Bechloe Week Day 2 - Jealousy
Didn't even think I'd get this finished today because it's nearly midnight and I have to work tomorrow so this is the only chance I'll have to post it.
Either way, it's probably bad but I just like to set goals for this - sooooooo...
"Snickers what have you got in your mouth?!"
Beca chased her 8 month old kitten around the room trying to get the item from his mouth. This was… not the first time this has occurred. Snickers has made a habit of getting into just about everything that he shouldn't. The first time it happened it was scary because he started wheezing and Beca had no clue what to do. He ended up throwing up all over her carpet and she saw that he had tried to eat the cork from a bottle of wine that she had opened the night before with friends.
The second time it occurred she saw him running from the bathroom and trying to be sneaky but she knew that he had something he shouldn't. After chasing him around (he is super small and way faster than her but they are both about as clumsy as each other) and tripping over her coffee table, she manages to catch him after he too slipped when trying to make a sharp turn. Turns out he had a hair tie and was trying to chew it into oblivion.
Beca wonders why she got a kitten sometimes. Maybe she was lonely, maybe she went temporarily insane or maybe she couldn't help but take him home after hearing all the tiny "mewing" from his little face and saving him from the things he may have seen living with Fat Amy. (Let's face it, no animal deserves that). She's gotten used to the typical kitten behaviour but the chewing and eating her possessions is one she could live without if she's completely honest.
Right now as she chases Snickers around the house, she tries to dodge the furniture and the certain bruise that will develop if she hits anything, he suddenly stops running and starts coughing and choking. She figures the same thing will happen again and he will vomit it up but it sounds different this time. Beca opens his mouth to see if she can get whatever it is out and can see a string down his throat. She attempts to pull on it and he moves out of her grasp. Starting to panic she realises that she will have to get it out like now before he's in real trouble so she grabs a blanket from her sofa and wraps him up, finally managing to pull out the object now that he can't run away. Turns out he got into her tampon box – she's going to have to have a serious talk to Mr Snickers and remind him that they are not toys.
The brunette figures it's probably best to take him to get checked out because the tampon swelled a little due to the moisture in his mouth and he did have a pretty serious choking situation. She places him in her kitty carry cage and goes down to the car, putting it in the front passenger seat facing her so he knows that she's there. Driving to the nearest Vet practice doesn't take long and she brings Snickers in with her to the front desk. The receptionist at the front asks her for her name and if she has an appointment.
"No I don't have one, it's just that my kitten was choking pretty badly earlier and I wanted to get him checked out because he couldn't breathe," Beca states while poking her fingers through the front of the cage to pet and comfort the kitty. "My name is Beca Mitchell and this is Snickers, he had his shots here a couple of months ago."
"Oh ok, well Dr. Beale should be free in a minute. I'll see if she can squeeze you in. Just take a seat over there for the moment and I'll be back."
The tiny music producer sits down and faces the kitten towards her in the cage, poking her finger through the door and stroking his face, "Oh Mr Snicker-doodle what are we gonna do with you, hey?"
She hears a throat clearing and then, "Beca Mitchell?"
Looking up to discover the person behind the voice she suddenly wishes she wasn't wearing sweatpants and a very old bed shirt (but dammit she was working from home and deserves to be comfortable!). "Oh yeah, that's me!" Ohhhhh that was awkward, she sounded too cheery – like an odd level of cheery.
Dr Beale (Beca assumes) is a red-headed goddess wearing blue scrubs (which somehow don't even come close to how clear and blue her eyes are) but somehow managing to pull them off – not literally, though… anyway just follow the lady.
They walk into the exam room and Beca places the carrier onto the table while Dr Beale shuts the door. She lets Snickers out of the carrier and strokes him gently to calm him.
"So Ashley told me that Snickers here was choking earlier, is that right?" Dr Beale asks while stroking Snickers head.
"Uh yeah, he likes stealing my stuff and trying to eat it before I can catch him," Beca answers.
"Oh yeah? We got a sneaky puss here," Dr Beale coos to the tiny kitten, "So what did he choke on?"
The brunette smiles at the scene before her, the Dr is really smitten with her cat, "Oh he got into my tampon box and tried to eat one so it swelled a little in his mouth."
