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)

15. Life and love progress ever onward

Hello people, hope you enjoy this beautiful chapter we did for you aaandd as always, drawings in deviantart! please check them out!

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Soos' wedding was something much smaller and less of a spectacle, held in Gravity Falls. Still, it was an absolutely delightful event because he spent it with his family and friends. Seb had made his friend's suit as a present ("The best one you'll have, kid!) and when he spoke to Soos and Melody's family (much to Wanda's embarrassed amusement) he introduced himself as "Soos' best friend in the entire world, you can say I adopted him spiritually and taught him everything he knows. He's basically my brother, you know? I raised him!"

Soos didn't mind, in fact he felt so loved and appreciated with Seb's kind words, even if he knew he was trying to draw attention to himself, he was very dramatic, he needed attention to survive.

The ceremony was held in the open air, because the weather was much nicer, and it went amazing! Melody looked pretty in her dress and Soos looked very well dressed and handsome...After Seb groomed him, combed his wild hair and for the love of Ax, forced him to properly shave those scant few hairs on his chin.

Seb shed a tear as Mabel and Dipper cheered happily for their old friend. They were so proud of him. "Oh, I think it was just yesterday when they had a date fighting animatronics and a murderous video game girl~" Mabel sniffled.

Seb cried a little and noticed his triplets were very happy as well. Stan and Soos clicked incredibly well after returning from the portal and stayed in contact (there were things Seb guessed just didn't change, he caught Stan mentoring Soos at times, unconsciously acting almost like a parental figure for Question Mark) and he was holding back unmanly tears and claiming he was getting an allergy.

Meanwhile, as surprisingly as it sounded, Ford was smiling at his friends. That's what Seb called progress! First Ford thought Soos was a gopher, then Soos became an unwanted housemate and babysitter to make sure he was satisfying basic human needs, like food or sleep, along with Melody who visited regularly, and now the three were friends!

Seb wouldn't say he wasn't a little jealous, because he was, Soos had been his friend before, but he was happy his big bro had people he could rely on too. They cared even more about Ford's health and wellbeing now, they watched his mess of a brother while Seb and Stan couldn't, and because they were closer and there was more trust, Melody could snap at him or scold him!

"Now, I pronounce you, husband and wife~ You may kiss the bride~"

"Soos! Soos! Soos!" Seb and his twin niblings started cheering before Stan and Ford joined as well. Wanda and the twins clinging to her, rolled their eyes.

Wendy, unfortunately, couldn't make it to Seb's wedding, but they saw each other in Gravity Falls for Soos's wedding and she gave Sebastian the tightest hug she could give her former boss. "I'm sorry for not being there, man!" The young red-haired woman apologized profusely but Seb waved it off. "It's ok, Red, I'm not angry. What've you been doing?"

"I had an important exam." Wendy shrugged.

"You're studying?!" Seb gasped. "Yup! Cool, ain't it?" She didn't elaborate and Seb didn't plan to intrude and ask her about it unless she wanted to share. The two talked a bit, Wendy cooed at the blonde twins, talked with them and after Zoe asked, she offered to teach her how to use an ax, but only when she was older. Wanda didn't think she liked the idea of her already hyperactive daughter being able to use an ax…

Aside from that, and Waddles trying to eat the wedding cake, the wedding went perfectly.

-.-

The days kept progressing. The country was passing through some protests and movements against the...questionable person running the country… (Shermie was horrified to learn that Shlump won.)

But Zoe and Zoe didn't know about that. They were almost four, they had other things to worry about.

Like preparing their dolls for a very busy work day!

Because mommy was mean and didn't want to buy them cool doll sets because they had to "use their imagination" or something just as silly, the little twins had to create their own stuff. They used cardboards and papers and boxes and many recycled materials to build their stuff like little chairs and tables and food for their dolls.

Seb helped them a lot, but in their minds, they did it themselves!

Their dolls, a boy and a girl, were going to work as doctors, but first both needed to get their hair done at the hairdresser. They sat them in their chairs and leaned their heads on a cut bottle of water, working as a lavatory, so an imaginary worker washed both their heads. They had their mom and dad as reference, so both their dolls got pretty together with no problem.

Zoe grabbed a car toy they had as Zully finished dressing the dolls. "Can they get run over now?!" She asked her twin.

"NO!" Zully whined loudly and hugged the dolls to their chest. "YES!" "NOOOO!" The child shrieked loudly.

"Hey, keep it quiet or I'm putting you in a closet!" Seb empty threatened from his work room.

They made an agreement. After the dolls work saving many people, one of them would have an accident and lose an arm (Zoe was so excited to rip an arm off her doll) but then with cool technology like their Uncle Sixer have, she got a new metallic arm (Zully wrapped the pulled arm in tinfoil before they taped it back on.)

They were being very loud in their game and knew they were louder than allowed because dad came out of his work room to scold them. "Seriously! I'm working!" Dumb adorable brats.

"But we're pwaying." Zully explained as Seb grinned. "Welp, not anymore." He levitated them and sat them on the couch to watch a movie. After seeing the destroyed barbie, Seb put on A Toy's Life. "So you learn to take care of your shite." He told them seriously. These brats! He bought them toys and they didn't appreciate it! They didn't know what was like to have nothing at all...

The twins quietly watched the movie until before the main characters were taken to the villain's house. Because at that point they got hungry. They called daddy, but he was working and really had to finish the suit (because a very important and handsome man paid him for it). So the twins decided to get food themselves.

There were fruits in perfectly reachable distance, but they didn't want that, they wanted real snacks. The best thing they found was cereal, but they couldn't reach it. Zoe puffed out her cheeks and raised a hand to wave at the cereal and candy bars she could see peeking out from the top shelf. How did daddy make that work? The floaty thing? Zoe knew she and Zully could do it too! She'd seen it! She'd done it before! Zoe waved her hand and hissed, squinting at the candy as she tried to make the floaty thing happen. But she couldn't get it. Zully glanced over at their twin's face. "You look like you need to poop." was Zully's only comment. Zoe made a frustrated sound. "Mm not pooping!" She shoved Zully a little, impatient at her own lack of progress. "I wanna floaty thing the candy!" She pointed up.

Zully tilted their head at the food. "But… how?"

"I don't know!" Zoe stomped her little foot. Daddy made it look so easy!

Zully held their own hand up and tried. There was some feeling there. A strange warm feeling. But instead of making the candy float, their hand caught on fire. Zully groaned and shook their hand. The blue fire wouldn't go out. Zully wasn't scared or anything, it didn't hurt at all. Zoe stared at her twin's hand. "You on fire." Zoe pointed out. Zully groaned. "I knooooow."

Zoe grinned. "Burn something." her eyes glinted with mischief.

Zully rolled their eyes, much like their mom did whenever daddy said something silly, and they climbed to the sink to put their hand under the water. They didn't want to burn anything after all. When their hand was back to normal, the child turned off the water and climbed down the stool with a hum. "We can use the stool to get candy!" They said, rather reasonably. Because basic logic!

Zoe gasped. "Yeah! And I carry you!" That made Zully change their mind. Nope. There was no way the two were climbing the stool at the same time with no support. THAT scared them. "I…" Zully gripped onto their shirt and wiggled. "I don't wanna fall."

That made Zoe pause. She didn't want Zully to fall either. "Ok, no carry. But… climb?" She didn't think they'd be able to reach, even with the stool. Zully frowned in thought and then looked around. Wait. "Stick!" Zully said with a grin. Zoe seemed confused. "Stick?"

And then Zully went back to their arts and crafts area to get the paper and tape. Zoe sat and watched her twin curl up the paper into a thin tube, a stick, and tape it shut. Then they made a second one, and a third, and taped them all together, making a long stick made of rolled paper. Zoe gasped. "How you know to do that?!" She shook Zully in her excitement. Zully shrugged. "I…" They frowned. They'd seen it before. Making things with paper. But… they weren't sure where. Maybe on TV. Zully looked down at the paper. They just knew that if the paper roll was smaller… if they pinched it just right… it would curl… and then…

Zully shook their head. Whatever. The candy was more important right now.

The toddlers ran back to the kitchen, the movie on the TV played on, ignored by the two of them as they focused on getting sweets. Armed with the paper pole in hand, Zully reached up with it and poked at the candy container. It was a large orange Halloween plastic pumpkin that their daddy saved the candy in. A few candy bars were just laying around on the top shelf too, but Zully wasn't after them. Zully wanted the whole container. Because Zully knew their sister would want to get more candy after eating one bar, so they thought it would be faster to just grab the whole container.

So they jabbed at the container and it wobbled before finally falling. Zully squeaked and flinched. When they opened their eyes, not having been hit or hearing the container hit the ground, Zully saw the container glowing green and Zoe's wide grin. "I made it float!"

The older twin gasped and tentatively poked the floating pumpkin. It...it was ACTUALLY floating! Like Daddy did! Zully looked at Zoe who was wiggling with excitement, with her arms stretched. "How you doing it?!"

"Don't know! I-I just really didn't want it to hit you…" She shrugged. Zully smiled gratefully at their twin before grabbing the container. As soon as they had it, the green glow disappeared.

Zoe actually had an idea. She tore the long stick Zully made, crumbled it and threw it at her twin. She tried to stop it before it hit Zully but it didn't work. "OW!" Zully complained and rubbed their eye.

Zoe shrugged. Welp, it didn't work. "Let's go watch the movie before dad sees!"

"Before dad sees what~?" Seb drawled, hands on his hips.

