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14- Babys First Christmas

Chloe's POV
     I woke up to the should of my alarm. I don't need to be up this early considering it's Christmas break but it's always good to keep the habit. I looked out the window to see a bunch of Christmas decorations in our front yard. I definitely didn't put those up. I walked out of my room to check on Jenni and she was gone. Alright Chloe just stay calm. I carefully walked downstairs and saw Beca feeding Jenni.
     "Oh hey Chlo." Beca sad casually says once she noticed me. "I made you some peppermint pancakes."
     "Uh Becs how did you even get in?" I asked taking some pancakes none the less. "Did I give you a key at some point?"
     "No but you didn't change the hiding place for the key." Beca shrugged. "You know the one I came up with."
     "Oh." I chuckled. "I'm guessing you also put up the decorations."
     "Yup. You really need more Christmas spirit." Beca said burping Jenni. "Do you really want Jenni's first Christmas to be something boring?"
     "Oh my god... it's her first Christmas." I say with the fact just hitting me. "I'm a terrible mother."
     "No you're not. You've been busy with school and then there was the fight. I only remembered this morning." Beca said giving me a quick kiss.
     "So we're both equally terrible?" I ask slightly tilting my head.
      "Yes." Beca concludes eating her own breakfast.
     I giggled before softly kissing her. "I've really missed you."
     "I've missed you too." She said with a smile. "Now we need to make fake snow."
     "Fake snow? Why?" I asked slightly confused.
     "Well sadly we live in LA. That means no snow. But you need to have snow on your first Christmas. So we can ether fly out to Atlanta or make fake snow." Beca explained casually.
     "Why not fly out to Atlanta? We haven't been in awhile and it will save us a lot of time if we don't have to worry about fake snow." I say with a growing smile.
     "I guess we'll just have to fly out then." Beca said dramatically. "I'll book a flight after breakfast."
     "Awes." I said before standing up. "I'll see you later, bye."
     I give her a quick peck before heading to school.
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Becas POV
"Okay are you all packed?" Chloe asked running around the house double checking things.
"Yes I am all packed. So is Jenni and so are you. Now can we please leave so we don't miss our flight?" I asked waiting by the door way.
"Wait, where is Jenni?" Chloe asked starting to panic.
"I'm holding her." I say giggling. "Baby you need to calm down. If we forget anything we can just buy it there."
"You're right sorry. Did you load the car?" Chloe asked walking over to us.
"As always." I say smiling. "Now let's go visit grandma and grandpa."
     "Let's." Chloe said walking out the the car.
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     "There they are!" My dad said sitting on the front porch.
"Hey dad. Where's Kat?" I give him a smiles.
"She's in the house making some hot chocolate." He said give me and Chloe a hug and holding Jenni.
"Okay great thanks." I walk to the kitchen and see my fathers wife and my mother in-law. "Hey Kat."
"Beca, Chloe you're here!" She said giving us both a hug. "The coco is almost ready."
"Okay great thanks." I smile before taking a seat at the counter. "Is Em and the rest of the gang coming by later or do we have to find them?"
"For your information we are already here." Stacie said with her arms crossed. "You think we wouldn't show up for your first time back in town in months? We all flew out for this."
"I also can't believe we beat you here. This what's your idea." Buddy said grabbing a cup of hot chocolate.
"We would've left sooner if Chloe wasn't so worried about making sure we have everything." Chloe hit my arms after I said this. "Ow!"
"I swear whenever we visit you go back to being a teenager." Chloe giggled. "It's cute yet very annoying."
"You love me." I say kissing her cheek and handing her a mug. "Is Amy in the other room?"
"Yeah I think so." Stacie said walking in that direction with me following.
"Shawshank!" Amy said giving me a huge hug. "It's been ages!"
"Amy Get off of me!" I day squirming around trying to get free.
"Just give it a minute." Amy said not loosing her grip.
"Okay the minute is over." I say moving her arms to her side. "No more hugs."
"Hey Mitchell." Chicago said patting Becas head. "Always nice to see you."
"Knock it off soldier boy." I grab his arm to try and stop him.
"You're really never going to drop that nickname are you?" Chicago asked with a chuckle.
"Never." I said with a serious face. "Where's Mr Flirt?"
"Backyard playing soccer with CR." He answers. "Is Chloe still in the kitchen?"
"Yup. Make sure she says hi to everybody." I say as I walk into the back. "Yo Black Beauty, Swanson!"
"There is the beautiful lady!" Jesse said giving me a hug.
"God for a gay man you sure flirt a lot with woman. Win Amy gambles?" I ask look at Cynthia.
"Nope. I've been gamble free for almost a year." She stated proudly.
"That's how we do it!" I say giving her a high five.
"Hey everybody." Chloe said wrapping her arms around my waist. "It's great that everyone is here for Christmas."
"It really is." Jesse said agreeing. "It's just like old times. All we need is for someone to jump in the pool."
"Jesse don't give Chloe any ideas." I say jokingly before I felt Chloe's arms leave my waist. "She's actually going to do it now!"
Chloe giggles before running over to the pool and jumping in. She came up from the water already shivering.
"It's freezing." Chloe said as everyone laughed.
"Remember you love this woman." I more to myself before jumping into the cold water. "Shit!"
"You two are both idiots!" I heard Aubrey yell.
"No they are geniuses." Stacie said before jumping in too. "Never mind, they're idiots."
"Why did you jump in after two people said it was freezing?" I ask stacie as Jesse helped me out of the water.
"Because it looked fun." Stacie said as Aubrey helped her. "It's not fun"
"What are you talking about. It was totally fun." Chloe said as I help her out. "In the moment at least."
"I suggest we change into something dry before we get hypothermia." I say walking inside.
"What happened to you?" My dad asked seeing me soaked.
"We were being high schoolers again." I say walking to my old room.
I changed into some clothes that were in my closet from high school surprised to see they still fit. It was some simple jeans and a hoodie. I then went downstairs to find Jenni.
"Oh my god Beca come here." Stacie said making me face her. She pulled out some eyeliner and put a fair amount on me. "Perfect."
"I hate you." I say with my signature scowl from high school. "Now it's perfect."
Chloe then appeared in dry cloths holding Jenni. "Oh god. Did I step in a time Machine?"
"Yeah yeah very funny." I say sarcastically. "Stacie was the one who did the eyeliner."
"I forgot how cute the badass look is on you." Chloe said giving me a quick peck. "Is that my old hoodie from high school?"
I look down and noticed that it was a Barden Bellas hoodie with Beale in its sleeve. "Huh I guess it is. Hey Chloe good news we didn't throw out your Bellas hoodie."
"No dip Sherlock." Chlo giggles. "Everyone is wait on you for dinner though."
"Oh what's for dinner?" I asked walking in a taking my seat.
"Turkey like every Christmas Eve." Kathryn said setting in the table. "Dig in."