Saving Mimi : Rise of the All-Mother Scions

3rd Person POV   Seb walked from the living room to the master bedroom. Mimi was on the bed with a cold compress on her forehead and eyes.   Seb approached the bed very cautiously. He was looking at Mimi, looking for tell-tale signs and symptoms. She was paler than normal. She wasn't sweating, but she might be chilled or clammy. He very cautiously touched her wrist and took her radial pulse while counting her respirations.   "You want to whip out the sphygmomanometer and pulse oximeter, Dr. Doyle?" asked Mimi completely deadpan. She took the compress off her head and eyes and sat up against the headboard.   "Well..." answered Seb sheepishly.   "I'm not your patient, Seb. I can't believe that you just stood there while they disrespected us like that! Max came to my defense more than you did! I get that they are your 'baby girls,' but come on, Seb! I didn't deserve to be attacked and disrespected like that! You may tolerate those monsters because you made them, but I will not have it! Like Laura said, they don't have to be my new best friends, but they should love and respect you enough to be civil towards the woman you chose as your companion," said Mimi on the verge of tears.  "Mimi, I thought you stood up to them and stood your ground very well," said Seb, trying to uplift her mood.   "Seb, I shouldn't have had to. Why didn't you say anything to Claudia after she called me, your wife, a tramp and then continued to come at me like a rabid hyena?" asked Mimi.   There was an awkward pause.  "Don't bother trying to rationalize or justify yourself to me. I felt what you did, in your study. You caved into your need to be loved and apart of your daughters' lives. You're giving them money indirectly by giving it to Adam. You know, white-knight or not, Erika wouldn't approve. Lucky for you, she's no longer bound to you so she didn't witness it. But because you and I are bound, you can't make moves that I will be unaware of. Seb, I love you, but I can't have my champion not stand up to his daughters when they attack me, unprovoked," said Mimi.   "What would you have me do? Mimi, I do love you. You know that. I was balls deep in showing you when we were observed flagrante delicto a little while ago. Do you think that you were the only one who was embarrassed by that? In the 31 years the twins have walked this earth, they never caught Erika and I engaged in s****l intercourse, nor I them. So, it was humiliating all around," said Seb.   "What?! You're giving them a pass on attacking me because you got caught with your pants down and your hands were in the cookie jar?!" Mimi retorted, crossing her arms over her chest.   "Come now, Mimi! Try to see it from their point of view. How well would it sit with you if you had walked in on your father having s*x with a woman 8 years younger than you?" Seb asked without thinking.   "I'd have been obligated to call the police if Mr. Carraway was having s*x with a 15 year old girl," snapped Mimi.   "Ok, bad example. But you know what I mean. How would you feel if your father was with someone that wasn't your mother?"asked Seb.   "No, Seb, this isn't about me trying to empathize and relate to your monstrous daughters. This argument is about you placating your monstrous daughters after they viciously attacked us. Not just me, but us! Erika counselled us to not let anything or anyone come between us! And here we are not even 36 hours later and your twins have already driven a wedge between us," said Mimi with a great sadness in her eyes and her voice.   There was a long pause.  "And were you ever going to tell me about the vision?" Mimi asked out of nowhere.   Seb felt like he just got sucker punched.  "How do you know about that?!"asked Seb with fear and anxiety.   "Erika told me, but I got a glimpse last night when Trystian hugged me. I felt and saw you as you pictured yourself in the vision, shooting him twice in the chest and once in the head," said Mimi.  There was another awkward pause. Sebbastian cleared his throat.   "Mimi, my love. I am truly sorry. I don't even know how to make amends for all this, " said Seb as he sat down on the bed next to her.   He put his arms around her shoulders and pulled her close to him. He shifted her so that he was holding her across his lap and able to stroke her hair. "How do I make this right between us?" he asked breathing in her scent. "Swear to me that you will not shy away from defending me ever again, no matter who is attacking me. Swear you will not let your let your daughters disrepect us ever again. Swear that you will not bail the twins out further. I will let the cash payment to Adam go because I agree with Max that it is not enough to put up with those two," said Mimi flatly. "How did you know about that?" asked Seb. "Yeah, I don't know when it started, but I'm guessing after last night sans condoms, I have started to develop some form of telepathy. It's different from the connection I have with you. I can hear Max's thoughts now. And he's so relieved that he will not be driving the twins to Utah. Claudia was going to end up in a hole somewhere in the salt flats," said Mimi. Seb was stunned. He took a deep breath and exhaled slowly. Then he swallowed hard. "Mimi, I swear that I will not let anyone or anything else come between us ever again. I am sorry that I did not defend you when Claudia kept coming at you. I will not allow them to disrepect you or us ever again. I will not bail the twins out financially. On my honor as your husband and white-knight. I will not try to keep you in the