Josh pulled his Ford Taurus into his family’s driveway as quietly as he could, it was already midnight after all and he didn’t want to wake anyone up. The gravel lining the driveway crunched loudly beneath his shoes but he didn’t see any lights turn on within the house so he guessed everyone was still asleep. He entered from the back door and headed towards the kitchen to grab a midnight snack when he heard creaking steps. Josh hurriedly put his keys on the hook and headed for the stairs in hopes of avoiding punishment.
“Well, well, well, what do we have here?” came from the stairwell.
“Nothing. Time for brats to sleep anyway,” said Josh.
“But, brother dearest, how does that fit with the facts? You’re home late and I’m all out of mercy after that brat comment,” said Josh’s sister, Rose.
“What do you want, Rose?” asked Josh. “I can’t get punished this close to Halloween and lose the chance to go out tomorrow night.”
“Nothing much — just drive me to Jessica’s house tomorrow and buy me one of the fancy cakes everyone has been talking about since they came to town.”
“Deal. Chocolate as always, right?”
“You know me too well, broski.”
“Good night, Rose, get some rest.”
“Oh, I will after I get some water.”
Josh quickly began the trudge upstairs, thinking about his day. His 5’11” or 180 cm frame filling the hallway. He quickly divested his standard outfit of jeans and a t-shirt into his laundry basket before falling asleep to the noises of creaking branches. When he woke up the next day, he was surprised to see Rose standing in his room by the door. “What are you here for?” he asked sleepily.
“Just wanted to remind you of your promise yesterday!” she exclaimed bubbly. “Don’t think you’ll get to wiggle out of it this time.”
“Yeah, yeah,” he yawned back at her. “I’ll take you over to Jessica’s around 7 PM, OK?”
“That works for me. See you then, bro.”
“Good, now get out. Some of us need our privacy in the morning.”
“If you’re talking about your morning wood, don’t worry about that. It was clearly poking out of your boxers from before we even started our conversation.”
“Get out!” he yelled. She quickly closed his door with a glimmer of mirth in her eyes and stepped away from the fuming teenager before things could escalate further. Josh sighed into his hand and started the process of actually waking up by wiping the crust from his eyes. He turned to his mirror and admired what he saw there for a little bit. His tousled brown bed-hair, bulging muscles in a tank-top shirt, and somewhat tight boxers outlining his semi-hard package. He was a fine specimen if he did say so. He quickly added some shorts to his outfit and headed downstairs to grab some breakfast.
All Hallow’s Eve left the household with lots of sweets from pancakes to french toast for the feast before him. He quickly took a stack of flapjacks and some syrup for himself before setting his plate down next to his sister. Rose took a swipe with her fork at his pancakes and came away victoriously with a forkful of delicious goodness.