At Last
Summary: Sequel to You Give Me Something takes after 4 years. Beca and Chloe are living together in New York.
Chapter 1 – The Now
It's been 4 years since Beca and Chloe moved in together. Beca have made 3 albums that have been gold records while Chloe became one of the most in demand interior designer. The redhead is now the first designer in their company that gets the clients and sometimes she can chose her own but Chloe barely does that and she only did that once with that one client who insulted a waitress in the restaurant they are having a meeting in. Beca on the other hand has been back and forth from New York to L.A. and have already established her own studio called Captain B Records she has already released 1 of her own album and also have released other artist album. The brunette have produced artist like Justin Timberlake with collaboration with Jay Z, she had a blast working with them, she had also worked with Sia which she loved there was Tegan and Sara that she almost fainted when she found out they wanted her to produce their new album and there was many more artist she had worked with, others she produced and others she collaborate with songs. She also composes some of songs for the artist that she works with like Ed Sheeran they both composed the song 'Kiss Me' and many more.
"Sweetie come on we're gonna be late!" Chloe shouted at her girlfriend from the living room. They are supposed to met Aubrey and Stacie at 9am.
"Okay I'm ready." Beca emerged from their bedroom wearing her usual leather jacket and Steve Madden boots. "Will you relax we're not gonna be late." The brunette told her.
"Sweetie we're meeting Aubrey, you know how she can be with appointments." The redhead told her as Beca just nodded and waves her hand at her girlfriend while walking outside their loft.
The couple arrived at Conrad-Posen apartment residence just in time. They knocked and waited for someone to open the door after 5 knocks the door opened with a blonde woman that have an olive green eyes. Aubrey looked tired but as soon as she saw her bestfriend with her girlfriend she was relieved "Oh good you guys are here. Thank you for this."
"Oh yeah, you know how much we…" Chloe said as they walked in and was cut off by a pair of little hands on her legs. "Hello handsome! Ready to spend the week with us?" she asked as she picked up the little toddler.
After a year of being married to each other, Aubrey and Stacie had their first child. They have a baby boy named Aldrich Sloan Conrad-Posen and they call him Al. The little toddler has the same hair as Stacie and his eyes are olive green like Aubrey's. "Of course he is, aren't you big boy?" Stacie cooed at him as she takes her son from the redhead.
Aubrey came back from their bedroom with a baby bag slung on her shoulder and a stuff animal on her hand. "You guys ready?" she asked her wife, Stacie nodded at her as she gave the blonde a kiss. Aubrey smiled at her bestfriend "Thank you, really for doing this." She told her.
"No problem, you guys enjoy your trip." Chloe told her "Beca and I will take good care of this little one." She said as she pinched the toddler's nose.
"Yeah don't worry Aubrey. We got it." Beca assured her. They all went out of the apartment and to the restaurant to eat their brunch before Aubrey and Stacie's flight to Hawaii for their early wedding anniversary celebration. It was the first time that the couple will be away from their son in a long time and miles away from him.
It was hard for both of them especially Aubrey. Maybe it's because she's the one that carried Al, they have this special bond with each other. They arrived at the airport just the right time, thanks to Aubrey. The couple is saying good-bye to their son and Aubrey can't help and released a few tears being away that long "We'll call every night before he sleeps." The blonde told her friends as she gave her son one last kiss and hug.
"She's gonna be fine Baby." Stacie told her wife comforting her with a hand on her arm. "I couldn't thank you both enough. We owe you guys big time." She told the couple as she also gave her son a few kisses and hugs. Al laughed as her mother tickled her with kisses.
Chloe and Beca are back to their place with Al by their side, as soon as Beca opened the door Al squirmed at Chloe's arms wanting to be put down. When Chloe put the boy down he immediately ran to the living room shouting "Lee! Lee! Al here!" the couple also has a new addition with them. Charlie a gorgeous West Highland Terrier that Beca gave to Chloe as her Valentines gift 2 years ago.
