Years had passed since the first Aca-baby had been born to the Bellas, but now the little girl that had everyone wrapped around her finger was not alone. Now she had cousins…and a few brave men and women who married the women she knew to be her aunts. Aubrey had gotten married when Johanna was 2. That very lavish wedding was followed by a welcomed announcement that she was pregnant, not two months after the wedding. She gave birth to a healthy baby girl who she and her husband named Isabella…a name choice that Beca rolls her eyes about every time she interacts with her niece (whom she calls Izzy, just to make Aubrey mad). Chloe, Stacie, CR and Jessica had all married their partners during the last 4 years. CR and her wife had adopted two children, sisters as it were, last year and Chloe and her husband had welcome the 5th Bella baby girl into their lives roughly three months ago. All that to say, Bella parties were now even more insane than normal…and the women loved every second of it.

Beca had climbed the ladder enough in her company that her name had made it onto a few records under the title of executive producer. She helped launch a few careers of artists who no one else saw potential in and her reward for doing so was substantial. Luisa was doing equally as well in her career in advertising, having finally gotten the corner office she had wanted since her first day. Now that she had become a junior partner, her schedule had gotten more labor intensive, but her hours were normal, giving her time to spend with her wife and daughter. With Johanna beginning school that coming Fall, both women decided to try to give their daughter a sibling. They kept their efforts quiet and at certain points it looked as though it may never happen. After the 6th failed attempt, Beca said she would do one last try before they would take a break and try again the following year. Luisa had agreed. Watching her wife go through the last year had been a nightmare and she felt so helpless, knowing that she couldn't step in a offer to carry the child due to a medical condition she never knew existed. That being said, 7 ended up being Beca's lucky number and the couple finally had good news to share with their friends at their Christmas party that year: they were expecting their second child who would be born sometime the coming summer.

Beca wrapped up an album that she had been collaborating on for months and the very next week she took her maternity leave. It was the very beginning of June and the baby was due June 12th. The nursery was perfect, just like it had been when Johanna was born. The house was spotless, thanks to Luisa cleaning every surface of the house twice a day out of nervous energy and the house was stocked with everything the new baby would need. More importantly, Johanna was totally ready to be a big sister.

"Mama, mama, mama."

"Jojo, Jojo, Jojo." Beca smiled at her daughter while putting a few things from her office into her bag to take home with her. She had left a few things at her office that she wanted at home during her time off and with Luisa finishing her last account that week, Beca was left to bring Johanna with her to the office.

"When is the baby gonna come out?"

"Soon baby. He needs to stay in mama's body until he is strong enough to come out. Just like you when you were born."

"But I wanna meet him." Beca smiled as she shut her bag and placed it on her shoulder. She and Luisa had both read how older siblings could see new babies as a threat and that it can cause issues…but Johanna was clearly not one of those children. She helped Luisa paint the nursery…or she helped up to the point where she could reach. She read the baby stories before she went to bed and she already had an impressive collection of pictures she drew for her baby brother. Beca was still shocked that her five year old had managed to keep the secret to herself that the new baby was a boy. Secret or not, the five year old was happy the baby was a boy, since it was more likely that he wouldn't want her toys. Beca smiled and led the child out of her office and they were met at the elevators by Aubrey, who had been assigned "Beca duty" as she called it.

"You two ready?"

"Yes and for the 300th time, you can go home. I do not need a babysitter. I'm pregnant, not disabled." Aubrey rolled her eyes and forced a smiled.

"I'm aware, but your wife made me promise you wouldn't be alone and since Chloe is at home with Riley, you are stuck with me tonight. Now, if you can be an adult for the next 20 minutes, we should head out because that rain is intense so I'm going to have to drive slower than normal." Beca let it go and followed Aubrey out to the car and quickly snapped Johanna into her car seat. Aubrey was right: the rain was coming down in sheets and traffic was moving by inches and then eventually not at all.

"Great, damn tunnel flooded and everyone is getting off at the same off ramp. We are gonna be stuck here for at least an hour." Aubrey threw the car into park and leaned back into her seat.

"Bad word Aunt Aubrey." Beca smiled and Aubrey had to do the same.

"You are very right Jojo, I shouldn't have said that word. I'm just mad because it's gonna take us a long time."

"What about mommy?" Beca turned around and smiled at the child.

"Mommy is at work baby and with the rain she may stay there until it is safer to come home, but she'll be home to tuck you in, promise." Johanna smiled at her mother and returned her attention to the stuffed dog in her arms: a gift Fat Amy had bought her days after her birth and now the child never left home without it. Aubrey kept her eyes on the road in front of her and the car managed to move about 12ft as traffic moved a little at a time. Beca had fallen asleep and Aubrey felt bad for the heavily pregnant woman who was clearly exhausted. Just as Aubrey was thinking about how being pregnant and being stuck in traffic must suck, Beca's body lurched forward and the brunette grabbed at her stomach, gritting her teeth and letting out a muffled shout in the process. Aubrey's face drained of all color as she looked at Beca.

"Please tell me that the kid just kicked you really, really hard." Beca shook her head and finally looked up at Aubrey with a panicked look on her face.

"I would love to tell you that, but that was most definitely a contraction and unless I missed my guess, my water broke with it." The adults looked at each other in silence for five minutes before Aubrey tried to figure out a solution.

