Someone mentioned wanting to see some background of the two: like getting engaged, the wedding itself etc. And I spent today in the ER for a broken finger so I had time on my hands.
Aubrey and Chloe were sitting in one of the nicest restaurants in LA and neither of them had a firm idea what they were actually doing there.
"Did she tell you what she wanted to talk about?" Aubrey shook her head as she checked her watch once more.
"Just told me to clear my Thursday night and meet her here by 8pm, which is fast approaching."
"She told me the same thing. Come to think of it, it was an order more than it was a request." Aubrey smiled as she sipped her water.
"When have you ever known her to make requests?" Just then Aubrey saw the other tall blonde enter the dining room and look around for her party. Aubrey stood up and waved, allowing Luisa to find them easily. She approached the table and their waiter quickly made his way back to the table.
"Here without the Mrs. tonight?" Luisa smiled and winked at the young man.
"Ja, she is in New York this week, so it's just me and our friends so I figured I'd take them to the best damn restaurant in LA." The waiter looked at Aubrey and Chloe who both still seem confused.
"Can I start you ladies off with some drinks?" Aubrey shrugged her shoulders, "I'll take a martini, two olives and don't slip any of the cheap stuff in there." The waiter smiled and turned to Chloe, "for you?"
"Vodka Cranberry please."
"The usual for you?" Luisa shook her head, "Not tonight, whiskey neat please."
"Of course. I'll let you look over the menu and be back with your drinks." When the waiter was out of sight Aubrey bit the bullet.
"So are you gonna tell us why you brought us here, to your favorite place to eat, when Beca is out of town?"
"So pushy. Relax and enjoy yourself. Dinner is on me so enjoy." Chloe noticed Aubrey's face contort. Ever the attorney, Aubrey never trusted a free anything.
"Now I know you want something. Spit it out. What did you need to keep a secret from Beca?" Luisa locked eyes with Aubrey and it looked like two animals trying to assert dominance.
"Drinks first, then I'll share why I brought you here." Luisa looked over the menu and ignored Aubrey's stares until the waiter came back with their drinks. The each put their orders in and once the waiter left Aubrey picked up her drink and leaned forward.
"Ok, I have my alcohol, now talk." Luisa took a sip of her drink and smirked at the other blonde.
"Always the pit bull. Already so defensive. Why do you assume that I have malicious intent with this dinner?"
"You invite us here when Beca is out of town, don't tell us anything but demand we be here by 8 and then you order her drink instead of your usual. So start talking: is something wrong with Beca, are you two ok?" Chloe smiled at the kind of relationship Aubrey and Beca now had. Once feuding enemies would now kill for each other and it was oddly beautiful.
"Beca is fine I assure you. In fact, I just spoke to her and she is in her hotel room, safe and sound after a long day in the studio. And we are doing very well in our relationship, I assure you."
Aubrey softened her expression and took another sip of her drink. "Ok, then what's with all this then. You are going through a lot of trouble to just spend time with Chloe and myself."
Luisa seemed nervous as she smiled at Aubrey's question.
"You two are Beca's closest friends and over the years I'd like to think of you as my friends as well. Which means that when something important happens, there is a good chance that the two of you will be at the heart of it. So, I asked you here tonight to speak to you both about something very important." Aubrey and Chloe exchanged confused expressions, but they didn't have to worry long before Luisa reached into her suit jacket pocket and pulled out a small box that she handed directly to Aubrey.
Aubrey and Chloe both froze. Aubrey looked at her German friend who was beaming which meant that box held exactly what she and Chloe thought it did.
"Go ahead, open it." Luisa finished her drink and watched as Aubrey slowly lifted the lid. With the lid open, she and Chloe were able to see the most spectacular diamond ring either of them had ever seen. Chloe was already crying and Aubrey was close to tears herself, but she held it together and looked at Luisa.
"You didn't just bring us here to show us this ring. Did you?" Luisa smiled and nodded her head.
"You are correct. I had ulterior motives." The two blondes stay locked in eye contact, like they were having a conversation that Chloe couldn't understand. Finally, Aubrey broke the silence.
"Well, we don't have all night, are you going to ask?"
Luisa smiled and seemed to swallow back tears. "She always tells me how lost she was before she joined the Bellas. How her family never really felt like her family because it was so broken from such a young age. She never had a place where she felt safe enough to be herself. Then she met you. You forced her to take a chance and trust people again. And she did and the result was you all becoming friends, best friends and sisters. You didn't just give her a safe place; you became her safe place. You all became her family, but you two were there for her always. You hold places in her heart that even her blood relatives could never hope to have. I believe it is customary to ask a woman's father for his permission to marry his daughter, but I knew the second I bought that ring, that there were two people I needed to ask before I talked to her dad." Luisa sipped her water and played with her hands nervously as she continued.
"I never thought I'd ever find someone like her. I never thought someone like her would love me, but she does and I want to spend the rest of our lives showing her how much I love her in return. So I am asking you, both of you, for your blessing in asking Beca to marry me."
Chloe was grinning like an idiot and trying to talk through tears. She gushed about the ring and after falling over her words managed to give the German her blessing. While Chloe calmed down, Luisa looked to Aubrey who was looking very intently at the ring. When she finally spoke, it was soft and full of emotions that threatened to bubble over.
