AN: The other side...
So, I put my own personal experience in this part when it comes to the near death experience. I suffered from cardiac arrest when I was 15 and I was dead for a few minutes before they brought me back. So this is the official trigger warning for that.

First time Beca woke up she was laying on the floor of the bus. Her vision blurred. Her body overwhelmed with fear, panic and most of all, pain.

Her breathing quickened but every time she tried to take a deep breath, her lungs simply wouldn't let her. It was hurting so much, too much for the young woman and her heart was beating frantically in her chest when everything turned black.

The second time she woke up she was laying on her back, her vision slightly better than before but not much. There were two figures with her, both dressed in brightly colored clothing. It hurt her eyes so she closed them again only then realizing that she could hear her surroundings.

It was like she was locked up in an airtight room, people screaming outside. Muffled voices speaking and she only understood a few.

"Bones… injuries… blood..."

She felt people tugging at her clothes, checking her pulse and strapping her into a stretcher. Only now did she realize that she could turn her head, her neck was put in a neck brace to undoubtedly keep it stable.

She slowly opened her eyes again, chest rising and falling faster while her heartbeat increased.

Something was wrong…

She looked at the EMT at her right, Beca thinks it was a woman but she wasn't sure. She opened her mouth to speak but forming words in her head and actually speaking them were two different things. "Hhhh…" She only managed to squeeze out but it was enough to get the EMT's attention.

"She's awake! She's awake!" She yelled and her partner turned around. "Shit… we're gonna lose her..!"

Only then did Beca hear the frantic beeping of the machine she was attached to.

Beca felt it, she felt herself slowly slipping away when she started to breathe in and out less frequently. Her body going numb and Beca was fighting to stay awake, started thrashing weakly on the stretcher. The taste of blood now in her mouth.

Beca was fighting the exhaustion that she felt, fighting the darkness that slowly creeped up on the edges of her vision. A part of her realized that it could very well be the last time.

She heard more voices, one of which she strangely enough recognized.

"Beca! Fight! Please!"

Chloe.

Beca swallowed hard and felt tears slide down over her temples. She's alright… she's safe… Even though her heart was beating faster and faster, she was struggling to breathe. A strange sense of peace came over her when she closed her eyes, she registered several voices yelling before darkness welcomed her back.

Before she was well aware of what was happening, she was moving with incredible speed through a tunnel made of the purest of light.

She couldn't stop, she couldn't turn around, hell she wasn't even sure if she could breathe. All she knew that the end of this tunnel was black and she would reach it in less than 3..

2..

1..

She wasn't sure what she had expected when she'd go through, but not this. Once again, she was enveloped in darkness, floating around somewhere. In the far distance, she saw stars, millions of them. Just like earlier, she felt calm.. Peaceful, even though she had no idea where she was. She was aware that the pain she had felt was gone, so was her fear and panic.

Before she could question what was happening, she fell, the darkness below swallowed her whole.

She gasped out loud when she woke up, her lungs filled with air and she moved backwards so violently that the chair she was seated on fell backwards.

She laid on her back, chest rising and falling quickly while her eyes moved over the ivory white walls of the room she was in. She brought her hands up to her face and rubbed her eyes, not believing what she was seeing. She blinked several times, wondering if her surroundings would change yes or no, but it didn't. After a few short minutes, her heart slowly calmed down and her breathing evened out. Not completely but enough for her to scramble up on her feet.

Her body was still trembling while she walked around the ivory room. She stood next to one of the four walls, hesitantly she put her hand on the wall. For some reason, she expected the walls to crumble or fall down. Nothing like that happened. The wall felt smooth to the touch and for some reason, it was warm against the palm of her hand. Only then did she realize that there was no more blood, no more pain. She looked down at her body, touching the fabric of the white clothes that she wore. A simple white shirt and pants to match, she wore no shoes but she did wear socks, which were also white.

She focussed back on the room, it was about as big as the apartment she shared with Chloe.

Chloe..

She felt her heart ache thinking about the redhead. Beca had no idea where the hell she was but at least she knew Chloe's accident had been prevented. The same couldn't be said about her own fate.

