When Beca opened her eyes, she looked around in the pitch black room until her eyes adjusted to the low light and she realized she was still in the hospital. Beca sighed as she sat up, wincing a little at the pain coming from her thighs. She moved the blanket out of the way to look at her legs. Beca ran a finger over the bandages wrapped tight. She looked around the room until her eyes found Chloe sleeping in a chair in the corner. The redhead looked so beautiful even though she was obviously very tired. Beca hated herself for telling Chloe how she felt. She shouldn't have to sit here with Beca just because she couldn't stay alive. Beca reached for her phone, letting out a small groan as she saw the missed texts from Amy. Apparently Stacie had filled her in on what happened and Amy was furious that Beca had tried to kill herself. She sighed as she put her phone down again. Beca looked over at Chloe, only to find the redhead staring directly back at her.
"Hey…" Chloe said softly, moving her chair closer to the bed. Beca barely answered, she just nodded a little and looked down at her hands. "Becs…" Chloe sighed. "We need to talk about this." She took the smaller girls hand. Beca just shook her head, not trusting her voice enough to speak. "Fine,if you won't talk, then you might as well listen to what I have to say." Chloe took a deep breath. "I honestly think that this was a really dick move, Beca. You can't just break up with someone and then try to kill yourself. Do you even know how much I care about you? Do you know that I had to pull over on my way here because I couldn't stop crying. I thought that I had lost you, Beca. Even if you want to break up with me and want me to move out, I still want to be in your life. You're my best person I know and it hurts so much that you couldn't see another way out. I thought that I was gonna come here and find you dead." Chloe ran a hand through her hair. Beca slowly lifted her head, noting the tears slowly falling down Chloe's cheeks. "What you did was not okay and I'm so mad at you for doing it, but I still love you, Beca. I had our whole future planned and I thought that we were gonna grow old together, but I respect your decision. You shouldn't be in a relationship where you don't feel anything…" Chloe quickly wiped her tears away.
"Chlo…" Beca whispered. "I'm so sorry… I just… I couldn't fake it anymore." She looked down at her hands. Chloe nodded a little.
"So this is it? This is the end of us?" Chloe asked softly, looking up at Beca. She bit her lower lip hard as Beca nodded a little.
"I'm sorry, Chloe…" Beca sighed. "I just can't do it anymore."
Chloe nodded as she stood up. "Don't apologize, Becs. I'll get Stacie to come here and wait with you while I pack my things." She grabbed her phone and shot a quick text to Stacie. "Bye Beca." Chloe leaned down, placing a soft kiss on Beca's lips before walking out of the room.
Beca watched as Chloe left, letting a few tears fall down her cheeks. She hated that this was the way it had to end between them. Beca laid down in the bed again, just staring up at the ceiling until she heard the door open as Stacie walked inside.
"Beca? Are you okay?" Stacie asked softly.
Beca shook her head. "No…" She whispered. "She left, Stace… It's over now." Beca took a deep breath before she sat up. "What am I gonna do without her?" She sighed, running a hand through her hair.
"You're gonna live your dream, Beca." Stacie answered quickly. When she saw Beca's confused look, she continued; "Before you and Chloe got together, you used to talk about wanting to become a producer and record your own stuff. Do it. You have literally nothing stopping you now." Stacie smiled a little when Beca nodded slightly.
"Yeah… Maybe I will… Last time, I stayed for Chloe, but this time there's nothing holding me." Beca said. "How do I even start? Do I just contact a label with a few demos?"
"I guess." Stacie shrugged. "Give some demos to different labels and see if anyone reacts. Do a few demos with your own stuff and a few of your mixes."
Beca nodded and opened her mouth to speak just as the door opened.
"Miss Mitchel? Are you ready to go home?" The nurse asked as she moved closer to the bed.
"Yeah, I'm ready." Beca said as the nurse handed her the discharge paperwork and a pen.
"Push the call button when you're done with these and we'll help you get out of here and home." The nurse left the room again.
Beca quickly started filling the paperwork out and was soon finished. She looked up at Stacie. "So, how does the bathroom look?" She sighed at the thought.
