2 Years Later - Stacie's Graduation
Stacie wakes early and looks over at her girlfriend. She can't believe they've officially been together for almost 2 years now. She sees Aubrey's eyes flutter and open to look at her.
"Morning, babe," Aubrey says.
"Morning," Stacie says back. She leans over and kisses Aubrey.
"Ready for graduation?," Aubrey asks.
"As ready as I'll ever be," Stacie says. "I'm going to jump in the shower."
She jumps up from the bed and heads to her bathroom. Aubrey gets up and gathers her outfit she planned to wear today. She lays everything out on the bed and thinks about joining Stacie in the shower. She hears Beca and Chloe's voices as they head downstairs and decides to join them.
Aubrey walks into the kitchen and sees most everyone is already there. She pours herself a cup of coffee and joins the Beales at the kitchen counter. Clay and Cal are talking about baseball, while Mr. and Mrs. Beale are holding hands and talking quietly. She smiles and thinks, "I hope Stacie and I are like that after 35 years together."
"Wait! What?," she suddenly sits up not realizing she had spoke the words out loud.
"You okay over there, Brey?," Chloe asks with a laugh.
"What?," Aubrey says. "Um, yeah. Sorry, I was just thinking about Stacie graduating today."
Just then Stacie walks into the kitchen. She walks over and gives Aubrey a quick kiss before pouring herself a cup of coffee.
"I can't believe that you don't want a party for your graduation," Beca says to Stacie.
"I just want a nice dinner with my family," Stacie says. "You and Chloe always overdo it and I just want something low key and quiet."
"Okay," Beca said. "I made the reservations for 6:00 tonight at D'Angelo's so you have time to spend with the Bellas after the ceremony."
"I'm going to go shower and get changed," Aubrey says. She gives Stacie a quick kiss and leaves the kitchen.
"Is she okay?," Beca asks Chloe.
"I don't know," Chloe says. "I'll go check on her."
Chloe leaves and Beca walks over to Stacie.
"Stace," Beca says, "I can talk to you in my office?"
"Sure, Becs," Stacie says. "Would you all excuse us?," she says to the Beales following Beca out.
Beca hurries Stacie into the office and closes the door. Stacie turns to look at Beca and sees she looks a little pale and worried
"Are you okay?," Stacie asks her.
"I'm freaking out," Beca said.
"Why?," Stacie asked.
"I'm going to ask Chloe to marry me tonight at dinner," Beca says.
Chloe knocks on the door and hears Aubrey say "come in."
"Hey," Chloe says. "Are you okay? You seemed a little freaked out just now."
"I'm okay," Aubrey says sitting down on the bed. "I saw your folks sitting there holding hands and thought about how I hoped that Stacie and I were like that after being together for 35 years."
Chloe smiled. "Thinking about marrying Stacie freaks you out?," she asked teasingly.
"Kind of," Aubrey said. "I mean, I love her more than anything but we haven't even talked about much beyond her moving in with me while she's at MIT. I have another year of law school and am committed to working at the law firm for at least 2 years. What if she gets her Master's and finds a job somewhere else? We've done the long distance thing for almost 2 years and it's been hard. I don't want to have go through that again."
"Wow," Chloe said with a small laugh. "There's a lot going on in that little rant of yours. You have 2 years while she's at MIT to talk about all those things. Besides, I'm pretty sure she plans to work wherever you are, so stop worrying over it."
"Maybe you're right," Aubrey said.
"So, are you going to ask her to marry you?," Chloe asked.
Stacie squeals. "Oh, my gosh," she says. "It's about time. I thought for sure we'd already be planning your wedding by now."
"I know," Beca said running her hand through her hair. "It just didn't seem right before now. I mean, you're graduating and moving to Boston to do your Graduate studies at MIT. We'll have an empty nest and Chloe and I want to have kids. She's 24 and I'm 29 and if I'm going to be pregnant, I want it to be sooner rather than later. A lot is happening."
Stacie's mouth drops open in shock. "You want to have kids?," Stacie asks. "You said that you not wanting kids was one of the reasons you and Jesse broke up."
"I guess I didn't want to have kids with him," Beca said with a shrug. "I'm older now and a lot of things I didn't want, I want now, and I want to have kids with Chloe."
Stacie walked over and hugged Beca. "You'll make a great mom," Stacie told Beca. "You did great with me."
A tear came to Beca's eye and she quickly wiped it away.
"Thanks," she says. "That means a lot to me."
"Do you think Beca would allow it?," Aubrey asked. "We haven't been together as long as you two and you're not married."
"Not yet, but we will be, I hope," Chloe said. "I think Beca would be all for you marrying her. But, I also think she would want you to wait until after Stacie finished at MIT."
"I guess it will have to wait for just a little while, then," Aubrey concedes. "We'll be able to talk about it and some other things once she's in Boston with me."
"Good," Chloe said. "Besides, Beca and I have been togethe longer so you can't get engaged before me."
Aubrey laughs and says, "Thanks, Chloe. "
She stands and hugs the redhead.
Chloe walks back into the kitchen. She looks around and asks her mother, "Where's Beca?"
"She's in her office with Stacie," Mrs. Beale says.
"Oh, okay," Chloe said. "We should all be getting ready. We'll have to leave soon."
