AN: Had some time on my hands today so here's another installment:

Beca rubbed her eyes as she sat in the terminal in JFK Airport in New York waiting for the boarding call of the final leg of her journey home. Beca pulled her phone from her pocket. She looked at her last text from Chloe wishing her safe travels and letting her know that they were going to bed and she and Fin would see her soon. She wanted to call or text her wife back but being 11 pm in New York meant it was around 4 in the morning in London. She flipped through the pictures she took of 20/20 and tried to see the potential in the old building. Maybe it was that she was exhausted from her trip and just wanted to get home to her daughter and wife but she couldn't see it. She couldn't see how anything could be made out of that dirty old building on a corner in Culver City. She tell Chole about the space and about the label but she knew it was too early in London and that her family would be sound to sleep. Beca clicked the phone into sleep mode and put it back in her pocket. She closed her eyes and slouched down in the airport seat as she waited for the boarding call.

XxXxXx

"Bug?" Chloe called as she pulled clothes out of Finley's dresser. "I need you to come in here please" she requested loudly. She heard the patter of Finley's feet followed closely by the sound of four paws across the wood floor and the sound of laughter and squeals. The two rounded the corner into the room the puppy finally catching the little girl tugging her down to the floor by her pajamas. "Okay you two" Chloe smiled, "We need to get dressed honey so that we can go pick up mommy at the airport."

Finley's face brightened. "Mommy?" she asked.

"Yes baby. Mommy's coming home today." Chloe said happily.

She had missed her wife tremendously in the last five days. Especially since she tested positive on several home pregnancy tests the day after Beca left. They had been trying for several months and with the emotional toll of each failed attempt rising, it was becoming harder and harder to stay positive. Chloe called her Doctor after she got a positive result from the third pregnancy test she took that day and made an appointment. She didn't want to tell Beca until she was absolutely sure which meant she would have to keep the secret until tomorrow when she was able to see her doctor. After finally getting Finley dressed and off the potty and taking their new puppy, which she hadn't told Beca about either, out to potty and setting the un-named dog up in the training crate the vet suggested, the pair were in the car and backing out of the driveway with exactly 38 minutes to get to Heathrow to pick up Beca.

Just as she was entering the airport her phone rang. She accepted the call on the touchscreen in the Range Rover.

"Hey" Chloe answered quickly.

"Hey are you guys here?" Beca asked the exhaustion apparent in her voice.

"I'm sorry babe, we are running a bit late but I'm about to get to the parking lot." Chloe replied.

"No, just pull up to the passenger pick up curb. I'll meet you out there that way you don't have to park and get Fin out and all that." Beca instructed.

"Okay, see you in a couple minutes." Chloe replied. She smiled at the feeling of butterflies in her stomach.

"Kay" Beca said as she walked through the airport quickly.

A couple minutes later she spotted their black SUV pull up to the pick-pick up lane. Beca bent down to grab her bag before walking quickly towards the car. She opened the passenger door and climbed in. She tossed her carry in the back seat in the space next to Finley's car seat.

"Hey munchkin" Beca greeted with a smile.

"Hi mommy" Finley greeted excitedly.

Beca couldn't resist the urge to climb between the driver and passenger seats to lean into the back to kiss her daughter and receive a hug from the little girl.

"Wuv you mommy." Finley said as she let go of Beca's neck.

"I love you too baby girl." Beca smiled. She pushed herself back through and into her seat. "I love you too" She said as she leaned toward Chloe. She felt Chloe's hand at the back of her neck pulling her closer.

"I love you" Chloe whispered just before she attacked Beca's lips. The honking of horns broke them apart faster than Chloe would have liked.

"Wow" Beca smiled as she pulled back. "I should go away more often." She smirked.

Chloe blushed before turning back towards the steering wheel.

"Oohhhh tisses" rang playfully from the backseat.

XxXxXx

"Baby" Chloe said softly as she lightly squeezed Beca's thigh.

Beca's head shot up quickly.

"We're home" Chloe said softly.

"I'm sorry" Beca said quickly. "I didn't mean to fall asleep. I'm just so tired."

"It's okay babe. Let's get you inside and up to bed." Chloe suggested as she peaked in the backseat to see that Finley was also sound to sleep in her car seat.

"Yeah, that sounds good. Great actually" Beca said with a yawn.

