AN: HEY GUYS! So, I will periodically post a continuation of their journey and some flashback memories that took place before It Matters How This Ends began. Merry Christmas, I hope you get everything you asked for!

"I don't like lying to my wife Beca" Jesse argued.

Beca rolled her eyes. "Sack up dude." She replied condescendingly.

"Whatever Beca. You're not married to Aubrey."

"Thank God for that" Beca teased.

"Seriously Becs, I love this. I really do but we can't keep doing this behind their backs." Jesse pleaded. "She knows something is up."

Beca sighed, "I just need a little bit more time to get everything all planned out."

Beca waited for a response from Jesse but didn't get one. She could hear his breath through the phone and assumed he was thinking. "Just a little bit longer. Can you do that for me?" She asked.

"Yeah. But figure it out Becs." He replied.

"Thanks Jess. I owe you." Beca said with a smile.

"Yes. You do." He confirmed. "I'll call you in a couple days okay?"

"Yeah. Thanks Jesse" Beca replied.

XxXxXx

"I can't believe he's already a year old" Chloe whined as she walked down Peckham High Street having left the farmer's market when Aubrey called her.

"I know, a year passes by so fast" Aubrey breathed as she looked over at her son who was playing on the floor of her office in LA. "What did the doctor say?" Aubrey asked having remembered her reason for calling.

"Nothing really, we spoke about it and she gave me some information but I knew as much after speaking with Emma after she got pregnant with Fin. She did say that my health history is good and there shouldn't be any reason why I couldn't get pregnant fairly easily." Chloe answered as she made her way back towards her and Beca's flat.

"And have you spoken to Beca yet?" Aubrey asked.

"Enough about that Bree, is Brady talking yet?" Chloe asked hoping to avoid that conversation with Aubrey again.

"Nice deflection Chloe. I'm guessing the answer is no" Aubrey replied quickly.

"We talked about it. A few times" Chloe said quietly.

"And?" Aubrey asked.

"She said the time wasn't right and that she wanted to be married first." Chloe answered.

"And you think going to the doctor behind her back and getting information about in vitro is the right way to go about this?" Aubrey asked.

"I'm just getting information Aubrey. It's not like I'm knocked up already." Chloe argued, "And we have been engaged for almost a year and we haven't begun to make arrangements. For all I know we won't get married until we move back to LA in another 4 years. I'll be 33 years old by then. There was once a time when I thought I'd be done having kids by 33!" Chloe said loudly earning some looks from fellow passer's by.

"Chloe" Aubrey said soothingly.

"Just talk to Beca. See exactly where she stands and tell her you want to get married already."

Chloe huffed. "I will. What about Jesse? How is he?" Chloe asked.

"I still feel like he's hiding something." Aubrey admitted sadly.

"Like what?" Chloe asked.

"I don't know, he's been weird lately."

"Weird how?" Chloe asked.

"Like he'll get a call late at night after we've gotten Brady down and we're in bed and he'll take the call out of the house. Or sometimes he'll ignore it but then sneak off once he thinks I'm asleep. He's just been doing some weird things and when I ask him about it he just says it's nothing or work." Aubrey sat quietly as she thought. "Has Beca said anything to you about Jesse?" She hoped.

"No. She hasn't" Chloe replied softly. "I'm sure it's nothing Bree. Jesse is too good of a guy. Has he ever given you a reason to not trust him?"

"No. Never." Aubrey replied confidently.

"Then see. I'm sure everything's fine." Chloe said cheerfully.

"When are you guys headed back for a visit? I miss you."

"Actually, next month Beca is taking some time off so we can take Fin to visit the Sutton's for a couple of days and then I think we were going to spend some time with my parents and then head out to LA for a week or so." Chloe answered as she turned to walk up the driveway of their house.

"Good. Brady misses is God mother." Aubrey's smile could be heard in her voice.

"I miss that little handsome guy too. I just got home" Chloe replied. "I'll call you in a couple days."

"Okay" Aubrey agreed.

"Kiss Brady for me" Chloe instructed. "Love you"

"I will. Love you too."

