"What did you guys do, apart from screwing each other?" Chloe asked

"Honeymoon things" Beca shrugged. Chloe has been asking her a shit load of questions ever since she and Jesse got back Finland, all of her friends were but Chloe was the worst, so Beca put on a stoic expression and gave the shortest answers she could give as they had lunch together.

"What?" Beca bit the inside of her cheek at the look her friend was giving her.

"You've been dodging questions and it is not cool, I need to know these things"

"Correction: you want to know" Beca pointed her friend with the fork in hand.

"Aargh" Chloe groaned

"Okay, okay. What do you wanna know?" Beca decided it was enough messing with Chloe.

"What places did you visit, anything notable happened, you know" Chloe encouraged

"Well our destination was all the up in the north, Jess thought it would be fun to go by train so we did and it was fun" Beca filled her mouth with food to think of what more she should share. She loved Chloe but personal shit is personal.

"We got there and I can assure you Chlo, the resort was worth every penny." She reached for water and took a few sips.

"Um, one day we visited a close by town for souvenirs" She shrugged. "Jesse was like a kid seeing a fucking pony for the first time when he saw the aurora lights for the first time" she smiled thinking of how excited he was. "It was a fun week and I'm glad we went there"

"Everything you said is great and I am very happy for you, but that's it?" Chloe asked suspiciously. Beca shook her head. "I'd like to keep so stuff to myself, for now" Like the night in the cottage. She knew Chloe and she'll probably get more questions and since she had nowhere to be it might take hours.

"Okay!" Chloe took a deep breath, she wanted to know every single little detail of her friends' trip but Beca sharing that much with her was expected and she knew that she can't get her to tell anything else anytime soon unless it slipped out of her mouth, probably drunk. Beca arched an eyebrow, pleasantly surprised with her Chloe's respond, she expected a little more pushing for details but no way she was gonna say anything about it.

"So how long is your break?" Chloe asked

"I don't know" Beca shrugged

"Wow" Chloe let out a small laugh

"What?" Beca asked after swallowing

"Nothing, it's just that I don't remember the time you took a break from work that topped a week!"

"I once took a three weeks leave" Beca reminded her

"Only 'cause you were forced to stay at home" Chloe said recalling how Beca was forced to stay away from work as it was affecting her healthy along with other things that were stressing her out, mainly how she was forcing herself to not to want Jesse.

"Still counts" Beca picked up her vibrating phone and found a text from Jesse it was a selfie of him flexing with the caption "How sexy is this scar, Bec?" Beca arched her eyebrow as she eyed him and tsked. He went to the hospital to get the stitches, he got in Finland after cutting himself trying to unlock the window, off.

"Meh" was her reply to him.

"The nurse who took the stitches off didn't hide her attraction to me, you're just trying to put me down" he answered her fast then send her another picture of himself winking at the camera.

"Jess there's a whole keyboard of emojis to pick from, you don't have to send me a picture of your face"

"I thought you liked my face"

He sent her another one with him pouting and she laughed.

"Becs?" Chloe called with a smirk on her face.

"mmhm?" Beca looked up from her phone. Chloe reached over and swiftly snatched Beca's phone from her hands.

"Really?" Beca rolled her eyes at her friend.

"Jesse just asked how's lunch is going" Chloe informed her as she put on the front camera and checked how she looked then turned around to get Beca with her in the picture. Beca pointed her finger to her head as a gun and Chloe grinned to the camera. After clicking the photo she sent it to Jesse then scrolled up to read what they've been texting and chuckled.

"He's cute—Oh my, that's what you texted back?" Chloe looked up after reading Beca's reply to the first picture Jesse sent her. "Meh?"

"No, my phone types back shit without my knowing" Beca gave her a fake smile.

"When did Jesse get stitches?" Chloe asked

"Back in Finland he hurt himself" Beca shrugged "Are you done?" she asked rubbing her temples.

"Not until I find something interesting" she winked as she scroll up.

"Oh my god, you pervert. Gimme that back" She took her phone back. There wasn't anything too dangerous that she could think of, but still.

"Bec I made a new friend" Jesse texted her a picture of him with a little boy who looked like he had stitches off as well. She smiled at the grin on both their faces. The boy looked about seven, he missed a couple of teeth, she could see it through the wide grin he held.