Was she dead? Was she alive? Was she in hell? Heaven? Somewhere in between?

There were more questions than any possible answers. All she knew for sure was that she was no longer on the ground, laying in a pool of her own blood. She no longer felt the agonizing pain that her injuries had caused, the accident now seemed like a far away memory.

She turned around, expecting to find her chair on the tiled floor, instead there was a bed in its place.

"What the f…" She frowned, looking around. "Where did… how.. when.. what is happening..?" She asked the questions, not expecting a reply.

"You feel exhausted." A voice came from her right and Beca moved to the opposite direction, letting out a scream of terror.

There stood a tall woman, dressed in black and a hood covering her head. Turquoise eyes locked with dark blue ones. "There's no need to be afraid." The woman spoke.

"What?! Who the hell are you!?" Beca shrieked, trying to make herself as small as possible.

The woman gave Beca a soft, warm smile. "I'm.. complicated." She said, her eyes now moving around the room. "You feel tired, don't you?" She asked.

Beca hadn't moved from her spot, eyeing the stranger with suspicion before giving a soft. "Yes.."

The woman nodded. "It's why the bed appeared." She explained. "The room will provide for you." She continued but remained on the same spot.

"What.. what is this place? Is this my own personal hell?" Beca asked cautiously, the question made the strange chuckle lightly.

"No, no you're not dead." She stated, pausing for a moment before she continued. "Yet.."

"Yet..? What do you mean, yet?" Beca felt her heart starting to race and slowly got back on her feet. She was about to ask more questions when another voice suddenly came through.

"Hey Beca.."

Chloe.

"Chlo..?" Beca's eyes widened and she felt the sting of tears behind her eyes. "Chlo! I'm here! I-" She was interrupted by Chloe's voice.

"I know you probably can't hear me.. But.. I brought some of your favorite music with me. Hope you don't mind if we listen to it together." Chloe's voice was full of sorrow and held back emotion, Beca could tell because while Chloe spoke, she heard her voice waver every so often. It broke Beca's heart.

"What kind of mind games are you playing huh?" Beca asked the stranger, tears now blurred her vision and she sniffled loudly. "I thought you said this wasn't my personal hell?"

"It's not." The stranger simply said. "What you're hearing.. More importantly, who you're hearing, is the real Chloe."

It's like the stranger knew that Beca was about to follow up with more questions, before she could, the woman continued. Her eyes locked with Beca's.

"You've been in a coma, for several weeks now." She explained. "You survived the accident that was meant for Chloe, it was meant for her to die. Somehow, you survived but you're not out of the woods just yet."

"W-what… does that mean..?" Beca asked, her throat suddenly felt dry.

"It means that, if you want to leave, you need to find a way to break these walls." She started, a hand moved over the solid walls. "If you want to.. Move on, end your life, end your suffering and that of those who love you, you can just lay down on the bed and when you close your eyes it will all stop."

"End.. my suffering..? Their suffering? What do you.." She swallowed hard, tears now streaming down her face.

The woman tilted her head slightly as she watched Beca. "Your loved ones are suffering while they watch you. Not knowing if you will ever wake up. IF you do wake up, your own suffering will be the trauma that your body went through with the accident. The injuries you sustained, the toll it demanded on your body both physically and mentally. You will not wake up in a world where all your injuries and traumas have been healed. You will wake up in a world of pain."

With that, Beca took a step backward. Her hands trembled, her heart raced and her breathing quickened. Suddenly, there was a warm feeling on her cheek. Beca took a shuddering breath, closing her eyes while the tears seemed endless.

"I'll come back again soon okay..? I know you're in there, somewhere.." There was a sniffle. "Come back to me.. I need to tell you something.. Something I wanted to tell you for a long time but I.. I was just.. Too scared." Another sniffle followed. "I love you, Bec.. so much.."

Beca sobbed uncontrollably while she slid down onto the floor. The warm feeling, undoubtedly Chloe's gentle touch on her cheek, fading when Chloe's voice did too.

She pulled her knees to her chest, arms wrapped around them and her forehead resting on her knees while hot tears streamed freely.

"Are you ready..?" The stranger asked but Beca tightened the grip she had around her legs. Unable to form any kind of word or sentence.

