Beca had her headphones on and her head in her laptop, working on her latest mix which is somewhat reminiscent of how she's been feeling, a mixture of sadness and anger and confusion and pain with a little bit of happy thrown in there. Well, she's still trying to make it work anyway.

She's sitting at a table in the back of Magic Beans, a small little coffee shop in town. Now, Beca doesn't know about the coffee, because she doesn't like the stuff, but they've got a dragonfruit iced tea that Beca swears is magical. And despite her distaste for coffee, she loves the atmosphere of local coffee shops. They're quiet and comfortable and perfect for working on mixes.

Well, usually they are. Today there seems to be an above average flow of traffic through the small shop, and all the tables are actually filled. And it doesn't help that her mind can't focus on her mixes anyway because there's lingering thoughts of Aubrey and Chloe, neither of which she's actually spoken to about…well any of it.

She knows she should at least talk to Aubrey, and she will, she just has to get up the nerve to tell her. She should probably talk to Chloe too, but she has no idea where to even start with all that.

Just Beca's luck though, Chloe is there getting her coffee and manages to see Beca in the corner of her eye. She's coming toward Beca and Beca has a feeling she's not getting out of having this conversation now. Great.

"Hi," Chloe says.

Beca looks up into cerulean blue eyes that still make her stomach flip after all these years.

Beca means to just acknowledge the greeting, but all the thoughts jumbling in her head lead her to blurting out, "What are you doing here?" instead.

Chloe is taken aback, clearly not expecting that. Her eyes dull a little bit and Beca is annoyed at herself for feeling guilty about that.

"Um, getting coffee," Chloe says.

Beca narrows her eyes. "That's not what I meant," she says. She crosses her arms waiting for an answer.

"Sorry, it's just…you seem so different," Chloe says. "I'm not sure what to say."

"Well why don't you start with why you suddenly pop up in my life after years of having no contact with me after shattering my heart to miniscule pieces just when I've finally let myself fall in love again?"

Beca hears a gasp. She shifts slightly to see Aubrey a few feet behind Chloe, clearly having heard everything she just said. Great.

Aubrey comes up to the table, looking back and forth between Beca and Chloe.

"How did you guys even meet?" Beca asks.

"I pulled Aubrey out of the street so she wouldn't get hit by a truck a few years ago," Chloe answers.

Beca didn't see that one coming. She doesn't know what to say to that. She closes her eyes and wills the pain in her head (and her heart) away. She closes her laptop. "I don't think I can do this right now," Beca says.

"No," Chloe says. "I'll go."

"I was going to leave anyway," Beca lies. She puts all her things into her laptop case and stands to leave.

"Beca, wait," Aubrey says "Are we okay?"

Beca sets her bag down and pulls Aubrey into her arms. She kisses her softly and says, "I love you. We're great." She steps back and looks between Chloe and Aubrey. "I just don't know if I am," she says before she takes her leave.

Aubrey sits, or lets gravity pull her into the chair where Beca was moments ago. Chloe sits down opposite her.

"I really should have seen this coming," Aubrey says.

"What do you mean?" Chloe asks.

"You two," Aubrey says. "Beca's story of the girl who broke her heart, your story of the girl you left behind, it all fits together, now that I think about it."

Chloe sighs. "I didn't think life could get this complicated," she says. "I mean what are the chances?"

"Should I be worried?" Aubrey asks.

"What do you mean?" Chloe asks.

"I know that Beca loves me," Aubrey says. "But I also know that she never got over you, and I've been unknowingly listening to you talk about her for the last few years and about how much you regret leaving her behind and how much you still love her and how you're scared, but you want her back. And I love you, you're my best friend, so I just need to know… Should I be worried?"

Chloe shakes her head. "No," she says. "You're my best friend, I would never do that to you. Am I still in love with Beca? Yes, absolutely. Would I ever try to steal her away from you? Never. You guys are my two favorite people, and I can see how happy you make each other, and all I want in this world is for the both of you to be happy."

"This is going to be hard on you, though," Aubrey says.

"I think it's going to be hard on all of us, but it's probably going to be hardest on Beca," Chloe says.

Chloe's right. It's already hardest on Beca. Aubrey can't even imagine what Beca's going through right now.

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