Chapter 2 – Meet you there (Song performed by Busted)
"We know what we are,
But not what we can be."
-William Shakespeare
PREVIOUSLY…
With an exchange of smiles, the pair proceeded to find the lounge.
It didn't take them long, and when they entered the room, they heard a voice speak in the corner.
"Oh God!"
"Oh, crap!"
Beca and Aubrey spoke simultaneously.
This is going to be an interesting wait...
No Ones POV
To say that the situation both pairs of friends found themselves in was an understatement; mainly due to the mutual hatred between Beca and Aubrey. Beca saw Aubrey as an over privileged know it all with no personality, and Aubrey, she saw Beca as an uneducated untalented DJ wannabe with no fashion sense.
Chloe and Jesse, on the other hand, didn't have a problem, that's if you ignored the awkwardness they felt standing between the two hating women.
The newly arrived duo quickly found an unoccupied booth a safe distance away from Chloe and Aubrey's sofa.
Beca and Jesse were quick to start discussing how they were going to alter there travel plans. Chloe was attempting to discuss how they were going to recruit a team of Bella's after their disastrous final in June…
"Honestly Chlo, I don't care right now! Why are they here?!"
"I don't know Bree, perhaps they are going on holiday and they wanted to wait in comfort, kinda like us…"
"You're sarcasm isn't necessary!" Aubrey huffed. "And, I told you, you're going to use your seduction skills to gain us 9 beautiful and talented women. Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm going to pee."
"Hey Becs, I'm going to ring the hotel in Rome and see if I can get our dates changed, or a refund, ill be back in a bit." Jesse motioned to the door as he stood up, grabbed his phone and notepad, and proceeded to too stood up and headed to the coffee stand, unaware that Chloe had too proceeded to go and order another hot chocolate.
Both girls stood in the short but unmoving queue for a few seconds before Chloe decided to be her usual social self.
"Hey, you're Beca, right?" Chloe pretended to think of the short girls name but really, she knew all about her.
"Um, yeah. Beca Mitchell. You're Chloe Beale." Beca's response was more of a statement than a question, nonetheless she offered her hand to the tall redhead standing before her.
"Yeah, nice to officially meet you." Chloe sent Beca one of her million dollar smile, one that she knew women usually swooned over…
But Beca didn't seem to acknowledge the attempt of subtle flirting.
"Have we met unofficially?"
"Yeah, you DJ'ed most of my best friends parties last year. You were great, you have awesome taste in music."
"Thanks, Stacie always seems to ask me in a way that makes it difficult to say no." Beca smirked to herself as the memories of Stacie's nights of begging and persuasion revisit her mind.
"So I couldn't help but overhear you and Jesse, how come he has to ring Rome?"
"I'm guessing you heard the announcement not too long ago, about a storm?" Chloe nodded in confirmation. "Well, we were on that flight that got cancelled so they moved us onto the Madrid flight. Jesse is our coordinator for our trip so he has to fix our plans."
"You guys were going to Rome, was this a romantic getaway before college restarts?" Nobody, not even Aubrey knew Chloe's secret… No, not the one where she recently realised that she was a lesbian, the one where she holds deep romantic feelings for a certain short brunette, who, fortunately, currently stands before her, however, unfortunately, is the current nemesis of her best friend.
"Ew, dude, no." Beca scrunched her face up in disgust at the assumption.
"Oh sorry, I just thought…"
"I get it, but no. I'm far too gay to even consider possibly dating Jesse. He's cool and we're great friends but no. I spent the summer working with him and his dad, so in return his dad offered to pay half of the price of whatever vacation we wanted. And, after a lot of arguing and beer and, on Jesse's part, consideration, we decided a trip around Europe."
"Oh…you're gay…hm." Chloe spluttered out her words awkwardly. Beca assumed that this was due to her upbringing since she knew people teased her about.
There was an awkward unbearable silence between the two girls after that. Thankfully, Beca heard the barister mutter "next" and gestured for Chloe to speak.
Neither girls spotted their other halves returning to their seats, however Beca was fully aware of the daggers being sent her way by one Aubrey Posen. Chloe smiled shyly at the brunette before returning to her seat with the hot beverages for herself and her friend. It didn't take long for Beca's coffee to get made and for her too to return to the booth.
"The hotel in Rome has transferred our booking to a hotel in Madrid that they're partnered with, and, as an act of apology, which I don't know why they have given this to us since it wasn't their fault a storm decided to hit, but we get a free upgrade to the vacant penthouse apartment. Oh, and, the Rome hotel have put a hold on some fancy suite for the weekend in two weeks time so we can return, and for the same price as what we paid initially. ISN'T THIS AWESOME BECS!"
"Yeah, that's awesome dude. Smart move calling them."
Despite the enthusiasm coming from his short friend, Jesse couldn't help but notice that Beca's thoughts were pre-occupied.
"Hey Becs, what's wrong?"
"Oh nothing, I'm just thinking about something…"
Beca didn't look directly at her best friend, but the redhead across the room. Jesse glanced over his shoulder to see what (or who) Beca was staring at, he knew almost immediately what was going through her mind.
"Go and talk to her, you're 'badass' Beca Mitchell, what could go wrong?"
"I spoke to her when you went the toilet, and it felt so natural and words just kept coming out of my mouth and I answered her questions so easily instead of giving her a rude and sarcastic comment, it felt weird."
"This is so cute! You have a crush on CHLOE BEALE!"
Beca almost jumped across the table to put her hand over Jesse's mouth, hoping that that act would change the fact he had just shouted that sentence for all in the room to hear.
When she noticed that everyone in the lounge turned to look at the pair, and her assumptions were confirmed that everyone in the room had heard, Beca glared at the boy across from her before smacking her head against the table in defeat.
STILL NO ONES POV
The two girls sat on the sofa, drinking their coffee, talking about celeb gossip they had recently heard (after Aubrey got over her diva moment when Beca walked into the lounge).
This conversation went seemingly smoothly until it was abruptly interrupted by, what sounded like a prepubescent boy screaming "Chloe Beale" from across the room.
Both girls look up to see Jesse sporting a bright red face, while Beca's face was against the table.
"What was that all about?" Chloe asked her friend, curiously.
"I have no idea, but I'm about to find out!"
And with that, the blonde stands up and practically marches over to the booth where the embarrassed pair sit, with Chloe cautiously behind.
"WHAT THE HELL IS YOUR PROBLEM?!" The blonde bellowed at the pair.
Beca didn't even look up, she just groaned in response. Jesse, on the other hand, shuffled in his seat.
"Oh, hey Aubrey, Chloe…. F-fancy see-ing you guys in this lovely lounge at this early hour."
"Shut it Swanson!" Aubrey ordered, to which Jesse just looked down at his lap in shame. "Why are you guys talking about Chloe?"
"Who? That Chloe? Nooo, we were talking about Beca's pet dinosaur." That was all Jesse could say in response to the scary blonde standing above him. At his awkward answer, Beca finally looked up and stared at her friend with a look of 'what the fuck dude'. But she still attempted to keep the answer going.
"Oh yeah, my dinosaur has red hair too, and since I have no imagination I called him Chloe, you were the first red head I could think of that my dinosaur deserved to be named after."
Chloe giggled at her reply.
Aubrey scoffed.
"Really? An unimaginative DJ? What's next, a blind fashion designer?"
"Well, whoever coordinated your outfit mustn't have much sight." Beca returned, before being kicked under the table by Jesse.
"Cut the crap, Mitchell. Why were you guys talking about Chloe?"
As she sat up in her seat, Beca answered. "Okay, Aubrey, if you must be so nosey and want to know my business, I'll tell you a secret. I am undeniably in love with Chloe Beale, and since not many people, including Jesse, didn't know I was bisexual, I guess you could say my revelation was a bit of a shock for Jesse. Now, if you'll excuse me, I am going to get another drink."
Beca scooted out of the booth and walked over to the coffee stand, leaving the three people that were previously around her to think about whether or not the girl was serious about her admittance.
"Is she serious?"
Chloe just kept looking from Jesse to Aubrey in disbelief.
"Why don't you go and ask her yourself…" Jesse spoke, in an attempt to get the two girls away from him.
Chloe pulled Aubrey away from the booth, to avoid the possibility of Jesse hearing what she had to say. But, before that could happen, Aubrey had something of her own to say…
"I know you have a crush on the alt girl with spikes sticking out of her ears, but you cant seriously been considering going to talk to her to see if what she said is true, can you? Cmon Chlo, look what happened the last time you opened yourself up to a girl with her personality…"
"Seriously Bree, I know what happened last time, but are Beca and Alicia the same person? No. contrary to what you believe, Beca could be different, and I wont know unless I give this a try, right?"
"I just don't wanna see you get hurt again, but, if you do, once I've made you feel like you again and then I'll say 'I told you so'. Deal?"
"Deal, thanks Bree."
And with that, the bubbly (but nervous) redhead headed over to the coffee stand, that seemed to have a non moving queue, with the brunette still at the back.
"Hey Beca, can I talk to you for a sec?"
AN
Hey guys, I did what I prommised and continued this story. Yay…
I wrote this chapter over a period of 3am's since I keep waking up at ridiculous hours, lucky me.
Anyway, I'm glad to have seen the enthusiasm from everyone reading and I hope you enjoyed this chapter as much as the first. So, please continue to review and still don't be afraid to send me any one shot prompts or any suggestions for future chapters.
Thanks guys! Peace.
