A/N: It's Sunday which means it's time I updated this story. I've been crazy busy but I've still had plenty of ideas flowing through my brain for this one. It's finally time Beca meets Chloe's kids. Hopefully you'll like where I've decided to go with it. As always to anyone who leaves their feedback in the form of reviews, comments or Tumblr messages (shesamarshmallow) you are awesome and I really appreciated it. It gives me a nice vote of confidence whenever I see that someone is really enjoying the story so keep them coming. To everyone who is following and reading thank you and much love; I hope you'll continue to enjoy Beca and Chloe's journey.

"Good morning sleepyhead," Chloe greeted her still yawning child brightly as she took the seat next to her.

It was Saturday morning but with Tom away on a business trip they had agreed to a switch. Chloe would have their kids all weekend and Tom would come back on Sunday night and take them for the week. She smiled as Adrienne cuddled into her side. It was so rare now for her to see her children on the weekend; she had forgotten how much she missed Saturday morning cuddles. Chloe had been watching the news but flipped the channels remembering that Adrienne's favourite cartoon would be starting soon. As Adrienne got comfortable Chloe turned up the volume and wrapped an arm around her daughter. She knew Adrienne was very much her mother's daughter when the silly singing on the show began. Adrienne loved all things musical, the more singing in a TV show or movie the better for the little red head. It was on the next commercial break that Chloe finally spoke up again, not wanting to interrupt the sing-a-long her daughter was so clearly enjoying.

"Sweetheart, do you think we could talk?"

Adrienne turned to her mother and smiled the smile that always told Chloe everything would be alright.

"Sure, about what?"

"I just want to talk to you about mommy and daddy and all the changes that have been going on."

Chloe noticed that her little girl's face visibly fell at her words but she continued on, it was a conversation they needed to have.

"I don't know how much you know or understand about everything. I know we've talk to you a bit, but how are you feeling?"

Adrienne took a deep breath before answering her mother, she was only eight but Chloe knew she could handle the conversation. She was mature for her age and bright, something Chloe was very proud of.

"At first I was really sad, but now I feel better. We still see each other all the time and you and daddy are really nice to each other. When my friend Stacey's parents got a divorce, she said they were mean and yelled a lot but you don't yell. You're really happy now and everything feels..." Adrienne stopped for a moment, thinking about the word she wanted to use. "Lighter. Everything feels lighter than when we lived all together. Do you know what I mean?"

"I know what you mean baby. So you're okay now? You don't feel sad about us not being together anymore."

"Sometimes I do, but then I talk to daddy and I feel okay again. He tells me that it's okay to feel sad but we are still a family and everyone is healthy and okay. He says you're really happy too and that it's a good thing for everyone."

Chloe wasn't sure why she was shocked by the fact that her daughter had talked to Tom; he had always been good at the talking thing and he was a great father. She had never had any boundaries and found herself able to talk to anyone, but Tom was always the one with the right words to say. Adrienne's personality was also a lot like his. She may look like Chloe and share her love of music, but otherwise she'd swear her and Tom shared a brain. They experienced the world and felt in the same way so really it shouldn't surprise Chloe that Tom could make her feel better about everything.

"Well I'm glad you talk to daddy when you feel sad. You know you can always talk to me too, or anyone when you're not feeling okay right?"

Adrienne just nodded. The two sat for a few moments, just digesting everything that had been said. Chloe tightened her grip on her daughter slightly and leaned down to press a kiss to her head.

Tom wiped the tears from his wife's eyes as she stared down into her arms. She couldn't take her eyes off the bundle of pink blankets. She had imagined this moment for months but she could never imagine the rush of emotion and the seemingly infinite amount of loved that now enveloped her. There was nothing like this feeling in the world.

"She's so beautiful," Chloe said, choking back more tears.

"Just like her mother."

"I love her so much. I don't think I will ever be happier than in this moment."

"You will, just wait until we have a few more and you have so many kids to love you don't know what to do with yourself."

"Sounds like a plan Tom Riley."

Tom leaned in and kissed her lips, soft and sweet; a kiss that meant so much more than ever before. This one said he loved her not only as his best friend and wife but as the mother of their beautiful new daughter. He took a seat on the edge of the hospital bed and pushed the red locks out of Chloe's eyes before turning to get another look at his daughter.

