''Hey, Beca...'' Chloe was out of breath by the time she caught up with Beca. Her chest was making weird noises whenever she breathed which slightly worried the brunette, ''Can I walk you home?'' Chloe finally managed to ask, Beca raised her eyebrow.
''Sure.'' She replied and started listing pros and cons in her head if it's actually a good idea for Chloe to take her home. ''You okay?'' Beca asked once the noises in her chest continued.
''Yeah, you just take my breath away.'' The redhead jokingly said and giggled before speaking up again in a more serious tone, ''I actually had to run like super fast to catch up with you. It's even worse than training with Aubrey I'll give you that.'' She joked once more and hit Beca's shoulder lightly.
They walked at the same pace and it was mostly silent, it never used to be like this before. Their little walks used to be fun and they would add some jokes in the middle but clearly this wasn't the day. ''Are you okay? I mean Aubrey was telling me how you need to get yourself together or otherwise she'll have to give the solo to someone else.'' The redhead explained braking the silence in an unhappy voice, she clearly didn't want Beca to lose her solo because she's just an amazing singer that needs to show her talent to the world.
Beca sighed, ''Tell her someone else can have it.''
Chloe walked in front of the brunette and motioned for her to stop, ''What are you saying? You don't want the solo? What are you thinking?'' The questions kept coming one after another, it was too much for Beca to handle. ''Listen Chloe, can we not talk about this now?'' Beca asked and Chloe just stood there, physically frozen.
The only thing that was in Chloe's head now was that singing was Beca's life and she thew her solo away just like that. The silence took over again and it lasted for a really long while. ''Well that's it.'' Beca said as they finally reached her doorstep, she knocked on the door with her trembling hands but Chloe didn't seem to notice as she looked at the surroundings.
''Hey girl.'' Jesse opened the door and meet Beca sweetly once he saw the redhead, he waved at her, ''Hey Chloe.''
''Oh hey Jesse.'' Chloe smiled at him sweetly, thinking about how cool it was to live in an apartment with a partner, ''Well I'm gonna head home now. Nice seeing you.'' She smiled once more before her heels left the door mat. Jesse didn't say anything, he shut the door behind him and locked it, just like he normally does. ''Why the fuck was she here?'' Jesse asked Beca angrily who was in the process of taking her shoes off. The brunette backed up a little once he walked closer to her. ''I don't know, she just offered to take me home.'' She explained, her tone expressed fear and many more things.
''And what? You had to accept?'' He was even more mad now, Beca let out a small whimper as he pushed her against the wall with force. His grip got tighter around her shoulders each second. Beca's breathing increased with every word that escaped her lips, ''They already think something's wrong. I don't want to make things worse, Jesse.'' She explained and then received a hard slap across the face which instantly turned red. Beca let out a cry and grabbed her cheek with one of her hands as an attempt to ease up the pain.
Jesse lifted his hand up again, ''Can't you act normal then?'' He yelled, Beca's head spun to the side with great speed after she felt a hand colliding with her face again. The sound of the slap echoed around the room and she couldn't suppress the tears in her eyes anymore. ''How am I supposed to act normal after what you do to me?'' She yelled back but it was much quieter and calmer, it didn't sound aggressive, it sounded like she was defending herself and that was exactly what she was doing.
He shook her violently by the shoulders whilst yelling at her face, ''I don't know! Just fucking do it and that's it. Stop complaining.'' He let go and Beca crumpled to the floor, tears burning her sore cheeks. She stood up, her whole body shook from the fear and pain. What nearly made her heart stop were the few weak knocks on the door which got louder each second. ''Beca.'' She heard a voice from the other side of the door, Jesse's eyes looked deadly and full on threatening. This wasn't good.
''Go to the room.'' Jesse said to Beca, his angry tone made shivers run up her neck. The brunette did as she was told but her heart ached badly. He opened the door and his cold eyes met Chloe's. She looked at him in surprise as she was calling for Beca and Beca was the person she wanted to see. His heavy breathing didn't ease the situation, the redhead thought it was weird because she was able to sense some anger in him.
''I came to talk to Beca. It's important.'' Chloe finally managed to speak up but the person she was looking for wasn't in sight. ''Where's she?''
Jesse ran his hand through his hair, ''Beca is in her room, she's got a massive headache and she said she doesn't want anyone disturbing her.'' He lied but the redhead didn't seem to buy it. She took a deep breath and ran different scenarios ran in her head, ''She was fine a few minutes ago though. I mean I walked her home and she wasn't complaining. I really need to see her.'' She pleaded and something deep within her heart told her that something wasn't right, just like she always used to think from the moment Beca showed up with that bruise.
''She said she has a headache, okay? She's probably asleep anyway.'' He lied once more and he was getting more annoyed with here questions and explanations.
''Well can you check? It's really important, Jesse.'' Chloe argued anyway.
He took a deep breath to calm himself down, ''Fuck I told you she's asleep. What's so important anyway?'' He was really close to yelling but he somehow managed to hold his rage back. Chloe backed up a little once the unpleasant answer left his lips, ''Are you sure that you're not the one who has a headache?'' She asked and showed her attitude a bit which he clearly didn't seem to like.
''Yeah I'm fucking sure.'' Jesse yelled this time, his head snapped to the side when he heard the bedroom door open. His eyes shook violently as in a way of telling Beca 'no' it was a no that told her to stay in her room. Beca didn't obey, she couldn't just stand there and listen to all this. ''You can't just yell at her like that!'' Beca said, almost yelling at him now. Chloe's eyes widened when she was Beca defending her.
''So she isn't asleep then?'' Chloe asked with a curious look on her face. She wasn't sure what to do next.
Beca moved closer to them both, ''I just woke up.'' She lied as her fingers trembled.
''Well since you're awake I came here to discuss something with you.'' Chloe said and invited herself inside by just stepping in. Beca smiled slightly whilst Jesse stood there speechless. The girls made their way onto the sofa and Chloe's gaze landed on the coffee table. Jesse locked the door and proceeded into the kitchen, he sat in a place where he could see what they were doing. ''Sorry about that.'' Beca said apologetically, she didn't expect that at all, she thought that Jesse would play it cool.
''It's not your fault, don't worry. But what the hell is wrong with him?'' Chloe said as she took Beca's hand into hers.
''I don't know, he needs a bit more sleep. It'll all be okay.'' Beca explained which was another lie. Chloe didn't get a good look at the brunette until now. She saw Beca's red cheeks which were slowly forming into bruises, then she proceeded to look down at her arms, they were red too but they had hand imprints. Chloe recognized them as Jesse's...
The redhead could feel her blood boiling, she was beyond furious, her hands shook as she clenched them into fists and stood up from the sofa, her eyes landed on Jesse who was eyeing them carefully. ''What the hell is this?'' She yelled, pointing at Beca's hands and cheeks...
There you guys go! This is probably the longest chapter I did so far. :)) PLEASE leave a review as your opinions mean so much to me. The reviews are also very useful because I sometimes doubt whether I should continue this story! Thank you so much for reading!
