Chloe opened the door, biting the insides of her cheek to try to contain her laughter and was greeted by the pizza man with two boxes of pizza. She paid him and grabbed the boxes, taking them to the living room where Aubrey, Stacie and Cynthia Rose were. She put the pizzas down and grabbed plates for everyone.
"But you gotta admit, that was the best night ever!" Stacie said.
"Okay, so tell me. After you two got insanely drunk, what did you guys do?" Aubrey asked, laughing.
"We were walking down the street, and suddenly Stacie wanted to use the bathroom, but there was none nearby, so she just lowered her pants, bent down and peed! On the street!" Chloe said and Aubrey and Cynthia Rose doubled over, laughing.
"Thanks, Chloe!" Stacie said.
"Hey, that was all you." Chloe said, grabbing a slice of pizza.
Stacie rolled her eyes.
"Hey you guys, you know what would be great, though?" Aubrey asked.
"What?" Cynthia Rose asked.
"If we had a Bella reunion." Aubrey said. "I miss the other girls, you guys are the only ones I talk to nowadays."
"Yeah, I miss those days." Stacie said.
"We won the ICCA's four times, that was big. We were a great team." Cynthia Rose said.
"It was awesome." Chloe agreed.
"You know what I wanted to ask you, Chloe?" Cynthia Rose said.
"No, what's that?" Chloe asked, grabbing another slice of pizza.
"Back when we were Bellas, I could swear you had something going on with Beca, but you guys never got together." Cynthia Rose said and Chloe chuckled.
"That's not a question." Chloe said.
Cynthia Rose eyed her and Chloe rolled her eyes.
"Well, if you must know, I did have a thing for her." Chloe said. "I mean, I burst into her shower for crying out loud!"
"You burst into her shower?!" the three asked. Not even Aubrey knew about this because Chloe never told her.
"Yeah. When I first heard her sing." Chloe said. "We got close and I tried dropping hints and I thought she had picked them up, but then at the ICCA's I saw her kiss Jesse and my world came tumbling down. That was the last time I saw her."
"You've never spoken to her since?" Stacie asked.
"No." Chloe said. "I cried about that for a week and after that I promised myself I'd never cry about her anymore. I never thought about her ever again."
It surprised Aubrey that Chloe was shrugging and she didn't seem to care. She could usually tell if her best friend was lying and now was no exception. Chloe wasn't lying. The years working as a cop in the SVU had certainly made her stronger.
"You never wondered where she might be today?" Cynthia Rose asked. "I mean, I even thought about that."
"No, I haven't." Chloe said. "I only think about work."
"Maybe that's why you're so stressed." Stacie suggested and Chloe shrugged.
"I honestly thought Beca had a thing for you, too, but I thought she was scared." Aubrey said.
"If she had, she'd tried to contact me. She hasn't." Chloe said. "That's okay, she's probably working on a record label, making mixes, dating Jesse."
"Probably." Aubrey shrugged.
"What would do if you ran into her today, Chloe?" Stacie asked, curiously.
"Probably say hello, ask how she's doing and move on. Like I've done years ago." Chloe said.
Aubrey had no idea Chloe was that strong. She always thought of the redhead as someone who got easily hurt, but that wasn't true anymore. She'd seen Chloe date a few people, but when they broke up, Chloe was never broken. Sure, she was upset, but she'd never cry like Aubrey thought she would.
They spent the rest of the night eating, talking and laughing. Chloe most definitely needed it. She felt horrible about working with abuse and rape victims, it took a toll on her a little bit at a time. She needed to relax.
After the other three women were gone, Chloe cleaned up, took a shower and went to bed. Feeling much lighter, she turned out her lights and went to sleep, the small brunette bugging her in her sleep.
oO0Oo
Beca opened the door as quietly as she could, trying not to make a single sound. She was successful, but when she stepped into the living room, she jumped out of her skin when she spotted her blonde roommate sitting on the couch with arms crossed.
"Where the hell were you?" she asked.
"Holy shit, Hanna, do you have to sit there so quietly?!" Beca asked, placing a hand on her heart and putting her boots down.
"Answer my question! I've been worried sick!" Hanna said.
"I was out with Amber. I texted her and met her at her apartment. Sorry, I forgot to warn you." Beca said.
