[7 months pregnant]

I straightened my skirt as I regarded myself in the full-length mirror that was propped up in corner of our room. I shifted the floral fabric around my bulging belly and smoothed the whole skirt down one more time before heading out of the bedroom. As I made my way down the hall I could hear the voices of Chloe and her husband Chris in the kitchen. Chloe was here setting up because she was kind of the point person for this whole 'baby shower' thing. All the other Bellas would be arriving soon, I assumed, because it was 1:15 and it was set to start at 1:30. I walked into the kitchen and Chloe greeted me with a squeal and a hug. Chris smiled and gave a much more reserved 'hello.' Jesse watched from behind the counter as he finished slicing the vegetables for the trays. I looked around, quickly surveying the decorations and smiled back at Chloe. She had gone with a floral theme and their were watercolor-esque flower decorations everywhere. Tablecloths, plates, hanging garlands, this girl had it all covered. I was about to ask about Charlie when there was a sharp knock on the door.

"I'll get it," I said with a smile, then headed towards the door. I turned the knob and pulled it open to see Aubrey standing there, holding hands with her adorable 3 year old, Bailey. The little girl's blonde ponytail bounced as she waved rigorously at me.

"Well hello Bailey! What a surprise to see you!" I said bending slightly to talk to the toddler. Aubrey's RSVP had said only her own name, but I was happy that she'd brought her little bottle of sunshine. I stepped back to let them in and Aubrey began to talk.

"Yes, I know I only RSVP'd for myself, but Rich had a last minute work trip, so he couldn't take her for the day," she explained as she hung her light jacket on the rack. I helped Bailey out of her own little jacket and she darted past me as I hung it up beside her mother's. I heard Chloe's customary greeting for Bailey, which was a very high pitched "Hey!", and a squeal from the little girl.

"Aubrey, it's totally fine. I'm 99% sure Chloe's got Charlie sleeping in the guest room and Stacie said she was bringing the twins, so it really doesn't change anything that my favorite niece is here," I tell with a genuine smile, which she returns. We make our way into the kitchen, where Jesse and Chris are chatting at the end of the bar and Chloe is sneaking Bailey a cookie from the jar on the counter.

"Chloe, I hope those don't have nuts in them you know she's allergic," Aubrey warned as she walked briskly over to them.

"Aubrey, of course they don't. I have known the little bug her whole life, I think I how to avoid an allergic reaction, thank you very much," the ginger replied, squeezing Bailey's shoulders. Aubrey rolled her eyes and took her daughter's hand, leading her to the living room. Chloe followed biting off a piece of her own cookie as she went. I was about to follow them myself when I heard the doorbell ring. I went to the front door and opened it revealing an excited Fat Amy and a slightly less excited Cynthia Rose. Amy gave me a huge hug and spun me around, saying, "Beca!"

As I spun I could see Jesse tense up in the kitchen and I rolled my eyes at his concern. She put me down saying loudly, "Cynthia and I met at the corner and walked here together, it's not like I' her new lesbian lover or anything. Just in case any of you all made assumptions."

I went to hug Cynthia who was smiling and shaking her head at Amy's loud statement, and I heard the patter of a certain 3 year old's feet running to greet her aunts.

"Amyyyyyy!" she called as she sprinted down the hall and jumped into Amy's waiting arms.

"Bailey! Bunny, It's so good to see you!" Amy replied, squeezing the girl tight and swinging her back and forth. Finally she put her down, much to Aubrey's relief, and we continued into the kitchen. They set their gifts on the round table in the kitchen and proceeded to the living room, where they promptly collapsed onto the couch. I went in there as well, and we all chatted for a while, catching up. Jesse came in and stood behind my chair massaging my shoulders. The doorbell rang and I was about to stand up and get it, but Jesse patted my shoulders gently and announced that he'd get it. I sighed slightly, but the smile was still on my face. After all, he was just being kind, not implying that I couldn't do anything in this state.

A minute later, Stacie walked in, each hand grasped by one of her 5 year old twins. "Hey guys!" she chirped as she came in. She let go of the little boy's hand and instructed him to place the gift on the table as they passed it. She and her little girl continued into the room taking up the remainder of the space on the couch after greeting everyone. Stacie had been the first, after Jesse and I, to get married, and she and her husband Brett were a perfect match. They got married just after us, and a year later there were a bunch of us 23 year olds waiting at the hospital to meet Madison and Mason. The twins were, and still are, angels, and Stacie has made a lot of dramatic changes from her college self. She is an amazing mother and her husband is one of the sweetest meat-head-jock types ever. He's a little oblivious sometimes, but he's really sweet and he cares about his kids. Both of their parents care about them so much, as it should be.

