hey guys! I've been busy af but I wanted to get this chapter out for you all.

It's another one that's just tying up loose ends that I had started over previous chapters but I'm planning on jumping to Stacie's bachelorette party after this which will be more exciting!

My Wife and Kids - Chapter 9: Co-Parenting Quartet

"Why didn't Hailee just punch the little fucker?" Ryan asked as he climbed out of the back of Beca's car.

Aubrey just rolled her eyes as she got out the opposite side.

"Ryan." Chloe said warningly.

"Because she's thankfully not as stupid as I was when I was her age." Beca said as she locked her car before they began their walk towards the school.

"Bet the kids you beat up didn't bother you anymore though." The man said, adding to his point.

"Come on Ry, you need to just chill out." Aubrey sighed, slipping her hand into her boyfriend's.

"You don't want her going fighting dude." Beca shook her head as she put her keys back in her pocket before looping her arm through Chloe's since the redhead had her hand in her jacket pocket.

The four of them made their way inside to the principal's office quickly being greeted by Principal Reid who ushered them into her office. You could argue that the woman seemed to young to be your typical principal but the kids adored her and that was the most important thing.

"I hate that you guys aren't here for a good reason." Principal Reid said apologetically as she walked behind her desk to take a seat. "I had a little chat with Hailee this morning and she told me everything that was going on. I've also spoke with Nathan's dad who should be here soon." She added, glancing down at her watch.

"You'd think shit-I'm sorry-" Beca quickly cut herself off, raising her hand to her mouth which made Chloe shake her head trying to stifle a laugh. Typical Beca.

"Don't worry, go on." Principal Reid encouraged with a chuckle.

"I was just gonna say you'd think homophobia shouldn't even be a problem in schools these days huh?" The woman finally said in disappointment.

"Yeah it definitely shouldn't and it's awful that I still have to deal with any sort of discrimination at this school."

"What will happen to the kid?" Ryan asked.

"He'll most likely be suspended for a few days." Principal Reid nodded before picking up the phone on her desk. "I'll call the kids up from their classes just now." She said, holding the phone against her ear as it dialled. "Hi, it's Principal Reid here, would you be able to send Hailee Hughes down to my office please? Great thank you."

Ryan's phone started ringing and he started patting his pockets before her found it in his back pocket. "Sorry I just need to take this." He apologised, excusing himself as he slipped out the office and answered the call. "What's up little dude?"

"Come on man I'm not like 10 anymore." James groaned down the line.

Ryan laughed as he leaned against the wall. "You'll always be the little bro, J."

"Anyway...I've just landed. Is Chloe at her house?"

"We're all at Hailee's school just now sorting something out. We're going back to your mom's afterwards if you want to meet us there?" The older man suggested, lifting his head up to see who he presumed to be Nathan's father walking down the hallway.

"That's perfect man, I'll see you there."

"No problem little dude, catch you later." Ryan chuckled again before hanging up.

"Your Hailee's dad right?" The short man who must've been at least 10 years older than Ryan looked up at him, holding his hand out.

Ryan slipped his phone into his pocket. "Yeah." He didn't show any emotion as he gave the man a probably way too firm handshake. "After you." He finally let go and motioned to the door.

Nathan's father flexed his hand as he walked into the office, furrowing his brow when he saw not just one but 3 women sitting there. Obviously he wasn't expecting the iconic coparenting quartet.

"Mr Thompson, I'm glad you could join us." Principal Reid stood up to shake the man's hand.

"Is this a joke?" He chuckled as he took a seat, motioning over to Chloe, Beca, Aubrey and Ryan.

"I'm sorry?" Chloe was the one to speak up with a scoff.

"Do we really need all 4 of you here? I mean it should really only be her actual parents here right?" Mr Thompson turned to Principal Reid for back up but she wasn't having it.

"When your son has been saying shit to my stepdaughter about all of us, I think we all have a right to be here." Beca fired back before glancing down at Chloe's calming hand on her thigh.

"We're here to talk about the situation not about who's here." Principal Reid quickly stepped in but she was cut off by her door opening, Hailee and Nathan stepping inside. "Take a seat guys." She instructed and the teenagers did as they were told. "Okay so everyone knows about the situation and how behaviour like that will not be tolerated at this school. Of course there needs to be consequences for Nathan's actions which is why he'll be suspended." The woman explained and Nathan's face fell.

"I have a basketball game tomorrow!" The young boy exclaimed in panic.

"You won't be allowed to play." Principal Reid said firmly.

"Don't you think that's a tad extreme Miss?" Mr Thompson asked calmly.

While he tried to negotiate about the game, Ryan turned to his girlfriend as she rested her head on him. "You alright?" He whispered.

