Beca and Chloe were off on their date night, which wasn't gonna last long, according to them.
Aubrey was making them dinner while Stacie was putting Sophie down, hopefully for the night. Charlotte was talking to the tall brunette about her sister.
"I wish Sophie could talk." Charlotte said.
"She will learn when she gets a little older. You'll get sick of it." Stacie said with a chuckle.
"Really?" Charlotte asked.
"Oh yeah. Just wait for it." Stacie winked as she finished putting Sophie on her crib. "Now come on, let's join Aunt Aubrey in the kitchen."
"Okay!" Charlotte said. "I'm gonna get Charlotte. She's crying, she wants aunt Aubee."
Stacie chuckled and went downstairs to the kitchen. She smiled, wrapping her arms about Aubrey from behind and placing a kiss on her shoulder. The blonde smiled and leaned back into the embrace.
"I want a mini you." Stacie said with a sigh.
"I want a wedding first." Aubrey chuckled.
"Oh sure." Stacie chuckled as well. "But wouldn't it be nice?"
"It would." Aubrey said with a sigh. "It'd be nice to have like a little boy and a little girl."
"Yeah?" Stacie said. "Have you ever thought of names?"
"Mmm not really." Aubrey said. "You?"
"No." Stacie said. "Oh!"
Stacie pulled apart so Aubrey could turn to her.
"I already got my dress, I think you're gonna love it. I'm just sorry I only get to wear it one night." Stacie said.
"Oh me too." Aubrey said with a sigh. "I got my dress, too."
Stacie smiled.
"You in a wedding dress. I could cry." Stacie said and they both chuckled. Stacie placed a kiss on her lips and smiled. "Don't burn our dinner."
Aubrey chuckled and turned back to what she was making. She decided to go for mac and cheese, which was easy and everybody liked it.
Charlotte walked in and climbed on a chair with her doll in one arm. She then knelt on the chair and held her doll close to her chest, humming to it.
"Char, you should probably leave Charlotte in the living room." Aubrey said.
"But she will be lonely!" Charlotte pouted.
"Well if you eat with her on your lap, she'll get dirty." Stacie said.
Charlotte seemed to think for a while before she hopped off the chair and went to the living room to put the doll on the couch before coming back into the kitchen.
"That's better." Stacie smiled and started putting plates on the table.
"Aunt Tacie, I'll get my spoon!" Charlotte said, going to the drawer and grabbing a spoon with a pink handle.
"Oh my God, you have a pink spook?! I'm so jealous!" Stacie said while Aubrey put the bowl of mac and cheese on the table.
"Well it's mine." Charlotte said with a look, putting her spoon carefully on the table.
Stacie laughed and sat down.
"It's okay, you can keep your spoon." Stacie said. "Give me your plate."
Charlotte grinned widely as she gave Stacie her plastic plate. Stacie put some mac and cheese on the small plate and gave it back to Charlotte, who knelt on the chair and started blowing on her food so she could eat it.
Surprisingly, Charlotte finished her food first and she held out her plate, her face covered in cheese.
"More please." she said.
"Oooh, you like my food?" Aubrey asked proudly.
"Yes! It's lidicious!" Charlotte said with a smile.
Aubrey giggled, grabbing her plate and serving her more food.
"Thanks sweetie, I'm so glad you like it!" Aubrey said.
"Aunt Aubee, you should cook more." Charlotte said.
"You can ask your moms to sleep over with us one night and I'll cook something for you." Aubrey said and winked.
"I will!" Charlotte said.
Aubrey smiled proudly. She didn't know why this was making her so happy. Yes, Charlotte was her goddaughter and she loved her but… oh come on, the child was so cute and if Sophie turned out to be anything like her, she was a hell of a lucky baby.
After dinner, Aubrey thought it'd be a good idea to give Charlotte a bath, so she went upstairs with her while Stacie went to check on Sophie.
The blonde took off Charlotte's clothes and waited until the water was cool enough for her. Charlotte danced and sang while she waited.
"Come on, Char. The water is good." Aubrey said.
"Can you join me, aunt Aubee?" Charlotte asked, grabbing her aunt's hand so she could enter the tub.
"Not today, honey. Maybe when you come to visit Aunt Stacie and I we can have a bath together." Aubrey winked and Charlotte smiled as she sat down in the tub.
