I Love You, Babe

Chapter 4

She was so ready for this. Beca got up at 8am so she could eat plenty for breakfast, work out, shower and make herself look nice. Not just presentable; but like… really nice.

Her room was spotless as she must have cleaned it about 7 times in less than 24 hours. She took her time into styling her hair into soft waves and putting a little extra detail into her makeup: a subtle smokey eye with a hint of dark purple and defined lashes. It was nothing crazy but up close you could see it was a little different from how she usually had it.

11am rolled around and Beca sat up in her room with her phone in her hand. A few minutes passed before it started to ring.

"Hey, it's Chloe. I'm just parking my car so I'll be just a minute."

"Awesome. I'll come let you in."

"Byeeeee" Chloe sang before hanging up.

Beca walked down the stairs, her hands sweating a bit and shaking more than she'd like to admit.

She was so not ready for this.

"Hey shorty." Chloe greeted with a grin.

"Was that a short joke?" Beca asked, opening the door and gesturing for the redhead to come inside. "You know I'm only like two inches shorter than you, right?"

"Yes but you're still shorter" she said, stepping in and poking Beca in the arm.

Beca hummed and crossed her arms before cracking a half smile.

"So do you want to grab some snacks and beverages and take them upstairs and get started?" Beca asked.

"Beverages?" Chloe giggled.

"Ugh. Come on dude" she rolled her eyes. Beca always made herself look stupid in one way or another when she got nervous. "I don't do this a lot. Do you want anything or not?"

"Snacks and beverages sound great" she sang, wiggling her eyebrows at 'beverages'. Maybe some cheese and grapes?" Chloe teased.

"I hate you." Beca uttered as she opened the fridge and started to bring out bottled water and a tub of hummus.

"I thought you loved me?" Chloe smirked and her eyes scanned Beca's body for a second before coming back up to meet her eyes.

Beca open and closed her mouth for a moment before responding. "Hummus?"

Chloe nodded and Beca pulled out a bag of carrot batons from the veg drawer and a box of breadsticks from one of the overhead cupboards.

Chloe's eyes lit up and her smile widened. "Breadsticks! Oh and then if we don't get along I can put them in my bag and leave."

Beca spun around, looking a little surprised.

"I can't believe you know that."

"Of course I do, I'm only 21. I do have Tumblr."

"Teaching at 21 already?" Beca asked, even though what she really wanted to know was her Tumblr username.

"Yeah, I've had a lot of experience with acapella, believe it or not. Plus the uni was pretty desperate for someone to teach the class" she shrugged.

"So what do you do when you're not teaching?" Beca asked, leaning over the kitchen island.

"I arrange a lot of acapella music, shockingly" she laughed at herself. "I also do private singing lessons. This is my first year teaching at Barden but it fits in with my schedule and the pay is surprisingly good. My roommate Aubrey works there too, that's how I found out about it." Chloe began to trail off.

"Oh is she your girlfriend?"

"No." the corner of her mouth started to rise up when she saw a hint of jealousy in the brunette's eyes. "No, I'm single" she added, trying not to smile.

"Gool. I mean cool. I started to say good and then I was like 'why would that be good?' so I tried to say cool but it came out like gool." Beca rambled, using her hands way too much.

"Like in Mean Girls" Chloe giggled.

"Yeah except 'grool' doesn't sound as lame as 'gool'" Beca sighed at her stupidity.

Beca shut herself up and lead the other woman up to her room.

"Nice" the redhead said, looking around the room.

Beca's bedroom was pretty big already but it was so neat and tidy that it made the space look even bigger. She had a double bed, fitted with black sheets and a mini desk that swivelled around at the head of it, which was perfect for watching movies on her laptop. Although she wasn't keen on movies, she always gave horrors a chance.

She had a wooden floor with a light brown rug. Her walls were white with red curtains, matching some of her pillows and her lava lamp. She also had several pieces of musical equipment, including an acoustic guitar on its stand in the corner of the room close to her bed. Opposite this was her desk and her Macbook, MIDI keyboard, launchpad, loop pedal and microphone in its stand. Around the room were a few sets of fairy lights that looked more like the lights you'd find at an 80s disco than a bedroom. It was cool.

Chloe took it all in, her mouth open slightly as she looked around.

"So do you have a girlfriend?" Chloe asked, not taking her eyes off her surroundings.

"Me? No… Just hummus" Beca chuckled awkwardly, putting the snacks down on the swivel desk. "I haven't actually heard you sing properly, you know." Beca pointed out. "Like, really sing."

"I'm sure you'll hear me one day" she replied, pulling her sheet music out of her bag and putting it on Beca's bed.

"Oh come on, I really want to hear you" she said. "How is the class supposed to trust you if we don't even know if you can sing?"

"You'll just have to take my word for it" she smiled cheekily.

"That's exactly what someone who can't sing would say." Beca joked. "I feel sorry for your other students."

Chloe sighed dramatically. "My private lessons are nothing special but I'm an alright teacher, I guess."

"Now you're the one being modest. I'm sure your privates are great." Beca instantly went red, realising what she said. "Your private lessons. For singing"

Chloe couldn't hold back from laughing.

"You tell me. Book a lesson and find out" she smirked.

"You seem pretty sure I'd like it."

"Yeah. I'm pretty confident about all this" she said, gesturing to the sheet music on the bed.

Beca smiled sweetly back at her. "You should be."