Surprise! A new chapter already! I have written 4 chapters in 24 hours so I'm now writing chapter 29 so I figure I'd surprise you all!
This Chapter is the lead up to Semis and is a lot more upbeat and happier. Chloe will play a lot more of a major role in Beca's future however Beca will hit rock bottom in the next few chapters and the only way she can go is up after that.
Enjoy
On the road to Semis:
The Bellas all stuck to doing their own thing on the bus they hired to get to Semis. Beca was sitting behind Fat Amy whom was driving, Aubrey sat on the other side to her and Chloe was behind Aubrey. The other Bellas were all bunched up at the back of the bus talking about something that Beca wasn't sure of and honestly she didn't really care either. Beca sat with her earphones in her ears, her music flowing through the earpieces as she continued to write her new song. Aubrey was going over the plans for the performance, worrying that it wouldn't be enough for the Bellas to get through. Chloe was listening to music, humming away whilst she edited the final parts to her thesis. She had asked for a two week extension which Dr Brooks agreed to but emphasized that if she didn't hand anything up after the extension was over, she would fail the class which would lead to her not graduating. This scared Chloe because she knew now that it was a choice between Beca and graduating. She ended up deciding that she would hand it up because she needed to graduate and get away from Beca because it was only hurting her more being around the brunette.
Fat Amy pulls into a gas station to fill up the bus and all of the girls expect for Fat Amy, Lily, Beca and Cynthia Rose get out for a bathroom break.
"Don't you flat butts worry. I got this. I'm just going to pump and dump." Fat Amy mentions before leaving the bus. Beca not even looking up from her notepad, the same verse and chorus on the page without any additional words, just a bunch of attempts that have been scribbled out. Beca unable to focus with her father's words pounding through her head over the top of the music. 'You will screw them over. Make them not want you back or whatever you have gotten over the past day will seem like nothing when I'm done with you.' Beca promised her father she would do it otherwise she would probably be killed, she still couldn't comprehend how far her father was willing to go to make sure he got his way. Beca sighs as her hand hovers over her stomach, her abs littered with bruising still and her stomach still showed a fresh and healing slice wound. The pain has settled however, Beca could breathe properly again, singing still hurt a bit but she just pushed through it. Her mind also occasionally drifted back to the last conversation she had with Chloe before she started ignoring the redhead. They hadn't talked since Beca admitted she loved Chloe and that hurt was still fresh in her mind too.
I don't care what you say, Cisco live. Best performance I've ever seen. Thong Song wasn't his only hit you know." Bumper tells the rest of the Treblemakers as they sit in their tour bus, on their way to the Semis also. The new Treblemaker, Kolio looks away from the group for a moment and out the window in front of the bus and notices a familiar shaped girl.
"You, Bump is that Fat Amy?" He says as he points in the direction of the Australian whom is currently moving around the bus to fill it up with gas.
"Donald, slow down. Slow Down! Yeah!" Bumper yells as he rushes to the front of the bus and yanks the side window open. The other Treblemakers including Jesse all get into a position where they can view what is about to happen, watching as Bumper hold the burrito in his hand, waiting for the perfect moment.
"Hey Amy! Sabotage!" Bumper yells out the window as he lets the burrito fly out the window, the Mexican food hitting Fat Amy squared in her chest.
"I've been shot. I've just been shot!" Fat Amy yells attracting the attention of the three girls in the bus. Beca, Cynthia Rose and Lily all make their way out of the bus and toward the back where they find Fat Amy lying on the ground.
"Amy!" Cynthia Rose calls out as she leans over the top of the blonde, trying to give her mouth to mouth only to be stopped by Fat Amy.
"No, I'm- I'm sitting up." Fat Amy says and Cynthia Rose moves back to allow her teammate to sit up. Beca and Lily helping her. Beca noticing that her Bella's uniform is wrecked but thankfully, Aubrey was extra Hitler-like about packing another uniform for "emergencies."
"Oh Shit, Bumper threw a big ass burrito at me. I'm going to kill him, I swear, I'm going to finish him like a cheesecake." Fat Amy adds as the girls try to clean up her face and neck, Cynthia Rose trying to wipe the excess burrito off of Fat Amy's jacket. Lily runs back to the bus and grabs Amy's bag bringing it back out so she could go change. The three girls heading back inside the bus. The other Bellas all return including Fat Amy wearing a different Jacket and her new Bella uniform, unnoticed by Aubrey or Chloe. They leave the gas station and everyone goes back to doing their own thing.
Beca wasn't enjoying the peace and quiet on the bus as much as she should have been. The voices in her head were running rampant so she decides to put her music on again, flicking it onto her song 'In the Night' that was played at the radio station. She looks forward and notices a small bit of burrito filling still sitting behind Fat Amy's ear. Beca smirks to herself before leaning forward.
