The next morning Chloe woke up next to Beca. She kissed Beca's shoulder and Beca woke up and looked at Chloe.
"Good morning, girlfriend," Chloe said with a smile.
"Good morning," Beca said voice raspy from sleep. "What time is it?"
"It's 6:30," Chloe told her. "I have to go home so I can get ready for work."
"Want me to drive you?," Beca asked. "Or call a car for you."
"That's okay," Chloe said . "I already called for one. It should be here in about 15 minutes."
Chloe got up and went into the bathroom. She brushed her teeth and got dressed. When she came out of the bathroom, Beca had fallen back to sleep. She smiled and kissed Beca's cheek before hurrying to meet her driver.
Later that afternoon, Chloe was have a meeting with two of her Vice Presidents when there was a commotion outside her office. She could hear her assistant, Dana, raising her voice at someone. She excused herself and went to the door and opened to see what was going on.
"Chloe!," her father said, face red from yelling. "Tell this woman that I own this company and can go wherever I damn well please."
"It's okay, Dana," Chloe said calmly. "I got this. Dad, come in."
Chloe stepped aside and ushered her father into her office. She told Dana not to allow anyone else in. Chloe closed the door and went over to her desk.
"Dad," Chloe said. "This is Steve Jeffries and Karen Allen, two of my VPs. This is my father, Richard Beale."
"Pleasure to meet you, Mr. Beale," Steve said shaking the man's hand.
"You can both leave now," Mr. Beale said. "I need to speak with my daughter."
Steve and Karen stayed where they were.
"Did you not hear me?," Mr. Beale asked loudly. "Leave."
"They don't work for you, dad," Chloe told him. "They work for me. They only answer to me. So, say whatever it is you came here to say and leave so we can finish our meeting."
Richard Beale looked at his daughter and then at the two VPs. He was barely containing his rage.
"They should leave," Richard said. "I really don't think you want them to hear about you and your dyke girlfriend."
Chloe chuckled softly.
"My employees are well aware of my sexual preference," Chloe told him. "They are not homophobes. And if they are, they know to keep it to themselves. Now, was there anything else?"
"You don't get to talk to me like that," Richard roared and stepped toward Chloe.
Steve jumped between the two Beales and put a hand up toward Richard.
"Whoa, now, Mr. Beale," Steve said. "I think you need to step back."
Richard looked at Steve and straightened his jacket and stepped back away from Chloe. He took a deep breath and let it out.
"I came here to discuss your, situation," Richard said. "Like adults. Are you trying to bring this company to ruins? You were married to a man for God's sake. Are you suddenly bisexual?"
"First," Chloe said, "There is no "situation" to discuss. Second, this company has steadily increased its profit margin by over 300% since I took over. So, no chance of it going to ruin. And, third, I married Ray because you forced me to. I was with Beca back in college and I broke her heart because of you and that arranged marriage. But, I found her again and she took me back. And nothing and no one will keep us from being together. Especially you. I'm not bisexual, I'm gay. Get over it."
"GET OVER IT?," Richard yelled. "What the hell happened to you to make you treat me this way? I'm your father."
"You're right," Chloe said. "You are my father. Act like it. Be happy that I'm happy. Be there to walk me down the aisle, because at some point, I will be marrying Beca."
"I don't condone this," Richard said. "Your being with a woman is an abomination. I will not have my company being run by a dyke. I will go before the Board and will take this company back. You will be ousted as President and CEO."
"You keep calling it 'your' company," Chloe said with a laugh. "This not 'your' company, this is my company. I, and only I, own this company. The board was disbanded after I bought them all out. You own nothing. I am the sole owner of The Beale Company."
Chloe walks over to her desk and calls Dana on the intercom.
"Dana," Chloe said. "Please bring in the file regarding company ownership."
"Right away," Dana replied.
The two Beales stood glaring at each other. Dana brought the file and handed it to Chloe. Chloe handed the file to her father. Her father read the pages that were in the file. He threw the file at Chloe and it fell to the floor, pages drifting down around her feet. Steve and Karen stood close by, on high alert in the event Mr. Beale did something stupid.
"This is bullshit," Richard said. "How were you able to pull this off? Only the Board could disband themselves."
"I became the company woman you always wanted me to be," Chloe said. "I don't take shit from anyone. And, just like you taught me, I used money and other people's greed to buy out the Board. All they had to do was vote to disband the Board. Which everyone greedy one of the did without hesitation."
