6 YEARS AGO

Her eyes flew open abruptly as she jolted from her sleep and she gasped from breath.

"Calm down" Quinn whispered as she knelt by the bed with her chin resting on the side of the mattress close to Beca's face. She pressed her finger over her lips signaling for Beca to be quiet.

"Were your f" Beca started but was abruptly silenced by Quinn's tattooed hand over her mouth.

"Sssshhhhhhh" Quinn reprimanded her. "Okay?" She mouthed.

Beca nodded her head and Quinn's hand slowly peeled itself from her mouth. "Were your fingers up my nose?" Beca whispered.

"Doesn't matter. Get up. Put some clothes on" Quinn said softly then popped to her feet and left the room.

Beca watched her walk out. She took a deep breath and slowly looked over her shoulder to see red locks sprayed across the pillow. As softly as she could, Beca rolled out of bed being extra cautious to not wake Chloe who was still sleeping soundly beneath the soft white sheet. Once her feet hit the floor, she crept across the room to her suitcase, fishing out a pair of sweatpants and a t-shirt, then tip toed out of the room and pulled the door closed behind her. She made her way through the rented house till she found Quinn looking through the refrigerator.

"Why?" was the only word Beca could force out of her mouth this early in the morning.

Quinn pulled away from the appliance with her arm full of groceries. She laid out eggs, bread, milk, butter, orange juice and a package of bacon. "Cuz I'm hungry." She answered and then walked over to the coffee pot, flipping over a mug and filling it with the steaming beverage. She placed the mug down in front of Beca and smiled.

"You could have showered first." Beca mumbled after she lowered the coffee mug from her mouth. "You're gross."

"You know, you could stand to be in a little better shape B. You should run with me tomorrow." Quinn offered knowing Beca would instantly decline.

"Hard pass" Beca said as she opened her eyes wide trying to wake herself all the way up.

"I'll shower after we get breakfast under control before the girls get up." Quinn smirked.

"What?" Beca asked seeing the playful look on her best friends face.

Quinn shook her head. "Chloe told me yesterday that she was gonna meet me on the beach this morning to run but she never showed up."

Beca tried to fight her smile as the memory of the night before flooded her thoughts.

"It sounded like she got a hell of a work out last night." Quinn teased.

Beca tried not to spit her coffee all over the counter effectively choking herself in the process.

"Good work by the way" Quinn said before turning back toward the cupboards in search of more ingredients.

After Beca regained control of her breathing she asked, "You guys heard?"

Quinn returned to the counter with more items, laying them all out in a row. "Beca, I think most of St. Martin heard."

Beca dropped her head in her hands as she shook her head. "Unbelievable" she mumbled into her palms.

"Whatever. At least you got some." Quinn said as she pulled out a frying pan from a lower cabinet.

Beca's head popped up. "You didn't?"

"No, Emma was tired. She'd been studying so hard for weeks for the finals she took yesterday morning. When she got home we left immediately so she hasn't had much sleep lately." Quinn explained. "You ready?" She asked.

"For what?" Beca asked looking at the organized items laid out in front of her.

"Bacon, eggs and French toast." Quinn said pointing to the items.

"I like pancakes" Beca argued.

"Emma loves French toast." Quinn narrowed her eyes.

"Pancakes." Beca said again more forcefully.

"French toast. Bacon. And eggs." Quinn repeated. "And it doesn't matter what you like, this if for the girls. And they like French toast."

"Chloe likes pancakes." Beca argued.

"No, you like pancakes so she makes you pancakes. She actually loves French toast." Quinn answered.

"No she doesn't" Beca replied unsure of why she was questioning herself as to Chloe's preferences.

"Wanna bet?" Quinn said playfully.

Beca sat quietly thinking back to all the occasions when they made breakfast together and how she realized that they hadn't really ever made breakfast together. They had eaten breakfast together but never went through the act of preparing it with each other. More often than not it was already prepared when Beca drug herself out of bed. Beca tried to recall what Chloe ordered when they would go out for breakfast. Maybe she remembered Chloe having French toast a couple of times but that didn't mean she liked them more than pancakes. "You're on" Beca said foolishly.

"If Chloe prefers French toast over pancakes, you have to strip naked and run down to the beach to the surf shop this evening. When the beach is crowded." Quinn proposed.

"No fucking way am I doing that" Beca rebutted quickly.

"Well, you won't have to worry about it since you know Chloe better than I do right? And pancakes are her favorite. Right?" Quinn baited her.

"And if I win?" Beca asked.

"I'll do the same." Quinn offered simply with a shrug of her shoulder.

Beca sat quietly as she weighed the options and searched her memory. She couldn't back out now, she would never hear the end of it. "Deal."

XxXxXx

PRESENT DAY

Beca watched the bread closely in the pan. She waited with the spatula in her left hand counting the seconds until she hoped it would be the perfect time to flip the toast. The memory had just faded away when she felt arms wrap around her waist and a weight added to her right shoulder.

"Hmmm" Chloe hummed happily. "I love French toast" she breathed in the smell of cinnamon and vanilla.

Beca's eyes closed and her face reddened at the embarrassing thought of her running naked across a crowded beach rushed over her. "I know" Beca whispered.

"Good morning" Chloe said after she placed a kiss on Beca's cheek. "It smells so good baby."

"How did you sleep Mrs. Mitchell?" Beca asked softly feeling Chloe cling to her tightly.

