"You didn't come home last night."

"Yeah, I scrubbed in with a cardio surgery with Dr. Stockett, it was brilliant, beautiful."

"You didn't come home last night."

"Yeah, Becs, I just told you. I scrubbed in on an amazing surgery! What's your deal?"

"What's my deal? What's my deal Chloe?! You. Didn't. Come. Home last night! Why don't I give you a second to understand what last night was."

"What? Beca it was just a night! What is your problem!? God! Can't you be happy for me?! I got to scrub in on an amazing surgery!"

"I'm going to my music room, come and find me when you remember what last night was Chloe."

"Bec-"

"Just, think Chloe."

Beca walked out the room and up the stairs, Chloe heard the soft click of the music room door shutting. She pulled out her phone and dialled the only person she thought would be able to help her.

"Chloe."

"Okay, what the hell have I done? Beca has gone all crazy on me because I didn't come home last night and you're talking to me like you used to talk to Beca when she first joined the Bellas! I scrubbed in on a cardio last night! Why can't either of you just be happy for me?!"

"Just be happy for you?! Just be happy for you Chloe?! Look at the date!"

"What?"

"The date Chloe, look at the fucking date!"

"September 28th. September 28th. September- Oh fuck!"

"Yeah oh fuck! She has been planning your anniversary evening for months, months Chloe! You're first anniversary I might add!"

"I forgot! It was a mistake! I got caught up in work!"

"Chloe, you've been getting caught up in work ever since you got back from your honeymoon! It's not supposed to be like this Chloe! You two, you're supposed to work! You've always worked, through everything! Through the long distance, through all the fights. You've always worked! And you've worked because both of you were always all. In. But now, she's putting everything she has into your relationship. She's planning perfect dates for you and saying it's okay when you call her to tell her that you can't make it, but Chlo, everyone has a limit. She was sat waiting for you. She fell asleep waiting for you. Last night, the night the two of you were supposed to celebrate a year of being married, you just did a no show. You forgot. The Chloe Beale I met when I was five years old, no, she would never have forgotten. The Chloe Beale I knew for the first three years of college would never have forgotten. And the Chloe Beale I met when she met Beca Mitchell, well I'll be damned if she ever forgot anything about the girl she loved. And the Chloe Mitchell I saw on her wedding day a year ago, well she was more in love with Beca Mitchell that I ever thought someone could be with a person, she was the happiest that I have ever seen her. But this Chloe Mitchell. I don't know who she is anymore. I carried your wife home last night Chloe. I carried her home and she woke up and thought I was you, she cried. She thought it was her, that she was the one fucking up this relationship. She thinks she's turning into her dad Chlo. You need to fix this. I get that you love your job, I know how hard you've worked for this dammit Chloe I've seen how hard you've worked for this. But I'll be damned if I let you fuck up the best thing you have in your life. Because I know you want this job but you need Beca. So you fix this, you fix this before there is nothing left to fix. Before she leaves Chloe, you fix this."

"I-I-I'm late for work."

"Chlo-"

Hanging up the phone Chloe grabbed her bag and her coat running out the house and into her car. She only realised where she was driving to when she pulled into her personal parking space at the hospital. She got out the car and moved to the staff's hospital showers in a trance. She could've been in there for twenty minutes or two hours, she came out of the showers after clearing her head and pulled on a pair of dark blue scrubs. A sense of calm came over her as she place her stethoscope around her neck.

"Dr. Mitchell! I thought you'd gone home for the night?"

"Evening Chief. I need to work tonight, sorry!"

"That's okay, we need all the help we can get. We've got a trauma coming in, car accident about half an hour ago. ETA about three minutes."

"I'm on my way."

Chloe ran down the hall and was approaching the doors pulling on her gown when they burst open.

"What've we got?"

"We've got a 25 year old female, no name so far. Glass lacerations to her face from a smashed windscreen, she's got what we assumed to be a fractured Tibia and Radius, she wasn't wearing her seatbelt and was thrown around a little in the car, car was impacted on the driver's side. Drunk driver smashed into her, possible internal bleeding, she was conscious at the scene but lost consciousness about ten minutes ago in the ambulance."

"Okay, let's get her through"

"Chloe, I think I should take this one."

"What? Stacie, why?"

"Look at her face Chlo, it's Beca. You can't be on this case."

"No. You're wrong. This isn't Beca. It can't be Beca. You're wrong. She's at home. She was just at home! I Just saw her! You're wrong!"

"Look at her face Chloe. You need to call Aubrey, tell her to come in. I'm going to page the Chief and let him know who it is. You shouldn't be working right now."

"No. No, no, no. I, this can't be happening!"

"Chloe, go. Now!"

