A/N : Sorry for the long delay on getting an update on this story - but as always, so many stories on the go!
So this chapter sees an extension of when Mikki and Seb, help Marley with the move back to San Francisco; and just in some of the ways it's connecting to the other stories I also have going on (there will be, I will say another connect to 'Not Alone' soon in regards to all these!) and the ever interweaving aspect of my stuff.
But without further chit chat from me, I will let you get on with the story.
Love always,
KJ xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo
Chapter 10 –
With Sebastian over at Jeremy and Karen's place, helping his older brother put together the bed that they'd bought for Lucas, who they were trying to get out of sleeping in his cot. Mikki who'd opted to say home, since she'd been out all day yesterday and had not gotten a chance to even get started on her meal plans for that of the next week, so it was all done and ready for her; was procrastinating from doing that, and loaded up a photo to her Facebook that she had taken yesterday, when she'd gone shopping with Kitty, Karen and Ellie, and also Brooke and Olivia who'd come down for the day as well.
Laughing as she put a little smile emoji into the photo and then typing 'Insert Marley here', she then typed in 'say something about this photo' Soon will have the missing one back – awesome shopping days to come then! #Sisters #BFFs #FamilyNotAlwaysBlood #ShoppingSaturday #JustMissingMarley and then posted it to her page.
Placing her phone back down, she picked up her pen, and tapped it on to the weekly meal planner; that she had created and printed off, so she had an easy to go to reference for things, and looking at her laptop that was on the table with her, went into her crock pot recipes lot of pins and started looking for that of meals she could make with that of the chicken legs, that she had for that particular nights dinner, when her cell phone rang and she saw Marley's name on the screen, and she picked up with a smile, answering it.
"You saw the photo" said Mikki with a laugh, as Marley gave a laugh also on the other end.
"Yeah, I did" she replied, with a smile. "I'm guessing you all went shopping yesterday?"
"We did, yeah" said Mikki. "Bee and Liv came down here to shop with the rest of us, and we kind of maybe spent a little too much money"
"When is there any time all of you are together shopping that doesn't happen?" asked Marley, with a laugh.
"Probably never" replied Mikki, with a laugh also. "And soon you will be able to do the same with us"
"Yeah, that will be fun" said Marley, as Mikki smiled at the thought of having her little sister around more often soon. "I know how much fun it was when you were here in California, and we'd spend the weekend shopping"
"Uh huh, totally fun" said Mikki, with a laugh. "So you better be saving your money, Leesy; cause when you're back epic shopping weekend coming up"
"Well at the moment all my money is going to be going into getting me back to South Carolina" she replied. "So maybe hold off on that epic shopping trip just a bit"
"Have you worked that out yet?" asked Mikki. "What you're going to be doing to get back here? Flying back?"
"Actually, I've been costing out the different ways to do it" replied Marley. "And I was actually going to call you tonight and talk about it"
"Well we're talking now, little sis" said Mikki. "So what's the plan?"
"I was initially thinking flying over and then getting my stuff shipped over by truck" she replied. "But that would also mean my car, and do you know how much it costs to get a car taken across country in a container?"
"A lot" replied Mikki, with a laugh. "I priced it when I was heading back here, and it was like over a thousand dollars, and that wasn't including getting any of my stuff back here. That would have been another thousand dollars on top of that"
"Yeah, that's what I got as well" said Marley. "So I was wondering when you drove back what route did you take? Because it will just be much more cost effective to hire a trailer like you did and drive home"
"Whilst that's a better solution Leesy" replied Mikki. "I also don't recommend doing it on your own, as it's a very long tiring exhausting drive if you do; by the end of it I was literally running off coffee and adrenaline"
"Well, I don't know how else I am meant to do it" replied Marley, with a small sigh. "I know when Kitty moved back over, she didn't need to worry about a car as the one she'd been driving had been a company car and she bought another one when she got to Lexington; and it was affordable to ship her stuff over as she really didn't have that much to take. But I don't really want to be selling my car as it's not that old and I haven't done much in mileage on it"
"I get what you're saying Leesy, really I do" said Mikki. "All I'm saying is don't do what I did, and drive forty hours in five days; it's really insane when I think back now that I even did that"
"What about when you came over here?" asked Marley. "How long did you take then?"
