Chapter 10.6


"Do you want to see what you're touching?" Janus asked, causing Yasmine to peer over at her.

"Yes, I do, but I don't want to..."

"Relax, I've long since grown accustomed to this. And Johnny's the only male here that knows what it's like to be violated like we have. He knows how far to push things and when to ease back. You couldn't have picked a better person to help you through this," Janus said in a kind voice. "You okay with this, Johnny?"

"Hmm... I don't mind her touching me," Johnny answered after a couple of minutes of thought.

"Can I see it, Johnny?" Yasmine asked, making sure it was okay with him.

"I don't see the fascination but go ahead if you're that interested," Johnny replied with a wave of his hand.

"Oh, honey, that thing is very fascinating; you do love it when I give it extra attention, don't you?" Janus purred, curling her tongue out pressing it against her cupid's bow.

"I can neither confirm nor deny that," Johnny retorted with a smirk, seeing Janus' eyes flare.

"Just you wait for tonight, buster; I'll make sure you say yes next time," Janus teased, watching Yasmine lower the zipper of John's pants.

"Oh... my..." Yasmine was left breathless as she held John's cock in her hand.

"Lovely, isn't it?"

"It's so... large," Yasmine muttered, feeling her body growing hot for the first time since her Ra*e. "Can they really handle this thing?" she inquired, referring to his mother, her sister, Annie, Wanda, and Janus.

"Oh, yes, yes, we can, can't we, baby?" Janus spoke in a wanton purr, watching that bead of pre-cum just oozing out of the tip of it. Turning her head as she heard the front door opening and closing, hearing their footsteps approaching, smiling at Annie and Ruth before moving out of the doorway.

"Johnny, what... Yasmine!" She couldn't take her eyes off the sight of John's cock or how her sister's hand was wrapped around it. Peering over her shoulder as Annie pushed her into the room and shut the door behind her. Turning her attention back to the two on the bed. Her body heated, feeling her nipples starting to grow hard, remembering how his cock felt inside of her. Wondering what was going on and why her sister had her hand on John's cock.

"So, it's true then, you have been with Johnny," Yasmine stated, noting the look of hunger in her sister's eyes. Feeling her face heat when she looked at John. She might not be ready to have sex with anyone. She was willing to overcome her fear if John was willing to be there with her. Wondering if he was enjoying how her hand felt as she slowly stroked him off.

"Sis, I don't know..."

"I saw you leaving John's parents' bedroom a little past midnight Thursday morning. So what were you doing if you weren't having sex with him?" Yasmine asked, putting her sister on the defensive. Watching how Ruth licked her lips as she continued her slow teasing of John. "I also saw lots of other things that night. I didn't know you liked sharing Bill with everyone."

"Not everyone," Ruth said unintentionally.

"So, do you fuck everyone in this family? Is that why you can't take your eyes off Johnny's cock?" Yasmine asked; her eyes glanced to John as his fingers scrunched up the comforter, telling her he did like the feel of her hand. "Just hold out a little bit longer, Johnny, okay?"

"I'm trying, but you aren't making it easy," Johnny retorted.

"You have to promise, you have to promise me you won't tell anyone. Who knows what will happen if they try to remove Johnny," Ruth stated, yet her chest heaved, her nostrils flared as his broad head was covered in his pre-cum. Her anger rose as she watched how her sister blatantly leaned over and swallowed John's cock. Noting how John fell back onto the bed, her fist clinched at the soft moans her sister was getting out of him. When he knew how well she could take care of it for him.

"Do you honestly think I would ever rat out my friend?" Yasmine asked, peering around and up from John's cock at her sister.

"But Yasmine, I thought you weren't ready for this kind of thing?" Ruth asked, watching how her sister's eyes were taunting her as her lips glided along John's pole.

"Maybe with any Joe off the street, that might be true, yet Johnny isn't just some man to me. He's my very good friend. If he's willing, I'm willing to try to break the hold that fear has on me. I know he wouldn't hurt me. I know that wholeheartedly; you have no idea how much of a help he's been to me. So, what do you say? Want to come fuck this big guy with me?" Yasmine asked, putting it out there. Wondering how her sister would take that.

"What?!" Ruth stammered. "You... you want to have sex with... me?!"

"Mmmhmm, I mean, after all, I bet you've watched Annie with her brothers and her father like I'm sure you enjoyed the father-daughter threesome on the day of your engagement," Yasmine said, letting the cat out of the bad that she knew everything.

