Chloe sat in the college library, pen in one hand, hovering over an already well used yellow legal pad, the other hand flicking through the pages of the text book in front of her. She was only two weeks into her Veterinary training and she felt like she'd read every book in the heavily stacked halls of this place. She stared at the phone on the table beside her, and stark white numbers turned to 21:23. Dropping the pen, stretching to run her hand through her hair she contemplated leaving off where she was and heading back to her now empty apartment. The feeling of loneliness hanging heavy on her, she decided to push on through this chapter and avoid the inevitable... an empty bed, void of the arms she longed to have hold her again. Beca. She missed her so much.

With a heavy sigh, she glanced at her phone again, knowing Bec had been on stage tonight and she'd already sent her a overly sappy 'you got this' text before the show started, she decided against sending another, hoping that she'd hear from her tonight. It had been hours though and the minutes were ticking by so slowly now.

Head in hands, she started to read the chapter of the book in front of her again. This had to be the third time she'd tried reading this same chapter already but she needed the distraction.

Her phone vibrated beside her, 'finally' she breathed, inwardly cringing at herself for the lack of patience, she picked up her phone.

Fat Amy: Yo Red, your girl's blowing up all over the place right now!

Attached was a screen shot from Instagram, of Beca hanging off of the arms of her band members, huge smile in place and glowing all over. Chloe beamed at the photo, it was everything she knew that Beca could be and she was so proud of her. She just wished...

She shook her hair out again and looked at the book in front of her. Not tonight. She needed to get up, walk this feeling off, this wasn't her. Chloe Beale did not get jealous. She wasn't jealous of Beca's success, she was so so proud of her. But the time that she now didn't get to spend with her, the smiles that were now inspired by other things instead of her. That was harder to swallow.

Packing the last of her things into her bag and swinging it onto her shoulder, Chloe headed for the exit. As she hit the city streets, the chill air hit her lungs and she breathed heavy of it, trying to let go of some of the 'ughk' she was feeling. She pushed off the steps, marching the two blocks to the bus stop.

She had to get on top of this before she spoke to Bec, it was so wrong, she couldn't feel negatively about her success and if she didn't get this sorted and put away Bec would know. She felt off and she knew it would come out in the wrong way if she wasn't careful. She would not take any of this away from Beca, she deserved it, had worked so hard for it but she missed her Bec.

It's not like her feelings were unfounded she told herself as she reached the bus stop, just as her bus was pulling up. One thing was going right tonight, if nothing else, she smiled to herself. Taking a seat behind the driver she settled in for the twenty minute journey.

It had just been so soon after their relationship status had been tweaked, a brief confession, a whirlwind of events and she was off to school, Bec was off on tour... Amy went off to spend some 'dollar' and she was alone.

It was too soon, everything was still new and untested, she needed to know that Beca was still there, that the lights and glamour of her new life weren't going to carry her away from her. She had waited for her for so long, been patient and understanding of the time Beca had needed to be comfortable with how she felt and now, now she finally had the one thing that she'd always longed for and Beca's success was taking her on a path that lead her away from Chloe, not towards.

Looking up to see the lights of her apartment building coming into view, Chloe stood, pressed the 'stop' button and waited. The bus stopped and she thanked the driver, ready to step from the bus she paused. There was the shadow of a figure hunched over on the steps of her building, hoodie pulled up over their head.

'Are you ok ma'am?' Came the drivers voice from behind her. Just as she was contemplating turning around and going back to school, the head of the figure on the steps turned to look at her.

'OH MY GOD, YES!!!!' Chloe screamed as she threw herself from the bus and up the stairs, the figure stood just in time to catch Chloe as they crashed into the doors behind them.

'Jesus Beale!' Beca exclaimed as Chloe held tight to her.

Beca held her for a second longer and then gently lifted Chloe's head, brushing the tears from her cheeks as she brought Chloe's face level with hers.

'There she is' Beca whispered as she smiled at Chloe.

'What are you doing here Bec?' Chloe hiccuped through the tears still flowing down her face, as she brought her hands up to cover Beca's.

Beca pulled Chloe closer, dropping her hands down to thread them around Chloe's waist. 'I told Theo I needed some time, got on a plane and here I am... didn't think about the fact that I gave you my keys before I left, it's fucking freezing out here!'

Chloe let her head loll forward to rest against Beca's, 'I can't believe you're back' she whispered, letting her emotions settle a little now she was wrapped in Beca's arms again.

'I'll always come back to you, Chlo' Beca whispered back as she closed the distance between them.

Just like that, kissing the woman she had loved forever, the pieces fell back into place, Chloe knew that Beca would always come back. HAD always come back. This wasn't new, or untested, they had years of 'tested' behind them and this was what it amounted to, someone that she could always count on, someone that would always come back.