A/N: No, I'm not dead. No, I'm not forgetting this fic either, I have no excuse for the delay except that new job, still trying to get to law school and well life got in the way. Sorry for the delay and thank you so very much to all of you who are still following the fic.
I'll let you to it, enjoy.
Disclaimer: As always I don't own Pitch Perfect bla, bla, bla.
As soon as Aubrey arrived to New York she took a cab and headed home, she turned her phone back on and was meet with a bunch of text from Jesse and Amy, she is reading through them when her phone rings, it was 03:15 in the morning but apparently her friends where just as concern as she was.
"Hello Amy." Aubrey answers her phone with a tired tone.
"What the hell happened Aubrey? We thought you were going to tell Chloe before the magazine came out?" Jesse's angry voice greeted her; obviously they have her on speaker.
"Yeah, I know, I'm sorry guys I was so busy at work that I lost track of time and well, I forgot. You don't need to yell at me I already feel like crap. Chloe was so mad, I've never hear her curse that much. She even told me she hates me, no matter what I did in the past; she never said that to me. I have no idea how to fix this." Aubrey replays with sadness in her voice.
"Sorry Aubs, it's just that this might complicate everything. I'm sure Chloe will calm down once you explain, if you want we can go to your place and help you explain. If she read the article I'm sure she already knows about Amy and me being here too." Jesse says a little bit more calm and with a reassuring tone.
"Yeah, don't worry too much about gingers outburst Cap, we know she can be a really she-devil when upset, but she loves you and will forgive you. Even if this might complicate our BeChloe plan" Amy adds.
"I know, I'm really sorry. I guess she knows about you guys now, but I should talk to her by myself first, maybe if things go badly I'll call for backup." The blonde lawyer says.
"Sure, sound good. Any ideas about how are you going to explain things to her?" The brunette boy asks.
"Not really, I guess I'll just explain how I found out about Beca being here and work from there, the main reason we want them to meet is so they can heal and leave all behind so I'll try to explain that to her." The older blonde answers.
"Well, good luck with ginger Cap, if you need back up just call ok? I got a few tranquilizer guns if we need to calm her down." The aussie girl says and Aubrey can help but chuckle not really knowing if Amy is being serious about the tranq-gun but knowing it's totally possible.
"I hope it doesn't come to that. Guess we'll find out soon I just got home." Aubrey says and the duo on the other line could tell she was really nervous.
"Don't worry Bree I'm sure Chloe will come around, we'll wait for you to text us once you finish talking to her ok? If you need us to come over, just call." Jesse reassures the blonde lawyer.
"Yeah, thanks guys, talk to you later." Aubrey answers before hanging up getting out of the cab and into her building.
Once she reaches her apartment she takes a deep breath and opens the door. She is surprise to see all the lights are off. She thought Chloe will be waiting for her in the couch or the kitchen but apparently that wasn't the case. What if she didn't wait? What if she left? She got to the living room and found an almost empty bottle of scotch. That explains why Chloe was drunk when she called. She decided to check on Chloe's room before freaking out, letting out the air she didn't know she was holding at finding out that her friend was indeed, in her bed fast asleep with the magazine in one hand and a half empty bottle of scotch in the other. She turns on the lights and makes her way to the redhead almost tripping over other empty bottle lying on the floor. What the hell? How much did she drink? She settles in the side of the redhead's bed taking a closer look at her. She removed some hair from her best friend's face placing it carefully behind her ear, leaving red and puffy eyes in display. She takes a deep breath and summons her courage for what's to come before carefully shaking her friend awake.
"Chloe sweetie, wake up. Chlo, baby I'm back, wake up." Aubrey whispers while shaking Chloe's shoulder, when the redhead starts to stir she removes her hand from her shoulder not sure the touch will be welcome.
"Aubrey? You ok? What are you…?" Chloe starts to wake up and furrows her eyebrows at her friend with a little concern in her eyes, her sleepy and drunken mind taking a moment to remember the events of the day, but once she does her face changes and all that Aubrey could see in her eyes was anger and hurt. Silence fills the room and for the first time in like forever it's uncomfortable, thick and cold. "Thought you were going to explain, I'm waiting Posen."
