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This chapter is kinda just filled with cuteness and such so I hope you enjoy it!
My Wife and Kids - Chapter 8: Ellen
As soon as Beca caught sight of her wife walking towards her at the airport, her face lit up with a smile. She tried to ignore the paparazzi around them as Chloe finally reached her.
"Hey." The brunette get the redhead a quick kiss on the cheek before taking her suitcase off of her.
"Hi." Chloe replied tiredly, slipping her hand into her wife's as they made their way out of the airport as quick as possible, wanting nothing more than to get away from the camera flashes and annoying questions.
When the couple finally got into the car and Beca started driving, Chloe relaxed.
"I've missed you." She sighed contently with a small smile, covering her wife's hand on the gear stick.
"Right back at you, babe." Beca turned her head for a second to wink at her wife.
"Am I gonna walk into a messy house?" The redhead asked teasingly.
"What? Do you not trust me to hold down the fort while you're gone?" The younger woman asked in mock offence.
"Yeah but I just don't trust you to keep it tidy." Chloe laughed, giving her wife a playful slap on the thigh.
Beca only laughed and rolled her eyes. "How are you feeling anyway?" She asked, reaching over to gently rub the women's thigh.
"I'm exhausted, I've barely slept at all." The redhead said quietly, relaxing into the seat as she closed her eyes for second. "My leg is fine just now though, it comes and goes."
"You should go for a nap when we get home." Beca suggested, glancing at her wife with a frown.
"Mm." Chloe just hummed.
"Look who I picked up from the street corner." Beca joked as she walked into the living room, Chloe following her in.
"Shut the fuck up." Chloe laughed, giving her wife a shove who ended up tripping on one of Xander's toys but luckily managed to stay on her feet. "Whoops."
"Fuck sake." Beca turned her head to the older woman with a chuckle.
"You deserved that." Emily piped up, who was sitting on the couch, gently bouncing Xander on her lap as the little boy giggled at his aunt.
"Where's Hailee?" Beca asked, ignoring her sister's dig.
"Upstairs." The 23 year old replied. "Xander, look who's home." She said in an excited voice as Chloe sat down beside her.
"Hailee! Mom's home!" Beca yelled from the foot of the stairs.
"Hi baby, mommy missed you." Chloe lifted Xander from Emily and began peppering him in kisses.
"Babe, I'm gonna take your stuff upstairs!" Beca called.
The baby cuddled into his mother as the woman relaxed into the couch.
"Awwww." The redhead cooed. "Aubrey's gonna give you a little friend, buddy." She giggled, gently running his back.
"Wait, what?" Emily asked in surprise, a growing smile playing at her lips.
"Shit." Chloe cursed. "God I'm so sleep deprived that I'm throwing my wife around the room and letting things slip." She couldn't help but chuckled at herself with a shake of the head. "But yeah, Aubrey's pregnant. I'm totally not supposed to go around telling everyone so keep it to yourself." She added in a hushed voice as she heard her daughter thundering down the stairs.
"Got it." Emily winked with a nod.
"Hi mom!" Hailee greeted with a bright smile, walking around the couch to wrap her arms around her mother from behind, kissing her on the cheek.
"Hi sweetheart." The redhead said, turning her head a little so she could see the girl.
"How was New York?" The teenager asked as she pulled her arms away, placing her hands on the back of the couch.
"It was good but do you know what would make it even better?" Chloe threw her head back so she was looking up at her daughter with a sweet smile.
"What?" Hailee raised her brow, knowing exactly what was coming.
"If you'd make your old mom a cup of tea." The redhead said sweetly, grinning up at her daughter.
The 13 year old playfully rolled her eyes before going through to the kitchen to do just as her mother asked.
"Thanks honey!" The 32 year old called after her daughter with a chuckle. "I'm gonna go get changed, can you watch him for a minute?" She asked the woman beside her.
"Of course." Emily laughed as she took Xander from Chloe, sitting him on her lap.
Chloe made her way upstairs to her and Beca's bedroom but there was no sign of the brunette.
"Babe where are you?" The redhead called in confusion as she pulled off her boots.
"Peeing." Beca said from the bathroom and Chloe glanced over, quietly laughing to herself at the door that was half open.