"Maybe two more days" replied Mikki. "But still on my own, it was tiring and really boring too just be driving all that time"
"I don't know what else I can do, Keeks" said Marley. "It really is my only option and it's not like I can ask anyone to drive over to South Carolina with me and all that, without it being a huge imposition on them"
"I'm sure no one would think of it as that" replied Mikki. "And if you can hold off any final plans, let me talk with Seb and I will give you a call tonight; as I have an idea that might just work"
"I don't want you all pitching into help me money wise" said Marley, shaking her head even though she knew that Mikki wasn't able to see this. "You all have your own expenses, and it's not fair to let you do that"
"No, it's not that what I am thinking Leesy" replied Mikki, with a laugh. "I will though however let you know when Seb is home; he's gone over to Jere and Kae's to help getting the bed together for Lucas, since they are going to try and get him out of sleeping in the cot"
"Okay, yeah" replied Marley. "What are you thinking of maybe?"
"I'll call you tonight with more details" said Mikki. "I just got to talk with Seb and see if he agrees and then we can take it from there"
"Okay, you're being very cryptic big sister there" replied Marley, with a laugh. "We'll talk again tonight"
"Yeah, it shouldn't be too late" said Mikki. "Seb should be home soon anyway, and we'll talk and then I will call you back"
"Okay, talk soon Miks" replied Marley, with a smile. "Miss you"
"Miss you too Leesy" said Mikki, with a small laugh. "But soon you will be able to see me all the time; and probably end up getting totally sick of me"
"Never get sick of you" replied Marley, with a laugh. "Talk later"
"Yeah later Leesy" said Mikki. "Bye"
"Bye" replied Marley, and with a small sigh ended the call; and Mikki continued on with doing her weekly dinner prep before Sebastian got home from his brother's place and she was able to talk with them regarding what she was thinking in order to help Marley get back home from California.
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Pulling into the driveway of his and Mikki's home, after having helped his brother get the bed together for Lucas, that they hoped he would take to sleeping in and no longer be using the crib; Sebastian pulled his car into park and turned off the engine, and then headed to the front door. Entering their house, he walked to the kitchen; with the smell of what was obviously from that of Mikki cooking, wafting throughout the house, and smiled with a laugh as he saw his wife busy at the stove stirring what was in the pan on there; and Amelia seated in her high chair watching her, but upon seeing Sebastian enter the kitchen, squealed in delight on seeing her father and held out her arms to him.
"Hmm, hi you" said Sebastian, with a laugh as he walked over to where she was seated and unclipped her from the chair as Mikki turned from what she was doing.
"Hey, you too" she said, with a smile as Sebastian, walked over to where she was and placed a quick kiss to her lips. "Everything go okay at Jere and Kae's place?"
"Yeah, no problems" replied Sebastian, with a smile as Amelia leaned against his shoulder and he looked to his daughter with a small laugh. "Lukey seems to be liking the idea of a big boy bed so far" he continued with a laugh. "But the real challenge will be tonight, when they have to see if he will sleep in it then on his own"
"Did they leave the crib up just in case he wasn't wanting to just yet, leave that?" asked Mikki, and Sebastian looking to her with a nod.
"They did, yeah" he replied, with small laugh. "They're going to leave it up for a week, just in case he wants to use it one night" he continued. "But after that, well it will be dismantled and put away"
"So they're not going to be selling it then" said Mikki, with a small laugh also as Sebastian shook his head. "That to me sounds as if they could be thinking more children"
"Yeah" replied Sebastian, with a nod. "We know Karen really wants a little girl, so I'm sure they're going to be keeping at it until they do have one"
"Well if they keep on having boys" said Mikki, with a laugh. "They're going to have to call it quits sooner or later, or they will end up with a whole tribe of kids"
"And I don't think that will worry Karen one bit" said Sebastian, with a laugh also. "So what's been happening with my two fave girls today?"
"Hmm, Millie had an extra long sleep today" replied Mikki, with a small sigh. "So I am hoping that doesn't mean that this little miss" she continued, looking to her daughter in Sebastian's arms and tickling her slightly, as she in turn laughed and smiled at her mom. "Thinks that bed time, is going to be later tonight"
"I should hope not" replied Sebastian, with a smile as he placed a kiss to Amelia's cheek. "Since she knows that both Mommy and Daddy have work tomorrow"
"Yeah" said Mikki, with a laugh and nod. "And apart from that did dinner prep for the week, so know what will be cooking and also had a call too from Marley as well"
"Is she okay?" asked Sebastian, looking to his wife; and Mikki looked to him with a small nod and smile.