"You got a little something there." Beca points to Fat Amy's ear and the blonde leans her head back without taking her eyes off the road to reply.
"Just leave it. It fuels my hate fire." Amy replies and Beca smiles again before sitting back in her seat. Her music stops for a second as she receives a text message. Beca unlocks her phone and sees the text is from Chloe. Beca glances back at the redhead who shares the glance before looking back down to her notes she is working on. Beca wasn't sure what, probably one of her assignments but she opens the text message and reads what it says.
Chloe: 'You've been avoiding me. I'm sorry if that kiss made it awkward between us but you just take my breath away Beca Mitchell :).'
Beca: 'I haven't been avoiding you. I just can't do relationships right now. It's not you it's me I guess. Really though Chloe, you're an amazing person and you shouldn't wait around for me. Go be with someone who can love you just as much as you can love them. Find someone who can share in your crazy antics, like singing in showers or spontaneous performances at cafes. Chloe Beale, you are a ray on sunlight and you deserve someone who can mirror that. Not a set of clouds looking to hide the sunlight away. I'm the clouds, you don't need me so let's just drop the kiss yeah?'
Chloe: 'Beca Mitchell! You are not a set of clouds. You make me happier than I have ever been and that is saying something, you've seen how I am. Becs, I am so in love with you that it hurts just to see that you don't think you are worthy of love. I love you, this team loves you, even Aubrey in her weird ways. I don't want to psychoanalyze you but normally when you don't feel worthy of love, it means that you haven't been shown any love in your life. Anything you want to talk about? How about this? We play a game, we answer 3 questions truthfully about each other :)'
Beca: 'Game on Red. Me first and this is one question I promise, where did you get the scar on your forehead and why do you cover it with makeup all the time?'
Chloe: 'Technically it's two questions but I'll allow it for you. I was 2 and I fell and hit my head on the brick wall outside my house. I cover it up because I used to get teased a lot about it. I was called the female Harry Potter, after that it just became habit.'
Beca: 'I can't believe people teased you over something that makes you so beautiful. You should stop covering it. Okay question two, why the hell did you barge into my shower?!'
Chloe: 'Well for you I'll stop covering it. I can't believe you even noticed it in the first place. Okay um, I barged into your shower because I just had to know who owned the beautiful voice singing my lady jam. When I found out it was you, it was like Christmas, I didn't want to leave that shower and not because you were naked but because of your smile and your voice.'
Beca: 'Fair enough, and sure it wasn't about me being naked. Dirty Bird! ;) Okay my last question is how are you going with your nodes? I mean I know now what they are seeing I looked them up after Aubrey slapped me and I had a panic attack. But truthfully, how are your nodes?'
Chloe: 'Well I actually need to talk to Aubrey about that one but they are getting worse and I'll need surgery soon so I'm thinking maybe after Semis, like as soon as possible so I'll be healed up for Finals. Aubrey won't be too happy because my range will never be as high again but I won't be in so much pain anymore when I sing. Okay my turn :) First question: I noticed a scar on your neck at rehearsals and wanted to know what that was from?'
Beca: 'That's horrible, you should talk to Aubrey. Okay I have a few scars and they are all because of an accident I was in when I was 8 years old. I don't like to talk about it.'
Chloe: 'Becs I'm so sorry. We don't have to talk about it. Okay question two: Do you have any songs written about me? ;)'
Beca: 'Yes I do, only a couple :)'
Chloe: 'Naww, you are a softie and here I thought you only wrote angry songs :). Okay last question: Why didn't you tell me about Tom cheating on me?'
Beca: 'Because I'm the one who he cheated on you with. When he drugged you up that morning and I helped you. He did the same thing to me a few days before. I really do like you Chloe and I didn't want to lose you as a friend but I also didn't want to see you hurt because you were happy with Tom, that's why I lied and said I saw him with someone else.
Chloe: 'Wow. Thanks for telling me now anyway. I'm upset that he did that to you. It's not your fault Becs, he drugged you and had sex with you. It's rape what he did. I love that you valued my feelings over your own. So you're just adding to the softie argument. But seriously though, thanks for telling me the truth.'
Beca: 'I am not a softie. I'm a badass. Let's just not talk about that asshole anymore.'
Chloe: 'Agreed. I know what else will add to my argument that you're a softie.'
Beca: 'And what would that be? Puppies? Because for your information, puppies are adorable with anything and anyone.'
Beca waits patiently but doesn't receive a reply from Chloe. She glances back in Chloe direction and finds Chloe looking out the window, humming along to a song then she just starts breaking out into song and Beca cringes at the song Chloe was singing.
I hopped off the plane at L.A.X.
