Chapter 3
President's Daughter
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After the talk with her Dad, Chloe retired to her suite in a thoughtful mood. She wanted to talk to Beca about their situation and to tell Beca that she understood her point of view. Chloe popped her head out the door and asked Jesse the Agent on duty if he could ask Beca to come to the suite.
Jesse raised his eyebrows at Chloe and asked "Anything I can help with? Beca is currently off duty."
"No, sorry Agent Swanson, it's something that only Beca can help with"
Jesse radioed through his earpiece to ask Beca to come to the President Daughters room. Beca's heartrate sped up when she received the message. She couldn't imagine what was so important that Jesse couldn't deal with, there was a reason he was her second in command.
Jesse and Beca had come through the Academy together, once he stopped trying to hit on her, they had become friends and upon their first failure as a team at the Academy, had become even closer and he graduated to her best friend. After leaving the Academy, they had lived together and managed to get themselves on the same teams until their current assignment. He knew everything about her from the reasons she joined the Secret Service to her secret passion of mixing music.
Beca walked through the long corridors between their rooms slowly, trying not to look like she was dawdling. Beca nodded to Jesse as she approached the door "Why isn't this something you could be dealing with? I'm off duty"
"Sorry Becs, she personally asked for you and didn't want my help, I've got a feeling this is something personal, she was really thoughtful after her talk with the President"
"Oh god, well here goes nothing" Beca knocked quietly and hardly had to wait any time before Chloe pulled open the door and asked her to come in. Chloe pulled her in by the hand into the room and asked her to sit on the couch and nervously asked "Want a drink"
"Just water please, I'm on duty in a few hours"
Chloe went to the fridge and retrieved 2 bottles of water and passed one to Beca, Chloe sat down on the couch opposite nervously playing with the label on the bottle. "I'm sure your wondering why I've asked you here"
"It crossed my mind why this couldn't wait till I was on duty"
Chloe blushed "I wanted some privacy for this conversation, this is difficult for me" Beca nervously swallowed and motioned for Chloe to continue. "I'm just going to spit this out, I really like you"
Beca didn't know what to say, she wanted to shout out that she liked Chloe back but the fact she was a client and the President's daughter was holding her back. She cautiously spoke "I like you to, you understand how to make a CPA's job easier for us"
Chloe almost facepalmed, she wasn't sure if Beca was just dense or had responded like that to let her down easy. "Oh Becs, I didn't mean it like that, I like like you, but I know with your job, you're not allowed a relationship with a client. I just wanted to know if this is one-sided or …?"
"Ahh, I see" was Beca's only response.
"Seriously Becs, that's all you have to say?"
"Chloe" Beca trailed off helplessly. She didn't know what to do for the best. She adored the redhead but wasn't used to talking about her feelings, one of the things Jesse despaired about her. Beca stood up and started pacing around the room, trying to put her thoughts into words that wouldn't rip apart her relationship with Chloe. She whirled round "Chloe, this can't happen, not only are you my client but you're the PRESIDENTS'S daughter! I could ruin your public reputation, you're not out to the media. He could have me killed if I hurt you even accidently!"
Chloe was taken aback with the passion in Beca's voice until the meaning of her words sunk in "Wait, my Dad scares you? You're a badass Secret Service Agent"
Beca rolled her eyes "Your Dad is the most powerful man in the USA, of course I'm concerned"
"But he likes you and thinks we're a good match" Chloe said with a grin thinking Beca was being incredibly cute at the moment.
"Wait, really? He likes me. Cool the President approves of me" Beca almost breathed to herself. Chloe overheard though tickled by the fact Beca was swooning over the President liking her.
Beca snapped out of it and turned serious "Chloe, I do like you, but it doesn't change the fact you are my client and I won't compromise my job. As much as I want to see where this might go…" she trailed off helplessly.
"What if you protected a different client?"
"I worked extremely hard to get to VIP clients protection, I'm not willing to drop down a level" Beca said firmly.
"Okay, so what do we do? We have admitted we like each other but can't find a solution to be with each other" Chloe sat on the edge of her seat. Beca walked over and took Chloe's hand in hers "We try in 3 years when your Dad's term is up"
"3 years?"
"And if you find someone in that time, then don't hold back on my account" Beca said sadly
Chloe had tears in her eyes "But I wanted to be with you"
"In 3 years, start a countdown, there's an app for that" Beca joked weakly. She looked at her watch and jumped to her feet when she saw the time, "Shit Chloe, I need to go, my shift starts in 30mins. I'll be back outside your door soon"
Beca bolted for the door to get ready for her shift, although she carried her gun and earpiece everywhere, she needed to get into uniform. Chloe was left disappointed at having to wait 3 years to be with Beca but understood where Beca was coming from. It was unfair for Chloe to expect Beca to make all the sacrifices for their relationship, it's not like she could ask her Dad to step down from being the President.
As Beca powerwalked to her room to get ready, she contemplated her and Chloe's conversation, she knew she had disappointed Chloe by refusing to compromise her career but if things didn't work out with Chloe, she would have no relationship and no career. She hoped Chloe understood. She barrelled into her room and threw on her suit and dashed back out the door, she hoped she was in for a quiet nightshift. Jesse thankfully didn't comment on the long conversation that happened inside Chloe's suite and let her take over guard duty.