Hiiiii We are back with a new chapter! :3 Please enjoy! If it is written better than my other stories its because Miz corrects grammar everytime hahahahaah Soon Ill post a drawing of the little blond twins for you to see them. Now to the story!
You can see in deviantart how the babies look like! :3 And Mabel hugging Dillon and Dipper!
Zoe was a very demanding child. She would pull anything nearby into her mouth, biting everything and everyone. And she wasn't even teething yet (which was lucky for all the unfortunate people she slobbered on). Zoe wanted constant attention, screaming whenever she was left alone for too long. They would go check to see if she was hungry or wanted her diaper changed, but no, Zoe just wanted to be held, the little attention seeker. (HM! Wanda wondering just WHO was like that). Seb had to just hold her in one arm as he worked on his designs for clients. It wasn't impossible, but it got harder when Zoe started squirming more. Also, she liked to pull off his eyepatch. She seemed very curious about the little hole in his face.
Zully was a good child. Quieter and calmer. They didn't complain as much and didn't try to bite the people trying to hold them. That was a huge relief for Seb since he could simply place Zully on a large pillow facing him and his oldest child would just be content to watch him work. Zully only cried when Seb or Wanda weren't in their line of sight. Damn lack of object permanence.
However, despite how different they were and how hard it was sometimes to deal with the two of them, Seb wouldn't change it for anything else in the world. They were his babies, his, and that made them PERFECT.
Seb loved spending time with the infants, he would lay them down on bed and curl up next to them protectively, stroking their tummies and little fact that Wanda was at home too made everything even more perfect! She said at work that she was going to take 4 months before fully returning. The twins had been in the hospital for around 2 months, and now that they were home, Wanda finally took that maternity leave. She was still going to work from home or she'll get stressed with piled work, but they both wanted to make their time with the babies extra special.
But Seb knew Wanda was a very stubborn woman and despite what her mother thought, Wanda wasn't taking time off work and making this special for HER. "Wanda Friedmann. Pull that baby off your breast right now!" He ordered. She was in pain and he wasn't going to allow that! Wanda continued to be in pain when breastfeeding. Sebastian and everyone else were getting worried. "We have the special formula from the hospital, you don't need to…" Seb told her as he tried to get her to stop.
"Sebastian, it's ok~" She smiled as she adjusted a very hungry Zully, who had been feeding for a long while and didn't seem to want to let go anytime soon. They were waiting for more yummy food to reach their mouth, this wasn't enough. "It's fine, I can do it. Breastfeeding is much better for their immune system anyway."
"But it hurts you, I-I don't think-" "I searched it on the internet, it's happened to other women and then it went away." Her reassurement was accompanied by a grimace of pain. Zully, please for God's sake, gentle .
"But-But Wanda, I am really worried for you, please-" "Sebastian! STOP IT." She didn't shout, just spoke loudly, like she did when she wanted to make her point across in court. Seb was taken aback by the loud voice. He winced a bit as he stepped back a few steps. "Ok...I-I'm sorry…" He whispered. Zoe-Zoe needed a bottle, he-he was going to make her one...He didn't mean to make Wanda angry, he was just trying to help. Why did he always make everything WORSE?! Seb still spoke again. "Look, those other women said the pain went away, but you've been in pain for nearly two months!" He tried to make her see reason, she was being dismissive about something that caused her pain and…
...and… oh. OH. This must have been what Wanda had felt like when she found him hurting himself.
Oh. OH. Sebastian blinked. He… he understood now. So this was what it felt like. It felt awful. And Wanda continued to be stubborn, not wanting to believe there was something wrong. Oh geez. He finally got it. He did! Sebastian stared at Wanda. "Have YOU been going to your therapy sessions?" He asked carefully.
Wanda cried softly at one particularly sharp pain in her breast and looked at Seb. Zully whined as they suckled. They were hungry! Why wasn't warm food coming more?!
The woman paled. Shit.
"Eh, well, I was looking for a good one and, and…" Wanda stammered. Seb grinned and grabbed Zoe from her crib to swung her little feet at Wanda's face. "No oh~~! You just haven't been going! You nasty liar!" He grinned deviously. "Don't play like that with our daughter and no! I didn't lie! I'll go! Seriously! I just didn't have time before!" And she wasn't lying. She had been a little nervous after the pregnancy but Seb's situation was WAY more important.
Seb climbed onto the couch and crouched there, Zoe still in his arms, rocking her slightly. "I clean, cook, work, study AND go to my sessions!" He stuck his tongue out.
He didn't impulsively pulled Zully away from Wanda's chest because he reasoned that would make Wanda hurt and Zully to cry for losing their meal. "Wanda, you have to be in a good mental state to raise our daughters~" he singsonged teasingly. Wanda's jaw dropped. "Are you-?!"
"If you aren't in a good mental state, I mi~ght tell your dear mother about it~" Sebastian grinned, flashing his sharp teeth like the little demon he was. Wanda paled. "You wouldn't DARE!" The look on Seb's face told her that he wasn't joking. Wanda pouted. "Fine! But we'll need to bring the kids with us to our therapy sessions if no one's home to look after them."
"Agreed. So, it's a Deal~?" Seb asked as he extended his hand, on fire. Wanda pouted at the fire but still shook hands with Seb before kissing his lips. There wasn't much to talk about anyway. She bet she was just stressed for the twins' health and that made it hurt so a few sessions with a therapist will make the pain go away and prove to Seb she had nothing really serious. She huffed as she pulled away from the kiss. This man. Trying to even compare himself to her. Their situations were not similar. At. ALL.
Zully pulled away, sweating slightly and exhausted. They were still hungry but the baby had to resign themselves because now they were more tired than hungry. Oblivious, Seb and Wanda put Zully to sleep before giving Zoe a bottle.
-.-
Wanda finally went to her therapy. It was in the morning but she wanted to take the babies. It went actually pretty well. She talked about how scary it was for her, the idea of being pregnant to begin with and how terrified she had been of having a miscarriage several months into the pregnancy. She shed a few tears but knew it wasn't her fault it happened. They discussed the pain she felt when trying to feed the kids, her therapist looked worried. "Wanda, that… what you're describing doesn't sound psychosomatic… I think you need to see a doctor about this."
"What?" Wanda asked. "B-but…" She hugged Zoe to herself and frowned. "Th-there's nothing wrong with me." She protested. The therapist sighed. "And that, I believe, is the basis for your stress. At least get yourself checked out, just in case, it might be nothing, but you might feel better if you knew for sure one way or another. If there is something wrong with your physical health, then it'll affect your children too."
That finally made Wanda agree. She… she didn't want to make her babies sick if there WAS something wrong. She booked an appointment with her doctor right away.
It was June 12th, and the same day of her appointment, Zully fell ill, they were crying their eyes out and had a high fever. Seb drove like crazy and took their little child to the ER, as Wanda held Zoe tightly. Wanda didn't need the appointment anymore.
"Your daughter is malnourished." The pediatric doctor informed them. Seb shook his head and growled. "No, you're lying , we follow every procedure we were given and they eat regularly! They drink breast milk."
"Yes, well, then I think that's the problem." The man took off his glasses. "I don't think your partner is producing milk. Or, possibly, she's clogged and the children can't get as much milk as they should." Zully got an IV as the doctor called a gynecologist to examine Wanda and run some tests on her.
They stayed in the hospital all day. Zully felt much better that night, and babbled loudly at their twin who was laid down next to them. Wanda was given her results at night too. "Ms. Friedmann, you've got IGT."
"What's that?" Wanda asked, eyes wide as she held Seb's hand tightly. "It's a condition where you don't have much mammary tissue, you don't produce much milk, which means your children have to suck twice as hard to try and get at your milk, which likely caused your pain. Besides, you have clogged milk ducts, mainly from your condition."
Seb, always speaking at the right time, asked in confusion. "How...how can she...have such big breasts and yet they don't have milk?" Wanda facepalmed and the doctor raised an eyebrow, amused. "Breasts are mammary tissue AND fatty tissue, sir. Ms. Friedmann has more fatty tissue." "Oh…"
Wanda rolled her eyes and looked at the doctor. "So what-what can I do?" Wanda asked tearfully. She had been starving her children from being so damn stubborn! She hadn't been fine! Urgh! How could she have been so careless?! The doctor gave her a gentle smile. "There's nothing you can do, but it's not wrong, you'll just have to feed your children with bottles instead. Formula is a thing, and it will still feed your children, maybe even more than right now."
