Business Manager Chapter 11, a pitch perfect fanfic

Back again with another chapter, I'm really happy with the way this turned out and have put a lot of effort into this one, really hope you enjoy.

Chapter 11

After, her talk with Amy Beca left and went over to the office knowing that Jesse would have a fit if she wasn't in by 10 like she said she would be. Plus she still needed to know what the guy had wanted when he'd turned up at her apartment this morning. She was driving through LA thinking about Amy had said to her, should she pursue Chloe, she'd only known the girl a few days but it was just something about her that made Beca want her. But she was scared, scared of commitment scared if something went wrong, and there was always going to be the issue of the, working together.

Beca just wasn't sure on what to do. She decided to go and visit Stacie quickly as she didn't live far from Beca's office so it wouldn't take long and she can see what she thought about the situation. The girl always seemed to have some relationship advice to give the brunette. Not that she'd ever actually needed it before.

Beca pulled up to Stacie's house in less than 5 minutes, it was a nice big house, in one of the more prestigious areas of LA, it had a circular driveway that had 3 door car garage to the side of it. It was 3 floors and had an incredible view out the back. The exterior was a mix between cobblestone, wood, and dark tile for the roof and 2 wooden beams creating a small porch for the door. Stacie's boyfriend was Julian Edelman from the New England Patriots which Beca definitely approved of with her being a major fan of the team so they were quite well off along with Stacie owning the clinic.

She got out of the car and knocked on the door, she waited nervously until Stacie opened the door and practically dragged her inside.

"Stacie, what the hell?"

"Just shut up and come with me," Stacie said pulling her into the lounge. Sat on the sofa was Julian with a wide smile on his face, Stacie told Beca to sit down and the pair sat opposite her both smiling.

"What?" Beca said getting slightly creeped out by the both of them.

Stacie just held out her left hand, and there was a ring with an incredible cut diamond sitting on top, it had a few small diamonds down the sides. It was really beautiful.

"We're engaged," Stacie squealed.

Beca jumped up and hugged her, she was really glad for the pair, they had been going out for about a year and a half, and he had made Stacie truly settle down which Beca was grateful for. In the past, Stacie had been out with lots of guys but never had a serious relationship. She went over and congratulated Julian as well.

"Congratulations man," she said

"Thanks, Beca, I finally tied her down," he said with a grin pulling his fiance in for a hug.

"Yeah you sure did babe," Stacie said pulling him in for a kiss, "anyway what did you did you come and see me?"

"I need your advice on something or rather someone.." Beca said trailing off.

"And that's my cue to leave," Julian said walking out with a laugh.

"So, what do you need my help with?"

"Well, there is this girl. I'm not sure, what to exactly do."

"Tell me about her," Stacie said never seeing Beca actually admit to something like this again.

"Well, she's funny and kind, generous, hard-working, ambitious, smart, beautiful," Beca could go on an on about Chloe. Stacie could tell by the way Beca was talking that she was in love, anyone could see. It was a different side to Beca than what Stacie normally sees, normally its all about work, work, work with Beca. She never gives herself a break, never giving relationships a go, and from what Beca had told her, this Chloe girl seemed to make Beca more open and they'd only known each other a few days. Beca had always had her walls up, only ever expressing herself through music, normally Stacie never what have gotten one word out of the brunette about her love life and now she was basically pouring her heart out to her.

"Well from what you have told me, you Midget are in love,"

"Stop calling me that, but I'm scared, Stace. What if it all goes wrong, you know what happened last time,"

"That won't happen again, you just have to trust your heart, she sounds special Munchkin," Beca just glared at her but she continued anyway, "What are you scared of Beca, and not just what you think you're scared of,"

"Not being good enough, and being rejected," Beca said quietly. She would always be scared of commitment but the thing that was stopping her from taking the leap was of Chloe rejecting her, and then if she did say yes, Beca would never be good enough for her. Chloe deserved someone who could always be there for her or someone who was constantly at work.

"Becs, of course, you're good enough. And if you've forgotten, you work together, so it's not like you wouldn't see each other plus Chloe would always know your schedule so she will know when you have to work, she would understand Beca. How about you let me come to work with you, I want to meet this redhead who seems to have stolen your heart," Stacie said with a smile.

