Beca was sitting on the airport with Charlotte on her lap and Chloe by her side reading a magazine. They were gonna take an earlier flight to organize the house, see about the rooms, settle in, settle Charlotte's things in before the Bellas came that afternoon.
Charlotte was really excited, this was her first time on a plane. This morning she was the first one up, she got ready quickly and they were out the door. When they got to the airport, she was catching everybody's attention because she was asking what everything was and asking what time they were gonna get on the plane.
Now was actually the only time she was quiet, she was staring out the window watching as the planes landed and took off.
When the woman announced their flight was now boarding, Charlotte jumped on Beca's lap and turned to her mothers.
"Pane time!" she said, getting off of Beca's lap.
Beca smiled and got up, grabbing Charlotte and Chloe's hand as they got their tickets and stood in the line.
Charlotte was clapping her hands, jumping and giggling.
"Are you excited to go to the beach, Char?" Chloe asked.
"Yes!" she said, giggling again.
Chloe smiled and stroked her hair as the toddler continued jumping up and down.
When they were into the corridor leading to the plane, Charlotte let go of Beca's hand and started running ahead of them.
"Fast, mommy! Fast, mamma!" she said.
"Charlotte, you're not supposed to let go of my hand, remember?" Beca said.
Charlotte slumped her shoulders dramatically and dragged her feet back to her mothers, making a dramatic face. She grabbed her brunette mother's hand as they walked into the plane.
It took them less than a minute to find their seats. They were all sitting together in the same row, so they decided to leave Charlotte by the window and, since they were close to the bathroom, it'd be easy.
Charlotte sat down and knelt on the seat, looking at the window in amazement.
"Mommy! Mamma! Look!" she said, pointing out the window.
"You know what we're gonna see through this window soon?" Beca asked.
Charlotte shook her head with a frown.
"We're gonna see the houses, the trees, the parks, the cars and they're all gonna be very very tiny." Beca said, holding her thumb and forefinger a little apart from each other.
Charlotte gasped and her mouth was in an '0' shape as she looked back and forth between her mothers for a moment. Her faces were hilarious.
"We see ow ouse?" she asked.
"I don't know if we will." Beca said. "You stay on the lookout and tell us if you see it, aright?"
Charlotte nodded and turned back to the window, as if a soldier who had just been told to do something.
"Char, do you wanna go potty before we take off?" Chloe asked.
Charlotte looked at Chloe and shook her head.
"Why don't we go? Then you're gonna have to go in the middle of the flight and you're gonna miss the view!" Chloe said.
Charlotte gasped again and she jumped from her seat, grabbing Chloe's hand.
"Fast, mamma!" she said.
Charlotte had gone to the bathroom before they left and before they got in the plane, but still, they wanted to avoid accidents.
Once they came back, Charlotte went back to her seat and knelt down, putting both hands against the window, looking out.
"Char, remember the rules we have in the car? You have to put your seatbelt on." Beca said. "Sit down, honey."
Charlotte and and Beca fastened her seatbelt and smiled.
"Good, now you can look out the window."
"Otay." she said and looked out the window, gasping when she saw the plane moving. "Mommy, mamma! We moving!"
"Oh yeah, we are moving!" Chloe said with enthusiasm.
"We going?" Charlotte asked, looking at Chloe.
"We're going!" Chloe said with a huge smile.
Beca chuckled.
"How about you switch places with me?" she asked Chloe.
"No!" Charlotte begged, her eyes becoming sad.
"Not you, honey, I meant mamma." Beca said.
Charlotte looked relieved and continued looking out the window.
"Okay." Chloe smiled and she and Beca switched places.
The plane stopped and Charlotte turned to Chloe with a frowned.
"We stop." she said.
"Now we're getting ready to take off." Chloe explained. "Now we're gonna go really fast."
"Fast?" Charlotte asked, afraid.
"Yeah, but it's gonna be okay. If you get scared, you can hold my hand." Chloe offered.
The plane started moving and immediately gathered speed. Charlotte gasped as she looked out the window and kept turning back to her mothers, as if to check if they were seeing the same thing she was. Then, all of a sudden, the plane was off the ground.
Charlotte's gasp noises were getting higher and higher. She glued her forehead to the window and stared out in amazement.
"Mommy! Mamma! Ouses!" she said, pointing down. "Caws!"
"Are they tiny?" Chloe asked.
Charlotte nodded frantically.
Chloe smiled and looked back at Beca, who was smiling back at her. She grabbed her hand and Beca laid her head on her shoulder with a happy sigh. Chloe laid her head on Beca's head and watched Charlotte.
The toddler spent her whole time watching the window, stopping once to go to the bathroom, before they finally landed. Charlotte asked Chloe to unfasten her seatbelt and she started jumping up and down in excitement.
