Things you need to know:
-A year post college
-Bechloe is together
-They're living in Atlanta
"Oh the weather outside is-"
"Shut up."
"And the fire is all so-"
"Fuck off."
"But as long as you love me so-"
"Shut the fuck up it is 6 am," Beca ended, rolling over in bed and covering her face with her pillow. She was not one for Christmas spirit, especially since there were 24 more days until Christmas Eve.
"No way! It's finally Christmas!" Chloe squealed in a sing song voice, jumping onto the bed, causing Beca to fly up in the air a little. Christmas was Chloe's favorite time of year, and Beca had told her the previous December not to even start Christmas preparations until at least December, so it wasn't a huge surprise waking up to this.
"I'm dreaming of a white Christmas, just like the-" Chloe's singing was cut off once again by her grumpy girlfriend.
"Newsflash: it's only December 1st, and plus we've both lived in Atlanta all our lives, you've never seen a white Christmas and neither have I." Beca lifted the pillow off her face before talking, only to drop it again.
"Come on! We both gotta get to work, and I made special breakfast!" Chloe said, pulling the brunette out of bed by the arm.
"Special?" Beca asked, her eyes lighting up like Christmas trees.
"I made pancakes with chocolate chips and red and green sprinkles, and then I crushed up some candy canes and mint chocolate for the top!" Chloe said happily, pulling out a chair for Beca before handing her a plate of Christmas themed pancakes.
"Ok, I can tolerate the cooking, everything else, not so much," Beca said, taking a bite of the pancakes. "Oh my god Chlo, these are amazing," she said with her mouth full.
Chloe smiled and sat down next to the smaller girl. "Hey, I just want to have a holly jolly Christmas!" She said, ending in song.
"Is there any coffee? Because there's no way in hell that I'm gonna survive your craziness today without it." She put her head in her hands and closed her eyes, trying to relieve the headache from the lack of caffeine.
"Caffeine withdrawal?" Chloe asked with a smile, getting up to pour Beca a cup of coffee
"Not yet," Beca shrugged. "If I don't have any, I will, but the headache right now is from being woken up an hour early by a really really hot elf serenading me."
"Is that you trying to get in my pants, Mitchell?" Chloe asked with a smirk, handing Beca her cup of coffee.
"Mayyyybeeeee," Beca said with a laugh.
"Are you working today?" Chloe asked, sitting back down next to Beca.
"No," Beca replied. "I just have to reply to some emails tonight."
"You should come do all the classes I'm teaching today!" Chloe said. She worked at the local community center teaching dance, workout, yoga, and art classes. Beca had helped her decide after they graduated, and they both figured it would be the perfect career for her since she had so many hobbies.
"What are you teaching today?"
"Yoga at 8, spin class at 9:30, kids pottery at 11. I'll definitely need your help with that one," she said with a laugh. "Water aerobics at 2:30 and then I have to teach piano and singing lessons from 4 to 6."
"I don't know how you do it," Beca replied, shaking her head incredulously. She didn't realize she had superwoman for a girlfriend. "Sure, I'll hang out all day."
"Great! Thanks so much, baby," Chloe said, leaning in to give her a kiss.
"Wait, there's one condition," Beca said hesitantly. "No singing or playing Christmas music."
"No promises there," Chloe replied with a smile, getting up to go get ready. "We have to leave in 20 minutes."
"Ugh, you're unbelievable," Beca sighed. Christmas was always a crazy time of year with Chloe.
"I'm not even flexible, why am I doing this," Beca sighed as she walked into the studio behind Chloe.
"It'll be fun!" Chloe said excitedly. "And I promise I won't play any Christmas music."
"But I don't want to, I'm tired," Beca sighed, sitting down on the floor.
"You could always sit in the break room," Chloe shrugged. "But they're already playing Christmas music," she said with a smirk.
"Ugh, I guess I'll stay," Beca sighed. "Do I have to participate? Can't I just sit in the corner? Or like in the main room to wait?"
"I guess," Chloe shrugged. "You'll do the kids pottery one though, right?"
"Yeah, and I guess I'll do spin class too, it seems easy enough," Beca replied. "Thank you for understanding, I just don't want to be the only one who isn't good at this."
"I understand," Chloe replied, giving her a kiss on the forehead. "Try not to get too bored out there," she said with a smile.
"I will," Beca replied.
During and after college, Beca had opened up to Chloe a lot more, and now they both knew pretty much everything about each other. Chloe knew about Beca's self esteem issues and always made sure that the younger girl felt comfortable and good about herself. It was definitely difficult at times, but Chloe loved Beca more than anything in the world, and she'd be willing to do anything for her.
