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The day of Semi Finals, everyone was a bit confident, but they got nervous when they saw one of the other groups, the Footnotes. Their lead singer was amazing and their set was pretty good. It'd be impossible to beat them with those old songs. Aubrey didn't seem to think so, though, since she asked them to do exactly as they rehearsed.
Beca just smirked and when they went on stage, she started singing Bulletproof when she saw the judges were uninterested and she was happy when they started nodding their heads when she began singing.
She felt Aubrey's glares all through their performance, so she was the first one to leave. She tried to keep her head low and walk faster than the girls, but Aubrey unfortunately caught up with her and started yelling at her in front of everyone.
Beca looked at Chloe for support, but the redhead avoided looking at her. She asked Fat Amy and she was the only one to actually say something.
Aubrey glared at Beca and took a step forward.
"Meet me on Monday at eight in the auditorium." She said before walking off.
Beca rolled her eyes and walked off as well, calling a cab.
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Beca didn't know what possessed her to actually go on Monday meet Aubrey in the auditorium. Chloe and the Bellas were also there, but it didn't look like they were going to say anything, Chloe looked like a scared dog.
"You are being disinvited from the Bellas." Aubrey said. "I'd like you to give me your scarf."
Beca did and waited.
"Now I want you to do what you never did those months. I want ten laps." She pointed the stairs.
Beca laughed.
"You're not expecting me to-"
"Your improvisation cost us the Finals, Beca." Aubrey said. "You are going to do cardio as punishment before you go."
"Aubrey, I can't, you know about my blood pressure-"
"I don't care if you faint, Beca! You made our team lose, before you leave the Bellas, you will do as I say, since you never did it." Aubrey said, pointing the stairs again.
Beca rolled her eyes.
"Beca, you don't have to-"
"Shut up, Chloe!" Aubrey glared at her best friend.
Beca began doing her laps, suddenly very self-conscious, but not for long, though, 'cause Aubrey made them do the number, this time, without the trouble maker.
When Beca was on her fifth lap, she got on the bottom and slowly came to a stop. She dropped on her knees and her eyes widened.
"Don't even try to pretend, Beca! Get on your feet and continue!" Aubrey said.
The girls became worried when Beca didn't get up. She put her hands on the floor as well as she breathed heavy, as if she was fighting some pain.
Chloe ran over to her and knelt down beside her.
"Beca! Beca, relax, take deep breaths." She said then turned back to the Bellas. "Somebody call 911!"
Stacie pulled out her phone and dialed 911 then brought the phone to her ear.
"No!" Beca said.
"Calm down, it's gonna be okay, deep breaths." Chloe said.
Pretty soon, an ambulance came and took Beca to the nearest hospital. The girls obviously followed her. Aubrey did too, to everybody's surprised. She was in shock, afraid something might happen to Beca and she'd be the one to blame.
Chloe wasn't talking to her, she sat far away from her in the waiting room as she called Beca's dad. She crossed her arms and ignored any contact Aubrey tried.
Dr. Mitchell arrived and looked worried. He looked around the room and finally spotted Chloe, the only one Beca ever mentioned except for Aubrey.
"What happened?" he asked.
"I don't know, Aubrey was making her run 10 laps and she suddenly stopped." Chloe said.
"I hope she'll be okay." Dr. Mitchell said. "She's not supposed to be doing any exercises!"
"Mr. Mitchell, can I ask…? What's wrong with Beca?" Chloe asked.
"Well, I-"
"Excuse me?" the doctor came out. "I assume you're Beca's father? I'm Dr. Hendrix." he asked.
"Yes, I am." Dr. Mitchell said. "How's my daughter?"
"We need to perform an emergency C-section." Dr. Hendrix said the handed him a form. "You need to sign this."
The girls' eyes widened as they listened carefully to the conversation going on between the doctor and Beca's father. C-section… that meant Beca was pregnant. What? But she had no baby bump, that was impossible!
"An emergency C-section? No, that can't be! It's way too early!" Dr. Mitchell said.
"She's seven months, it's not too early." Dr. Hendrix said. "The baby's heartbeats are fading slowly and if we don't do this, she might die."
"Okay…" Dr. Mitchell said and signed the form Dr. Hendrix handed him.
Dr. Hendrix gave him a small smile.
"We'll do our best to save them both." He said.
"Thanks." Dr. Mitchell said.
The doctor left and Dr. Mitchell sat back down, looking at the ground. He knew it was too soon, but he also knew other people had their babies this early and they survived. Beca herself was born at eight months and she had been a very tiny baby.
"Mr. Mitchell?" Stacie asked. "Beca's pregnant?"