Charlie came dashing to the living room as soon as he heard to door open, he wiggled his tail as he saw Al waiting for him. Al love his aunts and when he's in their place he always play with Charlie. That's also one of the reason why he loved going to them "Let's play Lee, can Lee play?" Al asked his aunts the best he can with his speech.
Beca laughed at him, he's so cute and she always loved kids. She sat down next to Al "Of course you can play with him Buddy." She told him as she play with his hair "but we gotta ask Aunt Chloe first because I think you need to take a nap." Al pouted at her and Beca really wanted to give him all he wants.
"Okay little guy time to take a nap." Chloe told him as she walked out of the guestroom that Al always use when he stays with them. Beca even put a couple of toys there for him, Chloe looked at her girlfriend and Al and the brunette looked so natural and relaxed with him. She wondered if it's time to talk to her about wanting a future with a pair of little ones. Al pouted at her and she just couldn't say no to him "Okay you can play with Charlie 10 more minutes then you need to take a nap, okay." She told him and the little boy happily hugged her and ran around the place with Charlie on his side.
Hours later Aubrey and Stacie called their friends to check-up on their son on video chat. "Hi kiddo are you being a good boy to Aunt Chloe and Beca?" Stacie asked her son.
Al laughed and made puppy dog eyes to her Moms "Al all good love yah Mommy" he said to them.
"Love you too baby." Aubrey told him with tears forming on her eyes "we miss you and don't forget to do what Aunt Chloe says okay." She told him.
"Yes Momma, me is good boy." He beamed to them before he hopped out of Chloe and Beca's bed when he saw Charlie at the door. "Love yah bye!" he told them one last time.
Chloe laughed "Don't worry he's a good boy." She told them "and he misses you both."
"Thank you." Stacie told them warmly "We really needed this."
"We like having him here. He makes Charlie happy on having a playmate." Beca informed them before she ran after their dog and Al.
"Alright, give him hug and kisses from us." Aubrey said and the redhead nodded at her demands then she quickly shouted "Beca don't you dare gave him a cookie before he sleeps!" making sure the brunette hears her.
Al looked at her Aunt Beca "Cookie…"
"Yes Buddy I'm pretty sure your Mom just told me to give you a cookie." Beca told him and Al's eyes grew wide at the news he received and quickly ran to the kitchen waiting for his treat which Beca happily gave to him.
2 hours later Chloe is on the guestroom trying to make Al go to sleep "Come on Al time to sleep." She told him as she tucks him in bed.
As soon as Chloe turns around Al kicks the sheet off him and sits gesturing for Charlie to jump to bed and Charlie happily settles beside his friend. "Lee play Lee." He told the dog.
Chloe turns back around as she saw Charlie run to bed and she sighed tiredly seeing that Al won't be sleeping anytime soon "Becaaaaa!" she shouted to her girlfriend and Beca quickly ran to her side "Please tell me you did not gave him a cookie earlier?" she asked and Beca just shrug at her. The redhead gasped "Ugh! Great now he's gonna be awake for some time and I need to be early tomorrow for work. Beca.." she growled at her girlfriend.
Beca put her hands on Chloe's arms and rubbed them slowly "Go to sleep I'll take care of him." She gave her girlfriend a kiss on the cheek "Beside look at him." the redhead look back and saw how happy the boy was playing with Charlie "I'm sure after their play date he'll be out as a light." She told Chloe as she turned the redhead to their bedroom "Good night, I'll be in as soon as the little guy falls asleep." She informed the redhead as she gave a sweet kiss on the lips. Chloe wrapped her arms around the brunette's neck and pulled her closer deepening their kiss and the redhead sucked on slowly at Beca's lower lip and releasing it with a pop.
"Don't take too long." Chloe said as she swayed her hips heading to their bed.
Beca quickly ran to the guestroom "Okay Al, time to sleep Aunt Chloe's in the mood." Unfortunately for Beca Al was awake for another 3 hours. "I'm never letting you eat cookies again."
