"Here we are," Aubrey put her SUV in park and looked over at the 18 year old in her passenger's seat. "I want you to take my number. Whenever you need a little break from Chloe or your sister, call me. I just moved back to town." The blonde handed Jaiden a slip of paper with her cell number on it and then got out of the vehicle. She walked around to help Jaiden out, but the younger girl was still vastly independent when she was drunk, and had slid out of the passenger's side clumsily.
"Come on," Aubrey huffed. She wrapped an arm around Jaiden's waist and helped her up onto the sidewalk. The two made their way into the building and up to Jaiden's floor, slowly but surely.
"Why are you helping me?" Jaiden asked as they reached the door to her apartment. She winced as Aubrey knocked on the door, which would no doubt rouse her sister. The blonde wasn't as helpful as she thought.
"Because your sister is important to Chloe, and if you're important to Beca, that makes you important to me by extension-Hey!" Aubrey flashed a bright smile as the door opened and Beca stared at the two of them in confusion. The small girl was wrapped in a robe and dripping water onto the floor from where she stood.
"Jaiden…Aubrey…what the hell is going on?" She sputtered.
"I left a note." Jaiden slurred. She pointed a clumsy finger at the door and pulled out of Aubrey's grip. Shoving past Beca, she yanked the note off of the wooden panel and handed it to her.
"Have a good night," Aubrey excused herself quickly and shut the door as she left. Jaiden began towards her room immediately, praying that Beca would just leave the situation alone. Of course, she didn't.
"Are you drunk?"
"Um…maybe a little." Jaiden turned around slowly and offered a nervous smile. The look on Beca's face wiped it right off and she straightened up; trying not to sway on her feet.
"I explicitly told you no alcohol, and you left the apartment without telling me and got drunk?"
"Beca, lay off!" The volume of Jaiden's voice brought Chloe out of the master bedroom and the redhead assessed the situation worriedly.
"Hey, what's going on?" She asked lightly, hoping that her presence would calm Beca down.
"She snuck out to a bar and Aubrey brought her home."
"Jaiden!" Chloe frowned, completely forgetting her goal of diffusing the situation. She could see now that Jaiden was pretty plastered and understood completely why Beca looked so furious.
"I seriously can't believe you. We're doing everything we can to get you in a good place and you pull something like this-"
"Beca, seriously? Fuck off. I didn't ask you to do any of this. You're the one up my ass and you're doing it just to make yourself feel better. I didn't want you to save me that night. You shouldn't have. It was my decision and it's my life, so just butt out." Jaiden's words ran together, but neither of the older girls doubted the sincerity of them.
"Jay," Beca whispered. She took a step towards the younger girl, only to be matched with a step back.
"You know what? I'm moving out. I'm moving the hell out." Jaiden decided.
"No, you're not. You're going back to the hospital." Beca's threat caught the younger girl off guard and she backed away again nervously.
"You can't just throw me in there!"
"Well, you just told us you're basically still suicidal, so I can. Let's go." Beca lunged forward and grabbed her sister by the arm. Jaiden yanked away from her clumsily and Chloe caught her other side.
"Beca, go get dressed and we'll go." Chloe, who had emerged in sweatpants and a t-shirt, grabbed onto Jaiden's other arm and nodded at her girlfriend. Realizing that she was still in her robe, Beca left the two with a locked jaw and clenched fists; trying to make sense of the mess of feelings in her head.
"You know I could totally take you, right?" Jaiden squinted at the girl holding her captive and frowned when Chloe didn't indulge her. "Hey, remember that time you tried to get with me when you were drunk. Hey," Jaiden started shouting towards the bedroom. "Your girlfriend tried to get in my pants the night she got alcohol poisoning-"
"Will you knock it off?" Chloe hissed. She swatted lightly at Jaiden, effectively silencing the drunken girl. "This is for your own benefit. You're a mess."
"Yeah, because your girlfriend's so totally put together. At least I don't have a breakdown every time one of you leaves the room."
"Okay, you should probably be quiet before you get yourself in more trouble." Chloe warned her. Luckily, Beca emerged from their bedroom soon after that, and she nodded towards the door.
"Alright, let's get going." Beca sighed. She grabbed her keys off of the hook by the door and left the apartment. That's when Jaiden started to get nervous. Beca was really going through with this. They were really going to the hospital and they were going to leave her there. Jaiden allowed herself to be tugged down to the ground floor and into the backseat of Beca's car. Her heart started racing and the alcohol in her bloodstream suddenly seemed to be more of a hindrance than a comfort.
