The Bully

27

After their afternoon of fun, Beca and Chloe went to pick Reno up from summer camp.

"Where's Paige?" Reno asked in confusion because the older woman was usually the one to pick her up.

"Kelly is having the baby." Chloe smiled.

"Really?!" Reno squealed. "I'm gonna be a big sister!"

"That you are." Chloe smiled at the little girl.

They took Reno back to the house for a little while. Until Chloe got a text from Paige.

"Healthy baby and healthy mommy. Come see for yourself."

"Let's go!" Chloe immediately got up from the couch. "Beca! Reno!"

The three got in the car and drove to the hospital as fast as they could. When they finally arrived, they saw Kelly sitting up in the hospital bed holding a little baby girl.

"What are you going to name her?" Chloe asked.

"We're going to name her..." Paige started and looked at Kelly who was clueless to the fact that Paige wanted her to finish the sentence.

"Anything but-" Chloe started.

"Maisy!" Kelly said when she realized what Paige had wanted.

Beca and Chloe's eyes went wide.

"You're kidding, right?" Chloe said.

"You don't like that name?" Kelly asked.

"That's the name of the bitch Beca left me for!" Chloe yelled. "You can't name her that!"

"I'm sorry." Kelly said. "I will."

"What about Summer? Since she was born in the summer." Paige said.

"No I had an ex named Summer." Kelly sighed. "Juliet?"

"I love that name." Paige said. "Any people you dislike named Juliet?" She asked Chloe.

"Nope." Chloe smiled.

"Then Juliet it is." Paige said.

Baby Juliet had no idea what was going on. All that she could see was her mother's sweaty face and out of the corner of her eye, a tall redhead, smiling wide.

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Juliet was an easy baby. She didn't cry much and most of the time she slept through the night. Kelly and Paige were overjoyed.

"Let's go to the park!" Kelly suggested one afternoon.

"Why?" Paige asked. She was sitting on the couch watching tv with Juliet on her lap.

"Why not?" Kelly replied.

Kelly was able to convince the whole family, and Beca, to go for a walk in the park. They filled the minivan and it looked like a clown car when they arrived and all got out. Kelly, Paige, Chloe, Beca, Reno, Juliet and of course, Cosette.

Halfway around the trail, they came across an older couple. The couple glared at the odd family as they walked by.

"What an interesting group." The woman said to the old man.

"People these days." He replied.

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After their walk, the family decided to get some ice cream. It seemed like a great idea. What could possible go wrong?

They were next in line to order when Beca's eyes met with a familiar pair of green ones.

"Maisy." Beca sighed. "Chlo, can I talk to you for a sec."

Beca grabbed Chloe's arm and dragged her out of sight of Maisy.

"You'll never guess who works here." Beca said.

"Oh no." Chloe said.

"Oh yes." Beca said. "Does she just want to ruin everything?"

"I think we just have really bad luck." Chloe said.

"Beca, Chloe! Do you guys want ice cream?" Kelly called over to them.

"Just two scoops of chocolate. We'll share." Chloe called back.

"Chloe?" Maisy turned and saw the redhead. "Beca?!"

"Hi." Beca and Chloe said in unison.

"Can I talk to you guys?" Maisy asked after handing the ice cream cone to Paige.

Beca and Chloe looked at each other then shrugged. It was worth a shot.

They walked up to the window.

"What do you want?" Beca asked.

"I just wanted to apologize." Maisy said. "I am so sorry for what I put you through."

"Well that's not what I was expecting." Chloe mumbled.

"I feel awful." Maisy said. "Is there anything I can do to make it up to you?"

"Just never do it again." Beca said. "To anyone."

"I promise I will never." Maisy said. "It was such an awful thing to do. I don't know what was wrong with me. I hope we can still be friends."

Beca looked to Chloe and Chloe nodded.

"Of course." Beca smiled. "Apology accepted."

Maisy smiled wide. "Ice cream is on me."

The whole family cheered and Maisy waved them goodbye.

"Who was that?" Paige asked.

"Maisy." Beca replied.

"The one who-"

"Yup." Chloe interrupted. "She apologized though."

"Well that's good." Paige said. "If she ever bothers you again, let me know. I can take her down."

"Thanks." Chloe giggled.

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I felt really bad for having Maisy be so mean because I just recently met the sweetest human being alive and coincidentally she's named Maisy.