Chapter 12
Later on during the day around lunchtime, Sebastian starts to feel a lot better. Though he still feels a bit off, but not as bad as he had felt as soon as he had woken up. Which he considers a good thing, since he’s still got to go out grocery shopping.
Thankfully though, he’s not having to drive to the grocery store, as his mother has offered to drive him there, while Chris stays home and looks after both Emma and Sabrina. Sebastian definitely is thankful for that, as he’s not sure how he’ll manage to cope taking both Emma and Sabrina to the grocery store with them while he’s still not feeling one hundred percent sober.
“I don’t even know what we’re needing more of.” Sebastian sighs, as he sits at the table with a pen and paper to write down the shopping list for today.
Usually he doesn’t need to write a shopping list, but he feels like it’s probably a good idea to write one for today. Except, he really doesn’t know what they need more of. He does know that they need more of the basics though, like bread, milk, eggs, cheese, and toilet paper, but everything else? He’s not entirely sure. Though, he knows more cat food needs to be bought.
“I’m sure you’ll figure it out once you get to the grocery store, Seb.” Chris assures him, walking into the kitchen with Sabrina securely in his arms. “Don’t forget we need more stuff for Tai’s school lunches.” He says.
“Yeah, I know.” Sebastian says, waving Chris off. “I’ve already got that written down. Though, she doesn’t seem to like those muesli bars any more.”
“I don’t blame her. They don’t taste very nice.” Chris says, making a face.
Sebastian looks up at him. “What are you doing eating the things for her school lunches anyway, Chris?” He asks. “Wait, I don’t remember making her school lunch last night….” His eyes widen.
“Don’t worry, I made her lunch for her this morning.” Chris says. “You were wasted when we got home last night, so you went straight to bed.”
“Good.” He sighs in relief. “I would’ve hated for her to go to school without her lunch.”
He turns to look down at the piece of paper in front of him, tapping his pen on the table, trying to figure out what else they need to buy. So far all he’s got written down is; bread, milk, eggs, toilet paper, cheese, cat food, coffee, sugar, and stuff for Taissa’s school lunch for the rest of the week and next week. What else they need more of though, he’s still trying to figure that out.
“Chris, how good are we on shampoo and conditioner?” He asks.
“I’m not sure. I think we need more?” Chris says, but it comes out more like a question. “But I’m not sure.”
Sebastian nods, writing it down anyway. It wouldn’t hurt to get more shampoo and conditioner anyway. They probably don’t really need anymore, as the girls are the main ones who use more of it, seeing as their hair is longer than both Sebastian and Chris’s hair.
Now he just needs to figure out what else they need. But he really can’t think what else they need that’s not more of the basics like bread, milk, eggs, coffee, cheese, toilet paper, and basics in their household, cat food. Whatever else they need, has completely escaped his mind.
Though, he does know that they need more stuff for dinners, so add some form of meat onto the list, along with vegetables and some fruit. Other than that though, he has no idea. Maybe it would be best to just wait till he and his mother get to the grocery store and then just buy the basics and then whatever else he thinks they may need. That probably sounds like the easiest way to go.
“Maybe I should just get the basics, and then figure out what else to buy while in the store.” He sighs, setting the pen down on the table, before looking up at Chris. “You’ll be good here with Emma and Sabrina, right?”
Chris nods. “Of course I will.” He says. “Won’t we, Bina?” Chris asks, looking at Sabrina in his arms, who just makes baby noises at him, before making a grab for his face with a hand.
Getting up off the chair, Sebastian slips the shopping list into his jeans pocket, and walks over to Chris, who places a kiss on his cheek. Sebastian wraps his arms around Chris’s waist, and just rests his forehead on Chris’s shoulder, not really wanting to move from this spot.
Unfortunately, he’s got to go out to the grocery store to do grocery shopping soon. Thankfully his mother is going with him, so he has no need to drive. He would just send his mother out to do the shopping for him, or even just Chris, and either of them would probably do it if he were to ask them. But he’s not entirely sure if they’ll come home with the right things.
Well, his mother might come home with the right things. But Chris? He’d more than likely come home with a lot of the wrong stuff. There’s always something that Chris buys the wrong thing of while shopping, so instead, Sebastian usually prefers to do the shopping himself. Though of course, he himself is sometimes guilty of buying the wrong things. Or things that they don’t even need….
“My mother and I should probably head on out and do the grocery shopping now.” Sebastian sighs after awhile, feeling a soft tug at his hair, which he can only assume to be Sabrina.
