Bonding Chapter A-Strip Poker Night

The night that the commander was beamed back, the four Yorktown sisters(if we include Wasp) gathered to play cards. The three were playing some light "Macau" before Enterprise came.

-Enty, you're back!

-Oh, not you too, Hornet.

-Why so glum?

-Can you girls keep a secret?

-It's about the Commander? (Wasp)

-Yeah, I'm pretty taken aback because of this nickname. Like, I haven't heard him to give one to any other girl. Maybe he likes me?

Yorktown, ever the wiser one, decides to keep her secrets to herself.

-Come play a few rounds and tell us everything. Big sis will give you advice.

Yorktown wasn't very much older. She was only 24, followed by Enterprise who was 23, Wasp with 21, and Hornet, barely 18. However, her composure and attitude made it obvious that she was the wisest, and by a wide margin. Due to this fact, and that Lexington was not a very...mature-looking mother, the girls found in her a better model of femininity and a better source of support.

Not that this helped YT in any way. She was now supposed to shoulder both her burdens and her sisters.

As they played, Enterprise began opening up.

-So, I asked him if he likes any particular girl and he said he plans on proposing soon.

-No shit! (Hornet)

-No way. Who is she? (Wasp)

-I asked him, but he pulled the biggest Casanova face that he ever did and told me it's a secret. Who do you girls think it is?

-I don't know. I mean, there are many girls, and we hardly know a quarter of them. (Wasp)

-What if it's one of us? I mean, we're the prettiest of them all! (Hornet)

-I hope so. Because you can imagine that, whomever she is, he will take extra care of her. Big sis, what do you think? (Enterprise)

Yorktown had a hunch the Commander was after Enterprise, however, she felt it was too early to confirm.

-It's too early to say. Maybe it's you, Enterprise.

-Are you sure, sister? I like the Commander, I truly wish I'd be the one.

-I just said I'm not sure. But if you want him, you should just seduce him.

-I'll come out as a slut. No thanks.

-Oh come on, no you won't. You just have to do it right. Here, let's start with lesson nummber one: removing inhibitions. Everyone, we'll play strip poker now.

-Huh!? (Enterprise)

-Seems fun, I guess. (Wasp)

-No shit, I'm too young for this! (Hornet)

-Stop it. You're grownass women. You too, Hornet. Many women your age are mothers already.

-Then why are you a bachelorette still? (Hornet)

Hornet thought herself funny, but seeing Yorktown's thundering eyes and fiery look, she decided to bend over for the alpha female.

-Nevermind. You all gotta learn to feel confortable in your own skin. And so, you will learn to reveal it.

Grudgingly, they accept. But Yorktown had the game's course planned in her mind.

-One more thing. The winner gets to order each loser to grant them a wish.

None objected. It was reasonable.

In the first round, Yorktown willingly scrapped her two pairs in order to lose.

-Alright, my shoes are off.

Second round, she did it again.

-Damn this game. Bad luck again. Alright, it was about time to take my pantyhose off.

-I'm sorry sis, I should not be feeling so comfortable. (Enterprise)

-You sure you want to keep going? (Hornet)

-Of course. The game is over when I'm in my Eve costume. When all of us, except the lucky lady are.

Her fortune turned because, as the game progressed, she was the most dressed. Not long after, Wasp lost.

-I guess that's how life works. You get a bad hand- you are left in your bare ass.

-Wrong. It matters less what hand you got than how you play it. That's your lesson, Wasp. Don't blame bad luck for your failures.

She had a lesson for Hornet too. Once Horned lost her last round, and pulled down her panties, Yorktown reached forward and squeezed her nipples. Hornet tried to fight back, but was reluctant to cause even more pain on them.

-Yorktown, what the fuck?

-That's what your breasts are for. Get used to it, you big baby.

-But it hurts!

She releases her clutch.

-You have a point. Normally it doesn't. Only when the pull is too strong. I'll let you off the hook, but remember what I said. You're an adult woman. Act like one.

A round later, she kicked Enterprise's hand too, with a fabulous full house. But she didn't give poor Enty time to take her panties off. She knocked her down, took her panties off by force, and shoved two fingers inside, squirming around a shocked Enterprise's forbidden fruit. Enterprise tried to fight back, but Yorktown overpowered her and kept fingering.

-Sister, what is this? It's disgusting, stop it!

-You want a man? You gotta be ready for this and worse. I don't know who put the idea in your head that men are gentle and innocent. Men know how to get what they want, not through schemes, but through force. You'll have to bear this a lot.

-But, you're my sister. You shouldn't do such things to another woman.

-Get this through your head: The harsher I teach you, the faster you learn... and the less you suffer.

Yorktown put Enterprise's underwear back on her, and once they were both off the ground, she smiled and hugged her.

-Big sis only wants you to be happy. The world is cruel, my dear. But it is true I acted a bit sinfully. Can you forgive me?

Enterprise understood her point perfectly, and took little to forgive her sister, for which she felt a great deal of respect and admiration. Moreover, she hugged her back.

-Yes, big sis. I am glad to have such a wise and caring sister. I forgive you.

Hornet hugged them both.

-I forgive you too. Even if you didn't apologize.

-But I'm sorry for your treatment, too.

-Doesn't matter. I love you, big sis. I don't know why. I just do.

Wasp was reluctant to join. But the pressure of being left out pushed her to join the group hug, albeit not having anything to say.

-Darlings, let's love eachother like the sisters we are. I promise that, no matter how harsh life will be, I will be there for you. Let's be a team. Let's be here for eachother.

A silent collective nod marked this pact. The girls were determined to unite, under their elder's guidance. An elder who was determined to give them what she never had.

In the Macau matches they played later, Hornet made courage to ask Yorktown a rather personal question.

-Big sis, can I ask you something? Please don't be angry.

-Go on, dearie.

-Why are you not married? Don't get me wrong. I wonder because you're incredibly beautiful, wise, hardworking, intelligent. You're a five star woman! Why does no-one want you?

Unsurprisingly, Yorktown didn't get angry. She rather spoke in a sad tone.

-You got that bottoms-up. It's not that no man wants me. It's just that I don't want them.

-Why?

-It sounds sad to say but love is a myth once you grow old enough. And if a person bears in mind his interests with disregard or anathema to yours, you should not just shut up and take it.

-Wow, big sis, you're such a mature woman! (Wasp)

-That may be true, but I want to be loved too. But I...

She takes a moment to gain the courage to speak, but instead, tears well up to her eyes, and she goes mute.

Her sisters circle around her.

-Big sis, what is hurting you? (Enterprise)

-It's nothing, really. Don't worry.

-We're here with you. (Wasp)

-There is no problem. Everything is fine.

-You're the most beautiful of us. Don't be afraid, you'll find a man to your liking. (Hornet)

In order to keep her image, she was trying to hold back her tears as her sisters tried to confort her. But she couldn't hold it anymore and ran into the bathroom, and letting the sink faucet's water flow as loudly as possible.

I was passing by, but had no idea this was going on.

A complicated woman. A kind, intelligent, mature and loving woman. A sad woman. A lonely woman. That's the kind of woman that Yorktown was.