"So good" Chloe whispered in Beca's ear with a smile. "In fact, after breakfast maybe you and I can go back to bed for a while." She purred. "I'm not tired but I bet you can find a way to fix that."

"I'm sure I can think of something" Beca teased as she turned her head to the side to meet Chloe's lips in a searing kiss which instantly deepened as Beca massaged Chloe's tongue with her own earning a sensual moan from the redhead. Chloe pulled back slowly with a wide smile.

"I'm gonna go shower." She said breathless.

Beca nodded slowly. "Don't be long. Breakfast is almost ready and you're gonna need your strength for this honeymoon."

Chloe placed a soft kiss on Beca's lips before unwrapping her arms and pulling away from her wife. She smacked her butt playfully before heading back to the bedroom of the house they rented on a private beach in the Seychelles.

A few hours later Chloe slipped her hand in Beca's as they walked along their private beach. "When you said I'd need my strength, I didn't think you meant for activities that would take place outside of the house." She teased.

"I'm full of surprises" Beca replied with a chuckle.

"Lately you are" Chloe said as she brought Beca's hand to her lips softly kissing her wife's knuckles.

"And I have another one" Beca said with a smile.

Chloe looked lovingly at her wife. "And that would be?"

"I thought we could talk about having a baby" Beca said softly as looked down at the white sand beneath her feet. She saw Chloe stop beside her and felt herself being pulled back by their joined hand.

"Are you serious?" Chloe asked.

"Yeah Chlo. I know you're ready."

"Are you ready?" Chloe asked.

"I don't know, I think so. I mean, it wouldn't be that much different than it is now except there would be two of them." Beca shrugged.

The tears filled Chloe's eyes as she nodded happily.

Beca stepped forward pulling Chloe into her. Chloe dropped her hand and wrapped her arms around Beca as she buried her face in Beca's neck. "I love you" she mumbled against Beca's skin.

"I love you too" Beca replied happily. "So tell me what the doctor said."

XxXxXx

Three months later Beca sat propped up against the headboard in bed with her laptop resting on her legs. She rubbed her crossed feet against one another as she stared at the closed bathroom door across the room from her. She heard the toilet flush and waited but the door never opened. She pursed her lips to one side as she tried to imagine what Chloe was doing in the bathroom and why she didn't open the door like she had the last two times. She was pulled from her thoughts by the sound of small feet quickly approaching. She turned just as Finley rounded the corner of their bedroom dragging her plush blue whale, that she absolutely couldn't leave the aquarium gift shop without, behind her.

"What's up bug?" Beca asked as the girl came to an abrupt stop.

Finley's face crinkled up instantly.

Beca pushed the computer off her lap and jumped out of the bed quickly. She dropped to her knees as she wrapped her arms around her daughter who was clinging to her tightly.

"Bad dream?" Beca asked softly.

Finley nodded against her chest and Beca felt the wetness soak through her t-shirt.

"It's okay baby. There is nothing to be afraid of. I promise." Beca whispered as she stroked Finley's back soothingly.

"Momstahs" Finley mumbled vulnerably.

"Oh baby. There are no monsters. I checked remember." Beca insisted.

"They cwalled in when I was seeping." Finley argued through her tears.

The bathroom door opened slowly. Beca turned to watch Chloe turn the light off and walk out of the room. Her heartbroken expression informed Beca of the result of the pregnancy test. She tried to perk up when she saw Beca hugging Finley in the middle of their bedroom floor.

"What's wrong?" Chloe asked. Her voice hoarse.

Beca could tell it was from crying. "She had a bad dream." Beca said quietly.

Finley pulled away from the brunette and ran to Chloe. Chloe reached down and grabbed the dark haired child under her armpits and pulled her up to her chest. Finley wrapped her legs around Chloe and her arms tightly around her neck.

Beca stood up from the floor and made her way over to her wife and child. She kissed Chloe softly on the cheek before leaving the room. She knew what was about to happen next because it had happened before. Not nightly but maybe two or three times a month. She walked into Finley's room and turned off the night light in the child's room. She pulled Finley's blanket back and grabbed the potty training mat that was laid across the bed. They were in the middle of potty training with Finley and she was doing well but still had the occasional accident in her sleep and Beca had awoken to a wet sheet and mattress one to many times and didn't desire to ever do it again.

Beca walked back into their room. Chloe and Finley hadn't moved. They stood in an embrace both girls with their eyes closed, each unknowingly comforting the other.

"Babe?" Beca's voice caused Chloe's eyes to open.

Finley pulled her head away from Chloe's neck to look into her mother's eyes with her dark browns. "Seep wiff mama?" Finley requested softly.

Chloe looked around the child to Beca, asking permission for their daughter to sleep in their bed, Beca nodded as she pulled back their blankets and laid the training pad in the center of the bed.

"Okay bug. But let's try to potty first" Chloe said as she turned with the toddler and walked back into the bathroom.

Once everyone was settle in bed, Beca reached up to her nightstand table turning off the lamp. She turned back over to face Finley who laid in between her and Chloe. She could see Chloe's eyes glow bright blue from the lights of the window. She reached across Finley and placed her hand softly on Chloe's cheek. Chloe leaned into the touch and closed her eyes as a tear escaped and ran down her face.

"It will happen baby. I promise." Beca whispered hoping to offer Chloe some comfort. "We'll have another one."

Chloe nodded slowly. She turned her lips into Beca's palm and kissed it tenderly.

AN: HAPPY NEW YEAR! Tell me your thoughts ...