For Good: Chapter 6
It's 6.30 am and Beca is waiting outside the Beale house, leaning against her car. Henry had heard her arrive but didn't mention it until he realized that Beca wasn't going to move any time soon. Around 6.45 he walked outside and pulled her into the house. Beca was surprised to say the least but the angry look on Sylvia's face made her feel guilty.
"I don't care what you were thinking but you're always welcome here."
Beca stares at her shoes and doesn't dare to look up.
"You used to walk in here all the time, you still have the spare key." Sylvia points at the key Beca is fumbling with. "Beca honey… whatever happens, no matter when or how you come back. You are always welcome here."
Sylvia is not sure what happened but one minute she's talking to Beca, the next Beca has her arms wrapped around her neck and is silently crying. Henry on the other hand looks at the scene in front of him before silently retreating upstairs to see if his daughter is ready.
"Are you packed and ready to go?"
Chloe turns to the voice in her doorway. "Yeah, my suitcases are ready and I have an extra box with things I wanted to take." She points at the two suitcases and the two boxes. Beca had told her that she could bring as much stuff as she need but honestly that didn't feel right. Not just because she felt like she was using the brunette, no, she felt bad because no one knew she didn't have a place yet. Chloe had avoided the question each time that it was mentioned but now it really struck her, what was she going to do when she got to LA?
"Are you alright?"
Chloe snaps out of her thoughts and realizes that she must have had a weird expression on her face.
"Yes, I'm great." She forces a smile on her face before checking the room one last time. Chloe turns back to face her dad. "Did I hear Beca's voice downstairs?"
Henry nods his head. "Yeah, she has been outside for a while, it didn't feel right so we invited her in."
Chloe lets out a sigh. "I really hope I can fix things."
Henry wraps an arm around his daughter. "If it's meant to be all will turn out well in the end."
Chloe smiles at her dads words and hugs him tightly. "Thanks dad, you're the best."
Somehow the two managed to get the suitcases and boxes down in one time which earned them an angry glare from Sylvia.
"We just had one person come out of the hospital, we don't need another one entering any time soon."
Sylvia throws up her hands in defeat when she only gets two stupid grins from her husband and daughter. "Get that luggage in the car before I get mad."
Beca could hear the fake anger and it made her chuckle. "Let me help." Beca stands up from the couch and takes one of the boxes Chloe was carrying.
"Put…that…down." Beca freezes in her spotand feels a little tap on her shoulder. "You…" Chloe's mom points at her. "Are not carrying a thing."
Beca flashes her an awkward smile. "Misses Beale, I can handle myself rea…" Beca quickly shuts up and places the box on the ground. The movement evoked a sharp pain in Beca's chest but she brushed it off without anyone noticing.
"Now, you two get those things in the car. Beca can you follow me for a second."
Without hesitation Beca follows the older redhead to the kitchen.
"Now, I prepared some sandwiches for lunch. Take them and have a little picnic when you get hungry." Sylvia points at the plastic bag on the counter. "There's two bottles of water and some juices in there."
Beca grabs the bag with a smile. "Thank you, that's very sweet. We will eat this with pleasure."
Sylvia rolls her eyes. "I know you bought food already but I'm still a mother that cares about health." She points an accusing finger at the brunette.
"And I wouldn't have it any other way." Beca kisses the older woman on the cheek before heading out towards the car.
Chloe is already sitting in the back of the car patiently waiting for Beca to come out of the house. When Beca opens the backdoor on the left side she raises her eyebrow at her.
"Now what the hell do you think you're doing?"
Chloe's mouth opens and closes a few times but nothing come out.
"Get your ass out of the car and sit in the front seat. Jesus Beale I thought you knew how things rolled."
Chloe chuckles at Beca's antics. After switching places and waving her parents goodbye one last time the two are on their way to LA.
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The two girls are 2 hours into the trip and no word has been said, not even the radio was on. The silence was bothering them both but neither wanted to make the other uncomfortable. Chloe's stomach on the other hand made it very clear that it didn't like the silence. The loud grumble made Beca laugh out loud.
"Hey Chloe? Can you reach for that green bag behind me?"
Chloe doesn't hesitate and takes it immediately.
"What am I looking for?" The redhead starts to unzip the bag without taking her eyes off of Beca.
"Look inside it and you'll know."
Chloe furrows a brow. Since when is Beca cryptive? Chloe shakes the thought and looks in the bag. The second she does that she can't believe what's in it. Her head flips between the bag and Beca at such a speed that the brunette thought she might get whiplash.
"You ok there?"
Chloe lets out a little squeal. "You bought all my favorite snacks."
Beca smiles at the bubbly redhead before looking back at the road. "Yeah, I know you get hungry at the most random time so I thought why not buy some snacks." The brunette completely missed the look the redhead shot her.
The look was confused but filled with love. "Is there really still hope for us to fix this?"
Chloe is happily munching on a granola bar and looking out the window. Her mind keeps wandering to old memories but she quickly gives herself a reality check.
"Hey Chloe?" The soft hum coming from her right indicated Beca that Chloe was listening. "Do you mind if we put on some music?"
Chloe turns her head. "I thought you'd never ask."
Beca hands her phone to the redhead. "Here, choose a playlist." Beca doesn't notice the puzzled look on Chloe's face since her eyes are on the road.
Chloe plugs in the AUX chord but isn't really sure how to proceed next. The last time she did that was when they were dating. And of course Beca's phone is locked with a password.
Chloe lets out a soft sigh which Beca hears. "Our first date."
