Seeing As It's You

Chapter 1

Hi everyone! So I basically had a spontaneous idea of this AU and I had to write it down. I've got loads of ideas for this one. Hope you like it! Please follow and review, you're always so helpful! :) x

Beca was determined to finish the mix; this was probably her only chance of getting her music on the radio and she needed to impress her boss, Jesse. But the bass was so muffled, and each heavy beat sent painful vibrations through her muggy head. It had been brewing for a few days now, but she tried to ignore it and it made it a whole lot worse. She got to the end of the bar and threw her head phones off, she couldn't take another minute of it – her head was about to explode. Fuck. As much as she hated to admit defeat, it was definitely time for the doctors. Beca dialled the number, and after being on hold for 20 minutes (as usual), a chirpy receptionist finally answered the phone.

"Hello this is Aubrey Posen at the Silver Lake Surgery, Los Angeles, how can I help you?" She bleated routinely down the line.

"Hi. I need to book an appointment with Dr. Cynthia Rose..." Beca mumbled.

"I'm afraid Dr. Rose isn't available for appointments at the moment, she's on holiday until November. May I take your name please?"

"Ok that's cool. Yeah sure... Beca, Beca Mitchell"

"Right... Let me check for available doctors and we will get you an appointment as soon as possible."

"Kay..."

There was a slight pause in the call and Beca could hear Aubrey typing away frantically at the other end. Beca was a little annoyed that Dr. Rose was away because she preferred continuity, and they got on really well. But this was urgent so Beca just accepted it.

"Ok, well if you want an appointment today, the only doctor we have available is Dr. Beale, and the only slot we have is at 3:00pm. Is that ok?"

"Sure, that's fine. Thanks."

"No problem. Have a nice day Miss Mitchell." Aubrey said as she put the phone down and went back to reading her magazine.

Beca didn't have long before she had to be at the doctors, so she decided to grab a quick coffee before heading out and walking to the surgery. When she arrived, she strolled up to the front desk and met the blonde she had been on the phone to earlier. She didn't look as happy as she sounded on the phone. In fact she looked as though she wanted Beca to piss off, but perhaps that was just her usual expression. In any case, Beca was still cautious.

"Hi I'm here for-" Beca started before she was cut off by an irritated Aubrey.

"Hello Miss Mitchell, if you'd like to take a seat in the waiting area upstairs, Chloe... I mean Dr. Beale will be right with you." Aubrey said, hardly looking up from filing her nails. Something had obviously ticked her off.

"Kay"

Beca staggered lazily up the stairs and took the seat nearest the door. There weren't many people in the waiting room, but there were a few snotty kids who were crawling with bacteria, and she couldn't afford to get a cold now, so she wanted as little contact with them as possible. A few minutes past and it felt like forever; the kids were crawling under all the chairs and they were starting to irritate the brunette with their piercing screams. Finally she heard one of the surgery doors open and a strikingly beautiful red head peeped around the corner.

"Beca Mitchell?"

"Uhh yeah that's me." Beca mumbled. She couldn't help but swallow her words because she couldn't hear much, let alone herself talking. She stepped past the red head and sat in the chair nearest the door. She didn't like being close to people and took every opportunity to sit as far away as possible from everyone. As the red head sat down opposite her and got up Beca's records on the computer, Beca couldn't help but notice how stunning she really was. She had the most alluring deep blue eyes and her lips were just the right shade of pink. Her wavy red locks fell perfectly around her shoulders and framed her pronounced collar bones. She was so cute.

"So Miss Mitchell, what can I do for you today?" She said brightly smiling at Beca. Beca hated it when people called her that, it reminded her of her dad.

"Uh you can call me Beca... Well I have a problem with my ears I think. I have this really important job to finish and it's getting difficult because I can't hear much and it hurts my head..." Beca stumbled her way through a sentence; she was still taken aback by the beauty of the red head.

"And what do you do?"

"I'm a DJ, I mix songs and stuff. But the heavy beats hurt my ears and I can't hear the rest..."

"What an awesome job! I love music. I can see that would be a problem though. Come and sit on the bench and I'll have a look..." Chloe said getting up and looking through numerous bits of equipment on her desk.

