Belong To Me (Bechloe)

thirty five.

Chloe's POV

Aubrey almost drops her phone in surprise but she quickly grabs the edge of the table to steady herself. I honestly didn't realise it meant this much to her. Perhaps I was right to ship them this much... maybe the teasing I did was more accurate than I ever knew.

"Answer it then, you muffin," Beca says with a grin.
"Did you set this up?" I whisper to Beca. She seems way too calm if this is meant to be a shock for all of us.
"Maybe I helped it along a little. But we'll keep that on the downlow."
"Got it."

"Hey!... You would?... I can come to you?... Really? I'd love to... More than just a couple of days?" Aubrey speaks on the phone.

Oh my God, yes Aubrey! She looks so happy talking to Stacie - maybe I wasn't the only one trying to hide feelings.

Beca raises her eyebrows at me with a smile.
"Guess Aubrey won't be staying in LA for very long then," she says, shrugging a little. "But will you be?"

The slight insecurity in her voice makes me a little weak. Beca Mitchell wants me to stay with her?

There's only one answer.

"I'll stay as long as you'll have me. It's not like I'll want to stay in Arizona, wasting Amy's money."
"You're not continuing with vet school? You're dropping out because of one shitty girl?" Beca questions.
I wince slightly.
"Not dropping out, just... finding more suitable arrangements. Like Aubrey is." I gesture at her as she's laughing on the phone. "I want to keep searching for the things that make me feel alive. Animals are cute, but operating on them isn't how I want to help them - I wouldn't be able to help them like that anyway, I'd probably accidentally kill them or something - I just want to find the thing that makes sense."
Beca nods understandingly.
"Like with you, being whatever this is with you makes sense," I murmur.
"I know what you mean. Everything else in the world could be crazy and I'd know that I still feel strongly for you, Chlo. We'll brush aside the fact it took me 7 years to specifically define those 'strong feelings'."
"Bec, you know I'd forgive you for anything. I would've waited a lifetime for you."

Beca's eyes twinkle as she smiles, her face slowly breaking into a grin like she just can't help herself.

She leans forward, our noses bumping clumsily as she tries to kiss me. She bursts out laughing, our lips two seconds away from touching.
"God, well I fucked up that cute moment. Can we try that again later?"
"Oh, totes." I bite my lip with a slight smile. "I'm all yours."
Beca blushes before Aubrey clears her throat.
"So, uh, when you guys stop being so intensely gay, I would like to say something-"
"Is it about Stacie?" Beca rushes.
"Um, yeah."
"Then doesn't that make that 'intensely gay' too?"

Now it's Aubrey's turn to go bright red.

"Well, no. Well, I mean, nothing's really happening yet. I'm not sure. I don't know - would you two mind if I went to visit her? I have some money left from my last payday, so I could get a flight. I just don't want to wait, in case she changes her mind... God, this is going so quickly... would that bother you guys? She lives in New York. And then if things worked out, I could move there, become a doula-"
"Go for it," Beca says, smiling at Aubrey. "You deserve to be happy, take the chance while it's there. You told me you regretted the things you never acted on, don't let this be one... Woah, why am I becoming a motivational speaker?" Beca pulls a face as she ends her speech.
"Beca's right. You need to give this a shot, if it's what you really want?"

Aubrey nods and stands up.
"It is. And I don't think it can wait. Maybe it won't work out - but I'll never know if I don't try."

She starts to walk towards the door, picking up her bag.

"You're going right now?" I question.
"Yeah... I kinda already booked a taxi."
"Oh." I nod. "Please text me when you get there then. Or use the group chat with us three. Anything really."
"We just wanna know how it goes," Beca interjects.

Aubrey smiles, wiping the beginnings of tears from her eyes.

"I love you both. I'll see you soon. I'm so happy you got things to work out for you both, you two deserve to be happy too."

I catch Beca's eye and we share a knowing smile before running forward to hug Aubrey.

"Now go get your girl!" Beca jokes as Aubrey walks out the door, into the next chapter of her life.

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ONE MORE CHAPTER AND THEN THE EPILOGUE AHHH
sorry this chapter is pretty short, the next one is huuuuuuuge so get ready 👀