The next morning, Chloe woke up first and she went downstairs to start making breakfast. And to put some ice on her nose. It wasn't bleeding anymore but it was a little purple.

She yawned as she prepared some pancakes, eggs and bacon and grabbed a bottle of Aspirin, taking one for herself then leaving it on the counter, knowing Beca would need it too.

Stacie woke up next and yawned as she helped Chloe with breakfast. She started putting the plates on the counter then she went to the cupboard to get the cups.

"You look tired, Chlo." She said. "More so than usual. And what the hell happened to your nose?!"

"A guy from Sigma Beta Theta called me last night." She said. "Beca was passed out at the party, she had done coke, heroine and God knows what else and had sex with five guys who stole her underwear and then she passed out. I brought her home and she was furious with me. Started punching me and kicking me, which got me the nose."

"Oh my God!" Stacie gasped.

They both tried to keep their voices low so they wouldn't wake the others.

"I hope last night was her wake up call." Chloe said.

"Me too!" Stacie said.

"Well, let's monitor her today." Chloe said. "Or for the next few days."

"Yeah." Stacie said. "And maybe we can actually get her to help us with the arrangement."

"Maybe." Chloe said with a sigh as Flo came in, rubbing her eyes and mumbling in Spanish.

The others woke up pretty soon, Beca being the last one. She just sat down quietly and ate her food. Bags under her eyes and she kept sniffing and rubbing her nose.

The Bellas felt the tension in the air but no one said anything. Chloe tried to play it cool, as if she was drawing a line on the sand for Beca.

"So Beca, I was hoping you'd help me with the arrangement for the World's since we still don't have it." Chloe said.

"I have it ready." Beca said, rubbing her nose again.

"Oh good!" Chloe said. "You and I are gonna work on that today."

Beca mumbled a response that sounded like 'okay' without looking up from her plate. She continued eating as if nothing major happened the previous night.

Does she even remember? Chloe asked herself with a puzzled look.

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For the next week, they had no problem with Beca, she stayed in the house, though she was always locked in her room, but she rehearsed with them. She wasn't as sarcastic as she used to be, though. She didn't make any snarky comments or try to make everybody laugh, she was just there. Not at all like the old Beca. The girls still preferred this over a party Beca who'd do drugs and sleep with endless guys any day.

After lunch, Cynthia Rose and Lily did the dishes while Stacie and Flo worked on some moves and Jessica and Ashley pitched in with some ideas.

Beca and Chloe were up on the redhead's bedroom working on the arrangement. Beca was showing what she had done and so far it was amazing. The song suddenly stopped and she sighed, running her hands through her hair.

"And then I got nothing." Beca said.

Chloe scrunched up her nose in thought, something she did very often which all the Bellas found endearing, Beca herself included.

"Maybe we could go with a slow song." Chloe said.

"How about that song Legacy is always singing?" Beca asked.

Chloe was surprised, for a girl who was never around she knew a lot about what was going on.

"The one she wrote?" Chloe asked and Beca nodded. "But it's an original! We can't put that in there!"

"Why not? It's cute, it's a cool song, it's easy.." Beca said.

"Beca, no one ever sings an original in an a cappella competition." Chloe said.

"Exactly! It's gonna be new, exciting! I read the rules, there's no rule against that, Chloe." Beca said.

"Well..." Chloe said.

"How about this: we'll sing this song, we're gonna start slow and then when the song reaches its climax, we bring in all the former Bellas. Like all of them!" Beca said. "After all, this could be the end of the Bellas and I thought it could be cool if our final performance was something meaningful."

Chloe was surprised. She thought about it and yeah there was no rule against them singing an original song instead of a cover. And inviting all the former Bellas sounded like a great idea! What Beca said was true. If that was their last performance as Bellas, they should make it big and meaningful.

"Okay." Chloe said. "Okay, I'm in."

Beca smiled. She actually smiled a real smile for the first time in months and it was all thanks to Chloe. Well not Chloe exactly but the whole thing. That's what Beca told herself at least.

"Thanks, Beca." Chloe said softly and she meant it.

All this time, all she wanted from the brunette was this. Co-captains acting like such, being there to listen to one another's ideas.

"You're welcome, Chlo." Beca said.

Chloe smiled bigger at the nickname. The way Beca smiled back was all that it took for her to forget about being mad at her. It was just the two of them and no drama. No drugs, no sex. Just them.

Beca shook it off when she felt herself leaning in and she stood up.

"So? Is that all for today? Maybe we should tell the girls we have something solid and you can start working on the choreography from there." Beca rambled on.

