Chloe laughed while she entered the shower, replaying her conversation with Beca, she stopped in her tracks when she realized she didn't give her name to the girl. Way to go, you had one job! she thought to herself, but well, she was very nervous and distracted by the girl to even pay attention to what she was saying. Beca looked beautiful all flushed after spending some time in the sun. Her cheeks had a nice pink shade and her eyes were deep blue, it reminded Chloe of the sky at night.

Beca's dreams were filled with a certain friendly redhead. A content smile spreading on her lips. The memory of her father's visit long forgotten thanks to a bigger and much more pleasant occupant in her mind. The redhead girl, if only she knew her name...

SHOWTIME

Chloe spent the night watching old footage of Beca's matches. She was trying to learn all about the sport, Aubrey promised her she would take her to Beca's match after she admitted she was interested in Beca, Aubrey knew that already but being the way she is she made Chloe admit it out loud. Chloe was mesmerized by Beca's actions on court, whenever her opponent hit the ball she was on the go and made it in time to return the shots, Aubrey had explained that footwork was very important in tennis, you had to move as soon as your opponent hit the ball so you had enough time to stop and hit back, hitting the ball before it went too close to your body was vital, Beca seemed to nail that with no problem. On one particular long point Chloe was left with her jaw open when Beca saved what seemed to be the end of the point by hitting the ball hard enough to only cross the net, her opponent was still at the base line, when she realized Beca pulled a drop shot it was already too late, the crowd went crazy after that shot. Chloe felt proud of the brunette. She kept looking into Aubrey's archive of Beca and found a video from back when she was ten years old, Chloe couldn't believe how adorable the small brunette looked, specially when she raised her fists and had a huge grin at the end of the match. Chloe grinned at the screen, hoping she would see that adorable celebration at Beca's match against Daniels.

Chloe was standing outside Beca's practice, there was a small group of people gathering around to watch the new girl practicing. Beca was getting attention in the last couple of tournaments she played however, this was the first time she was going to play against the top 50 players. Her previous tournaments had been challengers, international championships and premier, this was her first mandatory premier event, her ranking still was not enough to grant her a spot in the main draw, the tournament organizers were more than glad to give the young promise a wildcard to play at Indian Wells. As soon as the main draw was posted every tennis fan that followed the WTA (Women's Tennis Association) wanted to know who this Mitchell girl was, she was going to face one of the crowd favorites, Daniels was born in California and had won the event two times already, Simons was the only player that was supported as widely as Daniels was in the tournament.

"kid has a beautiful forehand. But Daniels will kill her with her serve, she won't know what hit her" a man commented to no one in particular, several heads nodded at the man's statement.

Chloe, kept her eyes trained in the small girl pushing herself point after point. Two girls entered the court with Nigel, a tall brunette with really long legs and super short shorts and a blonde girl who was wearing bright pink workout clothes. Beca had her back turned at them and she didn't notice the visitors as she was too focus playing a point against her hitting partner. Beca jumped shouting "Hell yeah!" when she won the point, the tall brunette ran to Beca and covered her eyes. "Guess who" she sang.

"Stace!" said Beca turning to hug her friend she then walked to the blonde and hugged her "Amy!" she then casted a look at her friend's choice of clothes "I see you came ready to workout huh?" the blonde shook her head immediately "Hell no, don't put me down for cardio" she gestured to her outfit "This is just me, being supportive and maintaining the spirit, I'm your motivator, you know? And tennis boys can't tear their eyes away from me when they see my sexy body in this, I was the prize at the Tasmanian Open twice in a row. I was the best prize the Tasmanian Open had."

Stacie and Beca laughed at their friend crazy comments, Nigel never seemed to get used to the blonde's weird stories and only shook his head and instructed Beca to keep practicing.

