Hey everyone! Long time no see…(: So this one is based off of guest Grey's idea. So thank you! They're not exactly on an airplane, but they're at the airport…so yeah. It just kind of happened. I hope you all enjoy! Also: I won't be able to update next Monday unfortunately because I'm out of town. But I'll make sure that the following Monday's update is the best yet! (:

I don't own PP, or any of the amazing one-liners in it.

Episode 10: What We Do at the Airport

"Alright kids, this way." Beca squinted up at the airport sign overhead.

"Actually no, it's that way." Josh said matter-of-factly, pointing in the opposite direction.

"You'd think I'd be able to read an airport sign." Beca huffed, repositioning her duffle bag over her shoulder.

"I think we better get you some glasses, honey." Jesse remarked and led the family towards the direction their gate actually was.

"No." Beca said simply and her eyes met his slowly. Jesse shot her a look, "You're seriously going to build the walls back up because you need glasses?" He received a smack on the arm for that, and the family continued in silence towards their gate.

One thing Jesse hated was awkward silences. He always felt like he needed to break the tension somehow. But then of course he usually ended up sounding like a weirdo and maybe just a tad bit desperate. But this needed to stop. He was not going to let his family be that family.

"So guys," He grinned cheekily, taking a look at his people. There was the woman sitting next to him, who was currently immersed in her laptop, complete with the big ass headphones over her ears. His older son who also had big ass head phones over his ears, minus the computer. Then there was Aiden, who was doing homework as usual. And little Madi, who was playing a game on her mom's phone. Kids these days...

When no one answered his advance, he decided to clear his throat and try again. "So..." He said a little louder, but to no avail. That's it...he was not going to let this happen.

"Jesse!" Beca gasped angrily as he pulled her headphones off and shut her laptop. "What the hell?" Josh shot him an incredulous look as he pulled his headphones off as well. "Dad!" Aiden added as his faster shut his folder. And Jesse didn't miss the exasperated look that Madi gave him as he took Beca's phone back.

A chorus of chatter and protests erupted, and Jesse rolled his eyes. "Shut up!" He yelled and they quieted down. "We shut up? You're the one-" Josh started but trailed off after Jesse glared at him menacingly.

"Now, Swansons. We are not going to be one of those families." Jesse intructed, gesturing to four other families waiting in the same gate, who were completely ignoring one another.

Beca sighed in defeat, "What do you have in mind?"

"Seriously?" Josh interrupted, "You're going to give in that easily?"

"When you've known this dork for as long as I have, you'll understand." She deadpanned, causing Jesse to grin a little.

"Why don't we play twenty questions?" Jesse asked eagerly.

"You're such a weirdo." Aiden groaned, covering his eyes.

A small smile formed on Beca's face.

"Ok." Madi conceded, "Person, place, or thing?"

"Person." Jesse smirked.

"Ok, um... Is this person famous?" Madi asked, playing along.

Jesse grunted. "They should be."

"Is it you?" Beca raised an eyebrow. "Oh wait, we haven't found out the gender yet. Is this person a female?"

"No." Jesse frowned.

"Are you sure? Cause you totally picked yourself." Beca said sarcastically. Jesse glared at his wife, "Fine it was me. Now it's your turn."

"Joy." Beca rolled her eyes. "I've got it. It's a person, a girl, and they're name starts with a w and ends with an o."

"You're not supposed to give me hints until we reach question twenty!" Jesse told his wife in exasperation.

Josh face-palmed and Aiden did the same. Madi just grabbed her mom's phone and went back to trying to beat her high score.

"Well then who do you think it is?" Beca rolled her eyes again. "I don't know Waldo? Except he's male..."

"Forget it. There's no hope for your sanity." Beca spat.

Jesse raised an eyebrow at his wife. It had been a long time since she'd snapped at him like that, petty argument or not.

Beca tried to meet all of their kids' gazes but they avoided their mom's eyes at all costs. "I'm going to the bathroom." She announced finally, standing up and snatching the phone from her daughter's hands.

"Wow." Was all Josh could say as he sat back in his seat.

An older man walked by the family and stopped in front of Jesse. He reached into his bag, handed him some sort of pamphlet with a sympathetic look, and walked away. Jesse looked down at it and read, "I'm acting more like the child than the adult. How will this affect my parenting? Help!"

Jesse crumbled up the pamphlet angrily and tossed it in the trashcan at the end of the row of seats in the boarding area.

"Nice one! Did you ever play basketball?" Josh asked his dad, leaning back in his seat.

"Nah." Jesse replied, "I was always more of a drama geek."

"Maybe Mom was right about your gender." Josh didn't skip a beat.

For that, his headphones got taken away.

"I'm going to go find your mother." Jesse glanced down at his watch, "Text me if they start boarding our group."

He stood up and made his way to where the bathrooms were, and found Beca on a bench next to the ladies room. He plopped down next to her and stared straight ahead. "What's wrong, Bec?"

"Nothing." She stated firmly, leaning back onto the wall.

"No offense honey, but you've been acting like Mrs. Snarky all day. What's up?" He placed a hand on her knee and proceeded to caress it.

She seemed to be having some sort of mental debate with herself, but Jesse could tell she relented by how she leaned her head on his shoulder. "Flying makes me nervous. Also, um..." She paused for a second, "I didn't get the promotion."

"No way." Jesse turned his head to look at her. "But how could you not-"

"I don't know, Jess. But you're not helping." She snapped, then sighed and leaned her head back on his shoulder.

"I know I'm being selfish here. But the opportunities I would have gotten running the other studio would have been amazing and I don't know. I can't help but wonder if I did something wrong. All I've been doing for the past month is kissing my boss's stupid ass and I just-" She took in a breath.

"I know." Jesse pulled her closer, "You're passionate about what you do, and you want to share that with the world. I get it."

"But, Jess," She pulled away from his touch, "You've worked on two Oscar nominated films now. Two. I haven't even had so much of the luck you've had..." She stopped when she saw an inch of hurt cross over his eyes. "Oh god, Jesse, I didn't mean that. You know I didn't mean that. It's not luck. You deserve it so much." A tear rolled down her cheek and Jesse wiped it away then kissed her fingers.

"You'll get there, Beca. If I know you at all, I know you're not going down without a fight. You'll your chance." He whispered the last part and they sat on that airport bench, just enjoying the comfort of each other's arms.

"I love you, Jesse." Beca turned her head and buried her nose in her neck for a split second. "I know." Jesse grinned cheekily and Beca let out a much needed laugh.

"What do you say we get back to those kiddos? We don't want the plane to your parents to leave without us." She smirked and grabbed his hand as they walked the short distance back to their gate.

When they got there, they were surprised to see the three Swanson kids talking animatedly. They exchanged a curious look as they got close enough to hear the conversation.

"Is it a neutrino?" Aiden raised an eyebrow at his brother.

"A nude what?" Josh gaped idiotically.

"Ew, gross!" Madi smacked her brother in the arm and he clutched it absentmindedly.

"And no, it's not a nu-di-deh-no or whatever. Besides that was your last guess. You're at twenty questions, dude."

"What was it, then?" Aiden asked.

"A football. You're weren't even close." Josh frowned.

"Shouldn't that be its own category? Sports utensils?"

"Oh my lord." Josh groaned and fell back onto his seat.

Jesse and Beca smiled simultaneously. Nope, they weren't, and would never be that family.

A note: In the second chapter, I mentioned that Beca was pretty successful with her job. This chapter does take place after that one, but in this chapter she was up for an even higher position at another label and didn't get it. Just thought I'd clear that up so there's no confusion.

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