Chapter 5: Regionals.
-Beca's pov, 3 months later-
Beca sighed as she tried to feel comfortable in her bella's uniform. Her scarf was around her neck and she pulled at it as Chloe came into the room. The red head giving her a smile before walking up to her and giving her a kiss. They still had not gone out on a date since Aubrey had been cracking down and kept them busy after Beca had fully healed. Even going as far as taking all of her time outside classes. Chloe had gotten the job to help Andrew with his school work and the boy had caught up on all of the classes quickly and was doing fairly well.
"you nervous?" Chloe asked and Beca just nodded, not trusting her voice. Chloe just smiled before kissing her once more. "Its going to be alright. Aubrey has made sure all of us have this act down to perfection. You have even gotten the seal of approval despite you being limited for awhile there. Amy will sing my solo and we will conquer this competition. Now lets go and get it over with so you can take me out on a date."
Beca smiled and they left to join the rest of the bella's only to see some blond man in a suit talking to Aubrey whom was looking uncomfortable and stressed. Chloe looked nervous as they came to a stop by the other bella's.
"...So win and live up to the Posen family name. Your step mother and I will be watching. Don't let me down like last year at the finals." the man said and then looked over their group and let his green eyes linger on Beca before leaving. Aubrey then turned to them and glared at all of them.
"We better not fuck this up. Lets just get out there and kick some butt." Aubrey said as it was their turn and they went out there. Beca trying her hardest to fall into the group since she did not want people recognizing her.
It was going great until fat amy took off her jacket like a rock star and Beca could see Aubrey murdering her with her eyes. That was also when she noticed the one person she did not expect to see again in her life sitting beside Aubrey's father. Susan, the woman that had brought her into this world and loved and cared for her until Beca's dad left them.
As they left the stage they ran into the trebles whom were up next. Their performance drowned theirs and that was made obvious when The bellas landed in second place and they won the trophy in first place. They walked out of the room and saw the trebles arguing with four older a Capella dudes. That was when the older dudes started attacking the trebles and Beca sighed. She saw Andrew trying to help Jesse whom one of the older dudes was asking said boy to hit him.
She noticed Amy get exited beside her and saw Chloe put a hand on the aussies shoulder and give her a look that clearly told her no.
"I have wrestled dingoes and crocodiles simultaneously and you don't want me to join a fight with a few boys?" Amy asked and Beca just nodded knowing that was what Chloe would want her to do before noticing the tension rising between Jesse, Andrew and the old dude. Andrew then came running over.
"Beca, I need you. Everybody knows you and it might be enough to scare that dude off if you get involved. Jesse can't harm a fly." Andrew said and Beca just raised her eyebrow and then felt Chloe's hand clamp down on her shoulder.
"No." Chloe said and Beca just looked up to her and then to Jesse whom was trying to talk the dude out of the fight and then to Chloe again.
"I'm just going to check on that. I won't get us thrown out of the competition, I promise." Beca said and when the red head gave her a nod she walked down the stairs and went over to where the dude was asking Jesse to hit him with the trophy. Amy then followed her saying the kraken has been unleashed. Beca saw Chloe hide her face in shame as she walked up to the old dude and punched him.
"Oh my god! Why would you do that?!" Jesse said and Beca just shrugged as Andrew tried to hide his amusement over all this. The dude was on the floor and was obviously getting some perverse satisfaction out of the pain.
Beca then started trying to stop Amy whom had come over and was holding the trophy and was planning on hitting him with it.
"Fat amy! AMY STOP! AMY!" Beca said as the taller girl kept the trophy out of her reach.
"Fat amy kick me in the balls!" The dude said and said girl did just that. Beca could hear everyone let out a ooof as he fell to the floor and saw Jesse and Andrew looking at the dude with looks of pity. Beca then grabbed hold of the trophy and started trying to pull it out of the aussies hands.
"BECA! Give me the sharp weapon I want to put it up his butt!" Amy said and Beca just looked at her like she was crazy but did not let go as the dude turned his back on them and stuck his butt towards them. That was when the trophy broke and Beca was left with one leg as the rest flew out a window, shattering it. Everyone let out a shocked grasp at that. And Beca looked at where the Bella's were standing and saw Chloe covering her mouth, giving them a disbelieving look.
