The weeks flew by and before Aubrey knew it, it was time for the reunion. She arrived at the hotel where all of the activities were taking place and checked in at the front desk. She met with the hotel's party planner and walked through the different rooms to ensure that everything would be ready when the Bellas arrived.

Aubrey approved the stage setup for Beca's performance. She didn't tell the other Bellas about it because she wanted it to be a surprise. Beca was going to give them a concert. The first half hour was going to be just for the Bellas. Then they were going to open the doors to the fans who bought tickets to see Beca. Beca was donating her time and all the money from the ticket sales to the Susan G Koman Breast Cancer Research Fund.

Aubrey dropped off her suitcase in her room and freshened up a bit. She knew the Bellas would start arriving soon so she returned to the lobby to wait for them. The first to arrive was Fat Amy.

"Captain!," Amy yells across the lobby.

Aubrey shakes her head and hurries over to Amy. Amy grabs her in a big bear hug and lifts her off the floor.

"Amy, put me down," Aubrey squeals.

"It's so good to see you, skinny bitch," Fat Amy says.

"It's good to see you, too," Aubrey says with a smile. "Let's get you checked in."

Aubrey walks with Amy over to the Registration desk and they chat as Amy waits for her key.

"What up, pitches?," they hear CR yell.

"Cynthia Rose!," Aubrey yells. "Welcome."

"Hey, Aubrey, Amy," CR says. "I guess this is where I get my room key."

"Yeah," Amy says. "Hey, Aubrey, who else is coming? I never did get a chance to ask."

"Well, obviously, the three of us," Aubrey says. "There's also Jessica, Ashley, Stacie, Lily, Denise, Beca, and, um, Chloe."

"What?," Amy yells. "Are you serious? I can't believe she'd actually show her face even after all these years."

"Aca-believe it," Chloe says from behind Amy.

"Red," Amy says with sheepish grin. "Didn't see you there."

"Hey, Chloe," CR said giving the redhead a hug. "It's been too long."

"I know," Chloe said tearing up. "I'm sorry I haven't kept in touch. I really didn't think any of you wanted to speak to me after, um, everything that happened."

"That was a lifetime ago," CR said. "I'm over it. Let's not have nother five years pass before we talk again. Deal?"

"Deal," Chloe said wiping a tear from her cheek and smiling.

"Chloe," Aubrey said.

"Brey," Chloe said. They both smiled and pulled each other into a hug. They stayed that way for a few moments just taking comfort in each other. Chloe really did miss her best friend and had tears falling from her eyes.

"Okay," Amy said. "I think I need a Chloe hug."

Chloe laughed and pulled away from Aubrey, both girls wiping their eyes. Amy grabbed Chloe in a hug.

"It's all cool, Red" Amy said. "We still love you. We still love Beca, too, so you'd better be nice to her."

"I doubt she'll even speak to me," Chloe said. "So, no worries there."

"She may be a little standoffish at first," CR told her, "but, she'll warm up to you."

"I hope you're right," Chloe said.

Denise, Jessica, and Lily all came through the door together and squealed when they saw the other Bellas. They all ran to each other and hugs and how are you's were exchanged. Before they could split up, Ashley and Stacie joined the group. More hugs and more catching up happened.

"Okay, girls," Aubrey said clapping her hands to get their attention. "Let's get everyone checked in and settled in your rooms. We have happy hour starting at 5:00 in the bar and dinner reservations at 6:30."

The girls kept chatting and walked over to the registration desk to sign in. Aubrey and Chloe slowly followed.

"Chloe," Aubrey said stopping Chloe. "There's something I need to tell you. It's about Beca."

"What is it, Brey?," Chloe asked.

"She's coming," Aubrey said. "But she's also bringing someone with her. She's, um, bringing her fiance. They got engaged about a month ago."

"Beca has a fiance," Chloe thought. "I should be happy for her but why does it feel like my heart has shattered in my chest."

Running a multi-million dollar company has taught Chloe how to hide her emotions well. She looked at Aubrey with a small smile, hiding her heartbreak.

"I'm happy for her," Chloe said. "It will be good to see her. I just hope she'll talk to me. I just want to apologize and explain everything. You know?"

"I know," Aubrey said. "Just be careful. I can't say anything about Beca's current situation because it's not my place. But, just don't push it. Take it easy with her."

Before Chloe can say anything they hear Fat Amy yell "Shawshank!"

Everyone turned to see Beca standing with her arm around the woman standing next to her. Chloe's jaw dropped. The woman was gorgeous and the couple looked absolutely fantastic together.

Beca smiled at Amy as she ran at her. Beca braced herself and Amy grabbed her and lifted Beca off the ground.

"Oooofff," Beca says. "Amy put me down!"

Amy does with a loud laugh.

"It's good to see you, Shawshank," Amy tells her.