With a dream and my cardigan
Beca crosses her arms over her chest and slowly sinks down in her seat. 'Fucking Miley Cyrus of all thing.' She says to herself as Cynthia Rose joins in with Chloe.
Welcome to the land of fame excess
Am I gonna fit in?
From in front of her, Beca hears Fat Amy jump in along with some of the Bellas in the back, including Stacie who finally stopped doing her nails. She glances at Aubrey waiting for her to put a stop to this.
Jumped in the cab,
Here I am for the first time
Look to my right and I see the Hollywood sign
This is all so crazy
Everybody seems so famous
Beca shuts her eyes when she hears the blonde Hitler join in. 'God Dammit I'm done now.' Beca's voice echoes in her head. She sinks a little further into her seat as the rest of the Bellas continue.
My tummy's turnin' and I'm feelin' kinda home sick
Too much pressure and I'm nervous,
That's when the taxi man turned on the radio
Chloe reaches over and taps Aubrey's shoulder pointing to Beca then leans back catching Stacie's gaze and also pointing to Beca. All the Bellas realize that Beca isn't singing then so they start leaning in towards her.
"Oh my God!" Beca says leaning back and looking at the two captains with wide eyes.
And a Jay-Z song was on
And a Jay-Z song was on
And a Jay-Z song was on
All the Bellas stop singing and just wait, all eyes were on Beca and she was looking around, Stacie was stood up and beckons her to start singing. Beca gazes shifts to Chloe and the redhead simply nods with a small smirk. Aubrey was looking at her like she would get killed if she didn't sing. Beca finally admits defeat, rolling her eyes before she starts singing.
So I put my hands up
They're playing my song,
The butterflies fly away
I'm noddin' my head like yeah
Movin' my hips like yeah
I got my hands up,
They're playin' my song
I know I'm gonna be OK
Yeah, it's a party in the USA
Yeah, it's a party in-
The girls all stop singing when the bus starts groaning and jumping forward. Fat Amy glances at the fuel gauge in front of her and realizes the tank is empty.
"What the hell." Aubrey comments as she looks to the driver. The other Bellas start looking out the windows thinking they are breaking down.
"Um, It's pretty cool actually. I think we're just running out of gas." Fat Amy replies nervously, she double checks the gauge which is on the E. Beca looks over Amy's shoulder and sees the same, looking back to Aubrey and Chloe with a shrug.
"No, that can't be, you just filled the tank." Aubrey's voice starts to raise. Chloe sits in her seat shocked at the revelation.
"Yeah I did, and maybe, yeah maybe I didn't because I got hit by flying Mexican food." Fat Amy adds and Beca stiffles a giggle remembering back to the flying burrito incident that they never told Aubrey or Chloe about.
"And we're out." Fat Amy says as the bus stops on the side of the road. Beca watches as all the Bella's faces physically drop.
"Aca-scuse me." Aubrey questions, slightly agitated.
"Aca-believe it." Amy snaps back sarcastically and again Beca stops herself from laughing. She looks back when she hears Stacie groan.
"What are we gonna do captain?" Amy adds as she swings around to face the aggravated face of the blonde captain.
"Maybe we could call-." Chloe tries to suggest an idea but is again cut off by her best friend.
"No, don't even say it Chloe. How dare you." Aubrey snaps harshly, forcing Chloe to sit back into her seat again. Fat Amy clicks on to what Chloe was going to suggest.
"Oh no, that is a good idea actually. I've got Bumper's number." Fat Amy says as she reaches into her bag to try find her phone.
"Why do you have Bumper's number?" Aubrey asks quickly in reply and all the girls watch as Fat Amy starts to shrink in her seat.
"Uh, uh, uhmmm." Fat Amy thinks about her next words carefully before just going back to finding her phone, without answering Aubrey's question. Beca lets a hushed laugh when she feels her phone vibrate.
Chloe: Softie ;)
Beca: I have no idea what you're talking about Red ;).
Okay guys Semis chapter next and shit is going to go down, things will deviate a bit now compared to the movie so be prepared but it will stick sort of to the general plot of the movie…. I hope.
Thanks again for reading guys and I also wanted to mention that I have been busy lately, as some of you know I am a photographer and I have been in discussion with someone you all know and love. They have shown interest in my idea and are requesting photos asap which is why I have been busy, because of my new project. If the deal gets made then I will announce it on here plus on all my social media platforms including Facebook (Dani Sweetman) Instagram ( danisweetman21) Snapchat (danisweetman) and Twitter (DJSweets_LvLife) so please follow all of those platforms and hopefully it all happens so I can announce it. I hope you guys will contribute too because it is all for a good cause and I will not be earning anything for it, I'm doing it out of the goodness of my heart.
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