"Bree, we've only been married for a month, why do you want to get a kitten now?"

Aubrey shrugged, tugging her shawl over her shoulders and bracing herself against the fierce wind that had suddenly picked up. "I like kittens."

"Since when?" Chloe laughed, wrapping her arms around Aubrey.

Aubrey leaned into her touch, she sighed, "I've always liked them."

Chloe rested her forehead against Aubrey's and smiled gently, "But I like how things are right now."

Aubrey gripped her wife's hand, wife it still felt like she was in a dream when she said that. "I do too, babe. But I don't see how getting an adorable furry little creature that purrs would be that much of a stepping stone."

"That's exactly it, Bree! It's a little tiny living thing that we would have to keep alive. You and I both know that we don't have time for that, we sometimes go what feels like forever without seeing each other, much less a kitten." Chloe watched her closely, Aubrey's face fell, "Plus, what if it peed everywhere out of spite?"

Aubrey pulled away from Chloe, "That's why we train it, Chlo. But, I guess nevermind then." Aubrey stood up from their patio and started to head inside their house, "Just forget I said anything."

"Bree!" Chloe called after her, "Wait! Don't walk away from me, please. Tell me what's going on."

Aubrey hesitated before walking back over to Chloe and perching on the arm of the lounge chair, "I want us to have a baby, Chloe. But I know that babies are a lot of work. But we're not getting any younger and considering we can't exactly get pregnant by traditional means we really need to start looking at other options. But I want to make sure that this is something we can actually pull off." Aubrey took a deep breath, "So I thought we could get a kitten."

Chloe gasped, "You want a baby?"

"With you, more than anything," Aubrey nodded.

Chloe paused and took hold of Aubrey's hand, "Can I carry it?"

Aubrey's head snapped to look at Chloe, "You mean it? You want to have a baby with me?"

"Definitely."

Aubrey leaned close to her wife and captured her lips in a kiss, "I love you."

"Mm, I love you too, Bree."

"Let's go to the humane society tomorrow, okay?"

"What?" Chloe looked confused, "I agreed to a baby, Bree, not a cat."

"You'll fall in love with it. I promise!" Aubrey jumped up from the chair and made her way inside, "I'm going to make us some lunch to celebrate!"

"But I hate cats," Chloe muttered before heading inside after her wife. "Why couldn't it be a dog?"

"Oh my god, look at this one, Chloe!" Aubrey practically vibrated joy as she dragged Chloe around the small humane society located a few miles from their house.

"I don't know, Bree," Chloe tried not to be charmed by Aubrey's enthusiasm. "They're all so-"

"Precious?" Aubrey pulled Chloe into a hug.

"I guess that's one word for it," Chloe tried to keep the scowl off her face.

Aubrey frowned at Chloe and pulled back, "What is it you're not telling me, Chloe?"

"I just don't-" Chloe sighed, intent on telling Aubrey just why she wasn't over the moon about them adding to their family, "Nothing, babe, I just want you to be happy."

"You sure?" Aubrey was slightly concerned, rarely did Chloe act the way she currently was acting.

Chloe sighed slowly, bringing a smile to her face, "Yeah, Bree. I love you."

"I love you too, Chlo," Aubrey quirked her eyebrow again, "Now how about that black and white one over there?" She pointed at a small kitten who was pouncing on its mother's tail, the older cat looked less than pleased.

"It looks rowdy." Chloe nodded, unconvinced until she saw the bright look on her wife's face.

"She," the attendant supplied, startling the two women.

"She," Aubrey grinned, "Does she have a name?"

"We haven't been able to come up with one yet."

Aubrey looked at Chloe and grabbed her hands, "What do you say, Chloe? We could name her Luna!"

"Babe, I love you, but there is no way we're naming it Luna. Luna was all black. This cat isn't." At the frown on Aubrey's face, Chloe leaned up and kissed her gently, "And we're not naming it Artemis either."

"Spoilsport." Aubrey released Chloe's hands and put her hair up in a loose bun, "Well then, what do you suggest we name her, if you insist on being difficult?"

Chloe rolled her eyes, "How about Rei? She looks feisty."

"Rei," Aubrey said, trying it out. "I like it." She checked to see if the volunteer was paying them any attention before she grabbed Chloe in a deep kiss. "I love you so much."

Chloe moaned softly into Aubrey's mouth, pulling back she smirked, "Is this how you're going to be every time I name anything? I could name our fern, how is Winnifred?"