The girls who were done registering walked over to greet Beca.

"So," Stacie says after hugging Beca. "Who is this gorgeous lady?"

"Oh, sorry," Beca said. "This is Trish Comstock. Uh, my fiance."

"Fiance?," Stacie said. "Congratulations! I'm Stacie Conrad."

"Thank you and it's nice to meet you, Stacie," Trish said.

"Cynthia Rose," CR said giving Trish a small hug. "But everyone calls me CR."

"Hi, CR," Trish says with a smile.

"I'm Fat Amy," Amy says.

"Wait. You call yourself Fat Amy?," Trish asks.

"Yeah, so twig bitches like us don't do it behind her back," Stacie, CR, and Beca say simultaneously.

Amy nods her head with a smirk. The three look at each other and everyone starts to laugh.

"Let's get you checked in," Stacie says.

The girls head over to the registration desk. Beca's face is creased with concern as she walks with Trish.

"Are you okay?," Beca whispers to Trish.

"Yeah," Trish says breathlessly. "Just feeling a little tired."

"Why don't you sit over here," Beca said leading her to a chair in the lobby. "I'll check us in and we can go up to our room so you can rest."

"Okay," Trish said with a grateful smile.

Beca helped Trish sit down and made her way to the registration desk. Just as she approached the desk the girls moved and she was face to face with Chloe Beale. Her mouth went dry and she stopped dead in her tracks. Chloe was scared but her face was void of all emotion. The girls all stood silently by and watched to see what would happen.

"God," Beca thought. "She's still as gorgeous as ever. This is going to be long weekend."

"Hey, Beca," Beca said quietly. "It's good to see you."

"It's good to see you too, Chloe," Beca said. "I'm glad you could make it. I know Aubrey was looking forward to reconnecting."

Beca took a hesitant step forward and stopped. She then closed the gap and gave Chloe a small hug. Chloe was a bit surprised but managed to hug Beca back. Beca pulled back and stepped away with a smile.

"Brey," Beca said leaning over to give Aubrey a hug.

"Hey, Beca," Aubrey whispered to Beca. "You okay?"

"Yeah," Beca whispered back. "It was only a little awkward."

Beca pulled back from the hug with a smile.

"Jessica," Beca said to the blond. "Good to see you."

"Good to see you, too," Jessica said grabbing Beca in a hug.

"Denise, Ashley," Beca said acknowledging the other two Bellas. "Where's Lily? I thought she was coming."

"She was just here," Ashley said looking around.

"I'm sure we'll see her at happy hour," Aubrey told them.

"Speaking of," Beca said. "Aubrey, can I talk to you for a sec?"

"Sure," Aubrey said. "Do you want to check in first?"

"Yeah," Beca said. "Can you go sit with Trish and make sure she's okay? I'll meet you over by her in a few minutes."

"Okay," Aubrey said and walked over to where Trish was sitting.

Beca went to check in and get her room keys. The other girls all headed up to their rooms saying they'd see them for happy hour. Beca looked over to check on Trish and caught Chloe's eye. Chloe immediately looked away and moved to the other side of the group so she couldn't see Beca.

Beca finished checking in and went over to Trish and Aubrey. Aubrey was chatting with Trish when Beca joined them.

"Hey, Beca," Aubrey said. "Trish was jus telling me that she's really tired and that you guys were going to skip happy hour. Why don't you take Trish upstairs and I'll let the girls know and extend your apologies. Will we see you at dinner?"

"Yeah," Trish said. "Just the plane ride and everything tired me out. I should be fine after I rest. So, yeah, we'll definitely be back down in time to meet everyone for dinner."

The Bellas found that their rooms were all on the same floor and close to one another. Chloe made her way into her room and dropped her suitcase by the bed. She sat down and put her head in her hands. Seeing Beca after all this time made her realize just how much she was still in love with the girl. But, Beca has a fiance so she needed to stop thinking like that. She wiped a tear from her eye and thought about how she was going to make it through this reunion. Chloe's thoughts were interrupted by a knock on her door. Chloe went and answered the door.

"Hey, Chloe," Jessica said.

"Hey, Jess," Chloe said. "Come on in."

"I thought you could use a friend," Jessica said entering the room.

"Thanks," Chloe said quietly as she closed the door.

"Are you okay?," Jessica asked. "I can see you've been crying."

"Seeing Beca after all this time," Chloe said wiping away a tear, "made me realize just how badly I fucked up five years ago."

"You still love her, don't you?," Jessica asked.

"I never stopped," Chloe replied. "Even during my sham of a marriage, all I could think about was Beca. The look in her eyes when my dad referred to Matt as my fiance at graduation is something I'll never forget. I know I hurt her so bad. I should never have agreed to my father's 'deal' to merge our company with the Matthews'. If I hadn't been such a coward then Beca and I might be here as a married couple, instead of ex-girlfriends."

