We Are Family

by KikiJuanita

Growing up with two older brothers, meant Sebastian always was going to he was teased by them; but it was something done out of love. And over the course of the years, just how did that family come to grow and then incorporate that of what was his girlfriend's family, and proving to be that of a family to all of them. (Part of Live While We're Young & Runnin' stories on here)

1. Chapter 1

A/N : I know what you're thinking, but I can seriously not resist or help myself in writing more stories, that I am now going to say fall into the "Live While We're Young" & "Runnin' Back To You" verse. (Because that of 'Everywhere You Look'; where they did start, has now been ended by me, and reasons for that are outlined on that story in a author note)

Anyway, I got to thinking (never a good thing with me!) about how I mention so much stuff that happened before Mikki and Sebastian met; and also later on as well when they did know one another, and that stuff being their strong bond with each their own family and then later on that of the others family.
So this is basically what this story is; it starts before Mikki and Sebastian even knew one another, and therefore there is more of the family that they were born into stuff; but then later on slowly progresses into that of them becoming all close with one another and seeing the other as that of their own family too.

It will probably be only a few chapters long (although how many, I can't say at the moment; because I have a very wacky imagination and it does go overboard a lot of the time); so please let me know what you think and give it a review, fave or follow if you like it.

Just quickly before I go, all characters you recognize from Glee; do not belong to me. However any other characters that are mentioned that are not from the show, do belong to me and cannot be used with my permission.

Thanks for reading;

Love always,
KJ xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo

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Chapter 1:

Growing up with two older brothers, from a young age; he followed them around everywhere they went; and whilst for Sebastian that may have been something he really liked doing and being around his older brothers Dylan, who was four years older than him; and Jeremy who was two years older than him; for that of the two older boys it was certainly at times more than annoying to have their younger brother always clinging on to them.

One weekend, having been told to watch Sebastian aged that of five, by their mom; who had some work she needed to be doing for a client and was needing the peace and quiet in the study, and with Henry out for the day at a football game for the school he taught at; Abby set the three boys up in the living area and with the television, in the hopes that they would keep occupied with the movie 'Wizard of Oz'. Sitting on the sofa, with Dylan at age nine by his side; Sebastian was happily watching the movie; along with Jeremy, who was seven over in one of the arm chairs, and as the scene with the flying monkeys having just kidnapped Dorothy and them making sure the others couldn't help her by hurting them; Jeremy looked to his younger brother with a smile on his face.

"You know what Seb" said Jeremy, and Sebastian turned to look at his older brother.

"What?" he asked, as Dylan looked to his other younger brother also; wondering what he was doing.

"You know the flying monkeys are real" said Jeremy, with a smile to him; as Sebastian also shook his head.

"No they're not" said Sebastian, shaking his head. "Mommy told me this is make believe, she even read me the book before"

"Well all stories they come from somewhere" said Jeremy, with a smile; as Dylan looked to between his two younger brothers.

"Jeremy, don't" said Dylan, looking to him. "You'll get in trouble"

"What, no I won't" replied Jeremy, looking to his older brother. "I'm just telling Sebby, the truth; and the truth is that the flying monkeys are real"

"No, they're not" said Sebastian, shaking his head. "They make believe"

"Nope, little brother" replied Jeremy, also shaking his head. "They're very real and they come into houses at night, and they take the youngest one in the family. Now who would that be here?"

"I'm the littlest, is that the same?" asked Sebastian, looking to his brother; his eyes widening as he spoke.

"Yep that's the same" replied Jeremy with a nod. "So one night, they are going to come and take you away, forever"

"No, they won't" said Sebastian, shaking his head. "You lying"

"I'm not" replied Jeremy, looking to him also and shaking his head. "Dylan told me the very same thing, and see it was a good thing you were born after me; cause that means now they're not coming for me, but instead you"

"They're going to take me away?" asked Sebastian, looking between his two brothers; on the verge of tears.

"They will, yeah" replied Dylan, looking over to Jeremy; figuring since he'd be put into the whole thing by his brother, that he might as well go ahead with the little lie.

"But won't Mommy and Daddy miss me?" asked Sebastian. "They will look for me"

"No, they won't even remember you" said Dylan, and Sebastian looked at him; tears now in his eyes.

"But they're my Mommy and Daddy" said Sebastian, as he started to cry.

