When dinner was finished that Tuesday evening, Kole gave Sky and Star each a little kiss, on the cheek of course, as he doubted their parents would be nearly as open-minded as the ‘twins.’ He then went home for the evening with a promise to pay what he owed later in the week.

When Sky and Star returned upstairs, she gave him a questioning look, “so, he was a bit quiet at dinner. As were you. Then, tonight he gave you an IOU instead of an OMG? I didn’t wear him out that bad did I? Cause I’m pretty sure it was even more intense for me than for him; by a few orgasms, anyway” she smirked as she stepped closer to Sky and ran her fingers down the front of the black silk shirt he wore that night.

Sky managed another smile down at her, “let me guess, you’re pondering asking me to get some more piercings now?” Sky asked, his wary smile turning into a more mischievous smirk.

“He told you about those, did he?” Star asked, her breath catching slightly at the memory of Kole inside her a few hours earlier, metalwork and all.

“Aye, he did.”

“They’re kinda fun. Like, really, really fun” Star giggled up at him.

“Can’t wait to find out” Sky replied, trying to swallow that next mischievous smile.

“OMG has gotta be an understatement for when you do. Cause if it feels that good when he enters from the front; you might just die from pleasure when he uses your preferred access point” she warned.

Sky just shook his head down at her, not able to hold back his own chuckle then, “you have such a way with words.”

Star then took on a more serious expression as she moved her eyes up to meet his own, “is that why you guys didn’t do it tonight?”

“Is what why? Your way with words?”

“No, I mean, are you... not sure you’re ready for that yet?” she asked more quietly.

“What? Piercings?” Sky deflected, though the slight aversion of his eyes did prove he knew what she was really asking.

“Is that it though?” she asked again, gently squeezing his hand.

Sky took a moment to find that answer, “I’m nervous, of course. The piercings making me more so, but in a good way” he had to add, “right now I’m just trying to remember the times I did partake of that particular perk of my sexual orientation; and back then, I did enjoy it. Really, really enjoy it” he took a breath at those memories, “and I’m trying to concentrate on all of those times instead of the one much, much less enjoyable time.”

Star was quiet another moment as she watched him closely to determine how ready he really was. She then finally moved on, “speaking of enjoyment; Crista?”

Sky let out another slightly uneasy laugh, “what about her?”

“So, did you skip the pre-show this time too?”

Sky just shook his head with another laugh, “no, I did not.”

“So, she is gonna be madly in love with you when we see her tomorrow then, right?”

“Quite possible” Sky conceded with another slight biting of his lip.

“Guess I better pack all the toys I might need to distract her then, eh?” Star teased.

“I’ll let you do that planning” he smirked again, “but, now, my turn for a shower” and with that, he headed off to the bathroom as Star sighed after him with another tiny smile.

When Crista finally did see the two of them at lunch that day, she approached where they were already seated at the table together. She was wearing a huge grin and took a deep breath as she looked between them for a long moment. “I think I absolutely love you guys; both of you. Since it was Star’s idea” she added with another tiny grin.

“We’re quite fond of you too, Crista” Sky smirked up at her as Star just let out a slight giggle.

“Guess that answers that” Star told Sky furtively.

“What answers what?” Crista asked as she took her seat.

Then Star smiled back at her, “we were debating on just how through the roof your happiness level would be today.”

“I think I’m still having aftershocks” she let out another ragged breath, her eyes moving openly over Sky again, no longer only having to imagine the details of what was underneath all those tight black clothes.

“Wow, I guess you did do it properly” Star smirked back at him.

“And you’re the last person that should be surprised by that” Sky smirked right back at her.

Then Crista took a breath as she looked at Star, “I don’t know how I ever even met you.”

“Pardon?” Star asked skeptically.

“I mean, the fact that you’ve ever even left his bed, like at all... it’s amazing” Crista teased as Sky just blushed and looked away as he bit back a smile again.

“God, what did you do to her?” Star asked as she looked back at him with an accusatory, yet curious, smile.

“Again, you’re the last person that would probably have to guess at that” Sky smirked again, though still was having trouble looking back at either of them as Crista gave her glowing review, of sorts.

