A/N: Thanks for the reviews on this story, so far. As have said this is much different from my usual writing, in the fact that they are talking about possible divorce; but granted regardless of whatever happens, both Marley and Ryder will get a happy outcome.
So this next chapter is once again, in South Carolina and for that of Marley's side - and as you will see she is still struggling with what she really wants to do in terms of this, and it will be with help from those who she is most closest with; that will help her to maybe start to make a decision.
Once again there are some slight spoilers here for other stories, but if I was to hold of until that is published; then you'd be waiting a long time for an update on this one!
Anyway thanks for reading, and you know what to do at the end!
Love always,
KJ xoxoxoxoxoxo
Chapter 6
The morning after arriving in South Carolina, with Mikki having gone to work for doing the early morning news; Sebastian had gotten Amelia up and both dressed and fed; along with having his own breakfast, and was now sitting in the kitchen, quickly looking at the morning news on his tablet, after already having watched Mikki's new bulletins on the television station that she worked on, whilst Amelia sat in her high chair sucking on a teething rusk; along with Marley who also sat at the table with a cup of coffee.
Scrolling through the articles on the tablet, Sebastian quickly glanced to his watch and sighed; and Marley looked to her brother in law.
"You know if you need to be getting to work, it's fine" said Marley, with a smile to him. "I can watch Millie until Mikki gets home"
"No, you're fine" replied Sebastian, looking up to her with a smile. "Victor won't mind if I am a bit late, he knows Mikki is doing mornings at the moment; and I don't schedule appointments to about ten thirty, so I have time"
"Okay" said Marley, with a nod. "It's just that you've glanced at your watch a few times in the past couple of minutes that's all"
"I just know what time Mik is normally home from work" said Sebastian, looking at his sister in law. "And when she isn't home near the time, she says she will be; I kind of tend to worry, but it's always just an overreaction on my part and she has just got caught up in traffic or doing something last minute at work"
"It's not over reacting, it's sweet" said Marley, with a smile. "Shows how much you adore my sister"
"Yeah" replied Sebastian, with a nod; as Mikki having gotten home, walked into the kitchen and Sebastian looked at her with a laugh. "And reason late today, you went to a bakery"
"I did" replied Mikki, with a nod as she quickly passed by Amelia kissed her daughter on top of the head, who in turn smiled at her; as Mikki then placed the box down on the counter; and Sebastian stood up and went over to her wrapping his arms around her. "Hi"
"Yeah hi" said Sebastian, with a smile to her and quickly kissed her. "Bakery, really? Why?"
"Uhh because girl talk needs macarons" said Mikki, with a smile to him also. "So stopped at A&E's to get some on way home, and of course there was a line"
"Hmm" replied Sebastian, with a nod. "And is there macarons for husband also?"
"Do you even need to ask?" asked Mikki, with a laugh and quickly kissed him; taking his arms away from around her waist, and going over to one of the cupboards and grabbing a plate from inside and then went back over to the counter where the box of macarons was and opening that. "I got twenty four, and there is no way that Marls, Kits and myself are going to eat that many; so the remaining half you can take for yourself and the others at work"
"They will love you, babe" said Sebastian, with a smile to her as Mikki gave a nod as she placed the macarons for her and her sisters to the plate.
"Uh huh" replied Mikki, with a smile, to Sebastian as she closed the box up and picked it up to hand to him. "And I will be asking Ellie, just so you know; to make sure you shared them"
"I know you will" replied Sebastian, with a laugh. "I'll see you tonight when home"
"Yep, love you" said Mikki, with a nod and Sebastian quickly kissed her.
"Love you too" replied Sebastian, with a smile, and went over to Amelia. "And you my little princess, love you too. Be good for your mommy and aunties today"
"I'm sure she will be" said Mikki, with a laugh. "Now go, or you will be even later for work"
"Okay, going" replied Sebastian, with a laugh as well; quickly kissing Amelia on the cheek and then looked to Marley with a smile. "Have a good day as well Marls"
"Yeah thanks Seb" said Marley, with a smile. "You too"
Sebastian looked at her with a nod; and then looked back to Mikki. "Bye babe"
"Bye" said Mikki, with a smile as Sebastian headed out of the kitchen and to work; and Amelia started to cry when she saw he was leaving, and Mikki walked over to her daughter taking her out of the high chair. "Sweetheart, you know daddy will be back"
"Does she always get upset when one of you leave?" asked Marley; and Mikki looked to her younger sister, giving a nod.