"I asked where you are not what you're doing." The older woman teased as she shrugged her jacket off and went into the walk in closet to hang it up.
There was no response from the younger woman, instead the toilet was flushed. "Chlo, we need to do something tomorrow." She asked over the running water as she washed her hands.
"Yeah?" The redhead asked distractedly as she started unpacking her suitcase.
Beca came out from the bathroom, returning to her normal volume of voice. "We need to call Hailee's school and arrange a meeting with the principal."
"What? Why?" Chloe furrowed her brow at her wife as she stilled her hands for a second.
"There's this kid bothering her. I told her I'd talk to you and we'll go into the school sometime this week."
"What's been said to her?" The redhead asked calmly but Beca could tell she was pissed.
"There's this little fucker who's being a homophobic asshole and saying things about us to her. He's also said shit about Ryan so I say we all go down, me, you, Ryan and Aubrey." Beca explained as she stepped behind her wife and gently began massaging her shoulders.
Chloe sighed heavily.
"But we'll deal with it tomorrow, you just need to relax tonight." The brunette leaned forward and spoke softly into the woman's ear.
"Mm I need to get changed."
"Give me a kiss first." The younger woman smirked against her wife's neck.
"So needy." Chloe teased as she turned around and held the brunette by the waist.
"I've missed you." Beca said in defence, resting her forehead against the redhead's.
The 32 year old moved her hands up to the younger woman's cheeks before roughly kissing her, taking the brunette by surprise.
The 26 year old hummed in approval when her wife slipped her tongue into her mouth.
Chloe was in a teasing mood though as she pulled away, taking Beca's bottom lip between her teeth, tugging gently on it. "That should stick in your mind until tonight." The redhead winked before slipping past her wife, giving her a cheeky slap on the ass on the passing as she walked into the closet to get changed.
"Woah." Beca whispered as she ran her thumb across her smirking lips.
"Dude, I even got her this." Benji reached into his pocket and pulled out a ring box, opening it up to show Jesse what was supposed to be Emily's engagement ring.
They were hanging out at Jesse and Stacie's house with Ava while Stacie was out.
"It's beautiful, man. I'm so sorry." Jesse said sympathetically as he took the box to take a closer look.
"I bought it and then started to ask her about what she thought about us maybe getting married. She shot down the idea every single time." Benji shook his head and he ran his hand through his hair as he settled back into the couch.
Jesse reached over and gave his best friend a reassuring squeeze on the shoulder.
"I just want what everyone else around me has. Beca and Chloe are married and now have Xander, you and Stacie have Ava and are getting married in a couple months. I want to get married, I want to have kids. Emily just doesn't want the same things as me so we couldn't do it anymore." He shrugged helplessly, pinching the bridge of his nose. "The thing that makes this so hard is that I love her more than anything in the world." His voice cracked with tears and Jesse moved closer, resting his arm on the back of the couch.
Jesse's heart broke for Benji. He knew how much the other man loved and adored Emily, all of this was just a complete shock to him.
"I genuinely believe this isn't the end for you guys, dude." Jesse said softly. "She loves you as much as you love her. You guys will figure something out."
Benji didn't say anything as his eyes welled with tears before he felt a pair of little hands grab onto his leg. He opened his eyes and there was little Ava standing in front of him with a pout.
"Uncle Ben no cry." She said sadly, holding her arms up to him.
"Aww sweetheart." He couldn't help but smile through his tears at the sweet little 17 month old as he lifted her up to sit on his lap.
Ava placed a hand on each of the man's cheeks before giving him a sloppy kiss on the lips, making Benji chuckle.
"Thanks, princess."
She then snuggled into Benji, melting his heart.
"Aww you giving uncle Benji cuddles, baby?" Jesse asked sweetly, tucking his daughter's hair behind her ear.
"She looks so much like Stacie, dude." Benji smiled.
"In other words: gorgeous." Jesse grinned.
Speak of the devil, both men turned their heads as they heard the front door unlock. "I'm home!" Stacie called, her voice making her daughter's ears prick up. "Hey, everyone." She greeted as she walked into the living room.
Ava wriggled her way out of Benji's lap and toddled up to her mother.
"Hi baby." The woman smiled as she picked the little girl up and sat her on her hip. "Where you a good girl for daddy?" She asked.