"We go gain?" she asked.
"We're gonna go again in two weeks, baby." Chloe explained. "Now we're gonna go to grandma and grandpa's house."
Chloe's parents didn't really approve at first of her adopting somebody else's kid, especially because she was so young, but they fell in love with Charlotte, the toddler warmed up to their hearts and they just couldn't not like her.
"Ganma?" she asked.
"They're not there, though." Chloe said.
"Awww." Charlotte said.
"But the Bellas are coming soon." Beca said.
"Bellas!" Charlotte smiled again.
"We have to organize the house, wanna help?" Chloe asked.
"Otay!" Charlotte smiled.
Chloe and Beca smiled.
They got off the plane, got their bags and took a cab to Chloe's parents' house. They had a beach front house, so it was easier to get to the beach, especially with Charlotte, and the pool was pretty big, it was also facing the beach.
They got out of the cab and took their bags in. Chloe looked around and smiled. They had people who came in to clean the house once a month, but she called them earlier to see if they could clean the house before the girls came, so the house was clean.
"Let's see about the rooms." Chloe said. "We actually have five rooms and we're in twelve plus Charlotte. We have three suites, plus two rooms with two bunk beds in each, so I guess we're good."
"Why do you have that many rooms and beds?!" Beca asked.
"I have cousins. Many, many small cousins." Chloe said with an eye roll. "There's the master suite, which we can sleep in and put on a mattress on the ground for Charlotte, then there's my room and my sister's room, the other two suites."
"Oh yeah! Where's your sister?" Beca asked. Chloe rarely talked about her sister, but when she did it was wonderful things only.
"She lives in Germany with her husband." Chloe explained. "She's coming this summer and I want her to meet you and Charlotte."
"Oh great!" Beca smiled. "What's her name again?"
"Zoe." Chloe said.
"Chloe and Zoe?" Beca asked.
"Well, my parents liked those names." Chloe shrugged with a chuckle. "But Zoe is like 15 years older than me."
"Ohh." Beca said. "Does she know about me and Charlotte?"
"She knows about you. She's kinda judgmental so I didn't tell her about Charlotte yet." Chloe explained. "I'm sure she'll love her though."
Charlotte came out of nowhere and jumped at her mothers' legs, laughing.
"Pool." she said simply.
"We can go to the pool but first we gotta organize our things, eat something and wait for the Bellas alright?" Chloe said.
Charlotte slumped her shoulders dramatically again and rested her head against Chloe's thigh. She knew her mothers found this endearing and funny that's why she kept doing it.
"Come on, it'll be quick if you help us." Chloe chuckled and stroked Charlotte's soft brown curls.
"Otay." she said, going upstairs.
Chloe and Beca took their stuff to the master suite and saw there was already a mattress on the floor.
"I sweep hee?" Charlotte asked, pointing at the mattress.
"Yes, that's where you're gonna sleep." Chloe said.
"Mommy and mamma?" she asked.
"We're gonna sleep here." Chloe said, pointing at the king sized bed.
"Eally?" Charlotte asked grinning widely.
"Really. Do you like it?" Chloe smiled.
"Yes! I like!" Charlotte said, clapping her hands and laughing.
"That's great!" Chloe smiled and chuckled.
They unpacked their stuff, Charlotte helped a little bit, but was a little impatient. Then they went down to the kitchen and realized they didn't have any groceries so they had to make a quick trip to the store. Since Charlotte was already complaining, Chloe decided to go while Beca stayed home with Charlotte.
"How about you take your nap, baby?" Beca asked.
Charlotte thought about it but she had no energy to deny it, so she just snuggled up to her mother and quickly fell asleep. Beca put her upstairs on their bed, with a few pillows by her side.
Chloe came home a few minutes later and Beca helped her put the groceries away and Chloe baked a cake and cookies before Charlotte woke up. The Bellas should be getting there any minute.
Charlotte was begging to go to the pool so Beca put on her swim suit and just waited for Bellas to arrive and settle in before they could go in the pool.
Chloe has just finished decorating the cookies when they heard laughter and cheering outside the door, so Beca opened the door before they had a chance to ring the doorbell.
Chloe smiled as Charlotte came running in and stood behind Beca jumping up and down in excitement.
Beca greeted Aubrey and Stacie first before the two went to Chloe to greet her, then Charlotte stood on their feet jumping up and down, demanding attention.
"Hello Charlotte!" Aubrey smiled and stroked the toddler's hair then she kissed her cheek.
"Hi Aubee!" Charlotte said grinning.
"What about me? Do I get a kiss?" Stacie asked with a pout.
Charlotte threw herself on Stacie's arms and the brunette smiled, picking her up and kissing her.
"How are you Char?" she asked.
"Good." Charlotte said.
