtney ... Maybe
this is a stupid question ... But if you really like Andrew, then why
did you tell him no when he asked you to go out with him?"
"I was playing hard to get," said Courtney irritably. "Don't you get it? Andrew was supposed to think of me as somebody elusive and mysterious when I turned him down. He was supposed to feel even more eager to try to win me over and get me to go on a date with him!"
"Really." Jennifer raised an eyebrow. "Well, then, maybe you should have told him the plan, so he would know what he was supposed to do."
Courtney's only response was a low growl. Jennifer shook her head.
"See, this is the problem with playing games," Jennifer told her
friend. "Sometimes, you're going to lose at it. Now, look, I don't
think - "
"Whoa." Courtney held up her hand to wave off her friend's impending lecture. "Jen, get a load of THIS."
Jennifer froze. For a long moment, she could only stand and stare. She reflected on what she was seeing.
In the middle of the living room, David and Joey were sitting in the
lotus position, facing each other, with a small lit candle on the
carpet between them. The boys were wearing long silk robes - David in
black, Joey in red, with matching headbands.
" ... aaaaa ... ooooo ... mmmmm ... aaaooommm ... "
For a little while, the boys repeated the sounds over and over,
sometimes closing their eyes but more often staring intently at the
candle.
Courtney and Jennifer exchanged looks.
"I think I have something," Joey suddenly said excitedly, peering down at the candle. "I swear, it moved a little."
"I can't take this anymore," muttered Jennifer.
"What the hell are you two geeks doing?" said Courtney loudly.
"Shhh," said David, waving his hand at the girls. "You're disrupting our minds."
"I think it's a little late to worry about that," said Jennifer.
"Should we tell them?" asked Joey, glancing at the girls before looking back at David.
"Tell us what?" said Courtney in annoyance.
"We're trying to focus ourselves," said David.
"Since when are you guys into meditation?" asked Jennifer.
"We're not," replied Joey. "We're learning telekinesis."
"What?" said Courtney involuntarily.
"Telekinesis," repeated David. "It means moving objects with your mind - "
"I know what it means!" said Courtney testily.
"We're getting pretty good at it," said Joey. "I just made this candle
move a little, and a little while ago, David made that book - "
"Oh, God, I can't take this." Jennifer shook her head. "Seriously, this is weird even for you two."
"You don't know what you're talking about," retorted David. "I'm telling you, we really can do this!"
"I'm sure." Courtney smirked.
"All right," said Joey, getting to his feet. "If you two are so sure
we're just full of it, maybe you'd like to make a little bet on it."
"Oh, this sounds familiar," remarked Jennifer, while Courtney snorted.
"Making bets with us has worked out so well for you guys up until now,
hasn't it?"
"I'm serious," said Joey.
"Me, too."
David stood up and glared at the girls. "We'll bet you each a buck -
it's all we've got left after the poker game last night - that we can
..."
David paused, looking around.
"I know," said
Joey, fixing his eyes on the girls - or, more precisely, on the girls'
satin, spaghetti strap tank tops, with no bra underneath on either
girl, and their short, linen skirts, which showed off the near entirety
of their long, bare legs.
Joey took a deep breath.
"We'll bet you girls that we can strip off all of your clothes, without touching you at all."
Courtney and Jennifer stared at Joey, and then looked at each other. The girls started laughing simultaneously.
"As if," said Jennifer, shaking her head. Courtney was too busy laughing to say anything.
"We can do it," said David stubbornly. "We'll strip off all of your clothes - "
"And we'll SPANK you," added Joey.
"And we'll even KISS you," continued David.
"Kiss us?" echoed Jennifer. "You've gotta be kidding - "
"All without touching you!" finished Joey, holding up his hands.
"Wow." Courtney finally managed to stop laughing long enough to speak.
"You nerds have come up with some goofy stuff before, but this - "
"What's the matter?" said David tauntingly. "You girls afraid of losing a bet for once?"
"Scared that you're gonna break your little winning streak?" said Joey.
"Yeah, I figured you girls would be too chicken to make this bet."
"Who are you calling chicken?" said Courtney indignantly.
"If you're not chicken, then take the bet," retorted David.
"Unless you're too scared," added Joey mockingly.
Courtney looked at Jennifer, who shrugged.
"I think they're serious," said Jennifer.
"This oughtta be good for a laugh, anyway," remarked Courtney. She
turned back to the boys. "All right, losers, you got a bet, then."
