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They date, and it's great in the way that it takes the Bellas forever to realize it since them dating is basically the exact same as them just friends aside from the kissing and the touching, but that only ever happens when they're alone anyway so it's not like the Bellas have any extra indication.
When they do find out, there's a chorus of wolf whistles, Stacie collects some money on a bet over if the two would ever get together, and Fat Amy makes a joke about Chloe robbing the cradle that makes Beca blush bright red.
Everything is great, and most of the time Chloe forgets that Beca's a freshman. Most of the time, like the time that Beca has spent the night at Aubrey and Chloe's apartment (as she has been doing more often than not recently). Chloe is woken by the smell of breakfast cooking, she disentangles herself from her sleeping brunette, pulls on a t-shirt and shorts, and wanders down the hall to find Aubrey standing over the stove flipping pancakes.
Chloe smirks a little bit when she sees the banana peels piled up next to the bowl of batter- banana pancakes are Beca's favorite. As much as Aubrey likes to put on a show of gripping about Beca overrunning the apartment, Chloe knows deep down her best friend has a soft spot for the freshman.
"Morning." Aubrey greets cheerily when she catches sight of her roommate.
"Hey." Chloe smiles, she pours out two cups of coffee, adding cream and sugar to one, setting it aside, and sipping the other straight black. She sits on the edge of the counter next to the stove, "Big plans for the day?"
"I'm thinking a run by the lake, but I've got a massive paper to finish so it looks like a boring Saturday for me."
Chloe grunts in response, stealing the bowl of batter and dipping her finger in for a taste. Aubrey shakes her head, knowing that if she tries to chastise the girl it will do no good.
"How about you and short stack?"
"I don't know. Probably nothing big, Beca said she just wanted to relax this weekend, she had a stressful week."
As if she knew they were talking about her, Beca appears from the hallway, her hair a complete mess, and her eyes still blurry with sleep. Chloe smiles at how young her girlfriend looks like this, so far removed from the badass she normally pretends to be.
Without a word, she holds out the coffee she had prepared earlier to Beca who gratefully sips it. She stands between Chloe's legs, and leans back against her.
When she tries to sneak a finger into the pancake batter for a taste, Aubrey smacks her on the back of the hand with a smirk. Beca grumbles, but Chloe can see the trace of a smile on her girlfriend's face.
The three of them eat breakfast quietly before Aubrey ducks out for her run. Chloe and Beca end up staying in, Chloe reading on the couch with Beca's feet in her lap while the DJ works on some mixes for her next set at the station.
Everything is perfectly relaxed until Beca's phone buzzes, and buzzes, and buzzes. Eventually Chloe's curiosity gets the best of her, "Who is texting you?"
"Stacie, and Amy, they're at Spring Day."
Chloe smiles at her memories of Spring Day, it's basically field day for college students with popcorn, inflatable obstacle courses, and music. But then she remembers herself, "Do you want to go to Spring Day?"
"No." Beca replies, setting her computer aside, and sneaking across the couch to straddle her girlfriend's lap, "I'd rather stay here with you." She smirks before pulling Chloe's book out of her hands and tossing it to the other end of the couch.
Chloe lets Beca kiss her, she tangles her fingers through Beca's hair and pulls her in closer. She loves feeling the way the younger girl moves against her, kissing Becca is unlike kissing anyone else. But despite all of this, the kiss is tinged with the smallest note of regret, Chloe can't help but feel like she's holding Beca back.
She should be bright eyed and bushy tailed, she should be going to the school events with the other freshmen, she shouldn't be hiding away with Chloe. The redhead knows there is nothing that could make Beca bright eyed and bushy tailed, but she should at least have someone dragging her out to these events.
As she feels Beca catch her bottom lip between her teeth, she feels the smallest bit guilty, like she's stealing Beca away. Never has the term 'cradle robber' felt more accurate.
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Chloe has become spoiled as a senior. She's forgotten the hardships of living in a dorm, and though she had been hooking up with various underclassmen for the past two years, she had still been able to ignore the unpleasantries of regular dorm life. She left before morning came, or before she sobered up entirely, or really within thirty minutes of the conclusion of their (as Aubrey liked to call them) 'Sexual Exploits'.
So when after the first time she spends the night in Beca's dorm room, nearly a month into their relationship, she is initially confused when she wakes up with a wicked back cramp. She would never complain about the twin sized dorm beds when the cramped conditions force Beca to cuddle with her all night (the brunette is notorious for escaping Chloe's hold in the middle of the night when they sleep in Chloe's bigger bed). She would, however, complain about the lack of support the school issued plastic-ey mattresses provided.
She is just sitting up to complain about that very fact when she realizes she is alone. For a split second she thinks she sees movement across the room, and she clutches the sheet tight to her chest out of fear it is Kimmy Jin, but it turns out to be nothing. Chloe is alone.
She begins to worry, thinking that perhaps Beca freaked out and left in the middle of the night, but that doesn't make sense. They have been together for over a month at this point, and they are in the brunette's room.
Chloe rolls out of bed, grimacing at the cold hardwood floor under her bare feet. She pulls on a shirt from Beca's drawer, it's a jersey that's far too long on the brunette but just barely covers Chloe's ass. She paces up and down the small space a couple of times before dropping onto the bed in defeat.
She lays flat on her back waiting.
It is only a matter of seconds before Chloe hears scratching against the door, she props herself up on her elbows, looking skeptically at the door before it opens to reveal Beca trying to juggle two steaming mugs while turning the handle.
Chloe smiles as Beca set the mugs down on her desk, "You were still asleep and I wanted to get you some coffee."
"That's sweet." Chloe stands to kiss Beca softly before looking at the mugs, "This is just hot water."
"Right, hang on." Beca rummages through her desk and comes up with a plastic container, she scoops out two spoonfuls of dark granules into each mug, and stirs them around a bit, "I ran out of sugar." She says, pulling her bottom lip between her teeth uncertainly.
"That's alright, I prefer it black anyway." Chloe smiles, accepting the cup of instant coffee.
She feels Beca's eyes on her while she takes her first sip. It is absolutely disgusting, she hasn't had to drink instant coffee since she was a freshman, and even then, she never was good at dealing with it. But with Beca watching her like that, she pulls her lips into her best smile, "Thanks."
Beca's grin is earsplitting as she drinks her own. Chloe watches the freshman over the top of her cup, how could she ever say no to her looking so hopeful and proud like that?
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