"Baby." Chloe whispered as she gently shook Beca awake, wiping her eyes. "Beca, sweetheart, wake up." She stroked her hand along the brunette's back who groaned before slowly rolling over.
"It's too early." She whined, rubbing her eyes.
"Honey, you need to sit up." The redhead pushed her wife's messy bed hair out of her face, averting her eyes for a second.
"Why? What's wrong?" Beca furrowed her brow and quickly sat herself up, looking her wife up and down.
"Look at me, okay? Everything's gonna be alright." Chloe reassured, taking her lover's hands in her own as she looked into her eyes.
"Babe, you're freaking me out."
"Beca, I hate to be the one to tell you this..." The older woman trailed off, a lump forming in her throat as she searched Beca's eyes. "You're...Grandma...she passed away last night."
The brunette just stared blankly at the redhead, unable to say anything and her whole world fell numb.
"Baby, I'm so sorry." Chloe whispered in a quivering voice, pulling her wife into a tight hug.
Beca slowly wrapped her arms around the redhead, not even shedding a tear as she tried to comprehend what she was hearing. She was completely shocked, apart from MS, her grandmother didn't have any other health conditions she was aware of.
"How?" Was all Beca asked in a voice barely above a whisper. She pulled away from the older woman and looked down at the bed.
"They don't know exactly yet but it must've been when she was sleeping because your grandpa found her this morning." The 30 year old said sadly as she watched Beca cover her face with her hands.
"Do you want me to give you a minute?" Chloe asked, gently stroking her wife's shoulder.
The brunette only nodded, lying back on her pillow, removing her shaky hands to stare up at the ceiling.
The redhead's heart broke for her as she left the room, taking a deep breath as her eyes began to well up again. It was like she was doing Beca's crying for her.
"Mom?" Hailee wandered out of the bathroom, rubbing her eyes from tiredness, it was only 6:45 after all.
"Hailee."
"Have you been crying?"
"Shh." The woman hushed quietly. "I need to ask you a favour." Chloe walked into her daughter's bedroom, Hailee following closely behind.
The both sat down on the bed.
"When Beca gets up, I need to ask you to give her some space okay?"
"What's wrong?" The brunette asked in concern.
"Her uh...grandma passed away during the night. I don't know exactly what's gonna happen yet but you'll probably have to stay with dad for a few days while we get everything sorted because I'll need to fly over to Georgia with her." Chloe explained gently and Hailee nodded, hanging her head. "And I actually need to call dad and ask him if I can drop you off just now."
"Why now?" The 11 year old asked curiously.
"Because I need to take Beca over to see her dad, he wants her over as soon as she gets ready." Chloe said, stroking her daughter's hair softly.
"Okay." Hailee gave her mother an understanding nod.
The car ride to Ryan and Aubrey's was completely silent, even when they pulled up to the curb, no one said a word.
Normally Beca would go in to see the couple when dropping Hailee off but this time she just sat in the passenger's seat of Chloe's car, staring out off the open window.