"Have you decided on a name yet?" he asked, both of them agreeing that she had final say on the name of their first born.

"Adrienne," Chloe answered, eyes still locked firmly on their now sleeping newborn.

"Adrienne Jennifer Riley," Tom announced, I like it. Jennifer was his mother's name and the pre-agreed upon middle name for their first child should it be a daughter.

"It's perfect. Now, can you call our parents and Aubrey to come down and see our perfect little girl?"

Tom placed a kiss on his wife's forehead and began to rummage through the haphazardly packed bag for a cell phone. "I'm on it."

"Who's Beca?" Those were the next words out of Adrienne's mouth and not ones Chloe had ever expected to hear her daughter speak.

Chloe had to think about her answer, careful not to blurt anything out. There was so much she could say about Beca but this conversation had to go smoothly.

Before her mother could get anything out though, Adrienne spoke up again. "I'm just asking because I overheard daddy talking about her on the phone to a friend. He said you love her. Is that true?"

It was the first time in her entire life that she couldn't read her daughter's expression. Her face was entirely blank, Chloe didn't know one way or the other if her answer would upset her or if she would stay calm.

"Yeah, that's true. Beca is someone I've known for a long time, and someone I care a lot about. I have recently started dating her, so Beca is my girlfriend and I do love her, very much. I know that might be a lot to take in, but if you have any questions you can ask me anything, okay?"

"Okay. Is Beca nice?"

"Very nice; you know she's not even a good baker but sometimes on Saturdays she bakes me chocolate chip cookies. You know how much I love chocolate chip cookies."

"A lot," Adrienne laughed cheerfully.

"Exactly, and she loves me a lot so she bakes me chocolate chip cookies even though she's not a big fan of baking."

"That's really nice. She must be really nice. Can I meet her?"

The question shocked Chloe, more so than anything else they talked about today. She had been planning to ask Adrienne if she'd be okay with meeting her girlfriend, but she hadn't expected her to ask to meet the woman. It wasn't something she had prepared a response for, even if the answer was yes.

"Actually yes; I had been meaning to ask you about that. Beca wants to meet you too, and Adley and Aly."

"She does?" Now it was Adrienne's turn to be shocked.

"Yep, she's really excited about meeting you guys."

Beca wiped the sweat from her palms on her jeans for the fourth time in the last twenty minutes. Any reassurance she had gotten from meeting Aubrey's kids had vanished with the text message she just received from Chloe. It said that she should come over today for lunch and that she could meet the kids then. Beca knew Tom was away on business and Chloe had told her that he was okay with her meeting the kids. It was only a matter of time before she would actually get to do it, but in this moment she wasn't ready. All the nervous thoughts she had been having over the past few weeks were clouding her brain. As she looked down at her phone to read the message again she saw another new message from her girlfriend.

I talked to Adrienne this morning, she asked to meet you. I'll talk to Adley and Aly before you get here. They love new people so I'm sure they'll be excited. See you at 12, xoxo.

See you then love, xoxo.

She paced around her living room for a little while longer after she sent the text. Today was a big day, she didn't know when she woke up that it would be but it felt like a big day now. This was important to her relationship with Chloe, and it was a big step. Meeting the kids probably meant playing some role in their lives and Beca had never played a role in any child's life, big or small.

Just after 11:30 she got in her car. She had driven to Chloe's house numerous times in the past eight months, but this time it felt different. She wasn't just going over to have a low key afternoon with her girlfriend. Beca actually had no idea what the afternoon would entail. What did meeting kids mean? Presumably they would have lunch since Chloe had mentioned lunch so there would be that, but what about after lunch? She couldn't let the questions, the nerves, everything that felt strange about this overwhelm her. Beca took a deep breath and tried her hardest to remember why she was doing this; because she loved Chloe and because she wanted to. Beca remembered that, she wanted to do this; it was her that brought it up, and asked to do this. The brunette took that as a sign that she could do this, deep down when she asked she knew she was asking because she was ready.