"I actually got Aubrey to clean it. It's fine." Stacie said, helping Beca out of the bed.
"But Aubrey hates me. How did you do that Stacie?"
The tall brunette shrugged. "I pretty much just told her that if she didn't do it, there would be no sex for a month. I knew that she couldn't do that." She laughed a little as Beca pressed the call button. The nurse showed up soon after to change Beca's bandages while Stacie found some clothes for her. Beca quickly changed and soon after, she was sitting in Stacie's car, ready to go home. "Becs, do you need me to stay for a couple of days until your legs stop hurting?"
Beca shook her head quickly. "No, it's fine. I'll just start working on my demos and I'll call you if I need anything."
When Stacie stopped the car outside Beca's apartment, the small girl quickly hugged her friend before going inside. Beca sighed as she noticed that the door was unlocked, meaning that Chloe was still there. She slowly went inside, setting her bag down. "Chloe?" She called out. "Please just come sit down with me, we need to talk." Beca sat down on the couch as Chloe came out from the bedroom.
"Beca, there's nothing left to talk about."
"Would you just sit down?" Beca patted the spot next to her, but Chloe just leaned against the wall, shaking her head. "Fine…" Beca mumbled. She took a deep breath before speaking. "I want you to have the apartment." Beca looked up at Chloe.
"I-I can't do that… I'm not gonna throw you out, Beca." Chloe sighed.
"No, don't worry about it. I'll be leaving at the end of the month anyway." Beca said softly. "Stacie gave me an idea. I've decided to follow my old dream of recording my own music and producing others. I'm moving to New York." She looked out of the window.
"Oh… So this is really it? We're really over? You're moving across the country just to get away from me." Chloe scoffed.
"No, Chlo. Come on, that's not why and you know it. I just need to do this for myself. Don't worry, I'll barely be here until I move. I need to record my demos… I'll be working and the only time I'll come back here is just to sleep and I promise, I'll take the couch. You don't even have to talk to me…" Beca slowly stood up and moved closer to Chloe. "It'll be fine, we can do this. It'll be just like when we lived together in the Bella house before we started dating."
"Really? So we'll still be having sex three days a week and whenever we need to relax?" Chloe laughed a little as she remembered how life had been before they finally admitted their feelings for eath other.
Chloe hated this. Hated that she couldn't just admit that she really liked Beca. Not even with this weird 'friends with benefits' thing that they had going on. It had started once when they were both drunk and Beca had gotten a little too close to Chloe. When they stumbled inside the house, Beca's lips on Chloe's neck, they didn't even care that this was so wrong. It felt so right. Chloe quickly closed the door before pushing Beca up against it, crashing their lips together, thankful that none of the other Bellas had decided to stay over the break. Beca pulled Chloe's shirt off, letting it drop to the floor before pushing the redhead into the bedroom. Beca pushed Chloe down on the bed and pulled her own shirt off before getting on top of her. She ran her hands down Chloe's chest and stomach before kissing her again. Beca began unbuttoning Chloe's pants and soon after they joined her own shirt on the floor. Beca's pants going the same way soon after.
When Chloe woke up, the first thing that she noticed was that she was naked. Completely naked. Then she noticed how much her head hurt. I took her a few minutes of rubbing her head to notice the arm draped over her stomach. Chloe froze as she saw the familiar headphone tattoo on Beca's wrist. She slowly moved the brunette's arm away and got out of bed. Chloe felt guilty when she saw that Beca was naked took. They had slept together and she didn't even remember. Chloe had spent the last year flirting with Beca, but the dj didn't even notice. Chloe went out into the bathroom to take a shower, feeling that it would somehow make her feel less dirty, less like she used her friend because of a stupid crush.
When she returned from her shower, Beca was still sound asleep. Chloe got dressed before she went downstairs and into the kitchen to make some coffee and breakfast for both of them. When the coffee was done, she grabbed Beca's mug and went upstairs. Chloe put the mug down on the bedside table and shook Beca a little to wake her up.
