Written By: Sandie Davis & JJ
IF YOU BUILD IT, THEY WILL COME

Sebastien and David decided to get Carlos and Urs involved in the ideas that they had come up with so far.. They had agreed that even though it was Seb’s charity, it would be something from the group. Carlos and Cyd would have the Leila Elena any day now, so timing would be crucial. In Sebastien’s mind, they should all sit down together to see if they could come up with anything more concrete. Before he picked up the phone, he checked his watch. It was still early in the morning, but he knew David would be awake and starting the morning chores at the farmhouse with Walter. Carlos and Urs would already be well into their morning. Sebastien called up to the farmhouse and spoke to David. David had agreed, it was time to get them involved. It would take all four of them to plan, prepare and promote the event. He just needed 45 minutes to finish a few details with Walter and he could stop by in about two hours. Sebastien agreed and hung up the phone, still playing with the last remnants of breakfast on his plate.

He was still deep in thought when Dori kissed his cheek softly and reached for the fork and plate in front of him. “Why don’t you call Carlos first? Urs and Siobhan are most likely on their bikes or horseback riding. ” She smiled and carried the plate into the kitchen, checking the time as she disappeared through the doorway.

Sebastien picked up his pen and rolled it in his fingers. He jotted down a few things as he thought of them. Checking the monitor first, waiting a moment to be sure the twins were still sleeping, he dialed the villa. The answering machine answered and he left a brief message. He didn’t have the phone number for the mansion yet, so if he didn’t hear from Carlos in a short time, he would try his cell phone. He was also wondering when they would be moving into their new place. “Had Carlos told me and I’ve forgotten?” His thoughts were interrupted by a mild whimpering sound from the monitor.
Dori poked her head out down the hallway, but Sebastien had waved her off with a smile. He knew she had been up with them off and on through the night, as had he. Once again, the event would seep to the back of his mind as he walked upstairs to the nursery.

The twins once again seemed to sense his approach and quieted as he greeted them. He took a moment to touch their fair-haired heads as he cooed to them softly. As he picked up Allie, he noticed the reason for the whimpering. A moment later, her diaper was changed. For the moment, he put her beside Yannic and checked the crib sheets in Allie’s crib, finding them damp. He pulled them off and tossed them on the floor. As he looked into Yannic’s crib, he saw that the girls had managed to snuggle together and drifted off to sleep again. Smiling to himself, he shook his head as he covered them with a larger blanket. He hoped they would continue to stay close as sisters.

Before he left the nursery, he wiped down the changing table, and checked the baby supplies, making a mental note to tell Dori to add a few things to the shopping list for the girls. He picked up the soiled sheets as well as a few other things that needed washed before he headed down the stairs again. A few minutes later, he emptied the dirty laundry into the washing machine and turned it on. Noticing that there was a basket of clean laundry that needed folded, he busied himself with finishing that. As he patted the last folded item, he heard voices in the other room. Checking his watch, he had lost track of time. David had arrived. Sebastien hurried up the hallway and into the kitchen.

David was chatting with Dori as they had a cup of coffee, noticing that David was developing quite a tan from being outdoors with the farm work. They chatted a few minutes before David asked if Sebastien had gotten in touch with Carlos and Urs yet. Running his hand through his hair, Sebastien shook his head nervously. They walked into the living room to call again, when a beep sounded from Sebastien’s laptop. He pushed a few buttons and Carlos’ smiling face appeared on the screen.

“Hola from Spain, Sebby and David. I’m glad I caught both of you together. I have some news. Hold on a moment, I have someone here that wants to meet you.” Carlos said before disappearing from sight briefly. “Uncles Sebby and David, meet our newest fan, Leila Elena Marin… born yesterday. I’m so happy I can’t seem to put the words together.” Carlos beamed. As the screen came into focus, they saw Leila Elena snuggled in Cyd’s arms with Carlos beside her. Carlos had his arm wrapped lightly around Cyd’s waist as he looked lovingly from Cyd to Leila Elena. “We are at the new place and I will tell you all about that later. Sebby, how are the little ones there? Now I can see what you meant about fatherhood being the best thing there is.”

Sebastien smiled and nodded, “She is beautiful Carlos and Cyd. Congratulations. Yes, it is wonderful being a father. I hope she brings you as much joy and happiness as our daughters have brought Dori and I… and more sleep too. Allie and Yannic are good… sleeping at the moment, but as you will soon see, that could change at any moment.”

Dori giggled. David smiled. ”Congratulations Marin family…” shaking his head. He patted Sebastien’s shoulder thinking,“…the next Il Divo generation addition to our growing family.”

They continued to chat about the babies. “Do Urs and Siobhan know yet? Have you talked to them?” David interrupted, reaching for his cell phone and hitting Urs cell phone number he had on speed dial. As he did, he heard a phone ringing on the background. Oddly, he could hear Urs answer both through the phone and over the video link. It took him seconds to realize… “Are they there… with you? “

Cyd moved out of the picture as Urs waved, smiling sheepishly as he peeked into view.

“Uncle Urs and Aunt Siobhan arrived this morning to be with us for a week. They have already met our little butterfly. “

Sebastien looked over at David and they smiled at each other. They knew if Carlos was so exited about having a baby of his own, he would love the idea of the concert, and the ideas they had come up with. Urs, they also knew, would love the idea of the concert. He loved performing and was so pleased every time he saw kids at their shows. They also knew how he felt about world hunger and other charities. Sebastien knew that Il Divo as a whole was the only thing that was going to make this concert work. He loved that thought, as he would never want to do something like this without his brothers.

‘SEBASTIEN!!!!!!!!!!”

Seb jumped with a start.

‘Hello, joined the land of the living now, have you?” Carlos chuckled, winking at Seb.

‘You were thinking very hard about something, Seb, are you ok?” Urs asked, looking at Seb with concern.

I am fine, sorry. I was thinking about the first time we all met. We had no time to spend getting to know each other because we had ‘Regress a Mi’ to record. It brought me back to how we all are now. We are like brothers, and that is why David and I have something we would like to share with you. I… we hope not only that you will be interested in helping us do it, but also that we can come up with an idea that will set the concert in motion.”

“Concert, what concert and what idea?” Urs asked, confused.

Carlos just waited, knowing that in his own time Seb would get around to explaining it all.

“Well, the way it started was that I was lying in bed on the night we all got together to talk about the CD and tour, and thought about the twins. How loved they are now… how they will always have security and support and will always be provided for. It got me thinking about my kids on AMTM, about how very little they have in the way of love or shelter. They have nothing, basically, and even though we provide lots for them, I feel like I could be doing more. About a week ago, I asked David to come over and I explained to him how I was feeling and showed him some of the notes I had taken. We came up with the idea of a concert… and we would love to have all of us involved. I don’t want to do it if it isn’t all of us… as Il Divo.”

Dori had slipped away to call Suzie with the news. Moments later, she arrived to see Leila Elena as well. Urs was now manning the keyboard, Carlos sat in the chair beside him as he snuggled Leila Elena close. He continued nodding and commenting as he held her, lightly patting her back or letting her hand wrap snuggly around his finger.

Urs smiled to himself as he glanced over at Carlos and Leila Elena “…Little Angel she is…Yes, the children, we’ll do it for the children…” He thought, as musicians and bands started coming to mind.

Siobhan and Cyd were on the sofa nearby, whispering their ideas between them; excited at the thought of being able to help in some way as well. Twinkle purred happily on Siobhan’s lap as both gave her attention as they planned. The guys continued to discuss their ideas and after a few hours, like they hoped their children would do in the months to come, Il Divo made their first tentative steps in the right direction.