"I'm going to call 911."

"And tell them what Aubrey? Come get us? We are stuck in traffic hell in the middle of a colossal rainstorm. How would they even get here?"

"I don't know Beca, but we kind of have to do something. Unless you want give birth on the side of the road." Beca remained silent and Aubrey dialed a number she had hoped she would never have to call.

"911 what is your emergency?"

"My friend is in labor and we are stuck in a huge traffic pile up on the highway. We need help and soon."

"Ma'am do you know your location by chance?" Aubrey couldn't see three feet in front of the car so she told the operator to hold on while she checked her phone's GPS before telling her which two ramps they were stuck between.

"Has your friend's water broke?"

"Yes and the contractions have started."

"Alright ma'am. I have ground crews that will try to access your location form a few different locations and failing that I will connect with the state troopers and we will send in some air support."

"Air support?!" Aubrey almost dropped the phone and Beca looked just as surprised. She was having a baby, not losing a limb, so air support seemed a bit much…until another contraction hit.

"Damn it. Do I stay on the phone with you or what?" Aubrey rubbed Beca's arm, lost as to how to help right that second.

"No ma'am we have your number, the rescue teams will be in contact with you shortly and in the mean time I will be trying to set up an alternative route for them due to the weather. In the mean time, try and keep the mother as calm and relaxed as you can. Is it just you two in the car?"

"No, there is a five year old in the backseat with us, her daughter."

"Alright ma'am. I'll let the police know and we'll be in touch with you shortly." Aubrey hung up the phone and looked at Beca, before quickly turning around to see a very frightened five year old.

"Is mama ok?"

"Of course Jojo, but the baby wants to come a little early so we need some extra help to get mama to the hospital."

"But it's wet outside and not safe with the other cars. Mama gonna get hurt." Aubrey was cool under pressure and could soothe her own child's fears easily, but this was new and she didn't know what to say to calm her niece. Beca however did.

"Johanna, listen to mama. I'm going to be just fine, ok? So is the baby and so are you. Listen very carefully to me though. You do not get out of this car unless Aubrey is holding you or a police officer is helping you, do you understand me?" Johanna was quiet and Beca turned around and repeated herself.

"Johanna. Verstehst du mich?" (Do you understand?) The child finally nodded and answered her mother. "Ja, ich verstehe." (Yes, I understand)

"Mama liebt dich Engel." (Mama loves you angel)

"Ich liebe dich auch mama." (I love you too mama) Beca smiled and turned back around, rubbing her belly and trying not to think about the situation hey were all in.

"Wanna take bets on you having to deliver my kid on the side of the road?" Beca laughed, because what else could she do and Aubrey shook her head and sighed.

"Knowing our luck, that's exactly what is going to happen." Aubrey's thoughts went right to giving birth to Isabella and she was trying so hard to remember everything, just in case the unthinkable happened that night. She was brought out of her thoughts when Beca gentle gripped her forearm, causing the blonde to look up.

"Listen. I know I give you shit and probably always will, but there is no one else on this earth that I trust to do this with me. I wish my wife was here of course, but if it comes to it, you are the only person Luisa and I trust like that. You all are my family, but you and I are not as different as we like to pretend to be and Luisa trusts you to be protective of me when she isn't around. If I had to pick one Bella to deliver my son tonight on the side of a freaking highway, it would be you any day of the week."

"It's a boy?" Beca rolled her eyes.

"Out of that heartfelt speech, that's the one thing you heard?" Aubrey had to laugh a little before brushing a few tears from her eyes. She reached over and grabbed Beca's hand and gave it a gentle squeeze.

"I'm going to get all three of you out of here, regardless of if it's with him still in your body or if you are holding him as he screams his way into this world. I won't let anything touch him…or you." The moment was broken when Aubrey's phone rang and while she tried to help the rescue team, Beca grabbed her phone to call her wife. Three rings in and the other end of the line clicked through.

"Did the pit bull get you both home safely? The rain looks terrible from what we can see from the conference room." Beca could hear other voices in the background and she hated the bomb she was about to drop on her wife, but she needed to know.

"Yeah, about that…your son decided he wants to be born tonight."

"What? You're in labor? Are you at the hospital?"

"Yeah, about that…your son decided he wants to be born in the car on the side of the highway."

"The highway!"

"I know, trust me I know. The tunnel flooded and everyone is trying to get off on the same ramp and I'm sure there is something in the way because everything is at a damn stand still."

"I'm leaving this meeting."

"And doing what Luisa? We are stuck and even the emergency people are having a hard time reaching us, you would stuck in this traffic when I need you safe in your office. Once we get to the hospital then you can leave since it's 4 blocks from your building. Hell, you could run there if you want to."

"How is Johanna?" Beca sighed and turned around to see her daughter snuggled with her stuffed dog.

"She is fine and perfectly safe."

"Does the pit bull have an idea on how to get you all out of there?"

"Well she's on the phone with three different emergency teams and I think she just offered one of them money to move faster."

"Do you think they have enough time to get you before you need to deliver?"

Beca paused and tried to assess the situation. With Johanna, everything felt different than it did with this baby and she was taken into surgery pretty soon after they got to the hospital. The doctors all said that the baby was in a good position to be delivered naturally, but Beca wondered how ready Aubrey would be to deliver a v-back baby.

