CHLOE'S POV
When Amy and I reach the floor and walk towards Beca's penthouse, I told her that I'll wait outside while she checks if Beca is sleeping. It's not that I don't want her to know that I'm here but it'll just complicate things between me and her because of the divorce.
I look at my watch and wonder why she hasn't returned yet.
Did she forget that I'm waiting outside the door?
I was about to turn the knob when the door opens and I saw Bailey smiling at me, she run towards me and give me a hug "Hey sweetheart, I miss you." I said.
"I miss yah too mom but come inside because Aunt Amy needs your help with momma." She said and pulls my hands as we went inside the house. We walk towards the living room and saw Amy going out of Beca's room.
"What's wrong?" I asked and quickly went to Beca's side "I think she's getting worst." Amy answered me. I look at Beca and saw that she's shivering. I place my hand on her forehead as I begin to worry.
"Bailey can you get me the thermometer please." I told my daughter without looking at her "Sure mom." She answered and run off somewhere. I'm removing my jacket and place it on the single couch on the side.
"When was the last time you guys give her medicine?" I ask "Oh before they left, Aubrey give her one."
"So I can't give her another one. There should be an interval of 4 hours for giving a medicine."
"So what should we do? Do we need to bring her at the hospital?" I didn't answer Amy at first when Bailey gives me the thermometer, I was about to put it in her mouth when I stop myself from doing it.
I don't want her to know that I'm here but what the heck.
"Beca? Sweetie, can you hear me?" I asks her but all she gives me is a moan "Is she thinking about se-"
"Don't start with me Amy." I warned her, she raises both of her hands and sit beside Bailey "Beca, I need to check your temperature okay?"
She didn't respond but she furrows her eyebrows. I gently squeeze her cheeks using my left hand so I can open her mouth and put the thermometer inside.
"Her fever needs to subside. Can you get me a sponge and cold water please?" I told Amy "Ice cold?" she asks.
"No, if you have water in your fridge that'll do it and oh mix a little amount of tap water."
"Aye aye captain, anything else?"
"Oh also a dry towel and some clothes for her to change." Amy gives me a salute, she told Bailey to get her momma some clothes while she gets the sponge and water I need for a sponge bath.
In a matter of minutes, the two returned with the things I need. We hear the thermometer beeps and makes me worry more when it reaches 102.2°F.
"I need to cool down her body before the fever escalates more." I said without looking at the two. Amy and Bailey watch me do my thing. When I look at the two, I saw Bailey smiling at me, I smiled back and even winks at my daughter and makes her laugh.
She's aware of what's happening between me and her momma and I'm really proud of her that she understands why I need to do that.
"Uhm Chloe, the girls will be back in a minute and I don't think one of them knows what they'll do with her." I hear Amy said "What time is your flight back to Atlanta?"
"Around 1:45 pm and I don't have any plans to leave until her fever subsides and make sure that she's okay."
"Maybe we can stall them for a while." Bailey said. I saw Amy smile from ear to ear like there's a light bulb appears on top of her head "Go get your momma's phone."
My daughter smiled and run like there's no tomorrow "Wait a minute, what are you gonna do?"
"Well you don't want any of them to know you're here so we're just helping you to keep it that way." I furrow my eyebrows at her but then nod my head.
"Can you tell me why?" Amy ask though I know what she means but I give her a look that says I-don't know-what-you're-talking-about.
"Why you don't want Beca to know that you're here?" she asks again "You do know that I filed divorce to terminate our marriage."
"Yes but what's it got to do with that?" I open my mouth to say something but not words came out. I even ask myself why I filed for a divorce or my reason why I don't want her to know that I'm here.
"You don't need to give me an answer red but I hope you know what you're doing."
"Yeah I know. So uhm did you find any doctors?" I asks her "Oh yes, here's the number. Aubrey always call this doctor if ever one of got sick." She answered.
"If you need anything, me and Bailey are at the kitchen, just holler okay?"
I nod my head at her and smiled a little then look at the paper I'm holding. I fish out my phone and dial the number and wait for my call to connect. I look at Beca and she's still moaning.
I sit beside her and hold her hand 'C-chloe…' she whispered but loud enough for me to hear "Sshhh just rest babe, I'm here, I'm not going anywhere." I said.
