Slices of Life and Family

by bluefrostyy

PART 3 of The life of Sebastian Pines! (Read that first, I doubt you'll understand what's going on) The story follows Seb's life after Gravity Falls. Bill was defeated, but the Pines family still have thousands of adventures together. Old characters will come back, new characters will make an appearance, all to accompany Seb through his journey as a human (Cowritten with Mizuuma)

10. I jingle jangled my brain juice

(excuse us for the title, Miz chose it and I still dont get it :/)

Hello, we're here to bring you a new chapter! This Sunday is my birthday wooo Turning 19 and like, wow.

I also start university again this Monday so forgive us if we stop updating each week :(

However, this is a long chapter so you can enjoy! (Drawing in deviantart and in the future, in tumblr!)

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Seb paced back and forth in the hospital waiting room outside the operation room. This was the second time he was in one of these places. But this time, Wanda was with him. She was holding Zoe in her lap, the little girl was still teary eyed. "Soowwy?" Zoe asked, pulling on her mommy's shirt. Zoe knew that Zully got a really bad ouchie, but then the strange people in those weird clothes had taken Zully away and Zoe had no idea where they were. She was worried, and scared, and just wanted to see her twin. "Weer Sowwy?" Zoe asked again. Mommy was crying. But she wouldn't tell her. And Zoe didn't like it. She wanted her sister!

"She's gonna be okay. She's got magic! She's gonna be okay. She's got magic-" Seb was muttering to himself as he paced. He didn't want to think about what had happened, but he couldn't help but KNOW. He had Looked at the scene afterward, to See what had happened. It left him both worried and hopeful.

Zoe and Zully had managed to escape their playpen and had started making their way up the stairs. Wanda had been passed out on the couch, fallen asleep while watching them after a long night at work the day before. Seb had been making lunch in the kitchen. He hadn't realized anything was wrong until he heard that heart stopping THUMP from the other room followed by Zoe's screaming.

Seb shuddered. He blamed himself for not checking on them sooner. He… well, Seb was glad he was on his pills. Otherwise he'd be FAR more panicked than he was right now. His mind was more clear and that's how he'd been able to think straight and call the ambulance, tell Wanda not to touch or move Zully- poor Wanda had nearly lost it, waking up from her accidental nap to find her oldest daughter crumpled at the bottom of the stairs, blood staining the ground around them. Her scream rivaled Zoe's wails.

The twins had been on the stairs, Zully had lost their balance and tipped backward. Seb was able to See how Zoe had raised a hand, eyes wide in fear as a green glow briefly surrounded Zully, as Zoe tried to catch her twin. She managed to slow Zully's fall but hadn't been able to concentrate enough to stop it entirely. Zully had hit the ground. Luckily there was a carpet there, but unluckily, they hit their head against a stair on the way down. It was a very bad fall.

Zully was knocked unconscious near instantly and Zoe had started screaming.

Seb sat down next to Wanda and wrapped his arms around her, leg bouncing in distress, as she still sobbed quietly to herself. "She will be fine, Zully is strong, Wanda…" He told her, wanting to believe it himself. "I-I'm so sorry...If-If something happens to her-" Seb wiped his own tears before wiping hers. "Please don't think that. Please. We have to believe she'll be fine!" Wanda just continued crying. "My fault- I should have been watching them-" Seb winced at that. "It's not your fault Wanda. Don't ever blame yourself! Only I'm allowed to blame myself, right?" He tried to joke.

Wanda and Zoe leaned against him while Seb hugged them both. A sinister part of him couldn't help but think what he didn't want to think. 'I hope Stanford is happy now...' crossed Seb's mind before he quickly made it go away. No. Ford wouldn't do that. He'd Never feel like that. His brother needed help and while he hadn't heard from him in almost a year, he knew from Stan that Ford had been getting therapy. That meant he wanted to be better and Seb appreciated that. He wouldn't wish harm upon the twins on purpose.

Seb sniffled. Why? Why has this happened? He had been doing great this year, despite not seeing his family, they had been great… He just hoped this tragic event will become nothing more than a bad memory... Seb winced. No, he couldn't think that everything bad that happened in his life was some sort of divine punishment. He'd done that all his life and Linda had told him it wasn't healthy. He took a deep breath and let it out slowly. This was just an accident. The kids were just playing and something went wrong. It wasn't anyone's fault.

Zully was in surgery right now. Seb was still waiting for any news. He almost wanted to See into the operation room, but he would need to brace himself for what he might see. He was almost afraid to try it.

Seb closed his eye, ignoring the tears streaming down his right cheek, and hugged his girls tightly until they got some news about his baby… Seb had to be strong, for Wanda, and for Zoe. He… he couldn't take it anymore! He needed to see what was happening in the operation room. Seb focused his powers and Looked.

Zully was lying on the operating table with a little gown that was still too big for them. The doctors had shaved their hair so they could see the wound better. Luckily, it wasn't a horrible injury, just...a bad one, and head wounds simply bled a lot. Zully needed stitches for it though and they would need to be careful when lying down.

The baby also had a broken arm and leg.

It was a clean break on the arm, and a fracture on the leg. They set the limbs and put on the casts, luckily they didn't need to put intramedullary nailing. The child was young, they were still growing. Their bones were still developing. The doctors were optimistic about the child making a full recovery. The head injury was very worrisome, but they already told the parents that a specialist would check out their daughter once Zully woke from surgery and was healed enough to be able to run cognitive tests.

Head injuries could have harmed the brain after all.

Still, they were hopeful about Zully's chances.

Seb blinked his eye back open. He relaxed a little. "Zully's going to be ok." He told Wanda. "She needs some stitches and a cast for her arm and leg, but the doctors think she'll heal just fine." Seb could feel Wanda slump in relief.

A nurse then guided them to the room Zully would be occupying so the baby wasn't alone when they were brought out from surgery. It was a small room in the pediatric wing, but it had a couch for the parents. They put Zoe in her car seat so she could sleep and the two exhausted but relieved parents curled up on the couch.

Now they only had to wait...

Before the Pines-Friedmann ended up with Zully at the hospital though, there was almost a year gap from the incident that led Seb and Ford to not speak for said year. It wasn't a bad year though, it helped the oldest Pines triplet realize many things about himself and it helped Seb heal. Not seeing his family hurt, but it had been for the best to have some space to think.

He went to talk with more Linda after the incident (after months of only going for 2 days a week), and he went back to his pills, with N&Ns and all. After Seb's mind wasn't clouded with panic and fear anymore, he understood how great news it was that his triplet was also getting help. If it was helping him, who was a complete broken mess, dragging trauma from a past life, of course it would help Ford who was just scared of Bill. Not that Seb knew it was much more complex than that.

He followed Linda's advice too. His life had to continue. Panic attacks were scary, but he could just keep moving forward. So he went back to his plan to open his own store. Wanda was happy for him (and Seb was grateful she stopped mentioning Stanford's 'nasty ass' for a while) and he had found the perfect place.

It was big and just in the perfect location, but he needed money for it. Ugh.

"We can invest on the land, it's still our property." Wanda said when Seb mentioned it. "No, we gotta save money for the twins and I wouldn't ask you to pay for it for me…"

"But we. Are. A. Couple." Wanda argued, stroking his arm. "And I love you."

"No...I don't want you to do that for me." Seb grumbled at the thought of asking for money from the bank. He also didn't want to, banks sounded like evil beings who sucked your money, even Stan warned him about it, but what other choice did Seb have? Well, when Seb went to ask Stan for financial advice, he didn't expect the response he got.

"I'll buy the place for ya." Stan said cheerfully. Seb's jaw dropped. "What?! No- you can't!" Stan wouldn't back down though. "Yes, I can." Stan grinned. "Don't think you can out stubborn me Seb! I can stubborn you forever!"

"B-but you can't- This is something I have to do!" Seb complained. Stan rolled his eyes. "Too late, I already bought the place." Seb gasped."Fez! You dick!" Stan leaned closer to his computer camera. "But~perhaps I'd be willing to give you the Deed in exchange for a little favor~"

Seb pouted. Well. Looks like Stan was gonna make him work for it. "What favor?" He asked suspiciously. Stan's grin was truly evil. "Bring the twins to come and play with Diego more often! Come and see us more often! Dillon misses you, you know?"

Seb waited for the next point but it never came. "What? That's it?! Really? You-You bought the place I wanted for months...in exchange for a play date?"

"I think it's a fair deal" Stan shrugged and waved a hand. "So, it's a deal then?" He grinned a lot like Seb would do when he shook hands. Seb sniffled, and before he knew it, he was angrily wiping his annoying tears. "St-Stanley, you-you shouldn't have-have done that for me…! I-I wasn't asking f-for it!" Fez was basically giving him the place for free! And it made him feel all weird.

Stan's face turned serious and he leaned closer. "Sebastian, I WANTED to do this." He touched the screen, hoping he could give his brother a hug. "You are my brother, Seb. I'd do anything for you…" Seb sniffled and looked up at Fez with a teary pout.

Stan rubbed the back of his neck. "I… I wasn't able to help you while we were kids." Stan sighed and puffed his cheeks. He knew it wasn't his fault, but...it still hurt him. "So now that I'm grown up, I'm going to support you 100% and don't you dare try to stop me! Let me be there and support you with the things you love. You were there for me when I wanted to try out baseball, when I felt I wasn't good enough. You convinced to try to get in and keep doing sports, try out all different things to find ones I could do well in, I owe you everything after that, Seb, I discovered my passion, HELL I got into BUSINESS SCHOOL- and I would have never grown this much without help." Stan smiled and Seb whimpered. "So stop being such a baby and take it, damn it!"

"Thank you, Stanley…" Seb nodded and wiped his happy tears away. "I'll take the babies as-as soon as I can…" He wouldn't even mention they weren't shaking hands and this was more of a promise, he was too happy and too grateful. "Really…"

"Eh, it's nothing~ I'll give ya the deed as soon as you visit my babies." The two brothers hung up and Stan inhaled.

"AAAAAAAAHHH!" Stanley screamed. He stood up and frantically pressed the button to call his assistant. "Yes, Mr. Pines?" The young man asked.

"Call my triplet's girlfriend and ask her about the building my brother wanted to buy. Then buy it!"

"Uh...Dr. Pines?"

"HAH! HAHAHA! Do ya think Ford has a girlfriend? Hilarious, but no, Wanda, Sebastian's girlfriend, don't come back until I know that's my property!" He already told Seb he bought it… which was a bluff, but Seb wouldn't have agreed otherwise!

Wanda was really surprised when she got a call at work from one of Stan's workers. She gave them the information, pretty confused because neither of them knew what was happening, but she understood when she came back home and found her boyfriend.

Seb was playing with the twins, crawling around with them clinging to his back. He was using his powers to keep them balanced. "Wanda! You won't believe what that jerk of Stanley did today!" He crawled towards her with the twins squealing on his back. "Dada fas!" Zoe squealed and pulled at Seb's soft hair.

"Derk!" Zully exclaimed, telling mommy about the new word they learned today. Wanda glared at her boyfriend and he laughed sheepishly. "Hey, hehe, where did she learn that from…" Wanda lost her glare when she realized what that phone call she'd gotten was about. She had to cover her mouth to keep from laughing. Oh Stanley you devious little- she would need to send him a thank you gift for helping Seb out. At least Seb accepted HIS help.

Seb excitedly told her the place was his as soon as he took the twins to play with Fez's kids. He stood up, the babies shrieked, holding onto daddy when the magic kept them on his back horizontally, and kissed Wanda. "I'm going to have my stooree!" Seb squealed. Wanda hugged him back, so proud of him. "I'm so glad, baby! You'll do amazing!"

"DADA!" Zully screamed, tired of floating upside down. Seb looked up at them and laughed. "Sorry, baby. There you go!" He passed the babies to Wanda and stretched. "Well, I'm going to serve dinner~! And then I'll buy the plane tickets!" The blonde snuggled the twins to herself and watched Seb go into the kitchen. "What's dinner going to be?" Wanda asked. Zoe shrugged. Zully and she didn't eat the same things mommy and daddy ate.

"You know what it is! You've been asking for it since last week!" Seb called and Wanda's green eyes lit up. Salmon with spaghetti al pesto?! FINALLY! "You know you have the best daddy in the world~?" Wanda tickled the twins, who squealed with laughter, before putting them down. Wanda took off her suit jacket and sighed softly. Truly the best...He didn't deserve what happened...They didn't deserve what happened. Her scowl deepened. Stupid Stanford! He had never been good to Sebastian, and he tried to hurt her children! He better not show his face ever again or the one getting hit with a baseball bat would be HIM!

