Second to last chapter. I have a feeling you guys aren't going to be too happy with me by the end of it, but I guess we'll just have to wait and see. Happy reading and please review!
The next week was nothing short of torture for both Beca and Chloe. The guilt of having put herself in this position for cheating on her wife and not being able to have dinner with her family, tuck her children in before they went to sleep, and snuggle with Chloe at night was enough to make the brunette cry herself to sleep every night.
As angry as Chloe was at Beca for violating the sanctity of their marriage and her trust by cheating, that wasn't the worst part. The worst part was not having her best friend to call and talk things over. Sure, she had Aubrey, but the blonde was busy running the retreat and trying to start a family of her own with Jesse. Plus, as hard as she tried, Aubrey was incapable of remaining objective when it came to Beca related matters. The blonde didn't have the same distain for Beca as when they had first met, but she still regularly insisted that Chloe could do better.
A week after kicking Beca out, Chloe was at her wit's end. She had had plenty of time to think and knew what she wanted. After putting the kids to sleep, the redhead flopped down on the couch, pulled her phone out of her pocket and hit the first name under "B" in her contacts.
The phone rang twice before her name was croaked out on the other line. "Chloe, is that you?"
"Yeah it's me," the redhead said softly. "I think we've had enough time apart to think about things and it might be a good idea to get together and talk about things together. I have a sonogram appointment on Wednesday at 11. If you're free, maybe you could come with me and then we could get lunch afterward?"
Beca smiled at the suggestion as happy tears started to well up in her eyes. "Yeah, I'm free on Wednesday. I've had your appointment on my schedule since you booked it last month."
"Great. Meet me at Dr. Cronin's office at say quarter to the hour?" The redhead suggested.
"Yeah, that sounds great," Beca agreed.
"I'll see you then," Chloe said as she attempted to hide the eagerness in her voice at the excitement at getting to see her wife. "Bye, Beca."
"Bye, Chloe." The brunette hesitated before quickly adding. "I love you."
The redhead smiled before replying, "I love you too, Beca," before handing up.
The brunette couldn't help but beam and punch her arms in the air at what had just happened. She hadn't been asked to come home, but Chloe had called her to invite her to the sonogram and lunch, the conversation was completely civil and pleasant. And the redhead had told her that she loved her. Hope was not lost.
On Wednesday, Beca woke up early to spend extra time getting ready. She and Chloe had been together for 10 years and had only been apart for a week and a half so she knew that she wasn't going to trick her wife into thinking that she had forgotten how attractive the brunette was, but she wanted to show Chloe in an understated way that she cared.
After a slightly awkward meeting in the parking lot, the couple made their way into the office and waited until they were led into an exam room.
Beca helped Chloe onto the bed before dutifully taking the spot next to the redhead, taking her hand, and squeezing it. The action was met with some initial tension, but eventually Chloe looked up at the brunette and gave her a smile.
The couple just smiled at each other for a moment until there was a knock on the door and Dr. Cronin walked in. "Hello to both Mrs. Mitchells," the doctor said as he extended his hand to both women to shake before opening his chart to read it. "So, it appears that Chloe is coming for an 18 week ultra sound to make sure the little one is healthy and to possibly find out the sex."
"Sounds about right." Chloe said as she rolled up her shift to just under bra, exposing her small, but quickly growing bump.
The doctor chuckled as he quickly turned on the machine and squirted the gel on the redhead's stomach. "Ok, so there's the little guy or gal looking healthy," Dr. Cronin pointed out after a bit of searching before moving the wand a little more. "And do you want to know if you're having a boy or girl? Or do you want to wait and be surprised?"
"Tell us now!" Chloe exclaimed in excitement. "I'm way too impatient to wait another four and a half months.
Dr. Cronin smiled before saying, "Congratulations. You're having another girl."
"Oh my God!" The redhead exclaimed excitedly before turning to the brunette. "We're having another girl! Emily gets to be the cool, helpful older sister and Cody gets to be the tough, protective older brother!"
Beca just smiled at her wife's excitement. "Yeah Chlo, it'll be awesome. I'm so happy."
"Would you like pictures?" Dr. Cronin asked.
"Absolutely. We'll need at least 10 copies for all of our friends," Chloe chirped.
Dr. Cronin chuckled before hitting a few buttons. "I'm just going to go grab those pictures and then you two will be on your way."
They thanked Dr. Cronin as he left to grab the pictures. "So, I take it you're excited to have another little girl?" Beca teased her wife as she rolled her shirt down.
"Of course I am. I'm happy to be a mom again in general and I'd be equally happy to be having another son, but…" Chloe stopped to choose her words carefully. "I'm really excited to have another girl to spoil and teach about make up and stuff."
"I know and totally understand." Beca reassured her. "Now, what do you say we get you up so we can head to lunch as soon as the doctor gets back with those pictures?"
Getting Chloe up wasn't easy, but they managed. It ended up being perfect timing because as soon as the redhead got on her feet, the door opened and Dr. Cronin walked in with a small stack of papers. "I think you'll be pleased with the 30 copies of the ultrasound I printed off for your closest friends." The doctor teased as he handed the redhead the pictures.