Chris nods, patting a hand on Sebastian’s back. “You go do that.” He says, as Sebastian pulls away from him. “The girls and I will be fine here until you get back.
“Is there anything you specifically want from the store, Chris?” Sebastian asks, after kissing Sabrina’s cheek, and fixing up his jacket. “Any energy drinks?”
Chris shrugs. “Dunno.” He says. “I guess maybe a Red Bull like usual.” He decides. “Oh, and maybe some new razors.”
Sebastian raises an eyebrow at him. “Are you planning on shaving that beard of yours?” He asks.
“Not sure yet.” He shrugs. “But can you get some anyway?” He asks. “Just in case. And, you kinda look like you need a shave anyway, and all the razors we have right now are broken.”
Sebastian nods, feeling at the stubble on his face. “I guess.” He says. “Depends on what’s cheapest.”
Chris nods, before he’s following Sebastian out into the living room, where Georgeta is waiting to head on out to the grocery store with Sebastian. Emma on the other hand, is sitting on the floor, coloring in pictures in her coloring book.
“We ready to go?” Georgeta asks, getting off the couch and looking over at Sebastian.
Sebastian simply nods, before saying goodbye to Chris and the girls, before he and his mother are off to the store.
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“I still barely even know what we need more of in the house.” Sebastian sighs, as he pushes the shopping cart along in front of him, while his mother walks along next to him. “We’ve got the basics so far along with a few other things, but I still don’t know what we need.”
Georgeta pats him on the back softly. “Don’t worry, sweetie. You’ll figure out what you need.” She assures him.
Sebastian looks over at him. “I still don’t feel one hundred percent sober though, ma.” He sighs, shaking his head. “I just want to get this over and done with as quick as possible.”
Georgeta nods in understanding, as they continue looking through the aisles, adding in whatever they think they need more of into the cart. And, of course adding in a few extra items that they don’t really need, but are getting anyway. Just, none of that is involving any alcohol. Sebastian has had enough alcohol for the next couple of days. He had more than enough of it last night.
While they make their way through the aisles, Sebastian has to lean on the shopping cart for a bit. He still feels a little hungover, and he’s just hoping that he won’t end up throwing up in the store. Now that would be just great.
He’d rather not think about that though, in case he actually does throw up. So instead, he just worries about all the items of food on the shelves, trying to figure out if they need to get some of them or not.
Though, he honestly just ends up putting whatever into the cart. Not really thinking about if they need it or not. If they don’t, then oh well, at least they’ll be stocked up a bit on whatever it is. Hopefully they do need all of or mostly everything that’s in the cart right now.
And it’s a good thing that Sebastian’s mother is here with him too. She’s doing her best to figure out what they need in the house and what they don’t need, and Sebastian really appreciates it. He’s not sure what he’d do if she wasn’t in here right now with him.
“What brand of cat food does your cat eat?” Georgeta asks, once they get to the pet food aisle.
“Anything, really.” He says. “He just doesn’t like the expensive stuff. Which, I’m going to take that as a good thing for now.”
Georgeta nods, before grabbing the cat food off the shelf, placing it in the cart, before they’re off to get more food.
And Sebastian tries his best not to throw up in the store. That’s the last thing that they need right now….
Once they’ve got everything from the store that they think they need, they’re heading off back home to put everything away. And Sebastian is rather glad that it didn’t take as long as he thought it would. He’s also glad that he didn’t ends up getting sick in the store.
Though, he did feel like getting another coffee from Starbucks. But since he already had one earlier in the morning, his mother talked him out of it. Saying that he can just make himself a coffee when they get back home.
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“I think we’ve got everything.” Sebastian states, as they’ve brought the last of the groceries inside, with no help from Chris. “Now to just put everything away.”
He moves to start packing everything away, but his mother stops him.
“You just go and lay down on the couch.” She says. “I’ll put everything away for you.”
Sebastian shakes his head. Not wanting his mother to put the groceries away herself while he just goes and lays out on the couch in the living room. “Ma, I can do it.” He says.
But Georgeta just shakes her head, pushing him along into the living room. “You just go and sit down and rest.” She says. “Work the rest of your hangover off.”
Sighing in defeat, Sebastian nods his head, before walking over to the couch and laying down on it. Though, of course it doesn’t take very long for his cat to come over and make himself at home stretched out across Sebastian’s legs.
