Love Reincarnated
Chapter 2
They arrived at the club after dinner, which was spent with Aubrey and Stacie catching up, and Jessie and Alex staring, maybe even drooling over their fiancés. Beca on the other hand, just ate silently while she observed the couples; she wasn't much of a talker but she liked observing people, she had learned that you could learn a lot about people just by watching the way they interact with each other. She was glad that both Alex and Jessie had found someone to finally settle down with. She on the other hand, didn't know if she was ready to have a special someone in her life. She wasn't emotionally stable enough for that, she wasn't sure if she ever actually be stable enough.
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They were all about to exit the car when Beca remembered something, there was supposed to be another person with them, Aubrey's best friend, if Jessie was right.
"Guys wait!" she yelled over the noise of all the people lined up outside, pulling the car door before Alex could fully open it.
"What's the matter Bee? " Jessie asked, looking at Beca
"Um, isn't there supposed to be someone else with us?" Beca looked around, making sure she counted right.
"Oh, yeah Chloe's working late, but she said she'd be here later" Aubrey stated.
"Oh, ok I guess, we can go now," As soon as they exited the car, they were met with bright flashes, almost blinding them, Beca stood in the middle with Alex and Stacie to her right and Jessie and Aubrey to her left.
"Beca, are you celebrating your birthday?" one of the camera men shouted.
"Hey Beca! Are you spinning tonight?" Another one shouted.
"Hey guys, I'm just here to hang out with my friends" Beca replied, smiling at the paparazzi.
"Hey Jessie, who's the lucky girl?" Jessie smile, "This is my fiancé" Jessie pulled Aubrey closer, knowing how hard it was to get through the flashing camera's.
"Hey Alex! What about you?" Alex laughed and shook his head, "Guys, this is Stacie, my fiancé"
"Hey Beca, how come you're all alone?" Another shouted, Beca just smiled and went through the doors of the club.
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After making sure that everyone was settled in at the VIP section, Beca made her way up to the DJ booth, her equipment was already set up and waiting for her to work her magic. Before she started Luke, the owner of the club to the Mic and made an announcement.
"Alright L.A, who's ready to party?" Luke hollered into the microphone, as the club went wild.
"Now, tonight's a very special night, its Dj Bee's 23 birthday, and what better place to celebrate it than here at BLAZE!" the crowd went wild, and started chanting.
"Dj Bee, Dj Bee"
"Alright you guys," Beca stepped up and waved at the crowd. "Thank you for coming out and celebrating my birthday with me, now let's get this party started!" she smiled as she slid her headphones over her ears, the cheering of the crowd becoming a faint buzz in the background.
She cued up her mix of Starships and it's always a good time, letting the music take her, as she added new effects to it. She looked out at the crowd, noticing how they went with the music. It was always in moments like this that reminded her why she wanted to become a DJ. As the song came to an Beca added Die young, Good feeling and live while we're young, mashing it up on the spot, she slid one side of the headphones off her ear, hearing the crowd cheer, she laughed, no one would've thought to mix those three songs, which is why she's good at what she does.
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After about an hour and a half, Beca cued up a few more songs, so that she could take a break.
She headed to the VIP section, getting a string of "Happy Birthday" and "great mixes" along the way, before she could get to her seat, Ke$ha stopped her.
"Dude, that last mix was the shit!" Ke$ha smiled.
"Holy shit! Thanks man," Beca being the awkward person she is stood there with her mouth agape.
"No problem, maybe we could work on a track sometime" Ke$ha chuckled at Beca's stunned face.
"Uh- sure dude! That'd be awesome," Beca seriously could not believe that Ke$ha was standing in front of her, asking her to work on a track… tomotherfuckinggether!
"Cool, we can set it up later, Happy Birthday Beca!" Ke$ha waved as she walked away.
Beca made her way over to her friends, still trying to process what just happened.
"Hey Bee, are you ok?" Alex was the first one to notice the dazed look on Beca's face.
"Dude! Ke$ha just asked me to collaborate with her!" Beca grinned
"Holy shit Becs!" Jessie hugged Beca, "I know that she's like your favorite person ever!"
All Beca could do was laugh, maybe celebrating her birthday wasn't such a bad idea after all.
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And just because life live hates her, and the universe was probably against her that night, before she could fully enjoy the fact that tonight was going pretty well, it happened.
Maybe it was the noise or, the bright light but she knew it shouldn't have happened here. In a club full of people, that were living life and enjoying themselves. At first, she wasn't sure it was actually happening, until she heard the laugh. It was like Athena was sitting there, next to her, like she could feel the wind from the open window. She closed her eyes, as the loudness of the club became a faint sound and everything became clearer, she saw them against the back of her eyelids, they were driving back home from a night out with friends, that Athena had insisted on, because Beca was eighteen and you don't just sit at home on your eighteenth birthday.