Beca also saw a police man writing the old dudes a ticket but he came running as soon as the window broke. The trebles all made a run for it including Amy who left her to take the blame just as her mother, Susan, and Aubrey's father came out of the room where the performances were.
She could feel the womans disapproving glare even before she turned around. Beca was about to make a run for it when the police man walked in the door.
"Mitchell! Stop right there. Figures you would be behind this shit. Don't even think about running and just put your hands behind your back. You know the drill." the police officer said and Beca just sighed before looking at Chloe and saw her looking worried as the police officer put her in handcuffs. Aubrey, Chloe and Jesse came over at that along with Aubrey's dad and Beca's mother.
"Officer, Beca didn't..." Chloe began to say before Beca shot her a look.
"Chloe, sweety don't try to defend this hoodlum. It is obvious what happened here. The girl is and has always been out of control." Susan said and Beca just rolled her eyes.
"You would know all about that wouldn't you Susan. After all you gave birth to me." Beca said and she heard Chloe and Aubrey gasp in shock. Aubrey obviously not knowing her step mothers connection to Beca.
"Beca. I gave up on you years ago. And yet you have shamed me once more. I would have thought your father would have done the same but figures he would give you one last chance, and you have been out for what? 5 months? and you have already gotten into trouble. You could never be the perfect daughter like Aubrey is. By the way Aubrey, honey, fantastic performance. Just keep that blond fat girl in chains." Susan said and Beca glared lightly and saw Andrew giving her an worried look.
"Yeah. I would never be the perfect daughter for a worthless drunk like you." Beca said and Susan reached out a perfectly manicured hand and slapped her. The police officer holding her did nothing to stop it and just watched on with a bored expression as he was taking statements from people around the building.
Andrew came forward at that and glared at Susan while Aubrey and Chloe were surprisingly glaring at her as well. Aubrey's dad just looked between his wife and Beca before stepping up.
"Beca. My name is Nathaniel Posen. I'm Aubrey's father in case you hadn't guessed it. Susan is no longer a drunk. She cleaned up her act long before I met her." Nathaniel said and Beca just raised her eyebrow at him.
"She also disowned me. So I don't get why the hell she is feeling ashamed of me. She made it clear three years ago that she didn't ever want to see me again. She threw all of my stuff out of the house and I haven't heard from her since. I don't give two shits about what she thinks of me. And I don't want anything to do with you or her." Beca said and Susan then seemed to turn on Andrew.
"Andrew, Darling. Long time no see. How have you been?" Susan said and Andrew just shrugged before looking at her.
"Ethan got me into Barden and I have been trying to stay out of trouble and Beca has been helping. Its actually my fault she got into trouble tonight. I asked her to help out with this dude whom was bullying our friend from school." Andrew replied gently and as always Susan would not listen to that side of the story and just started talking about how she could never keep anyone out of trouble and that he should just stick around Chloe and Aubrey. The police officer came over at that moment and took her away to the police station.
"Andrew. Call my dad. Explain things to him. He at least has the brains to listen to you unlike someone we both know." Beca called and Andrew nodded as he took out his cell phone.
Beca stayed silent the whole ride to the station. Officer Rodriguez was luckily there to take over the case and took everything from her that she could hurt people with and then led her to a holding cell after taking her statement. She had decided to take the fall for the crime since it wouldn't do any good to have Amy or any of the trebles taken down for it.
She noticed the other women in the holding cell giving her scared looks that told her they recognized her and so she just picked a corner before sitting down to relax. She knew it would take some time before her father could bail her out. None of the women in the cell bothered her the whole time. 3 hours later she was free and she walked out with her guns and knives once more.
"Hey Hillary Swank from Million dollar baby." Andrew said as she walked towards him and got her leather jacket before fake punching him a few times and he returned the punching gesture with a grin.
"Hey. You know you just have to say million dollar baby, not name the specific actress." Beca replied and then started walking towards where her father was waiting in the car.
"Damn. Prison changed you." Andrew said and Beca just laughed lightly.
"Thanks for getting my dad to bail me out. Is he angry?"
"No. Worried about your record but not angry." Andrew said and they got into the car.
"Beca. I'm glad that you are making friends, but please refrain from another incident like this. It doesn't look good for you with your record." Ethan said and Beca simply nodded before he drove them back to Barden.
