Written: 11-30-17
-Sky
More than Miles (Her name is Beca Mitchell)
AN: So, I'm sorry if this isn't the sequel you guys were expecting. But I promise to take this one slower (Like getting Beca slowly fall in love again with Choe). And I'm still trying to get away from angst, so this might still feel a little heavy but I hope the future chapters after this would be lighter.
"What are you planning to do?" Aubrey asked her bestfriend.
Chloe glances at her before looking back to her phone.
"Fight for her. One thing I haven't really done years ago." Chloe retorted nonchalantly. Aubrey stared at the redhead for a moment and felt relieved that she's seeing a confident and determined Chloe. She could feel that the word 'give up' isn't going to be in the redhead's vocabulary.
"That's right, Chloe. So, what's the exact plan?" Emily asked as she sat down beside the redhead.
"That, I don't know yet. Maybe bug her until she gets annoyed and talk to us?" Chloe answered, as she fiddled with her lips.
"You mean talk to you. And we'll do our 'talk' after." Fat Amy chimed in.
Chloe then stopped, does Beca even wanted to talk to her? Because by the looks that she had seen from the brunette earlier, Chloe could not help but think that Beca resents her. And she felt even guiltier after what happened between the two of them with Tom.
She could now picture in her mind the stories she had heard from Stacie, how Beca had these walls built up and shutting people out. And, leaving before the other one does. Chloe knew that Beca had tried that when the brunette had let go of her when she was so confused with Tom.
So, why is she doing it again?
Chloe's eyes remained focused on her phone, she looked up Beca's name in her phone and is reading a few articles about the brunette. One thing that she hadn't done after Beca told her that they're over. She's glad that the brunette is still successful even after running a business and not being a music producer.
Guess, Beca had really turned her back on everything that she loves. Even music.
Her chest tightens at the articles about how Beca being a womanizer, being seen with different woman almost every month. She couldn't be more confused. She was sure that she is more than ready to give herself to Beca, but it was the brunette's gentlewomanliness that's why even after all those years, they hadn't done it yet. They had only gone to the second base.
And Chloe is still reserving herself for Beca. That is, if Beca would still want her. But upon remembering the look and the aura that Beca has, Chloe kinds of losing her confidence.
And hope.
"Aren't you supposed to at least give Chloe or even Stacie a proper explanation?" Jesse asked, he gathered his courage to talk about Chloe to Beca.
He never got the chance since Beca had restricted him not to mention Chloe in those five years. He would never understand as to why Beca was acting like this or why she does seem to hate Chloe now. Not to mention that she had also cut off her connections with her bestfriends.
The petite woman just glared at her cousin. But Jesse shrugged, this is the least that he could do for Chloe, for he thinks that he's somewhat the reason why they have to be apart and things turned out this way. He also felt wrong to leave someone as clueless as that. They all deserved to know.
"Just at least talk to her, or listen to what she has to say. It wouldn't hurt Beca, if you really wanted the two of you to be over."
Beca focused her attention on the folder she was holding.
"I don't have anything to say. And there shouldn't be a talk, it's done. She'll get over it."
Jesse puffed an air as he diverted his eyes on the window of the car they were in. He wouldn't let them down, he'll try. And he'll help them.
"Well, apparently she could've gotten over you couple of years ago when you stopped talking to her. But she still flew over here to see you." Jesse mumbled, the woman beside him just looked at him before shaking her head.
"Cancel my appointments tomorrow lunch. Give her a call and I'll spare at least fifteen minutes of my time." Beca ordered as they stopped in a building before getting off the car.
Jesse had his mouth wide open and could not believe what he had just heard.
"Do it now or I'll change my mind." Beca added as she turned to her driver.
Jesse immediately get his phone off and started making calls to their client. Before dialling Chloe's number. Beca is giving a chance. Fuck, they shouldn't waste it.
-"Jesse?"-
"Chloe, listen. I kind of talked to Beca, and she's willing to talk tomorrow lunch." Jesse's voice was a bit shaking from excitement, nervous, he didn't know. But he has to let Chloe know.
There was silence on the other line and he knew that this definitely surprised the redhead.
"Chloe?" Jesse called, he heard a muffled squeal.
-"Yeah, sorry. Just tell me where and what time she would like to meet. I'll be there."-
"Yeah, definitely. Don't waste this opportunity Chloe." Jesse answered, Chloe said her thank you before they hung up.
