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CHAPTER TWO

Beca woke up and could still hear music thumping in her ears; she often fell asleep in her at home studio. She looked around for any signs of Emma or Chloe and was met with the clock on her laptop reading "12:00." 'Shit' she thought, she was late for brunch. She jumped out of her chair and rushed to the bathroom to take a shower. When she finished getting ready, she picked up her phone; she had three missed calls and two text messages. She opened the texts first; one was from Chloe and the other was from Isabella.

Chloe: I knew you would be late to brunch. I told you not to work so much. Don't even worry about showing up…

'Crap,' Beca thought to herself. She opened her other text from Isabella,

Izzy;): So was I dreaming or did DJ Beca Mitchell tell me I had a great voice? No, in my dream DJ Beca told me I had a great smile :)

Okay, so maybe that wasn't the most appropriate text but it wasn't necessarily inappropriate either. Beca already knew she was in the doghouse with Chloe, so she decided to just text Izzy back,

Beca: Nope, wasn't a dream… well, not the first part. I'll contact you by Wednesday and you can come down to the studio. Btw, your smile's not half bad either :)

'Okay, maybe I could've left that last part off, but I couldn't help it, I'm a naturally flirty person, sue me!' Beca shook herself out of her thoughts and headed out the house. She decided to stop to get some doughnuts as an apology for being late.

Chloe had a small scowl on her face as she sat on the patio with Aubrey watching Emma run around outside with Luke and a lazily jogging Fat Amy. Beca hadn't text her back and missed brunch already, 'She's probably still asleep, typical Beca,' Chloe thought. Chloe was knocked out of her thoughts when she heard Aubrey yelling her name,

"Huh?" Chloe said abruptly as she came back to reality.

"I've been talking to you for like two minutes. Were you even listening to me?"

"Y-Yeah I'm sorry. I just zoned out for a second," Chloe said with a reassuring smile.

Emma ran up to her mom, out of breath. "Is Beca still not here yet?"

"No, your incompetent partner in crime has not arrived and probably won't," Aubrey said in a condescending tone.

"No, sweetie she's not here yet," Chloe said a lot nicer than Aubrey had. Emma just gave a disapproving look to Aubrey then went back to playing tag with Luke and Fat Amy.

"Was that really Necessary, Bree?" Chloe asked. She knew Beca was in the wrong but she never said bad things about her in front of her daughter.

"Yes! Beca promised both you and me she'd be here on time and she's not. That's a whole omelet that went to waste, well almost went to waste." Fat Amy insisted on eating the food for Beca.

"Just tone it down a bit, I'm sure she-" Chloe was cut off by the sound of a car door closing. Chloe turned to see her wife looking very distraught carrying a box of doughnuts.

"I'm so, so sorry. I swear I didn't mean to oversleep," Beca said mainly to Chloe with pleading eyes.

"It's okay, at least you showed up," Chloe said and she stood up to give Beca a quick kiss on the cheek. Although she was still kind of mad at the DJ, she still had to kiss her good morning.

Beca accepted the kiss with a smile and gave Chloe a quick peck on the lips. Aubrey rolled her eyes, "Glad you decided to grace us with your presence," She was just teasing her; Aubrey stood up to give Beca a side-hug hello. "You really shouldn't work so much you're going to exhaust yourself. What time did you go to sleep, anyways?" Aubrey asked, genuinely concerned for Beca's health.

"I think I fell asleep around seven, but really it's not that big of a deal and at least I finished the mix I have to bring in tomorrow." Beca said with a shrug but was met with looks of sympathy.

"Beca! That is crazy, you seriously need to stop working so much. I know the label is really important to you, but you need a break," Chloe said.

"I know, I know, but you know I can't get a wink of sleep unless I finish the mix I've started. Besides I kind of had somewhere to be so I couldn't sleep in like I wanted."

"Yes, I know. Just try to ease up a bit and don't blame me for your stubborn attitude, you could've went to sleep earlier than seven." Beca was about to respond to the red head but a younger red head ran up full speed ahead.

"Beca, you're here!" Emma jumped into Beca's arms and was lifted in the air.

"Morning bug," Beca said while giving Emma a big kiss on the cheek, "how was your morning?"

Emma exaggeratedly wiped her cheek before replying, "It was okay, Mom was cranky that you weren't here so she was kind of mean this morning before we left the house," Emma said with a small frown.

"Oh really?" Beca said while pointedly looking at Chloe.

"In my defense, Em wasn't being too cooperative."

Beca covered Emma's mouth before the little girl got herself in trouble.

Fat Amy and Luke shortly walked over and greeted Beca. The group ate the doughnuts and talked a little before the Mitchell-Beale's made their way home. Emma was the first one into the house and went straight to the living room to watch cartoons; Chloe went to her and Beca's room and Beca followed.

"Babe, are you still upset with me for being late?" Beca asked cautiously.

"No of course not. I'm just worried about you, you barely get more than four hours of sleep anymore and you're constantly meeting outrageous deadlines. I just don't want you to overwork yourself." Chloe had her arms wrapped around Beca and gave her sweet lingering kisses.

"I'm fine, I promise. I'll ask for some time off and since I finished that mix this morning all Cynthia-Rose has to do is add her killer vocals then Luke can show the boss and I shouldn't have another project for the next couple weeks."

"Okay, I can't wait to hear it when it's done"

"You can hear what I have so far, come on," Beca grabbed Chloe's hand and they made their way downstairs to the studio but already heard Emma's soft voice singing "I See the Light" from the movie Tangled. Beca was admiring her stepdaughter singing when all of a sudden she froze when she realized the recording light was on.