"Lately, yeah especially mornings when she sees Seb leave" replied Mikki. "She seems to like it when we're both around, more so than just one of us"
"She'll out grow that though" said Marley, with a smile to her sister as she stood. "It's just a little separation anxiety, that a lot of young ones seem to go through"
"Yeah, I know" replied Mikki, with a nod to her sister. "Bee had similar issues with Vanna, as well"
"I didn't know that" said Marley, looking to Mikki and then to her niece. "But I'm sure it will be only a few months and she will be fine"
"Yeah" replied Mikki, with a nod. "So I'm just going to go upstairs and quickly change from my work clothes to something else, and then we just need to wait for Kits to arrive"
"Thank you for calling her up and asking her to come over today" said Marley, looking to her older sister with a smile. "I really need both my sisters"
"Hmm and you are going to be telling us what is bugging you Leesy" said Mikki, looking to her. "Because I know you and know when you're not telling something"
Marley looked at her with a small smile and nod, as Mikki still holding Amelia went to leave. "I can look after her whilst you change, be quicker for you"
"You be okay, with her if she gets upset" said Mikki, looking to her sister.
"Yeah, of course" replied Marley, with a nod; and Mikki passed Amelia over to her, quickly placing a kiss to her daughter's cheek.
"Mommy won't be long, just upstairs" said Mikki, with a smile to her and tapping her on the nose; and Amelia looked at her screwing her face up.
"Yeah she's definitely your daughter" said Marley, looking to her niece with a laugh. "She's got the nose screw up already down"
"Totally has" replied Mikki, with a laugh. "Thanks Marls, I'll be like five minutes at the most"
"Sure" said Marley, with a nod. "Did you want me to make you a coffee?"
"Only if it's not a trouble" said Mikki. "But that would be amazing"
"No trouble" replied Marley, with a smile to her. "Does Millie need anything at the moment?"
"Umm bottle, I usually give her when Seb leaves for work" said Mikki. "But I can do that, just a coffee for me will be fine"
"I can do the bottle also" said Marley looking to her sister. "Two scoops of formula, and twenty seconds in microwave"
"One scoop, as small bottle and about fifteen seconds for that in microwave" replied Mikki.
"Okay, yeah I can do that" said Marley, with a nod; and looked to her niece. "Isn't that right gorgeous girl"
Amelia looked at her with a smile and pointed to the macarons on the kitchen bench, and Marley gave a laugh. "I don't think you can have them, but we'll do you a milk now"
"Thanks Marls" said Mikki, looking to her younger sister with her daughter. "You're going to make an awesome Mom one day"
"Yeah" replied Marley, looking to her with a smile; as Mikki headed off to her bedroom to quickly change, then looking to her niece Marley quickly kissed her on the cheek. "I hope I get to be a Mom one day as well, and give you maybe a little cousin too" ; and with a sigh started on making the coffee for Mikki and doing up the formula for Amelia, knowing that her desire to have children was never going to change; and thus began to wonder where it did indeed leave her and Ryder, and their marriage.
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Later that morning when Kitty had arrived around to Mikki and Sebastian's house; the three sisters headed to the living room and were talking in there.
Mikki who was seated on the sofa with Amelia in her lap, who was chewing on a teething elephant; along with Kitty, who was in one of the armchairs, and Marley in the other; were trying to ascertain the real reason why Marley was in South Carolina, both seeing that there was something clearly wrong with their younger sister and the mood she seemed to be in.
"She really seems to like that little elephant" said Marley with a smile, looking at her eleven month old niece in her sister's lap.
"Yeah" replied Mikki, with a laugh. "I tried giving her a giraffe one the other day and she was not happy"
"Well clearly she likes elephants then" said Kitty, with a laugh as well.
"Hmm I think so" replied Mikki, with a nod as well. "Her fave stuffed toy is Cubby who is also an elephant, so there is definitely a pattern there"
"The one I got for her when she was born?" asked Marley, with a smile; and Mikki looked at her sister with a nod.
"Yeah, again try giving her something else when I had her at work one day, because I forgot to take Cubby with me and she was not happy" said Mikki, with a laugh. "So always got to remember to take Cubby with me in the car"
Marley looked at her little niece with a smile and then burst into tears.
"Leesy, you don't have to get emotional over the fact that Millie's fave toy is something you gave her" said Kitty, with a laugh.
