Chapter 31

The next day saw Beca waking up grabbing her phone and dialing up Aubrey.

"Hey Bec what's up?" Bree answered.

"I want to talk to Chloe face to face." Beca said bluntly.

"What why?" Bree asked a bit confused, so far anything with Chloe involved usually spelt disaster.

"Bree, the shit she pulled at Stacie's was the last straw. This needs to be squashed and settled once and for all. Time for me and her to sit down and air everything out." Beca said.

Aubrey sighed "Well I do agree with you but what if things don't go as planned?"

"I'm not letting her leave till we come to some type of agreement no matter how long it takes." Beca said "You can be there along with Jesse if you want just in case."

"Fine I'll talk to them. You talk to Stacie; we don't want a repeat of last time." Aubrey replied before hanging up.

Beca locked her phone and headed up stairs to her room. She walked into a pouting Stacie.

"What's with the pout?" Beca asked walking towards her girlfriend.

"I woke up alone. I don't like waking up alone." Stacie answered.

Beca smiled and pulled Stacie towards her kissing her "I'm sorry baby girl, I was talking to Bree."

"What about?" Stacie asked.

"I told her that I wanted to talk to Chloe." Beca felt Stacie tense up.

Stacie backed away and stared at Beca "Excuse me? What happened to not wanting to see her anytime soon?"

Beca sighed and tightened her hold on Stacie "Stace if I don't talk to her face to face then we'll never get past all this. It's been two and a half years, it's time to squash all this. Especially with us dating now."

Stacie internally sighed because she knew Beca was right. They just needed to get past this drama so they can finally be happy once and for all. She just didn't want Chloe anywhere near Beca, she didn't trust Chloe after everything.

"Fine but I want to be there. I don't trust her." Stacie said sternly with no room for arguing.

"Fine, Bree and Jesse are most likely going to be there just in case." Beca said.

The two of them headed down stairs to eat something and wait for Aubrey to call Beca back.

Aubrey and Jesse's house

Aubrey got off the phone with Beca and made her way to Jesse.

"Hey babe." Aubrey said.

"What's up love?" Jesse asked.

"I just got off the phone with Beca and she wants to talk to Chloe." Aubrey answered.

Jesse groaned "I was hoping she wouldn't want this."

"Yeah well she wants to do it and by the sound of her tone she wants it done quickly. She said we could be there just in case." Aubrey said.

Jesse sat up "Oh I'm definitely there. Now time to talk to your best friend."

The two made their way to where Chlo was in the kitchen.

"Hey Chlo can we talk?" Aubrey asked.

Chloe turned around, she had a black eye from Stacie's punch. It was nothing you couldn't cover up with a bit of make up.

"Yeah." Chloe answered.

"I got off the phone with Bec and she wants to talk to you face to face." Aubrey said.

Chloe's face showed her surprise but her voice showed her nerves "What?"

"Look Chlo, it's time you two sit down and talk about everything. This has been long overdue and with recent events you really need to settle all this." Aubrey said.

Chloe was obviously nervous about this, she still had feeling for Beca but wasn't sure how Beca actually felt about her. She understood that she was mad about the past but still had hope that Beca wouldn't just cut her out of her life. Also after everything with Stacie, Chloe definitely didn't want to see Beca.

"Umm yeah ok." Chloe said hesitantly.

"Alright let me ask her when and where." Aubrey said pulling out her phone.

"Sup Bree." Beca said as she answered.

"When did you want to do this and where?" Bree asked.

"Sooner the better. Today if possible, get it out the way before we have to prep for the show." Beca answered.

"That can work. Where at?"

"We can go to your house if you don't mind." Beca said.

"That's fine. Just text me when you're heading over." Aubrey said.

"Ok. Stace and I will probably be there in like an hour." Beca said before ending the call.

Aubrey looked at Chloe and Jesse "She'll be here in an hour or so."

"What? We're doing this today!?" Chloe said as she shot out of her chair.

"Yeah do you better get ready and prepare for Beca." Jesse said.

Chloe quickly rushed towards the guest room.

"This should be interesting." Jesse mumbled.

After the phone call Beca and Stacie headed to shower and get ready to head out. Both opting for a more casual comfortable look since they were just going to Aubrey and Jesse's. Beca threw on a grey tank top she had gotten at a Rihanna show with black sweatpants and a pair of black converse. Stacie threw on a white hoodie with grey sweatpants and white vans. They hopped into Beca's challenger and shot Aubrey a text before heading out. Twenty minutes they arrived.

"Alright let's get this over with and please keep cool. Let me deal with it." Beca said grabbing Stacie's hand.

"I'll try but If she tries to be a smart ass I can't promise anything." Stacie responded.

Beca pulled her before she could ring the bell "Babe I'm serious. Leave it to me, this is me and her. I want you and the couple in another room or something." Beca said in a stern voice similar to Stacie earlier.

"Fine if that's what you really want." Stacie reluctantly agreed.

Beca rang the bell and waited a few seconds till Jesse answered the door.

"Ready?" Jesse asked as he let them in and locked the door.

"Yup." Beca answered as the three walked towards the couch.

"Alright, can the three of you leave us?" Beca asked still looking at Chloe.

Chloe got more nervous hearing this, she had hoped that they wouldn't be alone. She was counting on Aubrey being some type of buffer just in case.

