Sibling Rivalry

[Perplexia]

**Closed for Grifters**

Sara Elizabeth Compton had just turned nineteen and was about to spend the next eight hours on a private plane with the most disagreeable, loud, arrogant self centered asshole that ever existed in her opinion, her 23 year old step brother. She had opted to live with her dad after a year of trying a combined household with her mother an his father and him.

For what little she knew of men, opting to read a book instead of going on a date and being pawed over, she decided after a week of meeting him, he was a womanizer. It was always about which girl gave the best head he told his guy friends. Women loved him, he was gorgeous she would give him that. He used it to his advantage. In her opinion they were opposites from the word hello. She liked books he liked outdoor stuff. She liked neat an tidy, he liked sloppy an unorganized.

Her long red hair was always tied up in a knot, her thin curvy in all the right places was always hidden behind her baggy clothes. She thru her carry on over her shoulder an headed through the gate to the plane. Great he wasn't on it she thought as she got there. A nice quiet eight hours of reading thats what she wanted. Perhaps he canceled like he always did. She could hope.

"hello Red" came his deep voice as he bobbed onto the plane. "ugg" was her only response.

 

[Grifters]

Nick Leigh was running late. He was always running late, but it didn't matter to him. The plan would wait, what else was the use of having your own plane, well not his plane, but it didn't matter. He was talking to this cute little waitress, got her number too, but that was about it.

Now the tough part, his prude little step sister, always with her nose in a book. There were so many other things in life. He too his duffle bag and threw it into a seat and went for a drink after saying hi. He knew not putting his bag up would bother her. Even one of the sleeves of his shirt was sticking out. Everything in its place. He smiled.

Standing just over 6 foot he wasnt too large, playing football kept him in shape. His blond hair was tussled and he hadn't shaved in a day or so. He was ready for some downtime.

"How long till we get there Captain?"

 

[Perplexia]

Sara rolled her eyes at his appearance and lack of grace. She sat there an glared at it. Finally her ocd got the best of her and she unzipped it sticking his shirt sleeve back in it an threw it up top in the baggage compartment.
She scowled at him when he talked to the captain. How long, how long? what the hell kind of question was that? Was he five? are we there yet are we there yet, next thing he'd be asking for was a cookie.

Sara let out a laugh at her self entertainment and went back to reading. The plane's engine started and they were off. What could they have been thinking putting them on a flight together. She could hear her mother now "really sara you should try to get along with your step brother" "but mom" she had told her "he's a womanizing slob" "he'll grow out of it Sara you'll see, a big brother is a good thing." "then you should have had more kids with dad" Her parents divorce was empty, her dad was like her a more small town type person. A good fire, a good meal, an a good book. Those were the necessities of life. Not airplanes, an fancy clothes, an all the lil perks having money could bring.
Nick was a spoiled rich kid who used the death of his mother to get anything he wanted out of his father.

His dad wasn't so bad, he was nice enough, an he made her mom happy, so that was a good thing. But this life wasn't for her.

 

[Grifters]

Mick was hungry, he went looking around for food. What does a guy have to do to get some grumb around here. He found some peanuts and mixed himself a drink.

"Want one?"

He knew the answer, it was too early. She didn't really drink anyway. Damn prude. He hoped her mom was more fun. His dad deserved it after his mother had died. He missed her, so he kept himself busy, going from woman to woman, not stopping long enough to think about her being sick and dying. So he had a drink, and fucked around.

He sat down drank half the drink and grabbed the book out of her hand.

"what cha reading Red?"

He didnt look, he just held it away from her, teasing her like the little sister he never had.

 

[Perplexia]

Struggling to ignore his antics she continued to attempt to read.
"You are such an Ass" she retorted as he snatched the book out of her hand.
"what do you care what I'm reading, that's probably the first book you've held since 'I am Sam'."

Standing up she walked over and held out her hand "give it back or so help me Nick i will make your life such hell you will wish the rumors i will spread to the women about you were true. You may think all i do is read, but words give ideas, and ideas when put into someones head like me whose a million times more clever then you is a dangerous thing." She held up her finger before he could speak "You don't know what language they speak where were going, I do, and have studied it, who do you think the girls would believe you or someone that is not only their gender, but speaks their language as well? If you're planning on getting laid at all on your vacation you will give me my book back and leave me alone."

 

[Grifters]

Defeated, he held the book out for her. She took it and went back to her seat.