A part of her didn't want to wake up and face whatever reality would bring. The pain it would bring her, the pain she experienced after her accident when she woke up. Did she really want to wake up to that..? Was waking up really worth all that pain and suffering..?

She thought for a moment, her eyes closed when memories of many years ago came bubbling to the surface.

Meeting Chloe for the first time at the activity fair.

Chloe's bright smile that always reached her eyes, no matter what.

Lazy Saturdays where the two cuddled in bed after a night of drinking.

Days where Beca was feeling sick, Chloe by her side and taking care of her. Beca repaying Chloe by doing the same when her friend got sick not much later.

Chloe's support throughout everything Beca did. No matter what. Chloe always believed in Beca, even if the brunette didn't even believe in herself.

Even when Beca was offered a position as the starting act for DJ Khaled. Beca had refused at first and if it hadn't been for the support of the Bellas, from Chloe. Beca had never accepted the offer.

Beca stood at the beginning of a new chapter of her life and not just with her music career.

Chloe loved her, her best friend, her favorite person, her secret crush loved her. Beca never thought in a million years that her feelings would be answered but she heard Chloe say the words. The words she had always secretly hoped she'd hear but was never brave enough to take the first step.

Beca breathed in and out slowly, to her surprise she felt calm.. Slowly, she looked up into turquoise eyes.

Her fear, gone.

Her doubt, gone.

The only thing that remained was her will to go back, go back to Chloe. Because Chloe was worth all the suffering in the world.

When the stranger reached a hand, she took it and was pulled back on her feet. The stranger towering above her but there was no fear, no inch of doubt left in the brunette when the stranger asked her again if she was ready. She answered wholeheartedly with a loud: "Yes."

The stranger smiled and let go of Beca's hand, taking a step back. "Very well." She said with a gentle nod and gestured to the wall behind Beca. Gone was the smooth surface, it was showing cracks and pieces were starting to fall off.

Beca turned to face the wall, clenching her right fist till her knuckles were white. She raised her first in the air and hit the wall with everything she had, yelling when she came in contact with the wall's surface.

The cracks grew bigger, wider while more and more pieces fell down with every hit. She poured everything she had in every punch, wanting only one thing.

No..

Wanting to be with one person more than anything else in the world. She would face everything and everyone that would be thrown her way, because deep down inside, she knew she'd never be alone if Chloe was by her side.

So she continued to punch and hit the wall with everything she had to give. When suddenly.. A section of the wall crumbled and Beca had to raise her arms in front of her to protect her eyes from the blinding light.

"Once you go through, there's no going back." The stranger said but Beca smiled.

"Thanks.. But I'm..-" She turned around to look at the stranger but there was no one there with her anymore. She took a deep breath, her heart beating normally, calm just like her mind. "Thank you.." She whispered right before stepping out of the room and into the blinding light.

It was just like any other day for Chloe when she stepped into the hospital, doors closing behind her as she made her way up to Beca's room. She'd been doing this for the last 6 weeks now, ever since the accident.

She felt her phone vibrate in her pocket and fished the small device out to check the message.

Theo:

Hey Chloe, I guess you're with Beca again. How is she doing? Any change?

Chloe let out a deep sigh as she walked through the hallways of the massive building, not even looking up where she was going because she knew her way perfectly around the place. She had been in touch with Theo since day one of Beca's accident. Keeping him posted on any changes, not that there were any.

Chloe:

Yeah, am on my way to her room, almost there.

Theo:

Alright, keep me posted. Wanted to let you know that Beca's new apartment is finished. She can move in whenever. Ttyl Beale.

"Yeah… any changes…" Chloe whispered mostly to herself, now standing in front of Beca's room. She shoved her phone back in her pocket before opening the door and closed it again once she was inside.

She put her things down on the small round table, sitting down on the comfortable one seater that stood next to the bed.

She turned it slightly so she could look at Beca, who's eyes were still closed. Chloe let out a longing sigh, placing her right hand next to Beca's and interlacing their fingers. She let her head rest on the edge of the bed, letting out another deep sigh while looking up at her friend.

