A/N ****Trigger warning**** Sexual abuse happens in this chapter. I don't go into extreme detail but I don't want anyone to read anything that may potentially harm them. **Drug use**
"Beca Mitchell, what the hell are you doing?" Beca's aunt questioned as soon as she closed the car door and locked it. Beca stared straight ahead knowing that there was nothing she could do or say to calm her aunt down without giving Chloe away. "I thought we got passed this after you moved in with us?" Beca could feel the frustration building in her chest as her aunt spoke. Beca sat silently pulling on the bottom of her dress, feeling guilty for the sound of pain in her aunt's voice.
"I'm sorry." She finally mumbled after a moment of silence.
"Your uncle and I are going on a trip, we leave tonight. Which you knew about. We'll deal with this when we get home, this stays between us for now." Marie's face softened a little when she saw the look of pure despair on Beca's features. "Unless you need me to stay home. I know things have been hard lately." Marie settled her hand on the back of Beca's as she spoke.
"No aunt Marie. Please, go have fun. I'm sorry. We can talk about when you get home." Beca really was upset but her aunt thought she was rebelling when she wasn't and this would give her time to think of some story to tell her when she got back, maybe making the punishment less harsh.
"I miss her too Beca, remember that." Marie whispered, Beca's stomach turned at the thought of her mom. The small brunette nodded once in response and put her seatbelt on, signaling she was ready to go.
"Hey, dude you need to stop taking the blame for people and their drugs. You got off last time with a lengthy Mitchell house arrest but you're too old for that now." Elly stated as she walked into the front door of the guest house. "They might make you move back into the house." She added. "Which is cool with me, I'll trade you the loft in the shop for the guest house." Beca chuckled as her cousin dove onto the couch.
"No way man, I won the guest house fair and square. You were just too dumb to take my bet. Besides the shop works better for you because of your little side business, it's away from the view of the house so you can sneak your little addicts over for their fix." Elly shot Beca the middle finger and laughed.
"Why'd you cover for her?" Elly asked more serious now. Beca shrugged. I have no idea why I keep doing stupid shit for pretty women but I really just didn't want her to get in trouble. Beca thought to herself filled with confusion.
"She's got an image and well I've got nothing to lose. I'm the Mitchell family charity case and whatever so people already look at me like I'm trouble." Beca explained.
"You're not a charity case cuz. We're your family. Of course we took you in, you had nowhere else to go and face it we have the room. Besides, that was the best thing our family has ever done. You're like my best friend or something." Beca just nodded knowing Elly wasn't good with talking about her feelings just like she isn't. "Well, knowing Chloe Beale she's going to find a way to make it up to you."
"What do you mean?" Beca asked confused.
"I know I couldn't make it up to you when you covered for me at school but like you saved her image. Do you know what happens when one of the "families" has a corrupted child? Chloe would have been a dead man. I'm sure her parents would have quit paying for her schooling and shipped her across the world or something where no one could see her ever again. Chloe's not the kind of person who won't try and make up for the damage she's caused you for helping. She's a lot different than most the kids around here. Despite the fact that she uses drugs to have some fun, just… Don't judge her as a person based off that. That's not really who she is. She's just struggling with something." Beca listened intently to her cousin's response and started at her hands in silence when she finished. "She's coming to the party tonight. Maybe you should try to talk to her or something." Elly grinned as she walked to the fridge. "Got any beer out here?"
"Yeah in the mini fridge in the guest room." Beca stood up and grabbed two beers. Returning to place one in Elly's hand.
"Thought you weren't drinking tonight?" Elly teased.
"It's been a long day." Beca replied shortly before sliding onto the couch and reaching out to pet the black and white cat that Elly so readily named Riff because she loved playing guitar so much.. "So is everything set up?" Beca glanced out the window and towards the back of the mansion in front of them, unsure of how they'd set up everything when it was so insanely dark outside.
"Yeah as soon as the parental units leave I'll flip a switch and boom lights and music. I had some of the boys from work come by and set up when you were at dinner with mom. Dad was at some kind of meeting so I figured it would be the best way to do it. It was dark before you got home so there was no way possible for them to see the setup outside. You going to do some DJing tonight or nah?" Beca's ears perked up at the question Elly had just asked.
