Beca was calm. Well technically she wasn't calm. She was anything but calm but her anxiety was so overwhelming and complete that it weirdly felt like calm. She got out of her room and found her favorite solitary tree in the quad which just happened to have great wifi reception. She had been researching the issue for four hours now. Both reading official pages and browsing the forums for first hand experiences
She knew that green card marriages were a crime but she wasn't quite aware that there were actually some pretty serious penalties for it. She could face up to five years in prison for doing this or have to pay a fine of almost a quarter million dollars. And yet the legal consequences didn't really bother Beca much. She was easily ready to risk this for Chloe.
No what really bothered Beca was the fact that she would have to spend at the very least a year pretending to be married to Chloe. The inspections were pretty serious. They would have to live together, sleep together…..kiss each other… The thought of kissing Chloe Beale was very disturbing to Beca. She had a few dreams …I mean everybody had a few dreams after all. They were no big deal but the thought of kissing Chloe Beale made Beca feel things she probably shouldn't be feeling
It was bad enough that she constantly cuddled with Chloe and she enjoyed it far more then she probably should. But kissing? Actual kissing on the mouth…..that was a line and after crossing it she couldn't pretend that it was merely something that friends do. The thought of spending a year pretending to be so intimate with Chloe nearly made Beca break out in hives. All the horrible possibilities kept cropping up in her mind. Destroying her friendship with Chloe, failing the inspection and ending up in prison and even worse Chloe being banned from the USA forever
"Oh shit" said Beca as she suddenly remembered that it wasn't just about her. How on Earth could shet remember that she had an actual boyfriend only after four whole fucking hours? She was the worst girlfriend in the world. Jesse deserved someone better. She pretty sure that if she entered this fake marriage with Chloe her relationship…. her first actual long term relationship would be over. Oh sure. Jesse was the kind of sweet guy who would agree to wait a year for her she had no doubt about this. Hell he would probably find it exciting like something out of one his movies and do jokes about being a mistress but she couldn't do this to him. Make him waste a year out of the best years of his life.
So would she dump Jesse for Chloe? The answer was yes and it came to her without even having to think of it. Which made her feel even more guilty especially since she now realized how often she had in fact put Jeese on a far far second place to Chloe. She wasn't an expert on relationship but she pretty sure that you shouldn't spend significantly more time with your best friend then with your boy friend or to have recurring dreams of a certain shower….no stop this Beca. No thinking of those dreams now
"Beca" she turned around to see a flushed Chloe running towards her. Speak of the devil…." I have been looking for you everywhere"
"Hey Chloe" said Beca awkwardly since she had no idea what to say frankly
"I am so sorry. I had no idea that Bree would do something like this. I swear to god I didn't. Please just forget about any of this. I told her to stop everything immediately"
"But she said there was no other way"
" ….I will find something. Don't worry. And besides it's not big deal. Worst case scenario I have to go back to Canada and maybe in a few years I will be to come back so it's …."
"Chloe…" Beca tried to interrupted the flustered assurance of a very distraught Chloe
"And again I am so sorry that Bree put you through all of this…."
"CHLOE" said Beca louder which finally caused Chloe to pause. Somehow even flushed with worry and awkwardness Chloe still managed to look like a gorgeous supermodel. Beca had no idea how she did it
"Yes?" said the ginger in a timid voice
"Chloe…will you marry me?" honestly Beca didn't know how she managed to say this line so smoothly but she knew that it was inevitable. There was nothing she wouldn't do for Chloe no matter how nervous she felt about it. So she channeled all her fake cockiness into this one line
"Beca…..are you sure …this is a big thing and a…"
"I spend the last four doing research. I know what I am getting myself into. Now I believe I asked you a question" Beca even managed a wink at the end of the sentence. She was really proud of herself. She should try her hand at acting
"YES" squealed a jubilant ginger loud enough to wake the dead and Beca's heart almost stopped at the sheer beauty of her smile. What had she gotten herself into?