"No it's not that" said Marley, shaking her head. "I'm just never going to experience this"
"Experience what?" asked Mikki, looking at her younger sister.
"Babies and all that" replied Marley, with a small sad smile. "Children and being a mom"
"Well of course you can" said Kitty with a laugh. "You are married after all"
"I know" replied Marley, with a nod to her. "But it's not going to happen"
"Is there something that is preventing you from having children?" asked Mikki, looking to her younger sister with concern. "Is there something medically wrong with you?"
"No I am fine in all aspects of being able to have a child, that I am aware of" replied Marley, looking to her older sister. "It's more to do with the fact that Ryder doesn't want to have children"
"He doesn't want children?" asked Kitty, looking at to her sister. "Did you know he felt this way at all"
"No of course not" replied Marley, shaking her head. "We never really discussed it before we got married. I just assumed if he wanted the whole marriage thing with me; that kids would be part of the whole deal as well"
"But he doesn't want that?" asked Mikki, looking to her younger sister. "At all, ever"
"No he doesn't" replied Marley, looking to her and shaking her head.
"What if you were to accidentally get pregnant" said Kitty. "Not that I am suggesting that you go and do that. But if you were to, would he expect you to abort the baby?"
"I don't know" replied Marley, shaking her head. "All I know he has said he doesn't want to have kids"
"And has he given a reason as to why this is?" asked Mikki. "Other then he doesn't want to have children?"
"He said he didn't think the world was a great world to raise children in today" replied Marley, looking to her. "And I tried to tell him that is what a parents job was to make sure they were kept safe and loved and all that, but he wasn't convinced"
"So are you just never going to have children then?" asked Kitty, looking to her younger sister. "Because when we were younger out of you, me and Mik; you were always the one who seemed to want to be a mom the most"
"And I still really want to be a mom as well" said Marley, looking to her. "I just now really can't see that happening"
"So what does that mean then?" asked Kitty. "Are you just going to give up on the dream of having your own kids, and be that of an aunt to Mikki and Seb's, and to any others the two of them have in the future; and to mine and Artie's baby when they're born in a few months time"
"Honestly if I had known that Ryder felt this way, then I probably would have not married him" said Marley, looking to both her sisters.
"So are you thinking divorce then?" asked Kitty.
Marley looked to her sister and nodded. "I don't want to be a divorcee, because I do believe that a marriage is forever. But in saying that I also do believe it's about compromise and I don't think Ryder is willing to budge on his views of having children"
"Well you know we will support you no matter what you decide to do" said Kitty, going over to where her younger sister was sitting and squeezing next to her on the armchair and giving her a hug. "And mom and dad will as well, because I know they won't be sold on the idea of not you ever being able to have children"
"Exactly, what Kitty said. We're here for you" said Mikki, looking to her with a small yet loving smile. "And I know Seb doesn't really deal with divorce law even though he did do family law subjects at law school. But regardless of that I am sure he can do something for you if you do decide to go down that path"
"I just don't want anyone think that I am a cold hearted bitch" said Marley, looking to her two older sisters.
"Who cares if they think that" said Mikki, looking to her. "I've been called that by people, and you know what they are just words; and even though they can hurt when said, it's being happy in the end that is the most important thing"
"So you know you would have never been happy with Blaine in California then?" asked Kitty, looking to her older sister.
"I maybe could have been eventually" said Mikki, looking to her in reply. "But knowing that my heart never gave up loving Seb, then I don't think it would have been at all fair to any of us; and that's just not me or Seb, but also everyone else who could have possibly being in that equation"
"Well considering Seb never stopped loving you either" said Kitty, with a small laugh. "Then I think the two of you ending up together was that of inevitable"
"Yeah, I think so too" said Mikki, with a nod. "And I kind of doubt you'd be married now to Artie; because I honestly couldn't see him be willing to as such rub into Seb's face that he got a Kapowski girl and his best friend didn't"
"Yeah I'd be really pissed off with you then" said Kitty looking to her sister with a small laugh. "Because not only would you have screwed yourself over, but also me and Artie as well"
"Uh huh" replied Mikki, as Amelia started to tug on her hair, and she looked at her daughter. "Are we ignoring you, princess?"
"Foo" said Amelia, with a smile to her Mom, pointing to the kitchen.
"Hmm, I guess it is that time" said Mikki, with a laugh as she looked at her watch.
