Chloe bursts through the front door and jogs up the stairs to Beca's room. She doesn't need to think twice about where the girl is.
"I knew you'd still be here." The redhead brings out while watching Beca with her headphones on, mixing on her laptop.
Beca pulls one of her headphones back on her head and replies without facing Chloe. "Yeah, I'm here. Why?"
Chloe sighs. "I told you you'd forget."
"Forget what?" Beca turns around to face the other girl, only to have every muscle in her body tense up as she sees Chloe all dressed up. "Shit!" Beca squeals as she heads for the bathroom, leaving Chloe behind with a grin on her face. "No, I didn't forget.. I just.. lost track of time." The small girl brings out from behind the bathroom door.
Chloe has settled herself down on the brunette's bed, awaiting her return. Chloe knew Beca would forget about their plans; she's been so stressed lately. The girl is just happy she found Beca remixing again. The last couple days all Beca did was sleep, eat and be grumpy. All because of that douchebag. Chloe grinds her teeth just at the thought of him. Jesse. The girl will never understand how or why anyone could ever cheat on Beca. But Beca's dealing with it quite good, at least Chloe thinks. They haven't really talked about it yet. Or anything else that happened the night of the riff-off. That's why they're going out tonight. Chloe had planned it, hoping the two could talk.
Beca comes walking back into the room and Chloe can't help it but stare. She looks great wearing simply black jeans, a red shirt and a leather jacket.
"I'm sorry, I know this isn't.." Beca stutters while looking at what she's got on.
"No, it's great. You look great." Chloe smiles.
"It's nothing compared to what you're wearing." Beca scams the girl's body and flusters when she knows she's been staring a bit too long.
"Are you ready to go?"
The two share a cab to wherever Chloe's planned their date. Date, Beca thinks, leaving a smile on her face.
"Seriously Chlo, where the fuck are we going? I don't think I've ever been in this part of town."
Chloe just grins. "We're almost there. You'll see."
Beca is excited for tonight. She likes to spend her time with the redhead. Whether it's for ten minutes or ten hours, it's like Chloe picks her up and makes her forget about anything else in the world. But lately they haven't had much time together. Actually, none alone since their public make out session during the riff-off. Beca's heart jumps when she thinks of that moment again, but it also makes her feel frightened.
When Chloe told her the two of them should go out and spend some alone time, Beca was quick to accept. She was thinking about talking to Chloe ever since their lips separated in that crowded room. Her mind was screaming for her to say anything, to say something. But she didn't. And so Chloe didn't either. She never pushed Beca to tell her anything she did not want to. She always waited patiently with that gorgeous smile on her face; which was mainly the cause every time Beca opened up to the ginger. How could anyone resist that smile? But this time it was different. It was bigger. Beca needs to do something bigger to let her know what Chloe means to her. Beca wonders what to do, until the cab comes to a stop and Chloe drags the younger girl out the car.
"What is this place?" Beca brings out, not letting go of Chloe's hand.
"It's great, it's basically a restaurant with a club build in." Chloe replies with a huge smile on her face, watching the building in front of her.
"That sounds lame." Beca smiles back.
"You'll love it, come on!"
And with that, Chloe drags her into the club. To her own surprise, Beca actually likes the place. It's classy; the lights are dimmed, there's a big dance floor in the middle of the room and booths all around it. Chloe talks to a waiter and he leads them over the dance floor to a booth in the corner. The waiter takes their order and then leaves the girls alone.
"Do you like it?" Chloe asks while running her foot over Beca's leg underneath the table.
"Yeah, I mean the music could be better, but.." Beca smiles sarcastically.
"Shut up, this is your jam!" Chloe says laughingly while stretching her arm out to hold Beca's hand. "I specifically picked out this place for the music. For you." She continues with a wink.
It's obvious to Beca the redhead is in need of contact. They haven't been out of touch since they had gotten out of the cab. "The music is great." Beca confesses. "And so are you." Chloe just cutely smiles back at her. "You know, we should probably talk about some stuff." Beca sees the girl in front of her just nodding, so she continues. "You know, about.. What happened at the riff-off."
"I agree." Chloe brings out, never letting her eyes leave Beca's. "Why don't you tell me everything that had happened with Jesse." Chloe barely gets his name out and the thought of him makes her want to gag. But instead, she listens to Beca opening up, telling her about fights they had and how she caught him red handed with another girl. How he told her it was Beca's fault for being so closed, and how that almost made her cry.
"Why didn't you just tell me?" Chloe reaches out to Beca and holds both her hands in hers.
"You know I'm weird with that kind of stuff. I thought I could deal with it on my own, but I couldn't."
"Well don't for a second believe it was your fault, because he's just an ass and it's a good thing you've dumped him." Chloe says sincere.
"Yeah. Thanks for helping me with that, by the way." Beca awkwardly smiles at the girl.
"It was my pleasure. Really." Chloe winks.
"I actually wanted to talk about that, rather than Jesse." Beca confesses. She doesn't know if it's the way Chloe looks in this lighting or the entire mood of the evening, but Beca feels like telling Chloe everything.
"Oh really?" Chloe acts surprised. "What do you wanna talk about then?"
"Just.." Words are not forming sentences in Beca's head right now, but the light brush of Chloe's thumb on top of her hand relaxes her. "I just want you to know that it didn't mean nothing to me. I mean, it means something. To me. What happened, you know." Beca feels herself rambling and she closes her eyes in frustration. Why couldn't she just be normal for five seconds and tell the girl how she feels.
"I know. It meant something to me, too." Chloe smiles back as if Beca didn't just awkwardly ramble on.
Beca thinks of ways to tell her. Just when she's about to open her mouth, a new song is played and Beca is stunned. Playing in the club is her mix of Titanium, only a slower version of it. She looks at the dance floor to find people swaying on her music, and then turns her eyes to the girl in front of her who's looking at her with the most amazing smile. "What did you do?!" Beca asks in shock.
"I may or may not have sent the owner a copy of your mixtape and I may or may not have asked him to play it tonight. Though, I definitely did."
Beca is stunned and lost for words. There's this beautiful girl in front of her, planning their dates and sending club owner's her mixtape. And she can't even normally tell the redhead she likes her. An idea pops into Beca's head and she now knows what to do.
Beca grabs Chloe's hand and leads them to the dance floor, where they softly sway to Beca's track. Chloe hangs her arms loosely around Beca's neck and the brunette had unknowingly placed her hands on the girl's hips. The two share a few looks and smiles, before Beca moves in and their lips touch again, for the first time after the riff-off. Even though there's a dozen people dancing besides them and there's music playing, the room goes quiet as soon as their lips crash together. They're still for a few seconds; like time stood still and they didn't want it to start back up again by moving. Hands still, just resting on each other's body. Lips still, just enjoying each other's taste. Then Beca pulls Chloe in closer by the girl's hips and presses her lips together on Chloe's again. It's soft and sweet and all Beca can think is how she'd stay forever in this moment, if only she could. Slowly they separate again, their lips linger as Chloe softly pulls away in need of air. Very slowly Beca opens her eyes and she finds her love smiling back at her. She lays her head down at Chloe's shoulder as she smiles. As great as this night is, she can't wait to get home so she can start planning her big confession. This is going to be big.