"Damn, I was only playing around, it's ok to have some fun once in a while Red, you should try it"

And with that he broke out his computer and was preparing for the rest of the flight. He mixed another drink and nursed this one more slowly.

He also added. "By the way, it was green eggs and ham, that had "Sam I am", in it. I am Sam, was the movie with Sean Penn."

He felt the plane take a bump and put on his seat belt. He was not a good flyer and was hoping it would be a good uneventful flight.

 

[Perplexia]

She smirked when she got the book back. "Oh i knew that, I was counting that you didn't" she started walking backwards on the plane with her bag over her. "An by the way i know how to have fun," She waited for the 'yeah right' look.. an there it was..

"Hey Nicky boy.. they speak English." She let out a shriek of laughter an ran into the bathroom locking the door. After a through cleaning of her hands. She listened carefully at the bathroom door. Not hearing her step brother ready to grab her an tickle her until she peed herself she slowly opened the door.

 

[Grifters]

He was hiding, he always knew when she was done. She washed her hands for like 5 minutes. She was an easy target.

He pounced her and got her on the floor. His hands where everywhere. Ticking and torturing her. She laughed and giggled and fought but he was bigger than her and she couldn't put up much of a fight.

Her shirt lifted a bit and he caught a glimpse of some skin, then he noticed she had cleavage, something he didn't pay much attention too before. She really was quite attractive, though he would never tell her. Then he noticed something about himself.

She hadn't noticed, he was sure of it, he let her go quick and went and sat down with his legs crossed.

"You're a brat he said with a smile. How much longer captain?"

After a brief adjustment he walked to lean to talk to the captain. There was another large bump, more turbulence. He almost fell.

"Sheesh, is there a storm?"

 

[Perplexia]

Sara squeaked and screamed "let go let go stop it" followed by horrific spasms of giggles. Then he simply stopped running back to his seat calling her a brat. After a few moments he was up an talking to the captain. She had made it back to her seat. She gripped the arms as the turbulence hit. Her eyes went wide. She hated flying something about being stuck in an aluminum tube thousands and thousands of miles above the earth.

Gripping the arms tighter she started to have an anxiety attack. Spasms of breathing came in spurts. "nicky" she screeched as the turbulence picked up. The anxiety attack becoming more fierce.

 

[Grifters]

Nick heard her scream, he knew what it meant. He turned and buckled into the seat next to her. He hated flying as well but he was not prone to panic attacks. He took her hand and held her.

"it's ok, this is just a bump or two, we have seen it before. Is your sea belt on and tight?"
He check it and turned to talk to her.

"Tell me about your book, whats its about?"

 

[Perplexia]

Sara calmed a little as he grasped her hand an buckled himself in next to her. If that is one thing she could say about him, as much as they taunted eachother, he always took care of her in a situation like this.
"book ..book" she stammered her eyes looking up at his.. "focus" she whispered to herself.."book..tree house, family. Robinson Crusoe." the plane seemed to start to dive down as loud beeping noises came from the cock pit. She heard the captain yelling mayday mayday..an then the cockpit caught on fire before he could give the coordinates "nicky" tears of fear began to fall as she clung to him like a scared child.
Then there was silence as both the engines stopped and the plane turned nose first plunging toward the ocean.

 

[Grifters]

The cabin was going to fill up, he just knew it, had to get out before the water started getting in. He unbuckled himself then unbucked her. She was crying and panic stricken. She wouldnt move, he reached up and got his backpack and threw it over his back. then grabbed her and went to the door of the plane. He could still see the plane was floating, maybe they had time.

"Stay here, DONT MOVE, he ordered her" she nodded

He opened the cabin door and water started to rush, noone was in there.
They got out he thought, he forced the door closed went back to Sara, She hadnt moved. He walked over to the door and placed both hands on it.

"Water is going to come in, we are going to have to swim"

She turned and picked up a cushin from a chair, damn she was smart, he forgot. He picked one up and set it next to him. Looked to her to see if she was ready then started to turn the emergency handle.

 

[Perplexia]

The water rushed in pushing her back, but nicks arm had a tight hold on her and pulled her out with him. Using his feet he pushed off from the plane and they both put the cushions up, which helped them to rise slowly.

Somehow the plane had just missed an island and was off its shore about two miles. Sara was never one for swimming, she was the one on the edge of the pool reading. Nick had always been the one diving an flipping. All the girls had always googled over him, Sara had always rolled her eyes. Now she was glad he was the outdoor one.

with their floation devises infront of them, Sara kicked her feet heading toward teh shore. She wasn't sure where they were, the rain was still pouring hard around them. They had got thrown off course she was sure.

