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Beca flipped her disk and started the next set. She glanced out at the crowd and watched the mass of people moving like a ragging sea. The sea wasn't too big though, only about fifty people. Beca had Djed parties of over five hundred. But this relatively small group had been going for three hours straight. The only break any of them took was to take another shot of something and then they threw themselves right back into the sea. New Yorkers really do know how to jam. She thought playfully to herself.
From the center of the crowd a girl somehow cheered loudly over Beca's blaring music. It caused the entire sea of bodies to erupt with the same cheers of the joy. Many of them threw their hands up in the air and jumped along to the music for a few bars before going back to their bumping and grinding. They all had a least six drinks in all of their systems. It was kind of funny watching. Most of the sea was rocking the drunk head bob.
This gig was last minute. But she was glad she accepted the offer for an old friend. At seven in the morning which was by now yesterday morning got a frantic all from her ex-boyfriend turned best friend Jesse begging her to DJ his brother's annual 'Almost End of the Year' party. The DJ they hired had to bail last minute because his wife went into labor. But honestly Beca didn't mind. She missed doing the smaller gigs she had started with. Now a day's doing a gig for three hundred or more was normal. She remembered her first 'gig.' It was for the aca-initiation her sophomore year. Chloe and Beca came back when they heard Beca was DJing. It was a good time.
She smiled to herself and glanced again at the crowd. She saw Jesse mingling drunkenly. She looked more intently at some of the party goers. Her eyes suddenly froze on a face. Surrounding the face was long curls of fiery ginger hair. But what caught Beca's eye was the Ginger's piercing blue eyes that were looking right at her. Chloe?! Beca's mouth dropped open a little. How was this even possible?! Beca's hadn't talked to Chloe since… the aca-initiation party her sophomore year.
She was still dating Jesse at the time. After the party end Beca was packing up all her stuff. Jesse had topped his drunken state from last year and had been gone for hours. But right as she finished packing she felt someone tap her shoulder. It was Chloe.
"Hey—" Beca started but Chloe cut her off.
"Remember how I said we were going to be fast friends at this party last year? I could tell by your face that you didn't really believe me. But know after winning and stuff… we are now, right?" Chloe's question seemed silly to Beca. Of course they were. Chloe was the one that had her back when Aubrey was still anti-Beca.
"Yeah of course we—"
"Oh thank GOD!" Chloe's breathe smell strongly of Jungle Juice. Her face started getting closer to Beca's with each pasting second.
"Chloe…" Beca said warily, taking a step back. Chloe matched her step with two and the next thing Beca knew Chloe's lips were on hers. Beca froze. But Chloe didn't move. She didn't try to press herself against the smaller girl. Her hands stayed at her sides. Beca was so surprised that Chloe didn't try grabbing her like Jesse did sometimes that Beca returned the kiss without thinking. Beca felt her stomach jump. She thought about pulling back, but her lips felt so good against Chloe's. Chloe pulled away a few seconds later. She smiled at the other girl but then stepped back a couple yards and looked down at her feet.
"I'm so sorry I didn't mean to do that. You're dating Jesse. He's a he… I'm still kind of drunk. I don't know what came over me… I'm sorry!" Chloe threw her face in her hands and started to cry.
Beca walked over to her and put a hand on her shoulder. "Chloe it's okay. Alcohol makes us do crazy things. And you don't have to worry about Jesse. I won't tell him or anyone else. It'll be our little secret. How about that?"
Chloe lifted her head up. "Are you mad at me?" She asked. Her eyes were red from tears. A stray tear was falling down her cheek. Beca automatically reached up and wiped it away.
"Of course not." Their eyes met again and Beca's stomach lurched. "I could never be bad at you. You were little like a knight in shining armor to me when Aubrey was still out to get me." Chloe chuckle softly and looked down still feeling very guilty. Beca moved her hand to Chloe's chin and lifted it so Chloe would have to look in her eyes. "Hey it's okay Chlo. Don't feel bad or guilty or anything else. It was just a little kiss. Nothing more."
"But—" Chloe tried to protest.
"Nope. Listen to me. It was just a kiss. Like this." Beca pressed her lips to Chloe's. She pulled back a few seconds later. She kept girl face close to the taller girl's. "See… Just a little kiss…" Beca knew what she just said was a lie. Something was going on with her. All she wanted to do was turn Chloe around, push her onto the table behind her and kiss her until she couldn't think. She started to lean forward…
"Chloe where are you?!" Aubrey's voice rang. Beca stepped back from Chloe immediately and went back to packing her stuff. Aubrey came into view and Chloe waved to her. "Chloe come on! We have to get back to the apartment. It's getting really late!"
"Okay! Let me say bye to Beca!" Chloe said back.
"Just do it fast!" Aubrey shouted. She was being rather inpatient.
Chloe turned to Beca. "Well um… good luck with this year. Be the leader I know you are. .. And kick some Treble Maker butt this year. I'll be watching every second on channel one twenty—"
"Wait." Beca interrupted. "Watching a channel? Like watching a TV? As in not in person in the audience?" Beca's stomach was dropping into infinity. What was Chloe was saying?
"That's what I came down here to tell you. I got a job offer in New York. A voice teacher at LaGuardia and… I'm leaving tomorrow afternoon. Classes start the following day."
"Uh… uh wow! Oh my god that's great!" Beca tried to say with enthusiasm. Her stomach hit the bottom hard. Moving?!
"Yeah." Chloe said with a sad tone. "Well I really have to get going. Good luck with this year. And don't worry Aubrey will be there to cheer you on!"
"Great!" Beca looked at the ground to hide her face. I loan tear was rolling down her cheek
"Yep… Well I have to go." Chloe wrapped Beca is a warm embrace. "You can do it Beca. I promise you'll do great. You're the best the Bella's have had in years. Goodbye." Chloe placed a soft kiss on Beca's cheek and walked up to Aubrey. Beca touched her cheek. It was tingling.
"Chloe!" Beca called to the girl. Chloe spun around. "Don't take any crap from those little New York brats! Show them whose boss!"
"I will! Hey and text me when you can! I want to hear how the new Bellas are doing!" Chloe smiles to her. Then she disappeared into the campus with Aubrey. Beca touched her cheek again. It was still tingling.
That was five years ago. Beca never texted Chloe. Every time she started the text the Ginger her chest started to ache. She missed her so much and knowing that all she could do was text her and never see her hurt. Each month she would tell herself that later that day she would text her. But then she'd come up with an excuse not to. Then slowly but surely she thought about it less and less. She'd still think of her every once and a while, but would push it as soon as it came. Her chest would ache too much. Her chest was aching right now. She looked down at her disk trying to occupy herself. She was looking right at me! What is she comes over here? Beca panicked. She frantically started through her disks. She heard someone clear their throat but she kept her head down.
"You're just going to ignore me aren't you?"
Beca froze. Oh shit…
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