The next morning Beca woke with a feeling that could only be described as ecstasy. This was the happiest feeling she had ever felt in her 18 years of life, even the feeling she had when she received her first computer was dwarfed in comparison. The sheer joy she felt caused her to jump right into her mixes, determined to make Chloe a CD so perfect all her other work would have sounded bland in comparison. She knew she had her first Bella practice in several hours, but she felt on top of the world and unstoppable, with a rush of determination to start this CD.
By the time she needed to leave rolled around, Beca had finished almost 6 mixes, something she had never done before. Each one was unique, with combinations that would make any reader question, 'wait, what?' Beca new that she herself was terrible when it came to expressing emotions, so she felt it necessary to ensure that her music portrayed exactly what her words could not. Feeling adequately impressed with her work, she saved her various files again and headed out the door, for once excited to be around people, one in particular being the girl she would hope soon be called her girlfriend. Girlfriend, she liked the sound of that.
Her euphoria was quickly cut down however upon reaching practice as she noticed one vacant seat and an angry Aubrey standing at the front of the room, with a concerned Chloe flanking her. When she noticed Beca walk in however, it seemed to enforce the scowl on her face and the irritation she was giving off in waves. As she sat down, it gave Aubrey the cue to begin whatever rant she deemed was necessary to have.
"As you can see, one chair now has a vacancy, as she was Treble-boned last night," she stated in a sickeningly sweet voice.
"Wait, that oath was actually serious?" Beca questioned unable to contain her bewilderment at this action.
"Dixie Chicks serious," Aubrey replied, as though this information was common knowledge.
"That may be a problem," began one girl at the front, Stacie if Beca remembered, "he's a hunter." As she said this, she made a motion with both hands towards her crotch as to emphasize her point.
"You call it a he?" Beca asked in disbelief.
"If we let the Trebles penetrate us, we are willingly giving up part of ourselves to them," Aubrey added, as if to silence the protest.
"Not enough of a reason to use the word penetrate there cap'," Fat Amy added, a look of sickening on her face. Beca nearly laughed at the way her face was contorting to the strange usage of the word.
Aubrey all but yelled, "Enough! Now, does anyone here also have something to confess?" She loomed around the room, staring at the group of girls, before making her way to one at the end wearing glasses. Beca didn't get around to learning this girl's name, and it looked to not really matter as she cracked under the pressure Aubrey was emitting.
"It was me!" she finally exclaimed, "But it was an accident and I-"
Aubrey quickly cut her off and stated, "Hand in your scarf and take away your chair."
"But-"
"Now!" Aubrey yelled. The girl quickly handed in her scarf and dragged her chair away, tears streaming down her face the whole time.
"Did that really just happen?" Beca asked in shock and confusion.
"Yes," Aubrey stated, as if it closed the argument down completely. "Now, we are going to begin the initial stages of practice for our arrangement." As she stated this, she flipped the easel behind her around to show a game plan of what needed to be accomplished and when. Beca looked to Chloe, hoping to find an answer for what just happened and how Aubrey could just flip a switch like that and act like nothing happened. Chloe could only mouth, 'we'll talk later' before returning to Aubrey's side to help prepare what they would do today.
To say that there first day was tiring and unsuccessful would be a vast understatement. Neither Beca, nor any of the other girls had ever been subject to that much cardio and vocal practice. After running several laps around the bleachers, Aubrey immediately started them on vocal exercises to practice their abilities to produce a variation of sounds with their mouths, without letting them catch their breaths. This was followed by walking practice in heels, of which Beca had no practice with, or desire for that matter, so she and some of the others constantly fell, much to the anger of Aubrey. Following this was dance practice for the moves to be preformed, which Beca happily obliged to do once Chloe came over to assist her, loving the feeling of her hands gliding along her body to adjust her movements. Thankfully, she was able to contain her inner delight enough so that she received no attention from others. But just as she was really starting to get on it, they had to do 10 more laps before they were allowed to leave. The lack of breaks as well as connection with each other led to constant problems, and almost nothing was learned at all.
As Beca made her way towards the door however, she was halted by the words of her captain.
"Beca, please stay for a moment," Aubrey stated, keeping a mask of calmness about her. Beca looked to Chloe for help, but the redhead gave her only a simple shrug and pointed to the door as to signal that she would meet her outside. Beca let out a sigh before she made her way back to the blonde.
After everyone had made there way out, Aubrey turned toward her and stated, "I know you have a thing for that Treble boy Jesse."
"I'm sorry, what?" Beca asked, confused as to where this came from.
"You know it's against our oath for you to be involving yourself with him. I have no problem in kicking you out if you do."
"Excuse me?" Beca asked, irritated by the way Aubrey was addressing her. "First of all I don't even like the guy, he just creepily flirts with me. Secondly, you don't control who I can and can't date. You just lost two girls today, you need me more than I need you," Beca spat back annoyed with Aubrey's attitude. She might understand if this was about Chloe, who she left with and got some very unpleased looks from Aubrey for, but to claim this was just ridiculous.