"I like Fred better."

"Fred it is."

"Rei," Aubrey tried to coax the little kitten out from under their bed. "It's okay, baby. I know everything's big. But I promise we're nice!"

Chloe laughed at the sight of her wife, rumpled and completely frazzled, "It's a cat, babe, it's not going to listen to you."

"She, Chloe, she. And she will listen to me. Or at least she'll learn to."

"Come here, Bree," Chloe beckoned, "It will come out when it's ready."

Aubrey crawled over to Chloe and looked up at her, "Stop calling her an it, Chloe, that's disrespectful."

"Really, Bree? It's a cat."

"Yes, and our trial baby. So be nice to her."

"Fine," Chloe helped Aubrey stand and wrapped her arms around the other woman, "So how about some afternoon delight?"

Aubrey's gaze darkened for a moment before she cleared her throat, "Chloe, we can't," she hissed.

"What? Why not, Bree? This is one of the few afternoons where we don't have anywhere to be," Chloe started unbuttoning her own shirt, trailing her finger down her chest.

"Rei is under the bed, Chloe. I'm not going to have sex with her in the room." Aubrey looked at Chloe as if she was completely dense.

"Are you kidding me, Bree?"

"She's too young for that, we may scar her."

"She's a cat, Aubrey. A cat!"

"Yes, she is," Aubrey grinned and kissed Chloe hard, "Let's go use that stupid couch that I hate instead."

Chloe whimpered against Aubrey's lips, "Sounds good to me."

"Don't think I don't see what you're doing here, Cat," Chloe glared at the fluffy devil while Aubrey was distracted in their closet, picking out a dress for their dinner with Beca and Jesse.

"What was that, Chlo?" Aubrey popped her head out of the closet.

"Nothing, babe, just pick out something pretty."

Aubrey laughed, "You're ridiculous."

"But you love me!" Chloe called out and turned her attention back on their cat who was calming bathing herself while sitting on Chloe's pillow. "I hate you."

Rei looked at her and hissed before turning back to her sleek coat.

Chloe was startled by a soft hand on her back, "Having a staring contest with Rei?" Aubrey laughed.

"Can you tell your cat to get off my pillow?" Chloe frowned.

"Shush, she's fine."

"Yeah, says the woman who doesn't have to breathe fur while she's trying to sleep," Chloe muttered.

"Come on, Chloe, would you zip me up? We're going to be late."

Chloe sighed and got off the bed, zipping up the dress easily and placing a soft kiss on Aubrey's neck, "I love you."

"I love you too." Aubrey walked over to the closet and grabbed her jacket, "Don't forget your shoes and coat. And stop glaring at the cat, Chloe, you're not a child."

Chloe slouched slightly before straightening and stepping into her shoes, "She started it."

Aubrey kissed Chloe on the cheek and took her hand, "I'm sure she did."

"She did."

Aubrey groaned as she tripped over the loose stone in the front path leading up to their house, "Note to self: fix that before I trip and hit my head on the concrete." She unlocked the yellow door, courtesy of Chloe, and walked into the dark house. She shut the door quietly behind her, cognizant of the late hour. She stepped out of her heels and rolled her suitcase against the wall of the living room, she would deal with it in the morning.

She barely looked at the bed with Chloe's sleeping form resting in it as she crossed their master bedroom to enter the ensuite bathroom. She needed to wash the plane from her face and if she wasn't so tired and eager to cuddle with her wife, she would take a much needed shower. She washed her face and brushed her teeth, undressing and throwing the dirty clothes in the hamper. Her feet made soft noises as she walked from bathroom to the closet to grab an old Barden shirt of Chloe's to wear and moved silently to the bed.

"Son of a gun," she whispered as she neared the bed. Chloe was asleep, unsurprisingly given how late it was, Aubrey always did hate late flights, but it was the earliest flight she could catch back to the states after her meetings had finished. What was surprising was the fluffy figure of their cat cuddled up to Chloe in the bed. "I knew you liked each other." Smirking, Aubrey lifted the covers and moved to the middle of the bed, shifting Rei so she could wrap her arms around both her girls. Rei stirred and lifted one eye to meet hers, unamused at being disturbed, "Oh hush," Aubrey said to the cat, "I know you missed me." Rei started purring softly as Aubrey reached over to rub the back of her ears, "Yeah, I missed you too."