Stacie was sitting in the living room studying when she heard the front door open. She was surprised to find Beca coming through the door so early from her date with Chloe.

"Hey, Becs," she calls out. "You're home early. Everything okay."

"It was quite an evening," Beca says as she falls onto the sofa.

"Do tell," Stacie says.

Beca proceeded to fill Stacie in on the events of the evening.

"Wow," Stacie says. "You both sure have some psychotic exes that can't let shit go."

Beca laughed. "Well, the night didn't end too badly," she says with a smile. "Chloe told me she loves me."

"Oh, my God," Stacie squeals. "I'm so happy to hear that. You two are so made for each other."

"Yeah," Beca said still smiling. "Don't freak out, but I seriously think I want to marry that girl."

"You'd better," Stacie says with a grin. "I'd love to have Chloe as a sister-in-law. We could do all the things sisters do, like shopping, getting mani-pedis. You know, the things my actual sister hates to do."

"Shut up," Beca says with a grin.

She gets up from the sofa and walks over to Stacie. She gives her a kiss on the head.

"I'm going to bed," Beca tells Stacie. "It's been an exhausting night."

"Good night, Beca," Stacie says. "I love you."

"Love you, too," Beca calls back as she heads up to bed.

Aubrey knocks softly on Chloe's bedroom door. She opens it when she hears Chloe tell her to come in.

"I made you some tea," Aubrey says holding out the cup.

"Thanks, Brey," Chloe says. She takes the cups and sets it on her dresser.

Chloe is smiling and Aubrey notices.

"You seem quite happy after everything that's happened tonight," Aubrey says.

"I told Beca that I love her," Chloe says biting her bottom lip and staring at Aubrey.

"Wow, Chloe," Aubrey says. "That's huge. What made you say it?"

"The whole Tom thing," Chloe said. "I realized that, even without him around, I was letting him hurt me over and over again. Plus, no matter what I did to try to push Beca away, she never left. I just love her so much, Brey. I had to tell her."

Aubrey pulls Chloe into a hug. "I am so happy for you," she tells Chloe.

Chloe's phone pings with a text message. She picks up her phone and a huge smile spreads across her face. It was from Beca.

"I'm guessing from your smile, that message is from Beca," Aubrey says.

"Yeah," Chloe says. "She just wanted to say good night and the she loves me."

Good night, babe. I love you, too! Chloe texts back.

"Thanks for the tea, Brey," Chloe says. "I think I'm going to go to bed. Good night."

"Good night, Chlo," Aubrey says and leaves the redhead to get some rest.

The next week flies by and Beca and Chloe have seen each other every single day. Beca and Chloe are laying together on the sofa at Beca's house when Stacie comes through the door followed by Taylor Swift.

"Hey, Beca," Stacie says. "Look who I found outside."

"Hey, Beca," Taylor says. "Hey, Chloe."

"Hey, Taylor," Beca and Chloe say back. They both sit up and Beca gets up and gives Taylor a hug.

"I almost forgot you were coming," Beca said.

Taylor smiles and says, "I wonder why?," as Chloe walks over to them.

"Yeah, well," Beca says with a grin. "She does seem to be occupying a lot of my time. But I wouldn't have it any other way."

Chloe gives Beca a quick kiss and says, "Love you, too, babe."

"I'm so happy for you both," Taylor tells them. "You two are so cute together."

"Aren't they?," Stacie says.

"I'm not cute," Beca says with huff.

"I think you're cute," Chloe tells her.

Beca blushes and says, "Stacie invited the Bellas over for a pizza party tonight," trying to change the subject.

"Yeah," Stacie said. "I mentioned you were coming to stay with us and they wanted to see you."

"Sounds like fun," Taylor tells them. "I love pizza and I love the Bellas."

There is a knock at the door and Stacie goes to answer it. She ushers in the Bellas and they all immediately go over to greet Taylor.

Beca uses the distraction to pull Chloe into a kiss. Chloe kisses her back and they continue kissing until they hear Amy shout out "Get it, Red!"

The couple both blush and pull away from each other. Everyone laughs.

"Okay, okay," Beca says. "What do you losers want on your pizza?"

"Pepperoni."

"Veggie Supreme."

"Hawaiian."

"Ew, no," Beca says. "Pineapple does not belong on a pizza."

"Come on, Becs," Chloe says. "Pineapple and ham on pizza is really good."

"I agree," Taylor and Stacie both say.

"Whatever," Beca says. She pulls out her phone and places the pizza order. She walks over to Taylor and says, "I'm going to go pick up the pizzas to save some time. Want to ride with me?"

"Sure," Taylor says and they both leave.

The girls make themselves comfortable while Stacie and Chloe get plates, cups, and drinks.

"Do you think Beca would let us have some beer with out pizza?," Amy asks.

"Amy," Aubrey says. "We've been through this way too many times. Beca does not allow alcohol in her home and we are going to respect that."

"Okay," Amy says. "It was worth a shot."

"Thank you," Stacie tells Aubrey. Aubrey just smiles at her and gives her a quick nod.

"Why don't we practice our set list while we wait for the pizza?," Aubrey says.

The girls agree and run through all the parts. They sounded really good and Aubrey could not find fault with anything.

Beca and Taylor walk into the house with the pizzas and hear the girls are singing "Hallelujah." Taylor stops dead in her tracks. She starts grinning and looks at Beca.

"What?," Beca asks.