Chloe was green with envy, who was this brunette girl? why was she allowed to be at Beca's practice? The two brunettes seemed to be having a great time, between water breaks they would talk to each other and start laughing. Chloe didn't even notice Amy leaving the practice after she started to flirt with one Brazilian player who complimented her on her outfit.

"So, how do you feel about facing Daniels" Stacie asked when Beca sat down next to her for her ten minute break.

"I'm ok, I'm a little nervous because she's really good but I've worked hard. I know I can win I just have to be on top of my game"

Stacie placed a hand on Beca's leg and squeezed it "I believe in you Becs, ever since we were little you've been dreaming with this. You work harder than anyone else. You'll do great!"

Beca smiled at her friend. "Thanks Stace and thank you for coming"

Stacie shrugged "I didn't have anything else to do" Beca pushed her and both laughed "kidding Becs, I wouldn't miss it! Besides you need someone fun to celebrate with when you beat the crap out of Daniels. I know Maria will be all focussed in her next matches and Nigel... well he doesn't know the meaning of the word fun" she smiles.

"Hey, Nigel's not that bad" Beca tried to defend her coach, Stacie raises her eyebrow at Beca "ok, he's not the most fun person but he is the best coach ever" Stacie nodded "that, I can't argue"

Nigel shouted from the other side of the net "ten minutes are up. Back to work Mitchell!"

Stacie laughed "see? no fun!" Beca smirked and resumed her practice.

Aubrey spotted her friend in the mini crowd gathering around Beca's practice. "You look like you are about to murder someone" she said to her friend.

Chloe threw a glare at her friend and huffed she kept walking away from the court until she reached a bench near the entrance of the complex, Aubrey followed her and sat next to her waiting for Chloe inevitably rant about whatever was making her mad.

"who was that brunette girl?" Chloe said after a couple of minutes. Aubrey just looked confused at her making Chloe huff again "The girl!" she pointed out "the one who was in Beca's practice"

Aubrey shook her head "I have no idea who you are talking about Chlo, I didn't check who was with her, but why are you so mad anyway?"

"because she was all over her! Is she her girlfriend?"

"whoa calm down crazy one. First of all you don't even know if Beca's into girls and secondly you shouldn't be mad, you guys aren't dating or even friends. Overly attached is not attractive Chloe" she scolded her friend.

Chloe nodded and her anger turned into embarrassment. "you are right, sorry I just... I don't know. I felt so mad when I saw that girl hugging her but you are right, it's really stupid of me getting mad."

The blonde smiled "that's better. Are you ready to leave? I have to send my last interview to my boss soon" Chloe nodded and left with Aubrey.

"Bree! Bree! Wake up! we have to get ready now" an excited redhead exclaimed trying to wake her best friend up. Aubrey just grunted and turned around to check the time on her phone.

"Chloe, it's five in the damn morning. Matches doesn't start until after eight."

Chloe wasn't having though "But Bree! Beca's match is the first one and I don't want to miss it out" Aubrey sighed exasperated "If you don't let me sleep for another hour I'm not taking you to Beca's match." she warned.

Chloe was about to protest but thought better of it, she decided to make breakfast and get ready to save them sometime, she spent 30 minutes deciding which outfit she was going to wear. Everything had to be perfect, she had a good feeling about this day.

An hour later just like she said, Aubrey got up, had breakfast and got ready. By seven a.m both girls were walking towards the entrance of the complex, Chloe sporting a confident smile. Aubrey was really excited to watch the match as well, Beca had made a great first impression on her, even though she knew the girl had slim chances to make it to the next round she was secretly hoping she would beat Daniels. As the professional she was, she tried to stay impartial but after Daniels last press conference she wanted Daniels eating her own words.

"You are facing Beca Mitchell on first round, how much do you know about her?" A journalist asked Ashley Daniels at the press conference her sponsors organized the day prior the tournament. Ashley laughed at the question.

"Honestly? I don't nothing about her aside from the fact she's a wildcard here"

Another journalist got his chance to ask "She's been getting great results at International and Premier events. She's unbeaten so far, what do you think about that?"