"Nice, glad you finally found someone with the same mantel age as you Jess" She texted back.

"six is the new thirty" his reply came fast. Chloe snatched the phone again.

"Chloe?" Beca glared at her. "Give it back"

"aawww, they look adorable!" Chloe said as she stared at the picture.

Please no. Beca prayed when Chloe looked up. "When are you going to make cute little babies with Jesse?" Chloe asked

Fuck. "err" Beca stuttered, she took a deep breath and finally was able to make a meaningful sentence "We're not ready for kids—I'm not" she answered.

"Why? You're probably the most mature one of us all, you have a great income and you are married to someone who's head over heels for you. You own a freaking house! I say you are perfectly up for having—"

"Could you drop it already?" Beca lashed out then realized that the whole restaurant look at her when she rose her voice. Beca took her phone from Chloe "Sorry for yelling" she apologized. Chloe kept looking at her in puzzlement before nodding "apology accepted"

"Is everything okay?" Chloe asked, Beca's reaction started to worry her.

"Yeah" Beca looked at her phone couldn't help but let out a soft chuckle at the new photo he sent her of him and his new friend making faces.

Chloe made a mental note to ask Jesse later if everything was okay with Beca.

"Becs, put down your phone and tell me what's going on"

"Chloe I told you I'm sorry for yelling at you. Nothing is wrong" Beca put down her phone aside. She knew she had to find something else to talk about with Chloe, and soon. Sighing she said "Jesse cut his arm trying to unlock a window after he broke it from outside"

"What?" Chloe exclaimed. And I'm off the hook. Beca thought to herself before she launched into telling Chloe about what happened, and included some details to make sure Chloe was over the little scene she made.

"A cottage in the middle of nowhere, and there was a snowstorm!" Chloe said to her more than to Beca.

"Yeah, we got lucky" Beca nodded as she looked up at the waiter and smiled politely at him as he placed the slice of cake she ordered.

"Yeah you got lucky?" Chloe repeated after her and winked and Beca laughed at her friend's tone.

"We got lucky ei we didn't die in the middle of nowhere" Beca elaborated. "And to answer your implication; of course we did"

"I'm kinda jealous right now—Scratch that, I'm so jealous right now." Chloe admitted "You who doesn't even believe in marriage got it all, and on top of that you got one hell of a story to tell to your grandchildren of what happened on your honeymoon"

Beca was getting bored real fast as she sat on the couch with her laptop on lap and Cheeseball sleeping next to her. After lunch with Chloe, Beca drove home did chores then grabbed her laptop and did what she knew best, mixed music. And what one does when they have nothing to do and are bored out of their minds? They take a nap. Beca napped for hours until Jesse singing as he closed the front door woke her up.

"Shit, I'm sorry" He apologized when he saw her on the couch. "I didn't expect you to be here" He was holding two pizza boxes in his hands

Beca yawned as she got up "What time is it?" she asked walking to the kitchen to pour herself water.

"07:45 pm" he answered her as he walked to the kitchen while unbuttoning his shirt with one hand and holding the pizza boxes in his other one. After placing them on the counter he made his way to the fridge

"how was your day?" he asked as he opened it.

"Boring as fuck, except for lunch with Chloe nothing really happened" she leaned against the sink.

"Napped well?" he grabbed a beer.

"So well" She stiffed a yawn.

Jesse nodded as he effortlessly removed the cap with his hand before taking a sip. Beca walked to the pizza boxes and grabbed a slice. He smiled watching her make her way to him. "So, the nurse who took off the stitches hit on you?" she ran her fingers along his arm.

"I waved my left hand at her, don't worry"

"I'm not worried" she shrugged biting into the pizza then put her hand on his chest, he shrugged off the shirt and she placed her hand on his arm then rubbed her thumb on the scar. "I take that you're not gonna get it removed" she said after swallowing.

"Nope, it looks badass" he sipped his beer.

"It is badass" she agreed then leaned up and gave him a peck on his lips before taking another bite from her pizza.

"Thanks" he grinned, he wanted to kiss her. He thought she looked adorable to him while barely chewing her food out of hunger.

