After Chloe had explained everything to Aubrey about how she went to Beca's to get closure and how Beca had chased her outside in the rain and kissed her, how she stayed the night and Beca held her. She fell onto her bed and refused to leave he bedroom till she had to work Monday. It was Saturday so she had two days.
"Chloe," Aubrey knocked on her bedroom door.
"Hm," Chloe replied too lazy to speak.
"I have to run out and do some errands; will you be ok for a while?" Aubrey always insisted on taking care of Chloe when she was in this state.
"Yeah" Chloe replied shortly. She heard the front door open and close. Chloe started to let herself cry again, she always hated crying in front of Aubrey over Beca.
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Beca was sitting alone in her apartment, running through the events of the previous night and the morning through her head her thoughts were interrupted when she heard someone banging at her door.
"Open up Mitchell! Before I break this door down," the voice screamed. Beca reluctantly got up, she knew that voice and she knew the threats. She opened the door to reveal Aubrey. Before she could even say anything Aubrey had her hands around the collar of her shirt and was shoving her backwards back into her apartment.
"Aubrey what the fuck," Beca snapped trying to get out of her grip.
"Don't you dare what the fuck me Beca Mitchell!" Aubrey spat back. "I told you! I told you how much trouble she had getting over you, how she couldn't sleep or eat for six months. Then finally, I finally convince her to get over you, to get closure and move on. Then when she does, you-you…" Aubrey had trouble finishing her sentence she was so mad. "You fucking kiss her! You kiss her when she was vulnerable! You get her hopes up, and then you fucking tear her apart!" Aubrey finished. She was breathing heavily from how mad she was.
"I fucked up Aubrey alright! I know I did! I don't know what came over me to kiss her then break her heart again!" Beca started crying.
"Oh no, no you do not get to do that! You do not get to cry Beca. You were the one who fucked with her head to push her away again! Like I don't understand you Beca! You obviously are still in love with her. What the fuck are you running away from?" Aubrey got right up in Beca's face. Beca threw her hands in the air.
"I'm comfortable Aubrey! I'm afraid of stepping out of my comfort zone, just to get my heart ripped out again," Beca cried.
"So you break her heart in return? Better her heart than yours right?" Aubrey waited for an answer but Beca just stood there silent. "Right," she yelled.
"No! I didn't mean to break her heart! I made a decision without thinking and now I'm paying for it." Beca finally yelled out.
"How, how in the fuck are you paying for it, you cheat on your girlfriend, with your ex that you still love and you still get to be happy and not be alone. While Chloe, she didn't even cheat on her girlfriend with you, she makes one stupid mistake by yelling your name during a fucking orgasm and she loses everything, and then she gets you back for ten hours just to lose you again. So answer me Beca, how are you paying for your mistake? What do you lose out of this?" Aubrey was screaming at that point with how furious she was with the other woman.
"Chloe told me she regrets dating me, she wishes she could take it back. Nothing has ever hurt me more than hearing those words come out of her mouth, because dating Chloe was the best time of my life and I could never regret it. I lost her again, because I'm an idiot and I hurt her, I hurt the most selfless beautiful person. Trust me, I'm paying for it," Beca cried. Aubrey scoffed and rolled her eyes.
"Please Beca, I don't blame her for regretting your guys past and wishing she could take it back. You've fucked her up, for good now. I don't know how she'll ever move on this time, when she barely moved on last time…" Aubrey paused and took a deep breath. "Look at me," Aubrey yelled at Beca while her focus was on the floor instead of her. She finally looks up to meet Aubrey's eyes. "If you ever come near her or try to talk to her again, if you ever so much as breathe her name again. I swear will fucking end you. I will tell Katie about how you cheated on her; I will break your fucking fingers so you can never spin again."
She turned to leave then quickly turned back around one last time. "I thought you were different, Beca. I thought you would treat her good. Guess I was wrong." Aubrey opened the door and slams it behind her. Beca stood there and cried so hard she could barely breathe. What am I going to do now? How can I fix this? She decided to put her head phones on and just let herself get lost in her mixes.
