Children don't lie.

Chapter two

“I can’t believe you’re moving out…” Stacie is helping Chloe to put her last boxes in Jesse’s truck. He gave her the keys so she didn’t have to hire someone for a day.

“I’m not going to another city Stace…I’ll be even closer to your house than before” Chloe laughs and gets into the car followed by Stacie.

“I know but it’s gonna be weird not having you here and what about our sleepovers?”

“I’ll ask Beca if you can stay in the house with me” Chloe starts driving and stays quiet.

“You haven’t told me anything about the couple. How are they? Old?” Chloe was humming with the radio.

“I don’t know…they’re normal…and well they’re not together”

“Wait what? They live together and they’re not together together?”

“They don’t live together Stace…” Chloe knew what would come out of Stacie’s mouth in a second.

“Oh my god! What if the father tries to seduce you?” They were almost at Beca’s house.

“Stacie, calm down please? I’m going to live with Beca and she is really cool, so it seems Jesse so relax” Just as Chloe turn off the engine Beca opens the door and waves at Chloe.

“You have to be kidding me! Is she the mom?” Chloe nod. “Well…she is hot”

“Don’t Stacie”

“Why? You never care before?” Stacie smirks at Chloe who tries to play it cool.

“She is my boss okay? It doesn’t matter if she is hot or not, you can’t go there”

“Jezz okay, I won’t” They get out of the car and Beca was already picking up boxes.

“Hey you! I’ll help you while I can but I have to pick up Casey from school in an hour okay?” Chloe nods at Beca and smile.

“Thank you Beca”

Surprisingly they were finish in forty five minutes so the three girls were sitting on the couch and talking.

“So it’s not a problem for you if Stacy stays here sometime?”

“Not at all” Beca smiles at Chloe “But you have to keep it down you know? You can be all loud you want when she is with Jesse”

“Thank you so much! We won’t be loud, don’t worry. We just like to talk and maybe watch a movie”

“That sounds fun”

“Maybe you can join us sometime?” Chloe and Beca look at Stacy.

“I don’t know…It’s your time girls so you should enjoy it together” Beca looks at the time in her phone and gets up. “I have to go to pick up Casey from school” Chloe nods. “You can unpack and all of that, if you need something give me a call. We’ll be back for dinner today and we’ll bring pizza with us. You like pizza right?” Chloe nods again smiling. “Good because if you wouldn’t I think I would have tell you to leave my house” Beca smirks again and Chloe blushes.

“Bye Beca, nice to meet you”

“Nice to meet you too. See you later Chloe” Beca leaves and before Stacie can say anything Chloe lifts a hand to her mouth.

“Don’t, just don’t” Stacie rolls her eyes but smiles.

“Let’s do this, shall we?”

“Mommy!!” Casey runs to her mom’s arms and Beca picks her up.

“Hi baby! How was your day at school?”

“It was so fun mommy! Aunty Bree gave me some sweeties when the others kids were on their break” Beca laughs and kiss her daughter all over her face.

“I think aunty Bree is spoiling you too much” Beca smiles at Aubrey who just walks next to her.

“I’m not, right C?”

“Right” Aubrey is Casey’s teacher too. Beca was afraid to take her little princess to some school with someone she didn’t know anything about so after talking with Jesse and Aubrey they decided that it would be a good idea for Casey to go to the same school where Aubrey teaches.

“Come on Bree! You can come with us for dinner today” Aubrey smiles at her friend and they walk to Beca’s car.

“What are we having for dinner mommy?”

“We are having pizza to celebrate that Chloe is moving in with us” Aubrey looks at Casey for her reaction and the little girl is frowning.

“Why is she living with us?” Beca looks at her daughter and sighs.

“Baby…didn’t daddy talk to you?” Casey shakes her head. “Okay then…Chloe is going to help mommy at home and she is going to take care of you too”

“But mommy…I want you to take care of me…or daddy…or aunty Bree” Beca smiles softly at her daughter and opens the car door for her.

“But sometimes we can’t and you don’t want mommy to be tired all the time right?” Casey shakes her head again. “Then, we need Chloe, and you like her right?”

“Yes mommy! She is so pretty and she is funny too, I like her” Beca smiles at her daughter.

“Good, because we’re going to spend a lot of time with her” They all get into the car.

“Why didn’t Jesse talk to her?” Aubrey whispers to Beca so Casey couldn’t hear.

“I don’t know, sometimes I swear I don’t know what is he thinking about” Aubrey puts her hand in Beca’s shoulder and squeeze it.

