Mandy didn't show up at the apartment until six thirty when Mickey was in the middle of feeding Yev, "Firecrotch! Mandy's at the door!" Mickey shouted as another knock sounded from the front door. "I'm in the middle of a feedin'."
"I'm comin'! I'm comin'!" Ian said as he ran to the door to answer it.
Mandy was standing at the door in a black skirt, a red tee shirt, and her Doc Martens, "Hey, Ian."
"Hey, Mandy." Ian said as she entered the apartment.
He checked the mailbox and found a large package in the mail from the college that Mickey had applied to, "Mickey! Mickey! It's here!" Ian grabbed the package and then ran into the house slamming the door behind him and meeting Mickey and Mandy at the chair that Mickey was sitting in.
"What came?"
"The college thing!"
Mandy tilted her head, "What the fuck?"
"Mickey applied to a college."
"Double fuck." Mandy said as she took the baby from Mickey and continued feeding him. "Can't believe you convinced him to apply anywhere."
Ian handed Mickey the package and he tore it open with violent force and found the letter and started reading at rapid speed. He read at rapid speed not showing any emotion.
"Did you get in, Mick?" Ian asked as he placed his hand on Mickey's shoulder. Mickey put his face in his hands and mumbled something that no one could understand. "It's okay you can apply again, Mick." Ian said as he rubbed his husband's back.
Mickey picked up his head, his eyes were watery, "I got in. I got into college."
Ian jumped a little, "Holy fuck! Mick! Oh my fucking god! That's amazing!" He wrapped his arms around his husband and held onto him tightly. "Congratulations! You deserve it more than anyone else." Ian concluded the speech with a kiss for his husband.
Mandy stood there blissfully watching her older brother being happy for the first time in his life. She loved that he had become a family man and that Ian was helping Mickey bring out all the amazing qualities that Mickey sometimes tried to hide because it didn't make him look like a tough guy. She knew that college was a big step for her brother and she owed it to Ian for getting her brother through the process of getting her brother to be able to pass the GED exam.
"So. College? When did this become a thing?" Mandy asked as she handed Yev back to the overwhelmed Mickey who at the current time was requesting his presence.
"Ian suggested it after we talked about what we both wanted to accomplish. He's been a major help with practicing for before I took the GED exam and the ACT and everything. I owe the world to this man next to me, thank fuckin' god I married him." Mickey said as he grasped Ian's hand and smiled at him.
Mandy smirked, "Dear god, my brother has gone mushy on me."
"Not mushy just... Strong in a different way." Ian said pointing out the difference as he took Yev from Mickey so that he could burp the 3 month old.
Mandy chuckled and smiled, "Mick, you got any beer?"
Mickey got up from his chair and put the documents on the table next to him, "Yeah. In the kitchen. I bought some especially for you."
"What do you mean especially for me? You fuckin' drink." Mandy said as she jabbed him in the side while they headed into the kitchen and Ian headed into the nursery with Yev.
Mickey smiled and bent down to open the fridge, "No. I don't. Not anymore. Ian can't drink due to his medications. There's no alcohol in this apartment unless there's some sort of get together even then I stick to non-alcoholic beer and after the event it's all taken out." He found one of the two alcoholic beers and handed it to Mandy and took two of the non-alcoholic beers and set them on the counter for him and Ian.
"Fuckin' hell. Next thing you're going to tell me is that you've given up smoking or some shit." Mandy said as she opened her beer.
Mickey opened his non-alcoholic beer, "Gave that up too. So did Ian. Cold turkey. As a replacement we use sex. Smoking isn't healthy with the baby around." He opened Ian's beer just as Ian came into the kitchen.
"I put him to bed. I didn't turn the light off, so you two can go say goodnight if you would like." Ian said as he grabbed his beer and sneaked a kiss from his husband.
"Yeah. I'll go say goodnight." Mickey said with a smile.
Mandy and Mickey went into the nursery and Ian stayed in the kitchen sipping on his non-alcoholic beer and smiling to himself, he was so proud of his husband for getting into college. His husband had defeated everybody's expectations and he couldn't be more fucking proud.
When Mandy left that night Ian launched himself into Mickey's arms whisper screaming, "You fuckin' got into college!"