"What about Bill, Ray, and Brandan? Will you share with them?" Ruth asked if she was going to do this; she saw no reason not to bring her sister into the whole thing.

"Hmm... if they can show me they can be trusted, trusted not to hurt me, I might, if they're anything like Johnny," Yasmine said, smirking as her sister got to her knees. "Like that cock don't you?" Watching how Ruth swallowed John's pole without hesitation.

"You have no idea, li'l sister," Ruth purred as she licked up the back of it. Feeling so weird as she held his rod for Yasmine as she got herself another taste of it. Seeing the startlement in Yasmine's eyes as she saw how John's hand slipped beneath the hem of her shirt. Mouthing, 'You okay?' noticing how John must have sensed her uneasiness given how his hand had stopped. Seeing how Yasmine pressed her eyelids together, how her hand held onto hers as Yasmine fought through her fear.

"We can stop, you know. You've already taken a huge step. You said so yourself that you haven't been able to look at a man's cock without that fear popping up. Don't push yourself if you can't handle it," Johnny said from behind them.

Pressing her lips together as Yasmine reached back, taking hold of John's hand that still lingered within her shirt, and moved it towards her right breast. "I can do this, Johnny. I know if you're here, I can do this," Yasmine said, reassuring them and herself that she could leap this hurdle.

"What's this thing?" Johnny asked when he felt something hard that wasn't her nipple.

"That's my nipple ring, be gentle, okay? It's very sensitive," Yasmine stated, peering back at him.

"Nipple ring, huh?" Ruth teased.

"What? You know how much that would irk Mom and Dad off," Yasmine retorted, smiling back at her sister. "Johnny, would... would you like to see it?"

"Yeah, but only if you're comfortable with it." John leaned up on his elbows, his eyes darted down when Ruth didn't waste the chance to have him back in her mouth as her eyes peered up at him. His eye flickered over to Yasmine as she kicked her shoes off, peeling her shirt off her body, revealing the solid blue bra she had worn that day.

Nothing sexy since she didn't think she ever be ready for sex; at least, she didn't think his wife would let her have it with John. Watching his eyes as she reached back and unclasped her bra. Noting how they moved up and down her bare chest, pondering if John liked her perky 40C breasts. Seeing her sister turning her head when John was fighting back from laughing at the angry unicorn tattoo she had that sat between the bottoms of her breasts and her navel with the line that read beneath it, 'Fuck off, Poser!'

"Sis, when did you get that?" Ruth asked; she didn't know Yasmine had a tattoo, then again, she didn't know she had a nipple ring either.

"After I met Johnny," Yasmine stated, feeling a little bit bashful being topless in front of a man for the very first time since her Ra*e. "Who's do you like more, mine or my sister's?"

"Yours since they're on display," Johnny answered, smirking at the huff that got out of Ruth.

"Oh yeah, I can fix that," Ruth grumbled, getting to her feet. Wondering how Bill and the others would take this side of John that was slowly emerging from the darkness he had constantly been in. Ever since she has known him, she has never seen him so... light hearted for lack of a better word. She just hoped this side of him would stay for a long time. She knew how much that would make Kathrine and Brandan happy. "There, see?!" Jutting out her chin as she placed her hands on her hips. "So, do you like them or not?"

"Yes, yes, I do," Johnny nodded, not taking his eyes off their breasts as he did. "Well, Yasmine, why don't you kiss her?" he directed, pointing between the two of them.

"Perv?!" Ruth teased.

"Hey, she's the one that wanted to know what it was like, and you are siblings, so... let's make it happen," Johnny said, grinning like mad.

"You spend too much time hanging around Ray," Ruth teased, shaking her finger at him. Yet she couldn't keep her smile from her face at the fact that John was truly smiling. That he was finally opening up, letting them in at his pace. She knew this was a huge step for him, and she prayed no one caused him to revert back to how he had been for so long. "Hey, baby?! Need something?" she asked as her phone rested against her ear.

"Just wondering what's going on; you left with Annie without a word. You know we have that dinner with your friends tonight."

"I know, baby, just give me an hour, something hard as come up, and Yasmine and I need to suss it out. I promise I won't be more than an hour, okay?" Ruth spoke, her mouth watered as her eyes noted how the overhead light shone along John's phallus. Rolling her tongue in her mouth, tasting him upon her it, and she wanted more!

"Is she okay?"

"I think she will be, but one step at a time; she's made some huge leaps already," Ruth said proudly, smiling at her sister. Watching how Yasmine sucked on her lower lip as she pushed her jeans down to the floor. Leaning back just to see how good her sister's ass looks out of them. She had to admit it was a tad better than her own.