"good for her, but this is very different from international or premier events, the fact she remains unbeaten means nothing here, I'll make sure I end whatever strake she has"

Aubrey couldn't help to feel annoyed by the attitude the player showed so far but it was her job to listen to whatever she said, no matter how annoying it was.

"A few days ago the captain of the Fed Cup team, Emma Johnson said she would be watching intently this tournament and that no one had a secure spot at the American team yet, she was going to wait on the results to announce who was going to be part of the team because of last year poor results. Do you think you'll be in final team?"

"I don't think I have nothing to worry about, I'm the second best ranked player I'm sure the team needs me more than I need them. So I'm going to say yes, I do think I'll be in the final team"

Aubrey raised her hand and was given the chance to ask her question. "Your results on hard courts have been less succesful than last year's. Your head to head series in outdoors hard courts of this year is 8-12. Does this adds more pressure for the upcoming match?" Aubrey knew her question was a low blow but the player's attitude was disgusting and she wasn't going to pass up the opportunity to give the arrogant woman a little of a reality check.

"No pressure at all, I'll start pushing myself when I start facing the real players."

Aubrey wasn't expecting that kind of answer and before anyone else could get their chance she fired another question at the player. "So you don't think Mitchell is a real player?"

The player laughed at Aubrey's question "I'll consider her a real player once she's won something important, right now she's a nobody" Aubrey took her chance again, surprised that no one else tried to ask anything to the player, that action could only mean she was asking the right questions. "She's not a threat to you then?"

"A threat? absolutely not. She's just some wildcard player. Someone who didn't even properly qualified for this tournament." the player said winking.

Aubrey couldn't believe how full of herself Ashley Daniels was, if she wanted Beca to win before now she wanted to see her wiping the floor with Daniels face. If there was something Aubrey hated was arrogance. She knew Daniels was good, everyone knew that but she needed to put her feet back on the ground, she could only hope Beca get the job done.

Beca woke up at five in the morning, she got ready and ate breakfast with Nigel who was unusually cheerful.

"morning kid! did you get a good sleep?" he asked.

"yeah, I did. How about you?"

"sure did. How do you feel?"

"good, actually I don't feel nervous, I just want to go out there and play already" she said excitedly.

"that's the spirit! Ok, eat already so we can go warm up. Everyone will join us later"

Nigel and Beca were going through the last-minute adjustments and pointers. Beca wasn't one to stick to a complex game plan, she thought having a game plan was a bad idea, you had to be spontaneous and be able to adjust on the go. You never knew how your rival was going to play her cards and things could get really bad if you didn't have a plan b. In Beca's case her whole game was plan B, she listened to what Nigel said before the match and she would try to stick as close as possible to what they agreed before then match but changing her strategy was no problem for her.

Daniels was warming up at the court next to Beca. She scoffed when she saw Maria walking towards Beca and engulfing her in a hug.

"how are you feeling Pikachu?" Beca stared at Maria and rolled her eyes. "Where do you get your nicknames from? Worst nicknames dot-com?" Maria feign hurt "I spent an hour thinking of that one!"

"You should get a life, I promise just when I think you couldn't come up with a worst nickname you beat yourself with a horrendous one. It's actually quite impressive how bad you are"

"It's a gift" the blonde answered winking at Beca. She casted a glance at Ashley and both glared at each other for a few seconds.

"I think you should make out with her to cut the tension" Stacie said to Maria. Beca and Amy laughed at Maria's gagging reaction.

"I would rather make out with a toilet than kiss that idiot" she said.

Everyone scrunched their nose "Excuse me bitch, no need to get nasty. I just ate you know?" Amy said earning laughs from the other three girls.

"Becaw!" Jesse shouted as soon as he was close to the group.

"don't call me that Jesse. How many times do I have to tell you huh? he punched his arm.

