It was almost 12 in the midnight and all of the residents living on that street are sleeping. It was quiet and peaceful but not until three different voices scream their lungs out as they run around the house trying to find a place to hide.
Bailey and Beca run towards the tiny closet under the stairs. Amy who is still keeps on running around, stops and grabs some chips and soda "Running makes me thirsty." She says and the person raised an eyebrow at her.
"So are you just going to stand there or hide like those two did?" Amy thinks for a while and think why the hell is she running… but then her eyes widen and look at the person "You're not supposed to be here! How did you know we're here?"
"You forgot to close the door to my basement… and oh yeah, I saw you ransacking my fridge!"
"It's called borrowing Chloe and you said that I can eat anything I want." Chloe opens her mouth once more to speak but Amy beats her to it "And you do know that when I'm stressed, I intend to eat a lot."
The redhead crosses her arms on her chest "You're stress? Why? Is it because you girls are lying to me?"
"I'm not lying to you… It's called 'keeping a secret' and I'm stress because of that game!" Chloe groans and walks towards the closet, she uses the baseball bat to knock on the door "You two, get out from there now!"
She waits for the door to open or listen for any sounds inside "Don't make me repeat what I said, get out now!"
"Promise first that you won't kill us with your bat, granny?" the little redhead answered "BAILEY MITCHELL!" the door swung open and the little girl look up to her mother.
"Oh hey mom! Fancy of you to join us." The lawyer ignores her daughter and look at Beca who seem stuck sitting on the ground "Do you want me to pull you out or you're just going to do that by yourself?"
"Come on DJ! You can do it!" Chloe glares at Amy who covers her mouth with her hand "I want you to call on Stacie and Beth." She ordered.
"How did you know that they are involved?" Amy asks "I didn't, you just said it by yourself, now call them."
"Oh… uh I think I'm having difficulty in—"
"NOW AMY!" Chloe shouted and the blonde haired girl immediately searches for her phone. The oldest redhead let out a deep sigh while having mix feelings on what she found out that night.
-FLASHBACK-
Chloe's been at work for an hour now while talking to her colleague about their plan on how to counter-attack the defense is throwing at them. She's massaging her temple when Beth and Stacie sit beside her.
"Here, have some tea for a while." Beth said and hand over a cup of tea to her friend "This case is giving me a headache." She answered.
"Well, that man is an asshole. I mean; hello? Who ask for something in return before he supports his child? It's his fault that their marriage didn't work out."
When Beth heard the word 'work out' she looks at Chloe then remembers what Beca has told her "So, how are you and Beca?"
The redhead let out a small smile on her lips while blowing her tea "We're doing okay. I'm happy that she's doing her best for Bailey. I know this is a big change for her but I just hope she's really happy with this."
"Of course she's happy! I don't think Beca will give up everything she has to be with you girls."Beth saw confusion on Chloe's mind and remembers that she still doesn't know that the brunette already retire as a singer.
"What?" Chloe asks Stacie whose eyes went wide, like a deer caught in the headlights "I uh… I m-mean if she… uh you know plan on retiring so she can bet with you and Bailey forever."
"That's sweet of her to do but I hope she won't do it." Stacie and Beth look at each other then to the redhead sitting in between them "What do you mean? You don't want to be with Beca?"
"No, that's not what I meant. I don't want her to give up on singing or anything because I know that's her dream. We will work this one out, me and her with Bailey."
The two brunette girls smiles at her and hopes that Chloe won't be mad when she finds out that Beca is keeping things from her. Stacie was about to say something when Francis calls the redhead's attention.
"Het Chloe, did you bring those files that I told you to bring?" the lawyer nods her head and looks at her things but to her horror, she didn't saw the documents they needed "Shit! I think I forgot it on the table."
"I can drive you back." Beth said "No need, I need to drop by at the house too, my daughter doesn't want to go to bed without my goodnight kiss." Francis said.
"I'll give you a ride then come back for you once I'm done." He added "Okay, thanks. I'll check on Bailey and Beca too."
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It only took them ten minutes to reach Chloe's house and Francis told her to give him at least fifteen minutes before she comes back for her. The redhead nods her head and went inside her house. At first she notices that it's dark and even the porch lights are off.
I told Bailey to keep the lights on the porch…
She took her keys from her pocket and opens the door. She didn't bother to say something knowing that the girls might be sleeping. She was about to run upstairs when she hears a sound in the kitchen.
Chloe walks slowly and look around for something she can defend herself with. She starts to walk again while holding a vase on her right hand. She saw lights and thinks that it comes from her fridge and when she saw Amy, she breathes out a sigh of relief.
She was about to say something when she notices that Amy is carrying a basket and placing foods and drinks in it.
What on earth is she carrying a basket? Is she going on a picnic or something?
Chloe shook her head while saying to herself how silly she sounds. Then she hears the fridge closes and she furrows her eyebrows when she saw that Amy is walking towards her basement.