"It's a coin toss. The contractions are closer together than they were before, but they aren't too strong yet."

"Darling, is it possible that your pain threshold is simply very high and things are moving faster than you thought?" Beca had thought of that, but didn't want to speak her fear out loud, not while Aubrey was trying to help them and while Johanna was actually calm.

"Once I hang up with you I'll try and see where things are."

"I don't like this Beca." Beca could hear the fear in her wife's voice and she hated it.

"I know. I don't like it either, but Aubrey won't let anything bad happen to us."

"Ja, the pit bull will likely live up to her name. Call me again soon and tell me what is going on and the second you are on your way to the hospital tell me and I'll get there."

"Ok. I love you."

"I love you too." The phone clicked off and Beca looked back to Aubrey who was rubbing her forehead like she had a headache.

"Any news on getting us out of here?"

"An hour minimum and the air team wouldn't have a place to land."

"So…it's you and me delivering my son then?"

"It certainly seems to be heading in that direction yes. Any ideas on how far along you are in terms of labor?" Beca shook her head and unbuckled her seatbelt. She knew that eventually Aubrey's hands would be in a place that Beca never wanted them to be, but for now Beca was content on checking how dilated she was on her own. She thought back to the labor chapters of all the books she read when she had Johanna and was able to at least remember the stages of dilation when it was compared to everyday objects.

"About 5, almost 6 cm. So we have some time. I think."

"You think."

"Aubrey give me a break, this may be my second child, but the first one was removed surgically. This is new for me too."

"I know, ugh, I'm sorry. I just know that second babies sometimes come faster than the first time ones do."

"Yep, Chloe read that somewhere when she was pregnant with Riley and kept telling me to watch out for that with this little guy. But, his head hasn't dropped down totally yet, that much I can tell you for sure." Aubrey wasn't sure if that was supposed to make her feel better, but it gave her some time to think. She thought about the things she ah dint he car and googled a few things about delivering babies and she convinced herself she could do this…I mean, what choice did they have. She turned around to see Johanna playing with her stuffed toy like nothing weird was happening and Aubrey desperately wanted her to stay in a peaceful state of mind. She grabbed Beca's bag from behind her seat and dug out Beca's earphones.

"Hey Jojo, I need you to focus for a second." The little girl looked up and Aubrey never felt so intimidated by the daze of a child before.

"If mama has the baby in the car, then I'm gonna have you put these on over your ears."

"Like when mama is working on her music." Aubrey smiled and nodded.

"Exactly. So you hold these for me and when I say so you put them over your ears."

"Why?"

"Because when women have babies, it hurts and we don't want to scare you."

"The baby gonna hurt mama?"

"Not on purpose monkey, it happens with most babies. Mommies hurt for a little bit because they need to get the baby out, then they feel much better. It's not the babies fault though." The child seemed to back off that line of questioning and Beca smiled at the idea that her daughter had a huge problem with her little brother "hurting" her as she gave birth.

Aubrey kept trying to guide the paramedics to them, but she final gave up on trying to encourage them to hurry the hell up. She rolled up the sleeves on her shirt, out her hair up in a bun and took out a bottle of hand sanitizer she kept in the center console of her car.

"Are you getting ready for surgery Aubrey? You know you don't need to scrub your skin raw, right?"

"I'm so glad you still have a sense of humor while in active labor." Just then Beca grit her teeth and the joking stopped.

"Ok, that one felt different." Aubrey was afraid of that, but knew that push was literally coming to shove and this baby was going to be born in her car. She looked at where they were stopped and after throwing on the hazard lights she reached for her door handle.

"I need to get some stuff from the back of the car, just stay there." Beca looked at her friend and rolled her eyes.

"I was actually thinking of moving around a whole lot. Where am I gonna go Aubrey?"

"Hey, I'm in charge now so stop with the sass. I know you are scared and so am I, but I'm not gonna let anything happen to you." Beca nodded and soon Aubrey was outside of the car, trying to run to the back of her car without getting soaking wet. It didn't help much and she was mostly wet by the time she reached the trunk of her SUV. She grabbed the emergency kit she kept back there and returned to the inside of the car.

"Yeah so that rain can fuck off."

"Bad word." Once again Aubrey was scolded by the child in the back seat.

"I know, I'm sorry monkey. Aunt Aubrey just hates getting soaked." Aubrey dug through the bag and grabbed the few things that would be useful like gloves and scissors.

"How's the kid doing now?" Aubrey looked over at Beca who was doing her Lamaze breathing with her eyes shut.

"Super, but he is most definitely wanting out sooner than his sister ever did."

"Can you feel his head?"

"Kind of."

"Kind of? Ok well, then here comes the awkward part…can I check?" Beca undid her seatbelt and shifted in her seat, trying to give Aubrey a better chance to help her. Aubrey put the gloves on and after pushing aside all of her awkward feelings checked to see how close Beca was to honestly needing to push.

"Well, good news is, his head dropped down in the position you want it in. Bad news is, that means we have maybe 20 minutes at the rate he seems to be going."

"Super." Beca definitely didn't want her night to end this way, but this was the position they found themselves in and as long as both her children were ok by the end of the night, Beca wouldn't mind the bizarre way her son came into this world. Beca looked in the back seat and made sure her daughter was still buckled up in her car seat.

