Beca took a deep breath and stared at the three girls in front of her. "Okay.. I guess I'll go first. So we're having this because we all seem to lack in the communication department and also because we don't get along." Beca said, looking at Aubrey as she said the last part. "So I'm sorry Chloe but I can't be around Aubrey..."
Aubrey frowned. "What?"
Beca sighed. "Ever since I met you in first grade you've hated me. Chloe and I were best friends until you came along. I don't know why but you never liked me and honestly, I'm fed up. I'm done looking for your approval and I'm done trying to get you to like me. You're Chloe's best friend so of course I'll have to see you but we don't have to speak unless it's a hello or goodbye-"
"Beca don't you think this is a bit much?" Chloe asked with a small frown.
Beca shook her head and looked at Chloe. "This is necessary, Aubrey makes me miserable Chloe I can't handle it anymore. I need to be mentally okay to be there for you and our baby and interacting with Aubrey fucks me up."
Aubrey looked at Beca with tears in her eyes. "Maybe we can work something out.."
"No! We've been trying that ever since Chloe and I started dating, we don't work! You can still be Chloe's friend, you can be with my sister, you can even be in my child's life, but you and I don't have to be anything but cordial and I'm mean lightly cordial..." Beca folded her arms and sat back. "That's all I have to say right now."
Chloe looked at Aubrey. "Bree why are you so mean to Beca?"
"I-I don't know okay! I gave you my reason the other day and that's all I can say, I don't want us to pretend the other doesn't exist." Aubrey said sadly.
Beca kept her arms folded and shrugged. "You can't always get what you want; Riley you need to talk to Aubrey about what's going on and Aubrey you need to do the same." She looked at Chloe. "Is there anything you need to say to Ry or Aubrey?"
Chloe shook her head. "No, I'm fine with everyone.. I mean besides the obvious tension..."
Beca nodded. "Okay then let's go so we can talk... Actually no, Aubrey and Riley you guys can go I didn't get that guest house for it to collect dust." Aubrey and Riley nodded and made their way out the house and to the guest house, leaving Beca and Chloe in their house. "So now we need to talk about us.."
"Okay." Chloe said with a nod. "But first, did you really mean everything you said to Aubrey?"
Beca nodded. "Babe I've tried for eight years to be friends with her, hell I've tried my whole life to figure out why she hates me.. I'm sick of it and I don't need that stress when I have you, my job and our future kid to worry about. I promise you can still see her as much as you want I just won't try to make my presence known like I usually do."
Chloe sighed and nodded."Okay but hopefully you change your mind one day soon..."
"Doubtful, but can we move on to more pressing issues like how much I fucking love you and I want you to know that."
Chloe nodded. "I know that you love me Beca and I love you too."
"Okay, so please come home with me. My dad is in a very depressed state right now because that stupid bitch Rachel once again broke his heart. Riley told me he's in a real bad place and hasn't left his room. Sam is with him now but Ry thinks he'd feel better if he saw me, and I think he'd feel much better if he saw us."
Chloe sighed. "But what about Bree? She needs me to be here for her and her dad..."
Beca put her head down in her hands and let out a frustrated sigh. "I hate this! I hate that you always feel like you need to pick between Aubrey and I. I don't want you to and you shouldn't have to, we're married, I'm your family it shouldn't even be a thought..." Beca closed her eyes and took a couple deep breaths before looking back at Chloe. "Never mind.. You can stay here with Aubrey and I'll go back home." Beca stood up with a sigh. "I'm sorry for flipping out on you, that was mean and uncalled for."
"Beca wait!"
Beca shook her head. "I'm just gonna go for a walk for a bit, I won't be long." She kissed Chloe on the cheek and walked out the door without another word.
"I can't believe Beca. " Aubrey said with a pout.
Riley laughed. "You can't believe Beca? Seriously? Everything she said was true and I feel bad because you're my girlfriend and she's my sister. You treat my sister like crap and I let you because I'm in love with you.."
"I know I have my days but everyon-"
Riley sighed. "No, you have your years... Beca has been nothing but kind and respectful to you. She helped us get together, she gave you this beautiful place to stay just so we can be together but it's still not enough."
Aubrey nodded. "I'm wrong, I know... I hate that I pushed her to this point."
"I hate that you're keeping secrets from me.." Riley said as she folded her arms.
Aubrey took a deep breath and looked at Riley. "My dad has cancer and he is dying... It's been going on for a while now and I don't know why I didn't tell you."
