CHAPTER 4
The next morning Jesse woke Beca with kisses down her neck and shoulders.
"Good Morning Gorgeous! How did you sleep?"
"Morning Handsome. I slept great. How about you?"
"Great," he said as he trailed kissed down her side. "The only thing better than a great night's sleep is waking up to my gorgeous fiancé."
"Is that so? Well, I can think of something better"
"Oh yeah, what's that?"
As Beca rolled over on top of Jesse, he said, "Ahhh," he said with a wicked smile. "But we have to hurry; everyone will be here in 40 minutes."
"Well, then we need to get this party started" she said with a wink.
Sure enough, everyone was at their apartment and ready for breakfast by 8am. Jesse and Beca had just finished cooking when Chloe, Aubrey and Uni arrived. Chloe made arrangements for Nicholas to stay at Aubrey's house with her Nanny since she was going to have the girls for the day.
"Where's Lily, Stacie and Bryan?" Aubrey asked
"Lily is baby shopping with her mom." Donald said.
"Oh," said Aubrey, "that's so nice that they're getting to spend some time together."
"Yeah, she's really been looking forward to it." Donald said.
Beca walked in the room as Aubrey asked, "What about Stacie and Bryan?"
"They're spending a few days in Atlanta with their families since the wedding is just a couple days away." Beca said. "They're flying back home on Wednesday and will be here for Thanksgiving dinner with all of us."
"That's awesome," Chloe said, "I've really missed spending time with her.
"Yeah, we all have. Seems like she's always away for a photo shoot and when she is in town, she's usually at her boutique." Beca said.
"Wow," said Aubrey, "She really seems to be spreading herself thin."
"Yeah, I've been worried about her." Beca said. "Bryan has been trying to get her to slow down for a while now. I think she's finally at a point where she will. She mentioned being really tired when I met her for lunch last week."
"Well, I really hope she'll consider slowing down." Aubrey said
"I agree", said Chloe, "she deserves to enjoy life"
When everyone was finished eating, Beca started to clean and pack the remaining kitchen items while everyone else started to load up the moving truck. Jesse had been in the kitchen several times to check on her, however this time was different. As he entered the almost empty kitchen he noticed Beca sitting on the floor crying. He sat down next to her, placed his arm around her shoulder, kissed her on the top of her head and pulled her into his chest.
"Baby, are you ok?"
"I don't know." she said, "Are you sure we're doing the right thing?"
"What do you mean?"
"Buying the house?" she said, "We've lived in this apartment since we got to LA & everything has been great. What if things change once we're settled into the house?"
He cupped her face, tilted her chin back to look up at him and said, "Beca, we're going to be fine. Sure being in the house will be different, but we're the same, so it doesn't matter where we live as long as we're together. You're my home and I'm yours."
"You're right, I guess I just needed to hear you said it."
"Ok, then let's get up and get the rest of this stuff packed so we can go home."
"Sounds like a plan."
They stood up still embracing one another. "Good, now let's get cracking," he said as he smacked her playfully on the butt, "I want to take my gorgeous fiancé home!"
"Hey Jess"
"Yeah"
"I love you"
"I love you more Becs"
"Nope, that's not possible" she said with a wink.
He gave her a quick peck on the mouth and the cheek and went back to loading up the truck.
As Jesse approached the truck with more boxes, Benji said, "Hey man, where have you been?"
"Oh, I was helping Beca with something"
Donald laughed, "Yeah... helping Beca with something..."
"Come on man, she's having a little trouble with the move. She just needed me to reassure her that we're doing the right thing."
"What do you mean, 'she's having trouble with the move?' Donald asked. "Does that mean we have to unload the truck back into your apartment?"
Benji rolled his eyes, thinking all the work they had done today was for nothing.
"No, no… She's just been really sentimental lately," pointing toward the apartment; "our life in LA started in that apartment. That apartment holds a lot of memories for both of us and she's having a little trouble letting go. We weren't supposed to move for another couple of weeks, remember?"
"Yeah," Benji said, "We did all kinda spring this on her last night."
"Oh, sorry dude; I didn't mean to overstep." Donald said
"Guys, it's ok", Jesse said, "she's fine now. She just had a little breakdown, but look at her now...she's glowing." He said as he watched Beca carry a box out while chatting with Chloe and Aubrey.
She caught Jesse staring at her and as she smiled that special smile she reserved just for him and blew him a kiss. Jesse reached up and grabbed the kiss she blew and Beca chuckled. Benji & Donald elbowed each other as they witnessed the sweet moment between the two.
Because everyone ate such a large breakfast and no one was hungry at lunchtime, they all decided to work through lunch and opted for an early dinner instead. Since the entire apartment was packed up, Donald & the others decided to take the truck over to the new house leaving Beca and Jesse a few minutes alone in their now empty apartment. As they walked through and reminisced about all the good times they had there Beca sniffled and Jesse realized she was crying again. This really rattled him because Beca wasn't one to cry and this was the second time in one day. He stood in front of her, wrapped his arms around her waist and pressed his forehead to hers.
