A week later,
It has been a week since the short brunette last saw the redhead, she had Jesse and Luke meet up and discuss the sale of the Beale house but other than that she has been busying herself with work and when she came back home, she would usually march to her room, not wanting to speak to Aubrey or Stacie. She had been avoiding the nurse, she barely had dinner with her alone, the only few times Beca had dinner with the tall brunette was when Aubrey was joining them.
As for Aubrey, it has also been a week since she left Jesse, the belly dancer was searching for a place to stay but Beca wasn't allowing it. She missed Jesse, she couldn't deny the fact that she missed her husband, but Jesse has fallen into relapse and went back to drinking ad the belly dancer couldn't handle it anymore, so she took her son and went to Beca's.
Chloe contacted the university and told them that she would be attending classes in a few days and that she needed to prepare herself. She had been missing Beca terribly and she couldn't stop thinking about the short brunette. Beca's eyes, smile, and face were planted in Chloe's mind, day and night. She just wished she can go and tell her that she loved her but she knew that Stacie would cause her trouble. Her relationship with her family is getting stronger than before and she was thankful for it. She knew Luke was meeting up with Jesse and coming up with a plan to sell the house, she also knew that Luke had put the for sale sign so that Jesse can proceed with the plan. And it worked, Jesse has shown up when Chloe wasn't at home and had already made a deal with Mr. Beale.
Beca made her way downstairs to find Aubrey and Stacie waiting for her around the dining table, she sighed as she gave Aubrey a hug. She then looked at Stacie and gave her a look as she felt very uneasy being around the tall brunette. "Are you okay Beca?" Aubrey asked as she noticed how the brunette was tense. The short brunette nodded wordlessly.
"What do you want to eat Beca?" Stacie offered.
"You guys can go ahead and eat, I'm really not in the mood." She said as she ran her hand through her hair. "I'm going to have a drink in the backyard." She stated as she left the dining room. She felt suffocated and she needed air.
A few moments of silence were interrupted by Aubrey. "Beca?"
"Why did you leave dinner?" The short brunette asked while she looked at the blond. "I'm also not in the mood to eat," She asked gently. When she saw Aubrey nod, she began to walk when she remembered how Chloe and she used to share a glass of wine. "Here, drink from it," Beca said with a smile as she sat down on one of the chairs. She looked up at the sky and sighed. "Do you want to go back to Jesse?" Beca asked softly.
"I want too, but unless he lets me work I won't go back to him," Aubrey said with a sigh. "She loves you," She then said after a few moments causing the brunette to whip her head in the dancer's direction. "I'm sure she loves you."
"Then why didn't she tell me?" Beca said quietly.
"Because Stacie loves you," Aubrey argued back.
Beca sighed. "But I don't love Stacie, I am not interested in her in that way!"
"Chloe will come back to you, that's for sure," She said as she passed the glass to Beca.
Suddenly Stacie cleared her throat gaining the attention of the two friends. "C-Can I sit here?"
Beca wanted nothing more than to have some time alone, she sighed as she looked at Aubrey who spoke. "Of course you can," She then looked at Beca, "I'm going to find somewhere else to sleep, I can't stay here."
"Bree, where would you go? Just please stay here with me for a couple of days. I need you here," The short brunette suggested.
"I am here for you Beca," Stacie suddenly interfered.
Beca shook her head and sighed, she hated the fact that Stacie couldn't understand that she doesn't love her. "Stacie, I'm sorry but you can't be here for me, not in the way you want. You are like a sister to me."
"Do you want me to leave the house.?" Stacie asked in shock at Beca's words.
"I never said that I want you to leave the house, Stacie, you are more than welcome to stay in this house, and consider me a sister because I can't and will not ever think of you in the way you want me to."
Stacie's tears started to fall, Beca sighed and slammed her glass and made her way to her bedroom, Aubrey looked at Stacie and sighed sadly. "Stacie, do you know who's the smartest person?" The nurse shook her head as she wiped some more tears that continued to fall. "The smartest person is who declares his loss and stops this war. The sooner that person knows when to give up, it'll help make the pain stop for them and the people around them." She said as she got up and went to the mansion.
The tall brunette then made her way to Chloe's old room, as she started to cry at what has she done, she knew Aubrey was right, she knew that it's her fault everyone is in pain. I need to fix this, I have done enough damage. She said to herself as she laid herself on Chloe's bed and closed her eyes.
