Homecoming Queen

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"Your homecoming queen this year is" Principle Jones shouts into the mic before opening the envelope. He reads the name with a smile before leaning into the mic again, "Chloe Beale!" He shouts.

Chloe smiles widely as she heads on stage to accept the crown, the crowd of students cheering behind her. Beca stood in the corner of the room with a small smile on her face. She was proud of the redhead. Nobody knew the reality of Chloe's life, nobody but Beca. And honestly, Beca wasn't suppose to know either.

Six Months Earlier

"Beca! I need your help on a repair job kid." Jimmy yells as he walks into the building.

Beca started working for Jimmy to one, make money and two, her father hoped it'd keep her out of trouble. Here she learned how to repair homes, fix cars, and other skills like plumbing and electricity.

Jimmy's shop is only normally for car work and simple home repairs. He doesn't normally do plumbing and electricity but for good friends of his or people who are more on the poor side he'll help out.

"What kind of job?" She asked.

"Plumbing, Electricity and repair. I need you to go into the crawl space under the house, it's too small for my fat ass to fit." He said with a laugh.

Beca chuckled a bit and stood up, "Let's go then." She smiled.

The pulled up to a small, falling apart house. Beca felt pity for the people who lived there.

"Beca this is Joesph Beale. He lives here with his wife, daughter and two sons. Joe this is Beca." He introduced.

"Nice to meet you sir." She smiled shaking his hand.

"Nice to meet you too." He smiled.

He lead the two into his small two bedroom home. Beca scrunched her eyebrows in confusion because she swore she was told he had three kids, two sons and a daughter. So where does everyone sleep?

Beca was lead to a small closet where the repair she needed to do was.

"I thought I was going under the house?" She asked confused.

"You will later. First you'll be fixing the two holes in the walls in here." Jimmy told her.

Mr Beale opened the door and Beca was a bit more then surprised to see Chloe Beale sat in front of her on a old worn out mattress.

"Chloe Beca will be fixing the holes in here." Her father spoke.

"Okay." Chloe forced a smile.

Joe and Jimmy left to fix something else and Beca was left with Chloe. There was an awkward silence as Beca began her work.

"So who punched it?" Beca asked as she began fixing it.

"What?" Chloe asked caught off guard.

"Who punched it? You or your brothers?" Beca asked again.

"Nobody punched it." Chloe answered.

Beca scoffed, "yeah right. I've fixed enough holes to know when ones a fist. I've also made enough holes to know it." She said.

Chloe stayed silent for a minute before answering, "My dad. He punched that wall and fell through the other." She answered quietly.

"Oh, didn't expect that." Beca answered.

"Listen Beca-"

"Don't worry Chloe. I won't tell anybody what I found out today. I know that's what you're worried about. I could see it in your eyes when I walked in." Beca told her with a small smile.

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