The three of them nodded and went towards the dinning room area.

Beca sat down on the couch across from Chloe "You know why I'm here right?"

Chloe nodded "You wanted to talk."

Beca nodded "Exactly so let's start from the beginning. I want to hear why you left like you did and just cut me off like that. So start."

Chloe took a deep breath and tried to calm herself "Ok um look I just want to apologize again for everything that's gone down. I never intended for things to play out the way they did."

"Go on." Beca said.

"I never wanted to leave the way I did. I truly did love you with everything I was and still do love you but I didn't want to hold you back. I didn't want you in Barden still hung up on me while I was busy with med school. I wanted you to achieve your dream while I achieved mines. I thought you'd get over it and move on quickly since you had the Bellas and Jesse." Chloe said.

Beca scoffed "You didn't want me hung up on you? What did you think was going to happen when you broke up with me? My girlfriend of two years. Did you really think I would just shake it off and move on, you know how stupid that sounds?" Beca said.

"Eventually yes, like I said you had the girls and Jesse. Not to mention your music and classes, I thought you'd be more focused on that then me. I hoped you'd be so focused with sending stuff out that you'd be ok, which is why I never wrote back or stayed in contact because I thought it'd be easier for you to move on. I felt like if I responded you wouldn't move on." Chloe sighed.

Beca just stayed silent and Chloe took this as a signal to continue "The whole time I was at Med school I tried to get over you but I just couldn't. Which is why I tried with Tyler but I couldn't escape you. You were all anyone would talk about or mention, and Aubrey would always keep me updated. I was lonely over there and didn't have any of the girls or you so I used Tyler as a distraction to hopefully take my mind off things." Chloe said trying to not get emotional "Like I told you before, I left to achieve my dream of being a doctor and I know you said you'd be willing to do the whole along distance but I didn't want that. I made the mistake of leaving the way I did."

Beca shook her head "Mistake? No Chloe you made a choice like you said that day, a choice you came to by yourself. You chose to break my heart and then stomp all over it. You made the choice to leave me broken while you were with Tyler. I was willing to do whatever to keep our relationship alive and you bounced the first chance you got, so don't make this about our dreams. You knew how much I was in love with you, there was no way I would just get over it like that. Not to mention that you said you wouldn't forget me and you did exactly that. You stayed in contact with Aubrey but never even bothered to talk to me once. And after all that you expect me to just forgive you?"

"Beca I thought I was doing the right thing by not responding, like I told Aubrey I chose that, I never actually forgot about you. If I did keep in contact then that wouldn't have done anything, I knew we'd eventually be back to where we were. I just didn't want you putting things on hold for me."

"Did you ever stop and think just how much that hurt me? You not talking to me or acting like I didn't exist. Acting like I meant nothing to you after everything. You seem to have forgotten that we were best friends before we dated. We hung out every chance we got and would talk for hours on end about anything." Beca said with a bit of anger slipping out.

"I'm sorry about all that, so so sorry Beca. If I could I would redo everything but I can't. All we can do is move past that." Chloe said.

"Yeah your right you can't. And that's exactly why we're having this talk, so I can put this behind me once and for all. After this I'm done with whatever this is." Beca said.

Chloe's eyes widened "What?"

"You heard me, I wanted to hear things from your side. I just did and I see where your mind was." Beca said.

"Where does that leave us?" Chloe asked slowly.

Beca raised her eyebrows "Us? You left us behind the day you left. There hasn't been an us since that day."

Chloe's eyes filled with tears "Please Beca, I know I messed up before but I'm willing to prove that I really am sorry." Chloe pleaded.

Beca chuckled "If that was true then you wouldn't have pulled the shit you have with Stacie. The comments back in San Fran and what happened the other day. Because guess what Chloe, that girl was the one who had to pick up the mess you left behind. That girl picked me up and helped me get to where I'm at today. And that girl just happens to be my girlfriend." Beca said staring right into Chloe's eyes.

Chloe's spirit broke when she heard that last part. Her heart shattered and didn't want it to be truth. She had truly lost Beca to Stacie. Any hope she had were instantly shutdown and crushed.

"Girlfriend?" Chloe asked broken.

Beca nodded "Yup, that beautiful soul is my girlfriend. So yeah Us? Not going to happen. Maybe if you would have acted better and not been such a bitch then I would have considered at least making a friendship work. But after all the shit that's happened because of you, not a chance. I can't stop anyone from being your friend but as far as Stacie and I got, it's a no." Beca replied.

Chloe let the tears spill "I understand. I'm sorry for everything." Chloe looked down and let's the tears keep spilling over. She imagined this is what Beca felt like after she left. She had lost everything, she lost Tyler, possibly her friends, Stacie and now Beca.

Beca got up and headed towards the dinning area. Aubrey noticed her.

"So?" Aubrey asked.

Beca shrugged "We talked and I told her we couldn't be friends. You might want to go check on her."

Aubrey nodded and excused herself.

Beca sat down next to Stacie who instantly held her hand and kissed the back of it "Did you get everything out?"

Beca smiled "Yup." Beca recapped everything said to Stacie and Jesse.

"Glad all this is finally settled." Jesse breathed out.

"So am I Jess." Beca smiled and looked at Stacie "Time for the next part of my life, the best one."