Title:Rewrite The Ending
Summary:"You can pretend that I'm not even here, if it will keep your conscience clear." Beca Mitchell only knows heartache; she keeps her walls up and her life closed. So what happens when the person who caused all of this appears in her life again? Can Beca handle it, or will she ultimately shut down?
Rating:M
A/N: Since this is just a filler chapter with a lot of recap, Chapter 5 will be out within the next 24 hours. Also, I have some news for you, so check the A/N at the end of the story! Reviews are always appreciated, I love knowing what you guys think.

Song Used:
Saying Goodbye (Originally by Every Avenue) – Fameless
You Could Be Happy – Snow Patrol
Stay – Mayday Parade (*indicates lyric changes to fit the story)

One Year Ago; LA

Chloe grips the steering wheel tighter as she sits in the parking lot at LAX. Today was the day that Beca was leaving for Georgia, and even though she made it clear that she didn't want to see Chloe before she left, the redhead couldn't let it go. The night before, they said their goodbyes. No heartbreak, no break up. Chloe spent the whole night thinking about Beca leaving and how she knew Beca's insecurities would most likely resurface the minute that she got on that plane. Chloe didn't want to hurt Beca, but she knew if she let this get any further, it'd end badly for the both of them.

Sighing, she gets out of her car and heads to the airport. She runs through the airport, and spots Beca right before the terminal. Chloe takes a deep breath in before approaching the girl she had fallen so madly in love with, unprepared to break her heart.

"Beca! Wait!" Chloe yells out, hoping that the brunette would hear her with headphones in.

"What are you doing here?" Beca asks sternly, pulling a headphone out of her ear.

"I came to say goodbye." Chloe says, mentally hitting herself because she knew they were past that.

"We did that yesterday, so there's another reason you're here." Beca raises an eyebrow and Chloe's heart breaks.

"Beca... I..." Chloe stutters as Beca stands up to face her, rubbing her arm and trying to comfort her girlfriend.

"Come on, Chloe... Just spit it out."

"I can't do this, anymore, Becs…" Chloe cries. Beca's face immediately drops. "I'm sorry… I can't be with you, anymore."

"Chloe, please. This is temporary. This move back home is temporary…. Please don't do this to us. You can't just take this relationship that we spent a year building and throw it away because I have to go back to Georgia…" Beca pleads.

"Beca, you don't trust me. I know you say you do, but I know that states apart, you would constantly be on my case about who I'm with or what I'm doing, and I can't handle that, Becs. You cannot let your insecurities get the best of you, but you haven't worked them out yet, and that's something you need to do." Chloe replies truthfully, and rather harshly.

Beca doesn't even try to argue because she knows Chloe is right. It doesn't hurt any less, but she knows that she doesn't fully trust her. And that will ultimately end their relationship, anyway.

"I love you, Becs… But please understand, that we can't do this anymore. It'll just get too far and become even more painful that it is now." Chloe sighs. She grabs Beca's hand, squeezing it gently before letting go and nodding towards the terminal. "You need to go… and you need to let me go."

xxx

Chloe watches Beca from side stage and starts to feel her heart break. Is this really how she made Beca feel? Like she was completely ruined because of their break up? Chloe knew that no amount of "sorry's" would cut it. She understood that what she had done was nearly unforgivable. Chloe only hoped that Beca could find it in her heart to forgive her.

As the song finishes, Chloe walks away and finds Aubrey. Tears streaming down her face, she takes a deep breath as the blonde envelopes her in a hug.

"I had no idea..." Chloe gets out between sobs.

"Hey, Chlo... It's okay..." Aubrey sympathizes.

"No. She's never going to forgive me," Chloe sniffles, wiping her tears away with her shirt sleeve.

"Look, Chloe..." Aubrey pauses. "I love you and Beca both. You guys have a rough past and I get it. But you don't know how she will react."

Chloe shrugs. She had come up with a great set list that hopefully told Beca everything that she needed hear.

"Let's just get this over with."

The Bellas stood side stage after being handed microphones from Benji. Chloe's emotions were all over the place and she didn't think she could pull it off. A small, reassuring smile from Aubrey helped shake her nervousness as the announcer took the stage.

"And up next, we have the Barden Bellas!" He screams loudly and the crowd roars.

The group walks out onto the stage and start singing a soft tune.

Chloe holds the microphone close to her face as the words pour out of her heart.

I watched the sun come up over the LA skyline.*
Drove through a whole night just to make it right.
The last thing I remember, you were begging me not to go.
You had that look of sadness on your face that only I would know.

I thought a lot about the summers passed:
Your hair in your eyes,
And how we spent the whole night saying goodbye.
Saying goodbye, like it was the last time.

I thought I forgot my past,
But that all changed today.
I know it was wrong of me to try to throw this all away.
So if you give it just one more try,
I'll give you everything you need.
She said,
"Just tell me what changed your mind, what brought you back to me?"
And I said,

The tune changes and Chloe starts singing the verse of the next song they put in set list.

You could be happy and I won't know.
But you weren't happy the day I watched you go.
And all the things that I wished I had not said
Are played in loops till it's madness in my head.

Is it too late to remind you how we were?
But not our last days of silence, screaming, blur.
Most of what I remember makes me sure.
I should have stopped you from walking out the door.

Lilly starts the beat of the final song in their set and Chloe knows that is her last chance to tell Beca everything that she wanted to say, but couldn't.

What a night it is when you live like this,
And you're coming up beneath the clouds.
Don't let me down.
All the love's still there, I just don't know what to do with it now.
You know I still can't believe we both did some things I don't even want to think about.
Just say you love me,
And I'll say I'm sorry.
I don't want anybody else to feel this way.
No, no, no.

Oh, can you tell I haven't slept very well
Since the last time that we spoke?
I said, "Please understand, I've been drinking again, and all I do is hope."
Please...

Stay.
Stay!

Chloe's nearly in tears by the last verse of the song, all of the emotion flooding over her.

I admit I was wrong about everything,
'Cause I'm high and I don't want to come down.
All the fun that we had on your leather couch,*
I don't even want to think about.
I'm not strong enough for the both of us.
What was I supposed to do?
You know I love you.

Whoa, please stay.

The rest of the group keeps repeating "stay" in the background as Chloe drops the microphone and sprints off stage, memories of her relationship with Beca clouding her mind.

Chloe keeps running through the backstage area until she's met with loud thud, followed by an "oof". As she looks down to apologize to whoever she blindly knocked over, brown eyes meet hers.

"Beca..."

Hey guys,

Chapter 5 will be out within 24 hours. I have a surprise for you guys come Chapter 6. If you want to know what that surprise is, you can check out my twitter; versusthequeer

Review or something; tell me where you think this story is going.

-Q