This story is set during Beca's junior year. It is mostly going to be fluff and shenanigans with just a smidgen of drama.
"Wait. Hold on a minute. We're going camping? You all seriously want to spend our winter break camping?" Beca asked in bewilderment. The rest of the Bella's all murmured in confirmation. They were many things Beca didn't want to spend her winter break doing, and camping was right around the top of that list. Immediately she began thinking of ways to stop this from happening.
"Come on Becs. It'll be fun! And more importantly it'll be a great for team bonding. Which we haven't done enough of this year." Chloe chimed up.
"And we can't do that here? In our nice, warm Bella house? We have to go freeze our asses off in a tent somewhere?"
"We won't be in a tent Beca. My aunt and uncle own a cabin that their letting us use, it's nice. Its not even really camping. There's even electricity." Stacie corrected.
"Where is this cabin?" The smaller brunette replied.
"Michigan's Upper Peninsula."
"The UP?! Do you know how far away that is?" Before getting an answer she pulled out her phone loading up the map. "That's a 16 hour drive. And we don't have the budget to all fly there."
"We have two weeks off." Jessica replied, who was quickly followed up by Ashley,
"And 16 hours really isn't that bad. If we take shifts sleeping and driving it could be done in a day."
Beca changed tactics, determined to stop this from happening. "Do you know what kind of animals live in the UP?" Again before anyone could respond Beca had her phone in hand. "Siri, what animals live in the UP?"
'Large mamels such as white-tailed, elk, red fox, coyote, wolves, cougar, and black bears.' When the phone stopped listing off animals Beca spoke up again.
"Wolves, cougars, bears. Fucking bears. You want to go camping with black bears running around."
"Beca we'll be fine. I've been going up there for years and I'm still alive aren't I? All those animals tens to avoid humans. Especially large groups of people. Besides the bears will be hibernating this time of year anyway." Stacie again answered.
"Come on cap. I've faced way worse than that back home. Anything comes at ya I'll crush it." Fat Amy spoke up.
"Fine. I'll think about it." Beca said turning to leave, realizing she wasn't gonna change their minds.
This time it was Cynthia who spoke up. "Um cap? I know you're the captain and all but we weren't really asking permission on this one. Majority rules."
"I said I'll think about it." The tiny brunette said again, never turning around and heading up the stairs to her room.
"What's wrong with her?" Stacie asked, her and the rest of the Bellas turning to Chloe for an answer.
"I don't know. I'll go talk to her though." Answered the Redhead, also making her way up the stairs.
Chloe knocked on the door, hearing a faint and slightly annoyed sounding "What?" Through the door.
"It's just me. Can I come in?" Most times Chloe would barge into the brunettes room without reason or warning but she knew when to respect the younger girls boundaries.
"Yeah."
Chloe slipped into the room, shutting the door behind her and taking a seat next to the brunette on her bed. "What's wrong, Becs?"
"Nothing. Is it really so hard to believe I don't want to spend our break freezing my balls off in the woods surrounded by wild animals?"
"Okay one,I've seen you naked, you don't have balls, so no worries there. And second, I know you've never been one for the great outdoors but you seem strangely adamant about this. There's more to this." Beca cursed in her mind. Chloe knew her too well, she couldn't hide anything from the redhead anymore. Chloe knew the brunettes silence was all but a confirmation, but she decided not to push the issue. "I know it's probably not what you planned for break, and I won't force you to go. But it would really mean a lot to the team if you went. You're our captain, we can't really team bond without you. And I can't spend two weeks without my best friend."
Beca let out a heavy breath. She knew she would lose her mind going two weeks without Chloe around. If not for the same exact reason. "And this cabin is really nice?"
"Totes! Stacie told me all about it. It's spaciest yet cozy. There's heat and electricity. It'll be fun. Aubrey gonna's be there too."
"Oh well now you're selling it."
"Oh shut up. You like her, I know you're friends."
