Author's Note: And so, it begins. Every day from here till Holiday a new chapter will come. I still have room for a few more prompts. A reminder of the guidlines: Please no smut, and I'll only do at most one pregnancy story. Crossovers/AUs are welcome/encouraged. There will be lots of side pairings, this is me we're talking about after all. Feel free to suggest any you might want to see, but I only write Beca gay, so none of her with any dude. First prompt is from Boris Yeltsin. I'll put them at the end so as not to spoil, but if you want them upfront, feel free to say so in the comments. I'll try to get them out around midnight US Pacific time in the future, but I got distracted doing other things tonight

"I'm so glad you're finally going to meet my family!" Chloe said as she drove to her childhood home. "Pretty much everyone's coming, it should be fun. My brother Rob and I have a bet as to who will get drunk first. He thinks it'll be dad, but something tells me it's going to be mom."

"What exactly am I in for?" Aubrey asked as she watched the houses go by outside the car window.

"A good old fashioned Beale Christmas party." Chloe explained as if it were self evident. "I know you said your family is all prim and proper, but it's good to let your hair down sometimes, and this is the night to do it."

"I suppose." Aubrey said noncommittally "Do they know we're dating? Do we have to tell them?"

"No they don't, but why wouldn't we tell them?" Chloe asked, letting her eyes dart to the blonde for a moment. "I don't care who knows that I'm bi or you're gay or that we're together."

"I do, Chloe." Aubrey emphasized. "Ever since my family found out I'm a lesbian, I've been just this side of ostracized. They don't talk about it at all, or they think it's a phase or a stunt or something. My aunt Cindy keeps trying to set me up on dates with her son's preppy frat boy friends like it's something I'll just grow out of. And you know how they found out? Because I had the audacity to let my hair down one time and kiss the captain of the girls' basketball team at a party after a big win. Of course it got back to my family."

"I promise you, my family won't care." Chloe said as she pulled into the driveway. "They might not know what to make of you at first, but you'll win them over somehow. It'll be the same when they meet my sister Sarah's new boyfriend Tony."

"OK, I guess. Just, please let's not make too big a fuss out of it ok?" Aubrey asked.

"We won't, I promise." Chloe nodded. "I'll do my best to be with you all night, whatever you need."

"Hey everyone, this is my girlfriend Aubrey." Chloe introduced the blonde.

"Aubrey, good to see you again sweetie." Chloe's mom Tracey greeted the blonde. It was obvious that while she wasn't officially drunk yet it wouldn't be too long till she was since the party was starting to shift into full swing. "I didn't hear you got upgraded from roommate to girlfriend, congratulations! There's all sorts of drinks and snacks around help yourself. Be careful of the eggnog, it packs quite a punch."

"Um, I'm only 19." Aubrey explained, looking between the two redheaded women.

"Yeah, we don't care." Tracey waved it off. "We aren't cops, and you're staying here tonight, so it's all good. Just, watch yourself around Ken's new wife Kay, she's sober and just goes on and on about alcoholics anonymous."

"Thanks for the warning." Aubrey nodded while storing away that tidbit. She remembered Ken was one of Chloe's older brothers and he'd just got married for the third time over the summer.

As the night went on, Aubrey did find herself getting more and more relaxed, thanks in no small part to the eggnog, and the eventually margaritas that were made when it was gone. Like Chloe had predicted, there was some surprise when Sarah's boyfriend Tony turned out to be Mexican, but he won everyone over when he started singing along with Feliz Navidad when it came on the radio. At various points throughout the party people were dispatched to convenience stores, most of the time for tampons and cigarettes. The highlight of the night proved to be when Fred and Rita, relatives from Harligen, Texas that nobody was quite certain how they were related to anyone, plugged their motor home in and caused all the electricity to go out. Chloe's cousin David assured everyone he could fix it and sent everyone out to the front law while he did so. In no time at all the lights were back on and everyone started singing Silent Night. That was the point the party started winding down.

"How you feeling Bree?" Chloe asked once they were alone in her bedroom.

"I drank too much." Aubrey answered with a grown as she flopped down on Chloe's bed.

"Are you going to be ok?" Chloe asked, instantly concerned for her girlfriend. She handed the blonde one of the bottles of water she brought up and some aspirin. "I know you said sometimes you get sick when you're stressed, and I know how stressed you were at the start of the night."

"Yeah, but you took care of me." Aubrey smiled at the redhead before taking the pills and drinking half the bottle of water. "Something tells me you'll always take care of me."

Those words ended up being prophetic.

Prompt: Chloe helps Aubrey when the latter gets drunk after too much eggnog at a Christmas party.

Note 2: I basically inserted them into the song Merry Christmas from the Family, which I also obviously don't own. Sorry if it's not all that great, I was distracted doing other things most of the day and rushed it out. It's still Friday in Hawaii, that counts yes?