The woman massaged her temples as she took a deep breath. No, nope. Hitting him back was not the answer...Seb still loved his brother, he might not want to see or talk to him yet (it'd been a couple of months since December), but he was still willing to help him. Wanda just couldn't understand. Yes, Junior was her (step) brother and they loved each other, but she'd never talk to him again if he tried to do anything to the twins. Maybe she didn't understand, they weren't triplets after all, and twins and triplets seemed to have a different connection between them…

Seb had talked to Stanley before (she loved Stanley so much, HE was a good brother, not like Stanford!) and both she and Seb now knew Ford was getting some damn help for his PROBLEMS! But he was just starting therapy, and knowing that self-centered man, he would drop it because he only cared about himself! He wasn't like Seb, he would think he was perfect and EVERYONE around him was wrong, so he'll never try to be better and improve himself. Wanda was fuming now. Stupid Ford. Seb was too nice. He asked her to understand his brother, but she just couldn't, not right now at least, she wasn't ready to forgive him, even if Seb already did.

"Wanda, if you don't come, I'll feed the twins your food!" She heard Seb call and she snapped out of her thoughts. "Coming!" She walked to the kitchen and caught Zoe before she ran away. Seb had been trying to put them in their high chairs. "Gotcha!" The blonde laughed and Zoe narrowed her heterochromatic eyes at her. Betrayal!

Wanda sat down, and distractedly watched Seb feed the twins. He was wearing an apron so his clothes were protected from the oncoming flying food. She loved too much. She only wanted him to be happy and...she didn't think being with his older brother made him happy...She had talked to Linda, and the therapist had told her what she already knew: Stanford also needed help, Seb had the right to give him a second chance, and she said it had to be Seb's decision when he was ready to see his brother. However, she still recommended to give it some time, until both brothers felt and WERE safe.

"Wanda! Can you help me? Zoe is trying to escape again!" Wanda blinked and noticed Seb was struggling to keep the two babies on their chairs. "Oops, sorry baby, I got distracted…" Wanda held Zoe and strapped the seatbelt on before grabbing her daughter's plate of food. Zoe looked at her plate and whined, pointing at it. "Ah-Ah! Boh-ee!" Their plates had drawings of bunnies on the bottom, and the twins liked to see them. "You will see the bunny if you finish your food." Wanda explained and gave her a spoonful of food.

Zoe pouted but still opened her mouth for her food. The sooner she ate, the sooner she could stare at the bunnies. Zully was obediently eating their dinner. "Ah~" Zully said, closing their eyes as they opened their mouth. It was a very cute quirk. Wanda was almost sad that Zully would grow out of it as they got older. Still, Wanda snapped a photo and recorded the moment. It was so adorable.

"So, do you have everything for the store?" Wanda asked Seb, as he fed both Zully and himself. "Yes~! I have everything planned! I even made a list! Like some nerd! I think Si-um- Pinetree would be proud." Sebastian corrected himself with a sad smile.

Wanda smile a little. "I bet he would. He's a very organized boy." Seb ate some of Zully's food and gave some spaghetti to Zully by mistake, the baby didn't complain though. "Yup! I'm more organized too!" Seb said proudly. Wanda rolled her eyes. "So, I'm still taking commission work for personalized dresses or suits, because I love the challenge! But NATURELLEMENT, ma cherie, I want people to see my designs!"

"Natu-eh-naturally." Wanda nodded. She didn't realize Seb could speak french, it was kind of hot.

"So...I talked to a teacher from the school I took that intensive course, right? I liked him, he was pretty nice, he even asked me why I never participated in the contest, so I explained what had happened and he said he could connect me with a friend of his who works in a fashion house who is always accepting collections from designers and well~SHABAM!"

Seb pulled out his phone and Wanda read the message carefully. Her eyes went wide. "Really!? They bought them?! All of them?!" The brunet laughed excitedly and nodded, making the twins squeal and clap. Daddy was happy!

Wanda laughed and hugged Sebastian as tight as she could. " Wha-When did this happen?! Why didn't you tell me?! Were those drawings you were making for them?!" Seb nodded. "I made a contract months ago to work for them for half a year, it finishes when their spring-summer collection comes up! We made a deal though! They would add my name on the collection, because the designs are solely mine-and, well, that's supposed to draw attention to me…"

"Dada!" Zully squealed and Zoe threw some rice into the air in celebration. Wanda was grinning as wide as she could. She was so happy! "You have to start telling me things!" She complained. "This is amazing, Sebastian!" The former demon blushed bright red, but he was still grinning, very proud of himself. He blushed even more when Wanda pulled him close for a kiss.

"So what else is on your very organized list?" Wanda giggled. Seb blinked and grinned. "Well...um, find a team to work with making the clothes...Be-Because I can't make all of them, right? And I'll be a good boss! Like in Gravity Falls, and then I can sell them! And then become famous selling my clothes to famous people, in fashion shows and beauty contests!"

Wanda grinned. She was so glad Seb had everything prepared. She would be there with him for every single step on his list. She laughed when Seb realized he had been eating Zully's food and the baby was happily munching on his salmon. "HEY!"

They bathed the babies together, carefully brushed their little pointy teeth, before putting them to bed. Zoe hugged one of her plushies as Zully suckled on their yellow blanket. The parents stared at them breathing in and out peacefully, they were just so proud of the little beings they created... The two carefully left the twins' room and went to their own.

Wanda sat down on the bed as Seb spread open like a starfish. He put Markimoo (the giraffe he seriously kept for himself), on his face and sighed happily. Today was a great day. "So, will you come with me to visit Stan and his fam?" He asked and Wanda leaned down and lifted the stuffed animal off from his face to look at him in the eye. "I don't think I can, sweetie…" She sighed. "I've got a case coming up. I'm going to be at court for a few weeks. Sorry."

Seb pouted sadly and Wanda bit her lip. "Oh no, please~ I'm sorry~" She stroked his chin softly. "I wish I could go…" Seb sighed dramatically and shifted to lay down on her, his head comfortably nested on her chest. "It's ok~ I'll handle the two beasts on my own then~" He sighed loudly again but a smirk betrayed him. Wanda laughed. "Stop iiiitt! I'll go next time ok? I always try to make time when you want to see your family…" She said softly. It was true, they spent a lot of time with his family and she didn't complain because Seb loved his family.

The brunet hummed and snuggled closer, nudging her hand so Wanda knew he wanted her to stroke his hair. "Maybe...Maybe we could...just spend more time with your family too…" He bit his lip a little too hard. He stopped as soon as he tasted blood though. "I would like to see my niblings but...I'll feel weird and sad if I see Ford, and I don't want the twins near him just yet-" Stan did say to give it some time and space. "-but seeing everyone except him will feel more wrong, and I still feel weird after 'monstering myself' in front of everybody... so just not seeing them will be like taking a small break right?"

Wanda nodded slowly. It wasn't fair he had to avoid his entire family, but if he prefered not seeing everyone until he felt comfortable, then she would support it. Besides, she didn't care how they were avoiding the dickhead, avoiding him in general was great enough. "Alright, spending time with my family could be nice too." Less fun, sure, but still nice. "And my twin cousins have been dying to see you~"

Seb laughed. "Oh man, I still remember making those Disney dresses for them." Wanda giggled. "They still own them! Sure, they don't fit anymore, but they kept them!" "Noo! Really?!" Seb gasped. "You're lying!"

"Nopey! I'll tell them to send a picture!" Wanda challenged and Seb laughed. "Maybe I should make the twins some...What Disney princess should they be~? I'm sure Mabel would love if they were Elsa and Anna!" Seb chuckled. "Is she still obsessed with that movie?" Wanda asked surprised and Seb nodded. "From what I know, you can't escape from Freezer's clutches...It's almost like you can't…"

"Don't you dare-" Wanda deadpanned as Seb leaned closer and whispered in her ear. "...Let it go…"

"Oh my god! Just change your clothes! I wanna sleep!" She laughed and smacked him with a pillow. Seb whined as Wanda rolled him over and laid down, stealing the blankets. "Well! I think I'm just gonna sleep in my clothes then!" Seb started to say before Wanda nudged him with a foot. "Don't you dare!"

"Fine~" Seb rolled his eye before he unbuttoned his shirt and slipped it off. Wanda raised her eyebrows when Seb didn't put on his pajamas. Seb kicked off his pants and crawled under the blankets with her. Wanda whined, "No fair! I'm too tired to take advantage of you right nooooow~" She tried to reach Seb, but her arm just flopped lazily onto the pillow.

"Mwahahaha! Just as I planned, you vile woman!" Seb cheered as he snuggled up against Wanda's side. The blonde woman grumbled in annoyance, though she couldn't hide the smile. "Oh, you'll see tomorrow how vile can I be~" Seb gulped. "Goodnight!" Wanda said far too cheerfully.

And now the former demon was scared.

-.-

"My everything hurts…" Seb complained as he checked he had packed all the twins' things. (Where did Wanda even get that 'toy' from?) Wanda was serious about being vile. She had been vile for two days straight. And somehow he agreed to being manhandled like a toy!? Stupid human brain! (He whined the whole time but he did enjoy it, Wanda always knew the right spots to hit to make Seb scream.)

He had called Stanley to ask about when he had to go over, and Stan said he could come at anytime, so he had bought the tickets as soon as possible (he had to buy two. One for him, and one for one of the twins' car seat. Travelling alone was always a mess). He wanted the deed NOW! He couldn't wait!

The twins were watching him from their crib, jumping. They were babbling some things he couldn't understand right now. They surely spoke a lot for almost 2 years old. It was amazing, Wanda and he could understand most of the words they said when they pronounced them half right. "Your mom is very mean to daddy…" He sighed and groaned again, rubbing his butt. This was his own fault for letting her know he didn't mind being ravished from behind. "Well, we have to be at the airport in a few hours, so we better get going." Wanda was in the kitchen packing the babies' food. She said she would stay until he had to go. She wouldn't go to the airport because the twins might start crying if they had to see their mommy leave. They were used to mommy leaving to go to work, but every other time they went to the airport was a group trip.

So Wanda kissed her babies and Seb when the time came and promised to try and get her court case done as quickly as she could. Seb told her to take as much time as she needed to WIN. Wanda chuckled. "It doesn't work like that." But the couple hugged each other tightly before saying their farewells for now.

The twins were getting used to planes. The noises were still somewhat scary, and wearing earbuds was very annoying, but they were with daddy and daddy made everything better. Zoe was in his arms at the moment and Zully was sitting on the car seat (the other passengers cooed at them). She looked up at dad, who was trying to draw, and then back at Zully. She wanted the carseat.

Zoe started whimpering and pulled at Zully's arm, trying to tug her twin out of the seat so she could get it. "AAAHH!" Zully whimpered in distress, not knowing how to stop their twin, and Sebastian groaned. "No, please, stop, you were actually behaving!" He exchanged the twins and Zoe stopped whining for a few minutes, until she realized being in daddy's arms was warmer. "AAHH! DADA!" She sobbed. "Oh, come. on! You brat!" Seb sighed. Zoe was very needy. Zully was the good child, quietly sitting with their yellow blanket.

Luckily for Seb, the flight was not long and they arrived in no time. The twins were given some lollipops so they'd stay quiet and they refused to take them out of their mouths, even when they were drooling everywhere. Seb grimaced. Should have thought this would happen…

He expertly carried the twins on his back and chest, earning more coos from people around him, found his luggage and pulled out his phone. Was he supposed to wait for Stan or take a taxi to his place? URGH! Should have planned ahead! When he was about to call Stan, a man in a black suit and black glasses approached. "Yes?" Seb asked, a little suspicious and wary.

"Can you cover your eyepatch for a second, sir?" The man with the suit asked. Seb and the twins sent him very confused looks. Seb slowly covered his eyepatch with his hand and the man nodded in approval. "Mr. Pines' brother, correct?"

"...We're identical triplets." Seb deadpanned. What a dumbass.

"Forgive me. The eyepatch is distracting. Follow me. I'll take you to Mr. Pines' house."

"Oh~An escort? Fancy." Seb knew Stanley was kinda rich, but he hadn't expected an escort! How much were professional athletes paid anyway? And plus his company! Stanley ran StanCo as well! Damn!

The car was in the parking lot, not a fancy limo like Seb would have liked! But still pretty nice and big. The man took his stuff, put them in the trunk, and opened the door for them. Seb laughed. This was so cool. He only brought one car seat, but there was another one in the car. Damn, Fez did plan everything! Seb leaned closer to the man. " Are you a butler?"

"No sir. Just the driver. I take Dillon wherever he needs." Seb nodded. "Ooohh~ You must be the one who brought him to my house back when Carla was pregnant, right?!" He asked. "Correct." The driver smiled just a little bit. He didn't question where the kid wanted to go, he just drove, that was his job. And he got a very nice pay after Stanley and Carla realized Dillon was gone. Big pay and a few weeks free after the kid was grounded. That was the best two weeks of his life.

