A/N: So this story is going like, a totally different way than the movie. All for a good cause though, eventually. It'll still be following the movie, but I want to spice things up a little bit first.
It was 6:30PM and Beca and Chloe were walking up to Beca's dorm room. They had just had dinner, which consisted of a chicken salad for Chloe and a lousy burger and chips for Beca. They decided to skip dessert and just head back to be with each other, free of Tech's and Doctors, before curfew at 11PM.
After the conversation with Luke, Beca found herself quite mad at the fact that she would be leaving in two weeks. And truthfully, all she wanted to do was to just curl up in a ball on her bed and sleep for days. But then, just seeing Chloe waiting for her on her bed when she got back, made all those feelings go away. And she figured that just being with Chloe was enough to make all the bad feelings go away, despite how much she wanted to be mad at herself for forgetting.
They were walking close to each other, their arms brushing with every other step they took. And Beca, loving the feeling of Chloe's arm touching hers, swallowed her pride and flexed her fingers. She wiped them on her jeans before slowly reaching out and touching Chloe's hand, keeping her head looking forward as she did so. And Chloe, feeling Beca's hand trying to touch hers, turned to look at the brunette and smiled at her, before looking down at their hands. She let the brunette entwine their fingers, biting her lip to stop herself from smiling when she felt how perfect their hands moulded together.
After another five minutes walking, they found themselves outside Beca's door. And the brunette reached in the pocket for her key before opening the door, pushing it open and motioning for Chloe to go in first. The redhead smiled as a thank you, although she still kept a hold of Beca's hand, pulling her into the room with her.
"Do you have Netflix?" the redhead asked as she pulled Beca towards the bed where the brunette's laptop was sat.
"Yeah but, I don't like.. have an account."
"You don't have a Netflix account?"
"No, I don't really watch movies." Beca laughed nervously, scratching the back of her head as she kept hold of Chloe's hand, not wanting to let go of it yet.
"Oh. Well, do you wanna watch one with me?" Chloe asked, and Beca smiled at just how adorable she thought the redhead was when she was nervous.
"Yeah, of course, I'd love to."
"Okay, I'll sign on to my account then?"
"Right. I'm just gonna pee."
"Okay." Chloe giggled, unwillingly letting go of Beca's hand as the brunette walked towards the bathroom. The redhead sat down with her back against the wall, moving to put a pillow behind her to lean on as she picked up Beca's laptop and opened it up. At first she expected for the brunette to have a password on her laptop, but was surprised to see that it came on straight away with the browser already on.
She was about to type in the search bar, but stopped when she saw that Beca had left it on her emails. Her eyes looked up towards the bathroom door, biting her lip in apprehension before looking back at the screen. Showing on the screen, was an email that Beca had received two years ago. Her eyebrows knitted together and nothing but confusion formed on her face as she read the email.
Beca,
Please talk to me. I've tried calling you, texting you, leaving you messages, I stop by your house everyday but you're never in. I've tried everything, and this is my only resort left. And I know for a fact that you check your emails daily so I know you'll see this. Where are you, Beca? I need you, baby. Please. I want to know that you're safe. That's all I need. Please just call me or email me back. I love you, okay? Please believe me.
Iris x
Chloe frowned. Why had Beca never told her about this girl? And why was Beca reading over their emails from two years ago? Is she still hooked on an ex that Chloe doesn't know about? Are they still dating? The redhead was confused, but before she could read anything else, she heard the toilet flush from the bathroom.
She quickly clicked on another tab and typed in Netflix, logging onto her account quickly before closing the tab with Beca's emails on it. She sighed in relief when Beca opened the door, and the Netflix site logged her on just in time.
"You picked a movie?" Beca asked as she walked over to the redhead, dropping down on the bed next to her. And Chloe flinched as she felt the brunette put her arm around her shoulder, suddenly feeling like she shouldn't be letting Beca do all of this stuff when she might already have a girlfriend.
"I figured we could pick together." the redhead simply said, not moving away from the brunette in case she got suspicious. So instead, she let the brunette move in closer to her, despite how wrong it felt, as they both picked a movie together. Eventually, they both settled on the movie '500 Days of Summer'.