"Well they do love anything with a string! I'll just give him a check over and see if we need to be worried but I'm sure he's perfectly fine, aren't you gorgeous boy." Beca watches as the red-headed vet feels his stomach, checks down his mouth and asks a few more questions, like whether he threw up. Snickers seems really taken with the Dr and she seems to like him if that baby voice she uses to talk to him indicates anything.
"How long have you had this cutie for?" Dr Beale asks as she finishes her checks on the kitten.
"Not long, like 3 months. He's really the first pet I've ever had but he's good company," Beca says as she strokes him under the chin.
"I bet he is, I love kittens and well… all animals really but I'm not supposed to have any in my new building," the vet replies back with a little pout on her lips. It's pretty cute and Beca isn't sure if the red-head knows she's doing it.
The brunette leans in to whisper conspiratorially, "Well I'm not supposed to have him in my building either but you try saying no to that face Dr Beale!"
"Chloe, you can call me Chloe," the vet says with a smile and a twinkle in her eye, "And I'm pretty sure I could never say no to this munchkin!" Dr Beale – Chloe – giggles as she picks Snickers up and rubs her face on his. "Anyway he's all good, you should just keep an eye on him for the next 24 hrs. If you notice anything weird or if you need help at all – give this number a call." Chloe writes down a number and hands a card to Beca – her business card but with a cell phone number on it. The shorter girl puts Snickers back in his carrier and they walk out to the reception area again.
Chloe puts her hand on the receptionists shoulder as she steps behind her and the desk, "It's ok Ash I got this, why don't you go home, we close up now anyway."
"Sure thing boss," Ashley says as she gets up to leave and then walks out the door with a wave.
Beca puts the carrier on the desk and pulls out her wallet to pay.
"So Beca, let me just confirm that we have all your information right in our system in case you need to bring Snickers back." Chloe starts repeating what's on the screen to Beca while she confirms it and then see what her address is, "OMG we totes live in the same building!"
"Huh?" That appears to be the only words Beca can form at this point. What the hell does she say back? 'Oh wow that's totally awesome and you're cute and you should totally be around all the time.' She might be occasionally stupid (read: all the freaking time) around beautiful women but not stupid enough to say something like that out loud.
"You think I'm cute?"
'OH SHIT. That was said out loud. She really IS that stupid. Now you have to live in the same building as this woman and it's going to be awkward forever. Moving sounds like a lot of work, so from now on you are never allowed to leave the apartment. EVER.'
"….Uhhh so how much do I owe you for this?" Changing the topic is always a great tactic to get out of answering questions.
"Oh that's fine, it was only a tiny check-up and took no time at all. Besides I got to meet this adorable puddy tat and that was worth it," Chloe coos to the carrier door and the kitten behind it.
Beca thinks it's cute that Chloe seems to like Snickers so much – not that it would be hard. She can't help but feel a little twinge of jealousy that he has taken to her so quickly though. It took her like a whole month before he would let her pick him up without clawing her arms (and she's the one who feeds him!).
"Wait… are you sure?" She double checks with the vet because she did take up a bit of her time.
"Yeah no sweat Becs, maybe I'll see you and Mr Snickers around the building some time," she winks at Beca which only serves to make speaking that much more difficult for the brunette.
Beca leaves before she can embarrass herself any further and gets drive-thru Taco Bell on the way home (just for her, not for the kitten because who KNOWS what she would have to clean up after that!). When she arrives at her apartment building she struggles to carry the cat carrier and her dinner at the same time, then she hears a familiar voice behind her.
"Oh fancy meeting you here Ms Mitchell!"
She turns and sees Chloe with a wide smile on her face. This is exactly what she needs, burrito in her mouth, one hand holding a bag of other greasy delights and her kitten in the other hand – probably looking like the most painfully awkward person in existence.
"hmmuff," her speech muffled by delicious food.
"Here let me take the carrier," Chloe takes Snickers out of her hands which frees it up for her to take the burrito out of her gob.
"Thanks I didn't really think this through when I started eating in the car," Beca manages after swallowing her last bite. "Taco Bell should be illegal, it's too good."
"Yummmm, I'm totes jelly. It's like my favourite cheat meal ever!" the red-head almost drools thinking about it.