"Beca, please look at me"
"Yeah Jess" she said as she looked up
"This is a good thing Becs, it means we made it. It means we have done everything we promised ourselves we would. We set goals and we attained them. This move is the next phase and in one short week, we start another phase as husband and wife. Are you with me?"
"You're right." she said as she cupped his face and placed feather kisses on his beautiful lips.
"You know," he said between kisses, "I love when you say that"
"Say what?"
"That I'm right." he said with his signature smirk
"You're such a dork" she said with a smile
"But, I've always been and always will be your dork" he said as he kissed her again
"Yeah, yeah... come on mister," she said taking his hand and walking toward the front door, "we have to get home!"
"Yes we do." he said, pulling her hand to his mouth and kissing her knuckles. They stood in the doorway of the empty apartment for one last look and lead each other out quietly, locking the door behind them.
Their new home was massive and Jesse dreamed of filling it with memories, babies, laughter and fun but he knew he couldn't press Beca too hard on the baby issue just yet. She had definitely warmed up to the idea of kids, after all, they did have Laney, their little, soon to be really big, 4 legged "fur baby", as Beca so affectionately called her. That was the first step, right?!
When they got to the house, everyone was unloading and Laney was happily running around like crazy in her new backyard. As promised, they stopped for pizza, beer and wine on the way and were greeted by a host of hungry friends.
"Hey guys," Jesse said, "we're home."
"Pizza's here!" Benji & Uni said
"Come on...let's eat" Donald said taking the pizza boxes from Jesse
Everyone sat on the floor in the family room. "You know Bec," Aubrey said, "This is the perfect house for all of our family get-togethers"
"Yeah, we thought so too." Beca agreed.
"Even thought it wasn't complete at the time we first saw it, we definitely saw the potential." Jesse said.
"Soooo," Chloe said, "we thought it would be awesome to have Thanksgiving here."
"Oh, I don't know," Beca said looking at Jesse, "Thanksgiving is Thursday and the wedding is just a couple days after that. We have so much to do and so little time to do it. I don't know if we'll be unpacked by then"
"We'll help," Chloe said, "promise"
"Oh come on Becs, it'll be fun," Jesse said, "sure it's going to be a lot of work, but if everyone helps, we can totally do this."
"Ok, let's do it." Beca said with a huge smile that lit up the room.
"This is gonna be so awesome." Benji said
The next few days were a total blur. With everything finally unpacked and in its place, Beca found herself just walking around in disbelief that all of this was theirs. Jesse noticed that she was just standing in place and staring. She walked up behind her, wrapped his arms around her and put his chin on the top of her head.
"Hey gorgeous, what are you thinking about?" He said, as he placed a kiss on the top of her head.
Can you believe it," she said, "it's all ours; we did it"
"I know; I've had to pinch myself a few times to make sure it's not a dream." He said
Turning in his arms and cupping his face in her tiny hands, she said, "but it is a dream Jess...it's our dream, and every day, from here on out, we get to add to it."
He smiled and kissed her, pulling back only to look into her eyes. "So, what's the next thing you want to add to our dream?"
She looked down at his chest, then very coyly looked back up into his eyes and said, "A baby."
A huge smile crept onto this face, she smiled that special smile back at him then he picked her up and spun her around. "A baby… are you serious?! I thought I was going to have to twist your arm a few times just to talk about having a baby."
"Jess," she said, "I've always wanted children with you, like you said, 'it's inevitable'; it was just a matter of timing. And right now, the timing seems right."
"Beca, you don't know how long I've wanted to hear you say that. You have always made me happy but right now, I'm so happy I feel like my heart could explode. You continue to surprise and amaze me."
"Jess... I fall deeper and deeper in love with you every day. You alone have shown me that dreams can and do come true. You taught me what it means to love and be loved."
He picked her up and carried her off to their new bedroom, where he planned to show her over and over again just how much he loved her.
FAMILY INTRODUCTIONS:
Beca's Family
Mom: Caryn Brown (Tina Fey)
Dad: David Mitchell (John Benjamin Hickey)
Stepmom: Sheila Mitchell (Patricia Clarkson)
Mamaw: Katherine (Kate) Mitchell (Pron: Mam-Maw)
Papaw: David Mitchell, Sr. (Pron: Pap-Paw)
Jesse's Family
Mom: Grace Swanson (Sela Ward)
Dad: William (Bill) Swanson (Tom Selleck)
Brother: Adam Swanson (Jesse Metcalfe)
Adam's wife: Sarah (Jennifer Lawrence)
Adam & Sarah's Children: Tyler and Makenna)
Brother: Cody Swanson (Christian Chavez)
Cody's wife: Jenna (Hayden Panettiere)
Cody & Jenna's Children: Gavin and Emily
Sister: Megan Swanson (Lily Collins)
Megan's fiancé: Matt Thibodeaux (Chace Crawford)