The twins screamed and Zully hid the container behind their back. Not that it helped, Seb could see it clearly. "How'd you guys get that?!" Seb gasped. That was HIS candy stash!

Zoe looked at Zully and they nodded. They knew what to say. Zully opened their mouth. "Zoe floa-" "IT JUST FELL! Because a squirrel entered and we chased it but then it escaped and made the candy fall!" Zoe said loudly.

Zully narrowed their brown eyes in confusion. Apparently they didn't think the same...

Seb rolled his eyes and took the container from them. Blood and flesh or whatever, but this was his candy! The twins pouted sad as their effort was wasted.

Zully nudged their twin and asked dad, "If we tell the twooth, can you give us candy?" Zoe pouted. But telling the truth was no fun.

"I can think about it…" Seb grinned, amused.

He wasn't giving them shit~ Mwahahaha!

"I made it float." Zoe confessed. "Like your floaty thing! But it was gween! And...it was very hard! I saved Zully. Can we get candy now?"

Seb thought about it. He wouldn't believe them if it was any other lie...But this did not sound fake, it was too specific and the twins have NEVER asked him how he made things float or if they could...It would be the last thing they would think about.

Besides, he'd already seen them manage it once. When Zoe managed to slow down Zully's fall down the stairs. So… perhaps they were finally old enough to begin learning to use their powers?

"You-You really floated it?" He examined his container and sniffed it. It did smell different from his own weird magic… Zoe's powers were green? Hm… his own powers tended towards yellow...

"Alright then. You guys are probably old enough for training now. If you're already floating stuff." Seb nodded to himself. "So how about this, if you guys can float this spoon-" Seb pulled out a few spoons from the drawer, "Then I can give you one piece of candy for each spoon you can pick up with your mind."

The twins gasped. So they just had to float spoons and then dad would give them candy?! The two immediately turned to the pile of spoons and started glaring at them, trying to make them float. Seb snorted quietly to himself. Well, this was ONE way to keep the twins occupied and quiet while he worked. The two were concentrating so hard they didn't even notice their dad slip out of the room with his candy stash in hand, munching on them already.

-.-

The twins rubbed their little heads, they were throbbing, but they had to make that spoon float like daddy did or else they wouldn't get candy!

They didn't tell their daddy their heads were hurting, they really wanted to do it!

...But...it was also hurting a lot…

They whimpered softly and with ashamed, sad looks on their young faces, they went to look for their daddy to help them stop the pain. They didn't want candy anymore...

"Da-Dad…" Zoe sobbed when the two were by the door.

Seb casually spinned in his chair and laughed. "And? How many spoons could you lift?! No candy for...you then…" He trailed off when he saw the twins were crying and rubbing their heads and noses.

They were bleeding.

FUCK! "I-I am so sorry, I-I'm sorry, I'm sorry, shit!" Seb gasped and picked them up. He wiped their little noses with his sleeve, not caring at all about ruining it. He should have known! How stupid! HE bled when he first practiced with his powers as a grown up, his twins were just babies!

"It hurts…" Zully sniffled. Seb hugged them to himself. He hurt them. This was his fault. He checked them rigorously, making sure they weren't more hurt because of him…They were fine. It was just a little bit of blood...but still. "Y-yeah...I know...It-It happened to me too...I'm sorry. It won't happen again, ok? I'm sorry...No more ouchies…" He kissed their foreheads and nuzzled them.

Zully rubbed their nose and cuddled against their dad's chest. They didn't want more ouchies. Their head hurt a lot! "Is something hurting now?" Seb asked as he kissed their foreheads.

"Head." Zully complained. Seb sighed, feeling like a terrible dad. How could he have been so careless! The twins were growing up, their brains were developing, that's why they could start moving stuff, but they were just 3, almost 4! Their brains needed more connections, to be more mature before trying this again or it would hurt with the effort. He didn't want them to hurt.

"I'm sorry...I'll make dinosaur nuggets." As an apology gift.

"With fwies?!" Zoe gasped. "Sure~" The two giggled weakly (their pounding headaches dulling their joy somewhat) when Daddy blew a raspberry on their bellies and tried to nibble them too. "I'm really sorry." He apologized again. "It's ok! It doesn't hurt as much anymowe!" Zoe exclaimed. "I want fwies."

They ate their yummy junk food snacks before they started getting tired. Despite their complaints, Seb managed to make them fall asleep for a nap. They would need it, after he stupidly let them get hurt…He stayed with them for a bit more before going back to work.

That's how Wanda found them when she arrived from work. She was actually earlier than normal and was coming home with an expression that could be written as a combination of nervousness and excitement.

""Mommy!"" "Wands!" The three excited Pines welcomed the woman. Seb in the entrance and the twins when their mom kissing them woke them up. "Hello~" Wanda cooed at her babies and kissed each one of them.

"You look happy." Seb commented as the blonde woman kicked her shoes off and sighed in relief. The twins imitated their mommy taking off their socks! Bye ugly socks! Free feet!

"Well I AM!" Wanda bit her lip with a grin. She pulled Seb for a kiss and it lasted until neither of them could breathe. Zoe and Zully let out a loud ""EEWWWW!""

"What happened?" Seb asked, he was very curious now.

"Well~ I didn't tell you because I wasn't sure about it, I wanted to be sure! So, you know, don't get our hopes up and all that!" Seb's eye widened, scared of what she was about to say.

Say you're pregnant! Wait no, don't say you're pregnant!

"So, like, around two weeks ago, I received a call and I was offered a very good job...Um, I thought about it for a while, I wanted to weigh the pros and cons about changing, for me, for you and the kids…"

Seb nodded slowly. "And~Did you choose something already?"

"Well~I think it's a very good opportunity for me...I'd get paid more and this Law Firm is a LOT more prestigious, you know?" Wanda smiled sheepishly. Seb rolled his eye. "So you accepted or not?! Come on, you're killing me with the suspense! Just tell me already, woman!"

"I...Yes! I-I accepted it!" Wanda squealed and Seb laughed excitedly. He picked her up to hug her tightly before giving her a congratulation's kiss. "I'm so proud of you, Wands." He whispered. Wanda, always thinking of ways to have fun with her husband, whispered back. "You can congratulate me in other ways too, you know~"

"What happened?!" Zully demanded and Wanda smiled. "Mommy got a new job!" ""YAY!"" The twins hugged their mommy's legs, and when she bent down to hug them back, kissed her cheeks. "You'll kick more bad people's ass?" Zoe asked innocently and Wanda raised an eyebrow at Seb. She had to admit that neither of them had the best censorship in the world, and they cursed a lot in front of the kids, but she couldn't believe Seb described her job like that to the twins!

"Yes she will!" Seb nodded, not seeing a problem here. "So~ Is this new job closer to home or it'll take you longer to get there?" The two sat on the couch and the twins climbed to their laps to curl up there.

"Yeah~ that's the thing…" Wanda giggled nervously. "This new office is in Oregon…" She smiled widely. One of the reasons she accepted was because she knew Seb was going to like the idea of moving there.

The brunet's eye widened at the confession and he gaped a little. "O-Oregon?" Wanda didn't see him smiling and that worried her a little. "Um...yeah…? I know it's a big change, but we can find another preschool for the twins and the company already offered me help with moving. I think they've been thinking of calling me for a while, they even showed me some houses on sale and they're in a very reasonable price range…" Maybe she should have talked with him before…

Seb was still frowning slightly . "So...You accepted a job to move to the other side of the country without asking me first if I wanted to move?" Wanda winced as Seb continued. "And you thought I would leave everything because of you? What about my store?"

"I-I know you have the store, but-but I thought you...you barely go and you stay at home to work anyway and…" The blonde was almost sure she knew enough how Seb thought. "-I mean, if you don't think it's a good idea...I-I can travel back and forth or-or, in a drastic case, just tell them no, and it's over, it-it's not really a big deal…" Wanda grabbed his hand. It actually was, because she really wanted the job, but she also didn't want Seb to be angry at her.

Seb, with a slightly narrowed eye, turned to look at the twins, who were frowning at how mommy was feeling. They didn't know, but the twins were able to feel how people felt when it was a very strong emotion and it made them sad when it was a sad emotion.

"Can you go to your room? We are going to have a grown-up conversation." The twins obeyed and Wanda flinched in on herself. Oh god, was Seb really that upset? URGH! She really thought this was a good idea! God dammit!

When the twins were out of sight, Wanda spoke. "Sebastian, I'm sorry, I was very inconsiderate and I really should have talked to you about this before. I just thought it would be a great opportunity for us, we could move to a house, you know how hyperactive the twins can get here in the apartment, and I-I was just thinking…"

Seb snorted softly. With tears in her eyes, Wanda looked up to look at Seb who was quickly losing it. "Hah! HaHAHHAHA!" Seb laughed. "Hey, I was joking! I'd love to move to Oregon!" Wanda pouted as she angrily cuddled against his chest. What a stupid jerk! Making her worry like that! "Are you sure?" She asked, just to be sure

"Yeah! I was just messing with you!" Seb laughed like the dick he was, and hugged her close. "I'd go anywhere for you, you know?" "But you don't have to do it just for me." Wanda whined. "But I think it's really good! I don't really have to be there in the store, I can go from time to time like I do now like you said, and I could even open another store there! And we'd be closer to Gravity Falls! And to California!"

"Are you sure you really wanna move?" Wanda pouted. "Because I don't want you to do this just for me…"

Seb rolled his eye. "I just said I was joking~! I'd really like to move!" He hugged her tightly. "I love you, I just want to see you succeed and I want to be with you, where we go, we go together…" Wanda was still pouting and Seb narrowed his eye. "Oh, come on! I'm being cheesy enough already! My past self is making me want to puke!"

