A/N: Thank you for the reviews guys and they made me write faster haha ;) And I see you all can't wait to find out more about Beca, so now let's meet some of her friends, and finally get some Bechloe in this chapter!

Chapter 7

Beca walked into the bar that night with a miserable face.

"Whoa, what happened to the big BM? Did some child climb onto your lap again at the restaurant?" Fat Amy joked when she saw Beca's face from behind the counter.

"Nothing." Beca muttered and went to put her stuff down.

"Well it's definitely not nothing." Jesse poked his head out from his office, "But I have something to cheer you up!"

Beca looked up at him, uninterested.

Jesse was the manager of this bar and Fat Amy was the other bartender who came all the way from Australia. Beca managed to find this job shortly after she arrived in New York, and after basically seeing those two every day for three months, they had become quite close friends. Well, technically, it was Fat Amy that practically coerced Beca into sharing her life stories and being friends with them, and okay, Beca had to admit that she was a little afraid of the Australian at first given all her wild stories and her enormous strength. Anyway, although Beca never told them this, she was actually glad that she was able to find two good friends here, and it made her heart feel a little bit warmer in this cold weather of New York City.

Jesse rolled his eyes and walked out of his office, "The former bar singer quit this morning, so the boss said I can find a new singer myself. Apparently, he trusts my music tastes now." He added with a smug grin.

"Get to the point Jesse!" Beca deadpanned, taking off her jacket and trying to change into her bartender outfit. She wouldn't want some drunk to spill drinks all over her good jacket.

"The point is," Jesse stopped Beca from putting away her jacket, "You are getting a promotion. No more bartending, you are officially the bar singer from now on."

Beca's eyes widened at hearing this, "What? Seriously?! … Dude! Are you messing with me?!"

Jesse just grinned, "Nope, I'm 100% serious. You are starting tonight, but from tomorrow, your shift will begin from 10pm until 4am. And the pay is doubled."

Beca didn't know what to say. She surged forward and hugged Jesse tight, "Thank you so much dude! I promise I won't let you down!"

Jesse was a little surprised that he was able to receive a rare hug from the brunette, so he happily hugged Beca back and laughed, "I know you won't, you are too talented for this bar anyway. I was worried you wouldn't accept it in the first place."

Beca pulled back, "Are you kidding me? At this point, I'll accept anything! As long as there are people willing to hear my music!"

Jesse laughed again but frowned a little, "Don't lose faith Beca, someone will notice you, you know."

Beca smiled, "Yeah yeah, I've heard that before. Thanks Jesse."

Fat Amy chimed in, "Man I'm jealous, double pay! I wish I could write songs."

Beca smirked, "Drinks on me tonight Amy."

Fat Amy rolled her eyes, "Seriously? I'm the bartender Beca, I can give myself free drinks!"

"Whatever, I offered, you didn't want to take it and that's not my fault!" Beca smirked again.

Fat Amy threw a piece of lime at her, which missed its target. "But seriously, what was that face earlier? Oh, I know, did someone demand you play something silly again?"

Beca's smile wavered a little, "Chloe happened." She sighed.

Fat Amy's eyes widened, "Chloe? Chloe Beale? Your first girlfriend?! The one that you were trying to propose to but instead she broke up with you, that Chloe?"

Beca cringed at Fat Amy's loud voice, "In her defence, she didn't know I was going to propose…but yeah, that Chloe."

Fat Amy shot her a sympathetic look, but decided she should drop the topic for now, "Hey, but on the bright side, you get to sing more from now on! Isn't that great!"

Beca smiled at this, "Yeah, it is. So let's get cracking, shall we?"

Since Beca became the bar singer now, she wouldn't have time to drop by the park to sing anymore. So she texted Luke and let him know. Luke was also happy about Beca's new job. He assured her to not worry and that he would find someone else or even drop by the park himself once in a while to make sure that spot wouldn't be taken up by someone random.

It had been nearly a month since Chicago left. But to be honest, Chloe didn't feel that much of a change. She was still busy with the clinic, having regular lunch dates with Aubrey and taking walks around the city. The only difference was that she would sometimes wonder about Beca. Knowing the brunette was in New York now, Chloe couldn't stop wondering where she was or what she was doing. And several times she had to make serious efforts to stop herself from walking towards the park subconsciously after work.

This time, she was sitting on the couch after a long day at work, trying to pick something to watch on Hulu while eating takeout, and Chicago's words decided to come back into her mind again.

"You are still in love with her, aren't you?"

Chloe groaned, shaking her head to get rid of her thoughts. She's not still in love with Beca. It's been 8 years. How can one be in love with another person without even seeing them once in so long? That's ridiculous, right?

Right. She thought to herself and continued to go through her Hulu channels. But her eyes started to drift to that stupid guitar sitting in the corner of her living room.

