Hey guys, so I'm back again with the Semi Finals chapter.
I did say in the last chapter that I follow the storyline pretty well until the game changer chapters (25 and 26) so I'm pretty sure you guys know what is going to happen in this chapter.
Please don't be mad is all I can say, this is all a lead up, I promise.
Anyways I bring you Chapter 23.
"So Bellas, what boring, estrogen filled set have you prepared for us this evening?" Bumper asks the Bellas whom sit awkwardly in the bus. Not many words were exchanged between the two groups until now.
"Um excuse me but you guys are going to get pitch slapped so hard, your man boobs are going to concave." Amy replies and the Bellas hold back a laugh. Chloe leans her head down onto Beca's shoulder as they hear Donald call out that there is only nine miles left till they reach their destination. Beca is surprised when she realizes that her body didn't pull away from Chloe out of instinct like usual. 'What am I going to do about the task?' Beca thought to herself. Stacie watches as Beca looks down at Chloe's face, quickly and secretively snapping a photo of the two. Aubrey watches her best friend attempt to hold Beca's hand and Beca accepts it, entwining their fingers and Chloe smiling, leaning further into Beca.
"You two are cute together." Stacie leans over and whispers in Beca's ear. Beca looks to her and shakes her head. Chloe removes her head from Beca's shoulder as the two brunettes break into a conversation about something else. Aubrey taking the opportunity takes out her phone and texts Chloe who is sitting opposite her.
Aubrey: Did you start that song in the bus to cheer Beca up?
Chloe looks at the text then glances at Aubrey than quickly to her left where Beca was talking to Stacie before typing out a quick reply.
Chloe: Yeah, I figured I could give it a try and it worked.
Aubrey reads the reply and watches as Chloe cheerfully gazes at Beca. A flash of true happiness in her eyes, she watches as Beca speaks to Stacie, the smile on her lips made both Aubrey and Chloe smile also. Aubrey types back a quick reply.
Aubrey: She does seem much happier, you two are pretty adorable and I can tell she likes you.
Chloe: I know but she is still so standoffish. She doesn't open up to me anymore and tell me what is going on in that pretty head of hers, she just goes back to normal but I know she isn't, I know it's all a mask to cover up what is upsetting her.
Aubrey goes to reply but notices Beca turn back to Chloe so she wipes out what she was going to say right as the bus stops.
Beca and the other Bellas stand side stage and watch as a group called The Footnotes start to perform. A young African American guy moves forward from the back of the pack and starts singing 'Blame it on the Boogie' leaving the Bellas in shock. This guy was good, his dance moves, his singing. He even winked at Beca which she was taken aback about.
"Five minutes Bellas." One of the stagehands say to Aubrey and Stacie turns to her.
"Where did he come from?" She half yells, referring to the Footnotes lead man. Aubrey shushes her and moves to the rest of the group who also seem to be losing hope.
"It's over, there is no way we can beat the Footnotes and the Trebles." Fat Amy states. Beca continues to watch the performance, her eyes drift out to the audience and find one man sitting smack bang in the middle of the audience. Chloe's father, her target. 'Oh shit.' She says in her head. The appearance of Chloe's father throwing her off as The Footnotes finish their performance. Her target was here and she had to act extra hard to be Beca Mitchell but she felt Azrael surface, her target was right there and she had the opportunity to take him out right there. The inner monster in her starts to rise but Chloe's voice stops her.
"Hey, all good?" The redhead asks.
"Yeah just nervous." Beca replies, pushing her assassin side back down.
"Aca-huddle now." Aubrey calls out and the girls form a circle.
"Okay, the top two teams advance to the finals so we just have to beat one of them. If we do it exactly how we rehearsed it, we will get there okay. Exactly." Aubrey ensures, glancing at Fat Amy whose eyes shift to Beca and away from the captains stare. Beca looks to Fat Amy with a smile then over to Chloe and notices she has a look of pain on her face, her fingers touching the side of her throat.
"Hands in." Beca sobers up and all the Bellas put their hands into the middle of the circle.
