A/N: Thanks for the reviews and such on the last chapter. So this moves forward into that of the first year of Mikki working and Sebastian studying at law school; and the two of them planning something that if you have read "Runnin' Back Home To You" you will know as being that of something there.
Any character that you see in this chapter that doesn't belong to Glee, as usual belong to me and they can't be used without my permission.
Thanks for reading and you all know what to do at the end!
Love always,
KJ xoxoxoxoxoxoxo
Chapter 12-
With the real world workforce for Mikki, now that of a reality; she was at work Monday to Friday, in the copy department of WZRB news, in the public relations area for the station; and even though it was not as yet that of a job actually taking use of her journalism degree, it was still in that of the industry that she wanted to work and therefore was willing to see where it would maybe eventually lead.
Sebastian, who was still in first year of law degree, was sitting in his Civil Procedures on Monday morning; when one of the guys who he had gotten to know during that lecture and also some of the other ones that they shared, came and sat down next to him.
"Hey Seb" he said as he took the seat and placed his laptop down on the desk and bag on the ground.
"Oh hey Robbie" replied Sebastian, looking to him. "How's it going man?"
"Yeah pretty good" said Robbie, who was doing a dual degree of Law and Economics, with a nod. "Although I am still not getting my head around some of this stuff we got to learn by end of semester"
"Yeah same here" replied Sebastian, with a laugh. "Definitely not as easy as we maybe thought it would be, the next three years"
"Well maybe we could get together and study over the weekend; and we might be able to make sense of it" said Robbie.
"Yeah, that might be a plan" replied Sebastian, with a nod. "I'll have a talk with Mik tonight as see if it's okay that you come around on the weekend and we can do that"
"Sure, let me know" said Robbie, with a nod also. "And if that's too much of a hassle and trying to organize with her, then there is always my place"
"Okay, I'll let you know" said Sebastian, as the professor for the class walked into the lecture room and the two of them then turned their attention to the class.
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Getting home after classes had finished, heading upstairs to the apartment he and Mikki shared for now just over a year; Sebastian opened the door, and walking in could see that Mikki who was already home was sitting at the small dining table that they had in the apartment with her sewing machine out, working on putting something together.
"Hey babe" said Sebastian, as he put his backpack down near the front door and removing his shoes also; then walked over to her.
"Hey" replied Mikki, as she stopped the sewing that she was doing and turned to look at him. "I can just finish what I am doing here, and get all this away back into the spare room"
"No, it's fine" said Sebastian, as he wrapped her arms around her from behind and placed a kiss to her cheek. "What are you doing exactly?"
"Well since Brooke and Dylan told us over the weekend what they are going to be having" replied Mikki. "I ordered some things online this morning just before work and picked up on the way home from the shops, as I thought I'd make some things up for her"
"That's really sweet" said Sebastian, with a smile. "And I'm sure Brooke will love them for her and Dyl's little girl"
"I hope so" replied Mikki, a nod. "It's been a long time since I've actually sewn anything, and I'm a little bit rusty with it"
"I'm sure they will love it, even it's not completely perfect" said Sebastian, as Mikki gave a small nod. "So did you want me to put dinner on for you, so you're able to finish all this?"
"That would be great, thank you" replied Mikki, looking to him with a smile. "It's in the fridge ready to go in to the oven, as it's one of the things that I got ready over the weekend to just quickly cook during the week"
"Hmm, little miss organization" said Sebastian, with a laugh placing a kiss to the top of the head and taking his arms away from around her.
"That's me" replied Mikki, with a laugh as she started up the machine again and finished stitching what she had been doing when he got home; as Sebastian walked over to the kitchen area of their apartment and went over to the fridge and opened it.
"So, I was wondering if it would be okay if Robbie was to come over here on the weekend and the two of us could study together?" asked Sebastian, as he got the dish out that had the dinner that Mikki had already prepared in it; and went over to the oven to start it cooking.
