After Bellas rehearsal, the girls all went with Beca to her father's house to meet Charlotte. Beca was talking about her all the way, happy the Bellas would get to meet her. She was just beyond excited that her daughter was okay and that she was finally home.
Beca opened the front door with her key and let the Bellas in and took them to the living room before she went upstairs. Chloe stood up and followed her up to Charlotte's room to find Beca holding her.
"Hey Charlotte, you won't believe who's here." Beca said and looked up at Chloe. "You want to take her?"
Chloe nodded with a big smile and Beca handed Charlotte over to her.
"The Bellas are all here to meet you, Char." Chloe said as she caressed the baby's hand and she grabbed her forefinger with her whole fist. "Are you excited?"
"I think she's getting hungry." Beca said as she watched her child impatient behavior. "Let's take her down, I'm gonna feed her downstairs."
Chloe nodded and followed Beca downstairs. As soon as they walked in the living room, the girls all gasped as the two sat down on the couch, side by side.
"Oh my God, Beca, she's gorgeous!" Aubrey said.
"She looks exactly like you!" Stacie said.
"She's so beautiful." Jessica said.
"How do you say Char?" Chloe said.
"Char?" Beca raised an eyebrow. "You think you have the right to nickname my daughter now?"
"Of course I do!" Chloe said then looked down at Charlotte. "You love it, don't you Char?"
Charlotte started crying and kicking her arms and legs.
"I think that was a no." Stacie said with a chuckle.
"No, she's just hungry." Beca said, taking Charlotte from Chloe and unbuttoning her shirt. Charlotte quiet down after a few seconds and Beca smiled, caressing her small head.
"I can't believe you actually managed to hide her from us this entire time." Stacie said.
"Yeah, you certainly didn't look pregnant." Fat Amy said.
"Well I don't know how that happened as well." Beca said with a chuckle as Charlotte grabbed Chloe's finger again, opening her eyes to look at her.
"She has your eyes, Beca." Chloe said.
Beca smiled as she looked down at Charlotte, who started looking back and forth between Beca and Chloe.
Stacie and Fat Amy smiled and the brunette took a picture with her phone.
"This is a gorgeous family picture." Stacie said as she looked at it and the other Bellas agreed.
"What family picture?" Beca asked.
Stacie showed her the picture and the brunette smiled.
"That really is great, Stace, but we're not a family." Beca said.
"What?" Stacie asked, confused.
"We're not a family." Beca said. "Chloe and I are not together."
"Really? You're not? I thought you guys were!" Stacie said.
"Well, we're not." Beca chuckled.
"The doctor made the same mistake when we were in the hospital." Chloe said.
"Well." Stacie shrugged.
"Chloe, can you burp her while I button my shirt?" Beca asked when Charlotte let go of her breast.
"Sure." Chloe said, grabbing the baby from the brunette and standing up.
"Can I hold her after you burp her?" Stacie asked.
"Sure, everyone can hold her." Chloe said. "Right, Char? You wanna meet everyone."
Beca smiled as she finished buttoning her shirt as she watched Chloe burp her daughter.
oO0Oo
Chloe entered her and Aubrey's apartment followed by the blonde after coming from Beca's father's house. The redhead could not stop smiling the whole way there and Aubrey noticed.
"You like her, don't you?" Aubrey asked as she took off her jacket.
"Who? Charlotte? I love her, she's a sweetheart!" Chloe said as she put her purse and jacket on the armchair before going to the kitchen.
"Don't play dumb, you know perfectly clear who I'm talking about." Aubrey said as she stood in the doorway.
"You mean Beca?" Chloe asked as she opened a water bottle.
"Yes, I mean Beca. Everybody saw how you two were interacting and I know you, Chloe, I know my best friend, you like her." Aubrey said.
Chloe sipped from her water bottle and just looked at Aubrey, not knowing what to say.
"I… I don't know, I…" Chloe said. "I mean, I was worried to death when she knelt on the floor and started breathing heavy."
"And you were so worried you were gonna lose her you pushed me away." Aubrey said. "Because you like her."
"I… I don't know what I'd do if I lost her." Chloe admitted. "But… what can I do? I can't ask her out."
"Why not?" Aubrey asked. "What's stopping you?"
"What will I do when she says no? I won't be able to face her because I know Beca and she'll most definitely push me away." Chloe said.
"You know there's one possibility you haven't thought of." Aubrey said.
"Yeah? Which one?" Chloe asked.
"What if she says yes?"
oO0Oo
Chloe was sitting on the couch as she watched Beca rock her baby from side to side, trying to get her to sleep. She couldn't stop thinking about what Aubrey had told her and she was getting scared. She wanted to ask the brunette out but she was afraid she'd say no and things would get awkward.
"Hey Beca?" Chloe finally spoke and Beca looked down at her.
"Yeah?"
"I… I wanted to ask you something." Chloe said. "But I'm afraid of your answer."
"You don't have to be afraid of my answer, you can ask me." Beca said.
Chloe chuckled.
"Maternity made you a softie." Chloe said.
"I'm a softie when it comes to Charlotte, but I'll have you know I can be as badass as you want." Beca said.
Chloe chuckled again.
"So what did you want to ask me?" Beca asked once Charlotte fell asleep.
"I was wondering if you'd… if you'd like to go out with me sometime?" Chloe asked nervously.
"You mean like on a date?" Beca asked.
"Yeah." Chloe said, but then shook her head. "You know what, it's stupid, just forget it."
"What? No, it's not stupid." Beca said. "I'd love to go on a date with you."
Chloe looked up, very surprised.
"Really?" she asked.
"Yes, that'd be really great." Beca said.
"Really? That's great!" Chloe asked.
"Do you have a place in mind?" Beca asked.
"Oh, just this diner that's about ten minutes away from here, the food is great and the place is really good, I think you'll like it." Chloe said.
"That's good, it sounds good." Beca asked. "This Friday?"
"Sure, are you free?" Chloe asked.
"Yeah, I'll ask my dad if he can take care of Charlotte." Beca said.
"Okay, good." Chloe said.
Beca smiled and Chloe smiled back at her.
