"What's wrong with this tree?" Beca questioned, hands on her hips. "This is a nice looking tree!"

"Beca, it's smaller than you!" Jesse protested.

She frowned. "You're not making friends here Swanson", she glared.

"I like this one". Jesse pointed to a seven foot tree, and Beca's eyes grew wide. "That's twice the size of me!"

"Well that's not too hard. Look at it! It's perfect! It's just the right size for our place!"

(It was so not the right size for their place. Their place was probably smaller than the tree.)

"It's bigger than me! By so much!" she frowned, pouting.

(Jesse bit his tongue to refrain from making a smart remark- when they were in New York for Jesse's last birthday; his seven year old cousin was the same height as Beca. The poor girl didn't stand a chance.)

"It's a nice tree!" Jesse protested again. "If you're nice I'll lift you up so you can put the star on top".

The look on Beca's face was pure gold.

The hit to Jesse's stomach was not.

"I told you it'd fit!" Jesse crowed. "there you were, complaining the entire way home that it didn't fit on top of the car so how was it going to fit in the door, well what do you call that Beca? Look! The tree fitted and life is good".

"Jesse, dear", Beca said, saccharine sweetly (because Jesse was pushing her Christmas loving heart), "We don't have nearly enough decorations for a TREE OF THAT SIZE".

(Jesse had won.)

(She didn't know how that happened.)

(But his face had lit up like a child's, and that had made it kinda worth it.)

"Beca, dear", Jesse said, just as sweetly, "We'll just have to get more!"

Their living room was lit up brighter than the Las Vegas strip.

Beca, squinting slightly, stared at Jesse. "Now, I love Christmas as much as the next person, but there is no way that five packets of lights was a decent amount for this tree".

"I know, next year we'll have to get more".

The tree was bigger than her and she'd probably never see again, but Beca Mitchell had seen the look of utter delight on her boyfriend's face.

(And not that she'd ever tell him, but it made it all worth it.)