Hi! I just want to say that this is my first fanfiction ever! So if you have any tip, it will be really appreciated! Plus, english is not my first language so if you see any typos or things that don't make sens, tell me!

Chapter 2: Learning the truth about the redhead.

''Now tell me what do you like about Tom?'' Aubrey asked, seriously.

''Does that mean I've won the fight!?'' Chloe asked in an false defying tone. She was hoping to change the subject, or at least push it away and talk about it later (or never, that would be awesome!)
''Don't try to change the subject Chlo, it's not working. At all. So answer.''
Chloe sat back on her chair. She needed time to think about what to respond to that question. Sure, she knew Aubrey would ask her that, but she wasn't prepared for it... at least not that soon.

She told Aubrey by texto that she thought about getting back with Tom (to which Aubrey answered ''brb, gonna throw up'') and, litteraly 25 minutes later, Aubrey called for an emergency Bella Meeting at their dorm room. The naive little redhead didn't think much of it, but of course, it was just an excuse to get Chloe's butt in there as fast as possible to proceed in a complete investigation to understand what was pushing her to go back with him. Sure, the last time they dated (which was approximately the 14th second chance Chloe gave him), he wasn't really nice to her, but she didn't think that Aubrey would make that much of a deal from it.

But no matter how slow the redhead was sometimes, at that moment she didn't need a major degree in facial-expressions reading to understand that Aubrey was about to explode with anger. She needed to answer quickly if she wanted to avoid World War III.

''Well... he only has good sides!'' She said, trying to sound like she was believing it.
''He sometimes wear crocs... outside. That's already a bad point, but go on.'' Aubrey responded, without a hint of emotion in her voice.
''I can deal with that! Plus he will give me a credit card if I date him!''
''Ahhhh. I see now why you're interested.'' Aubrey replied sarcastically.
''And... he wants me to live with him in a nice appartment, it won't cost me any money! Even for grocery shopping! He also works all the time so I will pratically live alone... and I wanted to date somebody this year so...'' Chloe continued, doing her best to convince Aubrey that she suddenly became a gold digger. ''...wait I really sound like a player right now.'' she added, with a little bit of repulsion in her voice.
''A player!? Seriously Chlo?!'' Aubrey said, raising an eyebrow. ''You stopped sounding like a player about 3 minutes ago. Now you sound like a Kardashian!'' She took a pause, looked at Chloe straight into the eyes and said, insisting on every single word: ''You actually fell so deep in my dark threshold of disrespect that I do not know if we will ever succeed to get you out of it.''

Whoa... okay. Chloe's eyes widened at that statement. Sure Aubrey had the right to be shocked but she was acting a little over-dramatic right now, Chloe thought. "Hey, I'm not a Kardashian! I don't get married twice a day!" Chloe said, in an attempt to lighten the mood.
Aubrey didn't recognize at all the Chloe she usually loves in the previous minutes, so she was more than happy to see that the younger girl was back to joking, proving that she wasn't totally brain-washed yet. "I'm sorry Miss but that is the next step. Your condition is deteriorating day by day." She responded with a smile betraying her serious tone.

After that, they commonly agreed to drop the conversation and talk about it later because it wasn't going anywhere. They decided to do something that Aubrey only does with Chloe (and that she secretely loves to do!): watch spongebob.

In this episode, Mr Krabs was, as always, completely obsessed over money. He even sold Bob's soul for 62 cents! "That is such a stupid thing to do"Aubrey commented "I mean, why would he sell Bob, who looks up to him as if Mr Krabs was his dad, he trusts him and loves him so much and his opinion matter a lot to him." While saying this, she noticed that Chloe was starting to move like she was a little bit uncomfortable. Aubrey thought that it was probably just the position she was in that was uncomfortable, so she continued her profond analysis of spongebob. "Bob really wants to please Mr Krabs and you know what? When Mr. Krabs tells him to do something that goes against Bob's values, he still does it even if it's utterly stupid because he really believes that Eugene is right and that he wants the best for him. He loves him unconditionally and wants the best for him but that stupid crab doesn't care and he only thinks about money and..." And then a lightbulb turned on in Aubrey's mind. "OH MY GOD CHLOE DID YOUR PARENTS BRAIN-WASHED YOU ABOUT BEING IN LOVE WITH TOM... ONLY BECAUSE HE HAS MONEY?!"

"Well..." Chloe said, looking ashamed.

She then proceeded to explain that her parents were - a little - furious when Chloe told them that she broke up with Tom. Chloe's parents were pretty much... rich. Her dad is a businessman while her mom is a lawyer. They had high expectation on Chloe and they were truly disappointed when she told them that she wanted to be a paramedic. Sure it's a noble thing to save lives and all of that, but she would certainly not be able to do a six digit salary and they saw that as a big failure. They felt that their daughter was worth less than the other members of her family, that she was a little dumb and therefore should have a great man at her side. And what is a great man according to their criterias? A man with money. They basically made it clear that Tom was the only option and that Chloe would forever be seen as an inferior human being if she didn't date him.

Aubrey already had a big aversion of Chloe's parents and she usually avoided talking about them because it made her mad, but it was even worse right now. "That's horrible Chloe! What did you tell them?!" She asked.
"I told them that I was going to try but I didn't even try yet and I'm already sick of him. From now, I think I will date who I want to date and I won't talk about my dating situation with them anymore." Chloe said, feeling a little insecure about this whole thing.
"That's the right thing to do honey. Do what you want with your love-life..." Aubrey said, just before giving the biggest hug to comfort a sobbing little Chloe. They stayed like that a few minutes with the older girl rubbing Chlo's back, until Aubrey broke the silence.

"...but you should totally date Beca".