"This is kind of sad" Chloe said as she turned to look at her silhouette in the mirror.
"You look beautiful Chloe. I gained so much weight in my face during my pregnancy but you, you just have this perfect belly." Aubrey said as she watched her best friend fuss over every detail of her appearance.
"Thanks but that's not what I meant Bree. I mean it's sad that I can remember the last time Beca and I had a night without Fin." Chloe said as she pulled the blouse over her head and tossed it to the floor.
"That's because you guys are all the way in London. If you were here, you would have all of us to babysit for you, like Jesse and I do when we need a night away from Brady." Aubrey supplied. "But Beca is keeping you all to herself over there. The least she could do is pop for a babysitter from time to time since she's keeping you from your friends and family."
Chloe rolled her eyes as she pulled a white blouse from a hanger. "She's my family Bree." Chloe sighed. She was tired of having this conversation with her best friend.
"So are we Chloe." Aubrey replied quickly.
"Bree" Chloe said softly as she approached the blonde. Chloe knelt down to eye level with Aubrey, the same way she would to speak to Finley. "Yes, you are. You are oldest and bestest friend and I love you, but you have to stop saying this crap. Beca is not keeping me from anyone. I'm not a hostage. I wanted to move there with her and I don't regret it. In fact I'm so glad that I did. Yes, I miss you and the Bella's and mom and dad but we won't there much longer, so please stop this blaming Beca shit for me being away. I'm away because I chose to be and I'm happy." Chloe smiled and pushed herself off of Aubrey's knees to her feet. "Besides, it's going to be aka-awkward when we move back and you didn't stop talking shit about my wife when I repeated asked you too."
"Please, Chlo. You guys aren't going to be back for another 2 years. At least!" Aubrey huffed and she crossed her legs and arms simultaneously. "I'm going to miss the baby growing up, the same way you've missed Brady growing up."
Aubrey had a point. She did regret that she wasn't around for Aubrey when Brady was born. She wasn't at the hospital the day he was born. She flew in a couple days later but it just wasn't the same. She missed him growing up and sharing experiences with Aubrey during that time. Chloe pulled the white blouse over her head and straightened it out before sitting down next to Aubrey on the bench in her closet and pulling on her slouchy riding boots over her skinny jeans. Chloe paired the outfit with a brown leather jacket and a dark blue scarf. "What do you think?" She turned and asked Aubrey.
Aubrey rolled her eyes playfully. "You look beautiful. The warden will love it." She teased.
"I'm not in prison Bree." Chloe laughed playfully.
XxXxXx
30 minutes later Chloe followed Aubrey down the stair case. "Ready babe?" Chloe asked as she entered the living room.
Beca looked up from where she was seated on the floor with Finley and Brady. "Yes."
"We should get going too." Jesse said from the couch as he stood before bending down to pick up his son.
"See you tomorrow." Aubrey said as she turned to hug her best friend. She turned towards Beca. "You too Beca."
"Me too what?" Beca asked.
"I'll see you tomorrow at the baby shower." Aubrey said as she collected her bag.
Beca clicked her heels together and saluted, "Yes Ma'am Captain." She teased.
Aubrey squinted her eyes and pursed her lips.
"Okay, at ease solider." Chloe said playfully to her wife.
"Mitchell" Aubrey said warningly as she followed Jesse out of the house.
"Posen!" Beca called loudly as the door shut loudly.
"Beca, please stop antagonizing her." Chloe breathed.
Beca shrugged her shoulders. "Come here munchkin" She said to Finley who continued to play with her xylophone. "All this one needs is a bath." Beca picked up the toddler and put her on her hip. "And then bed." Beca plopped Finley down on Chloe's mother's lap. "Be good bug." She whispered before she added a kiss to Finley's forehead.
"You'll have her home at a decent hour" Bob Beale said in his best intimidating voice.
Beca looked up at him wide eyed. "Yes sir" She replied softly.
"Stop it daddy." Chloe giggled. "We aren't coming home. We will see you in the morning." Chloe stopped briefly to kiss Finley's cheek before pushing Beca toward the door.
"We won't be home?" Beca asked.
"No. We are staying at a hotel." Chloe informed her.
Beca stopped. "I didn't pack any clothes."
"You won't need any." Chloe winked. Beca blushed.
"I heard that!" Bob said loudly.
"Oh my God" Beca closed her eyes as Chloe giggled and continued pushing Beca out of the house.
"Bye daddy!" She said loudly.
XxXxXx
"Here we are" Beca said as she put the SUV in park along the curb.
"I love it." Chloe said as her eye wondered over the mural on the brick wall.
Beca laughed before climbing out of the car and jogging over to Chloe's side quickly. She opened the door and held out her hand for her wife. She guided Chloe out of the large SUV and onto the curb. "Before we go in." Beca said as she pulled a bandana out of her back pocket.
Chloe looked confused.
"I don't know what died in there or if there are any germs or whatever that pregnant ladies shouldn't be in contact with so" Beca said as she flipped the bandana a few times into a triangle shape. She reached around Chloe's head and tied the ends of the bandana around her head. Beca positioned it over Chloe's nose and mouth and stepped back to admire her work. "You look so freaking cute right now." She teased. "Like a pregnant bandit."
