Part of Me and You
Summary: Beca Mitchell has everything figured out. She's the most successful music producer, extremely nice house and amazing friends. Nothing could be better until she wakes up one day with something that changes her forever. AU – Three shot
Chapter One: Changes
Beca wakes up the best morning with a pounding headache. She doesn't remember much of the night before. She only remembers being dragged to her 22nd birthday party filled with alcohol. She groans rubbing her eyes, trying to suppress her headache.
She does her normal morning routine before heading out. She mindlessly wanders around the streets of LA. She's happy that her pills have helped with the headache a bit. She stops when she feels a sting on her arm.
Instinctively she looks at the sting. Her wrist is glowing red. Her eyes grow wider. She has been told stories about this before, though she never believed them.
Beca runs to her mom, hugging her tightly after not seeing her for weeks. When her parents divorced she had no choice but to move in with her dad. When they were in court in who would get custody of Beca, her dad won since her mom was in debt. That's when her life turned upside down.
It never meant that she would accept what her dad has done to their family. He has gone behind their back to date a woman that will not even take a look at Beca. Beca also never accepted the fact that her stepmom didn't allow her to keep her only friend – her dog.
After letting go of her mom, she quickly turns to best friend which she has never seen in weeks. She bends down and pets her dog running away with him.
Beca's mom, Grace, turns to her dad. They barely can keep eye contact let alone a decent conversation. Ben hands Grace Beca's items. "Don't fill her mind with your stories."
Grace gives him a cold smile that she forces, "I won't do anything that you already haven't done. Bye Ben."
With that Ben leaves without a second word.
Beca snuggles into her pillow. Everything feels so normal with her mom. Nothing is forced. She looks up to her mom, hoping that she'll tell her a bedtime story like she used to.
Without hesitation Grace sits on the chair next to Beca's bed and starts her story.
"Once upon a time, there were people on earth." Beca snickers at the obvious. "But they were different. They would get an imprint on their skin. No one knows where it comes from or when. The art just imprints onto your skin without warning. It starts with a light sting then grows to immense pain. In the end it is all worth it."
Beca smiles at the new story she has never heard of before, "Does it stay forever?"
"It does. It's like a tattoo," Grace answers her question quietly. "You also have to find out what it means. Since it stays forever it'll remain a mystery until you unravel its secrets. Otherwise you live a whole lifetime without unraveling its secret it holds for you."
"Do you feel incomplete if you don't?" Beca asks about to fall asleep.
"You do baby girl. You should get some sleep and we can do something exciting tomorrow," Grace kisses Beca's forehead.
"I swear to fucking god that story was fake," Beca curses under her breath. She tries her best to ignore the slight stinging pain and covers her red wrist. Beca tries to figure out the pattern imprinting on her skin. That's almost impossible due to it being so red. She closes her eyes and pulls out her phone.
"Hello? Beca are you there?" Jesse asks.
"Jesse, I need to talk to you," Beca dodges the crowd and walks into her studio. It'll be an hour before her manger gets here to talk to her about her new client.
"As much as I love you, why would you call me at eight in the morning after your party?" He groans probably from the headache he would have. "But talk to me."
"Remember about that tattoo you have?" Beca whispers but she doesn't know what for.
"Yeah… What about it? I told you I didn't get it," He replies remembering that Beca bashed his tattoo. Telling him it wasn't worth getting and it looks bad. Now she immediately regrets it.
"How did you get it again?" She asks with a steady voice.
"I told you before. It just imprints itself on my skin."
"Was it glowing red at first?"
"Yeah it was a slight sting too."
"Well this is shit," Beca mutters to herself.
"What's that?"
"It was nothing. Thank you Jesse."
"Want to tell me why you need this information?" Jesse asks and Beca's manger walks in.
"Marc is here. I'll call you after to discuss it," with that Beca hangs up.
"So Marc, tell me who I am working with," Beca asks excited after Marc described what they wanted in the album.
"I'm sure you have heard of Chloe Beale?" Marc can't help but smile at Beca's excitement.
"I've heard of her. She's one of the top charts right?"
Marc nods and can't contain his excitement. Beca actually wants to work with something. That's a first. She would always make snide remarks about how some of them have no taste and list can go on. For once she's willing to work with someone and Marc is indeed relieved.
Beca decides to call Jesse for a ride to somewhere they can talk about this.
"Beca, I've done some research after this all happened to me. It's supposed to be some kind of love spell. You have to find someone with either your other half or the same type of tattoo. Why do you care about all this? You told me this," Jesse points to his eagle on this on chest. "Tattoo was horrible."
"I can set my differences aside. It doesn't look that bad. So you'll find someone with an eagle on their chest?" Beca asks. Obviously Jesse would think it's some kind of love spell, after all he does love romantic comedies.
Jesse looks up and his eyes widen, "I think I just did."
"Hi, can I help you with anything?" A blonde fit male smiles at Jesse. His low cut shirt is enough to show a portion of his tattoo which looks an awful like Jesse's.
Beca jaw drops to the ground. Jesse is gay. How did she not see this before? Not like it's a bad thing. She wouldn't mind that Jesse is gay. He can be green and she'll still love him. Jesse rises from his seat, "I'm Jesse."
"Hi Jesse, I'm Luke," He smiles back at Jesse.
This is the perfect time for Beca to leave and that's exactly what she does. She rises from her seat and slowly creeps away as Luke takes her seat. Before she's completely out the door she turns back around to find Jesse smiling to her. She smiles back and leaves. It's about time that Jesse found is other half.
