It was nearing five pm when Sky pulled into the garage that evening. As he stepped out of his car, he couldn’t help a somewhat nervous smile as Kole’s car pulled into the driveway behind him. Star was in the passenger seat as the two glanced between Sky then each other as Kole gave her a wary look as if asking for one last confirmation that Sky would really be ok with the way the two of them had spent their afternoon.

Star just gave Kole another little grin as she stepped out of the car carefully, considering her parents were already home, and she was missing a certain garment from underneath that short skirt. “Gonna visit a while?” she asked Kole as she managed to get out of the car without exposing too much skin to the neighbors, fortunately.

“I guess I could” he smirked over at where Sky smiled back at him as he stepped out into the driveway, manually closing the garage door behind him.

Then Star moved to place a kiss over Sky’s lips in greeting, “and how was your afternoon?” she asked him with a bit of mischief in her tone once more.

Sky then whispered back, “let’s just hope we don’t need virgin’s blood for anything this time; cause then we’re S.O.L.” he smirked as he kissed her back, his words causing Kole to raise a brow slightly. Sky then quickly moved on, “and how was your afternoon?” he asked as he gave Kole another glance, though couldn’t help smiling, which was usual any time he looked at Kole.

“Educational” Star returned.

“So bad” Sky smirked back as he took her hand and gestured for Kole to follow them inside.

Once they stepped through the front door, Kole in tow, Brie and Connor took pause. “A new friend?” Brie asked as she and Connor couldn’t help taking in Kole’s appearance with a shake of their heads.

“Hi, I’m Kole. Just started school here last week” he offered.

“Nice to meet you” Brie managed, warily looking at her two children, “well dinner’s in an hour for anyone interested.”

“Thanks mom” Sky said a little shortly as he gestured for Kole to follow him upstairs, Star trailing happily behind them of course.

Once they reached the landing at the top of the stairs Star looked back at the two ever so pretty boys who were now both her lovers. “I think I’ll hit the shower” she smiled back at them as she headed for the bathroom.

“So you two have the whole upstairs all to yourselves?” Kole asked as he looked between the bathroom and the two bedrooms covered in black. “That explains so much” he smirked.

Sky just shook his head as he gestured to his own room, following Kole inside and locking the door behind them, “once every few years the parents actually do come up here. Don’t think their hearts could take it if they caught anything going on with you and me right now. They’ve had a rough week” he added, smirking as Kole had already moved to a seat on his bed.

Figuring he better test those strange waters Star and Sky seemed to inhabit, Kole took a breath and reached into his bag, “Star said I could keep these if I wanted to, but I really don’t wanna explain them to my parents when they do the laundry” he smirked as he handed Sky the panties, watching to see his reaction.

Sky took them with a smirk, “educational indeed.”

Allowing a smile as there seemed to be no real tinge of jealousy there, Kole continued, “so I guess this means I have dues to pay again.”

“What a shame” Sky murmured with his own smile as he moved to take a seat next to Kole at the edge of the bed then.

Kole’s breath caught a moment though, “but I’m guessing both of us might wanna save that for later, considering how we both spent our afternoons already.”

“Yeah, might need a little bit of recovery time in there. Plus, I wouldn’t wanna have to take a break in the middle just to go have dinner with the fam’” he smirked again. “Could kill the mood.”

Kole allowed another chuckle then looked up at Sky, “and I can probably guess, but looks can be deceiving I suppose.”

“And what are you trying to guess?” Sky asked him with a curious look.

“Well, if I have dues to pay, I should know; top or bottom?”

Sky couldn’t help a sincere laugh at that question, “well it’s been a while, but I seem to recall the latter applying to me; shocking, I know.”

Kole let out a slight moan, “well I’m a top so... perfect.”

“I bet” Sky swallowed a bit.

Then Kole took pause, “I suppose she told you, right?”

“Who told me what now?” Sky returned.

“Star, told you why exactly her and I had that bathroom break together yesterday? I’m assuming, anyway.”

“Not really. We got distracted once we got home.”

“I bet” Kole smirked again.

“I assumed it involved a hand job of some sort, considering your questions about the arrangement later” Sky smiled over at him as the two sat rather close.

“It was for educational purposes” Kole looked down with that slight blush once more.

“Ok, please explain these educational purposes to me already” Sky gave in to asking that at last.

“It actually had to do with whether or not I really should be the one deflowering Crista; which I guess is a moot point after your afternoon with her” Kole snickered slightly.

Sky just shook his head, “still need more of an explanation here.”