Beca reluctantly agreed, "but don't touch anything, not after last time," she warned.

"You got it, B," Stacie

They were both about to leave and head over to Beca's office, when she noticed the time, 9.50.

"Shit, I'm going to be late, Stacie come on," the brunette said pulling her out of the house. Beca jumped into her car and started the engine while Stacie put her seatbelt on. Beca pulled out of the driveway and probably broke a few of the speed limits making sure she would get in on time, otherwise Jesse would probably kill her.

She made it to her office in record time, she jumped out of the car threw the keys over to James who just shook his head at the girl's rushed actions as she grabbed Stacie's hand and dragged her to the elevator pressing the button an excessive amount of time, as if the more times she pressed it the faster it will get there.

Beca was practically jumping up and down waiting for the elevator, and as soon as the doors opened she rushed in and instantly pressed the close button.

"Can you calm down for like 3 seconds?"

"No, I can't be late, and I have," Beca checked her watch, " 2 minutes, otherwise Jesse will go nuts if I'm late,"

"Okay but just stop jumping up and down like a maniac,"

"Yes Mom," Beca said with an eye roll, Stacie just playfully hit her own the arm.

The elevator finally reached Beca's floor, where she rushed out, nearly knocking some people over in the process. She ran down the hall, for a reason she didn't know, she was the Boss after all.

She reached for her keys to unlock her office, and as she was turning the lock the tall brunette joined her. She finally managed to open the door which was when Jesse turned up a bunch of files in his hands.

"Stacie you can just go in, I'll be in, in a second,"

"Hey, Jesse," Stacie said as she went into the producer's office.

"Hey Stace," he returned

"So Jesse, what's going on," Beca said wanting to know why the man felt the need to come to her house this morning.

"Oh well, so I was talking to 20th Century Fox yesterday night and they have just received a script in which they want us to produce the music for, this is a massive deal Beca they are expecting big money," Jesse explained excitedly. After being with the company for a year, Beca decided to give Jesse the position for scoring Movies and dealing with the media side of the music industry, his love for movies and had brought him into this business so she wanted to give him the opportunity to do that.

The two had become close friends over the years and lots of the things Jesse and his team did bring in lots of profit to the company which was always positive, and with this new project, she had no doubt he would do great.

"Yeah sure,"

"Okay cool, thanks Beca this is going to be huge,"

"I'll ask Chloe to set up a meeting within the next few days," Beca said her minding once again filling with the redhead.

"Okay well I see you later," he said walking back down the hall.

Beca went into her office, seeing Stacie on the phone she went over to her computer and began going over the companies profits from the last few days. The numbers were always changing, what with lots of new music coming out, and the New York branch it was important for her to know how much the company was spending and what money was coming in. Beca wondered who the other brunette in the room was talking to and then realized it was probably her new fiancée.

"Yeah, I'm just going to be with Beca for the day, I'll see you later. We can maybe go out for dinner and celebrate. Okay let's 7 then, okay Babe I'll talk to you later, bye, love you,"

"Dinner huh?" Beca said with a smile.

"Yes Beca, dinner," she said with an eye roll.

"Very different to what used to happen on one of your nights out," Beca said remembering all the times she had seen Stacie come back from a night out drunk off her face and normally in a stranger's bed.

"Well, I've changed," Stacie said with a smile looking down at the ring on her finger.

The two had a small catch talking about work, the wedding and some of the upcoming projects Beca had coming up. After about 15 minutes, Chloe walked through the office door. Beca and Stacie immediately stopped their conversation, and Stacie turned her head to be met with the redhead.

She's definitely pretty, Stacie thought. The three were in silence before Beca stood up and walked over.

"Chloe this is Stacie, Stacie this is Chloe," Beca said gesturing between the two.

"Hey," they both said.

"Umm, Stacie me and Chloe have some business to go over, but I know Flo has wanted to catch up with you, it's been a while since you've been over,"

"Yeah, is she still on the 3rd floor?" Stacie said grabbing her bag.

"Yeah, third door down on the right,"

"Okay, cool. I'll catch up with you later, nice meeting you Chloe," Stacie said with a smile.

"You too," Chloe said sitting down on the sofa.