Back in the Beale house, Luke, Eve and Chloe were all sleeping in the same bed. But the redhead couldn't fall asleep, she was thinking of Beca and Stacie, thinking if they are happy that she's gone. Sighing, she got up and stood by the window as she looked at the stars, all that came to her thought was Beca. She then went to her parent's bedroom and stood by the door watching her parents asleep, she then walked slowly towards her father's side and cuddled up next to him. Mr. Beale smiled as he kissed his daughters forehead. Chloe closed her eyes, allowing herself to go to sleep knowing that she's safe in her father's arms.
The next morning, the Beale family were gathered around the dining table for breakfast, Mr. Beale smiled as he looked around the table and sighed happily as he saw his kids gathered together. He then looked at Chloe and noticed she was deep in thought, guilt rushed through his body because he knows he is at fault for whatever happened to Chloe, he wanted to help her, and he was determined to find a way to get his daughter back.
"I want to go back to College," Chloe announced to the family.
Papa Beale's eyes lit up at the announcement. "See? I told you there's something inside you that didn't die." He said with a grin. "You can continue, with the sale of the house, I will have enough money to get you educated." He said with a wide smile. Chloe smiled softly at her father, she knew she should tell her father about Beca paying for her college but she decided against it, at least for the time being.
A few minutes of silence and they heard the sound of the doorbell. "I'll get it," Luke said as he stood up from his place and when to open the door, his eyes went wide when he saw Stacie. He stepped aside allowing the tall brunette to enter the house. They both walked to the dining room, Chloe's eyes went wide as her heart started to beat fast. Everyone who was sitting at the table was shocked to see Stacie. She looked tired and sad.
"Stacie dear! Come and sit with us." Mrs. Beale said happily.
Chloe said nothing as she glared at the tall brunette. Stacie offered Chloe a small smile as then she turned her gaze to Papa Beale, "How are you?"
"I'm good, sweety and how are you?" He asked clearly not knowing what happened between them.
"I missed you so much," She then looked at Chloe again. "Can we talk?" She asked nervously.
The redhead said nothing as she stood up and went to her room, Stacie sighed and followed the redhead. She saw Chloe sit on the bed so she decided to stay standing up. "I don't how you'll believe me after everything I did to you, I love you, Chloe, you are my best friend. I don't know why I did what I did, I don't know why I hurt you, sometimes I do things that I don't want to do, but I do them. Sometimes a thing that I don't like, I wouldn't want it and when I see it with someone else I will want it." Stacie said in a sad voice. "What's wrong with me Chloe?" She said as tears started to fall from her face. "Am I sick Chloe?"
"I don't know," Chloe said as she looked at the tall brunette and wiped her tears
Stacie sighed. "Beca loves you Chloe, and you love her."
"And you love her," Chloe argued back.
"she chose you." The redhead said quietly. "Go back to her Chloe,"
Chloe wiped the tears that were falling from her eyes. "I don't want to hurt you, Stacie,"
Stacie offered the redhead a small smile. "If you didn't go back to her I won't have her Chloe, on the contrary, the three of us will be miserable. At least if you tell her now, the both of you will be happy."
"What about you?" Chloe asked carefully.
"Me? I'll go back to work and live my life. Nothing happened between me and Beca," Stacie said as she looked at her best friend with a sad smile.
Chloe smiled through the tears and nodded, "I know,"
"Does this mean we will still be best friends?" Stacie asked nervously.
"Forever," Chloe replied with a grin.
Stacie looked at her best friend with wide eyes, "Even after everything I did to you?"
Chloe nodded, "You coming here made me forget about everything."The tall brunette sobbed as she hugged her best friend tightly.
"Come on, go to the factory. But don't go looking like a panda," Stacie said causing giggles to erupt from the redhead. "Fix yourself because you look my dead aunt." She joked again as she hugged Chloe tightly.
About half an hour later, Chloe hopped of the cab with a smile on her face as she ran towards Beca's office, she closed her eyes and opened the door. "I am in love with you and I can't live without you." but when she got no response, she opened her eyes to find the manager John looking at her with mouth open wide, her smile fell as she bit her lip.
"Ms. Chloe, you're late, I am already engaged." John joked as he chuckled.
