Brace Yourself.
Beca had really bonded with the Bella's over the past two months. What choice did she have anyway? She had to see them everyday. Not that she didn't like their company. In fact, she enjoyed it. Aubrey could be kind of stuck up but they got used to each other. And Beca found herself enjoying herself in all the things she did daily.
Jesse and Beca were getting along really well. They had radio shifts everyday and Jesse could easily make Beca laugh. Jesse even referred to Beca as 'the little sister I never had'. Which Beca retorted that they were of equal age. And Jesse being Jesse, he joked about Beca's size. That earned him a punch in the arm and he learned to shut up. Not for long though. Jesse even got Beca to watch Lord of the Rings with him. And frankly, she loved the movies. Beca got annoyed sometimes when Jesse start talking about how wonderful Aubrey is, to which she always argued about his statement.
Chloe totally changed Beca's life though. The redhead always managed to make her smile at the smallest of things. Beca observed every single thing that the redhead does everyday and they've been inseparable. The Bella's even gave them a name together. 'Bechloe'. Beca laughed at the name at first but Chloe seemed to like it so they went with it. Beca had either been staying over at Chloe's apartment or Chloe had stayed at her dorm. Waking up every morning to a beautiful redhead does improve Beca's day. They would kiss each other good night and things got heated sometimes but they never get any further than that. Chloe had turned Beca into a whole new person. She learned to appreciate little things in life and she cherished them better.
The Bella's had practice everyday. Everyday. The semi finals were up and they couldn't afford to lose any precious time. Aubrey was still adamant about the set list and refused to make a single change to it.
Beca and Chloe had been spending more and more time together, their bond stronger than ever. Chloe latched on to Beca's side and Beca was happy about it. Even Aubrey accepted the fact that they were dating and were soul mates. Aubrey didn't find the little hobbit as annoying anymore.
And finally, the dreaded semi finals were here. The Bella's piled into the bus that they rented and headed to the competition center. Chloe was of course, snuggled into Beca's side and trying to get comfortable. Well as comfortable as you can get wearing the annoying Bella's uniform.
The competition started and the Bella's filled the stage. Beca heard moans and groans erupting from the audience and she fought the urge to roll her eyes at Aubrey. Why wouldn't the girl let her help? The routine started as usual and Beca tried her best to look interested and happy but it wasn't easy. She glanced towards Chloe and grinned at how the redhead looked in her uniform. Beca always complained about how stupid she looked in the uniform but she always admired how Chloe managed to look good.
Snapping out from her trance, Beca noticed the audience rolling their eyes and yawning. She turned her head around to look at all the Bella's and they're expressions all seemed forced.
As Beca did her usual spin and dance choreography, she decided to take a risk. They weren't getting into the finals at this rate anyway. Taking a deep breath, she started singing the chorus of Bulletproof by La Roux. Aubrey glared so hard at her that if looks could kill, she'd be dead. The Bella's spun in confusion, looking towards Aubrey for confirmation but Aubrey just sang louder, and Beca matched her voice. The audience looked very confused and Beca glanced towards Chloe, gaining a worried look from the redhead.
The Bella's still managed to finish the song in a messy sort of manner. As they pulled off stage, Chloe gripped Beca's hand and squeezed it reassuringly. They gathered backstage and Beca felt Aubrey pull Chloe and the Bella's away from her.
Beca faced all the Bella's as she watched their different expressions. From shock to afraid to angry to worried. For the first time, Beca felt intimidated. Aubrey crossed her arms and glared at her.
"Beca, what the hell?" Aubrey barked. Beca took a deep breath.
"Look everyone was practically asleep."
"It's not up to you to decide this." Aubrey pressed on. "Ask the rest what they think about your little improvisation."
Beca turned towards Amy, raising an eyebrow.
"It was cool, but it took us a little by surprise." Amy admitted, an apologetic look on her face.
"A little?!" Aubrey fumed.
Beca bit her lip and looked up into Chloe's eyes. "Chloe?" She whimpered. Chloe felt horrible. She couldn't defend Beca. She needed to. But she couldn't. Could she? Chloe looked into Beca's hurt filled eyes and her heart ached immediately. She stayed quiet for too long, because when she refocused, Beca had tears in her eyes.
