The Bella's house is haunted by the ghost of a girl who died there in the 80's . They have a seance. Things go very badly...
Rating: M for vivid description of violence
Words count: 3k
Trigger warning: cruent deaths, mention of blood
(Iâve been meaning to tell you)
I think your house is haunted
Beca had moved in the Bellaâs house and had been living there with the other girls for just one week when she started to notice there was something weird going on in that place.
At first, she thought it might have been one of the girls â definitely Amy â who was playing tricks on her; it was just annoying silly things, really, like misplaced objects, doors that opened and closed on their own or songs that mysteriously changed to Cindy Lauper while she was listening to her Spotify playlists. All things Amy could have managed to do with little effort.
What made Beca question her believes were the events of that day she was sick and decided to stay home while all the girls went to class and then to rehearsals. She was home alone, so nobody could be pranking her, but strange things continued to happen â doubled even.
It started with her headphones; Beca could swear sheâd left them on the desk, next to her computer, but when she came back from the bathroom they were gone. The brunette looked for them everywhere and finally found them in the fridge
âMh, weirdâ she mumbled to herself, making her way back in her room to start working on a new mix.
 Halfway through her mix, her laptop started to flash and then it showed statics
âWhat the fuck!? Come on you canât die on me right nowâ lamented Beca hitting her laptop, she took her brand-new iPhone 5 and saw it was doing the same thing âwhat the hell is going on?â
She threw the phone asides and stated that she was delirious, probably due to the fever, so she decided to make herself one of Chloeâs infusions. Beca put the boiler on the stove and started looking in the cabinet for the infusion, when the home theater they had in the living room started to blast Time after Time.
âWhoâs there?â she called out but didnât get an answer. If she was honest, sheâd admit she was starting to freak out a little bit.
The brunette slowly entered the living room to see that nobody was there
âThatâs not funnyâ she called out, doing her best to hide the shake in her voice âAmy I saw you, you can come outâ she tried, but again, no answer. She gulped and went to turn off the stereo, then slowly sat on the sofa to calm down, but the boilerâs whistle made her jump
âFuckâ she spat out marching to the kitchen.
Beca took a deep calming breath pouring the boiling water in her favorite mug, put the boiler away and sat down to enjoy her drink. The warm bitter liquid running down her throat was starting to relax her and free her lungs, she put down the mug and rubbed her face with both hands, when she heard the mug crashing on the floor.
  Chloe opened the door and the first thing she saw was a baseball bat moving in her direction. She dodged it and saw a very startled Beca holding it
âBeca what are you doing?â she squeaked
âI- sorry I thoughtâŠâ trailed off the brunette letting her weapon fall and tiredly hid her face with her palms
âHey, whatâs going on, how are you feeling?â Chloe asked removing Becaâs hands âOh my god, Bec, youâre burning up! Let me take you to bedâ
 âI broke a mugâ mumbled Beca while Chloe was helping her under the covers âand my phoneâ she added
âYour phone is workingâŠâ stated Chloe showing it to her âdonât worry for the mug, now try to get some restâ she whispered tucking a lock of brown hair away from Becaâs forehead.
Beca let out a heavy breath and briefly considered telling Chloe what she went through
âChloâŠâ
âMh?â the redhead asked turning around with a soft smile
âThank youâ mumbled the brunette before rolling on her side. âGhosts donât exist youâre just deliriousâ she told to herself before falling asleep.
 âYouâre such a loserâ
âYou will never be one of usâ
âThereâs no place for cowards in hereâ
âAhahahahâ
It was night, the cold air was making Beca shiver. The area of porch she could see from her bedroomâs window looked different than usual and she couldnât recognize any of the voices laughing at her. She wasnât looking down from her window, she was standing outside the window. She was barefoot.
âCome on, we donât have all night!â
Beca swallowed hard, her head was spinning, she slipped.
 Beca woke up in her bed, damp with sweat, her â now working â phone pointed 4AM, she groaned and went back to sleep.
 Weeks passed and then months, objects kept disappearing and appearing in weird places and Beca made sure to never be alone in the house again, but she never talked to anyone about what happened, she was too embarrassed about it â ghosts donât exist. Â
One evening, after helping Jessica find her bracelet that ended up being in a plant near the bathroom, she decided to talk to Chloe about it.
âHey Chlo, can we talk for a moment?â she mumbled, still uncertain about saying it out loud
âSure, whatâs up?â asked the redhead putting aside her Russian lit book
âI uhm⊠this might sound weir butâŠâ she trailed off
âYou know you can tell me everything, right?â assured her Chloe leaning in to grab her hand
âI â not that I believe in this kind of things, but uhm⊠I think thereâs a ghost in the houseâ
Chloeâs face fell and she cleared her throat sitting back straight âYeah, thatâs Mollyâ she said casually, going back to her reading.
âWHAT?â gasped the brunette
âMollyâ repeated Chloe âshe died here in the 80âsâ she explained
âYou donât actually believe she- sheâs living with us, right?â stuttered Beca
âOf course, she is-â
âWhat are we talking about?â interrupted her Stacie
âApparently we have a ghostâ explained Cynthia-Rose who happened to hear the conversation
âCool, a ghost story!â gasped Stacie excited âwait, Iâll call the othersâ
 They moved in the living room after Stacie gathered all the girls and Chloe started telling the story
âIn the 80âs this house was the sorority house of the ΞγÏ. Those girls were known to be the cruelest sorority Barden had ever seen. They always made their new members prove their worth through impossible dares, like eating worms or doing dangerous things. Most times the new girls run away crying and were thrown out of the sorority, but there was this girl â Molly â who wanted to be part of the sorority more than anything. She was willing to die for it-â
âHow did she die?â interrupted Beca, her throat felt tight and her heart was beating incredibly fast
âIt was initiation night. They gave her a dare, a test of braveryâŠâ
The crunching of chips coming from Amy destroyed the mood Chloe was skillfully setting with her story
âAmy, would you mind!?â lamented Cynthia-Rose
âWhat?â asked Amy stopping with her mouth full of chips
âWeâre kinda in the middle of something hereâŠâ added Ashley
âGo onâ spurred her on Stacie
Chloe cleated her throat âthey told her that to be a member of the ÎžÎłÏ she had to walk on the ledge from side to side of the house only wearing her nightgown. They knew she was scared of heights, they probably thought she would have given up, but she tried anywayâŠâ
âfuckâŠâ whispered Beca, she had chills thinking about her dream
âShe fellâ added Chloe in a sad voice
âDo you want to contact her?â offered Lilly in her usual creepy tone
âYes! Letâs summon a ghostâ squealed Stacie
âDude, no!â gasped Beca horrified
âWhat? You scared Mitchell?â challenged her the tall brunette
âIâm not scaredâ retorted Beca
âCome on, itâs Halloween week, itâll be funâ tried Jessica and the girls agreed. Beca didnât like it, she didnât like it at all.
 Lilly seemed to be rather expert on the field. She made them move the furniture and drawn a pentagram on the floor in the middle of the living room, she turned off the lights and placed five candles, one on each point of the circled star. The girls were sitting in circle around the symbol while Lilly placed herself in the center and started saying something Beca assumed to be in Latin.
Suddenly a gust of wind turned off all the candles and the room feel silent
âYou girls shouldnât be playing around with seancesâ Lilly said in a demoniac voice and someone, probably Jessica or Ashley â Beca wasnât sure â screamed. Some of the girls turned on the flashlight on their phones and they could see Lilly standing up, with her hair down on her face.
âShit, she looks just like Samaraâ said Amy
âYou foolish girls, must pay respect to the ritualsâ Roared Lilly
âFuck, is she possessed?â gasped Cynthia-Rose
âLilly thatâs the best Halloween prank Iâve ever seenâ laughed Stacie âYou look disgustingâ
At that Lilly howled in rage turning to Stacie and showed her face, her eyes were completely white, and her body was still facing forward while her face was turned to look at the brunette. The girls screamed and moved away but Beca noticed Chloe was still on the pentagram
âChloe what are you doing?â she shouted to her
âMollyâ tried the redhead swallowing hard
The monster turned to face her and Beca grabbed Chloeâs hand to drag her away. Molly grunted and started to walk towards Stacie, in the meantime someone had turned on the lights and Beca could see that Lilly wasnât wearing her clothes anymore, she recognized the white gown she was wearing in her dream.
Molly reached Stacie and cornered her
âPlease, please not my face! Or the boobs, please-â begged the girl, but the spirit reached out to her throat and ripped her trachea out making blood splash everywhere. All the girls screamed in horror crying out Stacieâs name and the lights went out again.
 The Bellas ran away in different places of the house and Beca had no idea where the others went, except for Chloe who had never let go of her hand. She had dragged her in a room and locked the door behind them, everything was dark and Beca could barely make out the silhouette of Chloeâs face.
âI canât believe Stacie is deadâ sniffed Chloe
âYeah, thatâs crazyâ murmured Beca letting the redhead hug her
âIâm glad youâre her with meâ she breathed out
âMe too, I canât imagine being alone right nowâ confessed the brunette and Chloe pulled away from the hug
âNo, I mean⊠Iâm glad that itâs youâ clarified the redhead looking into her eyes
Beca swallowed hard noticing how close they were and in the dim light she could see Chloeâs eyes looking down at her lips for a moment. Itâs funny how you throw all cares to the wind when you think youâre about to die. Beca leaned in and kissed her. Chloe responded instantly pressing her against the door and slipping her tongue into Becaâs mouth. Her hands were desperatcely gripping at Beca and for a moment the brunette thought that maybe this was worth dying for.
Their kiss was interrupted by Cynthia-Rose pointing a flashlight at them
âFinally!â she cheered making them jump âwe need to go to the basement, unless you have something better to doâŠâ she added in a judgy tone
âWhy to the basement?â asked Beca clearing her throat âof all placesâŠâ she added with a shiver
âTo fix the lighting maybe?â retorted Cynthia-Rose
âOkay but why canât you go?â asked Beca hissing when Chloe hit her with her elbow
âBecause the black and the queer characters always die first in horror movies, and if you didnât notice, I am black and a lesbian! So, Iâm definitely not going there aloneâ explained the girl
âOf course weâre coming with youâ agreed Chloe.
 âLock the doorâ intimated Beca once they entered the basement. They reached the electric cabinet and Beca pointed the light of the phone to it âyou know how to do that?â she asked
âYepâ
While Cynthia-Rose was working on the cables Beca let herself get lost in the comfort of Chloeâs body pressed up against her back and the girlâs fingers intertwined with her owns. It caused a weird warm sensation, like if it didnât matter that there was a murderous demon around the house and that they were all going to be slaughtered by it.
When the lights started working again the girls turned around to find Molly covered in Stacieâs blood standing in the middle of the room. Beca whimpered and pressed herself more into Chloe who had pretty much the same reaction, while Cynthia-Rose threw her flashlight to the monster hitting her in the face and gaining them some important seconds
âGo go go go go!â she shouted, and they started to climb the stairs.
As soon as Beca and Chloe were out of the basement door, it slammed shut behind them trapping the other girl inside. They could hear her scream and hit the door trying to open it, so they started doing the same until Beca couldnât hear her anymore
âChloâŠâ she tried, but the red head wouldnât stop âChlo-â
âWe need to get her out of there Beca!â she cried
âChlo, itâs too late⊠sheâs goneâ she sobbed âwe have to goâ she added grabbing Chloeâs hand again, but this time it wasnât enough to calm her.
They started to run towards the door, when the couch slid between them and their target, they turned around to see Molly slowly approaching them.
âYou donât belong hereâ thundered Molly tilting her head âyou didnât complete the ritualâ
âYes, yes she doesâ gasped Chloe placing herself in front of Beca âBree didnât want her at first, but then she was okay with itâ
âChlo what are you doing?â whispered Beca, but the monster suddenly turned around and walked away âwhat the fuck?â breathed out Beca in confusion.
They saw Cynthia-Rose crawl out from the basement and ran to help her
âHow are you what did she do to you?â asked Chloe helping the girl up to her feet
âSlowly, slowly, Iâm injuredâ she gasped showing them a bleeding wound on her hip âshe pushed me downstairs, I must have caught a nail or somethingâ
âCome on, letâs take you to the bathroom, Chloe has a first aid kitâ said Beca pushing the girlâs arm around her neck to help her stand.
 On their way to the bathroom, they found Jessica with a tear-stained face standing next to the staircase that led to the second floor, Chloe moved to hug her and saw Ashleyâs lying on the floor with her neck broken and some limbs twisted.
âFuckâ sadly whispered Cynthia-Rose rubbing her face with her palm
âLilly was following us upstairs, Amy got awayâ sobbed Jessica âI couldnât leave herâ
âItâs okay, come here, itâs okay" tried to comfort her Chloe.
 The group made it to Chloeâs bathroom and the redhead was trying to medicate Cynthia-Rose as best as she could
âWhat else did you see in horror movies?â asked Beca
âAbout ghosts? Theyâre usually here because they have unfinished business- ouchâ
âSorry" whispered Chloe
â âs alright. But those were movies I donât know- OUCH!â
âIâm done" promised Chloe getting up
âI donât know if it applies to real ghostsâ added Cynthia-Rose
âItâs all we have" huffed Beca âI need to try, and we still need to find Amy"
âIâm coming with you" said Chloe
âNo, itâs too dangerous I donât want you to get hurtâ
âYouâre not going aloneâ argued Chloe and Beca gave up
âAlright. Jessica, you stay here with CRâ
 Beca and Chloe started to wander around the house, looking for Molly
âWhy did you think the ghost was after me?â whispered Beca
âHer name is Mollyâ corrected her Chloe âand I donât knowâŠâ she trailed off
âYou mentioned Aubrey, did she tell the ghost- Molly, to haunt me or something?â suggested Beca
âWhat? No" gasped the redhead âI just assumed because sheâs been here the whole time I was in this house, but since when you moved in, she seemed to be⊠more nervousâ she explained
âI had a dream about her" confessed Beca âI mean I was her. In the dream. The night she died⊠I think she just wants to be accepted"
They heard a loud noise and suddenly stopped swallowing hard
âwe should check thatâ said Chloe in a tiny voice
âI hope itâs Amy" huffed Beca nodding
 As it turned out it was Amy, but sheâd just been thrown against the wall by Molly.
âAmyâ shouted Beca without thinking, letting the ghost know they were there
âBeca, finally! Save me, Iâm too important to die" screamed Amy trying to free herself, but the monster shoved a hand in her chest ripping her guts out.
âNo!â cried Beca âstop it, what do you want from us?â she shouted at the ghost
Molly let Amyâs body fall to the ground and started to walk towards them again.
âYou did not respect the ritual" she kept saying, the lights were flashing like crazy and there was wind coming out of nowere
Beca took a step forward âwhat ritual? What are you talking about?â
Molly pushed her asides and took Chloe by the throat. The redhead gasped trying to free herself from the bloody hand chocking her, but it was pointless
âYou must complete the ritual!â
âIâll do it! Iâll do your ritualâ volunteered Beca
Molly instantly let go of Chloe and turned to the brunette
âBec no" begged Chloe trying to catch her breath
âYou are a Bella now!â she declared, confusing both Chloe and the ghost
âI, as co-captain of the Bellas, declare that you have passed the test and are a Bella. Youâre one of us" she gulped, her heart was beating so fast it was hard to breathe, like if sheâd run a marathon. Chloe had reached her and was standing beside her
âAnd I, as the other co-captain, approve that" confirmed the redhead.
âThank you" whispered Molly.
Suddenly the lights stopped flashing and everything seemed to be back to normal. Lillyâs body fell to the ground with a thud and Chloe immediately moved to go check on her but Beca stopped her
âWhat if sheâs faking it?â questioned the brunette
âWhy would she fake it?â pointed out Chloe and went to kneel down besides Lilly.
âIs sheâŠâ asked Beca
âSheâs breathingâ assured Chloe relieved
âWe should call the policeâ suggested Jessica once her and Cynthia-Rose joined them.
 The police was still taking their depositions and Lilly was taken away with an ambulance, it was clear that the girls couldnât have been killed by a person, but the policeman refused to believe their ghost story and kept asking them if theyâd taken any drugs or were drunk. He kept bringing up an animal attack, almost like if he was trying to convince them.
Chloe went to sit on the porch next to Beca, both wrapped in those panic blankets theyâd only saw in movies before that night.
âYou saved my life" she stated humping her with the shoulder
âWell, you tried that firstâ answered Beca looking down at her feet âI noticed you stepping in front of me"
âYes, but it turned out she was never after you⊠she just wanted the head of the sorority to accept her"
âIf I only figured that out earlier Amy would still be alive, maybe Ashley too" sniffed Beca
âHey, look at meâ told her Chloe reaching out to gently tilt Becaâs face towards her âitâs not your fault, okay? If anything you saved the rest of us. If it wasnât for you IâŠâ she trailed off shivering at the memory of that cold hand around her throat
âIâm glad youâre okay" whispered Beca with teary eyes before leaning in to kiss her.
There has been so much amazing work made over Bechloe week. I literally couldnât feature everyone but I have tried to give a good snapshot into the week. I am amazed at the variety of stories and amazing ideas the creators had. It as a joy to consume it all and make this episode. Â Hope you enjoy.
Here are links to all of the works talked about in the episode:
Artwork:
@sketchywaveâ - Baby Farm Animals
@iambeberlyâ - Wedding
Bechole Week Multi Chapter Stories:
Secretnerd18 - The JourneyÂ
@wordsofmyreality - Bechloe Week 2020
Friends With Benefits:
@katyperrymyteenagedreamâ - The Only Exception
He Bit Me:
@snowbritt - The More That I Know You, The More I Want To
@darby-carterâ - Nothing Has Changed Me Quite Like You
@beyond-bechloeâ -Â Bechloe Week 2020 - Day 2 - âHe bit me!â
Drunk Texts:
@redlanceâ -Â Donât Drink and Text (Or Maybe Do?)
pleaseactsurprisedxx - Ding. Buzz.
@asweetmelodytricklingâ - Drunk Texts
@asimplebechloeâ -Â iâm trying hard (but i canât win)
Baby Farm Animals:
@katyperrymyteenagedreamâ -Â Relaxation is Key
@notsoawesomenerdâ - Fantastic Four
@green-eyed-weirdoâ - Chick Magnet
Fake Dating:
@anotherbechloeshipperâ -Â I Wish You Were Someone Else
@snowonebutyou -Â your heart is glowing (and iâm crashing into you)
@justwritethatdown - Meet The Beales
Hospital:
@redlanceâ - Iâm Sorry
@beyond-bechloe -Â Bechloe Week 2020 - Day 6 - Hospital
@becasbelt -Â everything is just an accident (a happy accident)
Panic or Jealousy:
@anotherbechloeshipper -Â A Visit with Becaâs Mom
@starlightscape -Â Special Delivery
@snowbritt - IÂ Think Thereâs Something You Should Know
Wedding or Cheating:
@hellagay4annak -Â and i crave you always (but iâll give you your space)
@snowonebutyou -Â i was cheated by you (and i think you know when)
@snowbritt - IÂ Think Itâs Time I Stopped The Show
Nateâs wedding day is finally arrived! Beca and Chloe's morning after and some unsolved family business.
I'm sorry if this is ridiculous đ
Rating: MÂ
Words Count: 1.5K
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Beca always loved waking up into Chloeâs arms; the warmth of the redheadâs body pressed against hers and the sweet scent of her skin surrounding her. Beca usually let herself indulge in it, until it became too much and had to move away and be her grumpy self, pretending to hate being touched. This time was different though; this time their naked bodies were intertwined together and Beca didnât have to pretend. She didnât have to protect her secret, Chloe knew Beca loved her and Beca knew that Chloe felt the same. So Beca pushed her face further into Chloe, inhaling deeply. Chloe let out a soft hum and tightened her arms around the brunetteâs middle.
Beca smiled into Chloeâs skin and blindly started to pepper lazy kisses on her Chest and neck, the memories of their night together giving her a sense of calm. Chloeâs nails lightly scratched at her back making her shiver and push her head back. The redhead took the opportunity to place a soft, lingering kiss on her lips
âGood morningâ mumbled Chloe against Becaâs lips
âMorningâ smiled Beca finally opening her eyes to see Chloe looking at her with a fond smile
âYouâre so cuteâ whispered Chloe brushing a lock of hair away from Becaâs forehead, and the brunette let out a strangled growl hiding her face into Chloeâs neck again. The redhead giggled and gently kissed her temple âI wish I could lay here with you all dayâ
âWhat time is it?â huffed Beca, knowing very well that they had to get up and start getting ready for the wedding
âitâs...â grunted Chloe reaching for her phone on the nightstand next to Beca, hovering over her âoh, sorryâ she said when she noticed sheâd literally pushed her breasts in Becaâs face
 âOh, I donât mindâ smirked Beca, moving her hands on Chloeâs side, at the height of her ribcage, to keep her there. Chloe chuckled and stared at her biting her bottom lip as she was considering something
âWe have to get up thoughâ she sighed âitâs almost half past eightâ. Beca groaned at that but let go of Chloe to let her move away from her body. She kept her eyes on Chloe as the girl stood up.
Beca felt every inch of her body catching fire while her eyes traced every curve of Chloeâs naked body, her toned abs and perfect legs, but what turned Beca on the most was the lust she could see in Chloeâs eyes and the girlâs smirk when she noticed Beca staring at her
âCome shower with meâ she offered with a hypnotizing look to which Beca could have never said ânoâ to.
 It turned out to be the best shower of Becaâs life. It begun with Chloe pushing her against the showerâs wall and getting on her knees, she brought Becaâs right leg over her shoulder to open her wider and buried her face between Becaâs legs. After making her come, she rose to her feet and started to spread soap all over Becaâs body, making her turn to face the wall. She started rubbing her back and hips, going down to squeeze her ass, before moving around her body, to pay attention to her front. The redhead pushed herself against Becaâs back while massaging her breasts. Beca rested her forehead on the wall before her when she felt Chloeâs hand traveling down her body to reach her center. The redhead took Becaâs left arm and pushed it against the wall, while bending her slightly further, Beca did the same thing with her other arm to brace herself and Chloe pressed their bodies together and started to trace slow circles on Becaâs clit, while gently nibbling her ear. Chloe made Beca come two more times before even allowing her to touch her.
 The ceremony was on the beach and the bride was barefoot under her long, cream dress that was shorter on the front â almost too short, for Mrs. Bealeâs likes â while Nate was wearing black converse under a white tuxedo. The unconventionality of their clothes was far from being what upset Chloeâs parents the most that day.
During his vows, Nate talk about how he was so lucky to marry his best friend and Beca felt her throat tightening, she slipped her hand into Chloeâs and leaned in to kiss her cheek, but she noticed it was wettened by tears
âHeyâ she whispered, having to clear her throat âare you okay?â she asked worried while whipping tears away from Chloeâs face. Chloe nodded trying her best to hold her sobs
âI just-â she squealed âI just love you so muchâ she breathed out in a way lower tone, but a loud sniff escaped her. Beca dragged Chloeâs face towards hers and kissed her deeply, hushing a sweet âI love you, tooâ when they parted.
