Chapter 4
“Chris!” Sebastian calls out downstairs. “Scarlett is coming over in a couple hours.” He says, walking down the stairs carrying Sabrina. “Could you go out to the store and get a few things?”
Scarlett has yet to actually visit them and see Sabrina, as she's been in L.A. for one of her modeling shoots, and she just got back a few days ago, so now she's coming over to visit. Sebastian has to admit that he was a little disappointed that Scarlett couldn't make it to see them earlier, but he understands that she couldn't make it because of her work.
At least she's coming over now though, and Sebastian feels as though that's the main thing. Now if only his mother can make it over from Romania soon.
“What do I need to go and get?” Chris asks, walking over to Sebastian, as Sebastian makes his way into the living room with Sabrina in his arms.
“I'll write you a list.” Sebastian promises him, before handing Sabrina over to Chris. “Hold onto Sabrina while I write you a list, okay?”
Chris simply nods, taking Sabrina from Sebastian carefully before following him into the kitchen, where Sebastian sits down at the table with a piece of paper and a pen, before he begins writing down a list of what they need.
“More diapers already?” Chris asks, as he looks through the list once Sebastian hands it to him. “Dammit, Sabrina has already gone through so many in a short amount of time.” He says, handing Sabrina back over to Sebastian.
“Chris, you know babies go through a lot of diapers.” Sebastian says, wincing a little as Sabrina grabs onto his hair and tugs on it. “Bina, no.” He sighs, carefully removing his hair from Sabrina’s hand. “Mommy's hair is not to be pulled on.”
Chris glances over at Sebastian at that. “It's not?” He asks. “But you like it wh-” He starts, but the glare Sebastian sends him is enough to make him shut up. “Okay, so is this all that we need?” He asks, changing the subject.
“Yeah, it should be.” Sebastian nods, looking at the list once just to double check, before looking down at the floor as something bumps into his legs. “Right, we need more cat food.” He says, as he finds that it was Muffy who bumped up against his legs. “I forgot to add that onto the list.”
Glancing down at the cat at Sebastian's feet, Chris finds that Muffy seems to be glaring at him. Chris swears that cat hates his guts, unless he's got something for him, then he turns into his friend.
“Alright, what brand of cat food should I get him?” Chris asks.
“Anything will do.” Sebastian says. “He eats whatever anyway.” He points out, before looking over towards the stairs as both Taissa and Emma come running into the room.
“Is aunty Scar coming over, mommy?” Taissa asks.
Sebastian nods. “Yes, in a couple hours, sweetheart.” He says. “But first your father needs to go off to the shop to get a few things for when aunty Scar comes round.”
“Can I go with you, daddy?” Taissa asks, turning to Chris.
“I don't see why not.” Chris shrugs. “Emma, do you want to come with us, or stay home with mommy?” He ask, looking over at Emma.
“Stay with mommy.” Emma says, moving closer to Sebastian.
At that, Chris nods, before turning to Taissa. “Go get ready and we can go off to the shop then, Tai.” He says, before Taissa is going off upstairs to get ready.
“You may want to help her with that, Chris.” Sebastian says, before he heads off into the living room with Sabrina.
Chris nods, before following behind Taissa to help her get ready to go to the store.
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“Daddy! Can we get these?” Taissa asks, running over to Chris’s side, carrying a bag of candy.
“Tai, we don't need any candy.” Chris sighs, taking the bag from Taissa, who pouted up at him. “Sorry, Tai. You gotta take that up with your mother. He doesn't want you and Emma eating lots of sugar.” He says.
“What about Sabrina?” Taissa asks, crossing her arms over her chest, as she stares up at her father. “And why is mommy allowed chocolate if me and Emma can't?”
“Sabrina is much too little to eat sugar, so of course she can't have any either.” Chris says. “Mommy's allowed chocolate, cause he's bigger than you both. And it's better that he has his chocolate right now anyway.” Chris adds, grabbing a couple king size blocks of chocolate off the shelf and placing them in the trolley.
