Stacie stepped aside and let Aubrey and Chloe come in. As Chloe started past Stacie, Stacie grabbed her into a bear hug.

"I'm so sorry, Chlo," Stacie said. "About everything. None of us realized what we were doing to you. I guess we all got complacent. It's like when you're at home with your family. Things just got done and you never notice who does it. I'm going to send my mom an amazing flower arrangement with a big thank you and I'm sorry. After going through this with you, I realize she's the one who did everything and never asked or received a thank you."

Chloe hugged Stacie back and said, "Thank you. That means a lot to me."

Stacie and Chloe went into the living room and stood by an angry Aubrey. There were a few Bellas sitting around the living room. The others had class and weren't able to attend the meeting.

"Where the hell is Beca?," Aubrey asked.

"She's right here," Beca said as she walked in.

"You had better explain yourself, Beca," Aubrey said getting right in Beca's face.

Beca put a finger on Aubrey's shoulder and pushed her back away from her. "I don't have to explain myself to you," Beca said.

"If you think for one minute that you don't have to exp-", Aubrey started.

"I repeat: I don't have to explain myself to you," Beca said interrupting Aubrey. She walked over to Chloe and said, "But I do need to explain some things to you."

Chloe looked and felt awful. She hadn't slept at all last night. She had been crying off and on and that made it difficult to sleep. She looked at Beca and Beca noticed that Chloe's beautiful blue eyes held sadness and pain. Beca felt like shit knowing that she was the cause of it.

"I'll get to that in a second," Beca said softly still looking at Chloe. "I believe the rest of the girls have something to say to you."

The girls all sat there and Beca gave them a 'get your asses up and apologize to Chloe' look.

Fat Amy jumped up and said, "Right. Um, Chloe, I am really sorry that I didn't do my chores and you got stuck doing them. I'm also sorry that it made you feel like we didn't respect or appreciate you. We love you, Red."

Chloe gave Amy a small smile.

CR stood up and walked over to Chloe and gave her a hug. "I can't say much more than what Amy has already said, except to add that I'm sorry about the way we treated you. You've become like our second mom and we should have treated you better."

Chloe hugged CR back. The rest of the Bellas gave Chloe hugs and their sorries. Chloe smiled at them all and said, "I appreciate all this. Thank you. I love you guys. You're family and families have their disagreements. I'm sorry I didn't say anything sooner so it didn't come to this." Tears came to Chloe's eyes and she wiped them away. "And no matter what I'll be rooting for you at every competition."

Everyone looked at Chloe remembering that she no longer was a Bella. The tears continued to fall down Chloe's face.

Aubrey grabbed Chloe in a hug and rubbed her hand up and down Chloe's back to comfort her.

Aubrey turns to Beca and mouths, "Fix this. Now!"

Beca turns to Chloe and says, "Can we talk? Just you and me."

Chloe pulls away from Aubrey and looks at Beca. Beca holds out her hand. Chloe hesitates for a moment and takes it. Beca leads her into the kitchen. She gets Chloe a towel to wipe her face and some water to help calm her down.

"Would you like to sit?," Beca asks Chloe pointing to a stool. Chloe sits and Beca sits right next to her.

"First, I owe you a huge apology," Beca says taking Chloe's hands in hers. "You are so good at taking charge of the Bellas and I am so not, so I let you handle them. I am the Captain and should be the one making sure they did what they were supposed to do. I should have paid attention and not been so oblivious to what was going on around me."

Chloe snorted at this. "Being oblivious seems to be your forte," she says.

Beca chuckled. "So, I've been told."

Beca pulls out the envelope with Chloe's resignation from the Bellas and tears it up. "You have always been a Bella and no letter will change that," Beca says. "I'm sorry I made you cry last night. I'm sorry that I said you weren't a Bella. Please come back to us. We need you. I need you."

Chloe was crying and jumped up. She hugged Beca and said, "Thank you. It hurt when you said I was no longer a Bella. But no matter what happens, I will never really leave the Bellas."

Aubrey is pacing back and forth in the living room. Stacie, CR, and Amy keeping a close eye on her to make sure she didn't go storming into the kitchen to interrupt Beca and Chloe.

Aubrey looks at all the Bella girls and says, "I hope you girls didn't say those things to Chloe because you thought that's what she wanted to hear. She was really upset with all of you."

"We all meant every word," Stacie said. "We are all upset with ourselves for making Chloe feel like we don't appreciate her. She does so much for us that we did take it for granted. We've learned our lesson and won't let it happen again."

The other girls all nodded in agreement. Aubrey smiled and said, "Good. I'd hate to have to come back here and kick all your asses."

Beca pulled out of the hug with Chloe. She looked into Chloe's eyes. Chloe stared back at her. "I've been in love with you for so long," Beca says surprising herself and Chloe. Beca had not expected to just blurt it out like that. She continued, "I guess I didn't know how to tell you because I thought it would ruin our friendship. You are the best friend I've ever had, Chlo."

Chloe first looked shocked and then suddenly her face lit up with a genuine Beale smile.

"That's the smile I've been missing," Beca says with a chuckle.

Chloe leans into Beca and softly says, "So, you're in love with me, hmmm?"

"Yep," Beca says popping the "p."

"What are you going to do about it?," asks Chloe inching closer to Beca.

Beca smiles and says, "This." She closes the last few centimeters and kisses Chloe. Chloe puts her arms around Beca's shoulders pulling her in closer as she kisses her back.

They finally pull back so they can breathe. Chloe says, "In case you couldn't tell, I'm in love with you, too."

They both can feel the other's smile as they kiss again. Suddenly, the room is filled with cheers and whistles as the Bellas pile into the kitchen.

Beca and Chloe break apart as they are engulfed in a group hug. Aubrey is behind Beca and whispers in her ear, "You make her cry like you did last night and you'll be praying that the wolves get to you before I do."

Well, that's it folks. The fnal chapter is an Epilogue.