"Do you want me to?" Was the only response Beca could form because she wasn't really sure if she was in the mood, which is odd because no matter what if Beca does her DJ thing then she's automatically on cloud nine again. Elly hummed in approval.
"You don't have to all night if you don't want but for part of it I think it'd be pretty sweet. Besides most your sets are dope." Elly grinned into the mouth of her beer before taking a drink. "The lights in the house just went off. T minus twenty minutes until we can get this thing swinging into a full forced party bash." Just then Elly's eyes dropped to her phone which was buzzing obnoxiously on the table. "Excuse me one second." Elly lifted her phone and answered. "Hey Chlo. What's up?" Elly listened for a moment before laughing loudly, shaking her head. "Twenty minutes. Yes. No, what? Okay of course you can. No do not try that again this year. I swear to god Chloe Beale you'll be the death of me. Love you too." Beca listened to one side of the quick conversation, attempting to show little to no interest at all. "Ready?" Elly asked as she typed up a short text and sent it to the masses. "Let's get you set up by the pool and all the lights on. Welcome to Mitchell Paradise." Elly smirked the same way she always did before doing something crazy or something that only Elly would think of. Just minutes later guys where showing up with kegs, bottles, ice chests and tables for beer pong. The entire back patio had been turned into a card and pong area. Beca set up her equipment and speakers a little way back from the pool. Elly was setting up the alcohol on the bar next to the pool.
"Was it really necessary to build a full sized bar next to the pool?" Beca asked the shorter blonde.
"It was dad's idea not mine. Although I think I've used it way more than he ever will." Elly responded as she set out some limes in a little basket.
"Maybe he just built it outside so you'd have no excuse to throw parties inside the house?" Beca teased as she twisted the cap off her beer. More people had shown up and small groups were forming. "I'm going to put on one of your rock playlists until a little later and then I'll get up there and do my thing." Elly nodded in Beca's direction as if she was agreeing.
Chloe smiled to herself when she pulled her car down the gravel road that led into the back side of the Mitchell property. Parking her car just outside the guest house like she always did so she didn't have to worry about some dumb drunk asshole puking on or hitting her car later in the night. She hummed softly to herself as she walked towards the lights out on the other side of the guest house. The lyrics from a Pretty Reckless song floating into her ears. I love these parties; I love this music even more. Chloe thought happily. "Hey Ell!" Chloe slapped her short friend on the ass as she approached. Soliciting a grin in response.
"Hello Chicca." Elly replied before handing Chloe a red solo cup with pink contents. Chloe raised her eyebrow and Elly chuckled. "It's my Mitchell mix." Chloe nodded knowing that it was going to taste delicious but probably get her drunk faster than she needed to be. "Here. Take one." Elly offered her hand out with three different pills, all different shapes and sizes. "Acid, E or the capsule is molly."
"Oh! That's easy. E." Chloe beamed her signature smile as Elly handed it to her.
"Be safe tonight, I'll probably be manning the bar if you need anything let me know. Otherwise you've been here a million times. You know where everything is." Chloe nodded and walked off to socialize until the drugs took effect. A tall blonde caught her eye from across the pool.
"Aubrey!" Chloe ran and flung herself on the modest woman, squeezing her until she was sure she would break the other woman's ribs. "Sorry." The redhead muttered when they broke apart.
"It's okay, I missed you too. I'm going to grab a drink. Stacie should be right behind me." The smiled as she watched her other best friend walk away just before Stacie appeared.
"Hey red." Stacie's expression was still serious and Chloe awkwardly took a drink from her cup. "We need to talk." Chloe sighed heavily knowing where this was going, she nodded to let the girl know she was listening. "Those pills in the bathroom, they weren't the brunette's were they?" Chloe opened her mouth to respond when she felt her elbow being pulled in the opposite direction and her head started to get the happy high feeling.
"Come play pong with me." Tom said as Chloe focused her eyes. Shit, I didn't want you to be here tonight. Chloe thought angrily to herself. Tom spun on his heels, much taller than Chloe he looked down and frowned. "What are you wearing?" Chloe had to chomp down the inside of her lip to keep from snapping at him. She rocked up on her toes and planted a not so loving kiss on his lips.