Chloe ended the call and slid the phone in the outside pocket of her purse. She rummaged through her bag in search of her house keys. She pulled the pamphlets her doctor gave her out as she continued looked. She finally found them nestled at the bottom of her bag. Chloe pulled them out and slid the front door key into the lock. Once inside, Chloe headed straight in toward the living room where she heard the TV. As she entered the room, she could see the back of Finley's head as the child sat watching an episode of Bookaboo. Chloe turned towards the hallway looking around for Beca but not seeing her. "Babe?" She called out.

"Hi Mama" Finley greeted without removing her eyes from the television screen.

Chloe turned back towards the dark haired child and froze. "Finley Sutton Richards. What are you doing?"

Finley turned to look up at her with Quinn's dark brown eyes that always seemed to soften Chloe's heart.

"Beca!" Chloe called loudly without taking her eyes off their daughter.

Seconds later Beca bounded into the room. "Hey babe" she greeted Chloe with a kiss to her cheek.

"Beca" Chloe said pointing towards Finley. "What is this?"

Beca turned to look at Finley who was once again engrossed in the TV show with the drum playing dog. Beca winced knowing she was about to get in trouble. "Um?"

"We talked about this. When she has to go to the bathroom, we take her to the bathroom. She can sit on training potty in there. I don't want her sitting on it in the living room, watching TV. That's not good practice Beca. And it's just weird." Chloe explained slightly annoyed that she had to even have this conversation with Beca.

"We did agree on that and I did not put her on the potty in the living room." Beca replied defensively.

"Ok Beca. If you didn't then who did?" Chloe asked with an eye roll.

Beca's eyes glanced down towards the floor. The literature in Chloe's hand caught her attention and gave her the perfect segway out of this conversation. "How did it go at the doctor?" Beca asked as she reached down for the things in Chloe's hand. Beca shuffled through the pamphlets. "Is IVF for you?" Beca said and then flipped to the next brochure. "17 ways to increase fertility." Then the next brochure, "It Start's With an Egg" and "How To Pick A Donor".

Chloe watched the expressions on Beca's face as she read each pamphlet aloud. After flipping through them all, she held them out in front of her. "I thought we discussed this Chloe" Beca's voice was angry. Softy but angry.

"I just wanted to get the information Becs" Chloe answered timidly.

"Okay" Beca nodded trying to take it all in.

"It doesn't hurt to know how it works right? To have all the information necessary to make a decision?" Chloe said softly hoping to talk Beca off the edge she was tip toeing along.

"I don't want to have kids until we are married" Beca said quickly. "I thought you understood that." She shoved the information back at Chloe and then turned, leaving the room quickly.

Chloe placed the pamphlet's down by her purse and followed Beca quickly. "I do understand Becs but we have been engaged for almost a year" she argued. "Every time I ask you about when we may be able to fit in a wedding, you always say we don't have time or in a couple of months. That's been going on for a year Beca. At this rate, we will never be married and we will never have kids."

Beca stopped and turned abruptly. "We have a kid."

Chloe rolled her eyes. "You know what I mean Beca. More kids."

Beca squinted her eyes and turned back around heading up the stairs. Chloe followed.

"I want to have another kid Beca." She argued loudly. "I want Fin to have a brother or a sister. Don't you want that for her?"

"Yeah, Chlo I do" Beca replied as she stopped half way up the stairs and turned back toward the redhead. "But not right now. We should be married first. Don't you think?" Beca asked looking into crystal blue eyes.

"Then let's get married" Chloe offered as a solution. "Let's just go get married. Tonight, tomorrow. Let's just do it."

Beca rolled her eyes and continued her way up the staircase. Chloe followed.

"Right, like your parents would ever forgive me for marring you without them present. Your father would kill me."

"They'll get over it." Chloe said quickly waiving a hand in the air.

"We tabled this discussion Chlo. It's not the right time." Beca said as she continued toward her office.

"Finley is almost 2 and a half. I don't want her to be far apart in age from her sibling. I want to have a baby." Chloe said coming to a stop. "Beca" she called out.

