LbN: I changed the title to this because this story didn't really deal with their college experiences. The next one will, so that'll be Rainbow U. Happy reading!

Jason stirred, hearing a door upstairs close. He and Kyle had fallen asleep on the couch. Glancing out the window, he saw his mom's car in the driveway, and guessed that she'd gone up to bed. "Kyle," he said. "Kyle?" he repeated.

"Hmmm?"

"Come on, let's go to bed."

Kyle opened a sleepy eye and yawned. "Do you want to finish the movie?"

"Nah, let's just get to bed." He took Kyle's hand and led them upstairs to his room. They snuggled down into bed and Jason leaned in to kiss Kyle. As Kyle kissed him back, notably harder than what had been initiated, Jason felt his boyfriend's hands sneak up his shirt and run softly along his sides. He shivered.

Kyle rolled them over so that he was on top of Jason. "Did you lock your door?"

"Yeah," Jason whispered. He shifted so Kyle could take his shirt off. He wasn't quite sure what Kyle had been dreaming about during their nap, but he knew he wanted those dreams to happen more often. He was finding TakeCharge!Kyle ridiculously hot. He tried to bring his arms up to hold Kyle, but Kyle pinned them down.

"No," he said, leaning down to kiss Jason's neck.

This is awesome, Jason thought.


Jason woke up cold the next morning, which meant Kyle was in the shower already. He groaned, hating his boyfriend's early bird tendencies. He was contemplating joining his boyfriend when his mom knocked at the door.

"Jason?"

"Yeah!" he squeaked, pulling the blankets up to his chin in case she came in. He was still naked….

"The social worker just called. He's on hisway over, so if you could get going that would be great."

"Right."

Kyle walked in a few moments later. "Morning," he said, smiling.

"Hey," Jason said, finally sitting up. "Going somewhere?" He looked Kyle over. His boyfriend was already dressed and seemed to be looking for his keys.

"Well, the social worker's coming over," Kyle said, as if that explained anything.

"Yeah…?"

"I figured I'd give you guys some time. Besides, he or she may not…you know…" he pointed to himself, then to Jason.

"I told you, the judge is coo…"

"I know the judge is cool, but the social worker may not be." Kyle folded the towel he'd been using and stuck his toothbrush in the mesh pocket of his duffle bag. "I'll be at Nelson's whenever this person leaves."

"If you think you need to…." Jason frowned. He'd been hoping Kyle would be there to keep him from screwing anything up.

"You'll be fine. You're great with Missy, and anyone with half a brain can see that."

Jason smiled, but was still nervous as Kyle hoisted his bag onto his shoulder. "Alright. I'll come over after we're done here."

"Sounds good," Kyle said. He gave Jason a kiss and left his room.

Jason rolled out of bed and grabbed his towel, heading for the shower.


"How has your internship been this year, Jason?"

They were sitting at the table having coffee. Nate, the social worker, had been going over the procedure so far, but now he was just talking to them.

"Really great, actually. I wasn't sure if I wanted to go into coaching after school, so it's been good for making this decision."

"So you like it?"

"Love it. I can't picture myself doing anything else. I think I'm going to major in history, and get a coaching endorsement, so I can teach too."

"That sounds like a great plan. Well, would you like to give me the tour? And then I can meet Melissa."

"Sure," Jason said, getting up from the table.

He took them through the house. Mostly his mom talked to Nate, and every so often would ask Jason a question. Melissa was playing in her room when they came in.

"Missy, say hi to Mr. Nate," Jason told her.

"Hi!" Melissa said, and went right back to playing.

"Do you want to help us give him a tour of the house?" their mom asked.

"No, Mommy. Surgeon Barbie has to operate on Sunshine Bear in five minutes, and she needs to review his chart."

Nate chuckled. "Wants to be a doctor?"

"Today," Jason said as they left her to playing. "Yesterday she wanted to be an Airbender. Avatar, it's a show on Nickelodeon," Jason added, seeing Nate's confused look.

"Oh, I see. Well, that just leaves your room."

Jason pushed his door open and the three of them walked in. He had no idea where the thought came from, but suddenly he was glad Nelson hadn't been over and left any gay porn. The thought made him chuckle.

"What?" Nate asked with a smile.

"Just thinking about…well, how weird this is. Do you have to do this every day?"

"Not every day. It's a lot more paperwork than anything. Who's this?" He picked up a picture on Jason's desk.

Jason groaned inwardly. He'd forgotten. "That's Kyle. He's my boyfriend."

"You're gay?"

"Er…bi. Yeah."

Nate said nothing, but placed the picture back on the desk. "Does he go to your school?"

"No, he's at Princeton."

"Really? Wow. Okay, I'm done snooping," he said, smiling again at them. "If you want, we can go back downstairs and talk some more."


"Did he seem cool?" Kyle asked.

"I guess. He didn't freak out when he saw our picture on my desk," Jason said. He tossed another peeled potato into the pan. "When are Nelson and Manny getting here?"

"Should be here in a few minutes. They were still talking to Dr. Max when I left."

"What do you think of him?"

"I think he's alright. It doesn't seem like he's trying too hard for Nelson's approval, but he's really…mindful of Nelson's feelings, I guess is how I'd put it."

"Good. Hand me the green salsa."

"I don't think it'll ever be…you know, like a father-son relationship between them, but I think Nelson likes him."

"Well, if Dr. Max pays any attention to him at all it'll be a one up from Nelly's current situation."

"Why do you still call him that?" Kyle asked, laughing.

"Because he calls me Ms. Jay…." Jason grinned and tossed a piece of potato peel at him. "Anyway, I have a favor to ask you…."

"What's up?"

"Nate, the social worker, told us the judge should be able to make a decision in the next couple weeks. I…er…well, I'd feel better about facing it if you were here. I understand if you can't, I know that's a bit of a trip and everything—"

"When is the hearing?"

"At earliest, the 30th of this month. At latest, April 15th or 16th."

"I'll try to make it back. If I can't be there that day, I'll come home that weekend."

Jason smiled, relieved. "Thanks."

"Are you worried?" Kyle asked quietly.

"Extremely. I don't think he'll give Missy to my dad, but I don't know."

Kyle wrapped his arms around him and kissed his shoulder. "Don't panic over it. It'll work out."

Jason leaned a little into Kyle as he made dinner. He hoped his boyfriend was right.

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