"for how long did you nap?" he asked

"Like three to four hours" she shrugged letting go of his arm. She walked back to the counter and juggled both boxes with one hand then made her way to the dining table.

"Jess, could you get me a beer please" she called over shoulder.

"yeah" he answered then pulled a beer from the fridge and joined her.

"In that photo you sent of you and Chloe, you looked like you had fun" he said sarcastically

"She was a serious pain in the ass, I fucking love Chloe but man does she ask a lot of questions." She placed the pizza on the table.

"Chloe has to make you tell her otherwise you won't" he shrugged putting a beer for her before wrapping an arm around her waist and placing a kiss on her neck.

"After dinner I'm all yours Jess, now I might kill you if you keep me away from food"

"Why the killing?" he let go of her and took a seat in front of her. She shrugged sitting down.

"What no plates?" he eyed the pizza that was still in its box.

"doing the dishes means less time doing you" she winked. "Mister sexy scar" she added teasingly

"It is. And stop trying to put me down" he said grabbing a slice of pizza

"You got the nurse's approval, why do you need mine?" she questioned through a mouthful of pizza

"She's not my tiny sarcastic wife that I love so much. That's why" he answered her "When will you go back to work?"

"Why does everyone keeps on asking me this?" She wondered "First mom" her mother phoned her the day after they got back from Finland "Then Stacie when she came over the yesterday. Dad this morning, Chloe at lunch and now you!"

"Because you don't know how to stay away from work," he answered chuckling at how she angrily bit her slice pizza while reaching for another one.

"News flash; I stayed away from work before, for three long weeks!" she mumbled

"I had to get over the fact that you were driving crazy back then to stay with you and make sure you don't shoot yourself out of boredom."

"Well I had a broken leg, I couldn't even get out of the house without help. But I'm okay now and I can take good care of myself!" she said as she inhaled a slice of pizza

"Jeez, calm down and chew your food!" he couldn't help but giggle.

"Luke e-mailed me around one pm, Ralph backed out from a project. Luke asked me if I wanted to take. I start working on it next Monday" She informed him.

"Yes!" Jesse threw his fist in the air. He grinned leaning forward to kiss her, he didn't care she was eating. Getting back in his seat he pulled his phone and started typing a text.

"Who are you texting?" Beca asked in puzzlement

"It's a group chat, we have a bet on when you'll go back to work, and I just won" he looked up after hitting send. "Thanks babe, I just made 300 bucks" he put his phone on the table and picked up his slice of pizza.

"Who's we?" Beca arched an eyebrow.

"Chloe, Stacie, Amy, Emily, Aubrey and Bumper. Each one of them is paying me 50 bucks" he grinned.

"For half a second, I thought my parents were in this too" Beca sighed a sigh of relief.

"Nah, they're just checking in on you, their workaholic daughter." He glanced down at his phone when it vibrated with text messages.

"Well congrats"

"Feels good to win" He slightly shook his head as he brought the beer to his mouth.

"Benji is coming over tomorrow, we're gonna marathon the fast and furious movies. You've never seen them, you should stick around" he said to her out of the blue

"I can't, I have a birthday to attend" Beca said before sipping from her beer

"Birthday?"

"Yep, Lea's."

"Why didn't you remind me, I wouldn't have made plans with Benj"

"Because you're not coming" She picked up another slice of pizza "There will be a lot of toddlers and since you don't seem to know how to keep it in your pants when I'm around kids, you're not coming" she explained

"Good point" he nodded "What did you get her?"

"Well, I asked Steve about what sorta stuff she's into, he told me that she has been wanting to learn to ride the bicycle, I asked if it was cool if I got her one and he didn't mind. I got it this morning"

"Where is it? Can I see it?" Jesse asked

"It's still in my car," she answered

"Can I do the wrapping?" he requested

"I left that for you to do" she chuckled at his excitement

"Awesome," he grinned and jumped from his seat. Jesse grabbed her car keys that were laying where she usually threw them, the coffee table and went to the garage.

"You even got ribbons" he laughed walking back to the house as he held the box that had the bicycle in it and a bag that had ribbons and a lot stuff that he'd use to wrap the box.

"She liked my ribbon tattoo" Beca mumbled before she swallowed. "make sure to put one on the bicycle"

"Yeah, sure" he nodded putting it down. Beca picked up a pizza box and put it next to him on the floor.