"Of course" she replied, as she placed the spoon down she was using to stir and moved over to the fridge, to grab out the chicken for that night that she would also be cooking with. "Obviously though, as well as she can be with everything going on at the moment"
"Yeah" said Sebastian, as he picked up the spoon that Mikki had been using and moved around the vegetables for her so they'd not burn. "As long as she knows that we are here for her, for whatever she may be needing"
"Well I am actually glad you said that" said Mikki with a laugh as she went back over to where Sebastian, was, and looked to him with a smile. "Because I think there is something we can be doing to help Marls out"
"Hmm, okay yeah of course" replied Sebastian, with a nod as Mikki took the spoon from him and removed the vegetables she'd stir fried out of the pan, and then placed the chicken in it to cook. "What does she need?"
"She rang me today, and asked how was it driving from San Fran to back here" said Mikki, looking to him with a small sigh as Sebastian gave a small laugh.
"I hope you told her not to do that?" he asked, as Mikki gave a laugh also.
"Course I did, told her how insane it was" she replied, with a nod. "Both times that I did it, and even though the first time was seven days I took to get over to California" continued Mikki, with a small smile to her husband. "It still was so tiring, just myself driving"
"Yeah, I worried so much when you were driving over to California" said Sebastian with a nod also. "And I'm sure I would have worried too when I knew you were driving back here, if I'd known about it that is"
"Yes, hence why I didn't tell you that" replied Mikki, with a small laugh, and Sebastian smiled with a laugh also. "So, back to the thing with Marley" she continued, as Sebastian gave a nod. "She wants to be keeping her car, and obviously having lived in California for so long there is a lot of stuff that she will be bringing back home as well"
"Makes sense, yeah" said Sebastian, as Mikki readded the vegetables to the stir fry and then started mixing them through the chicken. "How much would it cost for her to have her car freighted over here?"
"Quite a lot" replied Mikki, with a nod, as she added the sauce mix to the stir fry, and then looked to her husband. "Which then made me think more logically about it, and thought maybe we could fly over to California and then drive back with Marley; so then it's three people sharing the driving"
"We could do that, yeah" said Sebastian, with a nod also. "Anything to make sure that Marley gets back here safely"
"So you're perfectly okay with this then?" asked Mikki, looking to him. "Because I can just as easily go on my own, and drive back with Marley" she continued. "As two people would still lessen the driving on just that of one person"
"Do you really think, I'm going to say go and drive with Marley back here, just you?" asked Sebastian, with a laugh, and Mikki looked to him with a smile and shook her head. "Exactly, we'll do this together" he continued, as Mikki nodded. "You know I think of Marley as my little sister, just as much as she is your actual little sister; and we're all family and we help one another out"
"Thank you" replied Mikki, with a smile as she put the spoon down that she was using and wrapped her arms around her husband and daughter also that was still in his arms. "Love you"
"Love you too" replied Sebastian, with a smile also and quickly kissed her. "We can call Marley after dinner and let her know what we're going to do"
"Sure, yeah okay" said Mikki, with a nod; and the two of them ate dinner before calling Marley later that evening to let her know that they would help with the move from California to back home.
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Having organised with Marley, just what they'd be doing and going over to California to help the youngest Kapowski girl move back to South Carolina. On the Monday afternoon, after having picked up the moving trailer that they would be attaching to Marley's car; Mikki was in the spare room that her younger sister was now sleeping in, helping her to pack up her clothes into the moving boxes that they had also got when they'd picked up the trailer that they would also be taking back to South Carolina with them; whilst Sebastian worked on packing up all of Marley's DVD's in the living room, since he knew much like that of Mikki that the two girls had very much the same tastes in that of their television and movie viewing.
"So, you'll help me once we get back home" said Marley as she folded some clothes. "Put this stuff on eBay, that I am not wanting?"
"Sure of course" replied Mikki, looking to her younger sister with a nod, as she moved over from where Amelia was asleep in the travel bassinet that they had bought with them. "Could you not work out how to do it?"
"Well there is that" said Marley, with a small laugh and smile to her sister. "And I also thought as well, since I haven't got any feedback either as a seller, that people might avoid buying from me and because I also have a low buying feedback as well"
"What you're asking then is can I sell them for you" said Mikki, with a laugh, and Marley looked to her with a nod. "And you then get the money for it"
"Minus that of your costs for doing it" said Marley, with a smile to her. "And also as well, if there is anything on eBay that you see and maybe want to be buying for Millie, then use some of that money from my stuff for that too"
"Okay, yeah deal" replied Mikki, with a nod to her; as Sebastian came into the bedroom and walked over to where they both were.
"So these DVD's are they yours, Marls?" he asked, showing her the pile he was holding; and they both looked to him.
"On what planet would I be watching those Batman movies?" asked Marley, looking to the DVD's with a laugh, and Sebastian gave a laugh also.
