A/N: Yay, pretty quick update. They won't be scheduled just whenever I have time to write! I think this chapter's kind of a filler in my book by who knows? Hope you like it!

CHAPTER THREE

Emma and Tom were sitting on the couch watching a Disney movie and Tom could see his little girl was still sad. She wasn't even eating her gummy bears, her favorite candy in the world. He couldn't help but wonder what Beca could've said to make Emma this upset, so he decided to ask.

"Hey Em?"

"Yeah?" She replied blankly.

"Do you want to talk about what went down at Beca's house?"

"You mean my mom's house? No, not really," she answered shortly and went back to mindlessly staring at the screen.

"Come on, it might make you feel better," Tom pried.

"Nah, you probably don't even really care. You just want to get information out of me, well you can call mom for that."

Tom had his mouth open then quickly shut it. Emma has never acted this way before, "I understand you're mad sweetheart, but that doesn't mean you have to be rude. I genuinely hate to see you upset and besides, if I wanted information I'd just call blabber-mouth Aubrey," he said the last part with a small smile.

Emma sighed heavily then turned to her dad, "I'm sorry for taking my anger out on you. I just can't believe she wouldn't even let me explain! She completely over-reacted."

"How about I make us some hot chocolate and you can tell me the whole story?"

"Okay," Tom and Emma hopped off the couch and headed to the kitchen to talk about what happened that afternoon.

Chloe calmed down enough to vent to Aubrey about all of the things Beca said. "Why couldn't she just let Em explain? Not only did she hurt Emma's feelings, but also she had the audacity to call me a bad mother! And now, Emma's probably going to want to live with Tom and then Stacie will call me complaining about being sexually frustrated!" Chloe was just ranting on while Aubrey occasionally nodded her head till the redhead was done.

"I agree she should've given Em a chance to explain, but considering how hard she's been working on that track she had a right to be upset," Chloe tried to cut in, but Aubrey just held up a finger and continued, "And the poor girl is practically sleep deprived so cut her just a little slack."

Chloe knew her best friend was right. Maybe she should've considered these circumstances. Still, Beca had no right to call her a bad mother, so she can still be mad about that. "I think I'm going to ask Tom to drop Emma off here so I can talk to her alone, and then we can head back to the house to have a family discussion with Beca."

"I think that's a great idea. Do you think you'll need a mediator?"

"No, I'm sure we can handle it," Chloe said with a laugh.

Chloe went to Aubrey's guest bedroom to go to sleep and she decided to listen to one of the many voicemails Beca left. Although they were fighting she still missed the DJ's voice and the feeling of her arms wrapped around her while she slept. Chloe opened the first voicemail Beca left when she ignored the call on Tom's doorstep. Beca hit the voicemail key and Beca's frantic voice soon filled her ears, "Chlo, I completely overreacted and I'm so sorry. I shouldn't have freaked out like that and I love both of you so, so much. I just—please come home, I miss both of you. I understand if you don't but just know that I love both of you with all my heart and I think you are the most amazing mother. Call me back—" The voicemail cut off because of the time limit. Chloe turned off the lights and cuddled her pillow, holding back tears. She really loved Beca too.

The next day…

Tom was standing outside of Aubrey's apartment door with Emma saying goodbye to her. Both Emma and Tom knew that Chloe and Emma were going to talk with Beca tonight so he was reassuring her while saying his goodbyes. "I promise, you will be fine."

"How do you know?" Emma asked with a worried look.

"I just do and if you still want to stay with me afterwards you just call and I'll be there in a jiffy," Tom said with a wink, "I love so, so much baby girl," Tom gave Emma a big hug and kiss.

"Love you too daddy," Emma turned towards the door and used her key Aubrey gave her. Aubrey was off work and Chloe went to run some errands, so Emma worked on homework and chatted with Aubrey while waiting on her mom to return.

Aubrey went to Luke's house so she could give the two girls some privacy to talk about the previous day. "How are you feeling, sweetie?" Chloe decided to ease into the hard stuff.

"I'm okay I guess. Better than yesterday," Emma said in a normal tone.

"Well, that's good to hear. Are you still upset with Beca?"

"A little. I'm just mad she wouldn't let me explain! It could've stopped this whole mess from happening and she wouldn't have said that you aren't a good parent."

"I know, but Emma, Beca was really tired and cranky and hasn't gotten a decent night of sleep because of the very track she thought got ruined. And sometimes people say things they don't really mean when they're angry, so I know Beca doesn't really think I'm a bad mom."

"Yeah, I guess you're right."

"Okay, so you ready to head back home?"

"Yeah," Emma got off the couch and grabbed all her bags, "And for the record, I think you're the best mom in the world." Emma dived in to give Chloe a big hug and whispered, "I love you."

"I love you too, sweetheart," Chloe responded teary-eyed.

Chloe and Emma walked through the house looking for Beca. Her car was in the driveway so she must be here unless she went out with Cynthia-Rose or Luke. Chloe searched their bedroom and the DJ was nowhere to be found. Chloe headed towards the studio and saw Emma standing outside of the door. "What are you doing?" Chloe asked.

"I was going to check and see if Beca was in the studio, but I don't think I'm allowed in there anymore," Emma said with a frown.

"Come on," Chloe held out her hand and walked down into the studio. They looked in the booth and Beca was sound asleep, but a recording of Beca's voice singing "If I Ain't Got You," By Alicia Keys was playing throughout the room. Chloe lightly tapped Beca on the back and the DJ shot up looking alarmed, "What? What's wrong? What did I miss?" Emma and Chloe couldn't help but giggle at the confused woman, "I really missed that sound," Beca said sadly.

"I missed the sound of your voice," Chloe said in the same tone.

Emma looked back and forth at the two women who were acting strange.

"C—Can I hug you? Both of you?" Beca asked timidly. Chloe nodded with a small smile and launched into Beca's arms, "I am so, so sorry," Beca said while stroking the back of Chloe's head.

"It's okay we can talk about it after dinner," Chloe said.

Beca unwillingly pull out of the hug and faced her stepdaughter skeptically, "Bug? You still pissed—I mean, mad—at me?"

Emma just shrugged her shoulders and scurried up the stairs clearly avoiding confrontation.

Beca sighed dejectedly and turn to be comforted by her wife. "Don't worry babe, she'll come around," Chloe said.

"I really hope so, Chlo."

Well, that's all I got lol. I think Izzy is going to return next chapter so stay tuned! REVIEW!