Hey, Guys, I'm back. A few of you brought up a concern with the last chapter with Tom smoking wed them becoming easily addicted. That was all my fault, I am in no way familiar with drugs, but if the topic does and it will come up again I will make sure that all the facts are correct. But I want to thank you all for calling me out on it, as I always say I want to make my writing the best it can be, and that can only happen if you guys let me know if I'm doing something wrong, so big thank you for that. Hope you enjoy this chapter!
Chapter 13
Beca was sitting on the sofa holding Chloe in her arms, she was still silently crying on the brunette's shoulder. Having to actually tell her story to the two people sitting beside her instead of living it every day had taken a toll on her emotions and neither Beca nor Aubrey could blame her, just hearing what the girl had gone through made both feel heartbroken.
However, Beca had another feeling running through her body. Anger. Her knuckles had turned white, and her eyes had visibly darkened. Instead of her usual stormy blue, they had turned a dark midnight color, her pupils had dilated and you could visually see the animosity across her facial features; they were tensed, almost as if she was suppressing the urge to get up and throw something across the room.
Aubrey, unfortunately, had some bad news not for the ginger but for the brunette and she wasn't excited to have to tell her. She wasn't afraid of Beca Mitchell, far from it, in reality, it was the other way to be exact, but seeing the producer angry wasn't the thing she wanted to witness today.
"Beca I need to have a word with you," Aubrey said breaking the brunettes gaze from the still trembling redhead, "in private," she added. Beca just shot Aubrey a glare. How on earth did Aubrey just expect Beca to leave Chloe there while her hands were still trembling, she wasn't going to leave her for another minute, not after everything that had happened today.
Aubrey took Beca's glare as her answer but she pushed her request anyway. "Beca this is sort of important," Aubrey said.
Beca's patience level had knowingly dropped, after everything today, she really didn't need Aubrey on her back, if it wasn't for the crying girl still tightly in her embrace she probably would have begun shouting, but she remained calm. Well as calm as she could in this situation and loudly whispered instead.
"I think this is a bit more important don't you think?" Beca said gesturing towards Chloe.
Chloe was still emotionally and physically drained, her whole body just felt...empty. She had never been as scared as she had all her life when Tom approached her in that hallway. When he backed her up into that wall. When he pinned her wrists to her side. When he forced himself on top of her. When he told her what was going to happen to her. It still all felt like a blur, her mind hadn't completely come to the concept of what had happened and all her body seemed to be able to do was break down.
She was still wrapped tightly in Beca's embrace, and it made her feel safe like nothing bad could happen to her while she was with her, it was as if Beca was her protector and nothing could get to her as long as Beca was next to her.
But Aubrey and Beca's conversation made her lift her head up from Beca's shoulder, her tear-stained face met Beca's concerned one and their blue eyes connected. It was like an unsaid bond, they just felt drawn to each other like an unbreakable connection. Neither could pull away until Chloe spoke up.
"Go, Becs. I'll be fine. Go and talk to Aubrey." She didn't want Beca to stay with her if Aubrey needed to talk to her, she had been there enough for Chloe over the past few hours they had been sitting there.
Beca just stared down at Chloe, her heart was physically hurting for the redhead. She just wanted to be there for her but Tom's constant words of hate and abuse had become a permanent thought process for her, she felt like nobody could or would love or care about her. That she'd never be good enough, and Beca could see the pain behind her ocean blue eyes and it made her just want to hold her and never let go.
"Aubrey whatever you need to say, you can say it in front of Chloe. She is my manager after all," She said with a wink towards the redhead which made her give a small smile. Beca still held Chloe in her arms, and she noticed the sweet smell of Chloe's perfume. It was like a mix of flowers and the fresh outdoors, it was beautiful and it suited her, but it made Beca smile. Why? She doesn't know but it made Beca feel warm and it felt great to have Chloe wrapped in her arms, she felt like she could stay like that forever. But Chloe needed her now, she needed to be strong for Chloe.
She had to put her feelings aside for the time being and be a support system for her. She couldn't and wouldn't let her emotions take over her. She vowed to herself there and then that she would always be there for Chloe. Not matter what. She knew she couldn't take away the memories and the scars that Tom had created but she would sure as hell try and create as many happy memories for Chloe that would outnumber the bad. She cared for Chloe on a much deeper level than any boss would ever, but it was just something about the redhead that made Beca want to care, want to bring her flowers, and want to be able to hold her in her arms why they made dinner together or cuddled on the sofa. Chloe made Beca want to do those things and for once, fear wasn't her first reaction to that thought.
"Beca, are you sure you don't want to step outside?" Aubrey asked cautiously.