They arrived at Stan's house and the twins squealed to get out. Now that he thought about it… They never held family meetings here! He had NEVER seen Stan's house! When they came for Diego's birth they stayed at a hotel and for Diego's first birthday, it was done at a rented local. Seb gasped softly and flinched. Wow, he guessed it made sense why Stan had to make a DEAL for him to visit him…

Seb carried the twins in his arms as he stepped out and his jaw dropped. One of those fancy apartments- the ones with those huge penthouse suites! Seb looked up and up. This was a very tall building. And… didn't Stan say that he actually owned several houses? Like, there was the fancy apartment, and a smaller and more homely looking place where Kari was living?

Seb shook his head and strode inside. The lobby of the building was very nice, clean carpet, a fountain- Seb whistled. Now he almost wanted to talk to Wanda about moving out of their little apartment and getting a nice place too! The twins were staring around at everything with a chorus of "Ooh~!" while Seb looked around to try and figure out how to actually get to his brother's place.

"This way sir." The driver told Seb as he walked by, carrying Seb's bags. Seb nodded dumbly and followed him to a fancy windowed elevator. Seb and the twins pressed their faces against the glass as they watched the ground fall away and were treated to a wonderful view of the city as they ascended high above the other buildings. Seb whistled as they finally got to the top floor. Holy shit Fez! Seb was grinning so wide his cheeks hurt. He was so proud of his brother!

"Here we are-" The driver was cut off by a blur running up and glomping Seb. "UNCLE SEB!" Dillon squealed. "Dude!" The teenager grinned. "You finally get to see our new house!" He bounced excitedly. Seb blinked. "New house?" There was another one before? He couldn't remember.

"Well, yeah. I lived with mom and granny Kari in the other house, but dad bought this place last year." Dillon shrugged and Seb's eye narrowed a bit. OH! RIGHT! Was his brain getting damaged? Was he forgetting stuff? Was he getting OLD?! He hoped he was just too amazed by everything to think straight. "It's pretty damn cool, being rich, but I kinda miss being able to just run outside and down the street to buy ice cream." Dillon pouted. "Now I have to take an elevator down."

Seb was about to respond sarcastically but he heard Stan's voice laughing. "That's why I got that ice cream machine! Now we can get ice cream WHENEVER we want!" Seb turned to see his brother. Stan grinned and hugged his younger triplet. "Seb! Good to see you finally coming to visit me!" Stan pulled back to ruffle Seb's hair. "You should have made a deal with me before! This is so cool!" Seb squealed, single eye sparkling as he looked around the super nice penthouse suite.

Dillon grabbed his little cousins and snuggled. "Hello, dear ladies~ Do you want to play with Diego?" "Ego!" Zully clapped and Dillon ran away with the twins.

"Why didn't you ever offer YOUR place for family gatherings? This place is HUGE!" Seb playfully punched his muscled arm. Stan barely felt it. "Eh, you never asked? And the kids like the town." Seb nodded. True, very true. Damn Ford for having the best place to meet up. Everyone liked Gravity Falls!

"So, you said you have an ice cream machine?" Seb asked, bouncing in place. Stan's own grin matched his brother's. "We can mix our own flavors by putting stuff in one of the compartments! But if Carla asks, it was Dillon! I already ate too much!" Stan squealed. The two man-children ran off to the kitchen, laughing maniacally to begin shoving random shit from the fridge and cupboards into the machine while chanting "Pines! Pines! Pines!"

"Dad! You better not fuck around with the machine or I'll tell mom!" Dillon called from down the hall.

"YOU SNITCH! I bought this thing! IT'S MINE!" Stan called back at his own flesh and blood and Dillon stuck his tongue out. He looked up at Seb as he poured a lot of sugar into the machine. "Wanda had work, huh?"

"Yeah, she said she had to beat ass in court." Seb sighed. "I wish she could come, I bet she would have loved to see this!" Stan put some random fruits in their creation. "That sucks, but good luck to her. Carla is also working, I should be, but I took a day off to say hi to you and the girls!"

Seb laughed and smiled at his brother. "Thanks for inviting us...and for letting me use your expensive ice cream machine." Stan ruffled his hair. "Don't worry about it, let's just EAT!" He pressed the button and the machine began to churn. "Dillon won't tell Carla about this will he?" Seb asked with a grin and his older triplet snorted. "He's all bark and no bite! I let him skip school! He won't snitch if he knows what's good for him."

"Evil but fair. I like that!" Seb nodded sagely.

The two excited brothers prepared very delicious, sweet ice creams, decorated them with all kinds of fruits and chocolate before remembering about their babies. "Let me guess. Does Diego have a TV of his own with his own video games too?" Seb licked his ice cream. "Sebastian. He's a baby. It would be a waste of money to give him those things." Stan rolled his eyes and bit his cone. What a silly thought.

"Uncle Seb! Zoe is biting me! She wants to eat meee!" They heard Dillon's cries for help. They took their sweet time to eat their sugar explosion of an ice cream before looking for him and the babies.

They were pretty much assholes~

"Alright, kid~ There you go~ Another bandaid!" Seb put the bear shaped bandaid on Dillon's unimpressed face. "Uncle Seb, your kids tried to kill me! And made Diego JOIN!" He glared at his brother, now acting all innocent and making a block tower with the twins. "The twins wouldn't want to kill you, the most they can do is try to bite you, that's all." Seb said, as if that was more reassuring. He did hug his oldest nephew though, and the teen snuggled against him. Much better...

They were now watching the twins and Diego in the living room. Dillon had been attacked in the playroom (where he took the babies with very good intentions so they could play together) but everything went out of hand and the triplets found him drowning in the ball bit, with the babies throwing balls at him and trying to sit on him.

"Zoe is a terrible influence on the other babies." Dillon pouted. Zoe looked up at the mention of her name and waved a hand, "Dion! Hiiii!" She kicked her little legs, an innocent smile on her face. Dillon pouted. "You can't fool me! You're gonna be a man killer when you grow up!" Stan laughed and patted Dillon's head. "Maybe if you had gone to school, you wouldn't have been attacked." Dillon grumbled. True, but he wanted to see his uncle...and he liked to complain.

Seb stroked Diego's little head. "You have a very cool playroom, kiddo~ How lucky~" He picked up his youngest nephew and kissed his forehead. Diego blinked at Seb. He was confused. Was that Dad? Why does dad wear that thing on his face sometimes? "Bah?" He asked, confused, but Seb didn't understand and continued snuggling him. Poor Diego was confused about the people in his life that looked just like his dad. He'll eventually learn though.

"Do you want to order food? Carla left us to starve." Stan asked his brother as he rolled a ball at Zully, who squealed and ran after it before bringing it back. The twins knew the difference between Dad, Isher and Tan, unlike their younger cousin. It was so obvious! Tan didn't have thingies on his face while Isher did! And Isher's hands were bigger to hold onto them.

"Don't you have like thousands of chefs to make your food?" Seb asked and Dillon laughed. "Nah, that's silly. I like makin' my own food." Stan shrugged. He'd gotten used to cooking to keep himself and Sixer alive on the other side of the portal. And Carla liked cooking together with him, whenever Stan wasn't pretending he couldn't cook at least.

"I can cook if you want?" Seb offered but Stan shook his head. "What? No, you're a guest! I'll order. Dillon, get your brother his milk and baby food."

Seb watched his brother stood up to order some food and Dillon groaned, stretched and went to the kitchen. This was nice. Spending time with Stan was always nice, and in a cool house? Even nicer! Then he stopped. "Hey, Dillon! Where's my Ma? Does she live here?"

"Not exactly here, she lives in another apartment because she likes to feel independent." Even though she always came to babysit them. "I think she must be watching her soap operas right now?" The teen smirked with a shrug. Seb nodded. Huh, she didn't know they were supposed to come? They've been here for a few hours now… "Can I go see her? Or-or will she come over later? Or?" He hoped she wasn't too scared from seeing him transform. Seb winced at the realization that he hadn't called his mom in a while.

Dillon shrugged helplessly. "Hey dad! Will granny Kari come say hi to uncle Seb and the girls?"

"Oh fuck!" Stan winced. "No, not you, ma'am, give me a second." Stan apologized to the person on the phone. He looked at his brother and son. "I totally forgot to tell her you were coming, you can go with Dillon and tell her!" He'll order food for her too.

Seb tilted his head. "Ah… so I need to go all the way back downstairs… with the twins?" Because Seb wasn't… it wasn't like he didn't trust Stan, but that last time he'd left the twins alone while he wasn't nearby… Stan seemed to pick up on that too and winced. "Actually, you know what? Better idea. We'll go to Ma's place to eat. I'll just have the delivery guy head to her place with the food."

So Stan got Diego into his little baby hammock while Seb got the twins hooked up as well, and they (plus Dillon) all headed downstairs to head over to Kari's apartment.

Stan knocked on the door and grabbed Diego's little hand so he could try knocking as well. "Hey Ma! I have a present for you!" "Graaany Kaaaaariiiiii!" Dillon screamed and Seb and the twins shared a look.

"Ugh! Stan Pines! Can't I have a moment of peace without you screaming at the door?" The door was opened and the babies, Dillon and the triplets screamed. Their mom was wearing an orange face mask, a robe and a white towel on her head.

"Sebastian! Baby!" Kari gasped, ignoring everyone's shocked expressions. "When did you come? Why didn't you tell me?" She pulled Seb and the twins into a hug. "Hi Ma, Stanley was supposed to but he forgot."

Kari shook her head at Stan who flinched a bit. "No, of course I didn't forget!" He lied. "It was a surprise~" The middle triplet grinned. "I brought your sons and granddaughters to eat with you! It's Chinese food." The old woman laughed and let them in. "Dillon dear, shouldn't you be at school?" Kari asked as Dillon freed Diego from his hammock. "Eh, they gave us a free day!" He lied.

Seb shook his head. Entire family of liars! He hoped little Diego turned out better than those disgraces. Dillon looked at his grandma. "Hey Granny Kari, why are you wearing that monster mask?"

"It's not a monster mask, you uncultured kid!" Seb laughed. "Is that a...moisturizing mask, Ma? Those are nice, have you tried the clay mask? Those hydrate and removes excess oil, plus contain vitamins and minerals that are good for the skin~" Stan and Dillon looked at Seb with a weird look.

"What? I like taking care of my skin! It's the only one I have, you know?" He rubbed his soft cheek. Stan laughed as he walked into the kitchen to get some plates and glasses for when the food was ready. "Hahaha! You've always liked girly stuff, huh?"

Seb shrugged as he handed the still wary twins to their squealing grandma. "I still don't understand why stuff is divided by girls-boys. Doesn't make much sense to me. Pants are pants. They cover your legs, but why do people go through the extra effort of making women's pants pockets smaller or outright fake? Makes no freakin' sense."

"Well, I guess?" Stan shrugged too ."I haven't seen someone straight liking those things though, but you like it, so I'm totally fine with it!" He reassured his brother with a pat on his back.

Seb was going to tell Stan that he definitely wasn't straight, but mom was here and he didn't want trouble just yet.

Dillon rubbed his neck. Why didn't Uncle Seb tell Dad he wasn't straight? The twins told him he wasn't. "Yeah...but not every….homosexual likes...uh...girl things, right?" Dillon laughed awkwardly, much like Dipper would do.

"No, of course not." Seb replied, much to Dillon's disappointment, he wanted to hear his Dad defend it.

"Yeah, but who cares? Why did we even started talking about gays?" The man nudged Dillon and the teen looked up quickly with a nervous grin. "Haha...yeah...gays...funny…"

"Can you bring you brother's food? I think we left it back at the house." Stan asked. The teen sighed and looked down. "Ok…" more damn elevator rides. Uuugh. He walked towards the door and Seb, mistaking Dillon's sad expression to be from being ordered around, nudged Stan and narrowed his brown eye.

The older triplet sighed and called. "Please...and Thanks, kid!" Dillon smiled a bit and left. Seb nodded satisfied at his brother. "Still can't say them huh? Ya heard that, Ma?! Stan didn't say please until I reminded him!" Seb snitched on his brother.

"Oh I heard him! He never learned, that boy!" Kari called from one of the rooms, she had left, and Seb smirked at Stan's annoyed huff. "Well, I have to admit Fez, that I wasn't saying it for a while either, Mabel accused me of being a bad boss." Sebastian laughed. That was fun, just until it wasn't. His smile was replaced by a frown.

The twins were placed on the carpet with Diego so they could play, and the three babies sighed in relief when they saw Granny Kari come back and she was back to normal, she had washed her face and combed her hair, so she didn't look scawy anymore. The little cousins played for a while before Diego started getting fussy. He wanted food. He whined loudly and threw him cube away, making the blond twins jump and share a very funny shocked look. Zoe then burst out laughing. That was fun! She threw a cube too just for the heck of it!

