Next Day
Kris and Jake arrived bright and early this morning. Both of the girls seemed oblivious to what happened. I guess no one told them. Jesse helped me back up my dorm and I helped him with his. His parents had taken the girls back to their house so we could back. The house was just a few minutes from campus, so Jesse and I could continue to go to Barden. Chloe and Aubrey offered up their cars and driving abilities to help us move. All my stuff fit in just my car, but just Jesse's insanely large movie collection took up his whole car. His clothes took up Aubrey's and the rest took up Chloe's.
When we finally arrived at the house, it was around noon. We unloaded all the boxes into the living room and ate lunch with his family. Krista and Mason had come over to help us move too. Zack was at pre-school today. After lunch, I unpacked all my clothes, which went in Jesse's room. The girls where going to sleep in our room until we got finished converting the playroom into their room. Jesse insisted I sleep on his twin sized bed. He said he and the girls could sleep on the floor. As always, I protested.
"Come on Beca," he pleaded.
"No. The girls need to sleep on the bed. They are little and the floor can mess up their backs," I argued.
"But you're pregnant," he countered.
"I can sleep on the couch downstairs until the room is ready for them," I pointed out.
"Fine Beca. You win. But I'm sleeping on the couch with you. The girls can take my room until theirs is ready," he said. I knew there was no point in a further argument.
February 18; Reading of the will
I strapped Ali into her car seat and then walked around to the other side of the car to buckle Tessa in. Jesse had a shift at the station today, and I had to go to the reading of my father's will. When I arrived at the lawyer's office, I got the kids out of the car and walked up the steps. I had Ali on my waist and I was holding Tessa's right hand. We saw Katya and immediately the girls were happy. They ran over to her and gave her a hug. Just as I picked Ali back up, my father's lawyer called us back to his office. The lawyer read the will. It went as follows.
To Alison: $15,000 to be put in a savings account. Can be withdrawn when she is eighteen.
To Tessa: $15,000 to be put in a savings account. Can be withdrawn when she is eighteen.
To Kateryna: $30,000 to be put in a savings account. Can be withdrawn when she is eighteen.
To Rebecca: $110,000 to be used to raise your sisters in case of a tragic accident. $40,000 to benefit your schooling and $30,000 for any other thing you might need. I also give Rebecca my residence and all owned property. She can chose to keep or sell these.
Wow. I wrangled Tessa and Alison who were playing with Katya, and put them back in the car and drove home. When I arrived, Jesse was there.
"Hey babe. How was the meeting with your dad's lawyer?" he asked.
"Surprisingly good. I thought he was going to leave almost everything to Sheila, but she wasn't even written in the will at all. He gave me money for Tessa and Alison. He gave me money for school, and he gave me money for whatever else I need. He also gave me his house, which I plan to sell because I can't afford it and all of his rental properties. He has a rental property that he owns around here, and I was thinking we could move in there. It has three bedrooms and two bathrooms. A kitchen and living room. It also has a big backyard. I can sell the others, so we can afford this one. What do you think?" I asked him.
"That sounds wonderful. When do you want to move? We just moved in here and all so its up to you," he told me.
"No no no. We can stay here for a while. I just don't want to mooch off your parents. I think we should sell his house and other properties first. We have to post notice to whoever he has the property rented out to, and then we can move there," I explained.
"Sounds good to me," he said.
"Yay we're getting our own place!" I exclaimed. Jesse pulled me in and kissed me hard on the lips. I pulled away after a moment. "Jesse feed me I'm hungry," I said while pouting.
"Okay. How about I fix our family dinner?" he asked.
"I like the sound of that Mr. Swanson," I replied. "Tessa Marie, Alison Marine," I hollered up the stairs. Both girls came running down the stairs.
"What Beca?" Tessa asked.
"Would you like Mac and Cheese for dinner girls?" I asked.
"Yeah Mommy!" Ali hollered. Jesse just stood there kind of shocked. I had told him that Ali called me mommy didn't I? Maybe I didn't. I gave Jesse the it's okay look, but I could see that he was thinking. He kept looking at Ali and then back at me, like he was trying to figure something out. I mouthed what to him and he just brushed it off. I could tell something was bothering him.
"Come on Mr. Swanson. You have three make that four girls who want some mac and cheese. You better get cooking," I said jokingly, trying to shrug off his earlier look.
"Yes ma'm," Jesse replied walking into the kitchen where I followed him after I sent the girls back off to play.
"What was that look for back there?" I asked.
"What look?" he asked.
"Really Jesse? I saw the look you gave Ali and I. It's like you were trying to figure something out," I told him.
"It's just that Alison looks so much like you and him. Beca, Is Alison your daughter?" he asked me. I was a bit taken back by his forwardness.
"Jesse," I warned.
"So she is your daughter. Why didn't you just tell me Beca?" he asked, clearly upset.
"Jesse I didn't tell you because as soon as she was born I let my dad and step-mom adopt her. Even then, they made me take care of her. Jack doesn't know about her, and I want it to stay that way. Right now, I can adopt her back since I was listed as her legal guardian. Since I am her biological mother I can add her father, but you wouldn't pass a paternity test for her. You can adopt her if you want, I just didn't know how to tell you," I rushed out all at once. I had tears rolling down my face (damn pregnancy hormones). Jesse pulled me in for a hug.
"Beca it's okay. I don't care that she's your daughter. I'm just a little upset you didn't tell me," he confessed.
"Thank you Jesse. For understanding. For caring."
A/N: Man I don't even know how I came up with that one. But anyways if you want to see pictures of the girls, Jesse, Beca, and Jack (ew, but still) you can follow the instagram I made for this story. The username is prettykendrick. Drop me a review and tell me what you thought of the chapter.