Chloe had gotten home and thrown a few pairs of sweats and t shirts into a backpack for her and Aubrey as well as Beca if they would allow her to change. Knowing Beca wasn't a fan of hospitals, because 'Hospitals are the birthing grounds of needles' as Beca says, she packed her iPod to make her a little more comfortable. Figuring she should inform the Bella's about Beca, since she wouldn't be attending rehearsals the next day. It was short and simple and she shouldn't have been surprised when there was suddenly banging on the front door, but she needed to get back to the hospital. As soon as she opened the door with the backpack strung over her shoulder she was met with the frantic faces of the Barden Bella's. They had all grown extremely close, especially with their small and sarcastic captain.

"What happened?" CR demanded.

"Is she okay?" Stacie asked.

"Where is Jesse?" Amy wondered.

"Can we go with you to the hospital?"

Chloe was bombarded by questions from everyone at the same time.

"Okay, okay, calm down!" She yelled. The group who instantly fell silent at Chloe's raised voice. It wasn't often she yelled, so she was glad when they all instantly closed their mouths.

Chloe took a deep breath. "She is alright. Apparently she fell down the stairs at Jesse's apartment. "

This elicited a gasp from the group. "Her shoulder was dislocated, her ankle is fractured, she has a concussion, three cracked ribs and six stitches here." She pointed to the spot Beca had stitches on her own forehead. Other than that just a lot of scrapes and bruises. She was pretty drugged up and out of it, but she is okay, and even cracked a joke in the typical Beca manor." She smiled, causing everyone else to smile as well at that news, relieved to hear she was okay.

"She will be coming home tomorrow, with me and Aubrey. We are going to look after her while she recovers." She said and grabbed her keys, hoping they wouldn't ask many more questions.

Stacie spoke again. "What about Jesse? Where is he? Why isn't she staying with him?" She asked a little too quickly. The group looked at the tall brunette curiously with the urgency in her voice.

"Um, yeah, he was there, he is who called me. But, she wants to stay with me and Aubrey. So she will." She said almost sternly.

Stacie looked away and shifted her feet uncomfortably, and Chloe saw it. Not wanting to put her on the spot in front of the group though, she didn't say anything yet.

"Can we see her?" Amy asked.

Chloe shook her head. "I don't think tonight is good. She needs rest, but why don't you all stay here tonight and see her tomorrow when we bring her home? She asked. They all nodded.

"Okay, make yourselves at home; if you want different food, there is some cash in the cookie jar." She said. They all filed into the apartment.

"I will send you update, and see you all tomorrow." She said walking out. She caught Stacie before she entered though.

"Stace? Can I talk to you?" She asked. The look on Stacie's face told her that she knew what Chloe was about ask, and she was kicking herself for opening her mouth.

She nodded though, and followed Chloe out into the hallway. They were silent for a moment, Stacie had her arms folded across her chest and she kept her eyes down as she shuffled around.

"What do you know, Stacie?" She asked. She looked up briefly before focusing her gaze anywhere but on the ice blue eyes that were locked on her, searching for answers.

"I promised Beca I would keep it between us." She said hesitantly, but knew that Chloe was going to get it out of her one way or another.

Chloe sighed. "Did you hear a word I said in there?" She snapped at the taller brunette. Stacie looked up at her with guilt filled eyes.

"That girl, the one that you and everyone else cares so deeply for, the one that has been there for all of us at one point or another, is laying in a hospital bed, so drugged up, on medicine to stop her pain, that she could barely keep her eyes open. Now, if you know something and I know you do, and you don't tell me…" She stopped, giving Stacie a chance to speak. She wasn't surprised when she didn't say anything.

She inhaled deeply. "If you don't tell me, or someone, and she gets hurt again, maybe even worse than she is now, it's going to be on you." She growled. "I'm going to ask you again. What do you know?"

Stacie shuffled around nervously before looking up with tear filled eyes. She was about to betray Becas trust. Chloe was right though, and she hated that she kept this secret for as long as she did.

"A few weeks ago, Beca came to my dorm at like three in the morning. She had been crying, and from the looks of it, she had been crying for a while. She was dressed up, and I know she had a date with Jesse the night before." She paused looking at Chloe, knowing that the redhead had feelings for Beca for almost three years now. Chloe nodded for her to continue. She looked down for a second then back up to Chloe, though still not directly meeting her eyes.

"I brought her inside and at first she didn't say anything. She just sat on the sofa, and I could tell she was closing in on herself, so I just hugged her, and I know she isn't one for physical contact, but she just fell into me, and cried. About 45 minutes later, she pulled away and told me that she and Jesse had a fight. That He was angry at her because while they were on their date, she had been texting you periodically."

Chloe froze. She remembered that night. Beca wasn't all that excited to go out, she really wanted to stay in with Chloe and Aubrey, instead of going out for a night at the club, but she and Aubrey insisted that they dressed her up and she went. Promising they would text her throughout the night.

"She said he started yelling at her in the middle of the club, about how she was disrespecting him, and he didn't want her talking to you anymore because you were stealing her time away from him. I guess it got pretty bad and he pulled her out of the club and tried to take her phone. When she wouldn't give it to him, he twisted her arm behind her back until she let it go."

Chloe's vision was getting blurry. She remembered how for a few days Becas arm was so sore she could barely move it. She said she pulled a muscle lifting her DJ equipment.

"After that, he took her home and screamed at her for being rude and texting on their date, and how she shouldn't be talking to you anyway, because you are a lesbian and he doesn't want her getting any stupid ideas."

