Prompt: First Time
Title: Brother and Sister (5) Author: foreverbm Words: 780 A/N: This one is slighty different, JR is 15 and Hunter 32, but it still comes under the prompt I believe. I'm just not sure if I got a 32 year old Hunter right or not.
Hunter opened his apartment door to find a bedraggled JR standing there. “What are you doing here?” He said, as he pulled her inside, slamming the door shut. She just stood there, her wet hair matted and clinging to her face. He saw her shiver and began to unbuttoned her coat, pulling it off and led her towards the warmth, sitting her on the sofa.
It had taken a while for him to get used to being her big brother and even now, at 15, she still came to him when she didn’t want to talk to her parents. Perhaps it was the differences more than the similarities they shared that had drawn them closer over the years he thought as he waited patiently for her to speak.
“Josh dumped me.” She finally said and burst into tears.
Christ. He was JR’s first boyfriend and she’d fallen for him hard, despite all her parents and him telling her to take it slowly.
He hadn’t liked him from the start, something about the way he treated JR pissed him off but she had brushed off his concerns saying it was just his way and he was just very protective of her. He’d let it pass but still kept a wary eye on him whenever she had brought him home to Ben and Michael’s.
“Why?” He asked, somehow knowing what her answer would be as he handed her a box of tissues. She grabbed one and wiped her eyes before looking at him.
“Because…..because I wouldn’t sleep with him.” She said and burst into a fresh lot of tears.
He’d kill that little shit the next time he saw him and it took all of his control not to unleash a barrage of words about him. But he knew that’s not what JR needed to hear. He pulled him to her as she sobbed against his chest going over in his mind what to say, remembering back to a time when he was not much older than her and he thought his life was over until his fathers had told him that one day he would find true love. Now at thirty two he knew they were right.
“JR listen to me. “ He lifted her tear stained face. “I know it hurts now but you will get over it.”
”I love him.” She cried.
“I know but what he wanted you do was wrong.” He said. “You’re only 15…”
”I’m not a child!” She interrupted angrily.
“I know you’re not.” He replied “But you made the right decision. You are worth more than that and if all he wanted you for was sex he wasn’t worth it.”
”But…”
”Let me finish.” He stopped her speaking “You knew it was wrong, otherwise you would have said yes.”
“Maybe…” Her voice was soft when she answered him.
“So to me, you made a very grown up decision.”
”Do you think so?” She looked up at him and he was pleased to see a small smile cross her lips. “But what if…..”
”What?”
“This happens again with someone else….no one will ever want me.”
“Do you know that I once said almost those same words to your father’s”
“You did!” She looked surprised “How come?”
He was pleased to see he had managed to get her thoughts away from Josh, at least for the moment.
“It doesn’t matter why but what matters is what they told me.” He said “They said that one day I would find someone like they found each other. I didn’t believe them but they were right.”
”How did you know Amanda was the right one?” JR asked, tucking her feet under her as she snuggled up closer to Hunter.
“I don’t know but I just knew she was as soon as I saw her. And when the right guy for you comes along, you’ll know as well.”
“You think so?” She said, looking at him, her eyes still bright with unshed tears.
“Yes.” He replied “But that doesn’t mean you can’t have fun but if and when you decide to have sex with someone, do it because you want to, not because they threaten to dump you if you don’t.”
She reached up and kissed his cheek, a proper smile on her face for the first time tonight.
“Thanks Hunter…...you know for an old guy you’re pretty cool!”
”Hey not so much of the old!” He laughed. “Now how about we do what your Grandma always said was the answer to all problems?”
“What’s that?” She asked laughing.
“Eat ice cream of course.” He replied jumping up from the sofa and heading to the kitchen with JR on his heels.