Bellas Boot Camp

Chapter 5

Chloe wanted to talk, but wasn't allowed in the tiny room. The redhead decided to stand by the door and beg Aubrey to let her in, but her friends came looking for her and she got distracted getting everything ready for the campfire.

Luckily Beca had only a big bruise on her left shoulder because she hit it when falling, and her time with the nurse was short. Beca wished it had been shorter though, she hated being in there. Actually she was wondering why Amy didn't have to go to the nurse too. Also she was desperate to go find Chloe and talk to her about what happened. After what seemed to be hours, Beca finally saw Aubrey finishing her conversation with the nurse and walking towards Beca. Halfway though, she made a movement with her hand indicating the brunette to stand up and follow her.

When Aubrey and Beca arrived the rest of the Bellas were sitting around the campfire. The blonde sat next to her best friend and Beca sat a bit farther away. She started looking around with a small smile, explaining the girls she only had a bruise.
Only then her eyes shyly met Chloe's.

"I'm sorry girls. I'm sorry Chloe" She started, blue eyes fixed in blue eyes. "I know what I said was wrong, I didn't mean to hurt you. It's just everything's changing so fast and I'm putting all this pressure on myself, you know? I don't wanna fail" Finally her eyes freed from the spell.

"If you would have just said something..." Chloe said.

Beca knew her friend was right and answered "I'm weird about that stuff. I thought I could maybe figure it out on my own and I can't. Maybe I don't have anything original to say" Original... Yes I wish I could do something original for once. An original move, an original decision, an original song...
"I wish I could do what you do" She said looking at Emily.

And then Beca got lost in her own thoughts again, barely hearing what Emily and the others were saying.
I need to put myself together. Chloe's eyes shining with the light from the campfire, oh my god... Beca! Focus. Bellas, they talk about the Bellas. They have been my family all this time... thanks to Chloe, she was a light in the dark... she is actually. Chloe again? Come on Beca, you're becoming too annoying even to yourself! Wait. Isn't Emily's song about a light in the darkness? Her original song! Oh Beca you're so stupid, that took you how long? More than a week, I hate you.

"Do you wanna collaborate on something?" She asked Emily out of the blue. She had solved the problem. She found an original song to produce for her boss.

Of course Emily accepted, she felt like a winner. She had been fangirling over Beca for four years, attending all the competitions the Bellas were in.

Chloe couldn't hold it any longer, she needed to tell how she felt. ""I know it doesn't feel like it but... um... I'm afraid too" She smiled sadly. "To move on, to graduate... it's really scary" The scariest part is to leave the Bellas... to leave Beca.

The redhead grabbed one hand into the other, and Amy stated that from her point of view, Chloe was barely holding up together. This made Chloe's eyes fill with tears. What her friend just said was the truth. Aubrey, her best friend and the only one knowing exactly what was going on, tried to comfort her telling how she felt before graduating and how things went on well later. She smiled lightly and held Chloe's arm. She wanted to say so many things. Chlo, don't be scared, I know you're amazing and if Beca doesn't realize how amazing you are, she doesn't deserve you. I know you will find someone who really loves you someday. Don't be scared, I'll be with you always. Instead, she gave a speech about what her dad used to say, and nobody understood the meaning.

Chloe stood up smiling, carefully avoiding Beca's eyes.

"Then it's decided, this year I will graduate" the redhead said. She would pursue her passion teaching kids how to sing, or be an exotic dancer (whatever gives the most money) Then she sat back and smiled to Aubrey, who nodded.