"They won't be any more" replied Jeremy, shaking his head. "The wicked witch will cast a spell on them, so they won't even think you'd existed"

"Why she do that?" asked Sebastian, looking between his two brothers now in full tears. "Would you remember me?"

"We would, as only kids remember" said Jeremy, with a smile. "But we can't tell the parents, they had another one; because otherwise the wicked witch will send her flying monkeys to get us too; and then Mom and Dad would have none of us"

"Who would have me?" asked Sebastian, looking to his brother still in tears.

"The wicked witch" replied Dylan, with a nod as Sebastian looked at him. "And she has lots of other children from all around the world; so you wouldn't be alone, you'd have lots of friends"

"But I don't want that" said Sebastian, shaking his head. "I want Mommy and Daddy; and both of you"

"Sorry Sebby, we don't make the rules" replied Jeremy, with a smile. "So one night soon, the wicked witch will be coming for you"

"Mommy" said Sebastian, getting off the sofa; and heading towards the direction of the study; and yelling out for her again, as he ran out of the living area.

"That was really cruel, Jere" said Dylan, looking to his younger brother. "You took the joke way too far, Seb really believed you there"

"You went along with at well" said Jeremy, looking to his older brother. "It's not like you denied the story"

"Only, because I was scared of what else you were going to scare with him" replied Dylan, shaking his head. "He's only five, he thinks what we tell him is true"

"Yep, it's funny" said Jeremy, with a laugh; as Abby came back into the living room, with a still crying Sebastian in her arms.

"What did you two tell Seb?" she asked, looking between that of her two older sons.

"Nothing" replied Jeremy, looking to her and shaking his head. "He just started crying during the flying monkey scene"

"No, I don't think that is it Jeremy Alan Smythe" said Abby, looking to the middle one of her three sons. "I could make out through your brother's sobs, something about Jeremy, and monkeys. Now spill it"

"We just told Seb, that the flying monkeys would come and take him one night" said Jeremy, looking to his mother. "And that you and Dad would forget all about him"

"Jeremy" said Abby, looking to her son in shock; and then over to Dylan. "You let this happen"

"He went along with it as well" said Jeremy, with a laugh; and Dylan glared at him.

"Okay both of you are grounded" said Abby, looking to her two older sons. "And for the whole entire next week, there are to be no video games and you are to do every single chore I ask you to do; and for that you will not be getting any pocket money at all"

"Mom, that's not fair" said Dylan, looking to her. "Jeremy is the one who scared Seb"

"And yet you did nothing to help it" said Abby, looking to the oldest of her three boys. "I know you Dylan Benjamin Smythe and you will not be getting out of this punishment"

"So not fair" replied Dylan, looking at her and then to Jeremy. "You're a moron"

"And there is to be no name calling anymore" said Abby, looking to him. "You're the oldest here, and you should be setting the example; not aiding it"

"It would be so much better if it were just me" said Dylan, crossing his arms in front of his chest and frowning.

"I'm sure you don't think that" replied Abby, looking to him. "Now come and tell your little brother, you are both sorry for scaring him and then I want you to both go upstairs to your rooms, and stay there until your Dad gets home"

"Fine" replied Jeremy, with a sigh and standing up from where he was seated; knowing he faced losing the argument of this being fair with his mom, and walked over to where she was with Sebastian, still in her arms. "Hey Sebby" he said tapping his younger brother on the arm and Sebastian, moved his head to look at him from the crook of Abby's neck; and he could see that he was still crying. "I'm sorry 'kay. The flying monkeys aren't going to come and get you, I promise"

"Really?" asked Sebastian, looking to him with a small sniffle.

"Yeah, promise they won't" said Jeremy, giving him a small smile, and then looked over to Dylan. "Isn't that right Dyl?"

"Yeah, it is" replied Dylan, with a nod and also standing as well and nearing them. "We were just kidding with you"

"Okay" replied Sebastian, looking to his oldest brother with a nod.

"Yeah, who else will we get to do all our chores for us, if you weren't around" said Dylan, with a laugh; as Abby looked to the two boys standing.

"You will be doing your own chores" she said. "And if I find out at all, you are making your little brother help out; then it will be an extra week of punishment. Are we clear?"

"Yeah clear" replied Jeremy, with a sigh.

"Good" said Abby, with a nod. "Now both of you upstairs, and I do not want to hear a peep out of the two of you until your father is home; so that means no music or no electronics. I want complete and utter silence from the both of you, and to think about how you really scared Sebastian with that joke"

"Yes Mom" replied both Dylan and Sebastian, and both knowing that they would not win the argument with Abby, headed up stairs to their rooms.