On the other hand, the girls were all gathering around Chloe. When the redhead put her phone down, they all squealed in excitement. The call was on speaker, due to Amy's request.
"Fuck, let's prepare your speech, red." Cynthia Rose excitedly said while the others all murmured as the nod their heads.
"Wait, is she just going to talk to you or are we allowed to talk to her, too?" Emily asked. Everyone then stopped as their faces went blank. Jesse said nothing about that, he only mentioned that Beca would make time to talk.
Regardless, Chloe feels nervous about how it would go. Would she be able to ask all the questions she has in her head? Would Beca tell her everything? What explanations would Beca give her?
Aubrey noticed the troubles and anxiety in Chloe's face. She placed her hand on top of Chloe's, giving her a comforting smile. Though the redhead smiled back, she couldn't contain her thoughts.
"Alright, we'll make sure this is going to go well" Stacie announced as she high fived with Fat Amy and the rest.
"Yeah! We'll call this 'Operation: Bring the Beca we know, and discard the Old Beca' plan. Amy exclaimed as she clapped her hands, while the rest just gave her a weird look. The blonde scrunched her face,
"Or do you guys want to call it; 'Operation: Revive the Bhloe ship?'" the Australian blonde added, no one answered, until Emily throw her fist up in the air.
"Whatever that is, we'll get our badass back." The young brunette stated, before smiling at the redhead.
The rest of the night was spent with the girls planning how the 'talk' should go, of course, Amy's incredulous ideas were served on the table but they thought it might ruin the supposed to be serious talk.
Chloe was lying on her bed, thinking and practising all the lines she could think of when she gets to be face to face with Beca. She's also considering all the suggestions that her friends said.
"Just be true and honest, Chloe. Beca would see it."
"Lay out all your heart's content and ask for a decent explanation, never accept that lame excuse that Beca had given you through phone call years ago."
"Yeah, ginger. Might as well seduce her so she would give in and explain."
The last one came from Fat Amy of course.
In conclusion, Chloe hadn't gotten enough sleep that night. She's just too nervous and of course, excited to be close to Beca again. She'd waited for long.
"Are you sure that's the look that would make Beca take you back?"
Chloe bit her lower lip, her eyebags had just gotten bigger because of last night.
"Sorry, I really couldn't sleep." Chloe excused. Aubrey just shook her head before turning to Stacie.
"Why did you make her wear that dress? It's too revealing."
The tall brunette just smirks as she stood up and walked up to Chloe. "We need to get that rebel hooked up with Chloe's charms. I know even if a lifetime had pass, she wouldn't be able to resist this charm and sexiness." Stacie said as she turned Chloe around.
Aubrey just furrowed her eyebrow. Why does she feel like this is going to be a little crazy adventure?
"Chloe, Jesse's here!" Flo shouted as she walked in with the other bellas. Aubrey gave her friend a little squeeze in the hand, attempting to give Chloe a sense of support. All the other girls looked at Chloe as they nodded their head.
"We'll follow you there, don't worry, if you need back up we'll be right around." Stacie assured the redhead who only nodded.
"Ready?" Jesse asked as he stood in the front door of the mini apartment. Chloe smiled as she nodded, walking towards the door.
She heard the girls saying good luck to her as if she's going to some sort of a contest. It's now or never.
As Chloe and Jesse left, Stacie stood beside Fat Amy and exchanged knowing glances, Aubrey raised an eyebrow. She knew a foolish idea would be spread on the table.
"Tables had turned ladies, time to flip it back and get our ship on the same page this time." Stacie announced as if she's taking lead of something.
The girls nodded while Aubrey just stared at her girlfriend.
"We'll go and watch how this turns now, babe. We're not going to wait for Chloe to call us. I know she wouldn't have the strength." Stacie told her girlfriend as she grabbed her hand.
"I could only help this far Chloe, I'm sorry, I would love to tell you everything I know, but I figured it would be better if you hear it from her." Jesse said as he drove to the place where Beca said she would meet Chloe.
The redhead just smiled before uttering a; 'thank you' to the man. This is more than enough for her, at least Beca would spend some time to meet her.
After Jesse had dropped her off, she patiently waited for Beca. She's a few minutes early, she kept on checking herself if she looks presentable enough. She sat on one of the chairs outside the café where she is supposed to meet Beca.
She waited. For half an hour. She patiently waited for a couple of hours more.
