Meant To Be [COMPLETED]

18.

Author's POV

It's close to midnight now. The sounds of people cheering echoes in Beca's head. Everything feels so bright and she's out of breath. She took a sip of her drink before walking back to the man in white. "The winner is..", the announcer called out and suddenly everyone's quiet. "Mitchell again!",  screams were followed right after the referee raised Beca's arms. This was her second fight of the night. It's been a while since she went and after everything, she needs to let it out again. "What do you say, Mitchell? Feeling like you're on a winning streak today? One more?", the announcer looked at Beca who's jaw is bleeding, eyes red, sweat dripping everywhere and she just nodded before taking another sip of her drink.

When Beca came home, it was already two in the morning. She had won four fights and lost her last one which resulted in people telling her to take a break and go home. She stood outside the door with bruises all over her, head still lightly bleeding and legs barely standing well. She opened the door to see the redhead on the dining table with her laptop. "You scared me", Chloe looked back to her. "Why are you here?", Beca closed the door behind her and placed her bag down. "I have some work I need to catch up on and- uh- Alice has this whole thing of using devices in the dark so-", Chloe said awkwardly. "Becs, are you okay? You look fucked up", Chloe took off her glasses and walked to Beca. "I don't need your pity, Chlo", she shrugged Chloe's hands off and walked to her room.

The next morning she woke up with her body aching like she got hit by a truck. Beca walked down the stairs and went to the kitchen for her usual morning coffee. Alice and Chloe were already there as well as Emily and Aubrey. "Morning", she said out and walked to the coffee maker. "Becs, what happened to you?", Emily asked concerningly before walking to Beca. She studied Beca's face and arms before crossing her arms. "I'm fine, Em", Beca shrugged and sipped her coffee. "Beca, cut the shit, are you fucking insane? Have you seen yourself?", Emily raised her voice. Chloe and Alice just watched the two and Chloe felt a sinking guilt in her stomach. "Em, why don't you go get ready? I'll talk to her", Aubrey placed her hand on Emily's shoulders before she walked away furiously. Aubrey grabbed Beca's arm and dragged her away to the living room to avoid Chloe hearing them. "You need to get your shit together and cut this off. You know she cares for you, we all do. And whatever is going on here and there", she eyed at Chloe. "It needs to end before you fight the wrong guy and ends up dying. Get yourself together, for the love of God. I know it's hard, trust me I would be furious too if I was in your shoes, but you have people who truly love you and care for you. Do not risk your life for something stupid do you understand me?", Aubrey said sternly.

She's always been the tough love person and although it's weird at first to live with your ex's best friend, Beca appreciated her always looking out for them and giving her the hard truth when everyone else is sugarcoating it. Beca nodded, "I'll go talk to her", she said before making her way up to Emily's room. She knocks on the door before she hears Emily's voice, telling her to come in. "Hey", Beca said to which Emily just hummed to. "I'm sorry, I- I'm working on it, I promise. I'm gonna get better", she sat on Emily's bed. "I heard that before, Becs", Emily faked a smile. "I'm serious, Em. I- I'm really gonna try now, I promise. No more funny business", Beca looked up to her. "Promise?", Emily asked her. "Promise. I actually- oh I'm gonna hate the look that's gonna go on your face but- I uhm- I'm gonna go get dinner with Izzie tonight", Beca scrunched her nose. "No. Way! Really! Finally!", Emily yelled out and sat next to her before squeezing Beca tight. "You're gonna tell me all about it tonight", Emily smiled.

"I'm gonna head out to work now, gonna be home late. Don't wait up", Beca said as she grabbed her keys from the wall. "We won't! We'll be very quiet!", Emily said cheerily, her smile ear-to-ear. "You okay there, Ems?", Stacie asked. "Ignore her", Beca rolled her eyes and walked out.