Wanda nodded, gazing at Zully sadly. She was such a terrible mother, how hadn't she noticed that Zully was hungry? That her babies were hungry because she hadn't been able to give them what they needed? She didn't cry until the doctor left them alone in the ER room.
"Oh my god, please, please, no." Seb pleaded when Wanda curled up on herself in the chair.
"I should have listened to you before…"
"No one listens to me, it's fine…" Seb said jokingly, but Wanda just sobbed a bit more. They left the hospital really late. The twins got some vitamins to take and Wanda was given a pill to cut the stupidly low milk supply she had, it was going to free her from the pain in her breasts too. They were going to simply bottle feed the children, it was better for them.
Wanda didn't sleep well that night and while Sebastian, passed out, hugged her, she decided she needed the therapist more than ever.
-.-
"UNCLE SEB! HAPPY BIRTHDAY!" Mabel screamed the moment Seb picked up the phone. His ears rang for a second. His birthday? What time was it? 6am. What day was today? Was it was the 15th already?! "Oh! Thanks Shooting Star! Did you call Fez and Sixer already?" He rubbed his eye. Always thinking in his brothers first. "Nopey! You're the first~! What are you going to do for your birthday?! We're all on vacation! We can visit you forever! Can we stay with you all summer again? Dillon wants to come as well!"
Seb groaned loudly, making Wanda groan as well. "Noo~ I don't want you anymore~ I have my own twins now, you are of no more use to me!"
"RUDE!" The girl exclaimed from the other side and Seb laughed loudly. "I'm kidding, I'd love to see you all again, it's been a while…" He sighed when the twins whimpered from their crib, also awake. He heard Mabel gasp. "I HAVE AN IDEA! BYEEE!" Mabel hung up.
Seb blinked and threw his phone away before making the twins float to their bed. Zoe and Zully's eyes widened at the weird sensation. What-What was going on?! They whined and Seb carefully put them between Wanda and himself. "Good morning, princesses~Who slept almost all night like very good girls?!" He kissed their tiny noses. The two laughed and lifted their arms to grab at his nose and hair.
"AH! Ow! Nooooo!" Seb winced as they pulled on his long disheveled fluffy hair. He really needed to go to the salon soon. His cries of pain only made the little demons squeal and pull harder, well, Zoe did at least. Zully, the good child, let go and began patting Seb's face with a tiny hand instead, finding his nose and goatee very interesting.
Wanda yawned, and saved Seb from Zoe's little, but extremely strong hands. "Come on~ Daddy can't go bald so soon~" She kissed Zoe's forehead before leaning towards Seb. "Happy birthday, honey~" "Thanks…" "You're getting old~" "HEy!
After eating breakfast and putting everything away, Seb received another call. "Yellow?" "UNCLE SEB!" It was Mabel again but he heard Dipper this time too. "Ok, everything is sorted out! You wanted to see your brothers no?" "Yes?" "BOOM! DONE! We're all going to Gravity Falls AGAIN! Isn't that amazing?!"
"I'll show Dad the town's monsters!" Dipper exclaimed too. "He doesn't believe me!" Seb thought back to when Shermie learned about his powers, and Seb had to explain to him about it when he started feeling better. And Shermie still didn't believe Dipper?
"Going to Gravity Falls?"
"Uncle Ford said he's fine with it! He wants us to see the research center too! Mom and Dad say they can only stay 2 weeks but we will make it the best 2 weeks ever and GASP! You can present the twins to everyone! Candy and Grenda will be SO happy to meet them!"
Seb smiled widely, getting more and more excited with the idea. "Sure thing Pinetree, Shooting Star. We can go around and introduce the kids to everyone!" He turned to grin at Zully, poking their little belly and making them squeal. Wanda was quiet through it. "Can we go pack our bags now?!" Seb asked, bouncing in place.
"Do you really want to go to that town…?" She asked softly. Seb nodded eagerly. "I mean, I love that town!...Why? You don't want to go? It's weird but its not terrible or anything." Wanda hugged Zoe to her chest. "I'm scared…"
"Of the town?" Seb asked, really confused. Wanda shook her head. "Of going…" She still had nightmares of that pilot's twisted, insane grin and that plane crash...She took a deep breath. "That triangle man thing…"
Seb's look hardened. "What did he do." "Um, one time he threatened me…He didn't want me to go into town...I-I tried going by plane, at the last minute I didn't...and that plane crashed…The bus caught on fire, the road was closed by a car crash...He-He was keeping me away from you…I swear I would have gone sooner if-if I wasn't so scared…"
Seb sighed and pulled her and the twins towards him in a hug. "Bill can't hurt you, not anymore, Wands. I made sure of it. I killed him, he's gone. He can't hurt you or the babies..." He rubbed her face like a cat and Wanda giggled. "Come on~ It's my birthdaaay~" He said sweetly. He wanted to go to Sandrita's salon. They KNEW what color he liked and how he liked it.
"Alright...I trust you." Wanda kissed his nose.
They bought plane tickets for a couple of hours later, so they rushed around the house in a frenzy. Clothes for them, clothes for babies, bottles for babies, formula for babies, diapers for babies, baby carriers for babies, the babies! And then screamed their way to the airport. They even forgot to tell Wanda's parents they were leaving. They would call later!
They gave the twins some pacifiers and hoped for the best. They knew babies cried on planes...And the twins were no exception. At first, Zoe and Zully wailed their eyes out and some people complained at them.
"I'll shut YOU up!" Seb snarled at the man demanding him to 'shut his brats up'. Wanda calmed him before he punched that man. The two kept rocking then until suddenly he had an idea. With a little flame in his finger, barely visible to the rest of passengers, he waved it in front of the twins' eyes. "Sh, sh, sh…"
It worked.
It actually worked! The twins concentrated on sucking his disinfected fingers and trying to eat the fire, all without getting a single burn. Finally, they fell asleep on a sleeping Seb's chest. Wanda took a photo and smiled proudly. Those were her babies. She saw Seb's finger still on fire and casually blew it out.
The flight took way too long for the new parents' liking, but eventually the plane landed. The twins ears popped and the poor babies cried the entire time from the arrival gates to the bus to town. "God, kids! Stoppp!" Seb cried as well. Wanda sighed and rubbed her temples. All aboard for headache town, population: two, them.
Two more bottles were prepared for the bus trip and the twins shut up and drank happily, staring at their tired parents with wide brown and green eyes. "You're horrible babies…" Seb sighed as he rocked Zoe. Zoe responded with a big smile, baby drool and milk streaming from her mouth into his hand. "Eeewww… you're SO lucky I love you!" Seb shuddered. AH! It was getting on his nice shirt! Wanda rolled her eyes. "Maybe you should stop wearing your fancy clothes while feeding the kids?"
Seb shuddered. "You mean like...I have to wear… DAD clothes?!" He wailed. Wanda giggled. "Well~ Your dad status needs to match your clothes~! Those fancy clothes are for single men with no babies!" Zully let out a loud shriek, as if supporting their mommy.
Seb grimaced. "What? Should I wear glasses and sweaters-vests and t-shirts? Grow a mustache, wear male tanks with pictures of alligators? Shorts and Polo shirts?!" Wanda burst out laughing and failed to muffle her guffaws. Seb wasn't finding this funny at all. "And you need a beer belly to be complete~! Hahahaha!" Wanda snorted, falling to lean against her bus seat.
Seb huffed loudly, wiping Zoe's mouth with a bib. "I'm NEVER gonna get a beer belly!" He was disgusted at the very thought! Uh… didn't the old man Stanley in his past life have a beer belly? Gross~ He wasn't going to let himself go like that! Or his brothers. He'll protect them from ugliness.
"Well, if you annoy me, I will annoy you too! Because you're a mom now~" Seb cleared his throat. "You need to start wearing leggings and drive a mini-van. You need to go to yoga classes with a bunch of other mothers in the neighborhood…"
Wanda groaned. "Seb!"
"And girl, you need to get a haircut, because that style is not 'mom' enough!"
"Noooo!" Wanda cried and covered her hair. Then Seb gasped and grinned deviously. "And you need to be on FacePost posting things like~~" He started burping Zoe.
