Bursting Love

Hey, so, I wrote another sick fic for Bechloe because, that's all I do now apparently. I have a warning for swearing, as usual, and also, I have to admit, I know nothing about the illness in the story. Nothing. I don't know anyone who has had it and I've never had it, so I did my best with internet research, but it is VERY likely I made some factual errors. If so, sorry. Anyway, please review! It means a lot, and I hope you enjoy!

"It's taco Tuesday! Taco Tuesday! Taco-woah." Fat Amy stopped cheering upon entering her room. "Woah, shortstack. You look even paler than usual."

"I feel like fucking garbage." Beca moaned, clutching her stomach. "Shit."

"So…is that a no for taco Tuesday?" Amy asked her, cautiously approaching the brunette as though she could explode at any minute.

"I don't think I could eat anything ever again for the rest of my life." Beca moaned.

"Just so you know, I think Stacie is also making margaritas. Not sure if that helps the situation at all." Fat Amy added.

"It does not." Beca answered. Suddenly her stomach had a sharp pain. "Ah!"

"Oh God, are you giving birth?" Fat Amy asked, concerned. "I've helped a mother kangaroo give birth before so I could probably figure out how to work your contraption…"

"Amy, I have literally only had sex with women ever." Beca snapped.

"Ah, then you are probably not pregnant." Amy concluded.

Beca sighed. "Amy?"

"Yes, Fun Size?"

"Please just get Chloe." Beca said, swallowing her pride. "Please."

"Really?" Fat Amy asked, surprised. "You're not going to put on a tough guy act and act like you don't need your ginger girlfriend to comfort you?"

"Amy, I feel like I'm about to vomit up fire, could you please get my fucking girlfriend?!" Beca practically screamed. Fat Amy quickly backed out of the room and Beca could hear her running up the stairs as fast as she could. Within minutes, Chloe ran in.

"What, what? Amy told me to come in as quickly as possible because you were possibly dying." Chloe exclaimed.

"That's not too far away from the truth." Beca admitted than gripped her stomach as another wave of pain hit her.

"Aw, sweetie, what's wrong?" Chloe asked, approaching Beca's bed.

"My fucking stomach is killing me." Beca muttered. Chloe climbed into bed next to her.

"Your tummy hurts?" Chloe asked. Beca groaned and curled up. "Here." Chloe motioned for Beca to put her head in her lap, and she obliged.

"I seriously feel like I'm going my stomach is going to burst into flames." Beca said. Chloe put her hand to Beca's forehead.

"Sweetie, you're pretty warm." Chloe told her.

"Yeah, I feel kind of hot." Beca moaned. "Oh God."

"What, baby?"

Beca tried to get up quickly but only made it to the edge of her bed before she started throwing up. "Shit." She muttered and then, to her humiliation, tears started falling down her face. She stopped throwing up after a minute but started sobbing instead.

"Come here." Chloe guided her to the bathroom and Beca knelt down at the toilet. After a moment she started throwing up again. Chloe rubbed her back with one hand and held her hair back with the other hand. Beca couldn't stop sobbing even as she threw up.

"Oh, baby." Chloe murmured. "It's okay, it's okay." She coaxed.

"There's puke all over my goddamn floor." Beca murmured.

"That is the last thing you need to worry about right now." Chloe told her. Beca's vomiting slowly calmed down until she was just crying and breathing heavily.

"You think you're done?" Chloe asked. Beca nodded weakly. "Come on, let's get you back in bed." Chloe helped Beca up as Beca continued to grip her stomach. Chloe took her back into her room, got her into bed and pulled the covers up.

"I'll get in in it a minute, I'm just going to clean this up first." Chloe explained. Beca sat up, alarmed.

"No, I'm not having my girlfriend clean up my puke." Beca insisted.

"Please, how long have I been friends with Aubrey? Puke doesn't bother me anymore." Chloe assured her. Beca wanted to protest but her stomach's stabbing pain was distracting her. The poor girl curled up in a ball while her girlfriend cleaned up the mess. Once Chloe was done, she washed her hands and got into bed next to Beca. Chloe was surprised that her girlfriend was not only still awake, but still sobbing.

"Baby, baby, if you're sick you should try to rest." Chloe told her.

"I can't. It hurts so much." Beca complained.

Chloe felt Beca's forehead again. It was still quite warm. "Can I go get you some water? And do you think you can handle-"

"I can't do food." Beca insisted. "But I'd love some water."

Chloe quickly got her girlfriend a glass of water which Beca sipped slowly.

"How long have you been feeling like this?" Chloe asked.

"I've had cramping since this morning." Beca explained. "But about an hour ago I started getting sharp pains and now I guess I'm throwing up."

"You probably have some sort of stomach bug." Chloe guessed as Beca finished the water. "You should probably try to get some rest, if you can."

Beca glanced at her phone. "I mean, it's 8pm, I'm usually awake for another four hours."

Chloe laughed. "Yeah, but you're sick, silly."

"Can you put on some dumb reality show or something in the background while I'm falling asleep?" Beca asked. Chloe nodded, grabbed Beca's laptop, and switched on some dramatic reality show for the two of them and placed the laptop on a chair beside Beca's bed.