"Oh? That's great!"

"I know; I couldn't believe it either?! I really do think their talks have helped her a lot," Ruth stated, nodding against her phone.

"Don't laugh, okay Johnny, I haven't taken care of it for all almost a year," Yasmine said weakly as she pushed down her underwear, showing off her dark blonde bush to his eyes.

"Johnny's there?!"

"Mmmhmm. He has shown me how much my sister has progressed in her healing."

"Huh?! I didn't think Johnny had it in him, given everything. It's nice to see this side of him, or hear about it in this case. Well, I'll see you in an hour."

"I promise not a minute more," Ruth said, feeling her panties growing moist, knowing how eager her pussy was to be wrapped back around his rod. She couldn't wait to feel it poking her in all the right spots.

"Why would I laugh?" Johnny asked innocently, looking at Yasmine. "Your bush doesn't take away from all of that," he said, gesturing to her naked body. Watching Ruth place her phone on the dresser that had been in the room when they moved the bed into it. "So, why do you dye your hair?" Johnny asked, not bringing attention to how bashful Yasmine got as she hid her face behind the curtain of her hair. Seeing Ruth pealing off her pants while pointing her ass at him. Tilting his head to the side, noticing how her red thong contoured to her mound.

"I told you on that day at the lake those panties didn't show off my ass like my thongs do," Ruth uttered, peering back at John. "Just look how my pussy is all excited, Johnny. Look how it yearns to feel you back inside of me," she cooed lustfully as she pushed her underwear to the floor. The tips of her fingers skimmed along her little sister's back as she stepped up to Yasmine's side. Bringing Yasmine's chin up and turning it towards her, peering at John from the corner of her eye, ensuring he was watching. Noting how Yasmine's eyes held nervousness in them as her lips neared hers. Seeing his cock flex as she made out with her sister. It was a strange experience.

Not the kissing of another female; she's done that quite often enough. No. She just didn't think she'd be doing this with her own sister. Although she was not expecting Yasmine to get into it as she felt her sister's arms sliding along her waist. Yasmine's hand pressed against her back, pulling her deeper into their kiss. Wondering if Yasmine has always wanted to do this, given the passion of their kiss. She would admit her sister was kind of cute when she pulled away with blushing cheeks. "You sure you can go through with this? I don't want you to push yourself if you aren't ready," Ruth said in a loving sisterly tone. If this would help her break through that fear of hers, then she would happily lay with her sister. Just so Yasmine could return to the woman she once knew before she was assaulted.

"Mmmhmm," Yasmine nodded, causing her hair to bounce against her chest. Glancing over to John, wondering if he liked how their breasts pressed together when they kissed. "I'm ready," she said, trying to keep her nervousness under wraps. She's never been with another woman before, and she pondered if it would be any different than being with a man. Seeing Ruth's smile reaching her eyes as she took hold of her left hand.

"Then let's give Johnny a little show while he gets undressed, shall we?" Ruth spoke, leading her sister to the bed.

John leaned against the dresser, his arms crossed his bare chest, just watching the two of them touching, kissing, caressing, licking as their bodies weaved together as they made love. At least that's what it looked like to John as he listened to their mewing and moaning. Pondering what Bill would think about this if he knew. Slyly reaching up, taking Ruth's phone off the dresser, questioning why she didn't put a passcode on it as he unlocked it. Opening up her text app, seeing his brother's name at the very top of the people she talks to.

"Bill?" Johnny sent.

"Yes, Ruth?" John was surprised at how quickly Bill responded.

"It's Johnny."

"Oh, what's up, bro? Need something?"

"Me, no, have a question, though."

"Okay, what about?"

"What would you do if you could watch Ruth and Yasmine going at it?" Johnny sent back.

"You're fucking with me, right?"

"No, honest question."

"You really aren't fucking with me, are you?"

"No. I'm not."

"Shit?! I don't know; I guess I'll be on my best damn behavior that I can since I know how hard it's been for her to deal with what happened to her. Why? Why do you ask?"

"Because I'm currently watching them doing just that."

"You're fucking shitting me?! Of course, that's what she meant by something hard?! Fuck, I'm an idiot!"

"You said it, not me," Johnny replied, seeing his smirk on the screen of Ruth's phone.

"Fuck me?! Why is it you seem to be getting all the girls, huh?"

"Don't ask me; I'm an ass. Guess they're just drawn to my handsomeness."