"I have something to tell you." Chloe said softly.

Beca turned away from the door and back toward her wife. "I actually have something to tell you too." Beca replied quickly.

"Is it bad?" Chloe asked.

"No, is your news bad?" Beca asked.

"No" Chloe answered with a smile.

"Then how about we just wait. If that's okay, until I wake up from my nap. I'm just really exhausted baby." Beca asked hopefully. She knew that if she told Chloe about 20/20 the redhead would have tons of questions and she wanted to be rested when they discussed it.

"Um" Chloe thought, "okay." She smiled. "Just go straight up to bed when we get in okay, and shower or whatever but you know, don't worry about coming down until your rested." Chloe suggested quickly hoping that Beca wouldn't see the puppy on her way up to their room. She was exactly sure what Beca's reaction to the dog would be and it was way too late to try and tell Finley that they couldn't keep the precious little puppy.

"Okay" Beca drew out wondering what her wife could be hiding.

"Great" Chloe said happily.

"Chlo what ar" Beca began.

"I'm so glad your home baby" Chloe cooed softly. She ran her palm down the side of Beca's face. "Get some sleep and we can talk when you're rested."

Beca squinted her eyes at her wife suspiciously.

"It's nothing bad honey. I promise" Chloe said with a sincere smile.

The smile relaxed Beca and she leaned forward to capture her wife's lips in a soft kiss. "Mmkay" she moaned against the redhead's mouth.

Beca unloaded her bag and Chloe unstrapped Fin from her car seat. The child wrapped herself around her mama as the three walked to the door. Chloe held her breath as they opened the door. She waited to hear barking or whining or any sort of sound coming from the living area where she had left the puppy in the crate, but nothing was heard. She waited for Beca to close and lock the front door before walking with the brunette towards the staircase. As they climbed each step Chloe released a breath. She stopped at Finley's room. "I'm gonna put her down for a while." Chloe said.

Beca stopped and placed a soft kiss on Finley's head. "Okay." She whispered.

"I'll be in to check on you in a few minutes." Chloe whispered.

Beca nodded and leaned in slowly. Their lips met briefly before Beca ran her tongue along Chloe's bottom lip softly. Chloe opened her mouth and met Beca's tongue with her own. Chloe felt the desire building and knew that there in the hallway with their daughter asleep on her shoulder was not the best place for this exchange. Chloe playfully bit Beca's bottom lip softly before pulling back slowly. "We will definitely pick this up later" she whispered seductively.

Beca nodded softly with a smile. She turned towards their bedroom dragging her carryon bag on the floor behind her.

XxXxXx

Beca slept for 18 straight hours. Chloe knew she was tired, she could see it on her wife's face, but now as she stood over their bed looking at the brunette who didn't look as if she would be waking up anytime soon, Chloe had to wake her up. She had a doctor's appointment to get to and she needed Beca up to watch Finley and their new puppy. Chloe gulped as the held the white and brown puppy dog in her arms.

"Beca?" Chloe said loud enough to make her wife stir.

The younger girl groaned and pulled the covers over her head.

"Becs, I have an errand to run. I need you to wake up babe." Chloe said as she walked from the side of the bed and into the bathroom.

"What time is it?" Beca mumbled from under the blanket.

Chloe sat the puppy down on the counter top in the bathroom as she put the finishing touches on her makeup and put in a pair of diamond earrings. "Beca, baby please" Chloe begged from the bathroom.

"What time is it?" Beca asked louder.

"It's almost 10." Chloe replied as she picked the puppy back up, preparing to introduce him to her wife.

"Where could you possibly be going at 10 o'clock at night?" Beca barked grumpily making no move to come out from under their comforter.

"It's 10 in the morning Beca" Chloe announced. "On Friday."

Beca's eyes shot open from under the blanket. She'd slept all day and all night.

"Well where are you going?" She whined.

"Finley was awake early. She ate and then she went down for an early nap about an hour ago so I'd expect her to be up soon." Chloe explained as she watched the lump under the blanket breathing. "Becs?"

"Okay" Beca sighed. "Anything else?"

"Just watch them" Chloe said quickly. "I'll be back in a couple hours."