They must have missed the rest of the vows, because now Nate was lifting his bride to be in the air, and they were sharing a not-T rated kiss in the general disapproval of both of their family and the whistles of their friends. The priest had to divide them and remind them they werenât married yet. Beca chuckled shaking her head.
 After the ceremony, Chloeâs mom approached them, she seemed very upset, frustrated even. Chloe swallowed hard, bracing herself
âWhy do you have to always make everything about yourself?â she spat out
âWhat? I-â
âI noticed, you know? During the vows you were trying to draw attention so that everyone could see your inappropriate kissâ
âOur kiss was inappropriate!?â spat out Beca incredulous
âBecsâ shushed her Chloe, but Beca was furious
âNo, Chloe. Itâs obvious that sheâs just trying to take out on you her rage because God forbid her perfect son did something that upset herâ
âBeca, pleaseâ begged her the redhead, literally holding her back by the arm
âHello guests, can you all come around hereâ asked Nate, speaking through a microphone âspecially my mother, who is as always tormenting my poor sister. Mother please get off her caseâ he chuckled, but it was clear how serious he was
âNate, son. Youâre drunk, give me thatâ begged his father
âNo father, I am very sober, and Iâve been waiting this moment for so longâ he said âfinally, thereâs nothing you can take away from me. I had to wait this day to tell you to go fuck yourself because I was afraid that you would have somehow stopped my weddingâ he paused looking at Serena, who was looking at him with a proud smile on her lips âbut now weâre married and I can finally tell you, that you both have made my life a fucking nightmareâ
Chloe was looking at him in shock, dropped jaw and widened eyes. Sheâd never considered the pressure he was under; she only noticed the praises he got, the ones she could never have.
âIf it wasnât for Chloe, and then Serena, I donât know how I would have survived. So, since this is a speech of thanks, I want to thank my sister, for being always there for me and for suffering through this week with you, just to attend my wedding, thank you baby sister, I love youâ he ended looking at Chloe before literally dropping the mic and accepting Serenaâs hug before shouting âletâs go swimming!â
 Beca and Chloe reached Nate who was undressing, and Chloe hugged him tightly âI love you, tooâ she squealed
ânice speech, dudeâ praised Beca gently punching his arm, a little embarrassed by the abs showing through his open shirt, but then the sight of Chloe slipping out of her dress made Becaâs mouth go dry
âCome on Becs, swim with meâ offered the redhead biting her lip
Beca never thought she would add âbathed in the ocean in underwearâ to the list of things sheâd done, but by now she was used to the idea that Chloe could make her do just about anything.
 It took Chloe five whole minutes to get bored and decide to make Beca add something else to her list
âI want youâ she whispered to Becaâs hear, making her choke on hair
âWe are in publicâ hissed the brunette looking at her with wide eyes
âI miss your fingersâ teased Chloe âI want them inside of meâ she added before swimming away from Beca
âBecaâ called out Chloe, almost like an order, and Beca struggled to reach her. When they were â according to Chloe â far enough from the group, the redhead wrapped her arms around Becaâs neck and her legs around her middle, pressing her pussy against Becaâs pelvis, waiting for Beca to give her what she wanted.
Beca licked her lips looking into Chloeâs eyes, her hands were already making their way around the girlâs ass, squeezing it gently and making Chloe hiss âbe quietâ ordered the brunette, letting her fingertips slide beneath Chloeâs costume
âuh-uhâ promised Chloe closing her eyes and bending her hear to rest on Becaâs shoulder, just for it to shot back up when her back arched as Beca slipped two slender fingers inside of her.
Set in Barden years. Chloe brings Beca to her brotherâs wedding as her (fake) date and things escalate pretty quickly.
(Part 2/3 of Fake Dating)
p.s. sorry for stealing some characters from Gossip Girl...Â
Rating: E
Words Count: 4.3K
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âWhy didnât you tell Nate weâre fakingâ asked Beca while the two girls were getting down the bus
âI donât want to force him to lie for meâ explained Chloe âoh look heâs hereâ
Beca fondly looked at Chloe drop her luggage on the ground and run to hug her brother, who lifted her from the floor and spun her around. She slowly approached them pulling both hers and Chloeâs baggage behind her
âSo, whoâs this lucky plus one? Why didnât you tell me about them?â she heard Nate ask
âHelloâ she said shyly
âBeca?â he gasped âyou- Chlo why didnât you tell me about this?â he questioned looking both happy and surprised. Chloe babbled something trying to shut him up, but it didnât work, he was too excited about the news âIâm so happy you two finally got together. Chloe is so in love with you, Beca! She never shuts up about youâ he laughed
Chloe forced out a weird laugh and pushed her bag basically in his face âwhy donât we go now? We donât wanna be lateâ she retorted before turning to Beca âhe only said that to be niceâ she told Beca, clearly embarrassed.
 When they got to the hotel, Serena â a tall, blonde (incredibly beautiful) woman â greeted them giving them both two cosmopolitan and a hug. Beca hated hugging strangers, but she guessed it was part of the deal.
âChlo, this is the key of your room, so you can go leave your stuff and refresh before dinner. Oh, and drink up, I need you to get to my level, babeâ she winked smacking Chloeâs ass. They seemed to be pretty close even if Chloe only ever referenced to her as Nateâs girlfriend when talking about her with Beca.
âYou and Serena are pretty close huh?â casually asked Beca while they were unpacking their bags
âYeah, her and Nate have been together since forever â king and queen of prom when they were seniors â sheâs like a sister to meâ answered the redhead with a smile
âMhâ
âWhat?â laughed Chloe
âNothing, I mean itâs not like Iâve smacked your brotherâs assâ mumbled Beca
âAww baby, are you jealous?â beamed Chloe stopping her unpacking to get closer to Beca
âIâm not jealous⊠itâs just that- I thought it was rude to act like that in front of your girlfriendâ spat out Beca already cursing that one cosmopolitan that was already letting her tongue loose
âPossessive muchâŠâ stated Chloe raising and eyebrow, but she had the hint of an amused smile on her lips
âWhatever, Iâm gonna hit the shower or we will be lateâ dismissed Beca locking herself in the bathroom
 âHowâs the bed?â asked Chloe, throwing herself onto it and startling Beca
âDude!â she gasped rolling on her side to give some space to the redhead âget dressed, theyâre waiting for usâ she scooted her. Beca was used to have a half naked Chloe around; nudity was never an issue to the redhead, but every time the girl got to close to her â like she did now, wearing nothing but a robe â Beca became incredibly flustered.
Chloe groaned rolling on her side, the fluffy white material slightly shifting to show more of her skin, and Beca had to turn her head to look at literally anything else; she felt that it was disrespectful to look, even if Chloe didnât mind, she just couldnât. Maybe it was the fact that she wanted it so badly, to make her think it was something forbidden, something wrong; the fact that she wouldnât just see her half naked, but that she would actually look at her, in a non-platonic way, one you shouldnât really look at your friends. Â Â
Chloe had rolled on her stomach and was keeping her upper body up on her elbows âso, girlfriend, are you ready to meet my family?â she joked poking Becaâs side. The brunette took a deep breath before turning to look at Chloe and, as she feared, her stare fell down the girlâs exposed cleavage and she cursed herself
âCan you please put something onâ she begged, forcing her eyes to look up at Chloeâs face. The smug amused smirk of the redhead made Becaâs stomach twist; she wasnât sure if se wanted to kiss it or punch it away, all she knew was it was incredibly sexy, and infuriating and she needed it gone
âItâs so funny how embarrassed you getâ teased the redhead getting up
âShut upâ
In response Chloe let the robe slip down her body and walked to the closet completely naked
âOh, for fuckâs sakeâ cursed Beca under her breath getting up and turning towards the door
âWhy are you so uncomfortable with nudity?â innocently asked Chloe giggling, but Beca ignored the question
âIâll wait for you outsideâ.
 âWhen the elevator started going down, Chloe turned to look deeply in Becaâs eyes âare you sure about this? Last chance to bail outâ she said worrying her bottom lip. She wore a pastel blue dress opened on the back, that reached her ankles and black heeled sandals that matched her handbag. Beca was wearing a pantsuit â picked by Chloe â with a lacey top and high heels.
âIâm all inâ assured Beca offering her a smile and her hand to take. The ding of the elevator informed them they reached the floor, Chloe smiled and laced her fingers with Becaâs before stepping out of the platform.
Beca could feel Chloeâs body go rigid as soon as they set foot inside the dining room, so she squeezed her hand. Chloe squeezed her hand back.
âChloe, honey, come here, give me a hugâ Beca heard from across the room and felt Chloeâs hand slip from hers. A blonde, thin woman with icy eyes approached them and wrapped Chloe into a flash hug â Chloe had hugged her for longer after not seeing her for one weekend â before looking at her with furrowed brows âWhoâs your friend? I thought youâd bring your boyfriendâ
Chloe cleared her throat looking at her feet for a moment and Beca intertwined their fingers again and took a step forward âsheâs Beca, my girlfriendâ informed Cloe with a smile. Her mother rolled her eyes at that
âYouâre still keeping up with this thing?â she asked in condescension, making Beca want to fight her.
In that moment a man with white hair and blue eyes appeared next to Chloeâs mom, coldly greeting the redhead, who responded with a hushed âhi dadâ and a half smile
 âHi, Iâm Beca, Chloeâs girlfriendâ introduced herself the brunette, doing her best to offer a polite smile to the couple of assholes in front of them. She liked the way it rolled on her tongue â Chloeâs girlfriend â she liked it a lot.
âMhâ grunted the man âI see, so youâre stillâŠâ he trailed off, almost disgusted.
âAre you trying to ruin your brotherâs celebrations?â asked her mother outraged
âI-â started Chloe mortified, but Nate jumped in ending the conversation
âHey, letâs go sit down starters are comingâ he announced
âAre you okay?â asked Beca worried
âYeah, all goodâ lied Chloe taking a seat at Nateâs table. Her dimmed eyes were so odd to Beca; Chloe was the most radiant person she knew, she was a literal sunshine â her personal sunshine â she thought, and seeing her like that deeply hurt Beca.
 Before the dessert, it was tossing time. The maid of honor and best manâs toasts were pretty funny and Beca noticed Chloeâs expression soften a bit at the anecdotes about Nate, but when it was Mr. Bealeâs turn Beca felt like murdering him right there. As if his stupid speech about how proud he was of Nate â for all the wrong reasons â  he decided to end it in the worst way possible ââŠSerena, we knew you would have been part of this family since the start, but now I can finally tell you, you are the daughter I always wished I had.â
Serena forced herself to keep her smile on place until the man stopped smiling at her and then leaned towards Nate to whisper something to him, who had a stern look on his face and was slowly shaking his head.
Becaâs focus was completely on Chloe, who was downing the remains of her champagne glass with watery eyes, so she didnât notice the couple approach them.
âHey youâ cheered Serena lowering herself to their level, her hands affectionally placed on Chloeâs shoulders âI want you to meet my friendsâ
 âIâm sorry for the toastâ Beca heard Serena whisper to Chloe
âDonât worry about that, itâs not your faultâ told her Chloe with a bitter smile
âWell, I did take a pill, but it was the wrong oneâ she laughed âNot to talk about all the people I slept with in collegeâ
âYeah, thatâs something I donât want to talk about eitherâ laughed Nate lightly jabbing her side. He noticed the confused look on Becaâs face, so he explained âWe broke up after high school, Harvard-Yale relationship wasnât working, but she agreed to pretend she was still my girlfriend at family events because my parents loved herâ Â
âAnd then we stopped pretending because we still loved each otherâ she added âthe thing with your parents is that you have to make them believe that you are as they want you to be, babyâ she sweetly explained to Chloe, who looked at her hand, always laced with Becaâs
âYeah, I know⊠itâs just that Iâve never been good at pretending to be someone Iâm notâ she sadly stated briefly looking into Becaâs eyes taking her breath away. The were faking it though, right? They werenât together, Chloe was just pretending to be in love with her.
 After the dessert Chloe was introducing Beca to some old aunt, when her father approached them âNate thinks my toast was disrespectfulâ he said, almost like he expected Chloe to tell him it was okay
âYou only said what you thoughtâŠâ breathed out Chloe
âI mean, it was a bit rudeâ jumped in Beca, fire still spiking through her veins from the rage sheâd felt
Mr. Beale raised an outraged eyebrow at her, but then decided to ignore her and address Chloe again   Â
  âYou know Chloe, you should grow upâ he said âThe only reason we went along with thisâ he gestured at them âwhen you were in high school, was because we thought it was a phaseâ Beca frowned at his words âIf you wanted to be an independent womanâ he carried on with disdain âyou should have taken the path I had set for you, but since youâre good-for-nothing, you should start to look for a man who could provide for you, you wonât look that pretty foreverâ he stated and turned to leave
âYou know, Mr. Beale, your daughter is the best person I know; sheâs kind and selfless and has the biggest heart Iâve ever met. She would always go out of her way to help others and sheâs sweet and funny, sheâs always so cheerful and radiant that her presence makes my life betterâŠâ she trailed off clearing her throat âif youâre not proud of her, then youâre the problem. If you canât see how wonderful she is, then thereâs something wrong with you and I honestly feel sorry because youâre missing outâ she spat out, making some guests â and the hosts â turn to look at them.
Chloeâs father looked at her with a horrified expression, he opened his mouth to reply, but then closed it and decided to just leave. Beca turned to Chloe to apologize but the redhead launched herself at her and hugged her tight, whispering âthank you, I love youâ in her neck
âI love you, too, Chloâ she said back, wrapping her arms protectively around the redhead.
âI canât believe you had the guts to face that asshole of my fatherâ praised her Nate. He had insisted that they joined him for the after party, even id Chloe had told him they were tired from the travel and Beca had supported her.
âYeah, honestly I donât really know what happened to meâ she laughed scratching the back of her head
âIt happened that youâre my knight in a shining armor and you had to defend meâ giggled Chloe snuggling closer to her; she was two drinks in and she was starting to be even more touchy than usual, normally Beca would have pushed her back, not because it bothered her, but because she liked it way too much and started to get uncomfortable, most of all because â even if she wasnât drunk â this behavior was partially caused by the alcohol.
But right now, they were pretending to be together, they were supposed to be touchy and snuggly; considering that Nate and Serena didnât take their hands off of each other since the night started, and the blonde was sitting on his lap, Beca thought that they should have stepped up their display of affections too. She wrapped her arm around Chloe, tugging her in closer to herself on the bench they were sharing Â
âmaybe my love for you gave me the courage to face himâ she said looking into Chloeâs eyes, hoping that her cheeks would remain of their natural color. Suddenly Chloe leaned in and gently kissed her, even if she was tipsy, Beca noticed her hesitate for a moment after the initial pec, to give the brunette the opportunity to pull away from her, but Beca pushed her face forward to properly kiss her.
Beca never imagined their first kiss to be like this, she thought theyâd talked some more before or that she would have some kind of warning, and she most definitely didnât expect for Chloe to be half drunk for it. But Chloeâs tongue was lapping inside of her mouth and the girlâs fingers where tangling in her hair, so Beca decided to lose herself in the kiss and shut her brain off.
âHow long have you guys been together?â asked Serena when they parted
âHuh?â hummed Beca trying to take time, she didnât remember them talking about it, she knew they needed a damn backstory
âLooks like it still feels like the first time when you kiss, itâs sweetâ she explained with a smile
âYeah, look whoâs talkingâ spat out Chloe, making everybody laugh
 âHow are you? You should drink some waterâ stated Beca one they got back to their room
âI like it when you take care of meâ mumbled Chloe accepting an untapped bottle Beca was offering her
âYou know it wouldnât be fun to go at brunch tomorrow with a hungover girlfriendâ joked Beca
âMh. Or maybe you do it because you love meâ smirked Chloe
âGo brush your teethâ dismissed her Beca
 âCan I hug you?â asked Chloe once they were both in bed
âYeahâ conceded Beca moving her arm to welcome Chloe against her side
âThank you Becs, for everythingâ whispered the redhead before falling asleep
Beca fell asleep thinking about the kiss they shared, the way Chloeâs lips moved against hers and how good her hands felt against her scalp. About the shiver that run down her spine when Chloe softly hummed into her mouth and the soft smile on the redheadâs lips when Beca kept placing some soft pecs on her mouth before parting completely. She couldnât wait for their next kiss.
 âChlo, how long have we been together?â called out Beca from the bathroom while brushing her teeth
âI kissed you backstage after we won the finalsâ winked the redhead appearing in the mirror next to Beca.
 After brunch, they were in the garden talking to a sweet short woman with red hair turning to grey â Aunt Margaret â who was telling them how nice they looked together, she was Chloeâs favorite aunt âYou are a sweet little angel, Beca. Iâm glad my baby girl finally found someone who really loves herâ
âIf you really love each other why donât you kissâ shouted a grumpy kid, almost mad at them
âNicholas, apologize to your cousin, thatâs not a nice behaviorâ scolded him Margaret
âThey are lying, girls only fall in love with boysâ he spat out
âLook dude, Iâm sorry to break it to you like thisâ started Beca bending towards him âbut we are in love and we donât have to prove it to y-â
âI donâ believe you!â she screamed to her face
âOkay, Iâm taking him away, sorry sweetheartsâ
The two girls went to sit cuddling under a tree âwow your cousin is really something, huhâ laughed Beca
âDo you think weâre not convincing enough?â asked Chloe worried
âWhat? Dude, weâre literally cuddling under a tree, whatâs more romantic than this?â asked Beca smiling fondly at her while tucking a lock of red hair behind Chloeâs ear. Their actions definitely didnât match their conversation. âHey, listen, heâs looking at us right now- no, donât turn. What do you say, should we show him a kiss?â asked Beca with a smile
âare you serious?â asked the redhead lighting up when Beca nodded to her âokay, letâs keep it pg though, or my parents will banish us from the weddingâ he giggled
âIâll see what I can doâ joked Beca leaning in
The kiss was short and way more chaste than the one they shared the night before, but Beca loved it just the same.
 âAnd how did you two fell in love?â asked Astrid, they were sitting on a table talking to some family members Beca had already forgot the names of. Margaret was there too, nobody was rude to Chloe when she was there â Beca liked her â they were under assault, but all the questions were lovely, or at least polite
âWell⊠I think the right question is how didnât everybody elseâ laughed Beca, cringing at the how cheesy she sounded, but she couldnât help it; with Chloe believing she was acting, she was finally free to confess all her feelings for the redhead, and it felt so fucking good âI mean, constantly being with her it was inevitable, reallyâ
âTo me it was love at first sightâ said Chloe âI saw her walking around the activities fair and I lost my mind. I knew we had a connection before sheâd even talked to meâ she added squeezing Becaâs hand fondly âthen we sang together for the first time, and I knew my heart belonged to herâ she confessed, looking right into Becaâs eyes
âAw you two are so cuteâ cried Sharon â or Shana â Beca wasnât sure, she was still looking into Chloeâs ocean eyes
âYou know what else is cute? Those baby farm animalsâŠâ babbled Beca, not making much sense. Chloeâs smile fell
âI am sorry I jest remembered we had a surprise for Nate, I should go get it. Becs can you come help me pleaseâ
âYes, sureâ shot back Beca jumping on her feet.
 âWhatâs wrong? Did I say someth-â
âI canât do this anymore Chloâ blurred out Beca and saw the utter panic on Chloeâs face âI- no sorry, it came out wrongâ she quickly clarified âI said I was gonna do it and I will, Iâm staying until the end, no matter whatâs your answer, but I need to ask youâ she took a deep breath âdo you have feelings for me or are you just really good at faking it?â she breathed out
Chloeâs eyes filled with tears âI havenât faked for a single secondâ she whispered âIâm sorry for not telling you I didnât mean t-â
Beca interrupted her by crushing their lips together in a desperate kiss. Chloe quickly took charge of it and pushed Beca up against the door of the bathroom they locked themselves in. Wandering hands found their way under bacaâs top, making her moan softly against Chloeâs lips. The redhead started to kiss Becaâs neck and lightly suck at her skin, careful not to leave any marks.
Beca felt like if someone set her on fire and all she could focus on were Chloeâs hands and lips moving over her body. Â When the tip of Chloeâs fingers started to pull Becaâs light dress up â this time it was Chloeâs turn to wear a pantsuit â they heard a knock on the door. âFuckâ breathed out Beca, when Chloeâs hands disappeared from her trembling thighs.
âOne secâ called out Chloe rushing to fix Becaâs hair
âChlo, I just wanted to tell you that itâs kinda obvious what youâre doing in thereâ hushed Nate from the other side of the door
âShitâ whispered Chloe turning red
âAt least theyâre convinced nowâ joked Beca with a smirk
âShut up!â laughed Chloe
âChloe you can come out now, thereâs no one hereâ informed them Nate, so Chloe opened the door and they stepped away from the bathroom
âWho do you think heard us?â asked Beca
âI donât know, nobody was here when I passed by and heard you were having funâ he smirked âI thought that living with other people youâd learned how to sneak aroundâ
 The day felt incredibly long; Beca felt incredibly uncomfortable in her ruined underwear and Chloe didnât make things easy for her, suddenly slipping her hand under the hem of her dress to gently caress her thigh while Beca was talking with some random family member. The worst thing was that she did it with the most innocent face and it was driving Beca completely nuts.
When they finally got in their room Beca was about to explode. Chloe slowly locked the door behind her and started walking towards Beca, who was already sitting on their bed. Chloe fitted perfectly between Becaâs legs, her hands loosely cupping Becaâs jawline while she was looking up at her. She bent down to place a sweet kiss on the brunetteâs awaiting lips before whispering âare you sure about this?â
Beca put her hands on Chloeâs hips and pulled her closer âIâve never been so sure of anythingâ she assured.
  Chloe gently pushed her back, starting to crawl on the bed with her, until Becaâs head was resting on the pillow and Chloeâs knee was pressing between her thigs. They started making out and Beca was desperately trying to take Chloeâs clothes off
âI thought, you didnât like nudityâ she giggled making Beca growl and mumble something that sounded like a shut up. The redhead decided to give in, because she was just as desperate as Beca was, and started undressing herself. When Beca tried to do the same she stopped her âno wait, I want to take that off too, if itâs okay for youâ she asked and Beca nodded.
Once Chloe was in her underwear, she moved to kneel between Becaâs opened legs, hands on both of her thighs. She started to push the dress up, eyes dark and hungry traced every inch of pale skin that was revealed, until she tossed the dress away and lay on top of the brunette to kiss her again.
âYou are so hotâ mumbled Chloe against Becaâs mouth
Beca just hummed at that and let her hands go to all the places sheâd always felt guilty about staring; now that Chloe was grinding down on top of her and grunting or panting, almost moaning, depending on where Becaâs fingers touched her, it didnât feel wrong anymore, Beca felt like nothing in her life was ever so right. She unlocked Chloeâs bra and helped the girl get rid of it, before gently pushing her up to kiss and lick at her breasts
âBecaâ moaned Chloe when the brunette sucked a nipple into her mouth. Chloeâs right hand was in Becaâs hair, while she used the other to support her body âGod, I love you so muchâ
Beca immediately stopped to look at her face âsay it againâ she begged
âI love youâ whispered Chloe âso fucking muchâ she added with a smile
âI love you, tooâ breathed Beca before kissing her hard.