"Bite me, shrimp! No, seriously, are they really doing that?"

"Of course, why would I lie about it?"

"Tell me, is Yasmine as fine as Ruth is naked?"

"Hmm... don't know if I should answer that on Ruth's phone. But yes, she is."

"Why are you telling me this just to rub it in?!"

"No, seeing if you be interested in knowing what Yasmine looks like in the buff is all."

"Fucking 'A, I am. But..."

"Earn her trust, then you might get that dream," Johnny sent before placing Ruth's phone back onto the dresser. Wondering if his brother was racing over to his house. Questioning if Bill's face would be pressed against the glass of the window if the room had any windows as he joined the two of them on the bed when they beckoned to him.

"You sure you're up for this?" Johnny asked one last time as he knelt between Yasmine's legs, watching Ruth's fingers dancing up and down her sister's left thigh.

"I'm ready; I'm okay if it's you, Johnny," Yasmine nodded firmly, opening her legs slightly wider. Listening to Ruth's calming voice as her heart quickened as she watched John's crown nearing her entrance. Hissing out a moan as the first cock since that day touched her paradise. Sharing a kiss with Ruth as her nectar increased at the feel of how John's rod was stretching her out.

John watched as Ruth reached down her sister's body, hearing Yasmine moan light into Ruth's mouth as she gently rubbed her sister's clit. Feeling her folds just gripping him like a vice. Wondering if this was what having sex with a virgin was like given the months Yasmine has kept herself closed off to anyone, and it appeared her own self as well.

"You like that big cock don't you, baby sis?" Ruth asked in a hungry tone as she watched her sister's eyes flutter and roll into the back of her head as John sunk deeper into her. Ruth looked to John, who had a very puzzled look on his face as Yasmine just came uncontrollably on John's rod.

"Oh, God, it's filling me up! I can feel it in my gut!" Yasmine howled out in a mixture of pain and pleasure. The biggest she's ever had was six and a half. She's never even thought of what it would be like to have something bigger than that. "Oh, Johnny! I'm cumming!" she screamed out in joy. Not feeling that anxiety that's been hovering over her ever since that day. Didn't feel that dread of being with a man as she felt Johnny's cock gliding through her creamy peach. Feeling that fire, she hasn't felt since she cut off everyone from sharing this experience with her.

"Look at you, Mr. Brightside; some would think that cock is magic giving my sister two orgasms in a row," Ruth teased, chuckling when John just rolled his eyes. "Now, I think its time for you to put that cock back inside this hot pussy of mine," she purred as she positioned herself over her sister. Smiling down at Yasmine as her body shuddered as John eased his cock out of her cunt. "Oh, mmmhmm, that's it, Johnny, ease that monster back inside of me," Ruth panted, grunting as John propelled the last inches of his manhood into her. "God, I'm so jealous of Janus and Annie; they get this every night," she moaned, feeling John's hands on her hips.

Squealing into Yasmine's mouth as she kissed her while John pounded his steel rod into her, knowing she could take it. She was glad John went slow with her sister. Ruth didn't want John to hurt Yasmine too much, given her lack of sex. She knew her sister would be hurting the next day. She knew first hand how his cock could make one's mind forget that something that large was stirring up one's insides. Breathing heavily as she came up for air, peering over her shoulder, loving the feel of his hands on her hips and how his balls slapped against her clit. "Fuck me, Johnny. Give me everything that cock gots," Ruth demanded. "Yeah, you like how that pussy feels squeezing that cock don't you?" she asked with a sinful grin on her lips as her amber eyes burned in her lust. Trying to keep herself from collapsing on top of her sister as her body quaked from the orgasm John just gave her.

"So, Yasmine, is this everything you thought it would be?" Johnny asked, referring to the times she had hinted that she might be interested in trying the act out. Feeling her pussy quivering in its orgasmic bliss as her hot juices painted his cock. At first, when this whole thing started, John never really saw what the deal was with sex. Why they were all excited by it, the act, not who was in it. Since he's been doing this, especially how Janus and Annie looked cumming on his rod. He could now understand the look he saw that day on his brother's faces as Wanda and his mother came upon theirs. Maybe it was wrong with what they were doing to some, yet to him, his whole life that he could remember has been one nonstop negative thing after another. Recounting the looks on their faces when he woke up beside of them in the morning.

