Chapter One
Thursday
Loud musics and flashing lights as the crowd went wild with the music they're hearing upon their ears, jumping up and down, dancing they're hearts out... on the pool.
Beca was currently watching that, a pool party which Jesse had informed her about, with a dj playing his mix to the hyped and wet crowd.
Sure this isn't the first time she heard about of a pool party, but this is the first time she saw one live. Though through her career of being one of the Hollywood's hottest dj and producer with her own music label for six Jesse yes, she undoubtedly had a shit ton of invites to play for a pool party and she turned them all down. Like all of them. Yeah, all down. She rejected it.
The idea of it just doesn't go with her interests. It doesn't ring a bell. I mean yeah it's pretty much the same with hosting and hyping the crowd just like what she normally does with her sets on a bar but the thought of hyping a crowd who is basically on a pool and all are wet not by their sweats but by the water mixed with chlorine and some sorts of chemical was just weird.. to her.
"See how pumped they are? Beca, they would be a billion times more pumped and thrilled to have you there, right there to play your heavenly crafted sets. Just do it for me, please.. just one night" Jesse says, with his puppy eyes, giving his best voice of persuasion as he tugged Beca's plaid flannel's sleeves, begging like a kid who wants a lollipop.
Beca was constantly swatting her ex-boyfriend's and currently her bestfriend's arms off of her sleeves as she rejects him for two straight hours now since she got to Jesse's newest business venture, a five star hotel along the way of the shining street of Los Angeles.
"I told you that I'm never gonna do that thing ever. That's weird and it's gonna make me look even weird to play my sets to a wet crowd. I don't like that, Jesse" Beca started with an uninterested tone. "I'm a goddamn dj for clubs.. not for pools. I'm not even a pool person to start with. Here look.. what if someone drowns with being too hyped or worse even forgot to breathe just by looking at how majestic I am when I started to play. I know I'm quite tough but I don't think that I could keep that to my conscience if that ever happens" Beca crossed her arms and shakes her head, still not considering the thought of playing her sets in there. Jesse stopped as his brows furrowed.
"Hey, okay that was too windy" Jesse commented, finally letting Beca's sleeves off of his hands. "But please, please do this one for me. I swear to your name that this would be the last thing I'd ask for you"
Beca chuckled with what she heard and glances to her bestfriend. "I could still remember the last time you asked for something, and guess what... you exactly told me the same thing when you pleaded for it" the sarcasm in Beca's voice was enough for Jesse to find his hands scratching the back of his head.
"That was long ago!" Jesse tried.
"That was two weeks ago. Don't even get me started at how you asked me to play for your friend's birthday party, and me being a generous friend, did it. But then as soon as I got off from the booth you were setting me up with the birthday girl who was coincidentally as you said was obsessed with me" Beca pointed out giving Jesse a glare and making some of her words exaggerated. She could totally remember that girl leaching off with her the whole night.
Well at least Jesse tried.
"She wasn't obsessed, she just had a little crush on you!" Jesse corrected, earning a deadlier glare. "And plus she was the sister of my ex-girlfriend! How could I even say no?" He even added.
"See, you even sold me off just because of a girl" Beca stated as she took a glass of the beer the waiter have given them.
"I can't believe that I'm having this conversation with you at 1am. Can you just let this one pass? Just one night? This time it isn't because of a girl, it's entirely because of business. So please cooperate and help me with this one?" Beca was unbothered, drinking her beer as she glances off of the whole place. Jesse was starting to get really frustrated at how hard beca could be.
"Okay, I know it... I'll buy you a whole franchise of Taco Bell" he even added, finally Beca glances to him.
"I could buy one myself" The brunette dryly answered as chugged another sip. She was checking out the place, and it was undoubtedly nice. Jesse surely knows something about business. The hotel was fancy, the inside was filled with huge chandeliers along the lobby that was wrapped with carpet that she remembered Jesse ordered from Italy. The hotel was quite tall too, it has 50 floors with it's own helipad chopper. And on the open area, you could see a huge ass pool, a mini man made beach which actually stands out and of course that fucking pool bar, as how Beca describes it.
"Okay tell me what you want, I'd give it to you" Jesse surrendered, getting his handkerchief from his pocket, he wipes his sweat on his forehead.
Beca smirked before finishing up her drink with one straight shot. "Let me get back to my recording station to finish up my demos and live peacefully without that fucking poolbar being mentioned ever again" she says.
Jesse was found dumbfounded.
