The Unexpected Romance

Chapter 8

One month later, Jessica and Ashley were about to call their travel agent to try and book the perfect destination for their honeymoon.

"We've narrowed down our possible honeymoon destinations to the top five. All we need to do is decide on one," Jessica said.

"Relax, Jessica. How hard could it be?" Ashley said.

As far as their destination choices went, the five destinations they narrowed it down to were Paris, London, Rome, Toronto, and Sydney. Another difficult choice they had to make was choosing the week of the trip. Since a few Bella birthdays were rather close, they wanted to try to be in town for those birthdays. They found themselves so stressed out by the decision making they felt like they could lose their mind at any moment.

"I had no idea how difficult a decision this would ended up being," Jessica said, slightly frustrated.

"Desperate times call for desperate measures. And if we can't decide ourselves, then I know exactly how we'll settle this..." Ashley said.

"Roll dice?" Jessica guessed.

"Nope. We're going to have a meeting with our fellow Bellas. Maybe they can help us decide," Ashley said.

At that point, she sent a group text to the Bellas stating, "Jessica and I need all your help deciding something. Please come over to the apartment tonight."

Later that evening, many of the Bellas showed up at Jessica and Ashley's apartment wondering why they had been asked to come over.

"Okay, Bellas, you're probably wondering why we asked you all here," Jessica said as the Bellas agreed.

"We've been having difficulties deciding on a honeymoon location, and we need your help," Ashley told them.

"Of course. We'd be happy to help," Beca said.

"Got any places in mind?" Chloe asked.

"We've narrowed it down to five choices..." Jessica said.

"Paris, London, Rome, Toronto, and Sydney," Ashley continued.

"Oh. I thought maybe you'd want to go back to one of those places we went to on the USO Tour," Aubrey said.

"We didn't think of that," Jessica said.

"And besides, we want this to be not just a relaxing trip, but we want it to be an adventure too," Ashley added.

"Well, if you choose Sydney, I can recommend a few sites for you to check out," Amy said.

"I thought you were from Tasmania," Stacie said, confused.

"Okay, fair point," Amy responded.

"Maybe what would help your decision is doing research to see if there are any sites that interest you," Aubrey suggested.

"We've done that. And each one has at least one interesting landmark," Jessica said.

"Like, if we chose Sydney, we could visit the Sydney Opera House," Ashley suggested, imagining the couple attending an opera.

"Toronto has a lot of theaters downtown. Not exactly Broadway, but it sure reminds me of it," Jessica said, imagining the couple at a show.

"Paris has the Eiffel Tower," Ashley said, imagining the couple staring up at the top of the tower.

"Rome has that famous colosseum," Jessica pointed out, imagining the couple outside the colosseum entrance.

"And London has that famous clock known as Big Ben," Ashley said, imagining the couple taking a picture of the famous landmark.

"Well, how about we all take a vote. You both have some good reasons for wanting to go to all five places," Beca suggested.

"You good with that?" Jessica asked.

"Let's just get this tough decision over with so we can call our travel agent," Ashley said.

As Jessica and Ashley asked the other Bellas to vote on their destination, the majority of them voted for Toronto, and the couple agreed.

"Looks like Toronto," Ashley said.

"We'll call the travel agent first thing in the morning," Jessica decided.

After they called their travel agent to book their trip, they decided to book their honeymoon in Toronto for September 23rd-29th. This way, they could be in town for Beca's birthday and be back in time for CR's birthday.