"On three or after three." Stacie asks and all the girls look to her. Aubrey with menace.
"Screw it let's just do it." She says pulling away as the announcer calls the Bellas out onto the stage. The girl proceed to their positions. Beca stares at James Beale whom is applauding as the Bellas head out on to the stage, he smiles at the sight of his daughter. She then looks to Chloe again who is glancing back to her. Chloe notices Beca's face become darker, her eyes visible shades darker. She knew something was wrong with Beca. She turns back quickly when Aubrey blows the pitch pipe.
"One, Two, Three, Four." Aubrey calls out and they start singing.
Whoaoa yeah
I gotta new life,
You would hardly recognize me,
I'm so glad,
How could a person like me care for you,
Why do I bother when you're not the one for me,
Beca looks around as Chloe is singing. The crowd without smiles on their faces, the sound guy on his phone and looking like he is about to fall asleep, The Footnotes joking around at side stage. Than Beca looks to Chloe's mother and father who watch their daughter with eager eyes, proud of what Chloe was doing, she was doing what she loved and that was singing. Thoughts start to race through Beca's mind. She thinks of everything she has been through the past month and a bit with the Bellas and especially Chloe. She remembers back to the night she brought Chloe from the party.
"Do you love me too Beca?" Chloe says quietly. Beca stops at the doorway and holds the handle, taking a deep breath she turns back to the redhead and replies. 'She is drunk anyway. She won't remember by the morning.' Beca says to herself.
"You scare me. Because you have this ability to make me feel again and I don't want to. I don't know what love is Chloe." Beca says before leaving, shutting the door behind her. Chloe sits on the bed shocked at what she had just heard but shortly passes out on the bed.
Beca then remembers all of the good times she has had with the Bellas, initiation night, SBT party, singing in the bus, saving Stacie, hanging out with Fat Amy and Cynthia Rose. She remembers the night Aubrey told her that she was a good person. She remembers times with Chloe, when Chloe sang to her, when she told Beca she loved her. Beca's head starts to throb and she can feel herself about to faint. She looks to Chloe's father again with the same smile for his daughter and can't take the pressure anymore. She couldn't do it, she couldn't complete her mission, Chloe and her parents weren't an issue to Azrael but Beca could not kill Chloe. Her head was hurting from the internal war that is Azrael and Beca. She had to get out of this place.
Is enough enough,
I saw the sign and it opened up my eyes (Beca: This time baby I'll be.)
And I am happy now living without you (Beca: Bulletproof)
I've left you all alone
I saw the sign and it opened up my eyes (Beca: This time baby I'll be.)
I saw the sign (Beca: Bulletproof)
I saw the sign (Beca: Bulletproof)
I saw the sign (Beca: Bulletproof)
As Aubrey finishes, she glares back at Beca who feels happy because she knew Aubrey would get rid of her, she needed to get away from the Bellas, as far as possible. Beca had already gotten far too attached to them and Chloe in particular. In her mind as well she was hoping her contribution would get the Bellas through to the finals. The performance continued and Beca knew what was going to happen afterward. She knew she was going to have it out with Aubrey and she knew she was going to leave on a bad note and not come back. What she also knew was that she had to get Chloe to hate her. She knew she had to cut herself off from the Bellas otherwise the League would hurt them and especially Chloe severely as a punishment, they would kill both Stacie for knowing and Chloe in front of her. She was doing all of this to protect the girls she loved and cared for like actual family. 'Then why do I feel so lousy?' She asked herself as they finished and started walking off stage.
As they walked off, Chloe and Fat Amy came over and patted Beca on the back. The other girls smiling because they thought the performance went well with Beca's addition but the moment is ruined when they all hear a voice coming off the stage, getting closer to them. Aubrey pushes past Jessica, Cynthia Rose and Stacie to get to Beca.
"What the Hell Beca! Were you trying to screw us up?!" Aubrey yells and all the girls smiles dropped as Beca turns to face the blonde Hitler once and for all. This was it, this is what she knew was going to happen.
"Are you serious?" Beca asks, knowing that her intentions were to make the Bellas sound better even at the expense of leaving them behind.
