Laura pulled up to the elementary school and saw Caleb and Riley talking to each other with grins on their faces. She sighed knowing she was gonna have to tell them what happened sooner or later. She beeped the horn and Caleb looked up immediately recognizing the car. She watched as Caleb smiled and pointed to the car and as Riley frowned and looked at the car in confusion. The moment they got in the car Riley started asking questions.
"Where's Beca? She told me she would be picking me up today.."
Laura looked at Riley and gave her a small smile. "We'll talk about that later, how about we get something to eat?"
Caleb cheered and nodded and Riley just frowned. "I need Beca.."
Laura sighed. "Beca can't be here right now okay, I'll explain after I get you guys something to eat."
Riley sighed and nodded. "Can we stop at my house first? I need to take my medicine or something bad could happen to me."
Laura slightly frowned but told Riley to tell her how to get to her house. They pulled up twenty minutes later and Riley rushed into her house with Laura and Caleb quickly following. She disappeared and came back with needles. Laura looked at Riley with wide eyes. "Honey what is that?"
"It's my medicine, Beca told me to make sure I always take my medicine no matter what. I have diabetes.. Do you know how to do this?"
Laura shook her head. "I don't... Do you know any neighbors that may be able to help? I don't wanna try and accidentally mess up or hurt you."
"No neighbors can help, but Stacie can.. I can call her."
"Stacie is with Beca..."
Riley sighed. "Chloe?"
Laura shook her head.
"How about Aubrey?"
Laura smiled. "Aubrey wasn't with them." She pulled out her phone and handed it to Riley. "Put Aubrey's number in here so I can speak to her." Riley put in the number and soon Aubrey was answering.
"Aubrey Posen."
"Aubrey hi it's Laura Beale, Chloe's mother.."
"Hi Ms. Beale, is everything okay, Chloe didn't show up to school today.."
Laura sighed. "I don't want to get into all of that right now, can you come to Beca's house? Riley needs to take her medicine and she says you know how to do it."
"Yeah I do, I can be there in ten minutes.."
"Thank you, I'll explain everything when you get here."
True to her word Aubrey showed up ten minutes later and showed Laura how to give Riley her medicine. "So what's going on? Where is Beca? And Chloe? Stacie and Kate didn't come to school either.." Aubrey said with a small frown.
Laura sighed. "Everyone sit down I have something to tell you."
They all sat down with worried expressions. "Mrs. Beale is everything okay?"
"The girls were in a car accident this morning..."
Aubrey gasped and immediately covered her mouth with her hand. "Oh my god! Are they okay?"
Laura nodded. "As okay as they can be.. Kate and Stacie were in the back so they aren't as bad as Chloe and Beca are..."
Riley's eyes watered up and she ran out of the room. Caleb ran to Laura and wrapped his arms around her. "Is Chloe okay?"
"She's fine baby, she's just a little beat up..."
Aubrey gestured to where Riley just went and stood up. "I'll be back." She walked to Riley's room and sat down on the bed next to her. The girl was quiet but she could tell that she was crying, she had learned how to quietly cry, something she'd probably seen Beca do. "Ry.. I know you're scared honey but I'm sure Beca is fine. She's strong, you know that and she'd never leave you."
Riley looked up and wiped her face. "Can we go see here?" She tearfully said.
Aubrey nodded. "Yeah, we can ask Mrs. Beale all the information and go see her."
They walked back to the living room where Laura and Caleb were and planned on driving to the hospital together. They were all in Laura's car driving in silence. They didn't know what they were gonna see when they got to the hospital.
They got to the hospital and after visiting Stacie and Kate they were now standing outside of Chloe and Beca's room. Laura looked at the three of them. "Okay, so I know Kate and Stacie looked fine but I don't want you all to expect Beca and Chloe to look like that. They were hurt more than them but they are okay..." She looked specifically at Riley and Caleb. "You guys understand?"
They nodded. Aubrey looked at Laura with slight worry. "Are we sure this is a good idea? They might not be able to handle this.."
Laura looked at the two kids with slight worry.
