A/N: this is the prologue of the story, what I intend to write is the Bellas getting a record deal.
English is not my first language so excuse me for any mistake you find; feel free to let me know if you find any. Please let me know what you think of the story (critics are welcome too)
The Bellas finish their performance and everyone in the room is standing in ovation. The girls are ecstatic; Chloe and Aubrey have never experienced this kind of support from the crowd with the Bellas before. Aubrey turns to Beca and wraps her in a hug whispering "Thank you". Beca hugs Aubrey back and smiles. Soon they are joined by Chloe saying "that was awesome guys!" and one by one all the Bellas join what has turned into a group hug. A few moments pass and they head to their seats. Beca is the first to reach her seat which is situated right behind Jesse. "I told you endings are the best part" he says with a satisfied smile wrapping her arms around Beca's waist. Chloe was the second to enter the line of seats, looking at Beca and Jesse makes her heart drop, she feels the tears welling up in her eyes. No no please don't kiss him Beca, she thinks to herself not noticing that she has stopped walking. The rest of the Bellas wonder what's making Chloe stop and once they realize what is it, Aubrey puts a comforting hand on Chloe shoulder knowing how much her best friend is hurting right now. All the girls' attention is on Beca and Jesse, Beca has her arms around Jesse's neck and is slowly leaning in, all the girls stop breathing, sure Jesse and Beca are close but is Beca really that blind to not notice how much Chloe likes her and how great they are together? Just inches before their lips crash together Beca moves her face and says something into Jesse's ear. His face shows confusion and then turns into something perilously close to anger as Beca moves away from him and flashes a grin to the girl's way. All their faces show relief. Chloe feels herself smiling back at Beca. Now they are sitting and waiting for the results, Chloe has her hands interlaced with Beca and Aubrey, she can't contain her excitement. This is it, this is their night. Finally the host takes the stage and after a few minutes of bad a capella jokes he pronounces the words everyone is waiting for: And the winner of this year ICCA's: THE BARDEN BELLAS!
The crowd erupts into claps and cheers. Fat Amy runs to the stage and screams something along the lines of "Bow down to the queens of Aca-World you aca-peasants" it's really hard to tell with all the noise coming from the crowd and the Bellas.
The girls head to a club to celebrate their win, the Trebles decide to tag along with them, the Trebles minus Jesse who disappeared as soon as the Bellas were crowned champions.
Everyone is having a good time on the dance floor. Lilly and Donald are dancing together. Amy is dancing with two guys who seem amused by her mermaid dancing; Stacie is dancing between Cynthia-Rose and a very drunk Treble while Aubrey and Chloe's sister Emily dance and joke around, Aubrey always seems to change into a much more relaxed and fun person whenever Emily is around. Beca is admiring her friends on the dance floor from the V.I.P area where they have a table. As much as Beca loves music and being a Dj she's not really into dancing her heart out in the middle of a bunch of strangers.
"Having fun captain?" a melodic voice whispers in her ear, sending shivers down her body.
"Hey Chloe! When did you get here?."
Chloe moves next to Beca admiring how beautiful the brunette looks tonight, but then again she always thinks Beca looks beautiful.
"a few minutes ago, I couldn't decide what to wear and Emily got tired of waiting and left me at the room."
Beca looks at Chloe and her breath stops.
"you… wow… I…" Chloe laughs "You ok there Bec?" Beca is trying to say something but she finds herself just blinking and staring dumbfounded at Chloe who is wearing a dress that fits her perfectly and accentuates all the features in her svelte body. Her legs seem to go on and on and Beca slowly scans the redhead from head to toe.
"Yes, I… I am." She feels the blush creeping on her cheeks.
"Are you blushing?"
"I..no! of course not! This place is too hot, that's it"
"Yeah? Did it get any hotter when I walked in?" Chloe says leaning very close to Beca.
What are you doing to me Beale? She thinks.
"Something tells me you already had your jiggle juice" she tries to recover.
"Maybe, only one way to find out! Let's dance"
"I'm not much of a dancer, I enjoy watching other dance. You go ahead though."
"But I want to dance with you Beca! Pleeeease?" and god damnit, there are those puppy eyes she can't say no to. Beca knows she lost this battle already.
"Ok.." she's interrupted midsentence by Chloe fist pump and loud "Yes!" This makes her laugh. Chloe drags her to the dance floor and as soon as they find a space to settle in, Beca's body is flushed against Chloe's. Chloe is giving flirtatious looks at Beca and she's definitely not shying away from the redhead.
After a couple songs both girls make their way to their table where Aubrey and Emily are sitting already. Chloe smiles at the scene before her eyes, she loves to see both her sister and her best friend so happy, she's not so secretly rooting for them to be together. Just when she's about to sit one of her favorite songs comes on.
