A/N: Thanks for your support.

Chapter Three

Stef had Lena pinned to the couch, they weren't kissing, it wasn't sexual; it couldn't be. Lena couldn't be taken when her little brother was at home. They were actually fighting over the tv remote.

"Stef, no," Lena said as Stef began to tickle her. "Stef!"

What neither of them realized is that the remote had fallen on the ground and Skylar came out and switched it to the Ohio State game.

When they realized what happened, Stef then gave the boy a high five, this is exactly what she wanted and then she saw him go to the guide and switched it to some documentary that Lena needed to watch for one of her classes that started in about five minutes, he hit the record button, and then went back to the Ohio State game.

When Lena looked over at her brother, he shrugged and said, "If you look on social media for the next several hours it's like watching spoilers for your favorite show here in California when it's already appeared on the East Coast. You can watch your boring documentary later when Stef and I go to the batting cages."

"Yeah," Stef said as she raised her arm. "You could sit here and cuddle with me though."

Lena rolled her eyes and cuddled into her girlfriend, "Fine," she playfully muttered. "You two are lucky I love you."

"We love you too," they both said in unison.

Lena settled back into Stef's embrace, it had been two weeks since that night where Skylar left, came back, and broke down. It hadn't been the easiest two weeks, but the three of them were trying to find a routine.

They sat in silence as the game started, sometimes both Stef and Skylar would yell at the television.

During a commercial break, Skylar got up, "I'm gonna get something to drink, anybody want anything?" He asked on his way to the kitchen.

"Yeah, a beer," Stef said. "And no, you can't have one."

"You know me too well," Skylar called back. "What about you Lena?"

"I'm good honey, thank you." She said from her spot in Stef's arms.

Skylar's phone then vibrated on the coffee table in front of the couple, "Somebody text you," Lena called.

"Who is it?" Skylar said pouring himself a glass of lemonade.

"Danielle Worthington?" Lena called in in a question.

"Oh, she's a friend from school." He said coming back into the room, handing the can of beer to Stef and sitting down grabbing his phone.

Little did he know that Stef and Lena were sharing a proud look with each other; they knew for Skylar making friends isn't easy. So the fact that he made one within the first semester made them proud.

"A friend?" Stef asked.

"Yes, just a friend," he said knowing that Danielle is a girl and that might mean other things.

"That's great honey," Lena said. "Really."

A few minutes passed by before Stef asked, "Is she cute?"

Skylar looked over his shoulder at Stef and glared at her, "Stef," he groaned. "You know I don't look at people like that."

It was true. Even back in Ohio Skylar never looked at a person solely based on their looks. It was never hard for him to make friends in Ohio because that's where he was born and raised, but here in Los Angeles it was a little harder for him to.

Stef smiled and threw the couch pillow at him and said, "Yeah, I know."

"Well, I'm proud of you," Lena said. "Making new friends in a new city is hard."

"Thanks sissy," he said softly.

Lena smiled as both Stef and Skylar's eyes traveled back to the television as Ohio State made a touchdown and both of them jump up and gave each other a high five as Lena rolled her eyes at the two of them, but smiling because they were bonding.

"Hey Ace," Danielle called from down the hall two mornings later.

She started calling him that because he seemed to get A's on just about everything.

Skylar looked over his shoulder and smiled, "Hey," he said with a small smile. "Did you do the chem assignment?"

"Yeah," she said. "I take it you did."

"I had to leave the house to give my sister and her girlfriend some alone time, but yeah." He said opening his locker and putting the textbooks he didn't need out and the ones he needed in his backpack.

"Like how does that conversation go?" She asked. "Does your sister just come up to you and say, 'hey, I'm super turned on right now, so could you get lost for awhile while I have my girlfriend take care of that for me?' Like seriously, how does it work?"

