"You gotta sit still, Bash." I tell Sebastian, glancing at him before grabbing his little waist. He stares at me with his big blue eyes and smiles, nodding when I do.
"Mami?"
"Yes sweetheart." I ask, moving back over to the bowl of frosting I'm mixing for a cupcake order. Brittany had a dentist appointment and went to lunch with Mercedes, so Bash has been helping me with orders. By helping I mean running around the kitchen with toy whale, before falling out and taking a power nap, he then got back up and played in the play pen I have off to the side for her, while watching Sesame Street and having a little snack, before he got fussy and wanted some attention from me, so he's sitting on the counter next to me while I frost everything with the promise of a special treat if he behaves.
"Bach pop?" He asked, staring at the box of cupcakes next to him.
"Yes, we'll make Bash his cake pops." I nod, filling a piping bag with the coffee flavored butter cream frosting.
"Baa nee?"
"No, Brownie has to stay upstairs." I reply, looking up at him with a smile. "Mami is almost done then we'll make your treat."
"Bach pop." He repeats, hugging his whale close to his chest.
"That's right." I nod and quickly frosting the 24 cupcakes on the counter, keeping an eye on Sebastian, who looks like he's ready to reach for a cupcake at any moment. "Uno...dos...tres...cuatro...cinco...seis...siete...ocho...nueve...diez." I count off while pointing to the cupcakes.
"Diez." He repeats loudly.
"Good job!" I praise him and hold my hand up to give him high five, which he excitedly gives back as the door opens and Brittany descends down the stairs.
"There my favorite people are." She beams excitedly, I quickly grab Sebastian since he turns around quickly towards Brittany's voice.
"Mama!"
"Hey you." She winks at him and kisses him on the cheek, quickly lifting him in her arms.
I quickly wipe my hands and catch her lips in a quick kiss, I then lean down and kiss her stomach as well. "Hey Baby Pierce." I whisper, rubbing her stomach softly. "How was your appointment?"
"Good." Brittany replies. "Mercedes gave me a ton of new clothes and shoes for him." She smiles as she slides on the counter slowly. I quickly grab her hips and brace her.
"Careful." I mumble.
Once Brittany gets comfortable on the counter, Sebastian standing on her thighs and playing in her hair, she winks at me. "I'm okay, but if it'll make you feel better you can help me down." She smiles.
"Yes. I will feel better." I laugh. "You're pregnant, honeybee, I just want you to be safe."
"I know, and I love you for that." Brittany nods.
"Bach pop." Sebastian tells Brittany, as he kneels on her lap, he turns to point at me. "Bach pop."
"What are you telling me?" Brittany asks him as he plays with ruffles on her shirt.
"I promised him cake pops for being such a good boy while mami worked today." I smile and close the lid on the last box. I quickly scribble a receipt out and place it on top of the boxes before setting them carefully in a bag.
"Are you delivering those?"
"No. they are picking them up." I tell her. "Are you okay to hold Bash so he can watch me make the batter and fill the molds?"
"Of course." She replies, turning him to sit in her lap. "I think I want some barbeque tonight." She says suddenly. "Do you mind grilling?"
I rinse off the utensils I was making and quickly dry them off, before grabbing more ingredients to make Sebastian's batter. "Not at all, what do you want? Ribs?" I ask her.
"Yes." She nods. "We can do some chicken and hotdogs for Sebastian."
"Works for me." I smile. "Oh, crap, Quinn and Lio are coming over tonight, is that okay?"
"Why don't we just have a barbeque and invite everyone over?" She suggests. "Mercedes, Mathias, Ali?"
I measure everything and add it to the bowl, glancing at Sebastian, who's watching me with a big smile, knowing that I'm making something for him. "I think we need to grocery shop then." I tell her. "You up for going or do you want me to just go?"
"I'll go with you." Brittany smiles. "Look what mami's making you." She points to the bowl where I'm quickly mixing his batter with a hand mixer.
"Bach pops!" He yells.
I laugh, and nod. "That's right, buddy."
"I'll text everyone, do you want anyone to bring anything?" She asks me, I shake my head no. "What time?"
"Let's say 6pm?" I tell her, glancing at the time before getting my cake pop molds out and pouring the batter in.
"Pops!" Sebastian screams excitedly.
"Whoa, mami is so awesome." Brittany laughs, holding him tightly with one arm, while texting with the other. "Text is sent out. Sorry for springing this on you last minute, I didn't even ask if you had other orders."
