I've really appreciated all the comments and support that I've gotten for this fic. I know I've gotten quite a few comments about not having angst... but I'd already written the entire story before even beginning to post it, so what's done is done. I'm also considering writing a sequel, so please let me know if you'd be interested in reading it! As always, please enjoy and review!

After they'd puled themselves together, they made their way into the house, which was filled with noise. Chloe's hand found Beca's, intertwining their fingers together. Beca shot a small smile at the ginger before walking deeper into the house. There were tons of people, well, not really that many, but it was more people than Beca had expected. Chloe tugged Beca's hand, guiding her towards a redheaded women in her late fifties that she assumed was Chloe's mother.

"You must be Beca" the woman said, smiling warmly and giving Beca a big, very Chloe like hug.

"Yep" Beca said awkwardly, hugging the woman back.

"I'm Chloe's mom, you can call me Abby." She said with a smile, Beca nodded and returned her smile. She could feel Chloe watching her, clearly amused. Beca stuck her tongue out at the redhead once Chloe's mom had looked away briefly. Her goofy gesture earned her a bright smile and a wink from Chloe. She saw three redheaded girls running around with tiaras on, being chased by a little brown haired bow who was holding a Nerf gun and giggling. A tall man with red hair that matched Chloe's bounded up to them and scooped the little boy up, throwing him over his shoulder. The boy let out a happy squeal and Beca couldn't help but grin a little at the encounter. Chloe pulled out her phone and typed up a quick message.

THAT'S CHRIS AND HIS SON MATT.

Beca's eyes browsed the screen quickly and she nodded, making a mental note of who he was. Chloe took Beca's hand again and tugged her towards the general direction of the kitchen where there were several more people. A blonde woman holding a sleeping toddler, another ginger (surprise surprise) who Beca assumed was Claire since she looked several months pregnant and looked a heck of a lot like Chloe. Chloe hugged both of the women tightly in turn and signed to them.

THIS IS BECA.

The blonde woman introduced herself as Michelle and the baby she was holding as her and Chris's second sond, Nick. And the redhead was, as Beca has guessed, Chloe's older sister, Claire.

"It's nice to finally meet you, Beca." Claire said, leaning against the counter with a hand resting on her baby bump.

"Finally?" Beca asked with a nervous chuckle. Claire smiled

"Chloe might have mentioned you a few times." she admitted. Beca blushed slightly, earning a chuckle from Michelle and Claire. CHloe put her hand on Beca's shoulder to catch her attention and then signed.

GO OUTSIDE. MEET DAD, CONNER, COLTON, CARSON.

Beca nodded and took Chloe's hand again, lacing their fingers together as they headed for the backdoor to head outside. Beca found herself fitting in with Chloe's family pretty well. She had a beer with a few of Chloe's brothers, played with the nieces and nephews, and talked with Chloe's sisters and sisters-in-law for a while. She watched how Chloe interacted with her family, and she couldn't help but love them. They spoke to her verbally while signing so she could read their lips or their hands depending on which she wanted. They had a white board hanging in the kitchen and plenty of colored markers probably for both communication and enjoyment for the kids. The family was still eating with music playing quietly in the background, accompanying the roaring conversation of the Beale family in the backyard. There were several folding tables and tons of chairs in the yard as well as a trampoline, above ground swimming pool, and a giant grill and smoker area. Beca turned at the feeling of a hand on her shoulder. She looked up to see Claire.

"Have you seen Chloe?" she asked. Beca swallowed a bite of her ribs and stood, shaking her head. She'd been talking to Chloe's dad while helping him grill for the past twenty or so minutes.

"She said she was going to the bathroom, but that was a while ago." Claire rubbed her baby bump.

"You might want to go find her." Beca thanked her and headed back into the house, wondering why Claire seemed so worried. Walking through the kitchen, Beca saw Chloe and her youngest brother Carson sitting on the couch. Carson's back was to Beca. so she couldn't see his hands, but she could tell by the look on Chloe's face that he was signing to her. Chloe looked upset. Very upset. Beca frowned, torn between not wanting to interrupt and wanting to make sure that Chloe was okay. She opted for walking back to the back door she'd just used to enter the house and closed the door a bit louder than she had before so that Carson would hear that someone entered the house. He turned towards the door and caught her gaze. Something was off.

"Is everything okay?' she asked harshly, not really caring if she sounded like a bitch.

"Yeah, totally." Carson responded icily "Just having a sibling one on one." He got up, leaving Chloe and Beca alone in the living room.

"YOU OKAY?" Beca signed. Chloe nodded, not meeting Beca's gaze.

"HOME" she signed back. Chloe and Beca said a few quick goodbyes to Chloe's family and then hit the road headed back to Barden. They didn't talk much on the way home, but that wasn't uncommon. Beca couldn't read the message Chloe typed on her phone unless they were at a red light, and it wasn't very safe to try to watch Chloe sign and the road at the same time. But this silence, unlike their normal silence, was uncomfortable. Beca could tell Chloe was purposefully not looking at her. Before long they were 10 minutes away from Chloe and Aubrey's apartment, but since Aubrey had her "friend" Stacie over, and Beca wanted to talk to Chloe privately. She pulled into the parking lot of a diner about two blocks from Chloe and Aubrey's apartment, causing Chloe to finally look at her. Beca took her own phone out and selected the dictation app that CHloe had downloaded onto it.

"What happened back there?" she typed. CHloe's eyes darted across the screen of Beca's phone.

"NOTHING" she signed.

"bullshit" Beca typed out quickly into her phone. Chloe's eyes widened slightly as she read what Beca has typed. She took the phone from Beca's hand and typed something else out. She offered the phone back to Beca and watched as the Brunette read:

I want to break up.