"We have a code word. If they're feeling particularly frisky, one of them comes up to me and just says code red. Like, 'if you don't get out of here within the next five minutes, you'll be scared for life.' I'm afraid one day I'm going to walk in on them doing it somewhere other than their bed."

"Woah, well seriously, if you ever need a place to hide, you have my number." She said.

"Sounds good," he says as he shuts his locker. "Well, I'll see you in chem."

"Definitely," she said. "Partner?"

"You better believe it." He said as he walked off in the opposite direction and then was cornered by four guys from the football team when he turned the corner.

"So we meet again," the quarterback said. "You're still here Ohio boy?"

"Will be until I graduate," he shot back trying to get passed them. "Don't you four have class?"

"We will," the linebacker said from behind him. "After we're done here."

The four spent the next couple of minutes throwing him down to the ground and beating him up, by the time he got to his next class he was limping a little and was lost in his thoughts.

Why am I the one being beat up?

Back in Ohio, this would never happen.

What am I doing wrong?

"Mr. Adams," his teacher called, he looked up to see that the class was over.

Had he been lost in his thoughts all class period?

"Sorry sir," he said packing up his things. "It won't happen again."

"Are you okay?" He asked. "You don't seem like yourself today."

"Just having an off day," the boy said. "I'll be fine tomorrow."

"Okay," the teacher said. "Have a great rest of your day, Mr. Adams."

"You too, Mr. Nolan." He said walking out of the room trying not to limp even if his ankle was in a lot of pain.

When Lena got home that afternoon, Stef wasn't home yet, but she heard music coming from Skylar's room.

She went to his room to do a check in, "Hey," she said knocking on the door seeing her brother curled in bed. "May I come in?"

"Sure," Skylar said with his back turned towards her. He quickly and discreetly wiped away his tears from his face.

"Why are you in bed?" Lena asked curiously.

"I didn't sleep well last night," he said, "so, I'm tired."

Which wasn't a lie, he hadn't slept well since the night he slept between Stef and Lena and he wouldn't admit to that. They made him feel safe, especially Stef.

But, that's not why he's in bed. He's in bed because he's in pain and he didn't want his sister and her soon-to-be-a-police-officer girlfriend to see that and get worried. Especially Stef.

"Well do you mind if we have a big sister-little brother cuddle session?" Lena asked hopeful.

Skylar smiled, "Sure," he said. "I'd like that."

Lena kicked off her shoes and pulled him into her, so his head was resting on her chest. Lena ran her hand through his short, curly hair.

"You remember the last time I held you like this?" Lena asked.

Skylar chuckled, "Katie had just broken up with me because I was moving here," he said.

Flashback.

"How was your date with Katie?" Lena asked as her brother came in and sat down.

Skylar put his head on Lena's shoulder, "Okay," he said.

"Just okay?" She asked wrapping an arm around him.

He started to pick at the hem of Lena's jeans and said softly, "She broke up with me."

"What? Why?" Lena asked soothingly.

"Because I'm moving," he said.

Lena sighed and then got up and extended her hand to him, "C'mon, let's go in my room to cuddle." She said.

"Where's Stef?" He asked taking his sister's hand.

"Dealing with her parents," she said leading her brother into her room.

He kicked off his shoes and got into his sister's bed and placed his head on her chest, "Shouldn't you be ready to hold her when she comes back?" He asked.

"I think I can hold you both," she said running her hand soothingly through his short curly locks. "Wanna tell me what you're thinking?" She asked after a few minutes.

"I actually fell in love with her," he said. "Sounds stupid, right? Because I'm so young?"

"I started to fall in love with Stef when I was 16," she said. "So it doesn't sound stupid to me."

"Thanks sissy," he murmured.

Lena kissed his forehead and said, "I love you."

"I love you too," he murmured.

The two lied there for the rest of the afternoon and when Stef came in with pizza, she put the box on Lena's desk, and got on the other side of Skylar, and cuddled with them both.

Flashback Ended.

"It was the first time you and Stef made me feel safe," he said resting his chin on Lena's chest.