Riley walked to Aubrey and wrapped her in a hug. "Babe I'm so sorry... I wish you would have told me sooner."
"Me too. I just couldn't... I don't know why, I've kept it a secret until the other day when I asked Chloe to come."
Riley nodded. "My dad's not doing too well either, I mean he's not dying but he's really depressed because of my mom... She constantly cheats on him and my dad always tries to forgive her. That's why I was upset earlier, not because of something Beca said."
Aubrey sighed. "I shouldn't have jumped to conclusions, I know that and I know I'm a terrible perso-"
"Stop babe,you're not a terrible person you just... act a certain way towards certain people."
Aubrey nodded. "But Beca has done nothing wrong to me, like she said I've been mean to her since we were six! I'm terrible.."
"Okay, maybe you can fix it."
Aubrey shook her head. "You heard her, she wants nothing to do with me."
Riley nodded. "That doesn't mean you can't talk to her and be nice to her... Even if she doesn't respond, she'll warm up to you eventually."
Aubrey smiled. "That's a great idea!"
Riley nodded. "Yes it is, I'll help out as much as I can too."
"Are we okay?"
Riley smiled. "Yeah, we're good..."
"You think maybe you could stay with me for a bit? Just a few days, I've missed you and I think my dad would like to see you again." Aubrey said with a hopeful smile.
Riley sighed. "I don't know Bree, Beca and I are suppose to go back to LA tomorrow so we could talk with our dad... But maybe Beca could do it by herself, I mean I did everything I could do."
Aubrey nodded. "You don't have to though, I'd understand if you wanted to go be with you dad."
"I'll talk with Beca about it."
Aubrey smiled and nodded. "Okay... So uh what do you think about going upstairs and relieving some of this stress we have built up inside." Aubrey said as she slid her hand up and down Riley's thigh.
Riley grinned. "Definitely need a stress reliever." She grabbed Aubrey's hand and ran up the steps.
Beca looked at her phone and sighed as she saw Chloe's name. "Everything okay?"
"Where are you?"
"I'm just walking around..."
Chloe sighed. "Can you come home now, you've been gone for an hour."
"Can you just give me a little more time? I promise I'll be home before eleven."
"Fine, just be safe out there."
"Of course, I love you Chloe."
Chloe smiled. "I love you too Beca."
Beca hung and sighed before looking at the time and walking into the bar she was standing in front of. "Hey, I'll just take a beer."
The bartender looked at her with wide eyes. "You're Beca Mitchell! What're you doing here?"
"I'm from around here." Beca said with a small smile.
He nodded. "But I've never seen you here before..."
"Well when I turned twenty-one I was living in LA and I spend most of my time there.. You've probably met my dad before, Tom Thomas."
The bartender nodded. "Oh yeah, I know him! He's a cool guy."
Beca smiled. "Yeah. Do you know John Mitchell?"
"Yeah, he was one of my best friends before he up and left. I couldn't believe he left his family.." He paused and looked at Beca, his eyes slowly widening. "Your last name is Mitchell... Are you John's little girl?"
Beca nodded. "Yeah... He's actually back in my life now. His other daughter started working for me and that's how we found each other."
"How's he doing?" The bartender asked as he handed Beca a beer.
Beca sighed. "I'll be honest, he's not doing so well. The dumb bitch he left us for has cheated on him a billion times and it's wrecking him."
"Aw that's too bad.." He said with a sigh.
Beca looked at him in thought as an idea struck her. "How would you feel about a mini vacation?"
"What do you mean?"
Beca smiled. "You were friends with my dad so maybe seeing you would make him feel better." Seeing the look of hesitation on his face she continued. "I'll pay for all expenses and I'll even pay you how much you would make here for however many days you're gone."
"I don't know..."
Beca sighed. "Come on dude!"
My name is Mike."
Beca smiled. "My dad's told me about you before... You were a good friend to him."
Mike nodded. "I was his only real friend... Okay, I'll go. When do we leave?"
"Tomorrow."
Mike's eyes widened. "That's so sudden.."
"I know but it's necessary.. You in?"
He sighed. "Yeah I'm in.."
Beca stood up with a smile. "Give me your number and address and I'll call you when I'm ready to pick you up."
Mike smiled and nodded. "Okay.." They exchanged numbers and Beca made her way back home.