Andrew and Beca walked to their room and just chatted lightly about how the girls in the holding cell had looked scared of her.
"...one of them had the tattoo of the ground hog gang. She looked like she had seen a ghost when I was placed in the..." Beca said as they walked into the room and saw all of the Bella's waiting. They greeted her loudly with smiles on their faces and Beca just smiled before making this gangster move.
"What up shawshank?" Amy said loudly as Beca closed the door.
"Did you get yourself a bitch?" Cynthia asked jokingly biting her lip.
"Did they spray you with a hose?" Amy asked, looking curious. Andrew just flopped down on his bed with a sigh.
"I did a turn at county" Lilly said smiling lightly.
"You guys waited up for me?" Beca asked, actually feeling a little touched by that. She placed her bag which had all of her weapons in it on the floor gently and looked over the group.
"Of course we waited up for you." Chloe said from where she was sitting beside Cynthia and Beca smiled before turning to Andrew.
"Did you know they were here?"
"Yeah. They have been here all night. Its a real inconvenience Beca, really. I could have had sooo many girls over while you were in prison instead of having to wait for you to be busy all the time." Andrew said jokingly and Beca just walked over to the bed calmly before jumping and landing on the boys back before sitting down. The boy letting out a disagreeing 'HEY' at that.
Beca just ignored it until he grabbed hold of her and twisted them around so he was on top this time and started tickling her much to the Bella's amusement.
"Take me for a chair do ya?! Huh little shawshank?" Andrew said before getting up and letting her go. She just rushed over to where Chloe was and hid behind the taller girl whom was laughing.
"Evil people..." Beca grumbled causing everyone to laugh.
"Beca. I'm glad you are here." Aubrey suddenly said and Beca just raised her eyebrows at the girl in shock. "I'm calling an emergency Bella meeting."
"Noooo..." Amy said in a whining tone but went ignored.
"first off, the sockcapellas almost beat us according to the score sheet. So amy you have to do it exactly like we practice it, no surprises." Aubrey said and Beca just looked at her like she had grown two heads.
"We should be taking risks. Its not enough to be good. We need to put ourselves out there, be different." Beca said and Aubrey looked at her with this condescending look that made her want to choke her.
"Beca's right. The trebles never sing the same song twice." Cynthia said and Beca nodded before adding.
"The audience love the trebles. They tolerate us. We could change the face..." Beca said before realizing how she was sounding. "Oh my gosh that sounded so queer-balls what is happening to me. Um let me show you this arrangement I have been working on."
Chloe stood up and followed her over to her laptop, looking over her shoulder as Beca opened a program.
"I didn't know you were into this stuff." Chloe said and Beca just looked at her with a small smile.
"Yeah." Beca said nervously turning back to the laptop.
"Okay, I have the pitch pipe, and I say that we focus on the set list as planned. From now on, there will be no more wasting time with work or school or boyfriends or partners. Sorry, Cynthia Rose." Aubrey said and said girl just shook her head after shooting her a confused look.
"But Aubrey, this stuff is pretty cool.. maybe..." Chloe said but got cut off by Aubrey who sounded anxious.
"Okay. Practice tomorrow at 8am sharp.." Aubrey said before leaving the room.
"Something needs to be done about that girl." Cynthia said and Beca silently agreed as Chloe sat down in her lap and wrapped her arms around her.
"Yeah. She's going to ruin you guys." Andrew said sitting up and looking at Beca. "But if I know that short shawshank over there then she's got a plan."
"I don't. For once. Since my unbelievably hot girlfriend is Aubrey's best friend." Beca said and Chloe smiled at her at the hidden compliment.
"Well. What are you going to do? Be humiliated at the semi-finals?" Andrew asked and Beca sighed before looking at the Bella's whom were looking at her.
"We play Aubrey's game for now. If we fail at the semi-finals then it will be her fault, and her fault only. But I intend to put my foot down about the no school and no work stuff... I don't plan on having to repeat a year because Aubrey is obsessed with perfecting lame ass songs. And I also don't plan on stopping spending time with my hot girlfriend." Beca said and the girls all agreed before leaving. The only people remaining in the room were Beca, Chloe and Andrew.
