I grew up with a lot of green,

Nice things 'round me,

I was safe, I was fine

- Tove Lo

When Beca Mitchell was born her father had just published the last book of his world famous series about superhuman children. Needless to say, Beca grew up in a household where money wasn't a problem. She got plenty of attention from the many butlers, maids, and housekeepers that her father had hired as well as her mother. The problem was, she almost never saw her father.

Her mother had tried to explain it to her when she was four that "daddy is a hardworking man but he still loves you very much" but that didn't change the fact that she wanted to spend time with him. For a while she pushed the thought of spending time with him away since she still had her mother who spent almost all day with her. If her mother was busy or needed some time to herself Beca would play with Benji, one of her butlers, and Fat Amy, one of her maids. Benji and Fat Amy became her parental figures when she was ten and her mom died.

After her mother died Dr. Mitchell stopped writing and ignored Beca completely. He got rid of Fat Amy and Benji because he didn't think Beca needed them anymore because he planned on spending more time with her after the funeral. Instead he would go out drinking and bring some woman home with him for the night. One of those women convinced his drunk self that he was in love with her and they got married a month later. Sheila, Beca called her the Step-Monster, hated Beca's guts and sent her off to a boarding school in Florida so she didn't have to deal with her for most of the year. Beca made it her goal to be one of the best students at the school just to spite the Step-Monster who hoped she would fail so she had a reason to send her to a military school. She achieved that goal and graduated first in her class.

Later, she was forced to go to Barden University in Georgia because Sheila and Dr. Mitchell refused to believe that being a DJ and making music was a real job. College didn't last, however, because Beca became an alcoholic and dropped out. Because of this Sheila and Dr. Mitchell bought her a house and gave her enough money to last her for a year. They saw Beca as a disappointment and wanted her out of their sight.

She got a job at the local grocery store where she lived so that she had extra money to spend on alcohol. Her house wasn't too far from the Barden campus, which she detested. She absolutely hated the job as well as the people that worked there. When she was stressed out after work, which was almost every night, she would drink a bottle of wine or two, taking some shots while she was at it. Waking up with a hangover was something that Beca was used to. The only human being that she actually cared about as much as they cared about her was Jesse.

Jesse was one of Beca's coworkers as well as one of the only people at that store that she didn't completely despise. He became one of her only friends and his goofy personality kept her entertained while at work. They went out together every once in a while, but only to keep Beca from drinking herself to death. Jesse truly cared about Beca a lot more than her parents did. The place they visited most was the ice cream shop downtown. It was really the only place to go since Beca hated movies and thought that a walk through the local park would give people ideas. Don't get the wrong idea, Beca liked Jesse a lot, but she didn't exactly swing that way. It was because of her sexuality that one night she went a little overboard on the drinking.

The only one that knew anything about Beca liking girls was Jesse so how Bumper found out was a mystery. When Bumper found out about it he teased Beca about it constantly, saying that she must not have been human and that no one would love her alcoholic ass anyway. None of that had hurt as much as when he brought her parents into it.

"That's probably why they kicked you out," he had said.

That was what sent her into a drinking frenzy and almost caused her death. She went home that night and brought out all of the alcohol she had in her household, even buying more before she left work that night. She had finished off a whole six pack of beer and taken a shot before something in her mind made her call Jesse.

"Hello?" he answered his phone.

"Who is this?" Beca slurred.

"Beca, are you drunk?"

"I don't know, probably."

"I'm coming over right-"

Beca hung up the phone before he could finish and decided to pour herself a glass of wine. Before she could even drink it she had to rush to the bathroom since the previous alcohol decided to leave her body. When she finished vomiting she got back up and stumbled over to the table everything was set up at and picked up her glass of wine. As she drank it her eyes became rimmed with black and she nearly passed out before she heard a knock on her door. Once she opened it Jesse burst in, red lights flashing in the background, and she passed out.

She woke up in the hospital very confused as to what had happened the night before. To her right she found Jesse asleep in a chair and when she looked up she saw a doctor walk in. His greying hair was messy and his blue eyes showed concern for the tiny brunette before him.

"How are you feeling?" was the first thing he asked Beca.

Her throat was very dry and she felt like she was hit by a bus. Everything was too loud and too bright and she just wanted everything to go away.

"I'm fine," I answered hoarsely.

"You're lucky this young man called us. You almost died."

Damn it, she thought. She had come so close.

"There's this support group you have to go to tomorrow." Beca looked at him in protest. "Don't fight it because this support group is a requirement. This young man says that you've had a problem with drinking for a while now. I promise this will help you and you won't regret it." There was a short pause before he finished with, "It's held at Barden University in the staff meeting room in Baker Hall at three thirty every Saturday."

He finished his check up and left Beca to her own devices. She was not looking forward to the support group.

Upon arrival at Baker Hall, Beca inhaled deeply. She had lived in Baker Hall and all that time never knew that one of the rooms was kept as a staff meeting room. The first thing she saw as she entered the room was the bright red hair of a beautiful girl. Her brilliant blue eyes were absolutely gorgeous and her wide smile was almost blinding. For someone who was trying to sober up she seemed pretty happy. Beca nervously walked up and introduced herself.

"H-Hi, I'm Beca. What's your name?" Beca was mentally kicking herself as she put her hand out for the girl to shake. She was twenty three not five. That was no way to introduce yourself to an adult.

The redhead just blushed and her smile widened before saying, "Chloe, Chloe Beale," and shaking Beca's hand.

Before their conversation could deepen the support group began and Beca had her mind on one thing, Chloe Beale.