She walked into her bedroom and smiled when she saw Chloe laying in bed. She grabbed her suitcase and started packing her bags when she felt Chloe's arms wrap around her. "Hey, I thought you were sleep."
Chloe kissed Beca on the cheek. "Nope, I was just resting... What're you doing?"
"Packing, I plan on leaving around ten in the morning..."
Chloe nodded. "I guess I should pack too."
Beca shook her head. "You can stay here, I ran into an old friend of my dad's so I'm bringing him."
Chloe frowned. "What?"
"I went to a bar and I got to talking with the bartender and it turns out he was best friends with John."
Chloe nodded. "So you'd rather go home with a stranger than with me?"
Beca sighed. "It's not like that, you want to stay here. I was gonna leave without you anyway."
"Why are you making decisions for me?
Beca sat down on the bed and tried to speak calmly, sensing that Chloe was getting upset. "You came here because you wanted to be here for Aubrey and her dad. I shouldn't have asked you to leave, you came here and I was trying to make you leave; I shouldn't have."
Chloe nodded. "You're right, I did come for Aubrey but now I want to leave and come home for you and John. He's been like a father to me these past couple of years."
"Okay, you can do whatever you want to do." Beca said as she started packing her bags. "I just don't want you to make your decision based on what I said earlier."
Before Chloe could reply there was a knock on the door. "Come in." Chloe said.
Riley walked in. "I'm so glad I wasn't interrupting any sexy time." Riley felt the tension in the room and cleared her throat. "Beca I was talking with Aubrey and she told me about her dad and she asked me to stay here with her.."
"She wants everyone to stay with her."
Riley nodded. "So uh-"
"You want to stay with her, do it I don't care." She zipped up her bag and took it downstairs.
Riley watched as Beca walked away with a frown and looked at Chloe. "The talk didn't go too well I take it..."
Chloe sighed. "She's upset because I don't know if I want to go back with her because of Bree, and you saying you want to stay with her was the cherry on top."
Riley nodded. "Well Aubrey's my girlfriend you know. She needs me and wants me there for her and her father so I'll be there, not because I feel obligated but because I want to.. I love her."
Chloe looked down and sighed. "Now I feel bad, you came to that conclusion so easily and I should have thought of that I mean we're married.. We're suppose to be spending our time bonding and being happy, especially because of this baby but instead we've been fighting... Beca should always be my first choice." Chloe said, whispering that last part to herself.
Riley nodded. "You need to do something about it then. You always put your significant other above everyone else because you love them... You do still love my sister right?"
"Of course!" Chloe quickly said. "More than anything... I've been being an ass." Chloe said with a sigh.
Riley smiled. "You can still fix it! Pack your bags and be up in the morning. Then when you guys get back home you can rock her world and take her on a nice date or something..."
Chloe nodded with a smile. "That sounds like a great idea! Beca is always doing sweet things for me, I think it's my turn.." She walked to the closet and got her suit case. "You mind helping me pack my things?"
"Of course not. You know I'd die if you and Beca ever broke up.. I don't think I'd believe in love anymore." Riley said as she grabbed Chloe's shirts.
Chloe sighed and nodded. "I'd die too, but I don't think that would ever happen. I love Beca too much to lose her, I wouldn't let her go... not willingly." She grabbed more of her clothes and put them in her other suitcase. "That's why I'm leaving with her.. I get why she followed me here now. Do you think you can explain it to Bree for me?"
Riley nodded. "She'll understand, and I think she'll be okay now that I'm here."
"Okay... So Beca met this guy tonight.. Has your dad ever mentioned a best friend?"
Riley shrugged. "He use to talk about this guy he grew up with... They were pretty close I guess, why?"
"Beca was at a bar and she started talking to the bartender and apparently he was John's best friend. She's bringing him to LA for awhile to try to cheer him up I guess, what do you think?"
"Uhh, I think that could be a great idea. Dad use to talk about him a lot and it was always good things... That might be what he needs to get back out there and forget my mom, he's still kind of young and he's not bad looking."
Chloe nodded. "Definitely not bad looking, he definitely has a chance at moving on."
Riley looked at Chloe with wide eyes. "You been checking out my dad Chlo."
"What! No!" Chloe said awkwardly. "I just noticed he and Beca really resemble and they really have a lot in common.."
Riley nodded with a smirk. "Mhm whatever you say."