"Foo?" Zully asked Diego, pointing at their mouth, and their younger cousin nodded grumpily. Oh well, he just wanted food! Why didn't he say so? When they or Zoe wanted food, they just told Daddy. "Dada!" Zully called their dad who was sitting on the couch, talking to Granny Kari. "Dada, mik! Dada, foo!" The baby insisted but Daddy wasn't paying attention. Hmph! They could see why Diego resorted to violence.

Zoe rolled her eyes, talking didn't always solve problems, sometimes they needed to use violence! She grabbed Diego's hand to pull him to his feet, so they could go all together and demand food, but Diego didn't like walking yet, he preferred crawling despite knowing how to walk, and he didn't appreciate having Zoe pulling at his hand. "Ahh!" He whined.

While the babies went through a hunger crisis, Seb was talking to Kari. Dillon and Stan were already preparing Diego's food. "Are you sure you won't feed the twins yet?" Stan asked, slightly fearing what those little critters might do if they had to wait so much. "Yes." Was Seb's answer. "They eat regular food at home." They preferred it much better than their baby food mixed up with milk, ate more and the best of all, it didn't gross out Seb.

"So, how have you been these months? I've been so worried after...what happened." Kari asked her second youngest, and Seb looked down. "Well, ok, I guess? I've been thinking and you know, putting my messed up mind in order." The man held his mom's hand and rubbed it with a thumb. "Sorry for worrying you, I just needed time and, also... I was worried you were scared of me after I showed my monster form…"

Kari sighed and held Seb's perfectly manicured hands into her equally well-kept hands. "Well, it did scare me, I didn't know you could do...that!" She exclaimed and Seb grinned softly. "That only happens when I'm very very pissed off, I don't usually transform like that."

Kari stroked his curls. " So...that's from your...past...life...right?" She still had trouble believing all this. But she trusted her baby, and the evidence was just in front of her. "Yes, though it's adapted to a human body, my previous monster form was way worse...You seem to have accepted weirdness and supernatural pretty well, Mom." Seb raised an eyebrow at her. She got scared, sure, it WAS scary, but she didn't faint, or panic or reacted any more than a normal person would do if they discovered magic and weirdness was real. Kari rolled her eyes. "Well, my older sons were lost behind a portal to another dimension for 13 years, my son used to be a demon, who has powers and now my granddaughters have powers as well, I think I have experience in this field." She deadpanned. Seb laughed.

"Speaking of..." Kari looked directly at Sebs eye. "Have you talked to your brother?"

"...which one? I have 3." Seb tried to joke but his mom's look made him lose his smirk. "Oh, you mean him...No...have you?"

"No...not since that day…" It wasn't as if she talked with Ford anytime other than during their family gatherings anyway… that boy never called! "But I know he's getting help after what he did." Kari felt so bad for that. Her grandbaby almost got hurt by her own SON! And she felt so conflicted. She was so angry but she felt so sad as well, knowing Stanford was so unwell that he almost did that!

"Why do you ask though?" Seb asked. "Do you want me to talk to him?"

Kari shook her head. "No, Sebas, I don't want you to do anything. You will talk to him when you consider it appropriate, you're grown up already and I know you can make your own decisions concerning you and your kids' well being." Kari chuckled and poked Seb's cheek. The brunet laughed and hugged his mom. "Haha! Moooom~"

Mother and son had to break apart from the hug though when they noticed the babies were screaming. Zoe was pulling and shaking Diego's arm while Zully watched, unsure of what to do, and the poor smaller baby was trying to resist the treatment, but because he couldn't, he grabbed Zoe's foot with a free hand and the blonde girl screamed as she fell.

"Hey! Hey! What's going on here?!" Seb scolded, separating Diego and Zoe who were now pulling at each other's hair. Zully awkwardly toddled towards their grandmother. Diego looked up at Seb and sobbed. "Dada!" He whimpered, raising his arms. Zoe gasped offended when Seb picked him up to rock him. "No, no Dada! Mine!" she kicked her feet. That was HER dad! Not HIS!

"Why were you hurting your cousin, Zoe?" Seb scolded his youngest, but the difference was that Zoe could understand him better now than the previous times he tried reasoning with them. "I already told you we don't hurt...family…" Seb trailed off and stayed silent. Kari came in to help. "Zoe, don't do that to your cousin again, it's not good, you might hurt him." She said patiently. She'd had to get Sebastian to play less roughly as a child too.

"Ouchie?" The little girl asked, tilting her head, and Kari nodded. "Yes, ouchie." Zoe pursed her lips. But she was only trying to help him! "Bu-bu Ego, Ego wy-" She pointed at her mouth and then at her tummy. "Ah-ah he up! To-to di Dada! Ah-ah Ego thwo! Bu-bu he no!" Zoe knew the meaning of throw, it was always said to her, but couldn't really pronounce it. She nodded satisfied after delivering her message. Diego had been hungry, so she told Diego to stand up to tell her dad instead of throwing stuff! He refused to stand up though, she was FORCED to do that.

Kari nodded with a smile. "Alright, Zoe, but it can't happen again." Seb managed to calm Diego and asked. "You understood that?"

"Not a single word." Kari said. "But she babbles a lot, I wouldn't be surprised if they start talking earlier than normal." Kari rolled her eyes. "Besides, I think I can get the gist of what she's saying anyway."

Seb nodded. The Pediatric doctors told him and Wanda the same thing. "Wait. You didn't understand? So you didn't understand me either at that age?" He frowned when Kari shook her head laughing. "Of course not, Sebas, I could start understanding you when you were closer to 3, to be honest."

Seb gasped softly. So he wasn't understandable at 1?! Did he really sound like his kids?! He lived a LIE! He glanced down at his nephew, suckling his fist, and he grimaced. Wow, he must have been more pathetic than he remembered...

Luckily for Diego and the twins, Stan finished making his baby's food, and the ordered food arrived, so everyone sat down to have some well deserved dinner. Carla found them dining in Kari's place and happily greeted Seb and the twins, she was glad the three were ok after the event.

Seb rolled his eye when Stan kissed Carla and he looked at the twins who were smacking their rice with their little fists. "Rubbing your happiness in our faces, huh?" Carla laughed and joined them for lunch as she told everyone about her day. After everyone finished eating, they went out to the park together.

The twins were holding onto Seb's hands as they toddled along. Seb had to bend down a little because they were still so small. "Ego pway too?" Zully asked as they pointed up to where Diego was cradled in his mother's arms instead of walking by himself. Seb blinked before he managed to guess what Zully was trying to ask. "Yeah, we're all going out to play at the park."

Zully's eyes lit up. "Pak! Pak!" they cheered while Zoe joined in, "PAK! PAK!" the two toddlers chanted "Pak! Pak!" as they skipped merrily down the street, hanging off Seb's hands as they bounced.

"Hey, Zoe, do you want to walk with me?" Dillon offered a hand and smiled, but the baby pouted and snuggled closer to Seb. "No!" she said firmly. "What? Why not?" Dillon pouted as well and Zoe avoided looking at him. "Dun wanna!" Seb nudged Zoe a little. "Come on, Zoe, your cousin hasn't seen you in a while, he just wants to spend time with you!"

"No touch!" Zoe whined when Dillon tried taking her free hand and the teen backed up, scared of being bitten. "Alright, alright, geez! I didn't want to anyway!" He whined and stuck his tongue out.

Stan laughed. "Oof! Gotta work on talking with the ladies, huh? You don't want a girl rejecting you like that when you get your eye on one, eh!" Stan joked as he nudged his son.

Dillon stared silently before nodding. Carla's eyes widened a little and looked away, awkward. She sighed. Why didn't Dillon just tell his father? She knew that her darling Stanny would never reject Dillon, not for something so simple, not for anything, really.

The twins freed themselves from Seb's hands and ran into the wilderness of the park, squealing loudly, running even faster when they heard Daddy shouting for them. "Wait! Stop running off you two!" Carla put Diego on his feet and the baby stayed still, leaning against her legs. "Come on, Diego, walk!" Stan poked his belly.

"No." Diego sat down, petulantly. Stan lifted him up like a pillow and caught up to Seb, who managed to catch his critters and was taking them to the slides. Dillon leaned against his mom and pouted. "It hurts when he says that." Carla stroked his hair. "If you just told him, baby, he would know and he'd stop." Dillon shook his head and joined his Dad and Uncle. No, not yet, he wasn't ready.

"Seriously you two, you're gonna give me a heart attack if you keep doing that." Seb scolded the twins as he helped them climb up the slide. Zoe blew a raspberry at him while Zully looked a little chastised. Seb sighed. These two were going to be the death of him. Zoe whined and pointed at the slide so Seb lifted her up to place her back at the top of the slide. Zully had wandered off and was poking around a bush. Dillon walked over to squat next to his cousin. "What cha looking for?" he asked as Zully kept pulling and spreading the leaves apart.

"..." Zully was frowning as they pulled at the bush. There was nothing here. Zully huffed. Maybe a different bush. Bushes had stuff in them! They should! Why else would they have all those leaves covering up the inside? Dillon watched with amusement as Zully toddled off to begin inspecting another bush. "Are you looking for birds?" the teenager asked. Zully pouted. "Dunno." They rustled the bush and squeaked when a squirrel ran out and scampered up a nearby tree. Dillon laughed. "Hey, looks like you found something."

Zoe had gotten bored of the slide by then and was running over to pull on her twin's arm. "Pway!" she insisted as she pulled Zully over to the sandbox where Diego was picking up handfuls of sand to throw around.

Zully looked at the bush one more time and huffed in defeat. They held Dillon's hand (much to his joy for being accepted by at least one of his cousins), and the two walked over to the sandbox where Zoe was already trying to make a castle to later destroy it.

The three adults sat down on a bench. They forced Dillon to go inside the sandbox as well, Stan just had to grin at his son and nod at Carla's direction. Wouldn't want Carla to know her son didn't go to school today~

Dillon had realized his dad could be a dick sometimes. He sucked it up though, and knelt on the sand, allowing Diego to throw sand at him. Mabel and Dipper were lucky they didn't have little siblings…

"So~ Did you give Seb the papers already?" Carla asked Stan, who laughed when Seb scoffed. "No, he'll hold me captive for a week before that." Stan patted his curls. "You can't blame me for wanting to spend time with my bro!" And if some of this was motivated by Stan being worried about his brother and not wanting to outright say so, well…. no one had to know.

"At least I know Wanda will try to come as well, so my imprisonment is not suffered alone~" Seb dramatically put a hand over his forehead. The couple rolled their eyes.

Dillon coughed some sand and sobbed. He hated being a babysitter. At least when he was with the brunet twins everything was much easier. The teen pulled out his phone to inform people in his social media about how bored he was. He took a selfie with the babies, then another photo of them playing and a last photo of the park he titled 'im being a slave'. However, in the last photo, he squinted his eyes when he noticed something weird. There was some kind of...flash on the photo?

He looked around and, having grown up with this sort of thing, easily found the woman with a camera hiding behind a tree. "Daaaaad~" Dillon groaned. "There's another one!" He had paparazzi following his mom around for being an actress. And then with his dad being the 'disappeared and reappeared sports star' he had to deal with even MORE of them! Stan turned to look around and scowled. Again? Uuugh! "Don't you people get bored?" the man got up and walked over, shaking his fist and making the woman squeak and run away.

Stan made a quick search to see if there were any more stalkers around before going back to the bench with his family. Seb tilted his head. "So… this is a common occurrence?" Stan rolled his eyes. "Yeah pretty much. Ford actually had some following him around too, but after his paranoid ass judo-flipped one, they stopped bothering him. Though that could also be because poindexter never leaves his lab."

As they talked, the woman snuck back and hid behind a different tree. She was listening closely, forgoing any photos this time, since she didn't want to get caught again. She stayed low to the ground and quiet as they chatted.

"So Sebastian's finally opening his own shop? That's wonderful." Kari sighed happily, leaning on her son's chest. Seb blushed. "Well, it's… yeah. I'm getting a shop, but I'm also… kinda… starting my own fashion line, and that's kinda like a company. Fez has been helping me with the business side of things."

Stan nodded. "I'm only giving pointers. Seb's doing all the real work." "Not true!" "Yes true!"

The spying woman hummed with interest. So the third triplet was doing something. A fashion designer? That was nice! And Stanley was helping him! That's so cute and the public would LOVE it~ Romantic Love, fights and family love are so profitable nowadays~ ESPECIALLY the Pines triplets, because they were, of course triplets! And because they were so different and loved each other so, so much!