"So guessing not yours then?" he asked, with a smile as Marley shook her head.
"No they're not" she replied, with a smile and shaking her head. "And I think I better be going and just making sure that you have taken what are my DVD's and not left that of ones that are mine, here for Ryder"
"I think I know for instance that things like Care Bears and My Little Pony are yours, Marls" he said, with a laugh, as Marley gave a nod.
"Still, I'll just check to be on the safe side now" she replied, with a smile, and looked to Mikki. "You okay with doing this for a few minutes"
"Sure, yeah of course" said Mikki, with a smile to her younger sister. "I'm just thinking what you might want to be selling, I might like for me" she continued, as Marley gave a laugh. "My wardrobe size is going to quadruple in size with you back home now"
"Oh god, please no" said Sebastian, and Mikki looked to her husband with a frown as Marley looked to her with a smile.
"Mine too, huh" she said, as Mikki gave a nod; before heading out of the bedroom with Sebastian, to make sure he'd packed her DVD's up for taking back to South Carolina and not that of Ryder's; leaving Mikki to continue packing up her sister's clothes before the three of them went out for dinner later that evening.
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Pulling up outside the Puckerman residence which was a short drive from the apartment on Tuesday afternoon; after having packed all of Marley's belongings into the trailer ready for driving the next morning, Marley turned off her car engine and looked to her sister and brother in law.
"So this will only take a few minutes" she said, with a smile to them. "I just don't want to leave without saying goodbye to them"
"It's fine, Marls" replied Mikki, looking to her younger sister from the back seat where she was sitting with Amelia, also in her car seat. "And if it's okay with you, maybe I can also just come and say quickly hi too"
"Sure, yeah if you're wanting too" she said, with a nod and Mikki looked to her with a nod also.
"I think I'd feel bad if you were to tell them I'm out here" said Mikki, with a small laugh. "And not come into at least say hi" she continued, as Marley gave a nod. "It's not like I have any problems with Puck or Sam, to not at least be civil to either of them"
"Yeah, I guess" replied Marley, with a nod. "So let's go then, huh" she continued, as Mikki gave a nod and looked to Sebastian, seated up the front in the passenger seat next to Marley.
"You coming also, babe?" she asked. "Or staying here?"
"Guess might as well come and say hi also" he said, giving a laugh. "It's not like those guys ever treated you like dirt"
"Seb, really" said Mikki, looking to her husband as he unbuckled his seat belt. "Please don't get all macho bullshit protective of me, 'kay"
"Sorry, but they should have at least seen that what Blaine did, and the way he use to treat women wasn't that of the most respectful way and said something to him" he replied, as he and Marley opened their doors and Mikki unclipped Amelia from her car seat, as Sebastian opened the door to get his daughter out. "So why I don't have a problem as such with them, they still should have called him out on it more often"
"Actually, Puck always use to call him out on it" said Marley, as Mikki got out of the other side of the car, and then she locked up her car. "Sam, also" she continued, with a small nod. "Neither of them thought the way Blaine use to use girls, was the right thing to be doing"
"And also I too used Blaine as well" said Mikki, as they headed up the stairs of the Puckerman residence. "I was still in love with you" she continued, taking Sebastian's hand, and giving him a smile. "And thought we would never have what we have now"
"Yeah, me either" said Sebastian, with a smile to his wife also. "I honestly was beginning to think I'd lost you forever"
"I don't think you two would have ever lost being friends" said Marley, looking to them both with a a smile as she rang the doorbell at the front door. "You both care about one another and also that of each other's family too much for that to have happened"
"True" said Sebastian, looking to the younger girl with a smile. "Can't imagine not having any of you in my life", he continued as the front door of the Puckerman's opened and Puck was standing on the other side.
"Hey Marley" he said, upon seeing her and then looked to Sebastian and Mikki. "And wow, hi"
"Hi Puck" said Marley, with a smile to him; as Mikki also replied with the same thing.
"Come on inside" said Puck, as he stepped back from the door and held it open to allow them to talk inside the house.
"Thank you" replied Marley, as they stepped inside and Puck closed the door behind them. "I hope you don't mind Mikki and Seb coming as well?"
"No, of course not" said Puck, shaking his head and looking to them both; and held his hand out to Sebastian. "It's nice to see you again"
"Yeah, you too" replied Sebastian, shaking the hand that had been extended out to him.
"We just didn't want to be intruding that's all" said Mikki, and Puck looked to her with a smile.
