You guys asked me to continue this story and I thought 'well, why the hell not?' so here it is. I hope you enjoy and thank you for everything!
Chloe didn't speak to Aubrey or Beca for the next two weeks. The Bellas found out they were back into the competition and they all showed up at rehearsal, except for Aubrey. Chloe saw her eventually in their apartment, so she knew the blonde was there. She was actually starting to get worried about her. Aubrey knew what she did was bad but Beca didn't tell anyone. Besides, it's Chloe.
After Bellas rehearsal, Chloe came to Aubrey's room and knocked on the door, opening it after the blonde didn't after.
"Aubrey?" Chloe asked, peeking inside and seeing the blonde sitting by her desk, writing something.
Aubrey stopped writing and looked behind her at her best friend. She looked beyond exhausted, there were dark circles under her eyes and her hair was kinda messy.
"Why aren't you coming to rehearsals?" Chloe asked.
"Do they even want me there?" Aubrey asked.
"Look, Aubrey," Chloe said, sitting on the blonde's bed. "yes, what you did wasn't cool, but Beca never told anyone. Besides, she's fine and the baby's fine, you didn't kill anyone. I know I was pretty mad at you, but I forgive you. I had time to cool off and I forgive you."
Aubrey sighed, turning to face Chloe fully.
"I was so mad at myself, but when I heard her daughter might die, I wanted to kill myself." Aubrey said.
"I haven't talked to her yet, but I'm going to visit her today and I'll talk to her." Chloe said.
Aubrey nodded.
"You should come to rehearsal and you should also apologize to Beca." Chloe said.
"I will." Aubrey said.
"Okay. I'm gonna get going then." Chloe said.
Chloe left the room, grabbed her purse and left. She went to Baker Hall and knocked on Beca's room, but Kimmy Jin opened it, leaving the room and leaving the door opened after herself.
Chloe quietly walked in, closing the door after herself and eyeing Beca, who was sitting on her desk, probably working on a mix. She was wearing sweats and a T-shirt.
"Hey." Chloe said, sitting on her bed.
"Hey." Beca said without turning around.
"How are you?" Chloe asked.
"I'm fine." Beca said.
"How was recovery?" Chloe asked. She felt like Beca was closing herself and she didn't like it.
"Better than I expected." Beca said.
"Listen Beca, I just spoke to Aubrey and she feels horrible." Chloe said. "She wants to apologize to you herself, but I told her I'd come first."
Beca just nodded.
"Beca, you don't have to close yourself to me, I don't want to hurt you." Chloe said.
"But you're gonna tell her it's my fault, aren't you?" Beca asked, still not facing the redhead. "You're gonna say I should've told you guys and that it's my fault my baby is in the hospital."
"What? Beca, I'm not here to tell you all those things! I don't think it's your fault." Chloe said. "It isn't anybody's fault, it just happened. Not telling us was your choice."
Beca remained silent.
"I'm not mad at you for not telling us, Beca." Chloe said. "I just wanted to know if you were okay."
Beca sighed, finally turning on her chair to face the redhead.
"I'm a little tired. I can't sleep well knowing my baby girl is in the hospital." Beca said.
"She's still in the hospital?" Chloe asked.
"Yeah, but the doctors said she'll be home soon." Beca said and Chloe could see the happiness in her eyes. "It's only been three weeks, but they said she can breathe on her own and they just want her to gain a little weight."
Chloe nodded.
"I was actually planning on going to the hospital to visit her today." Beca said, looking at her watch.
"Oh, can I… can I… go with you?" Chloe asked.
Beca looked at her and smiled.
"I think that'd be okay." Beca said. "I just need to change first."
Chloe nodded as Beca went to her closet and chose into a lose pair of jeans and a flannel shirt, putting on her combat boots.
Chloe smiled as the brunette stood up, grabbing her cell phone and getting out of the room, Chloe following behind her.
They got in the redhead's car and they started making their way to the hospital in silence, but a comfortable silence.
When they got there, the two girls went to the NICU to see Beca's daughter. The nurse left the two alone in the room.
Chloe watched as Beca approached the crib and placed her hand on the little baby's stomach, making the small girl shake her arms and legs.
"Hi, baby girl." Beca said in a soft voice. "I missed you."