"You know, you're the most annoying person, you're hard, you can't even be a good friend to me, you can't even cook, you don't know how to vacuum, and could barely do laundries, you suck and eve-"
"I know" Beca says with her resting bitch face, leaning over to a wall, she rests her back. "Are you done talking?" She asks blankly.
No, Jesse is just about to start with a thing on his mind that would totally turn the situation up and down.
"Megan dropped by yesterday and gave me her number" Jesse started, carefully watching Beca's expression as soon as he ended his sentence.
And to Jesse's expectation, Beca leaned off from the wall and dropped her resting bitch face to a blank one.
Jackpot, Jesse thought, upon seeing the brunette's face.
"Stop" She says, staring directly at Jesse eyes. She doesn't like where this is going.
Jesse grew a wider smirk. "And she told me to give this to you" he searched for something in his pocket and brought out a piece of paper after a few seconds. "She was asking for your number and address.."
"Don't tell me, you gave her" Beca says almost a whisper, feeling uneasy about the topic.
"I didn't" Jesse answered. Beca felt a breathe of relief. "But I could" Jesse added. With the coy smile Jesse was wearing.
"Don't you dare" Beca's hands immediately found Jesse's hair. Yeah she used to do this whenever Jesse frustrates or annoys her- which is all the time.
"Oh my god, Beca.. let go of my hair" Jesse pleaded, trying to get the brunette's fingers off of his hair. They're looking like kids, pulling each other's hair at 1am, getting some of Jesse's clients attention. "I won't, I won't give it to her... I swear"
Beca paused and saw the look everyone's giving them. She sighed with a sight of embarrassment, looking like a kid who just got busted for something, she gave them her an awkward smile and slowly let her fingers go from Jeese's hair, hearing Jesse's weak thank you right after.
Beca thought that it was done until Jesse spoke again.
"In one condition" He smirked as he swats Beca's hands from his hair once again. "You play tomorrow, right there at my poolbar, or I'll tell Megan your address and number?" He asked with a sheepish grin. He could totally see Beca's frustration with her face. It's like she could punch him right in front of his face, in any second.
"Yeah.. I'll give her each and every one of your addresses. All of it, including the one you just got from Georgia" Jesse added.
"I just wanted you to know how bad I want to punch you right in front of your face right now, one that would be hard enough to break your nose and get you admitted for one week" She stated, clenching her jaws with every word she had said.
"Is that a compliment? I feel honoured" He asks still with his grin that frustrates Beca the most. He enjoys what he is seeing right now. An angry and furious Dj Mitchell B.
"So now what? Deal or no deal?" Jesse asked, gaining a middle finger from Beca.
"Fuck you" the brunette exclaimed placing her glass to the stool.
"I'll take that as a yes. See you tomorrow evening, Dj Mitchell B" Jesse yelled in victory as he did some kicking, looking like a total lunatic.
Beca decided to ignore it and turned instead, leaving Jesse behind without even bidding her goodbye. She had enough.
"Drive safely, Mitchell!" She heard him shouts loudly before she got in the hotel.
Getting out from the hotel was faster than getting in forcedly by Jesse. The brunette was walking towards the lobby with her hand on her pocket, getting her phone. She's expecting a ton of missed calls and texts from everyone from her music label since Jesse sneaked her out. Yeah, Jesse barged inside of her office, uninvited and told her that she needed to come for something she'll truly love, but ending up to being forced again to do a set on his hotel's poolbar tomorrow night.
And to her expectations, she was right. 21 missed calls 15 was from Luke, her assistant and over all person while the rest was from Theo, one of his producers from her company whose working with her mixes. Focused with checking her notifications and typing a reply to Luke she suddenly felt someone bumped into her chest, she looks down and found a redhead struggling with keeping her body in balance due to the back force probably from bumping into her. The brunette was shocked with the sudden situation but her body still managed to do a quick response and got the lady's waist by her hands, completely stopping the lady from immediate falling.
"Holy shit" she whispers under her breath, looking at the redhead who's lifting up her face to meet hers. An inch, they were an inch away from each other, looking thoroughly at the features of the redhead, she found her pair of ocean blue eyes that was too beautiful to be real, it was surely the bluest eyes she have ever seen in her 27 years of existence.
"Oh my god, I am so sorry" she heard the lady said with her voice that gave her shivers. It felt music to her ears.
But with the moment and being lost in the depths of those goddamn blue eyes, the dj was unable to move, still with her hands on redhead, gripping it tightly like she never wanted to let it go.
The two lingered in that position for a few more seconds. Somewhat leaving the redhead a little creeped out and Beca in heaven?
