A/N: Oh Man! Thank you guys for following, favouriting and reviewing this story! It makes me so happyyy and I'll start replying some reviews here. I hope you are enjoying this story so far? I would love to hear what you think of this fic in the reviews! xx
Hetwaszoietsals: Thank you! I hope I don't disappoint! :)
Guest (Chapter 2): Thank you and don't worry, I have a lot of ideas for this story! ;)
Guest (Chapter 4): That's right, I wonder what Chloe will do about this realization…
Bechloe4ever: OMG thank you! And I love how you describe Beca's life as a perfect imperfect life [tearing up] And ps. I'm in love with Beca here as well XD
Guest (Chapter 4): Ne-new fav?![*gasp*] Oh my god! Thank you thank you thank you! And don't worry, updates will be pretty regular and quick for a while. Now let's see when Beca will finally spot Chloe *wink wink*
pipitz009: "They're not even in the same book." – Hahaha, love this! And you are absolutely right about their relationship. I'm relieved that my writing is able to convey all that clearly so thank you for the reassurance ;) Annnd about Beca's life right now, I'll tap more into that in later chapters, so stay tuned!
cakedinmud: No worries! Rant away! I love long reviews ;) And yeh, I'm pretty upset about the second trailer as well, but hey, you never know how it's gonna turn out so fingers crossed! And I absolutely understand your worries, but all I can say without spoiling anything is that Chicago is never meant to be a main character in this fic, and I think the next few chapters will make you very happy. *wink* So…please keep reading?
RJRMovieFan: Aww thank you! And yeh I'm really excited to write about how Beca's coping with all her struggles in her career and I have a lot of stuff planned to reveal how they lost contact. I'll be dropping hints in the chapters pretty soon! ;)
Jen: "There are two things that Beca love the most: Chloe and Music" - That. Is. So. TRUE! And I love that you put Chloe first! Chloe always comes first ;) And I love when Beca can play multiple instruments as well, so you'll definitely gonna see more of that! ;D
Guest (Chapter 2): Oops! Didn't notice those typos there! Thanks for letting me know, and they are all fixed now. :D
BecsEffinMitch: Oh myyy! THANK YOU! Now I just feel stressed…I hope I can live up to your expectations. :D And don't worry, they will always find their way back to each other ;)
Disclaimer: I do not own Pitch Perfect or any songs used in this fic.
Chapter 5
Chloe was waiting nervously in the restaurant for Chicago. She had made her decision and her answer was no. Although it pained her to do so, she knew she had to break it off with Chicago. After that sudden realization in the kitchen the other day, she knew she had been sleep walking in her love life all these years and she didn't want to continue to settle. She wanted to search for that person that would love her with all their heart and that she would love back just as much, a person who would appear in all her perfect pictures of her future self and she wanted to know without a doubt that that was the person she would want to spend the rest of her life with.
So today was the day. She had to break up with Chicago.
Chicago called earlier and told her that he had made a reservation at this chic restaurant which apparently was quite popular lately, saying that he had something he wanted to talk to her about.
Chloe was getting impatient, she didn't want to postpone doing this. Chicago was leaving in 2 days and she didn't want to wait until the last day to tell him.
Just when she took out her phone and was about to text Chicago to ask where he was, he appeared in front of her, holding a bunch of roses. Chloe was a little taken aback by the sudden romantic gesture from her boyfriend. Chicago barely gave her flowers, so she accepted the roses even though her favourite flower was daffodil.
Chloe wasn't sure what to say to Chicago, she was still confused looking at those roses. So she just sat there quietly when Chicago ordered for them. After the waiter left, Chicago turned his attention back to Chloe.
"You look nice tonight." He said.
"Thanks. You look nice as well." Chloe offered him a small smile.
While they were eating their dinner, Chloe was contemplating on how to bring up the whole breakup talk. She felt it was beginning to be difficult to do so especially when Chicago was being romantic and sweet all of a sudden. So, she sighed, starting to think if she should break up with him after they were back home instead of doing it in the restaurant.
Just when she was deep in her conflicting thoughts, Chicago broke the silence, "Hey it's 6pm, I heard they have a really good pianist that would come and play the piano from this time every night, and she sometimes even plays the guitar. I know guitar is your favourite instrument, right?"
Chole smiled, and nodded, turning her attention to the giant piano located in the middle of the restaurant. And true to Chicago's words, there was a light turned on above the piano, indicating the performance was about to begin.
Chloe absentmindedly poked at her dessert while waiting to see who was going to be playing the piano. Her eyes widened upon seeing a familiar figure walking slowly towards the piano, carrying a guitar case as well.
Of course it was Beca Mitchell.
Of course it would be her.
She seemed to be appearing everywhere Chloe went lately apparently.
Fortunately, Chloe and Chicago's table was not directly in front of the piano so Beca didn't see them on her way to the piano. Chloe let out a trembling breath and prayed Beca wouldn't spot her. Now she just wanted to finish everything and go home, not wanting to risk being in the same room with Beca.
She wasn't trying to avoid the brunette, okay maybe she was, but it was just because she didn't know how to face her. She didn't know what to say or how to act around her. Until she knew how to deal with her feelings, she wouldn't consider talking to the brunette again. And for God's sake, she still had to break up with Chicago!
God this whole thing is seriously stressing me out! Chloe tried to calm herself down and took deep breaths, while trying to finish her dessert quickly so that she could go home already!
Beca started playing, and Chloe recognized she was playing one of Chopin's nocturnes. She tried not to focus too much on the melody, yet she just couldn't help herself but listen with all her heart.
She had heard Beca play this nocturne before, back when they were dating. But this time it was different. It was sad, sadder even, but still as beautiful and magical as ever. Chloe felt so much in the melody, so many mixed emotions expressed though all those music notes, and it was the perfect expression of this nocturne. Chloe had stopped eating her dessert and just stared into nothingness, feeling herself getting immersed in this sad but graceful melody.
After the nocturne was finished, she saw a man who looked like a manger came up to Beca and said something to her. The brunette pianist nodded and prepared to play the next piece.
She was so focused on Beca and failed to notice that Chicago had left his seat and started to walk towards her, kneeling down. She couldn't move her eyes away from Beca, because the brunette started to play her favourite song, Photograph by Ed Sheeran.
It wasn't until she heard Chicago calling her name quite loudly that she snapped her eyes back to him and nearly fell off her chair. Because Chicago was kneeling down in front of her, holding an engagement ring and looking up at her with a grin.
People sitting at other tables around them started to notice them and a few of the girls gasped quite loudly and some even took out their phones to start filming. Chloe was panicking, this was not how she imagined this night would go and she felt like she was on the verge of fainting right on the spot. And then suddenly there was a jarring note coming from the piano that drew everyone's attention away from the pair.
Chloe cringed at the harsh slip-up and looked up at the piano's direction out of instinct.
And just like that, her baby blue eyes met those stormy blue eyes the first time in 8 years.