A/N : Apologies for the long delay in an update of this story; but since a lot of this isn't as planned out as much as the other stories, I am writing; and is rather more just ideas that I can write that fit in to the other parts, hence why there has been while between chapters.
So at first, this chapter was really sweet to write and then it got to depressing me; and you will see why at the end.
However, I do think it's nice to see how close Mikki's family and Sebastian's family became from an early point in their relationship, and then just how hard it was for all of them when they seperated for a short time.
As always any characters belonging to Glee, do not belong to me; but any others not from the show, do belong to me; and cannot be used without my permission.
Thanks for reading,
Love, KJ xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo
Chapter 7 -
With their children starting to date, and meeting over the summer between that of their sophomore and junior year; Midge and Eric Kapowski, and Abby and Henry Smythe, quickly got to be friends.
Needing to, on Saturday; since she worked weekdays as a middle school teacher, Midge headed to Costco in Spartanburg to do some shopping there, before she would then head to the small grocer for the things that she wouldn't buy in bulk.
Taking the short drive from Greer to Spartanburg, and being relatively close in distant to both that one and also the one in Greenville; Midge was walking down the aisle to the section where the coffee pods were to grab some more coffee pods, after her supply of them had been significantly dwindled over the summer break, with three out of four of her children, now regularly drinking coffee in the morning and sometimes also throughout the day as well.
Grabbing off the shelf a box of the in-store brand pods, in Pacific Bold and Breakfast Blend; as well as also the Starbucks French Roast variety, Midge placed the boxes into her shopping cart, and went to go to grab the next item on her list, she spotted Abby, also as well grabbing some boxes of coffee from the shelf close to her, and walked slightly closer to that of the other woman and placed her hand to her shoulder.
"Hello" said Midge, with a smile to her, and Abby turned to her with a smile.
"Midge, hi" she replied, with a small laugh also. "Didn't expect to see you out this way"
"Hmm, was in desperate need of coffee" replied Midge, with a laugh also. "Seems my girls, drank practically all of it over the summer break"
"Know exactly what you mean" said Abby, with a nod. "My boys did exactly the same" she continued, as Midge gave a nod. "And I hope Seb wasn't also one of the ones drinking too much coffee at your place, and that's why you're needing to buy more"
"I'm sure he had more than a few cups when he was there" said Midge, giving a laugh. "But honestly it's all fine" she continued, with a nod. "I didn't mind him being there"
"Well, I must admit I did certainly like having Mikki around our place" replied Abby, with a smile. "It was nice to have a female to speak with at the dinner table"
"Yes, I think Rod liked having Seb around also" said Midge, with a smile also. "He was always surrounded by his sisters growing up, and I think it was good for him to have a male to talk with"
"Definitely, agree" said Abby with a small nod. "I'm sure just like girls, there would be certain things that they'd be embarrassed to talk with a guy about"
"Yes" replied Midge, with a nod. "Do you have much more to get here?" she asked. "We can grab a coffee in the food area when we're done and talk some more"
"That would be nice, yes" replied Abby, with a small nod. "I do need to go get some more juice"
"Same here" said Midge, with a small laugh. "With two of my four still home" she continued, as they started moving away from the coffee section. "Buying juice in the larger containers, certainly saves me a lot of money"
"Yes, and my husband too" said Abby, with a laugh. "I swear, we go through a bottle in two days in my house" she continued, and the two of them continued to shop and talk before, then heading to the food court after paying for their stuff, and talking some more.
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As it became quite obvious, that their two children were pretty serious about each other; and getting each a phone call from their college aged children, asking if they were able to talk with them both together one weekend; Midge and Eric headed around to Abby and Henry's place, one Saturday morning to find out what they were wanting to talk with them about.
"So Mikki hasn't given a clue as to what this could possibly be about?" asked Henry, as he and Mikki's parent sat in the living room whilst Abby made some coffees for them.