No, she thought to herself, finally feeling back the surrounding around her. She then found her hands on the redhead and quickly pulled back.
"Shit. I'm sorry" Beca apologised with her usual awkward tone and half smile in embarrassment. She heard the redhead's giggles with her response.
"No it was my fault, I was walking with my mind around" The redhead said, tucking some strands of her hair behind her ears. She was beaming with a shy smile.
"I was walking with my eyes on my phone, and that basically drags me at blame too" The brunette pointed as she shares a chuckle with the redhead. Which was a totally not so Beca Mitchell, to laugh with random stranger she just bump into three minutes ago.
"Okay you could say that" the redhead surrenders after the chuckle. Beca nodded in response, left with nothing to say.
She rarely socialise and didn't even got the chance to equip herself with words before getting in this conversation. I mean who knew that she'd be in this situation all of a sudden? No one.
"Well I hate to go but I guess I should, I left my friends around the pool and they'd be really worried. They're like leaches who wants to be with you at all times haha!.. But anyway it was nice to meet you though, see you around" the redhead beamed again, flashing her smile as she winks at the startled brunette before walking off.
Beca was found zoning out after that before she was taken back to her senses a few seconds after. The brunette quickly pulled herself up and continued to type her reply to Luke as she heads out to the hotel. And as soon as she got out the valet person was already there with her car keys.
To Luke, 12:00 am
Im on my way
Friday, 6:00 pm.
"What the fuck is it again, Luke?!" Beca yells when she heard a knock on her door. She kept count, and this is the fifth time. "I swear if this is the same crappy shit you've been telling me for hours, you better leave now" Beca added when he saw half of Luke's body on her door. Luke was wearing an uneasy smile on his face before completely setting both of his foot in to the studio's pearl white floor.
"Okay.. you're glare is starting to scare me" Luke started, gently laying his steps toward the dj who is sitting on her chair in front of her mixing apparatus. Beca didn't even bother to turn around.
"It's Jesse, he's asking me about you. You seemed like you have a set to play in 20 minutes at ... this poolbar? If I were not mistaken" Luke was unsure of the poolbar because he was the one who was always ordered to reject all of the poolbar invitations of Beca, part of being the dj's assistant.
Beca stopped what she is doing and paused as she runs her fingers through her hair before getting up from her chair. "Get my car ready, I'll be down in five minutes" The brunette tossed her car keys to Luke which Luke immediately caught before heading out to follow the dj's order.
From, Jesse, 5:30 pm
Beca where are you?
From, Jesse, 5:42 pm
Beca I'm so gonna text your phone number and address to Megan right now if you'll keep on ignoring and missing my calls
From, Jesse, 5:50 pm
I swear to God
From Jesse, 6:01 pm
Beca
Those were just five of the 20 text messages and 15 missed calls from Jesse when she checked her phone and slipped it back to her pocket without even replying. She rarely reply, she just does it when it's really something worth replying and unfortunately Jesse's bombarding texts were not just one of those.
Beca got a spare t-shirt on her bag and quickly changed her shirt behind the speakers on the studio, pulling in her usual leather jacket and sneakers on after and headed out with her bag that holds her laptop. She made her way to the elevator, and landing in to the lobby after a few seconds, getting the usual greetings from everyone she passed by and found Luke waiting for her at the entrance of the building with her car.
"Just drive safely" Luke said, opening a door for Beca.
"I don't have a reason to die, Luke unless you give me one. I could be easily tempted.. you know" Beca smirked before getting in. She rolled the windows down to see Luke's reaction and quickly chuckled. "I'll be back right after the set, don't touch my booth" she added, winking at Luke before driving off.
Friday, 6:40 pm
Courtly greetings and some mini his and hellos from people who recognised her were the greetings she got when she went in to the hotel. Giving everyone an appreciative smile and returning some greetings back before heading to the reception.
"I'm looking for Jesse" Beca said, approaching the lady in the reception.
The lady was in shock when she recognised the tiny brunette, making Beca giggle a bit.
"Uhm.. he goes by the name Jesse Swason, I'm-"
"Beca Mitchell" the lady cut in. Beca gave her a nod.
"Yeah right. I'm here for a set and I want that asshole- I mean Jesse to meet me right now.. I mean it would be great if you could call him out right now" Beca explained, leaning over the counter to give a quick look to the lady. She don't want to but she can't help to check the lady out, not with her uniform that shows some outlines of her cleavage. She's a boobman for pete's sake.
The lady was more than startled with the look Beca's giving her. It's not that she doesn't like it, I mean being checked out by the Beca Mitchell? People would kill for that.