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The next few days Beca always brought Al with her at work and he is quiet popular especially to the ladies. Beca's female employees would always stop and cooed at him or give him something from food to little toys. Al on the other hand always love going with his Aunt Beca to work, sometimes he would be allowed to play with his aunt's work equipment and he always gets free stuff. And he always have fun when he is allowed to bring Charlie with him when his Aunt Beca isn't that busy with her work.
"Hey Al I've been working on something." The brunette told the little toddler and Al looked at her waiting on what she would do. "Would you like to help me out?"
Al jumped out of the couch "Yes! Help Cap B!" Beca laughed at the little boy's nickname for her when she's at work. The brunette started playing with her equipment while Al stood next to her. Just like his Moms and his Aunts his interested in music and he likes dancing like his Mom Stacie.
Get hot, get too close to the flame
Wild, open space
Talk like an open book
Sign me up
Got no time to take a picture
I'll remember someday all the chances we took
We're so close to something better left unknown
We're so close to something better left unknown
I can feel it in my bones
Gimme sympathy
After all of this is gone
Who'd you rather be?
The Beatles or the Rolling Stones?
Oh, seriously
You're gonna make mistakes, you're young
Come on, baby, play me something
Like, "Here Comes the Sun"
Come on, baby, play me something
Like, "Here Comes the Sun"
Don't go, stay with the all-unknown
Stay away from the hooks
All the chances we took
We're so close to something better left unknown
We're so close to something better left unknown
I can feel it in my bones
Gimme sympathy
After all of this is gone
Who'd you rather be?
The Beatles or the Rolling Stones?
Oh, seriously
You're gonna make mistakes, you're young
Come on, baby, play me something
Like, "Here Comes the Sun"
Gimme sympathy
After all of this is gone
Who'd you rather be?
The Beatles or the Rolling Stones?
Oh, seriously
You're gonna make mistakes, you're young
Come on, baby, play me something
Like, "Here Comes the Sun"
Come on, baby, play me something
Like, "Here Comes the Sun"
Come on, baby, play me something
Like, "Here Comes the Sun"
Come on, baby, play me something
Like, "Here Comes the Sun"
(Gimme Sympathy by Metric)
Al bopped his head while listening to his Aunt and started dancing around, after the music the brunette looked at him "What do you think Buddy?" Beca asked the little boy.
Al smiled happily at her breathing heavily from moving all around and dancing "Awesome!"
"You really like it?" Beca asked him excitedly looking at him then her phone rang. She answered it immediately "Beca Mitchell. Oh hey Love."
"How are you doing with the handsome?" Chloe asked her girlfriend.
"Oh he has been amazing. He just finished helping me with work and we'll be home in 2 hours, tops." The brunette informed her.
"Wow being the little helper, well, I'm glad that both of you are having fun together I just called to remind you that Aubrey and Stacie will be back in 2 days and I'll pick them up." Chloe told her girlfriend.
"Just you?" Beca asked curiously.
"They wanted to surprise him when they came back. You are gonna be okay being with Al the whole day right?" Chloe asked nervously.
"Yeah, yeah it's fine. I'll take him to the park and do other stuff while we wait for you guys." She informed the redhead happily to be spending a day together before Al goes back to his parents.
"Okay, I'll see you at home bye, love you Sweetie." Chloe said before they hang up to each other.
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Stacie woke up with the sun penetrating through the blinds. She turned around and saw her wife's bare back and curled closer to her. She snaked her arms around the blonde's waist and pulled her closer. Stacie smelled her wife's hair and started kissing her neck to her shoulder.
Aubrey felt soft kisses on her back "Mmmm" she turned around and put her hand behind her wife's neck and guide her to her lips. They breathe heavily as they felt each other's tongue. The brunette lay on top of her wife and settled between her. "Good morning."