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Chloe was lying on her bed when her phone went off from a text message. She looked at the screen and was surprised when she saw Rachel's name pop up. She opened up the message to read it.
Can we talk?
Chloe debates on replying. Eventually she caved.
Yes, should I come over?
She hit send and waited for a reply. Her phone vibrated with Rachel's name on the screen once again.
Yeah meet me in an hour
Chloe got up for the first time that day to get ready. She didn't know what exactly she would say to Rachel, but she did know she was done lying.
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Beca's cellphone was ringing off the hook but she was too into her music to notice it. Another hour flew by before she finally pulled her headphones off and decides to make herself a drink. She grabbed her phone to see if Katie texted her, instead she sees she has ten missed calls from Stacie and five missed calls from Amy.
"What the fuck," she muttered to herself. There were a few voicemails so she decided to check them before calling anyone back.
"Beca its Stacie, there was a fight, someone was harassing a homeless man…Chloe tried to break it up. Beca, Chloe is in the hospital it's not good. Please call us back."
"Beca, where in the fuck are you and why aren't you answering your phone? We need you. Meet us at Saint Michael's general. She's in ICU."
Beca just stood there in shock. This can't be happening. Not to Chloe. Not beautiful, good hearted Chloe. Not to the woman I love. If she dies and I never got the chance to be with her again…that's when Beca finally realized what she wanted, how stupid she's been this whole time. She grabbed her keys, got in her car and quickly sped off.
She drove faster than she had ever driven before. Tears over were powering her. She couldn't picture her world without the Chloe in it.
Ten minutes later Beca ran through the hospital to ICU. She saw Stacie, Amy, and Aubrey all huddled together crying. She saw Rachel, by herself tears flowing down her face. Her gut got a horrible feeling. She approaches the three Bella's.
"Chloe is she…" Beca couldn't speak the words.
"We don't know she's still in surgery," Stacie replied bawling.
"What happened I don't understand?" Beca had tears rolling down her cheeks. "She-she saw two guys picking on this homeless man, kicking him trying to take all his- all his ch-change. So Chloe, being the k-kind person she is, t-tried to get them to back off." Aubrey stuttered barely able to breathe. "S-so when she tried to get them t-to leave him alone, a-a fight broke out…a-and" Aubrey had trouble speaking.
"And then what?" Beca couldn't move or breathe.
"Th-they shot her, three bullets. The doctor isn't sure if she's g-going to m-make it." Aubrey sobbed. Beca fell to the ground screaming. She couldn't believe what had happened. Chloe out of all people does not deserve this. She can't die. I never got the chance to tell her the truth that I love her and want to be with her, but I was too scared and that Chloe was right, I am a coward.
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They waited for what seemed like hours. People were coming and leaving, people crying and hugging. Beca stayed quiet, she hadn't said anything since she got there. Aubrey got up and took a seat beside her. She grabbed her hand and looked at her.
"Beca I am so sorry for all the things I said. I really am. I wish I could go back in time and take it all back." Beca looked over at her.
"Aubrey it's my fault, it's my entire fault. I was the idiot. I deserved everything I got and more. I should be the one in there not Chloe, poor sweet innocent Chloe. You don't realize how much you want to be with someone until it's too late. Now I may never get the chance to tell her. If that happens if I can't tell her…tell her that I love her and only ever want to be with her. My life will be over. I'll have nothing left to live for. This whole time I've been going through life just fine, and I realize it's because I put in the back of my head that I always assumed we'd find our way back to each other. Then when we did, when I finally got the opportunity back, I blew it. Now I may never get it back again," Beca cried.
Aubrey grabbed her head and buried it into her chest and they sat there crying, praying, and hoping that they wouldn't have to find out what life would be like without Chloe. Finally an hour later a doctor came out of the ICU and approached the ladies that were waiting there.
"Chloe Beale?" He asked. All the girls immediately stood up and waited for what the doctor was about to tell them.