Jessica and Aubrey were the only two Bellas who knew about Chloe's 'arranged' marriage. Chloe and Jessica had become good friends while at Barden. They talked to each other about their screwed up love lives without judgement or criticism. Chloe had told her all about her father's plans.

"Did you ever explain things to her?," Jessica asked. "Tell her about your dad and the merger."

"No," Chloe said. "I thought I could get out of the engagement before graduation and just move on with Beca. Only, my dad got sick and time just passed so fast. I should have said something to my dad at graduation. Told him that I loved Beca and I wasn't going to marry Ray. But I-."

"Chickened out?," Jessica finished for her.

"Yeah," Chloe said quietly. "I was such a coward."

"Maybe you should just talk to her now," Jessica said. "I think you owe her that much."

"What if she thinks I'm telling her just to try and get back together with her?," Chloe asked. "She has a fiance. She could hate me even more than she does now."

"Beca doesn't hate you, Chlo," Jessica said putting her arm around Chloe's shoulders. "Yes, she was hurt, but it's been five years. From what I heard she hasn't been in a serious relationship in all that time."

"Did you not hear?," Chloe asked. "She's here with her fiance. I'd say it doesn't get any more serious than that."

"Just talk to her," Jessica said.

Chloe nodded. She knew Jessica was right. She would find some time to talk to Beca. To explain and apologize for being such a coward.

"I'll talk to her," Chloe said. "So, while we on the subject of past loves, how are you and Ashley doing?"

"We're not," Jessica said with a sad smile. "I never got around to telling her how I felt about her and then we kind of lost touch."

"Just talk to her," Chloe said. "You never know. She might feel the same way about you and you won't know if you don't talk to her."

"Come on," Jessica said standing up. "It's time for happy hour and I could use a drink."

The Bellas all met in the hotel bar. Fat Amy was regaling the girls with one of her hilarious adventures. Jessica noticed Chloe kept looking at the entry to the bar. She knew she was looking for Beca.

"Hey, Aubrey," Jessica called out. "Where's Beca?"

"Trish was tired so Beca stayed with her while she rested," Aubrey said. "She asked me to apologize to everyone for them and said they would see us all at dinner."

It was a little after six o'clock when Aubrey started getting the girls together to head to dinner. She had made reservations for 6:30 pm at a restaurant close to the hotel for the first night. She texted Beca to ler her know they were heading over and did she want them to wait for her and Trish.

Beca: We'll be down in 5

Aubrey: Okay. We'll wait for you.

"Beca and Trish will be down in five minutes," Aubrey told the group. "Let's settle the tab and wait for them by the lobby doors."

Everyone pitched in their share and the group went to wait for Beca. Chloe stood off to the side a bit and was nervous but tried not to show it. She had to keep her emotions in check while around Beca. She knew they couldn't be together like before but she hoped that they could at least be friends.

Chloe walked over to Aubrey with her brightest smile in place. She was chatting with Aubrey and Stacey when Beca showed up. The girls all greeted Beca and they headed out to the restaurant. Once they were all seated, Chloe found herself sitting directly across from Beca with Trish to Beca's right.

"You're Chloe, right?," Trish asked her.

"Yes, that's right," Chloe said.

"I'm Trish," Trish said introducing herself. "Beca's told me a lot about you, about all of you. I feel like I already know everyone."

The waiter came to get their drink orders

"I'll have a double scotch on the rocks," Chloe said when it was her turn.

Chloe turned and started talking to Jessica. She couldn't bear looking across the table at Beca with Trish. This was going to be harder than she thought.

"Are you okay?," Jessica whispered to Chloe.

"No," was all Chloe said.

The waiter put Chloe's scotch in front of her and she drained the glass in two quick gulps. She raised her glass to the waiter asking for another.

Beca looked over at Chloe with furrowed brows. She knew Chloe could hold her liquor but she was concerned that at the rate the redhead was going, she'd be drunk off her ass before the salads arrived at the table.

"Could you excuse me for a minute?," Beca asked Trish.

"Sure," Trish said. "Is everything okay?"

"Yeah," Beca whispered. "I just need to talk to Aubrey about my performance tomorrow."

Beca stood and got Aubrey's attention. She motioned with her head to get Aubrey to follow her. Aubrey nodded and got up, excusing herself. Aubrey followed Beca over to the restaurant's bar.

"Everything okay?," Aubrey asked. "Is Trish okay?"

"Yeah, Trish is fine," Beca said. "I'm just a little worried about Chloe. She's hitting the hard stuff pretty, well, hard. I know she can handle her liquor but at this rate I'm worried. Is she okay?"

"Well, 'okay' may not be the right word," Aubrey said. "Look Beca, it's not easy for her to see you after all this time, especially with Trish. She knows she messed up, big time, with you, and she's worried that you hate her now. She really loved you, you know, and has never stopped."

