Quit living on dreams (S4) (D4)

What happened before:

Daniel is a guy that just moved in with his uncle in the big city. He can read people’s minds which makes things a bit complicated. In his new school he found Chloe, the one girl whose thoughts he can’t read. The two got together. (Pretty good story, you should read it :D)

Steve goes to the same school. his parents went on vacation and left him and his stepsister alone at home. She tried to blackmail him, he turned it around and now she’s his sexslave (willingly). Steve had a friend called Marie. She already had a crush on him. In a pretty out of the blue turn of events these two got together, too. (Also a good story. You should read it :D)

Did i mention that Daniel and Steve bacame friends over that one week that they knew each other?

Quit living on dreams

Scene 1

Daniel and Steve are sitting outside. The sun is burning on their skins. Daniel sips at his cold soft drink while watching the whirlpool across the yard. Chloe, his new girlfriend, has tied her hair into a ponytail. Daniel has to think about the first moment he saw her. How she just appeared across from that table looking for some small talk.

Steve is sitting right next to him on the terrace. He too is watching the whirlpool. His eyes lay on the beautiful but delicate brunette, Marie. The two of them knew each other for quite a while now but recently they finally got together.

Steve takes a sip of his drink, “You got pretty close to Chloe the last week. How did that happen?”

Daniel laughs it off, “I tell you my story if you tell me yours. You and Marie? I know I just moved here two weeks ago but people talk. You two were friends but no one expected you to actually get together.”

Steve thinks for a moment. Does he really want to tell him his story? Maybe mention the story of their first kiss, the bullying, and how they finally ended up with each other? Nah, that’s a story for another day, he thinks, he got a different one to tell, anyway.

After a short moment of silence, both of them just admiring the view, Steve speaks up again, “I got a favor to ask of you. The no strings attached kind of thing. You can say no if you want, no hard feelings. It’s very … unusual. But there is one thing. Don’t tell anyone about this. Can you do that?”

He really wanna do this here and now, Daniel thinks. He already knows what Steve wants to ask of him. It’s been on his mind for a few days but he couldn’t bring himself to talk with Daniel about it.

Daniel tries not to show that he knows his question already. It would be pretty hard to explain to Steve that he read his mind so he just says, “Hey, I’m pretty good at keeping secrets. What is it?”

Steve takes a deep breath. “You know my stepsister, Jenny? Pretty girl, you saw her last Friday. She asked you if you’d come to the party. I even think you got a class with her.”

“Yeah, What about her?”

“It’s a long story. Where do I begin? Don’t judge me, just listen. Three weeks ago, my parents went on vacation. They left me and her alone at home and they’ve put my sister in charge. She tried to use her position to control me, without much success. In the end, I pretty much showed her who’s the boss. But the whole thing had brought us closer together and she found that she liked to be put into her place from her brother. She sort of agreed to be my … eh … sex-slave afterward.”

With played surprise, Daniel interrupts, “You’re screwing your sister?”

“Step-sist…” Steve tries to clarify but stops in the middle. Something was off with Daniel’s response. It came too fast. It’s strange. His voice says that he is surprised, his words fit but his face tells a different story. It doesn’t match.

“Fuck me!” Steve says, “You already knew.”

Man, this guy sees everything, Daniel thinks. It’s so annoying but who is he to complain? After all, he can literally read what people are thinking. Well, there is still a sliver of hope that he gets out of this smoothly.

“What do you mean?” Daniel asks.

This time he synchronized his facial expression with his tone and word choice but it’s too late. Steve is already convinced that Daniel is putting on an act. The thing is, he doesn’t know why. But what’s really bothering him is how Daniel could possibly know about him and Jenny.

“How?” Steve asks, ignoring what his friend just said.

Daniel stays silent.

“How do you know about me and Jenny?”

Daniel tries to save himself. He can’t just tell Steve that he read it on his mind. “Jenny told me,” he says. He knows that that’s pretty shitty as far as excuses go.

Steve quickly realizes that it’s a lie, “Bullshit! Man, I’m serious. You got to tell me how you know. It’s fucking important. Who else could know?”

“Nobody,” Daniel says truthfully.

“This stuff has the potential to destroy lives, you realize that. I don’t know about the legality since I’m not related to Jenny but if this becomes public knowledge. You think a future employer would care about the fact that it’s not technically incest? Nah, He’ll just take the next best guy that wants the job. Who else could know about it?”

Not that you’d need to tell Daniel about what happens when a secret comes out and what consequences that might have.

“Nobody,” Daniel says again this time more persistent.

Steve doesn’t buy it, “How can you say that? You figured it out, why wouldn’t someone else be able to figure it out?”

“It’s not that easy,” Daniel explains, “I can assure you that nobody besides me knows about your relationship with your sister.”

Something clicks in Steve’s head. It makes absolutely no sense but he thinks that Daniel is telling the truth now. At least, Daniel thinks that he’s telling the truth. Steve spotted his first lie without much of a problem but now he can’t find a single indicator that his friend is lying to his face. Still, why wouldn’t Daniel just tell him how he knows it?

After a short moment of silence in which no one dared to speak up, they fall each other into their words. Daniel signals Steve to go on. “I’m sorry,” he says.