"Mikki" he said with a laugh. "You never intruded here, and you're not now"
"Just after everything" replied Mikki, with a small smile. "And now being that this is all happened with Marley and Ryder, I wasn't sure how welcome my family would be here"
"These things happen" replied Puck, with a smile; and then looked to Amelia in his former co hosts husband's arms. "And this gorgeous little girl must be Amelia"
"It is" said Mikki with a nod. "Just a little over one year old now"
"They grow up fast, that's for sure" replied Puck, with a smile as he tickled the little girl who laughed. "And speaking of girls" he continued as he walked over to the stairs and stepped on to the first one. "Beth, Aly, Penny. Marley is downstairs to say goodbye" and he turned back to the adults present. "They shouldn't be more than a few seconds, they're just upstairs listening to some music and I guess also talking" he said with a laugh, as Mikki looked to him with a smile.
"So nothing much has changed then, obviously" she laughed as Puck looked to her shaking his head.
"Except for them being older" he replied, with a sigh. "And more arguments at time with one another; not much at all" he continued with a laugh. "You and Sebastian, have a lot to look forward too"
"I think we're a few years off from that at the moment" said Sebastian, looking to the other male with a laugh.
"Hmm, if will be there before you even realise it" said Puck, with a smile to him; as Beth, Alyson and Penny came down from upstairs, and Marley looked to the three of them, as Beth spoke, as they neared them. "Hi Marley, hi Mikki" she said, and looking to Sebastian, smiled. "I'm not sure, I remember your name"
"Sebastian" he replied, giving her a small smile. "And it's Beth, right"
"Yeah, hi" she said, with a nod, and Marley looked to the three girls with a smile.
"We were just coming over to say bye to you all" said Marley, looking to them, as the three girls looked to her also. "Mikki and Seb have come to help me move back over, since it's going to be a really long drive back there"
"So you're going back home today?" asked Alyson, as Marley gave a small nod.
"Tomorrow actually" replied Marley, looking to the middle of the three Puckerman daughters. "We head off for Disneyland in the morning and are going to spend a few days there, before continuing on"
"Dad, when we can go to Disneyland again?" asked Penny, looking to him. "I don't remember it from the first time much"
"We'll see what happens" replied Puck, with a nod to his youngest daughter, and then looked to Marley and the other two she'd arrived at the house with. "So it was nice of you both to come and help Marley make the move back to South Carolina"
"Well I know from experience" said Mikki, with a small laugh. "Just how difficult that drive is"
"Yes, hence why she didn't want Marley doing what she did" said Sebastian, with a smile to his wife and Mikki looked to him shaking her head.
"Well you know if any of you are ever in California again for any reason" said Puck, looking to them with a smile. "Then there is always an invitation to come and visit"
"Thank you" said Marley, with a smile to him also. "And if you're ever over our way, then please let us know"
"I will" replied Puck, with a nod. "It would be nice maybe one year to take the girls on a trip and see a little more than they would see here" he continued, looking to Mikki and Sebastian. "Catch up with people too"
"Well as Marley said, you know where we all are" said Mikki and Puck looked to her with a smile.
"Have a safe trip home, huh" said Puck, with a nod. "It's good that you got three of you to share the drive"
"Definitely" replied Mikki, with a laugh. "Relying on coffee, for five days to keep awake is not a good thing at all"
"Yes, true" said Puck, with a laugh. "But then again, you always did like your coffee to begin with; so I can't see how that would have been a problem"
"And clearly you never saw Mikki when she had too much caffeine" replied Sebastian, with a laugh. "She's like this jittery talks too much over excitable mess"
"I thought that was normal Mikki" said Puck, with a laugh; and Mikki looked to her former co host with a laugh also.
"Yes, that's normal" she replied, with a smile. "But just imagine that magnified a hundred times, and then you get what Seb means"
"Especially when she had exams coming up" said Marley with a laugh also. "Crazy, hyped up older sister who didn't sleep for two days"
"Well safe trip, regardless huh" said Puck, with a laugh; and saying that of a final goodbye to the Puckerman's, the three of them left the house; for what Mikki and Sebastian thought was to be dinner down at Fisherman's wharf, but as turns out Marley had other plans already for dinner that night and had yet to tell that of her sister and brother in law, just what those plans were.
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Driving to where they would be going for dinner that night, Mikki who was seated in the back seat with that of Amelia, in the car seat; looked to her younger sister as she drove.
"Umm Marls, isn't Fisherman's Wharf in the other direction?" she asked, with a laugh; as Marley looked to her older sister in the rear view mirror with a small smile and also nod. "Okay, then why are we heading in the opposite direction?"
