One Shot 2: Third time's a charm
She suddenly realized she might be alone for the rest of her life.
Beca had finally built up the courage to tell Chloe how she felt. She had bought a rose, because Chloe loves these cliché things, and walked to the lobby because she knew Chloe would be there. But seeing Chloe kiss the stupid soldier shattered her heart.
Dropping the rose on the floor, Beca bolts out of the room, up the 7 flights of stairs, not caring about the burning in her legs.
Aubrey and Fat Amy who saw the situation unfold, and knew about Beca's plans to tell Chloe followed their tiny brunette friend, leaving Chloe with Chicago.
Around the second floor they decide to take the elevator up because it would be quicker for them. When they arrive at the correct floor, they see Beca run up the staircase, tears pouring down her cheeks. No one had ever seen Beca cry and the sight killed the two blondes.
Beca tries to open the door but tears blurry her vision and her shaking hands prevent her from doing so.
Aubrey gently takes the key out of Beca's hands while Amy pulls into a hug.
Beca is so upset that she doesn't even try to pull away or fight it, she will never admit it but she needs this right now.
Aubrey pushes the door open and lets Amy lead Beca inside and follows them, locking the door behind her.
"How could I be so stupid, why would she ever want me if she can get any guy?"
Beca's crying stops really suddenly and it scares the blondes in the room.
"I should have told her how I felt years ago and lost her instead of getting my hopes up. I should have never gotten my hopes up." Beca wipes away her tears and walks to the bathroom to clean up.
Aubrey and Amy share confused looks and follow Beca to the bathroom.
"Beca? I know you're upset and you're allowed to cry you know." Aubrey tries to console the brunette.
"No, I'm not going to cry anymore. I need to keep up with this for another two week and I'll be gone. I won't see Chloe again."
Beca re-applies her eyeliner and mascara.
"You can't ignore her Beca." Amy tries to save the situation.
"I can and I will. Whether you support my decision or not. Chloe wants to be happy with that dude, so be it."
Beca looks at Aubrey and Amy through the mirror with determination.
A knock on the hotel room door saves the two girls from having to answer or object.
"Becs, are you in there?"
Chloe's voice softly sounds through the closed door.
Beca pushes Aubrey and Amy out of the bathroom and closes the door as silently as she possibly can, before locking it.
Aubrey lets out a long sigh before turning to the door and opening it.
"Hey Bree, Amy. Have you seen Beca? I tried to call her but she doesn't answer. And she won't return my texts."
Chloe tries to look into the room but Aubrey blocks her view since she's much taller than the redhead.
"I'm sorry Chlo, I haven't seen her. Maybe she went out?"
Aubrey lies with a heavy heart but right now Beca needed space from Chloe and that's what she would give her.
"Oh ok, if you see her can you tell her I'm looking for her?"
Aubrey nods and Amy gives her a thumbs up.
"Thanks, I'll see you at dinner. Bye."
With a disappointed look Chloe turns around and walks away from the room, away from Beca who is hiding in the bathroom, who had heard the redhead speak.
A soft click indicates that Beca unlocked the door and surely a few seconds later the door opens slowly and Beca's head comes peaking out.
"Is she gone?" She asks scanning the room quickly.
"She is shawshank, we will help you for now, but sooner or later you'll have to talk to ginge." Amy states with a shrug.
"Thank you, I really mean it Aubrey."
Aubrey flashes a faint smile at the alt girl.
"I do need to ask, why are you covering for me?"
Aubrey rubs her temples with her index fingers before answering.
"Because I think Chloe is making a mistake. And you're my friend, and friends help each other."
Aubrey looks up to meet Beca's eyes. "The only person that is perfect for Chloe is you, and I believe that you belong together."
Beca smiles and takes a few steps forward before holding out her hand for Aubrey to shake.
"Thank you."
Aubrey takes the small gesture since she knows it's big coming from Beca.
"You're welcome, I just hope Chloe realizes her mistake sooner rather than later."
Beca lets go and shakes her head. "It's the third time I've been on this road before, I'm done getting hurt."
Aubrey raises her brow asking Beca for an explanation without actually asking. She knew the younger Bella had a crush on the co-captain but not how long.
"The first time was when she was dating Tom, when they broke up I was being the comforting friend. Or at least as much as I can be. I didn't want to be a rebound so I kept my mouth shut."
Beca puts up two fingers.
"The second time was with Alex, when she casually announced that she was dating her I had never been so angry in my life. I tried to keep it all inside and managed for a very long time. We graduated and went our separate ways. I didn't know they broke up until the reunion at the concert."
Aubrey remembered Alex very well. The girl had so many similarities with Beca that she almost burst out in laughter when she met her. It was so obvious that her best friend had a crush on the alt girl.
The blonde was very relieved when they broke up. Alex had been a very bad influence on Chloe. The redhead had started smoking, and not only cigarettes.
"When I saw her again that day all the feelings I had pushed down came back and I knew that I had to do something and stop being afraid of losing her. If she didn't feel the same and found it weird to be friends I would be ok with that because I tried."
