Chapter 3

A/N: Sorry it's been so long, but it's really hard for me to write chapters, I have to be in a specific mood to be able to write, also I had writers block for the longest time, but I do hope you enjoy this chapter.

Beca sat on her bed that night thinking about the days events, what she had seen and what she experienced in her head. She couldn't stop blankly staring at the wall feeling limp and out of it, almost numb. That's what the past several months had entailed, staring into space and crying herself to sleep. She looked down into her hands remembering the piece of paper folded away in her palm, looking at it she felt a hint of a smile tug at the corners of her mouth. In her hand was a folded piece of paper with a certain redheads number on it, underneath was the name 'Chloe' written in cursive handwriting and a kiss next to it. She had given it to her when they had left work that evening. She quickly pulled out her phone and saved the number into her phone before giving a quick text.

"Hey. It's Beca, just texting you so you have my phone number." Beca put her phone down on the bedside table and not even two seconds after that her ringtone was going off.

Frowning, she picked up her phone again to see the name 'Chloe' written there... Why on earth was she calling her at... Beca looked over at her clock, eleven thirty at night? Before she even knew what she was doing, Beca had pressed the answer button.

"Hello?" She asked, she knew who it was so why was she questioning it? Maybe it was because no one had spoken to her in months, she hadn't had a social life since the incident.

"Hey! Now I have your number I thought I should call you." Chloe's ever bubbly tone came through the receiver making Beca grin a thousand watts.

"Oh, well thanks. I wasn't really expecting that so sorry if I sound off guard." Beca mumbled in confusion. She heard the sound of Chloe giggling making Beca's smile even wider, anymore she feared her mouth might split.

"No worries... So what are you up to?" Chloe asked, she was still concerned about her from earlier today, but that wasn't the reason she called her, she called her because she was genuinely very interested in the tiny brunette.

"Oh uh... Nothing really, just been sitting here really. What about you?" She asked, she could imagine Chloe snuggled up under a duvet watching Netflix on her couch.

"Not really anything either, I just on my couch snuggled up in a duvet watching Orange is the New Black on Netflix with a tub of Ben and Jerry's." Beca's eyes widened, how did she know she would be doing that? Minus the ice cream though of course.

"Oh, do you want me to go? I don't want t-" She was cut of by Chloe's chuckle once more.

"Beca, I'm the one that called you, you aren't disturbing anything. If anything the night would be so much better if you were here." Chloe blurted out without even thinking, but the comment made Beca's icy heart melt just a little.

"Oh, well um-" Beca couldn't quite find her words but she was moved none the less.

"You should come over for a movie night sometime with me and Aubrey, we need a friend in our two-some." Chloe facepalmed herself at her choice in words, hearing Beca laugh on the other end made her cheeks flush the colour of her hair. "You know what I mean."

"Sounds great Chloe. Plus Aubrey seems nice... Didn't think she would be into that kind of thing though." Beca teased.

"Oh Beca! You're making me blush." Chloe grumbled sinking back into her couch embarrassed.

"Hey, you started it." Beca had never had this sort of friendliness with anyone before, especially with someone she had known for just a day, it gave Beca butterflies... Wow, she must really like Chloe.

"Just come over tomorrow after work with me and Aubrey, you can pick the film if you like." Chloe suggested. "You free?"

"Yeah I'm free." When was she ever not free, she felt as though this would be good for her, it would take her mind off of Jesse and her usual depressing nights.

"Great, it will be nice to have you there." She heard Chloe yawn mid sentence. Beca couldn't help but feel like a puddle of goo when she heard the taller redhead.

"Goodnight Chloe." Beca said about to put the phone down.

"What are you talking about I'm not tired at all." Chloe protested, she heard Beca scoff into the reciever.

"Yes you totally are. Get off Netflix and go to bed." Beca commanded playfully. The redhead giggled which was now Beca's new favorite sound.

"Yes boss." The brunette could practically hear the smirk in her voice. "Night Beca."

"Night Chloe." And with that Beca ended the call. Smiling contently she laid her phone to rest, putting it on charge before slipping under the covers and for the first time in seven months, Beca actually slept without a hitch.

It was the next day now and Beca was making her way up to her office floor feeling refreshed and new, a small smile across her lips, she was a little late but she didn't think anyone would mind, it was only two minutes and no one was going to ruine her happy high. That was until she walked out onto her floor to be greeted by a confused and frustrated blonde. Aubrey.

"Beca! There you are, do you know where Chloe is I haven't seen her today, she should have been in an hour ago and she hasn't picked up her phone." Wow, that was a lot of information to process first thing in the morning.

"No I haven't seen her today, last time I talked to her was last night when she called me." She told Aubrey, who just huffed.

"Okay, well thanks Beca, if you see her please let her know I'm looking for her?" Aubrey asked in defeat.

"Yeah of course I will." Beca confirmed as she watched Aubrey sigh in defeat and walk off.

Beca was instantly worried, maybe she was just sick? But she was okay last night, what could have happened to her? Maybe she had slept in late... That must be it. Despite Aubrey saying she hadn't answered any of her calls, Beca grabbed her phone as she made her way to her desk, calling Chloe's number. It rang for quite a while, Beca nearly decided to hang up and start again when she heard her name being questioned through the receiver.