Wanda finally snorted loudly and laughed. "Thank you, baby." "You're welcome!"

"Why did you send the twins away?"

"I spend all day with them. Give me a break!" Seb exclaimed dramatically. "Now~ Houses, yes? Which one is the coolest?! I want one with a big kitchen!"

Wanda was so glad this turned out better than expected.

-.-

"Dad, it doesn't fit." "Yes it does!" "You didn ask mommy permission." "I don't have to! She'll love it!" "It doesn't fit"

Seb turned to look at the twins with a forced grin. "Do you really have to rain on my parade?! I bought you your junk food, your mission now is to shut it!" He smiled even wider. Zully opened their eyes as they swallowed and Zoe blinked. "It doesn't fit."

Seb had been tempted today and he gave in to his very hard to resist impulses. They were going to move, that meant new life and new them!

So he finally did what he had always wanted to do!

And bought a freaking $2000 piano.

The prize was very cheap, the piano was worth at least three times that, but despite being a pathetic human with offspring, he still had his old charm to make deals. He'd haggled it down from $5000, which he was quite proud of. A large, grand piano, smooth polished dark wood. Perfectly tuned, sensitive keys that sang under his fingers at the slightest touch… ah~

(Seb miiiiight have swooned over the thing…)

The problem was, the instrument was quite big, and despite the kids' claims, it FIT, but it was… kind of in the middle of their living room.

"It doesn't matter if it fits!" Seb made a duh face to his 3 year olds. "We're moving houses anyway, remember? Closer to uncle Sixer!"

The toddlers clapped, excited about seeing their uncle Sixeh!

"And that house will be bigger and there'll be more space to put this beauty~" He patted it softly. "Now hop on! Sebastian will teach you how to play it!"

The toddlers climbed up the chair and sat next to their dad, who cracked his knuckles. "Come on, familiarize with the piano! Feel the piano! BE the piano!" Seb said dramatically to make the twins laugh.

They stared at the white and black keys and Zully tentatively pressed one. Then another one. Then another one before frowning a bit. What was so fun about this? It sounded all weird and the samey!

On the other hand, Zoe pressed some other keys and smiled widely at the nice notes. "Pretty!" She exclaimed. "Wanna learn!"

Seb blasted with Beethoven's Symphony n°5, and when he realized the twins were not understanding shit, he sighed exasperated ("noobs!") and tried to explain the basics and start with Twinkle twinkle little star. Easiest one and the ol reliable song for all beginners!

He started with Zully and he couldn't help the little grimace he made. He played a little part for them, even sang it so they could know how it should sound and slowly guided their little hand over the keys.

When he let the kid do it on their own, Zully pressed the correct keys but it just sounded...odd. Very odd, Zully pressed the keys with no rhythm at all! As if Zully was just repeating the order, not following the rhythm of the song. Seb still praised them, because they did their best.

He kind of expected Zoe to do the same, thinking that maybe their baby brains were too young (like in the case of their mental powers), but he was surprised. Zoe only needed him to sing again and she played it just right. Her little fingers moving along the keys naturally. "Well, well, well, well, well! You're a natural, huh?!" Seb ruffled her hair. Zoe squealed and looked so very proud of herself.

Zully looked worried. What had they done wrong? Sebastian glanced over and winced. "Hey, you did pretty well too. I'm sure you just need more practice."

They tried with new songs and practiced for half an hour before Zully whined, distressed. No matter how well they followed Dad and pressed the right keys, Zoe pressing them was STILL BETTER! They didn't get it! They sounded the same! Why did Dad smile when Zoe played and not them!?

"Zully, it's alright...Not everyone can do stuff on the first try…" Seb winced when that apparently made it worse. Zully pushed away from him and ran to their room. They didn't want to play anymore.

"Zully! Wait, pumpkin, I'm sorry!" Seb stood up, leaving Zoe sitting on the chair, and went to talk to the oldest twin.

Zoe blinked. What just HAPPENED? She glanced at Dad's phone that was left behind and searched for a cartoon to watch. Dad had been pulling up melodies for them to play, so maybe she could find something to surprise him with!

Seb took a while to convince Zully to come out from under the bed. He didn't mean to upset her… "Zoe is more good than me...A-a-and you like her more for pwaying the piano like you…" Zully sobbed.

Seb frowned. But he wasn't comparing them!...He wasn't...was he? "Zully, I despise both of you the same...No matter if you can play the piano or not…" He joked, but it didn't make Zully laugh.

"Baby...princess...I'm sorry if I made you feel that way…" He wasn't trying to compare them, he was just excited Zoe could play too...He-He didn't mean to make Zully feel like she was less...He wasn't like Filbrick, he would never do that...But now he was doubting himself...he had hurt them before, when he just left them to try using their powers without thinking...And now he praised Zoe for doing something Zully couldn't...What if he was acting like him?!

The thought that he was anything like Filbrick made Seb feel sick to his stomach.

"I'm sorry, Zully. I didn't mean to make you feel bad. I don't care if you can or can't do something, all I want is for you to be happy." Seb sniffled, starting to cry himself. Zully wiped at their eyes. But that didn't change the fact that they were doing it wrong. And they couldn't understand why. Still, daddy looked really sorry, and Zully didn't want to feel bad either, so they crawl out from under the bed and into daddy's arms.

Seb cradled his first born and buried his face in Zully's soft hair. There was so much he still needed to learn. About being a good parent. Because he never wanted to be anything like Filbrick. Never.

"There are things you can do as well...Everyone is different and that's ok...Like, Sixer is very good at science, right? And Fez is very strong and athletic...I draw and make clothes, but no one is better than the other...You can paint, and you're very careful with your drawings and you create very nice stories with your toys." He squeezed Zully like a precious beloved stuffed animal. "Even if you can't do something, that's ok.."

Zully sighed. "Ok...But I still don't get why I'm wrong!" They insisted stubbornly. "Well, maybe you still need more practice. We've literally been practicing for ONLY an hour or so, kid." He chuckled softly.

"I don' wanna try today anymore…" Zully pouted. "That's alright too. You don't have to do it if you don't like it. When you feel like it, I'll be glad to teach you though" Seb assured them.

The two went back to the living room after another hug and found Zoe was still there, playing on the piano. Seb's jaw dropped. Zoe was playing the Puppy Cops theme song. "W-what? How did you-?!" Seb gasped. Zoe blinked up at him. "I just pwess the thing and it makes the sound. So I match the sounds." Zoe explained.

"Kid, that's actually amazing!" Seb laughed. He knew how to play because of his past self, no one taught him, but how could Zoe play it SO EASILY?! She was 3!

Zully couldn't praise their twin. One, because they still weren't in the mood, and two, because they didn't know what was so different from the ones they were playing.

Zully went to watch TV as daddy continued playing the piano with Zoe. He said he'd draw with them later…

That was how Wanda found them when she came back home. She was speaking on the phone with someone but at the sight of the huge instrument in the living room she gasped and hung up with a "Call you later."

"DUDE!" Wanda cried, looking at Seb in disbelief. "I can't believe you- a WHOLE piano?!" She cried. Seb raised an eyebrow. "You'd rather I bought half a piano? That doesn't make sense!"

Wanda glared a bit. "Its gigantic."

"It's majestuous! And we're moving to a bigger house ANYWAY!" Seb grinned.

"Yeah, but you could have told me! Maybe I could have...stopped your idiocy impulse!" Wanda groaned.

Seb crossed his arms over his chest. "Hmph! Like you told me about your job?"

Wanda rubbed at her face. "So you are a little salty about it?" Seb shrugged. "Nah, I just really wanted a piano, and if we're getting a larger house, why not? I can just carry it with my powers anyway so it's not like it'll be difficult to move."

"Yeah but you can't carry a whole ass piano to Oregon~! We'll have to travel with it and pay extra for it to not get damaged during the trip."

"...Oops?"

Wanda sighed. The twins went to hug her and welcome her back. Ok. Well, it was done. "How much did you pay for it anyway?"

"..."

"Pines?"

"...$2000…"

"WHAT?!" Poor Wanda shrieked.

"In my defense it was originally $5000! I made an EXCELLENT DEAL!" Wanda massaged her temples as Seb continued. "But hey! Toooootally worth it! Check this out! Zoe, come here! Play for mommy!" He floated the toddler towards the piano. Zoe squealed and kicked her little legs as she was sat down in front of the keys. Wanda raised an eyebrow while Zully puffed out their cheeks and looked away.

And then Wanda's jaw dropped when Zoe played the theme songs for several different cartoons. She turned to stare at Seb. "She…"

"She's a musical genius!" Seb gushed. Then he paused and went to hug Zully. "Which doesn't make you less than her. Zoe has her skills and you have yours. We just need to find what you're good at. Okay?"

Wanda guessed by the interaction that something happened. But Zoe was staring up at her, expectantly and with big eyes. "You liked it?"

"Of course!" She smiled and kissed her forehead. "You've been having classes behind our backs?!"

"Nope! I learned today!" Zoe giggled innocently. "Ill record you to send grandma and grandpa ok?"

"Yay!" Zoe kicked her legs, excited to play again.

Zully sighed, still feeling a bit sad. They wanted to know what they were good at already...That way, mommy and daddy would get just as excited and mom would show grandma and grandpa what they could do...Dad gave the two of them cookies.

But Zully knew they didn't earn it.