"That's fine" said Mikki, with a nod and finishing off the sewing and then starting to turn the bib out to the right side that she had made. "I can make myself scarce for the day"
"I wasn't asking you to leave the apartment" replied Sebastian, with a laugh as he turned the oven timer on for how long he knew it would take to cook what he had placed into it.
"It's fine" replied Mikki, with a laugh of her own. "I do need to be doing some shopping, and besides it will give me and Ellie a chance to have a girl day"
"Of course, it would have to involve shopping" said Sebastian, still with a laugh as he walked back over to where Mikki was and sat at the table on one of the other chairs at it.
"Yep" replied Mikki, with a smile and nod. "And I have a job for you later on, with this bib and the others that I have made for your little niece"
"Haven't Dylan and Brooke already pretty much insinuated that you're going to be Aunt Mikki" said Sebastian, with a laugh, as Mikki looked to him with a nod. "Exactly, so I think it's safe to say your niece when talking about their little girl"
"Fine, for our niece" replied Mikki with a laugh. "And I need you to do the snaps with these stupid pliers, I literally don't have enough strength to make them completely flat"
"Sure I can do that" said Sebastian, with a nod. "Just tell me exactly what to do though, because this is like so foreign to me"
"That I can do" replied Mikki, with a smile to him as she finished turning the last of the bib. "So I will just go and give these all a quick iron to flatten them out; and then I will clean all this mess up"
"Okay, yeah" said Sebastian as Mikki stood from her chair and he too also stood up. "I might go and have a quick shower before dinner is ready"
"Uh huh" replied Mikki, as Sebastian wrapped his arms around her. "Love you"
"Love you too" said Mikki, quickly kissing him; and Sebastian then headed to the bathroom to have a shower before dinner, and Mikki went to finish off the items she had made for their soon to be born niece before cleaning up the sewing machine and associated mess from it that she had made, before the two of them finally sat down to dinner together.
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Saturday mid morning, both being in their apartment; the intercom system for indicating that someone was down the front door of the apartment building, buzzed and Mikki who was sitting on the sofa, talking with Kurt on Facebook, placed her laptop on the coffee table and stood up going over to the front door.
"Hello?" she asked as she pressed the button in order to speak to the person who was calling from outside.
"Oh hi it's Robbie" came the voice through the intercom. "This is the right apartment for Seb and Mikki isn't it?"
"Yeah it is, hey Robbie" replied Mikki, pressing the button also to unlock the door. "Come on up, the door should be unlocked now, we're on the third floor and the apartment is first one on the left when you come up the stairs"
"Thanks" replied Robbie, and Mikki walked back over to the sofa as Sebastian who'd be in the bathroom came out.
"Robbie's on his way up, babe" said Mikki, looking at him as she sat on the sofa again, grabbing her laptop once more.
"Okay thanks" said Sebastian, as there was a knock on their apartment door and he went over and opened it. "Hey man, come on in"
"Hey, thanks" replied Robbie as he walked inside the apartment and Sebastian closed the door behind him.
"So this is Mikki" said Sebastian, indicating to where she was sitting on the sofa.
"Hi" said Robbie, looking to her with a smile. "I've heard lots about you, believe me"
"Yeah I bet" replied Mikki, with a laugh. "Nice to meet you"
"You too" said Robbie, as the intercom buzzed again
"Babe, that will be Ellie" said Mikki, looking to Sebastian. "Can you tell her that I'll be right down"
"Sure" replied Sebastian and walked over to the intercom and pushed the button to talk. "Hey Ell, Mik will be down in a minute"
"Thanks Seb" came back Ellie's voice; as Mikki finished talking with Kurt and then closed up her laptop, placing it back down on the coffee table.
"Did that need charging, babe?" asked Sebastian, looking at Mikki as she walked over to hear where he was and grabbed her jacket, putting that on and then grabbing her handbag also.