Aubrey slowly lifted her head, closing her eyes. "I feel sick." She said, her voice barely even a whisper.

Poor Aubrey seemed to get her morning sickness in the middle of the day which was highly inconvenient.

"Want me to get Chloe to take you to the toilet?" Ryan asked as he leaned in close to her ear, gently rubbing her thigh.

She quickly nodded.

The man turned to the redhead on his right and tapped her shoulder so she'd turn her head. "Can you take Aubrey to the toilet? I think she's gonna throw up." He explained quickly as he glanced back and noticed the colour had run out of his girlfriend's face.

Chloe quickly stood up and held her hand out to Aubrey who took it as she stood up. The redhead quietly excused them before going to the nearest girls toilets. "Hands down one of the shittiest parts of being pregnant." Chloe said sympathetically as she followed Aubrey into one of the cubicles, locking the door behind them.

"I need to stick my fingers down my throat." Aubrey said as she lifted the lid of the toilet once she got down on her knees.

"What? Noooo." Chloe whined. "Beca does it with a hangover, it gives me the fear." She cringed.

"Well I don't feel like I'm gonna-" And just on cue without even having to use her fingers, Aubrey threw up into the toilet.

Chloe was quick to get down beside her best friend and hold her hair back. "How much of a dick is that kid's dad?" The redhead said in annoyance as she rubbed the blonde's back.

"A huge dick." Aubrey said in a weak voice as she lifted her head, making Chloe chuckle.

"Ryan and Beca will probably end up killing him if we leave them too long." The redhead joked. "You good?" She asked.

"Mhm." The blonde hummed as Chloe helped her to her feet before she flushed the toilet. "This baby has something against me." She joked as she went to wash her hands.

"It's a good sign." Chloe reassured with a giggle as she pulled out a packet of gum from her pocket. "Here."

"Thanks." Aubrey took a piece of gum as they made their way back to the principal's office.

"Sorry about that." Chloe apologised on their behalf as they sat down.

"Don't worry about it, we're just wrapping up." Principal Reid explained. "Now Nathan you won't do this again will you?"

The boy shook his head, still looking pretty miserable about missing his game.

"I think you owe not only Hailee an apology but her family too." The woman continued.

"I'm sorry." Nathan said looking over at them.

The adults appreciated the fact he apologised but as for Hailee, she still kinda wanted Danny to give him a black eye.

"Okay thank you Nathan. I need you and your dad to stay behind so we can discuss your suspension further. Hailee you're free to go back to class." Principal Reid explained. "Thank you for your time today, I'm glad we got this cleared up." She smiled at Chloe, Ryan, Beca and Aubrey before they bid their farewells and exited the office.

"Well that was easier than I thought it'd be." Beca said in surprise. "That guy's a cunt though."

"Shh you're too loud oh my god." Chloe hissed, pretty sure they'd still be heard.

"Calm down." The brunette chuckled.

"Can I come home?" Hailee asked hopefully.

"Nice try, kid." Ryan laughed, placing his hand on his now pouting daughter's head.

"Get back to class, little miss." Chloe playfully rolled her eyes.

"See if I were your mom, I'd let you have the rest of the day off." Aubrey joked with a wink.

"Adopt me please." The teenager said as she dramatically reached out to the blonde.

"She's lying, I could've been dying from disease in high school and she'd still come round and drag me out of bed." Chloe corrected, giving her best friend a playful nudge.

Beca was too busy typing away on her phone to even acknowledge the conversation.

"Ugggggh." Hailee dramatically groaned as she reluctantly spun around to make her way back to class. "Bye!" She waved over her shoulder.

The 4 said goodbye before making their way back outside to the parking lot.

"Ow! Shit." Chloe stopped dead in her tracks as her leg seized in pain.

"You alright?" Ryan asked.

Beca was still looking at her phone that she walked right into the back of her wife. "Woah."

"What're you doing?" The redhead furrowed her brow as she turned around to look at the brunette.

"Why'd you stop?" Beca shot back.

"Don't start arguing, oh my god." Aubrey whined pleadingly, leaning against Chloe's car.

"My leg's hurting again." The redhead cringed as she walked it off a little.

"Well go to the doctor, how many times have I told you?" Beca said in frustration.

"I'm going tomorrow, you know that. What the fuck has pissed you off so much?" Chloe asked in annoyance as she reached down to rub her calf muscle.

"I'm not pissed, you just started snapping at me for not fucking reason."

"Guys come on." Ryan sighed.

"Give me the keys, I'll drive." Beca muttered.

Chloe just tossed the keys in her wife's direction and the other woman caught them.

With a huff, Beca climbed into the driver's seat.

Aubrey and Ryan just gave each other an awkward glance before they got in the back.