"No. NO. Don't say it!" Wanda wailed. Seb leaned to whisper. "Like minion memes~"
"AAAAHHHHHH!" Wanda screamed, startling the babies and making Sebastian laugh out loud and kick the seat in front of him. "I'll NEVER do that!" Wanda cried. "HAHAHAHA! You'll have to complain to the manager every time!" Seb snorted. "Well! Then you'll go all fat and scratch your belly on the couch while drinking!" Wanda shot back. "HOW DARE YOU?!" Seb gasped in pure shock.
The people in the bus started groaning and the bus driver called. "Sir, madam, please be quiet, you are making everyone else uncomfortable."
"Oof! Don't tell Wanda that! She'll go complain your manager now~" Seb said solemnly. Wanda whined and slapped his arm lightly. "STOP IT!" As very good babies, the twins started babbling loudly, just like mommy and daddy! They'll be SO proud that they can be just as loud as them!
The Pines were practically kicked out of the bus as soon as the water tower of the town was seen. This bus didn't go directly to the Mystery Shack/National Institute of Oddology and Science Investigation. Ford and Fiddleford were very special for giving things long names. They were going to change it to "International" once they got the support of other countries.
So, now that the bus kicked them out, after laughing themselves crazy, they pulled out the baby carriers and each one of them carried a twin. "So~ This is Gravity Falls, huh?" The twins yawned, making Wanda chuckle. "Yup! And you see? Everything went fine!"
"To be fair, I got distracted by the girls crying the ENTIRE flight so I didn't remember to worry about the plane falling..."
Seb waved a hand dismissively. "Even if the plane stopped working, I'd be able to keep it floating." Wanda raised an eyebrow. "You CAN?" Seb shrugged. "I guess so, I can make anything float with my mind, I'm sure than if I concentrated hard enough I could, but I'd surely pass out shortly after, it would take a shit ton of energy to do that." Why was he even worrying about that? He'll never have to make a plane stay afloat! Not unless something really, REALLY bad happened but… best not to think about that.
He turned to look down at Zoe, who was waving her arms uncoordinatedly because her cute headband was falling and making her uncomfortable. "Oh you don't like the headband your sweet cousin knit for you?!" Seb pulled it off and put it on Zully's head. "Well, I'm sure your sister will appreciate it more! Won't you, princess~" Seb cooed at Zully who just tilted their head. WHAT did they have on their head?! They could feel it but not see it! Ahhhh!?
Wanda simply rolled her eyes and looked around, taking in at her surroundings. It looked like...a normal, if not kind of boring town, did they all seriously go through the apocalypse thing Seb told her about? It certainly didn't look like it. Her stomach growled and she pouted. She...didn't have to eat to produce a supply of milk anymore (her fau-no, it wasn't her fault), but she still needed to eat.
"You know, I doubt there'd be food at the Shack, so how about having lunch at the Diner?" Seb offered his hungry girlfriend. "A...A friend works there." Wanda agreed. "Alright!" She paused and smiled. "You see? Another friend!"
"She's more like an acquaintance really." The man shrugged. Wanda laughed and hugged his arm to walk in the direction of the Diner. She was very surprised when a few people waved at Seb and even approached to say hi to him and meet her. A huge lumberjack thumped over and Wanda's eyes went wide at the sight of him towering over everyone around them. "WELCOME BACK! YOU'VE GOT BABIES!" The man thundered as he bent down to pick up Wanda's boyfriend in a hug.
"N-nice to see you again too, Dan!" Seb winced a little at the hug. He didn't know how, but he was hugging him without crushing Zoe. Well, giving him credit, Dan had 4 kids, and the 4 of them were babies at some point so he guessed Dan could be careful and gentle when he wanted.
Zoe didn't like having this stranger so close though, so she cried, pulling at Dan's red haired beard. The huge man didn't even notice. Dan turned to look at Wanda and nodded. "He's a good man! He saved everyone!" Wanda blinked. "O-okay?"
A sheriff called out, "He's our town hero!" And his deputy cheered. Wanda smiled. "Well, he's MY hero too." She kissed Seb's cheek once Dan put him back down. "My wonderful knight in a yellow tuxedo~" She cooed.
"WANDAAAA! Ssttoppp!" Seb blushed hard. He wanted to find a hole and crawl inside. Blubs gave them a ride to the Diner, after asking to see the twins of course! The two cooed at the twins, who were starting to yawn. They were very little though, and seeing so much made them tired, they needed to process everything.
Everyone smiled and waved at Seb when they entered and despite how hard he was blushing, Wanda knew he was enjoying the attention. It was ok, she loved how LOVED Sebas was in this town. She would live here just for Seb to receive and feel all the love he deserved...The twins eventually fell asleep so Seb simply unfolded their stroller (it was pretty cool, a gift from Ford's friend, she hoped to meet him too) and laid them there before taking a seat.
"Oh my Gosh! Is that you?!" Wanda smiled at a woman with blue hair gasping at Seb. Geez, and he said people didn't like him? He had an entire town smiling at HIM. Seb grinned. "Hi Susan. Long time no see, huh?" Susan smiled before her eyes drifted over to Wanda and she seemed to wilt in place. But before Wanda could ask the woman what was wrong, Susan's eye spotted the sleeping babies and her face lit up. "Oh my god! Are these the little darlings?"
"Haha, yeah, our daughters! They were due next month but they were really impatient to meet everyone!" Seb smiled even wider, the same handsome smile that drove Wanda and Susan crazy. "Zoe and Zully." Susan crouched to look closer at the sleeping babies. "They're so pretty…" She took a deep breath before looking up at Seb, being hugged by Wanda. It...It was fine. She just wanted Sebas to be happy...even if it was with another woman. "You must be Wanda." Susan smiled sadly. The chef and other waiters smiled sadly at their co-worker. It must be hurting her, but it was for the best, Seb had a girlfriend and he was a father now.
"It's a pleasure to meet you." The blonde extended a hand to shake. Susan gave her a small smile and shook it. She and Seb ordered lunch and chatted with some of the locals, Sebastian introduced Wanda to everyone and everyone was delighted by her. Wanda poked his shoulder. "You, have PLENTY of friends." She declared.
Seb rubbed his head sheepishly. Yeah, he guessed… he kinda did…
As the crowd dispersed, Seb blinked when he caught sight of a certain someone. "Gideon?" He groaned. The child looked up at him and gave him a superior look, the kind of egotistical expression that always got on Seb's nerves. "Well, well, Sebastian Pines, looks like you came back." Gideon jeered. Seb sighed. "Well, that just ruined my birthday, thank you…" He turned away to try and ignore the white haired kid.
Wanda gasped. "Seb. How could you say that to a ten year old?"
Seb scoffed. He didn't like Gideon, or Bud. He didn't like the Gleeful. "I hate him." Wanda frowned. "He's a child ." To make things worse, the kid smugly walked over towards him and Seb hit his head against the table. "Thanks Wanda! Now he's coming over!"
"Oh geesh! You had kids so fast?!" Gideon gasped when he saw the twins sleeping in their stroller. They were kinda cute, he had to admit. He wanted to poke their cheeks before he was suddenly lifted into the air and floated away from the stroller by a snarling Seb. He had missed using his powers in public! "Keep your greasy hands off my daughters, want to kidnap them as well?!"
"Sounds like a fun idea-Ah! Kidding!" Gideon squeaked when Seb almost hit him with the ketchup bottle. Wanda had stopped him. "Oof! I see your wife is nice! Not like you! She must be blind to be with you."
"Do I have to remind you who saved your butt from becoming a tapestry last summer? It was ME!"
"Oh, hehe! Didn't you hear, Sebastian? Nevermind all that!" Gideon patted his cheek. Seb growled angrily as the kid raised his hands. "Hey~ I'm being good~I am in the process for my change of heart, remember?"
"Change of heart you say…" Seb scoffed. Gideon's eyes widened in realization. "Uh~ If you're here, that means my sweet Mabel is coming as well?!"
Seb managed to grin. "Yup, with her dad, a black belt. Show your face in my brother's house, and I'll tell him to kick you!" Seb's growled, his eye flashing slightly red and his hand caught on fire. Gideon murmured something under his breath and went back to his table, with his hands tightly fisted.
