Chapter 7
"Chris." Sebastian sighs. "Our car definitely isn't big enough for all of us to fit in and go out somewhere tomorrow." He reminds him.
Just minutes before, Chris had suggested to Sebastian that they all go out somewhere for the day tomorrow since Sebastian's mother is here. The only problem is, is that their car is certainly not big enough for all of them. Plus, their car is a piece of crap, and their other one is still sitting in the garage needing to be repaired.
But even then, the other car they've got is still nowhere near big enough for them all.
"I know, Sebastian." Chris says. "That's why I'm looking online for a new car." He says, scrolling through the listings of cars for sale. Cars that will fit them all inside.
So far, Chris couldn't really find any decent ones for sale online. Well, decent ones that'll be big enough for them all anyway - and big enough for future children that they're sure to have - so he keeps on scrolling.
Though, he's beginning to think that maybe he and Sebastian should go to a car dealership place and see what they've got there. He's sure Georgeta won't mind watching the girls for them for a couple hours.
"Do we even have enough for a new car?" Sebastian asks, glancing at the screen.
Chris shrugs. "Well, after this new contracting job I've got this week, we should hopefully have more than enough." He says.
Sebastian frowns at that, folding his arms over his chest. "But, Chris. Don't you usually get the money till after the job is finished?" He asks. He doesn't exactly know when Chris normally gets paid, but he's fairly certain it's usually after he's finished the job. "And it usually takes weeks, months even for you to finish."
Chris knows that Sebastian has a point there, but luckily his boss, Steve Rogers, had informed him that the people that the job is for pay half up front, and then the rest once everything's finished. And also according to Steve, they pay a pretty decent amount of money.
"That may be true, but luckily they're paying half up front, and I've still got some money saved away from that last job I had." He says. "Rogers said that these guys give a decent amount of money up front, then the rest once it's completed."
Sebastian nods. "Alright. And I don't suppose sometime this week you'll be meeting with these people then?" He asks.
Chris nods. "Yeah." He says. "We are. So, we're gonna have to ask your mom if she can watch the girls for us on Tuesday night."
It takes a few seconds for Sebastian to realize that Chris had said we. As in these guys who've hired him want to meet him as well, not just Chris. Honestly though? That's not something that Sebastian really enjoys. He doesn't tend to be that great in those type of situations after all.
"Wait, do I have to go too?" Sebastian asks. "Chris, you know I don't tend to be very good at these things!"
"Come on, Seb." Chris chuckles. "You were fine last time." He points out.
Sebastian crosses his arms over his chest once more, staring down at Chris. "I wasn't really though, Chris." He says. "I was only about two months pregnant with Sabrina then. I felt like I was going to throw up the entire time we were there."
Chris sighs at that, sitting back in his chair, looking up at Sebastian. "Will it make you feel any better to know that Rogers's husband will be attending?"
"I guess so, but it still doesn't really make me want to go." He sighs. "At least they're not expecting us to take the girls with us, as I'm not sure we'll be able to control them while we're out meeting these people, despite how well behaved they are."
It's not the fact that Sebastian will be the only omega there - aside from Chris's boss's husband - that makes him not want to go. That doesn't bother him in the slightest. It's that he barely knows a thing about architecting, so he'll basically just be sitting there with no clue about what they're even talking about. He's not even sure if architecting is even the right word either.
At least Bucky - Mr. Rogers's husband - doesn't really know much about it either, so Sebastian isn't alone on not knowing what the others will be talking about.
"Okay, so have you found any decent cars that we could buy?" Sebastian asks after awhile, as he sits down at the table next to Chris. "Or, maybe we should just go out to a car dealers or whatever it's called."
"That's probably the best option, going out to a car dealership place." Chris says. "I haven't really found much decent ones online." He says, sitting back. "Your mom will have to watch the girls while we go out though."
Sebastian nods. "Of course." He says. "I'm sure she won't mind about that." He says, getting up. "I'll just go tell her what's going on."
Walking off into the living room, Sebastian finds his mother sitting on the couch with Taissa and Emma. The girls seemed to have gotten their grandmother to play with their My Little Ponies with them, and Sebastian couldn't help but love seeing his two oldest daughters interacting with his mother, whom the girls don't really get to see as much as Chris's mother.
"Mom." Sebastian starts. "Do you mind watching the girls for a couple hours?" He asks. "Chris and I just need to go out for a bit."
"Of course, dear." Georgeta says. "Where are you boys off to?" She asks.
Sebastian shrugs. "We're just going to head out to find a new car." He says. "The two we have now are too small, and one of them broke down months ago."