"I built this company," Richard said through clenched teeth as he stepped closer to Chloe.
"And you turned it over to me," Chloe said not backing down. "Now, if you don't mind, I have a meeting to get back to. Please leave, dad."
Richard took another step closer to Chloe. They were now practically toe to toe.
"You are not my daughter," he said, anger emanating from his words.
"Fine," Chloe said calmly. 'Please leave, Richard."
Suddenly, Richard slapped Chloe. Chloe's head snapped to the side and she put her hand to her face. Steve jumped and grabbed Richard Beale. Chloe looked at her father as she rubbed the spot where he hit her.
"Dana!," Chloe yelled out.
"Yes, ma'am," Dana said from the doorway.
"Call security," Chloe told the woman. "Have them come to my office immediately."
"Yes, ma'am," Dana said and hurried to do as instructed.
Richard struggled against Steve. Steve was six foot two and had the older man by about thirty-five pounds so Richard's struggles were in vain. Two security agents hurried into Chloe's office.
"Please escort this person from the premises," Chloe said looking her father up and down with disgust. "And see to it that he is never allowed to enter the building again."
"Yes, ma'am," one of the security team members said.
The two security agents grabbed Richard's arms and started dragging him out of the office. Richard continued to struggle.
"This isn't over," Richard yelled at Chloe.
Richard continued to yell and struggle as he was dragged down the hall to the elevators. Chloe went back behind her desk and looked at Steve and Karen.
"Now," Chloe said. "Where were we before we were so rudely interrupted?"
Later that day, Chloe made her way to the recording studio to meet up with Beca, Trish and Mark for dinner. Chloe walked into Beca's office. Beca's smile dropped as soon as she saw Chloe's face.
"What the hell happened?," Beca asked looking at the bruising red mark that covered the left side of Chloe's face.
"My father happened," Chloe said flinching a little when Beca touched her cheek.
"I'll kill the son of a bitch," Beca said through clenched teeth.
"I'm okay," Chloe whispered to calm her girlfriend.
"So," Beca said. "Tell me exactly what happened,"
Beca sat down, pulling Chloe down on her lap and putting her arm around Chloe's waist. Chloe proceeded to tell Beca about her father's visit to her office.
"Wow," Beca said. "What a fucking douche."
"Yeah," Chloe said putting her head on Beca's shoulder and hugging her tight.
The sat that way for a few minutes when the door was opened.
"Hey, Beca, what time is Chloe getting-. Oh," Trish said as she walked in and saw the couple. "Chloe, what the hell happened to your face?"
Chloe went through a shortened version of the events that had transpired that afternoon.
"Wow," Trish said. "Do you want to still do dinner? We can just get some takeout and hang out."
"Let's go to mine," Chloe said. "Stacie and Aubrey can join us."
"Cool," Trish said. "Beca, why don't you take Chloe home and Mark and I will pick up something on our way?"
"Okay," Beca said. "Come on, beautiful. Let's get you home."
Beca texted Aubrey to let her know what the plans were and then took Chloe home. Chloe and Beca walked in and Aubrey immediately ran to check on Chloe. Chloe explained again what had happened between her and her father.
"Did you punch him?," Stacie asked.
"No," Chloe said with a chuckle. "I am a lady. I just had him banned from the building."
"Yeah, well, I never claimed to be a lady," Beca said. "If I ever see him, I will punch first and ask questions later. That's a promise."
Trish and Mark arrived with Italian food for everyone. Chloe had changed into sweat pants and a tee shirt and was sitting on the sofa holding an ice pack to her cheek.
"Trish told me what happened," Mark said. "Are you okay?"
"Yeah," Chloe said. "I knew this day would come so I'm not really surprised or too upset about it."
Dinner was done and the three couples were discussing a possible vacation together when there was a knock on the door. Chloe made a move to get up to answer it and Beca stopped her.
"I'll get it," Beca told her and went to open the door.
Beca had barely opened the door when it was pushed hard from the other side causing Beca to fall to the floor landing on her back.
"What the fuck, dude?," Beca yelled from the floor.
The others all jumped up and ran to Beca when they heard her yell out. Richard Beale stood over Beca. Mark jumped between Richard and Beca as Chloe and Stacie helped Beca up.
"Mr. Beale," Aubrey said. "I suggest you leave. I also suggest that you not bother Chloe again."
