AUTHOR'S NOTES: I once mentioned the idea of a beach themed story. And I said I'd wait on writing such story until "The Lost Kiss" reveal. Well, after re-reading the Wikipedia page from the third movie there's been a slight change of plans. This story will have a beach chapter, but the story itself is not beach themed. Also, if "The Lost Kiss" reveal does happen, I will cross that bridge then.

This story takes place shortly after the events of Aubrey's Nightmare.

CHAPTER 1:

On August 21st, 2021, some of the Bellas met for a beach day.

Alice & Beca were looking out at the water while Alice's daughter Grace was playing in the sand.

"Wow! What a great day for the beach." Alice said.

"You said it. I'm just glad you & Aubrey made amends after all these years." Beca said.

"(sighs) Yeah. It sure feels nice to be a better person now." Alice said.

"Hey, what's taking Chloe so long to get everything out of the car?" Beca asked when she noticed Chloe struggling.

"Hey, Beca. This cooler is so heavy. Can you give me a hand?" Chloe asked as Beca went over to carry one end of the cooler.

"Geez, how did it get so heavy? Did you put too much ice in?" Beca asked.

"No. Besides wouldn't it be all melted by now?" Chloe asked.

"Fair point." Beca said as the two made it to the sand before setting everything down.

"What's up, Bellas!" Chad said as he & Aubrey arrived with Finn.

"Chad, Aubrey, glad you two made it." Alice said.

"Of course. You didn't think we'd back down on this, did you?" Chad asked.

"Oh, and how's Finn doing today?" Alice asked.

"You wouldn't believe this, but ever since we brought up this beach day, he's been practically jumping for joy!" Aubrey said.

"I don't doubt it. Grace loves coming here ever since we first brought her here earlier this Summer." Alice said.

"Is this her?" Chad asked.

"Yep." Alice said.

"Wow, she IS like your little ray of sunshine." Aubrey said.

"You'd better believe it." Alice said.

"What's up, Bellas!" Amy said as she, Jessica, & Ashley arrived.

"Hey, glad you all made it today." Aubrey said.

"Yep. Jessica & Ashley have some big news for us, they wanted to keep it quiet til we got here." Amy said.

"Well, what is it?" Chloe asked.

"Show 'em, Jessica." Ashley said as Jessica showed the Bellas the engagement ring on her finger.

"OMG! When did this happen?" Chloe asked.

"Last night." Ashley said prompting a flashback where the two were at the same beach at sunset the previous evening.

In a flashback...

"Jessica Smith, the past few years have been some of the best of my life. Even after our brutal break-up last Summer, we still managed to eventually stay best friends. I can remember this past Valentine's Day when we finally got back together, I was so happy and I could tell you were as well. And now with all the romances we've seen over the years, I want ours to be out their as well." Ashley said before getting down on one knee. "So, Jessica Smith, my long time next door neighbor, best friend, roommate, and one true love...will you marry me?" She asked which left Jessica speechless for 15 seconds.

"YES! ABSOLUTELY!" Jessica said accepting the ring as the two shared a long kiss.

End of flashback.

"Wow! I can't believe this. I'm so happy for you two." Beca said.

"Yeah. And now we have a favor to ask Aubrey." Jessica said.

"What's up?" Aubrey asked.

"Since you did a wonderful job officiating CR & Denise's wedding 5 years ago, would you officiate ours as well?" Ashley asked.

"Of course I will. I'm looking forward to it." Aubrey said.

"So, when's the big day?" Chloe asked.

"We don't even know yet." Jessica said.

"But when we do decide on a date, we'll keep you all in the loop." Ashley said.

Just then, a tall muscular man appeared with a bottle of sunblock.

"Oh, there you are. I've been waiting for you. Everyone, I'd like you to meet my husband, Ken." Alice said as the Bellas greeted him.

"Nice to meet you all. You must be those Bellas my wife was telling me about." Ken said.

"Some of them. There were a few more that couldn't make it today." Beca said as Stacie arrived.

"Hey, guys. Sorry we took so long getting here. Bella would've thrown a hissy fit if we didn't bring her favorite beach toys." Stacie said.

"You didn't miss much. Anyway, Stacie, this is Alice, Ken, and their daughter Grace." Chloe said introducing them.

"Nice to meet you, guys. And may I say your daughter Grace is adorable." Stacie said as Bella ran over to play in the sand with Grace.

"Oh, look at that...it seems Bella & Grace like each other already." Alice said.

"I'm not surprised. We both raised two well behaved daughters." Stacie said.

"Mommy, can we go in the water please?" Grace asked.

"Of course, honey. You want to go in there now?" Alice asked as Grace nodded yes.

"Well, would you look at that; it seems Finn is getting anxious to go in the water as well." Aubrey said

"Well, let's not keep the kids waiting any longer and let's hit the water!" Stacie suggested as everyone went in the water.

AUTHOR'S NOTES: Okay, so referring to that Wikipedia page I mentioned, it said in the character list that Jessica & Ashley were girlfriends. After seeing that I debated on whether or not I should take their word for it due to my personal rule of romantically pairing characters together. But to be fair: The duo had, like, zero storyline the entire trilogy. So, it's more of a "do whatever you want" scenario. Now for the rest of this story, there's still a few details I'm trying to decide on at the moment. These decisions may take a while to make, so please be patient.