"But yeah, I'm very excited about it!" Seb told everyone. It had been his dream for a very long time and he was finally able to make it real! "Dillon! Stop Zoe from eating the sand!" He suddenly cried. Dillon gasped and pulled Zoe's hand away from her mouth. "That's NOT food! It's really germmy and dirty!" Zoe whined. But sand was so crunchy! Meanie!

Stan looked around carefully, just as cautious as he had been behind the portal. Someone was looking at them and he didn't like it. Was there another reporter? Why! Just leave them alone! He was annoyed that there was nothing he could do about this, it was technically a public space. Well, if they were listening to their conversation he could very well use that to start promoting Seb's future business~!

"Well ANYWAY! Seb's designs are AMAZING and I bet anyone would pay a fortune just to be given a chance to wear his stuff!" Stan grinned, slinging an arm over his shoulder. "Why, even the Northwests commission tailored suits and dresses from him!"

The reported gasped. The Northwests were well known as a rich and influential family.

"Oh, well, yes...they used me as their personal tailor, they were always asking me for stuff…" Seb agreed with a nod. Stan hugged him and exclaimed. "And this is just the beginning! Soon, all famous people will love your stuff! And all of them will fight to wear them!" Seb blushed. "I-I don't think it would be THAT impressive…"

"You kidding?" Carla laughed and Kari shook her head. So humble. "Have you seen your own drawings?" Carla poked under Seb's uncovered eye. "You'll lead aaaalll the fashion shows!" she teased. Seb whined, blushing and wiggling in place. Kari laughed and pinched her son's cheeks. He was still adorable, no matter how old he got.

The reporter giggled to herself and wrote that down. Amazing! She wanted to write about the opening already! But, according to what she knew about the triplet, Sebastian didn't live in New York. She pouted. She'd have to travel! But how far? Hm…

The Pines family played for a while before heading back home. Stan had some guest rooms set up for Seb and the twins. Seb was still in awe at the penthouse suite that Stan had. Their guest room was the size of his own bedroom! With the softest bed in existence and very nice decorations. The view was also cool~ he could see all the city lights outside the wall of windows.

Seb was very sure neither Stan or Carla planned this. They must have hired an interior designer.

"It's nothing, calm down, man." Stan shrugged. He offered his brother a drink from his secret stash (to keep it protected from Dillon and his friends), but Seb declined. "I don't function when I drink…" He suddenly remembered the delicious chocolate drink he had with Miz and shuddered. He didn't want to repeat that. Bleeghh. "I'm going to take the twins for a nap, see ya in 2 hours~" Stan chuckled as Seb took the fussing twins away.

Neither of them knew what sensational news was going to pop up overnight. Stan would appreciate it. Seb would be embarrassed as fuck.

-.

They were oblivious the entire night, but the next day didn't start too well. "Oh, please Zully, please stop crying." Seb had been rocking his oldest child since they woke up and realized mommy wasn't there. Zoe was ok with it, but Zully was very clingy to Wanda, especially in the morning, when the baby liked to crawl up to her chest and rest there.

While the poor man struggled with the baby, Dillon was forced to go to school this time. He grumpily went down to the first floor and was about to leave the building...until he saw the newspaper. The mailman delivered the papers to the front desk every morning, and for things like newspapers, it was left out as opposed to placed into their box. So Dillon saw the newspaper as he walked past and paused.

[Sebastian Pines, the next Baci?]

Dillon scanned the words quickly, eyes wide and gaping, before his driver tapped his shoulder. "Master Dillon, you're going to be late unless we head out now." Dillon tore his eyes away from the newspaper and shrugged with a smirk. Well, this wasn't a bad thing. It'd probably be good for uncle Seb's business. He didn't see a problem with the free advertising. So Dillon went off to school without warning his uncle about the article, not seeing any problem with it.

He had a lot to worry about upstairs with his babies anyway.

Back in Stan's penthouse, Seb had the brilliant idea to face chat Wanda, sobbing. "Calm your daughter!" Zully sniffled, their little face red and covered in tears, rubbed their eyes when they noticed mommy on the screen. "M-Ma?" The baby reached for the screen. "Hi Zully~ don't cry darling! You'll make daddy sad!" Wanda cooed.

Seb wiped his tears. Finally. Some peace. He could hear Stan and Carla sigh in relief as well. Zully frowned sadly at the screen. "Mama? Hu!" They pleaded.

"I can't hug you right now, baby." Wanda apologized. "But I send you a lot of kisses!" She made a lot of kissing sounds and Zully put their hand on their wet, red round cheek. "Kih."

Wanda talked to her small babies for a while, cooing at them or making them laugh, before waving good bye. Zully sniffled as Seb cleaned off their face. Zoe pouted, silly Zully was too clingy. Seb also sniffled. Wanda couldn't come this week because things got complicated with her court case. He understood, but it saddened him that his girlfriend wasn't here with him!

Now that the babies were cleaned up and dressed, he took them to have breakfast. Stan was at the table, putting out pancakes as Carla made food for the 3 babies. "Finally, I thought she'd never run out of tears!" Stan sighed.

Seb nodded tiredly and handed one of his babies to him. "Shouldn't you be at work? And, wearing pants?" this was something this Stan shared with the old man Stan. He liked walking around in his underwear too. Better body? Of course! But still the same habit. Seb found it kind of funny since the two Stans were very different in many ways but still retained these quirks.

"I already told ya I'm being a good host! Emille is taking care of everything! I only have training in the evening and I'll leave for a few hours, but Ma is here and she can keep you company…" Stan hummed in thought. "But I could lie to my coach saying I gotta accompany her somewhere and instead we can go somewhere fun…"

Kari laughed. "Right, use me as an excuse like you always do." She turned to Seb and fake whispered "He once told his secretary that I was having a heart attack so he got to skip a board meeting." Seb pouted, how scary, he didn't want to joke about that.

"Hey it was for the greater good! Me!" Kari, Seb and the babies shared a look, the twins mastering a deadpan expression even at their young age. "-And not getting bored out of my mind! I'd prefer shooting aliens than being with those boring people!" Stanley complained. Carla arrived and sat down, giving the babies their plates. "Hah, Carla you should have seen my space clothes! I looked SO badass, didn't I, Seb?!" He nudged his brother.

"Oh yes~ with your greasy hair past your shoulders flowing with the wind and unkept beard~" Seb said sarcastically. Stan pouted. "And my awesome clothes! My space goggles! My trench coat! And pockets filled with gadgets!"

Seb sipped his coffee with chocolate. "All destroyed and dirty. Badass indeed~"

"I bet you looked amazing, honey." Carla assured a scowling Stan. "And I'm glad you're wearing normal clothes again." Kari sighed.

They had breakfast, Zully eventually forgot they were sad and entertained themselves by playing with their twin and cousin. Seb and Kari watched them as Stan checked his laptop, (bored), and Carla left for work. Unfortunately, she couldn't skip work like Stan.

As Stan logged in to check his e-mail, the man saw a couple of random news articles popping up on the browser and his brown eyes widened. "HAHAHAHAHA! SEBASTIAN! COME SEE THIS!"

"For what?" Seb called but Stan was wheezing with laughter by now. "Ju-Just come!"

Seb stood up, stretched, and searched for his brother, who was hitting the table, guffawing. "HAHAHA! I CAN'T BELIEVE IT WORKED!" Stan roared. Seb, now very confused, approached him. "Ok, I'm here Fez calm the fuck down, what was so impor…" He trailed off when he saw the news opened on his laptop.

He felt his eye was going to explode from opening it so wide.

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!" The brunet screamed in a high pitched voice.

"...congratulations." Wanda was trying very hard not to laugh when Seb called her up, sputtering and whining. "This is good, it means you'll have lots of customers coming to check out your stuff on opening day."

"This is bad! Oh circles! Comparing me to Baci? I'm going to get sued for ruining their image! How embarrassing!" Why do bad things always happen to him! He paid for his crimes with his blood! These kind of things shouldn't be happening to him anymore! "HOW MUCH MORE DOES THE LIZARD WANT ME TO SUFFER!?" Seb wailed and this time, Wanda laughed out loud. "It's fine Seb. I'm sure Baci isn't going to hold you accountable for what some paparazzi say. They even stated in the article that they haven't actually interviewed you for your thoughts on the matter. All this means is that there's gonna be a crowd at your grand opening." the honesty was very refreshing to see.

"Urrghhh! Kill meeee!" The dramatic man moaned and Wanda laughed again. "Calm down, Seb! I swear this is a good thing!" She patted the screen, as if she was patting his face. Oh, her poor baby~

Seb thought it was horrible, he had never thought he'd see his name in the newspaper! Even less being compared to such a big name company when he was nothing! Wait, no. He was not nothing, he was good too. He knew that now...but still! They were still so much better! They had 50+ years of being a company! He wasn't even started yet!

As the days passed, though, he eventually realized it wasn't that bad actually! It actually felt nice to be recognized after being put down so many times before. And, despite how he was naturally shy (due to his human self) it felt just...great to be the center of attention again. (His shy and attention whore selves were always fighting for dominance).

It gave him more hope that things were going to go just fine! (But he tempered his optimism a little, just in case everything went horribly wrong, as it always did, just so he wouldn't be as disappointed.)

The week finished and Stan reluctantly had to let his brother go. Dillon was sad too, it was so cool to hang out with Seb and the twins (the greedy little monsters started loving him after he gave them some car toys he didn't use anymore and some action figures).

Stan smiled when Seb finished signing the papers and made the place officially his. "There! All done!" Seb put the papers in a folder for safekeeping and smiled widely, showing off his fangs that, in the eyes of his family, were just adorable (and not deadly weapons that could tear through skin). "Thanks, Fez, I-I wouldn't have done this without you."

"Hey, you did it yourself! And now you'll be in the media's eye!" Stan patted his head. Seb was so short compared to him and it made Stan feel older than he actually was. "I'm glad to see you're doing fine." Stan wanted to spend time with his triplet, yes, but he also wanted to see how he was handling stuff and he was pleasantly surprised. Seb was doing very good all things considered, great actually! Stan saw him happier, less jumpy and he just felt so relieved his brother's treatment was working. It gave him hope that Stanford would get better as well, and the three will finally FINALLY be together, happy and safe.

"Say hi to Wanda from me!" Carla hugged Seb before he left. "I will!" Seb laughed and with that, he and the twins went back home, with some new toys and with the first piece to accomplish his dream.

-.-

After officially getting his place, what followed in his to-do list was easier. With the money he got from selling his collection, he got a contract with a provider to get his fabrics, rhinestones, and other needed supplies.

Seb also contracted a small company to produce the first collection for his own, both for men and women, which was his favourite work ever! He loved the suits~ (Seb missed his bowtie. He'd start dressing nice again as soon as the twins stopped being dirty babies who got him dirty). He supervised the first production and he was very pleased, they were experts on it and he liked their technique.

Now that it was sorted out, he had to think of a cool design for the name. But that could wait! Because his tiny widdle small and adorable babies were turning 2!

Mabel was so disappointed they wouldn't see each other for the babies' birthday (or their own birthday, Uncle Seb apologized and said he didn't feel like meeting without Ford, it didn't feel right, but he hasn't talked to him yet and wasn't ready to). She was ready to plot a way to get them to talk to each other like in summer 2012, but Dipper helped her understand it was the best for the two to be alone for a while to sort things out. "Especially Uncle Ford." Dipper wanted him to get better. Mabel understood. They could still visit them at any time!

And so, the babies spent their 2nd birthday with their mom's side of the family. Their family was delighted, they barely saw them, but the twins didn't know that. There were a lot of people they didn't know, and older kids who looked nothing like their usual cousins. It was scary, but at least they had lollipops to distract themselves.

Seb saw Wanda's cousins after years of not hearing anything about them (except for Wanda sometimes talking about them and her own niblings). "Regina, Magda, Veronica and Rebecca Apfel~" That was Mom-Linda's last name and the one Wanda went by before she changed it to her dad's. It was so weird, when he last saw them, three of them were kids! And now they were married, and the two oldest had kids.

Oh time really went by when you were a weak human subjected to the pass of time…

The four giggled. "A pleasure to see you again, Seb~" Regina laughed.

Wanda was immediately hugged by an 8 year old boy. "Auntie Wandaaa! Why you don't visit anymore!?" He complained. Seb giggled as he carried the twins. Looks like Wanda was also someone's favorite aunt like he was a favorite uncle!

"I'm sorry, Danny! But with the twins and work I didn't have time at all!" She stood up and motioned at Seb. "Danny, this is my boyfriend, Sebastian and our daughters, Zully and Zoe. Seb, Magda's son, Daniel, but you can call him Danny."

"Hey, kid!"

Daniel stared at Seb with narrowed eyes before spitting out, "You call me Daniel." he glared as his little cheeks puffed up. Seb paused before snorting. "Alright Danny-iel." this kid was adorable.