"Hey Jojo, how about you put mama's headphones on now, ok?"

"Cuz the baby wants to come out?"

Beca smiled, "yeah baby he does. So just out them on like you do at home and Aunt Aubrey or I will tell you when it's ok to take them off ok?"

"Ok mama." The child did as she was told and Beca turned back around and seemed to just stare out the window for a few minutes.

"I'm going to call my wife one more time, you call the rescue teams and tell them to be ready to move a newborn when they get us. And you should let everyone else know what's going on. I can't believe this is actually proving to be useful, but I am activating Bella phone tree #184."

"And you made fun of Chloe for coming up with that many reason to need everyone to be called." Aubrey made her calls and could hear Beca trying to remind her wife that they needed to remain as calm as possible and that she would call Luisa as soon as the baby was born and as soon as the rescue team had them on the way to the hospital. They both hung up about ten minutes later and tried to make sure they had the supplies they needed to at least get the baby delivered safely. It wasn't perfect, but it was the best they could come up with given their location and circumstance. The physical position that Beca was in forced Aubrey to balance on her knees and lean over in order to help with the delivery. The first series of pushes were more or less involuntary on Beca's part.

"Ok Beca, now you have to help him out ok. Next contraction, give me a big push." Beca took a few deep breaths before another contraction hit her and she gripped the armrest and Aubrey's shoulder as she pushed. This was repeated for a decent amount of time before Aubrey was able to successfully clear the baby's head.

"Ok Beca, we've got his head, a few more big pushes and we can get his shoulders. After that, it's practically easy."

"Easy." Beca laughed out and then followed it with a sharp intake of air.

"Trust me Beca. You can do this." Aubrey looked over her shoulder and saw Johanna clutching her hands over the headphones, likely trying to drown out the noise around her. Aubrey had a sinking feeling she would be paying for her niece's therapy one day, but she would have to worry about that later. Beca struggled through several more contractions and Aubrey was sure that one more big one would allow a safe delivery of the baby.

"Come on Beca, one more." Beca had her head back, panting and trying to find any strength that was left in her body to push.

"I can't push anymore Aubrey."

"Like hell you can't. I'm telling you to give me one more big push and you'll have your son and you want to tell me you can't do it. Jesus Beca, I fucking did this. If I can do it, then you most certainly can. Now dig fucking deep and push until I put him on your chest." Aubrey got Beca just mad enough that it gave her that last burst of energy and she did as the blonde said. She ignored counting to ten and simply pushed as hard as she could while simultaneously gripping Aubrey's shoulder with a renewed sense of strength. Both adults would tell you that in the minute that followed, it felt like time stopped. Aubrey felt the weight of the baby rest in her hand and in one fluid motion she quickly placed him on Beca's chest. Beca was sobbing and Aubrey knew tears were streaming down her face, but she had bigger problems to tend to. She didn't have any of the proper tools so she quickly took off her glove and began clearing the child's airway with her finger. After clearly most of the gross gunk out there was one singular noise that cut through everyone else's tears: the baby on Beca's chest was crying and boy did he have his mother's lungs. Aubrey hung her head for a second and did something she didn't do often: she thanked whatever god was listening for what had happened just then. The tears kept coming and Aubrey was literally about to try and figure out the rest of the giving birth in a car situation when someone knocked on the passenger door…scaring the hell out of both adults.

Aubrey grabbed the emergency blanket from her kit and had Beca hold it to the baby while she exited the driver's side door, again entering the rain. This time when she looked up, there were three police officers and she could see an ambulance behind the fence that separated that part of the highway from regular side roads.

"She just had the baby, I need someone to help me now." One of the cops called into his radio while his partner went over to Aubrey and she opened the door to allow him in to help Beca. Aubrey quickly jumped into the backseat and made Johanna focus on her so she wouldn't see anything that seemed scary. The police officer helped deliver the after birth and Aubrey swore she was going to burn her car after this little adventure. With the baby totally out, the officer tied off the cord and used the scissors from the first aid kit to cut it. Aubrey searched the backseat for something else to wrap the baby in and all she found was her faded Barden jacket, but it had a waterproof shell and it would have to do for now.

"Beca, I know you don't want to, but you need to hand him over to me and let them help you." Beca looked at Aubrey and then back at her son. After kissing his face, she wrapped the emergency blanket tighter around him before nodding that Aubrey could take him. The blonde quickly tucked the newborn into the hood of the jacket and wrapped him up in it so that they could move him while keeping him warm and as dry as possible.

"Ma'am it'll be easier if we can get the children out first, then have the paramedics move the mother."

"She stays with them." Beca demanded through tired breaths and Aubrey nodded. Aubrey unbuckled Johanna and pushed the headphones off the child's head.

"Ready to go monkey?"

"Baby ok?" Aubrey smiled through tears as she showed Johanna the face of her little brother who was still pretty mad at the world he had just been born into.

