A/N: I'm really happy to see that you guys are enjoying the story. Enjoy!

"I found her!"

At this, Tom turned around and looked straight at the owner of said words.

"Are you serious?" Tom asked, feeling excitement building up inside.

"Yes, Tom. She goes to the high school I go to." He's heard Tom speaking about Chloe enough times to know how the girl looks like. Once he knew her name, it was clear.

Tom clapped his hands in joy, "This is fantastic news!" He exclaimed. Finally after months of searching for her, they've found her again. It's been like a cat and mouse game between them and Chloe for too long and he's not letting her get away this time.

"What are we going to do?" The boy asked Tom.

Tom looked back at him, excited smile still in place before deflating slightly. If they were to act now, Chloe would just run away again and they've learned from their mistakes. They'll have to do this slowly, gradually, and get her when she least expects it.

"We wait. At least for a little while. I'm tired of chasing her around and I'm not letting it happen again this time. We start slow." Tom paused, remembering something that has been said to him. "Tomorrow, make friends with this 'Becky' girl you speak of too much. Last time I actually bothered to listen to your incessant rambling of her, you said she was working with Chloe on some project? She seems like a good way in. Chloe likes to make friends any chance she gets. Get her to trust you, through that you'll eventually get to Chloe."

The boy nodded, he was excited now that he could finally speak to Beca. He was pulled away from his thoughts when he heard Tom mutter.

"High school, huh? Thought she would've moved on from that by now."

The boy smirked, "I told you it would be a good idea to put me in high school."

Tom rolled his eyes, "Yes, I see that. You've done a good job, Jesse."

Beca walked in the school halls, heading for her locker. She sighed, she really wasn't ready for another week of hell. She kept her head down, hair covering most of her face when a thought popped into her head. Her eyes looked around for Chloe but she wasn't in sight. Just as she was almost to her destination, she was grabbed by the shoulders and slammed against the lockers. Her shoulders screamed in pain and she was sure a new set of bruises were about to take it's place there.

"Good to see you, freak. I've missed seeing you around." Bumper said to her as he pinned her against the locker. He was only with a few people from his group and they sent stares of hatred towards the brunette.

"Can't say so myself. Though I have missed you trying and failing to have this intimidating attitude when you're really just a douche with lower intelligence than a goldfish." Woah Beca. Where the hell did that come from? And you wonder why you get beaten to a pulp? This doesn't help. Like, at all. Beca mentally berated herself. Before she knew it, her head was bashed against a locker and her vision went blurry for second.

"You bitch! You're lucky if I don't bring the whole school to tear you apart." Bumper growled at her. He was about to punch the girl when someone intervened.

"Back off a little dude! We haven't even had our first class yet and you're gonna give her a concussion." Jesse spoke, standing infront of the still enraged boy. He was walking towards Beca to start a conversation when he saw Bumper slamming the girl's head into the locker.

Bumper didn't reply but his hands returned to the young DJ's shoulders, squeezing as hard as he could. He grinned when he saw the girl wince as tears started to well up in her eyes.

"Yo, teacher at 2 'o'clock." One of Bumper's minions said to him. He turned a saw a teacher heading their way so he quickly removed his hands and gave Beca a glare before walking away, most of his group following.

Jesse watched them go before he turned his attention to the girl before him. She made her way to her locker and was trying to open it with shaky hands. He walked a little closer to her.

"Are you okay?"

Beca jumped, not expecting anyone else to still be with her. She really wished she brought some painkillers for the pain in her head. Luckily she's not bleeding but she can feel a headache coming. She turned her head to the side and was met with Jesse. She froze for a second, she knew it was him who intervened but she was confused as to why he's still here. He's part of Bumper's group and he just told them to back off. Maybe he wants to deal with her separately? She just nodded her head before turning her attention back to her locker and finally getting it to open.

"I'm sorry that they do that to you. It's not right and I should've realised it sooner." Jesse continued.

Before anything else could be said, Chloe came over to the two with a bright smile.

"Hey Beca!" Chloe greeted before looking over at Jesse. Her eyes furrowed slightly in confusion. "Hi, I think we've met before?"

"Yeah, I'm Jesse. We saw each other on your first day when I was walking with Bumper." Jesse said as calmly as possible. Chloe was looking at him as if she was trying to remember something and he was worried she'd figure out who he was. He silently exhaled in relief when he saw her shrug and nod in return.

Beca went back to her locker by now, not noticing the tension. She's glad Chloe didn't see what happened before because that would have been mortifying.

Chloe looked at the boy infront on her. Yes she's new and doesn't remember some of the people she met on Friday but she had a sense of familiarity about Jesse and she couldn't be sure why.

"Have we met before? Like outside of school somewhere?" Chloe asked.

Jesse just shakes his head, "Not that I'm aware of." Jesse lies smoothly.

Chloe nods again and turns back to Beca. Just as she was about to say something, the bell rang. They all had different classes so they separated and made their ways.

Jesse walked off to his first class with a smirk. He was going to distance himself away from Chloe to avoid her realising but at least he made his peace with Beca.

Beca sat in her usual place in the school library, looking out the window. She didn't feel like reading and she very rarely brought food to eat during lunch so she was left to her thoughts. She spent a large amount of her time thinking about why people hated her but the more she spent thinking about it, the worse she felt about herself. Suddenly another thought popped into her mind. Chloe. They didn't talk to each other throughout the day so far but every time they saw one another, the taller girl always gave Beca a smile. The brunette noticed how they were in lots of classes but unfortunately most of these classes were also filled with a few of her tormentors so she just focused on keeping her head down. She still received threatening notes that got increasingly more violent and hateful as the day continued and she felt the heat of all the glares aiming her way.

Beca just sighed and made her way for her next class as the bell rang.

It was the next day and Beca was walking home from school. The day was pretty uneventful and she couldn't be more glad.

"Hey Beca!"

The girl was pulled out from her thoughts and she turned around to see Jesse coming towards her. She felt a wave of fear pass through her as the only time someone headed her way, it was to beat her up. She didn't move and instead waited for the inevitable hits, knowing it's better to save her energy so she doesn't pass out.

"Are you making your way home?" Jesse asked as soon as he caught up to her.

Beca released a breath she didn't know she was holding and nodded her head. Confused. She turned back around and continued walking once she saw the boy just give her a smile at her nod. He fell into her pace next to her and spoke up again.

"Hey, do you like movies?" Beca's face immediately scrunched up in distaste and she kept quiet as an answer. The boy saw this and gasped in disbelief. "Are you serious!? How do you not like movies!?"

"They're just so predictable and boring." Beca responded once she saw that Jesse wasn't going to take silence for an answer.

"So you don't like any movie? At all?"

Beca just shook her head. She saw that the turn she needed to make was coming up.

"I'm going this way."

Jesse nodded with slight disappointment, "I'll see you tomorrow. Bye Beca!"

Beca breathed in relief as she saw the boy take the other way. Something about him made the brunette feel uncomfortable for some reason.

A/N: Short chapter, I know. Not one of my best chapters either but hopefully that talk Jesse and Tom had will give you a little more insight into Chloe's secret! Tell me what you think if you want!

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