"Well we've actually being invited somewhere for dinner tonight" replied Marley, with a small smile. "And I wasn't going to say it before earlier, because I knew you and Seb might have a problem with it"
"Why would it be a problem?" asked Sebastian, looking over to his sister in law next to him in the drivers seat, since he was in the front passenger seat.
"Because we're going to my friend Hannah's for dinner" she replied, looking to him and then quickly to Mikki in the mirror. "And I didn't want to not be able to see one of my best friends before I left"
"Hannah" said Mikki, looking to her sister. "She would be your friend who is now married to my ex, correct?"
"And who also is the half sister of my ex too?" asked Sebastian, looking to his sister in law; as Marley gave a small nod as she came to stop at a set of traffic lights.
"I know I should have said something" said Marley, with a small sigh. "But I kind of knew you'd both freak out about it"
"Oh you think" said Sebastian, with a laugh. "Was I not just saying not even an hour ago, that I think the guy who is married to your friend is a jerk"
"Yes, and that's why I didn't want to mention it any sooner" replied Marley as the light changed and she moved away from the intersection. "As of tomorrow I have a whole new life starting" she continued as she drove. "One where I am not going to be knowing anyone but that of my family, since I have been away from South Carolina for so long, so please let me have this one evening to say goodbye to someone has been my friend for a very long time"
"Whilst we don't think you don't want to be missing saying goodbye to your friends" said Mikki, looking to her sister. "Understand where Seb and I are coming from too"
"Yeah, it was bad enough the guy came to your wedding Marls and we had to see him then" said Sebastian, looking to his sister in law. "But to actually have to sit down at the same table and eat dinner with him, and be civilized; that's a big ask"
"Maybe you can drop Seb and I off somewhere" said Mikki, as Sebastian looked to her with a nod. "And we grab our own dinner and then make our way back to the hotel were staying at from there"
"That could be an idea" said Marley, with a small nod. "But also as well I'm sure Hannah has been planning on that you're going to be there, and therefore would have cooked accordingly" continued Marley, with a small sigh. "So to have you now not show up, well it would be rather rude"
"I guess a few hours, isn't going to kill me" replied Mikki, with a small sigh. "Having to put up with that of my ex boyfriend for a bit"
"And I can hopefully restrain myself from wanting to punch him in the face" said Sebastian, with a small sigh. "Since this does mean so much to you Marley" he continued, looking to his sister in law; who in turn nodded, and the three of them continued on towards that of Hannah and Blaine's place where they would be having dinner.
Seated at the medium sized table in what was Hannah and Blaine's home; Mikki sat with Amelia on her lap, since there wasn't a high chair present for the young girl, feeding her some of the sweet and sour chicken that Hannah had made, picking out for the young girl the parts she knew she would eat from her own plate.
"Are you sure I can't make her something else to eat?" asked Hannah, looking over to her, as Mikki looked to her with a small laugh and smile.
"No, she's enjoying it" she replied, as on to the spoon she had for helping Amelia to eat put some of the rice along with the chicken. "I have been getting her to eat more solids and different flavours" continued Mikki, as she too ate some of the meal. "And we have gone out to a few buffet restaurants back home, so that has given Millie the chance to try different food; both taste and texture"
"Okay" said Hannah, with a nod. "If you'd might have already guessed I don't have a lot of experience in cooking for little kids, so I do apologise that it might not have been something that she may have eaten"
"It comes with experience" said Sebastian, looking to the blonde with a smile and she in turn looked to him. "Mik and I were just sort of lucky, that we'd had the experience of looking after our niece and nephew before Millie was born that we were a little prepared for it"
"So true" replied Mikki, with a small laugh, as Amelia shook her head not wanting what she had on the spoon for her, and reached over to where Sebastian was sitting next to them at the table. "Want to go to daddy now, huh?" she asked, looking to her and then Sebastian, who in turn nodded and passed Amelia over to him so that she was able to sit with him, and she grabbed at a piece of red bell pepper from his plate.
"So that's why you wanted to come to me, huh" said Sebastian, looking to his daughter with a laugh, as Mikki handed him the spoon she'd had for feeding Amelia. "Love these don't you" he continued as he put it on to the spoon for her and let her eat it. "Definitely have your mother's appetite"
"Excuse me now" replied Mikki, with a laugh also. "Have you met your family, at all" she continued with a smile to him. "Do we need to talk about the disgusting habits and behaviors of your brothers"
"I was more or less comparing that of her appetite to yours" said Sebastian, with a smile to his wife. "And not that of gross behaviour of brothers, and one in particular; who thinks shoving pancakes in his mouth is something that should be still done at his age"
"Okay, yes" replied Mikki, with a nod. "I still say she takes after both our families, in different ways" she continued, with a small laugh; as Blaine gave a somewhat louder than normal sigh and put his cutlery down on his plate with a clang, and they all looked to him.
