A/N: Please don't hate me for this one…please. I think I actually hate myself a little for writing the beginning knowing where chapter 2 is heading but I couldn't get the damn thing out of my head. I really don't know for sure where this one is headed beyond the second chapter (which isn't even written yet), but I'm thinking it will end up as a Mitchsen end-game (but don't quote me on it yet as I haven't gotten past the first chapter or two in my mind). I heard "Breakeven" by The Script yesterday and while I've been trying to work on two of my ongoing chapter fics this monstrosity keeps rearing its ugly head in my brain so I had to get it out. I also agonized over using who I did with Chloe, but my mind kept coming back to it. I promise I'll make it up to everyone with a fluffy Bechloe piece soon. Really the only AU parts so far are that there was never a Jeca, she came out to him right away and he became one of her best friends and Beca and Aubrey became better friends than they showed in the movies (I assume it is mainly through her relationship with Chloe). So, Chapter one is the set-up, chapter 2 is when the shit hits the fan (so to speak).

Summary: Beca and Chloe had a good thing going, at least that's what Beca thought. They had moved to L.A. after graduating and Beca paid her dues while Chloe taught underprivileged kids music. Beca's big break had come and now her music was being played everywhere. But apparently everything isn't ok, as she finds out when she gets home from her first six week tour. Her life, and heart, are shattered. Who's going to help her pick up the pieces?

Rating: I'm going to try and keep this T, but no promises. If something happens, I'll change the rating then.

Disclaimer: I don't own Pitch Perfect or Pitch Perfect 2.

xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Beca couldn't be happier; she was finally in L.A. working for a music label. Not only that, she was out here with her awesome girlfriend and her best guy friend. It hadn't taken Chloe long to find a job teaching music to underprivileged kids, something she had always wanted to do (that or be an exotic dancer). Jesse had gotten in the music department of a major studio. It was an entry level job, but it was what he had always wanted to do and he didn't have any issues with paying his dues just so he could work in the industry. The three of them figured that since they would only know each other at first, they should look for apartments in the same area. They got lucky and Jesse found a good deal on a one bedroom place a couple of blocks from Beca and Chloe's place.

The three of them were inseparable. They spent almost all of their free time together that first year. They explored L.A. at first, then they expanded their horizons and toured up and down the coast on the weekends. They ate most of their dinners together, switching between Jesse's place and the girls'.

After giving them a year to settle in to a routine, Beca decided to start trying to DJ again. After putting her name out there and sending some demos to clubs in the area, she finally got a trial gig, one weekend to impress the club manager and owners. She worked her ass off to make sure she developed a solid set and had a variety of song choices and mixes to use, depending on the feel of the crowd. She kicked ass. She came out of the booth on a 'high' Friday night after her set. It didn't take the management two nights to decide on using her to DJ on a regular basis, they offered her a weekend a month on the spot.

After six months, she started getting offers to do guest gigs at other clubs. She also started adding her own music to the mixes. She even got permission to use one of the studios at the label to make a few legitimate tracks for her sets. Sure, it cost her a full weekends pay to do it, but it was so worth it when she heard how they turned out.

Chloe was so supportive of her. She was so proud that Beca was doing what she always wanted to do and was doing so well in it. She came to every performance to watch her little DJ do her thing. She loved watching Beca in the booth, she looked so in her element up there, moving to the beat, working the controllers. Beca used a mixture of premade mixes and mixing on the fly when she DJ'd and Chloe loved watching her do her thing.

By the end of her second year of DJ'ing, Beca was getting offers to play almost every weekend. For the first year and a half, Chloe would be at every show. But when it started becoming three or four weekends a month, it was too much for her. She needed some downtime because while she loved working with the kids, they could be draining and sometimes by Friday she just needed a night to sit and relax, maybe binge watch a little Netflix. Chloe went from going to see Beca at every performance to only going out one or two nights a month. So while Beca loved the feeling of being in the booth, she missed her girlfriend more, so she always made sure that her and Chloe had at least one weekend a month where it was just them (and sometimes Jesse).