Still no Beca.
Despite the negative thoughts running circles around her mind, Chloe stayed as she thought of possible excuses as to why Beca hadn't showed up yet. Besides, Jesse hadn't give her a call if Beca wants to cancel, so she convinced herself that Beca would come.
It was then when Stacie and the rest had gotten bored and tired of watching Chloe pathetically sitting there for hours that they came up and walked to the redhead. Chloe had her eyes wide open, she hadn't texted them yet to come.
"She's really making me hate her even more." Stacie whispered with a sharp tone.
Chloe then stood up as she saw them approaching.
"Come on Red, text Jesse and tell him we're going there. Beca's not playing this kind of games with you, or with us. If something's wrong, she should just tell us right away." The tall brunette stated before pulling Chloe's arms and dragging her out of the place.
Everyone could see how furious Stacie looked. They were all expecting the reaction to be seen on Aubrey, but it was Stacie who was reacting.
They arrived on the lobby of the Mitchell's company. The girls were sitting like they had lost to an ICCA championship while Stacie and Aubrey were standing with Chloe as the redhead talk to the lady in the front desk.
"And you were to talk to?" The lady asked politely.
Chloe swallowed the lump in her throat as she answers; "Oh, Becs."
The girl furrowed her eyebrows at Chloe who looked confused at the reaction.
"Uh… her name's Beca Mitchell?" Chloe added. It was then the lady seemed to understand as she nodded her head knowingly. The three exchanged looks as they found it odd.
Did Beca changed her name?
"And I would assume you're Chloe Beale, right?" Chloe nodded at the question.
The girl looked at her desktop as she eyed the girls in front of her. Chloe flashed a small smile as she felt weird by the looks that the girl was giving her. Then the girl heaves a deep sigh, as she looked apologetically at Chloe.
"I'm sorry, ma'am. But I have a note here and I don't think that you were supposed to be here."
Chloe felt a sharp feeling panged in her chest. Now it's clear that Beca isn't only avoiding her, she never wanted to see her to the point that she even had her name banned in her office.
"Okay, this is ridiculous. Tell your boss to come down here and stop these immature antics and face us." Aubrey's tone was enough to scare off the girl. Stacie wrapped her arms around the blonde Aubrey loses it.
"I would ma'am, but we really can't have Ms. Chloe Beale here. I would have to call the guards."
Chloe felt so insulted and offended by this. What, is she a criminal or something? This just adds to the pit of her thoughts. She then turned to her friends and tried to feign a smile.
"It's alright." Chloe paused, before turning back to the lady. "I'll… get out on my own. There's no need to call the guards, but please… tell Beca that I would wait outside for her." Chloe calmly said though it sounded a bit desperate to the lady's hearing.
She felt bad of course, she had no idea what was going on. But it's Beca Mitchell's order. No one should go against it.
Chloe just nodded to her friends. Mouthing a; 'I'll wait outside. You guys go first.'
Even though they knew they shouldn't let Chloe wait and be alone, they knew that the redhead wouldn't stop until she gets to talk to Beca, face to face.
The sun is setting, and Chloe is still hanging around the building. The girls had complied to her request to go wander around the city and she promised that she would go home with them after the sun comes down.
And it's about to, still, no Beca. Though Chloe received a text message from Jesse, apologizing as he also did not expect that Beca wouldn't show up. The reason? Jesse had no idea.
After waiting for what felt like forever, she saw a car stop in front of the building and she swears that her hear almost dropped at the scene before her.
She saw a woman dropping Beca off, she saw the smile on the brunette's face when they kissed before Beca got off.
That smile on her face was quickly erased at the sight of Chloe, standing before her. She then looked away as she started walking towards the entrance. She stopped when she heard Chloe's soft voice.
"Can we talk?"
The tiny brunette shifted her body a bit to face the redhead. She looked at her and Chloe knew by then, that if there's one thing she wouldn't want to see, is that the way Beca looks at her emotionless.
"I totally forget about the meeting. Apologies to that, Ms. Beale. But I have a meeting in an hour." Beca said in a such professional tone, talking to Chloe as if she's one of her clients.
"Just, talk to me. I can wait here after that." Chloe tried ignoring the way that Beca is treating her right now, although it hurts her feelings. She looked at the brunette's eyes and her heart are swelling when she found no emotions in them.
"What happened, Beca?" Chloe's voice sounded weak. Beca is looking at her eye to eye and didn't even bother putting up at least a hint of emotions.
