1 YEAR LATER…
Burbank, California
McIntyre's Residence
It's just nine o'clock in the morning but you can hear yelling inside Beth and Madeline's house. Aubrey is screaming at CR and Amy for still sleeping knowing that they needed to be at the church at exactly eleven am in LA. Beth and Stacie who are busy preparing their breakfast just shakes their head while smiling.
"We're up! We're up! Sheez, will you stop yelling at me?!"they hear Amy answered and saw her walking towards the kitchen "I already told you two last night that we can't be late! You know how important this is to Chloe!"
'Aubrey acts like she's the one who's getting married.' Beth whispered to Stacie who winks at her 'Well what more if I ask her to marry me in a few years.'
Beth laughs out loud so Aubrey looks at the two "What's funny?" She asks and crosses her arms on her chest "Oh nothing baby, we're just talking who will win our bet later on if Beca shows up."
"Speaking of Beca, where is she?" Aubrey asks and looks at her friend "Probably still sleeping, I told Bailey to wake her up but the little girl give up an hour ago." As Beth places the food on the table.
"So she's not coming?" the girls shrugs their shoulders when they saw Madeline with Emily and Bailey "No luck huh?" Beth asks her wife.
"Sorry honey but I tried my best." And gives her a peck on the lips "Gross! Can't you see I'm eating here?" Amy blurted out but the couple ignores her and kiss each other again.
"Just eat your food Amy and we'll be late. I'll deal with Beca later." They watch Aubrey storm out of the kitchen and yelled once more "CYNTHIA-ROSE!"
"I'm up dude! Calm down!" the girls laughs and follow Aubrey towards Beca's room.
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Aubrey knocks on the door three times but before she can open the door, Stacie told her that she'll be the one who'll do the talking. The taller brunette turns the knob and open it, they saw the brunette sitting on the bed.
"I'm not going…" Beca said when she sees her friends and lay down on the bed again and covers her body with the comforter "Beca come on, you should be there supporting her."
"I can still support her by staying here."
"Let me remind you that this is your idea and you're the one who pushed her into doing it." Stacie nudges her elbow towards her girlfriend and give her a warning look "You know you can still stop her, you have the last word."
Beca who is under her comforter thinks what Stacie had said but can she stop Chloe from doing this? Aubrey's right, this is her idea even though all of her friends stops since day one.
"I—I can't do that to her. I mean… she's happy and I can see that. Who am I to stop her?"
The girls look at each other and Beth nods at them "Okay, if this is what you want then let it be. You know where to find us in case you change your mind." They didn't wait for the DJ to answer and they all walk towards the door.
"I can't wait to see Chloe kiss that guy after." Stacie said, Beth and Aubrey glares at her while Madeline giggles "Come on, our red is waiting for us. She needs our support since Beca can't give it to her."
Once they are out of the room, Aubrey slaps the taller brunette's shoulder "Why do you have to say that huh?"
"So she'll come and I want to win that bet." She then looks at Beth "So be ready because you owe me a hundred bucks!"
-/-/-/-
The girls arrived at LA thirty minutes late. Thanks for Beca who keeps on changing her mind for the past few hours until Aubrey yelled at her for ten consecutive minutes and drag the brunette inside their vehicle.
They didn't see Chloe when they arrive and they think that she's already inside. Beth asks Beca if she wants to see her first but the latter refused and said that she's fine. As Aubrey, Emily, Stacie, Bailey, Beth and Madeline went into the church, Beca follows CR and Amy.
"Dude! This will be the last time I'm wearing a dress!" she hears CR said and smiles a little "But we still have Stacie and Aubrey's wedding, then Emily to someone and my wedding!"
"You have plans on getting married?"
"Of course though I'm still thinking which among my boyfriends is the lucky one." CR rolled her eyes and look at herself on the mirror "Good thing Beca allowed me to wear anything I want on her wedding day."
"I know you're not comfortable wearing things like those…"the brunette answered, the two looks at her and furrow their eyebrows "You're supposed to be in there." CR said.
"Nah, I'm fine here. I'll just wait for you guys outside until you're finished."
"But Beca, Chloe needs you there."
"I know Amy but… you know…"
"Yeah your heart can't take it!" the two said in unison. The DJ let out a frustrated groan and sits on one of the chairs "She's happy right?"
The two girls nod their heads while looking at the brunette "Then there's no way I'm stopping this… even if it breaks my heart."
Amy was about to say something when she saw a girl waving at them "You girls finished? They need you inside now."
"Oh yes, yes we're done. Come now Amy." The two walks towards the girl but the latter is looking at Beca "You're not coming Ms. Mitchell?"
