Meant To Be

6.

Chloe's POV

"Hey, Bree, we're gonna go shopping for some clothes, wanna come?", I grabbed my keys. "No, you guys go ahead, I gotta work on my resume", Aubrey lifted her head from the laptop. "Alrighty, then, it's just me and you", I looked at Alice and smiled. I drove to the nearest mall and started looking for some outfits to buy where I spotted a familiar face. "Lance?", I approached the woman in disbelief. "Chloe? Oh my God!", Lance smiled and gave me a friendly hug. "Where have you been?", she asked. "Well, I got a job offer in UK about a year ago, but I'm back now", I laughed. "Good for you! Are you still staying in your apartment?", she asked. "No, I'm staying over at Beca's place, you know- Beca Mitchell", I smiled awkwardly. "THE Beca Mitchell?", she asked. "Yeah, turns out my friend, Aubrey, is dating Stacie, so yeah- oh yeah! This is my girlfriend, Alice", I smiled, putting my arm around her waist. "Nice to meet you, wait- so is she better now?", Lance asked me. "Who's better?", I asked, confused. "Beca, I heard some stuff went down about a year ago", she said. "What went down exactly?", I asked again. "I'm not quite sure, but I heard some big thing happened to her and she was- well- she got a little bit out of control, she got placed into like rehab I think and was hospitalized a few times for attempting. Poor girl's been through so much, I wonder what happened", she explained. Did I do this? "I can't believe it", was all I could let out because I truly can't believe it.

"Yeah, I thought you would know", Lance smiled softly. "I had no idea", I replied. "I actually have to run now, my fiance lose her mind if I'm not with her for more than 10 minutes", she laughed. Wow, she got over me easily. Can't believe she's engaged. "Alright, I'll see you around, Lance!", I smiled. "Wait so you were their teachers?", Alice asked me after Lance walked away. "Yeah, I was, but since Aubrey and Stacie got together, I kind of just invited myself and hung out with them", I lied. "Okay, can we get our clothes now?", she gave me her puppy eyes. "Sure baby", I smiled.

Beca's POV

"So, how are you dealing with the whole- you know- Chloe thing?", Stacie asked me. "I don't know", I mumbled, trying not to break down right there. "Dude, come on, it's me", she walked to me and sat down. "I don't know, I really don't. I just want to- not think about her right now, can we just get back to work?", I snapped. She nodded and went back to work. Of course I felt bad, but I really don't know what to feel about Chloe just reappearing out of the blue with a new girlfriend. Am I mad? Am I happy for her? I have no fucking clue.

About an hour later, I hear the bell we attached to the door rang. "Welcome to Bass&Treble, how can I help you?", I said apathetically. "Wow, thought you'd be a little bit more excited to see me", I looked up to see Rose coming in with white shirt, red plaid skirt and tights. "Oh hey", I smiled and walked over to her. "What do you need?", I asked her. "Just thought I'd drop in and ask if you wanna hang out tonight? Need a drink", she asked. "Actually, we're all going out tonight, right Beca?", Stacie looked at me weirdly. "Uh, yea, you should come with me", I smiled awkwardly. 

"Okay, pick me up when you're going?", she smirked. "Sure thing, I'll give you a call", I smiled before she walked out the door. "What'd you do that for?", I hissed at Stacie. "Bring a girl to the club? Payback for Chloe? Duh", she smirked. Well, I guess it wouldn't hurt. I doubt she'll feel anything though.

Author's POV

Beca and Stacie arrived home about an hour or two before they have to leave for the club. "Hey, is it okay if we ride with you to the club?", Chloe looked over to Beca who had her face deep in her laptop with her headphones on. "Earth to Becaaaa", she sung out before waving her hands in front of the brunette's face, making her jump a little. "Dude, what the hell!", she took her headphones off. "So grumpy, what are you doing in there?", Chloe squeezed herself next to Beca and took her laptop. "Porn?", she raised an eyebrow and laughed. "Ew! What?! No!", Beca chuckled. Chloe searched Beca's laptop intensely and saw that she was working on some music. "New song?", she asked to which Beca just nodded awkwardly in response. "Can I hear it?", Chloe gave Beca her puppy eyes. "Not gonna work, Beale", Beca looked away to avoid her eyes. "Come onnnnn", the redhead whined. 

"Not working!"

"Please!!!!!"

"Chloeeee", Beca took her laptop away and set it down on a table. "But Beca!", she gave her puppy eyes again. "Please?", she asked before poking the brunette's side which made her flinch. "Beale, I swear to God, you know I hate that", Beca raised a finger as a warning. Ignoring it, Chloe poked her again. "Chloe. Anne. Beale", the tiny brunette took long pauses in between and gave her a serious death stare. Chloe poked her again. "That's it", Beca launched herself onto Chloe and started tickling her. "This is what you get", Beca smiled widely while the redhead giggled with no control. The redhead tried pushing Beca off but ended up dropping the two of them off the couch. Beca landed on her back with Chloe right on top of her. Nice. "Uh- this is-", Beca was about to address the elephant in the room. "What is going on here?", Aubrey came down with Stacie and Alice.

Chloe quickly got of Beca, "Uh, I was trying to force Beca to show me her song", she smiled awkwardly before walking over to Alice. "And I said no, before she went on a poking rampage so, it was technically self-defense", Beca laughed in response. "You guys ready to go?", Emily came down. "Yeap, I'll go start the car", the tiny brunette ran out. 

"Where are we stopping? And why am I in the back seat again?", Emily asked. "Just picking up a friend of mine", Beca smiled. They waited in the car for about 5 minutes before Rose got in the car. "Hey you", she smiled before leaning in for a kiss. "Oh hey, um- meet my friends, Emily, Chloe and uh- Alice", she smiled before driving off.