Not seeing the condemnation of what he was born with but acceptance of what he was. A young, damaged man who's suffered greatly by those that society deemed sane or the masks they wore to fool the masses. No. He knew what he had to do. He couldn't live in the past anymore. He would always love Julia and would always carry her in his heart. She would always have her own little corner in his heart. What his father had said to him on that rainy night finally sank in. It was time for him to shed the shackles that had held him bound for so long. Time to cast off the hate that was levied upon him by fiends masquerading as humans. He had no doubt Janus and Annie would be there to take those steps with him, as well as he knew his family would too. He had to admit they had shown that he could lean on them. To seek them out when his own mind couldn't give him the answers he sought. John just didn't know how to take that step.

"God, it's... amazing?! You're amazing, Johnny," Yasmine whispered breathlessly, feeling him pulling out and shooting his hot load across her stomach.

"I still have twenty minutes till I have to leave. I'm not done with you yet, Johnathan Masters," Ruth said heatedly, seeing that questioning look on his face when she used his given name. Swallowing his creamsicle, tasting her sister's and her own as his rod glided along her tongue as John laid diagonally across the bed as he recuperated. Peering down at him, wearing a sensuous smile as she held his slick cock as it moved along her mons Venus before her fingers guided it back to her hot, wet velvet glove. Resting her hand on his stomach, making him watch as she rocked on his reharden pole. Her sex glistened along his skin as the light caught it with every rise of her hips.

"I want you to butter my biscuit, Johnny," she stated, smirking at that confused look on his face. "It means I want you to creampie me, and I'm going to let it just leak out of me as we have dinner knowing your hot cum is soiling my panties as my friends yammer on about some thing that happened at school. I want to feel my pussy just throbbing, longing to be wrapped back around this cock of yours as I rub my pussy beneath the table. Making my pussy remember the feel of your cum. Since I don't know when the next time we'll be like this. So I'm going to savor every moment I have with you. Now you just relax and let me milk this cock of yours." Leaning slightly to the left as Yasmine held up her fingers that were covered in John's spunk. Wrapping her lips around them, her tongue swirled, cleaning them of that salty treat.

"Johnny?" Yasmine whispered as she laid down next to him.

"Hmm?" Johnny hummed as his eyes glanced over to her.

"Would you mind if we did this again when I come back to town? Maybe you can show me your place at the lake," Yasmine mused, drawing imaginary doodles on his chest. Ignoring how Ruth was moaning like crazy as she rode John hard.

"Sure, I don't mind; you're one of the few I like doing this with."

"I do hope that includes me, Johnny," Ruth said, a little hurt finding its way into her words.

"Are you currently on top of me?" Johnny shot back that only caused Ruth to redouble her everts.

"So, it's the five of them you care to be this intimate with?" Yasmine asked, seeing him nod his answer. "Can I kiss you, Johnny?"

"Yeah, but I'm not the best."

"That doesn't matter," Yasmine smiled as she leaned forward. Feeling how soft his lips were as hers molded to his. Moving her body up along his before her assault, she always loved to feel the man she was seeing suck on her breasts. That was no truer than as it was now as she hovered over him, her breasts dangled an inch away from his lips. "I want you to," she said sweetly, gazing down at him as he had a puzzled look in his eyes. Her body trembled as the tip of John's tongue rolled along the barbell that was in her nipple. So pleased that he remembered to be gentle with it. Moaning as she felt two of Ruth's fingers sliding into her wet cunt.

"Not so tight anymore, are you, li'l sis?" Ruth teased as Yasmine fucked herself on her fingers.

"You're one to talk, sis; I wonder how Bill feels after you been stretched out by Johnny?" Yasmine taunted.

"Makes him try harder to not be out beat by his little brother," Ruth stated, grinning as her sister just shook her head. "That's it, Johnny; I can feel you ready to burst. Cum inside me; let me feel that hot goo," she urged him on.

"I was wondering where you went," Kathrine said, her blue eyes ran up and down Ruth's body. Noticing that staggered gait, the glazed-over eyes, the way her body trembled, the look of sexual satisfaction. "I see someone's been naughty," she teased, smirking at Ruth, who hummed an 'Mmmhmm' in response. "Well, you best go get ready; Bill is already changing." Shaking her head as she listened to Ruth humming as she walked towards the steps. Turning her head back to the still-open door, her eyes lit up in joy at the sight of her son and daughter. More so, her son when he actually seemed happy, not because the pills brought it about. Genuine happiness she saw in his eyes as he walked hand in hand with Annie and Janus. Moving towards the door, stepping out onto the porch then, her fear started to build at the sight of Yasmine walking closely behind them.