"No it should be fine" replied Mikki, looking at him with a smile. "I'll see you later 'kay and we'll grab pizza for dinner"
"Sure" replied Sebastian, wrapping his arms around her waist. "Love you"
"Love you too" said Mikki and quickly kissed him, then looked to Robbie. "It was nice to finally meet you"
"Yeah you too Mikki" replied Robbie, with a smile.
"See you later sweetie" said Sebastian and Mikki looked at him with a nod as she opened the apartment front door.
"Bye guys" she said and headed out of the apartment to go downstairs and meet Ellie for shopping.
"So we get this started then" said Sebastian, looking to Robbie.
"Sure" he replied with a nod and the two of them got started on the work they had for their law school classes.
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That night after Mikki had gotten back from shopping with Ellie, and Robbie had left the apartment having finished his study with Sebastian; the two of them were sitting on the sofa with pizza and drinks, talking and watching a movie on television.
"You know what we should do" said Sebastian, looking to Mikki with a smile.
"What?" asked Mikki, looking as she took a bite of her pizza.
"We should set Robbie and Ellie up on a blind date" replied Sebastian, as he ate his own slice of pizza.
"Set them up" said Mikki, with a laugh. "Whatever made you come up with that idea?"
"I don't know, I just think they might like one another" replied Sebastian. "Ellie hasn't really dated anyone since she and Teddy broke up at the start of senior year; and well I'm not sure when Robbie and his ex ended, but I am pretty sure he's not dating or seeing anyone now; and they just seem like they might work together"
"Okay" said Mikki, looking at him with a somewhat puzzled look to her boyfriend.
"You don't think it's a good idea?" asked Sebastian, looking at her also.
"Well I think the whole blind date thing is a little crazy, like actually saying so I have this friend who I think you might like and you should totally go and meet them on your own, is a little crazy" said Mikki, with a laugh. "I however don't have any objections to maybe you inviting Robbie along to dinner and me inviting Ellie, and having like a double date set up kind of thing; and I think that would be probably a little more relaxing for both of them, and not have it feel as if it's that of a complete set up"
"And you couldn't have said that in any more complicated terms now could you" replied Sebastian, with a laugh.
"Hmm my ability to run on a sentence is one of the many things that you love about me" said Mikki, with a smile.
"That is true" replied Sebastian, leaning towards her on the sofa and quickly kissing her; and Mikki laughed. "So we set them up then?"
"Well not set up, set up" said Mikki, with a laugh. "We just play it coy, like oh let's go to dinner, and this is my friend so and so"
"I love how your mind works" said Sebastian, with a laugh also. "Although I am not sure how your plan of set up is that of any different to mine though really"
"Mine isn't as obvious" said Mikki, with a smile to him. "Like something totally lame, and you inviting Robbie to dinner with us, and me inviting Ellie; and then when they are both there bailing on them, and saying see you later have fun together; that kind of thing"
"I do agree that is really kind of lame" said Sebastian, with a nod. "And not something a good friend would do"
"No they wouldn't" replied Mikki, shaking her head.
"So, we maybe wait till after Robbie and I are done with the school year" said Sebastian, looking to Mikki. "And then we can organize this"
"Yep, sounds like a plan" replied Mikki, with a nod and the two of them continued to talk and watch television for the rest of the night when they were finished eating, before heading off to bed.
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Waiting until after the first year of law school was over; Mikki and Sebastian then organised to set up their friends and opting out of the dinner idea that they had had initially, when Robbie had said he was looking forward to see the new Batman movie and asked Sebastian if he too was interested; who said yes, and that Mikki was also wanting to see it, they decided that would in turn be the perfect chance to set the him up with Ellie.
Waiting in line at the movie cinema, Ellie who had already gotten there was standing, waiting with Mikki and Sebastian, the three of them moving up to the ticket window and Sebastian asking for that of four tickets to see the movie, and Ellie looked to Mikki as Sebastian paid for them.
"Why four tickets?" asked Ellie, looking to her best friend. "Is Artie coming along with us?"
