"Maybe he's laid off on the whole getting Riley thing." Chloe said as she ran her fingers through Beca's hair. "It's been a month and we haven't heard anything.."

Beca sighed. "I don't know.. I feel like he's planning something."

"Well you've got some tricks up your sleeve too, Principal Evans is working on becoming you and Riley's legal guardian anyway so hopefully he can do it before John tries anything."

Beca nodded. "Maybe I should go talk to Katherine and see if she knows anything."

Chloe shrugged. "You could do that I guess, but that could also make things worse if he sees you."

Beca let out a frustrated sigh. "I just want to live my life without any worries for once." She sat up and faced Chloe. "I spend everyday of my life worrying that someone will bust down my door and take my sister away from me."

"That's not gonna happen Beca we'll find a way around it."

Beca closed her eyes and let out a breath. "I'm sorry.. I've been so stuck in my own little world." She looked at Chloe with a small smile. "How have you been?"

Chloe smiled and grabbed Beca's hand. "It's fine babe I understand you've been going through a lot."

Beca nodded. "Yeah I have, but enough about me.. How's Laura?"

"My mom's good.. Honestly things have been quiet in the Beale household, nothing to say honestly."

"Okay… Let's go out then! Uncle Mike has Riley for a couple more hours, let's go on a date it's been a while."

Chloe smiled. "It has been a while and I'd love to go on a date with you."

Beca smiled and kissed Chloe. "Good, you go get ready and I'll make some plans real quick."

Chloe got up happily. "Okay!" She said before running up the steps.

Beca sighed. "Get it together Beca…" She said to herself before making some reservations.

"Lisa can we talk for minute?" Michael said as she sat next to her.

Lisa nodded. "Of course, what's up?"

"So uh I got permission to be the girls' legal guardian and all I've gotta do is sign the papers.."

Lisa's eyes widened. "Wow.. That happened a lot quicker than expected."

Michael nodded. "Is that something you're okay with? I'd like for you to sign them too."

Lisa sighed. "I- I don't know…"

"I understand.."

Lisa grabbed his hand. "Mike.. " She sighed. "Okay… Okay let's do this, let's save our nieces"

Michael smiled at Lisa saying our and leaned over to kiss her. "Thank you! I love you so much! Thank you!"

Lisa nodded. "I'll talk with the kids again and make sure Riley is okay, you call Beca."

Michael nodded. "Okay I'll be up in a minute." He grabbed his phone and called Beca. "Hey Beca I have some news."

Beca put her phone down and smiled as Chloe walked down the stairs.

"Ready to go?" Chloe asked as she approached Beca. "What's going on?" She said seeing Beca's face.

"I just got off the phone with my uncle and he said everything went through… All they've gotta do is sign papers."

Chloe's eyes widened. "That's great Beca!" She wrapped Beca in a hug. "How're you feeling?"

Beca let out a deep breath. "Relieved.. Shocked.. Happy." Beca let out a light laugh. "Scared.. Things are gonna change now."

Chloe nodded. "Change for the better babe." She said as she grabbed her arm. "You won't have to be so worried."

"That's true."

Chloe smiled. "How about you go over there, we can go on a date another day."

Beca shook her head. "We need this, it's been a while but I do want to go over there for a little.. Come with me, we won't be long I just want to talk to them face to face and see how Riley is."

Chloe nodded. "Okay, let's go."

Michael walked into the room where Lisa and the kids were and smiled. "Hey how's everything."

Riley walked over to him. "Aunt Lisa said you guys are gonna be taking care of me and Beca now, is that true?"

Michael smiled and crouched down to her level. "If that's something both you and Beca are comfortable with.."

Riley grinned. "Of course, but Beca already takes care of me."

Michael nodded. "That's true, but Beca needs to be taken care of too. She's a teenager so she shouldn't have the responsibility of taking care of you and herself all on her own."

Riley nodded in understanding. "Okay."

"Are Riley and Beca coming to live with us?" Julia, their cousin asked.

Michael shook his head. "There's not enough room here, but remember when we went to their house?"

Julia smiled and nodded. "It was fun there."

Lisa smiled. "We're gonna go live there."

"What?" Malcolm, their oldest son, said with wide eyes. "Why would we do that?"

"Like I just said son, there's not enough room here." Michael said.

Malcolm sighed. "I don't want to move."

"It's the best thing to do Malc." Lisa said.

"For who?" Malcolm said angrily. "We're perfectly fine here!"

Before anyone could respond the doorbell rang. "Go see who's at the door and we'll finish this discussion later."

Malcolm sighed and ran to answer the door. He saw Beca and sighed.

"Hey Malcolm wassup!" Beca said happily.

Malcolm rolled his eyes. "My dad's upstairs."

Beca frowned and grabbed his arm before he could walk away. "Hey hey what's going?

"Let go of me." Malcolm said angrily.

Beca let him go with a sigh. "Dude seriously what's going on? I thought we were cool…"

"We were cool until you do decided to move my family in with you, I'm happy here in my house where I grew up!"

Beca looked at Chloe. "Can you excuse us for a moment."