"Newsflash! This isn't the Beca Show." Aubrey rages on and Beca was a little taken aback by Aubrey's remark because again, she was trying to help but she holds her ground, crossing her arms over her chest.
"Okay, I'm sorry that I messed you up but in case you hadn't noticed everyone pretty much dozed off during our set." Beca argues back, noticing Chloe next to Aubrey with her head dropped. Stacie also behind Aubrey, looking away.
"It's not your job to decide what we do and when we do it! Why don't you ask the rest of the group about your improvisation?!" Aubrey continues and Beca takes a second to look at all the Bellas, all of them with sad looks in their eyes. Chloe and Stacie looking away, Jessica and Ashley with their heads down, Fat Amy watching Aubrey until Beca says her name.
"Amy?" The Australian spins her head to the smaller girl.
"It was cool but it did take us a little by surprise." Amy states and that is when Beca realizes that the Bellas are on Aubrey's side, that they didn't like Beca's addition. Her head drops but she brings it back up again to maintain her pride, she just wanted to get the hell out of there, her head was pounding but Aubrey continues her rampage.
"Yeah a lot by surprise!" Aubrey says, Beca had pretty much given up trying to argue bac because she just wanted to leave by now. She just wanted to leave and never look back but the blonde continued and this is where it got ugly and the truth came out.
"I told you she wasn't a Bella." Aubrey fires out as she looks to her redhead best friend. Chloe feeling torn between her best friend and the girl she has fallen for.
"Aubrey don't." Chloe says back firmly, not trying to create a further rift between the brunette and blonde. She needed to get Aubrey to shut up so she went to continue speaking about how she loved Beca's addition but Beca took the opportunity of Chloe speaking to do the one thing she did not want to do, push her away again.
"No, that's okay. You don't have to pretend you're allowed to have a say in the group right." Beca's words slicing at the redhead. Beca had done it, Beca had hurt her and now for the finale Beca thought.
"Your attitude sucks, you're a grade A pain in my ass and I know you don't really like Chloe the way you say you do." Aubrey yells and Beca hears a voice behind them.
"Woah, guys check it out, girl fight!" Jesse says, obviously the Trebles were up next so they were heading to stage when they caught wind of the argument. Beca spins on her heel and lets a rip, letting out all of the anger she had and aiming it at a brunette guy, blonde girl and the girl she was 100% in love with.
"Jesus Christ, that's perfect, of course you're here right now. How's your eye from last time Jesse? Do you want me to equal it out, no then fuck off!" Beca starts on Jesse, she then turns to Aubrey.
"And you with your dictating demeanor, you think I'm the grade A pain in the ass then look in the fucking mirror! You don't even see how miserable you're making these girls! I tried to fucking help and this is the thanks I get!" Beca then turns to Chloe and she feels her heart breaking as she continues.
"And of course Chloe, I'm supposed to be in love with you, is that right Aubrey? Well I'm not. I cannot and will not ever love you. You sit back and let fucking Hitler here go on her rampage of captaincy when you don't realize she is treating you just as shit as the rest of us! And you're supposed to be co-captains! Best Friends, is that right! Because she uses you and you just let her!" Beca unleashes and she watches Chloe physically shrink in her stance, she knew that what she said really hurt Chloe, like a red hot knife through her heart.
"Trebles, time to bring the pain." Benji says awkwardly, not wanting to interrupt and Beca takes a deep breath.
"If this is what I get for trying then screw this. I'm done." Beca takes off her scarf and throws it at Aubrey before walking away, ignoring Benji who is trying to catch up and get her back.
Don't hate me!
But yikes! Anyways next few chapters won't really have Bechloe. Not till about Chapter 26 at least but it is coming I promise you guys!
Beca needed to compromise, pull herself away from the Bellas and Chloe especially, complete her task and go home without having to kill anyone else. The more she believes she pulls away, the easier the task at hand will be in her mind but she forgets about how much it hurts her too.
Next Chapter is the Aftermath and lead up to chapters 25 and 26 which are the turning points for the whole story.
Stay Beautiful Guys.