Chloe entered the locker room. She was angry, very angry. She'd let the most important person in her life down, she was the reason Beca was lying in surgery, she was the reason that her wife was lying in the place of so many patients before her, the place Chloe never wanted her to be. It was all her fault, if she'd just stayed home, if she'd just remembered then maybe, maybe her Beca would be okay right now. She went over to her locker and opened it. There were pictures of Chloe and Beca on their honeymoon all over the door. Her phone lay on the shelf, picking it up she saw an alert:

Missed Call (1) Becs

Text: (2) Voicemail

Missed Call (2) Voicemail

She dialled 121 and waited for the voicemail to start. Her heart did flips when she heard Beca's soft voice fill her ears.

"Hey baby. So you left on me huh? Look baby, I'm sorry. I know how much your job means to you, I know how hard you've worked. You got to scrub in on a cardio huh? That's pretty cool, my baby, the heart doctor! Look I'm on my way to the hospital. I have food, I thought maybe we could have a date in that on call room of yours. I know it's not perfect but I want to do this for you. Whatever it takes Chlo, you and me, whatever it takes. I will spend all our date nights in that hospital, I will wait up at night until you get home, I will do whatever you need me to do to make this work Chloe. Please, just don't give up on us yet! I lo-"

Beca was cut of by a large smashing noise. Chloe cringed as she heard screams that she knew could only be from Beca. Silent tears fell down her face as she heard Beca scream her name over and over again before the line went dead.

She made her way to Beca's room, she'd been avoiding it all day, seeing her. She'd done rounds, filled out an incredible amount of graphs and paperwork. She'd even scrubbed in on one of the Chief's surgeries. But now there was no more avoiding, no more work to do, no more time. Now, she was looking through the window in the door to her wife's room. Aubrey was in there sitting on an armchair next to Beca's bed, holding her hand. Jesse was in the corner, sleeping on a couch. Amy, Cynthia Rose and Lily were sat on chairs just under the window to the room and Benji was sat behind Aubrey. Everyone was in there, everyone except Chloe. Taking a deep breath she pushed down on the door handle and entered the room. She went straight over to Beca's bed and placed a soft kiss on her lips. Stroking Beca's soft hair she looked around the room, on closer inspection everyone was doing different things. Benji was doing paper work, Cynthia Rose was sleeping along with Jesse, Amy was eating a bag of Cheetos and Lily was opening and closing a switch blade and Aubrey, well Aubrey was giving Chloe a look that if looks could kill she'd be ashes on the ground round about now.

"And where the hell have you been?!"

"Look Brey, I'm sorry. I just needed some time. I know I made a mistake, I get that now. Please can you just give me a minute alone with her, I have things I need to say. And I want you to know that I'm sorry, for negating all of you, especially you Brey. I'm really, really sorry."

"Chloe, just make this up to her. Please, just come back, the old you. Because I need my best friend again. I need you back Chloe and so does Beca. We just miss you hun, we really really miss you."

"I'm so sorry"

"Come here"

Aubrey stood up and opened her arms for a hug which Chloe gratefully ran into. They stayed like that holding each other tight for a while before Benji announced that he was going to get some coffee and everyone else said they'd join him to give Chloe and Beca some time alone.

"Becs. I'm so sorry. I'm I've I'm I've been. Beca I'm sorry. So sorry. I should have been there last night, with you. I should have been there for every single date that you have planned for me, I should've been there, with you, not the hospital. I should've been there in bed with you every night the past year, not sleeping on crash beds or in the on call room. I should be here, with you, now. I should've, but I wasn't and there's nothing I can do about that, there's nothing that I can do to change the past. Except stand here and beg you to forgive me, please, let me take you out on dates, let me take you on surprise mini breaks, let me make this up to you in every way I can, please, please. You have to make it through this. You have to. I'm so sorry, please baby, please."

"Chlo"

"Oh baby, you're awake! Thank god! You scared the living shit out of me Beca! Holy Crap!"

"Water?"

Chloe reached for the cup at Beca's bedside and placed the straw in her mouth. After she'd had a healthy drink Chloe placed it back on the side table.

"So I guess you heard all that then? I just wanted you to know, I'm going to be better, I promise because I love you and my love for you is too much to just throw away."

"Can I ask you to do something for me?"

"Anything, what do you need, I'll get it. What is it?"

"First, I want you calm down. Then, I want you to kiss me. Then, I want you to get in this bed and hold me because I'm scared and I've missed you and I need you now."

"I'm so sorry Becs, I'm so so sorry."

"Shhhh. It's okay, it's okay. I just need you to be here now."

"Just letting you know as a doctor I completely disapprove of this."

Chloe slipped off her trainers and her coat and slipped under the blankets to wrap her arms around Beca, being very careful not to dislodge any wires.

"Chlo?"

"Mmmm"

"I love you"

"I love you too Bug, so much."

"Say it again?"

"I love you"

"Say it again?"

"I love you "

"One more time?"

"I love you, I love you, I love you!"

All the others returned to see Chloe and Beca both lying asleep on the bed, wrapped tightly in each other's arms with soft smiles on both of their faces.