"No, she hasn't" replied Eric, shaking his head and looking to the other male. "I'm just hoping they aren't going to be coming here and telling us that Mikki is pregnant"
"Hmm, Eric and I were talking last night" said Midge, with a small nod. "And that was one of the things we were possibly thinking it could be"
"I hope it isn't" said Abby, as she came into the living room with the coffees and also some cookies on a tray. "I really don't want my youngest to be the first one to be giving me a grandchild"
"But if it is that" said Henry, with a small sigh as he reached for and grabbed his coffee cup from the tray on the table. "We've got to be supportive of them, and not get mad or angry"
"Oh, I'll be angry" said Eric, with a small nod. "With your son for knocking up my little girl"
"And I'll be equally mad at Seb for doing so" replied Henry, as Eric looked to him with a small smile.
"However, if it is the case and that is what they want to speak with us about" said Eric, with a small sigh. "I will support any decision they make in regards to what they want to do"
"Certainly, same here" said Abby, with a nod. "I could never ask them to abort or give up the baby"
"No, me either" said Midge, shaking her head. "I saw the heartbreak Shelz, went through doing that when she gave up her daughter" she continued, as the others looked to her. "So, I'd never ask Mikki or any of my girls to do that"
"Has the girl ever attempted to contact your sister?" asked Abby, and Midge looked to her shaking her head.
"No, she hasn't" she replied, with a small sigh. "I've often said to that she could maybe look for her" continued Midge, with a nod. "But Shelz, wants that decision to be that of her daughter's"
"Because she might not want to know" said Henry, and Midge looked to him. "Or even know that she was adopted"
"That's what we've wondered, yes" replied Midge, with a small smile to him. "She may not know"
"Well I certainly can't imagine, how hard it would have been for your sister and also the rest of your family" said Abby, with a small smile to Midge. "To go through that, and never get to know the little girl"
"So, we're still going to grill them though" said Eric, with a laugh. "When they get here" he continued, with a smile. "Make them think, we think that Mikki's pregnant"
"Oh definitely, yeah" said Henry, with a laugh also and smile to him. "Just scare them a little, and think we don't realize that they both definitely want that together sometime in the future"
"What if, they're not coming to tell us baby" said Abby, with a small sigh. "But instead, jointly coming together to tell us, that they are going to break up"
"I don't think that is something that they would do together though" said Midge, shaking her head. "I think if that were to happen, they'd both go to each of our places separately" she continued, looking to the other three adults. "And be pretty inconsolable about it"; and the four adults waited for Sebastian and Mikki to arrive, to see what it was they were wanting to speak with them in regards too.
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Being that there was no Ikea, in the state of South Carolina; and after getting an apartment together to rent their senior year together, in Columbia and not far from the university. The weekend after receiving the keys for their place, Mikki and Sebastian headed to North Carolina, where there was an Ikea located, with their parents; their dad's driving a truck which they had rented, so they were able to bring all the flatpack furniture back with them, and their mom's in Sebastian's car with the two of them driving to the store.
"So have you decided on stuff that you will be wanting yet?" asked Abby, from the back seat where she was along with Midge; since Mikki was up in the front passenger seat next to Sebastian. "Or just really want to browse around when we get there"
"We know what we're wanting" replied Mikki, with a nod and turning to look at the two older women in the back. "But it's hard to know what the items really look like online" she continued, with a nod. "So it's probably more of a definite look and see what we like when there"
"Hmm, although you have said you want bookshelves right" said Sebastian, and Mikki turned to him with a nod and smile. "And they have those ones, you like there"
"Yes, the Billy bookcases" replied Midge, with a sigh. "I have honestly lost count now of how many we have"
"Well I have three" said Mikki, with a small laugh and turning to her mom with a smile. "And there is at least another ten or so maybe in the house"
"And they have changed the design of them too, now" said Abby, with a nod and Mikki looked to her. "Deeper, taller and wider" she continued as Mikki looked to her with a nod. "With the shelves also a lot stronger too"
"Yeah, and Mikki will need strong shelves" said Sebastian, with a laugh and she turned to him with a frown. "With all the books that she wants to take to the apartment, definitely need them strong"
"You have some books too that you're going to be putting on there as well" said Mikki, and Sebastian turned to her with a smile. "So don't think it's going to be all me"
"Well, your dad's and us" said Midge, with a laugh. "We've cleared out this whole day" she continued, as Abby gave a laugh also. "Because this is going to take a while, I think"
"Yeah, and of course we have the restaurant there" said Abby, as Midge looked to her with a smile and nod. "So it's not like we have to leave to go and find something"
"Yep, I love the meatballs" said Sebastian, with a laugh and then turned to Mikki. "Definitely need to grab some when we leave and take with us, so we have them in the freezer"
"Definitely" replied Mikki, and the they continued on to Ikea to shop for all the items they would be needing for the apartment they had just rented, with help from both sets of their parents.
