When Sky exited the school for the day, less than an hour later at that; he found Kole already leaning upon the steps having a cigarette. Sky just shook his head with a smile that was somehow worried and impressed at once. “Pulling a knife on Curt? On your second day?”

“Well, he put his fucking hands on me, on my second day” he shrugged as he took a drag. He then added, more coldly, “he’s just lucky I didn’t fucking kill him. Because believe me, I wanted to; bad” he stated in a near growl.

Sky shook his head, “you sound like you hate him as much as those of us who have actually had to put up with his shit for six years already.”

“I probably hate him more” Kole replied, though under his breath, pretty green eyes averted.

Sky took a breath as he looked around, “I know all too well what Curt has done to me. But I’m getting that he did something to you too; or at least to Sammi” he added more quietly.

“That’s an understatement” Kole replied, his voice breaking with emotion then.

Sky gave him a look of empathy, not able to stop his mind from snapping back to that horrible encounter only a week earlier. He then spoke softly, “well, I’m here to listen; if you wanna tell me, that is.”

Kole looked down for a long moment, but then managed a sad smile as he looked back up, “I will. Just not here” he told him softly. He then moved to give Sky the tiniest kiss of what almost seemed like gratitude, before smiling once more and heading off toward his own car to leave that place behind for the day.

That was when Sky finally looked back toward the door to see who had seen that kiss and found Star and Crista looking back at him with a bit of surprise. Star was the first to speak once they made their way over to him, “color me jealous; you got the first kiss from the new boy.”

That was when Crista scoffed, “you're jealous? I’m still waiting to kiss both of you, and Kole now too” she added as she looked after him, “and I’ve even been here since the beginning of the school year!” she told them with dismay.

That was when Sky and Star both allowed a small laugh. Sky then stepped forward and gave Crista a gentle kiss, brief though it was. Then Star playfully pushed him aside and gave Crista another kiss which lingered a bit longer than Sky’s had. Star then stepped back with another smile, “two down. But remember, you only got six weeks left to kiss Kole. Better make em count” she chuckled before grabbing Sky’s hand as the two started off toward the car again, leaving Crista more than a bit breathless then.

Without gym class the next day, which was a Friday, it was at least a slightly less eventful school day. Curt mostly just glared at Sky and Star in study hall as he was more pissed off at the new student who had an actual knife, rather than the old students who just delivered verbal barbs aimed at him on occasion. And then there was health class, which mostly consisted of Kole and Sky giving each other flirtatious looks while their teacher yammered on about something or other.

Then they made their way home for the weekend. They even finally made another visit to their silver room that night, before returning to sleep in their earthly rooms. Well, in Sky’s room at any rate, as Star had pretty much decided that her place was in his bed every night since what Curt had done to him when she hadn’t been with him.

The next day was their planned college visits, however it went a little differently in this life. As Brie and Connor now knew what sort of danger the two of them were in when separated, they decided that the four of them would visit campuses as a family. It would take twice as long to visit them all now, but it was a small price to pay for the feeling that their children would be safely in each other’s presence all weekend. Plus, Brie and Connor were more than eager to have an entire Saturday to ‘observe’ their children now that they knew what they were; not study, but observe. After all, they were still scientists and they were still the two that had brought these other two amazing creatures into the world. They could never completely bury that.

Finally, when the two curled up in bed together that Saturday night, Sky took a drag off the cigarette he was finishing before bed and shook his head. Looking up at him from her usual spot with her head on his chest and her arms wrapped about Sky’s tiny waist, she spoke, “yes?”

“I just had the feeling that they were about to slide on their lab coats and whip out their tablets all day. Every time I looked at em, they were just watching us.”

“Wouldn’t you stare too if you found out your kids were part alien?” Star managed a smirk.

“One: I am part alien. And two; pretty sure any kids I might ever have would be too” he smirked back.

“But you get my point” Star just laughed slightly.

“It’s still weird to have them staring at us all the time like that” Sky argued, though weakly.

Star let out another small laugh, “they stared at us all the time before, too. But then it was just because they were trying to guess at how often we were having sex. I think I almost prefer this, almost” she smirked again. She then added, more seriously, “and if they’re content to only study us in our natural habitat and not interfere in any way, I guess I’ll take that over their previous studies, any day.”

“I suppose there is that” he conceded before finally dying out his cigarette and curling closer to her as their eyes closed on yet another day of this strange life of theirs.

That Monday was of course the school trip to the amusement park that Sky and Star had been dreading having to relive for three long years now. Then, as the students boarded the bus, and were told to take their seats alphabetically, they found themselves equally blessed and cursed by their own surnames.

First were all the students whose last names started with A through S, then of course came Curt Spencer, who got assigned a seat that was the third one from the back on the driver’s side of the bus. Then there was Alana Thomas who got stuck sitting across the aisle from him as he leered at her dark makeup, clothing, and the yellow-green streak in her hair as she took that seat with more than a bit of awkwardness and dread. And seeing that she was forced to be that close to the boy who raped her in that other life, did not make Sky and Star relax about the possibility of history repeating itself either.