She then raised an eyebrow.
"You have ten minutes. Speak." Beca deadpans. This took Chloe by surprise. Ten fucking minutes? How is she supposed to summarize all her thoughts? How is she gonna tell her in a span of ten minutes how confused she was when Beca just leave her all of a sudden?
"A minute had gone by."
Chloe started panicking, knowing that Beca is serious of only giving her ten minutes.
"I waited for you. Though I couldn't understand what happened, why did you turn your back on me, on us. Did you know how much it pained not only me? All of us, Beca. What changed you?" Chloe started rambling, seeing no change in Beca's face, she continued.
"I wanted to hear you explain. It's just… I can't understand one single thing. I tried to do as you say, but I couldn't get myself to get over you, Beca. It hurts—"
Beca cut her off by updating the minutes that Chloe has.
"Fuck it, I love you Beca. Why are you doing this!" Chloe's eyes were already threatening to fall as her voice started to shake.
She went silent as she felt that if she starts talking again, she would just cry. Beca raised an eyebrow as she looks at her watch.
"Done?"
Chloe opened her mouth in disappointment. That's it? That's all what she's going to say? To her dismay, a tear had escaped her eyes. She saw Beca took a deep sigh, as she runs her hands through her hair.
"It's Miss. Mitchell. Never call me by my first name, again." With that, Beca left Chloe standing dumbfounded.
Never call her by her first name?
"I will wait here. I won't stop until you talk to me." Chloe yelled as she turns around, she saw Beca stop on her tracks for a second before proceeding.
It was early evening, and Chloe was still there. She's not going to give up now, because it's Beca Mitchell. Though it kind of felt like a torture to her, she could not help but believe that the Beca she had first met is still there. She didn't know what happened, but she'll be right there for Beca. The same way that Beca was there for her when it was her who was needing help.
Chloe watched as the employers leave the company. She still hadn't seen Beca go out, she didn't even care when few people had looked at her as if she's some sort of a creep or a stalker. She didn't even bother when she heard a few murmurings if she was one of those girls that are clinging onto their boss.
Beca has been with a lot of girls, clearly. And Chloe felt like both her heart and mind is going to explode.
A couple of minutes after, Chloe felt a sense of hope when she saw a familiar tiny brunette heading out the door. Beca was accompanied with a few of her co-workers that Chloe could not help but think how 'exclusive' and important now is Beca's time.
Beca nodded at her co-workers as she stopped when she saw Chloe standing and looking at her. This time, she could not contain her surprised expression. She's persistent.
She let out a deep sigh before walking towards the redhead, but she made sure to keep a distance from her. She threw her hands on the pocket of her slack pants, looking at Chloe with a bored expression.
"You're not really going to stop, are you?"
Chloe smiled sheepishly as she nodded her head.
"What, what do you want to hear? 'I'm sorry Chloe, I want us to be back together'?" Beca's sarcastic remark made Chloe's heart jump.
First, it went clear to her that Beca isn't planning on taking her back.
"I don't understand, Beca. Why are you like this? At least tell me what I did wrong." Chloe begged. She then saw a familiar smirk, before her shoulders started shaking as the tiny brunette giggled as if this was a joke.
"People change…" Beca stated as she looked straight to Chloe's eyes. "…and so does my feelings." She then added.
As if on cue, Chloe's tears had started falling once again.
"It's over Chloe, we're done. I'm done. with this, with you… with everything. I'm over this, I just realized that there's still a lot of things that could happen. With or without you." Beca pressed on, her words stabbing right on Chloe's chest. Chloe felt like she's suffocating.
"I don't believe you…"
Beca just smiled apologetically at the crying woman in front of her.
"Well, you should start believing it now. Maybe they're right. I pinned over you because I met you at your worst, and I could see myself in you that time. I did love you though. But I guess, it's just the old me waking up. I'm sorry." Beca added as if it didn't matter now.
Chloe furrowed her eyebrows as her tears continued to dramatically fall.
"Is it still because of Tom?" She asked confusedly, but the tiny brunette just shrugged her shoulders. Beca might not say it out loud, but it's one of the reasons why.
Though, it wasn't that big of deal to her anymore.
Beca then started walking away again, without looking back. She knew that Chloe would get tired of this soon, she'll get over her, she'll get tried of her, too.
Because, she's Beca Mitchell.