Strings

Chapter 9: Nodes?

I felt so secure in her arms like that and I just wish that we could've stayed like that a little longer, I feel so safe when I'm with her, like I can just be myself, I don't need to hide my sexuality from her or the problems with my father and that's why I'm so happy whenever I'm with her, I can talk about all these issues with her, I mean she's has dad issues too and plus she went through the whole sexuality thing so she knows exactly what I'm going through! She just makes everything better, it's nice to have someone who understands it all.

The hug didn't last long and Beca breaks away, she's smiling but her face falls when she notices my heart eyes. She puts both of her hands on either side of my face and she wiped my eyes with the pads of her thumbs, I begin to giggle a bit at how vulnerable I was at her kind and sincere words. I kiss her cheek and she smiles bashfully at me, I then take her hands down from my face and intertwine our hands together. "Come on bestie! Let's see when I'm due this stupid life threatening surgery!"

Beca chuckles at me as we walk hand in hand down the corridor, she begins to swing our arms and then I begin to skip along beside her, she laughs even more at my childish antics before speaking. "You know Chlo it's not 'life threatening'." She says using air quotes with the hand that's not swinging with mine. "It is if I can't sing again Beca! My life will be over!" She shakes her head at me a little before saying 'you're so dramatic!' We continue to walk down the corridor before we come to a stop outside our destination. Beca gives my hand a small squeeze of encouragement before I open the door and we make our way into the room. We see a man sitting in a chair beside a desk, he looks to be in his late thirties or early forties. He has fair hair, dark brown eyes and a very kind smile to match! "Chloe, please take a seat!"

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"Wait what?! Tomorrow?! You want me to get this surgery tomorrow?!"

Dr. Wade nodded at me and the panic was written all over my face, Beca was sitting beside me and has her hand resting on the arm of the chair.

"Chloe there's an 85% chance you'll still
be able to sing don't worry but..." Dr Wade began as he took a dramatic pause and my patience is growing very thin as is Beca's. "But what?!" The brunette interrupts, I can tell she's as worried about this as I am, I mean being a Bella is everything to me, this has been my home for four years! I am nothing if I'm not a Bella. I turn to Beca and give her a thankful smile which she reciprocates.

"But... There is a good chance you won't ever be able to sing above a G Sharp ever again."

I let out a gasp and Beca instinctively puts her hand on the inside of my thigh and ribs it gently to calm me down, it works immediately. I take a deep breath and relax as Dr Wade continues telling me about this surgery and all of the precautions etc.

"Just make sure to rest your voice after the surgery okay? It won't take long to heal, maybe a couple of days? Two weeks max?"

I gasp again, how was I supposed to compete in the Battle of The Bands now? What am I going to tell Bree? She's already stressed out enough, I don't want to add to her stress!

After a few more precautions etc with my doctor, Beca and I leave his office, she holds the door open for me and I say 'thanks' before immediately turning right and smacking into someone. "Oh- I'm so sorry I didn't-" I look up to find the same beautiful nurse from earlier standing in front of me. "Hey!" She greets shyly as she tucks a piece of her blonde hair behind her ear. "Hi" I reply awkwardly as I bow my head and try and hide the blush on my face as much as possible. "I didn't hurt you did I?" She places her arm on my shoulder and I immediately gaze up at her, she has a bright green eyes and full lips that are so tempting to kiss right now. "Oh umm- no no you didn't- Did I hurt you?" She smiles at me before shaking her head. I smile at how adorable she's being and then I gaze over at Beca who is leaned back against the wall with a raised eyebrow, her arms are crossed and I can tell she finds this amusing.

"I'm glad you're not hurt-" she begins sweetly, her voice is so soft and quiet it's adorable! "Your girlfriend would probably kill me if I hurt you." She giggles a bit but I blink at her a few times as my eyes widen at her, I look over at Beca and her expression is the same as mine as she shrugs her shoulders.

"What?" I say extremely confused and she looks at me before glancing over at Beca. "Your girlfriend?" She asks while pointing at Beca who immediately starts to laugh and walk up beside us. "I'm not her girlfriend, we're just friends. Don't worry she's all yours." She gives a little wink at the end and both the blonde and I blush at Beca's little antic.

"Well in that case..." The nurse begins taking a small step towards me and slowly moving her hand down my arm to intertwine our fingers together, my eyes widen at her and my breath hitches on my throat a little but not a lot and I lock my eyes on her bright green orbs. "Can I have this friend's number?" I hear Beca squeal a tiny bit and I make a mental note to tease her about that later and to also tell her how much of a dork she is when she fangirls! I just look at the brunette and roll my eyes before turning my attention back to the blonde. "The best friend is called Chloe, and yes, yes you can!"

After a quick exchange of phone numbers and a proper introduction, I found out the nurse's name is Megan and we actually made plans for dinner this Friday! Happy days!

We were walking out of the hospital and Beca had the biggest smirk across her face and I knew it was to do with Megan, the signature smirk stayed on her face ever since I accidentally hit into the extremely attractive nurse. We were just about to exit through the doors, when I stopped walking all of a sudden and pulled on Beca's arm before she walked ahead of me, she turns to me with a raised eyebrow and her eyes are focuses on my hand which is still grabbed onto her wrist.

"Okay Mitchell you've had that stupid smirk on your face for the past five minutes, why?"

Her face shoots up to meet my gaze, her steel blues meet my crystal ones and she lets out a slight chuckle, I furrow my brows as I wait for her to speak up. "You- you're like a big babbling idiot, it was very amusing to watch!" I smack her on the arm and she winces in pain a little, but she laughs it off and I just scoff at her and fold my arms. "Not my fault okay? Shes like REALLY HOT- and I mean like REALLY REALLY HOT!" Beca starts to laugh again before I go to smack her on the arm for the second time my phone rings, it's Bree.

"Hey Bree- just with Beca- oh really?- that's good!- well I can't wait to meet him!- yeah okay, I'll see you after break- okay have fun at Stacie's- bye Bree, love you too!"

Beca looks at me eagerly and I let out a calm sigh. "Bree is staying at Stacie's for break so it'll be just us! Which is great now coz I don't have to tell her about my surgery tomorrow!"

Beca shakes her head disappointedly and I furrow my brows at her. She takes my hands in hers and looks me deep in the eyes. "Chlo listen, I don't like Aubrey but you can't keep this from her okay? I mean sure The Bellas got kicked out of the ICCA's coz Posen won't stray from tradition but Battle of the Bands is coming up and you can't go on stage knowing you might not be able to sing properly!"

I was taken aback by Beca's statement, she hates the Bellas but it sounds like she wants to help us, she would've helped us a lot more by actually joining the group, I mean her band are our biggest rivals in the competition, I can't even begin to imagine how they must feel about us spending time together, only Fat Amy knows about me and Beca hanging out but that's only because she caught us in the quad that day. I have no problem telling the girls but I don't know if I should because Beca is a rival and I don't know if they'd be okay with that, it's the same with my sexuality in a way, like sure Cynthia Rose is in the group and everyone assumes shes gay but that doesn't mean she is.

"I know what you're thinking Red, this ain't about the Bellas this is about you, I don't want you to ruin your voice anymore because of how passionate you are about singing okay?"

I immediately hug Beca again and she pulls me in even tighter to her, her hands are placed tightly around my waist and mine are gently resting on the back of her shoulder.

"Cmon Beale, lets get back to your dorm and get all of your things ready for surgery tomorrow."