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"-And then! I almost fell but I quickly recovered and the judges didn't notice it!" Zach facetimed his older sister with a huge smile. Seb, Wanda and Zoe were there too, cheering loudly. Zach had his first gymnastics competition against another academy and he got TWO golden medals!

Zach's coach Alonso had been an incredible teacher for the blond kid since he started and his little arms couldn't even do a handstand. The hispanic guy owned the academy and had always been so supportive of him. His latest marvelous achievement was to get Zach allowed to participate in a small competition on the boy's team, "As you should be!" Alonso huffed and ruffled Zach's curls.

Seb and Wanda had thanked him so much and Wanda hugged him. "That kid's got a future in this. I want to be there to see it." Alonso told them.

"My baby kicked ASSES todaaayyy!" "He FLIPPED them off!"

"Oh my god, Mom, Dad!" Zach groaned as Zoe grinned. "I'll send you a vid, man, you should have coooooome!"

"Next competition I'll be there!" Miz promised. "But college is extreme. Can't take a break or the annoying teachers won't check me as present and can fail me for that! I think they just hate that I know more than them."

"No worries, I get it." Zach smiled.

"I'm gonna be Matilda in my theater class, cuz I sing better and I'm the youngest!" Zoe also added. "Dad saw me audition!"

"She is perfect." Seb cooed at his baby girl. She hugged him like the daddy's girl she was. "You're invited to that too!"

"Noted."

"I still don't understand singing." Zach mumbled. "It keeps sounding like weird speech to me."

"You have amusia, sweetie," Wanda reminded him. "It's not your fault…"

Zach scratched his head, where his scar is, and Miz saw Seb and Wanda make awkward faces. "So… How are Llama and Pinetree doing, by the way?" Miz changed the subject.

(Everyone was nuts knowing a 2nd baby was coming so soon.)

Mabel and Max, new parents, tired, with dark bags under their eyes, haven't slept in months, were excited to share the suffering~

She'll be an auntie and Dipper will suffer as well! What a nice gift~ She thought sleepily as she bounced a squirming newborn.

(Paz and Dipper weren't too amused.)

"Oh, they're fine… I'm not sure if they told Llama's parents yet~" Seb grinned as Miz giggled.

"I hope they get butthurt about their fake blueblood mixing with a 'commoner'." The two demons giggled together. "I wanna see the look on their faces!"

"I'm sure they'll love their grandbaby." Wanda diplomatically said, making Seb and Miz laugh even more.

"Well, gotta go check on the kids and focus on boring classes, Seb, Mom! Talk to you later guys!"

Everyone waved until she was gone. Zoe jumped to go bother her plantimals and cuddle them while Zach stayed a bit longer.

"Mom…"

"Yes, baby?"

"You've already decided that Zoe and I can go back to school, right?" He mumbled. "Do you think I can look…take…y'know, change my treatment by then?"

The couple looked at him. "We…think you get a better education with a particular teacher…"

"But I'm-we're missing on school stuff! Amanda talked about the sports events and… having lockers! And y'know, school stuff!" He wanted to have a high school debut! Like he saw on tv. And also, he wanted to have a high school experience!

"Why would you willingly go?" Seb grimaced in disgust. "It's nasty. Bathrooms are dirty, you have no reasonable breaks, kids are assholes! And you'd probably start high school and that sucks even more!" Seb exclaimed. "Public school systems treat you like you're in a prison! And I've been to prison, so I know!"

Wanda put a hand over his. "I…kinda agree with your dad here…I do think our arrangement is more productive and educational. It's less stressful for you, Zoe learns at her own pace and isn't forced to conform to everyone else, you can eat snacks while doing class, instead of starving and being forced to wake up earlier than is healthy for you…"

Zach's eyes glowed blue in anger and the two stared. "It's NOT FAIR! You already made me a freak and now you keep me out of school like a weirdo! Just because Dad thinks I can't handle being with people– just 'cause HE couldn't!"

"Zachary!" Wanda started, but Seb interrupted laughing. "HAHAH! Do you really THINK being in school will make you less of a weirdo, Zach? They won't care about you there! No one will!" The two glared at each other.

Zach bared his teeth, frustration bleeding off him, "Just 'cause YOU didn't have any friends doesn't mean I don't!"

Seb scoffed, "Just 'cause you have friends doesn't mean people won't still bully you for being weird!"

"You two, stop it!" Wanda tried to get between them, but they weren't listening.

"If they try to bully me, I'll just fight back! But I'm TIRED of being stuck at home all day and only getting to see my friends a few times a week! They always have the coolest stories of the stuff that happens in school!" Zach waved his hand, blue fire flickering along it. "I want to go to high school with everyone! I want to be a normal kid!"

"You're not a normal kid, you're a fucking magical trans boy!" Seb screamed.

Wanda pulled on both their shirts. "Hey! Stop yelling! You're both intelligent people! Talk this out without yelling!"

Zach freed himself and just stomped to his room. "Thanks for ruining my life since I was born!" he slammed his door.

Seb growled angrily, but Wanda could see that hurt him. "He's just angry… don't mind what he says." She rubbed his back.

"I don't… I don't understand…" Seb slumped. How could anyone WANT to go to that hellhole? And after Seb had spent so much money to get that home school teacher who was helping the twins so much, and was so kind and patient with them…

"He wants to be with his friends, Seb."

"Have you seen how schools are these days?! They're gonna tear him apart." He whispered, tears welling up in his brown eye. "Just by looking at how short he is… They're gonna hurt him. Kids will use ANY excuse to hurt you!"

"Zach has to fight his own battles too." Wanda hugged Seb. "He's growing up. He wants to get some independence, you know?"

"But he gets it! They go to gymnastics and Zoe goes to theater class! I had to practice with her for her lines! And-And Zach trains for hours and I've waited for him without saying a word!"

"They maybe want… to go on their own? Most kids go to school by themselves."

"Zoe is happy that I drive her around!" "Yeah… maybe Zoe is fine with it." "It's not safe out there!" "I know." "They… they're still so little…" Seb passed the lump in his throat.

"I… I don't want people to hurt him… He's going through so much already…"

"Look. Let's… think about it. The school year hasn't finished yet…Their birthday is very soon and they did say they wanted their ceremony for their b'nai mitzvah… I doubt they will prepare though." She joked.

Seb rubbed his nose. "Yeah, they won't." He chuckled a bit.

-.-

The kids were growing up so fast they couldn't believe it. The octuplets turned seven in a blink, much to Ford's surprise. What do you mean his kids were officially big kids and not babies? What was this dark magic?! Yun patted his shoulder, "Now you know how I feel. It's like I just birthed them not that long ago!"

"I…They were just tiny." Ford whispered in shock. Riley melted at how much he looked like a confused owl and kissed his nose.

The twins turned fourteen, which came with their formal ceremony, and Diego was turning 14 in November as well.

Their grand nephew was already holding his head up! And rolling on his back! What?!

Seb was officially convinced it was his fault time moved so fast. Because he killed Time Baby!

On her part, Pacifica thought her parents didn't care about her pregnancy and their future grandkid, so she and Dipper were rightfully surprised when the two showed up (unannounced).

"Oh." Dipper managed to say as he opened the door and slammed it closed again.

"Who was it?"

"...Your parents… Do you want… me to open?"

Pacifica thought about it. She glanced at her little swollen belly. She was wearing a shirt and overalls, her mom would probably not like her dressed up like this… "Yeah, let them in."

Dipper opened the door. "Oh hey~ I didn't recognize you, guys! Thought you were missionaries or something." He barely managed to keep his voice normal and not mocking.

They scoffed at the rude boy and marched up to their daughter. "Oh~ Look at you~" Priscilla showed some human emotion as she gently patted the still small round belly. "You look good, Pacifica."

Oh. "Thanks, mom…" That was a compliment. Rare.

"Do you know the gender?" Preston asked as he stood near, arms behind his back.

"You mean the sex." Pacifica wasn't as pleasant as Dipper.

"Yes, yes, whatever word you want to use now." Preston waved off.

"Well no. In a few weeks." Paz scoffed and kept an eye so he wouldn't try to touch her belly. He wasn't allowed.

"I bet she or he will be very beautiful~ It's your kid after all~ And Dopper." Priscilla smiled.

"It's actually- nevermind." Dipper gave up and went to get drinks for their unexpected guests. Mabel didn't have in laws, well, she did, but they probably hated her and will never meet her in person… He wondered if that was better or worse than dealing with the Northwests.

"One thing we know for sure is that the boy's family genes are good and we will get cute grandchildren." Dipper heard her parents say.

"The boy (he was almost 30, but still), is kinda decent, his parents had them as kids, but he turned out...ok." Preston guessed.

Dipper decided to take that as a compliment from his strict in-laws.

"He turned out great , ok?! He's wonderful!" Pacifica defended him and his heart beat faster.

They humored them for a bit, but Pacifica chased her parents out not long after that. "Ugh. Can't believe they came." She muttered.

-.-

A girl~

Dipper and Pacifica's first born was gonna be a baby girl~

Mabel was so happy to hear the news. The 2 first next gen were like, inverted them! It was so funny!

The couple took time off work to buy and decorate the baby's new room.

Dipper and Pacifica both didn't want to make it 'pink' just because the child was female. So they settled on some neutral colors of teal and peach. They got the crib, curtains, and a changing station. With Paz's sense of decor and Dipper's eye for details, the room was ready in no time. The only thing missing was their little baby to use it and ruin their sleep schedule.

The blonde had been over the clouds with her pregnancy. The baby she tried around a year to conceive was coming soon, she'd have her in her arms, rock her, feed her (she was taking her supplements religiously) and comfort her when she was scared or in need of hugs. She was so ready to be the attentive, loving mother she wanted, and she knew she'd gotten her baby the best dad possible. Maybe a little dorky and sweaty, but so sweet and kind, brave and intelligent.

It was Mabel's turn to organize Paz's baby shower, a month before she was due to deliver Emilie. She planned to do something big and elegant, like Pacifica liked.

Yun and Riley looked at Ford when they received the invitation.

"Portal." He grumbled, and both laughed loudly at him.

"So he DOES learn from his mistakes! Incredible." Riley mused. "That should be written as a scientific discovery."

"Urgh!" Ford teasingly shoved the both of them away from him.

It was incredible how much has happened in a few months…

Grenda couldn't go… Her twins had been born back in March. The youngest by 10 minutes was named Grayson, while the oldest was the girl, Grenda II, The Sequel… or Junior, for close friends. Marius and her did send Pacifica a nice gift.

Mabel still thought that was the coolest name. Seb…eh, wished the kid good luck.

And Candy well, she actually did NOT plan anything with Gabe but… fate had other plans. Coming with Gabe to the baby shower, under her dress, her small belly bump stood out to anyone with eyes.

Mabel couldn't be happier. Her son, and her best friend's kids will be best friends after all!

-.-

6 months after the first next gen Pines was born, Pacifica went into labor.

Pacifica's mom was infinitely offended when Paz asked Abigail to accompany her and hold her hand and not Priscilla. "She is MY daughter!" The woman complained.

"And it's her birth and she chooses who goes in." A nurse scolded the angry woman who had to settle and wait with Preston, Shermie and Kari outside.

Dipper SWORE he could be in the delivery room with her. He insisted he wasn't gonna puke or faint and will be with her throughout the whole thing.

…

…To his credit, he lasted a while, more than the family expected. He let her squeeze his hand during the contractions, comforted her as she screamed, brought water and wiped her forehead.

The moment he acted brave and crossed to the other side of the blankets to see the real deal when the doctor said, "C'mon, sweetheart, she's almost here!", the sight immediately sent him cold to the floor. Pacifica would laugh if she wasn't in so much pain.

