Aubrey changed her mind the last minute and told the girls that it'll be easy if they'll just ride a cab to the airport. She also told the DJ that she already called her secretary to book them a flight and meet her at the entrance of the airport.
Beth is sitting in front while Stacie is in between Beca and Aubrey at the back.
"Do you think Chloe and Bailey are still here in LA?" Beca asks the girl while looking outside the window "Of course, I doubt that wife of yours will book an early flight because of Bailey." Stacie answered.
"Well yeah but she might because she knows what I'm capable of as a celebrity." Beth nods her head at Beca "But I'm with Stacie. It's kinda late and I doubt that they already left LA at this time." Beth said.
"I hope the two of you are right. I need to see Bailey before she left, you know to apologize." The three girls look at Beca who is still looking outside the window. Stacie was about to say something when she hears her phone beeps.
"But be ready for her reaction Beca, you do know that she heard all of the things you said to her mother." Aubrey reminded her as the brunette sighs "Yeah and you better think of a bigger plan to win them back." Stacie butted in and showed the text message to her friend.
Beca slowly read the message from Chloe and look at Stacie "A-am I reading it correctly?" she asks and Stacie nodded her head "I'm sorry Beca."
"Why? What happened?" Aubrey asks "Chloe is going to file for a divorce."
"What? Is she fucking serious?" Beth asks Stacie "M-my dream… I think my dream is becoming into a reality." They hear Beca says who has tears in her eyes again.
"You dream of Chloe filing for a divorce?" Beca look at Beth and shook her head "Worse than that." She answered.
"She… she uhm di- she died in my dream." The three girls went quiet for a while but never leaving their eyes on Beca "There's an accident in the freeway and she's one of the fatalities." She added.
She took a deep breath before proceeding with her story "It feels like it's real. I mean you girls are there. I tried waking up myself thinking it's only a dream but it looks so real." Tears flows in her eyes.
"Beca look at me…" Stacie said and hold her hand "Like you said, it's just a dream and you're awake now." She added.
"I know but Chloe's filing for a divorce, does it mean that I'm going to lose her forever?"
The three girls didn't know what to say. The thing is, when they came back to check on Beca after they left her inside the bar to cool down, Stacie, Aubrey and Beth found her sleeping on the bed. They try waking her up but they failed so the girls decided to bring her home.
"We're not yet sure if she's serious about it Beca so don't think any negative thoughts. You and Chloe will be together forever." Beth told her, the brunette let out a small smile and look at her friends.
"For now, let's fix yourself up so no one can recognize you or there will be a chaos inside." Aubrey said.
The four of them arrived at the airport and saw Beca's secretary waiting for them. Aubrey told her to keep her mouth shut and thank her for bringing their itinerary. After they pass the security, they check the available flights to Atlanta that day and there are 4 flights but one of it already took off 30 minutes ago.
"Like we said, Chloe won't book a flight that early so there are one hundred and one percent chances they will be boarding the 10 o'clock flight." Stacie said.
Beca didn't say anything so Stacie motion for Beth and Aubrey to give them time to talk. Once the two are out of their sight, Stacie looks at the DJ who looks nervous and worried.
"Come on, tell me what are you thinking?" she asks "Nothing." Beca answered.
"Oh please, I've been your friend since college so you can't lie to me." She saw Beca let out a deep sigh "When did you know that… uhm when did you know that Chloe was pregnant with Bailey?"
Stacie blinks her eyes a couple of times and lean her back on the chair "Two weeks before you left her."
"Oh."
"I hope that won't be an issue now." Beca shook her head a couple of times "So do you remember how she got pregnant?"
Beca look at Stacie and sigh "Yeah. We both freeze our egg so we can use it in the future once we decided to have a baby. We both wanted the baby to have a piece of us." She answered with a smile on her face.
"I always wanted a mini Chloe running around." Stacie chuckles and so as Beca "Bailey got both of our traits and characteristic. She got her mother's hair colour and she got my eyes."