"I miss you, Bec…" She whispered, the soft beeping sound of the heart monitor the only thing to break the silence now.

Chloe used her free hand to cover her mouth when she suddenly had to yawn. She didn't get much sleep last night, or any other night in the last 6 weeks. Dark rings showing under her bright blue eyes that used to be so full of life. She switched her hands, her left now held onto Beca's while the other brushed some strands of hair behind Beca's ear. She felt the familiar sting behind her eyes, indicating the inevitable tears that would break free eventually.

Chloe already cried so much the last few weeks, especially the first few ones directly after the accident. She felt so horrible, so incredibly guilty, it was eating her alive. It was the cause of her nightmares, the cause of her lack of sleep. She woke up every night, bathing in cold sweat and screaming at the top of her lungs. Reliving the most horrific moment of her life.

It should've been me.. Why, Bec.. why did you do this.. She let out a silent sob and rested her forehead against the mattress of the bed. Tears broke free and slid down her pale face, leaving a wet trail over her cheeks and gathered at her chin. Eventually dropping down onto the floor.

She felt her heart skip a beat and looked at her own hand that held onto Beca's. Did she just… "Beca..?" She looked up at her friend, eyes still closed but then..

"Oh my god..!" Chloe got up so quickly that her seat fell over violently. "Beca..! You squeezed.. You squeezed my fingers!" Chloe's heart was beating so fast she felt it would explode. "Do it again.. please!" Chloe waited and those seconds felt like days but once again, Beca squeezed her fingers. She let out a desperate 'yes!' when her fingers were squeezed again, firmer this time. "Oh my god..!" Chloe gasped out loud, her gaze moved to Beca's face. Slowly but surely, Beca's eyes opened..

The world stopped for Chloe when their eyes locked. Nothing and no one mattered anymore because Beca, her person and the love of her life, had come back.

She couldn't speak but ever so gently, she cupped Beca's face unable to stop the tears from falling on Beca's tunic. But these tears were happy tears. "I'm.. god.. Beca.." Chloe wasn't able to form full sentences just yet, her brain was still rebooting from the initial shock.

Beca took a deep breath through her nose, her nasal specs helping to pump more oxygen into her foggy brain and muscles she hadn't moved for several weeks. She raised a trembling hand up to Chloe's face, cupping one side weakly and clumsily brushed away some of the tears with her thumb.

Chloe's hand that was cupping Beca's face was placed on Beca's who was cupping hers. She still couldn't quite believe it, would this turn out to be just another nightmare?

Beca tried to speak, her lips moving but there was no sound. "Mhhhnn.." Her throat felt incredibly dry and she swallowed in an attempt to get rid of the parched feeling in her throat. It didn't help and she took a shuddering, frustrated breath. "Hhhn..!"

"Wait.. Bec.. don't force yourself." Chloe said and reluctantly let go of both of Beca's hands. The one cupping Chloe's cheek gently flopping back onto the bed. Chloe shuffled through her bag and pulled out a water bottle. She removed the lid and brought it to Beca's lips who took several, careful sips. The cool water soothing to her throat.

Beca nodded slowly as a sign that she had enough and Chloe put the bottle away while Beca cleared her throat. It felt a lot less raw and dry and there was coming out more than just a sound.

"Hi.." She whispered, her voice still hoarse but there was a weak smile present on her lips. She gently gestured Chloe to come closer and the older Bella did just that. Leaning onto the bed's edge while the space between them got smaller, up to the point where Chloe's ear was right next to Beca's lips.

A shiver went down Chloe's spine when she felt the brunette's warm breath on her ear. Her heart was still pounding in her chest while she listened carefully. Eyes widened in shock and her body stiffened. She pulled back slightly and turned her head enough to look directly into those beautiful dark blue eyes she had come to love so much over the years.

Did she just.. Chloe swallowed hard, unable to actually say the words, ask the question out loud in fear of mishearing her friend. The smile on Beca's lips however, was all she needed to know that what she heard was real.

Beca cupped Chloe's face again, brushing away the leftover tears before she repeated her own words. Her voice hardly above a whisper.

"I love you too, Chloe.."

AN: tell me how badly you want a part 4!