Walls

Chapter 11

This story follows the evolving relationship of Beca Mitchell and Jesse Swanson as their journey begins at their last ICCA competition and continues beyond graduation. Universal owns all rights of Pitch Perfect…I only own this story.

A/N: Meet Emma Rose, big news, opportunities and more sexy times. Please R&R.

Cedars Sinai Medical Center

Having just given birth to a 7 lb. 4 ounce bouncing baby girl, Chloe is exhausted. With her damp hair pulled back she's resting with her bundle of joy sleeping peacefully in the crook of her arms. The door opens to reveal Beca who quietly approaches her friend.

"How are you feeling?" She whispers not wanting to disturb the newborn.

"Like I've been kicked you know where." She pauses and continues. "Thank you Beca...for everything. Josh and I are forever in your debt for what you did for us."

"Hey...it was nothing. All I really did was bring you here, you did all the work." The petite girl says grinning.

"So you'll forgive me for abusing you earlier?" Beca laughs. "I don't even know what you're talking about." She jokes. "Then perhaps you'll forgive me for what I did to your car." She pauses. "I think I killed the suspension."

Chloe chuckles at her petite friend then motions for her to come closer.

"Would you like to meet your goddaughter?"

Beca smiles, approaches the newborn and gently places a kiss to the top of her head which is covered by a pink knitted cap.

"She's so beautiful." She pauses. "Just like her mother." The ginger grins at her comment. "Well...what's her name?" The Bella leader asks.

"We're calling her Emma Rose after Josh's grandmother." Beca smiles. "It's beautiful.

"Thank you." Chloe says as her daughter starts squirming and making cooing sounds. "Have you told him yet?"

"I was just about to when Josh pulled me away." She pauses. "I'm really nervous. What if he's not happy about it?"

"Are you kidding me?" She pauses. "Jesse is head over heals in love with you. He's going to burst out of his seams when he finds out."

Beca chuckles then reaches out to touch Emma's tiny hand which instinctively wraps around her finger. Both women are fixated on the infant and begin to giggle.

"Do you wanna hold her?"

"Sure" She hesitates. "I'd love to." She cradles her arms and accepts the newborn; she looks into the tiny infant's face and starts singing in a low voice.

"I'm bulletproof, nothing to lose...fire away, fire away. Ricochet, you take your aim, fire away, fire away. You shoot me down but I won't fall, I am titanium. You shoot me down but I won't fall, I am titanium."

Chloe is laughing at this point. "I can't believe you're singing my lady jam to my daughter." She pauses. "Only you would do that Beca."

"Hey...it may be your diddle jam," She laughs. "But it's always been one of my favorites and it's also the song that brought us together. So it's only fitting that it be the first song your daughter hears." Chloe acknowledges her with grin.

"I guess so but you're still a weirdo Beca Mitchell or is it Swanson? I don't even know what to call you these days."

Beca smirks at her then returns her attention to the tiny infant in her arms. "It's still Mitchell, nerd. We agreed not to legally change my name until after the wedding."

"Ok...that makes sense."

"It's been one crazy day, hasn't it?" Beca is deep in thought playing with Emma's tiny fingers. "First I find out I'm pregnant and then you give birth to your daughter."

Chloe clears her throat trying to get Beca's attention. The Bella leader looks to the redhead whose eyes widen like saucers. She motions for her to turn around where Jesse is leaning against the door. "Beca?" He says with disbelief.

Josh who entered the room with Jesse retrieves his daughter from Beca's arms. "I'll take her now. Looks like you guys need to talk."

The Bella leader closes her eyes and takes a deep breath.

"Umm...yah...that's not exactly the way I envisioned telling you...but yes, I'm pregnant." She pauses. "I just found a little while ago."

The Treble leader is in shock. He's speechless and continues to stare at her with no expression. Without saying another word he sighs, shakes his head then exits the room leaving a very confused Beca.

"Oh, my god Chloe...What just happened?"

The redhead gives her a sympathetic look and tries to give her some encouragement. "You better go talk to him. It'll be all right."

A worried looking Beca nods at her friend and leaves the room. She enters the hall and finds Jesse with his arms crossed, leaning on a post looking out a window. She approaches him with caution.

"Hey...I'm sorry...I was about to tell you but Josh dragged me away." She pauses. "Are you ok?"

He finally looks at her. To Beca's surprise he has tears falling from his eyes.

