Chapter 4: Womanhood

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"Hey are you okay?" Jesse asked softly as he entered the bathroom. It was only around 7am when he was woken up by the sound of his girlfriend retching over the toilet.

"Yeah I just think it was something I ate last night." Stacie replied weakly, flushing the toilet.

Jesse helped Stacie to her feet before wrapping his arms around her.

"Why don't we get dressed and go down to get some fresh air?" The man suggested as he rubbed her back soothingly.

"Okay." She replied, her voice muffled by his neck that she was currently nuzzling.

"You guys are up early." Jesse said with a laugh as he and Stacie arrived at the pool only to notice that Beca and Chloe were already there.

"We decided to spend some time down here before everyone woke up. Why are you guys awake so early?" Beca filled in, sitting up as she pushed her sunglasses to the top of her head so she could see Jesse and Stacie better.

"Stacie wasn't feeling very well this morning, so we've just been awake since." Jesse shrugged, taking a seat on the sun lounger next to Beca.

"You alright?" Chloe wondered in concern, realising that Stacie didn't look herself.

"Yeah, I think I just needed some fresh air." Stacie brushed off before she took a seat.

"Well at least you'll have peace until the family wake up." Chloe joked, standing up with a stretch. "You coming in the pool, Bec?" The redhead asked as she tied up her hair.

"Nah I'm good." Beca shook her head as she reached for her glass of lemonade before taking a drink.

"I'll come in." Jesse announced as he pulled his shirt over his head before following Chloe into the pool.

"Beca, I need to tell you something but you can't tell anybody." Stacie leaned over so she could whisper to the shorter brunette.

Beca furrowed her brow. "What's up?"

"You're going into town to get a new tattoo today, right?" Stacie asked and Beca nodded. "I need you to pick me something up." She added warily, her eyes glancing over to her boyfriend who was laughing in the pool with Chloe.

"Yeah? What is it?"

"A pregnancy test." Stacie whispered quietly before she began chewing on her bottom lip.

Beca almost choked on her own saliva in shock as she sat up. "You think you're pregnant?" She whispered, a grin spreading across her face. "Stacie, this is huge!"

"Shh! I don't want to get his hopes up, I want to make sure before I tell him." Stacie couldn't help but crack a smile herself as she looked over at her boyfriend again.

"Were you guys trying?" Beca wondered, keeping her voice down.

"Well a few months ago we just agreed to stop using protection and see what happened." Stacie shrugged with a smile.

"I think you guys will make awesome parents." Beca couldn't help but think back to when they were in high school, Jesse would constantly flirt with Stacie and she'd just roll her eyes and call him an idiot. Now they might be having a baby together. High school seems like it was a hundred years ago now.

Around 9am was when Hailee woke up, unfortunately though, she wasn't exactly pleasantly awoken. She went to her mother's room but there was no sign of her or Beca so she walked down the hall to her father's room instead.

She hesitantly knocked on the door and Aubrey was the one to answer. "Hey, Hailee." The blonde smiled down at the girl.

"Is Dad here?" She asked slowly and Aubrey furrowed her brow.

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