Hi guys! Thanks for the continued support! I appreciate it so much. So here's the fight scene. I wanted to make it short like in the movie, and not stretch their fight out for chapters and chapters haha. I felt like it needed some music in it, but none of the songs from PP2 were fitting so I put in a song I like and if you don't know it (you probably don't haha) it's by Divided By Friday called Better Off. It was the only song I felt was right for the moment so there you go. Other song is Daniel Bedingfield's If You're Not The One. I don't owe either of them, obviously xd Having that said, the story is running to an end. I think maybe two more chapters, maybe more, depending on my inspiration haha. Enjoy the chapter ;) And tell me what you think please!
The Bella's are woken by Aubrey's voice, telling them to wake up and get ready for the day. Chloe slowly opens her eyes and finds Beca cuddled up into her body. The ginger smiles at the sight of it and of what happened the night before. Beca's words still lingering in her head. "Me too."
The girls one by one get up and exit the tent, yawning and sighing about how early it was. The entire day was spent with vocal exercises; songs that weren't exactly Beca's favorites. The girl was grumpy the entire time and didn't do more than the required.
They moved on to the team building exercises on the water and in mud, which Chloe thought was amazing. That could also have something to do with the way Beca looked wearing that blue safety vest. Still, Beca didn't seem to be having fun. Chloe tried her best to get the little brunette excited about it, but her enthusiasm didn't do anything for Beca today. But Chloe didn't give up without a fight. When Beca went down the water slide, forced by Aubrey of course, she kept that straight face and Chloe couldn't help but jump on after her. With a loud scream and some laughter, she collapsed her body into Beca's right before the end of the slide, causing Beca to scold at her when she popped up out of the water. For the next ten minutes, Beca coughed excessively while shooting Chloe looks.
Alright, so maybe the redhead shouldn't have done that. But for some reason, seeing her girl grumpy always made her smile. Because, to Chloe, it means she has layers. She has things that upset her, things that make her angry, really angry sometimes. Chloe smiles at the ground while thinking about Beca's latest rant before they left the Bellas house. Something about how no one ever cleans up after themselves in the bathroom. But the thing Chloe likes most is things that annoy her; that make her that cute kind of grumpy. Because it means Beca stands for things. That there's things she doesn't like, or doesn't wanna do, for whatever reason that may be. She was her own person and Chloe admired her for that, no, loved her for that.
They were finally allowed a water break and Chloe went up to the brunette.
"You're not having too much fun, are you?" Chloe had unconsciously put her hand on Beca's back.
"Not really. This makes no sense, seriously Chlo, I don't know why you brought us here." Beca snapped at the girl, stepping away from her so Chloe's hand was no longer on her body.
"Babe, I don't-"
"Don't fucking call me that, okay." Beca interrupted the other girl. She had noticed the other Bellas stopped talking and quietly started eavesdropping on her and Chloe. She let out a laugh before she continued. "This is all bullshit. I might not know how to win the World's, but I sure as hell know it's not by doing this, okay? I have better things to do than crawling through mud." She didn't want to snap at the girl she loves, but it's true. She should've been at home right now, finishing that mix tape and picking up that necklace.
"Is that so?" Chloe crosses her arms while softly nodding her head.
"Yeah, I shouldn't have come here." Beca takes a few steps back, leaving the older girl behind. She needs to calm down, because whenever her anger takes over, she does things she regrets.
"Oh, so you're just gonna leave me now?" Chloe fires back with tears in her eyes. All the other Bellas let out a shocking gasp and Beca stops her pace.
"Yes, Chlo! We were never gonna work anyway, okay! If you were smart, you'd let me walk away." So much for the 'walking away before you say stuff you don't mean'. She already regrets what she had said before the words had even left her mouth. It's just her first instinct when she gets mad; she pushes everyone away.
Beca takes one last look at the redhead in front of her, and then quickly turns around to continue her pace. She just needs to get out of here. She doesn't get far, though, maybe two or three angry steps before she feels her feet getting kicked off the ground and a few seconds later, she's hanging up in the air.
It's like the rush from getting trapped in a bear trap mixed with a high amount of fright and anxiety, caused her body to dismiss all the acrimony she had inside. Suddenly tears are streaming down her face and Beca is screaming down at the girls for help. It takes a few seconds for the brunette to calm herself down, holding a tight grip at the ropes. She looks down at the Bellas who are all standing in shock beneath her. All but Chloe. She's not in the same place she was when they were fighting, but she's also not nearly as close as the other girls.