-.-

It takes them around a month and a half to prepare everything for their move to the other side of the country. They chose between the houses on sale in a very nice neighborhood and after some visits, the couple fell in love with one of them. It had a yard, perfect for the kids to play in (with a high fence for privacy if the twins started setting things on fire), and a big kitchen! Seb loved that. There were some spare rooms as well which they were already planning to use as guest room and work room.

When Zoe and Zully's 4th birthday came around, and they had a small party in preschool with their classmates (they weren't really friends, but the twins liked presents!), they were almost ready to move. They had paid off part of the house (they'd pay the rest once they were done) and most of their stuff were in boxes.

They visited Wanda's parents, one of the last visits before moving. Mom Linda (Seb still mentally distinguished her from Dr. Linda that way) sighed sadly. "Oh, I can't believe you're leaving…" She stroked Zully's hair as they nibbled on the chocolate cookies.

"Well, it's better for our family, this is an offer I couldn't pass." Wanda said and Elijah smiled slightly, proud of her. "We know, but it still saddens us, sweetie."

"Well, I have lived and worked from far away before."

Mom Linda pouted. "Yeah, but I thought you'd finally settle and stay with us! And you're talking my 3 babies with you!" She pointed at Seb and the twins, devouring cookies together.

Elijah rolled his eyes. "We get it, Wanda...but don't forget to visit us, ok?"

"We won't!" Wanda chuckled.

Their flat was sold before they moved. The boxes had been taken by the moving company and they were finally flying to Oregon. They were moving very close to Gravity Falls, actually, just 2 hours away by car.

The four slept exhausted throughout the entire flight, having it easier now that the twins were older, and when they landed, they stumbled out of the plane, still sleepy. They knew they better wake up, it was early and they had to receive the moving company in their new house.

When Seb stepped out of the airport, he inhaled loudly. "Aah~ I can smell the town's weirdness from here~ It calls me~" Wanda chuckled. How dramatic.

Their taxi parked in front of their new house and the toddlers aaw'ed. "It is more big!" Zoe exclaimed.

"Bigger, language." Seb corrected her. Then he groaned. No, he was becoming like SIXER! Noooo!

They had considered selling their cars and buying new ones, that way they avoided paying shipping. But Seb found out they could actually just have their cars driven across the US to their new home. Stan had told Seb about it, even hired someone to do it for them. Seb hadn't wanted to accept help but Stan told him it was better than selling their cars. As it was a big law firm asking Wanda to work for them, they had given Wanda some help with the move, especially with moving their stuff. They even took the piano for shipping (Wanda had to talk Seb out of carrying the piano above the airplane with them, that was just ridiculous). They had to wait for the truck to come, but they could show the twins the house in the meantime.

"WOOWW! There's a yawd!" Zoe ran around in circles before sitting on the grass to pat it. She liked this house already! Zully was placed on the floor and stepped in front of the grass. They saw a snail on the sidewalk and were going to pick it up when a foot stepped on it with a sickening crunch.

Zully wailed in horrified distress as Zoe cackled with laughter. Wanda picked Zully up to soothe them before shouting. "PINES! Your daughter just fucking killed a snail!" She almost gagged at the sight of the broken thing on the floor.

"Just a SECOND!" Seb was struggling with the key chains which had thousands of keys. "Urgh fuck me which one IS it?!"

The neighbors curiously poked their heads out to see the new family moving into the neighborhood. They were being loud, but they understood moving was a stressful mess. The man finally opened the door and the four got inside.

"Come on, Zully, it's ok." Wanda put Zully on their feet. "Zoe killed it!" Zully, always so sensitive, pointed at their twin who was running around dad in circles. Zully had tears trailing down their round face as they sobbed.

"I know, I know sweetie, I'll talk to her about it ok?" Wanda kissed Zully's nose. "But first we want to show you your new room."

Zully sighed, nodded and grabbed their backpack with their essentials (their puppy toys, sketchbook, favorite colors and favorite book) and followed mommy.

Seb finally caught Zoe and carried her upstairs. He thought it was hilarious and Zully's horrified face was priceless, but he couldn't say it aloud or Wanda would kill him. (...did that make him a bad father?)

"Wooaaahhh! Bigger room!" Zoe kicked her legs excitedly. "Will fill it with my toys!"

"And where would you sleep?" Seb asked. "Under the pile on my bed! Zully can sleep in the yawd!" Seb's snickers escaped from his mouth as Zully whined and hugged a glaring Wanda. Oh, he felt bad for his oldest daughter, he did, but he totally understood the need to bother, it was part of his and Zoe's nature. It was not their fault to have annoyable siblings.

"Whewe are our beds?" Zully grumbled. "The truck will come in an hour, but we can explore the neighborhood meanwhile. Alright, princess?" Wanda kissed Zully's cheek. Zully wiggled their way down and mumbled something Wanda didn't understand.

Their mission was to find a park and a convenience store. They haven't looked for preschools, as their moving was kinda rushed, so finding a close preschool would also be nice.

They did find a store where they bought the twins ice cream. The owner was a nice muslim woman who kindly directed them to the closest park. Zoe said she loved the "towel" on her head and asked why she wore it. Seb and Wanda blushed with embarrassment but the woman just giggled. "It's a headscarf, a hijab, and I wear it because it's part of my religion." Zoe didn't really get it, but she thought it was really pretty and she told the lady this. She seemed quite flattered.

They played in the park for a bit (the twins judged if the games were as cool as the ones in their other park) before Wanda was called by the moving service, saying they had arrived.

"We didn't finish judging!" Zoe screamed, kicking and pushing at her dad to let go. "Don't be a brat, Zoe!" Seb groaned as he threw her over his shoulder. Seriously, his poor mom. He had to apologize again for being this crazy as a kid, he probably drove his Ma insane.

The truck was there, as expected, and Seb saw them slowly discharging the heavy stuff. "Hello, Mr. and Mrs. Pines. Did you have a nice flight?" The one in charge shook hands with them.

The couple nodded. "Heh, Mrs. Pines~" Seb teased Wanda, she rolled her eyes. "Oh, shut up." After that, they spent the evening accommodating everything, shelves, boxes with clothes and kitchen elements, the oven, tables, chairs, fridge, arming beds, the TV, couches, and much more.

"Be careful with that! They're worth more than you!" Seb shouted at a group of men moving his sewing equipment and his piano.

The twins were sitting in their room, eating Dringles and watching cartoons on Wanda's phone. They fixed up their room first and left the toddlers there so they couldn't bother them while they worked. And it worked, the twins were entertained with eating and watching (or in Zully's case, eating or watching).

Seb made some lemonade for everyone (because he was a nice, kind human!) and then ordered some hamburgers for everyone to eat, even the workers. The men seemed very confused, no one had offered them food before, they usually ate after work, but here it was this family inviting them to have a break to eat and drink.

Huh.

It was dark when all their stuff had been assembled and moved to the different rooms in the house. Seb and Wanda were exhausted, but they were glad everything was done. Now they only needed to put their clothes inside their closets and they would be officially moved! They searched for the twins in their room to give them a bath and found them curled up on the floor with the video running. They were sucking their thumbs as well.

"Aaww, they tired themselves out~" Wanda whispered lovingly and Seb frowned. "Tired from what?! They didn't do shit around here!" He complained.

-.-

Adjusting to their new house was pretty easy. Seb was used to his old kitchen, but he could live. Besides, this one was MUCH BIGGER and he had many more drawers and places to put his pans and stuff. Wanda was at her new job now, she was very happy about it because she was in a very high rank, and he was very proud of her.

He planned to build a new store here, some other business wanted to do cooperative projects, but for now he had the one back in Pennsylvania in the hands of his employees. He could worry about it later though, because he only wanted to find a preschool for now. It'd been a few days and he wanted to get rid of the twins already. He loved them, but he needed his hours to work. He was working on a dress. His customized works hadn't stopped after they moved, people still wanted him to make their personalized suits/ dresses and that made him happy inside. He had really made it, huh? He was finally recognized and famous for something he loved to do. Matsuda would've been so proud.

The bell rang while he was working and the twins, much like excited puppies, stood up and started shouting. "The door! Someone's at the door! Daddy!"

"I'm blind not deaf, kids!" Seb rolled his eye while laughing. He wondered who it was. They didn't really know anyone around here. He opened the door, feeling the twins hiding curiously behind his legs, and found a woman standing there with a smile, along with a small little girl. She seemed to be around the twins' age.

The woman, with short (and obviously dyed) blonde hair, seemed surprised to see him at the door, for some reason. "OH! Hello! My name is Carol Woods~ We live across the street!" She offered a hand to shake and Seb stared at it before slowly holding it. "Sebastian Pines. We just moved here."

"Oh I know~ We heard all that ruckus you caused last week~ Not to complain, or anything." Carol said, sounding a tiny bit passive-aggressive. She looked down at her daughter. "Amanda, sweetie, say hi to our new neighbors!"

"...Hi…" The little girl squeaked before hiding even more behind her mom.

Seb blinked and blushed slightly. He didn't want to sound like a pervert who noticed just that from the woman, but...Carol had big hips and thick legs... So the child could easily hide behind her mom.

With his cheeks burning a little, he waved at the toddler. "Hey~ Hello to you too!" He moved aside so the twins were seen. "Say hi to Amanda, kids." Zoe didn't move, but Zully managed a small smile at the girl. Amanda smiled as well.

"Oh, how precious! You have TWINS!" Carol squealed rather loudly and Zully tried hiding behind daddy once again. Forget saying hi! The lady was scary and loud!

"She's Zoe." Seb pointed at the girl with brown and green eyes. "And this little shy mess is Zully."

