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I am so sorry for the delay on this chapter, I have an excuse, I was without internet briefly and work had me flat out with either closing shifts, leaving me to go to bed after work, or openings, leaving me to go to bed early. Anyways, I know you didn't click on this story to find out my work schedule, so I'm gonna dive into some responses to some awesome reviews left by you lovely people and then leave you with the chapter :) Enjoy
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Disclaimer: I Don't own the characters from Prom Night or Pitch Perfect, I wish I did.
This Chapter has some BeChloe cuteness, at least, I hope you guys find it cute D:
Oh, and there's texting in this so This writing is text :)
Chloe woke up the next morning with the feeling of arms wrapped around her, she jumped slightly thinking it was Fenton, before turning quickly to see her sleeping friend.
Memories of her nightmare from mere hours before flashed through her mind as she started to remember why Aubrey was in her bed. She'd been comforted by the older girl, Aubrey hadn't pushed her to say anything, she simply held her till they both went back to sleep.
She looked over at her clock that told her that she had 20 minutes to get herself ready for her first class of the day, she quickly came to one conclusion, she's skipping that class this time 'round.
She felt Aubrey begin to stir and looked back down as her friends eyes fluttered open and she took a moment to realise where she was
"Morning" she mumbled as she rolled out of the bed to allow Chloe to also move from the bed
"How'd you sleep after.. y'know" the blonde asked as she started to gather numerous things for her shower.
"Pretty good, I'm sorry about last night, you probably would have preferred a peaceful nights sleep" Chloe apologised as she looked down, she really didn't want to bother Aubrey any more than she probably had, the other girl already had to watch out for her during the day.
"It's fine, as long as you're okay, it's my job to watch out for you and help in any way I can" Aubrey said, offering a small smile which Chloe returned.
Aubrey began walking for the door but Chloe jumped up quickly and grabbed her arm "wait… I uhm, wanted to thank you for last night, you didn't push for any explanation and I appreciate that"
She hugged Aubrey who in return smiled at the younger girl "uh, anyways" Chloe couldn't find the words to continue. She wanted to let Aubrey in a little, have a friend who knew more about her so she could talk to her but the words weren't coming, she sighed "thanks again"
Aubrey just nodded "its fine, really.. I gotta go have a shower, I'll see you later" and with that Chloe stood alone in their dorm.
She went back to her bed and laid down, reaching for her phone on the bedside table she saw that she had a new message, from Beca. She vaguely remembered entering her number in the other girls phone he night before without the other girls knowledge, and she wasn't expecting the other girl to have found it so soon, she smiled as she opened the text
You know, you're my only friend with red hair, so 'Red' wasn't a very cryptic name to give yourself there Chloe :)
Chloe smiled, at least Beca didn't seem creeped out that Chloe had helped herself to her phone, she thought as she typed back her response
I'm just glad you don't have another red-headed friend that you could have confused me with :)
She stared at her reply for a moment before hitting send, she looked at the time, her first class of the day had started, not that she was going to it, her next one started at 1, so she had the morning to herself, she felt her phone vibrate and looked to see Beca's reply
Not even possible, do you know what people would say if I had more than one red-headed friend? I do have a rep to uphold
Chloe giggled, like a little school girl giggle, she hasn't giggled for real in such a long time, and here she is giggling at her phone, thanks to Beca, she typed her reply with the biggest most cheesy smile
You're a freshmen, what rep do you even have?
She hit send as she thought about how ridiculous their conversation was, and she loved it, she didn't have to put on the happy face that was really a mask to the pain she'd been through, and for a brief moment she actually forgot she was hiding from a man who had caused her unthinkable pain, he'd taken her family and friends from her simply because he believed they loved each other and that her loved ones were trying to keep them apart, for a brief moment she forgot about her life as Donna Keppel and for the first time since being given this new identity, she felt as if she was Chloe Beale. She once again felt her phone vibrate indicating that she had a text, Beca's name appearing on her screen
Touche young one
We're the same age!