Beca got up from the chair and sat on the high, towelled bench. She had no idea what Dr. Beale was going to do and all of a sudden she felt a little nervous; she hated being touched, but she couldn't show her that she was scared. Beca Mitchell didn't do scared. Ever. However, Chloe could see the uncomfortable expression growing on Beca's face and she rested her hand gently on the top of her arm to comfort her as she peered into Beca's ear with her otoscope. Beca flinched at the contact, but the doctor's hands were so soft and warm, it was strangely comforting.

"Excuse me Doctor Beale... But is it anything to worry about?" Beca muttered trying to sound calm.

"Seeing as I can call you Beca, I reckon you can call me Chloe" she whispered brightly. "No there's nothing to worry about. Not at all. Anyway, Dr. Rose is going part time now so I'll probably be taking over as your doctor... if that's ok of course...?"

"Uhh yeah sure. You seem... nice... But the receptionist told me that Cynthia was just going on holiday..." Beca couldn't help but trip over her words again. What was going on?!

"Well she's not really allowed to tell you otherwise" Chloe smirked.

"Are you allowed to tell me otherwise?" Beca said suggestively raising an eyebrow.

"Uhh... not really... but seeing as it's you" Chloe giggled. Beca suddenly felt special. But whatever. "Anyway... ok, well it looks as though you have a minor ear infection in both ears. But in your right ear there appears to be a small abscess just in front of the ear drum."

"An abscess?!" Beca jumped.

"A big spot basically... Nothing to worry about, just as long as we remove it as soon as possible so it doesn't get any bigger" Chloe said rubbing the top of Beca's arms comfortingly. Little did she know she was tripling Beca's heart rate.

"Oh ok... Is it gonna hurt?"

"Don't be silly. I'll be careful and you can even have a sticker afterwards if you want one" Chloe teased and gave Beca a comforting wink.

"Whatever." Beca smirked.

Chloe picked up her otoscope again and had another look into Beca's right ear just to make sure. The pair sat in silence, but it was comfortable and it made Beca smile (a rare occurrence). Chloe sighed and nodded confirming her suspicions.

"I'm afraid you'll have to come back tomorrow to get it removed. But my only appointment is at five o'clock, my last one, is that alright?"

"As long as that's five in the afternoon..." Beca joked, raising an eyebrow. "But yeah sure"

"Let me just check to see if everything else is ok, any other trouble with your sinuses?" Chloe said resting her hand on Beca's lower back whilst putting a stethoscope to Beca's chest. Beca could feel her heart racing with the contact, she'd never let anyone touch her like that before. Sure, it was only a doctor and it meant nothing, but this was a cute doctor... she didn't want to make a big deal out of it; she just hoped Chloe wouldn't notice.

"Wow, your heart is racing! You feeling a little stressed or anxious at the moment?" Chloe said genuinely concerned. She had absolutely no idea. "Or are you just scared of me?" She teased.

"Uhhh I guess you could say that..." Beca mumbled embarrassed. "But I umm... I always get nervous at the doctors..." she said half-heartedly. She knew she was lying, but she couldn't see another way around it.

"Alright. Well everything else seems to be ok. It's just your ears. But we'll have that sorted in no time. Ok, well I will see you again tomorrow at five o'clock. It'll take about ten minutes and you'll have to spend an extra ten minutes or so here afterwards just to make sure you're ok. Nervous patients tend to get themselves a little worked up. No more mixing for a few days ok... It'll make it worse."

"Damn it" Beca groaned, she needed to finish her project as soon as possible, but she knew Chloe was right. "Ok then. Thanks a lot... Yeah... so I'll see you tomorrow then..." Beca stood up awkwardly.

"Yeah... see you tomorrow..."

"Bye Dr... I mean Chloe" Beca stuttered.

"Bye Beca" Chloe chirped as Beca left the room.

Beca's heart was till racing when she left the surgery. What on earth had gotten into her, this never ever happened. She couldn't quite figure out what was so special about this woman; was it her affectionate nature or her overwhelming beauty. She didn't know and she wasn't going to dwell on it. All she wanted to do was get home and at least try and listen to her mixes without headphones – like that was going to work!