Charlotte started playing with the water. Aubrey grabbed the liquid baby soap and put some in her hand.
"Come on, Char, let's clean this cute little face of yours." Aubrey said.
Charlotte sat closer to her and and giggled as Aubrey cleaned the cheese off her face. She then told the child it was okay to wash it off and she dove her face in the water.
Aubrey didn't wash her hair but Charlotte did get it a little wet. Aubrey started emptying the tub and Charlotte got out and continued singing and dancing.
Aubrey wrapped her in her mouse towel and Charlotte immediately started talking in a high voice and making mouse noises.
"Let's go, Char, let's get you dressed." Aubrey said.
"I'm not Char." Charlotte said in a high voice.
Aubrey chuckled.
"Then who are you?" She asked.
"I'm a teeny weeny mouse." Charlotte answered, which made Aubrey giggle and want to pinch her little cheeks.
The blonde just picked her up and carried her to her room. She then proceeded to dress Charlotte and used her towel to dry the ends of her hair. When Aubrey finished putting socks on Charlotte's feet, they heard keys in the door. She then picked Charlotte up and went downstairs.
"Mommy! Mamma!" Charlotte said.
"Hey sweetie!" Chloe said, kissing Charlotte's cheek.
"Mamma, I wanna sleep with aunt Aubee and aunt Tacie!" Charlotte said.
"What? Today?" Chloe asked, surprised.
"No, mamma." Charlotte rolled her eyes. She was so Beca's daughter. "Another day."
"Oh, okay." Chloe giggled. "I think that would be okay."
"Yay!" Charlotte said.
Beca put her jacket in the coat hanger and turned to give her oldest daughter a kiss.
"How's Sophie?" She asked.
"I think she's out for the night." Stacie said. "I checked on her a few minutes ago, she's sleeping."
"Good, thanks Stacie." Beca said and turned to Charlotte. "I guess this means it's bedtime for you, young lady."
"Can aunt Aubee and aunt Tacie say goodnight?" Charlotte asked with a pouty lip.
"Yes we can." Aubrey said. "Did you brush your teeth?"
"Oops!" Charlotte said and Aubrey put her down, she ran upstairs.
"No running on the staircase!" Beca said and Charlotte immediately slowed down.
"Seriously, thank you guys so much." Chloe said.
"You're welcome. Really, we love taking care of them." Aubrey said.
"You guys can call us more often." Stacie said.
"By that she means please call us more often." Aubrey said and received a playful slap in the arm.
"Now come on, let's go say goodnight to Charlotte." Stacie chuckled and went upstairs with Aubrey.
Beca and Chloe checked the living room and kitchen. Chloe put the dishes in the dishwasher while Beca washed the pan Aubrey used.
After about 5 minutes, Aubrey and Stacie came down. They said goodnight to Beca and Chloe and they were gone.
oO0Oo
Chloe put on some tights on Charlotte before putting on a red dress. She had combed the child's hair and she was gonna put on a little Santa hat on her.
"You look so beautiful, Char." Chloe smiled.
"Thanks, mamma!" Charlotte said.
Chloe put on her black shoes and her Santa hat and smiled.
"Perfect." She said.
Charlotte smiled.
"Go down and help mommy with the food." Chloe said. "I'm gonna go get dressed."
"Okay." Charlotte said and went downstairs and into the kitchen. "Hi mommy! Want help?"
Beca turned around and smiled at her daughter. She, too, was wearing a Santa hat and a dress.
"The turkey is in the oven, sweetie, now I don't really need help." Beca smiled. "We need to take a picture together."
"Yeah!" Charlotte said. "Where is Sophie?"
"She's sleeping, mamma is gonna bring her down when the guests arrive." Beca said and the doorbell rang.
"The guests are here!" Charlotte said, skipping to the front door and waiting for her mom to open the door.
Beca's mom, Diane, was waiting outside the door. She smiled and greeted her daughter with a hug and handed her a bottle of wine.
"Nana!" Charlotte said, throwing herself on her grandmother's arms.
Diane picked her up and kissed her cheek.
"Waiting for Santa, huh little one?" Diane smiled when Charlotte nodded. "It's amazing how much you look like your mom."
Charlotte just played with her grandma's hair and sang a little bit before the woman put her down.
Diane went to the kitchen to help Beca when Chloe came down with Sophie to greet her before she went to the living room to sit down with Charlotte and Sophie. The baby, too, had a Santa hat.