“Fuck” Star breathed, “I’m getting wet just listening to the summary” she confessed, causing both her companions to feel their breath catch. She then smirked back at Crista again, then turned to Sky, “keys.”

“What now?” Sky asked, finally turning back, a little thrown.

“Keys, gimme the keys, Sky” she told him as she held out her hand.

“Leave something in the car, did you?” he returned with further skepticism as he reached into his pocket to relinquish said item.

“Me and Crista are skipping lunch” she told him plainly as she snatched them away from his hand and stood, holding her hand out to the younger girl.

“We are?” Crista stammered, though she easily let Star pull her back up from the seat.

“We are” Star smiled back at her and began leading her toward the door, tossing back, “say hi to Kole for us” and then leading the girl out of the cafeteria as Sky just smirked after them.

As Sky began sixth period math class that day, he had just opened his book when another student delivered a note to the teacher. She read it, scowled and looked up at him, “Sky Vargas?” she called, gesturing for him to come up to her desk.

He sighed heavily, put his book back into his bag and warily approached the desk, wondering what problem he was going to have to deal with now.

“You’re to report to Miss Burke’s office” she told him as she handed him the slip of paper.

“Miss Burke?” Sky repeated as he looked at the paper questioningly.

“The guidance counselor” the teacher told him flatly, her attention already having moved back to her lesson plan.

“Is this some tell me what I should do for a living thing?” he asked, hoping that actually would be the case. That, he could most likely deal with more easily than any other reason a counselor would want to speak to him.

“Just says report to Miss Burke. Now go” she told him as she waved him away.

A few minutes later, he entered her office with a heavy sigh. She was in her mid-thirties and rather unremarkable looking. He rarely if ever had even spoken to her in his four years at the school, but hadn’t heard much about her good or bad, so he hoped that this wouldn’t be too painful; though his many lives had taught him to always err on the side of pessimism.

“Sky?” she smiled sadly at him as she gestured for him to close the door and take a seat.

“Am I supposed to know what this is about?” he offered warily.

She gave him that sad smile again as he warily dropped his bag to the floor and took a seat across the desk from her. “So, I had another student in here yesterday; and they were very upset.”

“What’d I do now? Trample someone’s civil rights or make them feel threatened by forcing them to have to look at eyeliner on a boy?”

She just shook her head sadly, “you don’t have to be this defensive in here, Sky. I have a wife at home; so I’m the last person who is going to judge you on your appearance, or possible orientation” she assured him.

Sky was a bit caught by that, but remained on guard, nonetheless, “so what’d I do to upset, whoever, then?”

“Actually, they were more upset by something that supposedly happened to you” Burke offered, as Sky forgot to breathe and went pale as his eyes snapped back up to her. “I see you know what I’m referring to, then?” she added quietly.

Sky swallowed more than one lump in his throat as he tried to decide how to respond to a virtual stranger, and one in a position of authority, sounding like they knew about the incident; considering how well it had went when Mathis had witnessed it himself.

“So, I take it, something did actually happen?” she continued in that same quiet tone.

Another breath before he responded, “it was nearly two weeks ago, and I obviously never reported it; so it couldn’t have been that... horrible, right?” he denied, though his voice broke as he did.

Burke took her own deep breath then, “if you officially report it to me now, there are steps we can take, Sky. Steps we should take.”

“No, we really shouldn’t” he said as he bit back his emotions painfully then.

Burke sighed softly, “but don’t you want to make sure it doesn’t happen to anybody else?”

Sky scoffed, “I’m the victim, and the best way to deal with that is to try and make me feel guilty? What a wonderful world” he mumbled.

“That’s not at all what I’m trying to do, Sky. But if there is someone preying on the other students. There needs to be a stop put to it, doesn’t there?” Burke told him with a quiet urgency.

Sky shook his head as he sniffled slightly, eyes glued to the ceiling above him now. “But me reporting it isn’t gonna put a stop to it. It’s just gonna make it worse. It’ll make everything worse” he finished in a whisper.

“When this happened to a girl here, a couple years back; she didn’t wanna officially report it either. And that made things worse too. She ended up killing herself a few days later. And now the boy who did that to her is doing it to other people; doing it to you. How did her not reporting it do anyone any good? Make anything any better?” she asked him in a near whisper.