As the laptop rested on Chloe's lap, Beca leaned her head on Chloe's shoulder, and the redhead was glad that Beca wasn't able to see the turmoil in her eyes as she thought about the email. She didn't even acknowledge the snarky comments and remarks that Beca was making all the way through the movie, and before she knew it; it was 8:15PM and the end credits were rolling down the screen.
The brunette lifted her head up from Chloe's shoulder, groaning as she felt her neck crack from having laid in the position for too long. She laughed as she looked at Chloe, and the redhead looked back at her, nervously biting at her lip.
"You okay?" the brunette whispered, taking in their close proximity as Mumm-Ra's 'She's Got You High' played as background music. Her eyes flickered down to Chloe's lips again as the redhead nodded, and Beca found herself leaning in for the second time that day.
But Chloe shook her head, closing the laptop as she shuffled off of the bed and put the laptop beside her. She was unaware of the disappointment in Beca's face as she went to turn the light on. Then she turned around, awkwardly smiling at the brunette as Beca put her laptop on the small table at the side of her bed.
"Beca?"
"Yeah?"
"Uh, I have a question." she breathed out as she approached the brunette, sitting down beside her, but still keeping a respectable distance between them. And when Beca didn't answer, instead just giving her a reassuring look, she decided to not beat around the bush, and just go for it.
"Um.. who's Iris?"
Immediately, Beca's face dropped as she stared at Chloe, her eyebrows slowly knitting together. She shook her head, opening and closing her mouth a few times as if trying to spit her words out. Eventually though, she managed to ask, "how do you know about her?"
"When I opened your laptop, it was left on your emails. I didn't-"
"Why did you read my emails?" the brunette asked, and Chloe closed her eyes, not wanting to see the hurt look that was now plastered across Beca's face.
"Bec, I swear, I didn't mean to read them. I just got confused when I saw that-"
"-That's bullshit, Chloe!"
The redhead winced, looking away from Beca as the brunette stood up and walked across the room.
"Bec I'm sorry, I didn't-"
"-No, just.. stop. Stop talking." Beca said calmly. "You shouldn't have done that. That's not fucking cool."
"I'm sorry, okay? At least I told you and didn't keep it to myself."
"That doesn't excuse what you did! They are my private emails!"
"I want to be here for you, Beca."
"I don't need you, Chloe!"
The brunette breathed out a sigh, instantly regretting the words that escaped her mouth so easily. She turned away from the redhead, not letting her see the tears in her eyes.
"Wow." Chloe breathed out, standing up and walking towards the door.
"No, Chloe." Beca said, rushing towards the door just in time to put her leg in front of it before the redhead left. "I didn't mean that, I'm sorry."
"No, it's fine." Chloe sighed with a shake of her head, suddenly feeling an ache in her head as she reached out for the door handle. "Let me out."
"No, I-"
"-Beca, let me out of the door."
She's not gonna let you out!
Say goodbye!
You're gonna be trapped forever!
"No let's settle this, Chloe." Beca whispered, stepping closer to the redhead. "I didn't mean that, I just got angry-"
This is where you die!
"-and I didn't want you seeing those emails and- Chloe?" Beca's eyes widened when she saw the fear in Chloe's eyes, watching as the redhead covered her ears and cried out, a loud, ear-piercing scream.
"Chloe? Chloe, talk to me, are you okay?!" the brunette asked as she stepped towards Chloe, wrapping her arms around her as tears streamed down the redhead's face. She was shaking, and violent sobs escaped her throat as she squeezed her eyes shut enough to see a series of swirls and shapes behind her eyelids.
"NO! Get away from me!" Chloe screamed, thrashing about in Beca's arms as she felt her legs start to give way. "Stop it! Leave me alone!"
"Chloe, it's okay. I've got you." Beca whispered next to her ear, holding Chloe in her arms as she lowered them to the ground.
She's gonna kill you now, hahahaha!
"Please stop!"
"Chloe, you're okay. It's just your imagination."
She continued to console the redhead in a soft voice, running a hand through her hair as she held her against her chest. And Chloe's fingers were digging into her arm, and Beca was pretty sure that she may have broken some skin there, but she couldn't think of that at the moment. Instead, she just held the redhead in her arms and occasionally whispered heartfelt consolations into her ear.
And the last thing Chloe heard was Beca's voice telling her that she's sorry, before everything went black.