I shake my head. "Don't worry about it, baby." I smile. "We were having company anyways, what's a few more people." I wink at her.
"Are we telling everyone else about Baby Pierce #2?"
I smile at her stomach and nod. "You're the pregnant one this time around, I'm following your lead completely, whatever you want to do I'm okay with." I tell her.
"So, I can ask for a kiss right now?" Brittany asks. "You know, being pregnant and all...I really need a kiss from you."
I wiggle my eyebrows and lean on the counter to hoist myself up to her mouth and get a sweet kiss. "I love you." I wink at her before going back to the cake pops.
"I love you too." She blushes.
"Love." Sebastian mimics.
"I love you too." I tell him, kissing his cheeks and tickling his stomach, laughing when he screams in laughter and tries to move my hands away.
I take the cake pops to the oven and set them in, I then place the bowl in Sebastian's lap with a smile. He stares at me with the most confused look ever, before staring at the bowl. Brittany sticks her finger in the bowl and eats some of the batter, Sebastian looks up at her in wonderment. I then stick my finger in the bowl and do the same, under the intense gaze of his big blue eyes.
"Eat some batter." I tell him, scooping another fingerful and holding it up to Brittany, who seductively, a little too seductively sucks the batter off of my finger. We lock eyes and I give her a lock that lets her know if Sebastian wasn't in her arms, we would be rolling around on the counter in a few minutes. While we are in a sexually frustrated gaze, Sebastian sticks his whole head in the bowl and begins to lick all the batter. I run and grab the camera I keep in the kitchen for pictures of the orders I bake and snap a few pictures of Sebastian.
Brittany sets him on the counter next to her, pushing him in the middle so he doesn't fall off and hops down. He finally brings his head out for air. Brittany screams in laughter when we see all the batter all over his face and in his hair. I lean on the counter I'm laughing so hard as well, I keep taking pictures of him, he stares at us and scrunches up his face while laughing too before setting the bowl on his lap and using his hand to pile batter in his mouth.
"Best scene ever." Brittany smiles, placing her hand on her stomach.
"Soon." I smile at her.
"Momma." Sebastian holds out his batter covered hand to Brittany, who walks over and lets him feed her a little.
"So good." She smiles at him, kissing some batter off of his forehead. "Are you making frosting for these?" She asks me.
"No, he doesn't need frosting on them, the pops are sweet enough." I tell her, beginning to clean up the counter.
"I'm thinking chicken breasts." I tell Brittany, as she pushes the shopping cart through the store, Sebastian sitting in the seat, holding his whale and talking lowly to himself, getting louder when he wants our attention.
"Whatever you want to make is fine by me." Brittany shrugs. "I just want ribs."
I laugh at her because I think this is Brittany's first big craving, she's mentioned ribs at least twenty times since bringing it up just an hour ago in the kitchen at home. Brittany's two months pregnant now and is the cutest pregnant woman ever, I swear, she has a small baby bump already, it's not noticeable to the average person, but I know my wife's body in and out, I know where every freckle is, where blemish, just everything, when we were in the bathtub together last night, I was sitting between her legs and when I leaned back I felt it. Brittany knew it was there too, before I heard her giggle when I leaned forward right away and turned to stare at her, before I quickly pushed all the bubbles away to look at her stomach. That night I spooned her, because I wanted to hold her and Baby Pierce, so I slept with my hands on her little bump the entire time.
"Sanny, are you okay?" She asks me.
I shake my head to clear my thoughts. "Huh?" I look around and realize I'm on knees, standing in front of her, my hands on her stomach. "Oh my God." I laugh and quickly stand up. "Sorry."
"You are so cute." She laughs before kissing me on the cheek. "So how are you making the ribs, are you using a dry rub?"
"Yes." I nod to her, and pinch Sebastian's cheek.
"Bray." Sebastian asks suddenly as Brittany places some frozen food items in the cart.
"Brayden will come over a little later, Bash." I tell him, staring at the list on my iPad.
"Baa nee."
"Yep, you two can play with Brownie too." I tell him, he smiles in return and goes back to talking to his whale, clearly telling him about whatever big plans he has for his baby cousin.
"Can you make your own barbeque sauce?" Brittany asks. "You know the one you made last month at your parents house in Lima?"
I think back to the sauce I made and nod. "Sure." We flew to Lima so we could tell my parents about Brittany being pregnant in person, before we jetsetted to Pennsylvania, where Brittany's mom was on vacation with her Holly, and told them.