"Don't forget on how stubborn she is like you." Beca giggles and her mind wander on her daughter "C-can you tell me how you found out?" she asks Stacie.
"Sure." The taller brunette answered.
It's Friday night but instead of partying and enjoying the night, Stacie is busy preparing for her exams on Monday. To avoid distractions, she turns off her mobile phone, hides her television in her closet and buries her laptop on her piles of dirty clothes downstairs. She has her own apartment and alone that's why she is planning to tell her best friend that she needed a roommate.
It's already 11 in the evening when she hears the buzzer. She looks at the clock and wonder who is at her door at this time of night. She hurriedly went down the stairs when the buzzer didn't seem to stop buzzing.
"I'm coming! I'm coming! God!" she yelled, she's ready to punch the face of the person standing outside her door but when she opens it, she saw Chloe in a mess.
"What happened?" she asks and immediately pulls her friend inside and closes the door. When Chloe didn't answer, she asks her if she wanted some coffee or tea but the redhead refused.
"Am I disturbing you?" her best friend asks "Well I'm kinda studying for my exams and—"she stops talking when Chloe stands up.
"Uhm sorry for disturbing you, I'll see you tomorrow then." But she stops her friend from leaving "I'm just kidding okay." Stacie said and motion for her to sit down.
"Now tell me what's going on? Why are you crying?" she notice how red and puffy Chloe's eyes are "Where's Beca?"
This time the redhead looks at her and started to cry again. The brunette sighs and pulls her friend for a hug. Stacie knows what's going on between Beca and Chloe. At first they were both happy like no one else can tear them apart until problems starts to show up.
She knows her best friend for being a strong one, a positive thinker and Beca is the complete opposite of Chloe. It got worse when Beca starts hiding things from her wife especially about her studies. She found out all about this through Beca's professor.
"You can stay here for the night or better yet, stay with me so your wife will start to realize something." Stacie said to her "No, that's not the reason why I'm here."
"Then what is it?" Chloe just look at her first while crying "Oh don't tell me she files for a divorce?"
"No…"
"Then what Chloe? Come on, speak up." The redhead then fish out something in her pocket and give it to Stacie. The latter look at the thing on her hand as her eyes widen.
"I'm pregnant Stacie."
"What?! How?... I mean… huh?" Stacie also knows that every time the two fight, Beca always brought up that Chloe doesn't want to give her a child, that the redhead doesn't want their family to be complete.
"I used her egg and the sperm she chose from the sperm bank. At first I thought i-it won't work because there's a slim chance that I'll pregnant from freezing your egg."
"W-when did you find out?"
"A couple of weeks back. I tried three different pregnancy tests and it all came out positive." Stacie look at the thing she's holding then lean her back on the sofa "T-this is good news right? I mean this is all Beca wanted, for you guys to have a baby." But Chloe didn't answer.
"You haven't told her, didn't you?" Stacie asks and Chloe shook her head three times "But why?"
"Tell me how I am going to tell her?! Every time I try to open up a conversation with her, we always ended up fighting. She barely comes home Stacie!"
"But she has the right to know. She has to know."
Chloe wipes her tears off her face "Yes and don't worry, I will tell her."
"When?"
"On our first year anniversary. I w-want to surprise her." Chloe smiles a little and Stacie feels pity for her best friend.
"What about your studies?" she asks "I don't want to think about that for now. All that matters to me is Beca, I don't want to lose her and if I needed to give up my studies, I will for her."
The redhead starts to cry once more and Stacie holds her hand. She hugs her best friend and let her cry on her shoulder "Ssshh, don't cry. Everything will be alright. I'm here; I'll always be here for you."
Stacie look at Beca one she finished telling her the story "She was about to tell you that night you left her but you didn't give her a chance." The taller brunette said.