When her originals were well received in the clubs, Beca used some of the extra money from playing gigs to produce a few more tracks to use in her shows. She was up to a dozen original songs that she could use in her sets. Sometimes, when she looks back at things, she wishes she never would have made those damn tracks.

She invited her coworkers to join Chloe and Jesse at a club she was playing at one Friday night. She had it set up that she could use one of the VIP sections as part of her payment for the evening. She got a special thrill watching her girlfriend dance to her mixes, and Chloe didn't disappoint that night. She loved how she swayed to the music and was glad that she had Jesse there to dance with her so she didn't have to dance alone.

One of the producers she worked with really liked what he heard that night. He approached her and asked her if she had made some of the tracks. When she blushed and said that she had, all he responded with "Impressive," but left it at that. What she didn't know is that he had an A&R rep friend at the label and played her a snippet of one of her tracks and told her to show up at the club the next night and she wouldn't be disappointed.

xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

After her show the next night Beca came sprinting through the door to their apartment, barely taking time to kick off her shoes in the entryway. She ran into the living room, sliding to a stop on the hardwood floors. Grinning like an idiot, she looks at the two people sitting on the couch watching Netflix, "Oh good Jesse you're here, I don't have to call you to come over."

The two of them looked at her with amused looks. Jesse raised an eyebrow, "I take it you have something to tell us?"

Beca nodded enthusiastically. Chloe laughed when she didn't say anything, "Well are you going to tell us or do we have to guess?"

Beca jumped up and down, "They want to offer me a record deal."

Chloe looked shocked and excited at the same time. She jumped up off the couch and grabbed her girlfriend's hands, spinning around in a circle with her like they were playing Ring Around the Rosie with her, "I'm so proud of you Beca. You've worked so hard for this."

She stopped spinning around and slipped her hand behind Beca's neck and pulled her in for a deep kiss. When Jesse coughed after a minute looking surprisingly uncomfortable, the two girls broke the kiss and Beca rested her head against Chloe's, "Thanks Babe."

xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Beca sat and talked with Chloe about their options. Option one was that she could quit her job and work on the recording full time and still do some DJ'ing on the weekends to help pay the bills. She was getting a small advance, but it would probably just be enough to cover her studio time. If her music career didn't go anywhere, then she would have to find another producing job and probably move back a step in that career path. Option two was for her to do most of the producing herself in the evenings and on weekends and keep working at her current job. This had an added benefit of her having to pay a smaller percentage to a full time producer. She would have to cut way back on her DJ gigs, but it would be worth it in the long run.

The two girls discussed things most of Sunday afternoon and even Jesse got into the discussion when he stopped by later that afternoon. They decided to go with option two. Beca just wasn't confident that her music would be accepted that well in the mainstream. Sure, it worked great in her sets at the clubs, but as a single on the radio she wasn't ready to bet the farm on it. The studio had given her a year to work on her first album and she could use some of the tracks that she had already recorded, with some polishing (of course). Beca thought that would be plenty of time to do it this way.

At first, things were going well. Beca would work on the album one or two nights a week and one day during the weekend. She cut back to DJ'ing only one weekend a month, at her original club. But when three months became six months and she only had half an album of workable tracks, she started to get a little worried. She started working in the studio more and two nights a week became three and then four. One shorter weekend day became a full day and then both days in the studio. She cut out her DJ'ing completely just so she could spend a little time with Chloe. But that didn't help her guilt every time she came home late from the studio to find the redhead asleep on the couch. She'd wake her up gently and apologize for being so late.

One night she woke her up and apologized again. Chloe just smiled at her and caress her cheek, "I know baby, but this is your dream." But the smile didn't reach her eyes and that broke Beca's heart.