"Baby ok. So is mama, but we need to get out of the car first so they can get mama out ok. So when I come to that side of the car, I want you to climb on my back and do not let go ok. You are gonna get wet, but just hold onto me and you'll be ok. Ready?" Johanna nodded and Aubrey shielded the baby from the weather as she stepped outside again. She quickly threw open Johanna's door and the little girl quickly latched onto her aunt and Aubrey tucked her head down to protect the newborn from the rain and all but ran to the ambulance. The police had cut the fence and made a hole big enough to fit everyone through. Aubrey quickly handed the baby to the paramedic waiting in the ambulance while she got Johanna down from her back before she placed her in the ambulance as well. Aubrey stood outside of the ambulance, still very much getting rained on while she watched the police and other paramedics help Beca out of the car and onto the gurney they had waiting. The paramedic cleaned up the newborn and rewrapped him in a blanket.

"Ma'am." Aubrey turned around and he gestured toward the baby. "If you let me give you a blanket or towel to dry a bit I can give him back to you for the ride." Aubrey nodded and climbed in, quickly wrapping her hair in a warm blanket and accepting another blanket being draped around her body. The paramedic had her sit down in the corner of the ambulance and he quickly handed the infant to her. Aubrey took a deep breath and the realization of what had happened that night hit her and the tears started all over again. The baby was beautiful and looked so damn much like Beca it was eerie. Once Johanna was given her own blanket she quickly joined her aunt and wanted a better look at her brother. Aubrey pulled the girl onto her lap and help her close, knowing that space in the ambulance would be tight once they loaded Beca in there.

"That's my brother?"

"Yeah monkey it is. He's pretty cute, don't you think?"

Johanna shrugged her shoulder, "I mean I was a cuter baby, but I guess he's ok." Aubrey laughed and held the girl tighter, grateful for a reason to laugh and cut the stress.

"You were a beautiful baby, but so is he." Johanna gave her brother one more look and kissed his nose gently.

"I was still cuter, but I love you baby." Aubrey's heart was a puddle after that. She knew how excited Johanna had been to have a new sibling, but she was also still little and she was very used to being the princess of her house. But in that moment, Aubrey was sure that she would love her baby brother more than any of them thought possible.

"Does he have a name?"

"I don't know monkey, we have to wait for mama and mommy to tell us that." Right then they loaded Beca into the ambulance and secured the gurney.

"Ma'am what would you like us to do with the car?" Aubrey shook her head and honestly didn't care.

"Tow it, burn it, I don't care. We need to get them to a hospital. The cop smiled and went to go deal with Aubrey's car while the paramedics shut the doors to the ambulance. Aubrey managed to text Luisa that they were heading to the hospital and to meet them there. The ambulance took off and Aubrey held both children close to her to protect them from the sound. Beca was so tired that by the time they got to the ER she was almost totally asleep. Aubrey followed the gurney as far as they would let her, and even then she wouldn't let them take the kids.

"Ma'am we need to run some tests on him."

"Then I will be coming with you." This back and forth happened for a while until the nurse relented and just told Aubrey she would have to wait outside the room and Aubrey agreed. While she watched them poke and measure her nephew a passing nurse was kind enough to offer Aubrey a set of dry scrubs, which she desperately needed. Not caring who was watching she slipped her wet shirt off before putting the dark blue scrub top on and then doing the same with the pants. She tossed her clothes in the garbage, literally not interested in trying to save them. She got more warm blankets for Johanna and by the time she was done with that she could see the nurse coming back with Beca's son in her arms.

"All things considered he is perfectly healthy. APGAR was an 8 and he has very powerful lungs. Strong heartbeat too." She handed the baby back to Aubrey and then pointed toward the elevators.

"The mother is being brought up to the 6th floor and they are setting her up in a room now so if you head on up they will show you to the room." Aubrey grabbed Johanna's hand and they made their way up to the 6th floor and after waiting a few minutes were shown to Beca's room. The brunette was passed out asleep, but Johanna quickly climbed in bed with her mother and Beca wrapped her arms around the child and both of them went to sleep. Leaving Aubrey holding her nephew and trying to field frantic texts and phone calls. Maybe five minutes into trying to give everyone information the nurse from before walked in and approached Aubrey.

"There is a woman outside, dripping wet and yelling in German. Why do I have the feeling she belongs to you?" Aubrey smiled a rather proud smile and stood up from her chair.

"She does indeed. Lead the way." Aubrey followed the nurse into the hallway and after about 4 steps she could hear Luisa and she was able to simply follow the German swear words until she found the other blonde at the nurses' station. Luisa was soaking wet and yet somehow still looked perfect. In the middle of her tirade Aubrey cleared her throat and Luisa turned around and seemed to be caught off guard at the sight of Aubrey holding her son.

"I think I have something that belongs to you. Ja?" Soaking wet or no, Luisa wanted to hold her son and Aubrey knew how important it was after everything that had happened leading up to his birth. She handed Luisa the still sleeping baby and Aubrey couldn't tell the difference between Luisa's tears and the rain that still clung to her face and hair, but it was a beautiful thing to see: mother and son, finally united after a rather hellish day. Aubrey snapped a few pictures before Luisa even looked up.

"Beca?"

"Sound asleep with Johanna in her room. She's perfectly fine and the doctors just want to watch her for a day or so and make sure the stress of everything didn't cause her any issues."

"Thank God." Luisa smiled at her son and then once again looked up at Aubrey. "More importantly, thank you."

"It was the scariest thing I have ever done, but it was an honor and my pleasure to help her bring him into this word, but she did all the hard work. I know she wanted you, but I am glad they weren't alone." Luisa nodded and looked like she wanted to say something more when a nurse came over with a towel and some dry scrubs for her to change into. Luisa handed the baby back to Aubrey and quickly changed in a nearby bathroom before returning to Aubrey's side as she walked her to Beca's room.