Seconds later, his daughter was screaming into the world, with nurses reaching for her to clean and warm her up. They had to drag Dipper to a corner of the room just to not cause trouble.

Abi glared at her son on the floor as Pacifica completely ignored him, extending her arms to hold her crying baby. "Sh-She's here! Look at her!" She cried, stroking her little head as she slowly calmed down.

Only then did the nurses and the doctor go to check the idiot husband didn't give himself a concussion. They WARNED him, Abi warned him that no one was gonna go tend to him if he fainted. He still insisted.

They heard Dipper mumble as he slowly regained consciousness "Hm…You can do it…Paz…"

Now, Paz laughed despite herself. "She's already born, dummy."

A nurse took the newborn to show the dad on the floor and Paz shakily reached for her phone to take a selfie. It was perfectly positioned to show Dipper still on the floor, the baby with the nurse and her mocking face. Heh, she wasn't going to let him live this down.

They gave him water as he slowly sat up. "Th-That's…"

"That's her." Paz sighed and leaned back on the pillow. Holy fuck she did it…

"You can hold her when we know you're stable." A nurse teased him and Dipper complained as they took her away.

"That's what you get for fainting." Abi shrugged, squeezing Paz's shoulder in a comforting way"

Dipper groaned, everyone always picked on him!

-.-

The Northwests were thrilled to have an heir, even if she didn't carry the family name, the name didn't have as much sway in town as it used to after all. Pines, however, town heroes? Yeah that was convenient. (Preston was annoyed it wasn't a male, but… he'll take what he can get.)

They let the exhausted mom rest before allowing visits and the 2 Northwests entered first, smiling like actual human beings at the gurgling baby. She had blue eyes, a button nose and a mop of blonde hair. Heh, looks like Pacifica wasn't a fake blonde after all. (Ok, yeah, Dipper knew the joke was old, but he still giggled to himself.) Still kind of weird, but perhaps there were blonds in Dipper's ancestry. Uncle Seb's kids were blond too, afterall.

Dipper held his daughter finally, and couldn't stop grinning. He was a father, a real father. This baby was his! This was so amazing!

He called up everyone in his family to tell them she was born and to get here fast because he wanted to show off his baby.

Uncle Ford arrived first, wow, and he hugged and patted his back. They brought Paz flowers and snacks, to which she cried in gratitude "I love you!"

"Congratulations, Dipper, Pacifica." Ford looked at her sleeping in his arms. "Oh, she's so pretty!" Dipper beamed proudly. Yes she was!

When Mabel arrived, her son in the baby carrier gurgled at his new cousin , reaching his tiny hands to grab the smaller baby in front of him. He wanted to touch her face but mommy and daddy didn't let him. "You can play with her when you're older, champ." Max rubbed noses with him.

Kari got to hold her great granddaughter and held her tightly, gently stroking her chubby cheeks. She was so happy to get to meet them… She just hoped to be with her family for as long as she could. She was in her late 70s, and still going strong! (A part of her suspected a certain demon god to have some hand in that. Especially since Kari wasn't feeling as much ache and pain as she suspected she should.)

Seb, with his whole family (even Miz, as it was summer) was the last one to arrive. They left the gifts for Paz on the table. Despite how happy he was to meet his great niece, everyone in his direct family seemed either angry, upset, or awkward because the other was angry or upset. Zach acknowledged the baby and left to play on his phone, while Zoe carefully carried her new niece and cooed.

Shermie, Stan and Ford got a little scared at how Seb bristled with anger. Was he ok? Was Zach ok? They both seemed tense.

Miz knelt down and stared at the baby girl, much like how Xin had stared at Mabel's baby upon their first meeting. She didn't say anything, just stared at the newborn unblinkingly. And finally, she nodded. The family didn't really know if they should ask what that was about.

Elizabeth looked up at Pacifica. "What's her name, Paz?"

The baby returned to her and she cuddled her. "Well, we wanted to match with Mabel's so… her name is Emilie Pines-Northwest."

Mabel nudged at her baby sucking his thumb. "Heard that, Eddie? You have E-matching names with your cousin!"

"Babababa!" Eddie babbled excitedly, waving his hands and kicking his little legs.

Eddie and Emilie Pines. The first grandkids, the first great niblings and the first niblings. They were gonna be so loved in this crazy family.

"But you said his name was Edward. You can't change his name?" Luxuria frowned. Ford ruffled their hair. "Eddie is a nickname, like Lux is your nickname."

"Oh!"

Nick rolled his eyes and pushed them. "How dumb!" How couldn't they understand that!

"Hey!" Ford barked. "No pushing your sibling." Nick just scoffed. Ford rubbed his face, how was he supposed to deal with this kid?

Meanwhile, another one of his kids giggled "Dipper~ Now you'll have to change smelly diappeers~" Ira grinned teasingly and Nick laughed mockingly. "Ewww!" Zoe and Diego, being mature teens, made faces to mock their older cousin. Dipper rolled his eyes before grinning evilly. "Oh yeah? Well, I'll put her diaper on your face!" Dipper, also a mature adult, stuck his tongue out.

"AAaaahhhh!" The kids and teens shrieked and ran away to hide behind their moms. Miz snorted. "Right, you all realized you used to be babies in diapers too right? We had to change you, and wipe your butts…" the children all shrieked and covered their ears.

"Aaaaahhhh! Nope! Nope!" They cried. Mabel, barely stopping a hungry Eddie from pulling at her shirt right there, giggled. "And we even had to HELP." She looked at Dillon. "Am I right?"

"Totally~ Oh I hated it when I was in charge of changing Diego's diaper…"

"AAAAHHHHH!" They screamed again, flames dancing on Zoe's arms. "Sshh!" Seb scowled. "Emilie is sleeping, you inconsiderate brats…" He scolded, not really angry. The other 'adults' in the room laughed. Embarrassing the kids was so much fun.

Dipper noticed Zach was still away from everyone, he didn't even react to the jokes. "Hey, buddy, don't you wanna hold Emilie before she gets cranky?"

"I don't know if I'm allowed. Ask my dad, he apparently wants to control my life now." Zach muttered.

"I don't think you want to make this day about yourself, do you?!" Seb answered back.

"Both of you OUT." Wanda ordered and the two angrily left the room. Everyone was incredibly surprised at the bitter interaction. Seb and his twins never had problems like this before.

"What's up their ass?" Stan muttered.

Wanda sighed. Zoe was less patient, "Zach is being a bitch. And Dad's also being a bitch."

Oh. Well, Zach was Seb's son… he was finally gonna see what it was like dealing with HIMSELF.

Miz bit her lip, looking down and shrinking in on herself. Wanda began petting her head. "It's not your fault."

"What happened?" Ford asked.

Zoe huffed, "Zach asked Miz to magick him taller. Because he is sooo small! And Dad said no. And Miz listened to dad, and now Zach's pissed."

"...oof." Dipper winced. He glanced at Emilie. She was just a few hours old and he was already worried about teenagehood. Thanks a lot, uncles.

Wanda rubbed Miz's back and smiled. "Seb and I just don't want magic on Zach's body. We're trying to do the best for him without it. When he's old enough he can choose for himself."

Everyone took turns to accompany the new parents and help as they could. They also went with Dipper to their apartment to leave homemade meals so they wouldn't need to worry about it.

Stan saw Seb nursing a hot coffee from the machine in his hands outside in a hallway. It was only hot, boiling even, because Seb's hands were burning hot, just a stage before catching on fire.

"You'll melt the plastic and I don't know how you'll explain that to the nurses." Stan nudged him with his shoulder.

"Hm."

Stan simply waited.

"I… I don't know why he hates me so much." He whispered in a way the middle triplet knew Seb did to hold back tears.

"...I… I tried hard to be good… to be a good dad to them… I'm apparently not." Seb rubbed his face with his sleeve. Stan placed a hand on his shoulder.

"I made a scene didn't I? I should be happy, for Dipper, for Pacifica… Emilie was born and I am making it about myself."

"Hey, it's ok Seb." Stan nudged him. "Look, teens are bitches. It's not like there's anything wrong with your parenting. Y'know?"

"Diego doesn't seem to hate you."

"Yeah… but the boy doesn't listen to me, which I think is worse." Stan joked. It didn't work.

"And hey… Zach's going through… tough stuff isn't he? On top of being a teen. Zoe seems… normal to me, which is weird when I say it aloud."

Seb managed to laugh at that. Yeah… Zoe had always been his weird baby… But Zach… "Maybe I didn't spend enough time with him… Zoe sings, and plays instruments, and does theater. Those are stuff I like, maybe he thinks I hate him because…"

"C'mon. It's not your fault. God knows I can't find a single thing to do with Diego. I had to pick him up from the library once because he fell asleep! The library ! Who uses those things nowadays?! Doesn't mean I don't love that little squirt." Stan scoffed.

"Is… it wrong that I don't want Miz using magic on him?"

"Ehhh… well, that's a complicated topic." Stan grunted. "Funny that Miz actually listened to you over Zach. She wouldn't have listened to any of us complaining about that kinda thing back then…" Stan thought of how William had modified his and Ford's bodies without even asking, to make sure they'd survive space. Which was fine, since she'd just been trying to help. And Stan understood that at that time, neither of them would have agreed if William had asked first, even if it meant they'd die.

Stan panicked when Seb looked even worse at that comment. "It's not funny… Her shit is also complicated and I still can't help but worry about how she can coexist in our dimension without making Ax angry, but also NOT stomping her self down just for our sake!"

Stan stared. "Huh. Right. Well, this is something she's gotta work out."

"Miz's been holding herself back more and more over the years."

"I thought she was working on that. We talked about it."

"Yeah, but I still think she's making too little progress. She's a demon, Fez. No matter how much she tries to be a human. Even if she's got the emotions of a human, she's still a demon too." Seb deadpanned at him.

"She came here trying to be good… and she got worse in the process. Ax says she can't BE good. But she tried to be, and she ended up– hurting herself really bad, and hurt Sixer in the process. Ax says she'll eventually hurt him and that he is better off without her, but we both know he loves her and he's been so happy since they got together! So if I don't find a way to prove Ax WRONG she might hurt herself and Ford again in a way that's unsolvable and they'd break up and it'd prove Ax was RIGHT!" Seb was ranting now. Miz had seemed to be getting better these past couple years, but now and then, she would just… slide back into a slump.

"I don't want her to be sad, and I don't want Ford to get hurt. I KNOW it's not my business. I-Im keeping to myself, but that doesnt stop my brain from making me anxious!" He hissed.

Stan stared.

"-And all while dealing with Zach hating me because I'm trying to keep him from being harassed and bullied in this stupid ass country's public school system! And yeah, I don't want Miz using magic on him to alter his body, so what? I just don't feel comfortable with Miz doing that! I gotta keep limits somewhere , don't I?! He's my kid! I can't let a demon modify his anatomy even if she's my friend, right?! I was forced to make a deal with our Bill to save the older twins years ago and I'm STILL worried about the possible consequences! H ow can I not worry for my SON?! I can't rely on her for everything! We have human methods to get Zach what he wants! What if she gets mad?! Or too emotional?! She could accidentally mess him up even if she wasn't trying to! No one is thinking what could happen to Zach?! I am! But clearly he isn't, because he is just a child! HE CAN'T EVEN MAKE HIS BED STRAIGHT WHEN I ASK HIM TO."

Stan blinked. "Ok, that's...a lot there, Seb." He scratched his head as he grimaced. He used to understand Seb's rants as a kid… Now… he might be out of touch.

Seb was panting, out of breath. He looked at his hands, the cup had melted in them, and it was all sticky on his palms. "Sorry…"

"...That's fine…you needed that." Stan patted his back again. "You have a lot in yer head, don't you?"