"We okay my gorgeous little boy?" asked Abby, looking to Sebastian still in her arms and he nodded.

"Can I stay with you?" asked Sebastian. "I'm not trouble"

"No, you're not in trouble" replied Abby, with a smile to her as she picked up the remote for the television and turned it off. "You can come and help me with colors, can you do that?"

"I know my colors" said Sebastian, with a smile to her; and giving a small laugh, Abby took her youngest son into the study with her to help her, whilst her two older sons thought about what they had done to their younger brother, upstairs in their rooms.

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A few nights later, having been told by his mom; that the flying monkeys weren't real; the weather was particularly that of windy and thus making a lot of howling noises and the branches of the trees scraping along that of the windows of the bedroom that for the moment Sebastian shared with Jeremy; since their parents weren't ready for each of them to have their own rooms just yet.

Feeling scared of the noises coming from outside, and not being able to sleep; Sebastian got out of his bed and went over to where Jeremy was asleep in his own bed; and started to tap and shake his older brother awake.

"Jeremy, I'm scared" said Sebastian, as he tried to get his older brother to wake.

"Sebby, go away" muttered Jeremy, only partly waking from his sleep. "Go back to bed, will you"

"But I'm scared, I don't like the noises outside" said Sebastian, trying to get into his older brother's bed to be close to him. "Can I sleep here"

"No, you cannot sleep in my bed. Go back to your own" said Jeremy, opening his eyes and looking to his younger brother. "And if you don't do that, the wicked witch will come in with her flying monkeys and take you away forever"

"No they won't" said Sebastian, shaking his head.

"Yeah they will" replied Jeremy, with a small nod. "What do you think all the howling and all that is outside, it's the cries of kids being taken from their Mom's and Dad's. And the scraping noise you can hear, that's them trying to get in"

Moving off from Jeremy's bed; and now in tears and also that of scared, Sebastian went running over to the bedroom door and opened it, and then running towards the room where Henry and Abby slept.

"Mommy, Daddy" said Sebastian, climbing on to their bed. "The monkeys are here, they want to take me"

"Sweetheart, what?" asked Abby, stirring from her sleep and moving to look at Sebastian who was on the bed between her and Henry. "What monkeys?"

"The flying ones" replied Sebastian, hugging into his mother's side. "They come to take me"

"Slugger" said Henry, having woken also and looking to his son. "What are you even on about?"

"Remember the other week" said Abby, looking to her husband. "Why I grounded Jeremy and Dylan, they told Seb that the flying monkeys from the Wizard of Oz were real and that they would come and take him away from us"

"Hey Slugger" said Henry, having looked to his wife with a nod and then to his youngest son. "You do know none of that is true, right"

"But Jeremy said the noises outside is kids being taken from their Mommy and Daddy's; and the sounds at window are them trying to get into take me" replied Sebastian, as he now hugged his dad. "I don't want them to take me, I like it with you and Mommy"

"Slugger, I promise you" said Henry, with a sigh as he pulled his son close to that of himself. "That there are no such things as flying monkeys, or wicked witches. It's all make believe, okay"

"Then what the noises then?" asked Sebastian, quietly hidden into that of his father's chest.

"It's just the wind, Slugger" replied Henry. "And those scraping noises, it's branches across the windows, I promise you that"

"Can I still stay here, with you?" asked Sebastian, looking to his father and then mother. "I don't want to go back to my room, I don't like Jeremy anymore"

"Of course you can stay here with us my beautiful boy" said Abby, and looking to Henry who nodded his head. "And both your dad and I will be having words with your brother in the morning"

"Okay, I love you both" said Sebastian.

"We love you too, Slugger" said Henry, with a smile; as Abby helped Sebastian get under the covers between the two of them; before the three of them all got back to sleep.

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The next morning, having spent the night with Sebastian asleep in their bed; and also finding themselves having gotten very little sleep due to his movement throughout the night, both Henry and Abby were a little on the tired side.

Seated downstairs in the kitchen, along with Sebastian; Henry was at the table reading the mornings paper, whilst Abby cooked a breakfast of blueberry pancakes.

"Yum, pancakes" said Jeremy, as he and Dylan came into the kitchen; both of them having woken up now also.

