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Sorry for such the long wait. It took me awhile to get through my writers block, but here is a new chapter. Thank you for sticking around and waiting. Thank you for understanding. If you have any ideas for where you think the story should go let me know. I really appreciate your feedback. Here is the new chapter I hope you like it.
Chapter 19
Chloe's POV
Beca hasn't been to practice the last couple days and she hasn't replied to any of my texts. I'm starting to get really worried about her. Aubrey still hasn't dealt with any of what's going on and as per usual she is taking out all of her aggressions on the girls at practice. Even Stacie can't get her to relax. We are currently sitting in our living room doing homework. I just texted Beca again to see if we could maybe hang out and talk, but still no reply. Aubrey really hurt her and both of them have been through a lot, but the thing that they really need right now is each other.
"It's been 2 days Bree, when are you going to talk to her? I'm getting worried for both of you." I break the silence and watch Aubrey slowly look up from her computer.
"Why am I the one that has to reach out to her? You know I think she was way meaner to me." She's not wrong.
"Come on Bree, you know why. Beca isn't great with emotions and you're her big sister. Plus I think you both could use each other right now." Aubrey looks down at her watch then suddenly moves to get up.
"I'm actually running late to meet Stacie, so I'm going to head out. We can talk about this later." She quickly leaves the apartment before I can say anything else.
Both of them are so stubborn. I pull out my phone, find Beca's number and call it. It goes straight to voicemail as usual. I leave Beca another message on top of the 20 I'm sure she still hasn't listened to. I'm about to put my phone away when I remember I have Jesse's number. I scroll through my contacts until I find it and press the call button.
"Hello" I hear a chipper male voice answer after the 3 ring.
"Hey Jesse! It's Beca's friend Chloe!" I'm sure I sound surprised since I wasn't expecting him to answer that fast, or at all for that matter.
"Hey Chloe! What's up? Everything okay?"
"Ummm I'm fine. I was just ahhhh wondering if maybe you've heard from Beca recently. She hasn't been to Bella's practice in a few days and she hasn't responded to any of my texts or calls. I figured if she would've talked to anyone it would be you."
"Yeah I talked to her this morning actually. She's not doing well. With everything that's happened. I'm actually really worried about her. I've known her for a long time and well, I've never seen her like this. She's gotten in a lot of arguments with her dad in the past, but never anything this big. I don't think her and Aubrey have actually ever fought before this either."
"I've never seen Aubrey this upset either. I was hoping that Beca would at least talk to me. I thought we were getting along really well before all of this happened. You don't happen to know if Beca is in her room do you?"
"Don't tell her I told you this, but I know for a 100% fact that she is. She hasn't left it in 2 days. She even begged me to take her shifts at the station because she couldn't bring herself to get out of bed for it. She hasn't even worked on any new mixes. I told you it's bad Chloe."
"That does sound bad. Don't tip her off but I'm going to head over there and force her to talk with me. I'm really concerned about her and Bree. Thanks for talking to me Jesse!"
"No problem Chlo, anything to help Beca. Good luck! I hope you can talk her out of this funk."
"Thanks Jess, and don't worry I won't let her know that we talked."
"Thanks Chloe. Good bye"
I quickly hang up the phone and grab my keys and head out the door to go to Beca's dorm room.
Beca's POV
Have I been laying in this bed for 2 days? Yes. Have I ignored a total of 27 texts and 15 phone calls from Chloe? Also yes. Do I regret any of it? No, well maybe a little bit about the Chloe thing. I could've told her I'm fine or something, but I just don't want to talk to anyone. I just want to bury myself in my covers and pretend that I don't exist. The only time I leave my room is the occasional bathroom break, but other than that this bed is my new home. I called Jesse yesterday and this morning to ask, no beg, him to take my shifts at the station and just told Luke that I think I have the flu. I haven't even touched anything for my classes. Who cares though, not like my dad will jump all over me about it. He made it pretty clear that he didn't want to see me or Bree again. It was all made easier for him since he now will have a new family to take care of and he can pretend that me and Aubrey never existed in the first place.
I know that I should probably get up. I should also probably shower considering that I must smell. I also know that I should apologize to Bree because I said some really mean things to her and she's the only family I have left at this point. I honestly don't know why I snapped at her the way that I did. I didn't even mean any of what I said to her. She's been nothing but nice and supportive of me our entire lives and this is how I treat her. If I were her I'd never talk to me again. I honestly have never felt this low in my life, well maybe when my mom died I did, but I don't remember much from then, since I wasn't that old. I bury myself deeper into my comforter at the thought of my mom. Before I can let my mind wonder any further I hear a knock at the door. I don't make any move to open it. This causes the knocking to increase in volume and speed. I hear a groan from Kimmy Jin across the room. Didn't realize she came back at some point. To be honest I don't even know what time it is. Suddenly I hear the door open. I hear footsteps rushing into the room and Kimmy Jin mumble some sort of goodbye as the blankets I am buried under are ripped off my head. I shriek at the sudden light hitting my eyes.
"Don't be so dramatic" A familiar voice says. I blink my eyes a few times and find myself staring at Chloe.
"Give me my blankets back so I can curl up and die already." I groan reaching to grab the blankets in her hands.
"Beca Mitchell get up right now!" Chloe demands. "I will not leave you here to die! You are going to get out of this bed, go shower, change your clothes, and then we're going to have a conversation."
"I don't want to do any of that. Thank you for coming all the way down here, but I'm fine, so you can leave." I reach for the blankets but Chloe quickly moves them out of my reach.
"You're fine? Really? Because you don't look fine to me. Seriously Becs, when's the last time you ate something? Or showered?" I honestly can't remember when I did either of those things.
"Well now that you boosted my confidence level, you can leave."
"Becs, come on. I want to help you. I'm worried about you. Come on, let's get out of bed and go shower." She reaches out and grabs my hand. I let her help me sit up. Then I watch her go over to my closet and pulls out some clothes. She then comes back over to where I'm seated on the bed and helps me stand up.
We slowly walk together to the bathroom. She carries all of my stuff for me and helps me get into the shower. I stand there staring at her. I know I need to take my clothes off and complete my task, but it feels like so much work.
"Becs?" I feel Chloe rest her hand on my shoulder. I can feel her staring at me, but I can't bring myself to look at her. "Do you want me to help you?" I feel myself nod my head because words seem like a lot right now. I've never had someone who cared so much for me like Chloe is right now.
Chloe helps me undress, then turns the shower on and leaves to wait outside the stall. I feel the warm water run over me and feel myself relax a little under the warmth. After a few seconds I open my eyes and slowly reach to grab my shampoo and start to clean myself. After a couple minutes I hear Chloe start to talk to me.
"How are you doing Becs?"
"I'm feeling a little better. I will be done in a few minutes." I slowly finish up my shower. I turn of the water, dry myself off and pull on the clothes that Chloe picked out for me. Then I open the curtain.
"Look at you Becs! You did it! Now let's go back to your room. I can order some pizza." Chloe grabs my stuff for me and we slowly walk back to my room.
