Aubrey, Chloe and Beca were tired. The victory party was a blast. The last of the Bellas had finally left and they had collapsed on the sofa.
"Have you talked to Chloe about, you know?," Aubrey asked Beca quietly.
"Talked to me about what?," Chloe asked hearing Aubrey. She sat up and looked at Beca.
"Well, um," Beca said rubbing the back of her neck. "I got an offer to work for Residual Heat in LA as a producer after graduation."
"Beca, that's great! I'm so proud of you," Chloe said pulling her into a hug.
"Yeah," Beca said. "While you and Aubrey were doing your thing with the judges these two suits found me. They had watched the whole competition and loved our set. They found out I put it all together and offered me a job on the spot."
Chloe was beaming. She was so proud Beca. She's was going to fulfill her dream of going to LA. Chloe's face fell. Beca is going to LA.
"What's wrong?," Beca asked seeing the look on Chloe's face.
"You're going to LA," Chloe said.
"So, am I," Aubrey told her with a huge smile. "I've been accepted into the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA."
"You and Beca are both going to LA?," Chloe asks quietly.
"Yep," Beca said. "Isn't that great?"
"Yeah," Chloe says quietly. "Yeah, it is."
Chloe sits back and remains quiet. Beca looks at her with a smile on her face. Aubrey looks at Chloe and see she's trying to hide that she's upset. Aubrey realizes why and smacks Beca on the back of her head.
"Ask her already," Aubrey mouths to Beca.
"Ow," Beca said rubbing the back of her head. "What the hell?"
Aubrey just nods her head toward Chloe sitting next to Beca. Beca sees Chloe wipe a tear from her face even though she was trying to hide it.
"Oh, shit," Beca said. "Chloe, babe?"
Chloe turns away and wipes her face before looking at Beca.
"Yeah?," Chloe says trying to hold back her tears.
"WillyoucometoLAwithme?," Beca says in one breath.
"What?," Chloe asks while Aubrey just laughs at Beca.
"Smooth, Mitchell," Aubrey says.
"Shut it, Posen," Beca snaps back at her.
Beca takes a breath. She kneels in front of Chloe and grabs both her hands.
"Chloe," Beca said getting Chloe to look at her. "I want to know if you'll go to LA with me? As my girlfriend."
Chloe's face lights up.
"You want me to go to LA with you?," she says as a smile grows on her face. "And be your girlfriend?"
"Of course," Beca tells her. "I love you and wouldn't think of going to LA without you."
Chloe and Aubrey both gasp and their eyes grow wide.
"You lo-love me?," Chloe asks.
"Oh," Beca says swallowing hard. "I wasn't planning to tell you that like this. I had this big elaborate thing planned. Oh well, it's out there and I mean it. I love you, Chloe."
"I love you, too," Chloe whispers leaning to place her forehead on Beca's.
Beca and Chloe smile and lean into each other for a kiss.
"Oh, my God," Aubrey said. "This is fucking awesome! My two best friends are in love."
"Shut it, Posen," Beca says.
"Leave her alone, Becs," Chloe tells her. "She's just happy for us."
"Sorry, babe," Beca says.
"You are so fucking whipped," Aubrey tells Beca with a laugh.
Chloe laughs and pulls Beca into another kiss.
Graduation Day is finally here. Chloe goes to find her family. Beca and Aubrey are surrounded by the Bellas as they wait for the ceremony to start.
"Thanks for trusting me and CR to manage the Bellas next year," Stacie tells Aubrey.
"You two deserve it," Aubrey tells her. "You helped a lot with choreography and CR knows her stuff when it comes to music. Plus, you know you can call me, Chloe or Beca if you get in a bind or need any help."
Chloe rushes up and hugs Beca from behind. Beca turns and smiles.
"Nice to see you again, Beca," Mrs. Beale says hugging Beca.
"Nice to see you, too, Mrs. B. Mr. B.," Beca says.
Beca wraps an arm around Chloe's waist while standing and talking to Chloe's parents.
"So, Chloe, dear," Mrs. B. says. "When do you start your new job in LA? Are you going to have any time to spend at home with us before you go?"
"Beca and I have been talking out that," Chloe says. "We both start our new jobs at the beginning of August. I'll be flying home in 2 weeks. Beca and Aubrey are going to get the house all packed up and join me at the end of June. I wanted them to spend July 4th with us."
"Yeah," Beca adds. "I already found us a house and we can move in any time after July 1. We all leave for LA on July 6 and the moving truck is scheduled to arrive on July 7. This will give us time to get the house set up before we start working and Aubrey starts her classes."
"I'm so glad you'll be spending some time with us before you move across the country," Mrs. B. tells Chloe, hugging her.
Beca looks behind Mrs. Beale and sees Aubrey walking toward them with her father.
"Oh boy," Beca says.
"Be nice," Chloe whispers as they reach the group.
"Mr. Posen," Chloe says with a smile. "So nice to see you again."
"Nice to see you to, Chloe," Mr. Posen says.
"You remember my parents," Chloe says.
"Of course," Mr. Posen says. "Claire, Carl. How are you?," he asks shaking Mr. Beale's hand.
"We're good," they both say.
"Dad, you remember Beca," Aubrey says.
"Beca," Mr. Posen says.
"Ben," Beca says with a fake smile.
Mr. Posen stiffens and glares at Beca. Beca glares back.
"Okay," Chloe says quickly ending the glare-off. "We need to line up for the ceremony."