"You guys aren't seriously doing this, are you?" She asked anxiously. Beca didn't reply as she pulled out of their parking space.
"It's for your own good." Chloe told her softly. The redhead had elected to sit beside her, and she pursed her lips nervously.
"You can't just leave me there, Beca." Jaiden was getting more and more nervous by the second, and she gripped the seat tightly.
"Well, I can't trust you at home and you're not getting any better. I'd rather have you there than dead." Beca said bluntly. She stepped on the gas, wanting to get this over with as quickly as she could, and pulled onto the freeway.
"I didn't mean that stuff-"
"Yes you did. You're just backpedaling because you're scared." Beca interjected. "I'm not letting you hurt yourself again."
"Beca, I won't, I swear."
"I'm not taking that chance." Beca told her firmly. The brunette turned the radio on and cranked it up, not wanting to argue anymore. She had to do this, for both of their sakes. Jaiden turned towards Chloe and stared at her through watery eyes.
"Please don't let her leave me there. I can't. You saw what happened this morning."
"I'm sure that if you just work with the doctors, everything will be okay. This might be exactly what you need." Chloe replied gently. Her words did nothing to calm the 18 year old and she shook her head.
"It's not. I promise you, it's not."
"Just be quiet until we get there." Beca spoke up from the driver's seat. She gripped the steering wheel tighter, refusing to look at the rearview mirror, and focused on driving. Reluctantly, Jaiden did as she was told, not wanting to further aggravate her older sister. By the time they were at the hospital, Jaiden was shaking.
"Let's go." Beca grunted as she unbuckled her seatbelt. Jaiden made no move to get out, and it took the older girl actually grabbing her arm and pulling to get her feet on the pavement.
"Beca, please don't do this." Jaiden begged. Beca's pace didn't slow as she hauled her towards the ER entrance and through the automatic doors. Chloe followed close behind, a bit nervous that Jaiden would try to run, and started to believe that Beca was actually going to go through with it.
"I need you to page Dr. Wilson, please." Beca tapped on the front desk impatiently, rousing the night-shift nurse. She glared up at the three young women irritably before spinning around in her chair and looking at the long list of pager numbers.
"Name, please?" The nurse grunted.
"Mitchell."
"Have a seat." Jaiden was tugged aside as they were waved into the waiting room. It was a relatively calm night for the hospital, and there weren't many other patients. Apparently, the psych floor wasn't terrible busy either, because Dr. Wilson appeared in the lobby not even five minutes later.
"Jaiden, Beca," The psychiatrist's eyes widened as she saw the obvious tension between the girls. "What can I help you with?"
"She's showing signs of suicidal thoughts again-"
"No, I'm not." Jaiden interrupted. She sat up as straight as she could and tried to wipe the glazed look from her eyes.
"She's drunk and Chloe and I just don't think we have the ability to keep her safe anymore." Jaiden looked at Beca in utter dismay and then quickly checked the reaction of her psychiatrist.
"If you're certain that's the course of action you'd like to take, let's go up to my office and begin the booking process," The young woman suggested. Jaiden's breathing quickened as the people around her stood up and Beca pulled her to her feet.
"No," Jaiden planted her feet and brought them both to a stop. "Beca, I'm sorry. Please just give me one more chance. I won't screw up anymore, I promise." Jaiden searched her sister's gaze for any ounce of pity, and briefly she found a flash of uncertainty.
"I can't," Beca sighed in frustration. "I can't risk it, Jay. You've been worrying us so much lately."
"I'm sorry. Please don't leave me here."
"Beca, as long as you feel that everyone involved is safe, the decision is entirely yours to make." Dr. Wilson reminded her. Chloe bit the inside of her cheek as she watched the wheels crank in her girlfriend's head.
"Beca, please." The small brunette didn't respond; too busy weighing her options to pay attention to Jaiden's pleas. She was completely stuck on the decision. Her temper may have gotten the best of her initially, but now admitting Jaiden was starting to seem like the best option for all of them. Beca didn't know whether leave or bring her home, or if she really was even capable of helping the younger girl anymore.
Should Beca leave or bring Jaiden home? Left it pretty open so you guys could get a feel of the situation and let me know what you'd like to see