"Umm no Seb's friend from law school" replied Mikki, looking at her friend with a smile. "Robbie, I think it is"
"Oh okay" said Ellie, with a nod as the ticketing clerk handed Sebastian the tickets.
"So we're wanting drinks and that?" asked Sebastian, taking Mikki's hand and looking to her and also to Ellie as they moved away from the ticketing window.
"Popcorn, Red Vines, Chocolate Raisins, Milk Duds and a giant size drink" said Mikki, with a nod.
"That's just for my girlfriend" said Sebastian, with a laugh and looked to Ellie. "What about you?"
"Umm, I got mine" replied Ellie, with a laugh also and grabbed some money from her purse. "And this is for the ticket"
"It's cool it's on me" said Sebastian.
"Seb" said Ellie, looking at her best friend's boyfriend. "Take the money"
"Fine" replied Sebastian, with a sigh taking the money from her; as Robbie came over towards them.
"Hey man" he said when saw Sebastian. "Sorry I'm a bit late, couldn't find a park"
"No it's fine" replied Sebastian, with a smile to him. "Here's the ticket we already lined up and got them"
"Oh great awesome, thanks" said Robbie, with a smile and took the ticket from him and handed over some money from his own wallet to cover the cost of it.
"So you remember Mikki, right" said Sebastian, looking to him and then Mikki.
"Yeah of course" replied Robbie with a nod. "How are you?"
"Hi" said Mikki, with a smile. "And I'm good. You?"
"Great" replied Robbie, with a nod. "Especially now that I am not having to worry about study for a few months"
"Yeah same" said Sebastian with a laugh and looked to Ellie. "And this is Mikki's best friend from college, Ellie. Hope you don't mind there being one extra person"
"Not at all" replied Robbie, shaking his head and then turning to look at Ellie. "Hey Ellie, nice to meet you"
"Yeah you as well" replied Ellie. "Robbie is it?"
"Is is" he replied, with a nod.
"So you and Seb are at law school together?" asked Ellie.
"Yeah we are" replied Robbie, with a smile to her; as the four of them lined up for the concession stand. "So you know them both from college?"
"Uh huh" said Ellie, with a nod. "Mik and I got assigned as roommates freshman year; and then she and Seb started dating in sophomore year. So I've known both of them for a while now"
"Yeah" replied Robbie, with a smile to her; as he quickly looked to where Sebastian and Mikki were at the candy bar ordering what they were wanting. "And I might be wrong in thinking this, but do you think maybe this is a set up with us?"
"I was actually thinking that very same thing" said Ellie, with a laugh. "And not something I'd put past those two to be honest"
"Yeah let's not let on to them though" said Robbie, with a laugh also. "That we're on to their little plan"
"Nope, play it dumb" replied Ellie, with a nod; as Mikki and Sebastian finished getting what they were wanting from the concession stand.
"Were you wanting something to eat?" asked Robbie, as he along with Ellie moved up to be served.
"It's fine, I can get it" replied Ellie, as she went to open her purse to get some money out.
"I'm sure you are quite able to pay for things on your own" said Robbie, with a smile to her. "However two said people are watching us, and maybe if we want to mess with them; how about I buy and that will make them think their plan is working"
"I do like your thinking" said Ellie, with a laugh. "And in that case a small drink and popcorn will be fine, thank you"
"Okay sure" replied Robbie, with a nod as he relayed that of what Ellie was wanting to the clerk on the stand, as well as what he was wanting; and Ellie looked over to where Sebastian and Mikki were both looking to the two of them, who when she did look at them tried to make it as if though they weren't.
Once Robbie had paid for and gotten both lots for himself and also Ellie, the two of them headed over to where Mikki and Sebastian were still trying to play it off as if they weren't up to anything.
"So ready, to go in?" asked Mikki, looking to the two of them and armed with that of all the food that she had made Sebastian buy.