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Getting back to South Carolina, a little after three o'clock that afternoon , after spending a few hours deciding on and then buying what they were wanting from Ikea; and both lots of their parents helping them out with the cost of doing so. Sebastian pulled his car to a stop outside the apartment block he and Mikki would be calling home from this point now, as Henry who was driving the rented truck pulled up beside him.
"Thank heavens we have the help of your three other children here" said Abby, with a small laugh to Midge as the four of them got out of the car. "Because it will be so much easier"
"Yes it will be" replied Midge, with a small laugh; as Kitty, Marley and Roderick who had driven down from Greer, came over to them.
"As long as we get the bed and sofa assembled today" said Mikki, as Sebastian opened the trunk of his car. "Then that's all we need, and everything else we can do later"
"Yeah, kind of want some place to sleep tonight" said Sebastian, with a nod and Mikki looked to him with a smile, as she grabbed a bag out from the trunk and handed it to Marley who along with the others were now near them.
"You sure you have enough" said Kitty, with a laugh as she took another bag from her mother and looking into it. "Do you even know how to use any of this stuff, Mik?"
"Unlike you" said Mikki, with a laugh and looking to her sister. "Yes, because I can cook"
"Hmm, I think we all remember the exploding eggs of 2005" said Roderick, with a laugh and Kitty looked to her younger brother with a frown.
"Exploding egg?" asked Abby, as Midge looked to her with a nod and smile.
"Yes, Kitty thought one day she would make breakfast for us" said Midge, with a laugh and looking to her daughter with a smile. "However, she thought by boil the eggs it meant to let the water boil completely out of the saucepan" she continued, shaking her head at the memory. "And, as you can imagine, it was a disaster"
"Yep, they exploded and smelt really bad" said Marley, with a laugh as Kitty looked to her with a frown.
"Okay, so what I can't cook" she replied, shaking her head. "It just means that I will have to find a guy who can cook for me"
"And one by the sounds of it, who will never let you near the kitchen" said Sebastian, with a laugh as Kitty glared at him; and then they headed upstairs to Mikki and Sebastian's apartment, before helping Henry and Eric to get in the bigger flat packed items that would need to be assembled, and start on making their apartment a place to call home.
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Managing to get put together their bed and sofa as well as two arm chairs and coffee table before their parents and Mikki's siblings headed back to home.
After having some dinner, the two of them were now attempting to get the dining table together that they had purchased also, before hopefully getting the chairs done that went with it as well.
"Okay that part was easy enough" said Sebastian, as Mikki looked to him with a nod as they finished the first step in construction of their table.
"Yeah" said Mikki, with a smile as she grabbed the little dowel pieces that would help to attach the top of the table to the frame they had just put together; and Sebastian picking up the small hammer just to help ease them into the wooden frame a little more and taking a few of the dowel pieces from her, and starting to put them in.
"Did you want to get what need for the next step" said Sebastian, looking to Mikki and not what he was doing and hitting himself on the thumb with the hammer. "Oww, fuck" he said, looking to his hand and shaking it trying to ebb the pain away.
"You okay, sweetie" said Mikki, looking to him with a small smile and Sebastian looked to her giving a nod.
"Yeah, thankfully I wasn't hitting too hard and it's only a small hammer" he replied, with a small smile to her. "Think I'll be okay"
"Hmm, yeah" replied Mikki, with a nod and taking the hand that he had hit and bringing it up to her lips. "Better?"