We get halfway through the grocery store when Sebastian starts to get fussy and throws his whale angrily on the floor. "Hey." Brittany frowns. "Don't throw Sammy like that." She says and picks him up, handing it back to him. Sebastian stares at her and shake his head throwing the whale again, this time at a shelf and knocking a few cans back.
"Sebastian, no." I tell him sternly, before bending down and picking up the cans.
He stares at me and opens his mouth wide and starts to scream and cry. "Okay." Brittany sighs and lifts him out of the cart. "It's naptime." She tells me, glancing at her watch. "Do you have a wrap in the diaper bag?" She asks.
"I don't know." I shake my head and grab a few spices off the shelf, staring at Sebastian, as he continues to scream in Brittany's ear, thrashing his arms and legs around. "Crespo, relax." I tell him in Spanish, rubbing his leg. He stares at me and turns his head to hide his face in Brittany's chest. "Yeah it's naptime."
Brittany pulls a wrap out and nods to me. "Keep shopping." She tells me, wrapping Sebastian to her chest, and rubbing his back, while bouncing and continuing to push the cart behind me. I stare at them and hear Brittany start to sing to him quietly, placing kisses on his head.
Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall
Humpty Dumpty had a great fall
All the king's horses and all the King's men
Couldn't put Humpty Dumpty together again
they said that humpty was crying like a baby too
She sang the nursery rhyme over and over rocking side to side, I see his eyes start to droop just as he put his hand in his mouth. I wiped some of his tears away and turned back to the shelf, quickly grabbing everything else I need.
"Does he need some more snacks?" I ask Brittany.
"He likes that cherry applesauce you bought last time." She tells me. "Maybe more of that."
We quickly wrap up the grocery trip, ready to get Sebastian back home and down for his nap, so he isn't cranky when our guests come. As I'm driving home I notice Brittany lean on the window and her eyes close as well. I place my hand on her thigh and rub soothingly.
"Do you need me to drive?" Brittany asks when she felt my touch.
"No." I smile and laugh a little. "Go back to sleep, and when we get home I want you to lie down with Bash."
Brittany nods as her eyes close again, her lack of fight shows me is that she's really tired, so I turn down the radio a little so she can rest. I glance in the rear view mirror and see Sebastian is still asleep too. I'm thinking about dinner and what sides I can make when Maxwell's song comes on the radio, immediately hearing the first note, I turn and glance at Brittany, with a loving smile.
Pray God you can cope
I'll stand outside
This woman's work
This woman's world
Oh it's hard on the man
Now his part is over
Now starts the craft of the Father
I know you've got a little life in you yet
I know you've got a lot of strength left
I know you've got a little life in you yet
I know you've got a lot of strength left
The song reminds me of the first time Brittany tried to get pregnant, she was so broken and just upset when the pregnancy test was negative.
I should be crying but I just can't let it show
I should be hoping but I can't stop thinking
All the things we should've said that I never said
All the things we should've done but we never did
All the things we should've given but I didn't
Oh, darling, make it go, make it go away
Give me these moments
Give them back to me
Give me your little kiss
I told her we wouldn't give up, and I knew that without a doubt in my mind she would have our baby, she just had to be patient and wait, she had to let go of all of the stress and worry. I begged her to let me be strong for the two of us. Brittany is always super strong and wants to be my protector, but I told her to let me be the protector for once, she relinquished the role for and saw the pain in her body and the stress on her heart fade away, I took it all and replaced those feelings with love and support.
Give me your...
I know you have a little life in you yet
Give me your hand, babe
I know you have a lot of strength left
Give me your pretty hand
I know you have a little life in you yet
Oh oh oh
I know you have a lot of strength left
My love child
I know you have a little life in you yet
Whatever you need me
I know you have a lot of strength left
Give me your hand
I know you have a little life in you yet
Give me your hand
I know you have a lot of strength left
I lift her hand and kiss it her wedding ring, just as the song fades off.
6pm
"What can I do to help?" Brittany asks me, walking in the kitchen.
"Feeling better?" I smile at her and continue slice some peppers and onions to grill with the small steaks we bought. She leans down and kisses me on the temple, I turn my head so I can catch her lips quickly in a sweet kiss.
"Sorry I fell asleep, I didn't plan on sleeping that long." She blushes.
"It's okay." I smile at her. "Remember how tired I was all the time when I was pregnant? Your body is adjusting. I made you something special, look in the fridge."
