I could be the one

The morning after

A/N: I just want to apologize for:

1) Not updating for a few days, and

2) How shit this chapter is.

"So, you're telling me that.. You don't want to be with Beca, because you're afraid of what might happen in the future, but you're sat here crying because she's with someone else?"

Chloe sighed and nodded, wiping her tear stained eyes with a tissue that Ryan had given her earlier. She woke up surprisingly early this morning and decided to go see Ryan before her audition later. She found herself thinking about a certain brunette on the way to Ryan's apartment and before she got out of the car, she was already in tears. Ryan immediately pulled her in for a hug and led her to the living room. He made her a cup of coffee before he sat next to her on the couch and let her cry into his shirt.

"That's messed up, Chlo bear" he whispered.

Chloe looked at Ryan with a baffled expression on her face. Wiping her tears from her stained cheeks, she made herself more comfortable on Ryan's shoulder. "You're supposed to be making me feel better, you idiot" she laughed pathetically.

"Chloe.."

"Oh God, I know that tone" she sighed as she sat up and sat cross legged on the sofa.

Ryan frowned and sat back, looking away from Chloe with a pout on his face. "If you don't want my advice then that's fine" he shrugged nonchalantly.

"I'm sorry, go ahead.." she pushed his shoulder playfully.

He turned so he was also sitting cross legged opposite Chloe. "I think that you should give Beca a chance"

"I was gonna-"

"Just listen, okay? From what it sounds like, Beca really likes you.. Like, a lot. I mean, she played the piano and sang to you, then told you that she's never done that for anybody before. She got you an audition for a movie as soon as you told her that you've been trying to look for a job.. And she got you and your friends VIP passes to her gig at Element, Chloe. The hottest club in LA" he laughed, "she met your friends on your second date, and she wasn't hesitant about it either.. I mean if I was with someone and they asked me to meet their two best friends when we'd only been on one date, I'd run a mile"

"She's-"

"Ah ah ah!" he interrupted again, "Listen.. She really likes you, Chloe.. She wouldn't do all that stuff for you if she didn't want to be with you.. You can't let rumors ruin your chance of being with the one person who thinks the world of you.. And I know that all the shit that has happened in the past has basically ruined your ability to trust people.. But not everybody is going to leave you, okay?"

"I know.. I do want to be with her but she's with Emma now.. She's her ex, Ryan.. They have a past and- and I'm just some girl who she found in a coffee shop" she sighed.

Ryan let out a loud laugh and buried his head in his hands as he laughed it out, gaining a questioning and hurt look from Chloe. He calmed down after a few minutes and looked at Chloe who had a blank expression on her face. "Oh, you're serious?" he smirked.

"Well, yeah.. I mean she's known her for so long and we've known each other for.. Not even a week."

"You know what, you're right" he sighed, "she doesn't want to be with you. I guess you'll just have to get over it."

Chloe's face dropped, "Ryan!"

Ryan let out a breath of air in annoyance. "Are you serious?! Everything I say is wrong" he closed his eyes and stood up, "you just want people to say what you want to hear" he said, walking into the kitchen.