AUTHOR'S NOTES: The original version of this story is part of my secondary timeline. This version is part of my main timeline in order to add in some of the newer characters I've introduced and will also fix continuity errors from the original version. The original version has been taken down from this site to avoid violating the Rules & Guidelines. Now some of you might complain that the original version was better. If you believe that to be the case, then don't despair; the original version is on my Google Drive and I have posted the link on my Twitter. So without further ado, let's get to the story.

This story takes place in December 2019.

CHAPTER 1:

On December 1st, Aubrey sat down at her computer about to type an e-mail. What she was typing could be heard in a voice-over.

"Dear Bellas,

You are invited to the Donaldson House for the Bella's 1st Annual Christmas Party. There will be fun & games, a Secret Santa gift exchange, a Christmas feast, and a very special Christmas concert where the Bellas have been asked to perform. The festivities will begin on Thursday December 19th, and end following the Christmas feast on Saturday December 21st. Please respond with your RSVP so I know if you will be attending.

Season's greetings,

Aubrey."

In a montage similar to the phone montage from the first movie, all of the Bellas looked at their phones to read the e-mail Aubrey sent. Emily was concerned that she & Benji may not be able to afford making the trip up for the party due to their wedding being 2 months away, but Aubrey assured them they would not need to book a hotel room. It gave Emily a sigh of relief from a financial point of view knowing that the only thing she & Benji had to worry about was booking a flight. After the two spent about an hour looking at possible flights, they found one at an affordable price. And with that, all of the Bellas have confirmed their RSVP's and will be attending.


17 days later, Aubrey came home with some Christmas decorations.

"Chad, I'm home." Aubrey said walking in the door while struggling with boxes of decorations.

"Here, let me give you a hand with those." Chad said carrying some of the decorations Aubrey was carrying and they sat them down in front of their Christmas tree.

"Thanks. There's some more decorations in my car." Aubrey said as the two went outside to carry more stuff in.

After they got inside with all of the decorations…"Just think, our first year hosting a Christmas party since we've been married." Chad said.

"And not only that...but it's also Finn's first Christmas." Aubrey added.

"Yeah. It's so exciting. Did you hear if all of the Bellas are coming to the party?" Chad asked.

"They're all planning to. Though I feel bad that Emily & Benji had to dip into their wedding budget just to come here." Aubrey said.

"At least they didn't have to book a hotel room." Chad said.

"Yeah. Especially since I bought all those air matresses for everyone to use." Aubrey said.

At that point, Aubrey received a text from Jessica. It read "Can you or Chad pick Ashley & I up at JFK tomorrow? We land at about 3pm."

Aubrey replied "I'll have Chad come pick you two up."

Jessica replied "Great. See you tomorrow."

After Aubrey read the text, she & Chad got out the decorations Aubrey bought.

"Wow, look at all of this stuff you bought today." Chad said.

"Yep. I got us a new wreath for our front door, some new tinsel for the tree, and I even got us a tablecloth for the party." Aubrey said.

"What do you say we put the tables together and put the tablecloth on right now." Chad suggested.

"Good idea." Aubrey said.

At that point, Aubrey & Chad grabbed the tables they would use for big get togethers (such as this one) and put them all together to make one big table. Once that was finished, Aubrey opened up the new tablecloth, and she & Chad grabbed opposite ends of the tablecloth before putting it on the big table. Afterwards, Aubrey received a text from Emily. It read "Can you or Chad pick Benji & I up at JFK tomorrow? We land at about 3:15pm."

Aubrey replied "I'll have Chad come pick you two up."

Emily replied "Great. See you tomorrow."

"Well, that tablecloth definitely looks great." Chad said.

"Yeah, it does." Aubrey said. "Listen, tomorrow while I work on getting the place ready for the party, can you pick up Jessica, Ashley, Emily, & Benji at JFK?" She asked.

"Sure. When do they fly in?" Chad asked.

"Jessica & Ashley fly in at 3pm and Emily & Benji fly in at 3:15pm." Aubrey said.

"Cool. So what else has to be done before the party tomorrow?" Chad asked.

"Well, I rented a bus for us to get to the mall and the concert venue. So, I have to pick that up tomorrow and I have to run to the supermarket to pick up a few things afterwards." Aubrey said.

"How about this: Tomorrow while you go pick up the bus, I'll take Finn with me to the supermarket. Just make a list of what you need me to get and I'll get it. Then after I'm done at the store, I'll head over to JFK to pick up Jessica, Ashley, Emily, & Benji." Chad suggested.

"Sounds like a plan." Aubrey said.

Just then, Aubrey looked at her watch and realized that it was time to feed Finn. So she quickly went into the kitchen to prepare a plate of food for him while Chad brought Finn to the kitchen table to eat dinner.

AUTHOR'S NOTES: If you followed the original version, you'll probably notice what's different in this version.