It looks like they are siblings, though most likely step-siblings. It makes sense reading it a second time, though I don't know how much I should believe a big twist coming from a throwaway line.
Being step-siblings makes her anger at the clerk better defined. She was mad because she wanted to be seen as a girlfriend not a sister. But the relationship adds nothing else to the story. It would have been better if she was actually underage. For the story, of course. If she was in Jr High and he was in college she could feel more worried about her young appearance.
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