"Uh no, I'll stay here until they are done."
"But Ms. Chloe told us that she wants you to be there inside." Amy and CR waits for Beca to say something and when she didn't respond, the blonde girl looks at her friend standing beside her.
"You think we need to do some drastic measures again like the one we did at the airport a year ago?"
"Oh no, we're not doing that while wearing this dress!"
"But our red wants her to go inside." CR thinks for a while and they both know that Beca won't move until someone drags her "Damn it!" the girl watch as the two runs to where the brunette is sitting and without a word, carry her like sack.
"Put me down! I said put me down!" Beca yelled, Amy is the one holding her hands while CR is the one holding her feet "Who want it the hard way then you got it!" Amy answered as they fasten their pace towards the church.
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The ceremony started as CR and Amy walks down the aisle. Aubrey is in front with Emily watching with a smile on their faces. Beth, Madeline and Stacie are with Beca, watching the brunette and trying to compress their laughter.
'She's going to lose it any moment now.' Stacie whispered to Beth 'No, Beca won't do anything to sabotage this. If she wants this to not happen, she should have talk to Chloe before it started.'
'Ow come on, look at her face.' They both look at her and they saw Bailey walking towards her momma 'She'll make it.'
Bailey on the other hand is looking at her momma, she holds her hand and the older Mitchell looks down on her "Hey sweetie."
"You okay momma?"
The brunette sigh first but give her daughter a faint smile "Of course I am, look at your mom." She answered and the two Mitchell looks at the redhead "She's happy."
"But you're not and I can see that you're jealous."
Beca scoff "I'm not jealous, why would I be jealous?" Bailey shrugs her shoulders and looks at her mom again "Look momma! They are going to kiss each other now." With those words, the brunette furrow her eyebrows and looks at the man sitting on his chair in front.
She can't take it. That's her Chloe, her redhead, her… wife!
She then drags her daughter towards him, her eyes keep on looking back and forth to Chloe and the man in front. When she reached him, the latter looks at Beca and mouthed the word 'Don't you dare'.
The brunette just smiles at him then walks again and pick up something on the floor. As for Beth, she already pulls out a hundred bucks and give it to Stacie who is grinning at her then they both hear their friend say
"CUT!"
-FLASHBACK-
As the people arounds them starts to walk again and do their thing, Chloe cries silently knowing that it's too late for her to stop Beca from going. She looks down at Bailey who has tears in her eyes also "Don't cry mom. We can go to LA and tell her to come back or we can call her."
Chloe just nods her head yes, she knows they can do that but she wants to stop Beca now to let the brunette knows that she cares… she always cares and despite of the pain, she will always choose her.
Her friends who are standing behind her walk slowly towards the two "Chloe…" Stacie said but the redhead didn't say anything.
"I know Beca will call you once she arrives at LA then you can tell her everything that you said a while ago." Chloe looks at Aubrey and shakes her head "I think it's better this way. Maybe this is really bound to happen, being away from each other."
"Hey don't say that. We're just a little bit late, it doesn't mean that she still chose to leave after." The older redhead just sighs and hold her daughter's hand "Let's go home and say sorry for the mess we did."
Bailey nods her head as they both start to walk, the girls follows them except for Amy, Emily and CR who are looking at the girl Chloe thought is Beca.
"Why the hell did you stop?! You're not even Beca!" Amy asked her, Emily places a hand on her friend's arm to stop her and smiles at the people looking at them again 'Amy stop it.'
"I'm sorry, I didn't know and honestly I just stop to sent a text message to my mother."
"It's okay, sorry about that too." CR answered and pulls her friend away, they already did something a while ago and it's not a great idea to make a scene once again 'You do know that those personnel are still after us!'
"But she stopped dude! If she didn't, maybe we still have time to look for Beca!"
"You know what, it's already happened, Beca left and let's just support what these two want in their life plus Aubrey's right, I know she's going to call Chloe once she's in LA."
Emily apologizes to the girl again and the three starts to follow their friends which are way ahead of them but once they make their fifth step, Beca came out of the bathroom.
-END-
BECA'S POV
Here we are outside of the church with my three supportive friends namely Aubrey, Stacie and Beth. They were sitting on the stairs in front but I'm pacing back and forth in front of them. The director kicked me out, he kicked me out of my own MV!
Okay fine, this is my idea. This is going to be my last song honestly, I write this for Chloe and I don't have any intentions of releasing it but my wife told me I have to so here we go…
I hear the three of them laugh again and I know that they are laughing at me "What's so funny?" I asked them, the three girls look at me with a big smile on their faces "You are! I mean, I didn't even think that you would do such thing."