"How do you know?"
"I know your phone password."
"Oh yeah. I keep forgetting that. Well still, that doesn't mean I want to hear her and Stacie going at it every night. They bang like friggin rabbits."
"Can you really blame them? They're a long distance couple. They have to make the most of their time together."
"I still can't believe Aubrey got Stacie to settle down at all."
"Well Bree always said, never underestimate a Posen. I think they're adorbs."
"That's because you didn't walk in on them! I could have happily lived the rest of my life having never seen Aubrey in that... position."
"You told Bree and Stacie you were happy for them."
"I really should be more mad about you snooping through my phone."
"Nah. But we're getting off topic. So will you go, please? I promise to run interference so you get some alone to mix and whatnot. Besides, I'm gonna need a snuggle buddy those chilly nights and you're the best."
"You're not supposed to say that out loud Beale."
"It's true though. And I think it'll be good for you to get away. You haven't been quite the same since you and Jesse broke up."
"Okay, I'll go."
"Thank you." Chloe said happily, pulling the brunette close for a hug.
Beca sank into the redheads embrace. Several minutes later she went back down stairs and into the living room where all the Bellas were still gathered. "Alright nerds, lets go camping."
"Where you going?" Chloe asked Beca as the younger girl got up from the couch.
"I'm pretty tired. I'm gonna crash early tonight." the brunette answered turning back to the ginger. Who hopped up next to her.
"I'll meet you in my room in a mintue."
"K." Sleep overs in each others room was something Beca had stopped protesting to or pretending to weirded out by. She'd gotten use to them in her freshmen year, besides Chloe always got her way and her badass reputation and appearance was long gone in the eyes of their fellow Bellas. Up in Chloe's the brunettes eyes were already becoming heavy as soon as she laid her head down. She felt an arm slip around her as the redhead snuggled up to her, another thing she stopped fighting and pretending she wasn't okay with. She relaxed into the redheads embrace, still being skeptical of how warm some cabin in the woods could actually be she took a moment to relish in the warmth of the bed and her snuggle buddy.
"Hey Becs?" Chloe whispered. "Beca?"
"Hm?" The younger girl hummed in response.
"Thanks for agreeing to go. I just want you to know I really appreciate it."
"Anything for you Chlo." Beca mumbled sleepily.
Chloe smiled. She always loved how open and vulnerable sleepy Beca was. "Goodnight sleepy head."
"Night."
Beca descended the stairs with the last of her luggage in hand, at the door waited an eager Chloe with her own luggage, Beca couldn't couldn't help but smile at the redheads excitement, until she realized that her and Chloe seemed to be the only Bella's ready to leave. "Where is everyone? Outside already?"
"You don't remember?"
"Remember what?"
"What Stacie told us? The other day after you agreed to go?"
"Um... Yes?" She remembered after she had announced her agreement to go and the cheering had subsided that Stacie had begun saying something, but her mind was elsewhere. Mainly thinking about the smile she received from Chloe when she first agreed to go.
The redhead playfully rolled her eyes "The others aren't coming right away. They're all visiting their family or taking care of other things first and are gonna meet us there."
"Then why don't we just wait a few day and all go up together?"
"Because my forgetful little DJ, the cabin has an oil heater, which needs to be filled. So someone needs to be there when the the oil people arrive to fill it in a couple days. So lets get going." After the car was, loaded, the GPS was set and they were on their way Chloe turned to the small brunette in the passenger seat. "Hey, Becs? Are you okay with trading off on driving? I want to get there as soon as possible."
"Yeah. That's fine." Beca, answered before turning her head to look back out to the scenery passing by. She wasn't sure why but she felt both nervous and excited about this, she had spent plenty of time with alone with Chloe before but something about being alone in a remote cabin seemed different. 'Keep your cool Mitchell. Don't ruin this with your stupid feelings.' She thought to herself, attempting to calm her nerves as the car merged onto the highway.