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A/N Hello fellow Wattpadians!

So before you guys dig into this chapter, I just wanted to say how much I appreciate each and every one of you guys. Your comments seriously make my day every time I update and I can't even begin to express how much I love them.

As a way of saying thank you to all of you, I thought that I'd dedicate a chapter of this story to every individual reader who has enjoyed this story thus far. There are a few of you guys that I'm personally acquainted with, but I am aware that there are some silent readers out there so I thought I'd start a competition. Leave as many or as few comments as you'd like on each chapter and I'll pick my favourite comment from each chapter. I will then give a special shout out to the owner of my favourite comment and follow them on Wattpad (if I don't already)!

For the last chapter, my favourite commenter was... *drum roll please*... OppaHasABigButt! I love your puns! Your pun game is as strong as Sebastian's and I love it. Thank you for always making me smile when I read the comments.

Also do any of you guys know how to make a good cover? Or knows someone who can? I'm on the lookout for a new cover so please comment or pm me if you do!

Anyway, that's all for now. Hope you guys have had a good week so far!

Love,

Percy

*

"Don't pick it up." There was a hint of frustration laced with amusement in Sebastian's voice as Rebekah scrambled to pick up her phone.

"I can't. It's my mum. Finn might be in trouble." Feeling flustered, Rebekah swiped the phone screen and pressed the phone to her ear. "Hello? Mum? Is everything okay?"

"Everything's fine, hon. I hope I didn't wake you up, but I really need a favour from you."

"Anything." Rebekah could feel her heart pulsating in her neck. Her mum was kilometres away but she still couldn't shake the feeling that her mum knew exactly what she'd been up to with Sebastian.

Whatever it was that she and Sebastian were doing.

"I need you to come and pick your sister and I up right away. It's work. Someone messed up at the restaurant and they need me to go in today."

"Of course, sure. I was on my way anyway."

Her mum breathed an audible sigh of relief. "Oh that's great. Sorry to trouble you so early in the morning."

"Are you kidding? This isn't any trouble at all. You gotta do what you gotta do for family, right?" Rebekah felt her eyes straying towards Sebastian. "Besides, it'd give me a chance to say hi to Finn."

"I think the feeling's mutual. He woke up a couple of minutes ago and asked me when you were coming."

Rebekah couldn't help smiling. "I'm on my way." The words were hardly out of her mouth before she noticed Sebastian standing up gingerly and unfolding his walking stick. "Mum, I gotta go. See you soon." As soon as the call was ended, Rebekah reached out and grabbed Sebastian's hand. "Where're you going?"

He looked confused. "To the car. I thought I mentioned earlier that I was coming with you."

Rebekah could feel her face heat up. He had said that, but with all the drama that had occurred immediately after, she had forgotten.

"Oh yeah." Rebekah made a move to remove her hand from his but his grip tightened. His hand felt warm and comforting as she briefly scanned his face. "But we need to hurry. My mum said that she's needed at the restaurant and she wants me to pick her and Chloe up." Despite what she was saying, Rebekah made no move to head towards the car. Her feet felt rooted to the ground, her mind feeling as if it'd turned into mush. Maybe it was a delayed reaction to everything that had happened thus far this weekend. Or maybe it had something to do with the fact that the pad of Sebastian's thumb was slowly tracing circles on the back of her hand, setting her skin alight and causing shivers to run down her spine.

"Okay, so let's go. What're we still standing around for?" Sebastian had a ghost of a smile playing at the corners of his lips.

Rebekah chewed her bottom lip, trying her best to remember what she'd been thinking before her mind had decided not to.

Taking a quick breath to steady her nerves, she leaned in and briefly pressed her lips against his cheek. "C'mon," she mumbled the moment she pulled away. "I'll help you to the car. You'll take forever if I don't."

Sebastian chuckled and shook his head, murmuring something under his breath that Rebekah couldn't quite catch.

"Seb..." She narrowed her eyes at him. "What did you just say?"

He grinned. "Me? I didn't say anything."

"You did so! I heard you."

"Fine, fine. I'll confess." Sebastian feigned guilt as his tongue snaked out and ran over his lips. "I said, 'Just you wait until I can see again'."

"What does that mean?" Rebekah was perplexed. "What're you going to do when you regain your sight?"