Nick pulled her the rest of the way to the island when her legs started to give out. Now upon the sand in the pouring rain they laid exhausted. The clouds began to break, an the sun appeared. There was nothing left of their plane, no signs of a larger island, just where they were.

Sara covered her eyes as the sun came out, her clothes drenched outlining her ample breasts, tiny waist and shapely legs.
"are you ok Nick? " she questioned lightly trying to catch her breath.

 

[Grifters]

"I'm ok, just a little tired"
He looked around, trying to see where they were.
"What about you, are you ok? Any cuts?"
He picked up his pack and took her hand and led her away from the water.

"We need food and shelter. Do you know where we are? I have no idea. I need to look around. Stay here and I will be back. Dont leave this spot. Yell if you need me I wont be long. "

He headed to the treeline, fire, they needed fire. Good thing he smoked. It just might save them. Water and food. He was lost in thought while he walked.

 

[Perplexia]

"no, just bruises no cuts" she replied back as he took her hand an led her away from the water.

She listened to him an nodded. "Ok Nick be careful" she watched him walk away. then began to talk to herself "i'll just stay here an be useless, because this is not the type of situation i can handle. You ask me something that requires mental knowledge i've got it, you ask me how to survive on an island, i tell you go to a resort." she picked up a stick an drew in the sand. "come on sara think.. ok.. he wants to make a fire, for a fire you need a fire pit. she found a spot and began to dig a wide but shallow hole. Staying outside the tree line she began to pick up large rocks and place them around the outer edge of it. "Ok we have a pit, now he was getting wood we will need twigs said the 2002 girlscout manual that i browsed at the dentist office. ok i read the damn thing an swiped it, an now i'm being punished. For a god blessed girlscout book. Ok.. twigs tinder kindling, yes this will work i can do this. With several attempt an fails she got a little teepee of wood ready to be the begining of the fire.
Food, he said we'll need food. She reached in her back pocket and pulled out her soggy cell phone. "Ok pizza hut will not deliver. check" Finding a long stick she used a rock to sharpen its end to a point.

 

[Grifters]

Nick found some wood and coconuts, its a start. He heard rustling so there were animals and well, there is an ocean just out there and fishing was something he could do so that was fine. He didnt want to go too far and make Sara nervous. So he decided to head back.

He found her sitting on the sand still wet.

"Sara, get out of your clothes, lets dry off, I should have told you."

He takes off his shirt and pants and leaves on his underwear and drapes them over a tree. Then reached into his back and fishes out a light was was under some clothes. He laid out the wet clothes as well and set the dry ones aside. Thank god for for his duffle bag.

"Ok I got some cocnuts, we can break them on a rock, I dont want to use my knife, it will dull it. "

He sttod over Sara who hadnt moved. "Sara, you ok, get out of those clothes, we will make a big fire and someone will see it, they are expecting us, so lets get this going, I will start the fire. "

 

[Perplexia]

Sara looked up from her stick. "ok" she said lightly. He was oddly right, wearing wet clothes lead to a large amont of bacteria which would cause her to get sick. Now with that thought in mind she stood up an stripped off her sweatshirt, her tank top an her pants, leaving her in a very teensie bra that her ample breasts over filled an thong panties with little hearts on them. Just because she was a dork didn't mean she wasn't going to be prepared for prince charming.

She followed Nicks example an laid out her cloths and went back to sharpening her stick.
"they won't find us" she finally said very calmly. "the coordinates were never given, the width an parameter of this island is insignificant, if it was known there would be a resort here. Or a larger island with in view. I built a pit an got some kindling an tinder in it."

She watched as he started the fire an then she stared blankly at it "he burned alive Nicky" she said with less even tone.

 

[Grifters]

"I know Red, I know, I am sorry"

He sat next to her and held her for a long time. His thought we wild and random. Would they be found? How long would it be? What if one of them got hurt?

Sure he had camped and hiked and did all that, but this was real, this was dangerous. And before he ahad cell phones. And he left his on the plane.

They needed food and water. He was tired.

He held her and rubbed her skin.

"I am so sorry red"

 

[Perplexia]

Sara leaned her head on his shoulder as his arms held her next to him. They sat in silence for a while "i'm so sorry red"

Her mind was more resilient then she thought. It didn't hurt that his warm hand was keeping her in the moment. Rationalizing her way through it in the silence. There was no reason to go to pieces. Although she was sure the screams of the pilot would haunt her dreams.