"You make her very happy, everyone with eyes can see that. But more than that, you make her feel at peace within herself and I never thought I'd see her find that kind of peace. She found…found it in you." Aubrey lost control of her tears by that point and Chloe simply watched as Aubrey brushed them away.
"She deserves the best that life has to offer. And I believe absolutely that that includes having you as a wife." Aubrey handed the ring back to Luisa with a tearful smile.
"You have my blessing, my congratulations and my one and only warning."
"Warning?" Luisa smiled through her own tears and Aubrey smiled too, but it was her lawyer smile.
"She is one of my sisters and my best friend. If you break her heart, I will hunt you down and kill you. Understand?" Luisa smiled and offered her hand to Aubrey. They shook hands briefly before Aubrey pulled the other woman into a hug.
"She acts tough, but…you take care of her."
"All my life."
That was the end of the conversation that night. The trio ate and drank and eventually went home with goofy grins on all their faces. Luisa kept her plans of the proposal a secret from literally everyone, which bugged the hell out of Aubrey who loved being in the loop on all things. I few weeks after the meeting with Chloe and Aubrey, Beca and Luisa were getting ready to attend the Grammy awards, were Beca had been nominated for Producer of the Year. The couple had invited the Bellas that lived in the area to watch the show at their house while they were gone so a small group of Bellas were settled into the living room, watching stars walk the red carpet.
"Did they both wear tuxedos or did Beca lose a bet and wear a dress?" Stacie questioned as she carefully watched the TV.
"Beca wore a dress because she lost a coin toss with her girlfriend." Chloe added and they all laughed at the situation that resulted in Beca having to wear a gown. Just about the time they stopped laughing they heard one of the media members screaming Beca's name. All the Bellas looked at their friend and were stunned. Beca was wearing a black gown that clung to her body and showed off every single curve she had. The heels she wore added about 3 inches of height and her hair and makeup just tied everything together. Luisa stood behind Beca, playing the role of dutiful partner who isn't famous themselves. She posed with Beca for photos and held her close as they walked into the theater together.
The night went on as it always did: performances punctuated the awards and every now and then a mistake would be made that had to be recovered from, but all in all, the night was going smoothly. Then Beca's category came up and she started to shake.
"Breathe tiny maus. They will see your greatness, they'd be blind not too."
"You'll still love me if I lose?" Beca joked and Luisa smiled.
"I will love you always." She kissed Beca briefly, but it just happened to be when the camera panned over to her so the whole room erupted in aww's and laughter while Beca blushed beet red.
"And the Grammy for Producer of the Year goes to…Beca Mitchell." Back at Beca's house all that could be heard was screaming and celebrating for their friend. Back in the award ceremony Beca was in shock, so much so that Luisa had to help her stand up.
"You won maus. Go make your speech." Luisa pulled Beca's speech from her pocket and with a kiss sent her girlfriend down the aisle to get her award. Once on stage and holding the award, Beca took a deep breath and pushed the tears away.
"First, let me say that I am so shocked by this win. The people I was up against are artists I was inspired by and without them, they would be no me, so thank you. My girlfriend was smart enough to write all this down so I leave before that music. I'd like to thank my label for putting up with me, all the artists I've worked with who trusted me with their art and their stories. Thank you to my friends, my Barden Bellas who awakened a love of music in me that I thought wasn't there. Last, but not least, I would like to thank my…" Beca read the line that she was supposed to read out loud and the tears started again. She looked at Luisa in the audience and once again took a deep breath.
"I was going to thank my girlfriend, but she wrote on this card that I needed to thank my fiancée." Again, the room of famous artists went mad, applauding and standing up, finally understanding what was going on. With the ok from the stage manager Luisa was allowed to take that sacred walk up to the stage and meet Beca at center stage. Beca was so far gone, the tears were just pouring out.
"When I was a little girl I spent my whole life praying every night for God to give me someone to love. Someone who would love me like my father loves my mother. Someone who is good, and kind, and makes me laugh. After years of not finding anyone, I ran into you, a woman who was supposed to be my enemy and there was a moment when I realized the spark I felt when I spoke to you was there because you were my one. You were my answered prayer and I could never live with myself if I didn't ask, Beca Mitchell, will you marry me?" Dropping down to one knee in front of thousands in that room and millions of people at home, Luisa presented Beca with the ring she had showed Aubrey and Chloe weeks before.
Beca couldn't see through the tears, but she pulled herself together long enough to all but scream 'yes'. Her hand shook like a leaf as Luisa put the ring on it and when it was securely in place the newly engaged couple shared a delicate kiss that made even more people cry. Beca grabbed the award and walked off stage with her fiancée, not even noticing the standing ovation they had received.
Back at the house…well, everyone had lost their minds. They kept the camera rolling for the whole proposal because you can't buy that kind of PR and because of it, everyone watched saw their best friend get engaged on stage at the fucking Grammys.
Once the happy tears had subsided everyone sat down and gushed over how perfect it was.
"Luisa just fucked everybody over." Stacie pointed out with a smile on her face.
"How?" Chloe threw popcorn at her friend and laughed.
"How on earth is ANYONE going to do a better proposal than that? God bless your guys' respective partners because we are all fucked. You just cant top that."