"Yeah." Dr. Mitchell nodded. "She wasn't supposed to be exercising…"
Aubrey then felt a hundred times guiltier. If Beca's baby died it would be her fault and she would never ever forget that. Beca wouldn't let her forget that and the two would probably never speak again.
"But Dr. Hendrix said she's seven months pregnant… how can that be? She doesn't even have a baby bump!" Stacie asked.
"Dr. Storo said it's normal. Some women don't get baby bumps." Dr. Mitchell said. "Beca was happy she'd be able to hide that from you."
"She wouldn't be able to hide it forever, I mean…" Cynthia Rose said.
"She knew." Dr. Mitchell nodded. "God, I… I can't believe this is happening, I'm… I'm afraid something might happen to the baby."
Chloe crossed her arms in front of herself and looked over at Aubrey, as the other Bellas did. Aubrey looked around herself and started crying harder.
After an hour, Dr. Hendrix showed up again. He took off his mask as Dr. Mitchell approached him.
"The surgery went fine. The baby, however, is way too tiny. We took her to the NICU and she was put on a ventilator." Dr. Hendrix said.
"But… she will survive, right?" Dr. Mitchell asked.
"She's alive now, but… we can't assure you that she will survive through the night." Dr. Hendrix said. "We'll do our best to keep her alive."
Dr. Mitchell sighed and ran his hands through his hair.
"Your daughter is fine, though. She's recovering and she wants to see her daughter before she sees anyone." Dr. Hendrix said.
"Okay." Dr. Mitchell said. "All I need to know now is that they're both alive?"
"Yes." Dr. Hendrix nodded. "I'll let you know when you can see Beca."
"Okay, thanks." Dr. Mitchell sat down as the doctor walked away.
The girls and Dr. Mitchell spent the next three hours in complete silence. The girls looked at each other, but didn't speak. Dr. Mitchell had his eyes closed, praying that his granddaughter lived, much like he did when Beca was born.
Dr. Hendrix came after half an hour and Dr. Mitchell stood up again.
"Beca is back in her room and she wants to see you." He said.
Dr. Mitchell nodded and looked back at the girls.
"Can they see her after me?" he asked. The girls felt good that he acknowledged them.
"Sure." Dr. Hendrix smiled at the girls.
The Bellas were silent for the next hour, except for Aubrey's sobs. They were all pretty pissed at her, but how could she had known? Beca didn't tell anyone.
"It's all my fault." Aubrey said.
"Damn right it's your fault!" Chloe said, glaring at her so-called best friend. "What Beca's daughter dies? It's gonna be your fault! You should've heard her when she said she couldn't exercise! You should have just kicked her out of the Bellas! None of this would've happened!"
Aubrey sat further down in her chair, wishing someone would step up and defend her, but none of the others did. She looked around for backup, but some of the girls were shaking their heads at her in a 'not cool' way and others were looking away. Aubrey never felt so terrified of her best friend.
After another hour, Dr. Mitchell showed up, looking more relieved, but still looking worried. He looked over at the girls.
"She said she doesn't want to see you guys." He said.
"Excuse me?" Aubrey stood up, getting everybody's attention. "Could I go… see her? I know she said she doesn't want to see us, but I'm responsible for it and I wouldn't feel good if I didn't apologize to her."
"Alright." Dr. Mitchell nodded and sat down and Aubrey looked up at the doctor.
Dr. Hendrix nodded and Aubrey stood up, following him. She stopped outside the door and took a few deep breaths, trying to stop crying. She then slowly opened the door and saw the brunette on her side on the bed, her back to the door.
"Beca… I'm so sorry!" she said, dropping to her knees and sobbing again. "I should never have been so hard on you!"
"I don't care." Beca answered. Her voice surprisingly even and calm.
"Beca, I… I wish there was something I could do for you. I'm so sorry." Aubrey said.
"Leave, Aubrey." Beca said.
"Beca, please, I-"
"I said leave." Beca said and, for the first time, Aubrey felt absolutely terrified of her tone. "I hate you right now, more than I ever did. This is all your fault and there is nothing you can do about it. Go dig a whole and die somewhere away from me."
Aubrey couldn't say anything to that. She felt absolutely terrible. She felt something boiling inside her and she suddenly ran from the room and before she could get into a bathroom, she threw up, all over the waiting room. The girls found it disgusting, but Chloe just stared at it like she didn't care, then looked up at Aubrey, raising her eyebrows.
Aubrey's lip started quivering and she felt alone. She felt worse than when her father screamed at her because, this time, there was no best friend's shoulder to cry on. Chloe was her only friend and now more than ever, the Bellas all hated her, there was no way someone was going to pat her on the head and tell her it'd be okay.
She just ran out of the hospital. Away from the Bellas, away from Barden, away from everything. She didn't have a destination in mind, she just ran. She hoped she'd run so far that she'd get into another world and disappear.