A/N: Alright folks, after a very very very long absence, I'm now back. Life has only continued to get crazier and I found myself completely unable to write. But now I have the time, and I need something to keep me occupied, so I'm back at it. Might be a shaky restart since it's been awhile, but I will try my best. SO as always, I don't own these characters or the music, and please read and review. :)

After Break

After a break filled with troubled thoughts, and surprisingly little regret, Chloe returned to school more confused then ever about her night of unbridled passion. She wanted more than anything to be able to talk about this with Aubrey. Every problem she ever had, Aubrey had been able to help her through in some way or another.

Unfortunately, she knew that Aubrey would kill her if she ever knew, or at the least never speak to her again. Plus, Aubrey was under an incredible amount of stress since word came back that the Footnotes had cheated and the Bellas were back in. With the emergency Bella rehearsal that night, Aubrey had pretty much been a ghost all day, trying to get things organized.

With the news of the Footnotes, Chloe was happy for the excuse to attempt contact with Beca. After a few unanswered calls, and even more unanswered texts, Chloe was sure that the girl wholeheartedly regretted that night and didn't want anything to do with her or the Bellas again.

Shaking the thought from her mind, Chloe began to get ready for the rehaersal. After showering, she put on a pair of tight jeans, and a loose blouse. Leaving her hair down, she gave herself one last look in the mirror. She wasn't even sure why she was spending the time on her looks, she was already sure that Beca wasn't going to be making an appearance.

Closing the door behind her and exhaling softly, she made her way down the hallway and towards the auditorium the Bellas used as their practice space. She mentally prepared herself as she walked. Aubrey was in full psycho mode and she knew that this rehaersal would no doubt end in either a stronger dictatorship, or full on mutiny.

During Rehearsal

As soon as she noticed that Beca had entered the room, the catfight that had broken out between all the girls seemed almost nonexistance, even though she was literally in a pile trying to get the pitch pipe. They slowly gathered themselvs, and once Beca suggested the confession circle, Chloe finally had the chance to get a good look at the girl who had plagued her thoughts for the past couple weeks.

As the girls were confessing some of their secrets, Chloe's mind couldn't help but drift to the secret surgery she had over break. Thinking that the season was over, she had surgery to remove her nodes. Unsure of the effect it would have on her singing voice, she had kept it from her friends and Aubrey. Now, here with all the girls, she felt an overwhelming sense of support. After Beca made her generic confession about having female friends now, Chloe took the chance to speak up, explaining her surgery.

Feeling a huge weight lifted off her chest, Chloe tried to relax as Aubrey handed the reigns over to Beca. Chloe had been waiting for this all season, she knew that Beca would be able to bring the Bellas to a whole new level. Somehow, though, she just couldn't shake the lingering thoughts of her intense night with Beca. At least with the Bellas back together, with Beca as their new fearless leader, Beca would be unable to avoid her.

Beca led the girls to the empty pool, the new rehearsal space since Aubrey tainted the auditorium. The acoustics were almost perfect though. Chloe was surprised that they hadn't thought of practicing here before. She watched Beca move down to the front and the other girls huddled together.

Beca took control, getting a song from Aubrey, and asked Chloe to take the lead. Chloe smiled, and perked up a bit, seeing this as her chance to speak to Beca sincerely in the best way she knew how. Her eyes caught Beca's and remained there through the whole song, meaning every word she sang.

"Oh, her eyes, her eyes, made the stars look like they're not shining. Her hair, her hair, falls perfectly without her trying. She's so beautiful, and I tell her every day" Then suddenly she heard Beca's voice come in. "I was thinkin' bout her, thinkin' bout me, thinkin' bout us, what we gon' be, open my eyes yeah, it was only just a dream"

Chloe couldn't hide the joy on her face when she heard Beca's song, her song, the song she mentioned to Beca months ago. Their eyes met and Beca allowed the smallest of smiles to play on her face. After being lost in Beca's eyes for a moment, Chloe was snapped back to reality by the voices of the other Bellas.

It was like night and day. The Bellas sounded amazing, one voice yet completely individual. It was almost magical how they blended together. Once they finished, the energetic excitement was almost palpable. They put their hands in, and Chloe felt something strange happen in her throught before a noise she had never made before escaped. It seems that while the surgery may have sacrificed her higher octave, it opened up a whole lower octave she hadn't even considered.

With a couple new secret weapons, the Bellas all began to depart one by one until finally just Chloe, Beca, and Aubrey remained. Aubrey and Beca were talking when Bree noticed that Chloe was hanging around, eyeing Beca. Aubrey took this as a sign to leave and said her goodbyes, leaving Chloe and Beca alone for the first time since that night.