Last chapter :( Never written such a short story before, feels strange lol.

Chapter Seven

"Hello everyone!" Tom, Chloe's husband, called out.

"Daddy!" Sophie yelled excitedly, running to the door to greet him. "Now I can open presents!"

"Hello to you too, princess," he joked as he scooped her up in his arms. "Merry Christmas."

"Merry Christmas, Daddy," she said, wrapping her arms around his neck.

"Tom, you're here," Chloe said happily, getting up to greet her husband.

"Sorry I couldn't be here last night," he said, kissing his wife after putting Sophie down. "I felt like I was working for Scrooge this year. I'm surprised I got the rest of the weekend off."

"This is Aubrey, Jesse's ex-girlfriend," Chloe said, introducing Tom. "And this is Beca, Jesse's potentially new girlfriend and Aubrey's step-sister."

"Woah," Tom said. "I missed a lot, didn't I?"

"Yeah, you did," Chloe nodded.

"I feel like I just stepped into an episode of Jerry Springer before the fighting begins," he whispered to Chloe.

"That couch is so uncomfortable," Stacie complained as she walked into the dining room, rubbing her sore neck. "Hello there, brother-in-law."

"It's not so bad, I slept on the other one last night," Hat said.

"Why? You have a bed," she said, glaring at Aubrey.

"Aubrey slept in it last night, so I took the couch," he said casually.

"You mean I could have had my bed last night?!"

"Why was Aubrey in your bed and not with Jesse?" Gary asked, feeling completely out of the loop.

"She's deadweight when she's drunk."

"Why was she drunk last night? I'm lost."

"You and me both, Gary," Tom said as he sat down.

"I'll explain it to you later, honey," Chloe said, patting his thigh reassuringly.

"Mommy, you said when Daddy's here we can open presents," Sophie said. "Daddy's here now."

"Why don't we wait for everyone to finish eating first?"

"I'm done, let's go, princess," Gary said with a smile as he walked over to his granddaughter and picked her up.

"Or we could just go now," Chloe mumbled. Slowly everyone left one by one to go into the living room, leaving Beca, Jesse, and Aubrey alone.

"Well, uh," Jesse said awkwardly. "I'm going to watch Sophie open presents. Wanna come?"

"We'll be there in a minute," Beca said, wanting to talk to Aubrey alone. Jesse nodded and left. "Aubrey, I'm really sorry."

"It's not your fault," she said with a small smile.

"Yeah, but you called me here for moral support, not to potentially steal your boyfriend."

"You helped me a lot more than you think," she said. "I would have ended up engaged if you didn't come here."

"And that's a bad thing?"

"Jesse and I haven't been happy together for a while."

"Oh," was all Beca could say.

"I'm okay with it, you know? I mean, it's a little weird for me now and it'll probably still be weird for me for a while, but if you want to be with him, don't let me stop you."

"Are you sure?"

"He was yours first, after all," Aubrey said with a smile.

Jesse walked into the living room, but was pulled out of it by his dad. They walked into the den and Jesse sat down, watching his father pace around the room.

"You got a girl pregnant?"

"Dad," Jesse said, but he didn't stop.

"Of all the irresponsible things to do. Then you leave her? And date her sister? Tom was right, you should be on Jerry Springer!"

"It wasn't like that, Dad," Jesse sighed, getting tired of explaining the situation. "I knew Beca first, I accidently got her pregnant, she pushed me away after we lost the baby. I met Aubrey, having no idea she was Beca's sister."

"Now you and Aubrey are done," Gary said and Jesse nodded. "And what about Beca?"

"Hopefully she'll take me back," he said softly. "I've missed her a lot, Dad."

"She's a good girl. They both are, but you're different with Beca."

"I know," he nodded, smiling as he thought of her. "I feel like myself with her."

"I'd expect Hat to come home and tell me he got a girl pregnant, not you," Gary joked as Jesse got up and they returned to the living room. He sat next to Beca on the couch and placed his and on her leg, patting it lightly. She leaned back on the couch and rested into his side.

"I didn't get you anything for Christmas," Jesse said as everyone watched Sophie open her presents.

"Understandable seeing how I'm probably the last person you ever expected to step off the coach bus," she told him.

"I could give you this," he said, pulling the engagement ring out of his pocket. Diane gasped and Aubrey made a little choking noise before composing herself. She might be okay with the breakup, but seeing her newly ex-boyfriend potentially proposing to her sister was a little hard.

"Put that away, nerd," Beca rolled her eyes. "This isn't one of your stupid movies when it's totally okay that we're together after you just broke up with my sister. This is real life where this situation is weird and we need to tread carefully."

"Right," he said, pocketing the ring and awkwardly clearing his throat.

"Besides," she said with a smirk. "You've yet to take me on a real date."

"How do you get a girl pregnant without taking her out on a date?" Stacie asked.

"We both worked long hours," he shrugged. "I'd either crash at her apartment or she'd be by mine."

"I work too, I still have time to go out," Stacie said with a smirk. "No excuse big bro."

"You're a receptionist at a spa, you ass," Jesse said. "We both have actual careers."

Stacie was about to make a comeback but the doorbell rang. "Hold that thought," she said and went to answer it and almost slammed the door back shut when she saw Benji standing there with a gift. "What are you doing here?"

"Aubrey invited me over for breakfast," he said as he walked in when Hat called him over. "Hi everyone."

"Aubrey invited you over, did she?" Stacie said and glared at Aubrey, who groaned and turned beat red.

"God, I'm so sorry. I was so drunk, and I was so mad at you," Aubrey said, making the whole family laugh.

"Mad at me? You took my room and you invited him over, but you were mad at me," Stacie said and Aubrey nodded. "What the hell is wrong with you?"

"What's wrong with me? The way you acted around me had me convinced you're entire family would hate me, so I haven't relaxed once while I was here," she said and then sighed. "At least not sober anyway. I had to get really drunk to feel okay about this situation."

"We don't hate you, Aubrey," Diane said and Gary agreed. "You're just a little different from us, but there's nothing wrong with that."

"Yeah, we're all insane. You should be happy you're different," Gary joked.

"I just got so nervous and Beca fit in so well that I tried way too hard to be liked and then dinner last night was just the cherry on top. I'm so sorry about that, Bumper and Amy. I didn't mean any of it, I swear."

"Don't worry about it," Bumper said.

"Yeah, first time I met the family I rambled on about dingoes in heat," Amy said.

"Showed us videos too," Chloe nodded. "Interesting Christmas dinner."

"I have the videos favorited," she said, going to pull out her phone but Chloe shook her head.

"No, that's okay," she said. "Tom sprayed my mom with champagne on accident first time I brought him home."

"Nothing like a champagne shower right before bed," Diane said. "See, no one hates you. Don't think that."

"Told you, you just had to relax," Beca said as she leaned over to Aubrey. "We made it through a holiday without any vomiting. High five."

"Can't wait to tell Mom that," Aubrey said with a smile, sounding relieved. "She wanted me to get a anti-nausea prescription. Again."

"Benji, it's really good to see you, by the way," Diane said, going over to hug the boy. "I can make you some waffles if you'd like."

"That'd be great, Mrs. Swanson," he said, following her into the kitchen.

"I want waffles too!" Hat said, jumping out of his seat.

"Me too," Sophie said since she was done with presents.

"Let's go," he said, picking up his niece and running into the kitchen.

Everyone cleared out of the living room, leaving Jesse and Beca alone on the couch. She curled her feet under herself and leaned her head against his chest as he ran his fingers slowly through her hair.

"Can't believe you pulled out the ring, you ass," she said, shaking her head.

"It was worth a shot," he shrugged, smirking a bit. "We've done everything backwards anyway."

"Only you're stupid enough to do that in front of Aubrey after you just broke up with her and told her you didn't want to marry her."

"Right, didn't think that through too much."

"Obviously," she rolled her eyes. "You wanna tell me about earlier," she asked. He knew she was walking about why he was so upset. "You don't have to if you don't want to, but you seemed pretty upset and I know you like to talk about things."

"My mom's really sick," Jesse said after a few moments. "She was diagnosed with breast cancer a few years back and had the breast removed, but it came back and it's worse this time. I overheard my dad talking about it one day when I stopped up to visit for a weekend. No one knows except for Chloe since she figured it out."

"I'm sorry, Jesse," she said, hugging him since she didn't know what else to do.

"I thought if I got married, everything would be okay," he said, laughing humorlessly. "Obviously that doesn't make sense, but I feel lost because I can't help her."

"That doesn't make sense," she said with a small smile. "But I understand. You thought getting married would make her happy and make her feel better."

"Exactly," he said, smiling at how well Beca knew him.

"She just wants you happy, nerd. She doesn't care if you're married or not, she just wants you with someone who cares about you and you feel the same back. As long as you're happy, she's okay."

"I'm happy now, what about you?"

"I'm happy," she smiled. "Happier than I've been for a while, regardless of being the rebound."

"You'd never be a rebound," he said. "We'll take it slow. I won't get you pregnant this time."

"Better not," she laughed.

"We're alone, you know," he said quietly as he tilted her chin up so she was looking at him.

"I've noticed."

"You don't have any sharp weapons on you to stab me with?"

"No," she smirked.

"Can I kiss you?" he asked as he inched closer to her. Her breathing hitched as she nodded slowly and his lips descended on hers. "I missed you, and this," Jesse said as he slowly pulled away, kissing her forehead sweetly before moving away.

"Me too," she sighed. "What happens now? There's a lot to figure out, you know. I mean, I want to be with you, but I can't jump right into a relationship with you. Not after you just broke up with Aubrey, she's my sister."

"Let's not think about it," he said. "It's Christmas. We'll think about it after the holidays."

"Sounds good," she nodded. "We'll work out this time, though. Right?"

"Of course we will," he said with a smile. "We're inevitable."

Last chapter before the epilogue. Hope you're all happy with how everything played out with everyone. Let me know what you thought :)