His younger brother nodded tearfully and finally began crying into his chest. Stan nodded. There it was. This was way more familiar. "Well, I don't understand most of that. But Miz has issues, and Zach has issues. And you're trying your best to be a good dad to both of them."

"Hm."

" And you worry for Ford, which it's ok, I worry about you two idiots since '74, but at the end of the day, like they TOLD you, it's up to them. We focus on the real issues. Zach doesn't hate you. He is a kid. He doesn't understand. You keep doing the best for him. Miz issue: She's doing her best. We told her we support her, and I think she understands it. I think she's been better. It's slow, but she is trying."

"Really?"

"Yep." Stan stretched and Seb leaned more into him. Stan rolled his eyes and rubbed his back until his breathing was more calm. This idiot felt responsible for everything that happened. He really had to relax, they were too old for extra worries.

"Now… You missed the photo Paz showed us of Dipper absolutely knocked out on the floor. C'mon, we all had our turn to tease him." Stan grinned, "You gotta go mock him too~"

Seb laughed "Ok…" He rubbed his face and his eyes widened as he remembered the melted plastic that just smeared on his face. "Oh fuck."

Stan groaned. "Ok, you gotta pretend you're burning ok?"

"Kay."

Stan coughed a bit and prepared himself, "AAHHH HELP! MY BROTHER!" Seb screamed back.

-.-

Zach and Zoe were sat in the living room by their parents for a talk.

The two kids squealed in excitement when Wanda, with a grimace, told them that… they could go back to regular school in the coming school year, just in time for high school.

"Your tutor will still come three times a week to help with the courses he feels are lacking though, and to help if you don't get something. " Seb muttered.

"Aw, what?! Extra work?!"

"That's one condition," Wanda said. "We also expect you to get back to following school's schedule if you'll be going. Waking up early and going to sleep at a reasonable hour. We don't expect you to get perfect grades, but we do want you to be responsible, present all your homework and stay on passing grades."

"You will still go to your other workshops." Seb assured them. "As long as you find a responsible way to fit it in, ok?" Zoe laughed and hugged her dad. She'd gotten so much better at paying attention so she didn't think she'd have too much of a problem.

"Yes, yes, yes! Thank you!" Even Zach smiled and hugged both of them. Seb cherished the hug from his son, feeling it's been forever since he got one from him, and rubbed his back.

"Can we go buy new supplies?!" "And some new clothes?!"

"Yes, yes, but don't go crazy." Wanda shooed them away.

"I love how you keep forgetting who you married! Me? Crazy?" Seb faked confusion and the twins chuckled.

Seb and Wanda weren't really sure about this. The reasons why they even pulled them out in the first place were still fresh in their minds…but the twins were craving spending time with other kids… Seb couldn't deny them that. When he was a kid, he also wanted to make friends… Zach was right about him… Just because he couldn't make friends, it didn't mean the same would happen to them…

At least the twins had their friends waiting for them at school. It wasn't like they'd be going completely alone.

Seb took them to school the first days until they chose to go on the bus on their own.

Seb still made sure they never left home without a yummy healthy lunch and snacks to survive the day. He always cherished the times his mom had time to make them sandwiches and pack lunch bags for them, usually when the Stans would stay longer and he'd wait for them. His father couldn't take it from him that way. She assumed they were eating in the cafeteria after all, it wasn't her fault…

He shook his head. Food. He was focusing on food. He packed them in tuppers (praise Ax for the existence of tuppers, he LOVED tuppers!) and gave them lunch boxes to carry.

Of course, Zach didn't like the idea of carrying it when a cafeteria existed "We're not kids anymore!", but Zoe liked not having to stand in a line and getting yucky food. "Why do you complain about everything you get? Chill." She growled at her twin.

It didn't take long for Carol to find out, despite Amanda's and Henry's attempts to keep it a secret. She didn't mind voicing her opinion to the Pines and to the school about how the school was much better without these problematic girls teaching deviancy.

Seb and Carol almost threw hands like always, while Wanda talked to the principal like an adult. They welcomed the Pines-Friedman twins, this was the high school associated with the elementary school they used to go to, so the principal got access to their files. "We will make sure to respect Zach's preferences…"

"Thanks. That's what we care about the most."

Carol was so horrified to learn there were OTHER trans kids in high school. And even QUEER kids?! What was the world coming to?! She tried to have the school do something, but the principal essentially told her that it wasn't any of her business. "All we care about is that the children are happy and healthy." The principal told her before Carol was more or less thrown out of the office.

Amanda was so embarrassed and done with her mom. As she grew up, the entitled things she said and did just to make others miserable were horrifying and shameful. She didn't want to be perceived that way, she respected Zach, and people like him, because Jesus said to love everyone . Maybe her mom didn't understand that.

Zach and Amanda were hanging out on his house's roof at night. It was pretty easy to get up there actually. And maybe Zach cheated a bit with magic.

"I'm so sorry…" Amanda fiddled with the bag of chips, staring at her house across the empty road. "I tried to explain it to her, but she just…"

Zach sighed loudly. "It's ok, Amanda, really." He chuckled a bit. "Your mom actually prepared me to not mind other assholes. It's like she's been training me and making me stronger. That'll really piss her off." He cackled.

The brown haired girl laughed "Oh, yes, very… Still… I wish dad helped me to get her to understand… but, y'know… he's… out, a lot." She mumbled and her eyes welled up with tears.

"Dads suck." Zach grumbled. "My dad keeps refusing to let me get treatment earlier! He knows who I am, he knows I'm a freak, heck, he even knows that people at school will pick on me!" Zach growled. The worst part was that he wasn't wrong on that last part. Going back to school took time to adjust, it hasn't been more than a few weeks though and people already talked and whispered about him. Especially kids his age or one year older would try pushing him around, calling him pipsqueak or squirt, or tell him to go back to 6th grade.

It… hurt… To be reminded he wasn't growing as fast as he'd wanted… But it hurt more that his father KNEW and SAW and was very comfortable letting him SUFFER! Zach wasn't even sure if he wanted to stop taking the blockers for a chance to grow, risking nasty stuff happening to him in return.

"I'm sure he's taking it out on me. People hated him when he was a kid and he wants me to be miserable as well." He picked up some chips. "I know Zoe is his favorite and all but… I had never done anything to him, I don't get it… At least your dad doesn't hate you." Zach muttered bitterly. He just couldn't understand why dad wouldn't let Miz just make him taller. That wasn't even as intense, magically speaking, as turning him into a biological male! No fair!

"...I think dad is seeing someone…" Amanda confessed.

Zach stopped mid-sad chewing. "Huh?"

Amanda pulled up her legs to her knees and looked away. "He comes home late, I always see him with someone in his car… His clothes have cat fur and we don't own a cat… He is with someone… I'm not dumb… But… I don't know if one day he'll leave me alone and never come back…" And this dumb blond thought he had problems?

Zach frowned and got closer to wrap his arms around her as she sniffled. "Hey, um…" Zach grimaced. He actually did notice Mr. Henry was never around as he grew up. "If he does, that's his loss, because you're the best."

"R-Really?" Amanda sniffled.

"Yup. You're super kind, and funny and you've been my best friend since forever and if he wants to miss all of it, fuck him."

Amanda sniffled but smiled softly. "Thanks, Zach…"

"You're welcome." The two stayed there until it got late enough that their parents would notice.

"Oh. And Zach?" She said as they climbed down the roof.

"Hm?"

"One thing I know for sure is that your dad loves you… Maybe he doesn't understand you need the treatment now and can't wait more, but… he definitely loves you." Amanda said softly. Mister Pines was always super nice. She kind of wished her dad was like that. Paying attention to her. Amanda was a little jealous. She saw the homemade lunches that mister Pines always made for the twins, every day. Even her mom didn't pack her lunches anymore.

"Hm…"

She leaned awkwardly towards him, then stepped back, then leaned again and eventually decided on a quick goodbye kiss on his cheek. "See ya tomorrow." She ran off across the street and went back home.

Zach felt his cheeks warming up for some reason and he went back to his own room. He loved having a room to himself now, even though Zoe sometimes brought her pillow for 'forced sleepovers'.

He laid in bed for a while until he heard a knock and his door was slowly opened. "Hey, honey~ It's time for the bone pill!" Seb presented Zach's vitamin supplements in a little tray and a night snack of yogurt with different nuts like peanuts, cashews and almonds.

Zach glanced at him. "Kay." He took the pills and Seb was gonna leave before Zach called him.

"Dad…"

"Yes, kid?"

"...Why do you…" He took a deep breath. Getting angry right now will only piss him off. "Can you please tell Miz to help me already?"

Seb sighed and sat on the bed next to him. "Zach… I know…you're impatient, I get it, I know you think it'd make things easier, and maybe in another circumstance it would… but so long as you're still a child, and I'm in charge of taking care of you , I'm not altering your body with magic while you're still a child… and not through Miz… You know I love her, but she's currently…"

"All depressed?"

Seb nodded after a pause. "Yeah. Right now, it's mom and my responsibility to take care of you. Miz has enough to deal with. I don't want to put this on her too."

"But-But I want to change now! I want this feeling to stop!" Zach complained, brown eyes welling up with tears.

"I know. And I swear I want you to be happy too! But-" Seb grimaced.

"No you don't! The solution is right there and you won't take it! Because you hate me!"

Seb froze. He stared at his son as he heaved. His good eye swelled with tears and he quickly blinked them away. "...Imagine Miz leaves, ok? No Miz…How about… I research s-some more and-talk to your mom and-and see what we can do… with-with your doctor…" His voice progressively went quieter until it was a whisper, trying to hold it in.

Zach grabbed his glass of yogurt and stared at it. "...Ok…" He whispered too. "Sorry… I didn't mean…"

Seb smiled and petted his hair. "Don't worry… Now eat, ok? And no binder to bed, or I-I'll send Zoe to check on you."

"Fine, fine." It wasn't a real real binder. It was more of a black sport b-word, but it did its job.

"Night, baby."

"...Night."

Zoe slowly peaked her head out of her narrowed door to see dad coming out of Zach's room, rubbing his eye full of tears and taking deep breaths. She could hear if she spied, and she was sure that one hurt him badly . Zach was never like this. Geez.

Dad already came to bring her a snack earlier but she still called for him again. Some distractions might help! He quickly wiped his face and entered her room. "What?"

"Tuck mee~" She motioned at the kicked blankets. Seb snorted. "Are you a baby?"

"I'm baby~" Zoe confirmed shamelessly as she leaned back, hands behind her head. Seb snorted but still tucked her in and kissed her cheek. "Night, kiddo."

-.-

Dillon and Phillip finally confirmed they were getting married next year. FREAKING finally! Carla and Phillip's mom Sam, screamed loudly at that. Diego didnt care. Stan and Phillip's dad, Jerry, just sighed contently. They loved their gay sons…

Mabel self-hired herself to work on planning the next big family event and the two men were actually just scared to say no. Besides, Mabel was good at her job, they trusted she'd make it all nice.

Phillip finally felt financially stable enough to marry his long time boyfriend and everyone was happy. Phillip had his parents, some uncles, aunts, cousins and close friends he wanted to invite, but the rest of his family didn't 'approve of his lifestyle' as if he had chosen to be gay, how stupid, or said they 'respected his decision' but didn't think he should be marrying. He was so sick of his conservative and stupid family, Dillon was SO lucky his family was so accepting about it.

Though, they saved the world from the apocalypse, one of his uncles used to be a demon in his past life, and he was pan with a trans son, the other two uncles were lost in other dimensions for years, they ADOPTED another demon, his uncle had kids with said demon and his cousin married a reptilian man…

Dillon's family was weird as hell. Being gay was probably the most normal thing to come out of it...

There was also a big topic of discussion the two were starting to touch. Adoption.