"Yeah." Jennifer smirked. "Go ahead, strip off all of our clothes, spank us, and kiss us, if you can."
David and Joey looked at each other, and nodded. Exactly one second
later, the two boys, in perfect unison, leapt toward the girls.
As they had agreed beforehand, David and Joey each took the other boy's
sister. David grabbed Courtney and forced her down on the living room
carpet before she even knew what was happening. Jennifer barely had
time to let out a shriek before Joey had her pinned down on the sofa.
"What the hell are you doing?!" Courtney couldn't believe how strong
David was. She tried to push him off of her, but she had no more
success than if she was trying to move a stone statue.
Jennifer let out another shriek, a much longer and louder one, as Joey
ripped her tank top off of her with one swift motion. The boy's eyes
nearly popped out of his head at the sight of Jennifer's large, firm,
gorgeous breasts, now completely bare to his sight. They were even more
amazing than he'd dreamed they'd be. But he quickly forced that thought
out of his mind, knowing he had more to do.
"Are you crazy?!"
screamed Courtney, struggling futilely as David pulled down her skirt,
tossing it over to her tank top, which, like Jennifer's, was no longer,
covering the feminine treasures that it had been a moment earlier.
"Panties!" declared David and Joey in unison.
"No! NO! NOOOOO!" cried the girls, also in unison, as they felt their panties being pulled down their legs.
"They're making too much noise," said David tensely. Joey nodded.
"Get off of - mmmppphhhh!!!" Jennifer's protest was reduced to a
muffled wail as Joey stuffed her panties in her mouth. She glanced over
to see that Courtney's mouth had met the same fate as hers.
"Tie them up," said Joey.
David didn't stop to answer his friend before rolling Courtney over and
pulling her hands together behind her back. He grabbed her tank top and
used it to tie her wrists tightly together. He looked up to see, as
expected, Joey had similarly bound Jennifer. Moments later, each girl's
skirt had been used to bind their ankles.
The boys got up, and
for the first time in a long while, they smiled in satisfaction as they
surveyed their work. Their older sisters were completely naked, bound
and gagged, their bodies writhing about as they struggled uselessly
against their bonds.
For a long moment, David and Joey simply
gazed admiringly at their beautiful sisters' seemingly perfect naked
bodies, their shapely curves shaking and turning this way and that ...
As if of one mind, the two boys simultaneously pulled out their phones,
each boy taking one picture of each of the two girls.
"No more
than one picture each," Joey had insisted. "Too many pictures, and
they'll get out. We can't afford that." In the end, David had
reluctantly agreed.
"We got their clothes off," said David. "Now, it's time for the spankings."
The boys quickly decided that the girls should be spanked by their own brothers first.
"I feel like I've been waiting for this my whole life," said David, his
eyes gleaming as he pulled Jennifer face down over his lap.
"You and me both," said Joey, gazing down at his sister's naked tush.
Within seconds, Courtney was wailing through the panties stuffed in her
mouth, cries of pain, rage, and humiliation as her little brother
smacked her bare bottom over and over.
"David, please," Jennifer managed to say through her gag, her eyes filling with tears.
"You've had this coming a long time, Jennifer," retorted David, feeling
as if years of resentment were being lifted off his shoulders with each
spank he delivered to his sister's behind.
"So have you,
Courtney," declared Joey, to yet another muffled scream of outrage from
his sister. After landing a particularly fierce smack with a satisfying
"Thwack!" he paused to admire Courtney's bright red ... and still very
beautiful ... ass. Even though she was his sister, he couldn't help
taking in how firm, tight, and shapely her behind was.
"I think they've had enough," said David. Joey nodded in agreement.
For one brief moment, Courtney and Jennifer felt a wave of relief ...
which was dashed a moment later when Joey said, "Now we switch sisters."
"I loved spanking Jennifer," said David, taking hold of his friend's
sister, "but I'm going to enjoy spanking you even more, Courtney."
"Time to get your pretty little ass warmed up again, Jennifer," said Joey eagerly, over Jennifer's muffled protests.
Within seconds, Courtney was once again wailing as she felt David's
hand striking blow after blow against her increasingly sore rear. She
struggled, trying to kick her legs, but the younger boy was able to
hold her bound limbs in place with ease.
"This is what happens
to naughty little girls like you, Courtney," David whispered in her
ear, before delivering another satisfying smack to her backside. He
smiled at the way Courtney was visibly seething as he went on, "Naughty
little girls get spanked."
