Okay not gonna lie, this chapter made me fucking cry reading it so you have been warned!
Also changing the rating to M.
Dreams Can Come True - Chapter 3
[To: The girlfriend]
Come to the choir room, I need to show you something. Come alone.
[Sent at: 11:23]
Beca set her phone down on the piano in front of her and let out a nervous breath. This was it. This was the day she was going to ask Chloe to be her wife, she had the perfect way planned out, she wanted it to be private and sweet and she had everything all figured out.
Quickly her phone vibrated with a reply from her girlfriend.
[From: The girlfriend]
Be there in 2. Oo come alone? Giving me head on the piano again? ;)
[Sent a: 11:24]
Beca laughed aloud and shook her head at her phone. Her girlfriend was such a dork but she loved her so much it hurt. Keeping her word, it only took Chloe a couple of minutes to turn up.
"What's special about this room?" Beca asked as she smiled at the girl walking towards her.
"Uhm...we're in here like everyday?" Chloe suggested, joining her girlfriend on the piano bench with a short but sweet kiss.
"Close." Beca smirked as she pulled away, letting her fingers rest gently on the piano keys. "It's the room we first met."
"Aw babe, I told you you were a sentimental little panda." Chloe cooed, playfully nudging the brunette.
Beca screwed up her face. Chloe always managed to make her into this sentimental gooey mess.
"Do you still remember how to play that one song I actually managed to teach you?" The shorter girl wondered, hitting a few random notes on the piano.
"Of course, it's like one of my favourite songs. Although I still need you to play the chords for me, still haven't gotten the hang of that yet. Why?"
"Play it with me." Beca simply replied. Chloe looked at the brunette who was only giving her a goofy smile.
"Okay..." The redhead finally landed on, a little confused but she cleared her throat and looked down at the keys.
Beca smiled proudly at Chloe playing the intro of the song, she had managed to teach Chloe all the notes on piano and had also taught her one of her favourite songs (Of course Beca had to play the chords for her because she still didn't quite have the hand eye coordination for that yet)
(A/N - Listen to the Glee duet of this :D)
[Chloe]
Making my way downtown
Walking fast
Faces pass and I'm homebound
[Beca]
Staring blankly ahead
Just making my way
Making a way through the crowd
And I need you
[Chloe]
And I miss you
[Chloe and Beca]
And now I wonder
If I could fall into the sky
Do you think time would pass me by?
Cause you know I'd walk a thousand miles
If I could just see you
Tonight
[Chloe]
It's always times like these
When I think of you
And wonder if you ever think of me
[Beca]
Do you think of me?
Cause everything's so wrong
And I don't belong
[Chloe and Beca]
Living in your precious memory
Cause I need you
And I miss you
And now I wonder
If I could fall into the sky
Do you think time would pass me by?
Cause you know I'd walk a thousand miles
If I could just see you
Tonight
Yeah, tonight
Yeah, tonight
Oh, tonight
And I, I don't wanna let you know
I, I drown in your memory
I, I don't wanna let this go
I, I don't
[Beca]
Making my way downtown
Walking fast
Faces pass and I'm homebound
Yeah, I'm homebound
[Chloe]
Staring blankly ahead
Just making my way
[Chloe and Beca]
Making a way through the crowd
[Chloe (Beca)]
And I still need you (I still need you)
And I still miss you (I still miss you)
[Chloe and Beca]
And now I wonder
[Beca]
If I could fall into the sky
[Chloe]
Do you think time would pass us by?
[Chloe and Beca]
Cause you know I'd walk a thousand miles
If I could just see you
Oh, oh
[Chloe and Beca (Chloe)]
If I could fall (into the sky) ([Beca] Into the sky)
(Do you think) time would pass us by?
Cause you know I'd walk a thousand miles
If I could just see you
(If I could just) hold you
Tonight
Once the song came to an end the two girls just smiled at each other. Damn they still sounded flawless when they sang together, Beca was so glad she had set up a hidden camera on one of the shelves so she could capture this moment and keep it forever.
Instead of saying anything Beca grabbed her phone and sent a simple question to Chloe through text. She then got up and stood behind the redhead, placing her hands on her shoulders as she waited rather nervously. She watched over Chloe's shoulder as the said girl brought out her phone.
"Why are you texting me?" Chloe asked with a laugh, unlocking her phone.
Beca didn't speak, instead she reached into her back pocket and pulled out the engagement ring.