"Much, yeah" he said, with a small laugh. "I think I can get use to that kind of treatment if I hurt myself"
"No" said Mikki, shaking her head. "No more injuring yourself"
"But kisses are good medical treatment" replied Sebastian, with a smile to her. "It's a proven fact"
"Oh really now" said Mikki, with a laugh. "I've not heard of that as fact"
"Hmm, I have" replied Sebastian, with a nod and leaned closer to her. "Kisses are known to be good cure for anything" he continued with a smile before kissing her. "I feel much better already"
"Okay, yeah" said Mikki, with a laugh and shaking her head. "I'm beginning to think this moving in together, not such a good idea"
"Why isn't it?" asked Sebastian, looking to her with the smallest of frowns and Mikki looked to him with a smile.
"Because, you" said Mikki, with a laugh and quickly kissing him. "Get too distracted by kissing" she continued, with a smile to him. "And not keeping focus on what you're meant to be doing"
"And we promised our parents, that we would stay focused" he replied, giving a sigh as Mikki nodded. "Okay, yeah let's get this table done"
"Good idea" replied Mikki, with a nod. "Stay focused on what we're doing"
"Yeah, but after this we call it quits for the night" replied Sebastian, looking to her as he picked the hammer up again and also the dowel pieces. "Dyl and Bee are coming around tomorrow to give us some help with the remaining stuff we have to put together" he continued as Mikki gave a nod. "And there is a bed, I am dying to try out"
"Hmm, yes hopefully it will be comfortable to sleep on" said Mikki, with a smile and Sebastian looked to her with a laugh.
"Wasn't thinking we'd sleep, straight away" he replied, as Mikki gave a laugh and shook her head. "We know it's comfortable enough to lie on" he continued, as Mikki nodded. "But there is other stuff, that would have been frowned upon in Ikea that we need to be trying on it"
"Uh huh" said Mikki, with a smile to him. "Let's get this table done then" she continued as Sebastian gave a nod. "So we can try then"
"Definitely" replied Sebastian, with a smile to her, and they finished putting the table together; before leaving the chairs to do the next day, and going to test out the new bed that they had bought that was now one hundred percent completely that of both of theirs.
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The next day, with Dylan and Brooke coming around to the apartment; Sebastian along with his older brother's help got the chairs, bookshelves, drawer chests and entertainment unit together, whilst Mikki and Brooke went shopping and got some groceries, before later in the day the other two went with them to Best Buy to grab the television that they had placed on hold and some other, as Brooke called it; essentially items that Mikki would be needing in the kitchen, especially that of a slow cooker for all the nights when neither of them would feel up to cooking after classes and still wanted to come home to actual cooked meals, and not rely on take away.
Taking the Monday, to then organize themselves; without that of any one else coming around to help them. Sebastian was connecting up the television to the Roku box and dvd player that had also bought; whilst Mikki was over in the kitchen area, reading over a recipe that she was going to do in the slow cooker for their dinner that night.
"Remind when I go shopping next to go the Barnes and Noble" said Mikki, and Sebastian who was getting the Roku set up with their information for wifi so they would be able to use it; looked to her shaking his head.
"I think we've established already you have way too many books" he said, with a smile and laugh to his girlfriend, and Mikki looked to him with a smile as well as laugh also.
"Novels, yeah heaps of them" she replied, with a nod. "But I was actually after some slow cooker books, so I don't always need to be searching online for recipes"
"I guess that does make sense" said Sebastian, with a small sigh. "At least then, if you need me to get something together" he continued, as Mikki looked to her boyfriend. "Then I can do that"
"Exactly" replied Mikki, with a nod as she placed the final part of the ingredients into the slow cooker and placed the lid to it, and turning it on; then walked over to Sebastian and sat down next to him on their sofa. "There are reasons for my madness"
"Yeah, and I love your madness" he replied, with a smile as he slipped his arm around her and kissing her. "And totally love as well that I forever get to come home to you now"
"Me too, I love that" replied Mikki, with a nod and smile as she kissed him; the two of them getting caught up in it, and only stopping when they heard the buzzer for downstairs and their apartment sound. "Expecting anyone?" she asked, moving away from him and Sebastian looked to her shaking his head. "Hmm, 'kay" she continued, with a nod. "Guess better check then and see who it is"
"Uh huh" said Sebastian, with a nod also as Mikki stood from the sofa and went over to the door and pressed the talk button on the intercom system.