As soon as he was gone, Seb buried his face into Wanda's chest. "I hate him." "You do realize you are fighting with a child, right?" Wanda commented wryly. "He's my enemy." Seb complained. "He's like, 10." Wanda repeated. "And he tried to kill me and the twins, liketwice , last summer!" Wanda was sure Seb was exaggerating. He tended to do so.
Still, that was… interesting. "So you've got enemies as well as friends?" Wanda asked as she ate her sandwich. Seb nodded. "I have a few other enemies, but they shouldn't cause us any trouble. One of them is a mean unicorn, I burnt her tail because she insulted Ma-Ewww!" Wanda snorted her drink out of her nose at the casual declaration.
While Seb took his sweet time to get to the Shack, the rest of his family was already in the house. Mabel was pulling Dillon around the house. "Look! Here we watched movies! And Waddles loved to rub his back on this carpet! Aaw~ Look at him! He missed it!"
"Mabel, you do realize it's not my first time in town, right?" Dillon raised an eyebrow. Mabel stopped. "It's not?"
Dillon put his hands in his pockets and went to sit on the couch like he owned the place. "Mom and I visited Uncle Seb like, every summer since I was little. It was YOUR first time in town." Mabel pouted before smiling again. "Well! But you didn't see any magical creatures! We did! I'll show ya! Maybe the gnomes are easier to find… We had a bad moment at the beginning of last summer but I think we're cool now!" She pulled Dillon to his feet and dragged him out of the house by his arm. "Come on! Dipper is with my Dad in the forest!" Dillon let her guide him. THAT sounded interesting!
"Be careful with my kid!" Stan shouted at Mabel. "No promises!" the teenage girl shot back.
Shermie was sitting on a rock, watching his youngest kid pace back and forth. "Urgh! I can't remember which direction it was! Think! Height altering crystals! Or wait! We can meet the Multibear! Haha! I'm sure he'd love to meet you!"
Shermie grimaced, worried. What. What was he EVEN talking about? "Kiddo, I'm hungry. Can we go now?"
"No! First we're meeting him and the Manotaurs, they were here in the forest around this time of day last summer!" Dipper protested. Shermie raised an eyebrow. He still didn't believe there were magical creatures and what not. Sure, his older brother had magical fire powers or something, but that was… some kinda psychic power thing right? He moved things with his mind too, so it's like the martial artists in Chinese movies who could shoot energy blasts and stuff?
"Hi Dipper! Hi Dad! I brought Dillon to explore the place and see cool magical creatures!" Shermie sighed as the kids dragged him away from the house. He sent the direction they came from a longing look. They had been making sandwiches for the party later...
The group of four walked around the forest for a while and to the twins' surprise, they didn't see a SINGLE creature. Dipper was getting frustrated, Shermie was getting annoyed and hungry. "I don't get it! Where is everybody!" The creatures were going to come out, but they saw the twins with strangers, so decided not to risk it.
"Kiddo~ I'm sure we can invite BigFoot to the triplets' birthday party~ At. Home ." Shermie gave him a strained smile.
"We haven't seen Big Foot here…" Mabel said. Silly Dad~
"Ok, that's it~" Shermie grabbed Dipper and easily threw him over his shoulder. The twins have grown up in a year, but Shermie was still a very strong young man in his late 20's and he could easily carry a scrawny 13 year old. "But-But! You gotta trust me!" Dipper wailed. "Ask Uncle Ford!"
"I'll ask him when he realizes we are invading his home for his birthday." They had called them early in the morning to say hi, and Ford seriously hadn't come out of the research center. It must be a paradise to nerds in there.
Mabel and Dillon followed Shermie back to the house. "Don't worry, Dipper's telling the truth! We'll show you eventually." She said and the older teen smirked. "You MUST!" He wished more than ever that his mom had let him stay for the summer instead of quick visits. Seeing all types of magical creatures must have been SO COOL!
"Oh thank God! The house! Finally some food!" Shermie trotted faster towards the house but abruptly stopped when he spotted two people in the front yard. "Heya, Shermie! And I thought you were glad to see me!" Seb gave him a lopsided grin. "SEB!" Shermie laughed, always getting excited like a little kid when he saw his big brother. The man and young teens gave Seb and Wanda some hugs. """Happy birthday, Uncle Seb!""" Dillon and Mabel clung to his legs, Dipper didn't, he was more MATURE than those two!
"Hii! Urgh, I missed you, brats!" Mabel pulled away and ran towards Wanda who was gently picking the twins up from their stroller, they were stirring and whimpering slightly. "Auntie Wanda, can I carry the twins now? They are a bit bigger now, so that means I can, right?" The blonde agreed but only after Mabel washed her hands, so Mabel sprinted back into the house.
Everyone got inside and Seb opened his arms widely. "Don't cry everybody! Your god has arrived!" "Ugh! Who needs you here?" Stan laughed and gave his short brother a noogie. "Well then, I won't wish you happy birthday!" Seb stuck his tongue out.
Wanda rocked the whimpering twins as she stared at Stan and Seb. Gosh, Seb was so SHORT compared to Stanley! How hadn't she noticed before?! She cooed. Aaaww! That made him even cuter~~
Stan looked over and laughed. "Aww~ look at the little beans!" He strode over and grinned at them. The twins blinked blearily up at the man. Huh? When did daddy change colors? Zully stuck a hand in their mouth while Zoe glared up at Stan. She didn't like daddy's haircut. She made sure they all knew, opening her mouth and crying as she scrunched up her little face and told everyone of her displeasure at daddy's short hair.
"Z-Zoe?!" Wanda wasn't sure why her daughter was crying. Seb scoffed and pushed Stan aside. "You scared her with your ugly mug!" He complained. Stan looked offended. "Hey! We've got the same face!"
Seb cooed at his daughter, "Aww, it's alright, Zoe~ I won't let the ugly man near you~" He ignored Stan's protests in the background. Zoe blinked and stopped crying in shock. Daddy's hair was back to normal? She reached out and pulled on it, just to be sure. "Ow!" Zoe giggled. Yup. It was daddy's nice (and very fun to pull) long hair. "Ow~ Zoe~" Seb whined as he tried to extract his golden locks from her tight grip. Zully reached out to pat daddy's nose. Poor daddy. It was his own fault for being so fun to pull on.
Dillon's face fell when he spotted his dad. Especially when he saw the way his dad was cooing over uncle Seb's babies. Like the way he was going to dote on Dillon's new baby brother too. Dillon huffed and stomped out of the room. Mabel looked at him with a worried expression. Dipper saw it too and the twins gave each other a nod before following their cousin, leaving the adults to squeal over the babies in the living room.
Mabel caught up to Dillon and patted his arm. "Hey? Are you alright?" Dillon sighed. "You know how my mom's pregnant?" The twins nodded, it was amazing news, their dad was teasing uncle Stan about it. Dillon leaned against the wall and slid down until he was sitting. "I don't like it."
Mabel looked confused. "What? Why? You're gonna get a baby sibling! That's gonna be adorable! I've wanted a little sibling since forever!" Too bad they traumatized their parents too young to even consider the possibility..
"That's the problem!" Dillon huffed. "Mom and dad are gonna be busy taking care of them. And… I…" He buried his face on his legs, pulled up to his chest. "I just got my dad back, but now he's gonna be spending his time with THEM and i-ignore me be-ecause I'm not a baby that h-he'll get to raise!" Dillon was trying hard not to cry but he couldn't hold it in. He hadn't told ANYONE but Uncle Seb about this, but Dipper and Mabel were his cousins, he was sure he could trust them with this...
Mabel gasped."Uncle Stan wouldn't do that! He loves you!" She knelt down beside her cousin and hugged him tightly. Dillon sniffled. "He'll love THEM more!" Mabel hugged him tighter. "No he won't. Uncle Stan loves you so, SO much! He was up late trying to plan the perfect way to meet you!"
Dipper laughed a little. "Mabel even gave him ideas, but he didn't take those." Mabel pouted. "Gliding down from a helicopter with fireworks in the background spelling out 'I AM YOUR FATHER' would have been amazing!"
"Y-Yeah...That actually sounds awesome…" Dillon laughed a little. To be fair, if his dad really HAD done that, Dillon would have thought he was being Ker-Pranked or something.
"And Uncle Stan spent ALL his time last summer learning about you. He would watch videos and photos and Uncle Seb would tell him all about you so he was prepared to meet you." Dipper patted his shoulder kindly. "And, think about it...He'll get stressed with a baby because they'll cry and cry."