Joey, on the other hand, seemed
more interested in admiring Jennifer's bare behind than smacking it.
Jennifer let out a whimper of protest at Joey's hand fondling each of
her cheeks.
"I've always wondered what you'd look like
bare-assed, Jennifer, and I gotta say, you don't disappoint. You're
even hotter than I pictured you."
After a moment, Joey resumed smacking Jennifer's bottom, but paused every now and then to fondle her.
Eventually, the boys were satisfied with the spankings, and not a
moment too soon for the girls. Courtney and Jennifer were both moaning
in pain and humiliation. Their rears were burning, and with their hands
bound, they couldn't even massage their own bottoms.
"We're
almost done, girls," said Joey. "There was just one more thing after
stripping off your clothes and spanking you, remember."
"Yeah," said David, his eyes gleaming.
Courtney and Jennifer's eyes turned round as they realized what the boys were getting at.
"C'mere, babe," said David, pulling a vehemently protesting Courtney toward him.
"This is gonna be fun," grinned Joey, as he gazed eagerly into Jennifer's beautiful face.
The boys pulled the girls' panties out of their mouths.
"David, don't you dare, I swear, if you - mmmppphhhh!!!" Courtney's
face scrunched up in helpless fury as David pressed his mouth deeply
into hers.
Jennifer didn't even manage to get a single word out before her lips were enveloped by Joey's.
Even though they knew it would do no good, both of the girls couldn't
resist the urge to struggle, against their bonds and against the boys'
iron grip on their bodies. Courtney and Jennifer barely registered that
their resistance was only inflaming the boys' passions.
Courtney was used to being kissed by the best-looking boys in her year,
and it filled her with searing anger and humiliation to be forced to
give her up her lips to this geeky little loser, nearly three years
younger than her.
Every time she tried to pull away, David
only yanked her even closer, until finally he had her body pressing
tightly against his, her breasts practically crushed into his chest,
his thirsting lips pressing even more deeply into her mouth.
"That's incredible," breathed Joey. "You're an amazing kisser, Jennifer."
"Joey, please - " Jennifer whimpered before Joey climbed on top of her, practically forcing his tongue inside her mouth.
Soon, the girls realized that their struggles were pointless. All they
could do was wait ... and wait ... Every time it seemed like the boys
were tiring out, they pulled the girls closer and the kisses continued
...
David and Joey felt like they were in heaven. Although
Courtney and Jennifer had never known it, the boys had had crushes on
each other's sisters for as long as they had known each other. While
this wasn't the way David and Joey would have liked to kiss Courtney
and Jennifer, it felt like a dream come true nevertheless.
"Okay," said Joey finally. "I think we're done."
He looked over at David, who didn't seem to have heard anything Joey
said. David was still crushing Courtney's body against his, and his
mouth against hers.
"David!" said Joey sharply. "Come on, I think the girls have had enough!"
"All right," said David reluctantly, letting go of Courtney at last.
"Let's untie them."
Moments later, as the boys freed the knots on the tank tops and skirts
binding the girls' wrists and legs, Courtney and Jennifer practically
jumped away from the boys. Both girls clamped their skimpy garments
over their bodies protectively.
"What the hell is wrong with you two?" shouted Courtney.
"I can't believe you did that!" wailed Jennifer.
"Hey, we had a deal," said David calmly.
"Yeah," chimed in Joey. "We made a bet, remember? We bet you girls that
we could strip off all of your clothes, spank you, and kiss you, and as
I recall, you said ... "
David held up his phone, and pressed a button. A second later, Jennifer voice emerged from the phone, clearly saying, "Go ahead, strip off all of our clothes, spank us, and kiss us, if you can."
"You did say that," said Joey, holding up his hands innocently.
Courtney and Jennifer stared at their brothers in disbelief.
"B-But," stammered Courtney.
"You touched us!" protested Jennifer.
"Yeah!" said Courtney heatedly. "The bet was you were supposed to do all that WITHOUT touching us!"
"You touched us!" repeated Jennifer feverishly.
David and Joey looked at each other.
"So we did." David nodded.
He dug into his pocket and pulled out a dollar, dropping it into his
sister's lap. Joey did the same, handing a crumpled dollar bill to
Courtney.
"There's your two bucks," said David. "Congratulations, girls, you won the bet."
"Yeah, I guess your winning streak is still unbroken after all," said Joey with a heavy sigh.
"How do you like that?" David asked Joey, shaking his head. "The girls beat us again."
"Darn it, they always beat us," said Joey.