"You could've taken your tongue out of that girl's pussy and long enough to call me and let me know you were okay!" Hanna said.
Beca cringed at her word choice, but shook it off and looked back at the blonde.
"I know and I'm sorry." Beca said.
"You can't just say you're sorry and think you're forgiven! Beca, there's a man out there kidnapping women just like you! When you disappeared at night what was I supposed to think?!" Hanna yelled and Beca finally saw why she was so angry.
"God, I see it now, Hanna and I'm so sorry, I forgot to warn you." Beca said. "Do you really think I was kidnapped?"
"Hello! The women who disappeared were all short, brunette and lesbians! You're short, brunette, well known and everyone knows you hate dick!" Hanna said.
"Look, I'm here, I'm fine. I wasn't kidnapped, okay?" Beca said, grabbing Hanna's face and looking into her eyes. "I'm not going anywhere."
Hanna took a deep breath and nodded.
"Okay, now that you've calmed down, how about we go out to eat? I'm starving." Beca asked.
"Sure, that'd be great." Hanna said with a smile.
Beca smiled back and was about to head upstairs to change, but stopped and turned back to Hanna.
"By the way, if you could stop using that language, I'd appreciate it."
Hanna laughed and followed Beca upstairs.
Beca was so lucky to have a friend like Hanna, who cared about her and who loved her for who she was. Granted, she had had a crush on the blonde when they first met, but after a few weeks, she found out the blonde was as straight as a rule, so she moved on. Now they were great friend, almost like sisters and they both loved that. Beca wished she could have more friends like Hanna.
oO0Oo
Chloe sighed and drank a sip of her coffee and stood up with an envelope on her hand when she felt someone grab her by the arm and she turned around.
"Chloe, you okay?" Stacie asked with a frown.
"Yeah. I'm a little tired, though, why?" Chloe asked.
"You seem out of it." Stacie said.
"Well, this case is wearing me out, to be honest." Chloe said.
"Wanna talk about it?" Stacie offered.
Chloe sighed but nodded and they headed outside for a while, both with their cell phones on their pockets in case they were called.
"I don't know, I always feel weird when we work with rape victims and such but this is different." Chloe said. "I don't know, I feel… weird, heavy."
Stacie sighed.
"Are you sure there isn't a deeper issue?" Stacie asked.
"I'm afraid the next girl is gonna be someone I know." Chloe sighed and crossed her arms.
Stacie nodded.
"We're gonna catch that guy and save those women." Stacie said.
Chloe nodded and sighed, running a hand through her red hair.
"I know we are, that's what we always do." Chloe said.
Stacie smiled when her friend looked up at her.
"Feeling better?" Stacie asked.
"A little, yeah." Chloe said and smiled at Stacie. "Thanks, Stace."
"No problem." Stacie said. "Now let's go back inside and try to arrest as many perps as we can."
Chloe chuckled and they went back inside.
At night, when Chloe went back home, she was feeling so worried, like something was gonna happen. She never had this feeling before and she didn't know how to get rid of it. She tried taking a shower, eating dinner, but nothing worked. She watched some TV and the feeling was still there. She made herself some tea and went to bed, trying to get some sleep.
oO0Oo
Beca was sitting inside a conference room in the studio with three other men and two women besides Hanna. Her manager, Kate, was there also and they were talking about a new project with Beca and Hanna. Kate was trying to persuade Beca into making an album all her own, where she'd be the singer and the producer. So far, Beca was interested, it seemed like something that would be amazing for her name.
Hanna was there because she was offered to sing some songs with Beca and she loved the idea. The two loved the idea of working together.
One hour and a half was a good time to decide everything, but Beca had absolutely no idea why they needed the extra hour and a half, which felt like it was going to turn into two hours.
Hanna and Beca weren't paying attention anymore, they didn't know why they needed to stay there. They had heard all about the details and such, why couldn't they leave?
Beca jumped when she heard a thunder outside and looked out the window, noticing it had gotten much darker in the last ten minutes and now it was about to start raining heavily. She sighed. She just wanted to go home.
By the time the meeting finally ended, it was eleven o'clock at night. Both Hanna and Beca were starving, their stomachs were growling loudly, they were planning on going home, ordering pizza and go to bed.
"Crap, look outside!" Hanna said.
"Yeah, I don't have my umbrella." Beca sighed. "Stupid hot girl in channel 6! She said it wasn't going to rain until tomorrow!"