Chloe smiled as she approached the crib.
"Wow, she looks just like you." Chloe said.
"She does?" Beca looked up at Chloe with an expectant look.
"She does. She has your nose." Chloe said.
"Oh man, I was kinda hoping she wouldn't." Beca said and the two girls chuckled.
"What's her name?" Chloe asked.
"Charlotte." Beca said.
"It's pretty." Chloe said.
Beca smiled as Charlotte grabbed her finger with her whole fist and tears started filling her eyes.
"You know, she kicked so much when you were around." Beca said, looking up at Chloe for a moment and the redhead lit up at her confession.
"She did?"
Beca nodded.
"When you spoke, she started kicking like crazy." Beca said. "Even when I was near you, she would kick. She seemed to know it was you."
Chloe smiled as she looked at the baby.
"Well I'm here, Charlotte." Chloe said, caressing the baby's other hand and she grabbed it with her whole fist as well. "It's Chloe."
The baby made a noise but turned her head to Chloe.
"Yeah, she loves you." Beca said.
"Well, why wouldn't she, I'm a wonderful person?" Chloe said and Beca laughed.
Beca was so glad her baby wasn't connected to tubes anymore, so she reached down and picked her up, surprised when the baby got a tighter grip on Chloe's finger.
"Baby? You're not gonna let go of Chloe's finger?" Beca asked with a chuckle.
Chloe chuckled as well as she took her hand back, watching as Beca sat down on a chair and looked at her daughter lovingly.
"You're a natural, Beca." Chloe said.
"Really?" Beca asked, looking up at Chloe. "I was scared I wouldn't know what to do."
Chloe smiled.
"Thanks for letting me come with you." Chloe said, sitting in front of the brunette.
Beca smiled up at Chloe.
"Thanks for coming." Beca said. "I'm pretty sure Charlotte was dying to meet you."
Chloe smiled down at the baby, who was starting to become impatient.
"I think she's hungry." Beca said as she started unbuttoning her flannel shirt.
"Has any of the other Bellas come to visit you?" Chloe asked.
"No, you're the first one." Beca said as caressed her daughter's cheek as she breastfed her. "I haven't spoken to them in a while."
"You should come to rehearsal." Chloe said.
"What about Aubrey?" Beca asked.
"Don't worry about her." Chloe said. "We wanted you to help us, we want a new song for the Finals."
"You want my help?" Beca asked.
"Yeah." Chloe said. "You should come with us."
"I'll think about it." Beca said.
"Please, do." Chloe said.
Beca looked up at her and nodded.
"I will." She said.
They remained in silence for a little while, until Charlotte started crying.
"Awww, baby, what's wrong?" Beca asked in a soothing tone. "It's okay, mommy's here, it's okay."
Chloe smiled as she watched the scene.
"You're a mommy." She said.
"Yeah, sometimes I can't believe either." Beca chuckled as she looked back at Charlotte. "It's okay, Charlotte."
"Beca?" Chloe asked and the brunette looked up at her. "Can I hold her?"
Beca smiled.
"Of course. I think she'd love that."
Chloe giggled as Beca handed Charlotte over to her.
Chloe stood up as she started humming softly as she rocked Charlotte from side to side.
"You shoot me down,
But I won't fall,
I am titanium"
Chloe sang softly and noticed that the baby started to calm down. She sang a few more bars and Charlotte fell asleep.
Beca smiled as she watched it.
"I sing to put her to sleep as well, but I never sang that song." Beca said.
"I could only think of that song." Chloe said.
"See? I told you she loves you." Beca said.
"Yeah. I'm so glad you let me meet her." Chloe said.
"Me too." Beca said.
oO0Oo
For the next few weeks, everytime she had a chance, Chloe would go with Beca to the hospital to see Charlotte. The brunette was still a little reluctant to go to Bellas rehearsal even though she knew now that Aubrey had no problem. The blonde hadn't apologized to her yet and, to be honest, Beca wasn't mad at her anymore.
Chloe was holding Charlotte as she talked to Beca in the hospital. She loved coming with the brunette, she never missed an opportunity, unless, of course, she had to study.
"When are you coming to rehearsal, we need to rehearse something new!" Chloe said.
Beca sighed.
