It's two in the morning as I type this and I am trash. Sorry for the many typos, I just couldn't sleep.
Chloe Beale sits down on her seven year old, beat up, fold out couch with a bowl of popcorn in one hand and a cold bottle of beer in the other. She gets herself situated and reaches for the remote, determined to watch her favorite show before she heads to bed; not ready to begin her twelve hour shift at the hospital the next morning. The T.V. lights up and she immediately notices a familiar face on the screen. Chloe's mouth dries up like it does every time she sees her old friend on T.V. Beca Mitchell is looking back at her from the screen. She's sitting across from Ellen DeGeneres with her hands fidgeting on her lap. Ellen looks at Beca and asks in a casual tone, "Besides being an award winning DJ, what do you like to do in your free time?" Chloe perks up at this question waiting to hear the small Burnette's answer.
Beca looks down at her hands and back up at Ellen before answering, thinking over the question a little too hard. "I like to learn about space, the stars, all of the things that are out of my reach." Chloe swells with pride with the knowledge that Beca still hasn't changed from high school. She remembers back to the first day of their junior year, the day that they met.
It was second period and Chloe ran into her math class right before the bell rang. She looked around the classroom and saw only one desk available in the back of the room next to a small brunette girl decked out in plaid. Chloe made her way to her desk and pulled out her math book and a notebook that had a galaxy design on the front of it. Halfway through the class Chloe heard a voice to her right. She glanced up from her notetaking and saw a smirk adorning the face of the small alt girl. Chloe raised her eyebrows at the girl and said, "Pardon?"
The brunette's smirk grew a little bigger from the redhead's reaction. She replied, "I said that the only thing missing from the front of your notebook is a unicorn farting a rainbow." Chloe laughed a little too loud at the joke and received a rather dirty look from her math teacher but she didn't really care.
Chloe smiled at the girl in plaid and explained her colorful notebook. "I really like space. I want to learn all about the universe and how it functions. Every time I think about the vastness of space and how I'm basically a spec of dirt compared to the size of the universe it really shrinks the size of my problems and makes me feel a little bit better." Chloe opened her star speckled notebook and showed the girl the contents. The lined paper was filled with notes about space and equations that the brunette scoffed at. Chloe gave the girl a smirk of her own and said, "My name is Chloe by the way."
The brunette smiled and responded, "Beca."
From that day on Chloe and Beca became fast friends and bonded over their curiosity of space and music. Each day Beca came to school with more knowledge about space and enjoyed sharing her findings with her new redheaded friend.
Chloe shakes out of her memory and focuses on the T.V once more. Ellen is giving Beca a surprised look and says, "I never really took you for a space nerd." The audience laughs and so does Beca. When the crowd quiets down Ellen continues, "What made you interested in space?"
Beca's face grows distant as she begins to speak, "I actually had no interest in space for a very long time. It never seemed that interesting to me. It was my junior year in high school when my fascination grew, not really with space but with her." Chloe's eyes grow wide as she sits there with her mouth dangling open, chewed popcorn on display.
Beca seems to think that her answer is good enough and decides to stay quiet after her sentence but Ellen is having none of that. "Well who is she? And you still haven't really answered the question." The crowd mumbles in agreement,
The brunette takes a breath and continues, "Technically, I did. She was the reason for my growing knowledge of space. One day I strike up a conversation with her in math class and the next thing I know I'm going home and researching the universe. The only reason I could come up with for my odd student-like behavior was that she claimed she liked space. And whatever she liked, I was going to like to. I wanted to find reasons to keep talking to her every day. As the months went on my interest in her grew and so did my own fascination with outer space. When we graduated from high school she went on to college I came here to Las Angeles. When our daily conversations turned into weekly, then monthly, I decided to delve more in astronomy. The more I missed her the more I learned about the universe to feel closer to her. After eight years of not seeing her I now have my masters in astronomy." Beca paused and the audience erupts in cheers. Beca laughs and continues her story, "I wasn't telling you that to brag about myself." Beca pauses, "I guess I mentioned my masters to show how ridiculous I am. I have gone to the extent of my mental capacity and learned everything I could about the universe. Yet, I have still not figured out how to get the one thing that I cannot reach. Her."
Ellen's emotions are displayed on her face and she asks, "Who is she?"
Beca gives a small sad smile and looks directly into the camera, through the television, and into the redhead's soul as she says, "Chloe."
A/N: So this is originally a oneshot but if I get some feedback saying you'd like a multi fic I am willing to do so lol.