"Chlo.." Beca has to swallow the lump in her throat. She has to do this right. "Chlo, I'm sorry, I didn't mean anything I said. I love being with you, I love you, there I said it. I love you." Beca failed to keep her eyes dry at that last part. The trapped girl watches Chloe slowly taking steps towards her, she doesn't speak until she's passed the Bellas.
"Why wouldn't we work?"
Beca can feel the pain in Chloe's voice and she knows those words will echo through her head at least once a night. "I didn't mean that." Beca whispers back.
"Okay, so what other important thing did you have to do? What was more important than me?" Chloe's voice cracks and Beca can feel her heart breaking inside her chest.
"Nothing, okay? Nothing! You were the other thing, I was planning something and-" Beca wants to tell the girl everything, but Chloe doesn't let her.
"Just.. Forget it Beca. You don't have to lie." And with that, Chloe walks off in the opposite direction, leaving Beca, literally, hanging.
Beca thinks of things to say, but she knows there's no words she could speak to stop Chloe from walking away. A few seconds later, she falls face first to the ground. When she turns around, there's Lilly humming something about bats above her and Beca really doesn't care right now. She wrestles with the ropes until she's out and jumps up to run after Chloe. She sees the girl in the distance standing still and looking her way. She must've heard the sound her body made when it hit the ground. It only takes the little girl four big steps and then she's within Chloe's reach. While trying to control her breathing, she's still convinced there's nothing she could say to fix things with Chloe. So she does the only rational thing she can think of. Or maybe she hit her head harder than she thought?
"What does it mean to be a man now?" Without a second thought, Beca starts to softly sing the first song that came to mind in this situation.
"What does it take to understand how
I took my time but I never got it right.
No, I wish I would have."
Beca hears the Bella's backing her up, which boosts her confidence a little. But Chloe still looks hurt and Beca doesn't feel anything right now but the sting in her chest. The tiny brunette just wants to crawl into a ball and cry, but Fat Amy's voice takes her by surprise and she knows she has to go on now.
"If you're not the one, then why does my soul feel glad today?" Fat Amy sings to the beat of Beca's song.
"You say goodbye
Can't we just try to" Beca continues, feeling quite a bit more confident with her best friend backing her up and helping her out.
"If you are not mine, would I have the strength to stand at all?"
Fat Amy is singing the song she and Beca practiced for Chloe so many times. Beca wanted it to be perfect, but now they're doing a mash up and it's sloppy, but great.
"Too much to think about
I doubt you'd take the time to hear me out but" Beca feels like her whole body relaxes the moment she sees Chloe let out a small smile.
"We'll make it through and I hope you are the one
I share my life with." Fat Amy steps back after those lines and joins the other Bellas in their backing vocals.
"I'm not better off.
I'm not better off.
I don't wanna be alone.
I think you've always known
I'm not afraid to beg.
Can we stop while we're ahead and
Rewind."
Beca finishes the song and Chloe collapses into her body. All the Bella's start cheering and Fat Amy brings out a sarcastic "you're welcome", but all Beca hears is a little voice in her head. She releases herself from Chloe's grip and, with her hands places on the ginger's hips, she keeps her at distance. She gets a raised eyebrow and a grin back from the girl, but she doesn't let her get any closer. Beca closes her eyes and slowly releases the grip she has on the girl's hips. She clears her throat and opens her eyes again, finding Chloe's gaze instantly. She locks their eyes together and never once lets them go while she moves down to get on one knee.
Beca watches the shock in Chloe's face before she covers her mouth with her two hands. Now Beca just sees the sparkles in the girl's eyes.
"Miss Chloe Beale." Beca begins fully confided about what she's about to do. "Would you do me the honor and take my hand in.. Well let's start with a relationship." Beca jokes and a few Bellas let out a relieved laugh, as if Beca was actually gonna ask Chloe to marry her. Chloe herself lets out a laugh and watches Beca continue.
Beca decides to be more like herself when asking the next question. She shuts out everything else and right now, it's just her and Chloe. "Do you wanna be my girlfriend?"
Chloe's smile could light up the entire world right now and Beca watches her take a small step towards her. "Of course!" She practically screams.
Before Beca can actually process it, Chloe's lips are already on hers and as fast as they came, as fast as they left. Chloe is now hanging around her neck and Beca can only think about how happy she is.
"You're so weird, you know that?" Chloe giggles.