"Jesse...please talk to me."

Still not saying a word, the Treble leader takes a few steps away, stops and looks up at the ceiling, then finally returns to her. He looks into Beca eyes and kisses her hard on the lips. "We're going to have a baby." He says against her lips.

"Are you're happy?" She asks in a low cracking voice.

Suddenly he picks her up and twirls her around then kisses her passionately.

"YES...a million times...YES...I'm happy! I can't believe we're going to be parents."

She lets out a sigh of relief and starts to cry. "You scared me Jess...I thought I messed up." She pauses. "I thought I lost you."

"Never baby...I'm not going anywhere. I think I was in shock and needed time to process this, but yah...I'm definitely happy." He pauses. "It's been such a crazy day and this just tops it. So what happened? How did you find out?"

The petite girl is about to tell him but realizes he hasn't said anything about his meeting with Disney. "Wait...before I go into that, how was your interview?"

Jesse smiles. "They loved the tracks so much they're going to use them for the films. They want to hire a composing/production team." He pauses. "Us Beca...they want to hire both of us. It may not be a fancy record label like you wanted, but it's Disney and they're family friendly which means a husband/wife team is completely acceptable. So...what do you say partner...will you wish upon a star with me?"

Trying to process what was just thrown at her, she continues. "I hate to sound like a superficial bitch, but if they're going to be using our tracks, shouldn't we be compensated?" Jesse pulls out a cashier's check from the inside pocket of his suit jacket, Beca's eyes go wide as she sees the amount. "Seriously?"

Her comment makes him chuckle. "Yah...seriously, we're also going to expand on the scores and receive royalties from both pictures." They really loved our stuff Becs and want us to join their team. This time she's speechless. "But I never met with them. They don't even know me."

"Yah...that's what I tried telling them. They didn't care. I'm telling you Beca with my melodies and your mixing abilities we blew them away. What really impressed them was the fact that we're both leaders of our a-Capella groups and have radio internships at Barden. They were so dazzled by our college experiences they're offering us paid apprenticeships to begin immediately after graduation." He pauses. "The contracts are being drawn up as we speak and will include sign-on bonuses and relocation packages. We'll be able to move to L.A. immediately and get our own place. Now that we're expecting, the timing couldn't be better."

Beca is in total disbelief. "It sounds like an amazing opportunity but what about my pregnancy?" She asks with concern. "Are they still going to want us?"

Jesse thinks about it. "Since they're so family oriented I doubt this will change anything however, when we get back to Barden we'll speak with them." He pauses. " So tell me, what the hell happened today? We made love this morning and things seemed normal. Were you late?"

"You're going to laugh when I tell you this." Jesse encourages her to continue. "It was my boobs." Chloe saw them and convinced me to take a test."

The Treble leader is confused. "Ok...why was Chloe looking at your boobs?"

Chuckling at him she tries to explain. "Do you remember me telling you about our Freshman year when Chloe barged in on me in the shower?" He nods yes. "Well she kinda barged in on me again this morning after you left." She pauses. "When I was getting dressed she said my boobs looked different and made me pee in a cup." Jesse thinks about it. "They have been extra sensitive lately and the other day your areoles seemed larger but I just thought that was because I'm always messing with them." He pauses. "I should have known." Beca rolls her eyes and crosses her arms in front her chest.

"Anyway when the test came up positive, I puked my brains out then Chloe made an appointment for me to see her OBGYN." Jesse holds his hand up and motions for her to stop. "You puked?"

"Yah...apparently I'm not immune to morning sickness." Her comment makes him laugh.

"So it's confirmed then...you're definitely pregnant. How far along are we?"

"Oh yah...it's definite. I had an examination and blood work showed elevated HCG levels which confirmed we're at least 5 weeks, so by graduation I'll definitely be showing.

"Yah, but you're so tiny I'm sure with the plethora of plaid shirts you own you'll find a way to hide it. When did you want to tell everyone?"

She thinks about. "Let's get past the first trimester and make sure everything's ok and then we"ll tell our parents first and then our friends. I'll talk to Chloe and make sure she doesn't say anything."

"It's going to be so hard not telling anyone when all I want to do is shout it from the roof tops." Jesse places his hand on her flat stomach. "I can't wait to see you with a belly."

She laughs, places her hand over his and looks into his eyes. "You're gonna be the most amazing daddy."

