Chapter Two
For the first couple of hours of the journey home, Beca slept uncomfortably on the window. She'd much rather of had a comfortable shoulder to lean on, but she had a reputation to uphold and she wasn't going to give in so easily. She awoke to the light tapping on her shoulder from the girl behind. As she turned around, she quickly caught sight of Chloe beaming at her waiting for a response.
"Hey you, what's up?" Beca whispered, raising an eyebrow.
"I just wanted to tell you that you were amazing today. We couldn't have done it without you Becs" Chloe smiled as she brushed a hair off Beca's face without thinking.
Chloe suddenly realised what she was doing and snatched her hand back awkwardly. What had gotten into her? Beca didn't really notice her reaction; she was too taken aback by Chloe making physical contact, it sent a rush of nerves down her body. Usually Beca would flinch at a touch like this, but she was starting to get used to the physical contact need that Chloe seemed to have.
"So... What are we going to do now? I mean...Where do the Bellas go from here?" She whispered awkwardly trying to break the silence.
"Well first stop is the celebration party tonight!" She squealed before realising that most of the coach was still asleep.
Beca threw her hands over Chloe's mouth as she giggled silently under her breath. Chloe mouthed an apology and brought Beca's hands away from her mouth, just lingering touching for a moment too long. Beca pulled away and awkwardly looked out the window. A couple of silent seconds past.
"Does this mean I have to dress up? Because I don't really have anything to wear..." Beca mumbled the last part.
Beca knew that at parties like this everybody always dressed up in cute dresses and sparkly tops, but she was so self conscious that she didn't own anything that even resembled a party outfit. She also had people to impress tonight, Jesse was going to be there and she wanted to spend some time with Chloe at the party... Maybe even merit a compliment from the gorgeous ginger.
"Oh don't be silly... Hey I could come over quickly when we get back and help you look for something? The party doesn't start until nine, so we'll have some time to kill" Chloe suggested with a huge beam on her face. Beca's heart leapt.
"You'd do that for me?" Beca couldn't help but blush. "I mean, you're brave enough to delve into my wardrobe?"
"Anything for you Smidge" Chloe smirked and winked at the brunette, mindlessly flirting, something that came naturally to her.
"You're on, it'll be... fun I guess" Beca shuffled uncomfortably. "How long until we get back d'you reckon?"
"Ummm, probably about an hour... I'm bored of sleeping though, wanna come and listen to some music with me?" Chloe smiled sweetly getting out her iPod.
"Sure" Beca grinned getting up and swinging round the pole and landing on Chloe's knee. She jumped out of her skin and leapt up, smacking her head hard against the top of the bus.
"Ow...Never been one for grace have you!" Chloe teased.
Beca nudged Chloe with her shoulder and settled next to her looking over at her playlist. Seeing the song title 'Titanium' pop up on the screen, Beca shot a grin at Chloe and giggled under her breath remembering their shower encounter at the beginning of the semester. Chloe winked back at the brunette and squeezed her hand before linking their arms together and relaxing back into their seats. As the song climaxed, Chloe's smile slowly grew. As soon as Beca glanced over to Chloe, catching her mid blush, the pair set about giggling together, waking up the rest of the coach with their inside joke. After receiving glares from the rest of the girls on the coach – mainly from Aubrey – the pair leant back again and shut their eyes, occasionally giggling into each others' shoulders.