"Chloe! Where are you? Aubrey's running around like a maniac looking for you." Beca tried her hardest to keep the panic out of her voice, Chloe was a grown woman for Christ sake.

"Oh... Jesus what time is it?" The redhead whispered to herself. Beca heard her shuffle around before hearing a gasp on the other end. "Oh God! I didn't know that was the time I've been out for hours." Chloe exclaimed, sounding exhausted.

"I'm sure it will be fine Chloe just get here as fast as you can." The small woman tried to reassure her, to which it worked because Chloe's rapid breathing had slowed down.

"Okay... Thanks Beca I'll see you later." The line went dead then, but there was obviously no time for goodbyes because Chloe needed to be here before Aubrey had a panic attack or something. She watched as the blonde ran through the corridor once more, yelling something about paperwork? It was almost comical to watch as Beca sat down at her desk with a chuckle.

Around forty-five minutes later, Beca heard the elevator ping, she looked up, her eyes widening at the site. It was Chloe, but a complete opposite of who she had seen the day before. Her hair was in a messy, loose bun on the back of her head, stray strands matted to her face from the sweat, she had clearly been running. All the colour was drained from the redheads face and she looked so exhausted.

"Chloe?" Beca immediately got up from her seat and made her way towards the staggering woman in front of her. "Are you okay?" She took Chloe's arm and lead her towards her own desk as it was closer and sat her down, kneeling so she was in front of her.

"Yeah I'm fine, I just didn't sleep well last night." She tried her best to put on a fake smile but Beca saw right through that.

"What's wrong? It's okay you can tell me." The brunette reassured her in a quiet, soothing voice.

Chloe looked down at the redhead nodding before sniffing back some tears, she looked so tired.

"I... I-Uh. I suffer from sleep deprivation... I've had it for quite some time. I hadn't slept in two days before I passed out this morning." Chloe confessed tearfully. This came as a shock to Beca though, she would have never have thought this about the bubbly redhead, she obviously disguised it very well. Beca pulled her in for a hug, she wasn't really the touchy-feely type of person, but Chloe was obviously upset, and she wanted to comfort her as best as she could.

"It's okay, it's not your fault... It's okay to cry." She whispered into Chloe's ear.

She felt the redhead grip onto her tighter at her words before feeling her body shaking confining that she was in fact crying. Beca didn't know what to do apart from rub soothing circles into her back. She pulled back for a moment to examine Chloe's face, tears stained her beautiful face making Beca's heart twist into knots, she must be really suffering. Before she knew what she was doing, Beca was wiping away Chloe's tears with the pad of her thumb. Chloe didn't flinch, not at all. But she did have a hint on a smile on her face making Beca smile also. She stood up and extended her had towards the tearful redhead.

"Come on, lets get you cleaned up." Beca quickly pulled out some face wipes, makeup and a brush from her bag before taking Chloe's hand once more and leading her to the bathrooms.

"You really are the best Beca... Thank you." She felt Chloe squeeze her hand.

"It's okay. I've been in your place before." Beca confessed, she had never spoken about her situation before to anyone, but there was something about Chloe that made her want to share all of her life's secrets to her. Maybe some other time when they were a little more acquainted.

"You have?" Chloe asked slightly surprised. She knew Beca had some secrets tucked away, but she didn't know the extent she realised. Beca coughed awkwardly as they walked into the lady's room, luckily there was no one in there to hear them. Beca began to take down Chloe's hair from her messy bun and started brushing her hair.

"Yeah... It was a little while ago, there was an incident that happened. Shit went down. I couldn't sleep for a while, I'm better about it now." That's as close as Beca could comfortably get without telling her everything, this wasn't exactly the time or place. "I'll tell you about it someday."

Chloe's heart fluttered, no one had ever really shared this sort of thing in common with her, but because it was Beca it felt especially nice.

"Okay, I'm up for that." Chloe was smiling now, it was so good to see that smile again. It was then she realised that it wasn't the beautiful flowing red hair, or the crystal blue eyes that lit up Chloe's face, it was her smile.

"I could look at that smile forever." She didn't mean to say it, but it just slipped out. She must have said the right thing though because Chloe's smile grew impossibly larger, warming Beca's heart once more.

"Thanks Beca... For everything." She took Beca's free hand and interlocked their fingers. The connection sparked through them like a million volts.

"Hey... Do you maybe want to go out for dinner next week?" Beca asked. She was taking a huge risk, they were close already and she didn't want to ruin that. She didn't even know if she liked girls.

"Like on a date?" Chloe asked, raising her perfect eyebrow.

"Yeah." The tiny brunette looked down to the floor because she knew that the heat creeping into her cheeks was a blush. She wasn't expecting slender fingers to be touching her jaw only for her face to be pulled up to meet Chloe's gaze.

"Of course I would want to. You're so perfect and sweet how could I ever say no?" She smiled pulling Beca into a warm and loving hug. "You've just made my day. No. My life I think."

It was Beca's turn now to nearly be in tears, she didn't realise just how much she had fallen for the redhead who she was nestled into. She wanted herself to be happy after everything with Jesse, and she was going to let herself do just that. Had Chloe really broken down her walls?