Chloe and her family left the kitchen to head upstairs and get ready for Stacie's graduation ceremony.
"Becs?," Stacie says chewing her bottom lip.
"Yeah?," Beca says.
"Would you be mad if I said I've been thinking about proposing to Aubrey tonight?," Stacie asked quietly.
"Seriously?," Beca says taken a bit by surprise. "Do you think it's too soon?"
"You said you wanted to be married to Chloe a week after knowing her," Stacie said.
Beca can't say anything because what Stacie says is true. She thinks for a minute.
"You can't ask her before I ask Chloe," Beca said.
Stacie's eyes light up. "You mean it?," she asks. "I have your blessing?"
"Yeah," Beca said. "Other than me and Chloe, I can't think anyone who belongs together more than you and Aubrey."
The graduation ceremony concludes and Stacie finds Aubrey and the rest of her family.
"That was a great speech fellow Valedictorian," Aubrey tells her.
"Thank you," Stacie says and kisses Aubrey.
"Okay," Beca said. "We're going to head back home and we'll see you both at dinner tonight."
"I should be home around 3:00 babe," Chloe says kissing Beca. Chloe was going to attend the mini-reunion the Bellas had planned for her and Aubrey.
Later that night, Chloe drives her and Beca to dinner in her Mustang, while Mr. Beale drove his family in their car. Aubrey and Stacie were waiting for them when they arrived.
Beca sees a crowd at the restaurant and is glad she made a reservation. When she got out of the car, fans and paparazzi surrounded her and Chloe. Chloe was used to this by now and just grabbed her girlfriend's hand and stayed by her side while she greeted her fans. Stacie did what Stacie did best and maneuvered Aubrey and the Beales away from the crowd and into the restaurant. She gave them Beca's name and they were directed to a private room.
It wasn't long before Beca and Chloe made their way to the table. Beca held the chair for Chloe and sat in the seat next to her.
"I still can't get over all that," Mrs. Beale says.
"It's still a bit overwhelming," Chloe says. "But, the fans are respectful and treat me kindly."
The waiter comes by and drinks and appetizers are ordered. When he returns with drinks everyone orders their entrees. He leaves and Cal asks Stacie if she's ready for Boston.
"I hope so," Stacie responds. "Aubrey is leaving this weekend and I'm moving up after July 4."
Everyone has finished dinner and desserts are ordered.
"Stacie, dear," Mrs. Beale says. "We have a little something for you. It keeps getting harder and harder to find something to give you. But, Chloe gave us this idea and we thought you'd like it."
She hands Stacie an envelope. Stacie opens it and smiles.
"Two season tickets to the Boston Ballet," Stacie said. "This is perfect."
She gets up and hugs all the Beales before sitting back down.
"Aubrey is taking me to the Grand Canyon in August as a graduation gift," Stacie said. "Neither of us has ever been and we thought it would be fun."
Beca stands up and says, "I guess it's my turn."
She looks around the table and says, "When I asked Stacie what she wanted as a graduation gift she said she didn't really want or need anything. Then today she comes to me and said there were two things she wanted."
Beca pauses and looks at Stacie who is smiling widely. "Go ahead," she mouths.
"So, Chloe," Beca said holding her hand out to her girlfriend. "Would you stand with me, please."
Looking confused, Chloe takes her hand and stands with her.
"Chloe, I love you," Beca starts. "Stacie said one of the gifts she wanted was this. . ."
Beca pulled a small box from her pocket and got down on one knee. Chloe gasps and her hand covers her mouth.
"Chloe Beale, will you marry me?," Beca asks opening the box to show the ring.
"Yes!," Chloe says with tears streaming down her face. "Always, yes."
She grabs Beca and pulls her up and kisses her. Beca kisses her back and then pulls back to place the ring on Chloe's finger. Everyone is up and hugging Beca and Chloe offering "congratulations" and "it's about time."
Once everyone quiets down and is seated again, Beca remains standing and says, "The second thing Stacie wanted for graduation she'll have to tell you herself. Stacie."
Beca sits down and grabs Chloe's left hand and kisses the ring she placed on it. Stacie stands and starts speaking.
"What do you get a girl who has everything?," Stacie said. "That's the question most asked about me when it comes to giving gifts. I told Beca there were two things that what I wanted. When I told her the first thing I wanted was for her to make Chloe my sister-in-law, she smiled and said she was already on it."
Stacie paused. Chloe smiled at Beca and kissed her. Everyone around the table was wearing the same bright smile.
Stacie continued. "When I told Beca the second thing I wanted she gave me her blessing and told me to go for it. So, Aubrey Posen," Stacie turns to look at Aubrey. "I love you and I know there is no one else I want to spend the rest of my life with." She moves her chair and then gets down on one knee.
Aubrey and Chloe both gasp.
"Aubrey Posen, will you marry me?," Stacie asks holding up a ring.
"O-M-AcaGee," Aubrey says. "Yes. Yes, I'll marry you!"
Stacie places the ring on Aubrey's finger and stands to kiss her fiance. Chloe jumps up and grabs Beca's hand, dragging her over to the other newly engaged couple. She wraps all three girls in a hug.
"We can have a double ceremony," Chloe says with a squeal. "It will be aca-awesome!"
I hope you liked the double proposal. It was kind of fun to write. Next up: The Wedding(s)