"Becs. I made coffee and pancakes… C'mon, you can't stay in bed all day." She laughed a little when Beca just swatted her arm away and turned around. "Beca. Get up." Chloe sighed which just earned a grunt from Beca. "Fine." Chloe shrugged as she climbed on top of Beca, straddling her hips. The brunette suddenly opened her eyes and smirked a little.
"Well, if this is your new tactic of waking me up, I'm never not sleeping in your bed again." Beca sat up, wrapping her arms around Chloe's waist, kissing her deeply.
Chloe smiled against Beca's lips. "Your coffee's getting cold." She chuckled a little as Beca kissed her neck.
"Mhmm, It can wait." Beca smirked as she flipped them over, getting in between Chloe's legs.
Beca chuckled a little at the memory. "It was kind of pathetic, wasn't it? We pretty much just avoided talking about our relationship by having sex." She ran a hand through her hair. "Well, if that's what you want then…"
"No, Beca. I don't just want to have meaningless sex until you move away." Chloe sighed. To be honest, she didn't want Beca to move away at all, but if that was what she wanted, then Chloe couldn't stop her anymore. "Why now?" Chloe looked over at Beca. "If moving away and getting famous was your dream, then why did you wait?"
Beca wanted to tell Chloe the real reason. It was because of her. Beca never wanted to hurt Chloe and never wanted to leave her alone, but now, she needed to follow her own dreams. "I was scared…" Beca said softly. "I was so young and I didn't know if I could do it." She looked into Chloe's eyes. "I loved you. I really did, but we both know that this would never last. Chlo, you're so much better than me and you deserve so much more than I can give you. I run away when things get hard. You need someone who can sit down and talk about things." She looked down at her hands. "And I just didn't realize that I can't do that."
Chloe just shook her head. "I need some air." She grabbed her coat and quickly went outside. Even out in the fresh air, Chloe felt like she couldn't breathe. She felt like someone or something was sitting on her chest and crushing her lungs. She tried to take deep breaths, tried to sit down for a few minutes, but nothing worked until she felt her stomach turning. Soon, Chloe was on the ground, emptying her stomach out onto the pavement in the alley behind a dirty bar. She wiped her mouth with the back of her hand and leaned back against the wall. It hit her like a brick to the face when Beca had said all that to her. They had been together for four years and Beca still felt like she wasn't enough. Chloe knew that Beca used to feel insecure in the relationship. Beca never understood why Chloe would want someone like her, but Chloe always tried to reassure her that Beca was the best thing that had ever happened to her.
After a few minutes on the ground, Chloe shakily stood up and returned to the apartment.
"I'm sorry that I left." She said as she passed Beca, heading straight for the bathroom to wash her mouth.
"Chlo, are you okay?" Beca followed her.
"I'm fine." Chloe lied, forcing a small smile. If she had to be honest, Chloe hadn't been fine since Beca broke up with her but she couldn't say that to her. "I'm just tired… I'm gonna go to bed." She quickly went to the bedroom, wanting to just be alone with her thoughts. Chloe laid down and pulled the covers over herself.
"You seem like you need to talk." Beca said as she laid down next to Chloe, being careful not to touch her. Chloe turned around to face Beca and just looked at her for a moment before shifting closer and placing her head on the brunette's chest. "Talk to me, Chloe." Beca said as she drew small circles on her back.
"Please don't leave." Chloe whispered as she let a few tears fall down her face.
"I'm staying right here with you, Chlo." Beca placed a kiss on top of Chloe's head.
Chloe shook her head slightly. "Please don't go to New York." A small sob escaped Chloe's lips and Beca felt her heart break at the sound of Chloe so desperate.
"Chloe…" Beca whispered. "We agreed that this was over. I have to follow my dream… And you should find someone who's better for you." It hurt to say it to Chloe, but Beca knew that she would regret it forever if she didn't follow her dreams. "You should get some sleep." Beca placed another kiss on Chloe's head. They stayed wrapped in eachothers arms while Chloe fell asleep while Beca was singing softly to her calm her down. Beca didn't sleep that night. A million thoughts and questions were running around in her head and suddenly she wasn't so sure that leaving was the best plan.