"Yeah sure" replied Robbie, with a nod and also a laugh; noting all the food that Mikki had. "Are you seriously going to eat all that"
"Totally" said Mikki, with a nod also as they started towards the theater that the movie would be playing in.
"What my girlfriend is capable of eating" said Sebastian with a laugh, as they walked through the doors in the movie theater. "Is actually quite disgusting"
"Yeah, I'm just wondering where she puts it all" said Robbie, with a laugh.
"Fast metabolism" replied Mikki, with a laugh; as they surveyed the actually already very full movie theater. "I don't see four seats together"
"Nope, but there is a lot of two and three's" said Sebastian, with a nod; as Mikki looked to him with a nod as well, as Sebastian looked to Ellie and Robbie. "So if you two don't mind sitting together, and Mik and I sit together; we can catch up after the movie"
"Yeah, I guess that's fine" replied Robbie, as he looked to Sebastian with a nod.
"That and we also get to avoid seeing them get all cutesy and kissy with one another" said Ellie, with a laugh; as Robbie looked to her with a laugh also. "I see some good seats down there"
"Okay yeah let's go and sit" said Robbie, looking to her with a smile; and then to Sebastian and Mikki. "We'll meet up with you guys when it's finished"
"Sure okay" replied Sebastian, with a nod to his friend. "Have fun, guys"
"Uh huh" said Ellie, as she looked to the two of them. "Don't spend the whole entire movie, making out either"
"Are you kidding" said Sebastian, with a laugh. "It's Batman, my attention is going to be that of purely on the screen; and for two or so hours, pay no attention to girlfriend"
"Hey" said Mikki, hitting him lightly in the arm, and he looked to his frowning girlfriend with a smile.
"Yeah might want to reword that Seb" said Ellie, with a laugh also. "Especially if you want back in your apartment tonight"
"Uh huh" replied Sebastain with a nod and quickly kissed Mikki. "Love you"
"Hmm, you better watch it buddy" replied Mikki, with a smile to him. "And I see some seats over there, so start moving"
"Meet out front when movie is done" said Sebastian, looking to Robbie and Ellie.
"Okay see you soon" replied Robbie, as he and Ellie walked over to the seats they were looking at sitting in.
"Seats over there" said Sebastian, as they watched Ellie and Robbie head to some.
"Yep" replied Mikki, with a nod as they started to walk over to some seats in the theater. "So you think they might maybe like one another"
"Don't know" replied Sebastian, with a shrug of his shoulders. "We'll see what they're acting like once the movie is over"
"Uh huh" said Mikki, as the two of them sat down in some seats; and along with all the other movie patrons waited for the movie to start.
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After the movie was over and they left the movie theater; the four of them were sitting in Sure Fire Tacos, having that of a late dinner, and Mikki looked to Sebastian with a laugh as the four of them ate what they had purchased.
"You know what I just realized, babe" said Mikki, as she took some of the fries from the share plate that they had gotten.
"What?" asked Sebastian, as he in turn looked to her.
"This place here" replied Mikki with a smile. "And then going to see a movie, I only just realised this is where you and I came that first night we went out"
"Yeah, I knew that" said Sebastian, looking to her with a nod. "You didn't remember it"
"Of course I did" replied Mikki, with a laugh. "Although I maybe just realized it a moment ago; but it's not like I have forgotten that night"
"Good" replied Sebastian with a smile to her. "Because I'd be kind of upset if you'd forgotten our first date"
"So you went here on your first date with one another?" asked Robbie, looking to the two of them as he ate one of the tacos he'd gotten.
"Uh huh, we did" replied Sebastian, with a nod. "Came here first and then went to see a movie"
"Watch Men" said Mikki, with a nod also.
"And believe me getting the two of them to actually go out" said Ellie, with a laugh. "That was a task in its self"
"Meaning?" asked Robbie, looking to her with a laugh.
"We'd met a week prior to actually going out, at a bar not far from campus" said Mikki.