They quickly got rid of their remaining clothes and Chloe pushed a leg up against Becaâs center, making her hiss, and lowered herself onto Becaâs one, after the girl had bent it up for her. Chloe started to ride both of their orgasms, tension building up when Beca picked up the peace Chloe was setting. It didnât take long for Beca to come undone, with Chloeâs thigh deliciously sliding against her clit and the girlâs wet cunt rubbing against her thigh. Becaâs moans, and her bodyâs reaction sent Chloe over the edge too. The redhead started to lazily place sloppy kisses on Becaâs mouth and slid two fingers between her folds, just to bring them to her lips and make a show of sucking on them, making Beca moan at the sight.
âI need to taste more of youâ she said, before going down between her legs and start eating her out.
Chloeâs tongue between her thigs felt better than anything Beca had ever felt. Her body arced off the bed, to push harder against Chloeâs face, who was eating her pussy like if it was her favorite food. The second orgasm hit Beca even harder than the first one and once sheâd ridden it out, she had to stop Chloe by pulling her head up, because she didnât seem to have any intention to stop there.
âYou hungry huh?â cockily breathed out Beca with a smirk
âBeen waiting to do this for a whileâ confessed Chloe digging her teeth into her bottom lip, Beca grabbed her and kissed her again, tasting her own cum on the redheadâs lips and tongue.
They made love again and again, until they fell asleep into each otherâs arms â and between each otherâs legs.
Set in Barden years. Chloe asks Beca to pretend to be her girlfriend at her brotherâs wedding, but they have to set some rules first, and a safe word.
(Part 1/3 of Fake Dating)
Rating: T
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âWhat would you want to do me a favor?â asked Chloe with a childish smile on her face
âDepends on the favorâ replied Beca nonchalantly
âI need you to be my dateâ
Beca looked away from her laptop and blinked at Chloe âare⊠are you asking me out?â she stuttered, her shocked expression make Chloe giggle
âNot for realâ she explained, unknowingly crushing Becaâs heart âI need a date for Nateâs wedding, so my family wonât get on my case for not having a partnerâ â Nate was Chloeâs older brother, Beca had met him once, he seemed nice and they were very close.
âWouldnât it be better to bring a dude?â she asked, still a little shocked
âThey know I like girls too, Becaâ frowned Chloe
âyes, I know, but theyâre not particularly happy about thatâ argued the brunette raising her eyebrows
âJust one more reason to bring a girlfriendâ winked Chloe.
Beca knew Chloe didnât have the best relationship with her parents; theyâd always made her feel out of place, inadequate, not worth of their name. Her father was an important lawyer and her mother was one of those annoying heiresses, who did nothing other than organize fundraises and boring events. All they cared about was appearances. Nate was three years older than Chloe; he was blonde â like their parents â tall and handsome, captain of the lacrosse team â all the girls in high school were at his feet â and first of his class.
Nate was the perfect son who always makes his parents proud. Chloe, on the other hand, wasnât so keen to please them, she followed her heart; she wasnât top of her class â not that she were terrible either â was part of the glee club, instead of the debate one, as her father had wanted, and preferred to hang out with the outcasts instead of those snob popular girls her mother always insisted should have been her friend, since they were the daughters of her friends and belonged â like them â to the high society.
Thatâs why Chloeâs parents threated her like the black seep of the family. They made her feel so insecure that she used to think there was something wrong with her, to the point that she used to dye blonde her beautiful red hair, just to look more like them.
Nate was the only one who made her feel loved; he always took her side against their parents and find the time to listen to her when she needed him. He was the first one she talked about her doubts towards her sexuality and then the first one she came out to and he reassured her that it didnât change anything about her and that he would always love her, no matter what. Chloe remembers him picking a ferocious fight with his father when he was trying to force Chloe back in the closet when she finally came out to their parents too, worrying that, even if it wasnât an issue to them, other people might have treat their family differently knowing about Chloeâs tendencies.
However, Nate got into Harvard â to follow his fatherâs steps â when Chloe was still in her sophomore year, leaving her alone to deal with her parents, who always told her how much they wished she could be more like her brother. When she didnât get into Harvard, they treated her like a failure and, even if they didnât really disown her, it was a mutual silent accord that their interaction would have reduced to the bare minimum once se would have gone to Barden.
Chloe opened up with Beca about this last summer, when the brunette asked her why she never went home for the holidays and Chloe told her that, even if she was really confident and proud of who she was now, going home always brought back those old feelings and insecurities.
Beca knew that Chloe was asking her because, more than a date to save face, she needed a friend to support her, but she really didnât think that pretending to be the girlfriend of the girl she was desperately in love with was the best idea.
âI can ask Stacie, if you donât wanna comeâ huffed Chloe and something inside of Beca snapped. Her stomach knotted with jealousy, if anyone was going to pretend to be Chloeâs girlfriend in front of her whole family, that was gonna be her and certainly not Stacie.
âOkay, Iâll do itâ she spat out âbut you owe me, big timesâ
âYouâre the best!â squealed Chloe hugging her âwe need to set some rulesâ she added
âRules? What rules?â Â asked Beca in confusion
âRules like, how do we act with each other, set some boundaries and safe wordâ
âA safe wordâ repeated Beca
âYes, something you can say if you get uncomfortable and need to take a breakâ explained the redhead âI know my family can be a lot, you probably will need itâ she added in a sad tone
âIâm gonna be fineâ assured Beca offering her a gentle but sure smile âI think we would rather need a backstory, like how we met, who asked whom out⊠stuff like thatâ
âWe can use our story, I think it works⊠and obviously, Iâm the one who asked you outâ
âHey!â lamented Beca offended âwhat do you mean obviously? I could have asked you out tooâ
All it took for Beca to stop complaining was Chloe raising a questioning eyebrow and Beca awareness that, in fact, she didnât ask Chloe out, despite her huge crush on the redhead.
âBack to the safe word, it should be something you wouldnât normally say in a sentence but that you can manage fitting into a dialog-â
âLike I love you?â interrupted her Beca, making Chloe glare at her
 âWhat about⊠baby farm animals?â
âBaby farm animals?â gulped Beca âhow am I supposed to use that in a sentence?â she complained
They moved the conversation in Chloeâs room, so that they could talk freely without being disturbed by any Bella.
âWe should talk boundaries; as you know, I am a pretty expansive person, and my family knows that too, so it would make sense if my girlfriend was too, but I want to make sure youâre okay with some thingsâŠâ started Chloe; they were sitting on her bed one in front of the other, knees almost touching.
âSuch as?â tentatively asked Beca starting to sweat. The whole thing was starting to feel way too intimate for her; being locked in Chloeâs room, talking about how expansive they should have been with each other in front of her family. Hear heart was starting t race at the thought of Chloe treating her as like her girlfriend, so she reacted in the only way she knew: closing off and being dismissive, afraid that Chloe could find out how much she was affected by their conversation.
Beca had asked Chloe to make it quick, with the excuse that she had a lot of work to do on the mix for their setlist, so the redhead had started shooting questions at her
âHand holding?â
âObviouslyâ
âHugging?â
âYeah, I can live with thatâ lied Beca, already in distress. She could barely survive their platonic hugs, she didnât want to think about what a âromanticâ hug between them could do to her
âSharing food, feeding each other?â continued Chloe, without missing a beat
âI think we already do that on daily basisâ stated Beca tilting her head
âTrue. So youâre okay with me sitting on your lap too, pet names?â
âUgh, seriously?â asked Beca feign disgust, but the serious expression on Chloeâs face made her clear her throat âOkay I can accept baby an babeâ she conceded
âOkayâŠâ pouted Chloe
âOh my god, how did you want to call me?â laughed the brunette
âMy little munchingâ beamed Chloe
âAbsolutely notâ spat out Beca terrified and they both laughed
Chloe became suddenly serious and looked into Becaâs eyes taking a deep breath âwhat about kissing?â she asked tentatively, worrying her bottom lip
Beca hesitated. âI mean, I guess⊠if we have toâ she mumbled, feeling her cheeks heating up
âWe totally donât have toâ assured the redhead âI mean, it would be easier to convince them that we love each other if they saw us kissing, but we donât have to prove anything to themâ she added with a hint of sadness in her eyes. Beca just wasnât able to say no to Chloe
âOkay, yes, I can do this. I can kiss youâ accepted B hiding her bright red face under the palms of her hands
âDonât be so nervous about it, do you wanna practice?â asked Chloe taking Becaâs hands away from her face to let her see the ironic way she was wiggling her eyebrows
âDude, no! what the fuckâ spat out Beca, jumping off the bed
âI was jokingâ laughed Chloe
âYeah, well. Are we done here?â asked the brunette, feeling a sudden need to run away
âYep. Thanks Bec, you can go nowâ dismissed her Chloe.
It was gonna be a disaster. Beca knew she was going to die as soon as Chloeâs lips would touch hers. To be honest, she didnât even know if she could survive at the fact that Chloe would introduce Beca to her family as her girlfriend.
 The following days they went shopping to find some dresses for the wedding and the wedding related events they were going to attend during the week theyâd spend together at Chloeâs childhood house.
Beca hated shopping, and she hated the idea of wearing a dress, but she decided to let Chloe chose â with some limitations â what she would have liked her girlfriend to wear at her brotherâs wedding.
To Beca it had a bittersweet taste; she couldnât say she didnât love to spend time alone with Chloe, trying out clothes in the redheadâs room and already pretending to be a couple, even if there was no one to watch them, just as an inside joke between them and to practice for the wedding.
âBabe, what do you think?â giggled Chloe turning on herself to fully show the dress she was wearing to Beca
âYou look amazing, babyâ joked back Beca âseriously, I thin we found the dressâ she said in a more serious tone
âThanksâ smiled Chloe approaching her. Beca swallowed hard imagining a million different scenarios of what Chloe was going to do once sheâd reached her â most of which ended with them kissing.
When Chloe reached her, she gently pushed a lock of brown hair behind her shoulder and let her finger trace Becaâs arm âyou look amazing tooâ she said staring into deep blue eyes âwe really are a beautiful coupleâ she joked, letting Beca breathe again.
It hurt. To know that it was all pretend, that Chloe wasnât her girlfriend and it was just a joke for her, but Beca found that she couldnât get enough of that game and wished it could last forever, because it did hurt, but it hurt so good.
An au where Beca didn't get together with Jesse and that allowed her relationship with Chloe to grow.
or
The way Pitch Perfect 1 should have gone ;)
Set during Becaâs first two years at Barden; everything goes as it should, nothing angsty happens and everyone is happy. Just a sloppy falling-in-love story between two college girls, told through their drunk texts, kind of...
Rating: T
Words Count: 2.5K
Thanks to @viharistenno for being my beta
Read here or on AO3
She took my arm, I donât know how it happened
 After Hood Night, Beca was lying on her bed; the weird buzzing in her brain caused by alcohol made it hard for her to fall asleep. She wasnât used to drinking and partying with strangers until late night, but she had to admit it wasnât the worst thing sheâd done. That Jesse seemed nice after all, a little pushy maybe, but Beca knew she needed a push sometimes, maybe she should give him a chance-
Her phone buzzed on the nightstand
CHLOE BEALE: Im so glad that I met you xx
BECA: Yeah, you kinda mentioned thatâŠ
Beca bit her bottom lip and a bright smile formed on her face. There was something about Chloe, that didnât make Beca want to push her away. On the contrary, it was rather a pull, that made Beca want to get closer to her.
She placed the phone on her stomach, letting out a heavy sigh, smile still present on her lips. Beca couldnât believe she actually auditioned for an acapella singing group, just because a crazy â naked â girl told her to, after crushing her shower and forcing her to sing with her; it was a situation that normally would have made her run for the hills and yet, she went to the audition â and she got in â and to the following party. Beca didnât even know how that happened, Chloe had dragged her into this whole new world, and she was kinda okay with that.
It confused Beca; for the first time her instinct didnât tell her to push this person away, it told her to get to know her better, to become her friend, but most of all Beca wanted Chloe to like her, she wanted to impress her. She checked her phone to see if Chloe had texted her anything else, but there were no new messages, so she let out another sigh â a disappointed one this time â and put the phone away.
Maybe Chloe was still with shower guy, they seemed to be pretty close at the party. Her stomach twisted and Beca huffed again; the way Chloe had grabbed her arms and how close she got to her while talking, gave her some vibes, for a moment sheâd thought that the redhead was flirting with her â a thought she wasnât completely opposed to â but then she saw her with that guy while she was busy talking to Jesse, and kicked herself for being so delusional, she was well aware they were having sex in the sowers, they were obviously together.
Beca shook her head and rolled her eyes to herself, turning to her side to try to sleep.
  I felt it in my chest as she looked at me
  CHLOE: Admit you had fun tonight! :P
Beca was a bit more tipsy than usual â okay, letâs say she was drunk â but it wasnât her fault; Amy arrived there with the clear internet of getting the brunette drunk that night. She dumbly smiled at her phone and almost gave in, but then she remembered their bet.
âI donât know why I let you drag me to this stupid partyâ she spat out when they arrived at the ÎŁÎÎ frat house.
âCome on, I bet youâre going to have funâ cheered Chloe making Beca roll her eyes.
âI doubt itâ stated the brunette.
âWeâre here bitches!â screamed Amy going straight for the alcohol table, followed by Stacie.
When her head started to spin, Beca realized that maybe sheâd let Amy fix her one drink too much, but she didnât care, not when Chloe was leaning in so close to whisper things in her ear â shout actually, to be heard over the loud music â and had one arm wrapped around Becaâs shoulders; the weight of Chloe on her felt amazing and the way Chloe looked at her made her heart do funny things in her chest.
Beca definitely blamed it on the alcohol, but deep inside she knew it was the same feeling she had the first time they met at the activities fair; that smile Chloe gave her and those blue eyes, so deep that Beca felt like she was drowning in them, knocked all the air out of her lungs and she felt her heart racing.
Even if she did run away that time, Beca just couldnât stop thinking about her, until that girl jumped in her shower, making Beca incredibly frustrated and embarrassed. No matter how hard she tried, she couldnât help but looking â more than once â at the girlâs naked body and her mind wandered without her permission. Chloe was undeniably beautiful, and her confidence made her even hotter.
Beca should have known then that she was gone, but â always oblivious to her own feelings â it took her several weeks of parties and rehearsals to know that she had, in fact, fallen head over hills for the redhead.
Suddenly Beca felt Chloe stepping away from her and saw the girl launching herself into Tomâs arms. The brunette found herself downing the remains of her drink and accepting a new one from Amy. The rest of the night is still a blur, she vaguely remembered Jesse helping her through her dorm room door and saying good night, at which she believed she grunted before the guy closed the door behind him.
Beca frowned at the memory and looked back at her phone; there was a new message on the screen
CHLOE: you disappeared tho. Stacie said you left w Jesse :(
BEC: yoy wr wit Tom
CHLOE: I told you I was going to say hi and when I came back you were gone >.<
BEC: are u tofether?
CHLOE: No, Iâm alone
BEC: no I mwan ar you datingm
BEC: ?
Chloe started typing and deleting and Beca started to freak out; sheâd known this girl for less than a year, she saw her with Tom from day one, she had no right whatsoever to be upset about them dating, even if Chloe had been sending her mixed signals from the start and was annoyingly touchy and loving and not-so-unintentionally made Becaâs head spin more than alcohol did
CHLOE: No, heâs not my boyfriend. We used to be fwb but I ended it a while ago because I started to like someone⊠:)<3
  Just keep your eyes on me
 The following day Beca felt like shit; her head hurt, and she felt nauseous, thatâs why she was immensely grateful to Chloe for dragging her to that stupid party the night before their special rehearsalâs session.
âRemind me to kill you when this is overâ she lamented when Chloe greeted her with her usual bright smile â the girl clearly didnât drink as much as Beca did the night before â and a quick hug
âCanât waitâ winked the redhead, making Becaâs blood boil in her veins.
Chloe really looked amazing that morning and was clearly making an effort to be noticed by the brunette; she managed to make even that idiotic hostess choreography look beautiful. It wasnât just the dancing, Beca found every movement Chloe made incredibly sexy, maybe because of that half confession she had made the night before, or maybe because Beca knew Chloe was doing it on purpose; she knew it because Chloe basically never dropped her eye contact with Beca, almost like she was trying to cast a spell on her, and maybe she did.
âYouâre on a mission today huh?â Beca hushed to her during a break
âI donât know what youâre talking aboutâ answered Chloe wearing a shit eating grin
âWell, better for me then, Iâm enjoying the showâ she shot back without thinking too much about it and regretting it right away, but the fire it lit in Chloeâs eyes told her sheâd said just the right thing.
âWhatâs with all this eye fucking?â suddenly spat out Amy, making the room giggle. Except for Beca who became bright red, and Aubrey who cleared her throat glaring at Chloe, who innocently smiled biting her lip.
âDid you finally hook up or something?â asked Stacie in amusement
âCan we focus on the damn choreography?â asked Aubrey grinding her teeth.
  Deep in her eyes, I think I see the future
 Becaâs plan was simple: to go to college for one year, convince her dad that she tried and have him send her to Los Angeles the following year to finally start working towards her dream of producing music. However, something along the way went incredibly wrong, or rather incredibly right, and now all she wanted was to stay there with those nerds who somehow became her family.
The look on Chloeâs face when they won the finals made Beca realize that her future wasnât in LA, her future was right there with those girls, with Chloe. In that moment Beca felt like she belonged there; she saw her next few years at Barden, with the Bellas, and in the hug they shared, Beca felt that Chloe would be part of her life forever.
The girls celebrated in the Bellasâ sorority house and they all, even Aubrey, got incredibly wasted. Most of the girls had already moved there from their dorms and wouldnât have to go anywhere after their party.
During the night Chloe made sure to let Beca know, more than once, how sad she was that the brunette had decided to really leave for Los Angeles in the end, instead of moving in with her, and she never left her side the whole night. They drank together and laughed and danced, and they almost kissed, but Chloe pulled away last minute confusing Beca. When Beca asked her why, Chloe mumbled with watery eyes âyouâre leaving, whatâs the point?â, but immediately cleared her throat and dragged Beca to dance with the others. In her inebriated state, the music and Chloeâs body moving rhythmically against hers, were enough to distract Beca from that statement. Only later, walking back to her dorm, it carved its way back into her mind.
BEC âĄ: I not gng to LA Â
CHLO: ???
BEC âĄ: im stang heee
Chloeâs reply was a string of emojis Beca was too drunk to interpret followed by
CHLO: yoy styng w the bellassssss
BEC âĄ: im staying fr you
CHLO: were gnna be cocaptnsss!!!
  This woman is my destiny
 Becaâs second year at Barden started out completely differently from her first one; she was living in a sorority house along with eight other girls and was co-captain of the acapella group she led to victory the year before.
Her relationship with Chloe evolved in a strange way; they acted like a married couple now, but they never crossed the line, both too scared of ruining what they had. With Aubrey gone, the Bellas were their responsibility and Beca knew that was what mattered the most to Chloe, so she chose to focus on their acapella group. For Chloe, not because she was scared of fucking things up, obviously.
Their mutual pinning was clear to all their friends; some of them â Amy â teased them  about it, while others desperately tried to help them figure it out.
One night, during one of their letâs-get-drunk-because-why-not nights, they were playing truth or dare
âBecaâ started Stacie âtruth or dare?â she asked with a wicked smile, making Beca sweat
âTruthâŠâ tentatively answered the brunette
âDo you have more than platonic feelings for anyone in this room?â asked Stacie raising an eyebrow. Chloe held her breath at that and Beca was the only one to miss it, too occupied freaking out
âDareâ blurted out Beca âdare, I meant dare!â Becaâs heart started beating dangerously fast, hoping that Stacie would have let her change her reply, but the girlâs eyes twinkled and Beca knew sheâd fallen right into her trap.
âI dare you⊠to kiss the girl you have the biggest toner in the world for and release us all from this ridiculous sexual tension you two generateâ commanded the tall girl rolling her eyes.
Beca felt all the air leave her lungs. Everything was silent around her and all she could hear was the uneven beating of her heart. She swallowed hard looking at Chloe to see what her reaction had been and the girlâs hesitant smile calmed Beca a little.
Beca wasnât one to back down from a challenge and the alcohol in her system only made her more competitive, but most of all, there was nothing in the world she wanted more than to finally kiss Chloe, so she crossed the circle they were sitting in to reach the redhead on the other side of it. Chloe was biting her bottom lip in anticipation and Beca could see in her eyes that the girl wanted to kiss her just as much as she did.
Beca gently rested her palm on Chloeâs cheek. They didnât speak, but they didnât need words to communicate; their eyes were saying all they needed to say. They expressed how much they both wanted to do this, but only if the other was okay with that, and that it was going to be okay. They completely forgot they werenât alone.
Beca leaned in and kissed her, Chloe wrapped her arms around Becaâs neck and pulled her closer, letting out a sigh that made Becaâs heart flutter. They stayed there, kneeling in the middle of the living room, kissing slowly and deeply, their lips moved together as if they were dancing. Beca wasnât sure who deepened the kiss, but as soon as their tongues touched, a million fireworks went off in her brain, covering the sound of their friends whooping and clapping and wolf whistling â Amy â and making her forget her own name.
Beca couldnât have enough of Chloeâs lips. When the kiss ended and Chloe tried to move away, Beca desperately chased her mouth and started kissing her again, gaining a chuckle from the redhead. The two girls were only separated by Amy accidently bathing them in tequila while waving a bottle in the air, shouting that they had to drink to that.
After two â or was it three? â Bhloe drinks, as Amy had named them, Beca was still snuggled up next to Chloe. They shared some quick kisses during the rest of the night and when they decided to go wrap it up, Beca really wasnât ready to sleep. All she wanted to do was kiss Chloe all night long and the morning after, and for the rest of her life. When Chloe pulled her in for another kiss, she was happy to welcome Chloeâs tongue in her mouth again
âGood night, babyâ whispered Chloe against her lips before leaving.
Beca was lying awake in her bed; she could still feel the ghost of Chloeâs lips lingering on hers. She took her phone and started typing.
BEC âĄ: I lied at trth o dre I dont have a tner for you
CHLO: BecâŠ
*CHLO IS TYPING*
BEC âĄ: Im crazy abt yoy! youre my destiny
BEC âĄ: youâre
CHLO: you jst gve me a heartattack yoi asshole1
BEC âĄ: srry xD
CHLO: wnna cme here to sleep w me?
BEC âĄ: we r drnkâŠ
CHLO: Â I jut wanna slp
BEC âĄ: Any wll tease th shit out of us
CHLO: I donât care
CHLO: I miss u
Beca didnât really use much her bed in the Bellasâ house.