Brittany smiles and goes to the fridge, pulling out a tray of barbeque deviled eggs. She quickly stuffs one in her mouth. "This is why I love you." She mumbles inbetween her moans of pleasure. "So good, Sanny, thank you."
"Baa nee!" I hear Sebastian yell down the stairs. I see Brownie, who was drinking her water, sprint back up the stairs to the roof.
"Who's on the roof with Bash?" She asks me.
"Everyone is here already." I tell her. "Well, Rachel and Puck aren't here yet, but everyone else is here."
"I need you now." She says suddenly.
"Ummmm, okay." I laugh, mainly because I think Brittany is joking. Whenever I make her something special in the kitchen she always says she wants me.
"Seriously, Bash is being watched. I want you." She states lowly in my ear. I look up and lock eyes with her, and notice how dark blue they are, she's serious. She grabs my hand and pulls me to the bedroom, closing the door behind us. She pushes me on the bed and crawls on me right away, kissing me deeply.
"Mmmmmm." I moan into the kiss as Brittany stars to unbutton my jeans and slides them down my legs immediately. "I want to wear the strap on you." She tells me.
"Okay." I nod to her and watch her walk to the closet and come back out completely naked, wearing the strap that I like the best. I take the rest of my clothes off, just as Brittany lays back on me and kisses me deeply again. I feel her little stomach pressing into mine and for some reason I get extremely turned on. Brittany runs her finger through my folds as she sucks on my neck. She then slowly enters me and begins to thrust slowly, panting in my ear softly.
I wrap my arms around her back, as she found a nice rhythm and tangled her fingers in my hair. She suddenly stopped rocking and took the strap off, she then laid back on me, skin to skin, nothing else inbetween us. Brittany starts to roll into me slowly, wrapping my leg around her waist. "You're perfect to me." She whispers, resting her forehead on mine.
"You're perfect to me, too." I reply, tilting my head up to kiss her, I let my hands trail down to her butt and rest them there, guiding her into me at the perfect angle and speed.
"I love you." She smiles, kissing me again before kissing down my neck as she starts to rock into me into quickly.
I clutch to her a little tighter and let her take control, sloppy kisses take precedent, along with the soft slapping of our skin, and muffled moans. Minutes later we are shaking as we come down, she peppers kisses down my chest before lying next to me.
"Unexpected quickie." I laugh and kiss her jaw.
"Sorry, I just, I woke up super horny." She blushes.
"Don't be sorry for that." I smile and turn her head to kiss her. "I gotta check on your ribs, baby, otherwise you know I wouldn't jump up like this. Don't hold this against me." I request.
"Never." She smiles. "I really want those ribs." She laughs.
I get out of bed and kiss her small baby bump repeatedly, smiling inbetween each kiss. "Your momma is a hornball." I tease before kissing her on the forehead and jumping in the shower to rinse off. After I get dressed again I run back to the kitchen, bumping into Quinn, who is chopping up the rest of the vegetables for me.
"You know you two aren't newlyweds anymore." She teases.
"I know." I blush. "But our sex is amazing, so when my wife wants me, she gets what she wants. " I wink. "Thanks for taking over the kitchen for me."
"You're welcome." She smiles. "Lio took over the ribs for you, and we pulled the hotdogs off, I don't know about the chicken, you know my grill knowledge is non existent."
"Okay, I'll check on them." I tell her. "Was Bash any trouble?"
"He keeps asking for a Bash Pop?" She raises an eyebrow. "I have no idea what that is, but he's adamant that he gets one."
I laugh and nod, heading upstairs to the roof. "I made him some cake pops, but he needs to eat dinner first."
"Bach Pop!" Sebastian runs over to me and says loudly, hugging my leg.
"After you eat some chicken or a hot dog, buddy." I tell him, opening the grill and checking the chicken.
"Is Brittany okay?" Mercedes asks. "She's been asleep since we got here like an hour ago."
"She's awake, getting freshened up right now." I reply just as Brittany comes up to the roof, wearing a pair of small cargo shorts, sneakers, and a white t-shrit.
"Bach Pop!" Sebastian runs over to her and says loudly.
"Did he eat yet?" Brittany asks me.
"No." I shake my head.
"No yet." She tells me, as Brayden crawls over to her with a smile.
Brittany sits down when Sebastian runs over to Mercedes, climbing in her lap. She picks up Brayden, and kisses his cheeks. "You are such a cutie." She beams.
"They look so much alike, you can tell they're cousins." Mercedes smiles.
"Or brothers." Aliana mumbles.