"Chloe, I'm sorry. I really am. I was going to tell you Beca is here I swear bu…" Aubrey starts to talk but Chloe cuts her.
"When Aubrey?! When were you going to tell me?! Yesterday over the phone before the magazine came out? Or the day before that when I called you about the meeting at NYU? Or before you went on your business trip? Fuck Aubrey, since when did you know she was here to begin with?!" Chloe starts to yell at her best friend standing up from her bed which was a mistake since her head started hurting and her stomach twitched so she starts pacing around regretting how much she drank but too angry to sit.
Aubrey looks down at her hands on her lap unable to look her best friend in the eye. "Almost two years ago, that's when I found out she was living here, a few months after she moved here." Aubrey answers in a small voice ready for the yelling she knows will start after that.
"Two years? Two fucking years?! Aubrey! What the hell? How could you not tell me?!" Chloe indeed starts yelling.
"How could I Chloe?! You didn't want to know anything about her and at that time you pretended that you were more than happy that she wasn't around! Besides I wasn't in contact with her then, I just saw her around from time to time on some of her gigs or by passing!" Aubrey yells back feeling offended that Chloe will be upset for not telling her about Beca at that moment.
"Then? You mean you are in contact with her now? What the hell Aubrey? Does she know I'm here? Did you tell her?" Chloe asks hurt in her voice and betrayal in her eyes refusing to acknowledge the comment about pretending to be happy back then without Beca around. Of course she noticed it was a show.
"Of course not! She has no idea you are here. But yes, I manage to rebuild my friendship with her a few months ago, it took me a lot of effort and it's nowhere near as strong as it was before." Aubrey answers with little sadness in her voice.
"Please, don't act like you were best buddies back then, you barely tolerated each other" Chloe snaps with venom in her voice, she know she is lying. That might've been true in the beginning but things changed for the best. However she can't let the guilt she is feeling for making Aubrey choose between them back then get to her, she has no right to show how jealous she is at the fact that Aubrey is allow to see and talk to Beca now, so she decided hurting her friend will be better. That was low Chloe, how could you say that to your best friend? What is wrong with you?
"Don't you dare Chloe! You know Beca and I were pretty good friends, it took us a while but we were really close back then, it's time you finally get your head out of your ass, back then you didn't only screw Beca, you screw us all and maybe if you'd have stopped being such an egotistical, selfish brat you would have considered other people feelings before…" Aubrey starts to rant she really lost it with Chloe's comment and she knows when she is upset she can be really hurtful. She know her friend didn't really mean what she said so she bites her tongue before saying something more that she'll regret. This is really not going how I planned it. Keep your cool Posen, one of us has to.
"Before what, Aubrey? What were you going to say? Before I messed it up? You think I don't know I pretty much fucked up her life back then? And any semblance of a relationship she had with everyone around her? I know ok? You can say it. I know you never said it, but I knew you were dying to be on her side. I am sorry for not acknowledging your feelings back then, or anyone else. I just, I thought that was what I wanted. I was wrong though." Chloe says with honesty and sadness in her voice knowing she crossed a line before and that she deserves what the blonde said.
Aubrey takes a deep breath before shaking her head and answering. "Don't worry Chloe, I stayed by your side because I WANTED to, you didn't asked me to choose, I did it all by myself." Aubrey says with a reassuring smile. "Look I didn't came all the way back here to fight with you or to play blame on someone, I came to apologize and explain, think you can shut it for a while and after I tell you everything you can yell and insult me all you want?" Aubrey asks playfully knowing her friend's previous words came only due to the alcohol still in the redhead system.
Chloe knows this is it. This will be the moment when she'll have to face her feelings and the consequences of what she did. Also she feels guilty for the things she said to her best friend in the morning and just now, she really doesn't need the explanation anymore she already figured it out but she will take it in order to postpone dealing with it as much as possible, so she only makes her way back to her bed besides Aubrey and nods, placing her head in the blonde's shoulder.