This is a very short fluffy au where Beca and Chloe live together as girlfriends and have a little kitten that Chloe brought home from the animalâs shelter she volunteers in...Â
p.s. I am sorry...đ
Rating: M(ish)
Words Count: 1.2K
Betaed by @viharistenno <3
Read here or on AO3 or not at all cause this is ridiculousÂ
âAw! Son of a b-"
âBeca! You know I donât want you to talk to my baby like this" scolded her Chloe.
âHe bit me!â gasped the brunette.
âOh stop it, my Peanut is the sweetest little angel-"
âHeâs a demonâ corrected her Beca.
âBeca, heâs a kitten, how can you be so scared of him?â giggled Chloe.
âI- I'm not scared of him, heâs just... mean. And he bit me!â complained Beca showing her offended hand to Chloe, which she took to examine.
âItâs just a tiny scratch, stop complaining so much" she dismissed her with a scoff, but she didnât let go of her hand â any excuse to keep physical contact with Beca was good for Chloe and Beca had learned to be okay with that a long time ago.
âYeah Iâd like to see what youâd do if I bit you" scoffed the brunette feigning to be outraged. She blurted that out without thinking about it and didnât realise what she said until she noticed Chloe biting her bottom lip and looking at her in a way that made her swallow hard.
âI mean, I wouldnât complain about that...â smirked the redhead getting closer to her.
Beca didnât know when Chloe let go of her hand to wrap her arms around Becaâs neck, but her hands were resting on Chloeâs hips now. The atmosphere in the room had definitely shifted, her fingers twitched in anticipation, knowing that Chloe was about to lean in and close the gap between them.
The kiss they shared was tender and chaste, until Beca playfully bit Chloeâs lips, smiling into the kiss before trying to part to say something stupid, but Chloeâs arms around her neck didnât let her move away and the redheadâs lips were on hers again in a heartbeat, kissing her way more passionately than before.
Chloeâs reaction made something click inside her and she decided to take the lead kissing her harder. Becaâs left hand started moving up Chloeâs body until her fingertips gently brushed over Chloeâs jawline before she grabbed it to turn Chloeâs head so she could reach her neck. Her other hand moved around Chloeâs waist, nails digging into her lower back, to keep her close. When Beca bit down her neck Chloe let out a filthy moan that made all the hairs on Becaâs body rise to attention. Chloeâs hands slid up to bury themselves into dark locks and gently pulled, making Beca hiss and bite her again.
âI need you, now" breathed out Chloe and Beca started walking backwards leading them towards their bedroom, without stopping her ministrations.
Once they reached the bed Beca sat down and started unfastening the button of Chloeâs shorts to pull them down and away before standing up and spinning around, using the momentum to throw Chloe on the bed.
The redhead giggled and scooted over on the bed to lay her head on the pillow. Beca moved on top of her, hands running up and down Chloeâs sides until they slipped behind her shirt, lightly lifting it to reveal Chloeâs toned abs. The brunette lied down and started kissing the skin between Chloeâs pants and the hem of her shirt.
Beca started to push her shirt up to reveal more skin and not so gently bit down on Chloeâs abdomen.
âBec...â hissed Chloe.
Beca smirked against Chloeâs skin when she heard the shiver in her voice.
âYouâre so beautiful, you know that?â whispered Beca while her hands kept inching the shirt up, hungrily brushing over Chloeâs ribcage and up over her breasts, mouth following close behind, peppering kisses all over the newly exposed skin. Chloeâs body arched into her and she let out a pleased hum when Beca took a hard nipple in her mouth gently sucking on it, the hum suddenly turned into a sharp gasp when Beca bit on the bundle of nerves but quickly soothed it with her tongue.
The brunette sat up astride Chloeâs hips and took her shirt all the way off before doing the same thing with her own and lay back down on top of her girlfriend to kiss her deeply.
Beca had always hated Sunday mornings, until they had turned into her regular sessions of lazy make out and lovemaking with Chloe Beale. Beca now loved Sunday mornings very much and wished they could last forever. So she took her time enjoying the way Chloeâs body responded to her ministrations; theyâve been together for quite a while now, but for Beca, kissing Chloe still felt like the first time and she loved getting lost in it, in the way Chloe sucked her tongue into her mouth while her fingertips gently scratched at the back of Becaâs neck and their bodies deliciously slid against one another.
Chloe wasnât complaining about Beca taking her time, but the brunette could feel her getting restless beneath her; nails scratching a little harder down her back and hips rocking upwards not so subtly anymore, were the telling signs that Chloe was starting to need more, so Beca drove their kiss to an end and slowly sat up again, gently dragging her hands over the redheadâs body and settled herself between her thighs. Chloe immediately bent her knees to give Beca more space. The brunette smiled at that and quickly kissed her again.
Beca kept leaving open mouthed kisses down Chloeâs body, occasionally biting her gently to keep up the joke and because Chloeâs reaction to that was intoxicating. When she reached Chloeâs pants, she placed a gentle kiss on her centre and felt the wetness starting to soak through the fabric. She bit her lip to stop the groan trying to escape from her mouth and moved to leave one last bite on Chloeâs inner thigh, gaining a strangled gasp that turned into a breathy moan â probably exaggerated just for Becaâs enjoyment â before moving back to where they both really wanted Beca to focus. Just when the brunette slipped two fingers beneath the soaked material to push it aside, a particularly distressed mew reached their ears.
Beca immediately jumped down off the bed and ran into the kitchen, where she found Peanut trying to get out of a cookie jar they had on the high shelf over the counter. She quickly grabbed a chair to pull him out and started cradling him like a baby.
âHow did you get up there, huh?â she asked with that stupid voice everyone makes when they talk to puppies.
A very frustrated Chloe stormed out of their bedroom with the full intent to make a scene about Beca just leaving her hanging like that, but her heart melted at the sight of her girlfriend cuddling the cat she was so against keeping when Chloe brought him home from the shelter just a couple of weeks ago. She reached Beca and gently hugged her from behind.
âHe was stuck in the jar up there" explained Beca in a pouting manner, while playing with the kittenâs paw and filling Chloeâs heart with love.
âWhat a dork..." she giggled before placing a soft kiss on Becaâs cheek.
Bechloe Week 2020 â Day 1: Friends with Benefits
Call me friend, but keep me closer
Post PP3. Chloe is madly in love with Beca since college, now Beca is a famous pop star, but they still live together in New York while Amy left after finding out she was rich. One night they end up having drunk sex and the morning after Chloe doesnât want Bec to freak out about it.
Rating: M
Words Count:Â 1.8K
Big thanks to @viharistenno for beta reading this and fixing my mess! <3
Read here or on AO3
And I could lie, say I like it like thatâŠ
 âHey, are you awake? I was thinking that maybe we could, you knowâŠâ
âYeah, totally. I was just calling it for today so⊠perfect timingâ Beca said casually before hanging up.
Chloe put the phone back in the pocket of her coat and started walking home. She knew she shouldnât have asked, but her better judgement weakened after a couple of drinks and she just really needed Beca. She felt lonely; at the party many people hit on her, but all she could think about was going home to Beca. She knew Beca didnât feel the same way about her, so it shouldnât have been a surprise that it didnât feel intimate at all, because it wasnât. Itâs not like Beca didnât care about her â Beca loved her deeply, just not the way Chloe wanted her to â they were just two friends with a deal. And yet, the way they talked about it, like if they were talking about watching a movie, hurt her immensely. The worst part was that she only had herself to blame as she was the one who suggested it after all.
 It was the night they moved in the new house â a bigger one, with two bedrooms and an actual bathroom, provided with a door â theyâd had a couple of drinks too much, to celebrate, and ended up having drunk passionate sex all night long. Chloe woke up the morning after in a state of bliss sheâd missed for far too long â it was even better than when they won Worlds. However, the feeling didnât last long because when Beca woke up Chloe could sense the boiling panic she was feeling. The brunette looked like she was about to throw up any second and Chloe felt deep inside of her it wasnât because of the amount of alcohol they consumed the night before.
âChlo, I⊠we- last night was-â
âWas fun, right?â she jumped in, forcing a bright smile on her face, to dissimulate the way her stomach was turning inside out. She knew it wasnât what Beca was about to say but couldnât handle to hear it â it was a mistake. So, she got herself together and spoke before Beca could shatter her heart completely.
âWe should do that more oftenâ she added casually, getting out of bed without bothering to cover up her naked body, hoping it would distract Beca enough to let her finish her act without the brunette interrupting her, âyou know, to have some fun⊠until we find somebodyâŠâ
âYou, you mean likeâŠâ the brunette stuttered.
âFriends with benefitsâ winked Chloe, smile never leaving her lips, no matter how crushed she felt inside. She knew she was getting herself into a shitty situation, but she wasnât ready to lose Beca, she couldnât afford that.
âYeah that⊠that sounds goodâ answered Beca, surprise clear on her face, she seemed as shocked as Chloe was about her actually agreeing to that.
âAwesâ Chloe swallowed hard âIâm gonna hit the showerâ she stated leaving the room. It was a bad idea, but Chloe couldnât deny she was thrilled at the idea of sleeping with Beca again.
The following times they hooked up were nothing like the first time â the sex was always great though, but Beca was different â she never kissed or cuddled her after like Chloe remembered so vividly her doing the first time, and she didnât even stay the night in her bed. Every time Chloe found herself crying alone in bed, she swore sheâd end it, still, she couldnât stop. There was something about finally being fucked by those slender fingers sheâd dream about so many times and got off to â even when she was with somebody else â that made it impossible for her to call their arrangement off.
 âHow was the party?â asked Beca when Chloe got home âI thought youâd spend the night with someone youâd met thereâ
âNopeâ mumbled Chloe popping the last letter.
âTheir loss.â stated Beca entering her personal space âShall we?â she asked, before leaning in to press a kiss to Chloeâs lips. Beca had never initiated physical contact between them, it was a pleasant surprise to Chloe, until she tasted the alcohol on her lips
âAre you drunk?â Chloe asked frowning.
âWhat? No, I just had a beer to, you know, catch up with youâ told her Beca grinning.
âWe donât have to if you donât want toâ Chloe assured her.
âOf course I want toâ the brunette frowned âactually I was hoping youâd come home tonightâ she confessed.
âYou did?â whispered Chloe, with a hint of hope and disbelief in her voice.
âYeahâ Beca cleared her throat, âIâve been pretty stressed out because of work lately, I could use your⊠helpâ she added smirking, already leading Chloe towards her bedroom.
Theyâd never done it in Becaâs bed before, but Chloe was too disappointed to notice, she was lost in her head; this contract they had hurt way too much. Knowing that to Beca this was just sex, a way to relieve some stress, knowing that she will never be enough for Beca to fall in love with her, and that sheâd eventually fall for someone like she did with Jesse all those years ago pushed all of the oxygen out of her lungs. A thousand bells were ringing in her head, telling her to stop, but she couldnât stop.
As soon as Becaâs shirt was off her brain shut down. It happened every time.
Chloe was hypnotized by Becaâs body, by being finally able to kiss her, touch her, to slip two fingers inside her cunt and make her come cursing and whispering how good Chloe was at that. It was intoxicating, to have Beca literally melting onto her hand. It was a drug Chloe couldnât give up. She always needed more, needed it so much that it alone made all the pain worth it. She didnât even need Beca to return the favor, but Beca always did anyway, like a good contractor who always fulfills their part of the deal.
Looking into Becaâs eyes while coming hurt too, but Chloe couldnât help that either. Maybe because she was a sucker for pain or maybe because, in that moment, she felt a connection so deep with the brunette that made her feel like they were two pieces of the same puzzle finally clicking, like they belonged together. The way Beca looked at her made it impossible for her to look away.
 The next morning Chloe woke up with Becaâs arm around her and their naked bodies pressed up together. âYouâre still hereâ she mumbled lacing her fingers with the ones resting around her middle.
âWell, itâs my bedâŠâ stated Beca, making Chloeâs blood freeze in her veins.
The redhead quickly sat up pressing the sheets against her chest âOh sorry! Last night I passed out, I didnât mean to-â
âHey, itâs okayâ assured Beca stopping her from getting out of the bed âI donât mindâ she added smiling.
Chloe relaxed and laid back down, Becaâs arm was still around her and the girl started to trace random paths on Chloeâs abdomen with her fingers, using the other arm to keep her head up and look at Chloe in a way that made it hard for her to breathe. It felt so intimate, to lay naked together without having sex, just looking into each otherâs eyes.
Beca kissed her slowly and whispered a sweet âGood morningâ against her lips, before getting up and walking to the shower. Chloe lay there staring at her leaving, with a bittersweet feeling in her chest; it was like watching her dreamlife from outside of a window, so close and yet unreachable. It was bliss and torture at the same time.
 Chloeâs favourite moments were the times Beca asked for it: at first, she started to ask Chloe to ease her mind before her way too frequent flights to LA, to the point that, after a while, Chloe started to expect that when she knew Beca had to leave the next day. It became a sort of appointment they had, like the Wednesdaysâ movie nights. Sometimes Chloe stopped at the store coming home from the vet clinic to buy a bottle of wine, other times she cooked a full meal to set the mood. It felt so natural that Chloe started to pretend that they were actually dating and every time Beca said something that brought her back to reality it felt like a breakup.
The feeling that she had to stop having sex with Beca before she drove herself crazy was a permanent thought in the back of her mind, but every time she decided to do so, Beca had this way of drawing her back in, as if she knew Chloe was drifting away from her and consciously decided to stop her.
They were watching a movie on the couch, as they did every Wednesday, when Chloe felt Becaâs foot move beneath the blanket and slide up to her knee. She looked at her and saw the brunette biting her lip in anticipation.
âIâm boredâ complained Beca, trying to stop the smirk from showing on her lips. Chloe swallowed hard before licking her lips involuntarily.
âCome hereâ she commanded. Â Beca didnât need to be told twice, she threw away the blanket and moved to straddle Chloeâs hips, the intensity of her stare set Chloe on fire.
Becaâs kisses tasted of love and need, Chloe had stopped reminding herself a while ago about Beca not being in love with her, and it was so easy to pretend that she was, with Becaâs hips grinding down on her, while she kept kissing Chloe like her life depended on it.
Theyâd never had a full make out session before; sure, theyâd share some kisses, mostly during sex, but Chloe never had Beca panting into her mouth and chasing her lips while she desperately tried to pull Chloe impossibly closer to her.
The burning in her lungs forced Chloe to break the kiss and look at Beca; darkened eyes and swollen lips, uneven breathing as she tried to take in as much oxygen as she could. She looked like she was about to say something, but then she didnât. The soft smile on her face pulled a string inside Chloeâs heart and the redhead felt an overwhelming urge to confess her feelings. She knew it would have probably scared Beca and made her run for the hills, ruining everything. So she choked it down and instead flipped their bodies, pushing Becaâs back on the couch. The brunette pulled her down, welcoming her hips between her thighs and resumed their kissing.
Chloe had to suppress the need to tell Beca those three words every day since that night and she knew she couldnât resist much longer, she had to tell Beca she was in love with her.
Three years after the USO tour Chloeâs at the bus stop and she sees a short brunette in the corner of her eye who instantly reminds her of Beca. They donât really talk anymore and Chloe always wondered if Beca ever felt the same way Chloe did about her, but she never showed it.
â But we were something, don't you think so?
Roaring twenties, tossing pennies in the pool
And if my wishes came true
It would've been you
In my defense, I have none
For never leaving well enough alone
But it would've been fun
If you would've been the oneâ
I apologise for taking so long to post chapter 3, but this story is pretty personal to me and I didn't think it would have been so hard for me to write it honestly.
â MASTERPOST
During the two weeksâ vacation in Florida, Beca and Chloe really meet each other and get a lot closer. Beca has to deal with Aubrey and some other known faces, along with new ones, which causes her a lot of social anxiety.
This chapter is accompanied by various old songs so itâs a bit of a throwback (:
Words Count: 8.9K
Rating: T
Warnings: Underage smoking, drinking and mention of sex
Read it on AO3 or under the cut â
Summer after high school
(When we first met)
1st of July 2010
As soon as they arrived to the hotel Beca wanted to go back home. Aubrey was already getting on her nerves, bitching about how much she hated the place. Like if Aubrey wasnât enough already, Chloe had brought with her Tom and Stacie, so the group was now formed by four people other than her and Chloe â way too many for Becaâs liking â and on top of everything, the other guy of their group was super creepy and started hitting on her in the most disgusting way.
âBumper leave her alone, sheâs off limitsâ intimated to him Chloe and Beca smiled at her thankfully.
âThis place sucks! Thereâs literally nothing here!â kept dramatically complaining the blonde.
âWhy didnât we go to Miami as always?â wined Stacie.
âApparently this shithole is the only place Sheilaâs new husband could afford" answered Aubrey with disgust âoh- sorry" she fake-apologized to Beca, Chloe glared at her but didnât say anything.
Beca wasnât quick enough to think about a comeback that Bumper added âItâs incredible how they could find the only place in Florida with nothing to do! Why do they hate us so much?â
Beca was actually glad there wasnât much to do and, even if she planned to stay in her room the whole time, avoiding as much as possible socializing, she had to admit the place was nice; the beach looked amazing and it was right in front of their hotel, which had a swimming pool and a spa too, so she didnât really know what the others were complaining about.
âI hope I will find some chicks anyway" she heard Bumper say.
âAs if anyone would date youâ dismissed him Aubrey.
âWho talked about dating?â he retorted.
âYouâre so gross" hissed the blonde.
âAw Aubrey, I know you only say that because youâre jealousâ he lamented âbut you know I see you as a sister... unless...â he trailed off and Aubrey almost gagged at that.
âin your dreams".
 __Sometimes I get so weird, I even freak myself out
 After leaving their things in the respective rooms and freshening up Beca was forced to go to the beach with her father and Sheila.
âOnce weâve figured out the place, you will be allowed to go around on your own" he explained.
âDad, the beach is literally on the other side of the street" she complained.
Beca didnât bother to put on a swimming suit since she was sure she would have been back in her hotel room right away to work on her mix â she was wrong.
They got on the beach and walked to their assigned spot, where they had two sunbeds and a sunshade.
âokay, can I go now?â she asked impatiently
âHoney, why donât you stay here for a while? Itâs so nice" suggested Sheila and Beca just rolled her eyes at her, sitting on the hot sand besides one of their chairs and putting her headphones on.
 Beca noticed Chloe playing volleyball in the water with the others and found herself hypnotized by her; the way her arms and body moved swiftly to hit the ball, the way she smiled. Beca was sure, if she were to remove her headphones, she would have been able to hear her melodic laugh.
The teenager froze when she saw Chloe noticing her. She quickly lowered her eyes and fixated them on the sand but was still enough aware of Chloe to know she was getting out of the water and walking her way. When she was close enough, Beca looked up again lowering her headphones. Chloe didnât bother to get a towel and Beca's eyes couldnât help but follow the droplets of water running down Chloeâs body.
âArenât you getting hot?" Chloe asked making Becaâs face go bright red.
âno... I-what?â babbled Beca shaking her head. Chloe chuckled at that and sat down on the sand next to her.
âwhy are you still fully dressed?â she questioned, and Beca released the breath she was holding in. Â
âI donât want to swimâ she simply said, without giving the redhead much to continue a conversation.
âThe others wanted to go explore this place, to see if we can find something to do, you wanna come with us?â she offered gently.
âNah, Iâm good" declined Beca.
âOkay".
Chloe got up and started walking towards her friends when she suddenly turned around âIâll see you tonight then" she said smiling and Becaâs heart felt warm.
The brunette was still looking at Chloe when she saw Tom reach out with a hand and shamelessly clean the sand from her toned ass, making it bounce a little. Beca had to look away.
âOkay Iâm gonna go back to the hotel" she announced, leaving before her dad could answer anything. She spent the rest of the day working on her mix.
 âSo... Beca, right?â asked Stacie not waiting for an answer âweâre going out tonight and youâre coming with us" she ordered. Beca instinctively looked at Chloe, who smiled brightly at her âitâs gonna be fun, I promiseâ added the tall brunette with a wink. Beca found herself walking to the beach with the rest of the group, Chloe never dropped Tomâs hand â not that she was paying attention to that.
Beca froze when she noticed a bigger group of people waiting for them. She really wasnât good at dealing with many people at once.
âHey guys, this is Beca" introduced her Chloe âBeca, these are Jessica and Ashley. They come here every year, so they know every corner of this place" explained the redhead âSheâs Flo...â
Beca zoned out while Chloe was introducing her to everyone, she knew she wouldnât remember any of their names anyway, and which one was Ashley again?
â...and he-" continued Chloe, gesturing towards someone attached to Stacie face. Beca reconnected to the situation just in time to see Luke grinning at Chloe âis Luke. You should know him, he goes to our schoolâ before Beca could decide if she wanted to say that yes, she knew him, Luke smiled at her.
âOf course! I gave her a fake ID. Becky, right?â Beca faked a smile awkwardly.
âitâs Beca actuallyâ corrected him Chloe.
The brunette barely said a word through the whole night. Ashley and Jessica took them to an old forsaken pier, where they stood chatting and drinking beer. Beca thought it was pretty dangerous to drink in the dark on a tiny strike of cement in the sea, but whatever.
âAt the end of this pier there is an old dismissed firehouse, everything is dark around it" said Ashley.
âitâs the best place to watch shooting stars" added Jessica.
âthatâs amazing, we must go one night!â gasped Chloe excited.
Beca was desperately trying to find something to say, but the more she tried the more her brain got stuck on every little thought, without being able to express any of them. She felt weird, it was like nothing she came up with was good enough to say it aloud; everything sounded too stupid or too lame to interest all those people.
âOh my god, Beca would you shut up for a second? Youâre filling my head with wordsâ complained ironically â and over dramatically â Aubrey, making almost everybody laugh.
âAubrey!â scolded her Chloe.
âwhat? It was a joke, she didnât say a word all night, thatâs weird" complained the blonde grinning.
Beca was spiraling and she even considered to tell the group she was tired and run away from the situation when Luke suddenly took out a joint âdoes someone smoke?â he asked to the group before lighting it up.
âSureâ she answered, glad to have something to calm her nerves just a little.
âYou smoke?â gasped Chloe, making Becaâs anxiety hit a new high.
âI⊠no, I mean yes- just sometimes. Is that a problem?â she found herself babble, as if she had to give some kind of explanation to anyone about that.
âShe hates when I smokeâ cut in Tom blowing the smoke out of his mouth, before passing her the joint.
Beca took a deep puff thinking that she would never smoke in front of Chloe after she told her it bothered her â if she were her girlfriend, of course â but Tom didnât seem to have a problem with that.
âIt not a problemâ softly giggled the redhead âI just donât like the smellâ. Â Â
 On their way back to the hotel, all Beca could think about was what a waste of time it had been to go out instead of working on her mix. The night was somehow even worse than she had expected, and she was feeling rather nauseous for all the anxiety it changed her with. Socializing is the fucking worst.
Suddenly she felt Chloeâs hand slide into hers, so she looked up at her â she had slowed down to walk next to Beca at the end of the group.
âSo, fake ID, smoking pot⊠maybe I should stay away from you?â joked the redhead.