"I see you're wearing a swim suit, you wanna go to the pool?" Stacie asked.
Charlotte nodded eagerly.
"How about I go unpack my stuff quickly and I'll go to the pool with you?" Stacie said as the other Bellas greeted Chloe and Beca before moving in a circle around her.
"Yay!" Charlotte said with a smile and clapped her hands.
Stacie chuckled and put Charlotte down.
"Guys, let's talk about the rooms, guys." Chloe said. "We have two suites and two rooms with two bunk beds each, that makes it ten."
"Do you guys mind if Denise and I have one of the suites?" Cynthia Rose asked.
"Okay." Chloe said.
"Ashley and I can stay in one of the other rooms." Jessica offered.
"Lilly and I will share the other." Fat Amy said.
"Okay so that leaves me and Stacie in the other suite." Aubrey said.
"You mean I get to share a bed with Aubrey?" Stacie asked with a 'really?' face.
Aubrey glared at her and Stacie immediately changed her expression.
"I mean, I get to share a bed with Aubrey!" she said, making everyone laugh.
"Alright everyone, if you want, we can change and go to the pool." Chloe said.
"Yes! Yes, pool!" Charlotte said, running towards the back door, making everyone laugh.
"Char, we have to change first, remember?" Beca said.
"But I eady!" Charlotte said, pointing at her swim suit.
Beca and the other Bellas giggled.
"No, sweetie, you're ready but we have to get changed." Beca explained.
"Oh." Charlotte said.
"Come on." Beca said, grabbing Charlotte's hand.
Charlotte started running and dragging Beca up the stairs.
"Fast, mommy!" she said, getting more giggles from the girls before everyone disappeared into their rooms.
It wasn't surprising that Chloe got ready first and was by the pool with Charlotte, putting the floaties on her arms. She had put on sunscreen on her before she got ready, but of course, Beca put it again on her shoulders and face.
"Char, we have to talk." Chloe said after she'd put the floaties on Charlotte's arms.
Charlotte looked up at her.
"Do you see that the pool is deep?" she asked and Charlotte looked at the pool. "You can't come near the pool without an adult with you, okay? It's very dangerous."
Charlotte nodded.
"I need you to promise me, okay sweetie?" Chloe said.
"I pomise." Charlotte said.
"Good, thank you." Chloe said and kissed Charlotte's head. "Now, wanna go in the water?"
Charlotte grinned widely.
"Yes!" she said.
Chloe giggled and slowly got in, walking towards the edge and reaching out her arms.
"Come here." she said.
Charlotte smiled and jumped in Chloe's arms, laughing in excitement when she hit the cool water. She giggled and put her hands in her mouth.
Chloe smiled as she watched her daughter hit the water with her hands and laugh in excitement. It was Charlotte's first time in a pool, so she was beyond excited.
"Hey!" Beca said, sitting by the pool with a smile.
"Hey!" Chloe smiled.
Beca was insecure about her body ever since she had Charlotte. Sure, she lost all the baby weight but she still had the scar from the C-section but that was it. Chloe always told her she was excellent for someone who had a baby. Plus, ever since she had Charlotte, her breasts grew to a C cup and never went back, but that wasn't all bad.
"Come in, babe." Chloe said.
"Come in, mommy!" Charlotte said.
Beca smiled and got in as well, making the two in the pool squeal and Charlotte clapped.
Pretty soon, the rest of the Bellas joined them. They were happy to see they were all so careful with Charlotte. Stacie was one who loved o play with her and, from the looks of it, she loved playing with Stacie too. Aubrey was another who loved playing with Charlotte but she seemed shier than Stacie.
"Hey Beca? Chloe?" Stacie said, catching the lovebirds' attention. "Why don't you two go out tonight?"
"The two of us? What about-" Beca started.
"We'll take care of Charlotte, you two can go out, have a date, just the two of you." Stacie said, holding Charlotte, who was giggling and playing with Aubrey.
"I like it!" Chloe said, turning to Beca, who was still uncertain. "Come on, babe."
"I'm not sure I wanna leave my daughter with Lilly." Beca said whispered.
"Come on, Beca, we're like 8 girls with a kid, what can go wrong?" Stacie asked.
"Well…" Beca said.
"We have Aubrey!" Stacie reminded and Aubrey lifted her head.
"Well that's right." Beca said. "Okay."
Chloe grinned and kissed the brunette's cheek.
"We haven't had a date in so long." Chloe reminded.
"We haven't huh?" Beca said, thinking about it.
"It's gonna be fun, won't it Char?" Stacie asked Charlotte, who giggled and hit the water with her open hands, accidentally hitting Stacie, Aubrey and Jessica who were near.
Chloe and Beca laughed as Charlotte giggled as well.
Next chapter: Stacie and Aubrey take care of Charlotte!