"Hey, Mom," John said in a warm tone, taking Kathrine by surprise as he placed a kiss on her right cheek as he moved past her. "Yasmine, you want to go read some Gen13 before dinner?" he asked, looking back at her.

"Sure, but I think you like that comic because of the big-breasted teenagers in it."

"Duh! I'm insane, not dead," Johnny joked, waving her to follow. Leaving his very stunned mother standing on the porch with Annie and Janus.

"W-what... who was that?" Kathrine stammered; she just couldn't believe her eyes. John hadn't willingly kissed her, albeit on the cheek, in years. Sure he returned the kisses he received, yet never on his own.

"I like to think after yesterday, Johnny's starting to put that horror behind him and starting to open up again," Janus said, gazing affectionately toward John's bedroom.

"What I think too," Annie nodded. "Plus, I think him helping Yasmine with her problem kind of felt like he was returning the favor to Julia, at least in spirit."

"But she saw you..."

"She knows Mom; she caught you leaving Ray's bedroom," Annie said, leading the two of them into the house. "Don't worry, Mom, she isn't going to tell anyone. Now, do you need help with supper?"

"I wouldn't mind a hand, and you can tell me everything you know about this glorious change in your brother," Kathrine stated, looping her arm around her daughter's and leading Annie and Janus into the kitchen.

Janus leaned her head against the doorframe. She was elated at how that smile of his has appeared more and more often as she watched how John peered over as Yasmine was showing him something in his sketchpad. Seeing Yasmine's face lighting up at his praise, then how he carefully ran his fingers down the page, noting that look in his eye, she knew it had to be Julia. She's only seen that look when he thought about her. However, that look soon faded when those green eyes peered up and caught sight of her. How her heart swelled knowing just the sight of her brought that smile back out. She knew while he still had a long road to recover, if he could ever recover from the trauma that was inflicted on him, that smile would gradually become a permanent fixture on his face.

"Hey, baby," Janus cooed as she stepped into the room.

"Hiya, been there long?"

"Long enough to watch that adorable face of yours," Janus teased. "Come, your mother said dinner was ready, and you need to take your medication," she said, holding her hands out to him.

"This is Mom's spaghetti, right?" Johnny asked, sliding off their bed.

"Of course, you should have seen her just working over the stove. You could see how happy she was in making it, knowing how much you enjoy it," Janus answered in a soft, warm tone as her hands slid into his.

"Is there something wrong with how your father makes it?" Yasmine asked, getting to her feet and following them out of the room.

"He burns the sauce; I mean, who burns sauce?!"

"Hey! I heard that!" Brandan cut in.

"Would hope so; otherwise, what would Mom do with a deaf husband?" Johnny retorted, which, as you can imagine, totally took his father, Ray, and Wanda by surprise. While his mother stood there biting her lip, trying not to burst out in laughter, with Annie holding in her giggle as she stood beside Kathrine in the doorway to the kitchen.

"You shouldn't tease your father; he gets grumpy when he hasn't eaten," Kathrine said, blowing her husband a kiss as she held out her right arm to John. "You feeling okay, baby? No headaches or anything like that?" she asked, knowing the demeanor he was displaying was close to how he was acting when he had his first seizure.

"No, just hungry," Johnny responded as he looked over at her as they entered the kitchen.

"Well, we'll fix you right up," Kathrine said in a loving tone, placing a kiss on top of John's head. Hoping that this was a sign that her son was finally getting out of that darkness he's been trapped in.

"Bill and Ruth already leave?" Johnny asked, not seeing them following behind the other three.

"Said they be back by eight or so; why?" Ray asked, sitting across from Janus.

"Oh, no worries, just wondering," Johnny spoke, pondering if he should wait or not. Looking at Annie as she plucked two pieces of bread out of the bowl. Wondering if the part of him that he could no longer remember thought she was pretty then as she was now.

"What?" Annie asked; heat rushed to her cheeks beneath her brother's gaze. Her eyes went wide, her chest rose and fell rapidly, her heart hammered in her ears at what he whispered into her ear. "Again, say it again," she urged him. The bread bowl trembled in her hand as 'You're beautiful, Anastasia' played along her eardrums. She unintentionally released a whimper as her eyes gazed into his. Seeing how Janus' chin fell to her chest, her smile stretched from ear to ear, wondering what John whispered to her. Pondering if it was along the same lines as what he told her. If the look on Janus' face was any indication, then it had to be so.

"So, Yasmine, when were you planning on heading home?" Brandan asked, twirling the pasta around his fork.