"That's my song!" she squeals.
Beca playfully rolls her eyes at her "Chloe, all songs are your songs!"
"come on! We have to dance this one" she says trying to drag Beca to the dance floor again.
"Chlo! I'm tired and thirsty" Beca pleads.
"Fine, I'll let you rest for the next 6 songs" Chloe says dragging Aubrey with her instead.
"You know she will make you dance after those six songs right?" Emily asks Beca. "I'm Emily by the way, Chloe's sister" while engulfing the brunette into a hug. Beca is not surprised at all, she never met Emily before but she was expecting this kind of behavior from Chloe's older sister, all she can do is return the older girl's hug.
"Yeah, of course I know who you are. Chloe talks about you a lot. I'm Beca, nice to meet you Emily"
"It's nice to finally put a face to the name" Emily says giving Beca a warm and genuine smile.
"Finally? What do you mean?"
"well Chlo talks about you a lot too. So I feel like I know you already" Emily moves closer to her and whispers "don't worry, I won't barge into your shower" and giving Beca a wink.
Beca's sure her face never been more red before. How could Chloe tell the story of their shower encounter to her sister?
"I… she…" Emily takes pity on the girl she laughs and squeezes one of Beca's hands.
"It's ok. Chloe and I are very close, we know everything about each other."
Beca tries to smile at the girl but fails miserably. Emily can see why Chloe likes Beca so much. She is really adorable when nervous.
"She cares a lot about you Beca. She's my little sister and I adore her more than anything in this world, all I want for her is to be happy and you seem to bring her happiness"
"me? What are you talking about? She's the happiest and most cheerful person I know. I'm pretty sure I'm not the reason she's happy, she's just Chloe" She can't understand why Emily is telling her all this.
Emily looks at her with an 'are you crazy' kind of look.
"I know her since she was born and I can assure you I have never seen her as happy as she seems whenever she talks about you, I've been watching you two tonight and call me crazy but I think you actually make a good couple."
Beca is perplexed, couple? Does this mean Chloe likes her? No, it can't be, it's too good to be true.
"I don't think Chloe likes me that way"
"so you DO like her!" Emily claps her hands and squeezes Beca into another hug.
Beca knows there's no way of getting out of this, she just admitted her feelings for Chloe to none other than Chloe's sister.
"I… yeah, I do, but I don't even think she is into me she's just nice to everyone" Beca says with a pang of sadness in her voice.
"you should let her know how you feel, trust me Beca. Chlo really likes you as something more than friends" The sincerity in Emily's voice gives Beca hope, maybe Chloe is into her at least a fraction of how much she is into Chloe.
Aubrey and Chloe return with the rest of the Bellas to the table and Emily and Beca's conversation is interrupted.
"Soooo aca-bitches, this is fun but we need to get some sleep. We have a long way home tomorrow and I don't want any of you kicked out of the plane because you are too drunk." Aubrey says.
There's a couple of boo's but all the girls even in their drunk state know that Aubrey is right.
The girls walk together to the hotel and part ways when they reach their respective rooms. Aubrey is rooming with Beca since Emily and Chloe are staying in the same room.
Aubrey is walking with Emily while Beca and Chloe are walking together a little behind them. "Well, this was really fun, I wish we had more time to catch up Milly." Emily nods "yeah, I had a lot of fun too. You guys were incredible! I'm happy you got your win Bree. "She says while hugging Aubrey in one of the Beale trademark bone-crushing hugs.
Beca is shifting uncomfortably; she can't shake Emily's words from her head "tonight was fun, thanks for forcing me to dance"
"Hey, I didn't force you! You happily agreed." Chloe retorts with a playful smile.
"Whatever Beale" in that moment their eyes meet each other's eyes and suddenly nothing else exist.
Emily and Aubrey hug each other goodbye and each one part to their rooms, Chloe and Beca are too lost into each other gaze to realize they are alone until Aubrey says over her shoulder "I can see your toner…."
Both girls jump at Aubrey's remark.
"I guess I'll see you tomorrow" says Beca quickly.
"yeah, I'll see you tomorrow" Chloe replies while leaning and giving Beca a kiss on the corner of her mouth.
Her heart stops she wants to kiss Chloe back but she knows the girl is drunk and probably won't remember anything the next morning and also her brains reminds her that she probably miscalculated her cheek because she's drunk. Despite all that, she still blushes and wishes more than anything that Chloe meant something with the almost kiss.
Both girls get into their respective rooms feeling a rush of happiness. Beca can't keep her smile and Aubrey of course notices it but doesn't say anything.
Beca slips into her bed knowing turning Emily's words in her head over and over again.