"Hello?" she asked, and kept hold of the buzzer so that she would be able to hear the other person speak.
"Hi" came a voice through the intercom. "It's Karen"
"Oh hi" replied Mikki, with a small laugh. "Come on up, we're on the third floor and first apartment on the left"
"Thanks" said Karen, as Mikki pressed the button to release the door downstairs; and opened the apartment door so that Karen would know which one they were.
"I guess Karen felt a little left out" said Mikki, as she walked over to Sebastian again and sat next to him. "Since everyone else has seen the apartment"
"Well not everyone" replied Sebastian, with a laugh. "Jere's not been here yet"
"Yeah, because he's in Alabama" replied Mikki, also with a laugh as they heard Karen's voice, say "Hello" and they both turned to look at her.
"Hey, come on in" said Sebastian, with a smile to her and Karen nodded as she walked further into the apartment, closing the door behind herself.
"I'm sorry, I should have called and told you I'd be coming by" she said, with a smile to the two of them. "It's kind of rude of me to just show up"
"No, it's fine" replied Mikki shaking her head with a smile to the other female. "I know you weren't able to get here over the weekend since you had work, so it's fine that you're here now"
"Okay, yeah" said Karen, with a small nod and glanced around the apartment. "Looks like you've gotten pretty much all done"
"We have, yeah" replied Sebastian, with a nod and gestured towards one of the armchairs that they also had in their living area. "Have a seat"
"Thank you" said Karen, with a nod but stepped over to them first and taking something out of her handbag. "This is for you, guys"
"You didn't have to get us anything" replied Mikki, shaking her head and taking what Karen was holding out to them.
"It's just something small" said Karen, with a smile to her, as Mikki looked to what Karen had given them and saw that it was a key holder to go on the wall; that said 'His' and "Hers'. "Figure it might come in handy"
"Thank you, it's really thoughtful" said Sebastian, with a nod and Karen looked to him with a smile and sat down in the armchair.
"So how is it?" asked Karen, looking to the both of them. "Living together?"
"Well so far we're only at day two" replied Mikki, with a laugh as Sebastian gave a nod and small laugh also. "So maybe ask us in a few weeks, and see if we're sick of each other then"
"I don't think that will happen" replied Karen, with a laugh and shaking her head. "I really envy the two of you" she continued with a small sigh. "Getting to move in with each other and all that"
"It sucks that Jeremy is in Alabama" said Mikki, and Karen looked to her with a nod.
"Yeah, it really does" she replied with a sigh. "And I know he has a really great job there" she continued, as Mikki and Sebastian looked to her. "Just sometimes wish he was kind of closer"
"You could always move there" said Sebastian, and Karen looked to him with a small laugh.
"The thought has very much crossed my mind" she replied, with a nod. "Just we've only really started the whole dating thing and I kind of want to see if it's going to be something that will last before I take that step"
"Then maybe give it a year from when you really started to date" said Sebastian, looking to her with a smile. "And not just talking with each other"
"Hmm, we posed the idea to our parents about living together" said Mikki, with a laugh. "On the first anniversary of the day we went out"
"Yes, I recall" said Karen, with a laugh. "I think we've all now heard that both your parents were freaked out that you might be having a baby"
"That's not going to be something that will happen for a very, very long time" replied Mikki, with a laugh, as Karen looked to her with a smile and laugh also and Sebastian nodded his head.