"I know you only did it to give me a hard time, but I really appreciate this." Chloe said as she beamed at the doctor and pulled him in for a surprise hug.
"Well, I'm glad you appreciate it, Mrs. Mitchell. Now if you'll excuse me, I have to get to my next appointment. I look forward to seeing you again at your 24 week check up." Dr. Cronin said as he once again shook both women's hands before leaving the room.
After leaving the exam room, Chloe went over to the receptionist desk to schedule another appointment in six weeks. When she was done, the redhead grabbed her wife's hand and laced their fingers together. "Ready?"
Beca's heart leapt at the action, but kept it cool. "Definitely. Where do you want to go for lunch?"
"I could really go for some Prime Table." Chloe said sheepishly. It was her favorite restaurant and suggested that they go there anytime the family went out to eat.
"Yeah, sounds great." Beca said with a smile as she opened the door to the waiting room with a smile.
The smile lasted for about three seconds before Beca looked into the waiting room. Sitting in one of the chairs flipping through a parenting magazine was Lexi. Beca stopped in fear. She had no idea what to do. Should she go over to her? Should she quickly usher Chloe out of the room and hope she didn't see them? The brunette wondered in panic.
Chloe frowned when she felt her wife stop walking. "Beca, what's wrong?"
The blonde's head shot up as she heart the utterance of the brunette's name. An evil smirk across Lexi's lips as soon as she saw the brunette's expression and the clear confusion on the redhead's, "Well, well, well, look who it is." Lexi said as she closed the magazine and made her way over to the couple. "It really is great to see you, Beca. Our last meeting was less than pleasant and I'm so happy to meet your wife, who you failed to tell me existed the night we met and had mind blowing sex in your private booth at that club." The blonde turned to the redhead. "She sure is classy and romantic, isn't she?"
"Lexi, what are you doing here?" Beca asked dumbly as she regained her ability to speak.
"Oh you know, having a check up to make sure that this little bundle of joy is healthy." Lexi said in a faux sweet voice as she rubbed her hand over her still flat stomach as she eyed the redhead's stomach. "I see you're here for the same reason. Are you having twins?"
"No, I'm not having twins," Chloe spat at the smug blonde. "I'm half way through my pregnancy and taking good care of her by actually eating something. And you can cut the self-righteous bullshit, Beca came clean about you and the fact that you're pregnant. I wasn't pleased to hear that she cheated, but in the long run, I know that she loves me and won't leave me for a trashy, crazy groupie who she slept with in a brief lapse of judgment." Chloe said in a low, scary voice that told the other two women that she meant business.
Lexi and Chloe glared at each other, trying to get the other one to back down. Beca eventually broke it. "Lexi, why didn't you call me? If I did father your baby, I should be there and we could ask the doctor to do a paternity test so we can find out before they're born."
The blonde shot Chloe a snotty smirk before turning her attention back to the brunette. "You know, I meant to do that, but then my lawyer advised me against it until after you've been served."
"Are you fucking serious?" Chloe exclaimed loud enough to make all of the receptionists look at them. "What could you possibly be suing her for besides potential child support?" The redhead demanded.
"Mostly emotional trauma, also false representation."
Chloe rolled her eyes at the blonde's ridiculous statement. "So you're suing Beca because you were too dumb to look at her Wikipedia page and the condom broke? You're even more pathetic than I could have possibly imagined.
Before anyone else could say anything else, a nurse called Lexi's name the blonde offered a final smirk as she grabbed her purse and walked toward the woman who called her name. "See you in court, Beca."
"I'm so sorry Chloe, I never would have thought she would be here. She said she was from Wisconsin, I assumed she was out here for a few weeks at most." Beca immediately apologized.
"Don't worry, I'm not mad at you for that. I'm mad at you for sleeping with such a psycho-bitch." The redhead said as she glared at the door once the blonde disappeared through. "Didn't anyone tell you not to put your dick in crazy?"
"Thank you baby, you're the best." After a beat the brunette got up the courage to ask the most burning question in her mind at that moment, "Did you really mean everything you said about knowing that we're going to make it in the long run?"
"Let's go to the restaurant to talk." Chloe said, giving no indication of what she was thinking or feeling.
The couple was immediately seated in a booth at the back of the restaurant, There was no one within five tables of them. Beca briefly looked over the menu before finding what she wanted. Chloe didn't even bother opening the menu, she got the same thing every time. "So, I've been doing some thinking about what you did, our relationship, and our family." Chloe started.
"That's good," Beca said, hopeful that things would end up working out in her favor. "What have you decided?"
"Well…" The redhead was cut off by the appearance of their waitress who came to take their drink orders. They put in their food order at the same time so she wouldn't have to come back.
When she was sure the girl was out of earshot, Chloe turned back to the brunette. "After taking the week to think about it. I think it would be best for everyone if you came home." Before Beca could say anything, Chloe cut her off. "I'm still extremely pissed about what you did and will need some time to get to a point where I can look at you without getting angry, but I do love you and can't imagine my life without you so I want to work this out."
