Jesse turned around so fast his head spun. He immediately released his tight grip on the small shaking brunette and glared at the intruder.

"Chloe just back off okay? I'm in love with her and I'm not losing her to you," the Treble growled.

Chloe sprinted into the booth, yanking the door open so fast the entire establishment shook. Beca was practically catatonic, unable to move from her spot; her shirt was still unbuttoned from Jesse's sloppy kisses and painful feeling up. The older girl's heart shattered into pieces at the sight of her girlfriend looking so unbelievably broken. Knowing that her tiny beautiful girlfriend had already been violated in her past and now had to relive that and cope with the trauma of more unwanted sexual advances sent Chloe into overprotective mode. She launched herself at Jesse, ripping him away from Beca and shielding the girl behind her in one fluid motion.

"You have 10 seconds to get the fuck out of this building before I call the police and have you locked up for the rest of your life. I won't tell you again. Fuck. Off. And never even so much as look at my girlfriend again," Chloe threatened, her voice deadly calm and venom in her eyes.

The treble's eyes widened, taking her threat seriously, he shot one last longing glance at Beca and took off.

The redhead redirected her attention to her devastated girlfriend, taking in the heart wrenching sight of the younger girl's eyes squeezed shut tightly, her fists gently shaking at her sides and biting her lip so hard, Chloe was scared she might draw blood.

"Beca?" The older girl questioned cautiously. She gingerly took a small step towards the brunette only to see her flinch back.

"Beca please talk to me," Chloe begged, reaching out again with her left hand.

The younger girl's dark eyes flashed to the ginger's for a moment before locking back on a random stack of CDs.

"I'm fine. You can go," Beca answered. Her voice broke but did not waver. It was as if she didn't feel anything at all, Chloe was at a loss.

"Beca please don't do this," Chloe whimpered

Suddenly the DJ's eyes flashed up to meet Chloe's. "Oh now you want to be there for me? Now how I feel matters? That's great Chlo, I'm so honored that you've finally decided to give a shit about me."

With that Beca turned on her heel, still trembling, gathered up all her stuff and stormed out of the radio station. Chloe stood there staring after her. All she could feel was pain and shame; she'd made Beca feel like she was nothing, like she didn't even care about her and now her beautiful girlfriend had finally had enough and was going to push her away. Suddenly it occurred to Chloe that Beca didn't have a car. She grabbed her belongings and rushed after the dark blue eyed girl, determined to stop her before she walked all the way home in the pouring rain.

"Beca!" Chloe called, desperately racing to catch up with the freshman.

But it was as if Beca couldn't hear her at all, nor did she have any interest in hearing her girlfriend out.

"Becs please," Chloe whimpered, reaching out and grabbing the younger girl's shoulder. The brunette wheeled around so fast Chloe flinched.

"I don't want to do this now. Or ever. You don't get to spend months, literal months easing me into this relationship and the idea that someone was actually, finally going to stay with me, and then take it all back because you didn't realize what you were signing up for," Beca snarked, her voice trembling and her hands shaking with hurt and rage.

"Baby please, that's not what happened just listen to me," the ginger begged. "You're right. I didn't know everything I was signing up for. I didn't know you were so brave and amazing on top of being talented and gorgeous. I didn't know but I do now and it doesn't change the way that I feel about you."

Beca laughed sardonically, "Then what? You were so into how fucked up I am, you needed to ignore me and fuck me up a little more?"

Chloe could literally feel her heart break at the concealed hurt and pain in her girlfriend's voice. She felt beyond terrible that Beca felt this way and because of her. She would literally do anything to make her Beca understand that it had nothing to do with her and everything to do with her own insecurity.

"Beca please, just let's get out of this rain. I don't want you to get sick. Or at least take my rain jacket," Chloe pleaded, making a move to remove the jacket to protect her girlfriend.

"I don't need you to pretend to care now just because Jesse a-attacked me," Beca coughed painfully. Chloe's focus was directed to the dark purple bruises beginning to form at the base of her girlfriend's neck from where Jesse grabbed her so hard.

Chloe took the final steps between her and her girlfriend and gently caressed her girlfriend's throats, ignoring Beca's harsh flinch.

"Dude what?" Beca began, taking a half step back only to be stopped by Chloe's arm slipping around on her back to keep her in place.

"How badly does this hurt? Your voice is really raspy I want to make sure there's no permanent damage," The ginger asked softly, doing her best not to let her anger get the best of her.

"Fuck off," Beca hissed, flinching out of her girlfriend's grip. She moved to turn again but Chloe, exasperated, grabbed her wrist to hold her in place.

"I was scared okay?" Chloe said through rain-infused tears. "I was so fucking scared that I wouldn't be enough to help you. That I couldn't be what you needed. That's why I ran. Not because I didn't love you, or want you anymore. I was so proud of you for opening up to me but I was so fucking scared of not being enough for you. I have loved you every single day since the moment I met you. And I'm going to love you every day of forever. So please, forgive me. Because I would give anything to have you back in my arms again."

Beca's guarded eyes dropped and her heart split in two at the sight of her girlfriend crying and shaking in the rain. She was in shock. Her girlfriend had just said it, the words stuck on her lips just days ago, the words stuck in her heart since she met her.

Chloe loved her.

"Come on, let's get out of the rain," Beca said softly, reaching around and taking Chloe's hand softly in her own.

Chloe smiled a watery smile and squeezed Beca hand gently, leading them both to the car. Maybe there was hope for her yet.

Hi guys. It's been forever I know. Please let me know what you think, It's been so long that I'm in need of suggestions for where you'd like me to go with this. Thanks everyone for all your support.