Sebastian is still suffering what he likes to call post child birthing syndrome, and during this time he just wants to eat as much chocolate as he can. After two other pregnancies aside from this recent one, Chris knows that this so called post child birthing syndrome is a load of bullshit, and he knows very well that Sebastian just wants an excuse to eat chocolate. Then again, there might be something Sebastian kinda does suffer after he gives birth, but Chris hasn't really seen that since after Taissa was born.
Though, Chris honestly wouldn't even dare taking away chocolate from Sebastian at this time anyway, especially not when Sebastian’s hormones are still a mess right now. Chris just decides to go along with it, instead of denying Sebastian his chocolate.
“No. If we can't have candy, then mommy can't have chocolate.” Taissa says, reaching into the trolley on her tippy toes and grabbing out the chocolate that Chris had just put in there, and puts it back on the shelf.
Stubborn little omega, just like her mother. Chris thinks. Honestly, Chris blames both of the girls stubbornness on Sebastian, as Sebastian can be rather stubborn at times. Though, he doubts that stubbornness is actually possible to be inherited.
“Taissa, do you really want your mother to be all cranky cause he doesn't have his chocolate around this time?” Chris asks. “You really don't want to make your mother all cranky, do you?”
“No.” Taissa shakes her head. “But if we can't have candy, then mommy can't have any chocolate.” She insists.
Chris sighs, frowning a little. Really there's not a win win situation with this. As if he gets Taissa and Emma some candy, then Sebastian will be a little annoyed, and if he doesn't get Sebastian his chocolate, he'll get an earful from Sebastian.
Oh, how he's beginning to regret taking Taissa to the store with him. Though, at least Emma is still at home, as he doesn't want to have to try and deal with them both in the store complaining that they can't have any candy.
“Okay, fine.” Chris sighs, giving in, and grabbing the cheapest bag of candy that he can find, as well as a couple king size blocks of chocolate for Sebastian. “I'll get you and Emma a bag of candy, but if you want any of it, you have to ask me or your mother, okay?” He says.
“Okay!” Taissa says, before they're going off down a different isle.
“Now, what wine is it that Sebastian and Scarlett like.” Chris mutters, looking through the shelves of wine, trying to figure out which one it is that Sebastian and Scarlett usually have. Nine months with Sebastian not drinking any alcohol, definitely has Chris not remembering which brand of wine Sebastian likes.
Grabbing the list out of his pocket, finding that it just says whichever is cheapest with the wine. At least that makes it a bit easier, but Chris still doesn't know which one he should get. Eventually he just settles on buying the cheapest bottle he can find, before he's grabbing a box of beer for himself. Anthony might be turning up, so he might as well get some beer for the two of them.
“Now, what else do we need?” Chris mutters, looking through the list, before he and Taissa are off to get everything else that they need to buy.
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“Okay, I think we got everything.” Chris says, once he's set each of the shopping bags down on the table in the kitchen. “I didn't know which wine to get you and Scar, so I just got the cheapest I could find.”
“That's fine, Chris.” Sebastian says, looking through each of the bags. “Chris, why did you get a bag of candy?” He asks. “That wasn't on the list.”
“Well, Taissa wanted to get it.” Chris starts. “And when I told her no, she said that if she and Emma can't get and candy, then you can't get any chocolate.” He says. “I just got it to avoid any arguments.”
Sebastian raises an eyebrow at that. “Really?” He asks, grabbing the bag of candy out of the shopping bag. “Well, I guess we can let it slide this time.” He shrugs. “Plus, the girls only occasionally having candy isn't too bad.”
“True.” Chris says. “Also, Anthony texted saying that he may come over, so I got him and myself a box of beer, since you and Scar have your wine.” He adds.
Sebastian just nods, before he starts packing everything away into the fridge and pantry. He also puts out some cat biscuits in Muffy's bowl since he's running low.
“Chris, can you go check on Sabrina?” Sebastian asks. “She's upstairs in her room. I just put her down to bed after feeding her, and can you just check if she's still asleep?”
Chris nods, before heading off upstairs, leaving Sebastian in the kitchen to put everything away. Thankfully Chris didn't forget anything this time, or get too many extra items that weren't on the list that Sebastian had given him. Some stuff were the wrong brand though, but that's not too big of a problem.