Stacie curled beside the blonde and rests her head at Aubrey's chest and listened to her heart. "I'm glad we did this." She smiled lovingly at her wife.
"Yeah, after we got Al we didn't have time just for ourselves." Aubrey pulled her wife closer "I mean don't get me wrong I love him but we didn't have time enough just for us in a long time." She explained to her wife as she caressed her beautiful long luscious brunette hair. "I think it's time we bring him with us on vacations like this." She suggested to her wife.
Stacie propped her elbow to the mattress and looked down on her wife "I think that's gonna take a while."
"What?" Aubrey was confused she thought they were having a good time "Why, what did I do wrong?" she was scared that her wife don't want to spend time with her.
"Woah baby relax." Stacie put her hand on the blonde's chest "the reason why we can't do this in a while is because" she leaned down to her and gave her wife a sweet slow kiss to the lips to her wife's ear and whispered "We're having a baby." She said and pulled up looking down on her. Aubrey just looked at the brunette trying to understand what her wife told her and Stacie got nervous why her wife wasn't reacting. She was sure this is what they both wanted. Stacie even stopped working for almost 5 months so that her body can be in condition when she carries their baby considering that she works mostly on chemicals due to her work on the perfume company. They both agreed that Stacie would be the one to carry for the reasons of Aubrey has been real busy with her work while Stacie wanted to be pregnant and so that they would have each one of their own. "Baby are you okay?" Stacie sighed dejectedly and started to pull away from the blonde.
Aubrey quickly pulled her wife for a hug "Are you serious?" she asked as she pulled her away and looked at her "are we really having another one?" she asked as she touched her wife's tummy with a smile on her face.
Stacie curled her finger below the blonde's chin and lifts it up to look at her "we are, it worked baby." She told her. The couple had tried 2 times and failed the first time, they suffered a great lot when they first heard the news and Stacie was deeply devastated with what happen. So when she found out that she's pregnant she kept it for a couple of weeks not wanting to give Aubrey hope in case they failed again. "We're having a baby."
Aubrey laid her back to the bed while her hand rest on her wife's stomach "I love you" she whispered while leaning down to the brunette. Giving her kisses to her neck to her collarbone and brushes her nose back with her wife's.
Stacie loves it whenever her wife shows her this side. The sweet, caring and protective side of her it makes her feel so loved and special. "I love you too" she whispered between their lips.
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Beca and Al had spent the entire day with each other having fun while Chloe went to the airport and pick up her bestfriend and her wife. "There you are!" Aubrey shouted at her when she stepped out of the doors "Ugh we can't wait to see him." She told her bestfriend.
"And he misses both of you too." The redhead said as they gave both of the women hugs "Come on let's get you guys home." She told them as she opened the doors for them.
When they arrived to Chloe and Beca's loft they were surprised that it was quiet then Charlie came scampering to the redhead and started barking "Sshh are they asleep?" she asked the dog and Charlie started jumping and headed to the couch. When Chloe checked the couch she saw both brunettes sleeping deeply. Al was tucked beside Beca and resting on her shoulder while the brunette's arm wrapped around the little boy protectively. Chloe didn't realize that she was staring until Al's parents came beside her.
"I guess we'll just let them sleep for a while." Stacie told them while she leaned closer and gave her son a kiss on the forehead. The 3 ladies came to the kitchen and started making snacks for all of them as they wait for the 2 to wake up. "So how was the vacation?" she asked the couple.
"You guys should go there sometime." Aubrey suggested to her bestfriend.
"Yeah sure, maybe we will." She looked at the 2 of them looking so happy and she can't help but feel a little anxious, maybe or even jealous.
Aubrey couldn't help but notice her bestfriend's expression "Hey, everything okay?" she asked her then she whispered to the redhead "Did the midget did something? Chloe I'm gonna…" the blonde was cut off by the redhead's hand as she raised them.
"She didn't do anything." They talked in whispers "I was just thinking about something." She said.