"I think they'll be fine." Jess said walking to them with a small smile. "You guys know that Beca and Chloe are strong right?"
Caleb and Riley nodded.
"Good, they may look like they aren't okay but they are... Sometimes the outside looks worse then what's happening on the inside, you understand?"
They both nodded. "So even if they look bad they are okay?" Caleb asked with curiosity.
Jess nodded. "Exactly, they were in a car accident. Glass broke and they got a little banged up and cut."
Riley sighed and nodded. "I'm ready to see them."
They walked into the room and lightly gasped. Riley's eyes watered as she ran to Beca's bed, Caleb doing the same thing to Chloe.
"Beca? Wake up!"
Beca's eyes slowly opened and she looked at Riley with wide eyes. "Ry... Are you okay?"
"I'm fine! Are you okay? You were the one in a accident."
"I'm okay Ry I promise, I just need to stay here for awhile. So the doctors can help me.. Have you taken your medicine and gotten something to eat?"
Riley sighed. "Beca don't worry about me.."
"Ry.. Did you take your medicine?" She asked with a motherly tone.
"I did okay? Aubrey came over and helped I swear! Now please tell me what happened."
Beca looked to Chloe who was now also awake to tell the story because she still didn't remember. Chloe sighed and told the story to Aubrey, Caleb, and Riley for what felt like the billionth time.
Stacie rolled into Kate's room which was just down the hall from her room and gave her a small smile. "I'm glad to see you're okay.."
Kate smiled at Stacie, feeling relief at finally seeing one of her friends. "I'm glad you're okay too, have you seen Chloe or Beca?"
"Yeah, they are worse than us, but they're okay. Chloe convinced the doctor to put her in the same room as Beca."
Kate laughed. "Chloe always get's what she wants..."
Alice cleared her throat and stood up. "I'm gonna go get something to eat... Do you girls want anything?"
Kate shrugged. "Just bring back whatever you're having... Al?"
Alice turned back to Kate. "Yeah?"
"T-Thanks for being here for me.. I know you're not my mom, but you're doing a good job at being one."
Alice smiled and hugged Kate before walking out the room.
Stacie grinned. "Well that was sweet.."
"It's true.. I know I've said things about her, but I really like her. You know she called my mom.. they hate each other, but she called her and told her about me. My own mother didn't care.. she said 'Is she dead?' Alice told her no and she just said 'Well why did you call me?' and hung up.. My own fucking mother... Alice came running the moment she found out what happened and my mom won't give me the time of day.
Stacie nodded. "I know the feeling, my parents have never really treated me like their child. It took them forever to get here, and when they showed up they treated me like I was some fragile thing. They put on this whole act the moment they walked through the doors. My mom called me sweetheart! She never does that, the way they acted today was unrecognizable."
"How did they act?"
"Like they loved me, but the moment we go home it'll be the same thing. They'll go to their separate offices and won't come out until they go to bed. I'll see them briefly in the morning and they'll walk out the door with nothing but a small wave, I won't see them again until night time and that'll be for a few minutes before they go back to their offices."
Kate nodded sadly. "You know sometimes tragedy brings out emotions.. and people realize things, I think your parents realize how much they really do care and the love they gave you today was genuine."
Stacie sat in thought. "You might be right, but I know you're right about tragedy bringing out more emotions. Whenever I get some alone time with Beca I'm gonna talk to her and tell her exactly how I feel, no more trying to sabotoge her, or forcing her to kiss me. I'm gonna be honest and truthful and if Beca reciprocates the feelings then my life will be complete.."
"And if she doesn't?"
Stacie sighed. "I'll be heartbroken... but I'll try to move on. But I really think Beca might feel the same way."
Kate sighed. "Stacie... When you have that talk with Beca... Please, please don't get your hopes up."
Stacie frowned. "What do you mean?"
"Beca is in love with Chloe whether she knows it or not and Chloe is all she wants to be with."
Stacie nodded. "Okay.. I still have to know though."
"Yeah, you definitely should.. I could be wrong, but I don't think i am. It never hurts to try though.."
