Emails

Christmas Eve Tensions.

"I can not believe we are spending Christmas in a hospital" Chloe sighed as she sat across from Beca in the food court.

"At least the food isn't bad?" Beca pointed out.

Chloe took a deep breath in and let her eyes fall back to her girlfriend. She was currently eating a slice of pizza from the food court. Her eyes down at her plate as she took a bite from the cheese covered food. She barely even noticed that Chloe was too distracted to eat. But, then again Beca hadn't ate since this morning.

"You're supposed to be the negative one" Chloe commented and watched Beca flick her head back up.

"Guess you're rubbing off on me" Beca said with a mouthful of pizza and  winked causing Chloe to snicker.

"Oh my god" Chloe just laughed a bit.

"What?" Beca asked; an amused smirk on her face. She swallowed the rest of the food in her mouth before speaking again. "Is mouthful of pizza not attractive for you? Because let me tell you, snot and tears isn't working for you"

"Beca," Chloe just shook her head with a laugh. "Stop making me laugh! I'm not supposed to be!"

"Your father wouldn't want you moping around" Beca pointed out.

"But isn't moping around acceptable when you're spending Christmas in a hospital rather then a cabin up north?" Chloe asked if that was an excuse for her moping around.

"But your dad isn't dead. That's a plus" Beca said.

"He was close to it-"

"But he didn't, Chloe"

"He collapsed in front of me, Beca"

Beca took a deep breath in and let it out slowly. Her and Chloe have had this conversation many, many, times. The woman couldn't stop thinking about how her father collapsed in front of her. Beca couldn't blame her and felt bad to no end. But, she wanted Chloe to look at the positive side. Not to mention this kept leading to one of them storming off because it was a catch 22.

"But he didn-"

"I'll see you back in the waiting room, I don't want to do this" Chloe got up and grabbed her phone.

"Chlo, you didn't even eat your salad" Beca pointed out.

"I'm not hungry" Chloe just muttered and walked out before letting Beca stop her.

"Fine.." Beca muttered under her breath and just shook her head in frustration before returning to her food.

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"Hey" Beca said as she walked into the waiting room. "Where's Chloe?" She asked Jimmy.

"She said she was going to clear her head" Jimmy shrugged as he was watching TV.

Beca stood there for a bit and began to think where Chloe could have gone. She walked over and grabbed her bag; pulling it over her shoulder. The woman had a good idea to where she was, but at the same time wasn't sure.

"I'm going to find her" Beca said before leaving.

She began to walk around the hospital; searching for a staircase that would lead up to a roof. The woman knew Chloe loved to go in higher up places when she needed to be alone. So, a roof would probably be a place she would go.

The brunette walked down halls upon halls. She checked the directory on the wall to see if it told her where the staircase was. Luckily it did and it was just down at the end of the hall in front of her.