"I can see the toner you have for him," Aubrey retorted.
"What the hell is a toner?"
"A musical boner, you have one for the Treble and I don't like that."
"I do not have a toner for Jesse," Beca stated with conviction. "Besides, I don't even like guys," she said. Realizing her mistake, she quickly added, "Like him. I don't like guys like him. That's what I meant." The slip up didn't go unnoticed by Aubrey however, who now had a look of excitement, and perhaps curiosity on her face. The look she gave Beca gave her shivers, as though she was about to get jumped by the blonde, so she quickly made her way out, leaving a speechless girl behind her.
As she made her way out the door, she noticed the redhead waiting patiently by the door, immediately smiling upon seeing the brunette. Thankfully, she didn't ask what was going on in there, which Beca was thankful for. Before Chloe could say anything, Beca quickly said, "thanks for not telling Aubrey about our date tonight. Its kinda weird, but I'd rather not have people know we are going out together." The redhead looked crestfallen for a moment, so Beca quickly added, "Its not what you think, I just don't want to be 'out' completely yet. I would be happy telling everyone I knew that I was hanging out with you, but I'm just uncomfortable with outright saying I'm gay."
Chloe studied her for a moment, before replying, "That's fine, I get it. I won't force you to ever do something you aren't completely comfortable with," before adding a smile. She paused for a moment before she asked, "Is there any reason that you don't want to though? You don't have to tell me if you don't want to, just wanted to know."
"Maybe I'll tell you some other time," Beca responded quickly. "How bout instead of talking about this depressing crap, you let me know where you are taking me tonight," she added with a smirk.
Chloe smiled even wider and replied, "Just an Italian place. Don't worry, you don't have to dress up for this."
"Thank God." They walked in comfortable silence for a little longer before they reached Beca's dorm.
"Remember, 7 o'clock, don't forget," Chloe said.
"I couldn't forget even if I wanted to," Beca replied with a smirk, and she really couldn't. This girl was already invading her thoughts and they had only met a handful of times. And yet the thought of going out with her could almost make Beca squeal, something she would never do because it would tarnish her badass rep.
"See you then," Chloe added, before giving Beca a chaste kiss and skipping off. Beca immediately walked into her room and closed her door, preparing to figure out what she would wear that night. Chloe had said she didn't need to dress up, but Beca had no idea what Chloe's definition of "dressed up" was. Not trying to over-think it Beca decided on a pair of black skinny jeans and a dark blue plaid shirt. Hopefully she wouldn't look too underdressed, but she really hated second-guessing herself, so she finished getting ready, (not before taking a quick shower and keeping a lookout for a certain redhead spying on her in the shower). Afterwards, she dove straight where she left off in her mixes, hoping to possibly finish them before Chloe got there.
7 o'clock came rather quickly, and Beca had happily just finished her tenth mix. She figured it would be sufficient enough for a first CD, so she quickly downloaded her work onto one and wrote Chloe's name on the front with a little heart. She was placing the CD in a case when she heard a knock at her door, instantly knowing it was Chloe. What she didn't expect however, was the sight before her as she opened the door.
Chloe was wearing a gorgeous skin-tight red dress that complemented her figure wonderfully. Her hair retained its slightly style, of which Beca thoroughly enjoyed. She wore just the right amount of blush to add an almost glow to her already perfect face. To top it off she wore a pair of black stilettos, causing her to almost tower over the brunette. Beca couldn't he put let her mouth hang open, and could swear that a little bit of drool peaked its way out of her mouth.
Chloe smiled sweetly and slowly reached up, closing Beca's mouth with her index finger. She smirked to herself before asking Beca, "Are you ready to go?"
Beca was finally able to get a solid thought together and replied almost breathlessly, "Holy shit, you look gorgeous. I'm totally underdressed for this, I'm gonna go change," as she went to close the door in search of a dress. Smooth, she thought to herself, great first line of the night.
Before she could head back into the room, she felt a tug at her arm, and turned to see a genuinely happy expression adorning the redhead's face. "You look perfect," she stated sweetly. "I wouldn't have you any other way." She quickly pulled Beca into a short and sweet kiss before she had time to make a retort. As she pulled back, Beca could only dumbly nod before following the redhead outside.
As she walked outside, she was surprised to see a sleek black Audi A6 waiting for them near the entrance.
"Damn, nice car," Beca said as she walked towards the passenger side. Chloe opened the door for her and after closing her in, made her way to the driver side. "And here I thought you would have a Bug or something to fit your attitude," she added with a smirk.
Chloe smiled to her as she started up the car, and replied, "I'm just full of surprises," offering a wink as she began to drive off.
Beca remembered the CD she brought, and pulled it out. "I made this for you," she began. "I remembered you wanted to hear my mixes, so I made you a CD of my recent ones."