Chloe frowned, not seeing the reason for Beca's nervousness.

"Yeah, I've been working on that with Stacie. We showed you guys, remember?" Chloe said.

"Oh, yeah!" Beca said. "I.. I'm gonna go out for a run, okay?"

Chloe started to get suspicious.

"It's almost dinner time." She said.

"I'll be quick." Beca said.

"Beca, if you disappear and go to a party, I swear-" Chloe started.

"-I won't." Beca cut her off. "I promise."

Chloe sighed.

"Okay. Bring your phone." She said.

Beca nodded and got out of the room.

Chloe sighed as she went downstairs to join the Bellas.

"We leave for the retreat tomorrow." She reminded them. "I think this will be good for Beca. No parties, no guys to have sex with."

Chloe decided to keep the drugs thing between her and Stacie, she didn't need the other Bellas worried about Beca. Even though she knew they'd seen her that day at the party in the frat house.

"Yeah." Cynthia Rose said. "She snuck off again?"

"She said she was going for a run. She promised she wouldn't go to a party." Chloe said.

"Okay. Sounds good." Cynthia Rose said.

"Yeah." Chloe sighed. "Guys I'm not even hungry, I'm just gonna take a shower and go to bed."

"Okay. Night Chloe!" The girls all said and she smiled tiredly before she went upstairs.

She cried practically all her tears in the shower because she knew Beca wasn't gonna go for a run. She was gonna go find some guy who got her drugs and probably have sex with him. Or three more. Because that's just what Beca does. She runs from her problems and tries to hide them.

Chloe went to bed and cried herself to sleep, keeping her phone close to herself, as if at any moment now, someone was gonna call her to say Beca was passed out in the middle of another frat house and needed someone to pick her up. It shocked Chloe when she thought if that happened, she'd go without a second thought. During all this time, she has been furious with Beca, but she still cared and she was still terrified of what would happen next. That was why she was looking forward to the retreat

Her sleep didn't last long, however. Stacie woke her up by shaking her like there was no tomorrow.

"Chloe! Come on, wake up!" Stacie said, tears in her eyes.

"What happened?" Chloe asked.

"Someone from the hospital called. Beca OD'd." Stacie said in a clear tone.

Chloe jumped from the bed, tears already leaving her eyes as she tried to find her clothes. She put on anything she could find and she left with Stacie and the Bellas to the hospital as fast as they could.

They ran to the lobby and said they were all with Beca Mitchell and a nurse said the doctor would be out to talk to them soon.

They waited.

And waited.

For an hour. Before a tall male doctor finally showed up. They all stood up as he approached them.

"Hello I'm Dr. Freeling, you must be the Bellas." He said with a warm smile and the Bellas nodded. "The good news is Ms. Mitchell is fine, she's asleep right now, though."

"Oh thank God!" Stacie said.

"How bad was it?" Chloe asked.

"Not as bad as we anticipated." Dr. Freeling said. "We're just gonna keep her here for the night to monitor her. She'll be free to go tomorrow morning."

"Thank you, doctor!" The Bellas said.

"Doctor, can I see her?" Chloe asked and bit her lip. "There's something I gotta say to her."

"Okay, she might still be asleep, though." Dr. Freeling said. "Follow me."

Chloe followed the doctor to Beca's room and found the DJ's father sitting next to her bed and she was awake. She looked pale and she had an IV hooked to her arm and another tube connected to her nose.

"I'll leave you girls alone for a second." Dr. Mitchell said.

"I won't be long, Dr. Mitchell." Chloe promised with a small smile.

The man offered her a sad smile in understanding. He seemed to know exactly the type of conversation she wanted to have with Beca.

"Chloe-" Beca started, her voice hoarse and husky, as if she had pebbles down her throat.

"-No no no, Beca. I'm going to talk." Chloe said in a stern voice. "I don't need excuses or apologies right now. I'm just gonna say this once, Beca. You are gonna leave this bed and change once for all and get back to being the Bella you've been for the past 3 years. Or you're done. Did you hear me? You're done! The Bellas voted. If you don't pull your shit together, that's it for you. We don't care we won't win without your arrangement or your help. We can't handle your immature behavior anymore, we waited patiently for you to come to us if you were having problems and you didn't. So you're gonna get your ass out of this bed and change or you don't even need to bother showing your face in the Bellas house except to pick your stuff. Is this in any way unclear?"

Beca felt tears filling her eyes and she lost her voice. Instead she shook her head and the redhead left. She cried a little bit until her father came back. He offered her a sympathetic look as he sat down and grabbed her hand.

ooooh what's gonna happen next?