This is really short, but there's no Beca and Chloe in this chapter. This story is coming to an end...
Aubrey was a zombie. She tried to make it seem as though she was unaffected but Chloe's disappearance broke her. It broke her and she wanted to kill herself.
She had stopped studying, singing, eating and sleeping. People said she was a walking skeleton. She tried to eat but she just threw everything up.
It's been five months since Chloe disappeared and she was afraid she was gonna receive her heart in a box. She thanked God everyday when she didn't, that gave her hope that maybe her redheaded bubbly, happy, shiny best friend might still be alive. She had hope.
The Bellas had done a show to honor both Chloe and Stacie, while the Trebles honored Benji and Jesse. The four a cappella teens who disappeared mysteriously.
"I told her not to go! I told her to stay!" Aubrey cried. "She promised she'd come back! She promised me!"
Jessica, one of the younger Bellas, hugged Aubrey. Rubbing her back softly.
"Are you going to the Beales' memorial service?" Jessica asked. "Because I can come with you. I can take you, I mean."
"I'm gonna need that." Aubrey said. "God, imagine little Kylie's pain. Her parents..."
"I'm really sorry, Aubrey. We all miss both her and Stacie so much." Jessica said.
Aubrey wiped her tears and pulled apart from Jessica.
"Our dorm seems so empty.. not because there isn't anything but.. her energy." Aubrey said. "Chloe brought an energy into everything she did. She gave everyone a certainty that everything would be okay. And now some bastard.. some asshole stole her and we don't even know if she's dead or alive!"
"Let's believe she's alive. Because even though she's not physically with us, she's here between us." Jessica said. "I know Chloe would never actually leave us."
Aubrey nodded.
"She wouldn't. I hear her giggles in my dreams and I hear her calling out to me." Aubrey said.
"She's alive, Aubrey! Just have faith." Jessica said.
Aubrey nodded and wiped her tears.
"Thanks, Jess. I really need people like you." Aubrey said. "Now let's go eat something. I don't wanna think about that all the time."
Jessica nodded.
"Would it be okay if the others joined us?" Jessica asked.
"Yeah, it'll make me feel better." Aubrey said. "Come on."
They both stood up and Jessica texted the other Bellas on the way over to the closest Subway. It wasn't lunchtime but Jessica was gonna try to get Aubrey to eat something.
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The Bellas were all sitting at booth in a coffeehouse, they were drinking coffee and eating some snacks. They were all relieved that Aubrey was eating something. She had a long way to go but she was improving.
"...the disappearances got the police thinking 'what if Rebeca Mitchell is actually the one kidnapping our students?'. For the past 5 years, victims disappeared all over the world, including Mitchell's father, the only part of the victims that were found were their hearts. Mitchell is known to be a cannibal, but what does she look like? Where is she hiding? Is Chloe Beale, believed to be her last victim, still alive? Those are all questions the police still have to answer." the woman in the television news suddenly caught the Bellas' attention and they all went pale.
"What?!" Ashley asked.
"A cannibal? What the fuck!" Cynthia Rose exclaimed.
Aubrey went paler than ever and she threw up. Fortunately, she was by the end of the booth so she threw up on the floor. But because she barely had food in her system, she threw up some blood and, sure enough, she passed out. Jessica was sitting beside her and caught her before she could fall onto the ground.
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Cynthia Rose and Jessica were sitting on Aubrey's hospital room. The doctors were feeding with an IV so she could eat without throwing up because she really needed to gain weight.
"I can't believe it." she said. "My best friend was kidnapped by a cannibal.."
"The police will find this woman and arrest her, Aubrey." Jessica said.
"It's too late now. Chloe's already dead." Aubrey said, her eyes filling with tears.
"Aubrey, I know this absolutely sucks but you gotta help yourself. Go to therapy, take some antidepressants, eat. You can't cry everyday, throw up everything you eat and barely sleep. You're gonna die!" Cynthia Rose said. "Stacie and Chloe died but you can't. You gotta live. You gotta be strong for them. Do this for them, Aubrey."
Aubrey looked at Cynthia Rose and then looked down. The other woman was right, she couldn't keep living like this. She was taking big steps towards death and she definitely wasn't ready for that. She wanted to live to see justice being made to her best friends.