"She sure had a great way of showing how much she loved me," Beca said with a sneer. "You know with her getting engaged to someone else while we were dating, and all."

"Look," Aubrey said. "You two need to talk. You'll find that you both have a lot more in common than you think. I know she wants to explain everything to you. Give her the chance to do that. It will do both of you some good."

"I don't know what good talking will do now," Beca said. "The damage she caused to me was devastating. She broke me, Brey."

Beca wiped her eyes to keep the tears from falling down her face.

"And, for the record," Beca said. "I never hated her. I could never hate her. A part of me will always be in love with her."

"Just giver her the chance to explain herself," is all Aubrey said.

Beca thought about it for a minute and nodded at Aubrey. Aubrey squeezed Beca's arm and they made their way back to the table. Their waiter passed by with what looked to be another scotch for Chloe. Beca stopped the waiter.

"I'll give you one hundred dollars if you cut the redhead off after this drink," Beca told him.

The waiter looked at Beca like she was crazy. Beca pulled out a one hundred dollar bill and held it in front of him. The waiter looked over his shoulder at their table, nodded his head, and took the money.

Beca sat down at the table just in time to place her dinner order. She gave Trish a small smile and asked if she was okay.

"Stop babying me," Trish whispered to Beca. "I'll let you know when I'm not okay. Okay?"

"Sorry," Beca said putting her hands up in mock surrender.

Chloe finished her drink and waved it at the waiter. The waiter came over and quietly said something to Chloe. She got an angry look on her face and got up. She pushed past the waiter and headed for the bar. Beca jumped up and went after her.

"Hey, Chloe," Beca called to her. "Leaving so soon?"

"Just going to the bar," Chloe said. "Some sort of bullshit 'three drink maximum' while dining policy."

"Maybe you should get some food in you first," Beca suggested. "Then the next round is on me. What do you say?"

Chloe looked at Beca. She wasn't sure why Beca was doing this but figured she would just give in and get drunk when she got back to the hotel. Chloe didn't say anything, she just turned and headed back to the table. Beca let out a breath and followed her.

Trish was chatting with Jessica when Chloe and Beca returned to the table.

"So, why don't you tell her?," Trish asked Jessica.

"It's not that easy," Jessica replied.

"Tell who what?," Beca asked.

"Jessica was telling me how she never told Ashley that she's been in love with her since their Barden days," Trish said.

"I told Trish that I always knew there was something going on between you two," Beca said with a smile.

"It never went anywhere though," Jessica said with a sad smile. She glanced over at Ashley and noticed she had been looking at her but quickly glanced away.

"I'm telling you, just talk to her," Chloe said. "I think you'll be surprised at what she has to say."

"I should say the same to you," Jessica said so only Chloe could hear.

Chloe blushed and took a quick look over at Beca.

"Chloe's right," Beca said. "Talking will help clear the air."

Chloe looked at Beca and Beca looked back at her.

"I'll talk to her after dinner," Jessica said causing the two girls to look at her.

Their food orders arrived and everyone started eating. Maybe it was the three double scotches, but dinner wasn't as awkward as Chloe thought it would be. Trish was actually a really nice person and Chloe couldn't help but like the girl.

Dinner and dessert were done and the girls got up to head back to their hotel. Jessica made her way to Ashley and asked if they could talk. Ashley agreed and the two girls bid the others a good night and went to the restaurant's bar.

The other girls started the short walk back to the hotel. Chloe decided to take the bull by the horns and caught up with Beca and Trish just as they got to the hotel.

"Beca," Chloe said. "Could we, um, maybe talk for a bit? If that's okay with you, Trish?"

"I think that's a good idea," Trish said to Beca. "I'll be fine."

"Okay," Beca said. "Chloe, let me get Trish settled in our room and we can meet in the hotel bar, let's say in 20 minutes? I'll buy you that drink I promised and we can talk. Sound okay?"

"Sure," Chloe said.

Beca took Trish to their room. She made sure she was comfortable and that she took her meds.

"Good night, Beca," Trish said as Beca left to go meet Chloe. "I hope your talk with Chloe goes well."

"Good night, Trish," Beca said and quietly closed the door.

Beca made her way to the bar and found Chloe sitting at a table. She had already ordered their drinks. Beca sat down and looked at Chloe.

"I was supposed to get the next round," Beca said.

"Don't worry," Chloe said with a smirk. "I started a tab in your name."

Beca let out a laugh and picked up her drink.

"Cheers," Beca said.

Chloe tapped her glass to Beca's and took a drink. Beca did the same.

"I owe you an explanation," Chloe said. "I know it won't change anything but I need you to know how things got to where they are. And, I owe you a huge ass apology for being such a coward through it all."

Beca looked at Chloe and leaned back in her chair.

"I'm listening," Beca said.