Chapter 5
Sebastian wasn't sure what the time was when he was woken up from his nap, but he wasn't expecting Scarlett to already be there before he woke up. Chris must've let her in while he was still asleep.
"I was beginning to wonder when you'd wake up." Scarlett says, as she sits on the armrest of the couch that Sebastian is laying on.
Sitting up, Sebastian ducks his head shyly. He definitely wasn't meant to still be sleeping once Scarlett got here, but here he is, only just waking up from his nap, with Scarlett having already arrived. That definitely did not go as planned...
"Sorry." Sebastian yawns, brushing his hair out of his eyes. "I don't really get much of a chance to sleep around here, what with the new baby and all." He apologizes. "And the fact that I've got Chris, Taissa, and Emma to run round after."
Scarlett smiles at him a little, before getting off the armrest and moving closer to Sebastian. She pulls him in for a hug, rubbing a hand round his back a little, as he rests his forehead on her shoulder tiredly.
Sebastian is embarrassed to admit that he is rather tired right now, but considering the circumstances, it's to be expected. Especially when during the week he's the only one home out of him and Chris to look after the girls. Well, at least it's only to look after two of the girls - now at least - since Taissa has school.
"That's completely fine and understandable, Seb." Scarlett says, pulling out of the hug. "Man, I've got no idea how you do it." She shakes her head. "Three kids, and you're only twenty six."
"Honestly, even though it can be hard, I really enjoy it." Sebastian says. "And, I've got no idea what my life would be like without Chris and our girls." He then stops, looking over towards the stairs, as he hears Sabrina crying on the baby monitor sitting on the coffee table. "Speaking of which, one of them has just woken up."
Scarlett gets up off the couch along with Sebastian, as they make their way upstairs to Sabrina's nursery.
"What's wrong, Bina?" Sebastian says, as he picks up the crying alpha girl in his arms, and gently rocks her in his arms slowly. "What's the matter, sweetheart? You hungry?" He asks, feeling round her diaper through her onesie.
Her diaper didn't appear to feel full, thankfully, as Sebastian doesn't really want to have to change it while Scarlett is in the room. But he suspects that she'll need a fresh diaper soon anyway.
"Wow, she's a big girl, isn't she?" Scarlett says, as she moves closer to Sebastian to get a better look at Sabrina. "I knew you had said on the phone that she's big, but I wasn't expecting her to be this big."
Sebastian nods. "Yeah. she's grown a bit more now, but she was a big baby when she was born." He says. "I kinda blame that on her being a week late."
"I'm sorry I couldn't make it over sooner." Scarlett apologizes. "But I had to leave for L.A. the day before you had her." She says.
"It's okay." Sebastian says, looking over at Scarlett. "She was supposed to be born the week before you left, but that didn't end up happening." He shrugs. "It's not your fault."
"I know, but I'm still sorry for not coming round sooner." She says.
Sebastian simply nods, before the two of them are heading back downstairs into the living room.
"Sabrina needs feeding." Sebastian starts. "You don't mind me breastfeeding pretty much in front of you, do you?" He asks.
"Course not." She shakes her head. "You've done it plenty of times in front of me before, and it's not like you've got gigantic tits." She says.
"True." Sebastian nods, as he takes one arm out of the sleeve of his shirt and moves his shirt out of the way to feed Sabrina.
"Doesn't that hurt?" Scarlett asks after awhile.
Sebastian shakes his head. "It just feels a little weird." He admits. "Though, once their teeth start growing, then it can." He says. "It's worth it in the end though." He smiles. "It's all worth it."
******
"So, when are you going to have some kids of your own?" Sebastian asks, once he sets Sabrina back down in her crib after feeding her. "You find any special guy or gal?"
Scarlett laughs a little at that, shaking her head. "Woah, boy." She starts, backing away a little as she throws her hands up in front of her. "I'm only twenty four, and I'm not wanting to be popping any kids out just yet." She says. "And, I haven't even met any decent guy or girl that I feel drawn to just yet."
"Ah, come on. There's gotta be someone that's caught your interest." Sebastian says, as the two of them head off out of Sabrina's nursery and down into the living room.
"Nope." She shakes her head. "I kind of just want to focus on my work for now." She admits. "And whenever the right person comes along, I'll know."
Sebastian nods. "Best way to go, honestly." He says. "Though, it'd be great for Taissa and Emma to have more friends to play with." He then looks over at the coffee table. "Just a minute, I'll go get the wine and some glasses." He says.
Scarlett nods, sitting back on the couch while Sebastian quickly heads off into the kitchen to get the wine and a couple of wine glasses. He's not gonna lie, he's been looking forward to this moment. Nine months of waiting to be exact.