Mason walked in brushing his dirty blonde hair back into place after it had no doubt been ruffled by his uncles in the kitchen. He plopped down on the other side of Stacie so that she was in the middle of a Mason-Madison sandwich. Amy began talking to the twins from her spot beside them on the couch and the smalltalk resumed in the rest of the room.

Lilly arrived next, stroking her freakishly long braid and quietly announcing that she once met a fruitbat in a 7-Eleven bathroom and taught it how to make friendship bracelets. We all looked around, confused, after that one. Jessica, Ashley and Denise showed up, as well as Benji, who attracted all three children with a magic trick involving colorful scarves. Jesse and Chloe got up and brought out the appetizers, and we all began munching on fruits and veggies. We talked and reminisced and they asked me about the pregnancy. I told them it was killing my back and I always had to pee but the three other mothers in the room assured me that it was normal. We played a game where everyone tried to guess the circumference of my belly, which was Chloe's idea and made Jesse and I slightly uncomfortable. Cynthia Rose and Lilly both won that one. Then we played one where there were diapers with melted chocolate on them and each person had to guess which candy bar was melted on theirs. Fat Amy didn't play that one, as she was thoroughly convinced that hers was actual poop. Stacie won that one, as she correctly guessed milky way. There was a name game where they thought of as many girl names as they could in 45 seconds and game where we all guessed who was who from their baby pictures. Chloe had acquired those delightful pictures via email. They all decorated plain white onesies for us with fabric markers as well. Finally we had cake, which is when the kids came back in from playing outside with Benji. As we handed out the slices, a cry was heard from down the hall and Chloe sprang up to get her son. We ate our cake and continued to talk and Chloe and Charlie came back into the room. The baby cooed and smiled when he saw all of his favorite aunts gathered in one spot.

Finally it was about 4:00 and it was time for the last event: gift opening. Jesse gathered as many as he could carry and set them down next to my chair while Chris and Benji brought the rest. We recruited Madison and Mason to pick the presents and hand them to me and they sprang up to do their important job. Chloe handed Charlie to Chris and readied her notebook and pen to write out what was from who for thank you notes.

The first box was a long rectangular shape and it was from Aubrey. I peeled away the pastel colored paper to see that it revealed a long boxed set of children's books. I smiled and thanked her, setting it down after reading what titles it contained. The other presents consisted of a breast pump from Chloe, a fold-up playpen from Stacie, a large gift bag full of assorted stuffed animals from Lilly, and a very large stuffed alligator from Amy. The others gave things like pacifiers, onesies, blankets and baby socks. All of it was much appreciated and I knew it would soon be added to the sunny decor of our daughter's room. We talked with our old friends until around 5:30, and people started to leave. Jessica, Ashley and Denise each gave me a hug and left after collecting their party favor from Chloe. The favors were little seed packets that had a picture of a baby holding a flower printed on it. It went with the theme, and growing something went along with the way I'm growing our newest addition. The others filtered out, Stacie saying she has to get the kids home, which was understandable as they live 30 minutes away and their bedtime was 7:00, and they had to take a bath and get ready for bed. Amy and Lilly left next, with Cynthia not far behind them, and finally it was just Chloe, Aubrey and I, along with Chris and Charlie and Bailey of course. I thanked Chloe for the amazing shower and Aubrey for coming and they too made their exits, but not before cleaning up my entire kitchen and living room, which I insisted Jesse and would handle, but they did it nonetheless. Finally, it was just me and Jesse.

I pulled him close for a hug and kissed him slowly. "I love you nerd," I said quietly.

"I love you too nerds," emphasizing the 's' to include our baby. We spent an hour or so putting the gifts away in the nursery. We had painted it a nice yellow color last month and put in the white crib, dresser, and changing table. The decorative accents and such were a nice pink color, giving the room a feeling of summer and pink lemonade. There was a bookshelf in the corner by the little window seat, and a corral for stuffed animals. We put all of the ones from Lilly in there, and propped the alligator from Amy next to it. We folded up the blankets and stacked them on the shelves above the dresser and folded all the onesies, outfits and socks and put the in the drawers of the dresser. We put the folded up playpen in the closet and the pacifiers in a box on a shelf in the closet. When we were finished, we stood next to eachother in front of the crib, staring at the pink and yellow plaid mattress cover. We didn't say anything, but I knew we were both thinking about how in 2 months. our little girl would be sleeping here. And we would be in this exact same spot looking at her sleeping form, instead of just an empty crib. And I knew that thought made both us extremely happy.


A/N: yay! I'm sorry it took so long to update. I don't really have an excuse :D But I made this one extra long for you (w/o the A/N it's 2k+!) so hopefully that will help ease the pain. All our favorite Bellas are in this chapter. Also, since I started this story before PP2 I'm just going to stick woth characters from the first movie. Sorry!

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