"Why did you come to California?" he asked, looking to Mikki; and she and the three other adults at the table looked to him also.
"Huh?" asked Mikki, looking to her now married ex boyfriend. "I came because I'm helping Marley move back home"
"No, not now" replied Blaine, shaking his head. "I know why you're here now" he continued, looking to her. "I meant before that. Why did you come here to live? When your heart never really left South Carolina"
"Honestly" said Mikki, looking to Blaine and then Sebastian, with a small smile; who in turn nodded.
"Yeah, honestly" said Blaine; and Mikki turned back to him placing her own cutlery down with a sigh.
"I had worked so hard at getting myself ahead at my work in South Carolina" replied Mikki. "And then it was all just pulled away from me and I was relegated back to doing something a person just out of college was able to do; and it made me feel as if it was all for nothing, that my degree meant nothing"
"So you started to look for other work" said Hannah, and Mikki turned to her with a nod.
"I did, yeah" replied Mikki. "And I'm not sure if you're aware, but in my business; it's tough being a female, as we are often seen to as being that of a lesser one to our male colleagues"
"Not that any of them ever saw you as a lesser person at work" said Sebastian, and Mikki turned to him shaking her head. "Tom, has always has a lot of confidence in you"
"I know that" replied Mikki, with a nod. "And I know now if I'd stayed there after the morning show ending, it wouldn't have been long before I would be doing what I am now" she continued and looking to Blaine. "But I lost confidence in myself, which is why I started applying for other jobs elsewhere; and when the one in San Francisco came up, I applied for it thinking I'd never get it; but I did, and through that I ended up hurting a lot of people, and myself"
"I guess I understand in a way" said Blaine, looking to Mikki and she in turn looked to him. "It's like how I wasn't confident until only very recently, to actually get into teaching after bad experiences when doing my practical placements"
"Yeah" said Mikki, with a nod. "And from what Marley has told me, you are a wonderful teacher; and I am glad you finally did take that step into doing it and what you love in music and using your degree"
"Guess, if we were still together" said Blaine, looking to her with a small smile. "Neither of us would be entirely happy" he continued, as Mikki looked to him shaking her head. "You'd not be with the person who makes you truly happy; and I wouldn't be with Hannah either, who makes me that too and also now doing a job I really do love as well"
"Life does work out for the best" said Hannah, looking to her husband and then to Mikki. "And I think you both needed to be a part of each other's lives, for that short period of time; to realise that your happiness lies elsewhere"
"And Mikki was never going to be happy with anyone but Seb" said Marley, looking to her friend, as Hannah shook her head with a small smile to her. "I've known that since having seen them together the first summer they were dating; it was like meant to be"
"Yeah and I saw also how close Mikki was with your brothers and that" said Blaine, looking to Sebastian; who in turn nodded. "And how close you were with Mikki's brother and sisters, even back when she was living here from stuff on Facebook; that should have been a sign, but I instead just chose to ignore it in my own now I see selfish way"
"I'm sorry I used you Blaine" said Mikki, and Blaine looked to her and all the others did as well. "I know I have said sorry to you before, but I've never actually said sorry for using you, like I did, and I am now apologising for being that person that I never thought I could be, and use someone; like I used you"
"Thanks Mikki" replied Blaine, giving her a smile. "I'm sorry too as well, for all those pick up lines I used on you and also as well for maybe forcing you into being with me; when it was quite clear that you'd never stop being able to love Sebastian"
"I want to say I tried to, do that" she said, with a small sigh and looked to Sebastian seated next to her. "But I just was never going to be able to let go of him, no matter how hard I tried too"
"And umm, also Hannah maybe when you speak with your sister again" said Sebastian, and Hannah looked to him. "You could tell her that I am sorry also. I know it's not the same thing as to what happened with Blaine and Mik, but I used her as well for that of the wrong reasons, and thinking I needed to move on, when I knew there wasn't going to be anyone but Mikki who my heart was ever going to belong too"
"I will tell her, yes" replied Hannah, looking to him with a smile. "But from what I have heard from Patty, she was able to see that you held on to Mikki and your relationship; which is why she was the one to end it" she continued, as Sebastian, gave a small nod. "That and also, I believe what was your sister in law's brutal assessment of her being the rebound girl also"
"Brooke" said Mikki, looking to her husband, and he in turn looked to her with a nod, replying "Who else?", as Mikki gave a laugh, shaking her head. "Protective older sister, huh"
"Pretty much, yeah" replied Sebastian, with a nod.