The two boys turned and started to walk out of the living room. They
glanced back at Courtney and Jennifer, still sitting naked on the
carpet, staring after the boys with wide eyes and open mouths.
"You know, just once, I'd like to win a bet against those girls," said David.
"Me, too," said Joey. "We always lose. No matter what we do, those girls always win."
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2. Every Resource At Hand
"Yes, Mr. Tannen, I understand. Well, thank you very much for your time."
Mortimer hung up the phone. The 14-year-old boy walked somberly to the dining room table and plopped down in one of the chairs.
"Hey, who was that on the phone?" Mortimer's older sister, Kayley,
appeared in the kitchen doorway. She froze when she saw Mortimer
burying his face in his arms.
"Little brother? What's wrong, little brother?" Kayley gently laid a hand on her brother's back.
After a minute or so, Mortimer looked up.
"That was Mr. Tannen," he said glumly. "He was calling to say he was sorry, but he can't give me a job."
"Oh, I'm sorry," said Kayley. She ran her hand through Mortimer's hand
sympathetically. "But I'm sure there are other places you could find
work - "
"Sis," said Mortimer, his voice thick with
exasperation and despair. "I have been to every business in this crummy
town trying to find a job, and nobody is hiring. Mr. Tannen was my last
chance."
Mortimer fixed a gaze on his older sister.
"The guy runs a manure hauling business. Manure,
Kayley! If there was one person in town who wouldn't have anybody
lining up to work for, it would have to have been Mr. Tannen."
The boy shook his head.
"That's it, I'm finished. There's nothing left. I'm never going to be able a job or make any money."
"Oh, come on, you can't just give up," said Kayley, squeezing her brother's arm.
"But - "
"No, no buts, little brother." Kayley sat down next to Mortimer and
locked eyes with him. "You can't give up. You'll never get anywhere at
all that way. You have to keep trying. Listen, if you can't find a job,
then find some other way of making money. Be creative. Use every
resource you have at hand."
Mortimer gazed back at Kayley.
"You really think so?" he asked finally.
"Absolutely." Kayley nodded her head vigorously. "If you set your mind
to it, Mortimer, you can accomplish anything. Don't ever doubt that.
You just have to make the best use of every resource available to you."
Mortimer was silent for a moment.
"Every resource?" he repeated.
"That's right. When you're in a tough spot, you do what you have to do, no matter what it is. Use every resource you can."
"But what if - "
"No!" Kayley shook her head. "No buts, little brother. I'm going to say
it again. Do whatever you have to do, no matter what it is, and take
advantage of every resource at hand."
Mortimer was silent for a long moment, gazing at his sister.
"Okay," he said finally. "I will."
"Good," said Kayley with satisfaction. "Now, you're learning."
"Kayley, could you do me a favor?" asked Mortimer.
"Sure thing. What do you need?"
"Could you get me some of that spare clothesline we have in the basement?"
Kayley was puzzled.
"Um, sure, I guess, but what do you need that for?"
"It's a resource," said Mortimer, getting to his feet. "I'm going to make use of it, and the other resources I have."
"Well, all right." Kayley shrugged, not understanding but figuring that
if Mortimer was taking her advice, she should help in any way she could.
As Kayley went down to the basement, she did not see Mortimer quietly walking into Kayley's bedroom and opening her closet ...
* * * * *
Ding dong!
"Hey,
guys, come on in." Mortimer held the front door open, eagerly waving in
the five teenaged boys - all older than him, three of them in Kayley's
year at her high school.
"How are you doing, man?" asked the
eldest of the boys, not really paying attention to Mortimer's answer.
He looked around the house distractedly.
"Is this for real?" asked one of the younger boys, looking at Mortimer skeptically.
"Absolutely," said Mortimer resolutely.
"So, where's, uh ... "
"In the living room," replied Mortimer. "First things first, though. The price of admission is ten dollars."
The boys exchanged looks, and then sighed and shrugged. Each one dug in his pocket and handed ten dollars to Mortimer.
* * * * *
"Mmmppphhh!!! Mmpphh ... MMPPHHH!!! MMMPPPHHH!!!"
Kayley had been moaning and mumbling for most of the past hour, but her
moans and mumbles struck a fever pitch when she saw her brother leading
five boys, including three of her own classmates, into the living room.
"Whoa!" said one of the boys, his eyes wide. His weren't the only ones.
"Man, you were serious," another boy said to Mortimer.
"I told you," replied Mortimer proudly.