Jesse rubbed his arm "I still think you should be a boxer instead of a tennis player, your punches hurt, woman!"

"Hey Becs" Luke said hugging his short friend.

"Hey Luke! I see you are surviving the torture of being Jesse's roommate" she said smirking when Jesse protested "Hey!"

Luke sighed "You have no idea how much of a challenge it is to share dorm with this weirdo" he said.

"You guys suck" Jesse huffed.

"Hey Jesse, hi Luke. It's great to see you guys" Nigel said shaking hands with them. "I hate to break the reunion but I need Beca to get ready now. You guys have around 45 minutes before the match starts." he informed.

One by one Beca's friends were wishing her the best of luck and giving her encouraging words. The brunette smiled at her friends, the only important person missing was her mom who sadly had to work but promised she would be watching and cheering for her little girl.

Beca got ready and sat on the player's locker room waiting to be instructed to grab her things to enter the court, as the first match and one with the second best player she was playing at the principal court of Indian Wells Tennis Garden, this was a big stadium, the biggest one Beca had played in. Nigel spotted Beca and sat down next to her, this was their usual routine before a match.

"Do your best" he said "But more than anything..." "Have fun" they said at the same time. Both smiled at each other. "you'll do great" Nigel reassured her. Beca was thankful to have Nigel as her coach, over the years several top players both from the women and men side tried to convince Nigel to coach them offering him large amounts of money but the man would always politely decline them.

"well, I'll leave you now. Any last questions?" he asked Beca, she just shook her head and smiled at the man before they waved each other goodbye.

There were still about fifteen minutes before the match, Beca decided to call her mom.

"Hey mom"

"Hey baby! how are you?"

"good, I want to start the match already"

"I'm glad to hear that, darling. Everyone in the office sends their best wishes" Beca smiled at her mom's words. She missed the woman a lot, they were really close. This was one of the rare occasions when she would play without her mom at her player's box. She knew her mom would still be cheering for her and that meant the world to her.

"Tell them I said thanks."

"Will do darling. I'm so excited! My baby is going to be on tv! Promise me you won't get all big headed when you start getting fan mail and stuff" her mom joked.

"sorry, I'm doing all of this solely for fame. I thought that was already established" Beca said laughing along with her mom.

"I'm really proud of you baby. I really am. I know our family isn't ideal but please never forget that I love you with every fiber of my being. We've been through a lot but I would go through all that over and over for you. You give my life a meaning." Angie said with her voice full of emotion.

Beca was tearing up "Mom, I love so much. You are the best mom anyone could ever have. I promise you I'll win this for you. I love you"

Mother and daughter were tearing up, their bond was unbreakable, the two of them fought together through all the challenges put in their lives.

"I love you whether you win or lose. You are a winner in my eyes darling. I just want you to be happy. Ok, enough of this." Angie said trying to lighten the mood. Beca chuckled "yeah, stop getting all emotional on me, woman" both laughed.

"Good luck baby. I will be screaming the loudest"

"I know you will. I love you mom, talk to you after the match"

"Of course. I love you too. Bye baby"

Beca wiped her tears and smiled at the thought of her mom yelling at the tv watching her match.

Chloe and Aubrey took a seat on the front row. That was one of the perks of Aubrey press pass. Chloe admired the stadium.

"Wow, this place is full" Aubrey pointed out.

"Isn't that common?" Chloe asked.

"Not really, women tennis gets much less attention than men." she explained. Chloe only nodded. She was looking around when she spotted the same brunette from Beca's practice sitting on Beca's box along with her coach, Maria, the blonde from yesterday and two guys.

"Do you know them?" she asked Aubrey motioning to Beca's box. Aubrey shook her head. "Only Maria and her coach Nigel, they may be her friends or family" she shrugged. Chloe kept glancing at the brunette wishing it was her in Beca's box instead of the tall girl.