"We make you feel safe?" Lena asked.

"Mhm," Skylar said. "Especially Stef," he said surprising himself that he was admitting all of this out loud.

"We're glad," Lena said kissing his forehead.

The Adams siblings fell into a peaceful silence until Stef came home, "I have good news," the future police officer sung as she walked through the apartment trying to find her girlfriend.

"I'm in Skylar's room baby," she called out as Skylar buried his face into Lena's chest.

Stef poked her head in, "Oh hey kiddo," she said. "I'm surprised you're home."

Skylar just stuck his thumb up and didn't say anything, "What's your good news baby?" Lena asked as Stef sat on the edge of the boy's bed.

"I have a foot in the door to be apart of the LAPD." She said with a huge smile.

That made Skylar pop his head up, "Really?" The Adams siblings said in unison.

"Mhm," she said. "I won't know until the end of the year, but nonetheless, I'm pretty excited."

"Congratulations baby," Lena sat up a little to kiss her girlfriend.

"Yeah, congratulations Stef," Skylar said nestling further into Lena.

"Thanks," she beamed and then something dawned on her; Skylar didn't seek out physical contact unless it was forced or something was wrong, "What's wrong little man?" She then asked.

"I didn't sleep well last night, so I'm tired." He answered.

"Well now I know why it was hard to get you out of bed this morning," the blonde said. "Can I squeeze on the other side?" She asked as she kicked off her shoes. The Adams siblings shifted over as Stef climbed over them to cuddle on his other side, "This is nice," Stef said once she got settled.

"Yeah, it is," the Adams siblings said at the same time.

It seemed like a normal Wednesday for Stef; she was out on patrol with a LAPD officer and they were patrolling the neighborhood near Skylar's school.

"So I hear that there's a possibility that you'll be joining us at the LAPD next year," the officer said.

Stef nodded, "Yeah, I'm hoping, my partner is hoping to finish her doctorate at UCLA, so I'd like to stay local for her." She said.

The officer nodded, "How long have you two been together again?" He asked.

"Six years," Stef answered. "Officially, there was like the last six months of us being 16 that we were trying to figure things out."

"Yeah, I think my daughter is trying to figure things out herself." He answered. "My wife and I wouldn't bat an eye at it, but we'd like her to come to us, y'know?"

Stef nodded, "I wish my parents were just as understanding," she said. "I lived with my partner and her family during my senior year because her mom didn't want me living in my car."

"So I take it they don't bat an eye at it?" He asked.

"Uh," she swallowed, "they didn't. They passed away several months ago. Were hit by a drunk driver."

"Oh right," he said. "You mentioned something like that," he remembered during one of the first patrols that Stef did with him. "You have her brother living with you now?"

"Yeah," she answered. "He actually goes to the prep school in this area."

"MacArthur?" He asked and she nodded, "How can you guys afford that? My daughter goes there and if my wife wasn't a doctor, I'm not sure how we'd afford it."

"Their parents left them a pretty big inheritance," Stef said. "And I guess they invested in some dot com, so the Adams family is pretty wealthy."

"Wow," he said. "So you're really like a parent, huh?"

"Somewhat," she said. "He's a pretty well behaved kid."

They fell into somewhat of a silence before they saw a group of kids around the corner from MacArthur, "What are these kids doing?" The officer mumbled.

"It looks like a fight," Stef said.

"Alright, let's go break it up." He asked parking the patrol car. Both of them got out of the car and went towards the group of kids, "Hey, break it up." He yelled with authority in his voice.

"Cops," one of the boys yelled, "go, go."

All the kids scattered leaving the beat up boy on the ground and Stef went to go see if the kid was okay, but she wasn't prepared to see what she saw.

"Skylar," she breathed.

End of the Chapter: This was just a filler chapter; that's why it's shorter than the last. It'll pick up from here in the next chapter and Stef will deal with it.