CHAPTER 7:
One month later, Jessica & Ashley were about to call their travel agent to try and book the perfect destination for their honeymoon.
"We've narrowed down our possible honeymoon destinations to the top 5. All we need to do is decide on one." Jessica said.
"Relax, Jessica. How hard could it be?" Ashley said.
As far as their destination choices go, the 5 destinations they narrowed it down to were Paris, London, Rome, Toronto, and Sydney. Another difficult choice they had to make was choosing the week of the trip. Since a few Bella birthdays were rather close apart, they wanted to try to be in town for those birthdays. They found themselves so stressed out by the decision making, they felt like they could lose their mind at any moment. The only thing that could distract them for a brief moment was a group text from Emily which read "It's a boy."
"Oh, my god...Emily and Benji are having a boy?" Jessica asked reading the text.
"Aww, I'm so happy for them." Ashley said.
"But we still need a way to decide on a destination for our honeymoon." Jessica said.
"Desperate times call for desperate measures. And if we can't decide ourselves, then I know exactly how we'll settle this..." Ashley said.
"Roll a dice?" Jessica guessed.
"Nope. We're going to have a meeting with our fellow Bellas. Maybe they can help us decide." Ashley said.
At that point, she sent a group text to the Bellas stating "Jessica & I need all your help deciding something. Please come over to the apartment tonight."
Later that evening, many of the Bellas showed up at Jessica & Ashley's apartment wondering why they were asked to come over.
"Okay, Bellas. You're probably wondering why we asked you all here." Jessica said as the Bellas agreed.
"We've been having difficulties deciding on a honeymoon location and we need your help." Ashley said.
"Of course. We'd be happy to help." Beca said.
"Got any places in mind?" Chloe asked.
"We've narrowed it down to 5 choices..." Jessica said.
"Paris, London, Rome, Toronto, & Sydney." Ashley continued.
"Oh. I thought maybe you'd want to go back to one of those places we went to on the USO Tour." Aubrey said.
"We didn't think of that." Jessica said.
"And besides, we want this to be not just a relaxing trip, but we want it to be an adventure too." Ashley said.
"Well, if you choose Sydney, I can recommend a few sites for you to check out." Amy said.
"I thought you were from Tasmania." Stacie said confused.
"Okay, fair point." Amy responded.
"Maybe what would help your decision is doing research to see if there are any sites that interest you." Aubrey suggested.
"We've done that. And each one has at least one interesting landmark." Jessica said.
"Like, if we chose Sydney, we could visit the Sydney Opera House." Ashley said imagining the couple attending an opera.
"Toronto has a lot of theaters downtown. Not exactly Broadway, but it sure reminds me of it." Jessica said imagining the couple at a show.
"Paris has the Eiffel Tower." Ashley said imagining the couple staring up at the top of the tower.
"Rome has that famous colloseum." Jessica said imagining the couple outside the colloseum entrance.
"And London has that famous clock known as Big Ben." Ashley said imagining the couple taking a picture of Big Ben.
"Well, how about we all take a vote. You both have some good reasons for wanting to go to all 5 places." Beca suggested.
"You good with that?" Jessica asked.
"Let's just get this tough decision over with so we can call our travel agent." Ashley said.
"Okay, show of hands for Paris..." Jessica said as nobody raised their hand.
"Show of hands for London..." Ashley said as Stacie & Aubrey raised their hands.
"Show of hands for Rome..." Jessica said as CR, & Esther raised their hands.
"Show of hands for Toronto..." Ashley said as Beca, Chloe, & Emily raised their hands.
"Show of hands for Sydney..." Jessica said as only Amy raised her hand.
"Looks like Toronto it is." Ashley said.
"We'll call the travel agent first thing in the morning." Jessica said
After they called their travel agent to book their trip, they decided to book their honeymoon in Toronto for September 23rd-29th. This way, they could be in town for Beca's birthday and be back in time for CR's birthday.