Infectious.

"Sebastian!"

*Pippa's POV*

We entered Sebastian's class room, and I was absolutely horrified by the sight.

Sebastian, a typically sweet little three year old, was biting another child's arm.

Lin was in shock and stood in the door way.

Me? Me, I was livid.

(Bare with me, I don't know Sebastian's middle name, so I'm making it up.)

"Sebastian Manuel Miranda!" I yelled and ran to Sebastian. I pulled him away from the other child. I turned to him and gently but firmly enough put my hands on his arms.

"What the hell do you think you're doing?! You do NOT bite other children! You do NOT be rude or mean either! You do NOT kick or punch! What is wrong with you?! You NEVER do this at home!" I was very upset with him.

He looked at me with a blank expression before he began to cry. The tears came spewing out of him and he was whaling.

Lin walked over to me, picked Seb up and grabbed my hand.

"Come on, we have to go home, we have a lot to talk about..."

The superintendent showed us out and we made our way back home.

Lin was still carrying a crying Sebastian. I was growing rather annoyed. Did Lin ever punish him?

Silence with the muffled cries from Sebastian filled the air. The tension was so tight, it could be cut with a knife.

When we got home, Sebastian's crying had finally subsided. Lin set him down and he scurried to his room.

Lin grabbed my hand and lead me to the couch.

"Pippa..." he started; I think I knew where this was heading.

"Lin, I'm not sorry for what I did. I know you don't want to believe what we saw or what we were told, I don't want to either, but h-" I was cut off by Lin.

"I'm not saying you're wrong. I was surprised at what happened. Both you and Sebastian. I didn't expect you to yell at my son like that. But I didn't expect him to be hurting another child either."

Did he really just say his son? Biologically, yes. But when we got married, I adopted him. He's mine too... I brush it off.

"He needed to know he did wrong. Have you ever punished him?"

Lin shook his head and sighed.

"That's what I thought." I state coldly.

"What's that supposed to mean?" He spat back at me.

"Nothing. It's just, he's three, and he's never been punished? You don't find that alarming? Every toddler needs to be in a time out, to be told no, it's normal, it's how they learn..."

Lin looked down and rubbed his neck. He did that when he was nervous or knew he was wrong.

"It's jus-" I cut him off, I know where this is going.

"I know that after Vanessa..." I tred carefully.

"I know that after Vanessa, you feel the need to give Sebby what he wants, I know that you're scared to tell him no, I know you don't want to mess up raising him. I know you've been doing all you can to bring him up. But Lin, you need to know that is okay for him to know when he's done wrong..."

Lin nodded and looked at me.

"It's okay. Just maybe we need to enforce some discipline on him when he does bad. Our sons gonna be okay. We'll find him a new pre-k. Don't stress. Our son and our daughter..." I said placing my hand and his on my ever growing bump, "are going to be just fine. You know why?"

"Why?"

"Because they have the worlds best dad, who does more than enough for them. And me, I'm lucky because I have you as a husband."

He smiled and me and kissed me. I smiled as we kissed.

Our kiss is broken up by small footsteps coming into the living room.

"Mommy, daddy, I sorry I a bad boy.." Sebastian says with his head down.

Lin goes to him and picks him up and sits him in the middle of us.

"It's okay bubba, we forgive you. But, no TV for 2 days, okay? You gotta learn that every action has a consequence."

Sebastian nods and gives us a hug.

This whole mothering thing was gonna take time to get used to, but as long as Lin is at my side, I think I can manage.