"I am still Chloe's father," Richard said. "You cannot keep me away from her and her dyke girlfriend."
Beca jumped toward Richard but was held back by Chloe and Stacie. She struggled to get away from them.
"You've already assaulted Chloe," Aubrey said calmly. "Now, you've assaulted Beca. I suggest you leave before we call the police and have you arrested."
Richard took a step toward Aubrey. Mark and Stacie both moved to protect her. Richard stopped and looked around at everyone.
"Chloe," Richard said looking at the redhead. "May I speak with you privately?"
"Fuck no," Beca yelled putting herself between Chloe and Richard.
"I've said all I have to say to you," Chloe told her father. "There's nothing left to talk about."
"I can help you," Richard said. "They've somehow brainwashed you into thinking what you are doing is normal. Come home with me. I can help fix you."
Chloe let out a sarcastic laugh. Beca glared at the man.
"I am not broken," Chloe told him. "I don't need to be fixed."
"Look, you little cu-" Richard was cut off by a fist to the nose.
Beca had fulfilled her promise. Richard Beale fell to the ground holding his nose.
"You bitch," he yelled. "You broke my nose."
"And if you don't leave right this minute," Beca said standing over him with her fists clenched. "I'm going to break more than your nose."
"What's going on here?," a police officer asked from the doorway. "We got a call about a disturbance."
Everyone looked and saw two officers standing there. The looked around at each other with furrowed brows. Trish stood there shaking her phone to let them know she had called the police.
"This man assaulted my friend, Chloe, earlier today," Aubrey told them. "He then came here and assaulted Ms. Mitchell. Ms. Mitchell punched him when he made a threatening move toward Chloe believing he was going to assault her again."
"Who is Chloe?," the officer asked looking at the group.
"I am," Chloe said stepping forward.
The officer took a look at her face. "Did he do that?," the office asked pointing to Chloe's cheek.
"Yes," Chloe said. "There were two witnesses that saw him do it."
"I'll need the names and contact info," the officer said.
"Of course," Chloe told the officer. "I wasn't going to press charges but since he came to my home, uninvited, and assaulted my girlfriend, I change my mind. I do want to press charges."
"Ms. Mitchell," the officer said looking at Beca. "I'm assuming you wish to press charges aas well?"
"That bitch broke my nose," Richard whined sitting on the floor. "I need to get to a hospital."
The second officer looked down at him and pulled out her radio.
"This is Officer Tipton," she said. "We will be transporting a patient to the hospital. Possible broken nose."
She looked down at Richard again and smirked.
"Don't worry," the officer told Richard. "You'll be taken care of as soon as we finish up here."
After getting everyone's statements, Office Tipton arrested Richard Beale on two counts of assault, and one count of criminal trespassing. She handcuffed him and took him out to her car. She and her partner thanked everyone and drove off with a bleeding and angry Richard Beale handcuffed in the back seat.
The three couples went back to the living room. Beca pulled Chloe into a hug.
"You okay?," Beca whispered.
"Yeah," Chloe said and hugged Beca tighter.
"I need a drink," Aubrey said.
"I agree," Beca said and took Chloe's hand and headed to the kitchen.
Chloe pulled out a couple of bottles of wine and Beca got the glasses. They took everything into the living room and started pouring. Everyone was sitting quietly sipping their wine.
"Brey," Chloe asked. "What will happen to my dad?"
"Well," Aubrey said. "If he pleads not guilty, there will be a trial. We will all most likely have to testify against him and he could get a fine of up to $1,000 and six months in jail for each count against him."
"That's it?," Beca asked astounded.
"I'm afraid so," Aubrey said. "But since the police were here we can get a restraining order placed against him for all of us. That way he can't bother any one of us to get to you or Chloe."
"I'm really sorry about this, you guys," Chloe said. "I knew he wouldn't like it when he found out about me and Beca, but I never thought he'd actually come here and confront me like this."
"You've got nothing to apologize for," Trish said. "This is all on him. Believe me I went through my share of guilt with my father until I realized that he was to blame for his actions, not me."
A few days later, Aubrey had restraining orders against Richard Beale issued for Chloe and her friends. Beca and Chloe agreed to drop the charges if Richard Beale went back to Tampa and didn't try to contact them in any way. Armed with the restraining orders, he had not choice and was on a plane that same afternoon.
Six months later and Chloe is living with Beca. Chloe gave her house to Stacie and Aubrey as an engagement present. Mark and Trish were still going strong.