"Lunch time" said Kitty, with a laugh looking to her older sister.
"Yep" replied Mikki, with a nod. "I will organize Millie's food and then we can make ourselves some lunch"
"How about you concentrate on feeding that gorgeous little girl" said Marley, looking to her sister with a smile. "And Kits and I, will organize lunch for all of us"
"You don't mind doing that?" asked Mikki, looking to her sister, as she let Amelia out of her lap and the little girl started towards the kitchen, as the three of them stood up also.
"No of course not" replied Kitty, shaking her head. "Got to keep the little munchkin happy"
"Yeah" said Mikki with a laugh quickly heading over to her daughter before she ran off too far into the kitchen; and the three sisters began to organize lunch for themselves and Mikki also for her daughter as well.
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That evening with Kitty, having headed back to Lexington; Sebastian who had gotten home from work was sitting at the kitchen table with Mikki, who was eating both her dinner and helping Amelia with eating hers; that being the chicken pot pie she had made for them all, along with Marley also there.
"So were you able to get out of Kitty, what baby is going to be?" asked Sebastian, looking to Mikki and then Marley.
"No, she's still not telling" replied Mikki, quickly looking at him and shaking his head; as Marley also shook her head.
"Yeah, Artie won't fess up either" said Sebastian, with a sigh. "And I know they know"
"Yep, I told Kitty, if I give her pink clothes and it's a boy, or blue clothes and it's a girl" said Mikki, with a laugh. "Then it's on her"
"Uh huh" replied Sebastian, with a laugh also and then looked to Marley. "So when are you and Ryder going to start having kids, Marls?"
Marley looked at him, as Mikki turned to her husband also.
"Seb don't" said Mikki, looking to him, and Sebastian in turn looked to her also.
"What it's a good question" he replied, looking to Mikki and then Marley. "After all you and Ryder have been the ones married the longest and yet no kids"
Mikki looked to her husband and then to her younger sister.
"Leesy, you okay?" asked Mikki; and Marley looked to her with a nod.
"I'm fine Miks" she replied, and Sebastian looked between the two sisters.
"Okay does one of you want to let me in on what's happening here?" he asked. "Because clearly there is something that has been bothering you Marls, and it seems that Minnie knows what that is now; and thus I'm kind of out of the loop here and have seemed to have said something I shouldn't have"
"I was going to talk with you after dinner" said Marley, looking to her brother in law. "It's not exactly that of dinner conversation really"
Sebastian looked at her, and then to Mikki, before again looking back to Marley. "Okay now you have me worried, that this is something bad"
"Depends on your take of bad?" asked Marley, with a small laugh. "But I was just needing some legal advice that's all"
"Legal advice?" asked Sebastian, looking to her. "You're not in any trouble at work or anything are you?"
"No, not work. That's fine" replied Marley, with a small smile. "It's more do with my marriage, and wanting to know maybe how to go about a divorce"
"Divorce" said Sebastian, looking to her; his eyes widening and quickly glancing to Mikki, who in turn nodded her head. "Can I ask why?"
"Of course you can, Seb" replied Marley with a smile, and he turned back to his sister in law. "I recently found out that Ryder isn't interested in having kids, at all; and considering I do want them, and his views are unlikely to change on having them. I guess I just want to know what my options really are that's all"
"Well I don't really do divorce law" said Sebastian, looking to her. "But that's not to say, I don't know about it. I can still definitely help you out with it, that's not a problem"
"I know Mik said that" replied Marley, with a nod. "And all I really want is advice and maybe the option of being able to say to Ryder, if we can't agree; here are papers to sign"
"Sure" said Sebastian, with a nod. "If you want to come to the office tomorrow, I can go through with you there what options you have and that; and also as well it will give you a chance to think overnight what you want to do also. If you just want advice for now or if you want me to actually draw up the paperwork for you, for a divorce"
"That would be really good" replied Marley, with a smile to him. "Thank you"
"Of course" said Sebastian, with a smile to his sister in law also; and the three of them along with Amelia continued to eat dinner, and talk about other things other than that of Marley's maybe possible pending divorce.
End Note: A few little spoilers in that chapter, most important one being that Kitty is pregnant!
Next chapter will take again from Ryder's side and be more of him with Sam, talking about what he wants to do!
As always thanks for reading, and I will catch you with another update on something soon!
Love,
KJ xoxoxoxoxoxoxo