“It’s okay, relax. Let’s go for some pizza and go home okay?” Beca nods and starts the car.

When they arrive at Beca’s house the door is open and the girls are there talking. “Hey guys! Going somewhere? I bring pizza!” Beca smiles at them and Chloe smiles back.

“It’s my favourite Chloe” Casey’s little head appear next to Beca and a second later Aubrey.

“I’m not leaving but Stacie told me tha-“

“Oh that? That was nothing. I can stay for some pizza if that’s okay with you?” She looks at Beca who laughs and nods.

“Well at least this time you see me getting in…” Aubrey laughs and Chloe blushes.

“I really am sorry about that…but it’s really good to see you again” Beca looks at them and take Casey inside.

“It’s good to see you too! Now you’ll have to take care of my little girl”

“I will. She is really cute”

“Food is readyyyyyyy!!” Casey calls from the kitchen and everyone goes in.

“So…this is the friend you were meeting the other day?” Aubrey and Chloe walk into the house and see Stacie and Beca laughing with Casey.

“Yeah, she is my best friend since I was a kid” Chloe knows Stacie and even when she asked not to, she knows that Stacie will try to flirt with Beca, and for what it seems…it’s working. And she doesn’t like it at all.

They all sit on the table and eat their pizza. They shared a few stories of their past and Casey ended in Chloe’s lap. Beca couldn’t keep her eyes of her daughter with Chloe, yes sure, her daughter was an open kid but it’s the first time she see her acting so open so fast. She looks at Aubrey and her friend smiles at her. She was right, Chloe was the one for this job.

“This was really nice but I do have to go home now. I have an exam tomorrow and I don’t want to be late” Stacie gets up and Chloe looks at Beca who is looking back at her.

“I think I’m going too Becs, I have to get a few things ready for my class with the little monsters tomorrow” Beca looks at Aubrey and nods.

“Sure, be careful both of you” Casey is asleep in Chloe’s arms so she just says a quick goodbye and Beca go with them to the door.

“Thank you for tonight Becs!” Aubrey hugs her best friend.

“You don’t have to thank me and you know that. I hope you had fun too Stacie” Stacie looks at Beca and nods.

“Yeah I did. Now I’m sure that you’re not crazy and that you won’t kill my bestie” Aubrey and Beca laugh at that.

“I won’t, promise! I’ll take good care of her”

“She totally will” Aubrey smirks at Beca who didn’t get the meaning behind Aubrey’s words.

“I have to go back inside so…see you guys! Take care!” Beca closes the door leaving Aubrey and Stacie alone.

“So…I’m going this way…” Aubrey pointed to her right.

“Me too, we can walk together if you want?” Aubrey smiles at Stacie and nods.

“That would be nice yeah…” They start walking side by side without touching.

“So…how time until those two hook up?” Aubrey laughs and Stacie smirks.

“I’m pretty sure that not much…not much…”

Chloe is following Beca to Casey’s room with the little girl in her arms still sleeping. “You know…she likes you” Beca looks back at Chloe when she says this.

“How can she like me? I mean, it’s the second time she sees me you know?” Chloe whispers to Beca.

“Because I know my daughter” Beca smirks at Chloe “and she doesn’t sleep on people she doesn’t like. She only sleeps like that when she feels comfortable and warm”

“Then I’m glad to have a high body temperature” Beca laughs softly and carefully takes Casey of Chloe’s arms. She puts the little girl in the bed.

“Chloe? Can you give me her pjs? They’re on the second drawer” Beca points to the drawer and Chloe goes to take the pjs and she stops and looks at the photo in top of the little cupboard. In the photo there’s a smiling Beca with Casey in her arms and Jesse holding both of them. They look like the perfect happy family that Chloe dreamed about when she was a little girl. “Chloe?”

“Oh…sorry…here.” She gives Beca the pjs and smile.

“That was last year” Beca is changing Casey into her pjs and the girl is totally fast asleep. “We decided that it would be a good idea to go out to the park together. Aubrey took the picture and I fall in love with it” She finishes changing Casey and tugs her into the bed carefully. She kisses her head and smile. “I love you baby girl”

“I love you too mommy” Chloe smiles at this.

They leave the room and Beca looks at Chloe. “You can ask, I know you’re dying to ask”

“I’m not” Chloe blushes and Beca arch and eyebrow at her. “Fine…when did you and Jesse…you know…broke up?”