She carefully follows the blonde girl and saw her enters the basement but forgot to close the door. Chloe doesn't want to go down there because it's filthy, dark and cold but something is telling her to follow Amy and to see what she's up to.
She walks straight ahead and stops when her friend opens another door and didn't close it… again. She continue on following her until she saw a stairs and another door then hears Bailey and Beca's voice. The lawyer climbs up the stairs and slowly opens the door. She saw a stair and a tiny closet under it then she look to her left and walk a little then saw Amy placing the foods on the table.
"What the fudge Amy? She'll notice that she'd been robbed of food." She hears Beca says. She doesn't know what she's going to do. The redhead is quite shock to see them inside this house, especially Beca and Bailey. A lot of questions are running in her mind right now.
"Don't be silly, she won't notice anything." as Bailey let out a frustrated groan "Did you close the door to the basement?"
"Yes."
"Okay, I don't want mom to see why it is open." Chloe decided to listen a little bit more "I thought she doesn't like going down there."
"Yeah because she hates dark and cold places but also she hates bugs."
"So that's the reason why she never caught you sneaking out using the door to the basement?"
Tears start to build up in her eyes.
For how long are they doing this behind my back?
She can't take it anymore and she decided to go back to her house. Once she's at her kitchen, she sits on the chair and let tears rolls down on her face. She calls Francis on his home phone and told him that something came up and that she won't be able to go back. Her friend understands it and told her that he's going to drop by and get the documents they needed.
After she gave it to Francis, Chloe decided to confront her wife, daughter and their friends. She went back to Beca's house and saw a baseball bat lying on the floor, without thinking she pick it up knowing that someone might slip and get hurt. The lawyer stands beside the couch near Bailey's and waits for someone to notice her.
-END OF FLASHBACK—
The rain starts to pour that night. Beth and Stacie already arrive and knocking on Beca's door while they both look at Chloe's house. Amy didn't inform them that the redhead is inside waiting for them. Aubrey and CR are already waiting through video call.
"Okay, what seems to be the emergency?" Stacie asks as she removes her jacket and hang it on the coat hanger "We need to get back to the office before Chloe or—"Beth stops talking when she sees a figure sitting at the corner in the dark.
"Chloe?" Stacie looks at the girl standing beside her and to the person who moves out of the dark. The two of them let out a deep sigh and looks at Beca.
"So who wants to explain to me everything? Am I the only one who doesn't know about this?" she looks at her friend one by one then her eyes landed at Beca who is looking at her.
"I'm sorry Chloe…" she said, the redhead thought that she'll be able to bear the pain but why she wants to runaway all of a sudden. The DJ stands up and walks towards her, she holds her hand and squeezes it gently.
"This is all my fault. Don't blame them. I'm the one who wants to keep it from you." Beca starts to explain "They always remind me to tell it to you."
"For how long have you been lying to me?" Beca swallowed the lump on her throat "S-since… since we came back from LA."
Chloe bit her cheeks from the inside to keep her from crying. She pulls her hand away from Beca and let it fall on her side "Why Beca?" she asks.
"I—I'm sorry." Chloe shook her head and run towards the door. She doesn't mind if the rain is pouring hard that sent shivers on her body. Beth on the other hand looks at Beca and tells her to fix this and be honest.
The brunette runs towards the outside and shouted Chloe's name for a couple of times but the redhead didn't stop. She manages to get a hold on the redhead's arm and spun her around.
"I'm sorry alright. I know I made a mistake. I should have told you sooner!" she said, a little louder so her wife can hear her "But why you didn't tell me huh? Why do you need to lie to me and make me look like a fool!"
"You're not a fool okay? I'm afraid that you'll get mad at me. I'm afraid to know what your reaction will be if you found out especially that you filed a divorce against me." Chloe didn't say anything so Beca continue explaining it to her.
"I'm trying to build some courage and tell it to you. It's not my intention to lie to you Chloe. I just got afraid that you'll take this the wrong way." Beca look down and play with her fingers "God knows how much I wanted to be with you and our daughter every day. I did this because I want to stay close to both of you knowing that I might not get a chance when the divorce is settled."
"I want to fix what we had and I know I mess up again." She uses her fingers to comb her wet hair "I'm sorry. I didn't mean to hurt you." Beca look straight to Chloe's eyes and even though it's raining, she can tell that the redhead is crying.
"I… lucky for me, I found out before I give you a second chance." Chloe turn around and start to walk-away "Chloe please wait…"
The redhead stops on walking but didn't look back "I need some time alone…" Chloe continues on walking, letting her feet drag her to where they want her to be.
Beca watches her wife and cries then sits on the sidewalk not caring that her body starts to shivers because of the rain. She buries her face on her hands and decided to stay there until her wife comes back but then felt someone standing in front of her "Come on, let's get you inside." Stacie said.