"Ladies and gentlemen please take your seats" the chair umpire said through the microphone. Everyone started to take their seats, about three minutes after the request everyone was seated.

"Born in San Diego, California. Two times grand slam champion and number two in the world. Please welcome Ashley Daniels" An announcer said and the crowd cheered as the girl stepped into the court waving at the audience at taking a sit in the bench at the left side of the chair umpire.

"And now, Born in Atlanta, Georgia. She has won five international championships and four premier events this year, welcome Beca Mitchell!" the crowd clapped for the girl, she waved and smiled when she spotted her friends going crazy at her box.

Chloe was clapping and cheering really loud, Aubrey was clapping louder than she clapped for Daniels. Beca took a sit at the bench left.

"Miss Mitchell, is time" one of the members of the staff announced, Beca grabbed her things and made her way to the tunnel. Ashley was already there she glanced a Beca and threw her a nasty look. Beca decided to ignore the woman, opting to focus on the music blasting in her ears instead.

They will not force us,
They will stop degrading us,
They will not control us,
We will be victorious
(So come on)

Interchanging mind control,
Come let the revolution take it's toll,
If you could flick a switch and open your third eye,
You'd see that
We should never be afraid to die
(So come on)

Ashley went into the court after the announcer called her name. Beca could hear the crowd getting really loud, she knew Ashley was home crowd favorite but this had no effect on her. The announcer called her name she took a deep breath and stepped into the court feeling a rush of adrenaline going through her veins, she couldn't believe how packed the place was, she kept walking with her earphones still blasting Muse.

Rise up and take the power back,
It's time the fat cats had a heart attack,
You know that their time's coming to an end,
We have to unify and watch our flag ascend

She smiled when she noticed the occupants of her box clapping and screaming what she assumed were encouraging words. Nigel was the only one who remained calm. Maria was far more behaved than the rest of her friends.

She took her headphones off and place them in her bag, she grabbed her racket and met Ashley and the chair umpire at the net. After the chair umpire went through the routine explanations she asked Ashley to pick a side of the coin. Ashley won the coin toss and picked to serve first. Both players shook the umpire's hand after both confirmed her they had no questions about any rules.

Beca extended her hand to Ashley "Good luck" she said smiling at the Californian girl. Ashley raised an eyebrow at her "Luck? save it, you'll be the one needing it" she said turning her back to Beca and walking to the base line. Beca stood there with her hand extended for a few seconds she turned and walked to the base line at her side of the court as well. "We'll see about that" she muttered.

After the usual warm up both players were sitting at their respective benches. Ashley looked rather bored and Beca looked focus.

"Time" the chair umpire said. Signaling it was time to start the match. Both players took their positions, the crowd cheering as the first match of the tournament was about to start. "Silence please" the umpire requested, after the crowd excitement had died down she made the last announcement before the match begun "Miss Daniels serves"

Chloe was nervous she was squeezing Aubrey's hand.

Ashley bounced the ball a couple of times before grabbing it and tossing it in the air to execute her first serve.

Beca tuned everyone out, she had to be completely focus, she took a deep breath as she prepared herself to receive Ashley's serve. As she saw the ball in the air she was bouncing on her legs following the ball movement with her eyes as if her life depended on it, as Ashley's racket struck the ball Beca smiled confidently "Showtime Mitchell" she thought to herself before dashing out to position herself to return the serve. This was what she was born to do, the place where she felt most comfortable in. The court was her home and she was ready to prove it.

AN: Thank you for sticking with me and supporting the story! I'm really surprised by the number of follows, favorites and reviews for the story. Thank you for taking the time to do those things, special thanks to the people who review because I've been getting really good ideas from you guys, it's great to have your feedback.

The song used here was Uprising by Muse.

In case you are wondering, music will be included in the story.

Just letting you know that next chapter will be posted on tuesday or wednesday. Once again thanks for reading the story :) have a nice day/night!

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