She said lightly in an attempt to tease "well you know if i could find a way to blame you for this i would"

"tell me what to do. I've got the pit built, i made a spear for fishing, you said we need shelter? Like with tree prongs?"

 

[Grifters]

"You did great Red, jsut great. I can fish with the spear you made. yes we need shelter. I can go look for bigger logs so we can make a lean too, see those palms? We get those and they are cover from rain and sun. We need lots of those. We can also use them for a smoke signal, we should build a bigger fire for that."

He sat and thought for a long time. Are they really going to need all that? Surely his dad will hear what happened and send whatever he could. Yes they were off course. Yes he had no idea, but hell, the world is NOT that big. Is it?

Fuck, she was looking to him for guidance, and well, he was nervous. He told her to look for pals and headed to the treeline again for wood.

"I wont be out of ear shot. I promise>:

Once he was clear he leaneded again a tree and signed, tears running down his face, he was scared. He took about 5 minutes to let himself go then went to look for bigger wood.

 

[Perplexia]

She got up an started the task of collecting the palms. The beach was covered in them from the storm. She piled them up next to the tree line and went an began pulling rocks down to the shore. It took about twenty trips an then she thought she had enough to start spelling out SOS. Nick believed they'd be rescued. But Sara knew the likelihood of that wasn't so good. But this time she wasn't going to dash his hopes. "english" she said to herself an giggled.

Nick still hadn't made it back and she wasn't going to call for him just because she was worried. She took the spear an walked into the clear blue calm water. She waited watching a big fish swam by, whooooosh..she missed. A few more times and she finally got one an then two. Ha an he thought she couldn't do this.

Sara brought the wiggly fish up to the shore an stared at them. Ok now she really had no idea what to do with them.

 

[Grifters]

Nick found several fallen palm trees. He dragged them one at a time to the tree line then headed back for more.

He had a couple and while it wasnt perfect learning them against something would make for a really nice temporary shelter. He came to the tree line and saw her fishing, miss, miss, then a hit, good job. She wasnt going to wait arounfd for him. She was a tough cookie. Good. He took the trees and dragged them to a big rock with a couple of trees near by with placement and make shift rope this could just work. and until then, they had their lean.

He walked back to the camp, and it hit him what she was wearing and how she looked. The bra barely covered her, and those panties, well he needed to stop looking or he wouldnt be hiding much either.

"Looks like you got some good fish, great job Red, I will teach ya how to clean them. "

He went slow and showed her what to do, deboning, skinning, then just sticking and cooking.

"Prod shouldnt try for sushi just yet" He said with a smile.

 

[Perplexia]

"thanks" she said a little startled not realizing he was back yet.

Sara thought about arguing with him an telling them that she caught them, he could clean them. But decided at this point it was probably better to try to get along. She made a rack out of some sticks stuck the fish like he showed her.

"ok lets get this shelter up before the sun goes down." She looked at the logs he dragged back an they looked three times as heavy as her frame. "I don't think i'll be much help i couldn't hold one of those up if my life depended on it. Just tell me what you want me to do."

 

[Grifters]

"Actually, your right, but we are going to need a fire close to the lean too, you did such a great job, can ya make another just in front? I will work on the lean then we can cook the meal. "

He headed off without waiting for a reply, it wouldnt take too long, this was going to be temporary anyway.

He began working on the lean, taking one side of the log and leaning it making it steady. Darkness was going to come and having a fire closer to the lean would be handy and keep them warm.

"How long do you think it'll take dad to send someone for us? a day or two? I imagine they heard the mayday so the search is on, right?"

He was looking for some agreement, as he didnt really want to think this was going to be longer.

 

[Perplexia]

"yep i can do that" she replied making another fire pit in front. He began talking about being saved again. He had to believe it, but she still knew better. She wondered when they were eighty sitting out her if he'd still be asking the same question. She grinned a little as she dug with her back to him.

"Sure Nick" she replied "not to long I'm sure" she'd already told him they weren't coming but he didn't want to believe her. That was ok though. They'd get through the first couple days, an weeks. They'd manage.

She finished the fire pit an watched him work, the muscles that boy had were amazing. He definitly wasn't hard to look at. She made herself do a shiver to remind herself that was Nick, the womanizer, the self rightous pig ..that saved her life.

She went to check on the fish. "Hey Nicky, they arn't suppose to turn black right?" He looked up at her concerned "just kidding" she giggled, "see i can have fun"