Chloe's blood was boiling at this point. How dare he say anything like that to Beca? How dare he treat her like she belonged to him? How dare he even think to put his hands on her in anger?!

Stacie really didn't want to go on, but she was too far in now, and knew if she didn't tell Chloe, she would go after Jesse for the answers.

"She flipped out on him. Defending you, telling him to never speak poorly of you again and…"

She trailed off looking at her hands as she rung them together.

"And?" Chloe asked through clenched teeth.

Stacie looked up. "And he hit her. " She sighed. "He slapped her across the face and pushed her around until she was able to calm him down… then she snuck out when he was done and asleep, and walked here. Her feet were blistered and bloody from walking so far in high heels." She said.

Chloe was livid. He hit her. She portrayed herself to be a badass. But it was just an image. She was small, she was kind and sensitive. Sure she would stand up for her friends, and even strangers if she knew it was the right thing to do, but She must have been so scared, and she didn't tell Chloe or Aubrey. Why didn't she tell them? Why Stacie?

"W-what do you mean when he was done, she snuck out? What does that mean?" She asked her voice full of agitation.

Stacie looked really uncomfortable. "Tell me."

"She uh. She was really scared. He was getting really violent, pushing her around, and she just wanted it to stop, so…she let him take her virginity." She said angrily, she may have kept Becas secret, but she was furious at Jesse.

"WHAT?!" Chloe yelled. "I swear to fucking god, I'm going to kill him!" She screamed.

Stacie stepped away from her, she looked as if she were about to lunge at her. She was crying by this point and tried to wipe the tears away but it was pointless.

"She was scared, Chloe, she didn't know what to do, so she had sex with him." She cried. "I helped her clean herself up-"

"He raped her!" Chloe cut her off angrily.

Stacie shook her head. "He didn't force her, Chlo…she let him do it, and she initiated it. It's normal to bleed the first time."

Chloe turned on Stacie with disgust in her eyes. "She didn't want it. She only did it to calm him down, because she was afraid of him hurting her! It doesn't matter if she didn't fight him, it doesn't matter if she didn't say no…she didn't want it to happen! And YOU! You knew about this! You realize that she is in the hospital, not because she just fell down the stairs. She was either pushed, or running from him, for who knows what reason! NONE of it would have happened if you wouldn't have kept this a secret. She could be DEAD right now Stacie! He could have killed her!"

Stacie wasn't a stupid girl. She came off as one but Chloe knew the real Stacie. The Stacie who could spend hours trying to teach someone physics. She couldn't understand how Stacie could even for a second; think that what happened to Beca was okay and that she should keep it a secret.

By now the other Bella's had heard the commotion in the hall way and came out of Chloe's apartment.

"What's going on? Chloe I thought you left?" CR asked, then looked at Stacie who was in tears, and Chloe whose face was as red as her hair, fumbling with her phone.

She dialed Aubrey and waited impatiently for her to pick up.

"Hello?" Aubrey answered.

"Bree, hey, is Jesse still at the hospital?" She asked, her eyes staying on Stacie who was now wrapped in CR's arms.

At the hospital Aubrey walked a few feet away from where Beca was asleep in the hospital bed. "No. He and I had a little disagreement on who was better fit to be caring for her. It got heated, and he left." She said.

There was a pause.

"Why? What's going on, are you alright?" Suddenly Aubrey had a bad feeling and her voice faltered momentarily.

"I'm fine. How is Beca? Is she okay, did he say anything to her?" She asked.

The Bella's were all looking confused as to why Chloe was so upset, why Stacie was crying and what was going on with Jesse. CR was trying to get Stacie to talk, but she refused.

"Beca is alright, she is asleep. The pain meds are too much for her tiny body." She laughed lightly. "After you left, I took him out of the room. We had our argument and I told him to stay away from her."

"Why did you tell him that? Did he do something?"

"Well he wasn't exactly happy that Beca didn't want to go with him, and he yelled at her, and said…" Aubrey's voice was cracking with anger.

"What did he say?" Chloe asked through gritted teeth, and Stacie looked up.

"He said, she needed a reminder of who she was in a relationship with. That's when I took him into the hall. He tried to intimidate me, grabbed my arm, and of course, it bruised. I will use that against him if I have to." She mumbled angrily.

Chloe visibly went stiff. "I'll be there soon. If he comes back, call security, don't let him near her. When I get there you and I need to talk."

Aubrey looked at the small figure on the bed. "Why, what did you find out?"

Chloe looked at Stacie. "Stacie has been keeping a very bad secret for Beca, and she just came clean." She growled. "I'll be there soon." She said and hung up.

CR spoke instantly. "What the hell is going on? Why is Beca really in the hospital?" She asked and let go of Stacie. "What secret, and why is Jesse not aloud around her? Don't give me any bullshit answer either, I want the truth." She demanded.

Chloe looked at Stacie. "I have to go. I need to make sure this 'accident' wasn't a result of her 'calming him down' again." She growled as she glared at Stacie and turned to walk away.

"Why don't you tell them Stacie? It's not like you can betray Beca anymore than you already have. Tell them what he did, and tell them how you didn't do anything to help her." She knew she was being harsh, but she couldn't stop herself. Knowing that Stacie was aware the whole time what Jesse did and didn't do anything to talk sense into Beca or help her in some way just made her even angrier.

It was going to be very difficult not only to tell Aubrey what she had learned, but to talk to Beca about it. She didn't want them knowing, and Chloe just prayed that whatever the reason was for her staying quiet, she would give up and talk to them. She feared though that Beca would do what she thinks keeps her safe and block everyone out the moment she knew that Stacie told her secret.