"For god's sake Aubrey, no. Just tell me what you need to say, whatever it is you can say it in front of Chloe, I don't care," Beca said almost shouting, she was so fed up with Aubrey constantly pushing her, couldn't she see that she wasn't exactly in the best position to talk right now?
"Okay, okay. But you aren't going to like what I have to say," Aubrey took a deep breath and mentally prepared herself for what she was going to have to say. She sat up straight and poised herself, "You could be potentially facing a conviction of assault on Mr. Tom Hunt,"
It was silent before Beca finally realized what Aubrey had said. She jumped up and ran her hand through her hair, taking a deep breath. Her mind had a million thoughts running through it, her heart was practically beating out of her chest. She had so many questions, how did this happen? Why was she possibly getting convicted she hadn't done anything?
Aubrey had prepared for the worst and gave the confused redhead a sympathetic smile. She knew how much had happened and it had all taken a dramatic toll on her emotions, so hearing that her boss could possibly be convicted for abuse had sent her over the edge. She stunned in shock. The exact same question as the brunette's had been running through Chloe's head as well.
The producer had her head in her hands trying to wrap her head around this entire situation. God a few hours ago, she had been happily eating breakfast with Chloe in her apartment, laughing and joking and now she could be going to jail for defending her against some pathetic thug who had broken the redheads heart and possibly her ability to love and trust anyone again, and her faith to believe that someone could love her.
"What do you mean, I could be convicted of abuse?!" Beca shouted. Her emotions were getting the better of her, all the anger from this morning added to the stress of this new information had just exploded from her.
Aubrey stood up, knowing that this could lead to something a lot worse if she didn't step in and she was guessing Chloe hadn't seen this side of Beca before. The one where her stress levels rise above her already high ones and her mental state can get a bit out of control.
"Beca calm down, just sit down for a minute, let me explain what's happening," Aubrey said calmly as she approached the brunette careful not to agitate her anymore.
"How can I calm down? I could be going to jail for fuck's sake, and you want me to just sit down. My entire future, god, my entire life could fall apart. So don't you dare-" Beca was stopped short when her eyes connected with the redhead's she could see the fear behind them and guilt instantly filled her body, she hadn't thought about how her sudden outburst would affect Chloe.
She dropped her hands and slowly walked over to Chloe who's knees had been brought back up to her chest and tears had started to glaze over her eyes, she was careful not to startle her but as she approached Chloe's knees tucked even tighter and her body began shaking with tears again. It was all just so familiar to her, Tom would get angry and he would start swearing and shouting and just seeing Beca react like that brought her back to that time, and all she could see was Tom.
Beca looked at Aubrey for any indication to what she would do, Aubrey just nodded towards the spot next to the redhead. Beca cautiously sat down next to her, and when Chloe didn't move any further away she took that as a positive. It took a few minutes where the only sounds were the muffled sounds of Chloe's tears, and Beca had never felt worse knowing that she had been the cause of them, she had never meant to get that angry. It was just that if she did get convicted her entire livelihood and career would disappear and she had too many people counting on her.
Aubrey had watched the entire exchange happen and she didn't particularly want to have to explain the situation to Beca, she knew she would flip out but she was going to have to get it over and done with, she would need to begin on all of the legal formalities with both Beca and Chloe.
"Beca, look I know this isn't ideal," She held her hand up to stop Beca from making some sarcastic comment so she could continue. "But, I do need to explain to you why this situation has arisen. Do you remember the incident about 9 years ago?" Beca looked blank for a second before slowly nodding, trying to get an idea of what the blonde was getting at.
"Well that 'situation' meant you went on record, now that would have caused some problems obviously but after what happened today means you could be under conviction of abuse,"
9 years ago
It was the average high school party. Music was blaring, people were all over the house doing who knows what, and empty red cups were scattered across the lawn and in every place imaginable. There was an ungodly amount of alcohol in the house and there was at least over 50 drunk teenagers dancing enjoying themselves.
Beca had decided to take a break from her position as the DJ and headed down to the kitchen to grab a drink. She managed to slip her way past all the sweaty intoxicated teens and find an empty spot in the next room where she found a bottle of vodka and a bottle of coke. She poured both of them in and took a long sip, she felt herself instantly relax as the liquid ran down her throat.
She was enjoying herself. School hadn't always been the easiest of places for her due to her advanced ability in music she had limited friends, her whole school career had been dedicated to music, playing the piano, guitar and any other instrument she had available to her. However, by isolating herself and not letting anyone into her world she became known as the freak. Instead of her talent being praised and acknowledged amongst her fellow students she was picked on and labeled as weird. It definitely hurt her emotionally, she felt alone most of her years at school, but as she went up in her years there she started making her mixes in her free time, and she started releasing them on YouTube, and she surprisingly gained quite a lot of attention.
