Fun and Games
"Right so everyone gets 5 bucks, who ever wins the most in 1 hour, wins the grand prize" Beca explained
"Oooohhhhhh" The Bellas replied with
For another 'team building' exercise, Beca and Chloe had arranged to take the Bellas to a fairground arcade, who ever could win the most money would not have to do chores for a week. Chloe thought this was a bad idea. Beca just wanted the chance to not do any chores.
"Can we just not spend the $5?" Stacie asked
"No." Beca replied "It's part of the game… Just spend it in the games and see how well you do."
"Ok! Are we ready? 3… 2… 1… Go!" Chloe shouted
The Bellas immediately split up into different directions, running into the arcade. Emily went straight to the coin pusher. Fat Amy seemed to have disappear and Beca went to some weird 'spin the wheel' game. The other Bella's went to some bigger games.
Many of the Bellas went to the line of fruit machines and quickly began losing their money.
After a while Beca thought she should take a break for a bit and see what the other Bellas were doing, namely Chloe. Beca walked around the whole arcade and couldn't see the ginger anywhere. She did another loop when she heard and exasperated "come on you bitch!" Beca rounded the corner to see Chloe hitting and shaking a machine.
"What's got you all hot and bothered" Beca said with a smirk. There had been something between the captains for some time, but neither has had the courage to do anything about it. Chloe rolled her eyes, something she has definitely picked up from Beca.
"This stupid game has eaten my second to last coin"
"You mean you've almost lost all your money and we're not even half way in." Beca said, she thought for a moment, then she realised that Chloe was the worst at saving money, she would spend any spare cash she had immediately, so obviously Chloe would lose her money first.
"Well… I could win it all back, if only I could get this quarter out!" Beca sauntered up to the machine. She hit the side with her knee, the top with her fist and then edge with her bum in quick succession. The quarter neatly fell out into the tray.
Beca had done this kind of thing hundreds of times when she took her little sister to the arcade pretty much every weekend.
Beca smirked again she took the quarter out of the tray, she handed it to Chloe and smoothly whispered "You're welcome, babe" as she walked past.
She continued back to the main section of the arcade, feeling Chloe's eyes on her ass.
They were 35 minutes in, Fat Amy still hadn't been seen, Lily was doing the best, everyone else was failing miserably.
Beca decided to go to the coin pusher, try win back a few coins, she walked along the whole row of machines to see which one looked the most promising, she decided to go for the one on the end, furthest away from most of the other Bellas. Andy Grammer's song 'Honey, I'm Good' came on to the speakers and Beca started singing along. Out of the corner of her eye, Beca could see Chloe leaning against a machine with one leg stretched out behind her and her ass pointing suggestively towards Beca.
Beca! Focus! She thought, looking back at the game waiting for the right moment to push the coin in, while tapping on the glass and moving her hips in time to the music.
On the other side of the Arcade, Chloe could also see Beca out of the corner of her eye, she was memorised by her hips swaying from left to right. Chloe hadn't done a single thing since Beca got the coin out for her, in such a strong and assertive manner. Chloe caught herself daydreaming about Beca… again. Come on Chloe! Get it together! She thought. Chloe looked around, all the other Bella's were engrossed in their games. She looked back at the game, she had been stood there for at least 10 minutes and she still had no idea how it worked. She looked around again, her sapphire eyes lingering on Beca's exposed neck. Chloe couldn't just stand there staring, it made her feel weird. She held her two coins in her hand and walked over to Beca.
"How are you doing?" She asked the brunette, Beca looked up to Chloe, losing all train of thought for a moment
"Err… I… Umm… No… Not great…" she managed to utter back
"No… Me neither" Chloe replied, showing Beca the two quarters. "So." she continued
Beca stopped her tapping and raised her eyebrows expectedly "So?"
"I saw you sneaking looks earlier…" Chloe said, eyes glistening, Beca had no idea how to reply to that, her cheeks flushed red
"No… Umm… I… Umm… Cos… I… You're…"
"Beca Mitchell, completely lost for words, now that's something you don't see everyday" Chloe giggled.
Beca was instantly aware of how close they were, Chloe was leaning in, Beca was going with her. This was it, the moment she's been waiting for, for years.
"YO! BECA!"
Beca and Chloe jumped apart, Chloe nervously tucked her hair behind one ear, Beca looked over her shoulder at Cynthia Rose looking around shouting.
"BECA! WHERE YOU AT?" Beca held up her hand and waved, stepping past Chloe to get closer to Cynthia Rose.
"There you are shorty, basically, I think Stacy may have just had sex with the manager so he told her how to win on one of the machines, now she's denied it but you can't trust her with things like that, so if she has done that then that's cheating and she should be disqualified, cos she shouldn't get off chores for having sex" Cynthia Rose explained quickly. Beca had real trouble following that story, so she just said
"We'll sort everything out at the end" Cynthia Rose seemed happy with this response so walked off to continue playing.
Beca turned back to see Chloe gone. "Dammit! Fuck!" She hit her hand against on of the machines, some coins fell out. Her chance with Chloe gone.
They had 10 minutes left, Beca lost all her coins on a whim and so went on a search for Chloe.
Chloe was sitting on a bench in the corner of the Arcade, still holding the two quarters, looking out the large windows onto the beach, watching the families run around, making sandcastles and skimming stones. Smiling hoping one day she could have something like that.
"You alright, Chlo?" Beca said quietly
Chloe's head whipped round to look at Beca "Hmm? Oh, yeah… Yunno… Just thinking…"
Beca sat down next to Chloe so their thighs we just touching.
"About what?" Beca asked cautiously. Chloe looked up at her then back out the windows
"Nah, it's stupid"
"It's not stupid if it had made you not smile for at least 2 MINUTES. Holy fuck this must be bad" Beca faked her panic. Chloe just giggled. Beca smiled thinking I could listen to that laugh all day
"Come on then… spill" She continued
"I'm just thinking about after Barden… What am I going to do? I'll be alone, without a clue what to do.. without the Bellas…" Chloe paused thinking whether she should go though with what she was going to say. It's now or never she thought
"… without you…" she said quietly, A burst of confidence surged though her and she stood up.
"How am I supposed to function without you? You're there to cheer me up. You're there to calm me down. You know what to do when I have bad dreams. You know my favourite pizza. You know that sometimes I just need to watch Disney and that will make everything all ok. You get that sometimes I just need some space, and other times I can't be alone. You're never selfish. You let me into your bed whenever without a single word. You always…"
Beca stood up and cut Chloe off by pulling her into a searing kiss, their bodies fitting perfectly together. Chloe's arm's snaked around Beca's waist holding her close.
Suddenly, there were three loud thumps against the window, Beca and Chloe jump and pulled apart but Beca kept a protective arm around Chloe's waist. They look out to see Fat Amy jumping up and down and yelling.
"IT'S HAPPENING! BLOE IS REAL! STACIE YOU OWN ME 20 BUCKS!"