"Marry me?" Chloe whispered, reading the words off of the screen, blinking repeatedly trying to make sure it was the right words she was reading. She didn't even turn around to look at Beca. "Seriously?" She asked incredulously.
Beca smiled widely as she reached over Chloe's shoulder and gently took her left hand and slid the ring onto her finger. "Seriously." She leaned down and whispered into her ear "Marry me, Chloe."
"Oh my god!" Chloe nearly tripped up trying to stand up from the piano stool so she could almost knock her girlfriend to the ground.
"Is that a-"
"Yes! Yes oh my god!" Chloe squeezed Beca so hard that she almost cut off her oxygen. "I love you so much." She placed her hands on Beca's cheeks and looking longingly and lovingly into her partner's eyes.
"This isn't just me asking for you to be my wife one day by the way. It's a promise. A promise that I am committed to you and only you no matter how many miles I am away from you. It's a promise that somehow we'll settle down together and get married." Beca's hands were wrapped around her fiancée's waist as she smiled the way Chloe loved oh so much.
"And I am committed to you and only you." Chloe echoed, her eyes welling up slightly in happiness. "God you always make me cry." She chuckled, taking a hand away from Beca's face to wipe her own.
"That's because I'm smooth as fuck, girl!" Beca pulled Chloe into her before connecting their lips for the first time as an engaged couple. They couldn't believe it, they could call one another their fiancée now. Well not in front of their friends just yet because god only knows how they'll react.
Later on in the day, Mr McKay entered the choir room to find Miss James talking away with the glee kids. He smiled. Last year was when Lily and him had actually started dating and she had been helping with the glee club ever since.
"Hey guys, where is everyone else?" He furrowed his brow, counting the students with his finger noticing the rather large absence of them. Beca, Stacie, Jesse, Aubrey and Emily were the only ones present.
"Chloe's at the bathroom." Beca spoke up. "And also you said it wasn't mandatory today so literally none of the juniors showed up." She shrugged.
"Oh...well in that case I guess-"
Mr McKay and everyone ducked slightly as he was cut off with a bang. A bang that sounded all too much like a gunshot.
"What the fuck?!" Beca exclaimed, panic instantly striking across everyone's faces.
"Oh my god."
"What's going on?"
Mr McKay rushed over to the door and looked out the window, although all he could see was flurries of students running down the halls followed by shrieks. "Everybody get down. Get over by the board." He instructed in a whisper and everyone quickly obliged. "Jesse can you help push this?" He asked, beginning to push the piano towards the door, Jesse quickly coming to help. They both pushed the piano against the door so no one could open it and Miss James shut off the lights.
"Mr McKay?" Emily asked quietly, her voice trembling. They were all sat on the floor, back's up against the wall underneath the whiteboard. Stacie was clutching Emily's hand like her life depended on it. Aubrey was nuzzled into Jesse's neck once he finally sat down and Beca was sitting there with her eyes closed and fingers nervously pulling at her clothes. "Was that a...Uhm..." The sophomore had a lump in her throat as she tried to speak. "...gunshot?" She finally asked and the other teenagers winced at the thought.
"I don't know Emily. Just everyone stay calm, okay?" He whispered, his arm wrapped securely around Miss James.
There was a few moments of silence before a quiet sob filled the room. Everyone turned to Beca who had drawn her knees up to her chest and folded her arms on top of them, allowing her to rest her head.
"Beca?" Jesse asked quietly and the girl looked up with makeup stained cheeks.
"She's out there. Chloe's out there when someone could be running around with a fucking gun." She cried helplessly and Jesse tried to put his arm around her but she quickly pushed it away, jumping up to her feet.
"Beca! What're you doing? Sit down!" Miss James hissed as she watched the tiny brunette walk over to the piano.
"I'm going to get her. I'm not sitting in here whilst she could be in danger out there!" Beca replied with the anger clear in her voice as she began to attempt in pulling the piano back from the door.
"Beca you're too loud! Shut the fuck up before you get us all killed!" Stacie cried in a whisper, quickly turning to Emily once she heard the younger girl sob into her arm.
"Beca you can't go out there!" Mr McKay shot to his feet, pulling the girl away from the piano no matter how hard she struggled with her arms and legs.
"Let me go!" She struggled and struggled but finally gave in, her body going limp in Mr McKay's arms, breaking down into tears. He turned to girl around and held her in a hug till she calmed down a little.
"Everything's gonna be alright. I promise." He whispered soothingly before letting her sit back down next to Jesse, the said boy pulling his cousin in close.