"That can be managed .. I'll ring hi-"
"Becaw!"
A familiar voice made them turn their heads around. Seeing a running Jesse towards them. Beca immediately pulled from leaning over the counter to face her bestfriend.
"What's up?" Beca asks.
"What are you doing here?! I've been texting and calling you for an hour, and what?! What's up?" Jesse exclaimed. Beca's brow furrowed as she glanced to the lady receptionist with a knowing smile before getting Jesse's hands to pull him over, near the entrance of the pool area.
"Okay firstly I was here due to a blackmail not because I wanted to. I come here when I want, I play when I want.. and that is now. So stop that mouth of yours and take me to where I could start this thing" Beca pointed giving Jesse her usual fuck this face.
Jesse nodded. "Follow me, dj" he said before walking behind Beca. The brunette rolled her eyes and took her last glance to the receptionist who was directly giving her a look through the distance. She mouthed "laters" before walking off.
Beca and Jesse took their way out to the pool area and got inside of the door which led them to the booth under down.
"Here, come down" Jesse said as soon as he got down. Where Beca would play tonight.
"This is so weird" Beca mumbled as she take Jesse's hand which assisted her down.
"I've got everything set up for you. I'm sure you have your things with you so please connect that in your way because I clearly don't get how these works" says looking at the mixers and everything that will be needed. Beca opened her bag and brought out her laptop before connecting it to the system.
"Any precautionary measures? Or any does and donts around here? Or like don't touch this or it'll explode kind of things?" Beca asks, gaining a chuckle from Jesse.
"No. Everything here is child... Beca proof rather. Nothing's gonna happen Beca, it'll be a great night of getting hyped up. I'll be over there to watch you all throughout" Jesse answered as he point to a direction where he'll be as he says. "Your show starts on five minutes, people are now starting to hover in to the pool.. and they'd be really surprised to see you in there once these thing open" He added. There was a somewhat door that isolates the booth from the pool, and it will fly open later as soon as she starts.
"Okay" Beca said. "Get your ass off. I'll start to work on my thing" she added pushing Jesse up to the stairs.
"You better nail this one, Dj Mitchell B" he said making his way to the stairs. "Bye, Becaw!" He shouted, raising both of his arms to cheer before getting up.
"Oh my god, I don't know him" Beca exclaimed before leaning over the booth. "Okay let's get this thing on fire" she whisper, slipping her huge headphone on her ears.
The steel door finally came up, revealing a tiny brunette on the booth with her headphones resting on her shoulders. She grabbed the mic before the crowd could even say a word.
"How are you going there? Dj Mitchell B is in the house!" She says through the mic, earning a loud response from the crowd who was in shock to se the award winning and famous dj in there.
"Dj Mitchell B! Dj Mitchell B!" She heard the crowd chanting her name. A smile quickly registered from her lips, looking at her crowd. Yes. She addressed every crowd she performed to as hers. The moment she spins her mix, the world became hers. Everyone basically entitled as hers the second they jump and dance to her music. And that is just the magic of her.
"Yeah, okay... that's cool. You can now stop... I get it" she says through the mic when she finally hit her toll of compliments and cheers, earning chuckles from the crowd.
"Okay so I don't want to take the time of us having fun in here just to say shits you guys don't even care about. Let's get this party.. wet and started.. just please refrain from getting me wet though" she ended. Of course there was an automatic chuckles and cheers as she take her microphone off, placing it down.
Beca smirked and placed a finger on her lips, telling everyone to quiet down which the excited crowd immediately followed.
Satisfied with the silence around the area, Beca grew an even wider smirk before placing her fingers on the mixer and finally twisting it up, releasing her mix to the hyped crowd she yells,
"Fuck yes"
Around 10:00 pm, Beca was in the middle of her last third song when Jesse goes down to her booth.
"You're here" Beca said, still her eyes on the mixer, glancing off and on to the crowd who are still surprisingly hyped.
"Just for this" Jesse said placing a drink over the table. Beca finally gave him a look.
"Woah, you give drinks to the dj? I'm trying to be sober here" Beca asked as she chuckles before taking her attention back to the mixer. "And dry" she added.
"It's not like a drink could make you drunk" Jesse said, leaning to the wall as he also took his eyes to the crowd and back to Beca. But his brows furrowed when he saw the look on Beca's face. He followed her eyes and landed it on a redhead who was dancing her shoulders off through the music of Beca. Jesse smirked upon seeing the stars on Beca's eyes.