"You think Sophie was good?" Chloe asked.
"She was very good! She's the best sister ever!" Charlotte said.
"So I guess that means Santa will bring her a lot of gifts." Chloe said and Charlotte nodded. "And what about you? Were you a good girl?"
"I was!" Charlotte nodded.
"Oh good! So that means you're gonna get many gifts!" Chloe said.
"Yes. Many gifts." Charlotte grinned and turned to look at Sophie. "We're gonna get many gifts, Sophie."
Chloe chuckled.
"Hey, do you wanna hold Sophie so I can take a picture of you guys?" Chloe asked.
"I do, mamma! I do!" Charlotte said.
"Okay." Chloe said. "Sit next to the arm rest."
Charlotte did and Chloe put a bunch of pillows beside her. She then carefully placed Sophie on her arms, putting her head on the arm rest. Charlotte was very careful and she held Sophie tight. Well, not too tight, but she was protective.
"Smile!" Chloe said and Charlotte smiled and she took two pictures, just to be sure.
She then picked Sophie back up and put the camera down before sitting down again.
"That picture looked beautiful, Char." Chloe said. "Do you think Sophie likes her first Christmas so far?"
"Yes, but she's gonna like it more." Charlotte said. "Lidicious food is gonna be ready soon."
"Oh yeah, but Sophie won't get to eat the delicious food, remember sweetie? She gets my milk for dinner." Chloe said.
"Oh." Charlotte said. "But that's good, too, isn't it mamma?"
"Of course, it is." Chloe said. "My milk is delicious!"
"You tasted your milk? How?" Charlotte asked. "Did you drink your boob?"
Chloe giggled.
"I just taste it to see if it's warm enough when it's in a bottle." Chloe explained. "But yeah, it's good."
"Ooh." Charlotte said. "If it's good, then okay."
Chloe smiled and the doorbell rang again. She was gonna stand up but Beca beat her to it.
Aubrey and Stacie greeted Beca, Diane before going to the living room to greet Chloe and the kids. Of course, that led to Aubrey holding Sophie.
"Hey Char are you excited Santa is coming?" Stacie asked.
"Yes! Very! Are you?" Charlotte asked and the adults chuckled.
"Very excited." Stacie said.
Charlotte smiled.
"Mommy made ginger cookies. There is one that is shaped like a man!" Charlotte said with a small gasp. "No! Like the cookie from Shrek!"
"Oh really?!" Stacie pretended to be surprised.
"Yes!" Charlotte said. "I helped her."
"Oh my God. That's it, I have to try them and since I'm gonna like them I'm gonna end up eating every single cookie." Stacie said.
"No, we made for everyone." Charlotte said. "I'm gonna give you one."
Charlotte went into the kitchen, grabbed one cookie, since they were sitting out to cool, and went back into the living room without her mom or grandmother noticing.
"Here." Charlotte said.
Stacie smiled and ate the cookie, surprised by sweet and good it tasted.
"Charlotte!" Beca said, coming into the living room with hands on her hips. "Did you grab one of the cookies?"
"Yes." Charlotte said.
"You weren't supposed to, remember? They were for Santa." Beca said.
"He wasn't gonna eat them all, mommy." Charlotte said.
"Well, you weren't supposed to take one." Beca said. "You should apologize to Santa."
"No, aunt Tacie should." Charlotte said.
"Char, who gave Stacie the cookie?" Beca asked.
"Me."
"So who has to apologize to Santa?" Beca asked.
"Aunt Tacie." Charlotte said.
Beca bit back a giggle.
"Sweetie, apologize to Santa." Beca said.
"I'm sorry." She said.
"Thank you." Beca said. "Don't take more cookies okay?"
"Okay." Charlotte said. "Sorry mommy."
Beca just gave her a small smile and went back to the kitchen.
Dinner was ready minutes later and everyone sat at the table in the dining room. Diane decided to say a few words, explaining to Charlotte about Christmas (because the little girl was fascinated every Christmas to hear the story of how Jesus Christ was born, so they retold her the story every year), then Beca and Chloe told everyone about how happy they were to be sharing Christmas with all of them and with Sophie now.
After dinner, Aubrey and Stacie were helping with the dishes when there was a knock on the door. Everyone pretended to share confused looks, Charlotte as well.