The vulnerability in Beca's voice killed Aubrey. Knowing this she knew she had to talk to Chloe and help Beca. Even if she didn't want to see Chloe maybe there could be another way.
-,-,-,-,-,-,-,-,
It's a week later and Beca has done a great job avoiding Chloe with the help of Aubrey and Fat Amy. The two blondes told the other Bellas about the situation and they are all on Beca's side. They always made sure there were at least two Bellas with Beca at the time.
Chloe on the other hand is getting really frustrated and keeps trying to talk to Beca. But each time something or someone gets in the way.
"Beca… Beca, why are you ignoring me? Why won't you talk to me?"
Chloe has had enough of the silent treatment and wants to know why. So, her voice fills the silence of the rehearsal break, and all eyes are on her. All eyes except for one pair.
And yes you guessed it, Beca refuses to look at her.
"Arrangement is on the stick, see you guys later." Without a second glance Beca walks out leaving a now furious Chloe behind.
Before Chloe can follow the brunette the rest of the Bellas have sprung into action, pulling Chloe back into rehearsal.
"What the hell is wrong with you guys, can someone for the love of all that's good tell me what's going on?!"
Chloe is not in the mood for this shit and the girls know it.
A round of incoherent mumbles come from all directions so Chloe puts up her hand to silence everyone since no one really wants to spill the beans.
"You, talk." Chloe points at the only Bella that couldn't lie to save her life.
"I'm sorry Chloe but I have no idea. I asked about it too but no one said anything." Emily shrugs her shoulders and takes another sip from her water bottle.
"Aubrey please talk to me." Chloe's voice is pleading.
"I'm sorry Chlo but maybe it's all for the best."
Throwing her arms up in frustration Chloe storms out of the rehearsal room. The rest of the Bellas follows slowly but steadily.
Aubrey and Fat Amy make their way up to the room where Beca should be. When they enter there's no sign of the brunette except for a small note on the table.
Went to clear my head
I'll be back for dinner
"Are you thinking the same thing as me?" Aubrey asks.
Fat Amy smirks. "Operation Bhloe is a go." Amy sends out a groups text to their Group chat named BHLOE.
Fat Amy: We need to get Bhloe together
Emily: How many times are we still going to do this
CR: How? Beca won't even look at her
Aubrey: We need Chloe to spill her feelings but first pretty boy has to be out
Flo: We once made a grown man disappear with a chicken
Lilly: I know how to get rid of a body
Fat Amy: We're not killing anyone Lilly, not yet
Jessica and Ashley: Why would he be a problem? He's gay
Fat Amy, Aubrey, Emily, CR, Flo, Lilly: WHAT!?
Aubrey: How long have you known?
Jessica and Ashley: A few days, Chloe told us when we asked her about him
Fat Amy: Why didn't you twig bitches say something? This changes everything!
Aubrey: Does Beca know?
Jessica and Ashley: Don't think so
Aubrey: We need to get them to talk, as soon as possible… meet me in the rehearsal hall in 5 minutes
-,-,-,-,-,-,-,-,
The Bellas are all in the rehearsal hall, waiting for Aubrey to start talking.
"Alright, we need to get Beca to look at Chloe. If we can manage that we can bring her up without Beca walking away."
The Bellas nod.
"That's a good idea but how?" Emily asks confused.
"I don't know that yet but we all need to try. And we need to do it soon."
"What do we need to do soon?"
Beca's voice startles the Bellas and they try to act normal but it looks a bit strange.
"Uuuhhhmmm we need to rehearse the new songs with the choreography, all together."
Beca raises her brow at the oldest Bella.
"Ok, we'll do that tomorrow. And I wanted to apologize about walking out today. It was really immature of me."
The girls share some smiles among themselves.
"It's ok, we understand." Cynthia-Rose says with a smile.
Fat Amy claps her hands together. "Alright pitches I'm starving, let's get some food."
The Bellas all agree and make their way to the restaurant.
The girls all take a seat at the long table that was reserved for them for their stay. They all sat in a way that Beca would have to look at the door when Chloe walks in. Their plan seems to work, when they hear and see Chloe come into the restaurant but get thrown off when Chicago follows closely and puts his arm around their fellow Bella.
They notice Beca's half smile fade into nothingness and watch her tighten her grip on the innocent knife in her hand.
Chloe doesn't see the Bellas sitting at their usual table and smiles at Chicago with her usual bubbly persona.
"I need some air." Beca growls while pushing her chair back which makes a screeching noise.
The loud noise does catch Chloe's attention and sees Beca glaring at her and shooting evil looks at Chicago before storming out of the room.
The redhead makes her way over to the table.
"Seriously, what the hell is her problem? And don't give me any crap about her wanting to be alone."
Chloe seems pretty annoyed while Chicago awkwardly stands behind her.
"Seriously Chloe, you're more dense than a frog in winter."Fat Amy gets up from her chair and points at her. "If you haven't noticed Beca has been avoiding you since you decided to acquaint your lips with captain America over there." Amy smirks at the nickname she just gave the soldier.
"What are you talking about?"