"OH You two are adorable little girls! How old are you?" Carol crouched in front of the blond twins. Zully frowned a bit. They didn't like...when people called them 'girl' very much. While Zully was trying to bury their face into daddy's pants, Zoe stepped up, because she was braver. "We'we four." She showed their neighbor 4 little fingers.

"OH! Amanda is also four!" Carol squealed. "I'm sure you three are going to be BEST FRIENDS! You can come home and have sleepovers and tea parties and play dress up!"

Amanda bravely spoke. "...I have dwesses we can play with…" she wanted friends to play. She was amazed to meet these two. She was an only child and had always wanted a brother or sister to play with, but mommy said that she had to 'watch her figure' whenever Amanda asked about getting a sibling, which she didn't really understand, but knew it meant 'no'. So she was a little amazed to meet these two. Twins, her mommy had called them. That sounded so amazing! Having a sibling, not just older or younger, but the same! So that they could always be together and not have to play alone by themselves...

"Well, would you like that?" Seb looked down at his kids. Zoe nodded eagerly, Zully didn't seem too sure. Seb guessed it was because they didn't know her and that's ok. He wouldn't send them to some strange neighbor's house until he was completely sure they were good people. (AANNDD~ Probably spy them a little. For the sake of his spawn of course!)

"Oh! How silly of me!" Carol presented a tray wrapped in tinfoil. "Is your wife home? I guess she is because you are apparently taking a break from work as well! I made you lasagna! Moving is very tiring and I'm sure she'd appreciate not having to cook."

Seb snorted. Wanda appreciated not having to cook indeed. She hated it. "No, actually, she's at work, but thank you! I was about to start cooking."

"Oh, you know how to cook? That's so nice! And you are also babysitting for her!" Carol smiled. Seb blinked. How was he babysitting? The twins were HIS spawn. He was parenting.

"Eh...Actually…"

"Come on, Amanda, let's take this to the kitchen! I know my way, don't worry, houses here are all basically the same! I think you have the same layout, unless you've renovated, but I know you haven't, there would have been much more noise..." Carol entered the house, as Seb watched dumb-founded. "Wait! But I don't- nevermind you're already in." He sighed in defeat as the woman strode right inside his house like she owned the place.

Carol left the lasagna on the counter and smiled at the toddlers. "Hey, why don't you three go play while the adults talk?"

Seb didn't know what was happening. Did this woman just invited herself in? Zoe and Zully shrugged and took the dark brown haired girl to their room. A new friend was a friend after all.

Seb awkwardly pulled out some crackers and juice to offer to his unexpected visitor. He wasn't sure what was going on, but mama didn't raise no impolite bitch. (Well, actually, kiiiiiinda? But Seb didn't want to make enemies THIS early on. He should at least live here for a year before pissing off the neighbors!)

"Our kids seem to be getting along very well!" Carol commented as she immediately started eating the offered food. Seb looked in the direction they left. "The twins like making friends."

"So, you said your wife was at work, yes? What does she do for a living?" Carol asked curiously. "She's a lawyer!" Seb exclaimed with a proud smile. "A penalist specialized in gender, family violence and sexual assaults! I told Wanda, that's her name by the way, to apply to be a judge, but she prefers being closer to her clients and being in the field, you know? We actually moved here because she was offered a better position here!" Sebastian was so proud of her.

Carol gasped softly. "Really?! But what about your job? Are-Are you unemployed?!"

Seb chuckled. "No. I work from home. I'm a designer...slash tailor, and well, I have a store back in Pennsylvania but it doesn't really need me there. I can ship anything out as needed." Carol asked for the name of his store and quickly searched it on her phone. "Oh! Yes! I have seen the logo somewhere!"

Seb beamed with pride.

Carol then giggled. "It's funny. You and your wife have like, inverted jobs."

The former demon wasn't very sure how to respond to that. What did that even mean? He just laughed, because he learnt to do that when he was nervous. "Well...What about you? You have a partner?" After all, Seb wouldn't go around assuming, just because Carol had a kid.

"Oh, yes, of course I do!" Carol scoffed, as if offended at the idea that she wouldn't be married. "But my husband's working, like usual." She smiled. "He's a supervisor. I used to work at the bank, but stopped working when Amanda was born. Now I fully dedicate my time to her." Carol gushed.

"That's actually very nice. I also decided to work at home to be there for Zoe and Zully." He smiled.

"And they don't miss their mother?" Carol asked, frowning a little. "Well, they do, but we all learnt to live a few hours without her." He joked. Carol seemed actually sad that Wanda wasn't at home. Seb twitched. Why did people always have a problem with Wanda working full time? His Wands loved her work! She deserved to succeed!

Carol pointed at him. "Have you been playing pirates with the twins or something? You can take off the eyepatch now. It looks silly." She giggled.

Seb blinked. Wha? "Um… this… isn't a toy. I'm…" He floundered a little. "I lost my eye in an accident some years ago." It fucking EXPLODED!

Carol gasped, hands going to her mouth. "Oh no! That's simply awful!" She said sympathetically (though her tone made Seb feel like he was being patronized…) "Does it hurt?" She asked.

"...not anymore?" Seb was uncomfortable with this topic. He was tempted to lift it to show her the scars but again, not scaring the neighbors until at least a year.

"Well, I know a very good recipe for an all natural painkiller, I can make you some if you ever need it." Carol insisted. "In fact, I sometimes sell the remedies I make! If you ever need essential oils, I have homemade ones for very good prices!" The woman said proudly.

Why would I ever need that crap? Seb thought but simply nodded.

"They're very good!" She kept insisting. "When my baby is sick, they work amazingly!"

Seb grimaced in an attempt to smile. "So...let me guess, Amanda is not vaccinated." He was getting that sort of 'vibe' off this lady.

"No, of course not! I gave her one once and it was the biggest mistake of my life! She got a fever!" Carol gasped. "I should have known it would happen! Letting those awful doctors injecting all sorts of diseases into my baby like that…"

Oh no~ Her body learning to fight a very deadly virus~ Great. I have to disinfect the entire house now. The twins didn't have all their vaccines yet! Now he'll have to take them to get them sooner! Uuugh, scheduling their doctor's appointments was going to be annoying.

Seb's little interest in the woman disappeared after her stupid declaration so he spaced out as she spoke. Um...His work room was bigger in this house...He wondered if it would be more expensive to import his fabric to Oregon instead of Pennsylvania...He had to buy toothpaste too, the twins liked the dinosaur one, but they ate it so maybe he should buy another one…

Eventually, the three toddlers came running down the stairs. He vaguely noticed how Amanda was holding Zully's hand.

Great. Now I have to disinfect Zully's hand.

"Daddy! Can we go to Amanda's school?" Zoe pleaded.

"We're best fwiends now!" Zully smiled and Amanda giggled madly.

"Oh yes! They should totally go to the same school!" Carol exclaimed.

"We-Well...I have to discuss it with Wanda first…" Seb started, but he knew he was going to end up agreeing. The way Zully was smiling at Amanda, not scared at all, meant that the kid really had taken a shine to her. And Seb wasn't going to disallow Zully from being together with someone that they liked. He would never try to get between his children and their friends, no way.

"Look, Amanda! We have a piano!" Zoe pulled her new friend to the piano sitting innocently in a corner. Zoe climbed to the seat and pushed the lid open. "You know how to play?! I do!"

Little Amanda gasped in awe and looked at Seb. "I can try?!"

No?! Your germs will be everywhere! "Well, sweetie…"

"Oh, of course you can, princess! Go play with Zully!" Carol picked her daughter up and sat her in front of the piano. Zoe pouted. "I'm Zoe!"

Seb's eye twitched hard when Amanda started hitting the keys with no rhythm at all. He knew she didn't mean any harm, but UURGHHH!

Zully covered their ears at the cacophony of weird sounds (even worse than the normal weird sounds) and Zoe giggled. Yeah! Free playing was fun too! Then she started hitting the keys.

Seb couldn't take it anymore and grabbed Zoe's hands which also made Amanda stop. "Zoe, stop, you're going to damage it doing that." He told her firmly. This was a new piano! HIS piano! He didn't want it to be knocked out of tune already!

"Oh." Amanda lowered her hands. "Sowy, Zully and Zoe's dad." She apologized.

Carol pursed her lips. "Oh, come on~ They were just playing~ that's what this is for after all, isn't it?"

"No, actually. It's not a toy, it's a very expensive instrument. You must be careful with it." He couldn't help the soft warning growl that escaped his throat. How dare this woman decide what to do in his own damn house?!

"It couldn't have been THAT expensive~" Carol rolled her eyes. More growls threatened to escape the confinement of Seb's lips. Luckily for Seb, before he lost his cool (literally, he felt his arms warming up), Carol said she was already leaving because she had sooo many important things to do.

Ah, thank the Axolotl!

The twins waved excitedly at Amanda and as soon as she was gone, the kids babbled about how nice she was and how she liked to play with their toys and she said she'd bring her unicorn for an adventure the next time they hung out.

Great, now I have to disinfect the kids' toys too…

-.-

"Urrgghhh! Wanda you should have seen that woman! She was sooo annoying! And! URGH!"

Wanda laughed. "Sureee! Like that man you said was annoying because he walked too slow? Or like that woman who bought the last donut you wanted and you SWEAR she laughed at you~?"

Seb blushed. "I'm not saying your feelings aren't valid, you just tend to exaggerate sometimes, Seb." Wanda said calmly.