"Chloe?" Beca asked.

"Yes, babe?"

"I'm about to ask you something, that you can not repeat I asked for." Beca said sternly.

"Yes?"

Beca sighed. "Can you…hold me?"

Chloe's eyes lit up. "You really are sick, huh baby?"

Beca paused to grip her stomach. "Please tell no one."

Chloe wrapped her arms around Beca, who curled herself into a ball. "Of course, sweetie."

Despite the earliness and her pain, Beca managed to drift off to sleep.

(Break)

"Ahhh!" Beca cried out, gripping her stomach.

"What's wrong, what's happening?" Chloe was up immediately. Somehow, she had also fallen asleep while taking care of Beca.

"It hurts, it hurts, it fucking hurts." Beca cried out, gripping tightly onto the lower right part of her stomach. Suddenly, something occurred to Chloe.

"Beca, is it just the lower right side of your stomach that's hurting?" Chloe asked.

"Pretty much." Beca nodded and held tightly onto her stomach. "Mother of Christ!"

"Beca, I think we are going to have to take you to the emergency room." Chloe said, looking around for her shoes.

"Wait, what?" Beca asked then moaned as her stomach had a sharp stab again.

"Beca, get your shoes on, we are going to the ER." Chloe said, forcing her shoes on quickly.

"Why?" Beca asked, curling up again.

"I think you have appendicitis. The same thing happened to my brother; you're experiencing all the same symptoms." Chloe said, gently taking her hand. "We need to get you to the hospital."

"Appendicitis? So, they're going to do, like, surgery and stuff?" Beca asked nervously.

"It will be okay, baby, but we really need to get you there." Chloe said, handing the brunette her shoes. "Get your shoes on, hun, okay?"

Beca reluctantly put her shoes on then took Chloe's hand. The redhead led the smaller girl to her car.

"Ow, ow, fuckidy ow!" Beca moaned, curling up in the seat of the car.

"I know, I know." Chloe soothed her, trying to drive as fast as she safely could. Beca started crying again and Chloe reached out to grab her hand. The younger girl gripped onto it graciously.

When the couple made it to the emergency room, Chloe helped Beca walk in. They went up to the front desk.

"Hi, I think my girlfriend has appendicitis." Chloe explained. Beca gasped in pain as though to illustrate.

"Fill out this form and the doctor will see you as soon as possible." The nurse said nonchalantly.

"Um, isn't she in danger of her appendix, like, bursting?" Chloe asked.

"How long has she been having symptoms?"

"Since this morning." Beca explained.

"I'll let the doctor know that this is crucial, but she should be okay for now." The nurse explained. "Just fill out the form."

Chloe and Beca took a seat in the waiting area. They fortunately didn't have to wait long before Beca was called back.

"Now, Beca, if you could just get up on here." The doctor motioned at Beca. "I will examine your appendix to see if there's an inflammation."

"You're going to touch it?" Beca asked nervously.

"I need to see if it's inflamed." He explained gently. Beca hopped up on the table.

"Can I hold her hand?" Chloe asked. The doctor nodded and Chloe grabbed onto her hand. The doctor than started to feel around Beca's stomach as Beca gasped with pain.

"It's okay." Chloe assured her, giving her hand a squeeze.

"It certainly seems like there is some inflammation, but just to be sure I would like to do a blood test."

"Joy." Beca said sarcastically.

After it was determined through the blood test that they did, indeed, need to operate, the doctor went to get everything set up. Chloe and Beca were alone.

"Chloe…I've never had surgery before." Beca admitted.

"It's okay." Chloe reassured her. "This is a surgery lots of people get, it's really common. You're going to be perfectly fine, and I'll be right out in the waiting room waiting for you."

Beca took a deep breath and nodded, before clutching her side. "Jesus, I want this fucker out." Beca moaned.

"Agreed, let's get rid of the fucker hurting my girlfriend." Chloe giggled as the doctor stepped into the room.

"Ready? The nurse will lead your girlfriend to the waiting room." The doctor said.

"Am I ready?" Beca laughed. "Aca-believe it." Then she swore as another sharp pain hit her. "God, get this shit out already!"

(Break)

The surgery was only about an hour, but it felt like much longer to Chloe. She nearly hugged the nurse when she said she could see Beca.

"She was having some pain, so she is on some pain medication." The nurse warned Chloe as they got to Beca's room.

"My girlfriend!" Beca cried out as Chloe entered. Chloe grinned.

"Hi, baby. How are you?" Chloe asked.

"Feels like a lost a few pounds!" Beca grinned and Chloe laughed.

"So, she's, okay?" Chloe asked the nurse.

"Completely fine, we are going to keep her for observation for maybe another day, and she should be fine to go home." The nurse explained. "She'll have to take it easy for the next couple weeks though."

"I'll make sure she does." Chloe assured her.

"Hey, hey Chloe!" Beca gestured for Chloe to come to her. "Guess what?"

"What?"

"I have so much love for you, I almost burst!" Beca exclaimed.

Chloe sighed. "Oh God. That was bad. That was such a bad joke. Oh God." Chloe squeezed Beca's hand. "I love you so much, baby."

"I love you too!" Beca smiled before snuggling back against her pillow. "So much."