"If this is what I get for trying..." Beca raised her hands and shrugged, before turning around and sprinting out of the competition hall.
"Chloe don't you even think about following her." Aubrey warned.
"Fuck it, Aubrey. I know you don't want to stray from tradition but it's time to listen to others okay? You can't keep leading us on like that. They audience was in fact falling asleep." Chloe shouted and ran after Beca.
"Beca! Babe wait no." Chloe saw Beca getting into a cab and speeding away. "Shit."
Chloe hailed for a cab and quickly pointed to Beca's cab in front. "Follow that cab please."
"Please go faster." Chloe urged, gripping on to the seats. Chloe reached for her phone in her pocket but realized that the Bella's uniform had to pockets. "Fucking hell."
"Can you go any fas-" Chloe didn't get to finish her sentence. She barely had time to register what happened. A crash impacted and Chloe saw white spots. She felt pain shoot up her body and her left leg contorted into painful positions.
"Beca," Chloe croaked out before she blacked out.
Beca was vaguely aware of Chloe following behind her. Her charm was slightly warm on her neck, but then again, it was always warm now since Chloe entered her life. Beca was angry. She didn't know who she was angry at. Herself? Chloe? Aubrey? Beca buried her head in her hands and muttered profanities, taking deep breaths and squeezing her eyes tight. Beca suddenly heard a loud crashing sound. Her head shot up and looked around.
"What happened?" She asked out loud.
"Car crash behind us. Best get away quickly." The cabbie mumbled.
"Wait no, let me down." Beca's heart rate sped up. She knew Chloe was following her. Beca gripped on to her charm and for the first time in the past two months, her charm was cold again. Beca's eyes widened as she stood by the curb in shock.
"No no fuck no," Beca repeated, rushing towards the accident site. It didn't look good. A yellow taxi was flipped over and ruined, tiny flames spread around the ground and charred plastic and metal sprawled around. And lying on the road in the middle of all these was...
"Chloe," Beca managed to gasp before rushing over to her girlfriend. Beca's heart wrenched as she fell to the ground next to Chloe.
"No, no Chloe no." Beca pulled the redhead into her lap, softly shaking her. "Stop it. Wake up."
Chloe lay motionless in Beca's lap. Beca took in Chloe's injured form. Her right eye was swollen shut and a long cut crossed her right cheek. Her arm was lying limp at her side and her left leg twisted in inexplicable ways. Broken pieces of glass stuck out everywhere on her body and she was covered in blood.
"Stop it, wake up. It's not funny!" Beca choked out, pulling Chloe's hair from her face. Beca let out a sob as she wrapped her arms around Chloe's broken body. "Wake up."
Beca turned her head and surveyed the situation around her. The place was rather scarce. Probably because it was late at night and the place was out-of-the-way. Beca tried to pull her phone out and of course, it wasn't there. The Bella's uniform had no pockets. Beca cried out in frustration. She picked Chloe up carefully and secured her on her back before making her way to the nearest hospital, which thankfully, wasn't that far away. The road was narrow and dark. Street lamps placed about twenty meters apart, lighting up a small radius. A few cars passed by them but none of them bothered to stop. Beca didn't even notice them anyway. She was too tired. Beca didn't know why she felt so tired and broken as well but she couldn't think of an answer at that time.
Finally, Beca could see light. She picked up speed and as fast as she could, rushed to the sanitized white building.
The automatic doors of the hospital slid open and Beca fell to the floor, using her last bit of strength to twist around and hug on to Chloe so she wouldn't get more impact.
"Help, please." Beca whispered before passing out, Chloe still lying motionless in her arms.
hahahhahahahahahahhahhsorryaboutthat. Sorry I haven't updated in a while. I've been on vacation and the wifi is retarded overseas :/ anyway here we go again hehe I hope I didn't disappoint you guys with this chapter. Did I mention about the non smooth sailing? Because here it is. Please R&R and I love you guys *hugs* sorry for the wait c: bless your face and if you sneeze while reading this bless you. peace out boop. (I may or may not have taken this from tobuscus)
(does anyone read percy jackson bc I made a reference with the brace yourself ehhehehshhahahahahhah no? nevermind I still love you bye)