"Do the others know yet?"

"The Bellas? Yeah, Chloe will be here as soon as the rain lets up in the morning and the others will probably follow suit." Aubrey held the door open and as soon as they entered the room, Johanna picked her head up and saw her mother.

"Mommy!" Jumping off the bed and running full tilt into her mother's arms was clearly what the little girl had been waiting for during the last few hours.

"Mommy, we got a new baby." Luisa smiled and kissed her daughter's cheek.

"Yes darling we do. I suppose we have to give him a name, ja?"

"Aunt Aubrey said you and mama have to name him." Luisa smiled and placed her daughter back on the ground.

"We do, but we need to let mama sleep first. How about you go back and snuggle with mama?" The child quickly returned back to Beca's bed and the movement woke Beca up enough that she looked up and saw her wife standing with Aubrey. Luisa came over and gave Beca a kiss and then rested her forehead against her wife's.

"I'm really glad to see you."

"The feeling is entirely mutual maus. Go back to sleep, you need your rest." Beca was far too tired to argue back so she didn't. Once she was snuggled back in bed, Luisa took a seat in the corner of the room, as close to Beca's bed as she could. Aubrey went over and placed the baby back in her arms and seemed to be getting ready to leave.

"Aubrey, that rain is still pretty bad. Please call your family and tell them that you are fine, but then just stay here with us. I'll have the nurse being in another one of those chairs that turns into a small bed." Aubrey hated to admit that Luisa was right, but the rain pounding on the window told her that even if she had her car with her, getting home would be very unsafe. She accepted the temporary bed for the evening and even though she had every intention of staying awake a little longer, the second she laid down she fell asleep instantly.

The next time Aubrey opened her eyes there was a small amount of sun beginning to peak through the window shade in the corner of Beca's room. Aubrey looked at her phone, ignoring the texts messages that she missed in the night and say that it was 7:30. She slowly got up from the make shift bed and as her body cracked she cursed getting even just a little bit older. One look at Beca's bed told her that Beca was still out cold and so was Johanna. Luisa was nowhere to be seen and Aubrey assumed she had gone to see the baby and deal with paperwork. Stepping outside the room, Aubrey walked to the waiting room and called her husband to check in. He offered to come by later in the morning with fresh clothes and some kind of gift for the new mother. Aubrey quickly said good morning to her daughter who was demanding her father give her the phone. Her next phone call was to Chloe who she didn't expect to actually answer the phone, but one the third ring the call clicked through.

"Good morning superhero."

"How are you so cheerful and awake? Isn't Riley still not feeling well?"

"She is doing much better and she got some good sleep last night, which means her daddy and I did too. Anyway, I'm almost at the hospital and I brought Jojo some extra clothes from her last visit to my house. I hope James is bringing something for you."

"He will come by in a few hours with something, but they gave me some scrubs so I didn't freeze last night.'

"Good. Can I grab you a coffee on my way in?"

"Please, maybe one for Luisa too, she is around this wing somewhere. I'm guessing with the baby."

"Does our prince have a name yet?"

"Maybe, I'm not sure. I passed out last night, but if Beca woke up at all I'm sure they talked it over and signed his birth certificate. Tell you what, I'm going to go find Luisa and you can text me when you get up to the 6th floor."

"Good deal. See you in 20." Chloe hung up and Aubrey went looking for Luisa. She didn't have to look far before she saw Luisa at the nurse's station doing a small pile of paper work.

"Did you get any sleep last night?" Luisa looked up and smiled.

"I slept enough. Beca and I talked for a bit when she woke up around 4am. When she fell back to sleep I slept as well. You were dead to the world, so was Johanna."

"You could've woken me up."

"You needed your rest. Being a hero tends to make people tired I hear."

"I'm no hero." Luisa put her pen down, handed the nurse the paperwork and turned her full attention to Aubrey.

"I am sorry I didn't get to say this more eloquently last night, but I need you to listen to me very carefully. You may not feel like a hero, but last night and for the rest of my son's life you were my hero and I do not give that title away flippantly. Beca could've been alone in traffic, home alone or in her office when she went into labor and she would've had to deal with that and a small, scared child. But she didn't have to do it alone because you were there. You tried to get them off that highway and when you couldn't you made sure that help was coming. You made sure my 5 year old was safe and cared for and that she understood what was happening was ok and not something to be afraid of. You kept my wife calm…no simple task. And when everything else failed, you rolled up your sleeves and helped my wife bring our son into this very crazy world. You held him first. You were his first touch as you put him on Beca's chest. If I couldn't be there, I am so fucking happy that the first person who touched my son was someone who can teach him to love his family as fiercely as you love yours. He'll be a pit bull, just like you…and I've never been so thankful for that personality of yours as I was last night." Luisa was standing tall, like always, but her voice and the tears in her eyes betrayed her emotions. Aubrey made no sound, but the tears streaming down her cheeks spoke for her.