"Oh I think Dj Mitchell B has her eyes on a ginger tonight"Jesse teased, nudging the dj's shoulders.
Beca faced her with a confused look.
"It's been months since the last time I heard about that fuck, Mitchell from a girl" Jesse said, mimicking a girl's moan. Beca eyes widened that was too loud. "And I think I would be hearing it again tomorrow from a ginger.. I could give you the fanciest suite tonight at the penthouse, Dj Mitchell B. What you say?" He added, wiggling his brows.
Beca instantly got what he is saying, she glances to the redhead again and saw her dancing with her hips, eyes closed, obviously having the time of her life. She was the same redhead she bumped to last night
"Fuck off, Swason. I don't have time for that" Beca said, taking her glance off of the lady. She picked up the glass of beer Jeese have given her earlier. She chugged it in, letting the drink gracefully slip down to her throat, she twisted a key from her mixer. With a slight burn on her throat from the drink she brought her eyes back to the redheaded who was dancing even more gracefully this time, probably by the sudden drop of music. And with that a smirk grew on the dj's face, she felt satisfied with the music she is hearing just from witnessing the response she got from the redhead. She is doing it just perfectly right.
"But I think you'll be falling over a pretty long line before you got to lay a finger on that one, Becs" Jesse observed earning a question look from Beca. "Look" Jesse lifted her finger and pinted out to the direction of the redhead.
Beca followed the direction and saw a guy approach the lady. Beca's brows furrowed as the guy made his way closer to the redhead that stopped the ginger's dance. Beca then saw the guy leaned to the redhead's ears that was immediately rejected by the lady. Beca heard Jeese chuckled. After a quick moment both, Jesse and Beca saw how the redhead beamed with her smile and whispered something to the guy, and immediately after that they next witnessed the guy making his way off of the redhead. Jesse nudges Beca's shoulders upon seeing that.
"That ginger had every guy's attention and eyes since the second she dipped a toe on the pool" Jesse said with an exaggerated look. Beca nonchalantly shrugged.
"What are you talking about? I'm not falling over some sort of line that you're talking about and neither would I lay a finger on her. I told you, I don't have time fore that"Jesse shook his head, not convinced.
"This is the last verse, I'll be done in five minutes" Beca told him, getting the microphone to her mouth she says to her crowd, "Y'all I'm sure you're having the time of your lives right now but this'll gonna be the last song tonight" a chanting of boos immediately filled the area. Jesse laughs looking at his bestfriend's face with the chanting.
"Oh no, I guess you'll be hating me once I get out of this booth but.. here you go with my last mix. Put your wet hands up for this is Dj Mitchell B once again" Beca spoke through the speakers. Replacing back some of their boos to cheers as her crowd raised their hands to follow the Dj's order. "It was lovely to see you all tonight. Let's put this shit on fire for the last time" and then her mix started to take the whole place again.
She smiled with seeing how pumped they still are after almost 3 hours of playing with her. And with her ears she could hear and feel how her music and beats would fade in a minute or two.
A smile formed on her lips again. Glancing around to everyone who were dancing, she unconsciously found herself looking for a redhead who caught her eyes earlier. But she failed, there's no evidence of a ginger on the pool. Of course, she could've left. I mean if she was in that lady's shoes being disturbed by guys over and over again she'd leave too. But still, she shouldn't have left, she should've stayed. It was the last long, Beca should've seen her for the last time. And that somewhat frustrates the brunette as she looks down on her mixer when the music started to slowly fade. She waved her hands to the crowd and threw a peace sign before the doors came back, closing the booth.
And once the door shut close she immediately got her laptop's cable out from system, and she could still hear people screaming for more and her name being called out. She couldn't help but to smile.
Jesse was still there too, but speaking on the microphone, making the crowd cool down and teling them that that there would still be a home dj to play until the poolbar closes at 1am.
"I told you, they'd love you" she heard Jesse behind her say.
"They love me even before I played here, Swason" She responded, zipping her bag close. "Here, bring this for me. That's the least thing you could do" she said giving her bag to Jeese before getting out the booth. Jesse followed her after.
"You want to stay for a couple of more drinks? My club's bartender is really good with mixing" Jesse offered as they made their way out.
Beca who was walking faster shakes her head. "I got a mix to work on" she says and opened the door. She stepped out and found eyes staring at her with excitement. Of course, they would wait for her.
"Hey" she says, giving them a quick smile.
Some of them went closer to her to ask for pictures which she accepted. Pictures didn't hurt until the amount of people started to eventually grow bigger.