"She'll be fine." Jesse soothed, leaning his head on top of Beca's.
"Guys I just wanna say something." Aubrey's voice cracked as she spoke up. "If we don't make it out of here, I love you guys so much. I don't know what I would've done without all of you." Everyone tried to smile gratefully but they physically couldn't, they were too frightened, too worried.
Beca sat up off of Jesse and wiped her eyes although it was pointless because it was like she couldn't stop the tears streaming down her face. "I want you guys to know that I asked Chloe to marry me." She managed to give a half smile through the tears as everyone else was just silent in surprise. "But I don't want that to be the last time I'll-" The brunette couldn't even finish her sentence without her voice cracking. She decided to not even try getting it out and chose to stay silent.
They continued to stay quiet, the only noise returning now and again was the odd sob from one of them.
Suddenly Mr McKay stood up. "Martin where are you going?" Miss James asked, tugging on his hand.
"It's killing me inside, knowing Chloe's out there. I need to go find her." He shook his head helplessly, his cheeks stained with tears. "Jesse give me a hand please." He wiped his eyes and began to move the piano as quietly as possible.
Dr Mitchell was sat at home, flicking through the TV channels. He had the day off work today and was finding it extremely boring without his wife or daughter or even his nephew around. His brow furrowed once he landed on the news channel, turning the volume up as there was a news reporter standing outside of what looked like Barden High.
"Barden High School is being evacuated this afternoon due to an alleged shooting. Police have now arrived and have began searching the building for students and of course an alleged gunbearer. There has been no casualties as far as we know but we will keep you updated." He turned off the TV as soon as his heart dropped to the pit of his stomach. Of course he was starting to think the worst. He had to go. As far as he knows, his daughter and nephew could be in the same building as someone with a gun.
The teenagers plus Miss James waited nervously on Mr McKay's return. They tried not to let their minds drift too far into the dark.
Beca's phone lit up and started ringing next to her. It was her dad.
"Shut it off!" Jesse hissed.
"It's my dad." Beca ignored Jesse and answered the phone. "Dad oh my god." She instantly sobbed down the line.
"Beca are you okay? Are you out of the school? Please tell me you're out."
"I'm not. I'm so scared dad, we're in the choir room and we can't get out." She cried, sniffing hard.
"Just stay calm okay? The police are in the building, they'll come and find you okay?"
"Dad please don't go." She sobbed into her arm that was resting on her knees.
"I can't have you drawing attention to yourself. I love you okay?"
"I love you too." Beca shut off her phone and continued to cry into her arm. It seemed like Mr McKay had been gone for ages and they were all beginning to worry more and more.
Suddenly the door opened making everyone's breath hitch and almost jump out of their skin. In walked Mr McKay along with a very shaken up Chloe.
"Oh my god!" Beca shot to her feet, throwing her arms around the redhead.
"I was so scared." Chloe sobbed into her fiancée's hair. "I thought I was never going to see you again."
"Me too." Beca admitted, soothingly rubbing her hands up and down Chloe's back. Relief washed over the couple, they had never been so happy to see one another in their lives.
The door opened once again, this time a police officer. The same again, everyone had never been so happy to see a police officer in their lives.
"We have an all clear, it is safe to leave the building. The weapon has been found." He bowed his head slightly as everyone slowly got to their feet, a wave of relief hitting them like a ton of bricks.
"Do we know what happened?" Mr McKay asked, finally being able to return to normal volume.
"A body has also been found..." He started, clearing his throat.
"God I feel sick." Beca winced along with everyone else apart from Stacie who let go of Emily's hand to grab the trash can in order for her to empty the contents of her very weak stomach into.
"A yet to be identified male has been discovered dead in the male's restroom down the hall with a gunshot wound to his head. It is what is believed to have been a suicide." The officer explained and the teenagers were once again reduced to tears, now for this unidentified boy who had been pushed to the point of suicide.
That was the day that rocked Barden. Not just the high school but the community around it. This would be a day that they would never forget. What started off as fear, ended in tragedy and loss. Although the name of the boy was still to be determined, Mr McKay, Miss James and the rest of the kids felt a huge hole in their hearts...
sorry if you cried :(
I felt like we really needed some drama after everything has been so happy go lucky.
First off though, what did you think if Beca's proposal? I know some of you wanted an extravagant gesture but I just felt like that wasn't Beca.
And of course the tragedy that has happened. Just to ease your hearts, the student isn't anyone we know but the glee club along with the school will still mourn him :(
Till next time guys!