So I realize that not once have I used Beca's POV in this story up until now, but I wanted to highlight her side of this event as well. Hopefully its still good.
CPOV
I stayed with my mom the night before the wedding, and Beca stayed at home. Caellum stayed home with her. I wasn't allowed to talk to Beca at all until the next day, even for updates on him. It was the first night since my accident that I had to try sleeping without him.
I tossed and turned all night. At around nine the next morning I got a phone call from Jessica.
"Morning Jessica. What's up?" I answered. I could hear Jesse and Beca in the background.
"I just had my appointment. We're having a girl Chloe! So far the doc says she looks like she's developing very healthy. I just wanted you to be one of the first to know." she practically was crying into the phone.
"Can you put Caellum on for a minute? I miss him so much." I asked her. She giggled.
"Sure hun, here he is." her voice got distant. "Say hi to Mama C!"
"Uh-ma." he babbled at me.
"Hey baby! Mama misses you. Love you Munchkin, see you soon!" he squealed as he heard my voice come from the phone.
BPOV
I had never done well away from Chloe. She was my rock, the reason I was still around. Any time I had ever had to go away for work, or the nights she was in the hospital, I felt empty. I couldn't even sleep in our bed without her. I slept on the recliner in Caellum's room.
I had just settled Caellum into his high chair and was about to start shovelling Pablum into him when Jesse and Jessica came in. Jesse was practically vibrating with excitement.
"It's a girl!" he shouted at me. "A fucking girl Beck! I always wanted a little girl." tears started down his cheeks.
"I'm going to call Chloe and tell her. You two celebrate. Feel free to leave Caellum with me if you want to go upstairs." Jessica cut in.
"Jess, man, you're going to be the father of a beautiful baby girl. Have you guys picked names yet?" I asked him.
"Actually yes. Jessica always liked Emily. She wanted me to pick the middle name. I figured who better to name my daughter after than the woman I would most like to see her grow up and be like, other than Jessica of course. Emily Rebecca Swanson."
"Really Jess? Wow, that's a big thing man. I'm honored."
"You should be. Now let's get you ready for your wedding Beck."
CPOV
When I went back to the house an hour before the wedding, Beca was already upstairs double checking everything. As per my request, our photo album had been laid out on the registry table and I stopped and flipped through it for a few minutes. I landed on one picture and tears sprang into my eyes.
"I know that they're gone and that they never got to meet you, but I know they'd have loved you Chlo." Beca said staring at her parents headstones.
"Hey, Beck, this means more to me than you can know." she nodded, her jaw locked and her eyes set.
"I used to sleep here a lot. Especially when I was younger. It felt like I could almost still kiss my mom goodnight, and like my dad still had his strong arms wrapped around me." her words stopped as her tears started.
"Hey now, I'm here baby. Let it go. No one is here to see you cry but me." I wrapped my arms around her and we dropped into the dirt, her curled up in my lap. Her sadness took over her entire body as she finally started letting go of some of it.
When she'd gathered herself she'd taken me to the Pier. That's where the picture was from. Beca had insisted on making me ride the ferris wheel. I had been clinging to her for dear life when she snapped a picture of us. The smile on her face was stronger than it had been in the past.
My mom and Jessica helped me change into my dress. Then Jesse managed to get Beca off of the terrace so I could go out with him and smoke one before everyone started arriving.
"I'm really happy for the two of you. You guys deserve each other you know that? I wasn't convinced that I believed in love, until you came into the picture Chloe. The way Beca's entire world stopped for you proved to me that it was still possible to be unconditionally in love with someone. You saved her, from destroying herself. Just know that."
"I don't know Jesse, I think she saved me. I don't know that I even believed in love before I met her and now I can't turn back." I said smiling.
BPOV
The time was now. I was standing up on the little stage we had put on the terrace. Jesse was beside me, holding Caellum.
There was a flash of red and everyone was on their feet. Amy lead the way and then I saw her. I couldn't breathe all the sudden. My knees went weak and it was like time froze.
I was sitting in the back of my Intro to Philosophy class. Jesse had conned me into taking it with him, telling me the class would be full of hot, smart women. So far it seemed like bullshit to me.
There was a project due today. Typical Beca and Jesse fashion, we blew it off. The teacher called on a pair of people and they went up.
I turned to look at them, and instantly wished I had been listening when the prof called on them.
She was perfection. Her red hair framed her face perfectly. The blue of her eyes shone all the way to the back of the room. When she smiled, I actually gasped. Jesse looked at me funny and chuckled at me. When she spoke, I lost all thoughts other than her.
I knew that I needed to talk to her. I needed to know who she really was. Unfortunately it seemed that everytime I tried to talk to her I was suddenly illiterate.
I waited for the next class project. The teacher called names for pairings and somehow I wound up with her. She went and switched names though, telling the teacher that she needed to make sure her grades stayed up and she knew I didn't care.
And now she was walking towards me, smiling the whole way. Her bright blue eyes locked on mine and I think her pace quickened. I walked down to meet her father as he handed her over to me. He shook my hand and pulled me into a hug.
"Promise you'll take care of her, okay?" he asked me, tears welling up in his eyes.
"Always, sir." I replied. I took Chloe's hand and we went up and faced the Justice.
CPOV
I won't lie, I don't know about half of the things the Justice said. I was so busy staring at Beca. I couldn't keep my eyes off of her.
"Yes, Miss Beale? Is there an issue with the partner I gave you?" the Professor asked me as I approached his desk.
I had been paired with the one and only Beca Mitchell. Not only did she not give a damn about her grade in this class, she was highly distracting. I found myself turning around more than I needed to, or was really smart, to look in her direction.
"I'm just worried that with the partner I have that my grade will be affected. I need to make sure I have high grades sir. I want to get into the Masters Program for Psychology and they won't accept me with a mediocre mark. I would rather field this assignment alone than with her." Total lie, but I needed to keep my head down for now. I wouldn't let Beca Mitchell get to me like that. I was here for school, not useless crushes.
When it was time for our vows, Beca looked at me, her ocean blue pouring into me.
"Chloe Beale, the first time I saw you I changed. I was nothing before you and you turned me into something. You taught me patience, and fairness. You showed me how to handle my reservations and fears. You brought a happiness into me that I was unaware I could feel. With you I was given a new chance to live again. You filled my empty home with laughter and warmth, and you made me smile again. You are my better half Chloe and the wonderful mother to our child. I promise you, I will love you until the day I die. I will stay true to you, until I cease to breathe. I will take care of you with every ounce of strength I have in me. You are my forever and always baby, and I will never let that go." she slid my ring on my finger.
I grabbed her hand. It was my turn. I had never been as good as her with words, but I tried.
"Beca, I give you my heart with this ring. I know that you've had it for three years now, but I now give it to you with a new promise. I promise that I will be a supportive wife, and that I will always be your biggest fan. I promise to live in the now with you, and share each moment like it could be the last one. I promise that you will never go to sleep at night without knowing how much I care about and love you. You are the most amazing wife anyone can ask for and I swear to you that I will spend every day reminding you of that." I slid her ring on.
"Ladies and gentlemen, I introduce to you for the first time, Mrs. and Mrs. Beca Mitchell! You may now kiss the bride."
Beca leaned me over and kissed me. After three years, you would have thought I'd be used to it but when she pulled me back up I was breathless.
"I love you baby." she whispered in my ear.
"I love you too." and we headed downstairs.