It'd been on their minds for a while now, between shit and giggles, stopping Bill from trying to make them able to get pregnant, they actually wanted to have a baby of their own. But maaaaybe not through magic. Miz had suggested it, since they were adults and could 'consent' to having magic used on them to alter their bodies. Phillip found it cool, on a medical level, but they still turned her down.

Their cousins had their kids already, and they felt like they were...ready as well. "I don't know anything about adoption though…" Phillip commented one day. "And, I don't know how long the process takes… and-and how do you do it?! There are so many that need a home…" Not to mention that despite how much progress has been made, they could face some bias and discrimination from some adoption centers.

Dillon hugged him gently. "Hey, it'll be fine, you know? I actually have been doing some research and got in contact with an adoption agency. Once we're married, it'll be even easier." Dillon showed his red haired fiancé the information in his Epad. "This place is known for helping lgbt couples and we can adopt a baby as soon as they're born."

Phillip read the information. "Oh…you mean knowing who the biological mom is…"

"Yeah, there's closed adoptions too, but in open ones, you get to know the mom, those who are pregnant and don't want to abort, but don't want the kid…" Dillon pursed his lips. "They told me a lot of teen and young moms work with them."

Phillip's heart clenched as Dillon slowly traced his bare tattooed arm. The older man leaned against his longtime fiancé. "Children are a big deal. We can't make this decision lightly." He frowned, "I don't want to adopt for the sake of adopting, I want… to raise a kid and love them and teach them…"

"Me too, of course! But this can take a lot of time, we don't have to start a process right now… but, start asking about it and getting information?" Dillon suggested and Phillip nodded. "I want a baby… it's your cousins' fault! Them and their adorable babies!" Dillon chuckled. Yeah, it was the twins' fault!

"If we get a baby, I'll be dad, you'll be papa." Phillip declared and his partner snorted. "What? Nooo."

"We need a way to differentiate ourselves!"

"Ok… but if that's the case, you'll be the boring dad and I'll be the cool one that always goes against you and your laws." The two laughed happily and held each other. "I love ya, Philly."

"Love you too, 'Illon.. "

-.-

They were getting close to Eddie's first year and Mabel and Max were so excited. By now, Eddie had met Emi who was slowly learning to sit on her own, Grenda II and Grayson who came with Grenda on a visit to her family and they were already crawling, and the last member of the band, Reese, Candy's baby boy who was only a few months old.

The 4 friends even managed to take a photo of the 5 of them together dressed in similar clothes. Currently, it looked like a lot, but their months' differences will be nothing once they were older kids.

Max also introduced Eddie to his big sister. Eddie certainly didn't like portal traveling, and cried into his mommy's chest for a while. However, a bit of rocking, clinginess and being used as a pacifier as he suckled until he calmed down were worth not paying for the plane. Airlines were an abuse!

They sneaked into the cave system back in New Jersey to meet with Milai, who actually seemed incredibly happy to meet her nephew. Her tail wagged hard as she held the tiny human baby. He looked a lot like Max, well, his human form, but she could see those green eyes were his. And he had little fangs!

"Yeah, and he bites." Mabel mumbled, rubbing her poor chest.

"He's so tiny…" Eddie stared at her with wide eyes. Max's tail wagged too. "It's weird. Most people can't hold him, he just cries until he sees Mabel."

"You're a momma's boy, aren't you?" She cooed at him as he babbled and tried to touch her dark green feathers. Mabel and Max giggled.

"Max…"

Another voice made the siblings jump. Max grabbed Eddie as Milai's spines popped up and she pointed her spear towards the intruder. No one was supposed to be here!

"Mikkai!" Max exclaimed. "What are you doing here?" He had shifted to his own language, but Mabel could understand him because of the mild spell Miz put on her years ago to understand Max better when his English was still very basic.

"..." He rubbed his arm. "I... heard…you'd be here." He mumbled.

"You heard?!" Milai narrowed her eyes. Mikkai raised his hands. "It's fine. It's… It's only me…"

Milai let out a soft growl, "And what exactly do you want?"

"...I wanted to meet my nephew." Max's brother mumbled. Milai glared, how freaking DARE he?! Didn't he tell Max to his face to fuck off?! But her youngest brother grabbed his son and brought him closer. "He's Eddie." Max smiled. Milai twitched. Why was he so damn trusting?

"Wow…he's so… tiny."

"He's actually big in human terms." Mabel felt confident to add to the conversation. "You guys are just giants."

Eddie rubbed his hand over the blue scales. Oohh~ Pwetty~

Max passed Eddie to Mabel as he rubbed the back of his neck. "I…I didn't think you'd want to meet him…"

"I'm sorry…I shouldn't have…said those things." Mikkai said as he looked at the ground, tail between his legs. "I miss you." That was true. The guilt was eating him alive and he needed to talk with Max, at least just SEE that he was fine! Maybe that way he could convince himself there was something positive that came out of it… Like the pup he managed to conceive!

Right?

"I…I miss you too." Max hugged him tightly. " I can get a mirror for you too, like the one I use to talk to Milai, and we…we can talk again. I'd like to hear about my niblings too. "

Mabel watched Milai scoff and cross her arms. Why was she so upset their quadruplet wanted to reconnect?! That was good! She coughed to catch the attention of her giant sister in law, "Hey…so…what's up with you? Are you married~?"

Milai smiled. " Actually, I will… I just fought my partner's sister."

"Oh my gosh." Mabel squealed and flapped her hands. "So you'll do the hunting for the clothes next! For the ceremony!"

" It's still so weird to hear a human female know about our marriage traditions. " She even insisted Max could marry their way as well… She was a good female, she even cared for Max to be proper with their Gods…

"What can I say~? That's just the Mabel way~" She bounced Eddie in her lap.

" Thank you for taking care of him." Milai placed a hand on her shoulder. Mabel looked up and smiled. "He is everything to me. I'd fight anyone for him."

"...I truly do like you. You'd make a pretty good eix leel warrior if you weren't human ." She laughed. " I'll try to find something nice for Eddie's first birthday. Those are really important."

"Ooh~ Thanks!"

Mikkai glanced at her 2 brothers. Hopefully he won't cause Max more problems than he already had…

-.-

2028 was gonna be the year Dillon finally married his best friend, his love, his everything. The due date was September. This month will soon become the best of their lives.

Their wedding was going to be in New York and thanks to their portal watches, Mabel was able to travel back and forth easily to organize the event. Eddie HAD to come with her, because he would cry nonstop if he was left behind. Sometimes it was tiring, but it seemed he was getting used to the portal and only needed her milk for a bit before calming down.

He was a very clingy momma's boy, Stan had commented on that while chuckling, but Mabel just loved to have him here, and he behaved well while she was working, so she didn't see a problem. Her job was planning literally everything in whatever event she was hired for in her little business, from decoration, to the location, to the services offered, as well as catering, flowers, cake, transportation and everything else. She had been working on expanding her business for a while. She was a very busy businesswoman who still made time to wear cute clothes and make people happy.

For the right payment of course… that dumb jar of money left an impact on her since she was a child and the…shudder, Gremloblin that invaded the house...

Though she still made a discount for her older cousin, as an early wedding gift.

"Oh come on!" Mabel groaned to the phone as Eddie played with her hair. "You've always made cakes for me, Gustav! Just because they're gay? Seriously? Well, then I'll find someone else, you intolerant nugget! Yeah! Intolerant nugget! Good day and goodbye!"

Eddie tilted his head to the side. "Bah?"

"Can you believe people STILL think like that, Eddie?" Mabel shook her head, disappointed. Maybe she could ask Bill, she was sure s/he would like to make them a beautiful cake. Of course, Seb would complain that Bill was cheating with magic, but… Mabel thought a magic cake sounded like a wonderful idea. Think of how fancy they could make it if the cake wasn't bound by the laws of physics?! Besides, they had always loved cooking, and she wanted to make them feel included in the family in any way possible.

They've also begun referring to the demon as Bill, to try and make them feel comfortable with the knowledge that they were a Bill Cipher, and the Pines all still loved them regardless.

She dialed Yun's number to ask. "Yellow?" Mabel heard Yun's voice. "Hey Yun, my usual baker refused to make the wedding cake because he's a poophead. Can you-"

"I WILL MAKE THE MOST AWESOME CAKE EVER!" Yun cried out in excitement before Mabel heard the click and silence. Mabel rolled her eyes. Well, hopefully Yun remembered to ask Dillon and Phillip what kind of cake they wanted.

He (Xin) almost didn't, but remembered to ask at the last minute. And when the young couple were summoned to town for the first trials, they had NO idea of what they wanted their cake to look like. "I want it gay though! It HAS to scream gay!" Phillip raised his hands and declared. Xin laughed and started walking them through cake bases to start with. Did they want vanilla? Chocolate? Red velvet? Matcha? Funfetti? Ice cream?

"Is gay a flavor?" The older man asked and Dillon sighed in exasperation. Phillip suddenly gasped "Rainbow cake!"

"...that might work? Like layers of different cake flavors in different colors?" Xin asked, drawing up some notes to himself. Ira and Gula were playing with his tail as he worked, he flicked his tail and grinned when his children pounced on it. "I can do that. The flavor might be super weird but if they ate the cake layer by layer they could just have each of the flavors one by one…" Put something between the layers to separate them? Or doing something like a checkerboard cake, with all the different flavors?

"I like that, yeah...7 flavors in one slice." Dillon leaned against Phillip, cradling his arm to his chest. The red-headed smiled and pecked his lips, making the girls whine. "Gross! Go kiss somewhere else!"

"Is it because we're gay~?" Dillon raised a mocking eyebrow and Ira blew a raspberry. "No. Kissing is gross in general. I don't get how Dad can kiss Mama!" The 2 shuddered.

"The human mouth is filled with so much bacteria…" Xin shuddered. That's why he let Riley handle that part, he was more than happy with the continuous snuggling, massages and headpats.

Dillon and Phillip touched each other's tongues while Xin, Ira and Gula screamed loudly. "For Ax's sake! That's gross as fuck!" The little bastards just laughed at them.

-.-

Mabel involved their demon in the planning, and Bill seemed to actually be happy. Getting to be in charge of the cake, and the catering, since several of the people Mabel worked with on that also ducked out. She made sure to blacklist them from future events on account of them being jerks. Mabel was glad Bill was feeling better. Giving him some sort of project or task seemed to take his mind off whatever was bothering him.

Speaking of the wedding planning…

Phillip stood still as Sebastian helped him get his suit on. Seb, of course, HAD to design and make their outfits. However, the grooms weren't asking for a particular theme all the family had to wear on this occasion, so the designer didn't have to make clothes for everybody like he did the last wedding. Still, he was putting all his heart and handicraft on it. Phillip wanted his clothes to look perfect , and they were working super early into the year. Seb had been breaking his head on how to design what Phillip and his nephew wanted, but at least it was fun and kept him occupied.

The red haired groom had seen photos of the suit Sebastian made for his own wedding and begged for something similar, so Seb was gonna work hard on a long train for Phillip's suit, which came like a cape with beautiful intricate patterns. Phillip had giggled at the sketch that he finally approved (he was really demanding) and said it looked like a peacock. "A cute peacock though~" Dillon purred when he saw the designs.

The younger man had been measured before and had been amazed at how easily the brunet turned those measurements into lines and curves on paper, which then were used to cut into the fabric he chose. He even got to see how his uncle in law cut and sewed different parts of what will become his suit super fast with immense precision, doing swift, confident moves. Wow. "You're great at this."

"Eh…Well, I've been doing it since I was…15? So, roughly 40 years?" Seb pinned up another part.

"Wow." Phillip couldn't even imagine himself as a professional with the same level of skill and experience as a doctor. "You're truly an expert… And you also design dresses and even casual clothes!"

