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Chapter 11
The Beginning
| July 21st, 2016 |
Beca pulled her car into the garage Thursday evening and cut the engine, eliminating the cool air that hit her face and made sure all of the outside heat from the LA sun stayed out. She sighed and tried to relax her furrowing eyebrows, knowing very well that Aubrey would say how it causes wrinkles, Jesse would poke fun at her for one day getting old, and Chloe would stress over her until the tense demeanor cracked and she expressed all of her daily frustrations.
Taking a minute for herself she breathed in through her nose and out through her mouth before finally climbing from the semi run down Toyota and pulling her bag with her.
She was stressed for many reasons, however, the most pending of issues was her current struggle to get Titanium Records out into the world. She got a few gigs at the nightclub as a DJ, trying to promote herself and make a few extra dollars to keep the extra home necessities accessible. She wasn't struggling by any means, but she was slowly reaching a rough patch money wise due to the tremendous amount of money she put down on the studio space and construction of her new recording studio in the basement of her and Chloe's home.
To add even more on her plate, Chloe and her were trying to have a baby, the anonymous sperm donor rounding to a total of $5,000 that both women were prepared for but discouraged to pay due to the uncertain chances of the first round actually working. Chloe offered to save some more money and adopt later in the future, but Beca knew her wife wanted a child desperately, part of her also feeling this way now that they've been married for five years and holding (semi) stable jobs that could provide.
It was nearing the eight-week mark after Chloe was first inseminated and so far no pregnancy test returned positive. Just the night before Chloe was crying because she dropped the test in the toilet. "Don't worry, it's going down the drain along with all of the money we could've put towards giving another child a good life!"
Beca grimaced at the memory. She was heartbroken as well and knew it would be a while before they had a few thousand dollars lying around to invest in a second insemination. Her day didn't help, especially due to Halsey pulling out of the contract last minute due to personal reasons that caused her to put a halt on her new album. This was supposed to be Titanium Records big break but now Beca and her team of four associates were back on the hunt, trying to track down any musical act that wanted help making an album for a decent percentage of the royalties.
All in all, Beca was having a rotten few days and didn't know if being at home was such a relief since the only thing she could see in her wife's eyes lately was heartbreak and disappointment.
Knowing she was taking far too long hanging around the garage, Beca shut the door and walked to the front door, using her key to get in.
She smiled at the juvenile golden retriever running in from the kitchen to greet her. Neither Chloe nor herself were looking for a dog but they had seen the sign for purebred golden retrievers on a farm in Atlanta after going for a Bella's Christmas reunion and Beca couldn't help but purchase the small pup for her wife after seeing the way the woman fell in love with the chubby boy.
Now Charlie was less chub and more leg as he grew into his awkward body faze and ran around like Bambi taking his first steps.
Nonetheless, Beca smiled when seeing the kind boy and took a moment to say hello to him before going on a search for her wife.
"Chlo?!" She called up the entrance steps, waiting a moment for a reply. "Baby? Are you up there?" She tried once more. Finally, after two minutes she caved and moved upstairs, glancing down the right side of the hallway where the future nursery sat with the door shut and then turning to look at the left where the master bathroom was with the door wide open and no one in it.
The brunette sighed and moved to the master bedroom anyways, glancing around it and the washroom before journeying down to the other end, stopping by the office space and hallway washroom before finally opening the closed door of the empty room.
When she entered she saw Chloe standing in the center with what appeared to be a newborn onsie held before her and a stick clutched between her pinky and ring finger.
"Chlo?" Beca asked, not fully grasping what her wife was saying in this moment.
Chloe released a sob as she smiled and approached her wife, handing over the items she held.
Beca read the onsies script, laughing herself when she took in the words 'I love my mommies.' A family of two older monkeys and a smaller one sat below the title in a soft patch.
"Is this real?" Beca questioned, reading the 'positive' on the test and going between the two items in her hands.
"Yeah," Chloe said, more tears falling as she nodded and tried to control her emotions.
"Oh my god," The brunette finally got out, comprehending everything that was happening and releasing her own sob and she dropped both things onto the floor and pulled Chloe into a tight hug.
"It worked, Bec."
"It worked," Beca agreed, breathing in the scent of her wife as she held her just a bit tighter.
"We're going to be mommies," Chloe laughed out, nuzzling her nose into Beca's neck.
"Yeah. Mommies."
"Our little monkey is real."
Beca pulled away slightly and looked into the bright blue eyes of Chloe, laughing at her words before agreeing. "A little monkey baby. I'm so happy."
~.~.~
| Present Day |
After staying up half the night to read over the cancer info package from Dr. Ryker and developing different lists and charts, Beca went off to work, tapping a time table of the child's medication dosages on the fridge and double checking that each orange bottle was lined up on the back of the counter with the specific order they had to be taken.
She was currently running on two hours of sleep but she could hardly notice due to her constant worry and gnawing stress about the following day.
"You know, maybe you should take some time off? Just until Rory is settled into the chemo plan?" Stacie suggested as the two plus Amy sat over lunch in one of the studios, Beca working through her break time to make sure she had enough hours covered to join Chloe and Rory at the cancer center tomorrow.
"Chlo and I talked about it and figured that we play by ear with my work. If Rory… you know… doesn't do too well then I'll take the days off."