"Let's play pong." She smiled when he blinked his eyes back open. She glanced around him at the table where she could see Lucas and his girlfriend Natalie waiting. This is going to be a long night. Chloe squeezed her eyes shut trying to remind herself to keep her composure. Like always Chloe and Tom dominated the pong table with ease. The music had gone from rock to these really cool mixes that you would hear at a club or something. Just as Chloe was about to stumble off for a drink she was sure she didn't need. She'd lost count of how many she'd had and where Stacie and Aubrey went off to. Tom grabbed her wrist and pulled her towards the house. "Tom, not tonight. I just want to hang out and listen to music." She tried to push him off but was too messed up to function properly.
"This is hanging out; we'll open the window so you can hear the music. It'll be fun." Tom mumbled into the side of Chloe's neck. His hands were rough as the worked on the buttons on her vest. Chloe began to protest. "Shut the fuck up Chloe." Tom snapped, slamming her back into the wall. A sharp pain shooting through her body at the contact. Chloe was fighting back the tears.
"Tom please." She pleaded trying to turn her face away from his. His hand connected with her cheek and the forceful slap told her that she wasn't getting out of it. "Don't do this again." She mumbled as he sat on her chest and unbuttoned his pants. Taking no time at all to tear Chloe's off and toss them on the floor. The harder Chloe struggled the harder he dug his fingers into her skin. Causing her to cry out in pain.
"If you don't shut the fuck up I'm going to have to beat the shit out of you. Is that what you want?" Tom hissed as he held his hand down tight over Chloe's mouth. Tears and mascara were now running down her cheeks. Chloe instantly felt sober again as she felt the pain of him inside of her. Crying softly as he grunted and forced himself inside of her over and over again. After a few minutes she turned her head and stared at the clock. Silent tears stopped as irony seemed to seep into the air when the voices from outside chimed in as an old song filtered through the speakers.
"Oh, clouds of time seem to rain on innocence left behind. It never goes away. Can you stay strong? Can you go on? Kristy, are you doing okay? A rose that won't bloom, winter's kept you. Don't waste your whole life trying to get back what was taken away."
Chloe focused on the lyrics floating in through the open window as the repetitive motions became numbing, her body was screaming in pain but her mind wasn't even there anymore. She was somewhere else completely. Eyes still watching the alarm clock on the night stand next to the bed. She watched the minutes barely tick by for about a half hour before Tom collapsed in a heap of disgusting sweat and pants. Chloe sat up and slid off the bed in silence, searching for her pants. When she found them she walked to the bathroom and locked the door. Turning the sink on so she could fix her mascara and her hair. When she locked eyes with herself in the mirror her stomach twisted and she had to spin around to make it to the toilet in time. I can't believe it happened again, how could you be so fucking stupid? You're such a fucking idiot! Chloe silently cursed herself after she finished puking and fixed her appearance before walking past Tom to the party. Not stopping when she heard him call her name.
"Hey where have you been?" Stacie asked Chloe as she suddenly reappeared at the bar. Elly turned around Chloe nodded once asking for another drink. "Chloe are you okay?" The tall brunette asked when Chloe didn't respond to her first question. Chloe swallowed the lump in her throat.
"Can I get six shots of tequila?" Chloe asked Elly who just laughed in return. "Let's do shots, where's Aubrey at?" At that moment as if she had heard Chloe say her name, Aubrey appeared out of nowhere smiling drunkenly at Chloe. "Here Posen." She handed Aubrey a shot knowing she wouldn't oppose since she was obviously already drunk. Stacie eyed Chloe suspiciously but was too drunk to press the issue further and took a glass for herself also. Chloe didn't even wince as the alcohol went down.
"I don't want the other one, I have to drive this one home here pretty soon." Stacie said as Chloe tried to hand her the other glass. Chloe shrugged and handed it to Aubrey who took it gratefully and chomped down on a lime. Chloe threw back both shots before stumbling numbly off towards the DJ. Her head pounding, vison blurry from the fact that she was now drunk again and still high. She took a cup out of someone's hand before jumping up on a table and belting the words to a PVRIS song.
A/N can't wait to post the next chapter. Things are finally getting somewhere! Don't worry, Bechloe will happen eventually. Song in this chapter is Kristy Are You Doing Okay by The Offspring