This is the first chapter of the 2018 Bechloe Week, lets do this!
Bechloe Week Day 1: Accidental kiss
It has been an extremely long week for Beca. Aubrey keeps nagging at her for the slightest mistake she makes while she herself doesn't even listen to anything anyone else says, not even Chloe who is her co-captain. Beca felt sorry for the redhead, she is the sweetest human being she had ever met, someone who would never say something bad about you because she would feel guilty about it. Beca hated seeing the redhead sad, every time Aubrey would cut her off. Normally Beca wouldn't care and would just ignore the situation but there is something about Chloe that makes her very protective.
Beca is so caught up in her thoughts that she doesn't notice a person standing right in front of her holding a large pile of books and can't see in front of her. So the two collide against each other, books scattering all across the place. "Oh no, I'm so sorry, I couldn't see where I was going. I hope I didn't hurt you?" Beca looks up with a shocked expression when she recognises the voice of the other person. "Chloe?"
"Beca?" The two look at each other to burst out in laughter seconds later. "I'm really sorry for bumping into you Chloe, I wasn't looking where I was going either." The brunette sits up and looks around them at all the books now laying on the floor. "What are you doing with all these books anyway?" She asks curiously. "Oh uhm I was trying to help Aubrey by looking up some new techniques for accapella but nothing really came up in these books so I decided to bring them back to the library."
Chloe slowly starts moving to pick the books up. "Why didn't you ask for help?" Beca asks, following the redhead's lead and helps her to pick up the books. "I asked Stacie but she still had class, Fat Amy disappeared, Jessica and Ashley were going to the supermarket, Cynthia-Rose was going on a date with Denise I'm terrified of Lilly so I never asked her." Beca furrows her brow. "What about me?"
"What about you?" Chloe asks in confusion. "Why didn't you ask me to help you?" Beca asks, the hurt showing in her voice, even though she doesn't want it to. "Oh I uhm... I knew you still had class and that you have a late shift at the radio station tonight so I didn't want to burden you with my silly problem." Beca lets out a heavy sigh and picks up another book. "Your problems are never silly to me Chloe. I will always make time for you."
In any other moment Beca would have kicked herself for even thinking about saying something like that but it also seemed the most appropriate thing to say. "Do you mean that?" Chloe asks in almost a whisper. "Yeah, uhm I guess I do." Beca answers back awkwardly. The two keep picking up books and slowly the pile becomes its original form from before the collision.
Neither had noticed how close they had come to each other. So of course it came as a surprise when both wanted to pick up the last book at the same time. They both look up but because they hadn't exactly calculated the distance between them and their lips meet gently and brief but for both it gave the same reaction. It seemed like fireworks had gone off in their head and that they were floating on cloud 9.
Beca slightly panics whence realises what just happened and jumps up with a start. Because of the sudden movement she stumbles backwards, straight into a fountain. "Beca!" Chloe shouts as she sees the brunette fall. The redhead immediately jumps up and helps her fellow Bella out of the water. "Oh my god Beca are you alright?" The brunette spits out some water and shakes her head in attempt to dry her hair.
"Peachy." Beca answers sarcastically. The brunette lets out a relieved breath when she sees her phone on the floor, completely dry. She looks up and notices the sad expression on Chloe's face. "Hey, what's wrong?" The brunette gets no answer at first but a short minute later Chloe does speak up. "Is kissing me really so bad?" Chloe asks, uncertainty dominating her voice. "What? No! No, no, no, no, no! I swear this was the best kiss I've ever had, it just caught me of guard!"
Beca slaps her hand in front of her mouth when she finishes her mini word vomit. Chloe's sad face turns into a bright smile. Slowly but surely Beca lowers her hand. She has no idea where she finds the courage to actually say the following words but she doesn't regret saying them. "I would love to do it again? How about tomorrow after I take you out on a date?" Chloe jumps up and wraps her arms around Beca's neck, repeating the word 'yes' over and over again. "Alright Beale, how about I help you with those books and we get some smoothies before my shift?"
Of course Chloe says yes and the two walk off towards the library, each carrying half of the books. Neither had seemed to notice Aubrey and Stacie who had seen the entire exchange from a bench, helping each other study. "Did that just really happen?" Stacie asks with wide eyes. "Looks like it, I'll be hearing about this for weeks now." Aubrey says with a sigh. "But I have to admit, I'm happy Chloe found someone who makes her happy." Stacie agrees and the two forget about their fellow Bellas as they continue studying.