"But I'm being serious this time! She had this...I don't know, arrogant look and her daughter is not vaccinated and uuurghhhh! I spent the day cleaning my little baby piano and the kids' bedroom!" Seb was ranting on the bed at night, as Wanda chuckled and changed clothes to sleep.

"I bet that was a nightmare…"

"It was! And worse of all is that the twins liked that kid and are friends now, they haven't really made any friends like that in their old school… and I don't want to ruin this for them…" He mumbled. "Should they go to that same school? I read it's good and all but… I had to schedule a date to vaccinate them much sooner, because you know, if they go to that school, they'll be with that woman's innocent time bomb of human diseases~"

Wanda sighed. That was the only thing that worried her. "Um...If the school requires obligatory vaccination, then I think we could enroll them, then we make an anonymous complaint about a kid who isn't and she'll be forced to vaccinate or expelled."

Seb stuck his butt in the air and he hid his head under his pillow. "Urrghhh!" He wished he could just burn that woman and be DONE WITH IT!

-.-

The twins were still whiny and bratty when he went to interview the school himself. It had pre-k, kindergarten and elementary. Unlike the preschool they had been going to before, this was a public school. But if Seb was right (psssshh, which he always was), it was a good elementary school.

Though, it was probably not the best idea to bring them here directly after getting a shot, but oh well, what was done, was done. The school said they had available places and said they would accept them! And they could start next Monday! Hurray!

"So, what if a kid isn't vaccinated? Will you like, kick them out?" Seb asked the principal, thinking about his babies' friend. The woman gave him a sheepish grin. "Well, we require an updated vaccination record, to prevent diseases spreading among the toddlers, sometimes some parents don't follow that. We keep insisting to them and they can be expelled after a warning period. Especially if other children start getting sick."

"Good." Seb deadpanned. The woman then handed him the papers he needed to sign and fill in the information about the twins. "Well, ignore the partner part, you can simply write your name on it."

"Oh so my wife doesn't have to come?" Seb asked. The principal bit her lip, realizing her mistake. "Oh, I'm so sorry...I assumed you were single...usually when a parent comes alone...Oh, I'm very sorry."

Seb nodded. Ah, humans and their stereotypes~

"It's fine...I guess I can come in with my wife tomorrow so we can both sign."

"Daddy, baphroom!" Zoe pulled at his sleeve, signalling that he also had to leave. The principal nodded, still feeling embarrassed. "We'll be waiting, your vacant spots will be reserved, Mr. Pines."

Seb took Zoe to the bathroom before leaving. That was weird…and not in the fun way, it was the uncomfortable weird! He hated that kind of weird!

He texted Wanda that she had to give her ass a break from work (yes, he wrote that) and come with him to enroll the kids in school. After messaging her, the three went back home. The twins were sleepy, exhausted from crying their eyes out from the shots they had to get, and Seb just wanted a moment of peace in his new house.

But his neighbor apparently had other plans. As soon as he parked, Carol appeared, dragging poor Amanda by her little arm. Seb honestly had nothing against the child, it was not her fault her mom was an idiot.

"Hey~! Sebastian!" Carol waved her meticulously manicured hand at him.

Oh god, no! Why him?! This was definitely a torture from the lizard. He probably thought watching him suffer was hilarious!

(In the space between spaces, the Axolotl snorted and curled up on himself even more. Did Sebastian really think he'd go through the effort of doing anything like that? He had important -sleeping- work to do!)

"Amanda!" Zoe waved, her exhaustion suddenly gone. Zully rubbed their eyes and waved as well. "Hi Zully! Hi Zoe! I bwought my unicorn this time!" Amanda let go of Carol's hand and the three kids ran inside to play.

Just when Seb had already disinfected...His eye twitched.

"So~ I've been thinking about your eyepatch!" Carol basically guided him to his own house. She sat on the couch and he numbly took a seat in front of her. "Why do you even wear it? You could simply get a fake eye! Those glass eyes, you know?" Carol told him, like he was some idiot who hadn't thought about that before.

…

"I like my eyepatch…" Seb said softly. He'd worn it since he was 14, wearing one had become a natural part of him already. And he'd only ACTUALLY lost his eye a few years ago, and getting a glass eye felt… well… it wouldn't do anything about the scars around his socket. He was quite sure people would still be grossed out to see them. And the eyepatch was his 'thing' by this point. He liked it.

"Well, you should try it anyway though! People don't go around wearing eyepatches! It looks ridiculous."

Seb rolled his eye. God…Fuck you, Carol! "Maybe." He ended up saying, as a way to placate the beast.

"Where did you go anyway? You already know the area? You just moved in!"

...GPS exists…

"Eh~ I went to enroll the kids at school." She would freak out if he told her about the vaccines. "And well, I don't know this city, but I used to live in Oregon for quite a few years before moving in with Wanda."

"Really?! You're from here then?!" Seb had the feeling her questions were somehow very specific and personal…Kinda weird, but not...really suspicious. "No, I just worked here, I lived in Gravity Falls, it's a town a couple of hours away."

Carol pursed her lips. "Nope. I've never heard of that place!"

Seb frowned, feeling the need to defend his weird town. "What? That's impossible!" He laughed sheepishly. "The town is actually more popular now and more people are visiting it! When my brothers came back…" That caught the woman's attention and he sighed. Here he went again. "Anyway," Seb sidestepped the whole thing, "One of my brothers is a scientist and he opened a research center in Gravity Falls. It was in the news." Seb shrugged, not really wanting to tell this woman all his personal life. He hoped this would be enough to satisfy her. Besides, if she really cared she could always look it up, there was a website for the Center and everything!

"You have brothers?" Carol asked, destroying Seb's hopes. Urgghh.

"Yeah…It's my triplets and I, and my little brother...whom I still call little for some reason even though he's taller than me and way into his 30s…" Seb trailed off as he thought.

"Oh my gosh! Four boys!" Carol gasped. "Your poor mom! Four sons must have been a handful!"

Seb nodded. "It was really something."

"And one of your brothers is a scientist, you said? That's very nice~ What do your other brothers do?"

"My younger brother works with computers, my other triplet plays football." Seb maybe overestimated how well known the three of them actually were? Stan was pretty much harassed daily by paparazzi, he was a public figure and it was known that he had brothers but maybe not everyone knew him?

And, Seb had been in the news a few times, but he wasn't that famous yet. And Ford's recognition didn't come from the uncultured peasants, but from the scientific community.

Maybe he didn't look like Stan that much and people didn't recognize him as his brother?

Carol seemed to put two and two together and her eyes widened in surprise "Wait...Your last name is Pines, right?"

Seb nodded and to his not amusement, Carol squealed a little. "Oh my gosh! Your brother is Stanley Pines, right?! Oh my! I can see the resemblance now!" She raised a hand to cover Seb's face a little so she couldn't see the eyepatch. "It was your eyepatch distracting me~"

"Ah...you watch football…" Seb wiggled away from her, flinching a bit. He didn't like unwanted human contact.

"Oh yeah! We LOVE football! We watch the super bowl together! We're TOTAL fans~" She grinned.

"Even Amanda?" Seb chuckled a little, imagining the unicorn-loving toddler screaming at the TV and seeing grown ass men slamming and tackling each other.

"Oh yes!" Carol's eyes were shining. "It's so nice to be friends with FAMOUS people~!"

Friends? Bitch, I barely know you!

"You know what would be SOO nice?!"

That you'd leave me alone?

"It'd be so nice if we could get an autograph from your brother~ It would make Amanda very happy~She's a huuuuuuge fan!"

Seb grimaced. "Eh... When it's not a specific event for that, my brother usually charges for the autographs…" Yeah, Stan was a jerk, but he kind of got it, it was business. "I could ask when the next signing event it..."

"Oh, but you're his brother~ I'm sure he can make an exception for us!" Carol wheedled. Seb shrugged. "I don't want to bother him. He's usually really busy." Seb glanced around. When were the kids going to finish playing so Seb could make Carol leave?!

"Aww, but it's just an autograph! It wouldn't take that much!" Carol insisted. Seb shook his head. Linda had told him he had to be more assertive. The blonde woman huffed. "No, I can just wait for the next signing event. It's not all that important anyway." Carol (thankfully) accepted and Sebastian groaned internally.

Kids?! Hello?! Can you read my mind?! Please come save me! Seb begged inside his head. Sadly, the children hadn't gained the power to hear his desperate thoughts and continued playing merrily with their new friend.

He sighed, bored and annoyed as shit. Why was he even tolerating this woman?! He shouldn't be nice to people, this all just brought him problems! Urgh, he missed being a dick. Maybe he should ask Linda if being a dick would help with this horrendous, disgusting life. Since he went all weak and nicey, things have gone bad for him!

He glanced at his phone, smiling a little at Wanda's message of "I'll move my ass alright." and laughed. "Well! Look at the time! It's lunch time! I have to make LUNCH! To feed my KIDS! You should probably DO THE SAME!" He pointed at the door. Carol clapped her hands. "Oh I just had the more delightful idea!"

Noooooo~ Seb wailed inside his head. Don't you fucking dare! Ax help!

(The Axolotl muffled his pleas. Wasn't he the one causing his problems in the first place? And didn't Sebastian curse his name all the time anyway? He already brought the man back to life, he didn't have to do anything else.)

"We can make lunch for the kids together!" Carol gasped.

"...Here?" Seb asked, heart sinking and with a trembling voice, feeling he was about to cry.

"Yeah! Where else?! It'd be a nice way for our princesses to spend MORE time together!" She clapped her hands before calling. "Amandaaaa!" The toddlers came running down the stairs and they pouted.