An hour passes by and the doctor came, Beca's fever subsides a little as Chloe continue on wiping her body with a sponge. The doctor said it helps the body to cool down a little by doing that thing.
As for the other girls, Bailey and Amy manages to stall them a little by sending some text message from Beca's phone asking them to buy random things and getting some stuff in her studio but they both know that they needed to think for another way to keep them out of the penthouse.
"Does she have a pain in her stomach or does it hurt when she pee?" the doctor asked Chloe while he checks on her "Nothing doctor, all she said to us is the pain in her head."
"It's because of the high-grade fever. I'll need to get some of her blood so I can do some test." He looks at Chloe and saw how worries she is "There's no need to be worry. I don't see anything wrong with her despite of the things you told me."
"I'll just need her blood to be sure okay?" Chloe nods her head at him and look at Beca "She'll be fine. The medicine didn't take effect because the dosage is quite low for her age." As he writes down the prescription and give it to the redhead.
"Thank you doctor." He smiles and grabs his bag on his chair "I'll give you a call as soon as I got the result and you're welcome."
"Sure and thanks again. I'll walk you to the door." Bailey waves her hand at him and Amy smiles and follows Chloe. Once the doctor left, she told the blonde girl that she'll buy the medicine Beca needed but Amy insist that she stays with her and she'll be the one to buy.
"Oh ahm can you buy these for me?" Chloe asked and give Amy a piece of paper "What's this for?"
"Well uhm I always cook that soup for Beca every time she gets sick. I'm planning to cook one for her."
"Oh okay red but can I taste it too?" Chloe giggles as she nods her head "Thanks and here you go." Amy refused to take the money the lawyer is giving.
"Like you said, you need to save some money to support your daughter. I got this."
"Okay and please hurry back, she needs to drink that meds in an hour or so."
"We will. You're ready to go little shawshank?" Bailey nods her head and smiled at her mom "Thank you for being here with us mom." The little girl said.
1 HOUR LATER…
Chloe finished cooking the soup for Beca. She put some in a small bowl and places it on the tray. The redhead also gets some of the medicine Beca needs to drink and a glass of water.
She goes back to the living room to found Beca sitting on the sofa. She stops on her tracks and Amy looks at her.
'Bailey…' Beca whispered "I'm right here momma, how are you feeling?" the little redhead asks.
"Terrible." Beca answered but her eyes are still closed "M-my head hurts a lot and I'm cold."
Amy and Bailey look at Chloe and waits for her to say or do something but the latter didn't move a muscle.
"OH YOU STILL HAVE HEADACHES?" Amy asks a little too loud, Beca opens her eyes to look at her but her vision is quite blurry "Why are you shouting?" the brunette asks.
"I'M NOT SHOUTING, I'M JUST EMPHASIZING EVERY WORD I'M USING SO SOMEONE CAN DO SOMETHING ABOUT THE PAIN YOU'RE FEELING." And widen her eyes at Chloe. The oldest redhead motion for her to get the soup she cooked. Amy hesitates for a while but she knows Chloe won't let Beca knows she's there.
"JUST GIVE ME A MINUTE TO GET SOME FOOD SO YOU CAN DRINK YOUR MEDICINE MATE!" she then walk towards Chloe and whispered to something to her.
'What the bloody hell are you doin'?' she whispered to her 'Just feed her with this and make sure she takes this pill.' Chloe whispered back.
'You do know that you're wife won't take orders from me even if she's sick. You do the feeding and let me do the talking.'
'But-'
'Do you want her to feel better? Then do what I say.' Amy looks back at the sofa where Beca is sitting, the two girls saw Bailey giving them a sign that her momma is sleeping again.
"Now come on." Amy then pulls Chloe towards the living room and makes her sit beside Beca "Shawshank, hey wake up." Amy said.
"Go away." Beca answered, the blonde girl looks at Chloe who shook her head at her "You need to eat something so you can drink your medicine, come on."
"No…" the brunette answered once more but still Chloe won't do anything and it's making Amy stress a bit more "OH FOR GOODNESS SAKE CAN YOU PLEASE TELL HER TO EAT AND DRINK HER MEDICINE CHLOE!"
