'Hi, Lori!' Lynn said cheerfully.
But Lori just sniffed, and leaned up on her elbows to watch Lynn as the schoolgirl deposited her books on top of her dresser.
Lynn blew air out of her pursed lips in a long, drawn out sigh of annoyance.
'All right, Lori, what's the problem?'
Lori sneered at her sister.
'I don't have any problem.'
'Then get out of my room.'
Lori ignored her.
'You're the one with the problem, Lynnie.'
Lynn stood at the foot of her bed, glaring down at her sister. What she saw both pleased and annoyed her. Lori was utterly devastating in her beauty. Her body was absolutely perfect, in every detail. From her long slim legs, perfectly tanned, to her petite but perfectly proportioned breasts, to her long thick hair, brunette with the hint of dark straw, to her lovely face with its delicately carved features and delightful little bump on the bridge of her nose-she was everything Lynn wished she was! Popular with all the boys, equally popular with most of the girls-the ones who weren't childish or jealous-Lori nonetheless maintained an innocent friendliness with all of her classmates, never pretending to be something she wasn't, never considering herself better than the rest. And never ill-at ease with her body, the way Lynn was.
'What does that mean, my problem?' Lynn demanded.
'Oh… you know!' Lori giggled, slipping her hands up under her neck and relaxing back on Lynn's bed.
'Are you going to tell me, or do I have to beat it out of you!'
But then Lynn saw that Lori was really crying! The girl was sobbing her heart out! She rolled over onto her side and curled up into a tight ball, wrapping her arms around her knees. She lay there in the center of the bed, shuddering and sobbing quietly, whispering over and over, 'Oh, Lynn. Oh, Lynn. Oh, Lynn…
Lynn crawled onto the bed and stretched out beside her sister, put out a comforting hand, touched the girl's hair and stroked gently. Finally, Lori's sobbing quieted, and she rubbed the tears from her cheeks, sniffed a final time.
'Oh, Lori. What is it, darling? You can tell me.' Lori inhaled deeply, found Lynn's hand and took hold of it, clasping it tightly in both hers.
Lori sighed, struggling for courage to speak.
'Lynn,' she said at last, 'Cindy told me that… that you and she…
Lynn closed her eyes.
'Oh, dear God,' she whispered.
Lori's grip on Lynn's hand tightened at the sound of her sister's words.
'It's true?' she asked.
Lynn started to nod, but then said, 'Tell me exactly what she told you, Lori.'
The two young girls lay side by side in silence for a long moment.
'She said… she made love to you.'
Lynn blushed, burned hot, shivered. Tears slipped from under her tightly shut lids. She moaned, tried to turn away from her sister, but Lori grasped her shoulder and pulled her close. She stroked her sister's back, feeling the girl trembling.
'Lynnie. I won't tell anyone. I promise.'
Lynn nodded against her sister's chest, brushing her cheek accidentally against one firm small breast.
She felt Lori stiffen.
Lynn fought hard to regain control of herself, and forced herself to stop crying. She pulled herself away from her sister's arms, and sat up on the edge of the bed, her back to Lori.
'It just happened, Lori. I didn't plan it.'
Lori hadn't moved on the bed. She stared at Lynn's back.
'Did you like it?' Lon whispered.
Lynn shrugged.
She blew air loudly through her lips, then straightened a little, but still kept her back to Lori.
'Is that what's bothering you? Mommy said she was worried about you…
Lori burst into tears. Lynn was startled. She turned toward her sister and watched her cry, not as hard as the first time, but hard enough, and she sensed that this was over something quite different that Lynn's making love with Cindy.
She let the girl calm down, and waited for her to say something, give her some clue about what it was that was troubling her so much.
But what Lori said was so unexpected, and so utterly shocking, that Lynn gasped loudly.
'Daddy tried to rape me last night!'
She said it calmly, now, and almost inaudibly.
She was silent for a long time, then continued in a whisper.
'I just… I couldn't sleep. I was too hot, I guess, so I opened my window and took off my nightie. I was lying on top of the sheets, and I was just about asleep when I heard the door open. It was Daddy!
'I didn't know what to do. I kept pretending to be asleep, but I could see him staring at me from the doorway. I kept my eyes almost shut. I thought he'd go away when he saw I didn't have my nightie on 'But he… came into the room. And shut the door behind him! Oh, Lynnie! I was so scared!'
The trembling youngster paused in her story to wipe at her lips with her fingertips, and brush a few final tears away from her soft cheeks.
'I was so scared I couldn't move. I was completely naked! I didn't even dare move my legs together, or roll over on my tummy.
'Daddy went over and closed my window. He was very, very quiet, sneaking around my room. Then he came over to my bed!
'I could hardly breathe! I couldn't see what he was doing, because my face was still turned toward the door. I was dying! He must have been able to hear my heart pounding. I tried to relax, but I knew that he was going to touch me!
'I felt his breath on my breast! Oh, God! I can still feel his breath!
'I couldn't stand it! I rolled over! I pretended I was waking up. It worked. He stood up quick and walked real fast but real quietly back to the door, and he left.'
Lori was breathing hard and raggedly, obviously trying not to cry again.
But Lynn was frowning down at her sister, trying to figure out what she had just been told.
'Lori,' she said, her voice sounding baffled, 'is that it?'
Lori nodded weakly.
'Uh… what about the rape?'
Lori glanced up sharply at her sister.
'I told you he tried to rape me!'
Lynn leaped up off her bed, glared at the girl.
'You stupid little wimp! You awful little bitch!'
Lynn leaned over and grabbed her sister by her arm and dragged her off the bed. Lori slid to the floor at Lynn's feet.
'Ouch! Damn you!'
'Damn YOU, you lousy little… VIRGIN! You wouldn't know a rape if… if. Lynn was whispering between her gritted teeth, and she was so mad at Lori she couldn't find words tough enough to express it, '… if it happened to you! Now get up and get out of my room!'
Lori was shocked at her sister's response to her dilemma. She stared upward at Lynn, her eyes wide with terror. She suddenly felt totally alone, totally defenseless.
Lynn softened as she saw her sister's despair.
She reached down and helped Lori to her feet.
The two sisters stood close together for a moment, then Lori threw her arms around Lynn and hugged her hard, lowered her head to rest her cheek on the upper slope of Lynn's big boobie, rub her cheek gently over that