"Okay hold up, everyone" Jesse butted in when he saw the cry of help Beca has giving him. "My friend Beca Mitchell here is grateful to meet each and everyone of you and would love to stay but she is a very busy person and it would be great if I could snatch her any time now" He added, getting the dj's shoulders from the crowd.
"Totally right, yes. But nonetheless, it was nice seeing you all" Beca agreed and starting to walk slowly with Jesse behind her. The people understood what she was saying and cooled down, letting Beca walk on her feet. "Have a great night, everyone" she added, waving her hands before heading to the entrance of the lobby. But as the brunette was about to open the door she heard Jesse.
"Hey" Jesse called out. And Beca who was about to take another step to open the door turned with a brow raised. "Look who I just saw" he says, pouting at a specific direction near them. Beca followed it and saw the redhead. Jesse smirked and while the brunette squinted her eyes through the direction, he quickly took the time to call out for a waiter to bring drinks. And as if on cue, the waiter approached them, which Beca quickly rejected butJesse got two glasses.
"Here, take this" Jesse said, handing her the two glasses of what she could smell is vodka mixed some other alcoholic things. It must be the drink Jesse is showing off about telling around that it is his bar's most famous drink.
"Jesse I told you, I have work to finish" the brunette firmly said, swatting the drinks but ending up holding them instead.
"Bring this to her, she'll love this, I swear to your music label" Jesse says.
Beca's brows even furrowed with her music label being mentioned in this conversation. And the next thing she felt was Jesse pushing her towards the redhead.
"Holy shit, Jesse" she mumbled and tried to fight Jeese's force and failed.
She found herself standing across the redhead who was leaning on the wall, with her phone.
The redhead was looking fine with her bikini top and jeans shorts on. She can't help but to check her curves that was totally visible. Damn, she even got a perfectly toned stomach and don't even get Beca started with that fine ass. Beca could literally feel herself drooling over the redhead right now.
"Just checking her out won't make her scream your name" a voice rings on her left ear, she found Jesse leaning to her right shoulder.
"No. I need to go back to the stud-"
And even before she could finish her sentence she was instantly pushed by Jesse, making her way closer to the redhead. She was startled but managed to throw a glare to Jesse who even got himself a chair to enjoy what he is seeing right now.
Beca didn't have the chance to move. She just stared at the redhead until the redhead herself lifted her eyes to her, shocked and surprised. Why is Beca Mitchell right in front of her face right now?, that is most probably on her mind right now.
"Hey" she heard the redhead's voice.
Her voice felt music to her ears. A rhythm she would love to hear for the rest of her life. Yes. It's ridiculously true that she's thinking of it right now. With just meeting her last night in sudden she's now thinking of a lifetime plan with this redhead.
Beca was awkwardly thinking of what to say with that thought on her mind, and failed, so instead she hands her the drink still with an awkward smile. She was never nervous around girls.
"Hey, sorry if I creeped you out, I just found you and thought of bringing you a drink" she stated, never wanting to take her eyes off of the redhead.
"Oh this is so sweet of you. Thanks" The redhead says, with slight blush on her cheeks. She slipped her phone on her pocket and took the drink.
"And by the way I was that tiny woman you bumped into last night, if you.. remember" Beca added gently caressing her glass as she speak. The redhead's eyes widened as she realised it.
"Oh my god, yes! You are! I am so sorry that I didn't recognised you last night" the redhead beamed with a shy smile. Beca couldn't resist to smile with that. "I am Chloe, Chloe Beale" The redhead handed a hand, obviously asking for a hand shake.
But Beca who was unconsciously sweating in an unknown reason hesitated. "I have a pair of really, really, really, sweaty hands-"
Chloe cut the brunette in her mid sentence and took her hands to shake it herself. Beca's eyes were literally about to pop with that sudden contact with Chloe. She could totally feel the warmth of the redhead's hands as it brush against hers the way Chloe shakes it.
"Oh shut up, people would kill to shake your hands, and I couldn't be anything but grateful to experience it" the redhead beamed again, this time with a brighter smile. The dj chuckled and nodded, finally shaking the redhead's hand. She can't help but to grip tighter until the redhead pulled back her hands, making her instantly miss the warmth of their hands together- no, this is ridiculous, Beca shrugged it off.
"But aren't you about to leave? Not wanting you to leave though" the redhead said, Beca shakes her head and so she continues, "Its just my friend, Stacie was there earlier along with the crowd to meet you but says that you were leaving when she came"
Beca nodded and shyly says "I was about to, but then my eye caught a specific ginger"
And that made Chloe's cheeks immediately turned as red as her hair.