"She'll do fine," Amy assured, taking a lighter tone. "She's my niece for crying out loud. Having an aunt as fine as myself means luck is always on her side."
"Though that may be true, luck hasn't really been on Rory's side lately," Beca said, frowning slightly as she tried to distract herself with the current beat from Marian Hill's new album.
"Well, speaking of work: Is Chlo going back to work once Rory starts school next year?" Stacie asked, hoping to give Beca something to look forward to.
"Umm… that was the plan, yeah. Since she would be back with the high school choir she could work with Rory's schedule and be available after school hours."
"That's good. I'm sure the school misses her."
"They always have her spot waiting for her. Even though she decided to take the time between Rory's birth and her start of kindergarten."
"Again, the school really must've adored her," Stacie said, earning a smile.
"Really Bec, you should've let me babysit the mini DJ while you both work," Amy commented, earning a laugh from Stacie and a second smile from Beca.
"I'd rather not have my little Rory corrupted by your ways, Amy."
"Corrupted is such a strong word," the Australian sighed, leaning back in her chair as she began to fantasize being with her niece all day while the mothers worked. She had a job of her own but no one was sure what it was. All they knew was that it landed her in quite a bit of money and many luxuries.
"Please, I'm sure you don't even know what it means," Stacie said.
"Exactly."
Both Beca and Stacie gave questioning looks to one another but chose to ignore Amy's random choice of response.
Instead, Stacie stood up and brought a box of Chinese food over to Beca and placed it on top of some of the volume control buttons.
"Eat something and go home to sleep. You look exhausted."
"I am," Beca sighed, grabbing the box and opening it, inhaling the warm scent of food that made her stomach growl intensely. She realized she hadn't had food since dinner yesterday.
"I know you and Chlo are busy with Rory but don't forget to take care of each other. Your daughter needs both of you to be at your bests while she's at her worst."
Beca nodded in agreement and grinned at her friend, allowing the tall brunette to squeeze her shoulder reassuringly. "Thanks, Stace."
~.~.~
Beca wrapped her work up at around 4 p.m. and double-checked she had her shopping list in her purse before heading into the target near her home.
She hunted down each item she had researched last night and proceeded to grab two of each, filling the red cart to the top with all of Rory's and the home's necessities.
In the personal hygiene aisle, she had grabbed new shampoo, soap, body moisturizer, lip balm, and toothpaste to use on the little girl that were all sensitive and for the most part natural. She also snatched some new gentle brushes for both hair and teeth.
In the home cleaner aisle, she grabbed a few bottles of laundry detergent that would be less likely cause irritation to Rory's skin and a few sick buckets that she was going to strategically place around the house for when the nausea occurred.
Beca also grabbed a few children forks, knives, and spoons that were plastic opposed to metal like the ones they used at home. Chloe requested for this due to the chemo usually leaving a taste of metal in the person's mouth that is further aggravated by more contact with metal.
The mother pushed her packed cart to the candy aisle where she got a few hard candies that would also help with the mouth taste, and then finally stopped by the kids section where she grabbed a monkey set that included a stuffed monkey, a pillow, and blanket that were soon to be deemed Rory's chemo treatment buddies.
After nearly an hour of grabbing the necessities, Beca left the store and got everything into the car before driving home and lugging all the bags in at once.
"Really, Bec. You're going to hurt yourself," Chloe said as soon as the woman entered, removing some of the bags from the arms of her wife before they moved to the kitchen to unload everything.
"Hi, mommy!" Rory said happily as she ate yogurt at the kitchen island.
"Hello, monkey butt," Beca said just as happily, pulling up the monkey set she purchased.
"That's cute," Chloe commented while Rory's face lit up and she abandoned her food to go get the new things.
"Thank you, mommy," The little redhead said, wrapping Beca in a hug and giving her a kiss before looking to her mama. "Look it, mama."
"I see, baby. Isn't mommy so smart for buying the monkey a monkey toy of her own?"
"Yeah," Rory giggled, squeezing the tied up items close. Beca knelt before the girl and tugged the end of her shirt to get her step closer before holding her upper arms.
"I know that this probably won't make tomorrow any fun, but these things are for you to feel safe and happy when you get the chemo medicine to make you better. These are your new buddies, okay?"
"Okay," Rory agreed, receiving a kiss on her forehead before Chloe spoke up.
"Finish up your yogurt, babygirl."
"Is her stuff in there?" Beca inquired, picking the girl up and placing her on the stool she once sat, putting the monkey set on the chair next to her.
"Mmh-hmm. She takes the anti-nausea meds in the morning in her water and I read that the organ ones can be taken as an afternoon snack in jello or yogurt."
"Good. I'm glad she can't taste them," Beca said a she pulled things from bags.
"Me too. I was worried the water wasn't going to cover the three pills this morning," Chloe admitted, grabbing the ten colourful buckets and cocking an eyebrow.
"I just thought that if we had them placed around the house it would be easier than having her run to the sink or toilet," Beca explained, earning a small smile and nod.
"You are too good sometimes," Chloe placed a kiss to Beca's lips and both shared the moment before Rory's giggles broke through.
"Silly mommies."
Both Beca and Chloe laughed at Rory's amusement. It was nice to see her happy.
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