Hi guys! This's actually a challenge I imposed on myself, if I can write a story in exactly 500 words, and voila (of course the author's note is excluded from the word count), anyway, thank you for reading this 500-word fic. Take care, awesome nerds!


She was seven when her little brother cut himself with a pair of scissors, Chloe quickly grabbed a cloth and told her brother to hold it still, she went out and called their mother who was tending their garden. Her mother told her she did a good job with taking care of her brother.

That was the day Chloe swore she will always help people. That was the day she saw herself taking care of others.

She was twelve when her roommate from camp choked on the meatball she was eating, Chloe quickly went behind the girl and did the Heimlich on her.

That was the day Chloe saved someone from a near death experience. That was the day she saw herself saving lives when she grew up.

She was 18 when she told herself she'll do well on every course she'll enlist, she was 19 when she read books and books for her exams, she was 20 when she reminded herself on what path she wanted to take, she was 21 when things became hard, she was 22 when she pushed herself to her limits.

She was 23 and in one of the best medical schools, day in day out, she never stopped learning new information. She was 24 when she met Rexie, 25 when they celebrated their first anniversary as girlfriends, 26 when they graduated.

Chloe was 27 when Rexie broke her heart.

That was the year she caught her having an affair with one of their colleagues, the year she had her first death in the ER while on duty, the year her mom died in a car accident, the year she felt her life was slowly falling apart before her very own eyes.

She turned 28, Chloe wasn't the same. Her career was on track, she was one of those who pour themselves into their passion, but from time to time, she questioned herself, she questioned if there was really a point of her being a doctor if she couldn't save her mother, if she couldn't save herself.

She was 29 when everything became a routine to her, save other people, keep herself sane, hit the rewind button.

But that was the year it all changed, that was the year someone saved her.

Chloe's 35, one of the best Oncologist in town, with twins who were sleeping in the other room, and a beautiful wife beside her.

Chloe's smile was from one ear to another, she watched her wife slowly open her eyes. She remembered that year they started a family , the day she proposed to her. That year she actually felt she was going to be fine, that day they met.

The day Beca saved her.

Chloe intertwined her hand with Beca's as she watched her wife slowly smiled at her, she thanked her for loving her, for being just her, for saving her.

"Everybody needs to be saved sometimes," Beca then kissed Chloe's lips, upon those lips she whispered, "Even you, Doctor Beale."