"So Beca how are you really? I can't believe you got thrown in for destruction of property." Chloe said and Beca just pecked her lips before standing up with the red head wrapping her legs around her waist and linking her arms together behind her neck, forcing Beca to carry her over to the bed.
"I'm fine. A holding cell is nothing compared to the cells I have been in." Beca said as she sat down on her bed before taking off both of their shoes and laying the red head down.
"Is Susan really your mother?" Chloe asked as Beca laid down beside her and she put her arm around the red head's waist.
"Yeah. Though she lost that title 5 years ago." Beca said, hoping the red head would drop the subject.
"Is she the real reason you got into that world?" Chloe asked and Beca just sighed before sitting up. Looking over to where Andrew was now sleeping.
"Look. Chloe. My mom was drunk all of the time after my dad left, it messed me up and I pushed people away so they wouldn't have to see how things were going. Once I had pushed everyone out I started hanging around this dude who gave me an odd job there and there so I could pay the bills since my mom didn't. I then started using the drugs when things got to hard and she turned abusive. So in a way, yes its her fault. But I never should have given into temptation." Beca said and Chloe sat up before straddling her thighs.
"True. But had your mother not given into her own temptation then you would not have gone into that world. She should not have any right to ridicule you. I will defend you better next time. I promise." Chloe said before leaning in half way and Beca just smiled before connecting their lips together in a soft kiss. Beca then went to shower and returned to find the red head sleeping on her bed in one of Beca's over sized shirts and sweat pants.
The brunette just smiled before getting in bed behind the red head and pulled covers over both of them before wrapping one arm around the older girls waist and falling asleep.
-a few days later. Chloe's pov-
Chloe glared at her girlfriends retreating back as the girl left once more without hanging out with her. The girl had been avoiding her for days now and it was getting to the red head. Andrew had been doing the same thing along with Cynthia and Amy. All four of them claiming to be busy with school.
Chloe sighed as her girlfriend went out of sight and headed to her apartment to hang out with Aubrey. A few hours later Chloe had just gotten out of the shower and was wearing her pyjamas which was a t-shirt that she had stolen from her girlfriend and sweat pants when there was a knock at her door and Andrew was standing on the other side of the door with a smirk on his face.
"Hey Chlo. I need you to change into something...nicer. And to come with me." Andrew said and Chloe just gave him an are you crazy look.
"When you say nicer what you mean exactly?" Chloe asked and Andrew just shrugged.
"hot dress or something." Andrew said and Chloe nodded before closing the door.
She then got dressed into a blue strapless dress that reached about mid thigh and leggings before pulling her coat on and opening the door once more once she had her purse. She then followed Andrew as they walked and the boy just ignored all of her questions or told her to wait and see.
They took a cab to this nice restaurant and Chloe started panicking that he was taking her out on a date when the hostess led them to a private area and seated them at a table for two.
"Andrew, what is going on exactly?" Chloe asked and the boy just smirked before taking her hands.
"I'm sorry but I have to abandon you now. Otherwise a certain Brunette will kick my ass for hitting on her girlfriend when I'm supposed to be long gone." Andrew said before standing up and leaving. Leaving Chloe all alone until Beca arrived, wearing a black dress shirt and a pair of black jeans.
Beca took the seat in front of her as their waiter arrived with menu's for them. After he took their orders Chloe smiled at the brunette. "I'm guessing all this is the reason you have been staying away for the last few days?"
"Yes and no. I have been helping Amy and Cynthia out with some stuff. I promised I wouldn't say anything about it. And I have been so nervous about all this that I decided avoiding you was the best thing. Otherwise I would have ended up blurting stuff out or something more stupid. I also was too busy to pick you up myself so I called Andrew and had him do it for me... I hope that wasn't too awkward." Beca replied and Chloe just giggled before grabbing the brunettes hand and stroked the back of her hand gently.
"So are you nervous about the semi-finals?" Chloe asked and looked at Beca whom groaned before looking down.
"Can we please not talk about a capella right now? Tonight is about us, not Aubrey's stupidity. " Beca pleaded and Chloe laughed lightly at that before agreeing. They then just talked about normal things like plans for the future and stuff like that.