"Yeah! And eat a lot and poop and he'll have to change dirty diapers!" Mabel added. "You are the COOL one! He can play baseball with you and talk about cool stuff, you can't talk to a baby like that!" Dillon smiled. "Yeah, you're right. I just… I just can't help but feel like I'm being… replaced, you know?" He shook his head. "Of course, I KNOW that's not what they're doing, mom and dad just can't keep it in their pants, is all…"
Dipper and Mabel choked, blushing madly. "Di-Dillon!" Dipper squeaked and the older boy giggled. "What? It's not the stork who brings babies, Dipper!" He made a VERY suggestive hand gesture with a devilish grin, and the twins screamed. Oh, teasing them was so fun~ They were still babies. Dillon grinned like the devil himself, he WAS mainly raised by Carla and Seb after all.
Downstairs, everyone was chilling in the living room, waiting for Soos to finish his tour to come say hi to his friend. Seb was feeding the twins with Stan's help ("Yeah, you just hold their heads like that and make sure they're drinking it slowly or they'll start coughing), as Wanda cooed over Carla.
"Your belly is so small compared to mine~! It's not fair!" Wanda complained with a smile. Carla rubbed her belly, much to Kari's disappointment, their baby was a boy. "Well, he's alone in there."
"Do you have a name already?" Wanda asked. It was funny. Carla was around the same month she had when the twins were born and yet, their son didn't seem in the mood to come out yet. She was glad, it was a pretty traumatic experience. It was good that THIS baby was going to keep to the normal schedule.
"Nah, but it must be a D name, to match with Dillon's!" Stan called over from his side of the couch. "D'Bryano!" Seb exclaimed, and received a smack on the head. "Ow! Uh… D...Dio?" He tried instead. Stan made a face. "Ugh, no, that sounds like a vampire or something." Carla patted her belly. "How about Diego?"
Stan thought about it. "That's a nice name, I like it." "Are you sure you don't want something cooler?" Seb questioned. Carla smiled when Diego moved. She was calmer with her pregnancy than Wanda, it wasn't her first one after all. "Nah, he likes it."
"Dudes! I brought Dr. Pines!" Soos' proud voice called their attention and they all turned to see Melody and Soos pulling Ford by his arm. Ford's face was covered in ash and his hair was standing up. "Soos! Never come into my lab! What have-" The scientist stopped, seeing the large group of people in his living room. "Huh?"
"Hi Sixer! Happy Birthday, Uncle Sixer~" Seb waved Zully's hand and made a baby voice. The baby wrinkled their nose. WHAT? They didn't understand how Daddy could be in so many places at once!
"When did you all come?" Ford took off his protective goggles and smiled before saying hi to everyone.
"Hours ago, you were just TOO busy for your family~" Seb said before handing Wanda his daughter. "Question Mark!" Seb roared and threw himself over the man wearing a suit, an eyepatch and the red fez Stan suggested to add to his look.
"DUDE!" Soos laughed and hugged his friend tightly. He had missed him so much! It'd been a year! "Where-Where are the little dudettes?! I want to see them!"
Seb grabbed his twins once again and presented them to his friend like the proud papa he was. Soos' eyes welled up with happy tears when Zoe yawned, showing her still teethless (and fangless) little mouth. "Nyah…"
"Oh, dude~" Melody hugged Soos when he started sobbing. "It's ok, Soos~It's ok~" She patted his back. Soos sniffled. "They're perfect dude!" The large man was overwhelmed by emotion and had to sit down. Seb promised to let him hold them once he had calmed down.
The older twins and Dillon came downstairs and after saying hi to their mad scientist uncle, Mabel exclaimed. "We're going to find our friends! See ya!" Shermie and Abi stood up and asked if they needed to be taken somewhere.
"Nah, we'll just walk to town." Dipper shrugged and the teens left. Shermie gaped like a fish, "My babies…just ditched me!", and Seb rolled his eyes. "They know this town better than me, I think, they'll be fine." He would check on them now and then with his Eye just to be sure…
He wasn't too worried about any of the supernatural creatures harming them, they were town heroes for getting rid of Bill last year after all. They were friends with some of them too. Besides...Wow, the twins and Dillon were turning 14 when the summer ended...Four-fucking-teen...He hugged Zoe to his chest. Please don't grow up so fast...
They all had lunch together, talking and laughing about how their lives were going so far, about the babies, upcoming babies, and the teens and how fast they grow.
Wanda grumbled as Zoe once again tried to pull open her shirt. "Zoe~ Stop!" She whined. Carla grinned softly. "Do you want me to kick everyone out, girl?" Wanda winced a bit. "Ah-no, it's alright...I'll just prepare a bottle…" She gave her a sheepish smile. Carla frowned, confused and looked at Seb. "You, explain." Seb chewed his food slower. "Um...The doctor told Wanda she can't breastfeed anymore and took a pill to make it stop...That was like, 2 days ago?"
Carla's eyes widened and she covered her mouth. "Shit, I'm so sorry!" She gazed at her friend in sympathy. "So there was something wrong after all?" She asked. Wanda nodded silently, measuring out the formula and getting some hot water from a thermos. Zoe seemed confused at the bottle, mommy was warmer and softer. She accepted the bottle though when the nipple entered to her mouth; she knew that the bottle contained more food than mommy. Zully was wiggling their arms and legs, trying to turn their body to find their twin. Seb tilted Zully up to have Zoe in their line of sight and Zully calmed.
"Hey, um, how about I show you around the Institute?" Ford suggested, actually grinning widely. No one really wanted to, but they GUESSED it was HIS birthday too, and they liked to see him happy so everyone accepted. "Haha, great! Fiddleford is still working! Come on!" The scientist skipped outside and everyone shared a tired look. They put the twins to sleep, after nice and sweet Abuelita promised to watch over them, and they all followed Ford outside. He was so proud of this. He had wished to have his own research center since he saw it in that dimension, he couldn't believe he actually did it!
Seb giggled. It was so weird how the HUGE and modern Institute contrasted with the little wood Shack. And thinking the center hadn't existed a year ago!
-.-
"SO~ Dillon~ Do you have a GIRLFRIEND?" Candy, Grenda and Mabel giggled when the bottle landed on Dillon as Dipper and Pacifica rolled their eyes. They were playing in the park, they had gone to search for Pacifica and invited her to hang out with them. She gave Dipper a really weird smile, and accepted.
"Um…No…" Dillon chuckled sheepishly. "HOW?! YOU'RE SO CUTE?!" Grenda gasped. "Well~ I-" Dillon stammered before Grenda looked up and smiled, bellowing out "MARIUS! WE'RE OVER HERE!" and waved her muscular arms rapidly. Dillon looked over and froze as a gorgeous boy strode over, wind blowing through his long, luxurious hair. "...illon...Dillon!" A hand shook his shoulder and Dillon blinked to see Mabel. "Huh? Wha?" Dillon blinked again.
"That's Marius, Grenda's boyfriend." Mabel told him, gesturing to that long haired boy. "Marius, this is my cousin Dillon." Grenda was slapping Marius on the back in greeting, the boy wheezed but had a large blush on his face as he looked at his girlfriend. "Ah Grenda, it is so nice to see you again." He gave her a hug before turning to Dillon. "Hello to you, Dillon, yes? I am Marius von Fundshauser." The wind blew again and the baron brought a hand up to brush his hair away from his face, his beauty mark uncovered as he tucked his bangs behind his ear. Dillon stammered, cheeks faintly red. "H-Hi…"
"Did you have a nice flight?" Mabel asked kindly and the teen nodded. "Yes, thank you, it was a very exciting experience to travel in a plane with normal people!" Marius said, his accent made Dillon shiver. "I'm glad I found you so fast." Marius kindly smiled at Grenda who cooed (ie, rumbled like a lawnmower) and hugged him tightly. Marius squeaked but hugged her back.
"Alright, where were-oH! Yes! Dillon, would you like me to find you a summer love~~'" Mabel battled her eyelashes. "Really, Mabel?" Pacifica raised an eyebrow. "You didn't even get a summer love." Dipper raised an eyebrow as well, perfectly matching Pacifica's deadpan expression. Mabel blew a raspberry. "PFFTT! But I'm the best at getting people together! Just look at you two!"