Seb grumbled and kept sewing, his face going red.

The suit wasn't done yet, but Phillip could already see the shape he wanted, just like in the drawing. Incredible. And meanwhile, Phillip used to suffer in suturing classes…

"Can you make Dillon a cape veil too~?" Phillip asked Seb with a pout, Dillon wasn't here while Seb was doing the fitting for Phillip's suit. They didn't want to see each other in their suits yet, it was supposed to be a surprise. "Well, I WANTED to, but Dillon doesn't want to look like a peacock… too much 'gayness' apparently." Seb scoffed. That kid...

"But we ARE gay…" Phillip raised an eyebrow. Seb shrugged. "I don't know kid...but you two are totally getting cute flower crowns!" The young doctor squealed. "Oh my gwad! I'm so, so, excited!" The red-headed man exclaimed. Seb smiled widely and kept fitting him in the early stages of the suit. "I know, and I'm glad Dillon found you…I like having you in our family…" Sebas confessed.

Phillip sniffled and hugged his soon to be uncle in law. "I love all this family, damn it!"

"Ah! Needle!" Seb squeaked as he got poked and the younger man let him go. "Sorry…"

As Phillip took a break responding to some emails from work ("I'll be back soon, promise. It's for my wedding, sorry!") and Seb wrote down what he had to do next, the younger man looked at Seb's open laptop, where he saw a bunch of open tabs ('Holy shit, close your tabs, man!' Phillip cried internally), but the one opened was one about treatment for trans kids…Oh…

"Hey, Mr. Seb…How's Zach doing by the way?"

"Besides hating everything about me? I think he's fine." Seb sighed.

"He'll be turning 15 soon, won't he?"

"Yeah…I don't-I don't think we can stand another year of this." Phillip's heart clenched at the pained expression on Seb's face. He was really a good dad, he was trying. It was so much more than other kids got, and he still got shit for it, not fair. Then Phillip thought of something. "Y'know… You live in Oregon…We usually say a kid should wait till 16 to start hormone treatment, but in this state it IS allowed to start at 15 with parental consent…"

Phillip yelped when Seb basically jumped in front of him. "You mean he could start this year?!"

"Y-Yeah, if his doctor deems it appropriate. I'm sure they would, I've known Zach since he was little and it's pretty obvious how he identifies." Phillip frowned as the tailor began crying. "Oh no, I-I didn't mean-"

"This is the best news you could have given me!" Seb hugged him tightly. "I'll add a cape to Dillon's suit for the photos, fuck what he says!"

Phillip laughed and patted his back. "That's awesome!"

Seb cackled. They could finally get Zach some T! And then maybe he'll finally stop being so angry about everything!

-.-

While Xin worked on the cake and food, Sebastian on the suits and dresses, Mabel on party planning and Stan on funding it (the old miser actually offered to pay for a part of it, to the surprise of everyone), Phillip and Dillon were finalizing the guest list.

Dillon had a bunch of family on his side, and he didn't like how this was making Phillip sad. "We could invite less people…"

Phillip shook his head, "No… It-It's fine. I'll just invite the people who actually care about me, why invite those who don't like me and my awesome fiancé?" Dillon smiled and kissed his nose. He loved this guy's optimism. Where would he be without him?

–.-

Great news for the Pines-Friedmann!

Zach was told by Seb that the doctor approved to begin starting him on T after his 15th birthday. The boy screamed and ran around the house wildly at the news. He even hugged him tightly and thanked him. Seb just hoped his son would finally feel better.

As soon as he turned 15 he jumped over both his sleeping parents ("Oof!" "Zachary!")

"Let's go to the doctors!"

"Zach… it's…" Seb checked his phone, "Five in the morning…. I doubt they're even open…"

"Nah, uh. They have to always be open! They're a hospital!"

"Uuuuhhh…" Both parents groaned. Wanda curled up to spoon Zach, who cried in shock as he got cuddled by his mom like some kinda of teddy bear. Seb smiled sleepily. "We need to make an appointment… let us be… awake at least…" She mumbled.

Zach grumbled but agreed. Fine. He tried to escape though, he wasn't some baby to sleep with his parents! But ended up passing out between them for a few more hours. When Zoe woke up, she just had to take a picture.

The appointment was scheduled a few weeks later, where Zach got to talk to his doctor who listened carefully to all he said. Then the doctor talked to him of all the changes he was going to experience, and if he fully understood what each of the changes meant, even the not so nice ones.

"Yes, I understand," The blond teen said solemnly.

Then the doctor talked to his parents to tell them the effects and all the consequences of this transition. Wanda and Seb looked at each other.

"Unlike the blockers, these effects will cause physical changes to your child's body."

"...Yes. We understand."

And a few weeks later, Zach was clinging to Seb's arm, brown eyes wide in terror at the huge needle they wanted to stab in his leg. He was trembling, he was never a fan of injections.

"C'mon, the doc is waiting." Seb nudged him.

"With this one I'll be a man?"

"You are 15, you're not a man , but you are a boy." Seb assured his kid. "...And no, you actually need a bunch of these… continuously. For many months to several years, and then continuing to keep getting them for the rest of your life."

Zach whined.

Eventually he got his shot, and got a lollipop as a reward. He collapsed in his dad's lap moaning, making both adults laugh. "You're being dramatic." Wanda ruffled his hair.

"When is it gonna make me look like a boy?"

"Honey, it takes time to work. It's got to go through your body and get incorporated by all your cells and stuff."

"Ugghghhh…" Zach moaned.

It really felt like it was taking forever. He waited impatiently for the first effects to happen! Something! Ugh! Why won't his parents just let Miz magic him?!

It was almost a month, Zach and Zoe were playing videogames when she stopped, made a face and sniffed him. "Yuck! You stink!"

"But I just bathed…"

"Then learn to do it properly! Blaghh! You're all sweaty." She whined. Zach blinked before smiling. "I think that's the first change…"

"Congrats, you're a stinky sweaty boy now!" She complained, covering her face.

He was also measuring himself every night. As time passed, he saw excitedly as the little marks he made moved upwards. He had been growing, but it was super slow. But he was growing faster now! Like Zoe was! Hopefully he'll be taller than her!

He texted Diego about it, super proud, to which he replied ["Hah, lol. You think you'll have a beard by the time Dillon's wedding comes?"]

Zach laughed loudly ["No, this crap takes forever to do something. I'll be lucky if I even get more hair by then"]

["Gross"]

["You're gross"] Both cousins chuckled to themselves. Then Zach got another notification.

["So, do you want Amanda to notice~?😏"]

Zach felt his face going incredibly hot and his hands flickered with fire. What?! Why would-Why would he even say that!

Sure…Zach was happy he was starting to grow up again. He still felt a little awkward, still paranoid about his chest, and generally everything, but Amanda did notice and said he looked fine… She had scared the hell out of him when she appeared in one of his gymnastics classes and caught him in short shorts and a sleeveless t-shirt. "Wow… I… never realized you had muscles before…" she whispered.

Zoe ALSO didn't stop bothering him about how he couldn't stop blushing all day. Not even when she went with her friends to play in their new improvised garageband. She KEPT texting him stupid things like he was in love and he would have babies with Amanda! First of all, he didn't have the right parts YET! And second! He was too busy with his treatment and classes and gymnastics to worry about pathetic human things like love!

...Urgh, he sounded like dad…

["Shut up she's my friend!"]

["Oh sure, pretend Zach Pines"] The 14 year old typed with a grin. C'mon. Anyone with half a brain would see Zach liked Amanda and that the girl was crazy about him. Diego didn't understand anything about love and girlfriends and all that romantic stuff, but he wasn't blind . But Diego was starting to think that Zach and Amanda were blind. Yeesh.

["Anyway! I'm gonna need to wear a suit. Ugh. I hate ties."] Zach complained. Stupid dad making him strangle himself.

["I cant believe your dad is a designer and you hate dressing up xD"]

["Your dad was a professional football player and you can't kick a ball :\"]

["Touché"]

The cousins texted for a while, eventually Zach asked, ["So are you using your wand to do magic?"]

["Yeah, but it's secret. And I still need to draw the glyphs. I just poke them with my wand to activate."]

["Can't you draw the glyphs in the air with the wand? Like in movies?"]

["I tried. It… kind of works, but I need to focus a lot harder to make the wand trace magic into the air. If I lose focus it'll just fizzle out."]

["Man, it'd be so cool if you just moved your wand around and do magic!"]

["That's what I get for having a normal non magic dad :("] Zach snickered at that.

[Oh. I forgot to tell you something. Zoe will kill me if I do, though]

[Promise I won't tell!] Diego replied, curious.

Zach sighed. ["Ok so…I was…discussing with my dad…"]

Zach and Seb were eating each other alive in an argument. Again.

It had happened before they turned 15, so Zach wasn't in treatment yet. That might have contributed to the absolute stress the poor brunet man carried constantly nowadays.

Today, the argument began when Seb told Zach that he needed to eat all his veggies.

"What? I already ate half of them." Zach huffed as he poked at the peas. Ew. "You know I hate them. You do this to annoy me every time! You never cook stuff Zoe doesn't like."

"Because I eat everything, dumbass!"

"And you know we don't waste food in this house." Seb glared. He starved as a child, so he always ate all his food. Wanda looked at her son with a serious look. "On another day when you're helping your dad to cook, you can choose the veggies, but right now you're gonna eat what you have."

"Why are you so annoying?!" Zach kicked his chair.

"Don't talk to your mom like that!" Seb growled, baring his fangs. Zach growled back.

["Discussing? Bout what?"]

The blond coughed. ["Not important. y'know, dad stuff. But Zoe got reeeaaalllyyyy angry."]

Zoe was begging them to stop, this was so ridiculous! "Please! Zach!" She grabbed his arm, but Zach wasn't listening to her. He and dad were just screaming at each other. Mom was holding dad's arm, and Zoe was pulling on her brother. Still, they continued yelling. And it was stressing Zoe out. She was so TIRED of this! Her brother was being a jerk for PEAS ! Why did he keep doing this?!

It sucked and she couldn't stand it anymore!

"BOTH OF YOU SHUT UUUUUP!" Zoe screeched. She burst into flame, making her family jump. (Unfortunate that Miz wasn't home anymore. Or maybe it was good that she wasn't here to experience all the angry feelings going on.)

Zoe was just so angry . She screamed as stomped her foot and growled. " Zach! Stop being a FUCKING BITCH! " Her voice sounded weird, but Zoe wasn't paying attention to that right now.

Her family was staring at her.

"Holy shit." Seb said finally. "You have one too?!"

"Huh?"

"What the hell is going on?!" Wanda screamed.

Now Zoe got a little worried at the scared and shocked expressions of her family. She slowly looked at her hand and noticed her nails were long and black and that black was quickly spreading up to the rest of her arms. And… that she had two right hands now? "Ack!" Zoe shrieked and shook her hands, whipping her head back and forth and staring at herself. She had four arms now?! The 2nd pair were glowing green, and seemed to be growing out of her sides and they also ended up in clawed fingers.

["OHMG! She just turned into a freaking demoN?!"] Diego gasped.

["Yeah!"]

"Mom?!" Zoe whimpered.

Seb stared at her fangs and black eyes with green slitted pupils. He didn't know THAT was also inherited! Zach stood there, completely forgotten. "Listen… it's fine… Just breathe." Seb focused all his attention on his distressed daughter, who had somehow gained a demon form, like Seb had.

"What's going on?!" Zoe clawed at her face, wincing as she hurt herself accidentally in the process. "No, no, don't do that, just close your eyes and breathe."

"I can't! What happened!" As she got more agitated, she felt her back hurting as more arms tried to break out.