“That’s very helpful for when I need to get up, Muffy.” Sebastian sighs, as Muffy just meows up at him, before purring loudly as falls asleep straight after.
Resting his head back against the cushions, all Sebastian can do now, is stare up at the ceiling. He can’t even get up to turn the TV on without waking Muffy up. The difficulties of owning a cat.
But Sebastian loves his cat. Muffy is a wonderful cat, and Sebastian doesn’t understand how Chris thinks of him as a literal spawn of the devil. Sure the cat can be a little annoying and rather frustrating at times, but he’s not like the devil as Chris is constantly saying he is.
Speaking of Chris, Sebastian isn’t sure where that big goof has got to. Same with Emma as a matter of fact. But wherever in the house Chris is right now, Sebastian is sure that both Emma and Sabrina are with him. Maybe he got roped into playing with Emma and her My Little Ponies or something of the sorts.
After a few minutes, Sebastian begins to find himself dozing off on the couch, not even realizing how tired he actually is right now. So, he allows sleep to overtake him. Though, it doesn’t last very long at all, as Emma comes running over to him from upstairs with Chris following behind her.
“Mommy!” Emma exclaims. “You’re home!” She says, climbing up onto the couch next to Sebastian as much as she can. Surprisingly without waking the cat too.
“Hey, Emma.” Sebastian smiles, running his fingers through her hair. “What did you and daddy get up to while grandma and I were at the store?”
“We played dolls and ponies.” Emma states. “Sabrina didn’t want to play though.” She adds. “She’s too little.”
“We just put Sabrina down to sleep.” Chris states, sitting on the arm rest of the chair above Sebastian’s head.
Sebastian nods. “There wasn’t any trouble was there?” He asks.
Chris shakes his head. “From the girls? Nah.” He says, before looking over at the cat sprawled out across Sebastian’s legs. “From your cat on the other hand though…” He starts. “That’s another story.”
Sighing, Sebastian rolls his eyes at that. “What happened this time?” He asks, looking down at Muffy who appears to have just woken up.
“Well, he tore up one of my favorite shirts that was sitting in the laundry to be washed.” He says, eyeing the big ginger furball who is now staring at him from where he sat on Sebastian’s legs. “You’re cat doesn’t like me, Seb.”
“Chris…” Sebastian sighs. “He’s not out to get you. And, he honestly just doesn’t like very much people to begin with.” He says. “And he’s a good cat.”
Chris grumbles something under his breath at that, but Sebastian doesn’t quite catch what it is. Probably something about Muffy and how he’s the spawn of Satan or something of the sorts.
Honestly, Sebastian isn’t sure if Chris will ever be happy with Muffy, and he knows for a fact that he’d be much happier if they had a dog. But Sebastian isn’t quite ready for a dog yet. Not to mention he’s not even sure how Muffy would handle having a dog in the house, let alone another cat.
But one day, he’ll let Chris get a dog. Probably not for a little while though, but one of these days they can adopt a dog. Maybe when Sabrina is two they can get one. Though, he’s sure that Chris and even the girls may end up pestering him into getting a dog before then, and he’d probably give in and say they can adopt one.
“Chris, can you go make me a coffee?” Sebastian asks. “The cat’s on me, so I can’t exactly move from this couch.”
“Sure.” Chris says, glancing down at the cat who’s still staring at him. “Be right back.”
Laying back on the couch, Sebastian watches as Emma goes off to her coloring books and does some coloring in to occupy herself. It won’t be long now until she starts going to preschool. Both Chris and Sebastian both already know which preschool they’re planning on enrolling her at. It’s the exactly same one Taissa went to.
It should only be sometime after her third birthday next month that Emma will be officially starting preschool. And then Sebastian will be alone in the house with Sabrina.
Of course, Chris will be there too, but most of the time it doesn’t even feel like he’s home because he’s always in his office working on designs for his job. Unless he actually needs to go out to the building site to help figure out the architectural designs or something. Sebastian isn’t too sure. He’s not very well educated with Chris’s line of work.
But the house will sure seem quiet once Emma starts preschool. And Sebastian isn’t sure if he’s ready for that just yet. At least he’ll still have Sabrina at home with him though.
For now, he’s just going to enjoy the time he has with Emma at home until she starts preschool, and he starts missing her during the day, just as he misses Taissa during the day while she’s at school.
Right now though, he’s just going to try and work off the rest of this hangover, and have some coffee. Then once it’s gone he’ll maybe try and find something to do. If Muffy ever gets up off his legs that is….