This time Aubrey gets up from her place and speaks up before Amy can try again.
"We saw you kissing with Chicago. We didn't know Beca was there until we saw her run out of the room. If you still don't know what that means then you're on your own. You're my best friend but you need to get your head out of your ass."
"Could I say something?" Chicago asks with an awkward smile.
"NO!"
The Bellas all exclaim at the same time.
Chloe turns around with a huff.
"Where are you going?" Aubrey asks.
"I'm going to talk to Beca, and don't you dare to stop me."
The other Bellas sit back in their seats and let their ex co-captains talk it out in peace.
-,-,-,-,-,-,-,-,
Beca is throwing her clothes into her suitcase with too much force. The ringing of her phone makes her stop for a moment. She checks the caller ID and sees her moms picture pop up. With a sigh she picks up the phone.
Chloe meanwhile makes her way up to Beca's room and stands in front of the door. She gently opens the door without any sound to not startle the brunette. She's lucky that Beca forgot to lock the door this time.
"Of course everything is not fine mom."
Chloe can hear Beca talk to her mom.
Beca is sitting on the bed with her back to the door so she can't see Chloe walk in.
"I can't do that… Just because… Because I said so mom… It's not that simple… What do you want me to do mom? Walk up to her and say: Hey Chloe little fun fact, I'm hopelessly in love with you. Always been, just thought I'd let you now..."
"Why don't you?"
Beca almost drops her phone when Chloe speaks up behind her.
"Chloe h-how… w-when?" Beca lifts her phone back to her ear. "Mom I'll call you back."
Beca drops her phone on the bed, stands up and walks over to her longtime crush leaving only a few steps in between them.
"Why don't you?" Chloe ask again but now bolder.
"How long have you been standing there?" Beca fires back trying to hide the shake in her voice.
"Long enough, now please tell me… why don't you, or didn't you tell me?"
"Because there was never a right moment." Beca answers truthfully. "I was scared…" Beca's voice grows extremely soft that Chloe can barely hear it.
"What were you scared off?" Chloe asks taking a step closer.
"I was scared to lose you. I can't imagine a life without you in it." Beca's eyes avoid Chloe's by staring at her shoes.
"You will never lose me." Chloe takes another step closer and puts her index finger underneath Beca's chin to make her look her in the eyes.
Both piercing baby blue eyes and metallic blue meet. One pair shows hope the other fear. "Like I said at hood night, we did become fast friends."
Beca lets out a chuckle. "Well you saw me naked, so…"
Chloe smiles at the memory that was hidden so far away but yet so close.
"Now that you know, what's going to happen?" Beca's insecurity resurfaces in an instant.
"Well, we can go two ways. We can either pretend this never happened and wait until you do find the courage to tell me again. Or we do this…"
Chloe leans forward and captures Beca's lips. The kiss is gentle and filled with love. It lasted only a few seconds but if Beca had to die in that moment she would die a very happy woman.
"I-I like the second option." Beca manages to breathe out.
Chloe's pupils are dilated and her breathing heavy, a smile that could light up the world. With only one thing on her mind, she pulls Beca in for a second, deeper kiss. Her arms wrapping around Beca's neck she flicks her tongue over Beca's lower lip to ask for access.
Beca grants it with ease, tightening her grip on Chloe's hips. Scared that if she lets go the redhead might disappear.
A heavy make out session later and two out of breath women later they let their foreheads rest against each other. After having caught their breaths they can't help but smile brightly.
"This… is the best day of my life so far." Beca says shaking her head slightly.
"Yes it is." Chloe says back into her bubbly persona.
A short lived silence later Chloe being the one to break it but for the very best reason though.
"I love you too."
The words gong around Beca's head at a rapid pace making her slightly dizzy, but she recovers quick enough to form a huge smile.
Before Chloe can really comprehend what's going on she's pushed against the door being kissed roughly by Beca. Hands roaming over undiscovered parts, clothes practically pulled off at a speed that would surprise anyone.
Chloe pulls herself back to reality and fights back for dominance and seems to win for a brief moment. Pushing Beca back towards the bed but before she can fully push her on it Beca flips them around and pushes Chloe instead.
Beca crawls on top of the redhead leaving a trail of kisses until she reaches the soft lips that she loves, kissing again.
-,-,-,-,-,-,-,-,
The bed sheets lazily draped around their naked bodies and limbs tangled, Beca and Chloe look each other in the eyes for the umpteenth time that evening.
A soft rumble coming from Beca's stomach makes the two women laugh. They never had dinner since they skipped to a very eventful desert.
"We should get some food if we want to go for round two." Chloe says with a sly wink.
"We could do that or we could take this party to the shower and maybe sing some lady jams."
Beca easily reciprocates the wink and knows she won when Chloe jumps up and almost runs to the bathroom. Beca smiles as she watches Chloe disappear and listens to the water flowing in the shower.
"There won't be any hot water left if you don't hurry up."
Beca chuckles as she gets up from the bed. This seemed like a dream but the very naked Chloe in the shower proves her that it is all real. Maybe just maybe that ring at the bottom of her suitcase would come in handy after all.
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