Chloe nodded. "Sure I'll go find Riley and the others."

Beca looked over at Malcolm. "I'm sorry Malc.. I-I didn't think this would affect you." Beca took a deep breath. "If you're really not comfortable with it then it won't happen, I'll tell your dad to just forget it.."

"Why do you want them to move in with you anyway?"

Beca sighed. "You know it's just Riley and I… I'm only seventeen and legally I can't take care of her alone and I have a dickhead of a father who wants to ruin our lives and try to take her away from me and I can't lose her… My father's a terrible guy and he won't take care of her, he'll ruin her the same way he ruined me, maybe even more."

"So my parents need to take care of you and Ry so your dad can't hurt you guys?"

Beca nodded. "But it's okay I'll do what I have to to make sure he doesn't bother us, I'll tell your dad nevermind."

Malcolm sighed and shook his head. "Don't do that…"

"No Malc I know what's it like being somewhere you don't want to be, it's not fun and makes you miserable… I don't want to do that to you."

Malcolm gave Beca a small smile and grabbed her hand. "Really Beca I mean it, I like you and Riley's cool too and I think the whole music thing you do is awesome so maybe you can show me it.. I just- I'm comfortable here but sometimes a new territory is good, you only live twenty minutes away from here anyway so at least I'll still be able to go to the same school."

"You sure dude cause we can ax this whole thing."

Malcolm nodded. "I'm sure Beca, I was just having a freak out moment."

Beca nodded. "Okay." She grabbed his hand. "Let's go see what your pops is doing."

"So all this really happened this fast?" Beca asked as she sat at the table with Michael and Lisa.

Michael smiled and nodded. "Yeah, I know a guy so he pulled a few strings and got things done a bit quicker."

Beca let out a deep breath. "Thank you, both of you so much…"

Lisa smiled. "I was hesitant at first but I couldn't let anything happen to you and your sister, you're family now."

Beca's eyes watered. "It feels so good to have family… I have an aunt and uncle, and cousins!"

Michael laughed. "You do and you have the rest of Lisa's family, they want to meet you guys and my foster parents and their family… Everyone wants to be in you and Riley's life, you don't have to be alone anymore."

Beca got up and wrapped her arms around Michael and Lisa. "Thank you.. I know I haven't known you guys long but I love you guys."

"We love you too." Michael and LIsa both said at the same time.

Beca wiped her tears and let out a breath. "So when is everything happening?"

Michael shrugged. "We'll probably start packing tomorrow and start the moving process in a week or so." He looked at Lisa. "Sound good?"

Lisa nodded. "That works, does Chloe live with you too?"

Beca shook her head. "No, she lives with her parents although she is at the house a lot and spends the night sometimes.. I hope you don't mind."

"I don't want to come and start changing things up." Lisa said.

Beca smiled and nodded. "Cool.. I should get going, Chloe and I have a date planned."

Michael grinned. "That's good, I love young love."

Beca stood up. "I love being young and in love, I'm just gonna run upstairs and get Chloe."

Michael waited for Beca to walk up the stairs before speaking. "You good with everything?"

Lisa nodded. "I am, just hope we don't ever walk into Beca and Chloe doing anything… Didn't you say you had to suspend them for having sex in the bathroom?"

"Yeah." Michael said with a small sigh. "When we move in we'll have a family meeting and discuss that along with other things."

"Okay, that sounds like a good idea."

"You look beautiful Chloe." Beca said with a small smile as she sat across from Chloe at the restaurant they were dining at.

Chloe laughed. "You already told me that a few times but thank you."

Beca grinned. "I just think you should know how beautiful you are." She reached over and grabbed Chloe's hand. "And I want you to know how much I appreciate you. Things have been so hectic lately that I've forgotten to give you the love and care you deserve but you've never complained."

Chloe shook her head. "That's because I understand babe. I know you're going through a lot."

"Yeah but you don't deserve to be pushed to the side."

Chloe smiled and laced her fingers with Beca's. "Baby I promise I don't feel like I'm being pushed to the side. It honestly feels like we're closer than ever to me, you're expressing yourself and talking to me about your feelings more."

Beca nodded. "I guess I am…. I just don't want you to think I'm taking you for granted."

"I'm happy Beca, I'm really happy I wish you could see that."

Beca smiled. "I'm glad and I know you're happy I just wanna make sure you're happy with me."

Chloe smiled and leaned over to kiss Beca. "I've honestly never been happier."

"I'm glad we did this." Chloe said with a smile as she swayed her and Beca's hand back and forth.

Beca nodded. "Me too, it was much needed." She opened the car door for Chloe. "M'lady."

Chloe grinned and kissed Beca's cheek. "Thanks babe."

Beca smiled and closed the door before getting in on her side. "Dinner was a success." Beca said happily. "What's next?"

Chloe shrugged. "We could go back to your place and enjoy each other's company."

Beca smiled. "That sounds nice." She looked over at Chloe. "Thank you for being you."

"And thank you for being you." Chloe said happily before kissing Beca.

A/N: Things are looking up it seems, hope you guys enjoyed the chapter. I know it's been a while but I thank those who are still sticking with me.

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