Unspoken Pleasure

Lexi walked in front of her stupid, disgusting brother, muttering to herself. At first, she'd let him lead the way to the lake. But then she decided that she wasn't taking orders from some meat-head, so she insisted instead that she had to be in front. Once they started walking again, though, Lexi realized that the little perv was probably ogling her ass with every step. God, there was no winning with this, was there?

They went past the lake, waterfall rushing down over the rocks and into the water. It really was beautiful here. Lexi hadn't appreciated it when she was younger. The path that James had set them on was off to the left of the water. It ran right up the hillside -- so tall and steep that Lexi couldn't see the end of it. Well, at least it was clear what they were in for.

There was no grass on the path, only dirt covered in dead leaves with the occasional tree root sticking out just to make things interesting. Lexi had been working out like mad the last year and she was really proud of the results. My body's almost as tight as Christine's, she thought. OK, she hated being so tall and her tits were too small, but she couldn't do anything about those things. She was apex Lexi, and she was proud of it.

But between the steepness of the path and the weight of the pack on her shoulders, Lexi found herself struggling. God, why did James have to punish her like this? It wasn't her fault that her brother was such a dildo.

She heard him groaning behind her. Austin was in great shape, he was a star athlete in high school, and even he was having trouble with the hike. Well it served him right for being such a pig.

Lexi didn't know why she hated her brother so much. He just bugged her. His voice was annoying and the actual words he said with it were even worse. He thought he had such a great body with his toned chest and broad shoulders. Like a hotter, younger version of James only with Christine's golden hair. Like that made him special or something.

Lexi's foot slipped slightly on a rock, but she quickly straightened herself again. She felt her ankle twinge in pain, but she forced herself to keep going. Fuck this fucking hike with her stupid fucking annoying brother! "You started it," Austin said between gasps.

"I did not," Lexi replied. The height of rhetoric, she knew. She was a smart girl -- she was at State, yes, but that was a choice. She could have been at any school in the country. Leaving home -- at the time she'd had a bunch of close friends from high school and a super serious boyfriend and it made sense to stay.

Then the friends all moved on (or turned out to be colossal skanks) and the boyfriend split, and Lexi suddenly found herself wondering what it was all supposed to be about. If she was at the wrong school, the wrong place in her life, what did that mean?Nôvel/Dr(a)ma.Org - Content owner.

It was like playing a board game and suddenly realizing you were going to lose because of some dumb decision you'd made several hours before. Only, unlike Monopoly, Lexi couldn't just turn over the board and call it done. Couldn't take it as a learning experience for the next playthrough. This was her life and if she'd played it wrong or followed the wrong rules or whatever she was stuck with it forever.

And that was terrifying.

It didn't justify acting like she was twelve, though. What was it about her brother? He seemed skilled at bringing out the worst in her.

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"Maybe if you weren't being such a witch all the time," Austin said.

"If I was a witch, you'd already be a toad," Lexi said. She stopped and turned, purposefully eyeing her brother up and down, "Actually, I was wrong. Clearly I am a witch."

She spun and flounced forward again. Thrilled at the reaction she'd gotten from her brother. He had actually, literally, turned bright red. That was awesome. Lexi didn't know why getting these reactions from her brother made her so happy. But they did.

"God, Alexis, why do you have to be this way?" Austin said. It wasn't a jab, he seemed legitimately hurt. Still, Lexi couldn't let it slip past.

"Lexi," she growled, "I keep telling you my name is Lexi. Why doesn't anyone listen?"

"Because it's not your name," Austin said, he jogged up so he could walk side-by-side with his sister. "I don't know why you insist on everyone calling you that, anyway."

"Why not?" Lexi asked. Her ankle was throbbing. She told it to stop.

"I don't know," Austin said, "Lexi sounds like -- I mean it's kind of a bitch name. I don't mean you're a bitch, just that the name is... I guess that's kind of my point?"

Lexi almost stopped in her tracks. She wanted to yell at her brother for being so rude. Insensitive. Yet what he said had sounded so authentic and from the heart. Like he actually, possibly cared what she thought. Cared about her.

Honestly, Lexi didn't know why she wanted to be called that. Alexis just seemed like someone else. Alexis had the high school friends, the high school boyfriend, and the unassailable future. Lexi was an adult with adult problems and adult fears. She was different. Mature and strong. Unable to be hurt by stupid things like feelings.

OK, maybe Lexi could see what her brother was getting at.

Lexi stopped walking. They'd come to a small clearing, overlooking where the waterfall cascaded into the lake below. Wow. They'd gotten way higher than she'd realized. The view was simply amazing.