Chloe looks to her side but Beca hasn't changed the direction she's looking at.
"W-what?" It wasn't supposed to come out as a stutter but it did.
"My password, it's our first date." Beca says matter of factly.
"You didn't change it?" Chloe's heart was racing, Beca never changed her password.
"No, that day meant a lot to me. It still does." Chloe shifts in her seat and looks through Beca's phone before settling on a random playlist. The next two hours were filled with music but neither dared to sing along. The occasional head bop and finger tap was the only reaction either gave.
"You want to take a lunch break and fill up on gas."
Beca turns her head slightly so take a quick glance at Chloe. "Sure, I could use some lunch and I guess the car does too."
The joke was so stupid that it made both of them laugh. Only now they both realized how much they missed the other's laughter. Beca parks the car so she can fill up the gas tank.
"What do you want to eat?" Chloe asks while leaning against the hood of the car.
"Your mom packed us some sandwiches so we can have those."
The soft click indicates that the tank is full. "Be right back, I'm going to pay do you need anything?"
Chloe shakes her head and watches Beca walk towards the shop.
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"I'm fine Chloe."
For the past five minutes they were having a discussion about who would drive.
"I saw you wince in pain ten minutes ago, you shouldn't be driving at all."
Beca throws up her hands. "If I wasn't feeling ok I would let you know." The pain in her chest was getting increasingly worse but yet again she was ignoring it.
"Would you?" Chloe spits back.
"Are you calling me a liar?" It was very hard to not shout but both were trying hard.
"That's not what I meant and you know it." Chloe was getting very frustrated, it never used to be so hard.
"We're done talking about this, get in the car." Without a second glance Beca steps into the driver's seat, starts the car and puts on the radio. No way they were driving in silence, it would not end well at all.
Chloe gets in with a huff but doesn't say a word as Beca continues to drive towards the first destination of their trip. "God these are going to be 3 long days."
After another two hour drive Chloe sees Beca trying to say something from the corner of her eye. As much as she want too she knows better than to say anything about it. What surprises her though is that Beca stops at a gas station and parks the car. It takes Chloe a minute to realize what's happening but when she does she opens the door and circles the car. Beca does the same thing. This was Beca's way of asking for help, it was subtle and if you didn't know her you'd just think she'd need a short break.
Chloe hesitates to start the car. She can see the brunette struggling with her breathing and judging by her face she is pain. Chloe gets out from the car and opens the back to search for Beca's pain meds.
"Here, take these. It should help."
Beca stares at the pills but takes them without much fight. "Thank you."
It wasn't the words that too Chloe by surprise, it was the sincerity behind them.
Chloe smiles at the brunette. "You're welcome."
Chloe starts the car and continues their trip, there's still a few hours left until they reach their first hotel.
"I'm sorry."
Chloe snaps her head to the right but quickly turns her attention back to the road. "I shouldn't have snapped or yelled at you. You were right."
Beca hasn't looked up from her lap during her short apology. She was still horrible in expressing herself and being stubborn wasn't helping her case at all. "I promise I won't be such a grade A pain in ass for at least the rest of the trip."
Chloe burts out in laughter. "Apology accepted, and I guess I can live with that."
"I can help you know."
Chloe gives Beca a confused side look. "What are you talking about?"
Beca clears her throat. "I know you have no place to stay in LA."
Chloe tries to come up with a lie but nothing comes up in her mind.
"Relax, I won't tell anyone." The brunette says with a chuckle. "But I can help you though, only if you want of course."
Chloe thinks about it and nods her head. "But how?"
Beca rolls her eyes. "There's three options I can give you." The brunette puts up one finger. "One, I rent you a nice and fancy hotel room until you find a cool place to live. Don't even dare to say that it's too much, you know I don't care about money. I care about… I care about other things." The brunette almost slipped up and Chloe knew it. The offer was pretty sweet though.
"Second…" Beca puts up a second finger. "I have a second apartment where Aubrey and Jesse stay when they visit. I thought it could be useful and it turns out to be very true." Chloe's mind was racing. Why is Beca offering her all this? Did this mean she wasn't as mad at her as she thought? Or was this just Beca being extremely nice?
"Third option." Beca takes a big breath and scratches the back of her head. "You could stay with me, I have a spare bedroom in the new penthouse."
With closed eyes Beca waits for the answer but when she's met with complete silence she opens one slightly to see if Chloe was still breathing. When she finally looks at Chloe she sees that beautiful smile she missed.
Chloe was so deep in thought that she didn't notice Beca saying her name until she gently pushed her shoulder. "Oh sorry, I zoned out."
Beca's eyes widen in horror. "Please never again when you're driving."
Chloe lets out a laugh. "Sorry, I was thinking about your proposal."
Beca's eyes shoot open. Did she miss something in the conversation.
"Not like that, jeez. I was talking about the living arrangement."
Beca's mouth forms a little o.
"First I'm not going to let you pay for a hotel so that's out of the question."
Beca chuckles, she knew that it would be the first thing she would say no too.
"Second, where would Aubrey and Jesse stay when they visit if I'm living in their space."
Beca could hear the humor in this one.
"And thirdly… I would only stay for a week, two tops. If you're one hundred percent sure you're ok with it I would choose the third option."
Beca saw the little blush forming on the redhead's cheeks.
"Also I missed having you as a roommate."
This took Beca's happiness over the top.
"I missed you too." The brunette says calmly.
There's still a lot of things the two girls had to talk about but maybe this was the start of a new beginning.
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