Chloe closes her eyes when Beca removes the blanket she used to cover her face. Though her vision is still blurry, she knows that the person standing in front of her is Amy. Beca then looks beside her and saw someone sitting beside her.
"C-chloe…" she said "Oh god this fever is messing up my brain." She added knowing that it's impossible that Chloe will be there for her but then she felt someone gently squeezing her hand.
"You better eat this before it gets cold." She hears Chloe's voice "Y-you're here. You really are here." Beca quickly throws her arms around the redhead and lay her head down on Chloe's neck.
"Please tell me I'm not dreaming because if I do, let me sleep for a little longer."
"You're not and please Beca you need to eat something." Beca let out a small smile "Okay." She simply answered.
Bailey and Amy left Chloe with Beca while she feeds her. Beca tries her best to open her eyes but she's too weak because of her fever.
"I r-really can't believe that you're here." She weakly said "You shouldn't have come." She added.
"So you don't want me to be here?" Chloe asks her, Beca smiles and opens her eyes, the redhead notice her eyes is watery but quickly dismisses that it's a tear. Beca has a fever and that's the reason why her eyes are like that.
"No, it's not that. I just don't want you to travel this far because of me. It's tiring you know."
"It is but I wanted to know if you're okay." The two girls stares at each other eyes for while but Chloe broke the eye contact and look at the bowl she's holding "Okay missy, just one more." She said and feed Beca a spoonful of soup.
"I'm full." The brunette said and closes her eyes "Here drink some water."
"No, I don't want to. I think I'm going to-"before she can finish her sentence, Beca pukes as Chloe calls for Amy. The two girls hurriedly run towards the living room and found Chloe supporting Beca's body.
"Ewe!" the two said "Go help your momma Bailey." Amy said.
"Why me? I'm just 8. You help her, she's your friend!" the little redhead answered "No bloody way! It's-"then Chloe speaks up.
"HELLO?! A LITTLE HELP HERE!" Amy immediately grab the towel on the table and give it to Beca "I-I'm sorry baby." She said.
"Hey it's okay. Come on, let's clean you up." She stands up first and helps the brunette and pulls her up "You two, clean up this mess."
Bailey and Amy looks at each other then to Chloe and Beca who is heading towards the brunette's room.
"You heard your mom, clean up this mess now." Amy said "She said THE TWO OF US, meaning YOU and ME!" they both look at the mess on the sofa and the carpet.
"EWE!" the girls said in unison "ONE MORE WORD FROM YOU TWO! MAKE SURE IT'S CLEAN WHEN I COME OUT OF THIS ROOM!" Chloe shouted.
After Chloe helps Beca to clean up, she took the pill at the tray, good thing she hasn't drink the medicine before it happens. The redhead gives it to Beca to drink, the latter didn't refused knowing she can't win against her.
"Now go to sleep, you need to have plenty of rest." Chloe said after she places the glass of water on the bedside table "I'm not sleepy." Beca answered.
"You're not a good liar Mitchell. I can see the look in your eyes." Beca chuckles but whimpers when she felt a pain in her head "See? So come on, go to sleep."
Beca stares at Chloe for a while as tears escapes her eyes "I'm afraid… I'm afraid that if I wake up, you won't be here."
Chloe wipes her tears away and give her a small smile "Stop thinking things okay? I'm not going anywhere."
"Promise?"
"Go to sleep Beca." Chloe said, the brunette sighs but nods her head, she then hold the redhead hands and squeeze it.
I'm not sure if I'm doing the right thing but this is the hardest decision I made in my life. I'm sorry Beca.
"There's something I want to do…" Chloe hears Beca says "But I'm afraid that you'll get mad at me if I'll do it."
"You know I can't stay mad at you, so I give you permission to do it." And without a word Beca pulls Chloe closer to her face, look at her lips and give her a kiss.
Hi all! I'm going to post the continuation of this chapter tonight or if not tomorrow morning probably since its Saturday. By the way, can anyone of you know if BECHLOE makes it to Choice movie ship nominee?
If they do please don't forget to vote and support the girls also for the comedy actress and comedy movie.
To pitchfan and the person who always calls me dude, this one's for you.
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