Chloe bit her lip. "Where's Beca?"
John laughed and wiggled his eyebrows. "She's in the cellar, trying wine."
The redhead grinned as she left the office running towards the cellar, she took the stairs that leads to where Beca was. The cellar was huge, so as soon as she entered the room, she walked a bit further as she closed her eyes and took a deep breath. "I am in love with you and I can't live without you." She said loudly. She then opened her eyes and saw that Beca wasn't there. "Beca?" She said as she looked around. "Beca?" But when she got no response, she sighed sadly and turned her back to walk away.
"What are you doing here?" Beca's voice suddenly rang through the cellar causing the redhead to whip her head and look at Beca.
Chloe smiled. "I came to tell you that you still owe me money," She joked trying to lighten the mood as she took in Beca's appearance. The short brunette was wearing skinny jeans and a white shirt.
Beca laughed as she walked closer to the redhead. "Do I now? Well, unfortunately, I can't pay you all of the amounts. So I'm thinking that I would pay you half of the money."
"What about my interest rate?" Chloe asked with a smirk.
"I'll think about it," Beca said with a laugh. "Why are you here?"
"I came to tell you that I lied to you," Chloe said nervously.
"Lied to me?" Beca asked confused.
"When I said that I don't love you." The redhead explained.
"What does this means?" The short brunette asked as she felt her heart was beating fast.
Chloe beamed "I love you, more than you can ever imagine."
Beca grinned. "What does this mean?" She asked again.
"It means that I love you more than anything in the world," The redhead said in a soft voice.
"Yeah?" Beca asked as she stood face to face with Chloe.
"More than I love myself even."
Beca laughed. "Really now?"
"And I love you, and I can't live without you."
Beca smiled as she brought the redhead closer to her and leaned in for a kiss. "No," Chloe said suddenly as memories of Larry rushed through her mind.
"Baby, it's just me. I won't hurt you." Beca said as she placed her hand on Chloe's cheek and leaned in again, taking both their lips in a soft, sensual wrapped her arms around Beca's neck as they deepened the kiss. "I love you, Chloe," Beca whispered as they pulled away from the kiss. "I love you."
Chloe smiled as she kissed the brunette once again. "I adore you, Beca Mitchell,"
"Let's go to my office," Beca said softly as she pulled away from the kiss. "I want to have you in my arms." She said as she took the stairs again with Chloe while they held hands. Upon entering the office, they found it empty, the couple entered as Beca locked the door and pulled Chloe towards the sofa making the redhead sitting on her lap. Chloe smiled as she buried her face in the crook of Beca's neck. She felt Beca tighten her arms around her which caused her to smile.
"Do you know how much I love you Chlo?" Beca asked softly as she played with Chloe's hair. "Now I feel that I have something in my arms that is too fragile." She said seriously. "I'll always be afraid to tighten my grip on you, afraid that I'd hurt you."
Chloe smiled as she placed her finger on Beca's jaw and brushed it softly. "You're the best thing that has ever happened to me Beca," she said as she snuggled into Beca's chest.
Beca shook her head, "No, you are the best thing that ever happened to me, baby you are my life."
"I love you," Chloe said as she placed a kiss on Beca's lips.
"I don't want to ever see you, sad baby, all I want is to see you smiling, and happy,"
"If you want me to stay happy then stay beside me."
"That's it? Then I'll glue myself to you," She said with a laugh.
Chloe giggled. "I wouldn't mind it."
"Yeah?" Beca asked with a smile. "What made you come here?" She then asked the redhead.
"Stacie,"
"W-What?" Beca asked with wide eyes.
Chloe nodded, "Yeah, she came and told me that I should tell you that I love you."
"I'll never get tired of hearing this word." The short brunette said as she kissed Chloe's forehead and sighed happily. Everything was in the right place. "Go out on a date with me?" She asked gently with a smile.
"Now?" Chloe asked as she looked at the short brunette.
Beca smiled. "Now, we have a lot of things to discuss." She said as she leaned in for a kiss. Their lips touched, making fireworks erupt in both their minds as they both couldn't believe that they are together. "Let's go," The short brunette said as she pulled away from the kiss but kept kissing Chloe's forehead.
A/N: I'm sorry for the short, late update. I've been sick for a few days and I couldn't write. Tell me what you guys think about this chapter, I promise to upload within this week.