âOh yes, Iâm such a bad influenceâ scoffed Beca immediately cringing at her own words.
âHow are you?â Chloe gently asked in a way more serious tone.
Beca swallowed hard âIâm good" she lied.
âYou know, Aubrey isnât as mean as she seems, sheâs just really insecure and thinks to look stronger taking others down" she explained â thatâs not an excuse thought Beca â âshe does that with Bumper too" added the redhead squeezing her hand.
âYeah, itâs okay, I donât mind" assured her Beca trying her best to smile.
 __
 The next day Beca put on some shorts and her bikini top, but still sat the whole morning under her sunshade with her iPod, watching the others play.
The group seemed to have begun official, since they were all having fun together, even Luke was there. He and Stacie seemed to be very intimate, the guy didnât waste any opportunity to playfully swipe her up in his arms and every time Stacie made sure to let her hands linger on his muscular arms or his toned abs.
The brunette took her phone to message Amy, who texted her the night before asking how the situation was, but Beca was too socially exhausted to answer at the time.
Beca:
Your Luke is here too. The guy is RIPPED!
 Amy:
:Q_______ donât make me jealous T_T
TALK TO HIM ABOUT ME!
 Beca:
You know I donât talk to people.
I think heâs hooking up with Stacie btw :/
 Amy:
Aw fuck! <\3
 Beca:
Anyway, the situation is balls! I hate everything about this fucking vacation!
 She also got an SMS by Jesse that made her roll her eyes, but smile nonetheless.
 Jesse:
I miss you too btw <3
 Beca:
Shut up.
 âWho are you texting?â asked Chloe peering over her shoulder âJesse..." she answered herself âis he your boyfriend?â Beca instinctively locked her phone and put it away.
âWhat? No. Absolutely not, heâs not" she hurried.
âokay...â answered Chloe in amusement âboys only send me hearts when they want to date me though" she insinuated âand you told him you missed him"
âI didnât, thatâs the pointâ gasped Beca âhe just assumed on his own" she complained.
âI think you like him" teased the redhead.
âI so do notâ stated Beca blushing.
âWhatever, your face says otherwise. Come play now, youâve sat here long enough" ordered Chloe and Beca found herself obliging.
âI donât like him!â she repeated letting Chloe drag her towards their friends.
 __Please take me away from here âCause I feel like such an insomniac
 On the 4th of July they organized this big bonfire on the beach, to see the fireworks and then spend the night there with lots of alcohol, drinking games and a stupid midnight swim â totally recommended to get eaten by a shark.
 Beca was particularly grumpy the whole day, she couldnât believe she was really going to spend the night with all those people she barely knew, after having spent the whole day with them already. She allowed herself to stay in the hotel for a little longer that morning, telling her father and Sheila she had a headache and would have reached them soon.
 Beca was chilling under her sunshade when she noticed Chloe approaching her and lowered her headphones around her neck.
âSheila told me you werenât feeling good this morning, how are you now?â she asked and Beca could sense she really cared, for some reason.
âYeah Iâm feeling better now" assured her Beca with a small smile.
âAwes! So youâll still gonna be with us tonight, right?â
The brunette rolled her eyes at that, she really couldnât understand why Chloe cared so much about her going with them at this stupid party. âYes, Chloe Iâll be there" she promised hating herself for not being able to say no to the redhead.
âNow come, weâre playing beach volleyâ added Chloe dragging her by the arm.
Beca could barely leave her iPod and headphones inside her sun bag, that was thrown in a match with Flo and Bumper against Chloe, Tom and Aubrey.
The brunette hated any kind of physical activity, but there was something about beating Aubrey â and Tom â that sparked a fire in her. She still found herself rooting for Chloe somehow, so she couldnât find it in herself to strike the winning point and let the ball pass her. They won anyway because Flo saved it and Bumper finished the action crushing it at Tomâs feet. The look on Aubreyâs face was priceless.
âDid you miss that on propose?â joyfully accused her Chloe when she went to congratulate them for the win â she was the only one of her team to do that, since Aubrey was still yelling at Tom how big of a delusion he was.
âWhat? No!" she lied ânow can I go listen to my mus-"
âNope" interrupted her Chloe ânow weâre swimming!â Chloe said taking her hand and Beca let the redhead drag her in the water, where Ashley, Jessica and other guys Beca couldnât remember the names of, were waiting for them.
Shortly after Stacie and Luke reached them informing the group everything was set for the night.
  After watching the fireworks Beca was ready to head home â she was ready to head home way before that â but Chloe convinced her to stay, offering her a solo cup with vodka mixed with something super sweet. It was gross but Beca drank it anyway â liquid confidence.
She was on her second drink when Stacie suggested to play âspin the bottleâ and everyone eagerly agreed. Beca didnât, but she didnât want to draw attention on her, being the only one who didnât want to play.
âOkay the rules are simple" started Bumper with a serious voice, once they all sat around the fire âon your turn you spin the bottle and kiss whoever it points to. No exceptions or you must pay a pledgeâ he uselessly explained, since everybody knew the game. Beca hated this game.
âGirls donât hold back. Specially if youâre kissing another girl, we all want to see that!â he added with a perverted smile on his stupid face.
Beca started feeling sick, she started to think about what she would have done if she had to kiss Tom or, even worse, what if she had to kiss Chloe? She didnât want that to make things awkward and ruin what could become a good friendship between them.
The first one to spin the bottle was Flo â Bumperâs victim for the day apparently.
Bumper groaned loudly in disappointment when the bottle landed on Luke and the two shared a short kiss without losing too much time.
Becaâs heart was beating way to hard in her chest.
âThis game is stupid, Iâm out of here" she blurred out before getting up.
âOh, come on! Worried your nerdy boyfriend would be jealous about it?â teased her Aubrey. Beca straight up wanted to tell her to go fuck herself, but she didnât â for Chloe, obviously.
âHe's not my boyfriendâ she said leaving.
 âBeca hey, waitâ called after her Chloe following her. When Beca was positive they were far enough from the group, she slowed down and let Chloe reach her.
âWhat happened?â asked the redhead with those soft eyes Beca could clearly see, even in the dim light.
âNothing happened. Itâs a stupid game" she repeated âand I donât want to kiss most of the people sitting there anyway so whatâs the point?â
âso thereâs someone you do want to kiss!â pointed out Chloe. Becaâs stomach twisted at that âwho is it?â
âIs it Luke?â she hazarded when Beca didnât answer to her.
âThatâs none of your businessâ growled the brunette, starting to walk away again âdonât follow me" she demanded.
Beca couldnât sleep that night and she couldnât even work on her mix as she used to most nights, she was too preoccupied obsessing over the fact that she was rude to Chloe for no reason. She just really wanted to go back home.
 __
 The next day Beca didnât want to go to the beach. She was sure Chloe hated her and didnât have the guts to face her. She knew she had to, she needed to apologize to her, just like she did with Jesse before leaving for this hellscape.
 âDude, can we talk for a moment?â asked Beca before their chemistry class started.
âWhat for?â asked Jesse. Beca guessed she deserved that.
âLook, Iâve been an ass okay? I was stressed out and took it out on you" she tried, but she knew the guy wouldnât give in so easily âI like having you around, youâre like the only one I actually like having around. I miss you dude, Iâm not good at this but school is not the same without you being my friend"
Jesse sighed loudly âokay weirdo, Iâm gonna let this one go, but next time you pull something like that weâre done.â He threatened ânow, what did you say about missing me?â he teased with a smug smile.
 __Thinking to myself, hey isn't this easy? And you've got a smile that could light up this whole town
 When Beca finally found the courage to go to the beach she even forgot to bring her headphones, busy rehearsing the speech she had prepared to apologize to Chloe.
She totally didnât expect to find Chloe sat on the sunbed next to Sheilaâs, waiting for her. Beca gulped and slowed down, her heart started racing and her hands were sweaty.
âHey, Chloe... uhm" she cleared her throat, her speech suddenly disappeared from her memory. Chloe looked at her using a hand as a shield against the sun, that still passed through, forcing her to close one eye.
âHey! You finally decided to join us huh?â she beamed at her and for a moment Beca thought her smile was brighter than the sun. Chloe wasnât mad at her apparently, so Beca sighed sitting down next to her.
âWhat are you doing here?â she asked.
âI was waiting for you" simply said the redhead.
âWhat about the others?â âthey went surfing". Beca furrowed her brows at that so Chloe added âIâm on my period" âoh" was all the brunette could answer.
âI was thinking we could listen to one of your playlists, but I see you donât have your iPodâ said Chloe pouting a little.
âI- I actually have it. I just forgot the headphonesâ.
âOh, you girls can use mine" offered Sheila smiling at them and Beca felt very confused at that.
âNo, donât worry, thereâs no need to" tried Beca but the woman insisted, so Chloe took the white wire she was offering.
âIâm going to put my feet in the water" excused herself Sheila.
Beca plugged the earphones in and gave one to Chloe, who adjusted herself on the lounger she was sharing with Beca â even if there was an empty one next to them now. Beca pressed play to her â09 â â10 playlist. It didnât take long for Chloe to take charge of the device and start go through the tracks.
âOh my God, can you listen to one whole song?â groaned Beca, Chloe kept constantly skipping through songs.
âSorry" chuckled the redhead âokay, I promise I wonât skip this one" she said when âWhen Love Takes Overâ started playing.
âI didnât think you listened to this stuffâ Chloe quoted her and Beca smiled biting her bottom lip âitâs so different from your other playlistsâ
âIâm trying new things recently. I like the beat; David Guetta is really talentedâ she explained.
It was so easy to be with Chloe without all those annoying people around them, Beca loved the way Chloe went through her playlists and the smile she had while they discussed music made Beca feel all warm inside, or maybe it was the fact that they were basically laying on top of each other in the small sunbed, both wearing nothing but their swimming suits, with so much skin on skin contact. Beca was just actively not thinking about that.
Beca tried not to read too much into it when Chloe declined Tom's invitation to sunbathe together â that totally meant âcome make out with me for a whileâ â telling him sheâd rather stay there with Beca, but when the redhead turned even Aubrey down, a small pleased smile made its way on her lips.
âUgh Chloe, youâre really boring when youâre on your periodâ complained the blonde in front of everyone and Beca furrowed at her âdude, whatâs your problem?â she asked and felt Chloe grab her arm âdonâtâ she whispered before getting up âIâm comingâ she sung following Aubrey.
 __Oh, her eyes, her eyes, make the stars look like theyâre not shining
 That night they decided to go to the abandoned lighthouse. The path was so dark they had to use their phone screens or lighters to see where they were placing their feet.
âYou could have told us to bring some flashlight or somethingâ commented Stacie.
âYeah, youâre right⊠sorryâ apologized Ashley.
âOkay, what now?â asked Aubrey crossing her arms around her middle, when they reached the end of the pier.
âWe⊠lay down and watch the starsâ answered Jessica, trying her best to maintain her smile in place â she was clearly struggling with Aubreyâs attitude â so Beca decided to back her up.
âSounds great to meâ she said laying down.
Chloe was the first one to follow her and decided to use Beca stomach as a pillow, making her gulp. Beca didnât even notice how much Jessica appreciated her gesture, because she was focused on not breathing too much and bother Chloe someway.
One at a time, all the guys laid down beside them, in a Tetris way; each of them was using a part of someoneâs body as a pillow â except for Beca, who only put her crumpled hoody under her head â The brunette noticed Tom resting his head on Chloeâs tights, just where her short summer dress ended â they totally had sex already â something about that, incredibly bothered her.
âYou guys arenât going to do it while Iâm your pillow, right?â she joked awkwardly and Chloe giggled looking up at her âDonât worry, weâll behaveâ she assured her with a wink that made Becaâs insides melt.
The starry sky was beautiful, the stars shined so brightly in the dark surrounding them that they could spot several shooting stars. Beca was finally enjoying herself; no interactions, no Aubrey â she was somewhere far from Beca and was finally shutting up â if Beca focused hard enough she could pretend it was only her, the stars and Chloe. It felt so good to have the redhead lying comfortably against her, she let her right hand gaze Chloeâs arm, it wasnât Becaâs fault, it was just their position.
What she didnât expect was for Chloe to reach out to take that hand and hold it on her own stomach, Beca froze for a moment at the feeling of Chloeâs fingers intertwined with hers, even if that wasnât the first time.
âUgh! Iâm so boredâ wined Aubrey, making Beca almost groan while she rolled her eyes.
âYeah me, tooâ agreed Stacie âif we donât do something now, Iâm gonna fall asleepâ.
âWe could sing something!â suggested Chloe, but the others completely ignored her suggestion.
âIsnât there a club or something?â asked Tom sitting up.
âYeah, I wanna dance with some hot girlsâ exclaimed Bumper getting on his feet.
âWell, thereâs a crappy disco club, but there are mostly old creepy men thereâ hesitantly admitted Ashley.
âAnything would be better than doing nothing hereâ stated Aubrey getting up.
Beca noticed Chloe huffing and she spoke without thinking âIâm cool staying here, if you want to stayâ she whispered to Chloe. The girl suddenly started to sweat, her heart racing.
âWould you do that?â asked the redhead in disbelieve and Beca smiled at her.
âOf course, dudeâ.
Chloe turned to the others, now all on their feet, waiting for them âYou guys go, weâre staying hereâ she informed them. Tom crouched down to hover over Chloeâs face âyou gonna be okay?â he asked and she nodded smiling at him. The guy gave Chloe a quick kiss goodbye before leaving with the others.
Beca was in her head. She thought she had to say something, not to make things awkward, but for some reason she couldnât stop thinking about Tom; about the fact that, if Chloe were her girlfriend, she would have never left her to go clubbing â if it was up to her she would have stayed there with Chloe stargazing her whole life.
Chloe shivering brought Beca back to reality, she quickly reached for the hoody under her head and offered it to her âcold?â
âOh, donât worry, I donât want to take it from youâ declined it Chloe shivering again.
âShut up, youâre shivering!â stated Beca putting the hoodie on Chloe as a blanket.
âWhat if you get cold too?â
âYou are my blanketâ Beca heard herself saying and she widened her eyes.
âFair enough, but if you get cold, youâre getting it backâ intimated the redhead, and squeezed Becaâs hand, she was still holding under the hoodie.
âOkayâ agreed Beca â there was no way she would take that hoodie back from her.
 âSo⊠your parents let you sleep with Tom?â Beca asked out of the blue.
âAbsolutely notâ laughed Chloe âofficially, I share my hotel room with Stacie. But he has his own roomâ. Beca bit her tongue for asking â yup, they were definitely doing it.
âHave you ever been with someone?â asked Chloe as if she could read Becaâs mind, it made Beca choke on air and it took her a few coughs to blur a simple ânoâ.
âWhat about Jesse?â
Beca rolled her eyes at that âI told you, heâs not my boyfriendâ she repeated annoyed
âStacie says the same about Lukeâ informed her Chloe and Beca snorted.
âI donât l-â
âyou donât like him, okayâ sighed Chloe âbut I think he likes youâ.
 Beca fell silent for a moment, contemplating that. âIt is possible, yes. But does it really matter if I donât like him back anyway?â
They werenât staring at the stars anymore; Chloe had turned on her side to look at Beca more comfortably and Beca felt like she was drowning in those ocean blue eyes.
 âNoâ said softly Chloe âbut you could like him and not knowing. If Aubrey wouldnât have told me Tom was into me, making me consider the fact of dating him, we wouldnât have been together for almost two years nowâ she added. Beca frowned, could she really feel something for Jesse without knowing it? â she had to admit, she was rather clueless regarding her own feelings. âBut maybe thatâs not your caseâ shrugged Chloe.
 âYouâre differentâ blurred out Beca and Chloe gave her a questioning look âfrom the girl I met at dinnerâ she clarified looking away, suddenly looking at Chloe was too much for her.
âYeah, about thatâ sighed the redhead âI owe you an apology, I was kind of a bitchâ she said screwing up her face.
âI think you made up for thatâ Beca chuckled âwhy did you act like that though?â she asked.
âitâs just that⊠my parents, they areâŠâ she railed off, so Beca looked at her again âI donât really like them, or their friends- sorryâ.
âOh no, trust me, no one likes Sheila less than meâ scoffed Beca.
âBut she seems nice to you, I think being with your father changed herâ
âI think sheâs just faking it for himâ answered Beca, feeling rather uncomfortable talking about her.
âTrust me, I would notice that. Iâve known her my whole lifeâ assured Chloe.
 âWhy donât you like your parents?â Beca asked, desperately trying to change the subject.
âTheyâre just two selfish snobs, who only care about the appearances. Everything must look perfect on the outside, when the truth is that they donât care about me at all-â
âHow can that be true?â interrupted her Beca, genuinely finding it impossible for someone not to care about Chloe.
âThey only care that I donât embarrass them. So I put up with their façade in public, but I ignore them at home.â
Beca found herself squeezing Chloeâs hand in empathy, sensing the deep sadness behind her words.
âIâm sorry I ignored you too, to me you were only Sheilaâs new kidâ apologized Chloe âand I always ignored her tooâ
âIâm not her kidâ clarified Beca, feeling uneasy âand you said that like if I was a new pair of shoesâ she scoffed.
âNo oh my god, of course. I- sorry, I didnât mean it like thatâ rushed out Chloe âyouâre so much more than that, Becsâ.
Beca didnât know if she blushed at that, but she knew for sure that her heart started racing again, so she cleared her throat to dissimulate it âwhy are you so kind to me all the times?â she asked, genuinely curious about that.
âwhy not?â asked Chloe smiling and Beca just laughed shaking her head.
âWhy are you Aubreyâs friend then?â inquired the brunette. Chloe huffed loudly and Beca feared she overstepped â Aubrey was her best friend after all.
âWe grew up togetherâŠâ she started unsure âI donât have memories of a time when I didnât know herâ.
Beca could understand that, even if she and Amy had opposite personalities, she grew to love her through time, so she figured it was the same thing for Chloe â Amy was way better than Aubrey though.
âI know she seems awful, but her parents are way worse than mineâ continued Chloe âthey put on her so many expectations, itâs so much pressure that I donât know how she doesnât crack under itâ Chloe stopped to clear her throat âif she doesnât reach their standards they call her a failure, sheâs just a teenager!â
 The girls talked until 2am before Chloe declared she was tired, so they went back to the hotel.
âThank youâ said Chloe taking off Becaâs hoodie and giving it back to her
âNo problemâ answered the brunette smiling gently âgoodnightâ
Her hoodie smell like Chloe now and Beca didnât stop to wonder why she liked it so much, but she did. She made a mental note to always bring it along, just in case Chloe might need it again.
  __My heart it pounds, yeah you got me
 Beca wasnât surprised when the next day Chloe spent more time with Tom, what surprised her was that she joined the group willingly and spent the day with them without hating it. She was pleased to notice that after a few days of knowing these people the effort she had to put in to socialize wasnât that big anymore, things were starting to feel natural.
They decided â Aubrey decided â to go back to the club that night and Beca really hated the idea. She didnât dance, no matter how hard Amy had tried, Beca decided that dancing just wasnât for her.
âThat place sucks so badâ said Aubrey for the millionth time and Beca was bold enough to ask her âwhy are we going then?â
âBecause thereâs nothing else to do in this fucking placeâ spat out the blonde rolling her eyes.
 Beca found herself isolating again when they started a singing game where one player started singing a song and, on your turn, you had to sing another song starting by one word of the song the other player was singing. If you donât sing on your turn, you lost.
Beca was close enough to hear them and had a song ready for each turn, she couldnât help her smile when Chloe started to sing the same song she thought of. When Bumper interrupted her to keep the game going, Beca found herself missing Chloeâs voice for a moment and decided to distract herself not to think about that.
âWhy donât you come playing with us?â asked Chloe, making her jump; the brunette didnât notice Chloe approaching her.
âI donât singâ she blurred out.
âThis is not a singing contest, itâs just a game. I know you would be very good at-â
âChloe would you come play? Forget about herâ scoffed Aubrey âsheâs just being a weirdo as usualâ.
Beca sensed Chloe tensing up, she knew the girl was ready to fight Aubrey about that, but she stopped her hushing out a quickly âdonât worryâ before getting up from her beach towel âitâs not worth itâ she added leaving.
 It was shortly after dinner when Chloe showed up at her hotel room âYou forgot this on the beach todayâ she said gently handing her the towel.
âOh, thanksâ answered Beca taking it with a smile and starting to close the door.
âWaitâ stopped her the redhead pushing against the wooden surface âcan I come in?â
âSureâ said Beca moving out of the way âif this is about what Aubrey said, Iâm okayâ she assured.
âIt isnâtâ said Chloe âI mean, yes that too, but mostly I came here to get you readyâ she beamed out showing her the beauty case she brought along.
Beca arched an eyebrow âwhat for?â she asked slightly scared.
âfor tonightâ
âIâm not comingâ scoffed Beca.
âYes, you are! Beca please, weâre gonna have fun! Do it for me?â
 So Beca found herself sitting on a chair in front of the mirror, with Cloe fixing her hair with a curling iron.
âWhy do you care so much if I come to this stupid club anyway?â asked Beca struggling to stay still with the burning hot weapon so close to her head.
âI just enjoy your companyâ Chloe said casually âis it that hard to believe?â
âNo, I guessâ lied Beca â it was the most impossible think to believe for her, that someone like Chloe wanted to waste her time with her. She was obviously just being nice to the weird kid because she was a nice person.
 Beca spent most of the night sitting on a short wall next to the dancefloor, if one could call it that; the âclubâ was more a bar stand with a large space â probably a dismissed caravan parking site â they put a console, some speakers and stroboscopic lights in. the only good aspect was that they served alcohol without asking for an ID, but the place was depressing and the Dj sucked.
Next to Beca there was Lily â a girl of their group Beca never heard speaking, but who still interacted more than her â who didnât feel like dancing either apparently. Beca didnât talk to her, she kept sipping at her Rum and Coke in silence. Beca was definitely not watching Chloe dance against Tom, the way she dipped low and grind against him after rising back up, he was slowly moving behind her, eventually grabbing her hips or bending over to kiss her cheek, neck or anything he could find.
If you ask her, Beca couldnât tell how, but when she saw the group come back from the dancefloor, she knew Aubrey was about to tell her something stupid, convinced to be extremely funny.
âWow Beca, youâre really having fun tonight huh?â she teased and the brunette just snorted at her, more bothered by the terrible work the âDjâ was doing than by the cheap comments Aubrey could come up with.
She vaguely noticed Just Dance started playing. The mix she just finished making was ten times better than what they were listening to. For a moment she fantasized about taking control of the dj boot and play it, she had it in her iPod after all. Chloe taking her hand brought her back to reality.
âLetâs go dancing!â screamed Chloe, probably because sheâd been dancing too close to one of the speakers, tugging at her arm.
âI donât danceâ
âOf course, you donâtâ chuckled Chloe âcome onnnnnâ she whined.
âI donât even like this songâ tried Beca, putting down the empty solo cup she was still holding.
âLiar, I know you love this song, itâs in your playlist!â called her out Chloe âcome dance with me, pleaseâ
Beca couldnât resist that smile, her heart started racing; the brunette knew in that moment that she was doomed â she would have done anything Chloe had asked her.