The tiny brunette nodded as she rested her head on her mother's shoulder.
"You not talking huh?" Stacie chuckled, striking Ava's hair. "What time's it, babe?" She glanced at her fiancé who checked his watch.
"Just past 1."
"Alright, I'm gonna put her down for a nap, she's nearly falling asleep in my arms here." The woman said as she looked at her tired daughter, giving her a kiss on the top of the head.
"I should probably get going." Benji announced with a sigh as he stood up.
"You sure? You can stay as long as you need, man." Jesse said seriously.
"Yeah." Stacie agreed softly.
"I'm alright but thanks guys." He smiled genuinely at the couple as he pulled out his car keys.
Stacie and Jesse both followed him to the front door.
"Ava, you gonna say bye to uncle Benji?" The woman asked her daughter but there was no response. "Nope, she's out." She laughed softly.
"Love you lil princess." Benji chuckled, running his hand gently over the sleeping girl's back. "Alright I'll talk to you guys later."
"See you later dude." Jesse said as Benji walked outside.
"Call us if you need anything." Stacie added.
Benji gave them both a thumbs up and a wave as he climbed into his car.
"Okay I'm gonna put her down, when I come back downstairs, I'm gonna pay you back for the way you woke me up this morning." Stacie whispered suggestively to her fiancé with a wink before making her way upstairs, leaving Jesse standing there, watching her with a stupid grin on his face.
The next day was when Beca and Chloe were going on to tape their episode of Ellen. Chloe had called Hailee's school and arranged a meeting for tomorrow, she also called the doctor and made an appointment for Wednesday. Let's just say it's gonna be a busy week.
"My first guests today are good friends of mine, one of them is a New York Times best selling author and the other is one of the most talented young artists out there right now. They're now married and continue to be one of the cutest celebrity couples, please welcome Beca and Chloe Mitchell!" Ellen introduced the couple to the audience and Beca and Chloe walked out hand in hand, giving everyone a small wave.
They gave Ellen a quick hug before taking a seat on the sofa.
"Hi you two."
"Hey." Beca and Chloe greeted in unison with smiles.
"It's great to have you both here, I've had you on the show separately but never together." Ellen began. "You girls have been together for years now but only recently got married, is that right?"
"Yeah, come August, it'll be 2 years." Beca nodded, glancing at her wife as she interlocked her fingers with the other woman's, resting their hands in her lap.
"And the main reason I haven't had you guys on the show for so long is because you've welcomed an addition to the family." Ellen smiled.
"Our baby boy." Chloe said in awe, thinking about their son. "Aw my babies." she said, pointing at the screen that showed a picture of Hailee holding Xander.
The audience all 'awed' in unison.
"So that's your kids Hailee and Xander."
"Yeah, Hailee's 13 now and the little dude is 7 months." Beca explained, unable to stop smiling at the photo.
"Now Beca, Hailee is your step-daughter. So this is your first time having to be there from the very start and having to deal with a newborn, right?" Ellen chuckled.
"Yeah, I had no idea what I was doing, no joke." Beca admitted with a scoff, making the audience laugh. "I had never changed a diaper in my life before Xander came along, but Chloe didn't let me use that as an excuse not to do it at all." She joked, playfully nudging her wife.
"I'm sure she wouldn't have." Ellen agreed in amusement. "From your point of view Chloe, having done it all before, how do you think Beca is handling motherhood?" She asked the redhead.
Beca turned to her wife.
"She's really just thrown herself right into it and it's been so great to watch. She doesn't realise it but she's got such a good maternal instinct, I've seen it so many times with Hailee before we were even thinking about having Xander." Chloe said genuinely as she watched her wife smile down at their hands. "You can be a little over dramatic at times but that's just you with everything." She giggled at the woman whose head shot back up.
"Hey!" Beca protested and Ellen just watched on, shaking her head with a laugh.
"You guys have quite a big family don't you?" The blonde asked, slightly changing the topic.
"Yeah." Both Chloe and Beca nodded.
"And you're both very active on social media and it seems like you have such a great family dynamic." The older woman continued as a series of pictures from Chloe and Beca's Instagram pictures of them with their friends and family we're shown on the screen. "One of my favourite things is that, Chloe you've said this yourself before, your daughter Hailee has basically got two sets of parents who are very close. You once captioned a photo of the 4 you calling yourselves the 'co-parenting quartet' right?" Ellen chuckled in amusement.