Stacie sat down beside her wife giving her a drink "Why are we whispering?" she asked them. "Are we talking about…" she pointed at the couch gesturing for Beca and they both nodded at her. "well what's wrong?" she asked. They all talked in whispers not wanting to wake Beca.
"I just…" Chloe can't seem to finish but her friends encouraged her to continue. "I'm thinking about talking to her about our future. You know" the redhead swallowed "getting married and having a baby." She smiled at them "Babies."
"That's great Chloe." Aubrey told her "If you ask me it's about time." She shrugged her shoulders at her "You guys have been together for what 5 years?"
"6 actually" the redhead corrected her.
"Why aren't you guys still married?" Stacie asked her. "I always thought you guys would get all that sooner."
"Well you guys know that for the past 4 years we've been busy with our work." She told them "She's been busy working and establishing the studio while I created a name for myself. Then there was the back and forth from L.A." she explained to them.
"And nothing is stopping both of you now." Aubrey notified her. "You're both kind of settled and I think you guys are ready. So why are you worried?" she asked her bestfriend.
"I don't know." Chloe told them and looked at them wanting to change the subject. "Hey you guys never answered my question. How was the vacation?" Aubrey and Stacie looked at each other with big smiles on their faces "Okay I really want to know what happened." Now the redhead is in their absolute attention.
"I think you should be the one to…" Aubrey told her wife to be the one to tell their news.
Chloe couldn't handle the mystery her friends have been saying "What!?" she whispered to them.
"We're having a baby" Stacie told the redhead and Chloe's eyes grew as saucers then she squealed making Beca immediately sat up from the couch and looking at the noise.
"What happened?" the brunette said looking at girlfriend then felt the squirm of a little human beside her. "Sorry Buddy." She whispered to him.
"Sorry I didn't mean to wake both of you." Chloe apologized to her girlfriend.
"Mommy! Momma!" Al shouted as soon as he saw his parents and ran to them excitedly.
"Hey baby!" Stacie embraced him as soon as he reached them then she picked him up kissing him feverishly "I miss you" she said and hugged him.
"Angel, be careful, why don't you both sit down." Aubrey told his wife being extra careful especially at this time.
"What's happening? What did I miss?" Beca asked as she walked to them getting herself a drink.
Chloe squirmed and squealed while clapping her hands "Tell her, tell her." She told her friends.
Stacie nodded at her wife to tell their friend and the blonde agreed excitedly "We're having a baby." She told Beca.
The brunette stopped in the middle of her sipping her drink and looked at them "Congratulations!" she walked to the couple and hugged them all including Al "This is such great news! I'm so happy for all of you." She told them as she play with Al's hair.
"You hear that kiddo" Aubrey took his son and sat him on her lap "You're gonna be a big brother."
"Yay!" Al squealed and clapped his hands as she kissed both his mothers.
When Beca and Chloe went back to their loft after driving the Conrad-Posen family they went straight to their bedroom and got ready for bed. Chloe was waiting in bed for her girlfriend and as soon as the redhead felt the dip in bed she turned around and faced the brunette. "Can I ask you a question?"
"Yes, now do you have another question?" Beca smirked at her.
After years of being together this kind of talk really do make her nervous, she open and closed her mouth trying to say something but nothing came out. She took a deep breath and said "Do you think it's time to move our relationship to another step? Have babies?"
Beca looked at her and caressed the sheet beneath them and said "I think we should buy a new bed sheet." She tried to deflect as much as she can and hope Chloe would buy it. She didn't want to have this conversation yet and she didn't want to break Chloe's heart.
Chloe knew that there is a big possibility that her girlfriend wouldn't want to talk about it but it was worth a try. Although she really thought that Beca would be all go and excited showing from how she acts around Al and other kids. At the same time she didn't wanna push her so she just go with her girlfriend's deflection "We'll look for new stuff on the weekend." Was all she said before she turned around and turn off the lights.