Tears immediately started welling up in Beca's eyes. "Chloe, I can't even tell you how happy I am that you're willing to forgive me and work on repairing our relationship. I don't deserve it after what I did."
The redhead smiled at Beca before turning serious. "There are some conditions. First, we start seeing a therapist to work through our issues. We obviously both are having problems that we aren't talking about. I think having an objective moderator will work well for us. Second, I want you to continue only working at the club every other Saturday and be home by 11, I think you being home with me, Emily, Cody, and this little peanut will do a lot to bring us closer as a family. Third, I don't want any of our friends to know about this if you aren't the father. This is our business, no one else's. Finally, and I think this goes without saying, but I'm going to say it anyway: if you cheat on me again, I will file for divorce the next day." Chloe stopped to allow the brunette to process everything she had just said. "Do you agree to those terns?"
"Absolutely," Beca said without hesitation.
Chloe smiled. "Good. Now I guess the next thing we have to worry about is getting that bitch to submit to a paternity test and getting ready for that lawsuit."
Beca nodded sadly. "Yeah, that isn't going to be fun. I know that it's completely baseless and she probably won't get her way, but it's still scary."
The redhead reached across the table to grab her wife's hand and locked eyes with her. "You're damn right she won't win. We're going to get the best lawyer in L.A. and we're going to get her to submit to a paternity test, defend your good name, and if you're the father we'll get partial custody. If you aren't, we can counter-sue."
Beca squeezed Chloe's hand and looked at her with pure adoration. "Thank you. You've always been my rock and I know you will continue to be in the future. I mean seriously, what did I do to deserve you?"
"I'm not sure, but I look forward to finding out in therapy." Chloe said as she took a sip from her water.
The following week was nothing shy of a roller coaster for Beca. It was great to be back at home with Chloe, Emily, and Cody and get back to the family building they had been working on before Chloe kicked her out.
Beginning therapy was tough because Beca had to rehash her infidelity to another person. Despite being reassured that the therapist didn't hate her right off the bat for what she had done to her wife, Beca was filled with shame whenever they talked about it. But she powered through for Chloe and the sake of their marriage.
And getting the paternity test taken care of was down right ugly. They first had to go on a month long search for a lawyer who took their case seriously instead of laughing them out of the office or outright telling them to "Get the fuck out."
After finding a lawyer, the battle with Lexi and her lawyer began. They made it clear that they had no intention of going to have a test done willingly unless Beca would sign a contract that would still require her to pay the blonde to keep her mouth shut about the DJ's affairs. At first, Beca was going to sign it to protect her family from the media and just get it over with, but Chloe stopped her saying, "I don't want her to win like that. If you're the father, fine. But if you aren't, I don't want her to hold any kind of power over us."
Beca nodded and knew she was right and immediately called her lawyer to tell her that she wasn't going to sign the contract, but she would be filing a court to order a paternity test.
A week later, Beca, Chloe, their lawyer, Lexi, her new boyfriend, and her lawyer were sitting in the courtroom waiting for the judge to come back in to read the results.
Beca was sitting in a chair with her eyes closed trying to do breathing techniques to calm herself when there was shuffling behind her before there was a soft whisper in her ear. "Relax, baby. There are only two possible outcomes and we're prepared for either. There's nothing she can do to hurt us afterward," the redhead reassured.
That was enough to put Beca at ease. "Thanks, babe, I needed to hear that," Beca whispered back.
Before Chloe could respond, the judge emerged from her chambers, everyone rising until she made it to her stand and told everyone to be seated. "We are here to hear the paternity test results of Rebecca Grace Mitchell and if she is the father of Alexandra Evelyn Iverson's child." The judge announced before putting her reading glasses on and opening the file. "DNA testing has determined that Rebecca Mitchell is not the biological father and is not responsible for providing child support to Alexandra Iverson," the judge announced before banging her gavel. "Case dismissed."
In that moment, Beca could have sworn that she was weightless. She had been carrying around the guilt of potentially having fathered a child with any woman beside her wife that the brunette had forgotten what it felt like to not have it there. Before she could stop it, a single tear of joy slid down her cheek.
When Beca finally opened her eyes, Lexi, her boyfriend, and her attorney had already left along with the judge and bailiff. The only people left in the courtroom were Beca, Chloe and their attorney. The brunette turned to shake his hand and thank him for taking care of anything before running to kiss Chloe.
Relief at this nightmare finally being over and passion that had been previously been missing from their relationship came pairing out into the kiss. They had no idea how long they had been making out or how much longer they would have gone at it if a movement between them wouldn't have made them break apart.
"Beca, that was the baby's first kick." Chloe said as she locked eyes with her wife.
"Really?" Beca asked in wonderment as she stared at the redhead's tiny bump.
"Yeah," Chloe said with a smile as she grabbed Beca's hand and put it on her belly. "I think she's happy that her mommies are getting back together. Now what do you say we head home to spend some quality time with those kids we already have?" The redhead suggested.
Beca immediately nodded and grabbed Chloe's hand as they walked out of the courtroom.