He smiles at her. "Do you really think so?" She kisses him on the lips. "Oh, my god Swanson, you were born to be a parent." Jesse laughs at her remark. "What about you Becs? Are you ready to turn in your headphones for diapers?" She smirks at him. "After seeing Chloe and Josh become parents today, I can't wait."

"Me too." He thinks about things. "You know, now that we're going to be part of the Disney family we really need to get your movie-cation up to par, especially with animated films." She rolls her eyes and exhales. "Swell." Her response cracks him up.

Beca adds, "We should also discuss moving up the wedding. Let's talk to Chloe this weekend and coordinate something small in the next couple of months." Jesse agrees and places another kiss on her lips. "Come on...let's go see our friends and celebrate our goddaughter's birthday."

Holding hands the newly expectant couple return to Chloe's room. They knock on the door and are let in by Josh. With Chloe nursing her baby, she looks up and takes a moment to study the younger couple.

"Oh...we're sorry...we'll come back." Beca says not wanting to intrude on such a private moment.

"Don't be ridiculous, you guys are family." She pauses. "Come on in. Is everything ok? Chloe asks warily.

Jesse speaks up. "Chloe...we're better than ok." He pauses. "Disney wants to hire us as a team and most importantly...we're going to be a family."

Chloe beams at them while Josh hugs them both. "Congratulations! We couldn't be happier for you both and can't wait until you're permanently here."

"Neither can we." They say at the same time laughing.


Later in that night...

Due to the time of night the hospital will be discharging Chloe and the baby in the morning. The guys take a trip to the house to retrieve Chloe's stuff and bring back some dinner for the rest of them. Beca who is back in her own clothes is seated next to her friend's bed holding Emma as Chloe gets some much needed sleep. Speaking just above a whisper the petite girl takes the opportunity to have a little chat with her goddaughter.

"You really don't know how lucky you are to have such an amazing mommy." She pauses then places a gentle kiss to the infant's nose. "She's the kindest, most unselfish person I know." "The first time I met her I thought she was a weirdo and then she scared the shit out of me in the showers. Even though she traumatized me (for life) we still became best friends. Tearing up. "If it weren't for your mommy I probably wouldn't be here today." She pauses. "I want you to know little one that I love you and will always be there for you and your mommy."

Pretending to be asleep Chloe can't help but to smile at the words falling from her friend's lips. She decides its time to make herself known. "Hey...you're still here."

"Of course I'm here. Where else would I be?"

"I don't know...with your husband." She pauses. "So are you sure you guys are ok?"

Beca smiles to her friend.,"Yes...we're fine. Like you said, he's ecstatic at the thought of being a father. He was just taken by surprise and needed time to process."

"Oh good...thank god.

"I'm so glad you were here for Emma's birth, it really made it special."

"Even though I sorta stole your thunder."

Chloe chuckles. "Actually your news made it even more memorable if that's even possible. Just think in 7 plus months from now you'll be in this bed and I'll be sitting in that chair holding your baby."

"Well...that's still a long way to go."

"True but you won't believe how fast it goes by. Beca...I never asked you, are you happy about being pregnant?"

The younger girl thinks about it. "At first when I saw the test I just about freaked out. But after a while it hit me that I'm married to this great guy and I really do want to have children with him." She pauses and starts to tear up. "Chloe...I love him so much. Jesse has done so much for me in tearing down my walls that I really want this for him." She pauses and rubs her flat stomach. "I can't wait to bring this little peanut into the world."

Chloe is touched by her friend's candor and reaches out to squeeze her hand. "You're going to be incredible parents Becs. I have no doubt."

Baby Emma starts to become agitated so Beca quickly hands her back to her mommy. Chloe instinctively whips out her breast to feed her daughter.

Beca is amazed how natural her friend is at motherhood. "What does that feel like?"

Chloe smiles at her inquiry. "It feels a little weird but kinda nice. It's hard to describe. You'll find out and explain it to me."

Beca nods in agreement as the guys return with Chloe's stuff and food.

Jesse brings Beca to her feet and gives her a passionate kiss. "I missed you."

"I can see that." She smiles and kisses him back. "I'm starving...what did you bring for dinner?"

"We stopped at a place called Tommie's. Josh says they have the best chili cheese dogs."

Beca opens the bag and gets a whiff of the chili and suddenly feels sick. She practically tosses the bag to Jesse and runs to Chloe's bathroom to empty her stomach. A surprised Jesse glances at a sympathetic Chloe and follows her into the bathroom where she is draped over the toilet, dry heaving into the porcelain throne."