Stacie left the producer's office and made her way to the elevator thinking of what could be going on between the two of them. She had only briefly seen Chloe but she had a feeling that she was the one for Beca, it was the way she looked at her as if she was already in love. But Stacie was still a bit wary for Beca, she really didn't want a repeat of what happened before, because that would be good for no one especially the brunette. She just wanted the best for her little midget, she knows she acts all tough on the outside but in reality, Beca is just like a normal person, no matter how hard it is to believe sometimes. But, the amount Beca works worries her, she sometimes even works longer hours than she does and her being a doctor proves a lot. It was like Beca uses it as a replacement for having a relationship or any sort of social life. She was thankful that Beca had people like Jesse in her life who would get her to come out of the studio and have a drink with them, otherwise she doesn't know if Beca would go anywhere except her apartment and work, unless it was work-related, like award shows or interviews.

Nevertheless, Stacie was incredibly proud of Beca, for as long as she'd known Beca had wanted to be a music producer and seeing her living her dream made Stacie happy. She had always wanted the best for her, even if she could be a stubborn little midget at times.

Back in the producer's office, Chloe and Beca were talking about a few of the meetings she had this morning.

"Okay Becs, so you have a meeting with David in about 10 minutes then you need to go and check in with HR to check over the payroll and look over some new employee applications for the New York branch. Then after lunch, you need to see the board to look over some of the final details, then you should be in the studio with Selena Gomez at 2.30 to finish up some of the songs for her album," Chloe said looking at her notebook where she held all of Beca's daily meetings.

"Okay, cool. I didn't know Selena was back in town, she has been visiting her family for a few months just to take a break. Oh, and I was going to tell you we have some good news. You know 20th century Fox," Chloe nodded intrigued by what the brunette was going to tell her. "Well, they contacted us and want BM Atlantic to help produce the soundtrack to one of their biggest new films, so I was talking to Jesse and was wondering if you can set us up a meeting to go through the details?" Beca said with a smile.

"Oh my gosh, Becs this is huge. Congratulations, and of course I can set the meeting up, I will go and talk with them while you are with David." Chloe said smiling over to the producer. She was really happy for her, she knew it meant a lot to the girl, and it was great that she still got excited about new projects, some people she'd worked with seemed to just take the clients and opportunities for granted and never really understood what it was like when they wouldn't have any work.

"Yeah, they sent Jesse a draft of the script which I'll read over, do you want me to send you a copy?"

"Yeah, that would be great Becs. I can't believe it, this is going to be great, I'm so happy for you,"

"Thanks, Chlo, it means a lot. And I'm really excited as well, we haven't worked on a film for a while now so it should be fun," Beca said excitedly.

The two girls finished up as Beca had to go and meet with David and Chloe needed to go and set up a meeting with 20th century Fox for the producer and Jesse to discuss the soundtrack for the film.

"Okay so, I'll probably see you later okay?" Beca said picking up her equipment and walking to the door.

"Yeah, I'll give you the updates on the meeting, then I need to go and see PR to sort some things out but I should be back here around 12," Chloe said looking over what she had to do this morning.

"Okay, do you maybe what to grab some lunch then since we are both free, we can maybe have a look over this script if you want, see what it's all about?" Beca said hopefully.

"Yeah, that would be great thanks," Chloe replied with a smile.

"Okay cool, so I'll meet you back here at about 12 then," Beca said holding the door open for Chloe as they both went their separate ways. Chloe to go and make a few phone calls and Beca to meet with David, both girls walked down the hall with a smile on their face.

In the studio, Beca was sitting with David, and they were discussing a few titles for the song they had done last week, they had pages upon pages scattered over the table covered in lyrics sheet music and song ideas.

Beca ran her hands through her hair trying to think of the song title and the last parts of the melody. Suddenly an idea sparked in her mind, she stopped what she was doing and went into the studio to sit behind the piano, she replayed the sound in her head before closing her eyes and she began playing the melody, it was powerful yet slowly faded out by the end.

David stood in the doorway, listening intently bobbing his head as he listened to what the brunette was playing, when she was playing an idea came to mind, he made his way over to the table looking for a piece of paper and writing a word on it. Beca was finishing off the last notes when she saw the piece of paper David had in his hand, she read it and a smile crept upon her face, she nodded her head and put it on the top of the piano. In big letters covering the whole page was one word. Alive.