"Oh my god, that was too cheesy. I di-didn't mean it that way" Beca exclaimed with a sudden panic when she realised what she had just said. Fuck, fuck, fuck.
"No it's fine, I was just startled to hear those words from you, Dj Mitchell B" Chloe explained, still with her red blush on her cheeks.
"Me too" Beca whispered unconsciously. Chloe's brows furrowed. "I mean Beca yeah.. Beca will do instead of Dj Mitchell B" she pulled back and scratches her head.
"Anyway where is your friend? I'd love to meet her, it's such a shame that I didn't got to earlier" Beca added.
Chloe was still with her bright smile as she shakes her head. "You don't need to, I know you're a busy person. My friend was just obsessed with you and your songs so much. You won't believe this but she has her own folder of your songs in her phone, her car and everywhere she could play it" the redhead says. Beca was smiling as she heard that. It warms her heart. "I mean I am too, especially your Titanium. That song was my jam, my lady jam" the redhead gave her a subtle wink.
Beca choked to her drink with what she heard. She coughs constantly as she felt her drink throbbing on her throat. "Fuck, ugh sorry" she could barely say, gasping for breath and wiping her mouth as she placed her drink on the stool. Did Chloe just said Lady jam?!
"Oops, sorry" Chloe says with a nonchalant smile as she holds her laugh back, she placed her drink on the stool too beside Beca's. "You were surprised, aren't you? I didn't mean to be that spunky though" she apologised. Beca shakes her head in an instant.
"No, I was just.. uhh yeah surprised. I didn't think t-that song would be someone's lady jam specifically yours" Beca explained getting her glass again. Oh my god, she thought as she chugged it down to her throat. This redhead is something else.
"That song was great, no.. actually all of your songs are!" Chloe cleared. Beca nodded in appreciation. "By the way, earlier was the first time of me seeing you play, you literally set everyone on fire back there" Chloe then again beamed with her smile. While Beca who was starting to hit her toll of compliment was surprisingly unable to stop a smile. Usually she doesn't roll with too much compliments, she would always respond with just a nod and ask them to stop after. But no, compliments from Chloe were different. It feels good. It's like she's actually doing it right.
"I mean after all you're an award winning Dj so that was normal of you... to set everything up on fire.. okay sorry I'm fangirling right now" Chloe admitted, clapping her palms to her mouth. Beca was still unable to think of anything to respond. This girl is getting more and more adorable each second."Sorry if I'm talking all over the place, feel free to stop me anytime" she added.
"No it's fine.. It's adorable, I could survive and listen to you talk for years" Beca responded. Chloe was found dumbfounded, as she starts to blush again. This dj is surely a girl charmer.
"Ginger!" A voice rings behind them. Making them both turn around. A long legged brunette was walking towards them, with her shorts and fitted tank top on. Beca could say that this woman is gorgeous even more with that goddamn body.
"Sorry I took long, Hunter was on wo-" The brunette stopped when she saw a tiny brunette standing beside Chloe. "Oh my.." she says beneath her breath, recognising the dj.
Chloe chuckled and got the leggy brunette's arm and took her to face Beca. "That exactly was my reaction too" she says. Beca chuckles and brought her drink down.
"Hey, I'm Beca" she says courtly handing her hands. Chloe saw it and smiled.
"Oh my fucking.. no way" the taller brunette blurted before claiming Beca's hand to shake. "I am Stacie" she says.
Beca glanced to Chloe. The redhead got the look and nodded. "Yes, she's the Stacie that I've been talking about" Chloe said.
"Oh... It's nice to finally meet you, Stacie. I'm sorry that we didn't got the chance earlier to properly meet" Beca said and tried to pull her hands but failed. The taller brunette was still in the moment, and still gripping on her hand. The dj let a soft chuckle, letting Stacie have her moment.
Chloe saw it and quickly nudged Stacie's shoulders, waking the taller brunette from her own little fangirling zone. And when Stacie felt it she immediately let the dj's hand go, apologising right after.
"Sorry.. but hey,why in the world are you with Beca Mitchell?" Stacie asked Chloe with a furrowed brows. Beca shyly smiled.
"I don't exactly know either" Chloe admitted looking at Beca who was looking down with a smile on her face. "Where's Aubs by the way? Don't tell me you left her alone.." Chloe asked, Stacie responded with a shrug as she recieves Chloe's glare.
Beca was about to say something but her phone vibrated, she pulled it out of her pocket and saw a text from Luke.
From Luke, 11:04 pm
Are you doing a full night set? Where are you?