"Nooo! Five more minutes!" Amanda begged her mommy. "Yeah! Pleaseee!" Zully insisted as Zoe pouted hard to convince the adults.

"Oh don't worry, we're going to have lunch here!" Carol cheered.

"""YAAYY!""" The innocent children waved their hands in the air.

"...Yay…" Seb deadpanned. He texted Wanda. "I'm a hostage in my own house…"

-.-

This.

This was worse than Seb thought it would be.

Zully was grimacing a little, but didn't seem to really mind either way. Zoe was making faces at her food. Amanda seemed used to it and was eating normally. Seb… was twitching in place. Carol had insisted on cooking, as some sort of 'payback' for imposing on him. (Well if she felt bad about imposing on him, she could have just LEFT!)

But… if this GODDAMN woman didn't kill poor little Amanda by not giving her proper immunization, she'd kill her of malnutrition WITH THIS DRY BLAND ASS FOOD SHE JUST MADE! Seb couldn't stand eating this… this… cardboard anymore. He pushed his plate aside and went to go grab stuff from the pantry. "I'm gonna go get some salt." Seb grumbled. Zoe threw her hands in the air and cheered. "Finally!" Zully flushed and pushed their plate away, looking guilty for wanting daddy's food and not this… bread? No, it couldn't be bread, Zully didn't see miss Carol using any bread when she made lunch.

"Is something wrong?" Carol asked, seemingly confused.

Seb grimaced. "No...But...Well, we're used to more…condiments and…" Fuckin taste! "And seasoned food…It's not you, just our tongues."

"It tastes yucky." Zoe said bluntly and Seb clamped a hand over her mouth. "Shut up!" He hissed. "Don't make the crazy lady angry." was left unsaid. Zoe, catching on pretty quickly for a 4 year old, nodded solemnly.

Carol tutted. "It's healthy for you! Too much seasoning adds all sorts of awful contaminants into the body. Oils and fats will make you break out in pimples! Natural food without any additives is more healthy!"

Seb blinked slowly. "Ah… sure… well, I like me my basil and salt." He didn't have time to cook again (and the food would go to waste if he did that) so he simply seasoned the whining twins' and his own food as best as he could before going back to eating.

To Seb's utter relief, Carol (who he basically smelt how offended she was with them for eating delicious food) finally left. He didn't even care that she didn't wash anything she used, he was just happy she was gone!

"Dad, why was Miss Carol's food so horrible?" Zoe asked when the two left. "Ah, I don't know...People are just insane, kid…" Seb shook his head.

-.-

Ok.

This was it.

He couldn't take it anymore!

They've been living here for almost a month now and Carol still continuously annoyed him. Amanda came home after preschool to play and Seb had to see Carols heavily made up face until it was time for them to leave!

She was insufferable! She demanded free stuff from him, sometimes made him babysit Amanda, made the twins share their toys, even when they were not comfortable with doing so, and Amanda took Zully's stuffed puppy for days because Carol basically told her she could before Zully finally gained enough courage to ask for it back. His poor baby was worried sick for their puppy!

Today she had commented on Zully's new haircut, which reached their shoulders. She said Seb shouldn't cut it so short because their hair was curly and it shortened the length even more and it made them look like 'very weird, like a boy girl'. Zully had sniffled and said that they liked having short hair more.

"Can't you like, send her to prison?!" Seb pleaded to his wife after his nightly rant about the neighbor. "Like, I've never seen her husband, but he's one intelligent guy! Staying at work all day while forcing me to bear with his annoying wife!" He shrieked, arms catching up on fire. Wanda frowned. "Well, even if she's annoying, she hasn't done anything… illegal?"

"Wanda, you gotta do something about her or I'M going to do something illegal!" He growled. "I-I love how happy the twins are with Amanda, they're good friends...but-but I can't really deal with her mom anymore...I...Am I bad? That I'm not willing to sacrifice this for the kids' happiness?" He gulped down the lump in his throat. "That sounds like something my father would do…" He whispered.

Wanda smiled sadly. "Hey, don't say that, you're nothing like him...You just don't like that woman, it doesn't mean you're a bad dad, you're the best dad!" She hugged him and leaned her head on his shoulder. "Tomorrow I have a day off, I can accompany you and help you with her. Maybe we can clear things with her, tell her that she has her own house and should respect ours...Yes? Would you wike that?" She baby talked to him.

"You'll go insane with her, but sure, we can try…" The man mumbled before hiding his face in her chest.

-.-

"Who are you?"

"Look Amanda! This is our mommy!" Zully introduced their mom to Amanda, who was hiding behind Carol's legs again (but not like the first time) and Carol, whose eyes widened in recognition.

"Ooohh! Oh my gosh, I thought I'd never get to meet you! You're always working~! My name is Carol, your neighbor, it's a pleasure to finally meet you!" Carol looked Wanda up and down, "You're working too much, you shouldn't leave your husband to raise your children for you."

"ExCUSE me?" Wanda gasped. Seb nodded, satisfied with Wanda's shocked expression. Yup. It was Wanda's turn to suffer.

And so, Wanda Friedmann could finally experience what it was like to interact with Carol. She dealt with it with a straight face...but Carol was an ass, not even in court did Wanda have to stand this kind of bullshit…

"You know what would be so awesome?! To have a girl's day! We can take our little daughters to the salon and have our nails painted and a hair treatment, you could totally use it, honey~ You'd look so lovely with a different hairstyle. Maybe go a little more fixed up for your job!"

"...I'm going to work, not to a fashion show." Wanda explained. "Besides, I go to the salon with Sebastian every now and then already." She should probably ask the place she went...to NOT go there.

Carol blinked. "With… Sebastian?" She glanced over at Seb. "Oh, that's very nice of you to accompany your wife."

"Accompany nothing, I need to get touch ups." Seb swept his hair back. "It takes work to look this amazing." Wanda giggled at him and held his hand. "Oh, and my hands. No one wants to go around with nasty ass nails...I haven't painted them in a while, no?" He looked at Wanda for confirmation. "Um~ Before we moved you didn't have them painted already."

Carol blinked. ...What? She thought Sebastian was a little strange from the beginning, with his unnecessary eyepatch, but...she thought he was normal! Was he… Carol narrowed her eyes a little. He seemed somewhat… camp… oh she didn't want to assume, and he had a wife and children so it couldn't be possible-Could it? But she'd seen stories of married men being…

She shuddered. She just hoped she was wrong! That would be...

They had to bear with Carol and her annoying comments ("there's a gay couple down the street! Just...so you know") all day and at the end of the day, Seb and Wanda collapsed on their bed. How stressful. "Ok, I see your point." Wanda admitted. "Is my hair really bad?"

"No! I love your hair! I bet she was jealous, as you're ACTUALLY blonde." Seb grinned. Wanda groaned. "How do you even know she's not a natural blonde?"

"Please~ Amanda's a brunette." Seb rolled his eye. Wanda sighed. "You know that means nothing. Her husband could have been blond. Or one of her grandparents...The twins are blonde and that doesn't make you blond. That means nothing."

Seb rolled his eye. "Ok...but then I know because that color is fake as hell." Wanda grinned. There it was~

"You'll see she's just jealous of you because you're pretty whether you're in pjs or a dress, with or without makeup. And I've seen how thick Carol's makeup is, it's practically caked on." He made a face and Wanda chuckled. "Can you imagine her trying to prove she's somehow better than us by showing off how well she's taking care of Amanda and her husband? Maybe she'll even try to bake something and bring it over to gloat!" The two laughed. "But if her desserts are anything like her food! Bleerrghh!" The man stuck his tongue out.

Wanda chuckled and pulled Seb into bed with her. "hah! What a joke...But well, if something like that happens, you can fake getting a phone call from me to have an excuse to leave the room."

"My hero!" Seb laughed, kissing Wanda's nose.

-.-

Seb didn't want to be right, but he was right. Oh how he hated being right all the time~

Carol was here. With a pie.

Worst of all. She was here, with a pie. On a Saturday. God's day! The one day they should be able to relax from the weekend and rest from Carol's annoying presence and being left alone! Oh, and her husband was here, a tall slim brunette who was either too blind and dumb to realize how annoying Carol was or was actually just faking everything and he knew, and he actually liked her that way!

"Oh, this is my husband, Rodrick! He had been sooo~ busy before but I finally managed to drag him here to meet our new friends~"

Wanda and Seb shared a look before shaking hands with the man.

They had to let them in and Amanda rushed to play with the twins, dragging a backpack with toys to share.

"So~ Carol told me you're brothers with Stanley Pines!" Rodrick grinned, seeming almost kind. "I was a huge fan way back when he first started and now that he's back to playing, I'm even more excited to watch him!"

Seb nodded. "Yeah, he's very happy to be back too."

"Hey...um, is it true that he was...kidnapped?" Rodrick lowered his voice a little. Seb smiled a little, instead of sounding intrusive like his goddamn wife, the man actually had the decency to look guilty for being curious about such a thing.

"Yeah, it is. But we're trying to put that awfulness behind us, you know?" Seb told them. Rodrick nodded. "Yeah, of course."

They went to the kitchen to cut the pie.

"Wanda~"

Oh god, no. Wanda smiled politely at Carol as she got plates. The twins and Amanda were playing and Seb called dibs on the husband. She thought it was super unfair, but she guessed Seb already spent too much time with Carol and deserved a break.

"So, you know this pie is a family recipe?! My mom taught me how to bake and cook when I was 9."