"Hey!" Chloe beamed opening up the door to her house. "I've missed you," this was said quickly just before Beca received a big, welcoming kiss on the lips. Beca's absolute favourite thing about seeing Chloe on the weekend after spending all week apart was the kisses they shared. Each one felt like coming home, like something was missing until she got that kiss. Every ounce of passion they couldn't release during the week came to a head when they finally saw each other and it was nice.

"God I've missed you too," Beca said pulling away from their kiss.

"Come on in, the kids are in the kitchen. I'm making my famous grilled cheese."

"What makes it famous?" Beca laughed.

"Well it has ham in it, and I call it famous."

Chloe linked her arm with Beca's and lead the brunette to her kitchen. There Chloe's three young children sat waiting for them. Beca wasn't at all shocked to find they were even cuter in person than in the photographs she had seen. Adrienne looked so much like her mother, right down to the curly red locks. Adley looked a bit like Tom but with the same flaming red hair as his mother and older sister. The smallest one, Alyson was a brunette like her father and had his eyes and smile. Beca hadn't seen Tom very much but she never forgot his smile. It was always so bright and friendly no matter whom he was looking at. All three of the children stared at her as she walked into the room with Chloe.

Chloe cleared her throat before addressing them, "Kids this is Beca. Beca is my girlfriend and she came over today to meet you guys."

Beca wasn't sure if she should speak up but added an awkward, "Your mom has told me all about how awesome you guys are so I thought I should find out for myself."

Chloe's kids just kept on staring; it was unnerving really but she pressed on. The brunette took a seat at the table and Chloe made her way into the kitchen to finishing preparing their lunch. It was a few minutes before anyone spoke up again and this time it was little Alyson.

"So mommy you have a girlfriend instead of a boyfriend?"

"Yes baby, is that okay with you?" Chloe called from her spot at the stove.

"Yes."

Beca found herself a little shocked by the blunt and succinct answer from the child but relieved nonetheless. She hadn't even thought of the possibility that Chloe's children might find it strange for her to be dating another woman. She was so worried about them liking her that it hadn't even crossed her mind. The innocent question brought her some relief though; obviously the fact that she was a woman wasn't going to be any issue. It was just everything else about her that she had to worry about now.

"Would you like to colour with me?" Alyson asked. It took Beca a moment to realize the little girl was looking right at her and addressing her directly.

"Umm, yeah, sure. I like to colour," Beca answered awkwardly. This whole thing was new to her, but she was trying.

Beca watched as the small girl grabbed her colouring book and crayons and climbed down from her chair. She walked the few steps across the floor towards Beca and climbed up into her lap. She laid out the colouring book flat in front of them and began to colour. She turned her head slightly and addressed Beca again when the brunette didn't pick up any crayons.

"I thought you wanted to colour."

Beca was stunned really; she hadn't expected this reaction at all. Never having been around children she certainly didn't expect them to like her right away. Chloe turned away from her cooking momentarily to watch the scenario unfold. It was a relief to see Alyson had obviously taken to the woman. She watched as Alyson offered Beca a green crayon and as Beca took it and began to colour in the picture Aly had been working on.

"You colour so good Beca, all your colours are in the lines."

It had taken a while but the shock had finally worn off and Beca smiled at the compliment. "You can colour like this too, do you want me to show you some tricks for colouring in between the lines?"

"Yes!" the small girl cheered, grabbing another colour and watching intently as Beca demonstrated.

Soon the grilled cheese sandwiches were ready and Chloe instructed Alyson to put away her colouring book so it wouldn't get dirty with food. Beca expected her to go back to her own seat but instead little Alyson remained seated on her lap. Alyson adjusted their plates and glasses so that they could both share the area and eat together.

Beca stayed mostly silent as they enjoyed their lunch. She wasn't entirely sure what to say and she was still adjusting to the very new situation she found herself in. It was Chloe who made the first attempt at striking up a conversation between Beca and her older children. Adrienne and Adley had remained silent the entire time, just watching Beca and waiting for their lunch.

"So Adley, why don't you tell Beca about the book you're reading? She thinks sharks are cool."

"Yeah, it's about sharks," the boy said, turning his attention right back to his lunch.

