Chapter 9
"Seb, are you almost done in there?" Chris asks, knocking on the door to the bathroom, where Sebastian is currently still located in doing god knows what.
"Just a minute!" Sebastian calls back. "I'm not finished just yet."
Truth be told, Sebastian was finished in the bathroom about ten minutes ago now, and is now just standing there in front of the mirror doing basically nothing. He knows that he should hurry up and get out of there, as he and Chris need to be leaving soon, but honestly? He really doesn't want to have to go to this meeting.
Sighing, he closes his eyes, bowing his head in defeat. He knows he can't back out of this now, especially considering he's already gotten dressed up for it, and he also doesn't want to disappoint Chris at backing out of this. But that certainly doesn't make him not want to go any less.
He just hopes that there'll be alcohol there. And, it does give him a good chance to see Bucky - Chris's boss's husband - again. He's not sure when the last time it was that he had seen Bucky was, and even though Bucky is about fifteen years older than him, Sebastian rather enjoys hanging out with him at any chance he gets. Which honestly isn't very often.
"Come on, Seb." Chris sighs. "You've been in there for almost an hour now. What are you even doing?"
Sebastian looks up, before looking over his shoulder at the door. He suspects that Chris would probably try and take the door down if he takes much longer in here. It's not like they're running late though, but they should probably get a move on now anyway.
Making up his mind, Sebastian walks over to the door, unlocking it and walking out to be met with Chris standing there with his arms crossed.
"You ready?" Chris asks, looking Sebastian up and down, and admiring how stunning the omega looked tonight.
Looking down at his attire - simple black jeans with a long sleeve button-up dark red shirt and black dress shoes - he shrugs, looking up at Chris. "I guess so." He says. "Am I dressed appropriately enough?"
He's assuming he's dressed appropriately enough, as Chris is basically wearing a similar attire to himself, except he's wearing dark blue jeans and a black button-up long sleeve shirt. He's sure that he's dressed appropriately enough.
Chris nods. "You look absolutely perfect, Sebastian." He says, before pulling him in for a kiss. "You always look so beautiful."
Sebastian blushes at that, ducking his head. "You're just saying that." He huffs out a laugh, shaking his head a little.
Chris frowns, shaking his head. "No, Sebastian. I really do mean it." He says. "You're the most beautiful guy I've ever laid eyes on."
Sebastian blushes harder at that, hugging Chris. How he ever got so lucky to have someone like Chris, he'll never know. But he certainly considers himself lucky to have Chris. His husband and alpha who loves him very much, and would never do anything to hurt him. He sure feels like one lucky omega.
Finally, the two of them pull out of the hug, and Sebastian is flattening down his shirt, frowning a little as he feels the prominent pudge that is his stomach. Once upon a time that used to be all flat, but now, he's definitely gained a few pounds, and that doesn't really make him feel so great.
"I need to get back into working out again." Sebastian sighs, dropping his arms to his sides. "Just look at me! I'm starting to gain more weight."
Chris frowns at that, looking Sebastian up and down. He must admit, Sebastian is a little pudgy round the middle, but considering he did only give birth about two months ago now, he's still going to look a little big.
"Seb, you did only give birth two months ago." Chris points out. "And, you have had three kids, so that's bound to affect your weight." He says. "All mothers go through it."
Sebastian raises an eyebrow at him. "Really? Cause I see stick thin mothers on TV and sometimes round town who've just had their kids, and they're never as pudgy as I am." He says. "Just look at Beyonce, and the Kardashians."
Well, Chris has to admit that Sebastian has a point there. "Well, everyone's anatomy is different in that." He says. "Also, I don't think the Kardashian's are a good enough example. I mean, how much fucking plastic surgery do they have? Beyonce may not be a really good example either."
"I guess." Sebastian sighs, scratching at the back of his neck. "But I still want to get back into working out." He says. "Once you've got kids, it's a little harder to work off the weight."
Chris nods. "I think we can work something out." He assures him. "Now come on, we don't want to be late."
Sebastian laughs a little, nodding his head. "Okay, but we gotta say goodbye to my mom and the girls before we leave." He says.
Exiting their bedroom, the two of them head off downstairs into the living room where Taissa and Emma were sitting on bean bag chairs on the floor watching one of those Barbie princess movies, while Georgeta was sitting on the couch reading some book that she picked up off the bookshelf. Sebastian quickly recognized it as one of his science fiction novels, considering those make up the large majority of books on their bookshelf.