Beca let Chloe drag her in the middle of the dancefloor and felt a shiver when the girl didnât drop her hand when she started dancing. Beca was frozen, she had no idea what to do, she was the only idiot standing still, but couldnât convince her body to start moving.
âDance!â laughed Chloe, gently shaking her by the hand.
âI donât know how toâ she confessed.
Chloe moved impossibly close to her face and Becaâs breath got caught in her throat.
âIâm gonna tell you a secretâ whispered the redhead ânobody doesâ she said winking âjust move with meâ
Beca thought she was going to pass out when Chloe reached out to gently place her hands on Becaâs hips, bringing their bodies together, to rhythmically move against each other. Having the other girl so close made her heart beat unsafely fast. Eventually she started moving on her own to dance with Chloe; the way Chloe pushed her head up, sometimes running her fingers through auburn hair, was unfairly sexy. For the first time Beca didnât second-guess what was going on; she just kept on dancing, resting her forearms on Chloeâs shoulders. The way Chloeâs looked oat her took her breath away; she blamed it on the alcohol and the loud beat, on the endorphins formed in her system because of all the dancing â probably everybody felt this intoxicated while dancing with someone â everything was normal.
 __ She is like a melody in my head That I can't keep out
 The rest of the vacation was a blur to Beca. Maybe itâs true what they say about time running faster when youâre having a good time. Beca wouldnât say she was actually having a good time, she still hated hanging out with people she barely knew and had pretty much nothing in common with â and most of all she still hated Aubrey â but the small moments she got to spend with Chloe were enough to get her by.
Those times Chloe choose to sit on her lap instead of the empty seat that was too far from her, or when she randomly took her hand or started lightly brushing her fingertips on her harm in that relaxing way â that did everything but relax Beca, if she was honest â or even the casual touches, those Beca wasnât even sure Chloe did on purpose. Those moments were all Beca could think about. Chloe was all Beca could think about.
It wasnât unusual for them to listen to Becaâs iPod together while eating lunch or while the others went jumping from the riff; something that Beca found very funny, but that Chloe hated, so Beca decided to pass on that too, just to spend more time alone with the redhead.
âWhat is this?â Asked the redhead scrolling through the songs âBeca-mix_1"
Becaâs eyes widened and she jumped to take the iPod from Chloe, but she was too slow, and swallowed hard hearing the first notes of it playing in her ear.
âDid you make this?â asked Chloe in shock.
âYeah...â shyly admitted the brunette.
âBeca this is amazing!â
âYou like it?â asked Beca in disbelief.
âI love it!â gasped Chloe in awe âBeca, youâre so talented!â
âI- thank yo-"
âDid you make others?â
âNo, I mean yes, but theyâre crap. This is the first one I liked enough to save it" explained Beca scratching at the back of her head.
She had never let anyone listen to her mixes â not even Amy â and sheâd never thought Chloe of all people would have been the first one to hear it. For some reason Chloeâs opinion meant the world to her, and the fact that she liked something she made, gave her a weird kind of high sheâd never experienced before.
 __Feels like Iâve waited so long for this, I wonder if it shows
 One night, after they said goodbye to the others, the  core group decided to stay up until dawn instead of going to sleep, so they sneaked Luke â who always walked Stacie to the hotel to steal one last kiss â in and went on the roof of the hotel, that was full equipped with chairs, sofas and sunbeds. Beca opted for a hammock, while the others were gathering their seats in a circle-like form next to her.
âScoot" intimated her Chloe wanting to fit on the hammock with her, but Beca didnât move. âfine, Iâm just gonna lay on top of you then" threatened the redhead trying to climb on the hammock and risking flipping it.
âOkay, okay. Jesus!â laughed Beca making room for Chloe next to her.
âDo you two need a room?â joked Stacie.
âIâm totally on board with that babe!â added Tom laughing.
âWho told you youâre invited?â teased Chloe with a smug smile.
Beca knew they were all kidding, but she couldnât stop her face to turn bright red and her heart to beat so fast she was afraid Chloe could feel it hammer against her chest.
âBeca you wanna smoke?â asked her Luke lighting up yet another joint.
âNo thanks, Iâm gonna pass" she declined, for Chloe obviously; she didnât want to bother the redhead, since she knew the girl couldnât stand the smell of it. Beca didnât know if she was hoping that Chloe noticed she was doing it for her or not, but when Chloe turned to whisper to her âitâs okay if you wanna smoke, it doesnât bother me" she felt her stomach flip.
âAw Beca, your alt girl days are ending already?â mocked her Aubrey.
âAubrey why donât you try smoking a little? It will relax you! And while youâre at it you can also try getting off my case for once?â she spat out.
âWoooooah" cheered Bumper and everyone â except for Aubrey, obviously â started laughing.
 It didnât take long for Chloe to fall asleep, Beca had put her hoodie on the both of them as a blanket and made sure not to raise her voice too much while laughing and chatting with the others. After a while the group started to run out of energy; Tom was checking his phone, Stacie and Luke were just making out and Aubrey was busy convincing Bumper that nothing would ever happen between the two of them.
Beca took the opportunity to lose herself in her thoughts; in the fact that, even if sheâd always hated physical contact, to have Chloe sleeping cuddled up on her felt so nice. She didnât want to elaborate the feeling, nice was enough for now, it was too soon to let her mind analyse the way her body felt warmer every time Chloe as much as looked her way, or the way her heart beat out of time. It was too dangerous to get an answer to why that happened to her every time Chloe was around.
She noticed the guys decided to go to give up, too tired to wait for the sunrise, and she decided to pretend she was asleep, not ready to give up laying there with Chloe yet.
âChlo, come on, weâre going to sleep" tried Tom, but the redhead didnât give him any response, other than a soft snore.
After a few minutes of trying, Aubrey got annoyed âletâs just leave them" she said, âIâm going to bed" and left.
Beca heard Tom standing there pondering the situation for a moment, before deciding to leave too.
 The morning after Beca was awakened by the sun burning hot on her face; that and the hoodie worked together to generate an uncomfortable heat, making them both sweat. A soft groan escaped her, she didnât mean to really fall asleep, she just wanted a few more minutes before waking Chloe up and going to their respective hotel rooms.
They had shifted during the night and Beca soon found out that she couldnât move without waking Chloe up some way; the redhead was half on top of her, using her shoulder as a pillow and their limbs were intertwined. Becaâs left arm â the one laying under Chloeâs body â was numb, but somehow Beca didnât hate any of that.
Chloeâs smell surrounding her and the weight of the girl on her made Beca feel things sheâd never felt before. If it was anyone else, Beca would have rung for the hills, but there was something different about this girl, something special, that didnât scare her. If anything, it made her feel brave.
Beca didnât realise her hand was on Chloeâs hip, until the girl shifted beneath it while turning around, she turned too much and Beca had to catch her before she fell down the hammock. The brunette knew it would have given away the fact that she was awake, but she figured that falling down the hammock wouldnât have been a really nice way to wake up.
âNice catch" mumbled Chloe rubbing her eyes, still a little shook for her almost fall âwere you awake?â
âYeah I just woke up" confessed Beca âI couldnât move thoughâ.
âWhy didnât you wake me up?â asked the redhead still half asleep â she looked adorable.
âI donât know, it seemed rude" laughed Beca.
 __ I'll hold on to it, don't you let it pass you by
 The last day of vacation came way too soon. Beca spent the day with a heavy feeling on her stomach, due to the awareness that everything was ending. Back in Atlanta things wonât be the same as they were now, they were going back to reality, a reality where Beca canât spend every day with Chloe listening to music and just being.
It was bittersweet to see her same gloom mirrored in Chloeâs behavior; it felt nice to know that Chloe was sad about giving up what they had now, but that only confirmed Becaâs conviction that everything was about to change for them.
The evening went by in the blink of an eye and the group was finishing dinner in the big hotelâs dining room.
âAre we going to stay up tonight? For real I mean" asked Tom chewing the last bite of his steak.
âOf course we are, thatâs our last night" answered Bumper âbut we have to sneak in everyone this time, I know Florencia will give in tonight" he added making the others roll their eyes.
âLeave that poor girl alone, she doesnât know how to tell you anymore, sheâs not interestedâ spat out Stacie.
âThatâs the point, she doesnât know how to say no anymore, so she might say yes" he explained wiggling his eyebrows.
âAre we going to sneak in some booze too or we gonna behave?â asked Chloe biting her lip.
âWeâre obviously sneaking some alcohol in, Chloe. I canât stand those idiots when Iâm sober" scolded her Aubrey.
âUgh trueâ laughed Stacie, igniting a general laugh.
This was one of the things Beca couldnât stand about this group, they were always talking shit about people behind their backs and pretend to like them when they were around. It wasnât even true that they didnât like them, they just needed to be assholes sometimes and make fun of other people. Even Chloe let herself get involved in their behavior â something she had to do to adapt to the group, for sure â and that was probably the only thing Beca didnât like about her. Beca was sure they did the same thing with her too and the thought made her feel sick.
 That night there was an unspoken agreement between the girls, to keep Flo away from Bumper for as long as they could; he was harmless, but all of them knew how annoying he could get and they didnât want Flo to give in just to make him stop â even Aubrey seemed to care about that and did her part.
As soon as they got to the roof, they rushed to find a seat.
âBecs, come sit with me?â suggested Chloe gesturing towards the hammock and Beca felt her stomach do that flip she was used to by now.
âNo way!â shouted Bumper âthe hammock is mine tonight! Miss Fuentes, care to join me?â he said all charming after occupying the hammock.
âShe wonât. Sheâs sitting next to me" ordered Aubrey patting the empty chair next to her sofa, as if she was calling a dog.
Flo sat down next to her whispering a hushed âthank you".
Chloe ended up sitting on Tomâs lap and Beca curled up in a sofa a couple of seats from them.
They decided to play ânever have I everâ and Beca thought she was winning when she realized she hadnât done most of the things they were mentioning; she only drank once when Chloe said âNever have I ever smoked pot".
She learned a lot of things she didnât care about but that Amy would have loved to know; she learned that Aubrey got blackout drunk and spent the night with her face in the water, that Luke was actually pretty good in school and that Stacie â and Bumper apparently, but no one really believed him â was in a threesome once.
When it came her turn, she smirked devilishly, convinced that what she was about to say would have made everyone drink â something nobody succeeded with yet â âNever have I ever⊠kissed someoneâ she proudly declared.
The group fell silent for a moment.
âWhat?â spat out Aubrey suddenly, unable to keep her laugh in anymore.
âYou canât be seriousâ added Stacie shocked.
âI mean we can make up for that if you want, we have Bumper who would kiss anything as long as it moves" chuckled Aubrey.
Beca stood there while everyone was laughing at her, she didnât know what the hell made her think it was something to brag about â to be 16 and havenât kissed anyone yet â she felt her eyes sting, she knew she was about to tear up, but was trying to hold back with everything she had, she couldnât give them any more reasons to laugh at her.
âI donât think itâs funny" said Chloe.
âCome on babe, you have to admit it is a little funny" said Tom still giggling.
It made Chloe stand up from his lap and turn around to glare at him âokay, whatever, itâs not funny" he agreed, trying to get her to sit back on his lap, Chloe angrily freed her hand from his grasp and walked away from him, towards Beca.
âCan I sit with you?â she asked gently.
âSure" quickly answered the brunette trying to make as much room as she could for Chloe to sit next to her.
âI donât wanna play this game anymoreâ she declared.
âBabe Iâm cold, come back here" complained Tom.
âYou know I canât stand you when you act like an assholeâ.
It didnât take long for Chloe to curl up into Beca while they were listening to one of Floâs weird stories. Beca wasnât listening to her at all, she was focused on the feeling of having Chloe curled up on her for the last time in who knows how long.
 When the sun started rising, Beca felt there was something final about it. Her last sunrise with Chloe. It was like time was slipping from her hands and there was nothing to do about it.
âShouldnât we clean up this mess?â asked Chloe when the guys started to say goodbye to each other.
âPeople are paid to do it, Chloeâ told her Aubrey in her usual smartass tone.
 Beca had an earlier flight than the rest of the group because her father had to be back in Atlanta sooner, so she had to say goodbye to Chloe at the hotel, while the others got to take her same plane. Beca awkwardly waved the group goodbye before pushing her suitcase in the back of the taxi and when she turned around Chloe crushed into her, hugging her tight.
âHave a safe flight" she whispered in Becaâs ear.
âYeah you too" told her the brunette pulling back from the hug with a soft smile.
When she climbed into the taxi Sheila was looking at her proudly âI told you, you were gonna become friends" she all but beamed.
âWhateverâ huffed Beca before putting her headphones on. She felt bad about being rude to Sheila â thatâs a first, she thought â but it lasted for almost five seconds, before she turned around to see Chloe waving her goodbye from the sidewalk.
"Fiction gives us the second chance that life denies us." â Paul Theroux
I started writing this story with this quote in mind, it is pretty much about a very important period of my life â or rather about how I wish things had turned out â I obviously adapted my story to the characters which inevitabily caused fiction and reality to blend in together.
I usually don't like canon divergent fictions, or at least I don't like to write them, but I needed to get this story out and that's the only way I know how.
There's a girl who gives a shit, behind this wall (you just walked through it)
High School AU set in 2009 - 2020
Please tell me what is taking place (âcause I canât seem to find a trace)
Beca finds herself wanting to know more abou Chloe, but Chloe's friends - and her social anxiety - give her a hard time about that.
Also some more insights of her relationship with Jesse, Amy and her family :)
Words Count: 3K
Rating: T
Warnings: Underage smoking and language
Read it on AO3 or under the cut â
I don't need much of anything, but suddenlyâŠ
âHow does it feel to be / Different from me
   Are we the same / How does it feel?â
That night Beca fell asleep with the smell of Chloe on her pillow, which made her heart do funny things in her chest.
Maybe Chloe wasnât that bad after all.
Nothing changed at school between them, Chloe didnât talk to her the next day or the following couple of weeks â not that Beca tried to talk to Chloe but, you know â Beca told herself she wasnât disappointed at that. They werenât friends.
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 âBeca wait!" she heard Chloe call after her and immediately turned around to see the redhead running towards her in the schoolyard âhey! Whatâs up?â asked Beca unable to control her grin. Chloe offered her a pink ear bug, smiling brightly âI wanted to ask you what you think of this song, it came out yesterday I think".
Beca took the ear bug and put it in her ear, the song was already playing but she knew right away it was Airplanes by B.o.B. ft. Hayley Williams âyou like Paramore, right?â Chloe checked and Beca was surprised that the girl not only recognized them from one of her playlists, but she knew them well enough to know Hayley Williams was the singer of the group.
Becaâs smile widened while she nodded âyes! And I think this song is really good" she answered looking at Chloe with surprise âwhat?â giggled the redhead ânothing...â said Beca looking at her feet âI didnât think you liked this stuff" she admitted looking back at Chloe.
âAnd what stuff you thought I liked?â asked Chloe biting her lip âI donât know... Britney Spears?â guessed Beca screwing up her nose and Chloe gasped âyou donât like Britney Spears?â she gasped in shock tugging at the ear bug wire to make it pop out of Becaâs ear âouch! I didnât say that...â
âWho else do you think I listen to? Letâs see" asked Chloe in somewhat of a teasing tone âI donât know, I donât want to get in worse trouble that Iâm in already... just tell me you donât listen to Mariah Carey please"
âMariah Carey is the greatest singer of all times" stated an irritating voice interrupting them âChloe, Iâve been looking for you everywhere. Who is that?â asked the blonde girl who joined them âhey Bree, sheâs Beca... family friendsâ dismissed Chloe, putting her iPod away. Beca didnât know why that statement stung so much, it was the truth after all, they only knew each other because their parents â not that sheâll ever consider Sheila family â were friends.
Aubrey â Chloeâs best friend, for what Beca could understand â looked at her from head to toe in disapproval, before turning back to her friend âcome on, Stacie is waiting for usâ she said walking away and dragging Chloe alongside with her.
âBye...â Beca told to no one, since the girls were already gone. She went to class wondering if maybe she was wrong about Chloe and they could be more alike than she though, but even popular girls are allowed to like good music, right?
One thing was sure, Chloe wasnât even remotely as mean as Aubrey was.
 __
 At lunch Beca was glad Jesse decided to sit with Benji for once, instead of bothering her, so she could make a playlist of songs she thought Chloe might listen to, and one of those she thought Chloe should listen to.
Amy slept in and skipped school that day â something she did almost every Tuesday â so Beca didnât have to worry about her either.
 __
 âsorry if I stood you up at lunch" apologised Jesse wrapping an arm around her shoulders, knowing very well that Beca would have shrugged it off and be dramatic about him touching her. He giggled when she did just that âyou werenât at my table? I didnât noticeâ declared Beca in a monotone voice and Jesse pushed her gently âstop iit" she complained pushing him back âBenji was upset about his chemistry test" he explained without Beca asking âbut he got B+â argued Beca and the guy shrugged âitâs the lowest he ever got".
âWhereâs Amy by the way? I saw she wasnât with you at lunch eitherâ he asked âare you going to walk me home?â queried Beca stopping on her tracks â it was a ten minute walk between her house and the school â Jesse shrugged again âif you donât mind. I donât have anything better to do anyway" and before Beca could answer, he added âI know you must have missed me today, so youâre welcome" which granted him another shove from the brunette.
âHow come you're not wearing your headphones?â âmy iPod died at lunch" âaw, because I wasnât there to keep you company?â he teased âyouâre an idiot.â
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 The truth was that Beca craved more moments with Chloe, she was intrigued by her. Even if she usually was a pretty good judge of character, she was wrong about Chloe the first time and she still couldnât completely figure her out yet. At school Chloe was a completely different person than who she was at home, she was nice to everyone and always smiling. And then there was that moment they shared in Becaâs room, that was what confused Beca the most, making her second guess all her assumptions about the redhead.
She wanted to get to know her better, but whenever Beca saw the girl in the hallways with her stupid friends she didnât have the guts to say hi to her and just focused very hard on her steps to avoid eye contact. Beca hated to interact with that kind of people â she hated to interact with any kind of people â they acted like they owned the school and even if Beca couldnât care less about that, she didnât want to waste her time feeling judged by them or worse, letting them make a fool out of her. She really didnât know why Chloe liked them, but again, she didnât know Chloe at all.
Another month passed by. Beca never showed Chloe the playlists. It wasnât important and Chloe probably wouldnât care about that anyway.
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 âWhy is this playlist called âChloe'?â asked Amy making Becaâs blood freeze âthat- thatâs nothing, why do you always touch my stuff?â she gasped struggling to take the device from Amy, who won the fight without any effort âJonas Brothers? These songs are so not you" added the blonde confused âItâs just... stupid songs, so I gave it a common stupid girl nameâ she blurred out wincing at her own words.
Amy narrowed her brows âIsnât Chloe the name of that redhead you met at those âfucking lame dinners' with your father and Sheila?â she inquired making the quote marks gesture while repeating Becaâs words âmaybe... I donât knowâ tried Beca but she knew she was screwed âBeca...â said Amy not buying it at all.
âYes, itâs her, okay? I made a playlist of songs I thought she lik-" âyou never made me a playlistâ interrupted her the blonde âthatâs different, sheâs- thatâs differentâ blurred out Beca. Amy finally decided to let it go with a shrug connecting her loudspeaker to Becaâs iPod, letting the music fill her bedroom.
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 âUgh! Why canât I just stay with mom?â growled Beca âa couple of weeks at the beach are going to be good for you Bec, why do you have to fight me over everything?â asked her father âI donât wanna come, dad I wanna work on my mixes, why donât you understand that?â she whined and ran to her room smashing the door closed behind her.
Her father just informed her that in July they were going on a two weeksâ vacation someplace in Florida with Chloeâs and other two families the Beale used to go on vacation with every year. Beca didnât have the time to be thrilled about it that she heard the name Posen being mentioned by Sheila. She didnât even register the other one because she was already spiralling.
Posen like Aubrey Posen. The high bitch in charge at her school, Aubrey Posen. Chloeâs best friend Aubrey Posen. That couldnât be a coincidence and Beca wasnât willing to spend a single minute with her, let alone two entire weeks.
âWhy is she like this Robert?â she heard Sheila question âwhat kind of kid doesnât want to spend time on the beach with her friends?â at the world âfriendsâ Beca felt rage build up inside her â why was Sheila so fucking naive? â but it didnât last long, because she heard her father sigh defeated âI donât know honey, Iâm afraid I did something wrong with her".
Beca put her headphones on trying to push back the tears that started falling from her eyes.
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 âShe doesnât want me, does she?â mumbled Beca sitting on her bed, knees pushed tightly against her chest. Her father looked at her sympathetic, sitting at the edge of the bed âYour mom is...â he trailed off for a moment, struggling to find the right words âshe is having a hard time and needs to be alone for a while" he tried his best to explain âbut she loves you! More than anythingâ he rushed to add and Beca rolled her eyes.
Lately her father did nothing but take her motherâs side, funny thing is that when they were married, they couldnât agree on anything. Ever. Beca supposed he felt guilty about her âmidlife crisisâ since it started just when he asked for a divorce because he couldnât keep going on like that â or maybe it was the fact that he was in a relationship with stupid Sheila for about a month before that.
Becaâs blood started boiling in her veins at the thought, it was his fault after all, he gave up on their family.
âIâm gonna go at Amyâsâ she spat out jumping off the bed.
âBeca, I need you to tell me youâre coming to Floridaâ he repeated.
âWhateverâ answered the girl before leaving the room. Itâs not like she had a choice anyway, her dad was just trying not to feel guilty about yet another thing.
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 âSo, youâre going?â asked Amy passing her the joint. They were laying on Amyâs bed listening to music, as always.
âI have to" sighed Beca before smoking âI wish my dad was like yours, he lets you do everything you want" she wined âyeah he's pretty cool" laughed the blonde âor too busy to care maybe" she scoffed carelessly âdude, this pot sucks by the way" growled Beca giving the joint back to her.
Amy took another smoke before agreeing âI know, but I bought it from Luke" she explained âugh, that dude is an idiot! He wrote âMeghanâ on my fake IDâ complained Beca. The blonde stared lamely at her for what felt like forever, before cracking up in a loud laugh âBeca all fake IDs have fake names" she gasped trying to stop laughing. Beca looked at her blinking quickly before starting to laugh too.
âAnyway, he is an idiot yes, but heâs hot, so I donât care" stated Amy âokay but never buy his pot again" demanded the brunette taking back the joint.
âSo how are things going with Jesse?â asked Amy out of the blue âwhat do you mean?â âI mean you have this thing going on for a while now, when are you going to make it official? If you know what I mean...â said Amy wiggling her eyebrows, Beca felt slightly nauseous at that.
âThereâs nothing between Jesse and me" she said defensively âoh come on Beca, you two are always attached to the hip!â growled the blonde âyou donât have to hide it from me" she said more softly âhe's always attached to my hip I've got nothing to do with that!" spat out Beca getting up âI know you, you wouldnât let him near you if you didnât want to" pointed out Amy.