Kole took a breath, honestly surprised Star hadn’t mentioned this particular factor to Sky, “I have some ‘metalwork’ I guess we’re calling it. I asked Star if she thought it would be inappropriate for Crista’s first, visitation, if you will.”

Sky let out a sincere chuckle of his own, “metalwork?”

Kole looked down with another smirk, “two barbells; one at the head, one further back. Star was making a judgment call on whether or not a virgin would be a little too... untouched” he decided on, “to handle such accessorizing.”

“Two barbells?” Sky repeated, his breath catching on that bit of the sentence and barely hearing the rest.

“So, I went into the bathroom with Star to show her. And she did want to be accurate with her appraisal, so...” he smirked again. After another pause as Sky seemed to be more than a bit flustered with the information then too, “so, still sure you wanna be the bottom? I mean I know you’re not a virgin, but, it is a bit of a tight fit back there, I’m sure.”

“I’m nothing if not experimental... and curious” Sky had to add.

“Yeah Star was saying she was kind of curious this afternoon too. Hence my now returning her unmentionables” Kole smirked again. Then, as though just remembering the most shocking part of the entire day yesterday, Kole adopted a more serious expression and tone to his voice as he looked at Sky warily, “seriously though, all flirting aside; are you gonna be ok with us doing that? After...” he stated softly, his voice trailing off, his memories obviously tearing at him a bit then.

“I’m hoping I will be. Only one way to know, right?” Sky returned in his own whisper as his breath caught a bit.

“Well you need to tell me if it’s too much” Kole told him with concern. He then took a breath, “I know after it happened to Sammi...” he just shook his head as he looked down, trying to compose himself once more.

Sky took a breath, “well, luckily Curt only forced his fingers inside me; so I guess it could’ve been a lot worse, right?”

“Definitely” Kole agreed as he looked down again to bite back any tears that might try to escape, “he did use more than his fingers with Sammi. He hurt her so bad...” he took another breath.

“Kole...” Sky whispered as he moved to wrap an arm around the only slightly older boy.

“But yeah, it was really bad. I mean, and now my parents won’t even look at me. They really liked Sammi and...”

“Why would your parents blame you for Curt doing that to her?” Sky asked with a bit of confusion.

“They don’t blame me for what Curt did. They blame me for her killing herself.” he whispered.

“What? Why would they ever blame you? Weren’t you the good part of her life?” Sky asked, perplexed.

“It wasn’t just the rape that Sammi couldn’t live with; it was what happened because of it” he swallowed, still not able to look up.

“I’m...lost...” Sky stated slowly.

Kole took a deep breath and wiped at his eyes before any tears could appear there. He then took another moment before attempting to tell the rest of the story. “So, it was right after I got the piercings. I’d just turned sixteen, Sammi was still fifteen. We were idiots” he shook his head, “I was an idiot. Since I had just gotten that done, putting on condoms was a bit... uncomfortable. So, us stupid fifteen and sixteen year olds; we decide, hell one time without a condom; that wouldn’t matter, right?” he took another breath, “well it mattered; she got pregnant. A few weeks later we were still trying to figure out what the fuck we were even gonna do. And that’s when Curt cornered her alone” he took another breath as Sky held his own, now very terrified of where this story was going. “Anyway, like I said, he hurt her really bad. She lost the baby” he bit back a slight sob, “and the rape was bad enough, but then that too? A few days after my baby died, while his or her mother got raped; well, then she killed herself too. So yeah, I’d say Curt dying would be more than justified.”

Sky let out a breath as he hugged him close, “Kole... there are just no words that I can even say” he whispered.

“There never are. But at least now you know I’m not just some fucking psycho who pulls knives on people who haven’t really, really, really fucking earned it” he growled the words to cover the despair that was still in his voice.

“I’m shocked that you didn’t actually kill him” Sky whispered as he gave Kole a gentle kiss upon the one tear that had managed to escape down his pale cheek.

“Believe me, it took every bit of willpower I had left, not to.”

“As much as I want him dead too, I still would hate it to mean you getting locked up forever, or worse. He deserves to die; but you definitely don’t deserve that.”

“It’s just amazing” Kole shook his head a moment later.

“What’s amazing?” Sky asked, still holding him close.

“I came to this school completely prepared to shove that knife into his heart. Then I meet you guys, my very first minute at the school” he just shook his head, “then, for the first time in two years, I actually think, maybe I don’t wanna go to jail or get the death penalty. Maybe there actually is some good things left in this world. Or at least some people that make it worth living in again” he added with a whisper as he smiled over at Sky and gave him another soft kiss.