Beca woke up today feeling a new found confidence. She could feel that today would be different in a good way; she knew this day was the start of something new. Beca walked through the school doors and approached her friends at her locker with a big smile.
Stacie, who has been her best friend since kindergarten, quirked an eyebrow at her. "What's got you smiling like my uncle Emilio when the football game comes on?"
Beca rolls her eye at her best friends' use of an example. "Nothing, I just have a feeling today will be a good day."
This catches the attention of Jesse another friend of Beca's. "Really, because your feelings are always right." He says sarcastically.
Again Beca rolls her eyes and begins walking to class with her two friends trailing behind.
As Beca enters the classroom, she makes immediate eye contact with her long time crush, Luke Bowers.
They sit down at their table and Beca smiles. "So tonight instead of movie night we are going to Luke's Party."
Her friends look at her with wide eyes; Jesse being the first to talk.
"Okay there are two things I want to say about that, 1. We ALWAYS have movie night on Friday; I was looking forward to tonight's movie and 2. You have to actually be invited to Luke Bowers' party to actually be able to go."
Beca looked at her friends in disbelief. "Jesse you know I hate movies anyway. Why don't you guys don't think I am capable of getting us invites to his party? Because I am and I did."
Seeing the look of confusion on her friends' faces she continued. "I saw him before school and we talked and he invited us, well me; I asked if you guys could come too. This is how I know my good feeling is going to be great today." Beca said with a huge smile. Stacie then smiled back and they began talking about Luke and the party while Jesse sat there, jealousy fuming.
School was finally over and Beca, Stacie and Jesse exited the building and began walking to Beca's house.
On the way they saw Luke and his ex-girlfriend arguing.
"That looks really intense." Jesse said eyeing them with worry.
Beca looked over and rolled her eyes. "Oh please, you all know Chloe was probably being a bitch and pissed Luke off, he's such a sweet heart."
It was Stacie's turn to talk. "Chloe actually is really nice, I think she puts up that mean front around Luke because she has too, I overheard her talking about him when they broke up and she made me promise to never tell anyone what happened and she was really cool, we talked for awhile and everything."
Again Beca just rolled her eyes and watched as Luke raised his hand and smacked Chloe, then pushing her on the ground.
"Oh my god! He just smacked her!" Beca felt herself worry about Chloe for a second before pushing those feelings down.
Jesse rushed over to them and pushed Luke away. "What the fuck man, why would you just hit her like that?"
Beca and Stacie ran over, Stacie rushing to Chloe and Jesse's side while Beca walked over to Luke, slightly glancing at Chloe.
"I'm sure she deserved it, Jake would never harm someone unless there was a reason." Luke smiled at Beca and put his arm around her. "Yeah your right, she deserved it, let me walk you home."
Jesse looked at Beca walking away with Luke in disbelief. "I can't believe she took his side, she just saw what he did."
Stacie shook her head and looked down at Chloe. "I thought this was over, you guys broke up; he has no reason to attack you."
Chloe whipped her tears and shook her head. "Don't worry about me, I'm fine. You need to go after Beca and make sure she's okay, you can't trust him; he may try and pressure her to do things."
That's all Jesse needed to hear, he was up so fast and running towards Beca's house.
As he ran he yelled out to Stacie to stay with Chloe and make sure she makes it home okay.
Back at Beca's house, Luke came in to go to the bathroom. He walked out of the bathroom and smiled at Beca.
"Thanks for letting me use your bathroom."
Beca blushed a little and smiled back. "Oh, it was no problem at all."
Luke winked at her making Beca blush more and sat down on the couch and patted the space next to him. Beca sat on the couch and smiled at him, suddenly feeling uneasy.
"Hey, can I ask you a question?" Luke looked up at her and shrugged. "Sure, it's a free country"
Beca cleared her throat and turned to face him. "What happened with Chloe, I mean I know she is an uber bitch sometimes, but I also think she could be awesome sometimes, what made you hit her?"
The smile on Luke's face instantly went away and became a frown; he cleared his throat clearly trying to think of an answer.
He smiled; ran his hand through his blonde hair and stared so intently with his icy blue eyes. "Well like you said she's a bitch, she said some foul things to me, but let's not worry about Chloe."
He slid closer to Beca and put his hand on her thigh. Beca let out an uneasy breath and tried to move over a little.
Luke put a firm grip on her and began to lean in.
This was not how Beca wanted her first kiss with Luke to be, and she had a feeling this wouldn't be the only first she was going to be experiencing.