Georgeta nods. "Alright." She says. "I'll watch the girls for you." She promises. "Is Sabrina still asleep right now?"
"Yeah." Sebastian nods. "If she wakes up, there's a fresh bottle of breastmilk in the fridge for her. I only just, well, pumped some out for her." He says, feeling a little embarrassed at telling his mother that. "I'm sure you still remember what to do?"
"Of course." She says. "And there's no need to feel embarrassed about using the pump, sweetheart." She adds, seemingly able to sense her son's embarrassment at telling her he used one of those pumps to pump out breastmilk for Sabrina.
"I know, and thanks." Sebastian says. "Chris and I'll be back in a couple hours." He nods, before heading back into the kitchen where Chris is packing his laptop away.
"Your mom watching the girls for us?" Chris asks, looking over at Sebastian.
Sebastian nods. "Yup." He says. "Now, let's get ready to go out and finally get a new car."
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"Chris, I like this one." Sebastian says, getting Chris's attention. "It's big enough for us all, plus any future kids we have." He says, as Chris makes his way over to him.
Chris nods, examining the car. It had a back row of seats, and a middle row of seats as well as the driver and passengers seats. It looked big enough for them all at this point in their lives. Nice and tidy too.
"Alright." Chris nods, placing his hands on his hips. "You think we should get this one?"
Sebastian nods. "Yup."
"Alright, well I'll go and see if I can find anyone about purchasing this car and all the paperwork for it." Chris says. "You wait here."
And so, about half an hour later, Chris is pulling into the driveway of their house with their new car - or, van really - while Sebastian is following along behind in their old shitty car.
Oh how Sebastian is glad that he won't have to use their shitty old car as much anymore. Well, he'll still have to use it, just not as often anymore.
Parking up the car, Sebastian is quick to get out of it, and walk over to Chris, who's just getting out of their new one.
"How is it?" Sebastian asks. "It drives good, right?" He questions.
Chris nods, patting the door of the van on the drivers side. "It drives brilliantly." He says. "Also, it's got cup holders!" He adds. "None of our other cars have had cup holders before!"
Sebastian has to mentally stop himself from getting too excited at that. Now he's actually got something to sit his coffee down in when he goes to Starbucks - or any coffee shop that does coffee to go for that matter - after dropping Taissa off at school, or when he's finished getting the groceries. No longer does he have to just set his coffee down on the passenger's seat on one of those cup holder tray things, and hope it doesn't tip over.
Also, now that this new car is much bigger than their other crappy car, there's a lot more room to put all the groceries. And damn, do they spend quite a bit on groceries every week from the amount of stuff they have to buy. Two hundred dollars or more on groceries a week, and now they have much more room to put everything. And there's definitely a lot of stuff they buy during their weekly grocery shop.
Granted a lot of the stuff they buy while out grocery shopping is on sale, or the price has been reduced. Sebastian just loves finding all the cheap items at the grocery store.
"Come on, let's see how the girls are with your mother." Chris says, pulling Sebastian along into the house.
Thankfully when they enter the house they're not greeted by chaos. The both of them didn't really expect to be greeted with chaos as soon as they walked inside anyway, as their girls are usually pretty well behaved. For now anyway.
"Sebastian. Chris!" Georgeta says, as the two of them walk into the living room, to find all three of their girls on the couch with their grandmother. "Did you find a new car then?" She asks adjusting her hold on Sabrina who's sitting on her lap.
"Yup." Chris says, sitting down on the single chair, before pulling Sebastian down with him. "And it's definitely a much better car than the last one. Much bigger too." He adds.
Georgeta nods. "Well that's good then." She says.
"Did the girls behave themselves?" Sebastian asks, leaning back against Chris, as Chris wraps an arm round his waist.
"We've been good, mommy." Taissa says, before Georgeta can even say whether or not the girls behaved themselves while their parents were gone.
Sebastian looks over at his mother for confirmation at that.
"They've been wonderful." Georgeta assures him.
Sebastian sighs in relief at that. The girls didn't missbehave for their grandmother while he and Chris went out to buy a new car.
"Well." Chris say. "In that case, why don't we all go out to the zoo for the day tomorrow?" He asks.
At that, both Taissa and Emma jump off the couch, and run over to Sebastian and Chris. The both of them clearly excited about going to the zoo tomorrow.
"Yes!" Taissa and Emma exclaim excitedly, while Sabrina just laughs, clapping her small hands together, not knowing what's going on. But she still starts laughing at her two older sisters from where she sat on her grandmother's lap.
"Alright." Chris laughs, shaking his head. "Looks like we're going to the zoo tomorrow."