"I'm sorry. I'm so sorry." Beca said in between tears "You know what; I wanted to kill you that time. I wanted to slap you hard for hurting my best friend. How much I wanted to hire someone and shoot you but I didn't do it because I know how much Chloe loves you."
"All she cares about is your happiness Beca. She risks everything and I mean everything but in the end you left her." Stacie bit her lip to stop herself from crying.
"After she gave birth to Bailey, she tried going back on studying and her professor helps her a lot but she's having a hard time balancing her schedule. My parents offered her a help but she refuse so in the end, she gave up her study and find a job to support her and Bailey." Stacie added.
"I was there Beca. I saw how she struggles, all the hurt and pain she's feeling, I felt it too." The two girls cry and hold each other's hand "Chloe deserves to be happy and to be love and you're the only person who can make that happen."
Beca pulls Stacie into a hug "I promise you, I will do anything and everything for them. I will do everything for Chloe." The DJ answered.
Stacie broke the hug and smiled at her "Please don't break your promise."
"I won't." Beca answered and they both smiled at each other while waiting for Aubrey and Beth to come back.
Hours pass by and the airport is now filled with passengers waiting for their flight. It's already 9:15 in the morning and the passengers for flight 031 to Atlanta are starting to arrive on gate 8. The four girls are patiently waiting at the side.
Beca anxiously waits for Chloe and Bailey to appear. She keeps looking from her left to right until she saw a little redhead girl. Her heart starts to beat faster when she saw that it's Bailey looking for something at her bag.
"Bailey…" Beca said and the three girls hears her and they also see the little redhead. They wait for Beca to do something but she's just standing there looking at her daughter.
"Beca?" Beth calls her name, the DJ looks at her and Beth urges her to go. She took a deep breath first and let it all out. She walks slowly and Bailey is standing in the middle, facing her back on her while waiting for her mother who is on the phone.
"Bailey?" Beca calls her daughter and the latter turn around and saw her momma standing in front of her. She was about to say something when Chloe speaks "Beca? What are you doing here?" she asks.
"Oh hey, I uhm ah. I just want to talk to my daughter if you don't mind." The older redhead knows that the brunette has been crying and nodded her head at her. She then see Beth, Aubrey and Stacie walking towards her and the four of them look at Beca and Bailey.
The older Mitchell reaches out for her daughter's hand "I just wanted to say sorry for everything I said to you and your mom. I didn't mean anything of it." Beca starts to speak.
"I'm sorry for hurting your feelings but believe me when I say that I love you so much." The brunette smiled as tears rolls down on her cheeks "I promise you that I'll make it up to you even though you don't want to see me anymore."
Beca gently squeezes her daughter's hand and kiss it "I won't give up on you and mommy again and I'll do whatever it takes for you to forgive me." She waited for any reaction from the little girl but all Bailey do is give her a cold look.
"Can you give your momma a hug before you go?" but still Bailey didn't move or say anything "Beca I'm sorry but we have to go." She hears Chloe say. The DJ nods her head and look down on the floor. She then look at Bailey and pulls her into a hug.
"Please do remember that momma loves you so much." Chloe who is standing beside the two bit her lip to stop herself from crying "We have to go." She repeated.
Beca broke the hug and stands up, she looks at her wife and wanted to ask her about the divorce but decided to keep her mouth shut for now.
"Take care." She said to Chloe who nods her head and holds her daughter's hand "I'll see you next week." Stacie said to her best friend.
"Yeah." The redhead answered and the mother and daughter start to walk towards the gate as Beca watches the two most important people in her life to slowly slip away from her life.
2 DAYS LATER…
It's 12 am on Monday and Beca is sitting inside her private plane that will take her to Atlanta to see Chloe and Bailey. She tried concentrating on her work and concert during the weekends but the thought of the two won't leave her. She calls Bailey's phone but the latter is not answering her calls.