I turn around and glare at her quickly. "They are cousins."
"Brothers...cousins...tomato, tomahto." Ali shrugs, taking a sip of her champagne.
Brittany reaches over and takes the glass out of her hand. "Show some respect or get the fuck out." She says lowly.
"Don't be an ass, Ali." Mathias shakes his head.
"Why? I'm stating the obvious, Lio, are you really okay with having two sons, one that you can't claim?" Aliana asks Lio, who is glaring at her.
"I have one son, Brayden." He says sternly. "The conversation is over, now." He snaps before lifting his beer and going in the house.
Quinn rolls her eyes at Aliana, and stands up. "Brit..."
"Go ahead, I have Brayden." Brittany nods.
I take the meat off the grill, since everything is done, and put the veggies on quickly. "Mercedes, can you take the meat downstairs for me, just set it on the counter, I'll be done in like ten minutes."
"Sure, babe." Mercedes smiles.
"Come here Sebastian." Brittany calls him over to her, he nods and runs over, allowing Brittany to sit him on the couch next to Brayden.
"Mathias, watch the vegetables for me." I add, before turning to Aliana. "I want to talk to you, now." I snap at her.
I walk over to the bar on the other end of the roof, Aliana follows behind me, I turn and grab her collar and push her into the wall. "What the fuck was that?"
"It's a valid question, Rat." Aliana says softly.
"It's disrespectful, Sebastian is my son, Brayden is Quinn's. You will not, not, start shit in this family again. Every time you're single you become a shit starter. Get yourself the fuck together, and quickly." I snap before brushing past her, smiling at Brittany as I lift Sebastian. "Come on and eat Brit, we can eat downstairs then come back up and relax around the firepit later."
"What was with Ali tonight?" Brittany asks me as I carry a cake pop to her on the couch.
"Bitter." I shrug. "She does this whenever everyone is seeing something and she's not. I get it, her relationship didn't end the best, but her comments were completely inappropriate."
"Are we ever going to tell Sebastian about Lio being the donor?" Brittany asks me, as I sit down next to her on the couch.
I shrug, taking a bite of my own cake pop. "That's a conversation we need to have with Quinn and Lio, it would have to be something we explain to him when he's older and can understand more, but if you think it's important then we can definitely discuss it more."
Brittany curls into my side. "I just don't want Aliana to blurt it out or anything."
"I will kick her ass if she does." I snap, I sigh and take a deep breath. "Dance with me." I smile, jumping up.
"What?" Brittany laughs.
"Come on, before you get all big and lose your moves." I tease as I run to the stereo and pick up my iPod. I turn the song on and start to sway, dancing with an invisible person. "Come on, Casper is giving you a run for your money right now." I tease, as I dip the imaginary person.
"Dork." Brittany laughs and stands up, she dances her way to me and slides gracefully in my arms. I wrap my arms around her neck, allowing her to hold me around the waist and start to sing along to the song.
Now the skies could fall
Not even if my boss should call
The world it seems so very small
'Cause nothing even matters at all
Nothing even matters
Nothing even matters at all
Nothing even matters
Nothing even matters at all
"I love you, Mrs. Pierce." I smile, kissing her softly.
"I love you, Mrs. Pierce." She replies.
See I don't need no alcohol
Your love makes me feel ten feet tall
Without it I'd go through withdrawal
'Cause nothing even matters at all
Nothing even matters
Nothing even matters at all
Nothing even matters
Nothing even matters at all
These buildings could drift out to sea
Some natural catastrophe
Still there's no place I'd rather be
'Cause nothing even matters to me
Nothing even matters
Nothing even matters to me
Nothing even matters
Nothing even matters to me
I spin her around and look deep in her eyes as I sing along with the next verse.
You're part of my identity
I sometimes have the tendency
To look at you religiously
'Cause nothing even matters to me
Nothing even matters
Nothing even matters to me
Nothing even matters
Nothing even matters to me
Now you won't find me at no store
I have no time for manicures
With you it's never either or
'Cause nothing even matters no more
Brittany dips me into kiss just as someone knocks on the door. "It's probably Quinn, she left her iPad here." I smile. "I'll grab it for her." I jog to the kitchen as Brittany makes her way to open the door. "Keep up with your crap, Q!" I tease walking back to the door. "Otherwise it's becomes Sebastian's next time."
I expect to see Quinn, but instead I see a man at the door.
"Hey daddy." Brittany says quietly.
It's fuckin Mr. Pierce.
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