Beca stopped as she heard the vulnerability in the redhead's voice. She turned to look over her shoulder. "I want to us to have a baby." Chloe said softly.

"I know you do Chloe. I know" Beca replied with a whisper. She turned and continued back to her office.

XxXxXx

"I don't know what to tell you Chloe. I guess Kelsey got confused." Beca said as they sat in Heathrow airport waiting to be called to board the plan to Florida.

"My parents aren't expecting us until next week Beca." Chloe scoffed as she searched for her phone in her bag.

"So call them" Beca replied as she rolled her eyes looking directly at Finley who tried copied her with an exaggerated head roll.

"Don't teach her that" Chloe giggled with a light smack to Beca's arm.

Beca raised her top lip up and to the left laughing as Fin tried to copy her. "I'm sure it will be fine. Just call them."

"It's 4 in the morning there Beca. There is no way they're awake." Chloe argued.

"Then it will be a surprise" Beca playfully shrugged.

"British Airway's flight 1480 to Tampa, Florida, United States of America is now boarding" the overhead announcement rang loudly through the airport.

"Ready to go see Nana and Papa?" Beca said excitedly as she stood quickly. Finley scooted herself down from her chair landing on her feet. She reached up and grabbed Beca's extended hand letting her tiny hand disappear into her mom's.

"Wedy" Finley replied.

"Get your backpack baby" Chloe said pointing back towards the chair.

Finley dropped Beca's hand and reached back for her Skip Hop Baby Zoo Ferguson Fox backpack. She maneuvered the straps around her shoulders and reached back up for Beca who stood watching her with a giant smile.

"Wedy" Finley repeated.

Chloe followed behind Beca and Finley who walked towards the gate hand in hand. She couldn't hold back her smile at level of cuteness Finley and Beca were capable of. She shook the thoughts of doing it all over again out of her head. They hadn't discussed it further since the small argument they got in to after Chloe's trip to the doctor a month ago.

XxXxXx

Lost in her thoughts Beca sat staring out of the window from the backseat of the cab. Finley who hadn't slept during the 9 hour flight was now seated sideways on her lap with her head resting against her chest. Chloe's frustration caught her attention. She turned her head to see Chloe drop both of her hands in her lap, still clutching her phone. "Can't get ahold of them?" Beca asked quietly.

Chloe shook her head negatively.

"If they aren't home we'll just get a hotel room babe. It will be okay." Beca tried to sooth the redhead with her soft voice and touch to Chloe's left forearm. Chloe watched Beca's hand trail down her arm to her hand, lacing their fingers together. She gave Beca a small smile before her eyes fell to the sleeping two year old on Beca's lap. Beca saw the longing in Chloe's eyes. She turned her head away and focused on everything passing by out the window.

After the cab driver helped them pull their luggage out of the trunk and waited patiently for the generous tip that Beca gave him, they pulled the suitcases behind them and they walked up the stone path to Chloe's parent house just outside of Tampa. "That's weird" Chloe muttered. "Daddy's car is here."

"Huh" Beca said just as they reached the front door. Chloe let go of her suitcase and reached for the doorbell. She heard the chime and rocked back on her heels as she waited for someone to answer. The sound of the deadbolt being released snapped her out of her thoughts. The door opened slowly and Chloe's mouth hung open.

"Mom?" She said with concern sitting heavy on her voice. "Is everything okay? Are you crying?"

"Come in" Charlotte said as she stepped aside.

Beca couldn't contain her smile any further. She watched as Chloe left her suitcase on the door step and tentatively walked into her childhood home. Just past the entry she turned into the living room. "What are you all doing here?" She questioned in a high pitched voice.

"Babe" Beca said from behind her.

Chloe turned away from all of their friends and family back towards Beca. "What's going on?"

"I wanted to surprise you" Beca admitted with a grin.

"You definitely did" Chloe replied.

"And I was thinking that since your parents are here and my family is here and all of our friends are here, that maybe you would like to get married?" Beca finished questioningly.