“We never did. We’ve never been together.” Chloe frowns and Beca smiles. “Bed time red! You should rest because tomorrow I’m teaching you everything you need to know.”

“What about your job?”

“I took a day off work so I could show you how things go here and that way I can spend some time with Casey too.”

“Thank you for that then.” They’re rooms are in front of each other and they both open the door.

“So…goodnight Chloe”

“Goodnight Beca”

Chloe wakes up hearing someone arguing. When she listens carefully she recognises Beca’s voice, and she sounds really upset. She looks at the time and see that it’s time to get up anyway so she changes and goes straight to Casey’s room. The little girl is awake and has tears running down her face and she is holding a big fluffy cow in her arms. Chloe sits next to her and Casey throws herself to her arms. “Shh…it’s okay sweetie. I’m here” Chloe caress her back until the little girl stops crying and looks at her.

“Thank you Chloe, I just don’t really like when mommy and daddy fight” Chloe hugs her and kisses her head.

“What do you think if we get you ready for school huh?” The little girl smiles at Chloe and nods. Chloe starts looking at the little girl clothes and finds something similar at what she is wearing. “What do you think about this?” Casey looks at Chloe and then to the clothes and starts laughing.

“We can’t go like that Chloe! We’d look like twins!” Chloe smiles at the little girl laugh and let her choose her outfit for the day which surprisingly is totally her mom’s style. “Are you taking me to school today Chloe?”

“I think so but I think your mom is coming with us too. Now let’s go and eat some breakfast because I don’t know about you but I’m starving” Casey takes Chloe’s hand and laugh.

“Let’s go or your tummy is going to growl” Chloe opens the door and sees Beca there who was about to open her daughter’s door. Chloe looks at Beca and see that the girl has been crying. She looks really upset.

“Oh, you’re both ready” Beca forgets everything about her fight with Jesse and smiles to her daughter. “Good morning baby! Wow you look beautiful today”

“She looks like you” Beca blushes and looks at Chloe who is blushing too and realizing what she just said. “I mean…the clothes…it’s your style and all that you know?”

“Good morning to you too Chlo” Casey smiles at her mom and Chloe. “Hey chipmunk what do you say If we eat breakfast out?”

“Really?”

“Yeah, we are all ready and it’s early so why not?”

“Yes!! Can we show Chloe our favourite place?” The little girl looks at her mom with hopeful eyes and Beca laughs.

“Sure, let’s go”

They all get into the car and Beca drives them to a near dinner. The whole way Casey sings loudly to every song in the radio. When Beca stops the car and gets Casey out, the little girl runs to the dinner. “Are you okay?” Beca looks at Chloe and smile.

“Yeah, why wouldn’t I?” They walk into the dinner and Casey is already sitting in their usual booth.

“Because of this morning…” Beca sits in front of her daughter and Chloe next to Casey.

“Don’t worry about it” Beca smiles at Chloe but she knows that the redhead is not convinced.

“Can I order for you Chloe?” Chloe smiles at Casey and nods.

“Sure, I like everything so you can order for me”

“I’m not sure if you made the right decision there red” Beca smirks at her and Chloe waves her hand at her. The waiter comes and Casey asks for their usual but this time one more for her new favourite redhead. When the food arrives Beca is looking at Chloe for her reaction. The waiter places a big plate with pancakes, bacon and scrambled eggs.

“Yummy!” Casey starts eating in the second her plate is place in front of her.

“Wow, good choice little one! This looks really good” Casey gives Chloe a chocolate smile and Beca laughs.

“Isn’t that too much for you, red?” Chloe shakes her head.

“It’s perfect”

“I thought someone like you would like to eat something…healthier?” Chloe frowns at Beca who tries to explain herself. “I mean, you know like, you look nice and I don’t know I thought you were one of those girls who likes to take care of their body…”

“When mommy is nervous she doesn’t know how to explain things and I think what she is trying to say is that you have a good body” Beca goes completely red and looks at her daughter.

“Casey…”

“What mom? It’s true” She keeps eating and Beca can’t help but smile.

“Well…thank you? But you’ll see that I eat way more that those girls” Beca laughs at this. After they finish eating Beca pays for everything even when Chloe argued with her that she’ll pay her part. They take Casey to school together and Beca explained which one was the easiest way to get there because she won’t always be able to take Casey to school. When they get there Aubrey was at the door letting her kids go inside her class.

“Morning Bree!” Aubrey smile at the three girls and waves.

“Look! Chloe is here with us aunty Bree” Aubrey nods.