Once Sebastian has put everything away, he grabs two wine glasses out of the cabinet, which seemed to be collecting a bit of dust as they haven't been used in months. Quickly and carefully Sebastian cleans the dust off them, before setting them on the bench away from the edge for when Scarlett turns up.
Then again, maybe leaving the wine glasses out on the bench isn't such a good idea. Sebastian realizes that, as Muffy's jumps up onto the bench next to him. The last time a wine glass got broken in this house was from Muffy knocking it off the table, and Sebastian doesn't really want any more broken wine glasses. Especially not when they already don't have a lot of them.
“Get off the bench, boy.” Sebastian sighs, looking over at the ginger cat that's sitting on the bench and staring right at him. “Muffy, I don't want you getting any fur on the bench, or knocking these glasses over, so hop down.”
When Muffy doesn't go to jump off the bench, Sebastian has no choice but to pick the stubborn cat up and place him down on the floor. Even though Muffy doesn't go to jump back up onto the bench, he decides that he's going to now annoy Sebastian by walking around and through his legs.
“Oi, Muffy. What do you want, boy?” Sebastian asks, trying to avoid tripping over the cat. “You've got biscuits in your bowl. What else do you want?”
Muffy just meows up at Sebastian at that, before running over to the fridge.
“I already gave you a bowl of milk earlier.” Sebastian sighs, shaking his head a little as he walks over to the fridge and taking the milk out, before pouring a bit in Muffy's bowl. “There. You're not having anymore for the rest of the day, so don't even try getting Chris to give you some.”
When Muffy doesn't reply - not like Sebastian really expected him to reply anyway - Sebastian walks back over to the bench, and grabs both of the wine glasses, as he tries to figure out where he's going to put them till Scarlett shows up. Hopefully it won't be too long till she shows up, as Sebastian really wants to see her, and he really wants her to finally meet Sabrina. Scarlett is the only one out of their friends who has yet to see Sabrina, and Sebastian just really wants her to hurry up and show up.
“Okay, Sabrina is still asleep.” Chris starts, walking into the kitchen, carrying both Taissa and Emma in his arms. “These two on the other hand, are not.” He says, referring to both Taissa and Emma, who were both giggling.
“Daddy! Put us down!” Taissa giggles, hitting her father on the back.
Sebastian can't help but laugh at the three of them. Chris holding both Taissa and Emma under his arms, while both girls are laughing and hitting him on the back for him to put them both down on the floor.
“So, how long till Scarlett gets here?” Chris asks, setting both Taissa and Emma down onto the floor.
“I'm not too sure.” Sebastian says, setting the wine glasses back down on the bench. “She shouldn't be too long though.” He shrugs. “What about Anthony? How long till he gets here?”
“Honestly, he'll probably just show up whenever.” Chris says, before glancing out the window into the backyard. “I'm gonna take the girls outside for a bit till Scarlett gets here.” He decides.
Sebastian nods at that. “That sounds like a good idea.” He says. “You go take them outside, I'll just wait in here incase Sabrina wakes up.”
Chris nods in agreement at that, before taking both Taissa and Emma outside into the backyard for a bit.
Sebastian on the other hand, makes his way into the living room, and sits down on the couch. What to do now? Sebastian thinks, before glancing at the baby monitor on the coffee table in front of him. Grabbing it, he checks to see if it's turned on, and when he finds that it is turned on, he sets it back down on the coffee table.
Laying back on the couch, Sebastian just stares up at the ceiling. He'd be lying if he said that he wasn't tired right now, as he is fucking tired right now. Even though Sabrina is a generally rather quiet baby, there are still some nights where both Chris and Sebastian will find themselves pretty much having sleepless nights because of Sabrina.
But, in the end all these sleepless nights are worth it, and Sebastian is sure as hell willing to go through all the sleepless nights to raise and extend his family.
He knows that Chris feels as though it's all worth it also, but in a way, Chris doesn't have it quite as hard as Sebastian does.
So with all these sleepless nights, it comes as no surprise to Sebastian, that he ends up falling asleep on the couch, for a short, but much needed rest.