"They sound amazing," Taylor says. "I wonder if I could use them on my album. Maybe as backup for one of my songs."

"Okay," Beca says. "But can we talk about it later? I don't like cold pizza."

"Pizza's here," Taylor calls out.

The girls all jump up and run to grab the pizzas.

"Watch it, you bunch of vultures," Beca says and boxes are grabbed out of her hand. She holds tightly to the very last box and carries it into the living room. She hands it to Chloe.

"Your pizza, m'lady," Beca says offering the box to Chloe.

Chloe opens the box and sees the Hawaiian pizza. "Stacie, Taylor," she calls to the two girls. "I have the Hawaiian pizza."

The two girls hurry over and grab slices. Beca just makes a face and gets a slice of cheese for herself.

As the girls eat, Taylor drags Beca into the kitchen and asks her who she would need to talk to about using the Bellas on one of her songs.

"Probably, Aubrey and Chloe," Beca answers. "What do you have in mind?"

"I wrote this song called 'Bad Blood'," Taylor says. "I think they'd be great singing backup and I also have a wild idea for a video of the song. I think the Bellas would be great in that too."

"Okay," Beca says. "But let's do this right. I'll need to hear the song and get a clear picture of what you want for the video. We will then schedule a meeting with Aubrey and Chloe and have them come to the studio. We can talk and see what comes of it. Sound good?"

"Sounds good," Taylor says with a smile.

Taylor and Beca rejoin the girls and everyone continues talking and eating. Beca sits next to Chloe.

"Hey, girls," Beca alls out to get their attention. "I was just wondering if all of you are going home next week for Thanksgiving."

"Denise and I are heading off to Maine to visit our families," CR said.

"I'm not," Amy said. "Australia is too far for such a short amount of time. Plus, we don't actually celebrate Thanksgiving."

"I was supposed to meet up with my dad, but he has to work now so I'm sticking around campus," Aubrey said.

Jessica, Ashley, and Lily all said they were staying on campus.

"How about you, Chlo?," Beca asks.

"I'm leaving on Wednesday to drive to Tampa to spend it with my family," Chloe said.

"Well, Stacie and I will be here so anyone who is staying on campus is welcome to join us for an 'Orphan Thanksgiving'," Beca told them.

"An 'Orphan Thanksgiving'?," Ashley asked

"Yeah," Beca chuckled. "In college that's what we called it when those who couldn't go home, "the orphans", got together and had Thanksgiving dinner. We would all contribute a dish and spend the day watching the parade and football. I've also her it called 'Friendsgiving'."

"Sounds like it was a lot of fun," Aubrey said. "I'm in. Let me know what I can bring."

"It was and I will," Beca said. "Taylor you're welcome to join us as well if you don't have any other plans."

"Thanks for the invite," Taylor says, "But I'm heading to LA for Thanksgiving."

Jessica, Ashley, and Amy also accept the invite. Lily declines saying she plans to spend it with some cousins who live near Barden.

"This is going to be so much fun," Stacie says. "It's been a while since Beca and I had Thanksgiving dinner at home."

"What did you do before?," Aubrey asked.

"Well, the first couple of years after our mom died," Stacie said. "We just went to a restaurant that served turkey dinners. Then one time Beca had a DJ gig so we had Thanksgiving dinner with the boss and staff at the club. One of my favorites though was when Pink invited us to her house. She decided to make a deep fried turkey and almost caught her garage on fire. The past couple of Thanksgivings Beca was still with Jesse and we went with him to his famly's house in New York."

"This will actually be our first Thanksgiving at home in 10 years," Beca told them.

"Wow," Jessica said. "I'm touched that you would include us."

"I know this is going to sound corny," Beca said. "But, you girls are family now. It's only right that we have family over for Thanksgiving."

The girls all "awwww" Beca's comment. Beca blushes and looks over at Chloe. She smiles and Chloe gives her a small smile back.

"I wish I could be here for it," Chloe says.

"Don't worry," Beca told her. "There will be plenty of Thanksgivings we will be sharing together."

Chloe leans over and kisses Beca on the cheek. The girls all "awwww" again and Beca tells them to shut up.

"What did you do for Christmas?," Chloe asked.

Beca and Stacie looked at each other. "We, um, usually didn't do much," Beca said.

"How come?," CR asked her.

A tear fell from Stacie's eye and she quickly wiped it away. Beca got up and walked over to Stacie and hugged her. She looked around at the girls.

"Our mom and Stacie's dad were killed on Christmas Eve," Beca said quietly. "So, we never felt much like celebrating Christmas."

The girls were all quiet after hearing this piece of news. Chloe wiped a tear away as she thought about how sad Christmas was for the two girls. Then she thought about how Christmas with her family was a big deal.

"Why don't you two come home with me for Christmas?," Chloe says. "I know it's a sad time but I think you, we, need to start some new traditions and Christmas with the Beales is a good place to start."

Stacie smiled and looked at Beca. "Can we go, please?," she asked.

Beca looked at how Stacie was smiling and felt a pang of guilt. She should have tried harder to make Christmas a happier time for Stacie. Maybe going with Chloe would be a good thing. Chloe was right, we needed to have some new traditions.

"If it's okay with your family," Beca said. "We'd love to spend Christmas with you, with them."

Chloe smiled and squealed. She jumped up and ran over and grabbed Stacie and Beca in a hug.

Just a filler chapter to help keep things on a simple time line. There will be one or two more chapters following our girls, and the Bellas, into the New Year and getting ready for Regionals.