The two were sat back outside on the sofa, Beca writing on the sheet music and David was giving in suggestions for lyrics as they went, after about 45 minutes they were done. Beca just did one last recording of the song that they could pitch to Sia to see what she thought. The brunette ended the booth and sat once again in front of the piano, she looked over to David who gave her the thumbs up. She adjusted the microphone that was just above the piano hanging in front of her head.

Alive - Sia - Piano version - Mashup Piano Acoustic

I was born in a thunderstorm

I grew up overnight

I played alone

I played on my own

I survived

Hey

I wanted everything I never had

Like the love that comes with light

I wore envy and I hated that

But I survived

I had a one-way ticket to a place where all the demons go

Where the wind don't change

And nothing in the ground can ever grow

No hope, just lies

And you're taught to cry into your pillow

But I survived

I'm still breathing, I'm still breathing

I'm alive

The song was vocally very demanding and it took a lot of power and strength for Beca's voice, but she was managing pretty well at the moment.

I found solace in the strangest place

Way in the back of my mind

I saw my life in a stranger's face

And it was mine

I had a one-way ticket to a place where all the demons go

Where the wind don't change

And nothing in the ground can ever grow

No hope, just lies

And you're taught to cry into your pillow

But I survived

I'm still breathing, I'm still breathing

I'm alive

David was shocked by what Beca was doing, he knew how hard the song would be but for Beca to be hitting every note perfectly was incredible especially as it was meant for someone with a lot more of a powerhouse voice compared to her pop/rock voice but she was incredible.

You took it all, but I'm still breathing

I have made every single mistake

That you could ever possibly make

I took and I took and I took what you gave

But you never noticed that I was in pain

I knew what I wanted; I went in and got it

Did all the things that you said that I wouldn't

I told you that I would never be forgotten

And all in spite of you

And I'm still breathing, I'm still breathing

I'm still breathing, I'm still breathing

I'm alive (You took it all, but I'm still breathing)

(You took it all, but I'm still breathing)

I'm alive (You took it all, but I'm still breathing)

(You took it all, but I'm still breathing)

I'm alive (You took it all, but I'm still breathing)

(You took it all, but I'm still breathing)

I'm alive

Beca ended the song with the last push of the keys, and breathed a sigh, the song had really taken a toll on her vocal cords, so she went outside and grabbed a bottle of water, there was only a little left so she downed it instantly feeling her throat relax a bit and the cold liquid.

David stopped the recording and walked over and gave the producer a pat on the back.

"Didn't know you that in you, Becs. That was incredible, Sia would be crazy not to take it. It's a work of art," he said honestly.

"Well I sure hope so, I'm really happy with the way it turned out," Beca said with a smile.

Downstairs Tom had just pulled up in his car, he had decided to park a block away from the building just so no one would see him. In his hand he held a land lard with Chloe's face on it, he had woken up roughly about an hour after everything between him and Chloe had happened, he had a small cut on the side of his head from where the redhead had hit him.

But he was here to show her that hitting him was never okay, and she was going to pay, and this boss of her's was going to get it as well. He gripped onto the land lard and stepped out of the car, with his hood pulled over his head. He walked down the street until he was at the door's of BM Atlantic, he pushed open the glass door but was instantly stopped by James who was looking after the lobby for a while.

"Can I help you sir?" he said.

"Oh yes, I'm here for Chloe Beale," he said politely.

"Do you have an appointment?"

"Oh no, I'm her boyfriend she left this at home this morning, I'm guessing she might need it," he said with a laugh holding up the land lard.

Not seeing any suspicious he let Tom through, "She will be somewhere on the 6th floor, just take a left at the end of the hall, and you will find the elevator,"

"Thank you so much," Tom said walking over to the elevators. He stood inside and waited until the doors opened to the 6th floor, he stepped out and took a look around, it was very busy, people were on the phone and there were artist dotted around some of them with guitars hanging off their shoulders, it was a nice building very bright and airy, but looked comfortable enough with sets of sofas placed around the floor and multiple coffee tables, mostly covered in papers and coffee mugs.

He wandered about trying to mostly get avoided by seeing anyone who would become suspicious, he turned a corner where all the hype was a lot quieter, and then he heard her.

