"No shit?" Terence blinked.
"No shit," Damian insisted. "Mama says he’s probably done it all — but he was real secretive about it — you know Pa."
"You mean?"
"Yeah. Booty duty."
Beth took things up. "Sweetie, your Mama told me she and your daddy used to swing — and swingers tend to try a little bit of everything, you know? It’s all part of the territory. If I told you some of the things I’ve done…"
"So, is it bad?" Terence asked.
"Well, that’s complicated," Beth replied. "If somebody found out that you and your brother were doing it, that’s incest — and a problem. But if you wanted to try it with someone else, you’d have to admit it to them — and I’m guessing that’s ALSO a problem…"
"Yeah…" Terence agreed quietly.
"You’d probably be safe inside the group, since you all already know stuff you can’t tell on one another," Beth hazarded, "but I don’t know if you really want to pursue that kind of thing with Rick or Lon," Beth picked up a flinch, "or Toby…" She sat back a moment. "Lon?"
"Lon?" Damian echoed. Terence looked up, under the gun from his brother, who added, "When were you gonna tell me?"
"Wasn’t gonna happen," Terence choked out.
Damian snorted. "So now what?"
"Well, Sweetie, if you two are already past the basics, I don’t really have an incest thing — besides, it’s not like you can get each other pregnant!" She turned to Terence, "You want to learn?"
Terence couldn’t meet anyone’s eyes, "Yeah."
"It’s nothing to be ashamed of!" Beth insisted. "Worst case, you’re bisexual, which isn’t a problem. You’re not hung on guys, are you? You don’t fuck like it…"
"No," Terence admitted, "It’s an occasional thing, outside of takin' care of Little Bro’s overflow … Lon’s just…"
"Hot," Beth finished for him. "He’s a nice boy, too — but I’m not sure he’s bi. Boys are SO secretive about such things! I lick pussy — and I’m not the ONLY woman in the group who does! — and nobody says a thing, but boys…" She shook her head.
Damian was onto something, though. "You said you don’t have an incest thing…"
Beth shook her head. "Incest is SUPPOSED to be about genetics — but it’s gotten out of hand. I stay on birth control — always have. There was a time when — if I’d known what Toby was carrying — he’d be sleeping in my bed, now…" She grinned. "I’m happy to have other outlets, though — I’d have probably ruined him for other women!"
"But you’d fuck him?" Damian pressed.
Beth wrinkled her nose. "Probably not, now. Too many complications."
"All things being equal, though?"
"If he wanted it," Beth admitted. "I’d never ask, and I won’t tell him — and YOU shouldn’t, either! That’s a secret between us — like this other thing! But I wish I’d had the opportunity to feel what the other girls in the group get…"
"I wonder how general that is?" Damian wondered aloud.
"That’s a good question, Damian," Beth replied. "But it stands about as good a chance of getting answered as the question of whether Lon is bi…" Shrugging, she changed the subject. "If you two want to show me where you are, I can offer some help…"
Terence looked up at his brother, but Damian said, "You started this, Bro…"
"I didn’t, really…"
"Okay, maybe I kicked it off, but I was looking for something — and I got it," Damian insisted.
Terence wasn’t buying. "Not everything, you didn’t."
"What’s this all about, boys?" Beth asked.
Damian sighed. "You knew?"
"Way things have been goin' lately?" Terence replied. "Last night…"
"Damian?" Beth looked at the boy.
"I was angling for some ass," Damian admitted. "I was pushing things that direction — slow, so Big Bro wouldn’t freak out and close up shop."
Beth nodded. It had been working, too, based upon the enema incident… "And you?"
Damian dropped his eyes. "I was willing to try it, and to do whatever it took to be fair, but…" He grimaced. "I wanted to end up on top."
That was NOT what Terence wanted to hear! "You was gonna make me your bitch?" he demanded.
"I’d have let you ride!" Damian defended himself.
"Damn straight!" Terence howled.
"Boys!" Beth cut in. "Let’s not get stupid, here! Terence, these things operate over a range; your brother has pretty much defined where he is — you REALLY need to think about why he thought he could get away with it before you get TOO upset!"
"Meanin' what?" Terence grunted belligerently.
Beth turned to Damian, "What did your mother tell you EXACTLY?"
Damian related Louise’s description of Fred’s secretive visits to the sauna. Beth turned to Terence, "If I heard that, and I was already far along…"
"Yeah." Terence turned away. Pa did queer shit? For sure?
"Sorry, Bro," Damian grunted. "I figured, as long as I took it slow, we’d get there, real quiet-like. And if you thought it was good…"
Terence was hurting. "Pa still likes his women…"
"Bisexuals play both sides, Sweetie. It’s no big thing, either way … He might not have been able to handle the idea of getting caught, though, so he either stopped or he’s being REAL secretive about what he’s doing…" She paused. "I’m not going to be telling anyone — and I’ll help you, as far as you want to go. And I won’t judge you…"
Terence eyed his brother. "I … Well, I’m interested, but…"
Beth looked back and forth between them. "What am I missing here?"
Damian took it up. "We’ve been doing tit for tat — nobody asks for more than he’s willing to give up himself. Deep throat — I don’t know that I want to go that far…"
Beth nodded. "What about anal?"
"I was gonna play — enough to be fair at least … But I was hoping it would shake out to me just giving head, eventually."
Terence grimaced. "An' me bein' a bitch."
"Only if you really got into it…" Damian mumbled.
"Terence," Beth interjected, "to be fair, has Damian NOT kept things even? If you insisted, don’t you think he would continue?"
Terence eyed his brother. "Yeah, probably — but he’s slick…"
"I think it was a case of him hoping that the situation would end up shaking out with him doing what he preferred to do and you doing what you preferred to do," Beth said gently. "And we’re hearing what he THINKS is the best case…" She turned to Damian, "Have you had anal sex with ANYONE?"
"No."
"So you don’t know — and neither of you are there yet, as far as being on the receiving end goes, right?" She got nods. "Okay. Terence, you’ve got me, and you’ve got your brother, here — and that’s the absolute minimum it takes to learn what you want to know. If Damian doesn’t want to do deep-throat, then he shouldn’t be allowed to ask for it — although you might choose to give it. But he IS the perfect person for you to learn on, because anyone else would have to know your secret. I suggest that you treat this as a one-off — he’s helping you, here, not ripping you off. Depending on how it goes, maybe he should agree to give you regular head, after — but he may have to put up with a few things, too, while you’re learning … You understand?"
"Yeah."
"Okay. Anal sex is outside of this agreement — if you want to avoid it now, that’s your choice — but you may be being vindictive and robbing yourself of an opportunity to learn in safety. You need to think about that. As for Damian, if he wants to try it, he can have mine — either one of you can — any time Candace allows it. Okay?" Beth eyed them both.