Dipper and Pacifica turned to face each other and jolted apart. The girls laughed as Pacifica and Dipper shrieked. ""We-We are NOT together!""
"And then WHY were you spending SO much time talking to Pacifica since last year~?" Mabel grinned like a little shit. ""OOOHHH!~" Candy and Grenda said. "We-We are FriENds!" Dipper's voice cracked several times in that sentence.
"Ooohhh~~ Suureee! When's the wedding, Dipper~?" Dillon grinned devilishly. "AAaaaAHHHHHH!" Dipper shrieked as Pacifica pulled her hair to cover her face. She?! She DIDN'T like Dipper! AT ALL!
"When You GeT a GirlFrienD, YoU're DEAd!" Dipper cracked as he glared at Dillon. "I'm gOIng to enjoy teASIng You forEver!"
Mabel, Dillon and her friends fell to the floor laughing, holding their stomachs, as Pacifica curled up, wishing to be eaten by the earth, and Marius giggled softly. He knew he was being very rude, but right now he didn't have to act all formal and proper. Being around Grenda and her friends meant he could stop being a baron and just… be a kid for once. He loved that about her, how she made him feel safe enough to relax and have fun.
After a healthy dose of teasing Dipper, the teens decided to go to the Diner, remembering they just skipped the birthday lunch. On the way, they saw Robbie and Tambry chilling at a table and Mabel jumped over immediately to ask how they were doing and if love was still in the air. It was.
Dipper looked at Pacifica who was looking down at the floor with a very awkward expression, pulling at her pink skirt. "Um...Mabel was just teasing…" He said quietly. Pacifica bit her lip. "Y-yeah, Mabel does that, I know." She sighed. Dipper rubbed the back of his neck and smiled sheepishly. "But, it's ok, it's nothing against you, you are pretty and when I say that we're not dating, it's not like I'm repulsed by you or something."
Pacifica blinked. "...Ok…" She gave the teen an awkward smile. "Thanks, it's nice to know you aren't repulsed by me." Dipper nodded, his cheeks blushing. "You are nicer now so it's easier not to hate you…" Pacifica snorted. "So I'm not 'the worst' anymore?" She grinned. Dipper laughed. "Naw, you're still the worst!" He nudged her playfully with an elbow.
Dillon glanced at them interacting and rolled his eyes. Yeah, they totally didn't like each other~ He looked at Marius and his smile disappeared. It was so unfair… He liked people, but no one will EVER like him back… He wasn't sick , he knew that, he knew who he was, but...he felt weird. It… it wasn't normal… to like boys…
Dillon had looked it up online, erasing his internet history afterward out of worry. He knew what he was. He also read about other kids like him who had been… rejected by their families for being what they were. Dillon was terrified that would happen. Especially since he finally had his family together again. Dillon wasn't sure what to do. If… if his dad didn't accept him…
Dillon knew that uncle Seb would be okay with it. Uncle Seb was great about things like that. But dad? Dillon didn't know. Didn't want to test it. Not so soon after he finally had his dad back. Not when he had the upcoming baby threatening to steal his parents away, to steal all the joy from his life. It wasn't fair. Dillon sighed and kicked a rock. He wanted to enjoy summer vacation with his family. He really did.
Mabel, sensing unhappiness emanating from somewhere near her , turned and gasped at Dillon's expression. "Dillon? What's wrong?" She slowed down to walk beside him. Dillon put on a big smile. "I'm just thinking about how my stomach is eating itself! I want to eat already!" He laughed. Mabel pursed her lips. "Are you SURE that's what's bothering you?" She raised an eyebrow.
Dillon patted her head and smirked. "Dude, yeah. Really...Hey, look at that, Dipper wants to kiss Pacifica!" "WHERE?!" Mabel turned around and squealed when she saw Dipper and Pacifica walking together. Dillon thanked the skies for Mabel's short term memory and continued walking in silence. He should stop worrying, really, his face gave him away. Stupid expressive Uncle Seb and actress mom making baby him copy them.
"-nd here is our mini-hadron collider!" Ford said proudly. Seb blinked slowly. "Uh… Sixer, ain't this thing...like, super dangerous? Like, could theoretically create a black hole dangerous?" Ford didn't seem phased. "Naw, we've got the most advanced security to make sure this machine stays stable at all ti-"
"AHHH! THE COOLANT IS LEAKING AGAIN!" "Quick! Give me that duct tape!"
Ford continued to grin at his now, VERY worried family as the other scientists in the room down below ran around screaming. McGucket could be heard laughing wildly. "DON'T WORRY! IT'S FER A SECURITY TEST TA SEE IF MY ROBOTS CAN FIX IT!" followed by mechanical sounds and more screaming as security robots came out from the walls and began igniting their welding torches.
Ford, non-phased, continued the tour. "So as you can see, we have everything under control-"
An explosion happened in a room down the hall and several scientists stumbled out, coughing as a huge fan turned on outside to blow the smoke back into the room and up a chute. "DAMMIT BARRY! I TOLD YOU NOT TO ADD THE PENTA UNTIL AFTER I GOT THE EQUIPMENT READY!"
Ford continued walking calmly. "As you can see, there are fans installed to immediately suck up any toxic gasses."
"Yeah, wouldn't be surprised if they don't work…" Shermie mumbled as Stan ordered Carla to return to the house. Seb rubbed the back of his head as Wanda narrowed her eyes. "And the government pays for this..?"
"In less than a year we've come up with at least 40 new research papers~ You just don't understand how SCIENCE is done!" The Pines watched as Fiddleford ran towards them, his shoulder was on fire. "Everything's FIXED now!" "Yeah!" Ford high-sixed his friend. "Oh! Fiddleford, this is my family, I'm giving them a tour! This is Shermie, my youngest brother, his wife Abigail, Carla, Stanley's wife, Wanda, Seb's girlfriend and my mother!"
Kari was really worried about this crazy, dangerous place. But it made her oldest baby boy so happy~ And he got to interact with more people than just his best friend. It was better than being cooped up all alone. Kari also noticed many FEMALE scientists walking through the halls and grinned. Perhaps her oldest baby would work together with one of them, and perhaps get closer and eventually… well, she wanted more grand babies. She didn't care HOW she got them~
"Hey, you know, how about we all go talk outside? Like, out of the radiation?" Seb grinned. The group headed back outside where Wanda and Carla finally got to meet Fiddleford officially. "Hahaha!" McGucket laughed and slapped his knee. "You two didn't lose time, huh!" He looked at the babies in Wanda and Seb's arms before turning his gaze onto Carla's round belly. Fiddleford nudged Ford. "What about you old friend? Think about settling down at some point?"
"What? I have too much SCIENCE to do." Ford scoffed. Fiddleford shrugged. "So do I, but I still got myself a wife and son." Ford pouted. "Well, I really don't feel like meeting anyone right now, and I have no time to get to know anyone in such a way." And babies? No. Never. Those squealing lumps of time-wasting attention sponges would ruin his career! He had too much work to do, he had lost so much time in space! Babies fit his brothers much better. Besides, the act of creating babies would be… unpleasant. Ford held back a shudder.
Fiddleford asked to please hold the twins and Seb, after debating it with himself (Fiddleford was better now, his blond hair had grown back, he had remained shaved, wore glasses and shoes), so he handed him Zully (after asking him to disinfect himself, to which Fiddleford had scoffed, "Der gonna haffta face germs eventually or they won't build themselves an immune system!" which made Seb reconsider and shrug, handing the baby over). The engineer cooed at the yawning baby who was sticking their little tongue out and licking their lips. They were hungry… "How are you, princess~? Seb, she's so cute and small~"
Zully felt something uncomfortable in their chest as Fiddleford bounced them a little and coughed up some of the formula they drank earlier, the slimy fluid dribbling down and splattering onto Fiddleford's labcoat. Seb winced. "Oh shoot, Zully!"
Fiddleford laughed and waved him off. "It's fine, babies do that." That knowledge made Ford doubly glad HE didn't have babies. That would have been disgusting . Seb handed him a bib and Fiddleford cleaned Zully's mouth before cleaning himself. Seb hummed and smiled. Huh, Fiddleford was actually very good with kids, that's nice…
"How's your kid anyway?" Seb asked. "Ah, Tate!, he's doing fine!" Fiddleford grinned before handing Zully to Wanda. "He helps me build some stuff." Ford nodded. "The boy is actually very intelligent, he just doesn't like to show off.