A few hours later, Chloe and Beca were sitting in the arts and crafts room waiting for the kids to start showing up. Chloe had been quietly humming Jingle bells, but Beca didn't notice until she started singing it out loud. "Jingle bells, Jingle bells, Jingle all the way," she started quietly.
Beca glanced up and rolled her eyes. "Don't you dare."
"Oh what fun it is to ride in a one horse open sleigh!" Chloe sang louder with a huge smile on her face.
"You do realize that the more serenade me with that annoying shit, the less attractive I'll find you, right"
"Oh please, you love my voice," Chloe said with a smirk.
"Yes I do," Beca said with a shrug, "but not when you're singing Christmas music."
Chloe smiled as the kids started coming in. "Hey guys! I'm Chloe and this is Beca and we're going to be teaching you pottery today!" She said happily.
"Hey," Beca said shyly as she waved awkwardly.
"Baby don't be shy, they're just kids," Chloe whispered.
Beca rolled her eyes as she stood up to get aprons from the closet to hand out to the kids. "Pottery is kind of messy so you guys are gonna wear aprons," Beca said as she walked back to the front of the room.
"So we're gonna pass out the clay and then we'll give you guys some ideas for what to shape it."
"So we're basically teaching them how to use play dough?" Beca asked with a smirk as she took packages of clay from Chloe.
"Not just play dough, expensive, high end play dough," Chloe said with a laugh. She heard a knock at the door and turned to see who it was. "Oh, that's my boss, can you just pass out the rest of the clay," she said.
"Alright," Beca agreed.
Chloe opened the door and smiled. "Hey Rita!"
"Hi Chloe, I have a huge favor to ask you," Rita said nervously. "The girl that was supposed to teach the kindergarten music class canceled last minute, so can you substitute for her?"
"What time?" Chloe asked. "I don't have anything else until water aerobics at 2:30. I have Beca here so she could probably do it if I can't."
"It's at 12:05 so I don't think it would overlap."
"Yeah, of course I'll do it!" Chloe said.
"Perfect, thanks so much Chloe," Rita said with a smile. "Hey Beca!" She said as the brunette walked over.
"Hi!" Beca smiled. She was kind of well known and loved at the community center for making Chloe's sunshiny personality even brighter.
"Well I gotta go, but I'll see you girls later," Rita said with a smile. "Thanks so much Chloe."
"No problem!" Chloe said as she shut the door. "Bec, we're teaching a music class after this."
"Like kids? Because I really can't sing in front of anyone over the age of 7 today."
"Yeah, it's for kindergarteners," Chloe said. "Are you feeling ok?"
"Yeah, just some anxiety," Beca shrugged. "As usual, I can barely make it out of the house without freaking out."
"You're ok, I'm here," Chloe said sympathetically, giving her a quick hug and a kiss on the cheek. "Ok kids, Beca's gonna pass around some ideas for what to make, but you can totally do your own thing."
Beca started passing out sheets of paper to all the kids and went back to sit at the front next to Chloe. "Can I make something?" She asked with a laugh.
"Yeah of course," Chloe smiled.
Beca got to work and began shaping letters out of the clay to form a sentence. Christmas music sucks she wrote out smirking at Chloe as she did so.
"Nice work." Chloe rolled her eyes, playfully smacking Beca on the arm. "You're an ass, you know that?" She lowered her voice as she cursed.
"But you love me for it, Beca said, leaning in for a quick kiss.
"It's true," Chloe replied sweetly. "You're the best thing to ever happen to me.
Hours later, Chloe and Beca were leading a music class and Beca was sitting there, hitting notes on a xylophone to go along with the music because she wasn't really in the mood to sing. Chloe had been relentlessly trying to get the kids involved but they didn't seem to be in the mood either. "What should we sing?" Chloe asked with a sigh.
"Christmas songs!" All the kids replied and Beca rolled her eyes.
Chloe smiled. "This is so good guys because Beca, here, isn't really feeling the Christmas spirit yet. Do you think we can get her as excited as we are?" She asked happily.
"Yes!" The kids squealed and Chloe smiled.
"How about we start with Santa Claus Is Coming To Town?" Chloe asked.
The kids smiled and started singing along with Chloe and Beca's face slowly turned to a smile after she saw how excited Chloe and the kids were to give her some Christmas spirit. "Aww baby I love you," she said with a smile. This was sweet, thanks."
"I love you too," Chloe smiled. "Did I get you in the Christmas spirit?"
"Of course," Beca said sweetly. "Thank you."