I rolled my eyes at my best friend while Beth and Stacie laugh once more "I already told him that Colin doesn't need to kiss my WIFE!" emphasizing the last word.
"You know that's impossible, this is a wedding theme, there's no way a groom can't kiss his bride." Beth said, I pout my lips and crosses my arms on my chest "Do we need to remind you that you're the one who wants Chloe to star in this music video of yours."
"Stacie's right, we stopped you and even suggested that it should be you instead of Colin but you said no and that you want your wife to experience acting." Aubrey added "And—" I glare at Beth so she stops talking.
"I already said yes to some of the bed scenes! I even agree for some interactions like hugging, holding hands but kissing? NO WAY! NOT GONNA HAPPEN!"
I turn around and furrow my eyebrows as I hear them laugh again.
"Will you three stop la—" I stop when I saw someone on top of the stairs. I smiled when I saw her smiling at me. I watch her as she climbs down the stairs, like an angel falling from heaven, my angel.
"So…" Chloe said "Someone pisses off her director huh?"
"That's why me and Beth made a bet that Beca will be kicked out of the set for the fifth time and guess what I won a hundred bucks!" I almost run towards Stacie and punch her but my wife stops me 'Don't mind them.' She whispered and kiss me on the lips.
I smiled and lean my forehead on hers "I'm sorry if I ruined it for you. I just didn't want someone else kissing you, just me." And pouted once more, she chuckles and hold my hands.
"That's why me and Colin decided to not kiss. Actually, we're thinking about it for a while know you know, my groom fears for his life."
I laugh and look at her straight in the eyes "You're beautiful in that dress."
"Oh yeah but you know what's more beautiful?"
"What?" she moves a little closer to me and our bodies almost touching then she places both of her arms on my shoulders "Me not wearing anything." She answered.
I grinned at her when we hear our friends voices "Get a room! This is a church, respect it!" Stacie shouted, I was about to say something when Madeline shouted Chloe's name.
"They need you inside." She added while holding Bailey's hand "Oh okay, thanks Maddie."
She looks back at me and give me her sweetest smile "Just a couple more hours and we're done then you and I are—"
"Okay, okay, we don't need to hear this. You two get up and let's find something to eat." Aubrey said, we both laugh and I said thanks to her, I watch her go inside as she mouthed the words I love you.
-/-/-/-
The shooting has ended but Chloe is still talking to the director while her wife, daughter and their friends are waiting for her outside. CR immediately removes the dress and almost scolded at Beca for doing such thing which made her to wear the dress longer.
Bailey is sleeping on her momma's arm. They decided to spend the night with the Beale-Mitchell family then Stacie, Emily, Beth and Madeline will go back to Burbank. After the couple got married, they decided to open up a branch in California. Having Chloe and Stacie plus Emily as an intern, Beth knows their firm will be successful and she's right.
Bailey and Chloe are staying with Beca but the brunette bought a house in Burbank near Stacie's and Beth's. Amy and CR decided to stay in LA, it's just thirty-minute drive away from their friends.
One more thing, Beca and their friends are up to something. The brunette planned it for four months and she hopes that everything went well.
"So are we all good for tomorrow?" she asked while looking at the door of the church "Yes, everything is set and you've got nothing to worry about." Beth answered
"I already talk to some people at the resort and I rehearsed them on what they'll do." Aubrey added "How about the guest and food?"
"Like Beth said, you've got nothing to worry about. Me and Madeline got it covered." Stacie answered while checking something on her phone "But how on earth will she get there?"
"Oh leave that to me, Emily and Amy, we're already have a plan and I assure you that she's not going to suspect a thing." Beth, Aubrey, Stacie, Beca and Madeline looks at each other.
It's not that they don't trust the trio but they fear on what kind of plan they have in their minds "Can you please tell us what you three are up to?" Madeline asks.
"Uh no we can't, It's a surprise." Amy answered with a big smile on their faces that makes the girls heart starts to beat faster "Just make sure my wife will be there safe."
-/-/-/-
THE NEXT MORNING…
Chloe didn't bother to wake up her friends especially her wife and daughter. She cooked them some breakfast and left a note on their bed side table. Amy and CR went home last night while Emily left an hour ago to go to their office to finish something.
The redhead is going to Malibu, Beth wants her to speak to a mother who's filing a sole custody for her two children and she needs to be there at nine. She looks at her watch, it's just seven in the morning and Malibu is forty-two-minute drive from LA, though she's a bit early, she doesn't want to get stuck in traffic.