Stacie nodded with a small smile. "Exactly.."
"And that's when the doctor finally agreed to let me share a room with Beca and we came in saw she was awake."
Aubrey just shook her head in disbelief and hugged Beca and Chloe again. "I still can't believe this happened, but thank god you all made it out okay, and Beca I know everything will turn out okay with you and you'll be walking in no time."
Beca nodded. "One could hope..."
Aubrey grabbed Beca's hand and looked her in her eyes. "You will be, not only will you have an amazing doctor helping you, but you'll have an amazing team of people who care for you supporting you and helping you along the way."
Beca looked at everyone in the room with a smile. "Thank you guys, and thank you Laura for taking Riley while I'm in here... You're cool with that right Ry?"
Riley nodded. "Of course! I love the Beales!"
"Make sure you have in bed by nine, she takes a bath at eight and I usually let her watch TV or do whatever she wants after her bath until nine, then it's lights out."
Laura nodded, impressed. "Well you run a better system then me, maybe I should try that out on Caleb..."
"Yeah, keeping her on a schedule helps a lot. It's good for the body system to have stable amount of sleep, and with her having diabetes.. I just do everything I can to make sure she's healthy, and getting a good nights rest is on the top of that list."
Laura nodded and looked at the time. "Well it's going on seven, so we should probably leave.." She kissed Beca and Chloe on the forehead again. "I'll be back tomorrow first thing in the morning okay?"
Chloe nodded. "Okay, but you don't have to come first thing in the morning.. I understand you want to be here but you don't have to take off from work, just come after school..."
Laura shook her head. "No I'll be here in the morning.."
"Okay mom.. I love you."
"I love you too."
Riley and Caleb both went to their sisters and hugged them goodbye before switching and going to each others sisters and saying goodbye.
Aubrey smiled at them. "I gotta get going too, my mom won't let me take off from school and Mrs. Beale is my ride so.. I'll see you guys after school tomorrow."
They both nodded and said bye to Aubrey. The only person left in the room with them was Jess. Beca looked at her with a smile. "Jess you've been here for hours, you can go.."
"I don't know Bec, I hate leaving you here.."
Beca smiled. "I know, but at least I have Chloe here with me."
Chloe smiled at Jess. "I promise I'll watch her, and if anything happens you'll be the first person I call."
Jess nodded. "I am tired.. But I'll be here first thing in the morning with Laura.."
Beca shook her head. "No, you'll be in school.. You promised that you would start going more, we're fine, come after school I promise I'll still be right here."
"Beca..." Jess whined.
"I'll see you at four.."
Jess pouted. "Fine..." She walked over to Beca and kissed her forehead. "I love you Beca.."
Beca smiled and kissed her hand. "I love you too."
Jess walked over to Chloe with a small smile and hugged her. "I love you Chloe, and just so you know Beca loves you too." She whispered the last part and left the room with a wave.
"What did she say to you?" Beca asked Chloe when she saw the grin on Chloe's face.
Chloe shrugged. "She just said something I really needed to hear."
Laura walked into her house with a sigh. "Richard! Are you home?"
Richard quickly made his way to the living room. "Honey what's going on? I got your message and you wouldn't pick up your phone. Who was in an accident?"
"The girls, Chloe, Kate, Beca, and Stacie."
Richards eyes widened. "What? Why didn't you tell me sooner? I've got to get to the hospital and see Chloe!"
Laura grabbed his arm stopping him. She looked at Caleb and Riley with a small smile. "Caleb take Riley to your room and play until I call you guys for dinner." He nodded and they ran off to play. "Richard you need to calm down okay? She's fine."
"I need to see that for myself, please let me go."
Laura sighed and pulled him onto the couch. "Sweetheart she's needs her rest, just go see her tomorrow."
"Laura Beale why don't you want me to see her?"
"I just... I know how you are. You aren't good with hospitals and seeing people hurt. Chloe and Beca are sharing a room and they need rest."
Richard sighed. "Okay.. Fine, but I'm going first thing in the morning. I feel better knowing Beca is there with her."