Touche again Red
Touche is just an overused word
And touche again ;)
Chloe was smiling, really smiling, this banter between herself and Beca just came so easily and she loved it. She thought of what her next reply could be, something witty, but what? Then before she could think about what she was really gonna say, she typed out her reply
Hey, so as fun as this is, I was actually wondering if you wanted to hang out? y'know in person?
She hit send before she could stop herself, she re-read what she had said and mentally slapped herself, 'y'know in person' smooth Beale, smooth. She didn't have to wait long for her reply
Sure, I have to work later this afternoon but i finish at 6 :)
Perfect, I'll swing by the station at 6 to pick you up
Sounds great
Chloe replied with a smiley face before setting her phone down and decided to have a quick shower.
At 6 sharp Chloe was entering the large building that held the Barden University radio station, she asked for directions from the man behind the large desk and was pointed down the hall.
She located the room easily enough and as she approached she heard singing, at first thinking it was due to the fact that duh it was a radio station of course there'd be singing, she quickly dropped that idea as she opened the door to find Beca Mitchell singing 500 Miles.
She smiled and before she realised it she was talking, "ah ha! you can sing" way to go Beale she kicked herself, now she'll think you're rude if not anything else.
Beca stopped singing and whipped around "oh god you scared me, and I didn't say I can't sing, I said I don't sing"
"What was that?"
"That was me not singing"
"You were really good"
"Thanks, still wasn't singing"
Chloe rolled her eyes and then smiled, an ingenious idea hitting her "okay, so you don't sing, that's fine, but you can still audition for the Bellas"
Beca raised her eyebrows at her "but I wont sing.."
She started to protest but Chloe stopped her "you don't need to 'sing' you can be a Soprano or a Mezzo"
"What the hell is a Metzo?"
"A Mezzo, they're the people who help create the instrumental noises, like bass and drums" Chloe smiled, glad she'd remembered that small fact "now you have no excuse not to audition"
"Guess not, okay I'll audition at least"
"You won't regret it"
"We'll see"
Chloe only smiled more, she was sure Beca would be a Bella.
Chloe took Beca to a small little cafe on campus for dinner as the DJ had yet to eat due to stacking CD's.
She kind of liked the idea of a public place any way, she was still scared of Fenton, still worried he'd find her, and she'd be damned if she was gonna be in some quiet place with Beca when he did, she wasn't gonna put Beca in that kind of danger. Sure she had this nagging feeling that just by being friends with Beca she was putting the other girl in danger, but she liked hanging out with Beca too much, she liked how happy she was just talking to her and she knew it was probably selfish, but the side of her that hoped Fenton would never find her was the only reason she even considered starting any friendship with Beca, and now that she had she couldn't bring herself to just push Beca away. So her solution? Always be in a public place with the girl, or anyone she was to hang out with.
Her thoughts were interrupted by a hand waving in front of her face, she jumped a little as she saw Beca in front of her laughing
"You okay Beale? you seem out of it"
"Uh no I'm fine, just tired is all, didn't get much sleep" great, now Beca's gonna ask why she lost sleep
"Up all night thinking of how awesome I am?" Beca made a joke, she wasn't gonna push Chloe for the reason.
Chloe smiled "you know it, you leave quite the impression Miss Mitchell"
"Don't ever call me that again, it sounds.. old" Beca let out a laugh "you haven't had any of your green tea, do you not like it" Beca asked her.
The girl had insisted the she try green tea, saying she'd love it, Chloe had accepted which she now regretted, she had taken one sip and she didn't like the taste, but she couldn't bring herself to tell Beca
"No, its good I was just caught up in talking" she tried to smile as she took another sip, hoping that her cringe at the taste wasn't noticeable
"You sure? i know it's not everybody's forte" Beca laughed as she took a big gulp from her own mug
"I'm sure" Chloe took another small sip, maybe if she didn't touch it for a while and it went cold she'd be able to throw it out
"Cool, y'know green tea is actually better cold" Beca smiled at her, Chloe looked at her, had Beca just read her mind?
"Really? Maybe I'll wait for mine to go cold so I can try it" she smiled, maybe she can still get out of drinking it, she felt bad for lying to Beca about liking it, but she couldn't bring herself to tell the other girl.