Eventually, she just gave up, going over to grab that guitar before sitting back down.

She stared at the guitar and couldn't stop thinking about that night before she had to leave to go to NYU…

She was lying on the hood of her car with Beca, looking up at the stars. Tomorrow Chloe had to leave for NYU. She got into the vet school there and would start in fall. However, Beca decided not to go to college even though she had an impeccable GPA as well. She managed to get a one-year internship at Atlanta Record Label and thought she should focus on her music instead of college.

They understood each other's choices and couldn't be prouder of each other, but that didn't stop them from being sad that they would be separating at least for a year.

"You know long distance relationship works all the time. I have faith in us." Chloe said after a while of comfortable silence.

Beca hummed, taking Chloe's hand and intertwined their fingers.

"I'll fly back every holiday and if you are not happy with the internship after a year, you can come to New York. There are many opportunities there as well. But you'll shine anywhere you go so it doesn't really matter where it is. I'll also try to take more courses every semester so that I can graduate early. And if you want to go to LA, then we'll go together—"

Beca squeezed Chloe's hand and cut her off, "Don't stress yourself out by taking more courses Chlo, you'll probably drive that pretty little head of yours crazy."

Chloe giggled, "No I won't, I'm very smart you know."

Beca laughed, "And very modest apparently."

Chloe smiled, and just as she opened her mouth to say something else, a song came up on the radio from the car. Chloe perked up at hearing this and jumped down to turn the volume up in the car, while squealing excitedly, "Oh my God! This is my favourite song!"

Beca laughed at her girlfriend's enthusiasm and realized that it was Ed Sheeran's Photograph.

"Come on Becs," Chloe was tugging at Beca's hand, "Come down and dance with me!"

Beca protested, "Nope Chlo, I don't dance."

Chloe rolled her eyes and slightly pouted, "Don't be a child Beca, we are up in the hills and there are no one around, just me. And I promise I won't laugh at you or tell anyone that you dance to ruin your street cred." She added with a sly smile.

Beca rolled her eyes, trying to act reluctant, but secretly she knew she couldn't resist her girlfriend's pout, "Alright, alright! But don't complain when I step on your toes Beale!"

Chloe grinned and eagerly jumped into Beca's arms. And they started dancing to the soft melody, lost in each other eyes.

...

When I'm away, I will remember how you kissed me
Under the lamppost back on Sixth street
Hearing you whisper through the phone,
"Wait for me to come home."

The song ended. And they stopped moving, just staring at each other intently. Beca looked into Chloe's tearful eyes, "We are going to be okay." She said softly to Chloe.

Chloe nodded, looking down briefly and trying very hard not to cry.

Beca brought a hand up to tuck a loose strand of red locks behind Chloe's ear, "I love you," She whispered, "You know that, right?"

Chloe snapped her head up in surprise, and couldn't hold back her tears anymore. It was the first time Beca told her she loved her. She could feel it before, but it was different hearing Beca actually say it.

"I love you too." Chloe whispered back, grinning widely.

Beca leaned in to place a kiss on Chloe's lips, and when Chloe tried to deepen the kiss, Beca suddenly pulled back.

"Wait, I want you to have something." She said.

"What is it?" Chloe asked.

"Wait here!"

Chloe nodded and watched Beca run back to her car and pull her guitar case out.

When Beca walked back with the guitar case and a huge grin, a sudden realization hit Chloe.

"Oh my God! No way! You want me to have your guitar?!"

"No silly, I just want you to have my empty guitar case…" Beca teased the redhead, "Of course I want you to have my guitar! It's the one that I taught you with, the acoustic one that you liked so much. And don't worry I have other guitars. I just want you to have something from me that can remind you of me all the time when you are in New York you know."

Chloe teared up again and smiled at Beca, "I'm always thinking about you." She kissed Beca, "I love you."

Beca smiled into the kiss, "I love you too Chlo. And check the back of the guitar, I made an engraving just for you."

Chloe turned the acoustic guitar around, there was a line of cursive words saying:

To my favourite redhead: I love you. Always.

A single tear fell on the back of the guitar and Chloe stroked the words with her fingers. She put down the guitar, and went to grab her coat and her keys. She was going to the park.

A/N: Guysss I know the timeline doesn't really match for Photograph to be Chloe's favourite song when she was still in high school, since the song was released in 2014. I just really want to use those lyrics. So… let's just pretend it's a really old song, or it's actually 2022 right now, okay? Okay, Cool :D

PoundItBecaMitch: Hahaha, well, I don't know how I should feel about having a "resident perv reader" … Does it mean I made it? Yeah probably, so…thank you? XD

ChloeBMitch: Lol, that is very true, and I don't know Chloe and Chicago already had a ship name?!

JacqLeighton88: Indeed, I'd say it's pretty impossible to get over Beca ;)