"Who can it be? Everyone is here." Aubrey said.
Charlotte went over to the door and pressed her ear against it.
"Ho! Ho! Ho!" a male voice said from the other side.
Charlotte frowned in confusion and turned to her blonde aunt.
"There's someone laughing behind the door." she said.
"Oh but it isn't just anyone." Aubrey said. "Who laughs like that? Who says 'ho ho ho'?"
Charlotte grinned widely and opened the door, gasping with a grin even wider in happiness.
"Santa!" she exclaimed and jumped in the man's arms.
The only time someone dressed as Santa was when Charlotte was 1, so when Beca mentioned that to Aubrey, the blonde managed to get a friend from work, Lowel, to dress up and the best thing; the man was used to do that, he would go to malls and dress as Santa, he had trained to do that.
"Why didn't you come last year, Santa?" Charlotte said with a frown.
"Well Santa is busy, sweetheart. I can't come every year but I promise you I'll come every time I can." Lowell said.
"Okay." Charlotte said, accepting the answer. "Did you bring presents?!"
"Oh, yes I did." Lowell said.
"Then come on in, Santa. Come sit." Aubrey said and "Santa" went to the living room with Charlotte. Beca put a chair for him to sit, since there wouldn't be seats for everyone.
"Char, why don't you give Santa the cookies you made?" Beca said.
"Okay!" Charlotte jumped from the chair and came back with a plate full of gingerbread cookies. "Do you want some, Santa? I made them!"
"Of course I do! They must be delicious." Lowell said, taking one cookie.
Charlotte put the plate of cookies on the coffee table and climbed back on Lowell's lap.
"Oh my God! These are delicious." Lowell said.
Charlotte grinned.
Lowell finished eating the cookies and turned to the big green bag he had been carrying.
"Let's start." he said. "How about this, Charlotte, I'll say who the present is for and you will help me give them to people."
"Yay!" Charlotte said.
"Okay. Char, this one is for mamma." Lowell said, giving the present to Charlotte.
Charlotte went over to Chloe, who was filming everything, and gave her the present with a grin.
"Thank you, sweetie." Chloe smiled.
Charlotte smiled and walked back over to Lowell.
"This one now is for Sophie." Lowell said.
Charlotte grinned and walked over to where Beca was sitting, holding Sophie.
"Look, Sophie! Your first Christmas gift!" Charlotte said, giving the present to Beca.
After Lowell gave one present for everyone in the living room, Charlotte still hadn't gotten hers and she was very confused.
"What about my present, Santa?" she asked.
"Oh, your present couldn't come in the bag." Lowell said. "Stay here and close your eyes."
Charlotte covered her eyes with her hands while Lowell and Chloe left so they could return with the gift.
"Okay, open your eyes!" Chloe said, filming Charlotte so she could catch her reaction on film.
Charlotte uncovered her eyes and gasped, her eyes widening. She looked up at Chloe, then back at Beca, as if for confirmation that what she was seeing was real.
"Is that for me?!" she asked.
"Yes, it's for you!" Chloe said.
Charlotte ran over to the two and touched the brand new pink bike carefully. The bike had a really big white bow on it's handle.
"Mommy! Mamma! I have a bike now!" Charlotte said, jumping in joy. "I have a bike!"
"You do!" Beca said. "A big kid's bike, Char!"
Charlotte started jumping and hugged Lowell tight.
"Thank you, Santa!" she said.
"I think you should thank your mothers, sweetheart." Lowell said.
Charlotte hugged Chloe tight.
"Thank you so much, mamma! I love you!" she said.
"I love you too, Char." Chloe smiled and Charlotte then turned to Beca, who had handed Sophie to Stacie so she could hug Charlotte.
"Thank you, mommy!" Charlotte said.
"You're welcome, sweetie." Beca said. "I hope you like it."
"I love it! It's so pretty!" Charlotte said.
Beca chuckled as Charlotte continued examining the bike and wiped a tear. Seeing her daughter so happy made her so incredibly happy, she couldn't stop it.
Many pictures were taken of Charlotte with her new bike and everyone, taken by Lowell, then everyone took pictures with Santa.
It was well past midnight when the guests left and the Beale-Mitchell family finally went to sleep.
This chapter was getting too long so Staubrey's wedding will be in next chapter and then the Bellas go back to Florida!