Chloe turned back around to see her mom blotting her eyes again as she held her father's hand tightly. Her older sister Amanda and her husband Dylan were huddled together with their son Dax between them. Jesse, Aubrey and Brady. Amy and Bumper, Jessica and Ashley, CR, Flo, Lily, Stacie, Emma's parents and her sister Kate and Benji and Emily who smiled brightly at Chloe and added a little waive. Chloe turned back to Beca, "Like while we are here?" Chloe asked.

"Well, more like today. Tonight" Beca shrugged, "in a few hours."

"What?" Chloe said quickly.

"Please?" Beca asked softly.

"What about planning and dresses and bands and everything else?" Chloe rushed.

"It's all been taken care of babe." Beca took a step closer to Chloe and reached for her hand. "Marry me? Tonight. Please."

"Pweese Mama?" Finley begged taking a step towards her mother.

"Okay" Chloe whispered.

Before she had a chance to kiss Beca like she wanted to, Chloe felt Aubrey's hands on her shoulders pulling her away from Beca and into a group of squealing Bella's. Beca winked at her across the room and Chloe immediately felt the heat rising in her body.

"Earth to Chloe. Focus." Aubrey snapped. "We have so much to do."

XxXxXx

"Are you ready honey?" Aubrey asked as the limo came to a stop.

Chloe blinked quickly, not wanting to let the tears escaper her eyes.

It had been a whirlwind since they arrived at her parent's house. Aubrey and the girls whisked her away to a nearby salon where they all got the works done. Hair, make-up and nails. Then she was rushed to a nearby dress shop where her wedding dress was waiting for her. It wasn't the one she picked out a couple of years ago but it was similar and it was even more perfect if possible. And it almost fit. A couple of last minute alterations were made and the Bella's including her sister and Kate all changed into their bridesmaid dresses which Aubrey and Stacie had coordinated. They were beautiful dark navy blue gowns matching in color but featuring different necklines. She hadn't seen or spoken to Beca in 5 hours and as the door opened and the girls filed out of the limo Chloe found her father's hand extending into the car. She took it quickly and he helped her out of the car. Her breath was literally taken away at the sight. Even though the sun was almost set, the lights off to her right that illuminated tables covered in white table clothes, candles and flowers glowed in the night.

Her father linked his arm with hers. "It's time baby girl" he said softly.

She watched as the Bella's all lined up in front of her. She heard a piano playing in the distance and the Bella's began to move forward slowly. She couldn't see what was ahead but she could see the top of a beautiful Oak Moss tree. It seemed to be where they were walking to. Her father stopped. She watched as her bridesmaids peeled off in different directions, some to the right and some to the left. After Emily who was last in line moved to the left Chloe literally couldn't breathe. At the base of the huge tree that was lit so beautifully in the night sky with the white moss hanging from the branches dancing in the gently breeze was Beca. Her hands laced in front of her waiting expectantly at the end of the grass path. She heard the wedding march begin to play and her father move. She quickly stepped to keep up with him as she made her way down the isle of white chairs and guests she was just now noticing standing as she passed them. Her father walked her straight to Beca who held out a hand that Chloe took quickly. She felt her father lean forward and kiss her cheek before turning and walking to the front row where his wife waited with Brady in her arms.

Aubrey took a step forward and reached for the bouquet of dark red roses that Chloe was holding in her right hand. Beca reached for the now empty hand as quickly as Chloe passed the flowers over. She stood in front of Beca with both of their hands linked together.

"You're beautiful" Beca whispered. Chloe could see the twinkle from the lights in the tree reflect off the tears that were slowly accumulating in Beca's dark blue eyes.

She was still having trouble breathing evenly much less speaking but had a few more moments to gather herself as she heard the minister speak. "Ladies. Are you ready to begin?" He asked softly.

Beca nodded.

"Friends and family. Welcome and thank you for being here on the important day. We are gathered to celebrate a very special love between Chloe and Beca. All of us need and desire to love and be loved in return. Chloe and Beca, your marriage today is the public and legal joining of your souls that have already been united as one in your hearts. Marriage is going to expand you as individuals, define you as a couple and deepen your love for one another. To be successful, you will need strength, courage, humor and patience. So let your marriage be a time of waking each morning and falling in love with each other all over again."