"Are you ok sweetie?" Jesse asks as he rubs her back. "Is this morning sickness?"

Beca glares at Jesse and grunts at him. After a few minutes of up chucking they come out of the bathroom. Chloe and Josh look at each other with complete understanding of what they're going through.

"Oh Beca...I'm sorry. You'll probably want to stay away from strong smells and greasy, heavy foods for a while. I've got some saltine crackers in my bag. They'll help calm your stomach." Chloe offers.

Beca glances over at Josh who is taking a bite of his enormous greasy chili dog making her queasy all over again and runs back to the bathroom with Jesse following close behind.

"Ok babe...I think I need to take you home."

Chloe and her husband agree and give them a set of keys to their place. They say their goodbyes and head back to their townhouse.


Chloe & Josh's Townhouse

They arrive to the townhouse with Beca passed out in the car. The Treble leader effortlessly lifts her bridal style into the home, brings her into the spare room and gently lays her down on the bed. Jesse looks at the dresser and sees the pregnancy test confirming the positive result which fills him with joy. He removes her shoes and socks, then the rest of her clothing and pulls a blanket over her body. She wakes up a little disoriented, not knowing where she's at. Jesse notices she's conscience again.

"Hey...how are you feeling? Still nauseous?"

"No...that's finally gone away. Sorry about that."

"Why are you apologizing...it's hardly your fault." Jesse adds.

"I guess so." She pauses. "Did you eat?" Beca asks with concern.

"No...not really. Do you think you can handle a little something?"

"I don't know, let's see what they have in the fridge."

"I'll go, you stay put and rest."

Jesse goes out into the kitchen and finds fruit and yogurt in the fridge. He brings a plate into their room where they enjoy a light meal. Soon afterwards they decide to call it a night. After about ten minutes of scrubbing her teeth Beca now in one of Jesse's t-shirts joins her love in bed. They lay there in silence reflecting on the events of the day. Jesse turns to his side while Beca lays on her back staring at the ceiling. The Treble leader puts his arm around her waist, rests his head on her stomach and begins to sing.

"Well I just heard the news today, It seems my life is going to change, I close my eyes, begin to pray, Then tears of joy stream down my face."

"With arms wide open, Under the sunlight, Welcome to this place, I'll show you everything, With arms wide open, With arms wide open."

"Well I don't know if I'm ready, To be the man I have to be, I'll take a breath, I'll take you by my side, We stand in awe, we've created life."

"With arms wide open, Under the sunlight, Welcome to this place, I'll show you everything, With arms wide open, Now everything has changed, I'll show you love, I'll show you everything."

Beca is moved beyond tears listening to the man she loves sing to their unborn child. She strokes his soft brown locks and raises his head so she can see his face and notices moisture in his eyes. He kisses her stomach then smiles lovingly at her.

"I love you so much." Beca gushes.

"I know." He responds and moves up to kiss her passionately on her lips.

Speaking against her lips he adds. "We've got the house to ourselves tonight and I was hoping to take advantage of it." She looks up at him through hooded eyes. "I like the way you think nerd."

He gives her a mischievous look, removes their clothing and places himself over her. He kisses her passionately while gently massaging her breasts. She moans at his touch and pushes her tongue passed his teeth until their tongues meet in a lethal tango. Jesse groans into the kiss then lowers his hand to cup her center and slides two fingers through her already soaked folds. She gasps at his touch and lightly bites his lower lip making him smile. He brings his drenched fingers to his lips and tastes her desire which intoxicates him. Without further delay he moves down her body and dives between her thighs. His mouth closes over her pussy as he laps up her desire making her buck wildly. He buries his tongue deep into her opening while massaging her clit with his thumb causing her to pant and become unglued. He tongue fucks her until she's yelling out his name and coming hard. Loving the feeling of her walls clamping around his oral muscle he finally withdraws and continues to feast on her release. "You taste amazing Beca. I can't get enough of you."

Still coming down from her climax she's only able to smile and nod.

A few minutes later she comes to and starts initiating things with her lover but he stops her. "No babe...tonight is about you." Then continues to worship her body in ways she could never imagine.


A/N: The songs used in this chapter were Titanium by David Guetta and Arms Wide Open by Creed. Will our couple be able to hide their news from their friends? Stay tuned and find out.