"Oh yeah." Chloe laughed. "I'm beyond grateful to have had them by my side throughout this journey especially because I was so young when I had Hailee. Aubrey's her godmother and has been my closest friend for as long as I can remember, a lot of girls who get pregnant at 18 lose their friends but Aubrey didn't go anywhere. Then there's Ryan, he was obviously my actual partner way back when but we still keep this sort of partnership in parenthood to this day, he's one of my best friends and I couldn't have asked for a better dad for Hailee." The redhead continued as Ellen, Beca and the audience all listened intently.
"Him being such a good father to Hailee is something that really means a lot to you isn't it?" Ellen asked gently.
"Yeah." Chloe nodded. "My dad was not a nice man at all." She admitted.
Beca didn't really expect this but she knew it was a hard topic for her wife so she put an arm around her and gently rubbed her shoulder.
"He totally confused my vision of how men should treat their children. He left around the time I came out as a lesbian and told him I was pregnant, that just goes to show what kind of a man he was. So when I fell pregnant, I didn't expect Ryan to stick around, especially since we weren't even a couple anymore at this point but he did. He was there through everything and he managed to restore my faith that a man can be the father a kid deserves." The redhead could feel herself begin to well up, especially when the audience started clapping after listening to her story.
"He really is a great guy." Beca added as she soothingly rubbed her wife's back. Her and Ryan have had their ups and downs which is natural between the ex and the current partner but she knew how much he's done for Chloe and is forever grateful for that.
"I may not have had a real father figure in my life but there's one guy I want to give a shout out to." Chloe turned to Beca with a smile. "Beca's dad may be just my father in law but he honestly treats me like his own daughter and I'm so thankful." She said sincerely. "Even though he didn't like me at first." She added with a chuckle, lightening the mood.
"Oh really? Why didn't he like you?" Ellen wondered curiously with a grin.
"It was more of a case of he didn't like the idea of us dating. You were apparently too old for me." Beca laughed, nudging her.
"You make me feel too old for you sometimes." Chloe joked.
"Have you guys got any upcoming projects?" Ellen asked, changing the topic.
"Nothing really big at the moment, our lives have been pretty crazy these past months with Xander coming along. I've just been working on new music whenever I can." Beca explained.
"And I've just been doing some writing here and there but yeah it's been hectic this past 7 months." Chloe added with a chuckle.
"Well thank you girls so much for coming out today, it was great to see you both again. Beca and Chloe Mitchell everybody!" The audience applauded and cheered as Ellen brought the interview to an end.
"What's wrong?" Beca asked groggily as she could feel Chloe tossing and turning beside her in bed that night.
"Fuck." The redhead practically whined as she finally sat up, reaching over to turn her lamp on.
"Is it sore again?" The brunette asked in concern as she flipped over so she could see her wife.
Chloe nodded as she reached underneath the duvet.
The younger woman sat up and grabbed her glasses from her nightstand and put them on. "Could you not have gotten an appointment for tomorrow rather than Wednesday? This clearly needs to be seen to, babe."
"Wednesday's fine." Chloe almost snapped in frustration, not meaning it intentionally, she was just in pain.
"Let's see it." The brunette said as she crawled down the bed and Chloe brought her legs out from under the duvet. "Does this help?" She asked as she gently began to massage her wife's leg.
"A little." The 32 year old nodded.
"Alright just settle and try and go back to sleep." Beca said as she lay down on her side, continuing her massage.
She hated seeing her wife in any sort of pain so she lay beside her and tried her best to relieve Chloe's pain as long as it took until the redhead drifted back to sleep. Beca would do anything for her wife, even if it was just something little like staying awake to massage her leg just so the redhead could go back to sleep. The pain had come and gone suddenly every now and then since Chloe had been home and Beca was concerned which was why she desperately wanted her to see a doctor.
We've kind of just been taking it slow with the current storylines, I hope you don't mind, I guess it's a change from my usual drama filled shit lol
Please let me know what you thought!
And yes we'll finally have Beca, Chloe, Ryan and Aubrey speaking with the principal and that kid's parents in the next chapter.