"Luigi…I'm-a not going to do-a this with-a you anymore unless you promise you won't-a hurt Marni." Pavi said, looking up at Luigi and glaring. He groaned a little as his older brother ignored him and kept going. "I'm not-a kidding, I will tell-a someone what you're-a doing and you'll-a go down."

"The only one going down will be you, tomorrow night, same time, same place." Luigi chuckled a little at his own play on words.

"It's-a not funny, Luigi, I really will tell-a someone if-a you ever hurt Marni." Pavi frowned, looking back at his older brother.

"Whatever, slut, just shut up and bite the pillow." Luigi sneered.

Pavi shot Luigi a look of pure hatred, but leaned down and bit the pillow just like he was told. Humiliated and degraded, Pavi took it quite well, though his body ached and he was sure his hips were bruising as Luigi's hips hit them. Luigi was feeling much better than Pavi was, he was in charge, he had all the cards and controlled everything about Pavi in his opinion. Nothing could ruin this moment until the door creaked open.

"Pavi!?" a soft gasp came from the doorway. Pavi couldn't have felt any worse if he tried, because there stood Mag, watching in horror. Pavi immediately felt humiliated like he shouldn't be enjoying this. He'd never felt worse in his life, he was sure this would ruin his friendship with Mag and besides Marni; she was the only friend he had.

Mag just stood there, looking disgusted and hurt. How could Pavi just allow Luigi to do this to him? Mag couldn't imagine ever being more disgusted and betrayed by someone than she felt right now. She glared and turned to leave. When Pavi tried to pull back from biting the pillow to explain, Luigi pushed his head right back down on it. When Luigi did that, Mag bolted down the hallway, wishing to god she could erase that memory from her mind, wishing she could gouge her new eyes, just so she could pretend she'd never seen that.

When Luigi finally finished up and let Pavi go, Pavi ran off to look for Mag. He was unsure where he'd find her, so he tried his own room first, pausing in the doorway to remember Marni helping him every night with his homework. When he'd wasted a few minutes there, he headed off to Carmella's room; he peeked inside only to find Carmella sleeping peacefully and all alone. Pavi walked in quietly and gently stroked her hair off her face, kissing her on the head before walking out. Now that Marni was gone, the responsibility to read to Carmella fell on Pavi's shoulders. Finally, he decided to venture into forbidden territory. He tiptoed quietly to Rotti's room, opened the door a crack and poked his head in. Rotti was asleep and Mag was no where to be found. Pavi shuddered as he imagined the things Marni went through in this room, the beatings for only telling the truth to Rotti, the unsatisfying, cold, mechanical sex after she realized she no longer loved him, the arguments over Pavi's future…Pavi felt like all of that was his fault, but he didn't dwell on it more than a minute.

Mag had been sitting on the bed in Marni's old room for quite a while, thinking on her life and on how what she'd just seen made her feel. She thought back on her own experienced and slowly felt herself curl into a little ball and begin to cry. She remembered the pain, the fear, the humiliation. How could anyone WANT to subject themselves to that by willingly giving themselves to the person who did it to them? She lay there for a long time, just curled into a ball, sobbing like a frightened child until finally, the door to the room opened and in walked Pavi.

"Mag, can-a we talk?" Pavi asked, looking at her timidly. He felt terrible. This was all his fault, he'd probably brought back bad memories for Mag by letting her catch him and Luigi. He should have insisted the door be locked, he should have told Luigi he'd do it another night when Mag wasn't around. Mag shook her head and turned away from Pavi. "Please-a?" Pavi put a hand on her shoulder.

"NO!" Mag shouted. "Don't touch me!"

Pavi backed off and put his hands up in surrender. "I'm-a sorry, Mag, I didn't mean-a to upset you…Why are-a you so upset? I….I wanted it this-a time."

"That's WHY I'm upset, Pavi, no one should go crawling back to the person who violated them, not for any reason, no matter what." Mag replied. She had half a mind to tell Marni what had happened, but she couldn't bring herself to ruin Pavi's life that way. Without her, Marni was Pavi's only friend and a kid needs friends, or else life gets so unbearable that no one could know what they'd do. " I'm sorry I have to say this, Pavi, but…you…you're a whore. Anyone who would do what you've just done is a whore, Pavi. How many times have you let him?"

"Once a day every day-a since-a Marni left-a him." Pavi replied, looking ashamed. "Even at-a the wedding, we went-a into the bathroom and did it."

"Pavi! How could you!? Even after what he did to you!?"

"Are-a you going to tell-a?"

"What?"

"Are-a you going to tell-a Marni?" Pavi amended.

"No."

"Really?" Pavi asked, smiling. "Wait, why not-a?"

Mag sighed and looked at Pavi with tearful eyes. She couldn't believe what she was about to say, it would probably crush him. But at least he'd still have Marni when it was over. "You know, Pavi, I feel sorry for you that sex is more important to you than your own dignity, but I won't tell Marni, you need a friend now more than ever, but that just can't be me anymore. I'm sorry" and with that, Mag got up and walked out of the room, walking down the stairs and out of the house.

A/N: Sorry this chapter is so short, I just thought it stood better this way.