Nine months without being able to drink alcohol, and he's dying to pop open a bottle of wine, or crack open a beer. Now with having three kids in the house - or four if you count Chris - Sebastian is sure that he may need the drink to just chill out and relax.
Though, really the girls don't cause him too much stress, yet. He suspects when they're older there's bound to be some issues. Boy, can he wait till they hit their teen years...
Yes. Yes he can wait.
"Nine months sober, hello alcohol." Sebastian cheers, sitting back down on the couch next to Scarlett. He hands her one of the glasses, before he's filling them both up with wine. "Man, have I missed this." He sighs. "Even if I never really drank that much."
"I think the Sebastian I knew in high school would say different." Scarlett says, sipping at her glass.
"And if I do recall, that Sebastian nearly drove himself off a cliff from drink driving." He reminds her. "And that Sebastian also spent a night in a jail cell." He stops. "I still can not remember how I even ended up in that jail cell in the first place."
"Right..." Scarlett trails off. "Well, you don't drink as much as you used to. That's the main thing."
Sebastian nods, not really wanting to dwell on his reckless teenage years. The years he was in a way, embarrassed to be an omega, and would often try and get into trouble. It's a miracle that he never fell pregnant when he was a teen.
Oh, how he's glad that he's changed for the better, and now he's not embarrassed by the fact that he's an omega.
"Yeah." He nods, sipping at his glass. "It is." He sighs. "And I never want to go back to those ways."
"Don't worry, Seb." Scarlett says, moving closer to him on the couch. "I'm sure there's no possible way that you'd ever go back to those ways." She assures him, hugging him tightly. "Not when you've got three beautiful daughters to care for."
"You're right." Sebastian sighs, hugging her back.
She nods, pulling out of the hug. "Plus, if you ever did, I'd kick your ass." She shrugs.
At that, Sebastian can't help but laugh. There's no denying that Scarlett would kick his ass if he ever did something like that again. She may be smaller and younger than him, but she is only just stronger than him, considering she's a beta, while he's an omega, the rank that's usually the weakest.
"I know you will." Sebastian laughs. "And you're allowed to, since you're my best friend."
"Yup." Scarlett laughs. "And that's what best friends are for."
Oh, how he's got such a sweet best friend.
******
"Chris!" Sebastian calls out as he walks out the back of the house, where Chris is currently keeping both Taissa and Emma entertained. "Anthony is here!." He says.
At that, Chris nods. "Okay, I'll be inside in a minute." He says.
Sebastian nods, before returning back into the living room, where Scarlett and Anthony are both sitting on the couch waiting for Sebastian and Chris.
"Chris will be inside with the girls in a minute." Sebastian says, sitting back down in his spot on the couch next to Scarlett. "There should be some beer in the fridge if you want one, Anthony." He adds, as he grabs his wine glass off the coffee table and takes a sip.
Anthony shakes his head. "Nah, I'll wait till Chris gets in." He says.
"You just can't be bothered going to go get one yourself." Scarlett jokes, taking a sip out of her wine glass.
"Well..." Anthony trails off, chuckling a little as he shakes his head.
"Chris will be going through the kitchen soon anyway, so he'll probably grab a couple out anyway." Sebastian shrugs, before grabbing the baby monitor off the coffee table. "I might just go and check on Sabrina." He says, before setting his glass and the baby monitor back down on the coffee table.
Getting up, Sebastian excuses himself from the room, before he's heading upstairs to check on Sabrina. He knows that she's most likely still sleeping right now, but he might as well go check on her anyway, just in case.
Slowly and carefully so not to wake Sabrina, Sebastian opens the door to Sabrina's nursery to find Sabrina fast asleep in her crib. Thankfully she's not woken up again just yet.
Walking over to the side of the crib, Sebastian smiles down at his little girl sleeping soundly in her bed. Though, he can't help but awe a little, as he notices Muffy curled up asleep in one corner of the crib. He's glad that the big ginger furball doesn't mind there being another baby in the house, and it shouldn't have really came as a surprise to him that Muffy is currently curled up asleep in Sabrina's crib right now. The cat had done the exact same thing when both Taissa and Emma were Sabrina's age.
Quickly, he grabs his phone out of his pocket and snaps a few quick photos of both Sabrina and Muffy asleep in the crib. It's only fair that he takes a couple photos of this, and he is in need of taking more photos of Sabrina to send to his mother anyway, since she hasn't managed to make it over just yet. Though, he thinks she had said something about trying to make it over to see them next month. The girls should be happy to see their grandmother again.