“I can see that little princess. Hello Chloe! I hope my best friend here is behaving with you” Beca scoffs.

“Of course I am” Chloe laughs and sees Beca looking at her and Aubrey.

“She is good with me, no need to worry” Aubrey gives Chloe a huge smile that Beca doesn’t like very much so she takes her daughter and gives her a huge hug.

“Have a good day today okay? Me and Chloe will pick you up later and we can eat whatever you want for dinner.” Casey kisses her mom goodbye and then Chloe.

“Well girls, I have work to do so I see you later” They both wave and leave.

Beca drives them back home and shows Chloe everything she needs to know in the house. She gives her a piece of paper with her schedule and Casey’s and which days Jesse takes her with him. After that Beca leaves so she can go grocery shopping and Chloe stays at home. She is not sure why she feels that way with Beca, yes, she is a very affectional person but not once in her life has someone make her heart beat faster with just one look. Maybe is because she wants something like what Beca has but with someone. The house, the job, the beautiful girl. She doesn’t know why but she has to control herself in front of her.

Beca is thinking almost the same as Chloe while she is buying. She couldn’t help but felt a big sting when she saw the way Aubrey looked at Chloe that morning. Maybe it would be the best if Aubrey and Chloe date but there’s something inside of Beca that she knows that’s not right. They don’t see each other until Beca picks Chloe up to go for Casey. When they arrive at school Jesse is there and Chloe could feel Beca’s change in attitude.

“Here’s my favourite mom of the entire world” Chloe stays aside them.

“Leave it Jesse. I don’t want to talk to you right now” Jesse sighs.

“Okay Becaw! I know! I fucked up but what could have I done? Work is work and you know how that is”

“Yes, I do know how work works but I’ve never put my work before my daughter and that’s something you always do. I love you Jesse, you’re one of my best friends and the father of my daughter but I need you to choose her first or you’ll end up breaking her heart. And if you do that I won’t let you near her ever again.” Chloe didn’t want to hear them talking. Okay, maybe she was a little curious about what happened this morning but she didn’t like to see Beca upset and she wasn’t supposed to hear anything of that conversation. She saw how Jesse nod.

“I know, and it won’t happen again Becs. I promise” When Casey went out her class, the first person she runs to is Beca and Chloe can’t help but smile like a stupid person at them. Casey hugs her dad and then she ask Chloe to pick her up and she does it. Chloe decided that she doesn’t want to intrude in a family moment so she tells Beca that she’ll go home so they can have a nice dinner together but Beca is not having it and she ends up going with them. They go to a cute little restaurant that Casey loves. Chloe and Beca are sitting next to each other and Jesse and Casey in front of them.

“So…Chloe, are you okay in the house? If you’re not comfortable there, I can rent you a house or something” Chloe frowns at Jesse and see Beca rolling her eyes.

“Thank you Jesse but I’m perfectly fine in Beca’s house” She didn’t want to sound so bitchy but it just came out that way.

“Oh, okay”

“Chloe?” They all look at Casey. “Do you know that my mom wanted to name me like you?” Chloe looks at Beca and she nods.

“Really?”

“Yes, but she didn’t because my daddy liked Casey more. But mommy wanted to name me like you because she says that she always liked you’re name”

“Yeah, it’s true. I’ve always loved your name. It’s like a name that I feel close to me? I don’t know if that makes any sense” Jesse laughs and Casey reprimands him.

“It does make sense Becs” Chloe smiles at Beca and they almost forgot that they’re not the only ones there. After that dinner goes smoothly. They listen to Casey talking about her day at school and Chloe learns about Jesse and Beca’s job. Jesse is working with a big company that produce music for movies or TV shows, while Beca is working in an office. It doesn’t fit Beca or at least that’s what Chloe thinks. Chloe tells them about her dream to become a kindergarten teacher and Casey gets excited about that saying that she would be like a second teacher and that she could go and see one of her classes with her aunty Bree, something that Beca didn’t like. Jesse left after the dinner and they went back home. Beca put Casey to bed and Chloe made some warm milk for herself. She was in the kitchen when she heard Beca walking into the room.

“Do you want some milk?”

“That would be nice, yeah” Beca accepts Chloe’s offer and they sit and drink their milks.

“Thank you for giving me this job. It means a lot to me and Casey is amazing” Beca smiles at Chloe.

“No need and yeah she is” They both wanted to talk but any of them knew what to say so they went to their rooms and said their goodbyes.

“I’m so fucked” They both say it at the same time once their doors shut.