"Wow...That's very young…" Wanda nodded. "Well of course! How else would I know how to pamper my husband~" Carol gushed. "Ever since I was a child, I dreamed of finally getting married and having my own baby!"

Wow...That's so wrong on so many levels… there was nothing wrong with wanting to be married and have kids, but the way Carol spoke about it made it seem like she thought that was what all women were meant to do. Wanda nodded again, trying to erase what she heard from her mind.

"When did you learn to cook?" Carol asked with a raised eyebrow and a smirk.

Seb snorted from his place when he heard the question and Wanda rolled her eyes. "Like, when I met Seb? Maybe?" She wasn't really fond of cooking. Her cousins and mom had told her she should have learnt sooner to not live off instant soups and take out, but hey! She survived!

"But it doesn't really matter, Sebastian cooks and he's wonderful at that." She looked at Seb, who was blushing a little at the Rodrick's surprised look. "You cook?"

Carol frowned. "Oh...So let me guess, you can't bake either."

"Just premade cookies~" Seb grinned. "The best ones though!"

Carol gasped. "What?! Oh my, you can't make pie? Then what do you make for your dear children?"

Seb huffed. "I make stuff for our dear children and they love it!" Bitch please, no one made better pie than him! The look Carol was sending Wanda was so weird...like, smug even... Why? Was this some passive aggressive power play against her to see who was a better wife? It totally seemed like it. And if it was, it was very ridiculous. Wanda was the best partner and a perfectly loving mother to their twins. What did her ability to cook have to do with anything? She could heat up Premade food just fine. And the twins had plenty of pasta and veggies in the pantry that Wanda knew how to make.

It went like that for the rest of the day. Carol would point out things like some dust along the windowsill and imply that Wanda was letting her home fall into disrepair by not doing her job as the woman of the house. Wanda was getting very uncomfortable with all this (and Sebastian felt himself blushing, realizing he hadn't been cleaning right even stupid Carol noticed). Even Rodrick looked like he wanted to speak up, but the look that Carol sent him made the man back down.

Just when Wanda was going to just lose her shit at their neighbor, the doorbell rang and she took that opportunity to escape. "Oh! It appears that someone is at the door. I must go check!" Wanda said with a too wide grin, making a mad dash out of the kitchen. She blinked at the group of people on the front road.

"Oh, hello there. Sorry for dropping by unannounced. We're your neighbors." One man said with a kind smile. "My wife wanted to come by and greet you earlier but we thought you would need this time to adjust and unpack and then we just lost track of time." The man laughed, rubbing his arm. The woman beside him, his wife(?), giggled. "And the longer it had been, the more awkward it felt to just come over to say 'hi' but we finally got the nerve to come over."

"Oh, well it's very nice to meet you." Wanda smiled, hoping and praying that these neighbors weren't like Carol.

"Oh, um, I bought wine!" Another woman smiled and Wanda's eyes lit up. Oohh~

The other two couples there (Wanda would guessed they were all friends), presented themselves, and their little kids. The couple who spoke first didn't have kids yet (they were still trying for kids), but the other had one girl and the last one had an older girl and boy (older than the twins but still close).

Seb poked his head out when he realized Wanda had abandoned him, and noticed the group of people.

WAS HIS HOUSE SOMEHOW THE MEETING POINT OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD?! WHY DID EVERYONE COME HERE?!

"This is my husband, Sebastian. Seb, these are the other neighbors." The crowd cheerfully waved and Seb noticed the other toddlers and little kids. Then he grinned mischievously, an idea forming in his mind.

If he invited everyone in, Carol would feel replaced and soooo offended that she'll stop coming! And if the twins played with more kids maybe they'll become best friends with someone else and leave Amanda behind! So he had no reason to bear with her mom any longer!

Seb gently pushed Wanda aside and opened the door widely. "Oh please~Please come in! We'd love to receive you in our humble home~ The twins are upstairs I'm sure they'd LOVE to make friends!"

"Are-Are you sure?" "We don't want to impose…" These other neighbors were so much more polite. Seb liked them already.

"NONSENSE! The more the merrier! I used to plan interdimensional parties, ya know?! I'm the King of Hosts! Please make yourselves at home!" Seb bowed dramatically, winking at the crowd with a roguish grin.

"Didn't he mean international?" A woman asked while her husband shrugged.

Seb ushered the little kids upstairs, calling "Zoe! Zully! I'm sending you some tiny human offerings!" and pushed the crowd into the living room, with Wanda watching the proceedings with an amused expression.

Once there, the neighbors met with Carol and Rodrick, who had been waiting there, impatiently.

"Oh, Carol!" One of the woman smiled. "I didn't know you were here, hi~ How are you?" The neighbors said hi to Carol and husband, and Seb was starting to doubt the other neighbors' sanity. Carol motioned everyone to the couches (Wanda's eye twitched at how that woman acted as if this was her own house), and all the adults started talking. Seb's leg was bouncing up and down frantically. A lot of people...a lot of strangers of questionable sanity in his house. They were friends with Carol! She'll like to come MORE now!

At least the slightly more kind-looking neighbors smiled at them and complimented their house, asked general things like from where they moved, their jobs, what they liked to do and talked about the neighborhood, some good restaurants around and places to go with their kiddos. Just simply chitchat that weren't pointed digs into their personal lives, unlike everything Carol asked about.

"The church has masses all sundays from 9am-10am and from 11am to 12pm, in case you missed the first!" A woman giggled as she explained. Seb sighed loudly. Religious people, huh? Nothing wrong with that, but he hoped they didn't try pushing their religion in his face.

"There are activities for the children under 10 while the adults are at mass, the kids like it, they have fun there." A man commented.

"Well...that sounds very nice, but we don't-" Seb started to say before he was interrupted.

Carol gasped. "Oh my gosh, I have an idea!" Seb knew that was a bad thing. "I can take Zoe and Zully with me! I take Amanda early so she can play longer! And then I can take them all back to my place so they can play!"

Seb twitched and Wanda looked at him before smiling sheepishly at the expecting neighbors. "Well, that sounds really nice, but~ we're like, kinda jewish."

Their guests' eyes widened a bit and Seb faltered. "Eh…" Wanda pinched his arm and leaned in to whisper. "Do you want Carol to take the twins every Sunday with her?" Seb sat up straight. "Ah! Yep, total jewish, yup! Very religious guys...Hanukkah...Synagogue...Torah...Shalom…" Wanda sighed and facepalmed.

One man gasped and grimaced apologetically. "Oh my god, and we came to bother you on a Saturday!" He winced. "We're so, so sorry." He held his wife's hand. She looked guilty as well.

Wanda smiled and Seb shook his head. "Eh, don't worry, you didn't know…" He looked at Carol. "But NOW you know for next time that our Saturdays are SO VERY SACRED!"

Carol blinked, too stupid to understand the indirect jab. "So...you're a jew right? So… why aren't you wearing your hat thingie?"

Seb gasped and patted his head, as if he was searching for it. "Oh no! It must have fallen under the wrong idea that all jewish people wear it all the time." He deadpanned, making Wanda snort. Seb huffed. He didn't even HAVE to wear it. He wasn't even religious. He was sure his family only celebrated holidays because it meant eating delicious food and presents!

A few of the other neighbors were giving Carol uncomfortable looks at how insensitive her comment had been. Carol, still oblivious, went on with, "You don't look like a jew." while looking at Wanda. The lawyer bristled with offence. "That's not a-"

Everyone was uncomfortable now. One of the other neighbors changed the subject before things could devolve any further. "Hey, I'm sure the kids must be hungry by now, it's nearing lunchtime. We should probably head home and feed them."

"Oh? I can just make lunch here-" Carol started to say before her husband (thankfully) took her hand and patted it. "Honey, I think we should leave the Pines alone to relax on their weekend." Rodrick said gently. Seb almost wanted to kiss the man in gratitude. Carol finally allowed herself to be pulled out of the house, after calling for Amanda. They (and all the other neighbors) left. Seb groaned. "I never want to let anyone else into the house again."

Wanda patted his back. "Well, Rachel, Huston and the others didn't seem all that bad."

Seb was going to throw himself onto the couch but reconsidered it and went to get the vacuum. No. Purge the strangers' disgusting presence from his house first. He wouldn't lay anywhere until it was back to normal. Ew. So much for sacred saturday, he was here cleaning up from undesired guests...

Wanda sat down and watched him clean. "You know~ You're always complaining how this day is soo boring."

"Well, it is, you're there like a ragdoll and I gotta do everything around here. Not even turning on a light? Seriously? If I obeyed this list of stuff, I'd just go lay there on bed and wait till tomorrow!"

Wanda laughed. "And yet this day saved us from having Carol coming here on weekends from now on, hopefully."

Seb finished vacuuming the couch and hummed. "Yeah. You're right. God bless himself!" He picked her up with his mind and floated her to the couch with a grin. "I'm technically not doing physical work~Poor farmers, they can't work today." He curled up like a cat next to her and Wanda stroked his hair. "I'll sleep here and use magic to pick up the phone to order some food because even that I'm apparently prohibited from doing!"

Wanda rolled her eyes. How dramatic. He just didn't like rules.

The twins came downstairs and ran towards their parents. "Mommy, we wanted to clean our woom but then we remembered it's Saturday and we can't~" Zoe explained with an innocent look. Wanda sighed and Seb snorted before laughing. Now THAT was a way of using the strict system for your favor!

"We really liked pwaying with our new friends." Zully giggled and clung to their mommy with a smile.

The two parents shared a look and sighed. They'd put up with more shit just for the sake of their babies. Seb would do anything for them.

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