Fiddleford didn't know it, but the teen actually LOVED to spend time with him, Tate had missed his father so much. He didn't get heckled about his pa by the townsfolk anymore, because the crazy lunatic from town was a hero! And one of the greatest inventors of all time! He was so glad that "the thing that never must be spoken" actually reunited his family. Nevermind all that.
The teens, along with their friends, returned when the sky was darkening, to sing happy birthday for the triplets. The babies didn't know what was going on, but eh, the bright fire looked pretty! Their hands got warmer at the thought, but they still didn't have the mental connections to focus on making conscious fire. Seb didn't notice, neither did Wanda as the two kissed after Seb helped blow out the candles.
This was the first time he'd ever blown out the birthday candles together with his brothers. The first time he got to celebrate his birthday together with his family. Then he started crying and spent a few minutes screaming he was fine and how he was just a slave to emotions he never learned to control. Mabel "Aaaaww!" and hugged her uncle tightly.
Night arrived, their first night together in town. Hooray! The Shack had gone through an expansion, like Seb suggested to Ford last year. The second floor now had more rooms and a bathroom and the underground level, where Ford's bedroom was, also had more space. Ideal for housing so many people. Mabel had totally invited her friends for a sleepover, without even asking Ford. Seb said sure! As if that was still his house.
"Ford! You can't deny Baron Marius Wahwahhauser a place to stay for the night~!" Seb said, unable to pronounce his last name. "He SANG Happy BIRTHDAY for You!"
"Alright…?" Ford said but Shermie huffed. "I don't care if he's a king, he's not sleeping in the same room as my daughter." "I sleep with Dipper?" Mabel raised an eyebrow and Shermie made the same expression she was making. "He's your brother?!"
"Ugh, stop it! I'll camp outside with Dillon and Marius, just stop it!" Dipper, moodily, exclaimed. Mabel actually thought that was better. All girls sleepover! And the boys got their own!
"I-I seriously don't…" Dillon looked at Marius, blushing. "NO!" Grenda exclaimed. "You'll hang out with Marius and be friends!" Dipper was already pulling out the camping supplies from the closet. Ford quietly murmured, "I didn't realize I had camping supplies here…"
Marius, so innocent, was pretty excited for this camping experience with normal friends!
"Come on, Paz! You're new to our sleepovers~ But you'll love them! We will practice our makeup techniques and talk about boys~" Mabel wiggled her eyebrows as she dragged her upstairs. "Speaking of boys, Mabel, your dad is pretty cute too!" Candy giggled as she ran upstairs with everyone. Shermie smiled and rubbed the back on his head. "Ah, haha, thanks?" Abigail rolled her eyes. "Damn sexy Pines men." Carla and Wanda both nodded.
Shermie scoffed. "Well, here's hoping Dipper grows out of his awkward teen stage soon." Seb grinned. "Actually, I once traveled to another dimension with a grown up Dipper, and yeah, he's gonna be just as handsome as the rest of us once he's older."
"Haha, another dimension...Can you do that with your...psychic fire stuff?" Shermie joked. Seb shook his head, "Nah, that was something I did with my alternative universe self who was a little girl…" Everyone blinked at him slowly. "HAH!" Shermie laughed. "You have the weirdest stories!" He said, still not believing a word of any of it.
The three teen boys said bye to everyone and walked outside to the porch. Carla demanded a hug from her baby boy, and Dillon swore he wanted to give it to her, but he didn't want to feel her squirming stomach, so he just muttered a, "See ya, Ma." and ran outside.
Carla stared after Dillon sadly as Seb started discussing with Shermie. "I'm not joking! It really happened! Ma! You think this isn't consider a power?"
Carla went to sit when Kari screamed loudly at Seb's arms catching on fire. They were going to give their mom a heart attack one of these days. Wanda sat next to her to place a hand on her shoulder. "I'm sure he'll love his little brother when he's born~ He's just going to turn 14, he's all moody and confused." The brunette sighed. "I hope you're right...I've been told to let him come to terms with it, I know Seb had problems with Shermie as kids, Stan told me...but it sucks to see him so upset, it has ALWAYS been Dillon and me after all…" Carla puffed her cheeks as she rubbed her belly. "This is my fault for being so horny."
Wanda giggled. "Tell me about it~" She nodded in the direction of the twins, sleeping in a blanket. "It's those sexy Pines men's fault though, for being so cute!" Wanda complained and Carla nodded. "Urgh, I know right?!"
"What are we talking about?" Abigail skipped towards them and sat down. "'Bout how the Pines brothers make you horny." Abigail laughed loudly. "Tell ME about it!" The three women laughed, feeling a friendship forming. Abigail DID give Carla a long look. "Why didn't you and Stan use birth control? After Shermie put two kids in me, I've been super careful about taking my pills." The fact that Dipper and Mabel didn't have younger siblings was proof of that.
Carla blushed. "I forgot…" Wanda and Abigail sighed. "There's a 24-hour After pill?" Wanda pointed out. Carla shrugged. "I had an early shoot on set, forgot again. And then it slipped my mind entirely until I started getting sick. It was then that Carla realized she fucked up~" Carla joked and her friends laughed.
As the women discussed, the boys were outside setting up camp. "So...You come from Austria...What do you do for fun, Ma-Marius?" Dillon asked.
"Oh, I practice horse riding." Marius smiled. "And fencing." Dipper smirked. "Ooh~ Rich sports~" Dillon smiled a bit. "I practice basketball and play videogames. My-My mom put me in the boy scouts as a kid but I hated it and demanded to get out" Marius laughed. That sounded fun. He heard about the scouts, but Americans took it more seriously.
They finished building their tent and once again sneaked into the house to get some snacks and their videogames. They could see the girls from the window in the attic, and Dipper thanked the skies he was safe in a tent and not being chewed on by a wolf.
"Dipper, um, what do you think of Pacifica?" Marius asked, totally getting information for Grenda and the girls. Dipper blushed and looked at his cousin. "I am SILENT! He's going to bother me no matter what I say! So what if I like a girl, huh? EverYOnE likes a gIrl at some poiNT!" Dipper's onset of puberty was causing a lot more voice cracks than last year.
Dillon's eyes welled up with tears, unable to keep his emotions under control. Dipper's false glare softened when his cousin curled up. "N-No, I-I won't...You know, I'm kinda tired now…" Dillon pulled a blanket over his head. "Dillon, I didn't mean to sound mean…" Dipper bit his lip and looked at Marius, he was just as clueless. Dipper knelt down beside his cousin. "Dillon? I'm not actually mad at you...Everyone teases me, I'm used to it, my DAD teases me, I'm seriously not mad..."
Dillon was still hiding his face from view. "I dOn't…" He ran a hand through his tear covered face and both teens panicked. They didn't know how to deal with this. "Oh my god! Dillon, I'm SO SOrry!" Dipper nervously apologized. Dillon shuddered and slowly poked his head out of Blanket-town.
"I don't like girls!" Dillon managed to finally wail before he buried his face in the blankets again. Dipper and Marius blinked slowly, before looking at each other. "Uh...You don't like girls?" Was he crying because of that?
Dillon shook his head with his face buried in his blankets, hoping to suffocate and die. "I understand if you don't want to be around me anymore…" Dillon had asked for help on some pages on the internet, they said that some people didn't understand, even family, but he had to understand he was not doing anything wrong.
"Why would we not?" Marius tied up his hair in a ponytail and patted Dillon's back. "You're just gay~" The baron didn't see what was wrong with that. Dillon was a new friend, why should it be a problem if he found men attractive?
"Wait. Was me telling you 'everyone likes girls' the thing that upset you?" Dipper chuckled. Dillon pouted, hurt, but nodded. "Oh, I'm sorry...I didn't know, but it's ok? We don't hate you or something? Actually, mom has told us about it at some point and Uncle Seb likes men too." Dillon extracted himself from the blankets.
Dillon rubbed his eyes. "He does?" the teen sniffled. Dillon knew uncle Seb was fabulous as fuck, but hadn't gotten confirmation on his orientation before. But wait. "So… uncle Seb is Bi? Since he likes aunt Wanda too?" Dipper shrugged. "I guess, Mabel is the one who knows all the terms and stuff."
