"Damn, Big Bro, what did you do up here?" Damian glanced around at the disarray in their shared room.
"Fuck. Me and Jean and Toby and Mama." Terence looked away.
"What else?" Damian wasn’t stupid; Big Bro was broadcasting that there was more to it.
"Mama knows," Terence reported shortly. "So does Toby."
"How did THAT happen?" Damian started trying to guess at the implications.
"Dunno. Toby said he stumbled onto us and Beth the other night. He didn’t go deep…"
"Beth told on us and he’s covering her ass," Damian posited.
"Nah. He said she wouldn’t — and I believe him," Terence argued.
"So how?" Damian demanded.
"He was peeping, I guess," Terence shrugged.
"Okay, so, how bad?" Damian asked.
"Well, Mama blurted it, but she was cool — said it was something that goes on when you swing, lotsa times — but then she went apeshit while she was playing with Toby and roped me in…"
"WHAT?!"
Terence hung his head. "She kept dragging me along … I ended up sucking Toby’s dick."
"Well, FUCK! She ain’t doing that to ME!" Damian roared.
"Relax, Bro," Terence’s expression was hangdog. "Everybody knows who’s on top and who ain’t."
"Hey…" Damian didn’t know how to continue.
"It’s a wonder I didn’t get my ass reamed…" Terence continued.
"That’s fucked up!" Damian erupted. "What the Hell were they thinking?"
"Hey, cool out!" Terence waved his brother to silence. "You want Pa up here? Or Mama? Lookit — Mama freaked, after — apologized all over the place. Toby did, too, but Mama was driving — he just let it happen. Then he called up Jean and got her over here to help prove I ain’t queer…"
"How did THAT go?"
"Just fine!" Terence reported happily. "We had a long talk and Jean gave me head and we fucked — and pussy is still the thing…" He shook his head. "I’m bisexual, supposedly — but it ain’t on the queer end — I just like it both ways…"
"Well, it sounds like we’re BOTH screwed!" Damian groused.
"Nah," Terence waved it off. "Mama is REAL embarrassed and won’t be telling anybody — and Toby says he won’t, either."
"You believe him?"
"Yah."
"Why?" Damian couldn’t see how either of them was safe.
"If he wanted to crap on us, it’d be done, Man. He didn’t drive the thing today — and he chased down Jean to help me out when I was feeling fucked up about it. And you KNOW that Jean is more or less his piece…"
"Maybe he just wants to stick his dick in you."
"I don’t think so," Terence disagreed. "This afternoon was his first trip down that road. Seemed like he went far enough — you know?"
"I’m calling him," Damian announced.
"Well, take it outside, or something — or Pa will catch on!" Terence pressed.
"Yeah, okay. Be right back." Damian headed outside. After some thought, he went up the block.
"Hello?" Beth answered the phone.
"Hey, it’s Damian."
"Hi, Sweetie! How are you?" Beth sounded genuinely pleased.
"Okay. Say, you didn’t say anything to Toby…"
"Oh, no! I’d NEVER do THAT!" Beth declared seriously. "That’s YOUR business!"
"Okay, thanks. Is he around?" She was pretty convincing, Damian had to admit.
"One second — he just got home. Toby! Phone!" Beth called out to her son.
"Hullo?" Toby answered cautiously.
"Dude, it’s Damian."
"Hey."
"Terence tells me you know a lot of, uh, personal shit. How?"
"Sorry, Man — I just happened to show up at the wrong time — and I couldn’t leave," Toby apologized.
"And where does that leave us? Screwed?" Damian demanded.
"No way, Man!" Toby insisted. "That’s personal business! It goes no fucking where! Okay?"
"That’s blackmail shit!" Damian insisted.
"Well, maybe, but you guys are safe from me. If you started blowing the whole group, I might say something, but otherwise? No way."
"What the Hell happened this afternoon?" Damian demanded.
"Well, I heard about your dad, too, and I was feeling out your mother on whether she thought we could catch him at something like that. Terence showed up at sort of the wrong moment, and your mama — who had said she was cool about the whole thing in general and you two in particular — kind of embarrassed him. Then — well, I think she had good intentions — kind of trying to get him to not be all paranoid about the whole thing — she kind of dragged him into what we were doing. Things got out of hand; I felt real bad about it and figured that Terence needed proof he was okay, so I called Jean up to kind of remind him what was on the front burner, you know?"
"That shit wasn’t right!" Damian growled.
"No, it wasn’t," Toby agreed. "I thought it was only gonna go so far — but your mama had something going on in her head … I’m kind of unhappy because maybe I put it there … I think she was doing this fantasy thing where she was trapping your pa; in her head, it wasn’t Terence, at all, but your pa she was pushing to do things…"
"I’m gonna talk to her," Damian grunted. "I’m not doin' any of that shit for anybody, understand? That was just between us…"
"Hey, no problem," Toby replied. "I know. But YOU know that Terence might want to … I’ve offered to help, if I can — but I don’t really WANT any, you know? Today was a surprise for everybody."
"Well, just so you know…" Damian wasn’t completely mollified.
"It’s cool — really!" Toby insisted. "Nobody else gets a word."
"If it gets out, it’s you or your mama!" Damian hissed. "Either way, I’m gonna kick your ass!"
"You catch me fucking up, you’re welcome to it — but if Mama blabs, you better get your piece out of her!" Toby replied. "I won’t take a beating for her!"
"You think she’s gonna?" Damian asked.
"Nah. You’re safe. Somebody would have to know already."
"Okay, cool. Tell her — I dunno. Maybe we’ll come over for a piece tomorrow."
"Okay. We tight?" Toby asked.
"As long as you’re cool," Damian agreed.
"Okay. Bye!"
"Later."
Neither of them was ready to put the whole thing away; Damian went looking for his mother, while Toby stewed about his end of things. He really didn’t know who to talk to about it, but he was certain that he had architected the entire afternoon, starting with the accidental fantasy that had prompted Louise to coerce Terence and ending with various elements of the foursome scene. It was he who had put the idea in Jean’s head to give Terence deep-throat, and it was he who damped Jean’s normal conflicted condition over sex with another. And it was he who had amplified things for Louise to the point that she wasn’t delivering her best effort while Jean delivered hers for Terence and then released her and encouraged the intense effort that rewarded Jean. And it was he who enhanced both of their pleasure in the second round to ensure that not only they but Terence got a memorable ride!