Kudos to mystery Guest - thought I'd upload right away seeing as you were keen to read the Bellas' response ;)
Epilogue XXV – Telling the Bellas
"Ready?" Beca asked.
Chloe took a deep breath and beamed at her fiancée excitably. The couple were squished on their little sofa, Chloe laid out with her legs over Beca's thighs. Sprawled across the length of her outstretched legs was Alba, whose head was settled happily on Beca's stomach and the brunette stroked her ears gently while the puppy snoozed. Beca pressed 'send' and exhaled, then looked over at Chloe with an 'eek' expression.
Chloe giggled then suddenly her phone 'pinged' the moment Beca's message arrived in the Bella's WhatsApp group. She unlocked her phone and looked at the photo Beca had sent. It was a photo that had been taken that morning, of Chloe sat on a wall down at the green near their apartment. Her back to the camera as she looked at the view ahead of her. To her left, sat on the bench, was Alba, her long tail hanging off the back of the wall. And Chloe had her left hand on the puppy's back, her engagement ring in full view, but only noticeable if the viewer knew to look for it.
The caption Beca had sent with it had read "Not a bad view this morning".
Chloe looked over at Beca affectionately. Back in college she would've never imagined her best friend to ever be this sweet. Maybe Aubrey had been wrong back when they'd been seniors and Beca had been a freshman. Perhaps she had been capable of changing the grumpy alt-girl. Or rather, not changed her exactly, but rather helped Beca become more comfortable with being openly nice. Of being more comfortable to openly be the amazing person Chloe had always known was there deep down. It had taken several years of patience throughout college, and Chloe had fallen deeper and deeper in love with Beca the more the brunette had revealed of her true self. But the woman who sat with her now was entirely the woman she'd fallen in love with in the first place, and more.
Suddenly both Chloe and Beca's phones chimed and so the flurry of messages began:
Lily: Congratulations.
Emily: Cutest. Puppy. Everrrrr xxx
Jessica: Woah she's grown so much!
Jessica: Alba I mean ;)
Ashley: Who? Chloe or the dog? X
Ashley: Ha never mind x
Jessica: Just too quick for you Ash ;) x
Emily: How old is she now Chlo? Xxx
Ashley: Who? Beca or Alba?
Jessica: Who? Beca or Alba?
Jessica: Hahaaaaa you copycat! X
Ashley: Stop it!! Haha x
Emily: Oh my God I meant Alba! Xxx
Emily: Though…how old IS Chloe?? Xxx
Aubrey: 28
Cynthia-Rose: Love-sick Beca weird's me out. Please go back to being single.
Fat Amy: Bhloeeeeeeee.
Stacie: Beca Mitchell has it all. Cute girlfriend. Cute puppy. Cute life.
Aubrey: Girlfriend? Look again numbnuts ;) xx
Stacie: Eh? Xx
Stacie: HOLY SHIT!!!
Stacie: FINALLY BECA!!!
Flo: Eeeeeeyyyyaaaaaayyyyyy!! Xx
Emily: What?? What's going on? Xxx
Cynthia-Rose: Damn Beca that's SO Chloe! Well done!
Cynthia-Rose: And congratulations!
Flo: Yes congratulations to the best couple in the world! Xx
Emily: What are we congratulating?? Guuuuuys come on! Tell me!! Xxx
Jessica: Congratulations!!!
Ashley: Congratulations!!!
Stacie: Congrats you guys!! Who's going to take whose name??
Aubrey: You know my sentiments Chloe :) congratulations you two x
Emily: Name?? Xxx
Fat Amy: YEEEEAAAASSSSSSS!!! Bhloe are getting married!! Congrats Shawshank, so happy you finally got your girl!
Beca: Thanks guys
Emily: WHAT?! AGGGHHHHHHH!!!!!! Congratulationssssssss!!!!! Xxxxxxxx
Chloe: Thank you everyone! Can't believe it :) xx
Stacie: So come on then, are we talking to the future Mrs Mitchell's or the future Mrs Beale's or the future Mrs Mitchell-Beale's or the future Mrs Beale-Mitchell's??
Stacie: Ugh that took so long to write.
Aubrey: What makes you think they've decided? Xx
Stacie: Well I'd decided a while back I'd take the surname of the person I'd marry xx
Aubrey: You did?! Xx
Stacie: Yup :) xx
Aubrey: But Conrad is so badass xx
Stacie: You're only as badass as the person you marry, Posen.. xx
Fat Amy: God! When you two have finished flirting can we please leave room for Bhloe to answer the God damn question!!
Beca and Chloe looked at one another and smirked. They were the only two Bellas who knew that Aubrey and Stacie were in a relationship together, so it was funny to not only read their brief domestic conversation but to read Fat Amy's response – the Australian unknowingly calling Aubrey and Stacie out.
Cynthia-Rose: Hahaaa!
Aubrey: Amy!!
Fat Amy: I mean it Aubrey! Don't make me create a name for you and Stacie too!