People began noticing her in the hallway and for once not to shout some name at her, it was no to congratulate her or to praise her on her latest creation, and it felt great. Not the attention, but knowing that there were people out there that listened to what she put out, and for some helped them through tough times, and that's why she was where she was today.
So as she put out more mixes she became more and more popular which led to that night at the party. She had been asked to DJ there as her mixes and become a staple at teens party. So her making a personal appearance definitely got the crowd going. Stacie had been helping her out, well more like making out with her 'friends with benefits' boyfriend at the back of the house, so Beca had been left to fend for herself.
She didn't really mind in all honesty, she wasn't really the party type but it seemed like she would enjoy herself and the fact Stacie practically dragged her with her.
When Beca was having a drink, the school's biggest asshole and lead jock of the school Bumper Allen had arrived, yay. Beca and Bumper hated one other and every opportunity they got they would find ways to annoy each other, whether it was small remarks in the hallway, or silent gestures when teachers weren't looking or bumping into each other in the halls, you name it they'd done it.
The whole school knew how much they hated each other it was almost like public news if either of them said or did anything to one another, they would crowd around the two of them and sometimes a rare fight would break out, but nothing overly serious.
But tonight the jock was determined to put the brunette back in her place, and he was going to beat her at her own game. He walked in, acting like he owned the place because in his opinion he did. He had a few of his friends behind him all walking through the crowds, when he spotted her, drinking something in the kitchen, she had a few people around her having a light conversation, well as light as it can be at a party. He waved his entourage over to follow him. People began to stop what they were doing and turning to watch whatever was going to happen because whenever Bumper and Beca were in the same proximity as each other they all knew something was going to go down.
The music had quieted causing Beca to turn away from the people she was talking to and see what was going on, that's when she saw him. Bumper fucking Allen. Perfect. She couldn't go one night without having to engage him, he always had a way of making an entrance then leaving like an idiot. But in all honesty, that was the best part of her day, when she watched him leave like a pathetic piece of trash. He always tried to show her up, pick on her, made her feel small. But she was always a step ahead of him, and she always won.
He was wearing an awful concoction of clothes, some sort of Hawaiian t-shirt, paired with his hunter green and gold football jacket and a pair of beige trousers. Beca had seen her fair share of terrible outfits, but what this guy had on looked like he had gone to a beach party. In short, he looked ridiculous, and Beca was stifling a laugh. But she met him in the middle of the dance floor where a gap had been made and people had formed a circle surrounding them.
"Mitchell," Bumper called stepping into the circle, his entourage not far from him.
"Allen," she mocked folding her arms over her chest.
"You think your the musical genius of this school don't you?"
"Well when you put it like that, sure why not?" she said with a laugh, she could see how much she was annoying him and it formed a smirk on her face.
"Look. Midget, I'm the king of this school and tonight, right here I'm going to prove it. So, musical genius, I challenge you to a riff-off. Right now." He said with a challenging smile.
"Right here. Right now," she confirmed. He nodded. There were some excited whispers going around the dance floor, some people were cheering and you could already see the exchanges of money going around as people placed bets on who was going to win.
"Okay Allen, you're on. You win, you stay as King. I win you leave everyone alone, no more bullying, you stay on the down low,"
"Well this King's here to stay, so expect to lose,"
"We'll see about that,"
"Okay let's get this thing moving," Beca gestured towards the impromptu DJ who started a beat.
"Category?" Beca questioned the crowd.
"Hip-Hop," many shouted out. Both of them agreed. A beat started up and Bumper began.
All I Do Is Win [DJ Khaled, Ludacris, Rick Ross, T-pain and Snoop Dogg]
[Bumper is in bold]
All I do is win win win no matter what
Got money on my mind I can never get enough
And everytime I step up in the buildin'
Everybody hands go up
And they stay there
And they say yeah
And they stay there
Up down, up down, up down
'Cause all I do is win win win
And if you goin' in-
Lose yourself [Eminem]
-in the music, the moment
You own it, you better never let it go
You only get one shot, do not miss your chance to blow
This opportunity comes once in a lifetime
You better lose yourself in the music, the moment
You own it, you better never let it go
You only get one shot, do not miss your chance to blow
This opportunity comes once in a lifetime you-
Stronger [Kanye West]
You should be honored by my lateness
That I would even show up to this fake shit
So go ahead, go nuts, go apeshit
Specially on my Pastel, on my Bape shit
Act like you can't tell who made this-
Chun-li [Nicki Minaj]
-this Burberry trench
This birds copy every word, every inch
But gang gang got the hammer and the wrench
I pull up in that quarter milli off the lot
Oh now she tryna be friends like I forgot
Show off my diamonds like I'm signed by the Roc
Ain't pushin' out his babies 'til he bite a rock
Ay yo I been on, bitch you been con
Bentley tints on, Fendi prints on
I mean I been Storm, X-Men been formed
He keep on dialing Nicki, like the Prince song
I been on, bitch you been con
Bentley tints on, Fendi prints on
Ay yo I been North, Laura been Croft
Plates say 'Chung-Li' drop the Benz off
The beat cut short meaning Beca had won, that round wasn't exactly her style but she knew she had to of won, but now it was time for round two. She wins this and Bumper steps down as king.