dark, nor will I attempt to keep anything from you in the future. You have my word Mimi," said Seb with genuine conviction. There was another moment of silence between them. They stared into each other's eyes. Seb felt something gnawing at his attention. "Mimi, have you noticed anything else?" asked Seb. There was yet another awkward silence. "Mimi?" he said her name again softly. "I'm not sure, but I think I'm pregnant," she finally said softly. "Impossible. We only had unprotected s*x last night... " said Seb "And not half an hour ago..." said Mimi. "You can't tell that soon. You can't be," said Seb. "Oh, I very well could be, Seb. But I'll wait two more weeks until after I miss my period, maybe then you'll believe, no, I forgot, you'll want to turn me into a lab rat and have all sorts of tests done, so once you get your test results, then you can start accepting it..." Mimi trailed off. Seb moved Mimi off his lap and placed her on the bed. He got up. He walked to the kitchen. He grabbed sugar, white vinegar, baking soda, and some clean plastic snack-size, storage containers with lids. He came back into the bedroom. He took Mimi by the right hand and lead her to the master bathroom. "What are you doing?" asked Mimi. "DIY home pregnancy tests," answered Seb. "What?!" asked Mimi. "Here. Just please, go with me on this. Fill this cup with your urine. We will do the tests. If any of these are positive, then we will get a blood test to confirm. And I will try not to drive you crazy micromanaging you and the pregnancy if it is positive," said Seb. Mimi looked at the materials. "Um, can we forego the baking soda test? That one seems like it's a set up for a false positive. Urine, especially female urine is acidic, baking soda reacts with acid because it is a base, so of course there is going to be a reaction between the baking soda and the urine," said Mimi. "Look at you and your knowledge of chemistry," said Seb with a smile. Mimi smiled and accepted the compliment. "Thanks, I am glad that chemistry for consumers is finally paying off," she said with a slight chuckle.  Then she cleared her throat and got serious. "But really, no, Seb. I am not doing this. I can wait two weeks, until I miss my period," said Mimi. "Are you afraid that they will be negative?" asked Seb with a raised eyebrow. "No, I am afraid of how you're going to be once you confirm it is positive," retorted Mimi. "Well, my lady, you issued the challenge. I can't back down now. Will you be more comfortable if I step out so you can pee?" asked Seb. "I've created a monster! Why did I tell you? Why didn't I wait until my missed period?" asked Mimi as she rolled her eyes. She grabbed the cup, and walked over to the toilet and collected her urine sample for Seb. She placed the cup in the bathroom counter and then proceeded to wash her hands. Seb poured sugar in one container cup. Then added a splash of urine. The sugar clumped. That means it is positive for the pregnancy hormone hCG. He poured the white vinegar in another cup, and added an equal amount of urine, secured the lid and gave it a shake. He watched and waited the recommended five minutes, The vinegar changed color and bubbles formed. That is another positive indicator that the hCG is present in the urine. "Well?" asked Mimi. "You have two positive urine tests..." Seb trailed off. "So what are you going to do now, Dr. Doyle?" asked Mimi. "Mimi, my love. We need to get your pre-natal care started right away. And we need to turn one of the bedrooms at the cabin into a nursery," said Seb his mind was racing. "Seb, Seb. Calm down. Let's start with this," said Mimi and she embraced him tightly and buried her face into his chest. He carefully hugged her tighter to him and buried his nose in her hair and breathed in her scent. "I love you, Seb. I will love our baby. I will have to take better care of myself. It's not just my life anymore. It's our life and the life that we've created together," Mimi said moving her hand down to her lower abdomen. Seb slid his hand down and covered Mimi's hand. He kissed her forehead. "I love you, my precious one," said Seb. "Do you think we have time to finish what we started earlier, before Adam gets here?" asked Mimi. Seb chuckled, "No. Not with Radar O'Reilly on the way. He'll probably hear us..." "Radar O'Reilly?" asked Mimi with a puzzled look. "Oh, he was a character on MASH. A TV show before your time. Sorry. But he heard everything too," said Seb with a grin. "I guess I can wait until we are at the cabin tonight," said Mimi. Seb embraced his wife and kissed her passionately. Mimi wrapped her arms around his neck and her legs around his waist. Seb pulled back and looked at her with one eyebrow raised. "What?!" asked Mimi sheepishly. Seb c****d his head to the left and lightly smacked Mimi's outer thighs. "Oh, it's an involuntary reflex," said Mimi with a giggle. "Right. Now, I'll have to show you my involuntary reflex that occurs after your involuntary reflex," said Seb with a mischievous grin. And he lightly spanked Mimi's bottom and carried her over to the bed and they proceeded to engage in a round of quick marital intercourse. Seb and Mimi composed themselves just as there was a knock at the door. "Sebbastian, Mimi, Mr. Smith, Mr. Wesson and Ms. James are here," called Laura from the other side of the door. Mimi smiled and looked at Seb as if to say, "I knew that we could, " Seb kissed her again and lead her to the door. "Well, my precious one. Let's see how the twins take to Adam," said Seb with a wicked grin. "Heaven help him," said Mimi with a chuckle.