"Tomorrow," Yasmine said, a little sad that she had to return back home. Yet she couldn't miss any more of her classes. "I can't thank you enough for letting me stay here with you all; it has been illuminating," she stated, flashing John a coy smile. "I just hope you all wouldn't mind if I came and visit more often. I have a feeling I'm going to like being around here with all of you," Yasmine spoke, smiling at everyone around the table.

"Well, you are going to be Bill's sister-in-law soon, and I know how you and Johnny has gotten along. Something I can't thank you enough for; Johnny has a hard time making friends since, well... you know," Kathrine said, returning Yasmine's smile.

"Maybe by the wedding, I'll be ready to see what got my sister to visit Brandan so late at night. He must have some outstanding skills to make my sister stagger like that," Yasmine spoke, reaching for her glass, grinning madly at John as his father nearly choked on his food. "But that's only if the men in this family can show me they won't hurt me like Johnny has shown me."

"Did you?" Wanda asked, peering over at her. She hadn't been looking for it since she didn't think Yasmine would be ready for that, given what she's been through. As she ran her eyes down Yasmine's body, there was a glow about her.

"I don't even know how any of you walk straight after having that thing of his deep inside of you," Yasmine teased, pointing her fork at John.

"Takes practice," Kathrine mused, taking a sip of her drink.

"Wait... wait, does this mean you'll be joining us?" Ray asked curiously. He might not be able to experience what Janus felt like. Something he could completely understand, and he was a horny idiot for not seeing it in the first place. He could understand why his actions were upsetting his brother. Yet if Yasmine was willing to join them, he was not about to let the opportunity go to waste.

"Only if you can prove to me I'm not going to be hurt or used like your brother has, that is if you can," Yasmine said, waiting to see what they were truly like when they thought they could get their dicks wet.

"And might I ask, why?" Kathrine inquired after wiping her mouth clean with her napkin.

"Well, Ruth can't be the only one of us experiencing what that thick tube stick is like, and Johnny has helped me quite a lot in these past few weeks. So far, he's the only man I know that's shown me that it's okay to be with someone like that again after what happened to me," Yasmine stated, smiling at Wanda as she rubbed her back. "I thought if Johnny is like this, the other men in this family might be like him or maybe not. Since I haven't spent any time with those two," she said, pointing at Brandan and Ray. "Plus, I need to prove to myself that this fear that dwells within me doesn't have total control over me. If that makes sense to any of you."

"Ah," Kathrine mused. "And you're okay with what we do?"

"I should be; I did just eat out my sister about an hour ago," Yasmine spoke, seeing the amusement in John's eyes as he chewed his bite. Sharing in his mirth as everyone except John, Janus, and Annie just stared at her. "Have to say, it was quite the experience. Never been with a woman before; it was an experience I'd like to try again. Maybe we can get Johnny to watch us three," she uttered, wiggling her eyebrows at Janus and Annie.

"Hey, that's just wrong," Ray teased as Brandan kept his mouth shut. Brandan has learned over the years when to speak and when not to, and this was no different.

"You know you are more than welcome to join us when it's just us girls," Kathrine said, striking the pose of the Queen bee. "We ladies do like to have our own fun, and you aren't the only one here whose been hurt as you have," reaching over and hugging Janus into her, "so we know how painful that can be to overcome. Janus?" she spoke in a light tone as she placed her hand over Janus' left.

"Hmm?" Janus hummed around her fork.

"I was thinking once the boys take down the fence, seeing how fast the addition is going up, I don't think it'll take more than a week or two to get the roof on, and the interior insulated, and the sheetrock installed. That once they do, we will hold your renewal on the boundary of the two yards. You know to represent how all of us has grown over the months and to show how our family is growing. Plus, I think Annie would like it if it was close to the mulberry tree," Kathrine uttered, keeping her smirk hidden as her daughter hung her head. Knowing that was the spot where they had their first kiss, unbeknownst to them at the time.

"But who will officiate the ceremony?" Janus asked after swallowing her bite.

"I'll do it?!" Yasmine cut in. "This way, you don't have to worry about paying for someone, and you don't have to hold back like I've noticed you've been doing since I've been here after I put two and two together," she spoke, flashing Annie a friendly smile.

"You mean I can officially get married to Johnny?!" Annie gasped; her right hand shot to her mouth while her left took hold of John's right. Her lip trembled beneath her hand at the thought of legally being married to him.

