When Chloe woke up the next day for her second day of work she felt a hollow pit in her stomach. She knew she shouldn't be this nervous, the rest of her collegues got on with her perfectly fine.

"Don't look so nervous darling." Chloes mom said as Chloe walked down the stairs at a pace of one step a minute. She was deep in thought and her moms comment jolted her out of her zombie like state. "You and Beca are going to be perfectly fine."

"Mom! You don't know what has happened in these past 5 years, Beca might have become a totally different person that only talks to the cool kids." Chloe secretly hoped this was the case, she didn't want to have to face Beca's grueling stares and demands.

"Chloe, just go in today and see what happens ok? You can tell me all about it when you get home, or should I say rant?" Chloe nodded and smiled as she walked out the door to her car. She definitely knew she would be ranting.

Five minutes later Chloe pulled up into the office car park. She took the long way round to the entrance trying to avoid going in early.

The rest of the morning went very smoothly, no awkward encounters with Beca and her work seemed to be of good standard.

"Hey Chloe! Do you want to come into lunch with us?" Jesse shouted at Chloe from across the room. She looked at her watch. 12:30.

"That would be great! I'll meet you in there in 10 minutes. I just need to finish off this assignment." She shouted back. She was getting used to who did what and what happened throughout the day. Generally, in the morning the staff took two small coffee breaks and went into lunch at 12:30 on the dot.

Eventually she finished the assignment and went downstairs to the cantine. However, as she got in the table with her floor on it were getting up ready to leave. Bumper spotted her and waved her over.

"I'm sorry Chloe, we finished our meal really early. Do you mind if we leave you here with Beca?" Chloe's heart started beating at the sound of Beca's name. She found she couldn't speak so just nodded and went to get her food.

"Chloe, I'm sorry. I'm going back upstairs." The familiar voice of Beca Mitchell filled Chloe's ears as she was carrying her food to the table.

"Oh, Beca. Can we talk?" Chloe replied, her heart beating at what felt like 100 miles per hour.

"No Chloe, can't you see I need to work." Beca replied harshly and went back up to the seventh floor.

Chloe had been left on her own for lunch on her second day.

9 YEARS EARLIER

"Chloe! Aubrey! Do you want to go to the movies? I think James Bond: Casino Royale has just come out!" Beca bounded into the seat next to Chloe and Aubrey in art class.

"Yeah sure!" They both responded, synchronised. Beca's face lit up as she jumped up and down and swung her legs under that table.

"Alright class! You know what you're doing, just finish off your painting!" The teacher called out. Beca had no intentions of finishing however.

For the rest of that class she was going on and on about James Bond and how 'hot' he was. Aubrey and Chloe nodded and smiled but really were not that bothered about the man who chased after criminals and saved innocent womens lives.

"You're coming right? Tomorrow at 9:30 i'll pick you both up!" Beca smiled and ran over to her mom who was patiently waiting by her car.

"She's crazy." Aubrey smiled into her words. Chloe laughed, she knew Beca was crazy. That's what make Chloe like Beca so much. On that first day of Beca's time at the school Chloe was right. Beca was something special.

That night Chloe could hardly sleep. Not because she was excited about the movie but because she was excited about seeing Beca. Chloe tossed and turned in her bed thinking of how much fun they will have tomorrow. They had decided to go to McDonalds after the cinema. Chloe was hardly ever allowed to go to McDonalds so this was a real treat for her. Eventually she fell asleep and had the most wonderful dream she had ever had.

At 9:30 Saturday morning, Chloe was up, dressed and waiting outside with Aubrey looking out for Beca.

A car pulled up at exactly 9:32am. Chloe and Aubrey leaped up from their seat on the front porch and dived into Beca's car. She was sitting in the front so they had plenty of room in the back for their bags. Their moms waved them off from the door looking relieved they had some time on their own.

The cinema was only 20 minutes away. In the car Beca, Aubrey and Chloe chatted and laughed. Becas father played along with all the jokes and even cracked some of his own. Chloe wished she could move in with Beca. Her parents were plain and boring when it came to entertaining her.

Surprisingly, the journey went very quickly. It seemed like it was only minutes.

Chloe had only been to the cinema a couple of times before as her parents didn't want her to waste time watching films, so as she got out of the car, the size of the cinema was overwhelming. Chloe couldn't help but gasp a little, this was greeted by giggles from Beca and Aubrey who practically lived at the cinema.

By the time they had got through the queues and gone to the toilet, the adverts had finished and the film was just starting.

"Chloe? Put your hand out." Beca requested. Chloe reluctantly put her hand out, worried as to what would happen next."Don't worry. No one can see us." Beca continued as Chloe felt a warm touch on her palm.

Slowly, Beca intertwined her fingers with Chloe's, they held hands until the film ended.

"So how'd you think of the film?" Aubrey asked Chloe.

"Yeah, it was good." Chloe replied, feeling dreamy after what just happened. She wasn't sure what these feelings were, but she was sure they were good.

The table in McDonald's was booked for straight after the film. Chloe was very excited. She hadn't properly been to a fast food restaurant either.

The girls ate and chatted for 2 hours, until finally, Becas dad told them to stop and drove them home.

"Beca. Thank you so much for that day. It has been the best day in my entire life so far!" Chloe giggled excitedly. She was going to tell her mom all about it, apart from the hand holding. She decided to keep that to herself.

The rest of the working day went quickly. Once again, Chloe busied herself with work so she could avoid an awkward meeting with Beca and at the end of the day, made sure she was out of the office as early as possible.

Chloe got into her car quickly and drove home even quicker, careful not to break the speed limit. She desperately needed to talk to Aubrey.

As soon as she entered her house, Chloe ran upstairs, dialled Aubrey and tapped her foot on the floor waiting for an answer on the other end.

"Hello?"

"Oh thank god you're here." Chloe breathed into the phone feeling exhausted.

"What?" Aubrey questioned. Chloe could hear her confusion through the phone so elaborated on the topic.

"Aubrey, I'm in such a mess. I had a flashback today about my first feelings for Beca. I got the same butterflies in my stomach at lunch. What does this mean?" Chloe never told anyone about her feelings for Beca until uni, when Aubrey started to get slightly suspicious. Still now, only Aubrey knows about it.

"Just forget about her Chloe, it's the best way to move on. Just leave her alone and don't make any attempt to let her back into your life." Aubrey hadn't had to deal with this for 3 years. Chloe had decided to take her advice and occupy herself with boys and school. In fact, Aubrey was quite shocked, but least of all, was Aubrey expecting to hear what Chloe said next.

"But what if I can't stop thinking about her? What if I needed her back in my life?"