The redhead clipped her seatbelt in and had to bite her tongue from saying anything as her wife adjusted her seat.

They really did argue like an old married couple.

"Mom we're here!" Chloe called as she unlocked the door to her mother's house, Beca, Ryan and Aubrey following her inside.

"In the living room!" Cindy called back and the 4 made their way there.

"Hello everyone." The older woman greeted as she stood up to hug them all.

"Uhhhh...Where's Xander?" Beca asked in a mix of confusion and amusement as she glanced around the room.

"Here." A very familiar voice said from behind them and they all turned around. There was James standing in the doorway with his nephew in his arms, his stupid grin splayed across his face.

"James?" Chloe asked incredulously as Cindy, James and Aubrey all just smiled knowingly.

"What's up dude?" Beca asked with a chuckle, equally as lost as her wife, taking Xander from her brother in law.

"What're you doing here?" The redhead asked as she threw her arms around the man, almost knocking him off his feet.

"I'm moving here." He chuckled and the woman pulled away, looking at him with wide eyes.

"Seriously?" She asked, her smile growing wider. Although he was her brother and got on her tits 99.9% of the time, she didn't get to spend a lot of time with him these days.

"Yeah! Ryan gave me a job." James nodded at the man over Chloe's shoulder.

Ryan owns his own garage here in LA and when he heard James wanted to move over, he was more than happy to offer him a job.

"That's amazing." Chloe said.

"Yeah I wanted to be closer to you and mom." The 26 year old shrugged. "And of course my favourite niece and nephew." He said in a baby voice, taking Xander back from Beca before giving him a kiss.

"You can't choose favourites when you have 2 other nephews, James." Cindy playfully rolled her eyes at her son.

"Bet you have a favourite kid, mom. It's obviously me, right?" James smirked, nudging his mother with his elbow.

Chloe just rolled her eyes as she took hold of her wife's hand. "Can I talk to you?" She asked quietly.

Beca nodded and they both went out into the hallway for privacy, closing the living room door behind them.

"What's wrong?" The redhead asked softly, leaning against the wall, searching her wife's expression.

"Nothing, I didn't get to sleep till late last night so I'm tired and was pissed at that kid's dad, I'm sorry I snapped at you." The younger woman apologised, running her hand down Chloe's arm.

"Sorry that was my fault, babe, I had you up half the night with my leg." Chloe returned, pulling her wife closer to her by her waist.

"I'll forgive you if we can nap on the couch when we get home." Beca cracked a smile as she looked up at the taller woman. "Emily will be back from the studio soon so she can babysit for us." She laughed.

"You're something else." The redhead shook her head. "Your sister didn't move in with us to be a 24/7 babysitter." She reminded with a giggle.

Beca could only laugh as she leaned into her wife, kissing her softly on the lips.

Chloe was told to by the doctor that the best option for her would be to get the metal rod removed from her leg since it was causing her obvious discomfort. She got her booked in for surgery as soon as possible which brought us to now.

Beca was being led down the hospital corridor by a nurse on her way to see Chloe now that the woman was out of surgery and awake.

"What's up, gorgeous?" Beca grinned as she entered the room.

Chloe gave her a groggy smile and a thumbs up. "Hey."

"How are you feeling?" The brunette asked as she sat down on the chair beside the bed, taking hold of her wife's hand.

"Alright." The redhead nodded. "Pretty sure like 90% or our relationship has been spent in a hospital." She joked.

"Probably." Beca laughed. They were insanely injury prone, it was crazy. "How long till you can go home?" She asked.

"I need to see the physiotherapist and stuff first."

"Can you walk, yeah?"

Chloe nodded. "I just can't put a lot of weight on it just now."

"Ah okay. Hey I need your opinion on something." Beca said.

"I'm listening."

"Well Emily and I were talking about Stacie's bachelorette party and we were having this debate over hiring strippers or not." The brunette couldn't help but laugh once she finally heard herself say it out loud.

"You've known Stacie longer than I have and even I know what the answer to that would be." The older woman scoffed.

"I know but strippers? Really? How would you like it if someone was grinding up on me?" Beca asked.

"A male stripper? It wouldn't bother me because you wouldn't touch a dick with a barge pole." Chloe chuckled in amusement. "It's just a little bit of fun for her babe, you know what she's like, she'd love that."

"She's something else." Beca shook her head with a laugh because she knew it was Stacie's sort of thing to get a lap dance from a stripper.

Her bachelorette party was going to be wild...

Again apologies for the shortness and the fillerness. Hope you guys haven't gotten bored of this story omg.

How would you feel about me jumping to Stacie's bachelorette?

Alcohol + strippers = drama at some point hahaha

Please let me know :)