Beca knew her friend was right, she never let anyone get too close to her, but for some reason she allowed Jesse to do that and she had to admit she liked having his invasive ass around â not to Amy anyway, she was never going to admit that to Amy.
âThatâs none of your businessâ she cut off rising the volume on her iPod to end the discussion.
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 When Beca came back home she found a brand-new soundboard to connect to her computer â the one sheâs been asking for and her dad always denied her â sitting on her desk.
It was the same way she got her headphones, she got into a fight with her dad about something concerning the divorce somehow, stormed out of the house and found them at her return. Robert knew it wasnât the best way to deal with conflict, but he really didnât know how to deal with a teenager in full rebellion mood, so expensive gifts were his go-to in these cases. Â It wasnât enough for Beca, but she decided to take what she could from this situation. She didnât like to deal with conflict either anyway.
The girl spent the whole night trying all the functions her new device offered while thinking about Chloe. She spent most nights thinking about Chloe recently. She thought about what it must be like being at the verge of the high school social ladder, having everyoneâs eyes on you all the times â a kind of pressure Beca couldnât be able to stand, for sure â how it felt to be respected, feared even, by the whole school and mostly how would it feel to be bossed around by Aubrey all the times.
Aubrey gave Beca chills. It wasnât that Beca feared her â she didnât fear anyone â but there was something about her that made her stomach clench, as if she was under examination. She knew Aubrey judged everybody from her high throne and Beca didnât think enough of her to care about that, but what scared the brunette was that Aubreyâs stupid opinion could affect what Chloe thought of her.
By the time sun started creeping up from her window, she had decided that suffering through two weeks with Aubrey Posen was a small price to pay to get to know Chloe better. Her social anxiety will have to come to terms with that.
Beca threw herself on the bed, cursing her decision to staying up all night on a weekday. Her clock showed it was half past six and she briefly wondered if she could push it a little and try to gain a âyou can skip school todayâ too from the argument she and her father had, but she knew Professor Mitchell considered school the most important thing ever, even over the peaceful atmosphere he tried so hard to maintain in their home. She groaned and set her alarm to an hour later before falling asleep in her outside clothes.
Of course, she didnât hear the alarm going off and now she was super late. As she fumed to gather all the things she needed for the day she jumped at the sight of Sheilaâs head peeking from her not-closed-anymore bedroom door.
âYouâre late" she stated with that irritating tone Beca really didnât want to hear first thing in the morning.
âI know that, thanksâ spat out the teenager.
âLet me drive you to schoolâ offered the woman now fully standing in Becaâs room.
âAbsolutely not" said Beca without looking at her, still busy looking for her maths' notes.
âYou left a notebook in the kitchen the other day, maybe thatâs what youâre looking for" told her Sheila before leaving the room.
After getting ready Beca went to the kitchen and found the notes. Sheila was sitting at the kitchen table, probably waiting for her. Beca groaned âokay letâs go" as if she was the one doing the woman a favour.
Beca was sure it was a trap, so she rushed to put her headphones on to avoid any unwanted discussion about her weird behaviour or whatever. Surprisingly Sheila didnât try to talk to her at all and when she stopped in front of Becaâs school she even offered the girl a sweet smile âhave a good dayâ.
âYeah...â murmured Beca under her breath before leaving the car.
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 It was a shitty day, like if she was under a heavy cloud; she forgot to charge her phone, her head was killing her and Jesse didnât shut up for one second all morning, not to mention math class â which was always a nightmare. Beca was about to commit murder when suddenly Chloe approached her at her locker.
âHey" breathed out cheerfully the redhead and Beca found her breath catching in her lungs âIâve heard youâre coming to Florida with us this yearâ she continued with her classic bright smile. Becaâs heart started racing and she was positive her face was red âI- yes, we- uh...â she rambled focusing, on nothing in particular, inside her locker. âIâm glad youâre coming" at that Beca forced herself to look at Chloe and try to mirror her smile.
âHey babe" she heard Tom call from the other side of the hallway. Chloe turned towards him with heart eyes and accepted his kiss when he reached them. Beca felt nauseous watching that â she hated pda and cheesy happy couples.
When they parted Tom friendly nodded at Beca âhi, Iâm Tom" âBeca" she said shaking the hand he offered her. Beca tried to smile at him, she really did, but all she could manage was a grimace. The girl was never so glad to hear Jesseâs âBeccaaawww" approaching her.
âUhm, sorry, I have to go. It was nice meeting you Tom. Bye Chloe" se excused herself locking the metallic door and walking to Jesse. It was the first time sheâd ever said Chloeâs name to her face and was still marvelling at the sensation it gave her, when Jesse started to throw a million words at her again, but she couldnât focus on him at all. For some reason she kept replaying that stupid kiss in her brain over and over again.
âEarth to Beca?â called her Jesse snapping his fingers in front of her âwhat happened to you? Youâve been weird the whole day" he asked in a somewhat of a worried tone âI didnât sleep" she told him âwhy not? You can talk to me you knowâ he assured her, but behind him Beca spot Amy in the distance shamelessly gesturing at her with her index finger entering a ring she was making with the other hand âgross...â whispered Beca glaring at her.
âWhat?â asked the guy confused âdude you need to leave me alone okay? Youâre not my fucking boyfriendâ she snapped making some students turn to look at them. Jesse was staring at her with a hurt expression and she regretted right away snapping at him â it was Amyâs fault not his.
âAll rightâ he said raising his hands and turning no leave. Beca wanted to stop him, but she was too proud to apologise.
âTroubles in paradise?â asked Amy joining her âAmy fuck off!â âgeez somebody woke up on the wrong side of life today" she exclaimed rolling her eyes and walking away, she knew it was best to leave Beca alone when she was like that.
High school au set somewhere around 2009 - itâs gonna be a multichapter but I donât have a title for it yet⊠Avril Lavigne is gonna be the soundtrack for this đ
Beca is an introverted fifteen years old who loves music and is about to start high school. Chloe is The Popular Girlâą and they meet because their parents are friends.
Thereâs a lot of Jesse but Bechloe is gonna be endgame (obviously)
Itâs supposed to be a slow burn but iâm an impatient idiot so weâll see about thatâŠ
Words Count: 2K
Rating: T
Read it on AO3 or under the cut âÂ
Please tell me what is taking place
(âcause I canât seem to find a trace)
âBec, can you please be nice tonight? It would mean a lot to Sheila and me" repeated her father for the millionth time. Beca just sighed heavily at that and crossed her arms around her chest. Theyâve talked about that ad nauseam, there was no way for her to get out of this stupid dinner at Sheilaâs friends.
Sheila â a.k.a. the step monster â was the most irritating being on the planet. Beca was sure she only acted nice to her to make a show for her father and actually hated Beca just as much as Beca hated her.
âOh come on sweetie, they have a daughter your age, Iâm sure youâll become very fast friendsâ she promised in that annoying high pitched tone she had âI donât want to make any friendsâ Beca grumbled and could swear she heard Sheila whisper something to her father about her being weird and having no friends, but decided to ignore that.
She didnât need new friends, she had Amy and that was enough â more than enough sometimes â Amy was a lot, mostly to someone as introverted as Beca, her loudness and recklessness were pretty hard to handle, but they knew each other since forever and Amy stood by Becaâs side during her parentsâ divorce, which meant the world to Beca.
âCome on kiddo, Iâm sure youâll like her. She goes to Barden high, so you can ask her advices for next year" said her father turning in his seat after parking the car âso sheâs older than me!â stated Beca âoh for Godâs sake whatâs one year, specially at your age?â gasped Sheila, her nice facade starting to crack at Becaâs brattyness ânever mind" spat out Beca under her breath getting out of the car.
Her father stopped her when he saw she was about to put her big headphones over her ears âdonât make me take these away from you" he warned her with a glare, so she just snorted and left them hanging around her neck.
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Beca suffered immensely all through dinner, Chloe â the girl she was supposed to become best friends with to please Sheila â was hideous, she barely introduced herself without stopping pushing the buttons on her Blackberry, obviously more interested in her text than in Beca. Her parents were two pompous idiots â just how Beca imagined Sheilaâs friends would be.
As soon as they finished eating, Chloe left the table without even excusing herself, focusing on her phone again.
âChloe why donât you show Becky your room, honey?â encouraged Chloeâs mother âsure" answered the redhead without any kind of emotion and left.
Beca gulped, she didnât know what to do â was she supposed to just follow her? Did she had to wait there for Chloe to come back and invite her to her room? â it was clear that Chloe didnât want her in her room.
âBeca? Go" pushed her Sheila and the girl found herself following Chloeâs path, she thought she heard someone whisper âthat kid is so weird" but she shook it off, too focused on how weird she felt to intrude into a strangerâs room like that.
It turned out that Chloe didnât mind her intrusion â one could say she didnât even notice it, if not for the short nod she gave Beca along with a âthis is it" before sitting in front of her computer and spending the night chatting on MSN.
After standing awkwardly in Chloeâs room for some moments, Beca decided to sit down on a pink fluffy bean bag sofa and finally put her headphones on. She spent the night with her iPod Classic, as she did most of the times.
Beca had the time to properly look at Chloe, to study her â something she liked to do with people.
The sixteen year old was definitely a popular girl in school â definitely someone Beca would have never wanted to be friends with â she seemed to be coming straight out of Mean Girls â that stupid Lindsey Lohan high school movie Amy made her watch once.
A shiver run down Becaâs spine. She didnât love the idea of starting high school at all, with all those jocks and beautiful girls who thought they were better than anyone else â Beca could totally see Chloe being one of them.
Chloe was undeniably attractive, the computer light flashing on her face highlighted the perfect traits of her face and the sharp angle of her jawline, her red hair was coming down in large soft waves and her soft blue eyes made her look like a Disney princess. Her slender fingers flew quickly over the keyboard of her computer while she replied to the dozens of beeping notifications blowing up on her screen. Beca had to look away, feeling a weird grasp at her stomach sheâd never felt before.
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To Becaâs displeasure these stupid dinner dates became a thing, and she was forced to see that girl at least a couple of days per month, even if Chloe seemed to have the power to defect those events, since she never showed up when the dinners were at Becaâs fatherâs.
Beca wasnât sorry about that, she was just upset she didnât have the same luxury.
Chloe smiled at her once, greeting her with a soft âhi" when the brunette went to her house to yet another dinner, and Beca kept thinking about how warm that made her feel for a long time â because it caught her off guard obviously, she wasnât expecting that, itâs not like she stopped thinking about how beautiful Chloe looked when she genuinely smiled or why she smiled at her anyway.
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Months passed and it came the time for Beca to start high school. Amy was out of her mind excited about that and it only made Beca more nervous.
Her first day â the first month even â could have been described with one word, better yet a name: Jesse.
Jesse was in most of her classes and for some reason he was obsessed with her. He managed to learn more about her in only the first week than most people have ever tried to know in her life â he asked so many questions.
At first Beca was annoyed by him and tried to avoid the guy every time she spotted his stupid face in the hallway or at the cafeteria, but it was pointless because Jesse always managed to find her. Amy even started to tease her about her new boyfriend and Beca hated it.
She started to get used to his intrusive presence somewhere during week two, when he casually mentioned a concert of a Sum41 cover band he was sure she would have liked.
It opened up a crack in the big wall she spent so long building up â obviously what Jesse was trying to do since day one â but she didnât push him away like she would have done with any other intruder trying to tear her defences apart, she instead decided to show him something she considered super intimate and private, something she had never shown to anyone before, she decided to show him one of her playlists.
She even agreed to go with him to the concert â telling herself she really wanted to see the band and couldnât go without the fake ID Jesse had promised her.
Thinking about it, it didnât take a genius to understand Beca would have liked such topic. After all, the girl always wore her headphones and from her style â heavy dark eyeliner, pierced ears, studded bracelet and dark boots â it wasnât that hard to guess her musical tastes either.
âI knew you liked Avril Lavigneâ was his first reaction scrolling through the titles in her iPod, Beca blushed at that; there were many other artists on there, such as Linkin Park, Green Day, Evanescence, Blink182⊠and he decided to point out the one that meant more to her.
âI love her, I think sheâs great" he added pressing play on Sk8er Boi âyou kinda remind me of her" he shouted over the sound filling his ears. Becaâs eyes widened for a moment and she looked around the schoolyard to check if he had drawn any attention towards them, she still couldnât believe she was letting him use her headphones.
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âItâs Be c a, with one c" she repeated to the guy who was paying very little attention to her anyway â Luke apparently.
âAll right guys, itâs gonna be 50 bucks each and itâll take a couple of daysâ he said looking at them with a charming smile âto pay now" he clarified clearing his throat and Jesse rushed to pay him âthanks Johnny. Iâll reach out to you when I got them" he said before leaving.
âItâs JesseâŠâ sighed Jesse when Luke already had left.
âDude, Iâm giving you the money first thing tomorrow, donât think Iâm letting you pay for my ID" âI couldâve never thought something like that" he joked smiling at her.
Okay so maybe Jesse became her friend and maybe Beca liked that â not that she would admit it.
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After a month Beca thought she was starting to get used to the whole high school thing and she had to admit it wasnât as bad as she thought, classes were boring and had nothing useful to form her regarding what she really wanted to do in life, but at least she had Amy and Jesse to lighten her mood.
The brunette was walking down the hallway, headphones on as usual, when she saw Chloe. Becaâs breath caught in her lungs at the sight of the redhead leaned against her locker animatedly chatting with a group of friends. She looked so different from the girl she was used to see at dinners; she looked radiant, like a ray of sunshine. Beca could tell all her friends were hypnotized by her energy and enthusiasm.
The sudden collision with a guy running in her opposite direction brought her back to reality âDude! What the fuck?â she hissed, but the guy didnât bother stopping to check on her, so Beca shook her head and walked to her classroom. She didnât notice Chloe looking at her.
From that moment Becaâs high school experience became a little different, she was always looking out for any signs of Chloe, she turned her head at any glimpse of red hair around a corner or every time she heard a particular kind of giggle â yes, she stopped wearing headphones in the hallways just to hear that â sheâd even learned the faces of those she believed to be Chloeâs best friends and, obviously, her boyfriend â Tom, or something.
During the course of the first semester there had been almost zero dinners and her father told her she didnât have to attend them because he was sure she was busy with homework, so the only occasions she had to see Chloe were those when she ran into her at school â not that she cared â they never interact and Beca understood, Chloe was a popular girl and with that role you have to maintain the appearances, she couldnât risk to be seen interacting with some freshman alt girl just because they ate at the same table a couple of times, it wasnât like they were friends anyway.
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Beca was nervous. She would have never expected to open her front door to find Chloe Beale standing in front of her. She felt her ears heating up when the girl smiled at her âh-hi⊠youâre here tooâ she babbled hating herself immediately, but Sheila appearing behind her to greet the Beale family gave her enough time to disappear into the kitchen.
Now they were in Becaâs room after dinner. Chloe didnât feel as awkward as Beca did entering her room all those months ago â or as awkward as she felt right now, for what is worth â she immediately made herself at home sitting on Becaâs bed, bounching on it a little while looking around.
Beca blushed at the amount of posters â mainly Avril posters â hanging on her walls. Her room was much darker than Chloeâs and she was sure the redhead must have thought she was a freak.
âI like your room, itâs pretty cool" ââŠyou do?â asked Beca in shock âyes! And your bed is so much softer than mine" added Chloe lying down. Beca was silent for a while, her brain was filled with so many thoughts she couldnât speak, sheâs never been good with words anyway.
Beca gasped when she saw Chloe stretch to reach for the iPod and headphones resting on her bedside table but couldnât stop her from taking them.
âWhat do you always listen to anyway?â asked Chloe sitting back up âbeside Avril Lavigneâ she added with a giggle that made Beca feel more attacked than she should have, the brunette moved to sit on her bed next to Chloe and took the device from her, holding it protectively against her chest âstuff⊠you wouldnât like it" she scoffed âtry me" said Chloe tilting her head, smile still in place.
Beca couldnât find it in herself to say no.
They laid on her bed with her headphones placed between them, listening to Becaâs playlist until Chloe drifted off to sleep. Beca kept laying beside her, looking at the redhead sleep on her pillow and completely ignoring the weird feeling she had in the pit of her stomach that was starting to be something not unusual when it came to Chloe.
Angst with a happy ending (cause I am weak) set after PP3
This is the most angsty thing Iâve ever written and I donât even know if itâs angst at allâŠ
Anywayy I wanted to tell you guys that I have an AO3 account now so if you want to check that out there are my best (the ones that suck less) works and I will post there all my future ones!
Read below or on AO3
Words Count: 4.5K
Rating: MÂ
Warrings: mention of panic attack
Come home to my heart
âI think you should tell her, before itâs too late" said Amy with a casual tone and Beca felt that clamp at her stomach intensify, she scoffed âand what am I supposed to say? Iâve been in love with you for as long as I can remember but Iâve never had the guts to tell y-â âAbsolutely not!â Interrupted her Aubrey in a strict tone, she seemed mad even âshe waited to hear that for so long, you have no right to say it nowâ she added. The three girls were waiting for the other Bellas outside the âHouse of Gownsâ, a wedding dresses shop in PortlandâŠ.
âItâs too late Beca, it would be incredibly selfish from you to throw this at her now that sheâs getting marriedâ. Beca wiped the stupid tear that had fallen down her cheek while Aubrey was talking and huffed âyeah, youâre rightâ. Suddenly they saw Chloeâs car arrive âdonât let her see you like this" suggested her former captain and Beca hurried to hide around the corner to compose herself. Amy shot Aubrey a disapproving glare before loudly greeting Chloe, who was getting out of the car with Jessica and Stacie. The other Bellas arrived shortly after and Amy made up a cover story for Becaâs delay, so Chloe decided to start without her.
When Beca entered the room, Chloe was standing on a dais, the white dress she was wearing was breath taking; it had a tulle corsage with a neckline that let uncovered her shoulders and a generous amount of her backside, embroidered on it there were several white lacy flowers that cover it up almost completely and some of them where also peppered across the gown, formed by many overlapped layers of chiffon. From the three parts mirror Chloe was standing in front of, the brunette could see that the flowery corsage was generous on her front too, it hugged her breasts in a heart shaped cleavage leaving her chest and shoulders on display. Though what really affected Beca was the way it lightened up Chloeâs face â or maybe it was the joyful expression and the twinkle in her eyes to do that. Chloe saw Becaâs reflection in the full-length mirror and immediately turned around with the brightest smile âBeca, youâre finally here!â she cheered âI think this is the one. What do you think?â she asked gesturing at her dress.
Beca felt the room spin. It was perfect, Chloe was perfect, she was everything Becaâd ever needed, everything she could ever need, and so much more. But sheâd been too afraid to admit it to herself â let alone confess it to the redhead â and now it was too late, Chloe was getting married to that pompous marine and she looked so happy. Aubreyâs words kept echoing in her head; she knew, deep down, that Chloe always felt something more than friendship for her, but Beca kept pushing her away, too afraid that letting her too close, Chloe would have found out that she wasnât worth it and would have left her heartbroken and vulnerable. Sheâd know for so long but didnât do anything about it, and now it was too late, she had lost her chance â the only chance she could have at being truly happy.
She felt all the air being sucked out from her lungs âI canât breathe" she whispered. The room kept spinning faster and faster around her, she had to get out of there. She turned around and sprinted for the door, not noticing the worried looks of her friends, nor the soft and confused sound of Chloe calling after her. The brunette pushed past the glass door and didnât stop until she reached the wall of the building across the street. She leaned into it with both hands, trying to breathe.
All the Bellas, including Chloe, rushed behind her but the store clerk stopped the redhead âexcuse me ma'am, but you canât leave in thatâ he said pointing at the wedding dress, Aubrey momentarily considered to argue with him, but she figured it made sense and offered an apologetic smile to her friend before rushing out of the store.
âHey midgetâ said Amy in the sweetest tone she could manage, gently resting a hand on her shoulder. Beca was desperately trying to breathe but it was like she couldnât find any oxygen in the air around her, she was damp in cold sweat and her vision was blurry, she rested her head on the bricks in front of her, her heart had never beaten this fast in her whole life. All the girls were surrounding her, and she could feel their worried stares burning into her, she wanted to tell them she was okay, to go back to Chloe, but she apparently didnât know how to form words anymore because all she could do was gasp. She wanted to scream at them to give her some space, to l- âlet her breathe!â shouted Aubrey pushing the scared girls aside to gently grab Becaâs forearm, guiding her to sit on the ground and kneeling besides her. She gulped at how pale Beca was and grabbed her hand âitâs okay Beca, itâs okay. Just breathe with me" âI canât Aubrey! I think Iâm gonna die" she gasped looking at the tall blonde terrified âyouâre having a panic attack, youâre not going to die" she assured her âyou just need to breathe, everythingâs gonna be fine" she added.
Nothing was gonna be fine, Chloe was getting married and there was nothing she could do about it, she couldnât even tell her how she felt. All the feelings she kept inside for so many years were suddenly rushing out and for the first time she didnât want to keep them in, just when she had to. Beca thought about all the times she could have confessed her feelings to Chloe, all the times she should have done just that, but she didnât. And now that she had to keep them in, she suddenly felt the need to let them out. She was so mad at herself that she was shaking, her fingers gripping hard onto Aubreyâs like if it was the only thing keeping her alive. âI lost her" she whispered âshe was never yours to lose, you idiotâ a voice in her head told her. Aubrey remained silent, gently stroking her back and taking deep breaths as if she was in a birth class, trying to get Beca to do the same thing.
Chloe reached them running and thrown herself on the ground, almost knocking Aubrey down. She gently put a hand on Becaâs cheek making the brunette look up at her âBecaâŠâ she pleaded, her eyes shining with tears she was fighting to keep in. âChloâŠâ breathed Beca in surprise, her eyes widen like if sheâd just saw an angel. Chloe pulled her into a tight hug and Beca let go of Aubreyâs hand to wrap her arms around Chloe. Suddenly she felt the oxygen fill her again, together with Chloeâs scent and her heart relaxed. Chloeâs always been her anchor; every time she felt overwhelmed by something or started spiralling, holding her tight, or even just thinking about Chloe, made Beca feel better, like she could face anything, but now she had to move on, she couldnât relay on Chloe to ground her anymore. The thought brought her an incredible sadness and she started sobbing onto the redheadâs shoulder.
Chloe held her the whole time, until she sniffed and lightened her grip on the sweatshirt Chloe was wearing, but didnât pull away. âIâm sorry, I didnât mean to make a scene" she sobbed and Chloe pulled back enough to look at her âI tried not to, this isnât fair to youâ she continued, and saw the tear strained face of the redhead shift in something that looked like pain, as if sheâd just punched her in the stomach âno, itâs notâ Chloe breathed out, suddenly pulling away from Beca and rising to her feet. She pushed through the shield of women surrounding them and only stopped because Amy grabbed her arm turning around âcome on Chloe, the girl just gave herself a panicked attack trying not to tell you, you canât be mad at her for ruining your day" she told her a little harshly âwell thatâs funny, since sheâs always been a pro at not telling me how she feels" spat out Chloe freeing herself from the Australian and walking away. âChloe!â Aubrey called out chasing her.
