Beca had no idea how she got into this position. One moment she was talking to Chloe on the phone about celebrating Stacie's birthday. Now she's in the Bella's house kitchen trying to figure out how to make cupcakes. Chloe told her not to use the powder cake mix that comes from a box because it's never as good as an actual homemade cake.
It would just be easier to go to Walmart and purchase a thing of cupcakes from the bakery. Beca thinks to herself. Somehow Chloe always seems to convince her to do these sort of things. If any of the Bellas told her to do it she definitely would've gave them a snarky comment and not do it. Since it was Chloe it just ended up being a snarky comment. Curse the redhead and her persuasiveness.
As Beca reads over the directions of how exactly she has to mix her ingredients she literally questions herself on how she was able to graduate from high school let alone get accepted into college.
Beca scrounges through the drawers to try to find a ¾ cup measuring cup. All she's been finding is a full cup one. How the hell is she supposed to ¾ cups of flour if she doesn't have the right measuring cup to do so?
Beca finally gives up on trying to find it. She accepts that she's just going to have to estimate ¾'s of a cup. These are going to be the crappiest homemade cupcakes that have been made.
She continues to read through the directions and finally Chloe comes walking into the kitchen. "Hey Beca." Chloe instantly sees that the brunette is really struggling with the recipe that is displayed on her phone. "How's the cupcake baking coming along?"
Beca looks up at the redhead and shakes her head at her. "Not well."
"What's wrong?"
"The directions recipe thing is making me question my intelligence," Beca states while letting out a frustrating sigh.
"Becs," Chloe says while making her way over to the side of the island that Beca was standing on. "It's really not that complicated."
Beca instantly glares at the redhead. "You try it then."
"You've never baked before have you?" Chloe questions her. Beca doesn't respond. "Oh my god you haven't."
"What? My mom never let me in the kitchen," Beca pauses for a moment. "Probably because she once trusted me to make pizza rolls using the oven, and about an hour later I was using the fire extinguisher."
Chloe's jaw dropped in shock. She never realized how clueless Beca was when it came to this kind of stuff. Probably because she never seen Beca work with food that needed to be cooked or baked using a stove.
Chloe looks into the bowl that Beca was using. "Well you truly messed this one up," the redhead informs the brunette.
"How do you know that?"
"You put in three eggs instead of two. The recipe calls for two." She looks over at Beca to see her placing her hands over her face. "You were using the already made powder cake recipe from the box. Those most of the time require three eggs."
Chloe takes the bowl and sets it off to the side making a mental note to dispose of it later. "Was there anything else wrong with it?"
"You used tablespoons instead of teaspoons." Chloe tells the brunette. "We'll fix it though."
Chloe and Beca get a new bowl and begin to work on making the cake batter all over again. Beca is clearly focused on reading the recipe out loud for Chloe to hear. A perfect distraction. Chloe thinks to herself.
As Beca is reading through the recipe Chloe sticks her hand in the flour and picks some of it up. She instantly throws it at Beca.
Being caught off guard by Chloe surely didn't please Beca. If the redhead wanted to have a small food fight with the ingredients then she was going to get one.
Beca picks up some of the cocoa powder and throws it at Chloe. The redhead lets out a laugh and picks up the baking soda box and begins to pour it over Beca's head. Beca grabs an egg and cracks it over Chloe's head.
"Jokes on you. Egg is natural conditioner," Chloe tells her. Beca rolls her eyes and they continue throwing ingredients at one another.
When they both decide they're done throwing the ingredients at one another, both of them are a mess along with the floor. Chloe notices that Beca is smiling and has no hint of frustration like she did when she first walked in.
Chloe smiles and makes eye contact with Beca's navy blue colored eyes. She brushes a piece of Beca's flour, baking soda, egg caked hair behind her ear. Her hand lingers on the brunette's cheek. Beca smiles slightly at her.
"What are you doing?" They hear a voice that belongs to Cynthia Rose coming from the doorway of the kitchen. Chloe instantly pulls her hand away from Beca's cheek. The both of them turning towards Cynthia Rose.
"We're baking," Chloe tells Cynthia Rose who has a hint of a smirk appearing on her face.
"Maybe keep the stuff in the bowl next time," Cynthia Rose says to them then walks away.