A/N: As always, you guys are so awesome. And also, I really feel bad for making many of you sad, but all of these had to be done. We shall venture into a couple more chapters of hurt and angst but I promise you, once we finish delving into that realm, we'll all plunge into the more happy chapters 'kay? So please, please, please stay with me?
I do not own Pitch Perfect.
Jessica's POV
I sigh as I stood before two of the most amazing people I have ever met in my life. It breaks my heart to see them this broken and I hate myself because I can't do anything to at least help ease their pain. These two are great people, yet why are the horrible things always after them?
"I'm so gonna miss you guys," I tell them, doing a pathetic job at keeping my tears at bay. They were smiling fondly at me but the sadness in their once-full-of-life eyes still remain. I cried harder.
"Aww . . . we're not leaving for good Jess. We're gonna be back next year or the year after that. But, we'll miss you too," Stacie responds solemnly, pulling me into a tight hug which Beca soon joins.
They eventually pull away, wiping at the tears that are now falling from their eyes. They both pull white envelopes from their pockets and hand them over to me. "Please give that to them at the start of the next semester," Beca tells me as her and Stacie pulled me in for another group hug before they hugged their dad goodbye and they walked off when they finally heard their flight being called. I left the airport with a heavy heart.
Aubrey's POV
I toss and turn in my bed for the hundredth time that night. I haven't had any sleep for the past week because . . . because the look on Stacie's face the last time I saw her keeps haunting me. Her last words were also keeping me up at night.
Honestly, I regret everything that happened between the two of us that day. If I could take back time, I never would've approached her like that. I would've done what my heart was dictating me to do, I would've apologized – on my knees if need be – but my stupid pride stopped me. And that would be my biggest regret, ever.
After a few minutes more of tossing and turning, I totally gave up on sleep and went out to the balcony of my childhood home and gazed up at the stars. Somehow, the sight only made me sadder and I felt such a pang in my chest as I was reminded of Stacie and the nights we spent under the stars, pointing at certain constellations as we shared our dreams and fears with each other. I could feel tears slipping past my cheeks but I never made any move to wipe them away.
As Stacie's beautiful face – so full of pain and disappointment – flashed in my mind again, I couldn't help but feel that I deserve the pain I am feeling right now. God, I regret hurting her so much. And not seeing her for a week made me miss her terribly. I let the tears fall harder as a realization hit me at that moment. As time wore on, Stacie has slowly but surely took a hold of my heart and now, it doesn't belong to me anymore.
Maybe that's why when I took Luke back, I didn't feel happy like I should have been and I did everything to not let it show; when I have succeeded in helping one of my best friends get back at the person who broke her heart, it felt like my own heart was being ripped to pieces.
Kayla has been mine and Chloe's best friend since third grade – Chloe and I go way back – and she has always been our protector. I grew fond of her because she always got our backs and Chloe and I made a silent promise that whatever happens, we've got her back always. So, when she got back to Atlanta from New York for college and we found her being just a shell of what she once was, Chloe and I vowed to make the person who hurt her suffer.
When Luke broke up with me and Tom with Chloe, Kayla managed to convince us to use Stacie and Beca – the people who hurt her in high school – maybe due to our bitterness and desperation to get the two jerks back. I know it was a very stupid and heartless plan, but Chloe and I were blinded with our desperation to help a friend who has always been our defender and to take back our boyfriends. Four years was hard to let go of.
Kayla told me that Stacie was a heartless womanizer. She knew that she was good-looking and used it to her advantage to flirt endlessly with girls, sleeping with them then discarding them the very next day. I didn't expect Stacie to be playful yet sometimes shy and very intellectual. She was so kind and sweet that I found myself forgetting about our plan most of the time. And I eventually realized that I fell in love with her, although it may be too late now.
I still have to do the right thing though. That night, I decided that I would break up with Luke as soon as the next morning and come next semester, I would do anything, anything, to make Stacie forgive me. I'll just deal with Kayla after.
Chloe's POV
"Don't. Stop talking. I don't want to hear your excuses Beale. I hope you're happy that you finally have your boyfriend back, at my expense. You believed all the stupid lies Kayla have fed you and you judged me without really knowing me well at all. You hurt me and you lied to me when I have always been honest with you. I can't even look at you right now. So please, I don't want to talk to you."
It hurts, everything hurts. The day after my attempt to apologize to Beca was the day I ended things with Tom. I had to do it because I couldn't keep lying to myself anymore. My heart was no longer his, it now belongs to a beautiful brunette DJ with the most beautiful navy blue eyes I have ever seen that I loved to get lost in.
It's been a week since I last saw her and classes have already ended with me not even being able to catch a glimpse of her. It hurts so much when I saw all the pain in her eyes and heard the anger in her voice. I hate myself for doing that to her, for hurting her.
I love her. God, I love her so much. I knew since the moment that she decided to open up to me. I honestly didn't want to go through with the plan but I didn't want to hurt Kayla, she's my best friend – next to Aubrey – after all. So, even though it broke my heart, I had to break hers, and I had to endure being together with someone I didn't love for a whole week. I have been crying myself to sleep ever since.
I want to make things right with her. I want her to forgive me and I am willing to do whatever it takes. I can't survive not having her in my life, it'd kill me. I have never been in love with anyone like I am in love with Beca and I know without a doubt that she's it for me.
Come next semester, I am going to do right by her. I'm not gonna lie and keep things from her anymore. I am gonna come clean with my feelings for her, no matter the consequence. Kayla just has to suck it up and learn to accept the fact that the plan backfired and I am totally, irrevocably in love with Beca Mitchell.
