Chapter 14

As Beca approached them in the living room, Chloe noticed a weird look on her face. The redhead could read her like an open book. They had been best friends for years and Chloe would always be the one to comfort her when she was sad. To calm her down when she was mad. To take care of her when sick. Chloe was always there by her side. Now that they were together she would have to be fully committed to making her feel happy.

The living room had 3 big, white sofas around a modern glass coffee table (that Beca had, of course, paid for, being the one making the most money amongst everyone). There were also 2 big armchairs set diagonally between the sofas and a nice fireplace with a huge TV over it. The Bellas had worked their asses off to buy all of that (and more modern and expensive stuff around the house) but it was definitely worth it.

All the Bellas were cuddled up in 2 couches and one armchair. Chloe was waiting for Beca to finish her phone call and had already sat with a blanket on the couch they would ALWAYS cuddle on when watching a movie.

Beca entered the living room, having a weird and thoughtful expression, that, of course, didn't miss Chloe's eye. The ginger got even more convinced that something was wrong with her girlfriend when she saw Beca sitting down awkwardly in the empty armchair -not even putting her legs up- and starting to fiddle with her fingers. Beca took Chloe's phone out of her pocket and threw it to her with a fake smile. Chloe caught it and frowned.

"Don't you wanna come sit with me?" she smiled.

Beca fake smiled once again when she got up and made her way to the redhead, sitting next to her the same way she had just sat on the chair.

"Get comfy Bec...come on" she said, motioning her to put her legs up so they could cuddle. Beca did as told so Chloe wouldn't realize that something was wrong. But Chloe already knew. And Beca could tell that she did. That's why she was avoiding eye contact with the redhead.

When Beca got 'comfy' Chloe wrapped her arms around her lovingly. "You know you can tell me anything right?" she said quietly and the Bellas wouldn't have heard anyway. They were all paying way too much attention to that particular sex scene in '50 shades of grey' that they were currently watching.

"Yes" she said plainly and fake smiled, this being the only thing she could do to keep her secret hidden.

"The tell me..." she said softly.

"Tell you what dude?" she met Chloe's tone and frowned. For the first time that day had Beca been herself, calling Chloe 'dude' instead of 'babe' or 'baby' or 'babygirl' or 'beautiful'.

"What's wrong baby?" she smiled softly looking straight into her eyes, trying to get her to look at hers.

"N-nothing's wrong Cho" she said awkwardly and frowned. Her eyes still glued to the screen but not really paying attention.

"Beca...don't lie to me..." she said quietly.

"I-I'm not lying..." she said plainly

"Beca..."

"I'm gonna go upstairs guys...sorry I'm just tired" she said goodnight to everyone before heading upstairs. Chloe's heart broke. She thought she was mad at her or something.

Beca got in her room, threw herself on the bed, and tears started escaping her eyes. She was sensitive but she was too badass to show it to anyone. So she just chose to close to herself. The feeling was overwhelming. She didn't want to leave Chloe. She knew they had only been together for a day but she just couldn't leave her. She could never leave her even if they weren't something more than just best friends. She knew she'd miss her and that she couldn't do this alone. She needed her. Her comfort, her love. She would tell her to join her but she knew her commitment to the Bellas. She could never leave them and she was known for not liking to make big changes in her life. And this was gonna be a big ass change and a hard decision. Besides, even if she would come they would bearly have any time together cause Beca would have to work all day long, to prove her abilities to be a manager. On the other hand, she didn't want to stay here either. Her dream was becoming true in front of her eyes. How could she say no? She also had to find a way to run away from her past (Jesse), and the way was right there. She was just too scared to walk. With these thoughts, Beca started sobbing quietly, feeling so overwhelmed.

She was in that state when she heard a gentle knock on the door. And she knew who it was from now. She knew that behind the wooden door, was the worried redhead.

Chloe knew Beca would have been in the room doing nothing, and just thinking about what was troubling her, so thoroughly that she would end up crying. That's what she'd always do. She would enjoy her alone time more than anything. Just like she had done a few hours ago with what had happened with Jesse. She knew it would be a mistake to interrupt her thoughts, more so if her initial thought was accurate and she was mad at her. But she was worried about her. She wanted to make her feel better. Whatever Theo had told her had definitely made her feel like shit. She said goodnight to the Bellas, also claiming that she was tired, but everyone knew and respected the fact that she wanted to spend some alone time with her new girlfriend. So she slowly went upstairs and knocked softly on the door.

"Baby? Can I please come in?" Beca heard Chloe saying softly. She indeed enjoyed her alone time, as a chance to collect her thoughts, but she needed nothing more than the redhead right now. The only person that could pull her out of her misery.

"Y-Yeah" The brunette said quietly, almost inaudibly. She knew she would burst out crying if she spoke any louder.

Chloe slowly opened the door with a comforting smile on her face. She got inside and closed the door behind her. She made the way to the bed as Beca sat up and Chloe sat next to her, starting to rub her back softly to comfort her as the brunette wiped her tears away.

"Come here baby..." Chloe said softly and lied back, pulling Beca down with her gently and cuddling her. "Do you want to tell me what's wrong?" she smiled. "Did Theo say something to you?" she frowned.

Beca simply nodded, not knowing if she would be ready to talk about it just yet.