Beca felt a small weight on her stomach. She thought it was Chloe's hand but she realized she was wrong when she heard the sounds of her wife's footsteps leaving the room quickly. Beca pulled the covers off her head and looked down to the brown eyes staring back at her. "What the fuck?" Beca questioned loudly. The puppy yawned and walked her front paws down on Beca's stomach, placing her head down between them. "Chloe?" Beca called loudly.

Chloe smiled as she heard her name being called but didn't stop. She pulled the front door closed leaving the brunette to babysit until she got back.

XxXxXx

Two hours later and Beca was praying Chloe wouldn't walk through the door anytime soon. "Where the fuck are you?" Beca yelled as she walked through the living room looking under the couch and anywhere else she thought the small puppy could be hiding.

"Poggie?" Finley called loudly behind her mama.

Beca picked up the cereal that was on the floor that Finley had spilled when she was chasing after the dog.

"Come pway wiff me poggie" Finley said loudly.

"Marco?" Beca yelled teasingly. She turned to look back at Finley hoping she would remember the game they played last summer in the pool. "Polo" she supplied to the little girl who smiled as she remembered.

Looking over Finley's shoulder, Beca noticed the back door was opened slightly. "Shit" she said quietly to herself hoping the dog didn't wonder outside never to be seen again. From the moment Finley woke up all she wanted to do was play with that dog and now it was lost. Finley would be so sad and Chloe would be so pissed if she lost the dog. "Marco?" she called loudly.

"Pwollwo" Finley yelled back loudly just like she had when they swam last summer. They searched the back yard but found no signs of the puppy. They made their way back into the house and continued searching. The entire second floor and the kitchen were searched thoroughly but the puppy was still lost. Beca was becoming increasingly nervous as the time ticked by and she felt her heart drop into her stomach at the sound of the garage door opening.

"Where are you fucking dog?" She said loudly not realizing Finley was still hot on her heels in search of the puppy.

"Pwollwo?" Finley called again sadly. It was starting to click in the toddler's brain that something was wrong.

"Becs" Chloe's voice called as she opened the door and walked through the house.

"Kitchen" Beca replied.

"Poggie!" Finley screamed.

Chloe walked into the kitchen holding the dog in her right arm. She sat her purse down on the counter.

"What was the dog doing in the garage?" Chloe asked as she put the puppy down on the floor at Finley's feet. The two immediately ran off towards the living room.

Beca thought back to when she went in the garage to take the trash out. She didn't realize the puppy had followed her after she cleaned up the mess from when she found the little puppy chewing on Finley's training potty. "She ate Finley's training potty" Beca said hoping to deflect the question. "Chewed the plastic into pieces."

"Eww" Chloe replied. "And it's a boy Beca. And I wanted to wait to name him until you got home, so we need a name."

"So we're keeping him?" Beca asked.

Chloe stood with raised eyebrows as she heard Finley laughing from the living room.

"Don't you think we should put up pictures or something? A family is probably looking for him" Beca added.

"I took him to the vet and he isn't chipped. The vet said he was probably dumped." Chloe said sadly, "and unless you want to break your daughter's heart, we have to keep him." She added.

"Fupping poggie" Finley yelled from the living room followed by a bark. "Marpo Pwollwo" she yelled.

Chloe squinted her eyes at the guilty looking brunette. "You lost the dog?"

Beca shrugged.

"Beca?" Chloe asked sternly.

"It must have followed me into the garage and I didn't notice." Beca said quickly. "Sorry, but I was trying to clean up the mess that it made by eating her potty seat."

"He" Chloe emphasized, "is our dog and he needs a name."

Finley raced back into the kitchen and latched herself around Beca's leg as the dog ran quickly behind her, his paws slipping out from under him on the wood floor.

"Pwollwo" Finley said loudly as she looked up at Beca.

Beca grinned. "Marco Polo" she said looking at Chloe who was not amused.

Chloe huffed, "I can't believe you lost him in less than three hours Beca." She wasn't sure why she was suddenly so mad.

"Sorry, damn." Beca mumbled which didn't help calm the redhead.

"Seriously Beca? I was gone for less than three hours and the dog eats the training toilet, Finley is still in her pajamas with cereal stains all over them, the house is a mess, and you lost the dog? If you can't handle a puppy what are you going to do when you have to watch Fin and this one?" Chloe said quickly as she pointed towards her stomach.

"I'm sorry" Beca replied, "Wait what?" she asked quickly.

Chloe smiled.

AN2: I love this family. Talk to me ...