"Me and Aubrey have been thinking of staying here for grad school. As you know both of us are pre-law and will be graduating at the end of the year. Barden has some interesting deals for us and my father wants me to stay here. Aubrey's dad feels the same about her." Chloe said after Beca told her about her dream of going to L.A to dj and produce music.
"To keep an eye on us?" Beca asked with amusement in her voice.
"Yeah. We just know that you guys will go wild once we leave." Chloe said sarcastically and the brunette looked impressed with her sarcasm.
-Beca's pov-
"I think I'm starting to rub off on you." Beca said just as their food arrived. They ate in comfortable silence and then headed out to Chloe's car. Beca drove them to a shooting range and Chloe just gave her an are you crazy look before they went inside and were greeted in a friendly manner.
"Here's the deal. I sometimes come here to let out my anger. And I know you have been struggling with irritation with Aubrey so I thought I'd show you how to shoot at a target. Then after we do that we can go to this amusement park and have some innocent fun." Beca said and Chloe just smiled before agreeing.
Beca then got one pistol from the man at the desk with fake shots since she didn't trust the red head with the real deal yet. They then headed into this shooting area where Beca put ear protectors around Chloe's neck before placing one around her own. They would need them later. She then took up a position behind the red head and showed her how to hold the gun. Placing the red head's hands in the correct positions.
"You will want to hold it tightly so that you don't lose the grip when the gun kicks back after you pull the trigger." Beca said tightening the red head's grip on the gun. Then she placed the ear protectors over both of their ears before holding the red heads hands as the girl pulled the trigger the first time, minimizing the guns movement to almost zero. Then she had the red head do it again without her holding the gun so she could get a feel for it. They stayed there for about an hour, Beca teaching the red head everything she knew about shooting and then they competed against each other. Beca coming out on top, causing the red head to pout.
They then headed to the amusement park and Beca paid for plenty of tickets. The red head then dragged her from one ride to the other while chatting all the way. The night ended with Beca winning the red head a huge ass blue stuffed tiger from a shooting game. The red head just hugged the thing tightly before squealing about how 'it was so fluffy she could die.' causing the brunette to laugh lightly and kiss the girl lightly.
They then headed back to Barden. Beca driving while the red head dozed off in the seat next to her. Beca looked over to the red head and had to smile at how happy and peaceful the girl looked. She looked back to the road and felt the red head take her hand after a few moments and start to play with her fingers. When they arrived at Barden it was 2 am and Beca walked Chloe up to the red heads apartment, holding the red heads hand in her right hand while carrying the tiger in the other one. When they arrived at the door Chloe opened it before turning around to look at the brunette.
"Aubrey seems to be out...do you want to come inside?" Chloe asked and Beca hesitated before nodding. Once they were inside and had taken off their shoes Chloe pushed Beca up against the door and kissed her hungrily and Beca returned the kiss with as much fervor. Chloe then led her to her bedroom. Chloe closed and locked the door behind her before pushing Beca down on the bed and started stripping slowly. Once the red head was just in her underwear she walked over to her and kissed the brunette hungrily once more, slipping her tongue inside her mouth as she started to undress the smaller girl with said girl helping her out.
When both of them were naked they just stared at each other for a second before they kissed once more, this time more slowly and lovingly. Chloe threading her fingers in the brunette's hair and allowing the smaller girl to have her way with her and later returning the favor.
-The next morning, Chloe's pov-
Chloe woke up slowly the next morning, she was laying with her head on someone's tattooed chest and said persons arm was around her. Chloe smiled suddenly remembering last night and sighed in contentment. Her body was aching in all the right places and she felt more satisfied than she had ever felt before after sex.
The red head sat up slowly, causing the covers to slip lower on both of them she could see some scratch marks on Beca's stomach and bit her lip, knowing she had made those. The brunette probably had more on her back. She also saw an hickey on the brunette's neck and knew the girl would complain lightly at that.
As if sensing her stare the brunette started to wake up slowly and let out a groan as she stretched before opening her eyes slowly and saw the red head staring at her. The brunette blushed at that before grabbing the covers to cover herself up but was stopped by the red head.
"I have seen this plenty of times, there nothing to be ashamed of Beca. You are beautiful." Chloe said before leaning down and giving the girl a light kiss which the brunette tried to turn into a more headed kiss and was about to switch their positions when she let out a small groan as the muscles in her back stretched. Chloe sat back up at that from the position the brunette had pushed her down into and saw the scratch marks on the younger girls back and covered her mouth before letting out a small gasp.