Hanna laughed.
"Here's what we'll do: I'm gonna go get the car while you stay inside the class doors and wait for me." Hanna said.
"Sounds like a plan." Beca nodded. "Okay, let's get going."
The two greeted everyone before going down to the lobby. Hanna put her jacket over her head and walked outside in the rain, running to the car that was parked not too close to the studio. She fished her keys out and was about three big steps away from the black SUV when she heard a scream.
Hanna turned around, alarmed and saw a huge dude holding Beca by the waist with one arm. She was screaming, kicking her legs violently and the side of her face looked hurt, there was a small cut open on her forehead and there was blood sliding down her face. She was clawing at the guy's arm, which looked hurt, with many scars and fresh opened cuts. He had black sweatpants and a black T-shirt that had something written on it.
Hanna's brain went back into work and she started running as fast as she could towards that dude, screaming for help.
"Let her go!" she screamed.
Beca screamed again and tried to let go of his grasp, but he was too strong. He opened the back of a black minivan and before Hanna could get close to them, he threw Beca in the back of the van, got in himself and drove off.
oO0Oo
Chloe woke up in the middle of the night screaming, having a nightmare. She ran her hands through her hair and sighed, taking deep breaths to calm her down. She went to her kitchen and grabbed a glass of water, trying to calm down. When she went back to her room she found her phone ringing. She saw Captain Dunnett's name written on it and immediately picked it up.
"Beale." She answered. "Yes, I'll be right there."
Chloe got dressed, grabbed her phone and her gun and went to her car, going to the crime scene. She was told another woman had just been abducted in front of a music studio. She drove as quick as she could to the scene and found a bunch of cops there, an ambulance and even her partner Stacie talking to Cynthia Rose and her partner Jack.
"Hey." Chloe approached them. "What's up?"
"A woman was just abducted here, the only witness was that blonde woman." Cynthia Rose said and pointed to a woman sitting by the curb with a blanket over her body as she shook lightly, with a paramedic beside her. Her blonde hair was damp, she looked like she had just gotten out of the icy ocean of Titanic.
"Everybody else from the studio left already, this woman was the only witness, she hasn't said a word." Jack said.
Captain Dunnett approached them and looked at Chloe, who was looking at the woman with a frown.
"Beale, you're the best working with rape victims, see if you can get anything from her." He said.
"Captain, she's not a rape victim, is she?" Chloe asked.
"Doctor said she has no signs of assault." He said. "But she hasn't said a word to anyone."
Chloe sighed.
"Maybe we should get her somewhere she can talk." Chloe suggested. "Maybe take her home."
"Not just yet." Captain Dunnett said.
Chloe sighed.
"Conrad, go with her." He said and Stacie nodded,
Chloe approached the woman and knelt down in front of her.
"Hello, my name is Chloe Beale." Chloe said. "This is my partner Stacie Conrad, we're detectives."
The woman looked at her then at Stacie.
"We need you to tell us what happened." Chloe said as softly as she could.
The woman looked up at her and sighed, still trembling, but not from the cold.
"I'm Hanna." She said. "I… My friend and I had a meeting tonight that ended at eleven. It was raining, so I went ahead to get the car while she stayed inside the glass doors. I was almost at the car when I heard a scream. I turned around and there was this huge guy holding her."
"Did you see his face?" Chloe asked.
"No, he had a mask. But his T-shirt had 'AA Associates' on it, written in blue." Hanna said. "His right arm had a bunch of scars and open cuts, most of which my friend was causing."
"Okay, that's good." Chloe said as Stacie wrote it down. "What happened next?"
"He threw her in the back of a black minivan and drove away." Hanna said, crying now, trying to wipe her tears.
"Did you see the license?" Chloe asked.
"No, there a black cloth over it, but I saw a plate underneath it because of the wind." Hanna said.
Chloe nodded.
"Okay, good, we're gonna take you home now." Chloe said, helping her to stand up. "You need a hot shower and a change of clothes."
Hanna nodded, still trembling.
"We're gonna need your friend's name and the most recent picture you can find." Chloe said.
"I have a bunch of pictures in our house." Hanna nodded.
"What's her name, Hanna?" Chloe asked.
"Re-Rebeca Mitchell." Hanna said.