"Welcome home," everyone shouts as I walk into the house smiling, a week after having my son. I drop my bag onto the floor next to the door and hug Luke, who's the nearest.

"Thanks guys," I say, smiling at everyone I can see in the lounge and kitchen.

"Aw, there's the little man," Allie says as Seb walks in holding Jake in a car seat. He carefully takes Jake out, cuddling him. 

"Let me have a hold," Harley says, holding out his hands as he nudges Luke out of the way. Seb scowls for a second before I wrap my hands around his waist. 

"All right, but you have to give him back." Seb laughs.

Harley has been the most shocking around Jake. He is really good with Jake, and, well, he never wants to put him down. Not surprising with all the family around, Jake is never put down for long. 

"I want a hold," I hear Izzy moan from the kitchen. 

"You should have your own, then," Harley replies with a wink at Blake.

"Don't give her ideas, man," Blake says. I turn to look up at Seb, who is grinning at me. 

"I love you, Sebby," I say, reaching up to kiss his cheek. 

"How are you feeling?" he asks as he pulls me closer.

Seb has been very overprotective since the birth and Elena trying to kill me. I don't blame him, but it's a bit overbearing at times to be constantly watched.

"I'm okay, Seb. Everything is okay," I tell him, staring into those bright green eyes of his. He shakes his head at me and looks away.

"Can we talk alone for a minute?" I ask him.

He nods, walking us up to our room before shutting the door. 

"What did you want to talk about?" he asks. 

"You are feeling guilty about what happened," I say carefully.

His face pales before he sits on the end of the bed, with his head hanging down.

"Me being stupid and selfish with Elena almost got you killed, Maisy. I don't deserve you," he tells me.

I go and kneel between Seb's knees. My stomach hurts from the movement, but I push it aside. 

"It wasn't your fault. Look at me?" I ask kindly.

When his beautiful, green eyes stare into mine, I hold back a gasp at how attractive they are.

"I don't blame you, and I want us to have a future. No one is to blame other than Elena, and, even then, it's not her fault because she is ill." I kiss his head, and Seb pulls my face into his hands as he kisses me. I sigh when he lifts me gently off the floor, cuddling me to his chest. 

"Damn, May, I really don't deserve you, but if you want to keep me, I’m always yours." He sighs.

"Well, I don't know. You do forget to put the toilet seat down sometimes, and then there is the dishwasher which you–" I stop to laugh as he tickles me under my arms. 

"You, little madam." He laughs.

There's a knock at the door that stops our laughs before it opens.

"Hey, sorry, but I've got to go. Tristan and my dad are arguing again, something about that cage place in town. I hope Tristan hasn't gotten himself involved in any shit." Allie shakes her head, coming over to stand in front of us. 

"Seb, I know you guys fight sometimes in The Cage, but can you keep an eye out for my brother? I can't protect him if I don't know," she asks, and I tense, feeling bad that I can't tell her. Seb looks down at me with a slight shake of his head before he looks at Allie.

"Sure, but you should talk to Elliot," Seb says, trying to smile a little at her. 

"Yeah, that's not going to happen. The jerk wouldn't help me anyway," she mutters the end part, but I can't help but frown at her a little.

"He would," I tell her.

"You must be tired from Jake or something, so I will ignore that." She winks, as she ignores what I said. I stand up to give her a hug before she leaves. 

"I will walk you out," I say.

"I will try to find our son." Seb laughs, knowing he has a fight on his hands to get Jake back from whoever is holding him. 

"How was the date last night?" I ask her. I know Allie went on a date with some guy she met in the hospital who was visiting his mother. I said it wasn’t a bad idea for her to try dating men again, but she said it would just be something to do. 

"All right, but I promised him another date." She wrinkles her nose at me, pushing her shoulder-length, blond hair over her shoulder. Her hair is now dyed a dark-brown underneath. It really suits her.