Laura smiled as she thought about Beca. "You know Beca saved Chloe, it could have turned out much worse but Beca was there for her."
Richard nodded. "She's an amazing girl.. It's about time Chlo picked someone actually good for her."
Laura laughed. "I know.. I actually need to talk to you about something else."
"What is it?"
"Riley.. She'll be staying with us until Beca recovers..."
Richard frowned. "How come?"
"Beca lied about her grandmother.." Seeing Richards confused face she sighed. "Her grandmother is dead and left her a house and a lot of money. Beca has been taking care of Riley all by herself."
Richard's eyes widened in shock. "What? But she's so..."
"Well mannered?"
He nodded.
"I know, they are the best thing for each other. At least now we know why she got so defensive at dinner.."
"Yeah, but is this right? Beca shouldn't be taking care of a kid.."
Laura frowned. "Don't even think about it Richard. Beca is seventeen and seems to be taking great care of Riley. She's probably a better parent than us."
Richard scoffed. "Yeah right.."
"Seriously, Riley has diabetes, so she deals with all of that. She has a schedule for Riley, when she bathes, sleeps, wakes up..."
Richard nodded. "Beca is an amazing girl..."
"Yeah she is, so you okay with this?"
"Of course, now you go relax I'll make dinner, you had a stressful day."
Laura smiled and gave him a quick kiss before making her way to her bedroom to take a quick nap.
Beca was laying in her bed looking up at the ceiling when she heard Chloe groaning in her sleep. "Chlo?"
"Stop!"
"Chloe!"
Chloe's eyes opened and she slowly sat up as far as she could and looked at Beca. "What happened?"
"Y-You were talking in your sleep, you seemed scared.."
Chloe sighed. "I was dreaming about the car crash... All I see is you taking off your seat belt and moving from your seat. All I remember thinking is 'what is she doing? stop! You're gonna get yourself killed!' I don't know if I could ever live with myself if you died because of me.."
Beca nodded. "I'm sorry, I don't even remember the accident, but I know I'd do it again. I lo-... I'd never be able to sit there and watch a car come your way without doing something about it.. I needed to save you, I couldn't watch you die." She said with a blush, she almost said the word, but she couldn't say it."
Chloe looked at Beca with wide eyes knowing what she almost said. "Beca... I don't know what's going on inside your head, but I want you to know that you mean a whole lot to me and if your feeling a certain way about me you can tell me."
Beca smiled and nodded. "I know Chloe.. You mean a whole lot to me too."
Chloe sighed. "I wish I could get out of this bed and lay with you."
"Yeah me too, but alas my legs don't work.."
"Hey, you're legs will be working again in no time and my leg won't be broken soon."
Beca smiled and nodded. "I can't wait for that to happen."
The doctor walked in with a smile. "Hey girls how you holding up?"
They both just shrugged.
"Chloe we're gonna run some more ex-rays on you in the morning."
She nodded. "Okay Dr.T"
"Are you girls okay?"
Chloe nodded and Beca shook her head. He looked at Beca with a small smile. "What's wrong Beca?"
"I would appreciate it if you could push Chloe's bed closer to mine... I think it would help us with our healing."
The doctor sighed but nodded. "I'm not really suppose to be doing these things for you guys but I've got a soft spot for young love." He carefully pushed Chloe and Beca's bed together. "Better?"
Beca nodded with a grin. "So much! Thanks Doc I'll be giving you five stars."
He laughed. "See you girls in the morning."
After the doctor left, Beca looked at Chloe with a smile. "Not exactly in the same bed, but we're close to each other... And we can hold hands." Beca lifted her hand and held it out for Chloe to take.
Chloe grinned and grabbed it. "This feels much better." She leaned up and grimaced in pain before scooting over.
"What are you doing? You're hurting yourself."
"I'm fine Beca.." She scooted closer to Beca and leaned over and gave her a peck on the lips. "I just wanted to kiss you, but if you want me to st-"
"You say you're okay right?"
Chloe grinned and nodded. "I'm fine."