Then in the second to last seat on the driver’s side, behind Curt were some random cheerleaders named Regan Thompson and Brandi Turner. Then, in the seat behind Alana was a boy from the band who was just as shy as she was, and his name was Paul Vance. Then, behind the cheerleaders, also on the driver’s side came Sky and Star. And lastly, behind the shy boy from the band came Kole Wagner, who took the seat across the aisle from Sky and Star with an amused smirk as they just grinned back at him with a shake of their heads.

As the three hour trip progressed, all the students began socializing. Thankfully Curt seemed at least momentarily distracted by the the two cheerleaders sitting behind him and looking at him adoringly, or sickeningly, depending on one’s point of view. Glad of the distraction, Alana and the shy boy behind her kept their attention glued to their phones. This of course left Star, Sky, and Kole to socialize among themselves.

Sky was the one who spoke first, from his place in the window seat as Star had the aisle side of the seat. Though, he spoke past Star, addressing Kole, “he may actually hate you more than us now” he warned Kole.

“Yeah. Feeling’s mutual” Kole shrugged as he sat back against the window, his back pressed to it, stretching his long leather covered legs out across the seat, his high heeled boots poking out into the aisle across from Sky’s and Star’s seat. His eyes then moved over both of them as he had a nearly clear view beneath Star’s short vinyl skirt as she had turned slightly in the seat toward the aisle as their conversation began.

Noting his pretty green eyes on her bare thighs, Star couldn’t help her own smirk as she smiled back at Sky, “Mind rearranging so we can actually look the new boy in the eyes as we get to know him for the next three hours?” she giggled.

Sky just shook his head as she stood. Sky then moved to stretch his own legs over the seat, parting them slightly to allow her to take her own seat between his thighs as she leaned cozily back against his chest, both their own sets of boots nearly touching Kole’s across the aisle then. Kole’s eyes still moving over them as they took their new positions, Star bent one leg slightly so Kole wouldn’t have to try nearly as hard to see under that short skirt of hers.

Kole’s eyes taking her silent cue he tilted his head a bit as he smiled approvingly at those black lace panties, his breath catching slightly as he bit his lip. Sky easily noted Star’s bent knee and Kole’s following appraisal and couldn’t help his own smirk as he spoke against Star’s ear, “you are so bad.”

“Me? I’m not doin a thing?” Star returned with that mock innocence. Though she couldn’t help her own smile as she felt Sky hardening against her backside. “Now who’s bad?” she smirked again, her eyes still on Kole, who’s eyes were still on both of them.

“Hey that’s an involuntary reaction” Sky defended weakly as they both giggled slightly before he moved to place a few gentle kisses along her neck as she and Kole continued moving their eyes over each other.

“The family that plays together” Kole stated a bit breathlessly. The smile remained on his lips though as his eyes moved over where Sky continued delivering those light kisses to her neck with an all too obvious familiarity.

Curt’s eyes then moved from the cheerleaders to the seat behind them where Sky still was placing a few light kisses on her neck. “Hey, freaks, can you save your twincest for some other time?” he told them with a loud, disgusted scoff before turning his attention back to the girls.

Both Sky and Star simply rolled their eyes at the comment as Kole just tossed an annoyed glare in Curt’s direction. But the so-called twins did at least stop their kisses, momentarily anyway. Star just let out her own annoyed breath, though her smile touched her lips again as her eyes returned to Kole.

“Hey, this break in our family bonding” she smirked, “reminds me; I have a bone to pick with you young man” she addressed Kole with a continued smirk as she slid forward to the edge of the seat, facing the aisle across from Kole, her skirt riding up that much further as she did.

Kole’s eyes easily moved over her thighs again before coming back up to her face and sliding forward as well, both of them now sitting at the edge of their seats facing the aisle, and each other, with barely ten inches between them, if that. “Sorry, got distracted. You had a need? Involving a bone of some sort?” he smirked over at her.

Star let out a slight giggle before adopting a stern look once more, “yes, I believe I saw you kissing my so-called brother yesterday” she began.

“Oh, you mean the one that was just kissing you?” he smirked back at her.

“Only one I got” she returned with the same smile.

“It’s good that you two are close though” Kole teased back.

“Very close” Star nodded, “so close, in fact, that we have a bit of an arrangement” she began mischievously.

“Consider my interest aroused” he stated with his own mischief.

“As I’ve told others in the past, me and Sky; we’re kinda a package deal.”

“What about a package now?” Kole asked as his eyes moved to the tight pants that did nothing to hide what remained of Sky’s earlier arousal.

“You kiss him, you gotta kiss me too. I can’t help it, rules are rules” she smirked.

“Oh, that’s a tough one” Kole smiled, “you know, I’m pretty bad at following rules and all” he smirked again, “but I suppose, if I try really, really.... hard” he paused deliberately, “I can make an exception for that one rule” and with that, he moved forward to cover her mouth with his then as well. Sky just smirked as he looked on, easily remembering why he was so in love with that girl all his life, and now so smitten with that boy who he had only just met. He then thought wryly that maybe that third life would be the charm after all.