"So...Do you think that if I tell my parents, they won't get upset?" Dipper laughed. "Aunt Carla looks very cool and Uncle Stan LOVES you, Dillon!" His cousin didn't seem too sure. "If you only knew how much he wanted to meet you that last summer, that was the only thing he talked about! And~ how we never had bacon, but that's beside the point. My point is that, whenever you're ready, Stan won't get angry with you."
Still, Dillon sniffled. "Please, promise me you'll keep this a secret!" Dipper and Marius crossed their hearts. "Promised!"
The three boys laid down, Dillon feeling much more relieved than before. Part of the heavy weight was lifted off his chest. Minutes later, Dillon turned to look at the Austrian teen, blushing slightly. "Marius, I know you're with Grenda and all...but I needed to tell you I think your hair is beautiful...and your eyes…"
"Thank you!" The Baron chuckled. Dillon curled up with his cousin and new friend and slept peacefully for the first time in years.
The girl's sleepover was much less peaceful. It was loud (Grenda), weird (Mabel) and involved copious amounts of butter (Candy). Pacifica winced every time some butter splashed onto the ground near her. "I'm pretty sure this stuff is NOT meant to substitute for actual massage oil." The blond pointed out.
"But it makes my skin feel so smooth~" Candy chirped as she slathered it onto herself and Grenda as part of the massage section of their MAKEOVERS OF GLORIOUS PAMPERING™.
"And~ That's not how you use makeup…" Pacifica winced. They were almost 14, they should start being more mature. Mabel scoffed. "We're not seedlings! We're flower buds preparing to BLOSSOM into REAL WOMEN!" She stood up and screamed with her arms raised high into the air. Grenda and Candy screamed too. Pacifica's eye twitched.
Pacifica massaged her temples. How could someone as calm and reasonable as Dipper be twins with a crazy girl like Mabel?! "I can teach you to do your makeup properly?"
"""REALLY? EEEEEEEEE!""" The three girls squealed. Waddles had had the great idea to escape the room and was now sleeping with Seb. He had missed Seb so much! He loved Mabel but if he stayed with her any longer, his ears were going to burst.
"OK! What music should I put on?!" Mabel pulled out her phone and music blasted from it. "We will stay awake ALL NIGHT!"
A few rooms away, Zully was wriggling in annoyance. They turned to look at their sister, who was rubbing her face with her fists with a wrinkled nose. With a determined look to MAKE their parents stop that noise, the twins let out a collective wail. Unknown to the twins, they were the family's saviors that day. Sebastian and Wanda woke up and the babies' wails made Seb order his brother, still awake and dying, to do something.
"SHUT THE FUCK UP ALREADY, MABEL!" Shermie and Abigail screamed. The girls were forced to continue their party in mute, they could stay awake but couldn't make noise because the babies were trying to sleep likeeverybody else. The house finally had peace. Zoe and Zully sucked their thumbs in success as they finally fell asleep. Yeees~ mommy and daddy gave them anythingif they cried hard enough. Except mommy's milk, but that wasn't something they really complained about. The twins yawned and fell asleep.
-.-
Seb missed Dr. Linda.
He needed to talk, but he was staying for two long weeks. He liked the town and all, he even managed to see Wendy and she was pretty shocked to meet the twins, it was fun...but he was starting to realize...or well, confirm, that he wasn't really important as a human, or as great…
During the week, they all found time to talk, not only about the upcoming Summerween next week, but about their jobs. They all listened to Ford's crazy adventures with the scientists, how he had guided them through town for a basic 'weirdness tutorial', to Stan talking about his training and how he was SO happy to be back and playing again, glad he didn't actually lose his chance to continue, and how people couldn't believe his stamina was the same or even better than before, and sometimes to Shermie's fun things from work, about how a guy almost erased all the company's data and he spent hours working to recover it, or that time he had to stop a hacker by hacking him. That was a good day.
And Seb didn't feel comfortable telling them what he did so far...Because nothing really interesting has happened to him. Besides the twins, he had just...been at home, cutting fabric . He wanted to tell them about how he had already finished high school! How he had his certificate framed because it made him so proud!
Or maybe that-that the classes he was taking were going great or-or his therapies with Dr. Linda...but he couldn't, bringing the attention to himself like that was so childish and cringy. He did that as a child, but not anymore. Fordsie won an inter-school spelling contest~...and there was Seb, thinking he was special or could even compare his merits by saying he got a B in an English test everyone else got an A on anyway...
So he just listened, he spoke too much anyway. Seb remained quiet and fed the twins. He wanted Linda because he didn't want to feel like a failure anymore… Linda always listened to him talk about all sorts of inane things and seemed perfectly interested in all of it. It was comforting to talk to her, babbling on without worrying over entertaining her or saying things that made her happy.
He liked listening to his brothers though. They were so happy and he wanted to keep it that way. The lizard said he brought him back to save people, and he guessed that it included making their lives happier, his family was...a nice gift he was somehow allowed to have in the first place. He stroked Zoe's cheek when she started fussing and whimpering. She didn't like to be with daddy when she...she felt daddy being weird, she wanted a nice feeling daddy, so he better change back to normal. Zoe whined and shoved daddy's hand away. Daddy please stop feeling so weird! Zoe whined and kicked her legs, wiggling around unhappily. Zully whimpered, feeling the same.
"No, come on, baby…" Seb started rocking them and stood up, accidentally interrupting Stanford in the middle of the explanation of his new project. To be honest, it was boring anyway. "Sorry, um, babies crying-I'll-I'll take care of this…" Zoe sobbed harder after that. Daddy stop it! Please! It made her feel bad! "Shh, shhh, what's wrong Zoe? Zully, please!" Seb asked as he rocked them gently.
"Nyah!" Zoe wailed. Seb rocked her, trying to calm her down. He whimpered and took a deep breath. "Twinkle twinkle little star, Zoe please I'm gonna cry~" He carried his daughters to his temporary room and carefully laid them down on the bed. He curled up around their little crying forms and stroked their blond little hairs. "Sh, sh, ssssh...What's wrong? Something bothered you? It's ok~ I know what you feel, not being able to speak sucks, right? You can only cry and lay on your tummy, but I promise that as you grow up, you'll be able to do much more things, like sit on your own, and talk and walk. It's not that hard, it's like possessing one vessel until the day you die~" He wiped Zoe's tears when she started sniffling. "You just wanted to get out of there? Was Sixer's boring speech bothering you? Yes?" He cooed.
Zoe stared at her dad with big heterochromatic eyes. Yay! He wasn't being weird anymore! It was nice to be around him again! She liked hearing his voice too, she hadn't heard it since her uncles started speaking. "Goo~" Zully calmed down as well, the weird feeling coming from daddy was gone.
"Thank you, Zoe, thank you, Zully." Seb yawned and closed his eye. The infants yawned as well and fell asleep, liking how warm daddy's hand was resting on their bellies.
When Wanda returned to the room after some baby shooping with Carla at the mall, she found her 3 babies sleeping. She cooed loudly and snapped a photo. "Look at how cute my babies are~" she sent the photo with her text to Carla and Abigail.
Her phone buzzed as Abigail sent back baby photos of her own kids asleep on Shermie, his glasses about to fall from his face. 'Hah! Not as cute as mine!' The younger woman teased. Wanda's eyes narrowed. Oh, a competition huh?
She spent the next half hour snapping more photos of her sleeping boyfriend with the kids as well as sending other baby photos. Carla got in on the action as well, sending photos of Dillon as a baby or after Stan came home and the two fell asleep on top of each other.
Kari eventually noticed what they were doing and demanded ALL the photos.
It was a fun day all around.
To Dipper's frustration, he wasn't able to find any cryptids to show his dad. Not even the Summerween Trickster. Though, to be fair, Soos DID eat him…
They DID see Toby Determined (or as he insisted on being called now, Bodacious T), which had Shermie screaming and going "OH MY GOD! IT WAS ALL TRUE! MONSTERS EXIST!"
….which was kinda a victory?
Mabel patted Dipper's back. "It's fine bro-bro. We can show dad the magic stuff some other time." She hugged her twin and swung her huge hoop earrings around, making the teenage boy laugh.
Mabel was right, they still had many summers and… Dipper looked up at his Dad who was hugging Seb and the baby twins, everyone was packing to go back home. Their family was finally together, so everything was going to be fine, they all had many summers to spend together.
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