The police were getting nowhere. It was a dead end. Beca had been missing for a week or so, when Aubrey just couldn't take it anymore. "You're going back to work tomorrow," she stated. Chloe stared at her blankly. "Come on! Beca wouldn't want you to get fired." Chloe just stared back. "Let her be," Stacie whispered in her ear. "You should go to work though," Aubrey said weakly, walking away.
"Gretel?" Beca gasped. "So Beca Mitchell does remember me! Of course you did. My Beca is the most perfect person in the world," Gretel squealed. "Your Beca?" Beca tried to shift away. "Don't deny your feelings Bec," Gretel scooted closer, resting a hand on Beca's leg. "Dude, let go," Beca tried to move her legs. Gretel sighed, "You'll see Bec, we're meant to be... we're going to be together forever."
The Next Day
"Welcome back Chloe," Drew smiled. "Thanks," she mumbled back, going straight to her classroom. Chloe just stared at her desk, not quite sure what she was doing here. Beca was missing. Shouldn't she be looking for her? "Hey!" Grace bounced in. "I was just thinking about the kiss, you know, and we should just stay friends," Grace practically skipped around the room. "Okay?" Grace had been hitting on her ever since they met. All of a sudden she just wants to be friends? Whatever. "See you later!" Grace bounced back out, so happy she might have been drunk.
Chloe sat alone that day. She didn't want to interact with anyone else. "Hey Chloe," Drew sat down beside her. Chloe shot him a glare, returning to her untouched lunch. "Did you hear that Grace got herself a girl? She's crazy happy about it," Drew rambled, "You should've heard her, she's almost obsessive," The last word caught Chloe's attention. "Obsessive?" "Yeah. She made it sound like she plotted the whole thing," Drew laughed to himself, "Grace has always been a bit odd. I can totally see her stalking a crush, and then kidnapping them. Can't you?" Chloe shot up from her seat, leaving her untouched lunch behind. "Wait! Aren't you going to take this?" Drew called, "I'm going to eat it if you don't come back!"
Obsessive. Stalk. Kidnap. Drew's light mannered comments ran through Chloe's head as she pulled out her phone. "Hello?" Chloe took a shaky breath, "Nate, I know it's a lot, but can you do me a favour?" "Chloe? Is that you?" "Yeah, um, I need some help about Beca," she paused for a second, "Could you follow someone around for me? I'll pay you as much as you want, it'll be a full time job though." "Could I ask why you want this?" Nate asked over the phone. "I think she knows where Beca is," Chloe said confidently, "$35 an hour and I'll pay for gas, food, whatever you need," Chloe added, trying not to let her desperation show. "You know we could be arrested right?" "Please Nate, they can't find her. She came all the way across the world for me, and then got into a plane crash, and then got kidnapped. I had a promise ring! We were supposed to go have a whole life together! And I messed it all up!" Chloe cried into her phone, voice cracking, "She made me bulletproof. She's my titanium," she said softly, sobbing. Nate's voice came through the phone, "I'll do it."