"Um, hey, Kayley," said one of the boys who was in her class at school.
His eyes ran slowly up and down Kayley's body as she moaned and
struggled.
Kayley was sitting on the living room couch. A long
clothesline was wrapped around her upper body, binding her hands behind
her back and her arms to her sides. Another clothesline was tied around
her legs.
The pretty teenaged girl tried again to speak, but
could make only muffled moans through the dishcloth tied in and around
her mouth.
As if all of that hadn't been enough ... Kayley was
also nearly naked. She was wearing nothing but a skimpy red lace bra
and panties, the sexiest outfit that Mortimer had been able to find in
her closet or dresser.
"Okay, so here's the deal," said
Mortimer, sounding quite business-like. "Like I said, you all paid ten
dollars for admission. For ten bucks, you get to see Kayley tied up in
her underwear. Now, if you all pay another ten bucks, I'll make her
NAKED for you."
Kayley let out what would have been an ear-splitting scream, but was reduced to a mildly annoying wail through her gag.
The boys hardly noticed, however, as they were all eagerly handing ten dollars each to Mortimer.
"Good," said Mortimer with satisfaction. "Okay, in just a moment, I'll
take off her bra and panties. But first, the rest of the deal ... Once
she's naked, any of you fellas can pull down her gag and kiss her on
mouth. Ten dollars a kiss."
Kayley was moaning in despair.
"You can also fondle for another ten bucks, and for twenty dollars, you can spank her."
All of the boys were now eagerly pulling out every dollar they had in
their pockets. Kayley felt like she wanted nothing so much as for the
ground to open up and swallow her whole.
"Hey, listen," Mortimer said to one of the boys, who was close to his own age. "You got a sister, right?"
"Yeah, why?"
"Talk to me afterward. Maybe we can become partners, if you bring your
sister over here. Heck, if we get a few guys together - the guys with
sisters - we can make a real business out of this."
"Hey,
that's an idea," said the other boy enthusiastically. He shook his head
in wonder. "How did you come up with this, anyway?"
"Oh, I was
just ... making use of every resource at hand," said Mortimer, glancing
at Kayley on the sofa. "Just like somebody told me."
* * * * * * * * * *
3. A Fair Trade
"Come on, Bobby, let's go!"
Cassie looked up at the still-closed door to her cousin's room, on the second floor of the cabin.
"It's a really beautiful day," said Emily, gazing out the window at the lake outside.
"Yeah, I can't wait to go swimming," said Cassie. "If my cousin would just hurry up ... "
Finally, the door to Bobby's room creaked open, ever so slowly.
"Took you long enough," said Cassie. "Come on down here, Bobby."
"Is Emily there?" came a timid voice.
"I'm right here," said Emily, walking over to Cassie.
Bobby groaned.
A moment later, he cringed as he heard Emily ask, "You don't want me to be here?"
Bobby felt like kicking himself. He could hear the hurt in her voice,
and he could picture perfectly the hurt on her face at the sound of
Bobby's groaning, which he hadn't meant for her to hear.
"It's not that, Emily," Bobby called out. "It's just ... "
"Come on, Bobby, let's go," said Cassie. "The lake's waiting, it's a beautiful day to go swimming."
"Easy for you to say," muttered Bobby.
The teenaged boy reluctantly opened the door and came out, slowly
making his way down the stairs. He grimaced at the sight of his cousin,
Cassie, and her closest friend, Emily, waiting eagerly for him. As he
came into full view, the girls' eyes grew round.
"You look ... nice," said Emily, blushing a little as she smiled shyly at the handsome boy in front of them.
"You bet." Cassie grinned, making no effort to hide her eyes sliding up and down Bobby's very fit, athletic body.
Bobby felt his face turning bright red at the girls' appreciative
gazes. As he looked at his beautiful cousin, showing off a summer's
worth of gorgeous suntan in her tiny, hardly-even-there bikini, Bobby
felt himself growing hard, which only fueled his embarrassment.
Somehow, the sight of Emily in her one-piece bathing suit was even more
alluring to Bobby. He blushed even harder as the girls giggled. They
were plainly able to see the effect that they were having on him,
because, unlike the girls, Bobby wasn't wearing a swimsuit.
He was completely naked.
"Oh, come on, don't pout," urged Emily.
"It's not like you have anything to be ashamed of," said Cassie. She
ran her eyes down Bobby's body again, before adding, "Nothing to be
ashamed of at all."
Emily suppressed a giggle as Bobby blushed even more than he was already.