"Seb!" Wanda screamed.

"..." Seb closed his eyes for a bit. The only thing he thought right now was to transform himself. Ugh he hadn't done this in years, this was gonna leave him sore for days, he was sure…But his baby was terrified and needed him.

Wanda and Zach stepped back as they watched, eyes wide, jaw dropped as Seb took his own monster form which even made him GROW. It means that Zoe wasn't even in a FULL monster form yet…

"Oh my god!" Zoe screamed and stepped back and the fire burnt more in her arms. She fell backwards and the floor immediately began burning. He'd worry about it later.

"...I DON'T LOOK LIKE THAT!" Zoe realized, staring at the similar yellow clawed arms, black arms and hands and black eye. Something was wiggling under her dad's shirt and she wasn't bother to THINK what the FUCK that was.

"...I can do this…I didn't know you could also do this…but you can turn back to normal… Just, focus on making them go away before the mouths appear…" Mouths?! Zoe was barely handling the extra arms!

Zoe closed her eyes tightly and curled up in a ball, shaking.

["Dude that sounds fucking terrifying!"] Diego was gasping back in his bed, staring in shock at the phone. Uncle Seb could do WHAT?! And NO ONE bothered to tell them?! He thought the extent of uncle Seb's powers were like, fire and floating things!

["Yeah things were already scary enough and dad then said MOUTHS and that's when my mom started losing it. Also the floor was burning so I focused on absorbing that fire while dad tried to get Zoe back to normal."]

Seb sat with Zoe on the floor and pulled her close. She clung to him and whimpered, weirded out by how she could feel her other fucked up arms holding onto her Dad. "It's ok…Breathe…It'll be ok…" Seb said as gently as he could. "It's weird, but it's just a magic thing. I have it, and I'm fine. You're going to be fine. Just breathe, and listen."

Zoe buried her face in her daddy's chest. Ok, it's ok. This was just a magic thing. She could handle this…

"This happened to me too…I was also scared…" Seb kept going, trying to explain. "It reacted when I felt a super deep emotion… I'm pretty sure it happened because your cousins Dipper and Mabel were keeping me on my deadend like usual…"

Zoe managed a little giggle.

"But seriously, it's weird. And a little uncomfortable. You're gonna be sore for a while after changing back. But you're fine. Come on, try and change back. Just breathe."

Seb watched her take a few shaky breaths, but clearly she wasn't all panicking anymore. When she looked up at him, asking if it was gone, he could slowly see her black eyes going back to normal. "There it is~ Those pretty bicolored eyes are coming back~" He cooed.

Zoe relaxed, and winced in pain as the pair of arms went back inside. As she changed, her dad changed as well to accompany her. "You… you have red hair." Zoe saw her dad's hair in more detail. "It seems to be glowing inside…"

"Yeah…it's messed up." Seb stroked her hair. He pulled a long strand. "Wanna see yours?"

Zoe looked at her ends and gasped. "It's blue!"

"Well, more like light blue, but yes. It's pretty, but it's finally leaving."

Finally both were back to normal, panting on the floor. She ached everywhere and couldn't stand up. Wanda finally rushed to her and fell to her knees. "My baby! Are you ok? Fuck, you scared me!" She squeezed her, making Zoe hiss in pain.

"Sorry, sorry!" Wanda fused over her daughter.

Seb shook himself to get rid of the last bits of his monster form. Ow. This definitely was gonna hurt later. Ow… He looked to his left and saw Zach just… staring at them, looking confused. But at least the anger from before seemed to be forgotten for now. Seb sighed.

[So…then dad said that based on what happened, there's a high probability that I'm also gonna turn into a monster thing eventually.] Zach rolled his eyes. Because THANKS dad.

[Shut upppp That's still so cool! Wish I did.] Diego pouted. [Anyway, I have to go. I've got some essays to finish.]

[See ya.]

—.-

The day of the wedding came. Bill had split himself into Miz, Xin and Yun for the event. They were all working very early in the day, making sure all the finishing touches were in place. Ford laughed as he watched Miz scream at the cupcakes. "Miz, I'm sure they're fine." He tried to assure the girl (who currently looked to be in her early-twenties). She was decorating all the food into rainbow colors. From what Ford would tell, Miz was upset that the cupcakes weren't soaking up the rum as quickly as she wanted. Phillip has asked for alcoholic cupcakes for the adults and she wanted to make it work!

"But it has to be perfecctt!" She screamed and they heard Mabel also barking orders at the workers who were finishing putting the decorations, chairs, tables etc. for after the actual wedding.

"Move your lazy ass! Is that what I'm paying you for?! You can write a letter later, Gary! I'll put it where I care!" She pointed at a trash can. "Yes, Mrs. Pines!" They all gulped.

Stan and Seb were so happy and proud of their little niece. She even managed to get respect (and fear) with an adorable baby on her back! "Bah! Bah! Gah!" Eddie shouted too, imitating his mommy. Maxini was following behind her, helping out in whatever way he could. He wasn't all that good with crafts and decorations so he mainly just helped carry stuff. "Mabel? Maybe ease up a little?" He asked. Mabel softened at his words. "I know, I just want to make sure everything is perfect!"

"Everything will be fine, it's still pretty early and we need to get ready for it." It started at 8:30pm so she and Miz wanted to have everything ready ahead of time. At least the grooms' suits were finished. They would be taking photos later before the wedding. So cute~

Mabel gasped. "Shoot! Max, we didn't call the babysitter! Ah!" She pulled at her hair and the former reptilian man calmly put his hands on her shoulders. "I did, earlier, it's ok…" Mabel sighed in relief. "What would I do without you?" she gazed up at Max and kissed him. The couple snuggled happily before Yun ran past with a tray full of fancy sandwiches while screaming "WHERE DO THESE GOOOOO?!" Mabel laughed. "Set them on table E. I have the chart of how I want them arranged on the table."

"Thanks!" Yun cried before running off again. The triplets, who had come to see the place earlier, rolled their eyes. Everything was going to be fine, they were all worrying for nothing. "Can you believe Diego doesn't want to come to his own brother's wedding?!" Stan frowned.

"And why not?" Ford and Seb gasped. "He has 'homework'." Stan made quotation marks and made a face. Ford smiled a bit. "Well, he's being responsible, but I bet he can finish them before the event." Stan rolled his eyes.

"Nerd. Nerds. The both of you. His son is a nerd because of you!" Seb gasped. Ford punched his shoulder.

"Either way, I forced him to come. Because I ain't letting him skip his brother's wedding." The middle triplet crossed his arms.

"Pfft. The twins ditched classes to come, they're quite happy for the excuse." Seb laughed as he somewhat lied. They must be helping somewhere right now. He actually had to force them to skip school. He didn't understand them. Who would want to go to school? Besides, not going to school for a day wouldn't kill them! They can ask a friend for their notes or something. "Hey, did you choose to torture yourself again and use a plane?" Seb teased his older brother.

Ford scowled. No. He learnt his lesson. "A care unit is gonna help get them ready and bring them here again when it's time, as Bill will be here all day and Riley and I gotta get ready as well." He raised an eyebrow, ready for a comment he didn't like.

Seb just smiled. "Good. She's your girlfriend, you gotta bring her to the family events."

"...I don't know if you're being sarcastic or not…But I don't like it." Ford narrowed his eyes.

"I AM LITERALLY JUST BEING SUPPORTIVE!" The youngest triplet snapped.

Stan jabbed Seb in the belly with an elbow, hard, and he doubled over in pain as Ford got a hard slap on the back of his neck. "Hey!"

"Shut the fuck up? Both of you! You're NOT ruining my son's day! I'm only warning you ONCE!" Stan barked.

"I was not being sarcastic. I swear!" Seb hugged his big brother, making him grunt and pull away from him. "We're buddies now!" It's been a while since the apology, and it took a while, but Seb and Riley were now on good terms (the way Seb saw it). Sometimes, a little too much, in the ginger's opinion.

The curly triplets turned around when they heard said red haired calling Ford with a smile. "Hey, I should get going. I'll finish the work for my job so I can be free tonight~ My boss is so unreasonable!" she joked, getting an eye roll from him. "See you in a couple hours, you help poor Yun here. I think she's going insane from trying to make all the sandwiches the exact same size." She grinned as she hugged him and pecked his lips "Alright." Ford kissed her forehead.

Seb waved at her "Ey! Hey! Riley! Hi! Hi! Did you receive the dress I made? You did receive the dress I made! Are you wearing it tonight?" His love language was clothes. And he took Ford's "Free clothes would be nice", literally.

"Hey~ Hi, oh yeah, I think, see you all later, kay~?" Riley grimaced and quickly escaped. "Oh my god, I think I preferred him when he hated me…" Carla heard her joke as she opened a portal and snorted loudly. "You get used to it." The ginger hugged her sister in law and teleported away.

Stan snorted at Ford's confused face, trying to decide if he preferred that interaction over hostility, and moved towards the table to grab a cupcake. Seriously, what the heck was up with them and not being able to interact like human beings? Stan was about to take a bite on it when he was suddenly pulled back, held by the collar of his shirt. Stan turned to see Xin glowering at him. "Those. Are. For. The. Wedding." the dragon growled.

Stan whimpered. "But I already touched it…" he reached his tongue out to try and lick the frosting, to claim it so Xin couldn't take it away from him. Xin's eyes narrowed but Mabel appeared and shook her head. Typical. "It's fine. He can have one ." Xin grumbled but finally released Stan. "Fine. But no touching the rest of the food. The preservation spell on them is finicky!"

"Yeah, yeah…" Stan ran a hand over his shirt and huffed. He was paying for this. He should be allowed to eat! Seb wanted some, but Stan refused to share, and the two were now arguing over a cupcake. Speaking about normal human interaction…

"After I saved your ass?!"

"Who helped bring back your memories?! Huh?!"

"I never asked you to! Just give me some!"

"Over my dead body!"

Ford massaged his temples as he slowly shook his head.

-.-

The guests started arriving at 8. Phillip's parents were impressed with the decorations. They really liked it. Everyone was dressed up formally, with suits and beautiful dresses. Zoe didn't complain much about the dress this time, she knew it was a formal event and all, she even accepted putting on a bit of makeup and her long hair was straightened, but she wasn't wearing any heels. Fuck heels.

Zach pulled on his collar but otherwise remained silent. To be honest…he thought he'd feel weird like always, but after some months into his transition, he actually felt a bit more manly in how he looked wearing a suit.

He bet he'd look even better when he was older! Zach flexed in front of his mirror, appreciating that the muscles he'd gained from gymnastics were growing and helping him fill out, even a little.

Wanda told him that he was a very handsome boy, which made Zach beam proudly. The start of his transition had done wonders in helping him feel more confident. He even noticed he was beginning to get LOOKS FROM GIRLS at school! That was GREAT!

Zach secretly hoped he would be able to get as muscular as Uncle Stan, Shermie or Ford (sorry dad, you're not manly enough!). He went to his gymnastics class every day and trained really hard, he was sure he would be fine!

Meanwhile, still at home, Pacifica sighed and rubbed Dipper's arm soothingly as he paced, not even fully dressed up. He was holding his sweet, unaware of anything, baby girl, but he was suffering from separation anxiety already . "But what if she cries?!" "What if she's hungry?!" "What if she has a nightmare?!" They had hired a very recommended babysitter for their daughter for tonight and she was arriving soon, but Dipper was still worried.

"She's got it, Mason." Pacifica rolled her eyes. " Relax, Dipper, sh…" She stroked his palm soothingly. "I'll also miss her but it's only for a night… Look at Mabel, she's going to leave Eddie with a babysitter tonight. And if you're so worried, we can call and check up on Emilie every once in a while." Dipper nodded, whimpering. The blond rolled her eyes. "Come on nerd, you need to finish getting dressed."