Daniel huffed, stuck his tongue out, and held Wanda's hand to walk away, completely ignoring his baby cousins. "Come on, auntie, I'm learning to paint with watercolours and I want to show you!"

Seb frowned, a little confused, but shrugged it out. Kids. He didn't want to be left alone though. He didn't know anyone from Elijah's family (except Wanda's brother and oh, his new girlfriend), and he didn't remember anyone from Mom-Linda's family (he only met them once and most didn't bother to meet the twins when they were born, except for the 4 sisters and their parents) but apparently, they remembered him. Some prayed softly to god when they saw him. They probably didn't know he was Wanda's mysterious boyfriend.

"When I heard Wanda finally got with someone and had kids, I never expected it was YOU! Aunt Linda told us you died like decades ago!" A cousin exclaimed, his eyes wide. Seb let the twins roam free and he nodded. "Well, me and Death didn't get along." For real, how many times had he escaped death?! It was shocking.

Someone asked him a question, but he didn't really hear him because he heard Zully's laughter. He turned around and caught them just in the beginning of a code blue. "Fie!" Zully declared at their dad, and he quickly picked them both up to take them to the kitchen. "Oops! Looks like they want snacks! These babies! Always eating! Be right back-" Zully's hands were on fire now, and Zoe was rubbing her hands to create fire as well, but luckily Seb was alone in the kitchen where no one could see the flammable birthday children. Seb got them a couple of ice cubes to chew on and cool down as he absorbed their energy.

"It's kinda weird not being with everyone, no?" Seb asked the twins, happily licking their ice cubes. Mabel promised to send the babies a nice birthday present, and they'd eventually visit in the summer...but he was rather upset he'd have to spend his own birthday without his triplets, like years ago. Seb grabbed an ice cube for himself to chew and he chewed loudly. Stupid Ford, ruining everything… "He's fucked up, hope he starts using his brilliant head for once and learn how to get better…" Ford had to get better, he wanted to trust his triplet again…

He ruffled the twins' blond hair which had been combed and was held by cute hairbands (for now). "Please, be good sisters to each other, ok? Siblings are so important, parents can be mean, but at least you can count on your sister or brother." Seb sighed. Yeah, parents could be dicks in any shape and world…

Zoe gasped softly and put a hand on Zully's cheek. "Sistee?" She asked. So that was what they were? Oohh~ Zully hummed in thought. Sister? That was what Zoe was to them? Then what did 'brother' mean? Daddy called Isher and Tan and Termy 'brothers'!

Meanwhile, Wanda was drawing with her nephew as he told her all the things she had missed and everything he had learnt. He was in the middle of telling her for the third time about the solar system and how everyone was so mean to Pluto when another one of his cousins arrived and he left to play with them.

"Oh, thank goodness~" The blonde groaned and her cousins laughed. "Well, against popular opinion, Wanda is good with kids! Her twins are alive, aren't they?!" Rebecca laughed. "Oh, that's just because Sebas dear is such a good daddy~" Regina said and the four women made room for a very unimpressed Wanda on the couch. Their husbands were off talking to each other and laughing, so they could all talk about Sebastian, their childhood crush, now cousin-in-law (sort of), without their men getting jealous.

"You're annoying, you know that? But...you're right, he is very good with the babies…" Wanda sighed softly. Veronica squealed. "So~ When are you getting married?! Do you feel he'll propose anytime soon?! Can we be your bridesmaids please?!"

Wanda twitched. "Seb's too shy to propose." she admitted. Her cousins gasped. "What do you mean?" Wanda rolled her eyes. "He's too shy to propose." Wanda repeated. "It's not that difficult to understand."

"So you'll never get married?!" Magda gasped. Rebecca shrugged. "She doesn't need to get married. They're perfectly fine the way they are!" Her twin sister sighed, always the romantic girl. "But getting married is just so special, Rebecca~ Getting to wear a pretty dress and walk towards him~ Waiting for you with a look that screams 'I love you~" Rebecca rolled her eyes. Veronica never changed.

Wanda laughed softly. "Well, we actually don't need to! But...I'd like to make it official, you know? Tell everyone Seb is mine and to not dare try anything!" Regina giggled at that and Wanda continued. "I mean, just yesterday a woman was trying to flirt with him, he had no idea, but I knew!" Those harpies! "And all because he doesn't have a ring! So...I was thinking...I should propose to him." Wanda concluded.

Her cousins gasped, Veronica and Magda gasped even louder. "But-But that's...not normal!" Veronica grimaced a bit. "Maybe convince one of his brothers to tell Seb?"

"Girls, my mom already accepted the fact that he's not going to do it and I think she's pretty ok with the idea of ME being the one to pop the question now…" Wanda sighed. Magda shook her. "Then what are you waiting for?! Just ask him!" Wanda groaned. "B-but I don't know how to do it? I can't just… pop the question at him out of the blue!" She was sure he would get spooked from that. But her indirects she sent weren't working either (like watching those wedding planning shows and showing pictures of bridal dresses. It only inspired him to make a collection)

"Then…" Veronica looked at Wanda like she was slow. "Just bring up the question as a rhetorical one and see how he feels about it. I mean, you're already living together, and he seems to really love you. Besides you did make adorable babies with him, it's one more excuse to make sure no one tries to steal him from you~"

Wanda nodded at her cousins. "You're right! I can ask the question like that!" It gave her hope, she'd know how Seb felt and she'd know how to act according to it. Do demons get married? Do...shapes get married? Does Seb understand the concept of marrying? He must, he'd been human for a while, right?

"Speaking of Seb, where is he?" Regina looked around. Wanda shrugged. She lost him when Daniel pulled her away. The blonde found her brother proudly presenting his new girlfriend to everyone (seriously, Junior, stop) and she poked his shoulder. "Have you seen Seb?"

The man nodded. "He's been hiding in the kitchen with Zoe and Zully for a while? Something about getting them some snacks. I guess they eat a lot." Wanda thanked him and headed off. She found Seb making faces at the twins while they laughed and clapped, sitting on the kitchen counter. "Hey, are you hiding from my relatives?" Wanda asked, she wouldn't blame him if he was. Seb turned and grinned. "Well, we had a code blue but I got them here before anyone saw. And then I just got distracted."

Wanda chuckled. She slid up beside him and leaned her head against his shoulder. "Well, I hope you don't mind if I hide from my family with you. Junior is being obnoxious about his latest girlfriend." Wanda sat on the counter with her babies, who started clinging to her. Her brother got a new girlfriend every month. They never part on bad terms, he simply didn't want to commit to anyone. Which wasn't necessarily a bad thing, as long as he was happy and didn't hurt anyone- but Wanda's mom complained about how he was never going to get married and- Wanda paused. What better segway than that?

"Who's he dating? Kelly?" Seb asked. Wanda rolled her eyes. "Nah, this new girl is Sasha. Mom's afraid he's never going to get married at this rate." Seb laughed "Well, as long as he's happy, right?"

"Hm~" Wanda hummed. "Well I wouldn't mind. Getting married that is. How about you?" Question shot!

Seb blinked, apparently confused. "Married? To me?" Wanda sighed loudly. "Who else would I marry, Pines?" She asked and the brunet shrugged. "Don't know...But marrying? I mean…" The thought made him laugh. It was one thing to like someone, he wouldn't deny (to himself) that he used to have feelings when he was first mortal as a Flatlander. Then having offspring, that was also a very mortal thing to do, not a bad thing though (he loved his daughters so, so much), but marriage? That was the top thing to complete the romantic rituals of human love he was now subjected to.

"It's a funny thought, to imagine myself marrying! In the ritual sense of it!" Seb giggled. "Because, it's not just signing papers is it? It was that way back in my old dimension, there's like a...different meaning to it here, right? And I don't want some random god 'blessing' me and telling me what to do to be with someone I love...That's you, by the way." Seb grinned. Wanda blushed at the way Seb just told her that he liked her so easily. And yet… she still didn't know how Seb really felt about marriage. He claimed he didn't like being told by god how to feel about someone he liked. That was fair, Wanda knew that the whole idea of marriage being a godly union was a religious thing and despite Seb and her being Jewish, Seb wasn't a very religious man.

Except if you counted those times he complained about that lizard god...Ax…?

"I like you too…" Wanda trapped his torso with her legs and pulled him closer so he'd stop pacing. "And, I know you think it doesn't mean anything, but maybe...what do you think of it if I say it's also a way to...make your love official? Like, show everyone you are with that person you like? To show how much you like them. How about then?" Wanda traced a hand by his chest. 'And to keep harpies away from your man', was left unsaid. Who wouldn't want to be with Sebastian, though? So handsome~

"But Linda said I don't have to prove anything to anyone…" Seb tilted his head confused.

"And what if your partner wanted to prove something? To… have a ring to claim them, like a physical sign of their promise to be together, and for other people to keep their hands off?" Wanda wasn't even being all that subtle now.

"So, marrying is proving you own someone?" He was genuinely confused. He had never cared much about these stuff, so he was clueless.

"It's not specifically owning someone. It's like… a big 'hands off' sign, so no one else tries to steal you from me." Wanda sighed. Her boyfriend was so oblivious she was going to have to say this outright!

"Ah~ But I'd never let them steal me from you! I love you, and a good punch and burn can work just as fine!" He exclaimed with a smile, and Zoe cheered. Yay punching!

Wanda screamed internally. FOR GOD'S SAKE! She pulled Seb for a kiss, grabbing and pulling his hair a bit tighter than necessary in her exasperation. Seb, liking pain in weird moments, whined in pain, but didn't complain. "You are so naive I can't believe it." Wanda whined when she finally pulled away.

Seb rubbed his head when Wanda freed him. Ouchie. "Um, sorry? I don't understand why you're asking these questions all of a sudden…"

"What if I want to get married. To you, yes, to you!" She said before Seb could stupidly ask. Seb blinked before smiling softly. "Um, I mean I'd do anything you want to if it makes you happy." Wanda pouted, "But would you want to marry me? Not just because you think it'll make me happy, I don't want you to marry me unless you want to!" She was literally asking him now, and Sebastian still didn't get it!

Seb shrugged a bit, still oblivious, rivaling with Stanford's obliviousness. "Um...yes, I wouldn't mind, really! I'd dress up nicely which I LOVE to do and the whole thing just sounds fun!" He grinned. "There's a party later, no? And I like parties! And there are delicious snacks!"

Wanda was still unsure, maybe even more than before. Seb didn't seem too sure. He didn't understand the meaning behind… but he said he would still do it… She kind of felt it wasn't for love but…

Seb said like 3 times already that he loved her. Maybe he didn't know it, but the feeling that made marrying him even worth it was clearly there. Maybe now, knowing that at least he wasn't repulsed or scared by the idea, her mission was hyping him up, making Seb fall in love with the idea!

Wanda nodded to herself. Yes, she could do that! She pulled him for another kiss, more gentle this time with his precious curly hair.

"Mama! Papa!" Zully reminded their parents they existed and the couple pulled away before picking them up, laughing. "I think we've spent too much time in here! How about we go open presents with your grandparents? Yes? You want your presents?" Seb asked Zoe who gasped and started clapping with a smile. "Ah bahbah! Pesens!"

The twins happily tore the paper off their presents (some relatives grimaced at Zoe tearing it with her mouth and shaking her head while snarling like a savage animal) and basically enjoyed playing with the leftover paper more than the presents themselves, but as long as the babies were happy, everyone was too.

Seb got to interact a bit with Elijah's family and blushed madly when someone declared he "Looked like Stan Pines and he must be the designer brother from the news!" He felt like dying. At least Rebecca and Veronica helped him and started talking about his work and how after so many years the dresses were in a very good condition...that made people praise him though, which made him feel awkward and self-conscious.

The family gathering concluded pretty well. The twins got new presents, Mom-Linda and Elijah got to show off with their grandchildren and talented (soon-to-be) son-in-law, Wanda got a new mission and Seb was mostly approved by the family...but he left with the feeling that Daniel didn't like him very much, considering his glares, 'accidental' kicks and the nyarf darts shot to his face and legs, aiming in between, and outright telling Seb "Move, dumbie!" And "That eyepatch makes you look like an ugly criminal, you should be in jail!"

That hurt, and Seb's desire to murder a child hadn't been this strong since Gideon!

But Daniel's mother apologized profusely and scolded her son about it, so Seb was content with that.

-.-

It was finally here.

Opening day.

The grand opening day.

The GRANDEST of opening days!

"Seb, get out from under the bed." Wanda scowled as she stood with her arms folded. Sebastian, who was curled up under the bed, said plainly. "No. Tell them I'm dead."

"Don't make me call Stan." The blonde scolded.

"Call him! I'm not coming out!" Seb curled up even tighter and closed his eye.