Beca nodded and scooted up as much as she could. "Come here beautiful."
Chloe smiled and started kissing Beca. Beca sighed as they separated for air. "I can't wait to get out of this hospital and be able to really kiss you the way I want to."
Chloe nodded. "I know, but for now this'll do." She started kissing Beca with a grin.
Beca woke up the next morning to an empty room. She looked around the room and smiled when she saw Stacie asleep in her chair. "Stace!"
"I'm up, I'm up.." She wiped the drool from her mouth and looked at Beca. "Oh! You're up, hey!"
Beca smiled. "Hey.. Did they take Chloe out for her ex-ray already?"
Stacie nodded. "Yeah, her parents went with her... I'm glad we have some time alone because I wanted to talk to you about something important."
Beca nodded and watched as Stacie stood up from her chair and slowly sat on the edge of her bed. "You okay?"
"Yeah, still a little sore but I can stand on my own.. That's not what I want to talk about though.."
"Okay, so what do you wanna talk about?"
Stacie gave Beca and uneasy smile. "You and I.. now before you say anything let me talk."
Beca sighed but nodded. "Okay."
"I wanna be honest and tell you everything, I've been going about this the wrong way and I've damaged our friendship... Beca I love you.. You mean everything to me and I can't go another day without telling you. That night three years ago changed my life forever.. you were there for me and you said you loved me. I know I've done some messed up things and I know I've made you angry, but I wanna be honest here.. Do you have any feelings for me Beca, any at all, because if you do we'd be great together and I promise I'd be the best fucking girlfriend in the world.."
Beca just stared at Stacie with tears in her eyes. "Stacie.. I don't wanna hurt you." She said, her voice cracking. "I do love you, but not the way you want me to..."
Stacie looked Beca in her eyes, tears in both of their eyes. "Tell me Beca.."
Beca quickly wiped away the tears that fell down her face and sighed. "Stacie I don't feel the same way.. I'm with Chloe and I plan on being with her for the rest of my life."
The tears finally fell down Stacie's face and she nodded. "Okay.. Thank you Beca. I hope you feel better, my parents are taking me home today." She stood up and looked at Beca with a sad smile. "I'll try to visit tomorrow if my parents drive me."
"You don't have t-"
"I want to.. you're my best friend. I love you Bec." She kissed her on the cheek and made her way out of the room.
Beca sighed and wiped the tears from her eyes. Jess walked in with a sad smile. "You okay?"
Beca looked at Jess and nodded. "That was a different Stacie I just saw... That was my friend, she had no ill intentions, she wasn't trying to manipulate me.. it was Stacie."
"Yeah, she told me this morning that she was tired of all of the drama. She wanted to lay it all there and see if you felt the same way."
Beca nodded. "It sucked doing that, I could see it in her eyes how badly she wanted me to tell her I wanted her.. and when I said I didn't.. I could say the pain."
"She'll get through it, Stacie's strong and I'll look out for her."
Beca nodded. "You should go check on her."
Jess nodded and squeezed Beca's hand reassuringly before walking out to find Stacie.
"Why does life have to be so damn complicated?" She said to herself.
"It doesn't have to be, and it seems you've made it simpler."
Beca's eyes widened when she saw Chloe's dad walking through the door. "Richard.. Hey, is everything okay?"
He nodded. "Yeah, I just wanted to speak with you before Chloe and Laura came back.." Beca slowly nodded her head as he walked to her with a small smile. "Thank you."
Beca frowned. "Thank you?"
A/N: Hey everyone hoped you guys enjoyed. Thanks for all the reviews on the last chapter, they mean a lot and I'm glad to see you all are enjoying. I noticed a lot don't like Stacie, and that's how you're suppose to feel, for now at least.. But yeah review and let me know what you all thought of the chapter!
We're gonnna be jumping forward a bit soon and we'll see where things go from there!
Also, part three of 'An Unexpected Love' will be coming out soon, so be on the look out for it, it's gonna be called "Trust Me"
That's all, so thanks for reading and I can't wait to see what you all thought of this chapter!