Meant To Be [COMPLETED]

31.

Beca's POV

I finally, surprisingly, managed to hold a whole conversation with the producers that was there and they liked what they heard. We exchanged contact and I promised to give them a call if I ever needed help with producing and stuff. I walked back to my friends who were talking to Cindy and my parents. I looked around the store to find Chloe, to ask what she thought of the songs but I couldn't find her anywhere. "Hey- uh- any of you seen Chloe? I need to talk to her, about- something", I said when I approached them. "Uh- not really. Well- earlier she walked off with the girlfriend. Well- not walked off, the girlfriend kind of dragged her out", mom told me. "Dragged?", I asked, confused. "Well- your dad here, were talking to Chloe about- y'know- and the girlfriend came and said they needed to talk about something. She grabbed Chloe's wrist and dragged her away", she explained further. "When she grabbed Chloe, did Chloe flinch?", I asked. "I wouldn't say flinch, she kind of- winced. Like it was painful", mom answered and immediately I ran out back to find them. I knew there was something wrong. How could I not see it!

AUTHOR'S POV

"Did you think I was fucking stupid? That you could play me like that, huh?", Alice's voice was heard coming from an alleyway and Beca heard Chloe's sobs getting stronger. "No, no, Alice, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to lie to you, I'm sorry", Chloe apologised over and over again. "You're fucking pathetic, do you know that?", Alice said before slapping her hand across Chloe's face, making the girl yelp. Immediately after hearing that, Beca ran to the alley to see Chloe pinned against the wall, Alice's right hand gripping on a fistful of her red hair and the order ready to struck again. Alice didn't notice that Beca was right next to them and Beca took the moment to quickly push her off Chloe, making Alice land on the ground. She immediately turned to the redhead who was sobbing uncontrollably with light bruises on her arms and her cheeks red from the slaps. "Are you okay?", Beca asked, her chest heavy, seeing the love of her life like this. Before Chloe could say anything, Alice got up. "Well well well, look, Chloe. Your little girlfriend's to the rescue!", she joked and smirked. "You're not laying another finger on her, ever again", Beca spat out and pulled Chloe behind her. "Mind your fucking business, midget. We wouldn't even be here if it weren't for you", Alice said. "Now get out of my fucking way", she added as she approached them. "Chloe, let's go. We'll finish this at home", she ordered and Chloe found herself going but another part of her kept a tight grip on Beca's shirt, "Becs", she let out. "Yeah, she's not going anywhere with you, pal", Beca smiled and kept Chloe in her hold. "Chloe Beale, you're coming with me now", Alice ordered more sternly, her raised voice ade Chloe flinched. "Look, if you wanna get to her, you've got to get through me first", Beca said. "Oh, as easy as that?", Alice asked and placed her fists up to her face. Beca turned to Chloe and mouthed an 'It's okay', before removing Chloe's grip on her and turning back to Alice. 

She dodged a launch from Alice and chuckled. "That's it?", she asked. Alice launched another punch to her face to which Beca avoided again. She took the opportunity to punch Alice straight up the jaw, making the woman wince in pain. "Before you get hurt even worse", Beca approached Chloe and took off the ring on her finger before throwing it to Alice, "I suggest you go home", she said. "Becs, is everything okay?", Aubrey's voice echoed from the back door just before her, Stacie and Emily showed up at the alleyway to see Alice's mouth bleeding and Chloe on the ground. "What is going on here?!", Aubrey shrieked. "Fucking Beca just started attacking us!", Alice lied. "Yeah, I don't buy that", Stacie rolled her eyes and watched as Aubrey tried to hold Chloe but she just flinched and moved away. "Alice, I swear to God, walk the fuck away, right now and don't you ever, ever talk to Chloe again", Beca approached Alice who looked around and scoffed. "You're a fucking waste of my time anyways, you're pathetic, it's a good thing I've been cheating on you because you are fucking mise-", Alice was rambling on when she was making her way out of the alleyway before Beca grabbed her shoulder and launched another punch to her face. "Watch your fucking words", she said before pushing Alice out and they all watched as Alice walked off the street and was no longer seen. Beca immediately approached Chloe and wrapped her arms around the redhead. "Are you okay?", she asked to which the redhead just nodded. "I'm gonna get you home, okay? Come on, let's go, love", she added when she slowly pulled her up. "Uh- why don't you wait here with Aubrey, I'm just gonna go and say goodbye okay?", she looked down to Chloe who has her head buried in Beca's chest and a tight grip on her clothes. "Chloe, sweetheart?", she asked the redhead who just tightened her grip in response. "Uh- can you guys just- let the people know that I had something to deal with and uh- that I said thank you and everything? I should get her home", the brunette told her friends who just nodded in response. 

Beca brought Chloe back home and immediately brought her to the bathroom to clean off the bruises and blood that was dripping on the redhead's body. Chloe still haven't said a word to her except in nods and gestures. Beca slowly took her clothes off and her eyes widened when she saw the dark purple bruises all over the redhead's body and back. She swallowed the lump on her throat and brought Chloe to the bathtub before letting her settle down. She ran the warm water all over Chloe's body who winced at the sting of the water hitting her bruise and cuts. "Chloe, why didn't you tell me?", Beca sighed out as she evenly spread the soap on Chloe's body who was shivering. "She would hurt you. And I didn't want that", Chloe said. "How long has she been doing this?", Beca asked. "It started out with light nudges, and then she would throw stuff, until she thought that wasn't enough so it slowly, escalates", Chloe explained and fiddled with her fingers. "She's not gonna hurt you anymore, okay? I'm not gonna let that happen, I promise", Beca said before placing a kiss on her hand. "Why don't you get on my bed, and get some rest okay?", she told Chloe when she gave the redhead a pair of pyjamas to put on. "Can you- can you stay?", Chloe asked when she got into the bed. "Of course", Beca gave her a soft smile before lying down next to her. "You're safe here okay? I've got you", Beca whispered into her ear and wrapped an arm around the shaking redhead. 

After a while, Beca noticed that Chloe fell asleep so she took this moment to slip out of the blanket and walk downstairs to get a drink. When she got down she was met with her friends talking. "Is she okay?", Aubrey immediately stood up and walked to Beca. "Yeah- yeah, she's taking a nap now but- God, you should've seen her just now, Bree. She was terrified! Why didn't I see it sooner! I knew something was off!", Beca rambled as she walked towards the fridge. "Beca, we couldn't have possibly know that this was happening", Emily said. "No, I could've. I knew something was off and-", Beca sighed out and popped a beer open. "I swear to God, if I see that fucker again- ", she shook her head and took a sip. "Is Cindy at home?", Beca asked. "Yeah but Chris is staying with her and they made sure to kick her out so she doesn't try anything stupid", Aubrey replied to which she just nodded to. Before they could talk about anything they heard glass breaking from Beca's room. Beca's eyes shot up and she immediately ran into the room. "Chlo, you okay?", she asked when she saw the redhead sitting at the edge of the bed sobbing. "I'm so sorry, I was just- I was grabbing my phone- and my hand must've- and now it's broken- I'm sorry- I didn't mean to- I'm really sorry-", Chloe was crying terribly and it hurts Beca to see her like this. She sat next to the redhead and placed an arm around her. "Hey, hey it's okay. Things break, it's fine. As long as you're not hurt, that's all I was worried about", Beca reassured her. "You're okay, my love", she added before rubbing small circles on her back. "Are you ready to properly talk about everything?", she turned to Chloe and asked. Chloe linked their hands together and nodded.