So she made a plan to go to Atlanta thrice a week that would be Monday, Wednesday and Friday. At first it sound ridiculous and tiring but her friends didn't stop her from doing what she wants. Beca doesn't care if she needed to spend her money on the fuel, car rental and whatever she needs while she's in Atlanta.
The thing is, she's going to travel at 12 am in LA to be able to arrive at Atlanta at exactly 7:30 am because of the flight duration. Stacie told her that every summer, the mother and daughter spend some time running and biking in the morning. It will start at 8:15 and ends at 9:15 and she'll travel back at 10 am in Atlanta to be able to go back in LA at 11:30 in the morning to work.
After four hours of flight, Beca arrives at Atlanta on her private plane. It will only take her 30 minutes to reach Beale's residence well of course it depends on the traffic. Aubrey already talked to one of the car rental representative and she's picking her up at one of the smaller airports in Atlanta.
She looks at her watch and it's already 8:15 in the morning and right on time, she saw Bailey riding her bike with a backpack while Chloe locks the door of their house.
"Mom! It's too hot!" she hears Bailey whines "You just spend most of your time inside your momma's penthouse and you're not used to sunlight anymore?"
"It's not my fault that she has a centralized air-conditioning system in her penthouse." Beca's car is parked on their side of the road.
"So tell me mom, are you going to install a centralized-"but Bailey was cut off by her mom "No. You're allowed to use the AC if it's really hot." Chloe answered.
"You're such a killjoy. I do know now what I want when I grow up."
"What would that be?"
"I want to be an actress and I'll build you a mansion." Chloe laughs at her daughters antics and shook her head "Okay enough of that, we're wasting daylight."
"Wasting daylight? For pete sakes mom it's just past 8 in the morning."
"Shut it, now starts paddling!" Beca immediately closes the window on her car when the two pass by "I miss you." She said while looking at the two.
An hour passes by and the mother and daughter return from their biking and jogging, they were laughing at something when they both notice something on the door. Bailey run towards it and saw two teddy bears and a bouquet of pink tulips resting on their porch.
"Ooohh I have an admirer." Chloe raise an eyebrow at her daughter then look at the card attach to the bouquet. She opens it and read the message.
I love you and I'm sorry Chloe
She knows that its Beca's penmanship, she look around but didn't find anyone on the street though she saw a black car park on the other side of the road, she didn't think that the DJ's in there.
"What does it say?" she hears Bailey asks and saw that her daughter is also holding a small card. She showed the message to her daughter and the latter did the same thing.
Momma loves you so much, I miss you Bailey
Beca's been travelling back and forth from LA to Atlanta and vice versa for two weeks now. Emily and Stacie already went back to Atlanta one week ago but Beth stayed because of the case she needed to finish. It's also been two weeks since Chloe and Bailey continues to receive flowers, bears, chocolates on their porch thrice a week and Beca didn't miss a day not to call her daughter even though Bailey is not answering.
A day before the concert, Beca fainted while doing a sound check. Aubrey tries to talk to her to cancel the concert and re-schedule it so she can rest but the brunette refused.
"I'll be fine Aubrey, don't worry." Beca said while lying on the sofa "Your fans will understand if you're going to cancel it." She answered.
"Yes but you do know how important this is to me right?" Aubrey sighs and nodded her head. The blonde girl knows she can't wait to introduce her daughter and wife to her fans. Her original plan is to let Bailey sing with her on stage but that's going to happen now. So she decided to make a compilation of their pictures and it will be played will she's singing the song she wrote for her daughter.
Chloe gave her permission but Stacie is the one who talk to her about it and the latter went back to LA two days ago to give the divorce papers that Chloe filed in Atlanta but the brunette doesn't want to think about it for now. She will ask for a legal counsel after her concert on what she'll do about it.
"By the way, Amy found you a lawyer and she said that she'll bring her at your penthouse on Monday morning." Aubrey said and gives Beca some painkillers for her head.
"Uhm okay."