She went to their bedroom again and planted a kiss on Beca's cheeks 'I love you.' She whispered and carefully went out of the room. She did the same with their daughter and proceed to the lobby to wait for the car that Beth rented with a driver.
A couple of minutes passes by when a blue car stops in front of her "Ms. Chloe Beale?" he asks "Yes?"
The guy smiled at her "Sorry Miss if I'm late, traffic is already building up." He said and opens the door for her "Good thing I decided to leave early and you don't have to worry about that." The redhead smiles at him as he closes the door.
Once the guy is seated on the driver seat, Chloe handed him a paper where the address is written "Can you please take me on that address?"
"I will Miss."
"Thanks…" the redhead answered as the car starts to move.
-/-/-/-
AN HOUR LATER…
CHLOE'S POV
The car stops in front of the gas station, at firsts I thought that he needed to fill up some gas but he parks the car in front of the store. I furrow my eyebrows then look at him.
"Uh what are we doing here?" I ask, he looks at me in the rear-view mirror "We're here Miss. This the place that's written on the paper."
This must be a mistake!
"Are you sure? My friend told me that I'm meeting my client at their residence."
"Yes Miss, if you want you can check your own GPS. I'm just following what's written on the paper you gave me."
I stare at him for a moment and I'm not the type of person who thinks bad for others and he seem a real nice guy "Uhm okay but let me just call my friend okay?"
He nods at me and I dial Beth's number but to my surprise, I don't have any signal "Do you have a phone that I can borrow? My phone doesn't have a signal in it."
I watch him fish out something on his pocket and hand over his phone "Thanks." I said, I dialed Beth's number again but it went through her voicemail. I tried again but it's still the same so this time I dial Beca's number.
I wait patiently for her phone to ring but in the end the operator said 'the person you are calling can not accept calls at this time.'
Okay what the hell is happening?!
"Is everything okay Miss?" I hear the guy ask, he must've seen the way I look at his phone "Oh uh nothing."
"Did you contact your friend? I don't want to be rude Miss but I still have another appointment."
"You're leaving me here?" I asks him and look around, he didn't say anything. I sigh and nod my head at him "Thanks for the drive, you take care." I said to him and didn't wait for the guy to open the door for me.
The engine starts but before the car moves, he rolled down his window "I'm sorry about this but I'll phone my manager to send you another car, if that's okay with you?"
"Uh yeah sure, thanks." He gives me a faint smile before driving away. I look around once more, it's not a creepy place and there's a couple of cars parked at the store and a few people inside.
I look at my phone but still there's no signal then I saw a black car stops in front of me. Two people came out of the car and dressed in black. There's something familiar about them that I can't put a finger on.
The two women in black walks towards me and stands on my left and right side. I look at the woman in my right and I saw her looking at me too, I was about to say something when she speaks.
'You need to come with us. Don't try to make a scene if you want to live.' I was shock to hear those words and then saw the other one slaps her on the shoulder 'Dude! Why the hell did you say that huh?'
That voice! I know that voice!
And again, I was about to say something when the woman on my right speak once more "No, we're not Amy and CR. Just get into the car and don't make us drag you."
"There's no way I'm going inside that car!" the two looks at each other and of course drag me all the way, I screamed but it seems like those people can't hear me. One of them opens the door and gently pushes me inside and slam the door.
I try to open the door but it's not working "Child lock." I look at the driver seat and saw a girl "Emily?" she starts to panic but she's telling me her name is not Emily as she went out of the car.
I look out the window and saw the three of them arguing but then I remember that she didn't turn off the engine, I move quickly as I can but sad to say they beat me to it.
"Sit or you'll regret it!" the two woman sits besides me while the girl drives "You let Emily drive all the way here?"
"Well she said that she's fine— "but then a book landed on her face "She's not Emily okay? Keep your mouth shut if you want to live."
The car starts to move but there's no way I'm letting these three not tell me what's happening "You can't fool me with those disguises. A sunglass and a cap? You can't even hide your accent from me!"
"Accent? What accent? I'm an American!"
"Just tell me what's going on! Where are you guys taking me?!"
"It's confidential and all you need to do is wait." I sit quietly in between the two, as much as I want to argue I know them, I won't win against these three.
I just hope Beca has got nothing to do with this.
Okay here you go! Sorry for not updating these past few days. Anyways, so we're down to the last chapter. There are still flashbacks on the upcoming update about the continuation of what happened at the airport 1 year ago.
It'll be a little bit longer than this one but I don't know when I'll post it. Again, thank you for all the support you guys given me in this story.
Take care and be safe always...