Chloe laughed. "Seriously, I mean yes I can admit your dad is good looking... That's where you guys get it from. Well you look more so like your mom but your mom is also kind of ho-"
"Chloe! Just stop talking." Riley said as she laughed.
Chloe nodded. "Yeah I definitely will... I've got the rest of this, go back to Bree and let her know what's going on."
"Alright, have a good night sis."
Chloe smiled. "You too."
Chloe woke up the next morning to an empty bed. She looked over at the empty space with a groan. "She really left me.." She quickly got up, brushed her teeth, put on some sweats, and put her hair in a bun before grabbing her bags and rushing downstairs. She was about to walk out the door when she heard laughter coming from the kitchen. She walked to the kitchen and found Beca sitting with some guy. "You're still here." Chloe said with a sigh of relief.
Beca put her coffee down and nodded. "Yeah, the flight isn't for a few more hours and I wanted to pick up Mike a little early. This is dad's friends I was talking about."
Chloe nodded. "So you were still gonna leave me?"
Beca shook her head. "It's six babe I was just giving you some time for more rest. I didn't want to make any decisions for you so I was gonna wake you up and let you decide."
"Okay.." She looked at Mike with a small smile. "It's nice to meet you, Beca told me a little about you last night."
Mike smiled and shook Chloe's hand. "It's nice to meet you too, Beca has been talking about you all morning. She reminds me of John when he was with Melissa." He looked at Beca with a serious face. "Just don't be a dumb ass like him and mess things up with your wife."
Beca nodded. "Never, my dad Tom taught Chloe and I very early in our relationship that the key to success is communication, so we always try to work it out."
Mike smiled. "I'm glad you had someone good in your corner after John left."
"Yeah me too.." Beca looked at the time. "We've got time to go out and get some breakfast if you guys want.."
Chloe nodded and cleared her throat. "Sounds good.. uh excuse me for a moment.." She rushed to the bathroom.
Mike looked at Beca awkwardly. "What was that all about?"
Beca shrugged as she started walking in the direction Chloe went. "I don't know, but I'm gonna go check on her. I'll be back." Beca ran to the bathroom where she heard Chloe throwing up. She opened the door with wide eyes and quickly grabbed Chloe's hair, holding it up in one hand and soothingly rubbing Chloe's back with the other. "Hey, what's going on? You okay?"
Chloe sighed as the vomiting stopped. "I'm fine, it's just a little morning sickness.."
"Morning sickness? How long has this been going on?"
Chloe shrugged. "It's been off and on for almost a week."
Beca nodded. "Do we need to like go to the doctor or something?"
Chloe shook her head as she stood up. "No, it's normal.. I'm just gonna brush my teeth again, then we can get some breakfast."
"Okay, and about yesterday... I'm really sorry, I don't want to lose you and I really don't want you to have to choose between your best friend and I."
Chloe smiled. "It's fine babe.. You were right it always should be you first, you're my first priority. Like you always say, as long as your good, I'm good if you're not good then neither am I."
"I love you." Beca said with a grin.
Chloe smiled and hugged Beca. "Good because I love you too."
"You sure you okay?" Beca asked.
Chloe nodded. "I promise, you've never seen a pregnant woman before?"
Beca shook her head. "Not really.. But I'll take your word for it. Freshen up, I'll be putting our bags in the car." Beca said. She kissed Chloe's cheek and walked out of the bathroom. She walked back into the kitchen and looked at Mike with a smile. "She's having some morning sickness.. you mind helping me load up the bags?"
"Chloe's pregnant?" Mike asked in confusion.
Beca looked at him with wide eyes. "Shit.. uh yeah we haven't announced it yet so if you could keep quiet.."
He nodded. "Let's get those bags in the car."
Beca opened the front door and was face to face with Aubrey. She gasped for a second but kept walking to the car.
Aubrey looked at Beca and sighed before walking into the house. "Chlo?"
"Hey Bree everything okay?" Chloe asked as she walked into the living room.
Aubrey nodded. "Yeah I was just coming to say goodbye..." She watched as Beca walked back into the house and grabbed more bags, all while completely ignoring Aubrey. She picked up the last bag and looked up at Chloe. "Mike and I will be waiting in the car."
Chloe nodded and watched Beca walk out the house. She looked at Aubrey sadly. "I'm sorry about her..."
Aubrey shook her head. "Don't be, you shouldn't feel bad.. I deserve this I treated her like shit." She hugged Chloe. "I'm sorry for asking you to come here and causing an even bigger mess, I'll miss you."