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"You know, someday I'll ask you to marry me" Beca glanced over at her girlfriend, taking in her beauty, something she'd never get tired of. Although Beca wasn't one to show her soft side, she felt like it was needed at times, but only to the ones she loved. And she definitely loved the girl sitting next to her. She was happy, she had the girl, a great family that loved her, and two amazing brothers, and they were all heading out to L.A for college after the summer, what more could she ask for?
"And when that day comes, I'll say yes." Athena leaned in for a kiss, just as they were about to pull apart, there was a bright light blinding them, then a loud crash causing their ear drums to ring, before they could even react to the impact, the car spun, then flipped twice, sending Beca through the windshield and onto the hood of the car, as Athena's body was thrown into the right side of the car, causing her to hit her head. For a moment everything was silent. The smell of smoke and gas polluted the air, somewhere on the other side of the road, there was a truck, and its lights were still on, blinking, sending a harsh glow to the now wrecked Ford. Beca slowly opened her eyes, meeting the night sky. Her head was pounding, her right arm was hurting like a bitch, and there was a bunch of glass sticking out of it, she winced in pain, as she tried to catch her breath, her ribcage hurt, and she could see that she was bleed from the many cuts to her clothes.
"Mhmm, Beca?" Beca's head snapped up, upon hearing the groan from the inside of the car, slowly she slid herself off the hood, and made her way to the right side of the car.
"Baby, c'mon, you have to get out of the car," Beca opened the bent door, trying to get to Athena.
"Becs, I- my head, it hurts" Athena closed her eyes, willing the pounding in her head to go away.
Beca moved to brush Athena's hair out of her face, only pull back her hand, which was now covered in blood.
"Beca" Athena called out.
"Yes Atti?" Beca looked around, there was now a crowd of people, across from them, she could hear the faint sound of sirens, she looked at Athena, her lip was split, the side of her head was swollen, and there was blood coming out of her ear.
"I love you, Becs- you know that right?" Athena opened her eyes, her right pupil was dilated more than the left, and she was squinting, trying to focus her vision.
"Yeas baby, of course I know that. I love you too," Panic was started to fill Beca. The pain she was feeling was long forgotten after seeing Athena's eyes.
"Becs I'm really tired"
"No baby, you can't go to sleep," Beca looked over her shoulder; the Ambulance was there, except they were at the truck, trying to help the driver out.
"Baby it's time for me to sleep, I'm really tired" Athena leaned up, and gently kissed Beca, then slowly closed her eyes.
Beca wasn't aware that she was crying until she felt the tear drops on her hand.
"Athena? Atti?" she shook Athena's body, trying to wake her up, a chill went up her spine when she realized that Athena was no longer breathing.
"Somebody help me!" she screamed "Please, help my girlfriend." Everything became a blur, the EMT's pulled Beca aside, trying to get to Athena, somebody was holding her back, she wasn't sure who, but all she wanted to do was make sure her girl was alright, she broke free only to see two EMT's zipping up a body bag. With Athena in it.
"NO!" was all she got out, before everything went black.
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Beca leaned forward in her seat, gasping for air, her eyes stung, and her heart was beating abnormally fast. She needed to leave, and she needed to do it fast.
She shot up from her seat, and scanned the room for Alex, She found him in the corner talking with Stacie, and she made her way over to them, rubbing her eyes with the base of her palms.
"Alex-"
"Hey Bee, this mix is great!" Alex shouted over the music.
"Al, I need to leave, like right now"
"Beca what's wrong?" Alex got up and pulled Beca closer to him, "Why are you crying?"
"I can't- I shouldn't have done this tonight, I knew I wasn't ready, I need to go" Beca signed, running a hand through her hair.
"Ok, just let me tell Stacie and I'll-"
"No, Al you stay I'll just take the car, I need to be alone for a bit"
"Bee, are you sure?" He wasn't too keen on letter her go by herself, especially in her current state.
"Yes, tell Jess Goodnight for me, I'll see you later" She leaned up and kissed him on the cheek, before turning to leave.
"Be careful Bee" Alex called out.
"Always!" Beca answered over her shoulder, making her way through the crowd.
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After pushing her way out the back door of the club, Beca looked around for her car; she always made sure the valet parked it in the back of whatever club she was spinning at, so she could leave without the paparazzi knowing. After finding it, she unlocked it and got in, taking a deep breath before starting it, and driving onto the road. After about fifteen minutes, she finally broke down there's no one here to see me cry she thought.
"I'm sorry" she whispered to no one.
"I'm sorry I couldn't save you, we were supposed to be together forever" She sobbed.
She rested her head onto the steering wheel, waiting for the light to change.
"It should've been me, I'm sorry Athena"
Just as she was about to drive off, there was a flash of light before everything went dark.
A/N: Sorry this chapter took forever, life decided to be shitty, and got in the way. But updates will be more frequent now, so as always R&R and F&F, thanks for reading.
-I.D.x