The three girls leave and once they were far enough away Aubrey and Beca start laughing.
"What's so funny?," Chloe asks looking at the two.
"I thought that vein in his head would actually pop this time," Beca says between laughs.
"I did too," Aubrey says.
The two girls finally control their laughter. Chloe just looked at the two with her arms crossed over her chest.
"Well?," she asked.
"That felt good," Aubrey said.
"Sorry, babe," Beca says kissing her on the cheek. "Mr. Posen hates when I call him Ben so I do it just to see how angry he can get. He has this vein right here," Beca point to just below hairline, "that pops out when he gets mad. I use that to gauge how mad he really is."
"That's just, I," Chloe says shaking her head. "That's just childish."
"Yeah, it is," Beca says unapologetic.
"Come on," Beca says grabbing Chloe and Aubrey by the hand. "Let's go graduate!"
The three girls graduate and meet up with friends and family to celebrate. They had decided they would have a small party with the Bellas that evening.
Two weeks later Beca says goodbye to Chloe at the airport.
"I'm going to miss you," Chloe tells Beca before kissing her.
"I'll miss you, too," Beca said. "But don't worry, I'll be there before you know it."
They kiss again and Chloe grabs her bag and heads through security. She turns back and Beca blows her kiss.
Aubrey and Beca gets everything packed up and the moving truck takes everything to their holding facility until it is driven across the country to their new place. They will spend the next 3 days in a hotel until it is time to catch their flight to Tampa.
"How mad is your dad that you're selling the house?," Aubrey asked.
"Pretty mad," Beca said. "But, how he feels doesn't matter. I think my grandmother would be happy knowing that I sold it so I could live my dream in LA."
Beca and Aubrey arrived at Tampa airport and head for baggage claim. Beca keeps looking around for Chloe while they wait for the conveyor belt to deliver their luggage.
"You really love Chloe, don't you?," Aubrey asks while they wait.
"Silly isn't it?," Beca says. "We've known each other less than a year and been together only a couple of months. And I know I want to spend the rest of my life with her."
"Seriously?," Aubrey said. "Wow! Are you planning on asking her to marry you?"
"Yep," Beca says. "Just not right now. I don't want to ask too soon and scare her off."
"You little shit," Aubrey says slapping her on the arm. "I'm going to have to choose whose maid of honor I will be."
"What makes you think I'd ask you to be my maid of honor?," Beca tells her.
"Like you'd ask anyone else," Aubrey says with a smirk.
Before Beca can respond she is tackled by Chloe in a bear hug. Beca manages to keep them both from falling on the floor.
"I missed you so much," Chloe whispers in Beca's ear.
"I missed you, too," Beca whispers back.
Chloe pulls back just far enough to capture Beca's lips in a kiss. Beca kisses her back.
Aubrey clears her throat causing the two to finally pull apart.
"What about me?," she asks Chloe holding out her arms.
Chloe hugs Aubrey laughing. "I missed you, too."
They collected the luggage and Beca and Chloe walked hand in hand to the car. They make it to the Beale's house and everyone welcomes them with hugs.
"So, Beca," Mr. B. says pulling back from Beca. "How did the packing and everything go?"
"With Aubrey's help it went well," she says. "The hardest thing was finding a way to ship all our cars out to LA. I finally called a dealership and was able to get our cars on one of their trucks they were using to ship some of cars from Atlanta to LA. It beat all of us having to drive to LA."
Chloe spends the next few days showing Beca around Tampa since Beca had only spent a weekend with her there before. It was finally the fourth of July and the Beales were having their annual barbecue. Aubrey and Chloe spent most of the morning helping Mrs. Beale prepare the food. Beca was helping Mr. Beale set up the three grills he was using. Beca was schooled in the fine art of barbecuing by Mr. B when she asked why he was using three grills..
"One is used for my ribs, one is used for chicken, and the third is used for hamburgers and hot dogs," Mr. B. tells Beca. "That way you don't over crowd one grill and each can be started so everything comes off hot at the same time."
Everyone is sitting around in various chairs and on blankets waiting for the fireworks to start. Beca is sitting with her back against a tree and Chloe is between her legs, leaning her back against Beca. Aubrey is sitting to their left.
"I love you," Beca tells Chloe kissing her on top of her head.
"I love you, too," Chloe says turning to kiss Beca on the lips.
"Okay," Aubrey says standing up. "If all you two are going to do is makeout, I'm sitting elsewhere."
Aubrey walks away and Beca holds Chloe so that she remains facing her. She moves a stray strand of hair off of Chloe's face and puts it behind her ear.
"I want to spend the rest of my life with you," Beca says quietly.
"Good to know," Chloe says kissing Beca lightly.
"I want to marry you," Beca said.
"Why, Miss Mitchell, are you proposing to me?," Chloe says with a grin.
"Not yet," Beca tells her. "Consider this us being engaged to be engaged."
Chloe puts her hands on Beca's cheeks. She kisses Beca and pulls back.
"Yes," is all she says.
"Yes?," Beca asks.
"Yes," Chloe tells her. "I accept your proposal to be engaged to be engaged."
"You're such a dork," Beca tells her with a laugh.
Beca pulls Chloe in for another kiss. And fireworks went off, literally and figuratively.
That's the end of this journey. Beca and Chloe are together (Yay!); Mean Chloe is gone (Yay, again!); and Aubrey is enjoying having her best friends together.
Thanks for reading.