Beca smiled as she dropped Chloe's hand and reached up to softly wipe a tear that escape bright blue eyes with the pad of her thumb. She linked their hands again. Movement out of the corner of Chloe's eye caught her attention. She turned to look around Beca just in time to see Finley push away from Jesse who was standing behind Beca as her man of honor. The toddler was dressed in a white gown with a dark blue waist band and white shoes. Chloe tried to suppress her laugh as Finley barreled forward hoisting a pillow over her head in Beca's direction. The sound of laughter could be heard from the large pool of guests as Beca bend down toward their daughter whispering something in her ear. Finley lowered the pillow and stepped back around behind Beca.

"Sorry, we didn't have a lot of time to practice." Beca shrugged as she straightened out her white gown.

"It's okay" Chloe whispered. "You look so gorgeous" she managed to say while she had the opportunity.

"Beca" The minister said softly as he handed her a small card.

Beca took a breath and began, "With this ring, I give you my promise that from this day forward I will give you all my love, and you shall not walk alone. I have no greater gift to give. As your love is my anchor, and your trust is my strength, May my heart be your shelter and my arms be hour home. As this ring has no end or beginning, so shall my love for you be. As I place it on your finger, I give you all that I am, and all that I shall become." Beca handed the card back to the minister and turned toward Finley who scurried in front of them again and raised the small pillow as high over her head as she could manage. Beca pulled the diamond band from the lace and slide it slowly on Chloe's ring finger.

"And Chloe" the minister said handing her a small card. She recognized the vows as the words she had written years ago.

"Beca" Chloe's voice was thick with emotion. "I love you unconditionally and without hesitation. I vow to love you, encourage you, trust you, and respect you. As a family, we will create a home filled with learning, laughter, and compassion. I promise to work with you to foster and cherish a relationship of equality knowing that together we will build a life far better than either of us could imagine alone. Today, I choose you to be my wife. I accept you as you are, and I offer myself in return. I will take care of you, stand beside you and share with you all of life's adversities and all of its joys from this day forward, and all the days of my life."

Chloe's vision blurred slightly as she leaned down to place a kiss on Finley's cheek. She pulled the wedding band from the pillow and slid it on Beca's finger.

"Because they have exchanged their vows before God and these witnesses, have pledged their commitment each to the other, and have declared the same by joining hands and by exchanging rings, I now pronounce you married and you may seal this union with a kiss."

Chloe grabbed Beca by the back of the neck and pulled her forcefully towards her earning hoots and whistles from the crowd. Beca smiled into the kiss as she felt Chloe pull back slowly. "I love you" Chloe whispered.

"I love you." Beca said in return.

XxXxXx

"I can't believe you did this" Chloe whispered into Beca's neck as they danced.

"I had a lot of help" Beca admitted. "I couldn't have pulled all this off without Jesse."

"What about Bree?" Chloe asked pulling away to look at her wife.

"I wanted to keep it a secret from her for as long as possible because I didn't trust her not to spill the beans, but he eventually cracked and told her." Beca giggled. "He's weak."

Chloe shook her head and rolled her eyes.

"And Stacie and Aubrey organized all of the wedding stuff and CR, Ashley and Jess got everyone here. Our friends are pretty amazing you know."

"Not as amazing as you." Chloe said softly as she closed the distance between them and placed a soft kiss on Beca's lips.

Beca pulled back but rested her forehead against Chloe's as they continued to dance under the moonlight and lights that were strung around the large trees.

"What happens next?" Chloe whispered as she allowed herself to be swept away in the romance of the night.

"Well, We are going to spend the next couple of days with our friends and family and then you and I are going on a honeymoon." Beca smiled.

"Oh yeah? Where would you be taking me?"

"Like I'd tell you" Beca teased.

"You aren't supposed to keep secrets from your wife" Chloe teased back.

"Huh. I like that" Beca smiled. "My wife." She nodded as she felt the words on her lips. "I like it a lot."

AN2: Leave me your thoughts if you want me to continue.