After sitting in a cafe for three hours, Chloe almost doing a spit take on her green tea when she tried it cold, only to tell Beca she preferred it hot, at least she got out of drinking it, and a long conversation that really required no effort from either girl as the conversation just flowed from one topic to another, the girls called it a night.
Beca walked Chloe back to her dorm room only to find an angry Aubrey greeting them both
"Chloe why didn't you text me I got so worried" the blonde shrieked when both girls entered the room
"Geez, blondie you aren't her mum, calm your farm" Beca retorted.
Chloe knew she why Aubrey would have been worried, but she couldn't tell Beca that "sorry Aubrey, i got caught up" was all she could say.
Beca left after telling Chloe to text her in the morning and then it was Chloe and Aubrey "I am sorry Aubs, I really just lost track of time with Beca and-"
She was interrupted by Aubrey "no Chloe, don't start with the excuses, you need to text me when you're going to be out after 7 and-"
This time Chloe interrupted Aubrey "7! really? you want to put a curfew on me"
"It's for your safety, and speaking of which, you need to let me know where you're going at all times, and starting tomorrow I want you texting me every hour if I'm not with you. Chloe, there is a reason you are under protection, my protection, I don't know what that reason is but I'm not going to let anything happen. I need to know you're safe"
Chloe looked at Aubrey, holding her gaze for a few seconds before sighing "okay, i'm sorry, I just forgot about everything. With Beca I forget i'm me, I feel like I could really be Chloe"
"You are, you just need to be Careful Chloe"
"Did you really just call me Careful Chloe"
"Yes, and I'm serious"
"I know, and thank you for looking out for me"
"Its fine" Aubrey started moving around the dorm to prepare for bed.
Chloe sat on her own bed, she knew she should tell Aubrey something about why she was here, she sighed before mumbling "Fenton" her friend stopped and looked at her
"What?"
"Fenton, he's the reason I'm under protection"
"Oh, sweetie you don't need to explain"
"Yea I do, you're essentially protecting me from him, you might as well know who he is" she looked up to see if Aubrey was going to reject, Aubrey nodded so she continued "Fenton" she started but it came out as barely a whisper, she coughed, clearing her throat, "Richard Fenton, was my science teacher in high school" she heard a gasp from the older girl, assuming it was because Aubrey had guessed where this was headed she continued again
"He grew... infatuated" Chloe paused as she looked for the right word "..with me, he thought I loved him, he was convinced we'd be together"
She looked up, trying to read Aubrey's expression, the other girl sitting on her own bed with her lips pursed, she was angry, Chloe looked down before speaking again, hoping the anger wasn't being directed at herself
"My friends would tease me, joke about him having a crush on me. When he started to get.. Touchy, in class, the occasional brushing here and there, looking over my work as he put is arm around me… It scared me a little, I told my parents and they complained to the school. When another teacher noticed him bumping into me in the hallways on more than one occasion, they too raised their suspicion to the school, and he was fired."
Chloe looked up to see Aubrey with a serious expression, before she asked "did… did he ever, uhm…."
Chloe knew where this question was going, she'd answered it enough times "no, he never did anything like that" she quickly replied, she saw the look of confusion on Aubrey's face "he was fired and took it really bad, started stalking me, running into me in random public places, my parents got a restraining order against him and he got mad…"
She stopped, she couldn't do it, she'd talked to a therapist a thousand times before about that night, about the nightmares she had as a result of that night, but she couldn't bring herself to tell it now, a sob escaped her.
Aubrey was at her side in seconds pulling her into a hug, "hey, it's okay, you don't have to continue, I know enough, its fine"
Chloe couldn't bring herself to say anything as she let herself cry on the older girls shoulder. An hour later the two girls were asleep, both in Chloe's bed as Aubrey once again comforted the other girl into a somewhat peaceful slumber.
So there is chapter 4
Thank you for reading, once again I'm sorry for the lateness of the update, I should have chapter 5 up by the weekend though :D
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