"Do you want to see him again?" I ask her.

"Not really, but he is a good kisser, so I’ll give him one more chance." She winks.

I panic a little when I see Elliot's angry face in front of us before I realise he must have heard what Allie said. 

He looks at Allie once, like he is trying to work something out before he storms out the door.

"What's his issue?" Allie asks, noticing him leave.

"Can't you guess?" I smile at her.

"No, I can't and don't want to. I’ll let you find your man and very cute baby." She hugs me again before we separate.

I walk around until I find nearly everyone in the kitchen, eating a cake by the looks of it. I smile when I see Izzy holding Jake, giving him kisses on his head. I notice Blake leaning against the wall by me, watching her with a loving look. He must have noticed me looking at him.

"I know that's not our baby, but seeing Izzy holding him makes me look forward to our future." He smiles before looking at me.

"I'm sure she feels the same way," I tell him.

"I hope so." He grins before walking over to Izzy. 

"Allie made you a cake, so I saved you some." Harley comes to my side with a slice of cake on a plate.

"Thanks." I grin.

After one bite, I nearly moan at how amazing it tastes. Allie is great at cooking, and I would hide the whole cake from everyone if I knew about it. I'm about to put another piece in my mouth, when Seb pulls my fork into his mouth with a pop and then releases it.

"Just wow." He grins. I notice he has Jake, who I smile at. 

"Don't steal my cake." I wink at Seb.

He and Harley laugh. "Well, I have a way of getting us a whole month of cakes," Seb says with a grin. 

“Not without your twin attempting to kill you,” Harley warns, making Seb laugh.

"How?" I grin back, and we start discussing our great plan. Seb explains about the bet he made with Allie. I love the fact that he will share the cakes with me if I help, like he had any chance of not sharing them with me in the first place.

"Your plan is evil and could really go wrong." Harley laughs at us.

"The best plans are always evil." I wink at him. 

Jake starts crying, demanding a feed or nappy change. 

"You two rest, I've got him," Harley says, taking Jake and walking to the bottle maker to put one on. 

"Who knew he’d be so good with babies?" I whisper to Seb. 

"It doesn't surprise me." Seb looks at Harley, with what I can only describe as respect. Even though Seb hasn’t gone into much detail about his growing up, I know Harley saved him a lot and made him the man he is today.

"Hey, sis." Izzy comes over, giving me a short hug. Blake is at her side holding her hand. 

"Hey, I was going to ask you later, but would you be my bridesmaid?" 

Before she can answer, Seb speaks up. "Blake, you’re my groomsman," he says, not really asking.

Blake grins, nodding as Izzy answers, "Yes, I can't wait."

I get another hug from her and nearly fall over as she smiles at me. Izzy may be a little small, but she is strong.

"Come on, baby, I want to show you something at home," Blake says, pulling Izzy back into his arms.

Izzy kisses Blake before turning back to us. "Got to go. I will be over tomorrow, if that’s okay?" she asks.

"Sounds good, sis," I say, causing her to smile widely. 

"About time." Seb pulls me to him, kissing my cheek. 

My phone goes off in the pocket of my stretchy jeans, and I see it’s my dad.

Dad: just checking you still want me over tomorrow. I don't want to get in your way but I can't wait to see my grandson and daughter x

Me: yes I want you over and I'm looking forward to introducing you, too. Plus I have some other news that I want your help with.

Dad: I will help with anything. Do you need me to bring anything over?

Me: No thanks, I'll see you tomorrow x

Dad: Can’t wait Maisy.

I glance up at Seb, who is chatting to Luke. I walk over, giving him a tight hug, and then kissing him deeply. He groans, pulling me away a bit.

"Not that I didn't enjoy that, but why?" He smirks at me.

"I'm just a lucky girl." I kiss him again, and, this time, he runs his hands into my hair. I am aware we are in a crowd, but I couldn't care less as I kiss the most amazing man I know.