"Emma! What are you doing?" Beca said with a panicked look on her face. Chloe could tell something was seriously wrong because Beca never called Emma by her name, even when she was in trouble.

"I-I was just singing a song from Tangled because I was just watching that movie and I wanted to record myself singing my favorite part, you know with the lights and stuff." Emma was nervous because Beca has never yelled at her before. Yeah, she's been mildly punished by Beca like getting sent to bed early but the real hard stuff was left for her mom to handle.

"You KNOW you're not allowed down here unless Luke or I am in here with you. Do you have any idea what you've done?" Beca was absolutely livid; weeks of hard work had gone down the drain. Beca looks at Emma expecting an answer, but the tiny redhead just shakes her head not looking at Beca. "You just recorded over the track that I have to take into work tomorrow!"

"B-But Beca-" Emma tried, but Beca wasn't having it.

"No! You do not get to say anything to help your case because there's nothing you can say right now to fix this. You are in my studio without my permission, you have ruined my hard work, and you didn't respect one of the few rules I actually give you. I guess this goes to show that I can't be a parent and a friend to you." Chloe could not believe Beca was being so harsh to Emma; Beca has never lost her temper like this before. Chloe tried putting her hand on Beca's back but Beca jumped away like she'd been burned. "No, don't touch me. Emma, go to your room and no TV, computer, iPad, or hanging out with your friends for two months!" Chloe audibly gasped, Beca was being insane.

"What? But that's not fair! You won't even let me explain!" Emma defended with angry tears falling out of her eyes.

"Yeah Beca, maybe you should calm down before you give out these ridiculous punishments," Chloe decided to supply.

"There's nothing to explain Emma!" Beca turned to Chloe, "And stay out of this Chloe, you don't see me over-ruling your punishments for Emma, if you can even call them that! You let her do whatever she wants and she always gets off with just a warning! No wonder she's out of control; her mother doesn't know how to parent!"

Chloe's mouth was open; she was shocked, she calmed down suddenly and said, "You know what? I think you need some time to yourself. I'm staying at Bree's tonight and Emma is going to stay with Tom." Chloe said, way too calmly.

Beca realized how angry she got and is surprised at herself, "No," she sighed heavily, "wait don't go. Bug? Look, I shouldn't have said those things-"

Chloe cut her off "I think it's for the best, come on Em," Chloe wrapped an arm around her crying daughter's shoulders and headed up the stairs. Emma turned around to look at Beca and shot a hurt look in her direction. "Oh, and by the way Beca," Chloe said turning around too, "Don't ever call me a bad mom again." Chloe and Emma shut the studio door behind them. Chloe calmed an upset Emma down, and then packed both of their things for the night.

Back downstairs, Beca ran her hands through her hair and sat down to see where she could start on her track. There was no way she'd be able to talk to Chloe or Emma that day so she'd have to wait till things calmed down. When Beca went to get the CD her old track was on out of the system she was met with a CD that said, 'Emma's Amazing Songs,' Beca quickly spun around in the chair and looked next to the soundboard and sitting there was the track she finished in the late hours of that morning. She should've known Emma wouldn't be as careless as to record over her important mixes. 'So that means I yelled at her for nothing. Shit, I really fucked up this time,' Beca thought. Beca dialed Chloe's number and was sent straight to voicemail, she should've seen that coming.

Chloe hit the ignore button on her cellphone and stuck it back in her coat pocket. Emma was holding her bag and had her face buried in her bunny while they waited on Tom's doorstep for him to answer the door. Tom opened the door with a bright smile on his face, "Hey Em!" Tom wrapped his daughter in a big hug, "Tom felt water dropping on his shirt and noticed Emma was crying. "Hey, hey, hey, what's wrong baby girl?" Tom said while kneeling down and wiping her tears away.

"Hi Tom, I didn't have time to explain when I called, but we had a little situation at home and some things were said so Beca needs to calm down a little bit by herself and Emma's going to stay with you tonight," Chloe said.

"What the hell happened? My daughter looks like a kicked puppy," Tom was very concerned because he's never seen his best friend or his daughter so upset before.

"Beca loss her temper and said some hurtful things, but didn't know the full story," Emma had tearfully explained everything to Chloe in the car so she was even more mad than she was before.

"Okay, well do you have somewhere to stay?"

"Yeah, I'm staying at Aubrey's apartment and Luke's going to stay at Amy's."

"Okay, well I'm off tomorrow so I can take her to and from school and you can just tell me whether you want me to take her back to your place or Aubrey's."

"Thank you so much I will call you tomorrow," Chloe gave Tom a big hug then turned to Emma, "I'll call you tonight to tell you goodnight, I love you so much." Chloe gave Emma a hug and a big kiss on the forehead.

"I love you too mommy," Emma said sniffling.

"And know that Beca loves you too, so much, and didn't mean anything she said okay?" Chloe felt Emma nod against her shoulder. "Bye, have fun." Tom and Emma waved from the doorway and watched Chloe drive off.

Chloe got to Aubrey's apartment about ten minutes later and Aubrey met her at the door with a big comforting hug. Chloe completely broke down and her tears were steadily falling. "It's okay, it's all going to be okay" Aubrey said while rubbing circles on the sobbing redhead's back.

Chloe wondered if everything was really going to be okay.

A/N2: Okay there's chapter two! Don't worry things will be patched up in the next chapter. Don't expect any major Izzy drama till a little later on in the story. Any questions, comments or concerns please REVIEW :)