"Shut up" Chloe said smiling, not that Beca could tell. Chloe held out her hand and for Beca who took it and lead them towards the door. Beca pushed it open, "Welcome to 20/20 records."
Chloe walked inside the dirty building. She looked around slowly, taking in the intricacies of the woodwork and the exposed brick. She notice that the windows, when they were replaced with new up to date windows, would allow in beautiful natural lighting. "It's going to be incredible Becs." She said as her eyes moved quickly around the room.
"You think?" Beca asked still skeptical of the space.
"I know" Chloe said as she moved toward the staircase.
"I don't think you should go up there." Beca said as she quickly grabbed Chloe's hand and pulled her back.
"Why not?" Chloe asked.
"Because, those stairs are creaky and old and steep and" she swallowed, "just dangerous. So let's wait till you're not 6 months pregnant okay?" Beca asked sweetly. "Please?"
"But I want to see upstairs" Chloe pouted and directed her sad eyes directly at Beca.
Beca's eyes narrowed. "No."
Chloe huffed.
"It's not gonna work. So drop the sad face Mrs. Mitchell." Beca grinned as she approached the redhead.
"You can't even see my face" Chloe argued through the bandana that covered her face from the nose down.
"But you're giving me those sad Chloe eyes."
"And they usually work." Chloe pouted.
"But this is the new me. I'm being stern and I'm putting my foot down and I'm not giving in when I get the puppy dog eyes." Beca replied as she linked her hand with Chloe's and pulled her towards the door.
"I meant that for Fin, not for me!" Chloe replied as she was being pulled out of the building.
XxXxXx
"I think we should just go back home." Beca said as she followed Chloe into the hotel room.
"If we go back home we won't get to finish this date off with hot, loud sex." Chloe tossed over her shoulder. "If we go back home, you will insist on sleeping on the very opposite side of the bed from me because" Chloe made finger quotes, "my father is in the house and he'll know and he'll stare at me at breakfast."
Beca slumped her shoulders. She turned and closed the door behind them. "He still knows Chloe. And he will still stare at me in the morning."
"Get over it Mitchell. I need to have sex. I've needed to have sex for the past 4 days but you're too scared of my father to touch me." Chloe said frustratingly as she pulled the scarf off over her head followed by her jacket that she tossed on a nearby chair. "These pregnancy hormones are driving me insane and all I want is for you to get your ass over here and touch me." Chloe popped open the button of her jeans. "It doesn't even matter anymore if you don't want to" Chloe said her voice growing louder and louder as she stepped out of her jeans. "You're my wife and it's your job to satisfy me. I wore a thong Beca. It's been weeks since I've worn a thong."
Beca's mouth went dry as she watched Chloe strip in front of her.
"Now sack up and get over here and give me what I want. Give me what I need." Chloe demanded just before she pulled her blouse over her head and slammed it down on the floor.
Beca gulped and nodded. She took two tentative steps in Chloe's direction before she felt her wife gripping her forearm tightly pulling her towards her crashing their bodies together.
"Chlo" Beca said into Chloe's mouth. "Wa" Beca tried but Chloe continued to swallow her words. "Babe, hold on a sec." Beca said using all her strength to push Chloe far enough away to break the kiss.
"What's the problem Mitchell?" Chloe asked loudly.
Beca was about to answer but her words were halted as she watched the visual change in Chloe. When she first pushed the redhead away, Beca could see that Chloe was frustrated and a little upset. Then all of a sudden Chloe's features fell and her head dropped and her eyes dulled.
"What's wrong?" Chloe whispered insecurely. "I'm too fat? Do you not find me attractive?" Chloe said as she ran her own hands up her belly.
"Chloe" Beca said softly but sternly.
Chloe didn't look up until Beca raised her head with a finger under her chin. "You're by far the most gorgeous woman I have ever seen."
Chloe searched Beca's eyes for anything other than honesty but didn't find anything other than that.
"Never say that. Never think that. Never" Beca whispered.
"Then why did you stop?" Chloe asked embarrassed.
"Because you were kind of hurting me" Beca admitted earning a worrying look on Chloe's face. "You're like freakishly strong." Beca teased.
"I'm sorry." Chloe apologized and dropped her shoulders.
"Come here baby." Beca said as she pulled Chloe into her, wrapping her arms around her wife. "I love you. Let me" Beca paused for a second as she placed a soft kiss on the base of Chloe's neck. "make love to you."
Chloe swooned. Her eyes rolled back in her head. The gentleness at which Beca was touching her and kissing her was making her weak in the knees. Her hands found the back of Beca's neck and weaved their way into brown locks. Beca continued peppering Chloe's shoulder and chest with soft wet kisses. She made her way down to the swell of Chloe's breasts taking her time as she licked and sucked over the lacey fabric of Chloe's blue bra. Beca continued working her way down the middle of Chloe's chest. Once she landed on both of her knee's she rested her forehead on Chloe's belly as her hand rubbed up the sides of the baby bump. Chloe looked down at her wife. She pulled her hands from Beca's hair tucking a loose strand behind one of the brunette's ears while the other stroked her head lovingly. Beca raised her head off Chloe's stomach placing a soft kiss. "I love you" she whispered. She tilted her head up looking at Chloe who stared down at her. "I love you" Beca said slightly louder.