"Our next category is...dance songs with a twist" the DJ announces Beca and Bumper, both look towards the DJ confused. "Whoever gets this crowd the most hyped up, will be the winner of this battle," he shouted over the cheering teenagers in the room.
The two took their places once again, the crowd was even more intrigued now this new rule had been added, people were dancing along to the music, screaming their names. It gave Beca a rush of adrenaline and she was ready to battle her way to the top.
Welcome to the party [Lil pump, Diplo, French Montana ft. Zhavia]
Haaan
We on fire
Step up in the party, step up in the party
Ha (Haaan)
We on fire
Ride up to the party, ride up to the party
Ha (Haaan, aye) (live it up)
Welcome to the party
Welcome to the party, aye
Welcome to the party, aye
Welcome to the-
Heatwave [Wiley]
- party, I'm gon' dance, put your hands up on my body
On my body, on my body, put your hands up on my body
I'ma party, I'm gon' dance put your hands up on my body
On my body, on my body, put your hands up on my body
I'ma party, I'm gon' dance put your hands up on my body
On my body, on my body, put your hands up on my body
I'ma party-
Ridin' Solo [Jason Derulo]
-I'm putting on my shades to cover up my eyes
I'm jumping in my ride, I'm heading out tonight
I'm solo, I'm riding solo, I'm riding solo, I'm riding solo, solo
I'm feeling like a star, you can't stop my shine
I'm loving cloud nine, my head's in the sky
I'm solo, I'm riding solo, I'm riding solo, I'm riding solo-
Flying Solo [Chris Brown]
-solo
Now you crying, talking 'bout you can't live without me, yeah
My heart is sold, shoulda never, ever left me this cold
You got me flying solo
Solo solo solo, solo solo solo
Solo solo solo-
Shut up and Dance [Walk the moon]
-you dare look back
Just keep your eyes on me
I said you're holding back
She said shut up and dance with me-
Ignition [ ]
-that toot toot
Lemme give you that beep beep
Runnin' her hands through my 'fro
Bouncin' on 24's
While they sayin on the radio
It's the remix to ignition
Hot and fresh out the kitchen
Mama rollin' that body
Got every man in here wishin'
Sippin' on coke and rum
I'm like so what I'm drunk
It's the freakin' weekend baby
I'm about to have me some fun.
The whole crowd was dancing along when Beca had finished signaling that she had won, she ended her final song with a smirk, she could see Bumper was fuming. Out of nowhere, a trophy had been brought down and age crowd gathered around the winner. The DJ settled between the two and gave an official announcement.
"And the winner of this battle is...Beca Mitchell," he raised her arm in the air while a large cheer erupted from the crowd, he handed her the award which she took and raised in the air. But what happened next she didn't expect. Bumper lunged at her and tried to grab the trophy, she pulled away but he managed to get ahold of one of the sides. They were both pulling at it until it snapped and one piece flew at smashed through the window. The entire party fell silent, in anger at his loss Bumper jumped at Beca but before he had a chance to do anything she had punched him in the face. He was stunned that she'd done that, sure he's seen her throw a punch but with that power, it had surprised him. Before he knew it they had been flipped over at Beca was punching him in the face.
The sounds of police cars had caused everyone to scatter apart from a few people who hadn't made it out on time.
In short, Beca had been charged with underage drinking, destruction of property, and minor assault.
Present time
By the time Beca had told the story to a confused Chloe, she had a smile on her face and Chloe had tears coming from her eyes in laughter. She had always known Beca was a badass but knowing what she was like back then just made everything that much
Better, and for the first time in the last few traumatic hours she had smiled and it was a genuine one.
"I can't believe you got arrested,"
"Yep, I was a badass then and still a badass now," she said with a smirk, she was glad Chloe was smiling.
"That you are," Chloe replied with a laugh.
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