"Thanks" he thanked her picking a slice.

"All done" Jesse announced as he looked at the box wrapped in pink with a ribbon attached to it.

"Neat" Beca said walking back from the kitchen after she got rid of the pizza boxes.

Jesse was still sitting on the floor admiring his work. She got on her knees and threw her arms around his shoulders. "Great job Jesse"

"Thank you" he titled his head and pecked her lips.

"I still have 4 other birthdays for 4 boys, coming in the next few months, I'm gonna need your help with those"

"I'd love to help out" he grinned when she took off his shirt and ran her hands along his arms

"Thanks" she said his ear before placing a kiss on his cheek.

"you're welcome" He grabbed her arm and sat her on his lap. "Okay" Beca laughed watching him hold her in his arms before he got on his feet and kicked off his shoes. She cupped his face and kissed him as he walked them up the stairs to their room.

"Aunt Beca" Lea exclaimed as she ran to Beca to hug her.

"Happy birthday kiddo" Beca smiled hugging the little girl.

"You came" she said pulling away. Beca nodded awkwardly letting go of Lea to stuff her hands in her pockets.

"Come meet my friends" Lea placed her hand on Beca's arm. Beca arched her eyebrows and let Lea lead the way. And in no time she surrounded by five year olds. She prayed some adult would come and save her. No one seemed to notice her struggle except her for her mother who gave her a sympathetic smile.

"Okay kiddos who wants to play hide and seek outside" Wade said enthusiastically. When the kids shot up and followed him. Beca turned to Wade and mouthed thanks before she paced to her mother and stood next to her.

Julie handed Beca a cup of juice while chuckling "You haven't changed one bit" she sighed

Beca looked at her mother in puzzlement "Ever since you were a kid you didn't want to play with other kids and jumped at any chance of leaving"

"They're very loud and energetic, I can't keep up" Beca grimaced sipping from the juice. "I just didn't want to seem like a dick and bail, Lea seems to like me for some reason" Beca shrugged

"What's not to like" her mother smiled

"You can say that to me?" Beca laughed in spite of herself. True, her relationship with her mother has gotten much better, but Beca can think of a handful of things her mother doesn't approve and was very vocal about.

"Yeah, you can be a serious bitch when you want, but I think you turned out well"

"You should pat yourself on the shoulder, you're the one who raised me after all" Beca shrugged making her mother laugh.

"Both me and your dad"

"Yeah, well he wasn't that involved in my life, not until he forced me to go Barden" Beca took another sip "You had to deal with all my teenage fuckery- Now that I think about it, man did you have a lot patience" Beca said in amazement. "I did everything I could to get on your nerves, and never gave me a punishment I didn't deserve. You deserve some kind of award, like parent of the most fucked up teenager award"

"I got my prize, it's you" Her mother smiled at her "I'm very proud of you, and grateful for having you as my daughter"

Beca as per usually was lost at words, she just hugged her mother.

"I'm sorry for being such a dick to you, I sincerely hope you could forgive me" Beca apologized pulling away.

"Oh honey, I never held anything against you. I can't even if I tried" Julie chuckled at the look Beca gave her "Hopefully, when you have a kid of your own, you'll get it."

Hearing a squeal, they both looked at the source, they were going to cut the cake. Beca let out a soft chuckle at the look on Lea's face. She was pretty sure her grin was as wide as Jesse's whenever he was excited about anything.

Unlocking the front door, Beca could hear the movie playing. She picked up Cheeseball when it ran to her then made her way to the living room.

"Where are you so far in the movies?" she asked sitting between Benji and Jesse.

"We're watching the last" Benji answered her while she leaned up to peck Jesse's cheek. She nodded grabbing a handful of popcorn and decided to finish it with them.

Hearing Jesse sniff, she titled her head, he was crying, and laughed when she turned to Benji and found him crying too.

"You guys are crying?" she asked in disbelief.

"It's a very emotional ending" Jesse wiped his cheek.

"Yeah, two men driving in different directions, very emotional" she snorted nodding

"you wouldn't get it. You don't know human emotions" Jesse filled his mouth with popcorn and got elbowed.

AN: Thank you for reading.