"But it's your damn store! You worked hard for it! And Stan came all the way here to help!" Wanda groaned. "He's at the shop right now keeping the reporters busy! Now get out from there right now and go to your OWN store's grand opening!"

"Im going to pass out! I'm sorry!" Seb whimpered guiltily. "I...I might have...forgotten my pills these days and...I don't feel capable of handling the pressure!"

Wanda knelt on the floor to try to look at Seb under the bed. "You'll do fine, baby, I promise, you're just letting your fear get to you" She smiled softly. "I'll be there with you, and Stan. You speak very well in front of cameras and~ Your new suit is all sad~ It's so sad right now, hanging there, thinking you won't wear it~Do you want to make your new suit sad?" Was Wanda talking to Seb like they talked to their toddlers? Yes, yes she was. Was it as effective as it was with their twins?

It sure damn was!

Seb slowly crawled out from under the bed, poking his head out. "No...It's too nice to not be worn…" He mumbled. He took a deep breath. Ok. He was fine now. He wasn't afraid! He worked hard for it and he wanted people to know him! His brother had been advertising this and he was lucky to have a famous and influential brother who got so many reporters and magazines interested!

"I can do this!" Seb screamed. "Yes, you can!" Wanda screamed back. "I'm the best in this! I worked hard and no fear can stop me! Sebastian Pines is unstoppable and doesn't fear DEATH!"

"...Yay!?" Wanda supported, despite not understanding. With a new found energy, and fire trying to make its way to his arms, Seb tried to get out, but he managed to hit his back against the bed frame. "OW! Hahaha!" This kind of pain was hilarious!

He changed into his perfectly fitted suit: yellow inner vest, white shirt, black bow tie, yellow jacket with black peaked lapels, black pants and black shoes. He adjusted his eyepatch, applied a bit of makeup, combed his brown hair and nodded to himself with a smirk. He could do this!

Wanda went to free the kids from their playpen and the family headed out to the car. The shop was close by, Seb paled at the sight of all the cars and news vans, along with a crowd of people. He wavered but took a few breaths. No, he could do this! They got out of the car and Seb poked Zoe's nose. "I'll show you your dad is amazing in any form and time~" Feeling scared for something like this?! Hah! Please! Zoe clapped for her very happy-looking daddy and Wanda held the twins.

Stan was easily talking to the reporters, entertaining them with some future events and competitions he was going to have, when he finally spotted Seb. "Hey everyone! Look who finally arrived~!"

Seb squeaked in surprise when the mass of people lurged towards him."Um, hi!" Seb laughed. The last time he had so many people speaking at the same time at him was in the press conference when 'the Stans came back'.

Stan rescued the family (oof, newbies, am I right?) and led them closer to the store. The employees were already inside, but it had to be opened officially. Seb smiled a bit. "Um, thank you a lot for the opportunity, to, to be able to be here after, after dreaming about this for years! It's really great to be here...After struggling to know who I was and what I really liked, this, this is just...Just amazing...and I wouldn't have done this without my girlfriend who has always been there for me! And our kids…" He carefully wiped a happy tear, and the reporters were carefully paying attention.

"And definitely, this wouldn't have been possible without my triplet RIGHT HERE!" Seb punched Stan's arm and he looked down, acting all humble. "He-He has always been there for me, and has bore with me since before we were born…" Oh no, oh no, his eye was leaking, oh no! Why was he such a cry-baby?!

"I-I owe him so so much! Because Fez is really a great brother, even after everything that happened! And-and I just love him!" The last part came out as a very emotional high pitched whisper. Stan felt very touched, and pulled him for a hug before he started crying for real. The crowd cooed softly and photos were taken. The reporters were loving this display of brotherly love.

Seb wiped his face and coughed. "Ah, any-anyway. I'm very proud to finally announce the official grand opening of 𝐼𝓇𝓇◺𝑔𝓊𝓁𝒶𝓇." It took a damn while to think of a stupid name, but Seb wanted it to be perfect, but then, when he FINALLY got it, he scolded himself. It was so obvious! How couldn't he have seen it before?! It didn't need to be PERFECT. It had to be IMPERFECT! Wrong in all the ways that people (back in Flatland) hated, and that's what would make it wonderful.

He smiled, feeling very proud and intelligent for thinking it by himself, and he opened the doors to the people! Some reporters entered to broadcast the clothes while others stayed outside to record the people laughing excitedly as they entered the store.

Stan patted Seb's head. "You see? It wasn't that bad." Seb glared as he adjusted his hair. He fidgeted, excited when he heard the reporters ask people some questions about him, and the store and how they heard about it. He was very happy to hear them say they heard about his previous work and came to see his shop because of just how amazing Seb's designs were.

Eeeeeehhhhhhh!

There were a bunch of people staring with jaws dropped at the gorgeous chessboard inspired dress on display (which Seb had frankly made for fun, he thought it looked cool!). The fabric was of great quality, the details were exquisite and while it was basically perfect, it had that...something that made it unique, out of the ordinary...

A woman dressed in fancy silks strode right up to Seb and gestured to the Chess Dress. "How much for that piece?" she asked eagerly. Seb blinked. Well this one was just an experiment for fun so... "Ah… five hun-" he started to say before Stan slung an arm over his shoulder and said, "Five thousand!" Stan grinned charmingly. "It's a one of a kind! Seb hasn't made any other like it!"

Seb wanted to protest, but Stan wasn't lying. This dress was just an experiment so… it really WAS one of a kind...

When the woman seemed taken aback by the price, Stan leaned in and 'whispered', "But for someone as lovely as you, we can pop that down to ONLY $2500 since this is opening day! Special discount!"

The woman gasped as that was an entire 50% discount! "I'll TAKE it!" she said eagerly. Seb stared as Stan walked the woman through the purchase. Stan walked off with the woman and turned back to give Seb a wink and thumbs up. Seb sighed. For the love of...

Stan, always loving to squeeze out customers' wallets! That was definitely a trait all Stans shared, wasn't it?

Stan left the woman with an employer and returned to pat Seb's back. "You have so much to learn…" The middle triplet tutted. Seb rolled his eye. "You need to learn to sell yourself! You are a product! And you gotta believe you are the best one! But most importantly! You gotta convince everyone you are!" Stan poked his chest.

"It IS a very well made dress." Wanda agreed. "They are worth much more, I think."

Seb puffed his cheeks. "Well, I can deceive people in Deals, but I am not very good as a human conman when it comes to sales, mind you." Stan gasped mockingly offended. "Conman? Me?! Excuse you?!"

Wanda giggled. The twins, dressed up in cute dresses for the occasion, were curiously looking around at all the people. After that woman bought the dress, squealing at how beautiful it was, Wanda saw that the people noticed and started asking about the prices for the other clothes as well! Ooh~ She saw what Stan did there~! Genius! Stan wasn't a great businessman for nothing! She hugged the twins tightly. Zoe tried reaching for her daddy, but Wanda didn't let her. She huffed and puffed her round cheeks.

A group of reporters approached the three of them and kindly started asking them some questions. Seb, who was feeling much more relaxed, easily answered them. He explained the name of the store, talked about his previous works, how he started as a tailor at 15, the personalized works he specialized on later, and drawings he had sold to other fashion houses before starting his own. Stan commented from time to time too, just to praise his brother's work with "He'd been drawing since we were babies!" And "-really, he was already designing clothes and dresses for little dolls when we were, like 8!" Seb blushed a little at that. He definitely could have lived without the country knowing he played with dolls…

Wanda also answered some questions from time to time, about how happy and proud she was for Seb, how long they'd been together "-Since we were teens!" made the reporters coo a bit; and where she worked, "I'm a lawyer."

While Seb talked a bit about how he discovered his passion as a kid, a passion he considered pretty weird at first (not mentioning how he thought a demon liking to sew and knit was just ridiculous), he heard the doorbell from the entrance ring and some familiar voices.

"Hum! Move you peasants! Here comes the family of the star~!" Was exclaimed by a happy feminine voice, followed by an embarrassed more masculine "Mabel!" Seb lit up. "Niblings!" he cheered as he strode over. "Do you want us to take these rowdy kids out?" A guard asked Seb who waved a hand. "Don't worry, these are my nephew and niece." he turned back to the teenagers. "Pinetree, Shooting Star! What are you doing here?" The brunet asked as he hugged the teens. "We came to give our support, duh!" Mabel giggled.

Seb laughed. "Thanks for coming by. Where's Shermie and Abi?" He looked around for his brother and sister in law but they were nowhere to be seen. Mabel shrugged. "At work? Maybe? We kinda came on our own. We're like, almost 16 now~" She grinned proudly, putting her hands on her hips. Dipper nodded. "But they know we're here, don't worry."

Mabel poked her uncle's nose. "We kinda took a bus by ourselves when we were just 12 too, remember?" Seb pouted. "You two were so small and adorable back then...now you're old and have lost all adorableness in you." He huffed.

"WHAT?!"The girl in pink wailed. What did he mean she wasn't adorable anymore?! Dipper rolled his eyes and pulled her away. "Let's go say hi to Stan, come on." he dragged his wailing sister away before she could make more of a scene. "I'm sure uncle Seb didn't mean that you're not adorable, you're just more grown up now."

"Nope! I meant it! You just don't have it anymore!" Seb called, like the little shit he was, and Dipper facepalmed. Mabel wailed. "Noooo! My CUTENESS!"

Seb smiled proudly, watching the store bustle with activity and he put his hands on his waist. Wanda patted Mabel's head, watching the girl steal one of her babies and rub her cheek against Zully's to "-Steal her cuteness!" (poor Dipper was blushing so much to be associated with her) before shaking her head and telling Seb. "You broke your niece."

"I know~" He grinned, showing off his fangs, and Wanda decided not to ruin his fun today. He deserved this. Now and forever.

-.-

(Back to present day)

"Mr. Pines?"

Seb jolted awake, looking around and seeing the doctor standing there with a clipboard. Wanda was stirring from where she'd fallen asleep against him. "Z-Zully! How is she?!" Seb gasped. The doctor gave him a smile and moved aside to let the nurse pushing the stretcher into the room. The two parents gasped when they saw their baby there, sleeping soundly, head bandaged with their little arm and leg in a cast.

They stood up when the nurse, with all the care in the world, picked up the toddler and tucked them in the bed of the room. He adjusted their IV, nodded at the parents with a smile and left with the stretcher.

The doctor smiled. "Well the surgery went well. She's a very resilient one. We kept her in the recovery room to monitor her better and brought her back just now. We thought it would be better if Zully was with her parents."

Wanda nodded, rubbing at her eyes. "Th-thank you doctor." The doctor nodded. "If you need anything, don't hesitate to call the nurses, alright? Tell them as soon as Zully wakes up so we can run some tests on her and check for brain damage."

That scared Seb, but he was confident Zully would be fine. The doctor left to give them some privacy and he immediately curled up next to his child. "Oh, Zully…" He gently stroked their cheek and kissed their forehead. "It's ok now…"

Wanda laid down on the other side. "We're gonna have to be even more careful. The twins are going to get into even more trouble as they get older, aren't they?" she smiled a little sadly. Part of her still blamed herself, she should have been watching them. They should have remembered about the child safety gates around the stairs.

"Oh, they're going to get in trouble…" Seb held Zully's small hand and their little fingers curled up on his fingers. "They're Pines...and my kids…" He smiled a bit and managed to make Wanda smile too. The blonde picked up Zoe from the car seat and placed her next to her twin, she had been so worried, poor baby. Seb looked at her when she sat down next to him and he gently pecked her lips. It was not her fault, he didn't blame her for this, he never could...

Wanda went back to the couch, after Seb's insistence, and he fell asleep again with his head on the bed, hand resting on the babies' rising chests.

The next morning, Seb jolted awake when he heard a whimper. He looked down and noticed Zoe was stirring and Zully was trying to open their brown eyes. "Zully? Shh… it's okay. I'm here." Seb ran a hand through their half shaved off hair and Zully whimpered a little, turning their head, wincing at the slight pain and looking up at their father. "...Papa?" Zully whimpered. Seb smiled softly. "Yeah, I'm here. How're you feeling? It kinda hurts, right? Having a broken arm and leg? Human bodies arent durable at all, kid, you have to make sure your vessel lasts!"

Zully whined, their head felt funny and their arm was itchy. But there was something hard and thick around their arm and they couldn't scratch it. Same for their leg. They tried to move them, but the cast was heavy and the most they could do was slightly shift around. "Ah. Ah!" Zully whined. Seb, not knowing what Zully was complaining about, just nodded. "Yeah, you broke your little arm and leg. And you're really lucky you didn't crack your skull too."

"Bah!" Zully whined again. They felt very annoyed right now. "Papa!" Seb kissed their forehead. "I know, it's very scary, no? But everything is fine now." Zully scowled. This was horrible. This was the opposite of fine!