"And besides too" said Sebastian, and Karen looked to him. "Jere did say he would be here in two weeks, since he's taking a week's holiday"
"Yeah, I know" replied Karen, with a smile to him. "Can't wait to see him"
"Well my butthead brother has to come around and see this place" said Sebastian, looking to him. "So maybe, you can also come around"
"That would be nice" said Karen, with a nod. "Thank you"
"Maybe we could also invite Dyl and Bee around also" said Mikki, looking to Sebastian. "Have dinner together"
"Hmmm, that would be pretty cool" replied Sebastian, with a smile to her; and the two of them continued to talk with Karen before she headed home, once again leaving them alone in what was now their apartment and a place that saw being there's for many years to come.
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Shocked; was really the only word that any of them would use when Mikki and Sebastian, told them that they would be breaking up after nearly six and a half years together, with Mikki obtaining a job in the state of California; after the job that she had since college changed from what she had become, and made her feel as if she wasn't appreciated anymore.
For Midge and Eric, as well as Henry and Abby, having over the years that their children had been together become close friends; and also as well their other children of each of them, who had become close with one another too; it was a weird sense to really comprehend and that of losing someone they had come to see as family to one another.
Having headed to Dillards, at the WestGate Mall to buy herself some new clothes for work; Abby gave a small sigh as she walked past the more formal dresses, and picking up one of the rack held it up to herself and looked in the mirror with a smile; before then placing it back to the rack.
Walking over to the counter with the items, that she was intending to purchase; and not try and think there wouldn't be any time in the close future where she would get to wear a dress like the one she had just admired, for the wedding of her younger son; stood behind the person already at the counter paying for their items.
"Thank you, have a lovely day" said the cashier to the person in front of her, as the person she had been serving gave a nod.
"Yes, thank you" she replied, as Abby recognized the voice. "You also"
"Midge, hi" said Abby, as she turned to leave; and Midge looked to her with a small smile.
"Oh Abby, hi" she replied, with a smile to her also. "How are you?"
"I'm okay" said Abby, with a nod as she placed the items down to the counter and looked to the cashier with a smile. "Could I just grab these?" she asked, as the cashier replied, "Certainly" with a small nod; and Abby turned back to Midge. "How are you, Midge?"
"Yes, okay as well" she replied, with a small nod.
"Do you have time to maybe grab a coffee?" asked Abby, looking to her with a small smile. "We can talk and catch up?"
"I would love too" said Midge, with a small sigh. "But unfortunately don't have the time today"
"Oh, that's fine" replied Abby, with a small smile to her. "Maybe another time, when you do and we happen to run into each other"
"That would be nice" said Midge, with a nod and smile to her also. "It was lovely to see you again"
"You too" replied Abby, with a small nod. "Tell Mikki hi, from myself and Henry also when you speak with her" she continued as Midge gave a nod. "And that we do miss her"
"I will" replied Midge, with a smile to her. "Please pass on the same to Seb from Eric and I, as well"
"Certainly" said Abby, with a nod. "I'll let you go"
"Okay, bye" said Midge, giving a small laugh; and Abby also replying "Bye" as well, before Midge then walked away.
"I'm so sorry about that" said Abby, as she turned to the cashier who was just about to finish ringing up and bagging the last of them items she was buying.
"Oh, it's fine" replied the cashier with a smile to her. "That comes to three hundred and sixty, all up"
"That's just on my card" said Abby, with a nod as she took her purse from her handbag and getting out her Dillards store credit card to pay and tapped it to the payment terminal.
"Thank you, very much" she the cashier and took the receipt from the register and placed it into the bag. "Have a lovely day"
"Yes, you also" replied Abby, with a smile to her and taking her bag; walked out of the department store and couldn't help but wonder if Sebastian and Mikki would see that they had made a very huge mistake by splitting up and maybe one day end back together; or if she was going to have to get use to another girl eventually being the one to end up with her youngest son.
End Note: As you can see it started all nice and sweet, and fun; and then I had to go and put the end part on to it. But it would be so hard on the others, when Mikki and Sebastian took that small break; because they had really come to see each other as family over the years.
Next update, I do promise will be a happier story; and that should hopefully be up soon!
Thanks all for reading, and I will catch you again soon.
Love, KJ xoxoxoxoxoxoxo