"You know I'm sure if Quinn were to still have been alive" said Blaine, with a small laugh. "She would have seen that your heart wasn't ever going to be mine" he continued, looking to Mikki with a small smile. "She was always so intuitive, when it came to things like that"
"And in saying that" said Mikki, with a small smile also. "I'm sure she would have adored Hannah then" she continued, as Blaine gave a nod and smiled to his wife. "I'm just glad that we're able to put this all behind us, and maybe can have some sort of friendship now"
"Same here, yeah" replied Blaine, with a smile also. "I think we can be that, friends" he continued, and the five of them continued to talk, until Marley, Mikki and Sebastian left; next morning bound for that of the trip home to South Carolina.
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After having had dinner at Hannah and Blaine's house, and Marley dropping them back to the hotel they were staying at; Sebastian was putting what they wouldn't be needing for the rest of the time in California into their bags whilst Mikki was in the bathroom after having put Amelia down to sleep. Zipping up one of the bags, as Mikki came out of the bathroom, stifling a yawn; Sebastian looked to her with a laugh as she sat on the bed and he placed the bag down to the ground near it and got on the bed also, wrapping his arms around his wife.
"Hmm, we haven't even started driving yet" said Sebastian, with a sigh and placing a kiss to Mikki's forehead. "And I'm already exhausted thinking about it"
"Yeah, and imagine actually doing all of it on your own" said Mikki, with a small laugh and Sebastian looked to her, quickly kissing her on the lips.
"Why did you not tell me you were going to come home?" he asked, as Mikki looked to him. "Was there a reason that you didn't want me to know that you were going to be doing that?"
"Because I wanted to surprise you" replied Mikki, with a small smile to him as Sebastian, gave a nod. "However in saying that, I do think it would have been nice to have had you know and then come over and driven back with me too"
"And I would have you know, done that" said Sebastian, kissing her as Mikki nodded. "The element of that surprise though, having spoken to you and then shortly after being there at our apartment door" he continued, as Mikki laughed with a nod. "Was a nice surprise, I will admit"
"I know yeah" said Mikki, with a smile and kissing him. "And also thank you for tonight and not getting all macho with Blaine when we were over his and Hannah's place" she continued, as Sebastian gave a nod. "I think you and I both know now, that we did some pretty crappy things to people who didn't deserve to be caught up in it all; just because we were that of complete idiots and decided to do something very stupid"
"And, I see now also; from what you said back when I came here to see you, about him maybe putting up some walls after his sister's death" replied Sebastian, with a small sigh. "I can't even begin to imagine what it would be like to lose Jere or Dyl, and not have them be a part of my life like they are anymore"
"I know, right" said Mikki, with a nod in reply. "I'd hate to lose Kitty, Marls or Roddy; because they all are so much a part of who I am, that I can't imagine either a life without them in it"
"And it sounds as if Blaine's sister, might have really being that rock of his and losing her" replied Sebastian. "Made him in a way lose the part of him that was the part that held up until one point, respect"
"More so I think it was, people don't stay around so why do I need to be having a relationship when stuff like what happened to his sister, happened" said Mikki, as Sebastian nodded. "And then I doing what I did, well I am really glad he was able to meet Hannah and fall in love with her; because for me to be partly responsible for that of making him act the way he did after I did what I did; it makes me feel bad knowing I was that person to make someone not believe in love and all that"
"You always se
e the good in people, you know that" said Sebastian, looking to her with a smile as Mikki gave a small laugh. "And that is one of the things I love so much about you" he continued, before quickly kissing her. "You have this amazing heart, and just are so amazing beyond words; it's no wonder I fell in love with you"
"You're amazing too, you know that right" said Mikki, with a smile to him. "You complete me so perfectly"
"You too, me" replied Sebastian, with a nod. "And I think we should probably get some sleep, since we got to start driving with Marley tomorrow"
"Good idea, yeah" said Mikki, with a nod; the two of them going to bed to sleep before starting back on the trip home with Marley to South Carolina.
End Note : Initially it was the plan to have it be more explosive, shall we say. But I think in the end, with my mind telling me that I do need Blaine and Mikki come to a resolve on what happened, happened for a reason - is a much more better outcome overall. Considering also as well these stories are still going to be interconnecting, long after Marley has gone back to South Carolina.
Anyway, thanks for reading and I will catch you all on the flip side soon.
Love always,
KJ xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo