"Beca."

"Mmm?"

"Would you be my girlfriend if Jesse doesn't exist?"

"... Yeah, I would."


Aubrey couldn't help but find her lips curl upwards as her best friend talked animatedly about her date. They were walking home along the pavement and somehow the gloomy weather seemed to be chased away by the great mood radiating off the redhead. She flailed her arms around and chattered loudly; her light-blue eyes carried such glint Aubrey'd thought it was the sun that's reflecting off those irises. Just then, the first chord progression of Titanium broke the one-sided, highly charged conversation, bringing both girls to a halt in their footsteps.

The blonde quirked a brow as Chloe answered the phone, her face breaking into her signature silly "I'm over the moon" grin. The red-head suddenly looked up at Aubrey and held out the phone to her.

"Say hi, Aubrey."

The taller girl hesitated; she was shocked by the sudden request and stared at the device that was thrust inches before her face. It took a few short moments before she laughed out a greeting.

"Oh gosh, Chloe!"

"Uh huh, that's Aubrey - my bestest friend in the world! What are you doing?" The red-head started to pick up speed again, walking ahead and leaving her blonde friend behind.


Chloe threw her eyes open and shot up in her bed. Someone was knocking on her door - no, scratch that. Someone was literally knocking the life out of her door.

"Beca?" She pulled the small trembling body into her arms, rubbing comforting circles on the girl's back; She's wracked with tears. The red-head hushed the crying brunette and tugged her to sit on the foot of her bed. Beca took a deep breath and wiped away her tears with her sleeves.

"He ended things."

Chloe felt her breath go; her heart skipped a beat at those words. A glimmer of hope erupting in her as she watched the brunette collapse into another fit of tears, but she felt another breath leave her as Beca spoke up again.

"I'm not good enough."

"Of course you're good enough!" She scolded, grabbing the smaller girl and making her face her squarely in the face. Beca shook her head as another fresh stream of tears flow down her cheeks.

Chloe gently wiped those tears away with her thumbs and looked into those navy eyes that stared back into hers. "Don't ever let anyone say you're not good enough, Beca." She whispered.

"Don't ever let anyone tell you that you're not beautiful enough or intelligent enough. To me, you are enough."

The brunette remained silent, save for some sniffles, as she peered into the earnest light-blue pair of eyes. Chloe found herself leaning closer and closer, till she finally closed the gap between them.


"What are you expecting when you come over later?"

"Nothing."

"Look, I don't want to keep you hanging in any way, okay? I don't want tonight to turn out to be a night we exploit each other."

"I know, but do you want me over?"

"I want you to, but I shouldn't right?"

"Your guilt is draining me. Do what you want, Beca"

"Come over."

/

and with words unspoken, a silent devotion

i know you know what i mean, and the end is unknown

but i think i'm ready, as long as you're with me

/

Chloe popped in the DVD and smirked when she heard the machine running. She gingerly set the laptop on the stool and adjusted the screen to get rid of the glare. Satisfied with the set-up, she scooted back and felt Beca's arms snake around her waist almost immediately.

"This is my favorite show." She said softly, leaning her head back and into the crook of the brunette's neck.

"I cried at this movie." Chloe smiled at the admission, sighing in contentment that she could finally spend a night with her doing something so simple as a movie marathon. She reached over to grab the glass of cocktail Beca's prepared for her and took a sip. The alcohol hit her senses as it flowed down her throat, and she quickly replaced the glass on the floor. "How many glasses have you had already?"

"Not many, just one. This," Beca pointed at another glass near Chloe's, "is my second one."

The movie started playing just then and the duo settled into a comfortable silence. Chloe was watching Tom Hanks laugh at his "You rock!" joke with Sandra Bullock chuckling along in the background when she felt Beca nuzzling the back of her neck. She shifted so that the nuzzling would stop but she'd still remain close to the brunette and continued watching the movie.

"No exploitation," she reminded herself silently, biting the insides of her cheeks - her senses went into overdrive as the brunette insisted her ministrations, sniffling and nuzzling the red-head's ears, shoulders and neck area. Chloe felt herself get increasingly restless and finally caved.

"Bed, now."

/

and everyday I am learning about you;

the things that no one else sees.

and the ending comes too soon, like dreaming of angels

and leaving without them

they would be as in love with you as i am

they would be as in love with you as i am

they would as in, love, love

love.