"I don't see why not; I'll look into it," Yasmine stated with a determined nod to do this for her friend.

"You hear that baby, we can finally be married," Annie said with a wide grin on her lips as she peered at him.

"But aren't we already? Isn't that why you get all flushed when I call you wife?" Johnny asked, not realizing what it meant to her.

"Yes, but we'll have a certificate like you and Janus has," Annie stated, giving her brother a look that told her it was important to her.

"Alright, whatever you want, sis," Johnny said, not eager to go against that look of hers.

"Good," wiggling her butt into her seat, "you keep Johnny informed, okay?" Annie stated, seeing Yasmine nodding.

John was standing in front of the window that looked out into the backyard as The Wallflowers' 'One Headlight' softly played. While it was true, he still grieved at Julia's loss, yet the tears that would usually accompany his grief no longer came. He wondered if that was a good thing or not. He rightly didn't know, yet he knew he had to put her death behind him. That didn't mean he wouldn't always think of her. He would. Nevertheless, he knew he would be doing Annie and Janus a disservice if he was still hung up on her. Even he, with his limited knowledge of relationships, knew that wouldn't be good for their own, and he had no wish to hurt them in any way. Yet how was he to let go? How was he to move forward while still remembering Julia? He couldn't answer that at the moment. John didn't think he ever could, but he had to try. Janus has been hurt far too much for him to be obtuse to her needs, nor can he over look the feelings that his sister constantly showed him. His eyes darted left and right as he noted their reflections in the glass.

"You okay, Johnny?" Annie asked as she and Janus stepped up to his side.

"Yeah, just sad," Johnny answered truthfully.

"Why, baby?" Janus inquired, softly placing a kiss on his right shoulder.

"Because I miss her, but..." Brushing his thumbs along Annie's and Janus' backs as his hands rested on the small area above their asses.

"But what, Johnny?" Annie asked curiously.

"I think its time," Johnny said, looking out into the growing darkness.

"Time for what?" Janus asked, confused.

"Wait here," Johnny answered before slipping out of their embrace. Not seeing the concerned looks on their faces as John bounded up the stairs. Hearing Ruth and Bill talking in his brother's room, hearing their plans for their wedding. Hearing the dates, they were suggesting to one another. He was a little touched when Bill stated it had to be after his operation if he decided to go through with it. John was still on the fence about it. His green eyes watched how Bill held Ruth in his arms as they lounged on his bed. He wondered if he would ever be able to show his feelings like his brother so freely could.

"Johnny? What's wrong?" Bill asked, sitting up upon seeing his brother in his doorway.

"I need you to come with me, okay?" Johnny directed, feeling how his heart was growing nervous at what he was planning and hoped they could understand what his actions meant when he couldn't say the words.

"Johnny, what troubles you?" Ruth asked in a caring tone as she sat up with a concerned look in her eyes.

"Nothing, just need you to come with me and bring your laptop, alright?" Johnny stated, seeing the perplexed look on his brother's face. Yet Bill said nothing as he got to his feet.

"Sure, Johnny, I can do that," Bill nodded, knowing how this was the first time since his return home from Raven Dale that John had asked anything of him.

"You come too," Johnny said, looking right at Ruth.

"Me?!" Ruth uttered in surprise. "Okay, Johnny, just let me put my shoes on."

"No need for them; you'll just be on the back porch," Johnny said, departing from the doorway for the stairs. Not seeing the looks Ruth and Bill shared between the two of them as the sound of his feet echoed down the hallway. Holding up a finger, silently telling Annie and Janus to wait just one more minute when he stepped back onto the first floor. Seeing his father turning his gaze towards him as John appeared in the den's doorway. Noting how Wanda sat up from snuggling with Ray, seeing the curious look on his brother's face. Noticing how his mother eyed him, seeing the concern in her eyes she always had when it involved him as Yasmine turned in her seat to peer back at him. "Mom?"

"Yes, honey, is something the matter?" Kathrine asked in a worried tone.

"You know how you said you wanted to be there at those special times?" Johnny spoke, balling his hands to hide how nervous he was at that moment. Seeing his mother sitting straighter in her seat when those words left his lips.

"Of course I do?!" Kathrine said, unable to keep her excitement from her voice.

"It's one of those times," Johnny uttered vaguely.

"What do you mean, honey?" Kathrine asked, perplexed.

"Come out to the back porch; all I want you to do is watch from there, okay?" Johnny stated, seeing his mother's smile widening. To how his father reached over, lifting the remote off the table, and turned the TV off.​
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