Everyone was finishing getting ready and then they'd sneakily teleport. Most of them were already set for the wedding but the children needed more time to get dressed.

Wanda worried about Miz, Xin and Yun all being there, afraid to have her adopted child split in so many parts but Yun snuggled up to Ford's left and Xin on his right with identical smirks and said they could handle it.

"It's fine, I'll keep an eye on them." Ford assured the blonde.

It's been a while since Stanford had begun dating the alien (without taking into consideration their break), and had gotten used to the 'poly' arrangement people perceived them as. Screw people. Besides, apparently he was in a real one now, so he learnt to ignore others. He liked them, and people weren't gonna tell him what he could do. Not anymore.

He draped an arm along their shoulders, "Hey…isn't this the first time we are all together out in public? As partners officially?" Riley was also here after all!

Yun felt herself getting flustered as Xin blinked. "You're right…" The dragon, more bold, was trailing a finger along Ford's chest and the scientist blushed as the two leaned in to kiss his cheeks, one on each side. The octuplets all gagged "Eeeew~!"

"Mama, Dad is being gross with mom!" Marie complained with Riley, thinking it'd actually do something. The woman noticed and joined in on the kiss, going to sit on Ford's lap and straddling him to claim his lips, making the octuplets scream even louder.

"I mean, we're not ALL here, since William wasn't invited to the wedding." Xin pouted. Ford chuckled, "Well, most of the guests probably won't be fooled by us telling them that William just has a birth defect like Yun does."

"You just don't want anyone seeing William."

"Because he's mine. I'm not sharing him." Ford huffed.

"Not even with me?" Riley fluttered her eyelashes.

"Especially not with you! William's mine." Ford growled. The three laughed at him. Ford was so weird sometimes.

They were FINALLY ready for the wedding. The huge group went to the reserved ballroom where the ceremony and afterparty would be (All the decorations being rainbows and all the food being arranged to look like rainbows, Phillip had INSISTED). Some other guests had arrived already, but they were still on time because Dillon and Phillip weren't there yet. Stan and Carla met with Phillip's parents, and greeted their son in law's family, a bit sad at how small it was compared to their side. They wished Phillip had the same acceptance from his family. But he was part of their family now, he was loved here.

"I can't believe my baby, my only baby is getting married!" Phillip's mom wailed. Her husband snorted. "And dressed in white...as if… " He joked, making Stan snort and Carla and Sam gasped. How dare they?

The twins sat next to their parents and Seb threatened to take their phones if he saw them playing with them during the ceremony. "But I get bored! What am I supposed to do?" Zoe complained. "You have cousins?" Seb suggested.

"But Diego is with his phone too, and the octuplets are kids! I'm not gonna babysit them!"

"Uh…what about your uncle Jacob and Aunt Fio's kids?"

Zoe pouted. "They're too old…it'd be weird." She sulked.

Seeing no kids around their age made Seb sigh in defeat. She immediately went back to texting. "Just no phone during the actual ceremony and formal part, deal?"

""Deal~"" Zoe and Zach nodded. Miz was still helping to finish up the food preparation. But Seb hoped she would just sit down and try to relax.

Dipper managed to connect the house's cameras to his phone app and sighed in relief when the image of his infant daughter appeared on the screen, soundly sleeping. "You see? I've got everything under control!" Katie, the babysitter, said by phone. "Enjoy your party, Mr. Pines!" Then she hung up. Pacifica sighed. He worried too much. She kissed his cheek. What a nerd, but she was so grateful he cared so much for their little girl.

Finally, the time came, and the grooms were going to make their appearance. The music began to play and some flowers were tossed around. First, Dillon came in, dressed in his snappy suit, Seb was muffling his excited screams into his hands. His oldest nephew was finally getting married! Ahhhhh!

The judge smiled a bit as the young man entered proudly with each of his parents by his side. Carla's eyes were full of tears but she was smiling widely, while Stan was scrunching up his face in a weird expression that made the octuplets giggle into their hands. Ford gently shushed them but made a grin of his own. That was Stanley's 'I'm not crying, you are!' face.

They reached the stand and Dillon hugged his mom, who kissed his forehead and then he hugged his dad, sniffling a bit as he clung a bit to him. "I knew I'd have you here with me for this…even when you were still missing… I knew you'd be back for me." The young man whispered.

Stan's breath hitched as he just patted his back and told him to not crouch. Dillon smiled softly. Dad…

Then the music changed, and Phillip, holding his mommy's hand (because SHE wanted to give away her baby boy and Jerry wasn't able to since he was too busy sobbing into a handkerchief like a victorian woman), slowly entered the room, his long train-like cape fluttering in the air behind him. Jerry sobbed out, "THAT'S MY BOY! MY SWEET BABY BOY! WAAAAAAA!" (Phillip sighed, his dad was too dramatic.) "I LOVE YOU! MY GAY SON!" ("Ok dad." Phillip laughed.)

Stan went to his seat and basically began ugly sobbing "My baby is getting maarrriieedddddd! He was so small when I first meet hiimmm! And now he's getting maaaaried!" Stan wailed. Carla patted his back. "Ok honey, breathe." She wiped one of her own tears though.

Stanley glanced at Jerry and dramatically wiped his nose. "I'm SO proud…I bet I'm the proudest dad in the room." ("Fuck you, Pines! I'm way more proud than you!" Jerry screamed.)

"Oh yeah?! Well I've been crying since BEFORE we got here! No one is prouder of those gay boys more than ME, Abbott!"

"Oh?! You wanna GO Pines?!"

"Please don't fistfight during the wedding!" Sam scolded both and the two dads crossed their arms and huffed. Their rivalry was just starting.

The twins and Diego, who joined their cousins, were giggling at the two dummies. Stan was so loud they could hear him over the music.

The rest of the ceremony went by, Phillip stood next to Dillon and they stood close to each other as they listened to the judge. There were a lot of things said, basically the judge reading out the laws and what marriage meant. Dillon squeezed Phillip's hand. It was time for their vows.

Phillip was going to start but he had to take a few breaths before starting, he didn't want to cry like a baby. "Dillon...I-I love you...and-and I'm...I'm so glad that I met you all those years ago…sitting in French class and looking so confused..." He took another deep breath. "You're hilarious, charming, you make me feel good about being myself and every moment with you makes me feel like the world is a beautiful, wonderful place because YOU'RE here!"

Dillon sniffled. "Oh Philly…" The two gazed into each other's eyes. "And I told myself, 'Don't you DARE let this cute boy get away! He's wonderful and you better treat him right!' and now, I just want to tell the me from back then 'You're friggin' RIGHT!'." The two laughed. "So I'm gonna cherish you for the rest of our lives. If I could even give you a FRACTION of the joy you give me, everyday...that would be all I need."

Now Dillon was trying not to cry. "Philly...You-You've made me the happiest man on Earth… I-I was so worried you didn't want to be with me… I have-I haven't been shy about who I was, not with my family at least… But, but you made me so happy, you-with your beautiful smile and-and how open you were...you helped me totally accept who I was...and-and I want to spend the rest of my life with you, just like I am, always by your side…" The two leaned closer and the only reason they weren't kissing yet was because they were waiting for the judge to give the go ahead. "I love you so much and I was so happy when I found out you wanted to marry me." He sniffed. "I'm so happy to be here. With you. Getting married TO you. I'm so happy you like my crazy family."

Everyone laughed. Stan laughed through his tears. "We're all nuts!" He shouted with a hand in the air.

"We know, Dad!" Dillon turned to look at his Dad before looking at Phillip. "And now...you'll be part of my crazy family...crazy beautiful Phillip Abbott…soon to be Phillip Abbott Pines." He slowly put the ring on Phillip's finger and looked at the judge. "...can we kiss now? I can't resist anymore." He whined pleadingly. The judge chuckled. "You may now kiss the groom."

Dillon practically tackled Phillip, the two kissed passionately. Everyone cheered and clapped. Stan was wailing his eyes out. Carla had her hands over her chest, blinking tears away. She smiled at Phillip's mom. Now Stanley was hugging Phillip's dad as both cried their eyes out.

"That's my gay brother!" Diego whooped loudly with his hands in the air.

"Stop kissing before you kill Phillip!" Zach called with laughter. Finally, Dillon and Phillip pulled apart, panting for air. "Ok! Enough of this! Let's party!" Phillip roared and everyone cheered as music started playing. He offered his husband a hand and Dillon grinned, taking it before running to the dance floor. Everyone got up to start dancing, eating and chatting with each other.

The cupcakes were a hit, the alcohol was probably the reason.

Ford found himself being dragged off to the food table by both versions of his partner. He was getting some odd looks but Xin and Yun didn't care. Being able to hug Ford from both sides was FUN! And then Riley joined in, getting them even MORE looks, which only seemed to amuse Yun and Xin more.

"I made the drinks too." Xin said proudly. "It's a bunch of those fruity, sweet alcoholic ones I love, but in giant punch bowls so you can get really fucked up by drinking too many!" He sounded much too smug about it.

"...you also have an entire table of martinis stacked in a pyramid." Ford stared. Xin huffed, "Yes, and it took HOURS to stack up! So if anyone knocks it over I'm gonna be pissed."

Ford reached up to pluck out one from the top, to prevent it from toppling. He took a sip, "Oh, it's good." He blinked down at it.

"Yeah, I had fun getting all the colors." Xin notably didn't get a drink for himself. As sad as it was, he and Yun decided not to get any alcohol or chocolate. Sad.

Ford carefully grabbed 2 more colorful drinks. He passed one to Riley and then grabbed one more to hand to Yun and Xin. "Thanks." Riley said as Xin pouted and replied "No thanks… We won't." The two looked away.

"Why? You love this stuff." Ford insisted.

"Too dangerous. You don't want us showing any magic. So we need to stay sober to keep us from slipping up." Xin folded his arms.

"It's just one~" Riley gently put a hand over Xin's arm.

"We're lightweights." Yun shrugged. "It's fine. We're trying to be responsible today. You go and get wasted!" Ford and Riley shared a look.

"Fine, if you really want that." Ford started as he slowly sipped the red drink. "But tell us if... there's something you wanna do."

"Oh! Wanna dance? I… do wanna do that." Yun tugged at Ford's hand. Ford blinked, looked at Riley then at the still full drink in his hand. He was going to need to be a little more tipsy for this social activity that required him to let go of his inhibitions, his dumb scientist head concluded.

He gulped it down as well as the two he already grabbed (Yun, Riley and Xin gasped) and wiped his mouth. "Alright!" He exclaimed, panting. Riley laughed as Ford was dragged away. Yeah, she wasn't gonna dance in heels. Ouch. She'll wait until people get more drunk and start taking off their shoes.

Xin nudged her, "Hey, I can switch out your shoes if you wanna dance?" He suggested quietly.

"Maybe later? I'm still not in a dancing mood."

Xin nodded, "Alright. Well, I can keep you company until then."

Riley raised an eyebrow, "You're not going to mingle with the other guests?"

"Nah. I actually don't like social functions much." Xin admitted.

"Oh…" Riley slowly leaned against his shoulder and rested her head there. Xin stood there a bit frozen, but then slowly hugged her closer. He led her over to a table so they could sit with the chairs pushed together. Riley sipped her drink slowly, savoring the sweet taste. "These are really good. What'd you put in them?"

"Not cosmic sand, despite Seb joking about it." Xin laughed. "So I made a mix of tequila, limes and oranges…"

At another table, Miz watched Yun and Ford dancing, and watched Xin and Riley chatting.