Sebastian shook his head and mimed zipping his lips shut before smiling. But this time, it was different. It was a smile that sent Rebekah's heart into overdrive, making it beat so wildly in her chest that she wasn't sure if she was going into cardiac arrest.

It was a smile filled with mischief and secrets and silent promises.

A smile that promised more to come.

Whatever more was.

*

"Knock. Knock." Rebekah stood outside the door of Finn's room, her closed fist hovering over the door but never once coming into contact. She could feel Sebastian's presence hovering a couple of metres away, afraid of ruining a private family moment. Inside, she heard a childish squeal of delight and moments later, the door swung open.

"Aunt Beck! You're here!" Finn's loud cry echoed through the room. The little boy's face was alight with excitement as he spotted Rebekah. The person who had opened the door, Rebekah's mum, mouthed a silent 'thank you' before quietly slipping past her, through the doorway and out into the hallway.

"Of course I'm here. My favourite nephew is right here. Where else would I be?" Rebekah made her way to the side of Finn's bed, resisting the urge to hug him right there and then.

For a moment, the little boy didn't respond. "Aunt Beck," he said finally. "Are you mad at me?"

Rebekah's mouth fell open. "What? No! No, of course I'm not mad at you. Where would you get such a ridiculous idea?"

Finn's dark eyes watered and he rubbed them with the back of a hand. "Mummy said she was mad because I shouldn't have runned around the road like that."

Rebekah could feel her blood boil. Whirling around, she glared at her sister who was wordlessly making her way out of the room. If looks could kill, Rebekah was sure that she'd already have murdered her sister many times over. She made a mental note to confront Chloe about it later.

In a way, Chloe hadn't been wrong. Finn should have known not to run across the road, but on the other hand, he was only five years old. Wasn't it his mum's job to hold his hand and make sure he doesn't run across the road?

Turning back to her nephew, Rebekah took a deep breath to calm herself before she reached out and gently brushed the hair out of his eyes. "Your mummy was right; you shouldn't have ran across the road like that. It was a very dangerous thing to do. Remember when I taught you how to cross the road?"

Finn nodded as Rebekah stroked his head.

"But, Aunt Beck, I was just trying to stop Charky. He ran across the road without checking both ways. Den I saw the car come and I runned across the road to stop him." Finn's eyes welled up with tears again. "I'm sorry, Aunt Beck. I won't do it again."

"I know you won't." Rebekah wiped his tears away and placed a gentle kiss on his forehead. "You're a smart kid and I love you very much."

Finn looked up at her with wide eyes. "How much? Do you love me a billion and gajillion times?"

"More than that." Rebekah smiled.

"More? Like a zillion bajillion times?"

"Nope. More."

Finn blinked, looking awed. "More than a zillion bajillion? But can anyone love that much?"

Rebekah laughed softly. "Yes. You can. And you know what?" She couldn't resist planting another kiss on her nephew's forehead. "I love you more than anything in this world."

Finn looked pleased. "I love you too, Aunt Beck." He hesitated before asking, "Can you stay with me? Mummy and grandma said they're going home and I don't wanna be here by myself."

"Of course."

"Can you tell me a story? My friend, Stephen, says when he was sick, his sister told him a story about this boy once. He gots to blow his nose a lot because his brain was melting and then one day, all his brains melted out of his head and he had no more."

Rebekah was appalled. "Stephen's sister told him that? That's a terrible story."

"But it's true! Stephen said his sister sweared it." The little boy was completely serious.

Rebekah hid a smile. "Okay then." Looking around, she found herself observing the empty coffee cups and folded blankets strewn across the chairs in the room, evidence of the presence of her mum and sister the night before. She was just about to pick up a blanket when she suddenly remembered that Sebastian was probably still loitering in the hallway outside.

"Hey Finn. I have a friend who came with me to see you. You've met him before. Do you think it'll be okay if I invite him in to say hello to you?"

Finn nodded. "Is he a boy?"

"My friend? Yeah, he is. His name's Seb."

"I remember Seb!" Finn grinned. "He gots the stick to walk with."

"Yep, that's him." Rebekah made a move towards the door. "I'll tell him to come in, okay?"

"Aunt Beck, wait." Finn blinked, his face bathed in the early morning sunlight. "Is he your boyfriend?"