"So I'll give you time to rest and I'll see you tomorrow." Beca nods her head and stares at the ceiling, she pick up her phone, she went to Atlanta that morning and but only see Bailey with a girl doing her morning routine.
She dials her daughter's number; it's already 8:30 in the evening in Atlanta. She smiles when she hears Bailey's voice.
HI it's me Bailey, I can't come to phone right now, it's either I was being scolded by my mom or I'm just lazy to answer.
Beca chuckles every time she hears her voicemail message.
She opens her mouth to say something but a tear escape on her eye "I miss you baby. Take good care of yourself. Momma loves you." And she ended the call. She looks at her phone, there's the photo she take with Bailey and Chloe before they go to bed.
She run her fingers on the screen and cry herself to sleep.
THE NEXT DAY…
Beca's concert is nearing the end. She's so happy that her fans are enjoying the show. Everybody is singing the entire concert, there was never a dull moment but in the back of Beca's mind, her happiness will be completed if her daughter and wife are there watching.
"So as I don't want to end this show but this will be my last song for the night." She said through the mic and she got mix reactions from her fans "This is also supposed to be the night where I'll introduce you my wife and daughter." she added.
For Beca, she doesn't care about her career anymore. She's been in the music industry for so long she can remember and it's time for her to take care of her family and make it complete.
"I remember the day when a little redhead girl knocks on my door looking for her mother. At first I was like 'she got the wrong penthouse number' but she's stubborn and insist that her mother lives there." She looks down on the floor and smiles.
"I don't know how to be a mother that time so I keep on denying to myself that she's mine though the resemblance is there. Okay I'll admit that she got her stubbornness from me." Her fans laugh as Beca looks at the crowd.
"Bailey Mitchell, I don't know if you're listening right now but I just want you to know that you're one of the best things that ever happened to my life. I promise you that I'll write a song for you so here it goes baby."
"This song is entitled I Got You and this is for you Bailey."
(A/N: I Got You by Ciara)
"Hush little baby don't you cry
Momma's gonna love you all your life
And if you ever need a friend
Momma's right there till the very end
And if you're feeling down or weak
Momma's gonna give you all the strength you need
There's nothing in this world that I wouldn't do
For my little future 'cause I love you"
Beca's tears starts to fall, Bailey was supposed to sing this song with her. The fans saw a video played behind Beca, it was the compilation she made and it contains their pictures and some video clips from Amy and CR's phone.
"It all can get so out of control sometimes
"You can lose your faith, you can lose your mind
Lose your grip, get stripped of your pride
Till you don't know how you're gonna stay alive
Ant this world can throw you over the track sometimes
Your friends can stab you in the back
Sometimes you just break down
When this life tries to wreck you, I protect"
Beca turn around and look at the video that is being played.
"I got your back, I got you
I take your side, I lay my life down for you
I'll crawl over broken glass, I will stand in the flame
Take the bullet, take the blows, I would take all the pain
Anything, anything that you gotta get through
Hey, hey, I got you
Hey, hey, I got you"
"It all can push you over the edge sometimes
Make you wanna jump off the ledge sometimes
Make you wanna stand up and scream
You're feeling there is no one listening
This world can put a hole in your soul sometimes
Put you at the end of your road
Sometimes you just break down
When this world tries to end you, I defend you"
She smiles when she saw a picture of her and Bailey while doing the bracelet made of beads "I miss you so and you're mom so much." She said on the mic and cries.
She was about to sing the chorus again when all of a sudden she sees someone walking towards her, holding a mic on her right hand while waving her left hand at her with a big smile on her face.
Soooo… hehehe there you go, I don't know when I'll be able to update again but I'll try to write one tomorrow since it's holiday here in Manila. I'll have three days to write another chapter but I can't promise to post it this weekend. And yes I'm Filipina, if there are pinoy readers here well kamusta? (How are you?).
Again thank you for reading my stories and I hope to see you all on the next update. Be safe and Take care always everyone.
