"The Smythes have returned!!"

Instantly we are swarmed by four girls. Brittney, Quinn and Santana grab the grocery bags out of Sebastian's and my hands. Rachel grabs my now free hand and drags me after them, pulling Sebastian along with me because his fingers are still interlaced with mine.

"Woah!  Hold on girls!  As much as this is going to sound completely against everything you've heard, I'm not really looking for an orgy right now.  Pretty Girl is MORE than enough for me!"

I widen my eyes to look back at him, gasping out a Sebastian?! as Rachel continues to pull us towards the kitchen.

The girls come to a giggling halt once we reach the kitchen, busying themselves with emptying out our grocery bags.  Sebastian releases my hand and comes up behind me, wrapping his arms around my waist.  He softly kisses my neck, speaking in a slightly hushed tone while the girls are distracted, "Princess, I just didn't think you would want to share me. At least not today. We're supposed to be celebrating..."

"Celebrating?! So the Water Sprite DID marry the Warbler!!"

"Ooooooohhhhhh.... Blaine's gonna be pissed..."

"I knew it!! They're way too dressed up to just have gone for coffee."

Crap. They heard us.... Now four sets of eyes are staring at us, filled with absolute glee.

"Girls, please keep your voices down.... Where are the boys??"  Quinn motions towards the basement, "Being boys.  They're all down there playing video games."  Rachel pipes in, "Kurt is just watching them.  I'm not sure they'd be able to hear us anyway."

I look up questioningly at Sebastian but he still looks slightly apprehensive.  "I don't care.  I'm quite attached to all of my body parts, so like Shann said please keep your voices down.  I really don't feel like dying today."

The girls give us small nods and lower their voices some, losing none of their giddiness in the process.  Brittney looks at us with a slight pout on her face.  "But Shanny, I thought you wouldn't marry Sebby without us.  I was going to wear a pretty dress and be a bridesmaid."

Aaww..... I give the sweet blonde a smile.  "You can still do that Britt-Britt.  Sebastian and I didn't get married.  Not today.  That isn't what we are celebrating."  The girls all look at us confused.  Sebastian tightens his grasp on my waist, dropping a small kiss in my hair. I see Santana raising her eyebrow at us.

"No, I think he knocked her up.  Just look at how protective he is being.  With his hands on her tummy like that."  The rest of the girls look at us critically.

Really?!

Now I feel like we're living under a microscope, every action and movement being dissected by my friends.

Sebastian loosens his grip on me and instead moves his hands to sit on my hips. I can hear the smirk in his voice as he speaks.  "Wrong again girls. Although... Princess, I think we would make some amazing looking babies. Just imagine it.... With your beauty and demeanor..." I giggle softly, turning back slightly to look up at him. "Definitely with your eyes! Wonderfully green and ever changing.... absolutely perfect."  He smiles wide and wraps his arms back around my waist, hugging me tightly against his body again as I dissolve into a fit of giggles.

Now the girls in front of us are just confused.  Quinn looks to Santana, Brittney and Rachel, they nod slightly at her so she looks back towards us.  "So you didn't get married.  And you're not pregnant."  Sebastian and I both shake our heads. Santana picks up the questioning, "So then what are you celebrating??"

"Aren't you the inquisitive little Latina!" I laugh again but playfully swat at his arm. He mutters a soft ouch. "Seb, don't be a baby. I know that didn't hurt you. But girls to answer your question..." I pause for dramatic effect and the girls just roll their eyes at me. "Get on with it Shann, some of us have things to do." I giggle.

"Tana, I'm trying to drum up excitement.  Anyway...... Sebastian proposed!!"

They don't look that impressed.  "Shann, we've known that for almost a month...."  I just shake my head at them.  "No, no, no.  Like really proposed.  In front of real people.  Not while we were standing naked in my bathroom."

Gasps come from all four girls. "Pretty Girl, I don't think they needed to know about the nudity part..." I just look back at him apologetically. He shakes his head and smiles down at me. Kissing my head before turning to the girls again.

"Yes, today on a hillside in Oakland, overlooking a beautiful chapel where a wedding was going on.... I, Sebastian 'not divulging my middle name' Smythe got down on one knee in front of a crowd of strangers to profess my undying love to one Shannon Lynn Anderson.  And, as to be expected, she gave me a resounding and rather exuberant YES!"

Brittney jumps up and down with joy.  Rachel just grabs my left hand and examines it.  She looks up at the two of us with a small scowl on her face.  "There's no ring!"  I hear Sebastian sighing behind me.  "I know that Berry.  Trust me, I'm working on it.  I just need to find the perfect one, worthy of her beauty. But I just couldn't wait any longer."

Suddenly we hear another voice call out.

"What couldn't you wait any longer to do, Bas??"

I look at the girls absolutely panicked as Blaine, Kurt, Thad, Jeff and Nick come strolling into the kitchen. Smiles on their faces.

I feel Sebastian's arms tense up around me but he keeps his composure as he addresses the boys.  "To put that jerk from last night in his place."

My eyes light up, bless Sebastian and his ability to think fast on his feet.  Thad sounds confused though, "When did you guys run into that douche?"

I laugh and turn towards the boys.  "Oh my goodness guys, you'll never believe this!  I ran into his mother at the grocery store."  They gather around, joining the girls crowded around the kitchen island. Sebastian chuckles behind me, "You should have seen his face when he came back to his mother's shopping cart to see her talking to me and Pretty Girl. He turned a shade of green I don't think I had ever seen before."

I pick up the story.  "So Mrs Matthews just goes on and on about how great of a girl I am, basically pointing out to her son the giant mistake he made.  Seb waxes on about how we met, how much he loves me and Jason just gets paler and paler.  Then right before they leave she hugs me goodbye.  Whispering about how much she missed me and how much she likes Sebastian.  I just wanted to laugh so hard!!"

Blaine looks at us with a twinkle in his hazel eyes. "What I wouldn't have given to have seen this..." I smile back. "Sebastian was in rare form, it was, to borrow your words Sebby, 'super hot' to see you get so territorial." Everyone laughs at that.

"What did you do Bas?"

"Did you make him cry like a girl?"

I look up at Sebastian and he has an evil smirk on his face, "He tried to apologize to her and grab her hand. I told him that basically if he touched her he would lose his hand. That she is mine, no questions." I wrinkle my nose at him and then turn to sweetly smile at everyone. I hear Jeff whisper to Nick, "They are terrifying..." Santana calls over to them, "Terrifying, but strangely enough it turns me on. She's so sweet and he's so naughty..."  I'm blushing as everyone but Blaine nods in agreement.

I think it's time to change the subject.  I ease out of Sebastian's grasp and he whines slightly in protest.  "Guys I really should start making dinner for us or at least putting some of this stuff away."  Jeff instantly spring into action.  "Precious we'll help you if you'd like."  Nick nods, "We'll help you put things away."

I grab the produce and move towards the cutting board when I hear Jeff calling out, "Did you buy some sort of dessert?  Why is there whipped cream here??"  I spin around with wide eyes and catch Sebastian smirking at me, he mouths nice...

I give him a small wink and then turn towards everyone else.  "Hot chocolate."

"Yea guys, it may be cold later, we thought we'd make hot chocolate later and Rachel ate all the marshmallows last night."

I nod, "Precisely what Sebastian said.  Now everyone who doesn't intend on helping me with dinner please exit my kitchen."  All of my friends leave the room with small glances back at me.  Sebastian hangs back, coming to whisper in my ear, "Now what's the real reason for the whipped cream, Love."

I just smile innocently at him, "Surprise!"