"Holy shit" Beca whispered upon reading his text. She checked the time it was past 11pm. She totally forgot about her demos the second she approached Chloe.
"Sorry?" Chloe asked.
"Oh no, sorry. It was someone from work" Beca said closing her phone and slipping it back to her pocket.
Chloe widened her eyes and checked the time for herself. "Oh my gosh, its past 11. Maybe that's why they're looking for you. I was talking too much, I'm so-"
Beca chuckled with the sudden panic in Chloe's face, cutting the redhead's answer she assures "No, no it's okay. I own the company, they follow me"
"But still" Chloe whines.
The dj laughs and shakes her head. "No buts.. but hey, you guys should meet my friend as well. Though he's not as great as me but he's nice" She says looking around to find Jesse where he is before. Jesse wasn't there anymore so the brunette decided to roam her eyes on the place and accidentally found someone. Her hands felt numb as soon as her eyes landed at a woman who was directly looking at her. She quickly placed her glass down before she could even break it. She was feeling uneasy before quickly dragging her eyes out of the woman, she came back to face Chloe's eyes.
"Are you okay?" Chloe asked with seeing how instant the dj's lips became pale.
"Yeah.. totally. But I need to go, something urgent came in.." Beca said, brushing her hair with her fingers, frustrated and uneasy. Chloe's eyes squinted. "I'm really sorry, have a great night" and with that the dj sprinted off.
"What the hell just happened?" Stacie asked, completely shocked. Chloe shrugs of and followed the dj with her eyes as she runs out to the lobby.
Friday, 11:05 pm
Feeling uneasy Beca managed to make her way and leave the pool area where she found someone she didn't expected- more like never wanted to see. Her hands were shaking as she walks by the hallways until her hands were tugged by someone, causing her to stop.
"Beca" It was a familiar voice. A very familiar one, enough to make her walk even with the force of someone tugging her. "Beca, let's talk" It was the voice she never wanted to hear again.
"I don't have time" Beca said firmly, turning to finally face Megan.
"But you had the time to drink and talk to those girls?" Megan's tone pitched high, earning a cold and blank stare from Beca.
"I decide where and to who I give my time to" Beca started with a cold tone. Megan's eyes were starting to became watery. "So if you have nothing else to say, please let go of my hand. I have work to do"
"Beca, please" Megan's voice cracked as tears started to stream down her face. Usually Beca would go ballistic with seeing Megan cry but not this time.
"Megan, were done since that night you decided to leave me for a guy" Beca stated coldly, feeling nothing but anger as she remember that specific night.
Megan felt the look on Beca's eyes. Her eyes were cold, it's not the same eyes she used to see every time she stares at them. Its not the same look she used to get from Beca.
"Now please let my hand go" Beca says, looking at her wrist gripped by Megan. Megan looked down as well, with her tears dripping down her face she gently let the dj's hand go.
"Excuse me but do you need anything?" A lady came in. Probably someone who works on the hotel. Megan looked down as she sniffs, while Beca turns to see the lady. It was the same lady from the reception earlier.
"Please assist her and get her a room" Beca asked softly handing Megan to the lady. "Put the bill under my name. I'll be back tomorrow to pay" she added, giving the lady a smile.
The lady in return nodded and took Megan by her shoulders. "Don't worry, I'll assist her to a room" the lady says, Beca nodded and started to walk off but came running back to the pool are after, passing at Megan and the lady.
Beca sprinted off with nothing but the urge to come back to Chloe. She ran and made her way back, finding the redhead and her tall leggy brunette friend right exactly where she left them minutes ago.
"Oh you're ba-" Beca heard the redhead's voice but was unable to finish her sentence as Beca pulled her by her waist in an instant, crashing their lips together. Chloe was surely startled but was instantly able to respond.
Beca could taste the bitterness of the vodka in her drink that she gave her earlier as she slip her lips onto the redhead's. Beca couldn't help but to smile in between their kiss- she is totally loving this. The feeling of Chloe's lips against her, the feeling of Chloe's fingers caressing her neck, the feeling of this moment. She don't want to ever let go.
But when breathing started to be hard between them Chloe pulled out gently. Bringing her ocean blue eyes to Beca, she smiled.
"I'll meet you tomorrow" Beca whispers under her breath before placing a quick soft kiss on Chloe's lips again before leaving.
Beca was all smiles as she sprinted off. Coming back was truly one of her best decisions in life. But even before going out she headed to the receptionist.
Still panting for breath she says, "Please don't let someone by the name Chloe Beale check out until I get here tomorrow