"I've seen how the Bellas are a family of their own and I am honored to have married into that. I am even more honored that my children are being raised in it. Last night, when I saw you holding my son, I remembered all the times you told me how much you and Beca were more alike than you would care to admit. I remembered the stories of how you met and hated each other for a time and yet there you were, holding my boy: holding a child of a woman you once thought you could never get along with. It reminded me how funny and odd love can be. No one would ever have pegged Beca and I to be soul mates, but we are. And you two would fight over if the sky were blue. And yet, here you are, best friends and soul mates in your own right. You are her pit bull, she is your voice of reason and last night, the two of you merged those gifts together and brought this perfect boy into our lives. I can never thank you enough for that, for what you did last night in that car. I can never find enough words to express to you how much I love you for what you did…but if it's alright with you, I would like to try." Without another word Luisa walked right past Aubrey and headed towards the nursery that was at the end of the hall. Aubrey was still in awe of what she had just been told and her emotions slowed her down, but soon she figured that Luisa wanted her to follow her to the nursery. Aubrey quickly followed and when they arrived at the nursery with the glass window showcasing the newest members of the human race, Aubrey scanned the room until she found the baby she recognized.

Luisa waved at the nurse inside who nodded and set about getting the baby changed and swaddled and while she worked Luisa reached over and took hold of Aubrey's hand.

"I told you that I couldn't properly tell you how much I love you for what you did last night, but you know how fond I am of nicknames."

"I am aware, yes." Aubrey laughed and sniffled.

"Well…I am asking you to be his pit bull. Like you are for Beca and Johanna."

Aubrey smiled and she remembered how fond she was of being referred to as their pit bull. "I will be his pit bull until my dying breath, I promise."

"Beca would ask you this herself if she was awake, but the nickname, or title rather, that she would like you to have is godmother." Aubrey's knees got a bit wobbly and her emotional response was better than any verbal one. She nodded her head as she cried and Luisa hand her a tissue that did little to dry her tears of joy.

"I'd be absolutely honored. You don't have to do that though. I love Beca too and I would do what I did last night again if I had to."

"And that is exactly why we trust you as his godmother. You'll guide him in a way that other couldn't. Last night, you were the closest to God that people can get. You were there when a new life came into the world. I'm sure you felt it when Izzy was born too, but it's different when it's your own child. We want you to be his godmother because you felt God's love fill that car when he was born and only you can teach him about that, about how it feels."

"I stand by what I said before: I am absolutely honored to be his godmother." Aubrey squeezed Luisa's hand and smiled through all her tears.

"There is one more nickname that Beca and I would like you to have."

"How can it get any better than pit bull?" Both of them laughed and Luisa pulled Aubrey toward the door of the nursery and led them in. The nurse greeted them and handed Luisa the baby before stepping out of their way. Luisa allowed Aubrey to sit in the rocking chair that was nestled in one of the corners of the room and she then quickly handed her the newborn. Aubrey's smile was wide and the tears kept coming as she spoke in soft tones to her godson.

"You know something little man, you broke a long line of female babies. I can't tell you how excited my husband is to have another boy around finally. I hope you like football and cars because he really needs a boy around." Luisa smiled as Aubrey kissed the child's face.

"You and I are going to share a pretty cool story about your birthday my new little friend."

"Which brings me to the nickname." Luisa pulled a blue index card from her pocket. It was the one they put in the baby's plastic bassinet to identify the family they belong to, their gender and their name.

"Beca and I were hoping you would share more than just the story of his birthday with him."

Aubrey was lost already. "I don't think I understand what you're asking me." Luisa held out her arms, silently asking to hold her son and once she had him, she held the index card out for Aubrey to take. Aubrey took the card and sat back down in the other rocking chair before holding the card up to read. Baby boy Mitchell was written across the top, then his measurements, Beca's room number and then…something that made Aubrey's heart beat faster and caused her to grip the rocking chair arm with her free hand. Above the line marked "Name" was a name that Aubrey did not expect to see.

Her own.

"Aubrey Lukas Mitchell." Aubrey was able to say it once through before bearing her head in her hands and quietly crying. Luisa let her cry, knowing it was a mix of joy, exhaustion and a number of other things. When Aubrey took a deep breath and looked up she reached over and held Luisa's hand with a huge grin on her face.

"We were hoping that you would do us the honor of sharing more than the story of his birth with him. We would like it if you shared your name with him as well." More laughter and tears from Aubrey made it hard for her to talk for a few minutes, but eventually she controlled her breathing and found her voice.

"My brain simply will not let me form beautiful words right now, but let me try and say this properly. I'm not just crying because I'm touched or honored. You know my dad and I were never very close. Hell even now our relationship is pretty rocky. He raised me like I was his personal soldier and my name was always barked like an order and it was never my first name, always just Posen. So I was raised with this feeling like my first name, meant nothing to my identity and that I somehow meant nothing. Even when I got older, even after I joined the Bellas, I always felt like I was trying to find myself and make my name finally matter. All that time I spent searching and today…you telling me that you are naming him after me is the first time in my whole life where I feel like my name has meaning. My names matters and it means something because now I get to share it with him and all I can do is thank you from the bottom of my heart."

"Noble ruler."

"Pardon?"