"I love you" Chloe returned softly. She slowly knelt down one leg at a time still she was eye level with her wife who pulled her in meeting the lips softly.
XxXxXx
The grip Chloe had on her boobs was slightly painful but Beca decided to grin and bear it as her wife sat on top of her riding her fingers. Beca stopped counted three organisms ago but she was pretty sure Chloe wouldn't have the strength to go again after this, so she didn't complain. Instead she curled her fingers as Chloe slammed her hips down hoping to hit the spot that would propel Chloe over the edge, again but the red head didn't slow down. Beca decided to move her hips slightly to get a better angle.
"Don't move. Fuck Beca, don't" Chloe demanded between breaths as she continued to seek the release she needed. She tossed her head back as she rhythmically moved her hips and squeezed at Beca's chest. Chloe's position shifted slightly enough for Beca to push her thumb up and press against Chloe's clit. "Fuck" Chloe hissed as her motion faltered for a moment. Her body pitched forward and Beca felt her walls squeezing around her fingers. "Oh fuck" Chloe moaned as she flicked her hips a couple more times moving her hands down to rest on Beca's stomach. Beca watched Chloe closely. She had seen Chloe cum many times but nothing quite like this. This was different. Chloe's body needed this release and she watched as Chloe's facial features relaxed after getting what she so desperately needed. Chloe opened her eyes after she finally came down from her high, her body too sensitive to move she, sat on Beca's hips with her wife still inside her. It was the first time she notice the scratch marks on Beca's chest. Before she could apologize Beca mouthed "It's okay" soundlessly. Chloe closed her eyes and took a breath as she slowly lifted herself from Beca and laid her exhausted body down on her back next to Beca who turned to face Chloe. She placed a kiss to the redhead's shoulder. She watched the light glisten off Chloe's sweaty body.
"That was" Beca thought quickly, "hot."
Chloe smirked.
"And a little frightening." She added.
Chloe laughed.
"But still hot." Beca smiled.
XxXxXx
"She's finally asleep." Beca announced tiredly as she entered her and Chloe's bedroom.
Chloe looked up from her book and smiled.
"What are you reading?" Beca asked as she climbed into bed next to the redhead.
Chloe held her place with her finger before closing the book to show Beca the cover. "It's Emma's pregnancy diary. It was in the gift bag the Sutton's sent for the shower. I showed it to you today." Chloe said as Beca looked at the cover.
"Oh yeah" Beca said recalling when Chloe had opened that particular gift earlier in the day. "Good stuff?"
"Yeah. Em wrote everything down. From how and when her body changed to her hormonal changes, what the doctor's told her at appointments and then what happened when she gave birth." Chloe said as she opened the book back up to where she left off. "Maybe you should read that part. So you know what to expect."
"I'll pass." Beca replied quickly as she tucked herself into bed.
Chloe continued to read as Beca laid next to her with her eyes closed. Thinking Beca was asleep, Chloe was slightly startled when Beca spoke. "Was it bad?" She asked peaking one eye open to look up at Chloe. "The birth part? Did Em say it was bad?"
Chloe shrugged. "She described it as" Chloe's mind ran over all of the words Emma used before settling on, "intense but the best thing she ever did." Chloe smiled knowing that soon she would be doing the same thing. "Extremely painful but the best thing she ever did."
Beca frowned. "Are you scared?"
"Scared?" Chloe repeated and Beca nodded. "I wouldn't say scared. Chloe closed the book and turned to set it on the nightstand. She rolled back towards Beca to lie on her side. Beca turned to mirror her position. "Anxious? Nervous? Yes" Chloe answered. "Scared? Not really. I just what him or her to be healthy. I'm ready for them to be here with us already."
Beca giggled, "You have 3 months to go Chlo."
"I know, but I'm ready." Chloe answered.
They laid looking into each other's eyes for a while before Beca spoke again, "Do you miss being here?"
"What?" Chloe whispered.
"Do you miss being here? In LA. In our home? With our friends close by?" Beca asked again.
"Of course I do Becs." Chloe admitted. "I love this house. We picked it out together and we raised Finley here. This is our home. And I miss being in LA." Chloe smiled, "I forgot how sunny and warm it is here. And I miss the beach so much. And our friends. I love them. They are the best group of friends that anyone could ever ask for. They would do anything for us." Chloe admitted. She reached across and grabbed Beca's hand, lacing their fingers together. "But being with you is better than all of that. It's better than some silly house."
Beca smiled.
"It's better than a perfect LA day on the beach. And as long as I have you, I don't need anyone else. All the friends in the world could never replace how I feel when I'm with you." Chloe whispered. "And you and I can be together anywhere in the world."
"You're right. But I think maybe it's time we moved back home."
AN: Happy Valentines Day my people. A few more of these chapters left and then this story will come to an end. Tell me what you think and if you like the direction they are headed. Love you guys!