Miz just sighed. She was jealous...of herself? That was weird. She was smiling though, spending some quality time with the twins and Diego who were talking about magic. Diego slipped and mentioned Zoe's monster form, to which Zoe gasped "You told Diego, you traitor?!" "Sorry!" and Zoe's eyes turned black and green as she tried to strangle her twin.

The octuplets were bored, there was no one their age to play with, but they decided they could keep themselves entertained. They didn't want to bother their parents, they looked so happy dancing together! Daddy was making funny faces as both mommys started dancing with him.

So they ran over to Baba who was sitting by himself. (Riley had finally gotten up to go dance.)

Xin blinked. "Hey shards, what's up?"

"Not nuggets?" Elizabeth giggled.

"I like to switch things up, keep you all on your toes." Xin ruffled her hair.

"Baba, why aren't you dancing?" Isaac asked.

"Well, Riley decided to two team Ford, so I'm letting Ford fend for himself against their combined onslaught." Xin fake sniffled, "He won't stand a chance. And I'm abandoning him to his fate."

The 8 year olds all laughed loudly. Silly Baba!

"When will we leave?" Lux pouted, already wearing their headphones.

"If the party's too much for you, I'll send you home with Unit 27." Xin patted their head. They agreed and went to get snacks from the table Phillip authorized for them. The snacks were kid friendly there. Would be a shame if the kids got drunk from alcoholic cupcakes.

Wanda laughed and deposited her husband on a free table and water. "Stay there."

"Noooo, don't leave meee~" Seb tried pulling her closer. Wanda grumbled and pushed him. "Drink some water, I need to go to the bathroom~"

Seb whined and went to sit down. After a bit, someone sat beside him. Seb glanced over and gasped.

Oh my Ax!

"Riiiiley~" Seb slurred, "What choo doing here?"

"Uh? I'm resting my feet for a while."

"Cool~" Seb wavered in place. "Hey, we are fwiends, no? I wanna beee!"

"Eh…I don't think we're that close yet, Sebastian." Riley told him sincerely. Seeing his destroyed expression, she continued "But you are my boyfriend's brother, so I suppose we are somewhat on friendly terms." Now, at least.

"Hehehehe…yay…" Seb swayed in place. "You're sooo serious~ You're seriously so funny, I was wrong~"

"Aw, well, thanks for that." Riley rolled her eyes. How many drinks had Sebastian had?

"Do an accent~"

"Pardon me?"

"You come from, like, a million years ago! Do your real accent!" Seb giggled, which made Riley smile despite herself.

"Sorry, that only gets out when I'm super angry~"

"Aaawww! Not fair!" Seb whined, kicking his legs.

Riley yelped when her chair was pulled towards the man, she caught sight of a yellow glow surrounding it.

"So you wore all those big pwetty dresses and hats and had needles in your hat to stab men?" Seb blinked blearily. "I've– always wanted to learn more 'bout that kinda stuff."

Riley laughed loudly. "I-I actually did, yeah. It protected you from the sun AND preying men. It was awesome. They should bring them back. You're a designer. Why don't You bring them back?"

Seb gasped, as if he was told the biggest secret in the world. "I AM a designer! I can bring them BACK!"

"What about corsets?!"

"Eh, I'm not against it. I just don't need it anymore." She shrugged. Corsets were used for a specific silhouette you wanted to achieve. Nowadays, it isn't necessary. People didn't go around in large gowns anymore.

"Tell me something embarrassing Ford has done these months~" Seb asked, bouncing in place.

"Oh, but I shouldn't be exposing all his embarrassing secrets."

"What embarrassing secrets!" He threw his arms open. "Teeelll me!"

"Ah ah, not telling~" Riley chuckled. Drunk Seb was so silly. He rested his head on the table, and didn't move for a while. The ginger actually considered asking for help because he was completely still, but he eventually turned to look at her. "Hey…"

"Yes?"

"You know who you remind me of?"

"Eh, nope. Who?"

"Nora! You're just like her!" Seb smiled, sort of sad, but fond.

"Who is she?"

"Was." Seb's smile was nostalgic. "She was a… a friend. She… died, a long time ago…"

"Oh, I'm sorry to hear that." Riley didn't know what else to say here.

"Yeah…but she was soo cool. She was also stinky rich. Like you." (Riley made a deadpan face.) "-And she knew a lot, and those assholes were like 'meh you can't study and be intelligent! Go marry and have babies!' And she went 'Fuck you!' And-" Seb sighed. "You remind me of her. You're cool. She was nice…and I know you're nice…and you are perfect for Sixer…"

"Thanks, I suppose?" She smiled, she was glad he didn't irrationally hate her anymore. It was gonna be hard if this was kept up.

The recently married husbands walked around taking photos with their guests and eventually reached them. Seb grinned and hugged both with all his might, kissing Dillon's cheek loudly as he held his face so he wouldn't escape his love. "Argh, uncle Seb!"

Phillip laughed as the photographer captured the precise moment.

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The party lasted until late in the night, family and friends started saying bye one by one, but their direct family and friends stayed until they were politely kicked out from the establishment.

Phillip picked Dillon up and carried him bride style out to their ride. The car had a large rainbow flag behind it. Everyone laughed and waved the two of them off as they drove to their hotel room to spend a night. Stan sniffled as their driver picked them up, "I… I can't believe my baby's married…" Carla hugged him. "Come on, Stanny. At least we know he'll be in good hands." They all yawned as they headed back to their own houses through portals.

The octuplets had been sent home hours ago with Care Unit 27. So Ford, Riley, Yun and Xin just had to get home themselves.

"I-I'm sorry you had to deal with my drunk brother …Really, there's never a moment Seb can behave and be normal."

She patted his back. "It's fine. It was kinda fun, y'know, to see how he really is, it means he's comfortable with me." She smiled.

Yun nudged them in the direction of his room, "Yes, yes. You can talk some more once you've had a good night's sleep."

They got to Ford's room and Xin and Yun began to help Ford undress. He mumbled, trying to do it himself but ultimately just flopping an arm around. Riley was also getting out of her dress, her heels kicked off in the entryway to the shack when they first portalled in. "Mm…" Ford leaned against Xin's chest. "I can… too…" Ford pulled at Xin's shirt to try and get it off him. The dragon laughed. "You're tired, Ford. Just let us get you out of your suit, and go to sleep."

"'M not tired…" Ford snuggled his face into Xin's chest.

"You're also drunk." The dragon added with a smile. ("I wanna… cuddle…" Ford nuzzled Xin's chest.) "Ah huh, well let's get you to bed."

Ford watched Riley change into her pjs (she liked wearing a nice, thin nightgown, it was pretty) as he was undressed. Ford slept in an old shirt and boxers, so Xin was pulling all his clothes off him right now and Ford enjoyed the feeling of Xin's gentle hands.

They nudged him backwards so his head hit the pillow and Riley sleepily climbed under the covers.

"We'll be back, gonna check on the babies." Yun and Xin quietly left the room. Ford's sleepy brown eyes met with Riley's blue ones.

"This was a great day, even if your brother was being weird."

"Hm… if he hurts you, I shoot him…" He said solemnly.

She turned her head around to look at him. "That's sweet Ford, but please don't shoot people. I love you, dear."

"Love you tooo, too much…" Ford slurred burying his face in her neck and passed out.

When Xin and Yun came back they watched the two humans sound asleep. They stared at each other "My turn!" "My tur-dammit!" Xin grinned at Yun as he climbed into bed with them.

"I can just make the bed bigger." Yun pouted. She flicked her fingers, expanded the bed, and climbed in. The two halves of the same demon grinned at each other before scooting in and wrapping themselves around both Riley and Ford. The Shack was a bit colder because it was September, so the humans cuddled closer to the super warm demons. Xin stretched, shifting and spreading his tail out to wrap around them all. Riley was laying on Ford's chest. Yun snuggled against her side, with Xin on Ford's other side.

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Ford woke up with a big problem.

One. He was hungover as fuck.

Second. He was wrapped in a cocoon of limbs. Which wasn't bad. But he was also… uh… he needed to pee.

"Mph…" Ford struggled, trying to ignore the headache. "Mmmpph!" He said louder, unable to articulate words and resolving to primitive noises. He had no strength to lift the tail off him and Riley's leg was on his belly, putting pressure on his bladder. "MMMPPPHH!" Out! Let him out!

"Mmmorning Ford…" Xin said sleepily. Ford whimpered. "S–shi…"

"Need to pee?" Xin mumbled. Ford whimpered again. "Can I just magic it out of you?" Ford nodded. Xin flicked his fingers and Ford groaned in relief. Damn, that was useful. Now he could settle back into the cuddle pile without worrying.

Ford closed his eyes and sighed in happiness. But his insides DID feel weird. Just… it felt like the pressure of his bladder was just… draining away. Like feeling like he was peeing without really peeing. Then again, it was less weird than that time William put food INSIDE him. But this weird draining feeling felt… uh… what was this feeling…

Riley twitched. She slept soo good~ She rubbed closer to Ford, trying to go back to sleep until her head stopped throbbing. Ford let out an unusual squeak.

Ford whimpered again. Xin hummed, "What? What's wrong now?"

Ford didn't want to say it. He simply tried to clamp his legs together, but couldn't because Xin's tail had somehow found itself between his thighs in the middle of the night.

"Come on, what's up?" Xin nuzzled into Ford's shoulder, his tail curling and making Ford's problem worse.

"Mph." Ford whimpered again, eyes crossing a bit. Xin frowned as he sniffed. "Oh, you're horny." The dragon said matter of factly. Ford blushed.

Riley snorted loudly, still curled up, having woken up earlier. Ohh~ She reached to touch his chest. "He is, isn't he?" She stroked his chest hair. "I don't mind helping him deal with that."

"Oooh~ Fordsie~ do you wanna wrestle with the three of us~?" Yun purred.

"Huh?" Came the first word of the day. "The three?" Came the second and third English word of the day. Ford was clearly still a little sleepy. Xin, Yun and Riley grinned. "Yes. Three. Unless you want William to come here too~?"

"No share." Ford pouted. William was just for him to touch and cuddle.

The three laughed at him.

He nodded at the suggestion once his brain fog dispersed and he remembered he could talk again. He had had… moments , with each of his partners, ones where he was comfortable and still had fun and… felt good, but the three of them? At the same time? That was a new one.

Ford raised his arms, reaching for Riley first since she was closest. She grinned as he pulled her in for a kiss. His mouth tasted bad, which he realized right before he began the kissing. "Xin? Can you…"

"Got you covered." The dragon flicked his fingers and Ford felt his mouth scrubbed clean and fresh. Seriously SO useful! Riley asked for a cleaning too, and Yun obliged. Now that it was settled, Ford and Riley began making out in earnest.

With his free hand, Ford reached over to pet Xin's hair, stroking around until he found Xin's antler and wrapped his hand around it. Xin purred deeply and laid down, tail wagging back and forth.

Needless to say, Riley didn't need her nightgown anymore for this~

Yun wanted attention too, she whined and purred, so Ford had to take his other hand off Riley's cheek and place it on Yun's head to give her head pats too. Frankly, he was lucky his other partners were happy just with headpats, or else Ford wouldn't be able to handle the three of them at once.

Ford was happy. Truly happy. And he was so relieved he didn't feel like his brother was trying to sabotage it, anymore.

Xin was feeling Ford's mood going down, so the three began distracting Ford so he wouldn't have to think about it anymore. Both because they didn't want Ford being stressed, and also because neither Xin nor Yun liked the taste of Ford's stress. So Xin's tail found itself back between Ford's legs, and the dragon rumbled as Ford stroked his antler. Yun's tentacles stretched out from her back and wrapped around the two humans. They were all wrapped up together.

They spent a good long time cuddling aggressively on Ford's bed before the humans got tired enough that they just collapsed back to sleep. Yun and Xin high fived at a successful foursome.

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