Zoe, who was awake now, was touching the hard thingie on Zully's arm, marvelled at the new texture. "Oohh~" Was this for ouchies? Where had Zully been all this time?

Some nurses came to check on Zully and went to get the doctor to do the cognitive checks. Seb and Wanda were sure Zully was fine though, much to their relief. They seemed tired and dizzy from the painkillers and their movements were restrained, but they were still talking to Zoe, hugging her and looking around as curious as ever.

It was a relief.

The doctors said they would keep Zully at the hospital for another day or so, but after that, the couple were free to take their child home.

With their worries finally assuaged, Seb and Wanda called their families to tell them what happened and reassure them that everything was fine. Mom-Linda and Elijah were horrified to hear what happened. Kari sounded terrified. Their poor parents.

Seb toyed with his phone for a while. Should he tell Ford? He did call him the other day and Seb had hung up on him rather rudely. Sixer said he wanted to talk to him… Seb sighed and pressed the call button. It rang for a while before Ford picked up with a worried "Sebastian? Are you alright?! What happened?"

Seb rubbed his neck. "Sorry for hanging up yesterday, but we had an emergency. Zully hit her head on the stairs, a lot of blood, we were panicking, but it's all ok now so don't worry…"

There was silence for a second. "She hit her head?" Ford asked softly. He was left worried after hearing Seb scream on the phone. It wasn't very nice to spend a year without hearing from his brother and having terrified screams be the first thing he DID hear from him. "Is-Is she ok?"

Wanda leaned closer to hear, green eyes narrowed a bit. Her anger from last year returned. Did he even care?

"Very much...She-She's tired but she's trying very hard to play with Zoe now…" Zoe had refused to leave the bed, so the two were together. Zully couldn't really move, and seemed tired but they still reach out with their non-broken hand to hold hands with their twin.

Ford wasn't very sure of what he was supposed to say now. His niece had an accident, and it scared Seb, but they were fine now, Zully was safe. "I'm glad she's doing well." He finally said. "I'm sorry you had to go through-through that scare…" That sounded like the right thing to say in his mind. It considered what his brother felt and what he felt, just like Ashton recommended him to do. It seemed to work since Sebastian sounded a little more relaxed. "Yeah, well… we're fine. Zully's fine. And we're gonna be more careful in the future."

Ford nodded. He wasn't sure what else to say. But there was something else that Ford knew he was going to need to say.

"Sebastian, I-...We haven't talked in a while…" Stanford pointed out and Seb nodded, stroking Wanda's hand as she huffed, rather annoyed with his triplet. "Yeah...I had almost forgotten how deep your voice was." Seb joked with a smirk and Ford actually smiled on the other side, but Seb couldn't see it. He couldn't see how relieved his brother looked at being able to talk to him. Happy Seb wasn't rejecting him and refuse to speak to him after what he did.

"Sebastian, I'm sorry. I'm sorry for everything I've done to you an-and everything else I've done. I'm so sorry. I've been a terrible brother." The scientist blurted out quickly. Seb blinked. "Ah… okay…" he wasn't really sure how to deal with this sudden apology. People didn't really apologize to him.

Wanda raised an eyebrow and Ford wasn't sure how to react to that. He really didn't expect that response. "I, well, I am glad you...you forgive me that…"

"He didn't forgive you, he simply stated that he heard you!" Wanda exclaimed on the phone and Seb glared at her. "Wands!" He turned to the phone. "That's not true, Sixer, I was just...surprised and of course I forgive you." Seb rolled his eye. He always did, he was just extremely angry this time and he learnt he had to pay more attention to the twins. And well, as mad at he'd been at Ford, he still loved his stupid brother, he loved them more than anything in this human life.

"Look, Sebastian, what I did… I can't…" Ford made a frustrated sound. "Part of me is still afraid, but I don't know how to go about making up for what I almost… well…" Ford rubbed his face. "What I'm trying to say is, I'm so, so, sorry. And I want to do whatever I can to make up for it. Please, what would I need to do?"

Wanda muttered something under her breath, but Seb decided to mute it out and he hummed in thought. "How's your therapy going?"

Ford blinked. "It's actually going pretty well, almost a year, it's been...enlightening about many things in my life…" Ford didn't really want to admit it, but what he'd gone through, all of them, had been abuse from Filbrick. Ford hadn't thought of it that way until Ashton had brought it up, but that… was what had happened.

Seb smiled. "I know right? First you don't want them entering your mind and stuff, but they somehow...know, right? It's actually pretty nice to have someone to talk about stuff that bothers me!"

Ford smiled a bit. "Exactly…"

Seb leaned against Wanda. "Well, I want to see you, I miss your dumb face."

Ford stopped himself from saying they had the same face and let his brother continue.

"I mean, it's been so long and I miss messing with you too and maybe-maybe I'll feel a bit wary with you close to the babies, but I want to see you…" Seb admitted. Ford sighed. "I will stay far away from your babies. And… ah…" Ford blushed. "I've been getting plenty of sleep. Soos and Fiddleford have been wrestling me into my bed…" At that, Seb started laughing into the phone.

"What a naughty Sixer, giving his babysitters a hard time." He teased. Ford grinned a bit. "Well, yes, I don't like sleeping, alright?"

"But sleeping is the best part of being a human!" Seb laughed. The two brothers talked for a while, Wanda ignored them and entertained herself with the babies.

She couldn't deny Seb was grinning harder than he had done this year and just for that she'd allow Stanford into her house…

Ford wasn't alone when he visited. All the family made some time to see Zully as they got better and give her presents…

Zoe didn't understand why Zully was receiving gifts and not her. She started fussing loudly about it, reaching for Zully's gifts and wanting them for herself. Seb patted her head as she made an adorable angry pout. "Oh, I'm sure Zully will lend you some of her toys~" He understood what it was like to not receive toys for oneself, but this was very different from when he was a kid. He never got presents because they were for the Stans who were told to 'share', here Zully had an accident and it made sense for her to get some gifts.

Shermie was gently stroking Zully's head, careful with the stitches. "It's such a shame you had to cut all her hair off, it was beautiful!" Because half their hair was shaved so the doctors could put in the stitches. It looked awful so Seb decided to cut the rest of her hair as well, just to even it out. Zully was now almost bald, with hair barely covering their little head.

"Well, she would have looked weird with only part of her head shaved! I did it in the name of fashion!" Seb justified. Zoe was patting Zully's head for hours after the haircut, marveling at how scratchy their hair felt. Zully actually liked having short hair. Their head felt cool and so light!

Mabel was relieved that Zully was fine, but still lamented the hair loss. She loved the twins' hair. It was the perfect mix of pretty blond color, soft baby hair, and the fluffiness inherent to the Pines hair texture.

Only Shermie and his own twins were in the house when Ford appeared. He also had a gift for his niece. Seb opened the door and the two brothers stared at each other for a second, unsure of how to respond. Ford coughed and held out the stuffed rabbit. "I… ah… got this? For Zully?" Girls liked dolls right? Yeah, that's how it worked.

Seb snorted after the awkward silence and laughed. Ford was caught off guard when his little brother (he WAS little, damn Seb was so short), threw himself over him for a hug. "Been a long time, Brainiac…"

Fords eyes widened before he hugged his brother back. "I know…" Seb ruffled his hair. "Did you miss me? Admit it~ You did miss me~~" He put a finger on his own cheek. Ford rolled his eyes. "Yes, perhaps. Your shrill, whining voice has been sadly absent from my life this past year."

"My voice is not shrill!" Seb whined even as his voice cracked. Ford snorted and laughed loudly. Seb hit his arm repeatedly but it barely hurt, to be honest. "RETRACT YOURSELF!" Seb screamed. It wasn't his fault his voice wasn't as deep as his brothers. His vocal chords worked to make his voice sound the same as his past life!

Ford continued laughing. He-He had missed this, a lot. He pulled Seb for another hug. "...No…" Seb huffed annoyed. Nasty poopface jerk!

""AAWWW! They're hugging~!"" The two turned around and saw Shermie and Mabel squealing. Ford pulled away and coughed. "Well, he's my brother. There's nothing wrong with some physical affection every now and then."

"Of course not! Now you'll finally be friends again, right?! RIGHT?!" Mabel pointed a lollipop at them, threateningly. Seb smirked. "Maybe Shooting Star, with time."

Shermie said hi to his oldest brother. He had been so disappointed after that day (and so, so freaking scared of Sebastian's MONSTER FORM!) but he couldn't hate his brothers, none of them. He spent too much time thinking Stanford was dead, and now that he was an adult, he understood that no one was perfect, people fought. Ford made a mistake, he needed help, and he got it.

Seb gave Ford's arm a friendly punch and invited him inside. "Mabel made cookies, with lots and lots of sugar. You should try them." Mabel cheered and Dipper pointed out he 'Helped too by buying the chocolate chips and mixing the dough!'

The plan was actually to keep the babies away from the scientist, but Zoe and Zully noticed Isher coming into the room, and they hadn't said hi to him in FOREVER!

"SHISHER!" Zully called innocently and waved their undamaged arm wildly. Zoe was bouncing in place with her arms up, begging to get picked up. Ford winced and not-quite hid behind Seb. "Ah, hello girls. It's very nice to see you both again." He didn't move any closer to them though. Zoe whined. Why wasn't Sixer picking her up? "ISHER!" Zoe whined, waving her hands.

Ford looked at Seb who laughed. "No babies, Sixer can't pick you up right now, his hands hurt. I can pick you up though!" He went over to grab Zoe but the little girl whined loudly and smacked his arms away. "No!" Daddy picked them every time! She wanted Isher now!

Zully tried dragging themselves to get down from the couch, to go to their uncle, but only managed to hurt themselves and let out a sob. Seb quickly picked Zully up and put them back on the couch. "No Zully you shouldn't try to move around before your bones heal!" Seb scolded lightly. Zully whimpered. "Shisher…." Seb sighed. "You two really love your uncle Sixer, huh?"

He hugged his hurt baby and looked down at Zoe, pouting hard and looking very upset she was being denied her fun. His younger brother and his kids were watching the scene, unsure of what he'll to do about this. They didn't really want Ford near the twins until he was… cleared for stable mental health, but the kids clearly wanted to play with him.

And of course Seb was weak for his kids and gave in. They were going to be the death of him. Making sure Wanda wasn't around, he looked at Stanford, standing there and, with a frown on his face, motioned him closer. "The twins want to say hi. Kneel there, but don't carry them, just...stay still, and if you do something I'll shoot." He made a sound with his mouth, as if he was loading a gun while the tip of his finger caught on fire.

Ford nodded quickly. Ok. He could do this! He knelt in front of the bouncing babies. "Hi, Zoe...hi Zully…" he stared sadly at the baby. So eager to see him despite how he almost hurt them...How could he be afraid of this child? It was his brother's baby!

The twins squealed and reached for his hands. Ford let them take his hands and hug them. "Isher!" Zoe cooed as she pet his arm. Then she took Ford's hand into her mouth and bit him. Ford yelped as Seb scolded. "Dammit Zoe! What did I say about biting?!" Zoe whined when daddy pulled her mouth open and removed Sixer's hand. But Sixer's hands were so nice and chewy!

Well, everything was nice and chewy for Zoe, but that's not the point!

Zully laughed loudly and kicked their free leg wildly. They tried to clap as well, because Sixer's funny (pained and scared) faces were HILARIOUS! Unfortunately, their hand was trapped, so the baby decided to just hit the couch.

Wanda had a fit when she came back and saw Ford near the babies, but Seb managed to calm the blonde beast down before she killed Ford. "The twins WANT to be with him, it's their family, I'm keeping an eye on them." Then he kept the two very far away from each other the rest of the day.

At night, Shermie and the twins made themselves comfortable in the living room (since the guest room was now the nursery) without any previous warning that they'd be staying the night, while Wanda took the twins to their room and Seb stayed with Ford, cleaning up and talking about what they missed, just catching up, like "Stan mentioned you opened your store, congratulations." And "I'm so glad you have friends! Are they nerds?! Do you play DDNMD with them?" "...We haven't gotten to that intimacy and trust yet …" "PFTT HAHAHA!"

Seb was happy that he and Ford finally made up. Ford was glad he wasn't as terrified as he'd been. He was still worried about the kids and whether or not one of them might be Bill, but, everyone was right. If one of them was Bill, he was a helpless child by now. After all, Sebastian had turned out fine. So… Ford was going to leave this for now. He would keep an eye on the twins but he wasn't going to hurt them. Never. They were still his nieces after all, and he loved them.

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OOOF

So we saw what Seb had been doing while Ford was in therapy. They'll once again try to be friends. These guys were seriously deprived from a great, funny friendship tbh (f*** Fildick!)

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