“No, it’s OK.” Both boys look back up towards the pool. Marie and Steve’s eyes meet and they smile at each other. Chloe looks over too and smiles but Daniel doesn’t return the favor.

“I can read people’s minds,” Daniel says after both of the girls go back to talking to each other. He just drops that bomb.

“What?” Steve asks.

“That’s how I knew that you are sleeping with Jenny. I know that every time you look over to your girl there you think that she’s the best thing that’s ever happened to you. That’s why I know about your first kiss in that hallway, in front of these mean girls. I know it because you thought about it.”

Silence.

After a while Steve says, “OK.”

“Just OK?” Daniel laughs. That’s a new one, he thinks.

“What do you want me to say? It’s hard to deny the fact that you CAN read my mind when you LITERALLY just did it. Don’t get me wrong, it messes with my head in ways I can’t even describe and it pretty much dismantles my view of the world but …” Steve stops for a second, “You already know that, don’t you?”

Daniel can only lift his shoulders apologetically.

“Because you can read my mind,” Steve finishes.

Daniel leaves Steve to work through his thoughts on his own. “So, you knew the whole time. And you’ve never said a word. Does Chloe know?”

“I told you, I’m pretty good at keeping secrets. And yeah, I told Chloe about my ‘abilities’. But it’s a long story for another day.”

Fair enough Steve thinks. Two big revelations and he didn’t even bring up what he wanted to ask Daniel in the first place.

“It means, you know what I want from you?” Steve asks and Daniel only nods, “So, are you gonna rape my step-sister?”

“No,” Daniel shakes his head.

 

Scene 2

Steve and Marie went back home. Chloe decided to stay a little longer and get in some quality time with her new boyfriend. Daniel is laying on his bed and Chloe has cuddled herself up next to him. Her head rests on his chest. His body feels tense, for some reason, Daniel can’t relax.

“What is it?” Chloe asks.

She can feel his every breath, can listen to the beat of his heart.

“Steve asked me to do something for him,” Daniel admits, “but I’m not gonna do it.”

“And now you fear that he’ll be upset about your decision?” Chloe figures.

“No, I already told him and he understood why I wouldn’t want to do it.”

A bit amused Chloe adds, “What is it then?”

“He asked me to rape his sister.” Daniel smiles.

Chloe’s head jumps up from his chest, her eyes are widened, her eyebrows raised. Finally, an expression that’s not up for debate, Daniel thinks, but he also knows that if he doesn’t explain himself further Chloe will get up and call the cops.

“Rape is wrong, Steve knows it,” Daniel says, “I think he’d be the last person to take something like this lightly. It’s just a bit more complicated. From what I can tell, Jenny, his step-sister, is totally submissive and loves to be dominated. One of her deepest fantasies is that someone forces himself upon her. There is more, but let’s just say that she would probably love every moment of getting raped by a stranger.”

Chloe’s expression softens up a bit. She’s still on the edge, though. “None the less,” she says, “Well, I’m not sure how, but ok, she’ll love every moment of it. What’s next? You said yourself, you’re not gonna do it.”

“My problem is: Would it be wrong for me to do it? I mean morally. Let’s disregard the fact that I’m in a relationship. I can’t find a reason why it would be. She won’t give me her consent beforehand. That’s a given, but it’s something she wants. It really hurts my brain just thinking about it. Could there ever be a situation in which sexual intercourse without consent could be morally justified?”

Chloe thinks she understands what Daniel tries to say. She considers her words carefully. Thank god, it’s not a sensible talking point or so. “I think, there is some acceptable gray area. I’m sure you remember the math class in which you decided it was a good idea to slide your hand under my shirt. I liked it but you definitely didn’t have my consent there. Thinking back on it is a different story. It’s been so arousing. All the people that could have seen us.”

“I already told you,” Daniel says, “nobody saw anything. They didn’t even pay attention to us.”

Chloe smiles. She knows that she’s got the right man to do this stuff with. She trusts him and with his abilities the risk of doing stuff like this and getting cached is pretty low.

“And we are together, these things happen in a relationship,” Daniel says, “so I somehow had your consent after all.”

“Nah,” Chloe counters, “If it wasn’t for all the people in the classroom, I would have slapped you across your pretty face.”

Daniel has to laugh and the conversation transforms into a moment of silence.

Chloe breaks it, “Why don’t you just do it?”

Daniel raises an eyebrow, “Because we are a thing, you and I, and I definitely won’t just sleep around casually, that’s for sure.” His voice has this ‘Are you serious?’ kind of tone.

Good answer, Chloe thinks. “But you have to admit that Jenny is quite hot,” She adds.

“Eh, No.”

Chloe raises an eyebrow.

“Where are you going with this. You’re the only girl I need but I won’t deny that other women are beautiful, too. Please tell me that you’re not the overly jealous type of girl,” Daniel says and rolls his eyes.

Chloe smiles, “Maybe a little bit jealous,” but that’s not her point. She really wants to go somewhere with this line of questioning. “I think you should do it,” she says.

Oh, shit. She’s gone mad, Daniel thinks. “Are you crazy?”

Chloe chuckles, “No, think about it.