âSheâs right" weakly admitted Beca pulling up her knees to bury her face into. Flo and Emily crouched down to comfort her, and Stacie leaned her back on the brick wall sighing âwhat a fucking mess".
They were near Chloeâs car, parked outside the shop, when Aubrey reached the redhead âhey, talk to me" she gently offered and Chloe quickly turned around, fresh tears streaming down her face âthis is so unfair, Bree" she sobbed âI spent so long trying to move on, because it was hopeless waiting for her to come around! And it was so painful and so hard! And now that Iâm finally happy, she does THAT!?â âI know, I know" simply stated Aubrey pulling her into a comforting hug, trying to hush her sobs âwhy does it have to hurt so much?â she mumbled against her and Aubrey sighed tightening her embrace. Chloe let her friend hold her while she cried, she was tired of crying for Beca, she didnât think her heart could stand all that constant pain anymore.
Once her sobs calmed down the blonde pushed her up straight and wiped her tears with the palms of her hands, Chloe looked across the street âtheyâre all on her side" she huffed âno, theyâre not! There are no sides here" tried to argue Aubrey, before turning to see that Amy was still looking angrily at them, arms crossed on her chest âAmy isâŠâ Chloe scoffed matter-of-factly âwell, I am on yours then" promised her the blonde.
âYou need to stop blaming yourself, Beca! Itâs not like you could have controlled it" repeated to her Cynthia-Rose. They were gathered at Ashleyâs house, not far from the corner Beca had just finished crying on. âI know, but I still have ruined everything, intentionally or not. Itâs over now and sheâs right to be mad at me" retorted Beca, holding her head in her hands âI donât think it is. Over I mean, I donât think itâs over" intervened Stacie âsure, your timing sucks, but now that itâs out there, you might as well fight for what you wantâ she suggested âwhatâs the point? She hates me" lamented Beca and Stacie laughed at her, quickly clearing her throat when all the heads in the room turned to look at her in disapproval âBeca, I know love when I see it, and that reaction she had? That was it!â âguysâŠâ interrupted Ashley âsorry. Aubrey texted the group chat, she said Chloe wants to follow the dayâs schedule and meet us at âQueenâs Cakesâ in twentyâ she informed them âshe can suck it!â spat out Amy âAmy!â scolded her Beca âIâm the one to blame here, not her" she said and the Australian got up grunting. The girls made their way to the door âyouâre not coming?â asked Emily to Beca âI think Stacieâs right" blurred out Lily.
Beca couldnât believe she let them convince her to actually go after Chloe, but there she was, in a flower shop near the bakery her friends were in, looking for a bouquet.
âHowâs Beca?â Aubrey asked Amy between tastes of fruity cakes âwhat, you care now?â scoffed the Australian without looking away from her plate âof course I care, sheâs my friend!â hissed Aubrey offended âYou have something with chocolate maybe?â requested Amy to the confectioner, completely ignoring the skinny blonde.
After picking the wedding cake, the girls left the bakery and found Beca waiting for them â for Chloe â outside. Stacie quickly grabbed Aubrey, who immediately come to attention at the sight of the brunette âI know you want to protect Chloe, but I think you should let them sort things out" she suggested and was surprised when Aubrey agreed. The Bellas let them their space taking a step back and looked from afar as Chloe tentatively approached Beca.
âHiâŠâ said shyly Beca âwhat are you doing here Beca?â asked dryly the redhead, so she offered the orange bouquet to her. Chloe suddenly frowned at that, almost outraged. âT-theyâre Tiger Lilies, the flower lady said they mean âI dare you to lo-â âI know what they mean.â interrupted her Chloe, âhow dare you!? How dare you tell me something like this? When the whole time Iâve done nothing but love you and YOU were the one who didnât dare facing her goddamn feelings!â, she was shouting and her voice was trembling, she grabbed the flowers from Becaâs hands and tossed them on the ground making her flinch âdonât you dare stand in front of me and demand something from me like I owe it to youâ she sobbed, letting tears flow from her eyes.
Beca didnât know what to say, she agreed with everything Chloe was saying â shouting â to her and her heart was breaking at the sight of the redhead falling apart before her eyes âplease donât marry him" she begged with a sob âwhy? I love him and he wants to start a family with me! Why wouldnât I marry him?â she ragged at her âyou hate what he does" spat out Beca âhe risks his life to protect us!â shot back the redhead âprotect us?â scoffed the brunette âhe follows orders without questioning them. I know you donât buy that âexporting democracyâ bullshit! America, or at least those who give orders, donât give a shit about other countries or peopleâs right, they want to colonize them, to take their oil! You always despised war, but now that you met him soldiers are suddenly heroesâ Beca didnât know why she was saying all that, it wasnât the point, she didnât care about any of it. The point was that she was in love with Chloe and couldnât live without her.
âHe loves me!â she sobbed âI love you!â shouted Beca and saw Chloeâs eyes go wild at that âI have been waiting for you for years after you and Jesse broke up. I was all but subtle while we were living together, but you always turned me down, and now?â she lowered her voice ânow that Iâve finally moved on and Iâm happy with someone elseâ it was clear how physically painful it was for her to force those words out ânow you decide to finally tell me that you love me?â ââŠChloe" breathed out Beca âitâs too late Beca, Iâm done with this. Iâm done with you" cut of Chloe wiping her cheeks before walking away.
A supercut of memories started flashing before her eyes âHi! Any interest in auditioning for our acapella group?â âyou can sing!â âyou should audition for The Bellasâ âIâm so glad that I met you" âI think weâre gonna be really fast friends" âBeca should take my solo" her tears kept falling like waterfalls ââŠis that I didnât do enough experimenting in collegeâ the visions increased in speed with every flash, âwe should move to Brooklyn together" âitâs okay, we donât mind sharing a bed, right Becs?â until it reached something that felt like an explosion and the imagine of Chloe kissing Chicago for the first time stood still before her eyes, she groaned desperately trying to get it out of her head.
The Bellas, except for Beca, went home with Chloe â at her parentâs house â and were trying to calm her down, but she was a mess. Chloe was sitting on the couch, knees up to her chest and a mattered tissue balled up in her hands and kept sobbing and ranting about how unfair it was from Beca to try and stop her from marrying Chicago, about how painful it was to pin after her for all the years the girl was with Jesse âI never asked her to break up with him did I?â she cried âShe could have told me how she felt any day for about four years, why now? Why as soon as I moved on, she felt the need to tell me?â âmaybe because she realized she was losing you?â suggested Emily but the glare Chloe shot her made her gulp and lower her head âI think she got jealous back during the use tour and-â tried Flo âbut she still hasnât done anything about it!â Chloe interrupted her screaming with rage âshe could have been in time back then, I would have ditched him in a heartbeatâ she sniffed âuh actually, she wanted to tell you after her performance, but when she saw you two smooching she thought you didnât careâ mumbled Amy âthen why now? Why should I care now?â âI think she tried to push it down and let you be with him, but now she realized she canât do that" said Lily quietly, but loud enough for the girls to hear her.
Beca had decided to lock herself in the flat she rented for the two weeks she and the Bellas were supposed to stay in Portland and help Chloe sorting out wedding stuff â their bridesmaidâs duty, as Aubrey called it â and had opted for a shower, hoping it would calm her down after hours of uninterrupted crying. It didnât work and now she was laying front down on the couch, her damp hair wetting the shoulders of the oversized hoodie she was wearing, when she heard the doorbell âAmy go away, I told you I want to be aloneâ she lamented standing up and walking to the door, swinging it open.
Her eyes widened at the sight of the redhead standing awkwardly at her door, chewing on her bottom lip âChloe" she gasped in shock, she wanted to ask what she was doing there, maybe even crack a joke about her getting lost or something ââŠwould you let me in?â asked the redhead weakly ây-yeah, yeah, yeah, sure. Please come in" blurred out Beca clumsily stepping away from the door. Chloe step inside and closed the door behind her. The loft was huge and well furnished; it was one giant open space and from the living room she was in, with a large couch and flat screened tv, she could see the bed on the far corner in front of her, with black wooden headboard and white sheets, the kitchen on the other side, with a wide island and modern electronics and the only door â the bathroom she assumed â was incorporated into the wall art on the couchâs side. âWow this place is amazing" she stated unconsciously, still looking around in admiration.
Before Beca could reply to the comment, she saw the redhead frown and followed her line of sight to the smashed headphones â her favourite ones â abandoned on the floor, and felt a jolt of embarrassment âwhat happenedâ Chloe asked looking back at her slightly shocked âI-I canât listen to music anymoreâŠâ she said swallowing hard âit reminds me of youâ she admitted softly and looked up trying to keep in the new rush of tears forming in her eyes, tongue pressed hard on the front of her upper teeth as she breathed in through a bitter smile, Chloeâs frown intensified and Beca was scared she would have started yelling at her again âbut⊠music is you life!â she said in disbelief âyou are my life!â Beca thought, and this time she knew she wouldnât have been able to stop her tears from flowing âoh for fuckâs sakeâ she cursed under her breath turning around and pressing her hands over her eyes, annoyed at herself for not being able to control her emotions, and started sobbing again.
âOh, Becsâ she heard the redhead whisper shakily before feeling her arms wrap around her as she pressed their bodies flushed together. She instinctively relaxed into the hug and brought her hands down to Chloeâs arms, squeezing gently, then she felt the redhead place a soft kiss on her temple and her breath trembled. When Chloe started peppering slow lingering kisses on her cheek and gently squeezing the fabric of her hoodie, pressing more firmly her front into Becaâs back, the brunette leaned into her. Beca could feel every shallow breath Chloe was taking on her skin and forgot to breathe herself. She suddenly sniffed and wiped her face as best as she could with her sleeve, before tentatively turning in Chloeâs arms.
The redhead didnât step away from her, so she slowly tilted her head up, carefully and Chloe stood still, waiting for those pink soft lips to kiss her. Beca stopped when she felt Chloeâs breath on her mouth, but the almost imperceptible tremor of Chloeâs body, made her lean in all the way. After the first soft bush of their lips, something snapped, and Chloe fervently depended the kiss. It was messy and harsh, desperate, full of anger and regret, teeth scraping at lips and hands frantically roaming over their bodies and into their hair. If any of them were able to think in that moment, they both would have thought that it was nothing like how they imagined their first kiss would have been, and they both imagined it countless times now.
Beca didnât notice they were moving until her back violently collided with the pillar standing in the middle of the room, Chloe was aiming for the bed, but the column would have to do. She pushed the brunette up against the hard, flat surface and started to grind against the knee Beca promptly bent for her, her hands pulling at damp dark hair while she kept kissing her deeply. Beca was more gentle, but as desperate as Chloe, both her hands were on Chloeâs face, keeping her close, one of them slipped into red hair when she felt Chloeâs humid hand move past her hoodie and rise to grab her breast âis this okay?â rasped breathless the redhead against her mouth âyeah" assured Beca with a gasp, followed by a moan when the girlâs other hand reached her ignored breast, squeezing them together.
Suddenly Chloeâs body disappeared from hers and Becaâs eyes flew open for the first time in a while. Sheâd winced at the light, if it wasnât for the mesmerising image of Chloe, flushed and out of breath, standing in front of her. The redheadâs look, when she slipped two fingers into the waistband of Becaâs leggings and waited, was so intense that Beca forgot how to speak and could only nod frantically at her, the second later her bottoms were gone and Chloe was kissing her again. She took one of Becaâs thighs and held it up around her waist with her left hand, while sliding the long and slender fingers of her right hand through Becaâs wetness. The girl abruptly broke the kiss to slam her head backwards against the wall supporting her, hushing out a breathless âyes" and Chloe took the opportunity to press her smirk into the newly offered skin to kiss and suck at her throat, before starting fucking her hard.
When Beca woke up she was sore, but in a good way, she could still feel the ghost of Chloe on her skin, she opened her eyes to look at the redhead, but all she found was white sheets and pillows. Her heart sink when she realized Chloe was gone and reality hit her like a bucket of ice; Chloe was getting married in less that a week, and last night was probably one last itch she needed to scratch before doing so. Beca felt tears burn in her eyes again and she let herself fall back on the matrass. She didnât even bother to get dressed and went back to sleep. However, her depression nap was disturbed by an impetuous Australian, shouting and throwing at her what Beca believed was her cell phone âMidget where the hell have you been?â âAmy what the fuck?â she gasped sitting up straight holding the sheets against her still naked body âI gave you that spare key for the emergencies!â âthis kinda is an emergency, if youâd bothered to charge your phone, you would know everyone is looking for you!â
Beca plunged in the charger and turned on her phone, 15 missed calls, 7 of which were from Chloe, 62 messages, 40 of which were from Amy, and two emails from work âwhat theâŠâ she exclaimed under her breath. Amy throw some random clothes at her âget dressed weâve got to go, weddingâs off"
âWhy didnât you answer your phone? I thought you got scared again and decided to run away" lamented Chloe holding Becaâs arms âI- you left without saying anything and IâŠâ explained Beca looking down at her hands âI thought last night didnât mean anything to you or that maybe you regretted what happened and left me" âlast night meant the world to me" smiled at her Chloe âI went to talk to Chicago, I wonât marry him" informed her the redhead and Beca smiled brightly at her âso, does that mean..?â she trailed off leaning in and Chloe met her halfway. They shared a deep tender kiss, completely different from those they shared the night before, this one was full of hope and promises and love, Beca smiled into the kiss and Chloe couldnât help but do the same.
When they parted Chloe tuck a lock of brown hair behind Becaâs ear âdo you wanna go back at the loft? I really love that bed" she asked biting her lip and Beca smiled again âI love youâ she whispered and the look she got from Chloe this time was one of pure joy, one that Beca decided she wanted to see for the rest of her life âI love you tooâ said back Chloe before pulling her into another kiss.
Back at the loft, they took things slowly this time, taking their time to admire every inch of skin getting progressively exposed while they lovingly undressed each other.
âIâm sorry for fucking up your life" said sincerely the brunette, smiling at her exhausted in the afterglow âyou are my lifeâ told her Chloe rolling on top of her.
Being back felt weird. Right after signing with Roc Nation, Beca had to move to LA and her life was completely turned upside down from there; days and nights spent in the recording studio, private cars with darkened windows and unknown drivers who always knew where to go without having to interact, as if the car was driving itself, big parties and paparazzi following her everywhere. Right now, she was finishing her first tour in the United States, that lasted almost a year. It exceeded all the expectations, selling out in a few hours almost all the dates and spurring the label to insert additional concerts in the bigger cities â most of which sold out as well.
The grand finale of her tour was at the Madison Square Garden, which meant she was finally back in New York, the last place she was able to call home; not only because she spent more time around America â opening the concerts of big artists and making a name for herself before starting her own tour â than in her actual LA apartment, but because she had a constant feeling of transience, of never really belonging.
Beca had texted the group chat as soon as they set the date, offering them VIP passes and â to whoever needed them â plane tickets to go see her in New York City. All the girls gladly accepted, happy to use it as an excuse for another Bellas reunion other than to support their friend.Â
After the concert Amy dragged them all to get drinks at The Brooklyner, as a tribute to the trioâs former shared apartment in Brooklyn â only that the bar was in the West Village and the drinks were way fancier than the ones they were used to take back then â so Beca didnât have the chance to do anything more than saying hi to Chloe, just like she did with the rest of the girls when they all went backstage to quickly hug and prize her for the amazing concert.
Chloe could tell that something had shifted inside of Beca; the redhead saw Beca staring at her with purpose many times between the drinks and, to her surprise, the brunette never once shied away from the eye contact, sometimes sheâd even offered a smug smirk to her after being caught, rising her glass towards the redhead or sipping from it while arching an eyebrow.
Chloe licked her lips before finally approaching Beca, who was leaning against the counter of the bar, drink in her hand. This was the first time they were in the same place after a long while and even if theyâd managed to keep their friendship strong as ever even from afar, her body felt weird being close to Beca again, like if there was this static energy ready to burst out as soon as sheâd dared to touch her. At the same time, she felt a pull, an irresistible uncontrollable pull towards the brunette, which only intensified with every not-so-subtle look that Beca threw her way during the night. So, she slowly shirked the conversation she was having with Jessica and Flo to enter Becaâs personalâs space, like she was so used to do, and see those deep blue eyes look at her up close.
Beca put her glass down on the counter and slightly turned her body towards the redhead, welcoming her presence.
âSo, The Beca Mitchelâ Chloe greeted her âlooks like youâre a big deal now, huhâ she joked, but there was a softness in her eyes she had no intention to hide â Beca was a big deal after all, and she was so proud of her â a softness she could see mirrored in the way Beca was looking back at her âso Iâve heardâ snorted the singer casually resting her hand on Chloeâs arm that was resting on the wooden surface.
âI like this new you" offered Chloe with a sincere smile âIâm still me, Chlo" she assured her, gently taking a lock of auburn hair between her fingers and slowly running them down the perfect curls âI knowâ quickly replied Chloe taking the smallest step forward, the two girls were mere inches apart now, âbut youâre⊠yâ know, more confidentâ she added swallowing hard, the air between them was tick and for a moment she forgot they were surrounded by all of their friends. Beca gave her the hint of a nod, as to say that she knew what she meant, and bit her lip before talking again, âitâs good to see you, Iâve been missing you" there was something in that simple statement, or maybe it was the intensity of her gaze, that made Chloeâs heart miss a beat âI missed you too" she said back with the brightest smile she could manage in her I-canât-really-breathe-right-now state.
Suddenly a very drunk Fat Amy ungracefully passed by them on her way to ask for another round of shots and shoved Chloe right into Beca without even noticing. The brunetteâs right arm instantly wrapped around Chloeâs waist to catch her, while she used the other one to grip at the counter and keep them from falling to the ground. Chloe took her time before looking up at Beca â an unusual angle for them, given their height difference â Becaâs arm felt so comfortable around her and her face fit perfectly on the gap of Becaâs neck, plus the alcohol was starting to buzz in her brain and it felt nice to just rest her head somewhere for a moment, with the familiar scent of her best friend surrounding her and making her feel finally at home.
When she did look up, she realized Beca was already looking at her trying to bite back an amused smirk, âyou okay?â she asked but Chloe could only focus on how fast her heart was beating and on the fact that she was definitely, uncharacteristically, blushing. âIâŠâ she was sure Beca could feel the frantic rhythm of her heart against her chest and when the brunette let the smirk show on her face Chloe feared for a moment that she would have taken advantage of her sudden awkwardness and made fun of her, but Beca didnât âletâs get out of here" she suggested instead, it was a statement but Chloe could see the question in her eyes and slowly nodded.
While Beca threw down the remaining of her drink, Chloeâs eyes quickly roamed through the room to find Aubrey â the only one she believed being sober enough to understand anything at all â to tell her they were leaving, but then Becaâs fingers intertwined with hers and she was pulling her out of the bar and the rest of the world disappeared from her mind.
As soon as they got out of the door Beca turned around, letting their bodies collide again and smiled softly at Chloeâs surprised look, she lightly brushed her thumb over the other girlâs hand that was still in hers and gained a content smile from the redhead. Beca wasnât entirely sure what had gotten into her and whether she was taking this new confidence from the alcohol, or if sheâd simply grown up over the last year, but she felt like it was suddenly slipping from her fingertips and she started to panic, letting out a choked gulp.
âBecsâŠâ Chloe breathed out lightly brushing her free hand over Becaâs cheek. Beca was trembling and her stomach was tightening in a knot so tight that for a moment she worried it could kill her. She took in a shaky breath; Chloeâs eyes were frantically searching for something on Becaâs face and her lips looked so soft and tempting and everything Beca had ever needed. Something snapped inside of Chloe and suddenly she started leaning in, slowly, carefully. Beca thought she was going to black out âthis is going to be okayâ she told herself before meeting halfway the lips sheâd spent years craving.
The kiss was gentle and rather chaste, Chloeâs hand moved to interlock into brown hair beneath Becaâs ear and lightly curled, sending shivers down her spine. Becaâs lips parted just enough to capture Chloeâs lower lip between them and they stood like that, just pressing their lips together and letting that new feeling linger. When Beca broke the kiss neither of them moved away letting their lips occasionally brush together while they breathed the same air. Chloe didnât open her eyes, she once again forgot her surroundings, with Becaâs arm around her keeping their bodies pressed tightly together. There were so many things Chloe wanted to say âI love youâ âIâve waited so long for thisâ âtake me homeâŠâ the cold air hitting her for the first time since they left the bar brought her back to reality and she opened her eyes to see Beca smiling brightly at her, with her ragged breath pushing steam through the air âI should have done that way sooner" she said licking her lips and Chloe squinted her eyes âIâm pretty sure I am the one who kissed youâŠâ she giggled âno way, I was the one who-â the rest of whatever Beca was saying vanished when Chloe tugged her in and kissed her again, more purposefully, pushing her tongue through the brunette parted lips.
As soon as their tongues brushed together Beca was gone. She moved on autopilot, watching the scene from afar, almost like an aerial shot. She saw herself dragging Chloe into the private car waiting for her, the redhead pulled the door closed and the driver took off without asking for directions. Beca connected their mouths once more and within seconds Chloe moved to straddle her, glad for the black glass separating them from whoever was driving.
Things were getting heated up pretty quickly, with Becaâs mouth attached to Chloeâs outstretched throat and her talented hands sliding at a painful slow pace up her bare thighs, Chloe grunted and grabbed Becaâs left wrist trying to speed up its journey to the hem of her dress âtouch meâ she breathlessly begged, bending her head to look at Beca and making the brunette look up at her. âI am touching you" chuckled Beca âyou know want I mean" she whined and Beca smiled at her, stretching her neck up and humming when Chloe kissed her again. When Becaâs left hand started to move more quickly and disappeared under her dress, Chloe brought her fingers up to lightly brush over Becaâs throat and focused on kissing her deeply, while Becaâs hand gently squeezed her ass.
Chloe tasted like pineapple and coconut from the three â maybe four, Beca wasnât sure â Piña Coladas she had during the night and the brunette would have chuckled about it if she hadnât felt so drunk, but not from the drinks. She was drunk on Chloe, on the fact that she was finally allowed â begged even â to touch her as sheâd always wanted to. She was drunk on the feeling of Chloeâs weight pressing down on her and the filthy things she was doing with her tongue into Becaâs mouth. âWhere are we going?â breathed Chloe against her lips, âIâve rent a place nearby" she said casually, pulling Chloe back in to continue kissing her. She needed Chloeâs mouth on hers way more than she needed air.
She knew that they had crossed a line, one theyâve been dancing on for the best part of six years and there was no going back now and she really hoped they were gonna make it intact to the other side, because if there was one thing Beca Mitchell was sure in her life, was that she could never lose Chloe, but she couldnât think about that now. Now that she was finally holding her tightly, with their hands exploring every inch of each otherâs bodies they could find and their mouths fitting so perfectly together, all Beca could think was that she was finally going home.