"Yes, it is" said Henry, looking to the second of his sons as both Jeremy and Dylan, sat at the table to wait for breakfast. "And you young man, we need to have words"

"About what?" asked Jeremy, looking to his father as he poured some orange juice from the jug on the table into a glass; and Dylan looked to them both as well, not sure what was going on.

"I think you know quite well what it is about" said Henry, as he closed the paper up and folded it in half to finish reading later.

"Nope, no idea" replied Jeremy, shaking his head as he looked to his father whilst taking a drink of his juice.

"Last night" said Henry, looking to him. "And what you said to your little brother"

"I didn't say anything to Seb last night" said Jeremy, looking to him.

"So you didn't tell him something about what your mother told you and your brother off for just last week, and scaring him" said Henry, looking to his son as Abby bought some of the now cooked pancakes over to the table.

"Umm, maybe" replied Jeremy, as he went to grab some pancakes from the plate that Abby had placed down; and Henry quickly grabbed his son's hands before he could reach for them.

"Jeremy?" he asked, looking to him; as Jeremy also looked to him. "Did you tell Seb last night stuff that scared him. Just yes or no, please"

"Yes" replied Jeremy, with a nod. "Now can I have some pancakes"

"You can wait, young man" said Henry, looking to him and moving the plate out of Jeremy's reach and more to the side of the table where Sebastian was sitting alongside that of Dylan. "You will be last for breakfast this morning, and if I hear you are ever telling your brother lies and upsetting him again; then believe me the punishment will be much harsher than this"

"He was trying to get into my bed though" replied Jeremy, as he sat back in his seat with a frown. "I didn't mean for it to scare him. I didn't think he believed me on that now, and it was just a joke"

"The joke has gone too far now Jeremy" said Henry, looking to him. "And there is to be no more of it please. Are we clear?"

"Yes Dad" replied Jeremy with a nod, and looked over to where Sebastian, was eating one of the pancakes Henry had put to his plate. "Sorry Seb, forgive me?"

"Yeah, I do" replied Sebastian, looking to him with a grin and Jeremy smiled at him.

"Hey Seb" said Dylan, leaning towards that of his younger brother. "We can play a trick or something like that on Jeremy later okay, get him back for scaring you"

"Yeah, okay" replied Sebastian, turning to his oldest brother and giving him a nod.

"Dylan" said Henry, looking to the oldest of his sons. "No more tricks, no more pranks and definitely no more telling stories to one another that can maybe really scare each other"

"But Dad" said Dylan, in a pleading tone. "It wasn't going to be anything silly"

"I don't believe that for a moment" replied Henry, with a slight laugh. "And believe me one day when you all get married and have children; you will be thinking the exact same thing, no more games"

"Girls are yuck" said Jeremy, looking to his father and shaking his head.

"No they're not" replied Dylan, and looking to his younger brother. "Girls are awesome"

"So not" said Jeremy, looking to him and shaking his head still. "They all want to play with dolls and not get dirty, it's boring"

"I'm sure in a few years, all of you will be thinking quite the opposite" said Henry, with a laugh; as Abby came over to the table with the remainder of the pancakes that she'd cooked and giving him a smile.

"Yes, and it will be nice to have some girls around the house finally" she said as she sat at the table next to Jeremy. "When these three do get girlfriends"

"What's a girlfriend?" asked Sebastian, looking to Abby. "Will I have one of them"

"One day, yeah" replied Henry, looking to his youngest son with a nod. "But not before you're at least fourteen 'kay"

"Does that go for me as well?" asked Dylan, looking to his father; and Henry gave a nod.

"It goes for all of you" said Henry, with a laugh. "No serious girlfriends, till high school"

"Oh man" replied Dylan, with a sigh; and the five of them continued to eat breakfast and talk with one another; with no more mentions of wicked witches or flying monkeys anymore, for at least the time being.

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End Note: Thoughts on the start of this?! And what it potentially is going to be about?! The whole thing with Sebastian being scared of the flying monkeys is something he when starts to date Mikki, mentions on their first date; and it's something as well that comes up later on as well throughout the course of other stories as well as a sort of running gag.

The next chapter, will be taken from Mikki's side of the family; when she was younger and involve also something that has previously been mentioned in stories as well; and then slowly will go into that of the two of the families, the Smythe's and the Kapowski's getting to know one another, and how they really do even before Seb and Mikki marry become family to one another.

Anyway thanks for reading and I will catch you all again soon,

Love always,
KJ xoxoxoxoxox