Sebastian's fault for all the science fiction novels, since he reads a lot more than Chris ever does, and he really enjoys science fiction novels.
"Mom." Sebastian starts, as he and Chris walk into the room more. "Chris and I are about to head out now."
Georgeta stops what she's doing to look up at both Sebastian and Chris. "Alright you two, have fun." She nods.
"We'll try to, mom." Sebastian nods. "I wrote you a list of what to do, just in case you're not sure on anything. And there's some milk already done for Sabrina in the fridge if she wakes up hungry." He says, before turning over towards Taissa and Emma who looked as though they were both about to fall asleep any minute now.
It is passed the girl's bedtime right now after all. And it's also a school night, so they should probably be put to bed right now.
"Taissa and Emma should be in bed right now." Sebastian says, turning back to his mother. "Especially considering it's a school night."
Georgeta nods. "I'll get them to bed as soon as the both of you have left." She assures him.
"Good." He nods, before walking over to Taissa and Emma, who quickly get up as they see their mother approaching them. "Girls, you be good for grandma while daddy and I are out for the night, okay?" He tells them.
"We promise, mommy." Taissa says, tiredly, before she and Emma are both hugging Sebastian, and then Chris after he makes his way over to them also.
Nodding, Sebastian and Chris both stand up from having to go down onto the floor to hug both their girls. The both of them being six foot doesn't really work out for either of them when it comes to hugging their girls who are both still so short.
"Alright, Seb." Chris starts, turning to look at Sebastian. "You ready to head on out now?" He asks.
Sebastian nods. "I guess so." He shrugs. "I honestly still don't really want to go to this thing though, Chris." He sighs. "I just hope you weren't lying when you said that Bucky would be there along with your boss." He says. "Also, if there's alcohol there too, then that's definitely going to be a bonus."
At the chance of getting to see Bucky again, that is definitely the only thing about this that Sebastian is even remotely interested about tonight. Plus, it'll be nice to talk and hang out with another omega, even one that is a whole fifteen years older than himself.
And if there's alcohol, then Sebastian is there. Though he does limit his consumption of alcohol these days. He doesn't want a repeat of his teenage years involving a bit too much alcohol. That's something that he really doesn't like to think about, and likes to just pretend that it never happened.
"Don't worry." Chris says. "Bucky will be there." He assures him. "Also, we don't have to pay for any of the food and alcohol tonight." He adds. "Steve said he's covering it for tonight."
Sebastian's interest perks up at that. They don't have to pay for the food and alcohol tonight since Steve - Chris's boss - is paying for it all. Which essentially means free food and drink. Wherever there's free food and drink, Sebastian is there.
"Free food?" Sebastian questions. "Why didn't you tell me that earlier?" He asks. "You know that I'll go wherever the free food is at!"
Chris laughs, shaking his head. "I didn't know till Steve had called me this morning telling me that we don't need to worry about paying for anything tonight." He says. "If he had told me earlier, then I would've told you then."
Sebastian nods. That made sense. "We should probably head on out now." He points out. "Don't want to keep them waiting." He says, before turning to the girls, giving them a quick goodbye, and then giving his mom a quick goodbye also, before he's walking towards the hallway.
"You just want to get some free food already, don't you?" Chris asks, laughing, as he watches Sebastian retreat out of the room.
"Oh, you know me so well, Chris." Sebastian laughs, poking his head through the doorway. "Now, hurry. I want food."
Chris just laughs at that, before turning to the girls. "Be good for grandma, you two." He tells them, before giving them a quick goodbye, and one to Georgeta, before he's following Sebastian outside the house.
"Okay, so which car we taking?" Sebastian asks, once Chris has caught up to him outside the front of the house.
"Well." Chris starts, walking over towards their old crappy car. "The other one is too big for us to just us to take that one, so."
Sebastian frowns, crossing his arms over his chest. "I fucking hate that car." He grumbles, following after Chris towards their old car.
He really doesn't want to have to take this car, but Chris is right. Their new car is too big for just them both, and it'll be easier to just take their older car, despite how shitty it is.
Ah well, at least where they'll be going there'll be free food and drink, courtesy of Chris's boss, Steve Rogers. That, Sebastian supposes, is a good enough reason to have to take their crappy car.
Even if he does hate having to take this car...