"Okay. Adrienne, how about you tell us about your dance class?"

"I don't really want to talk about it. We've got a big recital coming up; I don't want to jinx anything. We're still practicing."

"Fair enough," Beca tried to chime in, "I know how it can be when you're really in the zone and you just want to keep everything to yourself until you get it right."

"Yeah, it's like Beca said mom. I'm really in the zone."

Beca thought she may be getting somewhere with Chloe's older daughter but she too went right back to staring down at her sandwich. The conversation was going nowhere fast and neither of the older children really seemed interested in talking to her.

"You know you can ask me anything you want guys? I find asking questions is a good way to get to know people."

Beca had hoped one of the older children might think of something to ask but it was Alyson that spoke up again.

"Do you like muffins?" the little girl asked enthusiastically. Chloe grinned knowing her daughter's fondness for the snack.

"I do like muffins, my favourite kind are blueberry, what about yours?"

"I love all muffins!" she shouted with glee, "especially banana nut though."

Beca laughed softly at the little one's enthusiasm about muffins. If she got that excited about baked goods Beca was sure they could get along. The rest of the meal Beca found herself being quizzed by Alyson about all her favourite things. The child would giggle whenever she and Beca agreed on a favourite and fold her arms and scowl dramatically when they disagreed. She was shocked to find Beca was not a fan of orange juice or pickles, two of her favourites. Chloe just watched the two of them banter back and forth and smiled. There was something about watching Beca interact with her young daughter that made her love the brunette even more.

When lunch was finished Beca helped Chloe clear the plates off the table and wash the dishes. They had shared a meal before and cleaned up but this time was different. As Beca took a look back at the table where the children still sat she found herself thinking about the future; their future. Maybe at some point in the future this would be a regular occurrence. Maybe someday they'd even have another kid or two joining them. Beca shook the thoughts from her mind. It was much too early to be thinking that far into the future; she just wanted to get through this day now. Still though, the future, her future with Chloe always made her smile. Beca leaned over and pressed a quick kiss to her girlfriend's cheek. No ridiculous PDA in front of the children, but a small gesture to express her feelings in the moment.

"Can we go and play in our rooms?" Adley asked suddenly.

Chloe sighed, "Well we were going to watch a movie together, but if you want to go and play go ahead."

Adley and Adrienne both got up and went in the direction of their rooms.

"I'll check on you guys in a bit okay, let me know if you need anything," she yelled after her kids.

Chloe had planned their whole day. They were going to eat lunch and watch a movie, then take a trip to the park and library before coming back to the house for dinner. Chloe was planning on ordering her kids' favourite pizza. It was going to be the perfect Saturday but she wasn't going to force them into anything. As much as she wanted them to spend time with Beca, she didn't want to risk upsetting them. Nor did she want to make them do something they weren't interested in; at least not right now. She would talk to them later about how they were feeling, for now she would give them their space. She wanted them to like Beca, but she needed them to come around on their own terms.

"I guess it's just the three of us then," Chloe said smiling down at her youngest child.

"Can we watch a princess movie?"

Before Chloe had a chance to groan and steer her daughter in a different direction Beca spoke up.

"Of course we can watch a princess movie. Go and pick out your favourite."

The two women watched as Alyson raced off to go find the DVD of her favourite princess movie.

Chloe raised an eyebrow. "You want to watch a princess movie?"

"I want to spend time with you and get to know her."

"Well then, a princess movie it is."

Chloe and Beca settled in on the couch in front of the TV and waited for Alyson to return with the movie. The red head took the opportunity to give Beca another quick kiss on the lips before her daughter returned.

"I love you Beca," she whispered in the other woman's ear.

"I love you too."

It was then that the tiny brunette came bounding back into the living room; princess DVD and magic wand in hand. She put the disc in the player and made her way over to the couch to join them. Chloe couldn't help but laugh when Alyson squeezed in between the two of them rather than taking the seat she'd saved next to her. The little girl rested her head against her mother's arm and clapped excitedly as the movie began. It was probably Chloe's fifteenth time seeing this particular princess movie but this time she didn't mind one bit. Saturdays were normally spent enjoying her time with Beca but this was even better.