"Thank you, so I'll start with the beginning. I knew that Amy and Jesse were looking for Beca after she didn't show at the graduation but as far as I knew they weren't able to find her, and they got a job here so they moved, imagine my surprise when a few months after I moved here too, I went to this small club and I found her there DJ-ing, I thought about approaching her but decided to wait after her shift was over, she was really good, I never thought she would have those skills with music, I was really impressed, I had this whole plan that after talking to her I'll text Amy and Jesse to let them know I found her, once the set was finished and I was making my way over, I noticed that Amy and Jesse where with her, I took the hint that she didn't wanted anyone else to know where she was, so I left, I keep track of her from a distance, I never lost contact with Amy nor Jesse so I tried making them to tell me that they were with Beca for a while, I thought, maybe they could talk her into seeing me but they never broke, they lied to my face several times when I asked about her, if they heard from her, until I couldn't take it and told them I knew she was here with them. They explain Beca made them promised not to tell anyone about her whereabouts and ask me not to push it so I didn't. They asked me about you and I ask them about Beca we were all friends once, they still care about you too, they are mad at you sure but they still care. When you told me you applied for NYU I ponder if I should let you know Beca was here or not, obviously I didn't since the chances of you getting the job here weren't big, don't get me wrong you are a great teacher but this was NYU and you are not that experienced. All the other universities you applied to were more likely to answer back to you, and when you told me they send you the letter I didn't know what to do. I knew I should let you know but if I've told you, you wouldn't have taken the job, and I missed you so much I wanted you to be here with me, so I didn't told you. To be completely honest with you, all the Bellas know about Beca being in New York. The real reason why we didn't told you anything is that you are suffering Chlo, and so is she. It doesn't matter the show you put on for all of us to see, we all know you regret what you did back then and we also know the way Beca handles things is not good for her, you need closure, both of you. She just left and became a totally different person, she had walls before but now those walls are even bigger, back then she was caring even if she didn't show it but now she became cold and uses the girls just for fun, only recently she is coming out of her shell again but only a little, and you, well you don't need me to tell you how you've been affected by it, you change too Chloe you are missing that fire, that spark you had back then, we want you and her to talk, we aren't hopping for things to get back at how they were or for you two to get back together, but maybe if you face each other you can really start to heal. If we've told you any of this you'd have never agreed to it so yeah I lied and let your attempt at running away turn into the complete opposite. You are in a situation where you can't avoid facing the aftermath of what happen. I'm sorry for the lies but I only did what I thought, what we all thought is best for you two. I'm sorry you found out this way I was going to tell you before the magazine came out, give you time to acknowledge this before you had to face the fact that she is here and she will be everywhere, since she is kind of a big deal now. I'm sorry. I think that's all, you can yell at me now." Aubrey finishes her speech, she knows is crap but that's all she has.
Chloe just stays there, head resting on her best friend shoulder silent tears running down her cheeks for several minutes until she managed to find her voice.
"I'm sorry that I yelled at you in the morning and just now. I didn't mean what I said. I don't hate you, I'll never hate you it's just, I don't know, I was feeling so many things at once that I decided to focus on the easier one to deal with. It was easier to be angry at you, than face the other feelings at seeing Beca again even through a picture." Chloe starts talking in a hoarse whisper still crying. "She sounds so different on the interview; I see what you mean about her walls she sounds cocky, and confident witch is good, but is obvious that she doesn't let people know the real her. I think you are right I need to talk to her but I really don't think she wants to even hear my name. She became this famous persona and I'm just the same dumb girl I was before. God Bree she looks so hot in those pictures, even hotter than I remember" Chloe adds with a sad chuckle. "Does she look like that in person too? Or is it just photoshop?"
Aubrey chuckles at her friend questions. "Of course you will focus on that Beale! Get your head out of the gutter. But to be honest she looks even hotter in person." Aubrey says before noticing what came out of her mouth. "I swear if you ever tell her or anyone for that matter, I said that I'll kill you and make it look like a tragic accident, not to mention I'll deny it till my grave." The blonde lawyer jokes.