Satisfied that Sabrina is okay, Sebastian makes his way back downstairs and into the living room, to find that Emma is sitting next to Scarlett on the couch. She seemed to be showing Scarlett a picture she frew or something along those lines. Taissa on the other hand, had taken out some of her Monster High dolls that she had left downstairs and was trying to get both Chris and Anthony to play them with her.
"Sabrina all good?" Scarlett asks, looking over at Sebastian, as he sits back down on the couch.
"Yep." Sebastian nods. "She's still asleep." He says, grabbing his wine glass that he's noticed that someone has so kindly topped up for him. "And Muffy is currently curled up asleep in one corner of her crib."
"Your big grump of a cat?" Anthony questions. "Didn't think that old boy would be the type to do that." He says, after Sebastian nods.
"What? Muffy isn't a raging killing machine." Sebastian shakes his head. "He's a lovely cat, even if he is a bit of a grumpy one." He says. "Plus, he'd sleep in both Taissa and Emma's cribs when they were both Sabrina's age."
Chris almost chokes on his beer at that. "A bit?" He asks. "That ginger furball attacked my foot earlier!" He says. "And I didn't even step on his tail or anything. That cat is trying to kill me, I'm sure of it."
"Chris, Muffy isn't trying to kill you." Sebastian sighs. "Cats can just be a bunch of assholes at times."
Sebastian isn't too sure why Chris is so sure that Muffy is trying to kill him, he;s yet to see Muffy do anything to Chris that's not affectionate. Though, most of the times that Muffy is showing affection towards Chris that Sebastian has seen, is when he's after something.
"I wouldn't be so sure, Sea Bass." Anthony starts. "That cat does have one big temper from what I've seen." He says. 'I wouldn't be surprised if he is trying to plot someone's murder."
At that, Sebastian sighs, shaking his head. Now Chris has Anthony on his side, basically agreeing with him that Muffy is an evil cat.
Well, okay. Sebastian has to admit that his cat can be a bit of an asshole, but can't all cats? But it's not like he's actually the spawn of Satan like Chris seems to think he is. Muffy is a lovely cat, even if he may be a bit of an asshole.
"Scar, are you going to back me up on this?" Sebastian asks, turning to Scarlett who's yet to say anything on the matter of his cat. "You don't think that my cat is the spawn of Satan like Chris so strongly believes?"
"Well, I've yet to actually see him when he's in a bad mood, so I really have no opinion over this." She says. "But, Seb. Cat's can be a bunch of assholes." She shrugs. "Though, I'm sure Muffy isn't as bad as Chris makes him out to be."
Sebastian shakes his head a little. At least Scarlett is pretty much on his side in this, even if she doesn't really have an opinion on it. But Muffy certainly isn't as bad as Chris makes him out to be.
"Okay, well next time he attacks me, I'll get it on camera." Chris says. "Then everyone will be able to see how evil that cat is."
"Oh, stop being so dramatic, Chris." Sebastian sighs, shaking his head.
"Yeah, daddy." Taissa agrees. "Muffy isn't evil. He just doesn't like you."
"Oh, well that makes it so much better." Chris jokes, shaking his head. "Why can't we have a dog instead?" He sighs, leaning back against the couch.
Sebastian stares at him. "You know why we can't have a dog just yet, Chris." he sighs. "We've been over it plenty of times."
A dog at the time wouldn't be such a great idea, but it doesn't mean that they won't ever get one. Just with a baby in the house, getting a dog isn't a good idea. Maybe when Sabrina is a bit older, they'll consider getting one. Though, Sebastian has no idea how Muffy will react to a dog wandering round the house. He doesn't really get along that well with other cats - or Chris apparently - so Sebastian has no idea what Muffy will be like if they got a dog.
"Can we get a dog though, mommy?" Taissa asks.
"One day we will." Sebastian assures her. "But not just yet."
Taissa seems satisfied with that answer for now, as she goes back to trying to get her father and Anthony to play with the Monster High dolls with her. For the moment, she's successful with trying to get them to play with the dolls with her, so Emma decides to join in, as she moves away from her spot on Scarlett's lap.
"I am very tempted to join in." Scarlett admits. "It doesn't help that those dolls are gorgeous."
"Yeah." Sebastian nods. "Though, I think we should just leave the alpha men to play with the dolls with the girls for now." He says, sitting back and sipping at his wine. "I wouldn't want to ruin their fun."
"Good point." Scarlett hums, as she too sits back, and just watches as Chris and Anthony entertain both Taissa and Emma.
"All we need to do, is sit back and relax." Sebastian sighs, leaning back on the couch and closes his eyes.
But, they don't stay closed for very long. "Well." He starts as he hears Sabrina crying over the baby monitor. "Sit back and relax until Sabrina wakes up that is."