"Okay." Beca said. "I'll go. Tomorrow maybe."
Chloe smiled and she would've clapped her hands if it wasn't for the baby in her arms.
The doctor knocked on the door and came in with a smile.
"Good afternoon, Ms. Mitchell." He said. "I have great news for you. Today, you'll get to take Charlotte home."
Both Beca and Chloe's eyes widened in excitement and Beca wanted to squeal. She was so happy, leaving her daughter in the hospital broke her heart a little everytime.
Chloe turned to Charlotte.
"See, Charlotte? You'll get to go home with mommy today!" Chloe said.
"Can I say something?" the doctor asked, watching Chloe interact with Charlotte. "I think you two are gonna make wonderful mothers."
"Oh, no, we're not together. We're friends." Chloe said.
"Oh, I'm sorry!" the doctor said.
"It's okay." Beca assured him. "So I get to take her home?"
"Yes." The doctor smiled.
Beca smiled back as she stood up.
Chloe helped Beca get Charlotte's stuff and the two were out of the hospital. The brunette couldn't believe she was finally taking her baby home.
Beca had already moved a lot of her stuff to her father's house and she agreed she was going to live there for a while, so he could help with Charlotte and so she wouldn't bother Kimmy Jin or any of the other people living nearby.
Chloe took Beca to her father's house and he was really excited to have his daughter and granddaughter home. He called Beca's mom and they threw a small 'welcome home' party for Charlotte.
Chloe stayed for a long time, spending as much time as she could with Charlotte before she had to go home. She made Beca promise she'd go to rehearsal the next day before she left.
oO0Oo
The Bellas were all quiet as they waited for Chloe to come. The redhead was always on time, so they thought it was weird that she was late today.
The door opened and they saw Chloe come in, but she stepped aside and let Beca come in and they immediately understood why she was late.
Beca walked shyly over to the girls, feeling the pairs of eyes on her, but none of them were glaring at her like she thought they'd be.
"Hey guys." She said awkwardly. "I know you're all probably wondering why I never told you I was pregnant so, first of all, I wanted to say I'm sorry."
"No, Beca." Aubrey stood up. "I'm the one who should apologize, I forced you to do something and I shouldn't have. I should've listened to you when you said you couldn't exercise."
"Still, I did and I was stubborn, I should've told you what was wrong." Beca said. "But what matters is that everything's okay, I'm okay and my daughter's okay."
"You had a daughter?" Stacie asked, sitting down closer to Beca.
"Yeah." Beca smiled.
"But Becs, if you don't mind me asking, what happened? I mean…" Chloe asked.
"I know what you mean." Beca nodded. "Well, I started dating my best friend from high school, Caiden, because I knew he liked me, and I was so sure I was gay, but I didn't want to be. One night, we slept together and I wanted to know if I felt anything and I didn't. Then I found out I was pregnant one week before I came to Barden and my dad said if I was going to have a baby, I should have a degree. I then told Caiden and I expected him to stay with me, but he ran away the very next day, saying I ruined his life. So, when I came here, I was closed off because I didn't want people to leave me, like Caiden did. That's why I never told you guys anything."
"You thought we were going to leave you?" Stacie asked. "Because you were pregnant? Beca, we're not jerks!"
"Yeah, we would and we are going to support you and stay by your side!" Jessica said.
"Beca, I know I was a dick to you, but I promise, from now on, all you have to do is talk to me and I'll understand." Aubrey said.
"Nobody here is leaving your side." Ashley said.
Beca smiled and she felt tears filling her eyes as she looked down at her hands.
"So what's her name?" Stacie asked excitedly.
"Her name's Charlotte, she's a sweetheart." Beca said. "Chloe has gone with me to visit her in the hospital and she loves Chloe. I want you guys to meet her, I'm sure she'll love you guys."
"Awww, I wanna meet her!" Stacie said.
"Me too!" Jessica said.
"She looks so much like Beca." Chloe said.
"Is she already home?" Jessica asked.
"Yes, she is." Beca nodded. "I'm staying with my father's, he and Shelia have been helping me take care of Charlotte. You can come with me to meet her."
"We'll love that!" Stacie said.
Chloe smiled and Beca looked up at her, smiling at her as well. The redhead was right, coming here made her feel a whole lot better.