"Don't worry Bree, I don't think there will ever be a chance for me to tell her that. She won't talk to me and I can't blame her for that. I know if things were reversed I wouldn't." Chloe answers with the most painful voice Aubrey has ever heard from the redhead.
"She might Chlo, it won't be easy and she most definitely will tell you really awful and hurtful things so, I need to know what you'd like to come out of that talk. Do you want just to clear the air? Or do you want to have another shot with her?" Aubrey asks while changing her posture so she is now side facing her friend on the bed, trying to lock eyes with her best friend.
"IF, and is a big IF, she allows me to talk to her I'd like to clear the air, maybe get a shot at forgiveness, I probably don't deserve it but still, I never got the chance to apologize, by the time I realized what I did was really wrong she was far gone." Chloe answers but doesn't look Aubrey in the eyes.
"Chloe, sweetie, be honest with me, do you still love Beca? Scratch that, Are you still in love with Beca?" Aubrey already knew the answer but she needed to make her best friend acknowledge her own feelings.
The redhead looked down to her lap not knowing if she was ready to say those words out loud, she kept those feelings hidden for a long time. "I-I don't know. I-I mean, I-I… yes, I love her, I'm in love with her, always was, and probably always will, but I also feel like I have no right to have these feelings for her, not after what I did to her, not after breaking her heart. Even if I'll do anything to get another shot at being with her, I don't think I'll ever deserve that chance. " Chloe tells her best friend crying again, the blonde heart breaks at the sight she knows all this mess was the redhead's fault but still she can't help to feel bad for her.
"Shhhh, don't cry Chloe." The blonde hugs the teacher tight, and settles on the bed so they are lying, she holds her friend in her arms and lets her cry she hates to be the one to give the redhead tough love but she knows she needs to do it; she messed up once before by not doing it, she won't make the same mistake again. "You're right; you don't deserve a second chance with Beca, not if you are not willing to fight for it, not if you act like this, you can't act like the old Chloe the one that messed it up, the one that let her go away, that pushed her away, if you act like that, like this right now, you're right you don't deserve Beca at all, but I know that if you love her as much as I think you do, you won't be that Chloe, you will be the Chloe Beca deserves, and if you show her that she will listen to you, she will forgive you, and If you work really hard and you prove yourself to her again, more importantly if you prove yourself to you, she will open her heart to you again, and with the right moves and actions, learning from the past, you will make her fall in love with you again. But once you make the decision there is no giving up, no turning back, and even if you don't get her back at least this time you'll know you tried your hardest, and you didn't let her go without a fight. I won't lie, it'll be hard and painful as hell but if you really love her you know no matter the outcome it'll be worth it. So what will it be Chlo? Will you settle for forgiveness? Or will you get your girl back?" Aubrey asks taking Chloe's face in both hands and looking her in the eye, she can see it in her best friends eyes all the thoughts going through the redhead's head, an internal battle, the blonde looks at those baby blue eyes with worry, afraid of the decision that is forming behind those eyes, her worry increases for a second, and it must show in her own eyes because the redhead takes her hands in hers and breaks the eye contact for a few seconds before looking back at her best friend's green forest eyes, the look in the redhead's face is enough to make the blonde release the breath she didn't know she was holding.
"I'll do everything to win Beca back" Chloe says with a fire in her eyes that the blonde haven't seen in so long, full of determination and passion, a look the blonde thought was lost.
"That's the Chloe Beale we all love. That's all I wanted to hear." Aubrey says with the brightest smile ever, she knows it'll be hard but she also knows these two are a couple made in heaven and are destined to each other.
A/N: Again I'm Sorry for the delay on this chapter, I know it's a lot shorter than what we are used to, but I just wanted to give you something to know that I'm still here. I wish I could tell you I'll update more often, but unfortunately I don't own my time anymore *crying*. Sucks being a grownup. I just want you to know I won´t be abandoning the fic, hopefully I'll update sooner, but no promises. To popular demand BeChloe end game for sure ;) Steca will end on good terms but will be going for a few chapters more.
Till next time, gimme your thoughts I really appreciate them and they keep me going.
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