"Hey, Beca," Mark said as he stepped into Beca's office. "Got a minute?"
"Sure, dude," Beca said. "Come on in."
Mark entered the office and sat across from Beca. He looked like he was about to pass out or throw up, or maybe both.
"Dude," Beca said. "Are you okay?"
"What?," Mark asked. "Yeah, um, I'm good. It's all good."
"So," Beca said. "What did you want to talk about?"
"I love Trish," Mark said. "And, I was wondering if I could ask you, you know, since her dad is in jail, if you would, maybe. Shit." He stops and takes a deep breath and let's it out. He then says, "Okay. I want to marry Trish and I want your blessing."
"Dude!," Beca squealed (although she will deny this to her grave). "That's awesome. Of course, you have my blessing. This is great. When are you going to ask her? Do you have a ring? We could go ring shopping together? Maybe have a double wedding. I'm so happy for you."
"Wait," Mark said once his brain caught up to what Beca was saying. "Ring shopping together? Double wedding? You're proposing to Chloe?!"
"Shhhh," Beca said. "Not so loud. The walls have ears. But, yes. I want to propose to Chloe."
"Beca," Mark said. "That's fantastic. Congratulations!"
"She hasn't said yes, yet," Beca said.
"She will," Mark said with a smile.
"When are you planning to ask Trish?," Beca asked.
"I don't know," Mark said. "I want to do it with you and Chloe, and Stacie and Aubrey there. You're all like her best friends."
"I want to do the same for Chloe," Beca said.
They both sit quietly thinking of ways to ask their girls the big question. Beca's phone rings and when she checks the caller ID, she smiles.
"I have an idea," Beca tells Mark as she answers the phone. "Hey, I was just going to call you. I have a favor to ask.
Two months later, everyone was at Stacie and Aubrey's rehearsal dinner. The Bellas of course were all bridesmaids and made it through the ceremony run through perfectly. Even Aubrey couldn't find fault with the first two run throughs, but she still insisted they do it two more times. Needless to say everyone was starving by they time they made it to the restaurant where they were holding the dinner part of the rehearsal dinner.
Dinner was done and Aubrey and Stacie thanked everyone for being in their wedding party. Chloe, as Aubrey's maid of honor, and Beca, Stacie's maid of honor gave a small speech as well. When Beca was finished, she said there was going to be a special performance by the Bellas.
"This isn't on our agenda," Aubrey said looking a little green.
"Don't worry, babe," Stacie whispered to her. "I told them it was okay. You're not going to want to miss this."
"I wasn't told about any Bellas performance," Chloe said looked confused.
"You're not a part of it," Beca said taking her hand.
Beca led Chloe to her seat at the table and gave her a kiss on the cheek.
"I'll be back in a few minutes," Beca said. "Stay right there."
Mark did the same for Trish and he and Beca joined the remaining Bellas. They got into position, and as cliche as it sounds they started singing Bruno Mars' "I Think I Want To Marry You." Mark and Beca provided lead vocals. The group danced around and Chloe and Trish both thought it was a tribute for Stacie and Aubrey.
As the song came to it's end, Beca and Mark ended up by the table with their backs to Trish and Chloe. And when Mark, and Beca sang the last line, I think I wanna marry you, they both turned and dropped to one knee in front of their girlfriends, ring box in hand.
"Do you think you wanna marry me, too?," Mark and Beca both asked, breathing heavy from their dance routine.
Trish and Chloe both gasped and put their hands to their mouths.
"Yes," Trish squealed.
"Yes," Chloe squealed.
Mark and Beca both stood up and put the rings on their new fiances' fingers. They grabbed their girls in a hug and kissed them. Everyone around them started applauded and catcalling. Aubrey hugged Stacie. She was so happy for her friends.
"You were right," she whispered to Stacie. "I really didn't want to miss this."
Aubrey and Stacie ran around the table to hug Chloe and Beca and then Trish and Mark. The rest of the Bellas joined them and hugged the former Bellas as well as Mark and Trish.
"I love you," Beca told Chloe.
"I love you, too," Chloe said back.
They kissed and were lost in their own little bubble despite the congratulations and jokes that were going on around them.
Finally! Beca and Chloe are together and engaged. And Trish found true love. I think this is the last 'regular' chapter; the next will be an Epilogue a couple of years down the road. Thanks for reading. Hope you enjoyed the journey.