-Beca's pov-
"That bad huh?" Beca asked before getting up and walking over to a full body sized mirror in one corner of the room and turning to look at her back. Whistling at what she saw. Her whole back was covered in scratches. Some were shallow and some were deeper than the others. She could see the shame on Chloe's face and knew the red head was starting to blame herself so she walked back over to the bed and took the red heads hands before pressing her lips to the red heads.
"Chlo. Don't feel bad. I think its sexy that you did this. It hurts a tiny bit but that's nothing a little bit of anti-septic and a kiss from my beautiful girlfriend wont fix." Beca said softly and the red head looked at her with a small smile before getting up and put on a robe and went out of the room for a few moments before returning with anti-septic creme and started to rub it over the scratches. Once she was done the brunette leaned over and pressed their lips together again. That was when they heard Aubrey come home and Beca let out a sigh as she started to get dressed.
"Chloe? You home sweety?" Aubrey called and Beca raised her eyebrow at her girlfriend as she pulled on her jeans before looking for her sports bra. She had just found it when the blond girl appeared in the doorway with a surprised expression on her face.
"I thought you went out with Andrew last night?" Aubrey asked, looking at Chloe whom sighed.
"Andrew picked me up to bring me to this place where Beca was waiting. She was busy up to the last moment so she couldn't pick me up herself." Chloe replied and Aubrey looked at the brunette disdainfully.
"And you slept with her on the first date? Really Mitchell?" Aubrey asked and Beca just gave her an are-you-serious look.
"Aubrey, Stop acting like she robbed me of my innocence or something like that. You have done the same thing plenty of times with boys. Besides, I was the one that made the first move last night." Chloe said, defending Beca who put on her bra before pulling on her shirt.
"Fine. There is food downstairs that Susan cooked this morning. There is only enough for one." Aubrey said and Beca just rolled her eyes at the obvious hint she should leave.
"That's fine. I have to go meet up with Andrew anyway." Beca said before walking over to the red head who was giving Aubrey an disapproving look. And grabbed the girls chin lightly before kissing her lightly on the lips and smiling. "I'll see you at practice okay?"
"Okay. I love you." Chloe said and Beca smiled before kissing the girl once more.
"Love you too. Bye blondie." Beca said before leaving.
-Chloe's pov-
Chloe watched her girlfriend leave with a smile and then noticed her blond haired friend staring at her.
"what?" Chloe asked innocently and Aubrey just raised her eyebrow.
"What did you two do last night?" Aubrey asked after just staring at her for a few minutes.
"We went out to dinner then she took me to a shooting range to show me how to use a gun, which was fun and then we went to the amusement park and she won this huge ass stuffed tiger for me. It was all in all the perfect first date." Chloe said simply and the blond just looked surprised. Probably having expected the girl to take her out for a movie as a first date.
"That is actually kind of sweet of her though I don't get why she would include the shooting range..." Aubrey mumbled as they walked downstairs and Chloe started heating the food that Susan had cooked for her.
"She told me that if I ever get stressed that firing from a gun is a good way to get rid of it. You should get her to teach you, it might help you with your stomach problem." Chloe replied and they just chatted about the date for awhile before going to get ready for practice. Chloe deciding to shower after it since she would probably sweat during practice.
The red head couldn't help but smile as they walked to the auditorium, knowing she would be meeting her girlfriend again. Aubrey noticed this and just muttered that they better focus on practice otherwise they would never be ready for the semi-finals next week.
Chloe just laughed at that as they walked into the auditorium and she saw her girlfriend waiting there with the rest of the bella's. The brunette looking up at her with a smile, everyone noticed this and started bombarding them with questions about the hickey on Beca. The two girls just ignoring them and staying in their own world as they looked into each others eyes.
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An: ….ugh that chapter ending sounds a little...toooooooo mushy for my badassery... ugh I have to go wash this shit out with soap. I'm not this mushy, romantic type. Its not even in my vocabulary to be romantic. I'm a bad ass... not a hopeless romantic.
Anyway. Tell me what you think. Next chapter will be coming soon.