Chloe was on the phone with one of the 20th-century representatives discuss times for an interview about the soundtrack for the new film.

"Hey John, it's Chloe Beale, Beca Mitchell's manager. She was wondering if we could set up a meeting to talk about the soundtrack,"

"Hey Chloe, glad to hear you guys got the news, I hope Beca's excited,"

"Oh trust me, she is, she was practically jumping up and down when she told me," laughing at the thought of her this morning.

"Well, she was one of our top picks, I know how much passion she has for music and this is exactly what this soundtrack needs passion,"

"Well, that she certainly is, and I know she'd be able to provide you with something incredible,"

"I have no doubt about that, so should we say 2 o'clock over at BM Atlantic on Tuesday?"

"Yeah that sounds perfect, thank you so much for your time, John. It's been a pleasure speaking with you," Chloe ended the phone call with a smile on her face.

But her smile quickly faded when she saw Tom standing at the end of the hall.

"Hey baby," he called, Chloe was frozen as he made his way over to her. He ran his hand down Chloe's check, "So baby, how are you?" Chloe was speechless, she had no idea what he was doing here, he just kept talking as he kept walking towards her. "You know what I found," he said smiling at her, holding up the land lard, "You must have forgotten to take it with you when you packed your bags, you really think you can get away that easily?" he said slyly. "I'm going to make you pay," he whispered.

Back in the studio Beca and David were just finishing up, they had added a few touch ups to the song and were currently in the process of editing a few parts so it was ready to send off to Sia and to see if she would agree to take the song on, but both were pretty confident she would take it. It was an incredible song, anyone could see that. Both were getting tired they had put in a lot of work over the past few hours.

"Hey, I'm just going to get something to drink, I'll be back in a second," Beca said getting up from the soundboard and walking down the corridor, she went over to the water fountain just around the side of her studio, but when she got there she saw the sign, 'out of order' she sighed at decided to go to the one closer to the main floor.

Tom had Chloe pushed up against the wall, his body pressing into hers. He had his hand on the base of her neck just above her chest, and with all his weight pressing onto her, Chloe was finding it hard to breathe, her hands were pinned against the side of the wall her wrists were beginning to hurt as she struggled against him.

Beca was walking towards the other water fountain phone in hand when she turned the corner and her phone dropped out of her hand. Chloe pressed up against the wall, her face covered in tears and her eyes full of fear. Before Beca knew what she was doing he was running down the corridor and had hit Tom in the face, knocking him off Chloe and onto the floor, she was fueled by adrenaline had gotten on top of Tom and was pounding him in the face, her knuckles were bleeding and her heart was racing. Tom had started shouting trying to get her off, but the producer had a surprising amount of upper body strength.

"Get the fuck off me," he shouted, Beca just kept pounding him in the face. Chloe had sunk to the ground and was currently crying in the corner her knees brought up to her chest. The whole commotion had caused a few of the workers to stop what they were doing, one of them including Jesse who had needed to talk to Beca about the soundtrack. When he heard the shouting, he rushed around the corner and when he saw what was going on he immediately called out to the other workers.

"Get security up here. NOW."

He ran down the corridor and tried to pull Beca off the man, who was fighting against her. In no time at all, a group of 10 or so security guards had rushed up beside the group and got Beca off Tom, and had kept him pinned to the floor and put him in handcuffs.

While security was dealing with Tom Beca immediately rushed over to Chloe who was crying uncontrollably in the corner her head buried into her knees. She put her hand over her shoulder and pulled her close and whispered slowly to her.

"It's okay Chlo, I've got you. You're safe."

After Chloe had calmed down a bit, Beca brought Chloe into her office and sat her down on the sofa. Chloe was still shaking, her body still trembling with fear. By this time, Stacie had been informed of what had happened and was currently sitting with Chloe. Beca had been sitting with Chloe also, but she had to step out of the office for a second to make a phone call.

"Hey Chlo, I just need to step outside okay and make a phone call, I'll be right outside if you need me, but Stacie will be here as well okay?" Beca said concerned. Chloe just silently nodded not taking her eyes from staring straight in front of her. Beca stood up and walked outside, closing the door behind her, she took her cracked phone from out of her pocket and pressed a few buttons, it rang in her ear. As soon as the caller picked up, Beca spoke.

"I need a favor,"