"I still don't think it's fair," mumbled Bobby. "Why do I have to be naked if you girls get to wear bathing suits?"
"You know my mom's rules," said Cassie. "We've been through this every
time we've ever come up here. Boys have to swim naked. Girls are
allowed to wear swimsuits."
"Girls are allowed to wear swimsuits," said Bobby. "Your mom's rules don't say you have to wear them."
Cassie sighed. They'd had this argument before.
"If you girls wanted to," persisted Bobby, "you could swim naked, too."
"Well, for one thing, there are two of us, and only one of you," Cassie
pointed out. "If we were naked, too, then you'd get to see two naked
girls and we'd only get to see one naked boy. That wouldn't be quite
even, would it?"
"Besides, don't you like seeing us in
swimsuits?" Emily glanced down at her body, a little self-consciously.
"I know that I've put on a little weight lately, but - "
"N-No, Emily," said Bobby hastily. "You look amazing, you really do. You're so beautiful."
Emily's face was now almost matching Bobby's, but she managed to smile at the compliment.
"It's just ... " Bobby's voice trailed off, and he sighed. "It just
doesn't feel fair to me. I have to give up all of my privacy, but you
girls aren't showing any more than you would in front of a crowd of
people at any regular beach."
Cassie and Emily looked at each other.
"He does have a point," admitted Cassie.
Emily hesitated.
"I don't think I can take my swimsuit off," she said, wrapping her arms
tightly around herself. "I'm ... I'm sorry, Bobby, but I just can't."
Bobby sighed. He was a little disappointed, but not at all surprised.
"Bobby," said Cassie slowly. "You have to understand ... Being naked in
front of a member of the opposite sex, it's ... Well, not to be sexist,
but it's, um, it's different for girls than it is for boys."
"Not that we think it's easy for you to be naked in front of us," said
Emily quickly. "But it's just ... It just isn't the same as it would be
for a girl."
"I guess I can understand that," said Bobby, looking down.
For a long moment, there was only silence in the cabin. Emily gazed at Bobby thoughtfully.
"I have an idea," she said at last.
Emily slowly approached Bobby, fixing her eyes on his. She reached out
and gently placed her hands on his neck. Bobby gazed back at her,
uncomprehending but trusting. She looked into his eyes for a moment,
and then leaned her face in toward him.
Bobby's eyes grew
round as Emily pressed her lips against his, gently at first, and then
more and more deeply. After a few seconds, Emily wrapped her arms
around Bobby's back and pulled him closer. She could feel him growing
even harder as she pressed her swimsuit-clad body against his naked
body.
Neither Bobby nor Emily was quite sure how long the kiss
lasted. Time seemed to have been standing still for them in that
moment. Eventually, Emily broke the kiss and took a step back. She
giggled a little at the way Bobby was just standing there, dreamy-eyed.
"Bobby? Bobby! Yoo-hoo, Bobby!" Emily waved her hand in front of
Bobby's face. It took her a few tries to break through the boy's
euphoria. Bobby blinked several times as his eyes focused on Emily's.
Cassie was standing next to them, her arms folded, her mouth hanging slightly open.
"How was that?" asked Emily, as if she really couldn't tell.
"That was ... incredible," breathed Bobby.
"Bobby, listen," said Emily, taking Bobby's hand in hers. "I ... I
meant what I said before. I agree that it's unfair that you have to be
naked in front of me and Cassie because of your aunt's rules, when we
don't have to be naked in front of you. But I can't take my swimsuit
off. I just can't do it."
Emily bit her lip.
"But,
um, I'm hoping that this will ... Bobby, if I do this for you while
we're at the lake, will it help make up the difference?"
Bobby blinked.
"Um, I think I'm good with that." Bobby was barely able to get the
words out of his mouth. "Yeah, I definitely won't be complaining
anymore."
Emily smiled, beaming. Cassie covered her mouth with her hand, trying to smother a laugh.
"Well, c'mon," said Cassie, turning toward the door of the cabin. "Like
we've been saying, it's a beautiful day, and the lake awaits."
Normally, Bobby would have appreciated the view, as most any teenaged
boy would, as the bikini-clad Cassie turned and walked away. But at
that moment, he only had eyes for Emily. For a moment, the two
teenagers simply smiled at each other.
"C'mon!" Cassie called out again.
"Let's go, then," said Emily, taking Bobby's hand in hers again, and giving him a gentle kiss on the cheek.
"Sounds good to me."