Stacie: Ooh what would the name be?
Aubrey: Don't encourage her Stacie! Xx
Fat Amy: Give me a mo..
Emily: So guys how did the proposal happen?? Xxx
Stacie: Eh? Aubrey and I aren't engaged.
Aubrey: She meant Chloe and Beca! Xx
Stacie: We're not even dating sooooo…
Chloe: Beca's label had signed a band recently..
Beca: Not my label btw. Just Res.Heat's new dept that I work in.
Chloe: and they did a flash mob type thing but with musical instruments.
Emily: Ohhhhh myyyyyyy God that sounds so SO romantic!! Xxx
Beca: Oh boy..
Chloe: It was! SO romantic! She's amazing! Xx
Jessica: Aww!
Ashley: Aww!
Flo: Did Alba help? Xxx
Beca: If by help you mean she made Chloe late to meet me then yeah, she helped a heap..
Emily: Awwwww! She's such a cute puppy! Xxx
Beca: Not awww! She's a terror Em!
Chloe held her phone up and took a sneaky photo of Beca in her current position sat on the sofa, Chloe's legs on her thighs and Alba's head on her stomach. The brunette looked so calm and content. There was no way she was as mad with their puppy as she was making out to be on WhatsApp. So Chloe giggled as she sent the photo to the Bellas.
Chloe: Yeah a real terror…she snuggles up to Beca far too much..
Beca looked at Chloe and rolled her eyes as the 'pinging' continued, unimpressed by the stealth photo.
Stacie: Aww looooooooook!! Beca 'Badass' Mitchell proving just how badass she is lol
Cynthia-Rose: Hahaaa!!
Aubrey: Ohhh I want one!!
Beca: Sorry Posen, there's only one of me and I'm all Chloe's so…
Aubrey: I meant the puppy.
Stacie: Why don't you get one then? Xx
Aubrey: Seriously? Xx
Stacie: Sure. I think you're ready ;) xx
Fat Amy: STAUBREY!!
Stacie: Huh?
Aubrey: ??
Fat Amy: That's your name. StacieAubrey=Staubrey
Emily: Eeeeeeee!! I love it!! So cute! Xxx
Cynthia-Rose: Hahaaa! This group is just too good! I miss you aca-bitches!
Fat Amy: Staubrey, just go shack up with your puppy and we'll visit you when we're not busy visiting Bella couple #1 and their pup
Aubrey: Ugh
Fat Amy: Aubrey don't think I don't know. I read the news you know!
Emily: What news? Xxx
Aubrey: Amy I'm warning you!!
Fat Amy: Nothing Legacy. Don't you worry your little heart over it.
Emily: I'm twenty two!! Xxx
Aubrey: And I'm almost twenty nine and say that you should listen to Amy, Emily x
Cynthia-Rose: Sheesh, must be good if Aubrey's advising we listen to Fat Amy..
Chloe felt it her duty as Aubrey's best friend to try to distract their fellow Bellas from the inevitable reveal of Aubrey and Stacie's relationship if the conversation continued.
Chloe: So we're thinking of getting married next year!
Ashley: Seriously? Eek that's so soon :)
Jessica: Try not to freak Beca out Ash xx
Ashley: Gosh! Yeah! Sorry!
Chloe: Lol
Beca: No freaking here..yet..
Chloe: Alba won't give her Mama the chance to get cold feet ;)
Emily: Mama?!?!?!?! Xxxxxxxx
Beca: Relax Legacy, the name is for our puppy's reference
Cynthia-Rose: Beca you're so whipped..
Emily: Ohhhhh I thought you guys were pregnant or something xxx
Beca: God dude, let us get married and buy a house first!
Beca: And I'm not whipped! At least MY wife lets me work after 6pm
Emily: WIFE?! Xxxxx
Chloe: She's kidding Emily xx
Emily: Oh..yeah..I can see that now. Oops hehe xxx
Beca: Legacy we JUST got engaged! We haven't got married in the last ten minutes!!
Cynthia-Rose: Hahaaaa!
Fat Amy: You alright there Staubrey? You've gone a bit quiet..
Stacie: Busy looking at puppies to buy
Chloe grinned at Beca. To those who didn't know that 'Staubrey' were actually a thing, they would think Stacie was being sarcastic. The chances were, however, she was probably being completely honest. They probably were looking at puppies to buy. Or adopt. Chloe hoped they would adopt. Aubrey wouldn't have time to train a puppy and run her retreat.
Beca: Good luck. I can't see Aubrey having time to train a puppy so perhaps suggest adopting a slightly older dog?
Stacie: She'd kill me!
Stacie: If I was dating her of course..
Fat Amy: Staaaaauuuuuuubreeeeeyyyyyyy
Aubrey: Ugh
Sorry it's a bit on the short side but there was only so far I go writing a WhatsApp group message :) hope you liked it!
So several of you have been asking about Beca's Mom.. I think next chapter it'll be about time we get introduced to her a little more don't you think? :)
Reviews appreciated as always!