"Yeah" said Sebastian, with a laugh and looking to Mikki with a smile. "And Artie, who's been my best friend since high school and also Ellie here; had to kind of coax us in to actually going out with one another, even though we clearly liked one another"
"Hmm, not only that of the first time" said Mikki, with a laugh as well. "But the second time too; but after that we kind of realized that we did really like one another, and been together ever since"
"And you moved in with one another last year" said Robbie, looking to the two of them as he reached for some fries from the shared plate.
"We did yeah" replied Sebastian, with a nod. "Just made a lot more sense, especially since most nights we'd be at one another's dorm anyway"
"And it also meant that Artie or Ellie" said Mikki, with a laugh. "Didn't feel like they had to leave their dorm room either"
"Wow" said Robbie, with a laugh. "I knew you guys were together for a few years, from what Seb's already said to me, but I can't have ever had imagined moving in with the girl I was dating in college, as I definitely didn't see long term with her"
"Same here" replied Ellie, looking to Robbie with a smile. "No way, I'd ever think my college relationships were anything more than that of a college relationship"
"Guess Seb and I just lucked out then" said Mikki, looking to her boyfriend with a smile.
"Oh you totally did, babe" said Sebastian, with a smile to her also. "I could have had any girl I wanted on campus, so think yourself lucky"
"Yeah sure you could have, prince charming" replied Mikki with a laugh.
"Well I have always been that for you" said Sebastian, with a smile and quickly leaning over and kissing her.
"Okay, quit being all cutesy gross" said Ellie, looking to her friends with a laugh also. "And just so you both know, Robbie and I have figured out your little plan here"
"What plan?" asked Mikki, looking to her friend as she took a sip from her drink.
"Oh please" replied Ellie, with a laugh. "You don't think we know that this here, Robbie being here, along with me; there not being many seats of four in the movie for us to sit together, so we had to sit together whilst the two of you sat together; wasn't that of a set up; think again about us knowing"
"Mik and I just thought that you might like to come and see a movie, Ell; that's all this was" replied Sebastian, looking to her. "Robbie being here was purely chance"
"Why's Mikki flicking her nails then" said Ellie, with a smile to him and then looking to her friend. "Because that's only something she does when she knows she has been caught out on something"
"Yeah, well did it work?" asked Mikki, looking to Ellie and then Robbie with a laugh.
"So you're admitting it then?" asked Robbie, with a laugh also; and Mikki nodded a little.
"Although it was not my idea" she replied as she looked to Sebastian. "This little idea was all Seb's"
"Oh really now" said Ellie, with a laugh and looked to Sebastian, who in turn smiled at her. "I think you and Mikki definitely two peas in a pod, when it comes to be sneaky"
"Yep" replied Sebastian with a nod. "So did it work?"
"Yeah, we're not going to let you know that" said Robbie, with a smile to him; and the four of them continued to eat that of their late dinner, before all heading back to their apartments.
End Note: So that's how in that of the later stories do this, Ellie came to be with Robbie; it was indeed a little set up by that of Sebastian and Mikki who thought that their friends might be well suited to one another.
The little reference to the setting up of blind dates and then one person who has asked another person, bailing and then leaving the two who are set up alone together...that is a little sly reference to a future event that takes place in "Everywhere You Look" and if you have read that you will know what I am talking about!
Lastly the part where Mikki gets Sebastian to do the 'snaps' on the bibs that she has made - it's not because Mikki couldn't have done it herself, or that she even wanted to make Sebastian feel useful. It is indeed something that you need a lot of hand strength for in using the pliers; and because I do use a lot of snaps on things that I myself make like what Mikki was making, I have invested in the larger machine that is placed on a table and doesn't need as much force. But for what Mikki was needing to make, the pliers would have been the much cheaper option!
Anyway, as always thanks for having read; and I will catch you all soon with a new chapter of something, that I am not quite sure which will yet be!
Love always,
KJ xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo