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Epilogue

"Dad, we're here," Chloe called out as she walked through the front door holding her almost one-year old son, Mason. Tom and Sophie followed, carrying bags filled with groceries for dinner.

"Hello sweetheart," Gary said with a smile as he greeted Chloe and took Mason out of her hands. "And how is my grandson doing?"

"He's fussy," Chloe said as she took the bags from Sophie so she could go play. "Do you need help with anything?"

"I might need help with dinner lately," he said and she nodded. "Stacie's inside with Benji decorating the tree."

"Who else is coming?" she asked as she helped Tom unload the groceries.

"Amy and Bumper called and said they'll be here in an hour. Hat said he'd be here later on with Unicycle and Donald."

"Jesse?"

"On his way too," Gary nodded.

"How you holding up today, Dad?"

"Good, surprisingly," he said. "I have all you kids with me."

"Good," she smiled. "I'll get started on this. Go decorate the tree."

Gary walked into the living and saw Benji playing with Sophie, doing some of his close-up magic tricks to keep her occupied and away from the tree since she had a tendency of breaking the ornaments. Stacie was holding Mason in her arms as she smiled and made faces at the gurgling baby. Amy and Bumper had arrived when Gary was in the kitchen with Chloe; Bumper was helping Tom decorate the tree as Amy "supervised" and ate the chips that were on the coffee table. Amy figured since she was five months pregnant she didn't have to do anything but lay around and boss Bumper around.

"Gary, you want to put the star on?" Tom asked as he pulled it out of the box.

"Let's wait until everyone is here," he said and Tom nodded, placing it to the side.

"Looks like we're just waiting on Jesse and Hat, as usual," Stacie said, rolling her eyes.

"Hello family!" Hat said as he walked in with Donald, Unicycle, and Aubrey behind him.

"Speak of the devil," Stacie muttered as she waved at the group from the couch. "I'd get up, but I'm with child."

"Me too!" Amy said, her mouth filled with chips.

"Hello Gary, it's good to see you," Aubrey said, hugging him. "How are you?"

"I'm good," he smiled.

"Looks like we're not the last ones here, Bree," Unicycle said as he sat down on the chair and pulled her onto his lap. "Jesse's not here yet."

Aubrey had become close with Hat after last year and started hanging out with his group of friends. She felt like she could be herself around them and didn't feel the pressure to be so perfect. Jesse was right; there was the right guy out there for her and she found him once she felt like herself again. When Aubrey had told Beca she was dating Unicycle, she had laughed at first and admitted she thought she'd end up with Hat to make things in the family even more awkward, but she was happy for her.

"Well, still. There was no reason to stop at O'Learys before coming here," she rolled her eyes.

"Yeah, we'll just go there after," Hat said with a smirk. "It's tradition to get Aubrey drunk as hell on Christmas Eve, after all."

"You're an ass," she laughed, shoving him before leaning back into Unicycle's arms.

"Hello?" Jesse called out as he walked into the house that looked empty until he poked his head into the living room.

"Hey Jesse," Stacie said. "Nice of you to finally show up."

"A little help here, nerd," Beca huffed from the doorway. "I can't do all this heavy lifting, you know."

"Right," he said, going back to the door. "Go inside, I'll get the other bags out."

"Thanks," she smiled, kissing him before walking into the living room. "Hey guys."

"Hi Beca," they all said together. Beca sat down next to Stacie after taking her jacket off and reached out for Mason.

"Chloe, he's adorable," she said as she stared down at him. "Planning on popping out anymore?"

"God no," she said as hung up an ornament. "Two is plenty. Amy can take over on the baby making in this family."

"How far along are you?" Beca asked.

"Five months," she sighed. "Four more months until this monster is out of my uterus. Thing's gonna be a rugby player with the way it likes to kick."

"Might be trying to burst out of there by running around. Bumper does have a liking to run into walls," Beca smirked.

"Haha," Bumper said sarcastically. "You're funny, Beca."

"I try," she smiled. Jesse had walked in and hugged his dad hello before sitting down next to Beca.

It felt weird sitting in the family room without an important member of the family: Diane. She had passed away over the summer after battling breast cancer, and it hasn't been easy. Jesse would work longer hours at the office and come home later than usual, ignoring Beca when she would try to get him to talk. Aubrey would have to get Unicycle to drag Hat out of the bars to keep him from drinking his feelings away. Bumper had bashed his head into a wall when he found out and gave himself a concussion, while Chloe had fainted and refused to eat for a few days. Stacie moved back home to help her dad around the house, and having Benji around made it a little easier.

Beca didn't think Christmas would happen this year with the Swansons, but they had pulled themselves together and realized Diane wouldn't want them to mourn for months and stop living.

"You okay?" Beca whispered to Jesse, taking his hand in hers and rubbing her thumb across the back of it.

"Yeah, I am," he said, kissing her cheek. "When should we tell them?"

"Later," she said. "The tree looks beautiful."

"I did a great job," Stacie said with a smirk as she rested her head against Benji's shoulder. "Dad, you can put the star on now."

"Your mother loved this tree topper," Gary said as he held the star in his hands. "Refused to leave the shop without it."

"She refused to leave any store without buying something," Hat said with a smile.

"Always needed something," Gary said as he placed the star on the tree. He took a deep breath as he looked around at his children and grandchildren. He didn't think he'd be able to go on without his wife, his best friend, but he did. His family eased the pain.

"Maybe we should tell them now," Beca whispered, noticing the mood change in the room.

"Tell us what?" Chloe asked, overhearing her.

"I'm pregnant," Beca said with a smile as Jesse grabbed her hand. "I found out two weeks ago."

"That's great!" Chloe said excitedly. "I'm so happy for you two."

"We weren't expecting it, but we're excited," Jesse said.

"Another oops for you two," Stacie said with a smirk.

"A good oops," Aubrey said.

"What? No vomit works from you? I'm surprised," Stacie said.

"Stop it, Stace," Jesse said, shoving her a bit.

"Beca told me when she found out," Aubrey told her. "And no, no vomit works then either."

"Damn, I really want to see that."

"No, you really don't," Beca and Jesse said at the same time.

"It's not pretty," Unicycle said and Aubrey blushed. "Still love her, though."

"That's good, a child out of wedlock," Gary said, jokingly shaking his head. "Alright, let's start dinner."

"Come on, Stacie, I need help," Chloe said as she pulled Stacie off the couch. "You too, Amy and Aubrey."

"What about Beca?" Stacie said.

"I'm pregnant too, you know," Amy said as she walked into the kitchen. "Oh, I smell apple pie."

"I'll be there in a minute," Beca said.

"I think there's a game on," Tom said as Hat, Bumper, Unicycle, and Benji left the living room for the TV room, leaving Jesse and Beca alone.

"Well," Jesse said. "I know it's a little early for gifts."

"It's not Christmas yet, and we're alone," Beca said.

"I know. I tried giving this to you last year, but you told me to put it away and called me stupid," Jesse said to Beca as he pulled a ring box out of his pocket. "I'm going to try again this year and hope your answer is different."

"Oh God," Beca gasped as she stared at him.

"Will you marry me?" he asked and all she could do was nod. "Really?"

"Yes, nerd," she laughed, tears falling from her eyes. "I will."

"We're going to be a family now," he said happily as he slipped the ring onto her finger. "I can't tell you how happy I am that you were the one who stepped off that bus last year."

"Like you said, we're inevitable," she said as she kissed him.

I know, it's on the short side, but I think it came out good. Hopefully you all thought the same. Sorry it took a while for the update, I've been dealing with a lot of personal stuff and I haven't had the time.

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I don't know what the next story will be, but I have some ideas for Beyond Barden that I've been working on. Hopefully I'll come up with a new idea soon, we'll see lol.

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