"Your name…his name. The name Aubrey means noble ruler. I can think of no better name for the two pit bulls in my family." Luisa called for the nurse and handed her baby Aubrey, asking her to bring him to Beca's room right away. As she stood, she held her hand out to Aubrey and when the other woman took it, she stood up and immediately pulled the German into a tight hug that was followed by more tears on both their parts. The nurse snapped a quick picture that she would give to Luisa later, because it was a truly beautiful moment. The moment was broken when Aubrey phone vibrated and alerted both women to Chloe's presence in the waiting area.

"We will have to continue this conversation later." Luisa smiled and winked.

"You fucking bet we will." They walked into the hallway together and soon ran into Chloe who seemed far to energized for a mother of a 3-month-old infant.

"Morning lovely ladies who look like doctors." Both blondes smiled and Chloe quickly hugged Luisa.

"Congratulations mommy. Baby number two is a beautiful boy." They pulled apart and Luisa smiled a proud, tear filled smile.

"Thank you Chloe. He certainly made an entrance no one will ever forget, but he has definitely stolen all of our hearts."

"I bet. Future heartbreaker." Chloe ignored her own bad joke and held out a tray of coffees.

"Since Beca and I can't have any, I got some for you two." Aubrey grabbed her coffee and started drinking like it was water. Luisa looked at Chloe who didn't seem shocked.

"Yeah, that's why Bree gets two coffees when I do Starbucks trips. I also brought some clothes for Johanna to change into since I figured you didn't have a way to get her some different clothes after last night." Luisa seemed truly relieved.

"Bless you. We got her dry and let her sleep in a scrub shirt, but I know she wants some clean clothes. Let me run these to her and once they feed the baby you can come on back and meet him and say hello to Beca. Sound good?"

"Sounds perfect. I'll check in with the others who are traveling here as we speak. Oh, what can I tell them his name is?" Luisa beamed a powerful smile and nodded to Aubrey.

"I believe his pit bull can answer that for you. I'll be back soon." Luisa disappeared down the hall and Chloe looked to her best friend and became concerned.

"You've been crying…like hardcore crying. Are you all right? Is it the baby? Is he ok? Is Beca ok?"

Aubrey nodded and took a deep breath to collect herself.

"They are both fine and I am…Chloe I feel like I'm in a dream I'm so happy."

"Then why all the tears. Did our little prince break your heart already?" Aubrey beamed and she tried to speak clearly even though deep down she wanted to scream out the news.

"No, my heart is very much in one piece and is very full of love for that baby."

"Awww, look at you. You bonded extra with him because you helped deliver him. That's awesome Bree. And since you played the hero, I bet you know what his real name is so spill."

"Aubrey." Chloe looked confused and lost, much like Aubrey had been minutes before.

"What do you mean Bree?"

"Chloe, they…they named him…his name is Aubrey Lukas Mitchell." The tears started up again and Aubrey just glowed as she said, "Chloe, they named him after me. My name finally means something and for the first time in my whole life, I feel like I can be proud of it now." Chloe started crying herself and she wrapped her best friend up in a bone-crushing hug.

"It's ok Bree I got you. Just let it out. He's a lucky boy Bree. His namesake is one of the best women I know."

"They made me his godmother too."

"Well, check you out. You are just getting all the titles today aren't you? You deserve it Bree. You were there for Beca when she needed you and you were there for little Aubrey too."

"It just seems surreal. Like everything that happened was in a dream, but god damn it Chloe it was the most scared I have ever been and then when I held him…it just melted away."

"Let me guess, he has his mother's eyes."

"He does. How'd you know that?"

"Before you met and married James, the only person who managed to make things melt away for you was Beca. She knew how to ease your storm and now I guess it's a hereditary trait." Before Aubrey could say anything, Luisa came back and waved both women back towards the room. Chloe entered first, with Aubrey and Luisa following her.

"You know most women are happy giving birth indoors Beca."

"Too mainstream. Side of the highway birthing is much more natural…you know for the hipster inside of all of us. But oh my god, never again. I will say, he is pretty cute though, so he was worth the struggle and drama." Chloe looked at the baby in his mother's arms and beamed.

"I should say so. He's beautiful Beca, congratulations."

"Thanks Chloe. Would you like to hold him?"

"As if I you have to ask?" Chloe scooped the baby up and instantly fell further in love with him. She sat down and let Johanna crawl into her lap and she spoke with her goddaughter about her new brother and made sure to make her feel included. While that was happening Aubrey took a seat at the foot of Beca's bed.

"Alright superman, what do you think of you godson?"

"I think his first name could use a little work." Aubrey winked at Beca and they both smiled.

"He's amazing Beca and I'm just going to repeat myself…you did not have to name him after me. What I did wasn't that big of a deal…I mean any one else would have done the same."

"But they didn't, you did and it was a huge deal. You helped me bring my son into the world Aubrey. I can't tell you what that means to me and what it will always mean to me." Aubrey smiled and brushed tears away.

"And as for naming him after you, you should know something. Your name was on our list before last night ever happened."

"You mean you were going to name him after me no matter what?"

"Well, your name made the short list, so it was a one in four chance. But last night when I went into active labor, you walked through that hell with me. You made sure my daughter was safe and not terrified. You just kind of saved the day dude and my son deserves to have a name that is strong and honorable. I want him to grow up knowing that he can follow his dreams, but if he ever gets lost along the way, that he has a strong namesake that will guide him back to his family." Aubrey leaned forward and kissed Beca on her forehead.

"I love you Beca."

"I love you more awesome nerd."