Beca hugged her girlfriend tightly, "I'm going to so make this up to you when the album is finished Chloe Beale. I promise."

xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

At the ninth month, the studio set a release date for just after a year of production and released the first single from the album. To Beca's surprise, the single jumped to number six on the charts within a matter of weeks. She took that Sunday off to spend the entire day celebrating with Chloe. The album wasn't finished yet, but she really needed time with her girlfriend. She took her out to a nice restaurant for dinner and then they took a walk along the beach. She might have been imagining it, but Chloe seemed a little distant the whole evening.

Six weeks later, the studio released the second single from the album. While it didn't do quite as well as the first single, it still managed to break into the top ten, peaking at number nine on the charts. That's when the studio first started talking about a promotional tour to kick off the album release.

The studio eventually decided that a small tour would help album sales and given how well the singles were doing that they could come close to filling some medium-sized venues. They reserved the option to cancel the tour depending on the opening month of sales of the album. The tour was set to start five weeks after the album dropped. It turns out they really didn't have to worry about cancelling the tour. The album and third single dropped on the same day. The album debuted at number 19 on the charts and the single shot up to number four by its third week on the charts.

Beca took the entire week after the album dropped off. She had to take an extended leave from her producer position with the label so that she could tour and decided she'd start it a little early. It seemed like she started to connect with Chloe again, being able to hear more about her kids and what she'd been able to do with them over the past year. Sure, they had talked about it but Beca just didn't feel like she was able to give Chloe the time she deserved to talk about what she loved to do. So she tried to make up for it by making the week be all about Chloe. She knew that they wouldn't have made it through the past year without Jesse being there for Chloe, so she tried to include him in some of their activities that week, but he always had something else going on. So felt like they were at a really good place at the end of that week.

After the wonderful week with Chloe, Beca had to go back at it just as hard as before. She had four weeks to get her tour performance down, staging, lighting, rehearsals with the musicians, everything. The first week wasn't so bad, typical eight hour days while they brainstormed and worked on some ideas. After that, it was twelve to sixteen hour non-stop days getting everything perfect.

Beca was relieved when they decided to call it early (at only 9 p.m.) on the last Saturday before the tour started. She wanted to get home and spend a little time with Chloe. They had both been so tired lately that they really hadn't had much quality time together. When she was still a couple of blocks away from the apartment, she realized that she hadn't texted Chloe to let her know she was coming home early. So, she quickly shot her a text while she was stopped at a red light that she got off early and would be home in a few minutes. She was practically skipping when she got to the door to the building. She smiled through the window at the guy coming down the hall towards her. She opened the door for him, "Hey Jesse, leaving so soon? I just got here."

Jesse gave her a weak smile, "Yah, it's been a long week for me and I dozed off on your couch. I figured my bed was calling to me."

Beca punched his arm playfully, "Wimp, its only 9:30 on a Saturday. Come on, stay awhile."

Jesse smirked, "Nope, I am a wimp and my bed is calling. Talk to you tomorrow."

Beca shrugged and called, "Goodnight," to his retreating form and he threw a wave back over his shoulder. She then bounced up the stairs two at a time to her apartment. She kicked her shoes off and bounded into the living room and plopped down on the couch next to a bedraggled looking Chloe. Her clothes were wrinkled and her hair was messy. Beca kissed her, "I suppose you fell asleep too."

Chloe looked at her confused, so Beca clarified, "I just talked with Jesse and he explained that he fell asleep on our couch. By the looks of it, so did you."

Chloe nodded, "Yah, I had a tough day with the kids. Roger just wouldn't behave and I had to send him to the Principal's office. I hate doing that to those kids. I must have dozed off watching Netflix."

Beca pulled her into a hug, "Well I hope you're not too tired because I need some Chloe time."

Chloe cuddled up into her side, yawning, "Well as long as it's cuddling right here on the couch I can give you all the Chloe time you want. But I'm too wiped to do much else tonight baby, sorry."

Beca pulled the redhead tighter against her side, kissing the top of her head, "I'll take whatever I can get. This will be over soon, I promise."