Chloe grabbed the CD and looked down at it as they pulled to a red light. She smiled upon seeing the heart next to her name, and went to put it into the CD player. Beca quickly said, "You don't have to listen to it now if you don't want to. We can listen to whatever and you can check it out later."
"Nonsense, I wanna see what your 'messing around' sounds like," quoting Beca's earlier statement of what her mixes were. Beca awkwardly smiled at her as the music began, really hoping the redhead would like them. She would find out her response immediately however, as the music began playing, and Chloe was almost immediately drawn in. She began to dance a little in her seat, and her eyes were a constant glow of excitement as the tracks progressed and each song came on. By the time they reached the 5th song, they were pulling into the restaurant, so Chloe paused it and pulled into a spot.
"Oh my God Beca, your mixes are amazing," Chloe gushed, very impressed by what she heard. Beca could only blush and offer a thanks before they headed in, and were seated. The place was nice, just a generic Italian restaurant, with a few flags and images of Italian landmarks decorating the walls. After placing their drink orders, Chloe began the conversation.
"So, I know that the last few times we talked, I did the majority of it and you now know a little about me. Why don't you tell me a little about yourself?"
"Well," Beca began, "there isn't really much to say. You already know I'm from Connecticut, probably the most interesting thing about me."
"C'mon Becs," there was that nickname again, "there is a lot more to yourself than you let on."
"I don't know about that. But, how about we do this: you ask me something, and if I'm comfortable answering your question, I will."
"Sounds good to me," Chloe happily replied. And that's how their dinner went, Chloe would ask something random about Beca, and Beca would answer as best she could. By the end of the night, Chloe had learned that Beca had a dog named Blizzard, a small little bichon frise that Beca gladly showed pictures of. She was the cutest little dog, always loving and happy to take a nap with you, it was more of a cat than it was a dog. She also revealed that she found out she was a lesbian in tenth grade when she caught herself checking out the girls in the locker room after gym class. She couldn't bring herself to admit it until she couldn't keep her eyes of this one girl's butt for the next couple weeks, and she was finally able to gain enough courage to ask her mom for advice. This was then followed with a long discussion of her relationship with her mom and how close they were, never once bringing up her father. Thankfully, Chloe never pointed anything out, and their first date went completely without a hitch. Beca ended up forcing Chloe to let her pay, claiming, "you drove, so its only fair I pay," much to Chloe's dismay, being that she asked Beca out, but she finally relented.
As they drove back to campus, Chloe started Beca's music right back up, and continued her jam session in the driver's seat, utterly lost in the music. When they finally made it back to Baker, the CD just finished the last song. "Your music is amazing Beca!" Chloe exclaimed, a wide smile playing across her features.
"Thank you," Beca replied happily, glad to know someone outside of her mother enjoyed her work. "Tonight was wonderful by the way, thank you for giving me a great first date."
"The pleasure is all mine," Chloe replied with a smile, glad she could keep the alternative girl's interest up. "We have to do this again sometime."
"Definitely," Beca replied quickly, feeling awkward for doing so. "I mean yeah, if you want to I wouldn't mind."
Chloe giggled before responding, "Of course I would." They stared at each other for a moment, before they both leaned over a kissed, fireworks once again going off in Beca's head. She didn't usually believe in fate, but something was telling her that she was exactly where she needed to be. She sadly had to cut the kiss short as she pulled away, not wanting to rush things with Chloe. The redhead smiled, as if in understanding, and waved goodbye as Beca exited the car. As she headed for the entrance to her dorm, she heard Chloe call out, "I'll see you tomorrow at practice. We can hang out before and after if you want.
Beca turned from the top of the steps and called back, "I'd love that. Text me tomorrow and I'll let you know when I'm awake. We can hang out a little and maybe I could show you how I make mixes."
"I can't wait," Chloe called back once more. "Bye Becs," she yelled once more as she drove off. Beca couldn't help but smile at the usage of her nickname. Most of the time she heard it, she was annoyed. But with Chloe, it felt endearing and really sweet. As she made her way to her dorm room, all she could think about was how lucky a girl like her was to get a girl like Chloe.
Hi everyone, thank you for the follows and favorites. Sadly, I may not be able to post for the next few days. I am traveling, and I don't know when I will be in contact with stable internet next. I will continue to write, and hopefully I will have a few new chapters to post when I get around to it. Please continue to show your support and write reviews and comment how you like the story's progression. Like I said in the title, this is my first story, so I like feedback on if people like it. Also, to anyone wondering, I don't know if this will be triple treble or not. As i get closer to the climax, I will have to decide, but for now I'm procrastinating that. I already know how each path will lead, so I may end up leaving it to the comments on how I should decide the ending. Any comments for voting will be taken into consideration, but I will still have final say on how this all turns out. Thanks again everyone, I'll see you at the next installment of Sister Chocolate Hair.