Chloe smiled and hugged Aubrey back. "It's fine Bree and I'll miss you too but hopefully we'll be seeing each other again soon."
Aubrey nodded. "You should probably get to Beca... I'll lock up for you."
"Thanks." Chloe hugged Aubrey again and quickly made her way to the car and sat in the passenger seat. "Let's go to IHOP!"
Beca watched as Chloe sat next to her on the plane with a smile. "Thank you for coming with me..."
Chloe looked at Beca and smiled. "There's no place I'd rather be." She said grin, repeating what Beca has said to her a few days ago.
Beca smirked. "Me either..." She grabbed Chloe's hand and kissed it. "Everything is gonna be back to normal soon." She looked a few seats down at Mike. "Hey you okay down there?"
Mike looked at her and took a deep breath before slowly nodding. "I've never been on a plane before so I'm a little nervous."
Beca nodded. "Don't worry the ride isn't long, we'll be in LA before you know it."
"Okay."
Beca smiled and looked back at Chloe. "I hope dad will be happy to see him."
"Me too, maybe we can take them both out to dinner tonight."
Beca nodded. "Yeah, or tomorrow."
Chloe shook her head. "Tomorrow will be Beca and Chloe day, so I hope you don't have any plans."
Beca smiled. "I don't but I'm suddenly feeling really excited for tomorrow."
Chloe nodded. "Hopefully John will let Mike stay with him tomorrow."
Beca leaned over and kissed Chloe with a smile. "Me too." She put her hand on Chloe's stomach and gently rubbed it with a grin. "I think I feel a small bump forming.."
Chloe placed her hand over Beca's and nodded. "You do.. our baby is growing!"
Beca grinned. "I think it's time we post that picture and announce it."
Chloe nodded. "Yeah let's do it once we get settled at home."
"Okay sounds good. We'll post it to our social media accounts at the same time."
Chloe laid her head on Beca's shoulder. "I honestly can't wait until we get home."
"Me either..."
Beca looked out the window four hours later and smiled as she saw they were about to land. She looked over at Chloe and Mike and smirked seeing they were both asleep. "Chlo." She said as she nudged Chloe. "Baby wake up.."
Chloe slowly opened her eyes and yawned. "What's going on Bec?"
"We're landing.. Can you wake up Mike?"
Chloe nodded and started waking Mike. He opened his eyes and looked around in confusion for a minute before looking at Beca and Chloe. "I almost forgot where I was.
Beca laughed. "I see that, we're landing I just wanted to wake you guys up."
They were now walking through LAX and Beca smiled as she saw Sam looking for her. They walked up to Sam and Beca greeted him with a small smile. "Hey man, how's John doing?"
Sam shrugged. "He's hanging in there, I order pizza yesterday and I got him to come out of his room to eat."
Mike laughed. "Johnny could never resist pizza."
Beca smiled. "Sam this is a friend of my dad's, Mike. Mike this is my body guard, slash driver, slash friend Sam."
Mike nodded. "Nice to meet you."
"Nice to meet you too." Sam said with a small smile. He looked at Beca. "We should probably head out before people start surrounding you."
Beca nodded. "Yeah I think I wanna stop at John's house first, if that's okay with you.." Beca said, looking at Chloe as she said the last part.
"Yeah that's fine, the sooner the better."
Beca walked up to John's room with a sigh. "Hey dad it's me Beca.."
It was quiet for a minute before his bedroom door slowly opened. "Hey Rebeca."
Beca's eyes widened. "Sheesh dude, caveman much?" She said gesturing to the growing beard on his face.
John smiled. "I haven't really been taking care of myself much.."
Beca nodded. "I've heard.. It's nice to see you smiling pop. So I've got a surprise for you..."
"What kind of surprise?"
Beca smiled. "An old friend kind of surprise." She looked John up and down. "Change your pants and comb your hair and then we can see your surprise."
John nodded and went back in his room for a couple of minutes. He came back out looking much neater. "Better?"
Beca grinned. "Now you kind of look like the John I know. Now let's get you downstairs."
They walked downstairs and John stared hard at the person who was facing away from him. "Mike?"
Mike turned around and looked at John with a big smile. "Hey Johnny."
A/N: How do you think John is gonna react to seeing Mike? What do you think about the way Beca handled the situation with Aubrey?
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