They walk into the elevator and Beca presses her level. "Well I've got plenty if you want to come in and have dinner with me and the Snicker-doodle here," she tries to sound casual even though her heart is beating quite wildly. What is this! She never puts herself out there like this – probably food poisoning, that's what Beca is gonna go with. It won't matter if the food will make her sick, she knows that she will finish it all anyway – it's an unhealthy relationship she has with the Bell.
"Really? You'd be ok with me crashing?" Chloe sounds wary about intruding but excited all the same.
"Uh sure. We don't have any plans since the tampon eating contest anyway," the brunette pointed out. They walk out of the elevator to Beca's door and go inside. Beca dishes out food on 2 plates and brings them over while the vet lets Snickers out of the carrier and free to roam (cause havoc) the apartment.
The kitten seems to be more interested in climbing over his new found best friend than running around and enjoying freedom. I mean, Beca can see why he likes Chloe (though they probably like her for very different reasons) but it just pulls at her in an uncomfortable way. She's really tried hard with this kitten and he just seems to have been made to be with the red-head!
The vet seems to be so in love with that ball of fur as well. She looks just so ecstatic playing with the cat, rolling around on the ground, stringing his toys along the ground and what looks like playing hide and seek with him. Beca felt comfortable around Chloe straight away strangely (because she normally actively avoids most contact unless it's work related) so it doesn't surprise her that her kitten has betrayed her and found a new favourite human.
"How on earth are you doing that?" Beca says without thinking.
"Doing what?" Chloe replies without paying a lot of attention – still busy playing with the small animal.
The brunette rolls her eyes both at herself for feeling jealous OF A CAT and at Chloe's obliviousness to her own charm and disarming personality. "I mean how did you get him to like you and trust you so quick? It took like over a month for me to be able to be in the same room or pick him up without him attacking me!" Beca huffs out her frustrations, she knows it's not the red-heads fault, she just can't help but feel deflated.
Chloe looks at Beca and smirks, "Aww Becs are you jealous?"
The smaller girl crosses her arms and narrows her eyes but can't look at Chloe (she knows she's being childish and realllllllly doesn't want to be but it's too late now), "Pssh… no."
The vet's smile grows wider and she leans towards the brunette and turns her chin so they are facing each other, "You are so fucking cute when you are jealous."
Even if Beca could deny her slight jealousy, she doesn't want to now. Hearing Chloe swear was such a turn on because it was unexpected from the bubbly ginger. Her voice is sultry and smooth, like she knows what one little swear word will do to Beca. It causes her to swallow hard, jealousy forgotten for the moment while she tries to pick up what's left of her sanity and capacity to form words and thoughts.
Almost sensing that she's destroyed Beca for a few moments, Chloe decides to give her whiplash by switching back to the sweet and innocent woman who is trying to get to know her. She leaves Snickers and starts eating her dinner.
"What do you do for work Becs?" Chloe manages through bites of her food and trying to dodge sneak attacks from Snickers, who is not only interested in playing with the vet, but also wants to eat her dinner.
"I'm a music producer. Got promoted from Junior producer last year so I have a shit ton more freedom now and I get to work from home a lot, except when I have someone in for recording." Beca says it all with a massive grin – her achievements in getting where she is now is one thing she has no regrets about – she has worked damn hard.
"No way! Ugghh I looooove music – I make playlists for just about everything!" Chloe bounces enthusiastically while basically shouting her love for music (and possibly creating Beca new enemies in the building because of the noise). "Have you done anything I know?"
Hearing the excitement in the red-heads voice makes Beca giddy, she loves talking to people about music when they are as passionate as she is. "I might've done," she smirks knowing full well that the reason she was promoted was because of some incredibly talented work she had done when one of the producers just failed to deliver on some big clients. Her work landing her in the top 40 several times already.
They sit and enjoy dinner, getting to know one another further. Beca eventually sits on the couch next to Chloe and plays some of her most known work over her incredible audio setup. Towards the end of the night they both lean in for what is sure to be a first kiss only to have Snickers jump in – seemingly getting jealous of his new friend's lack of attention to him for the last 2 hours.
"Oh so now you know what it's like huh, little dude?!" Beca sarcastically states as she roughs him around with her hands, trying to play with him.
Chloe leans forward and laughs into her hands and covers her face. She looks over to the kitten and Beca playing and knows that she would love to have many more nights like this.