"You're… you're thinking about it?" Aubrey asked, incredulous.
"Yeah." Chloe shrugged. "I mean, it wouldn't hurt us to do something different."
"Chloe, you know that's not an option. For years, the Bellas only did those songs." Aubrey said.
"Aubrey, change is good!" Chloe said. "Beca asked me to do it once and I started thinking about it ever since."
"Beca. That doesn't sound like a good girl's name." Aubrey said.
"Don't say that, Beca is a very sweet girl." Chloe said. "She had the courage to tell me what the other girls didn't. Besides, Tom said the same thing after I told him."
"That's right, after you told him, he wouldn't have said anything if you hadn't told him. And you didn't think about changing the song before this girl brought that up." Aubrey said as she crossed her arms.
"What? Okay." Chloe took a deep breath. "Let's stop arguing and get rational here. Aubrey, you and I graduated college years ago and we're not a part of the Bellas anymore, okay? Now I'm their teacher and I have the power to change the song if I want to, okay? There's no policy or rules about the Bellas having to do this song."
Aubrey just glared at her best friend, not knowing what to say. She was pissed.
"You don't teach the same song to your students every year, do you?" Chloe asked.
"No. But that's different, that's not a tradition." Aubrey said.
"Exactly my point!" Chloe said. "It's not a tradition! What I want to say is maybe the Bellas shouldn't have a tradition! Maybe they could do whatever choreography they wanted!"
Aubrey stood quiet again, staring at Chloe.
"I don't want to argue with you, okay, Brey? I'm just saying that." Chloe said. "I don't want you to hate me, but it's my decision now, okay?" Chloe said the last part as softly and sweetly as she possibly could. She put both hands on her best friend's shoulder and looked into her eyes. "Okay?"
Aubrey removed Chloe's hands from her shoulders and went to her bedroom.
Chloe sighed and closed her eyes. She hated arguing with Aubrey more than with her boyfriend because the blonde was a lot more stubborn and she wouldn't give in easily. Hell, she wouldn't give in, period.
oO0Oo
After two hours, Chloe convinced Aubrey to come in on one of the Bellas' practice to see how much fun the girls had they were learning a different choreography. Aubrey was a little (a lot) reluctant at first, but she ended up agreeing. She didn't want to stay mad at her friend and she wanted things between them to be okay.
So on a Wednesday afternoon, Aubrey went with Chloe to practice. Chloe's smile was huge, she was thrilled that the girls would get to meet her best friend and vice versa. She just hoped Aubrey wouldn't sit in the corner, frowning the whole class, because that would be weird and rude of her.
"Thank you again for coming, Brey! You're gonna see how much fun they have and you'll see why we need something different." Chloe said.
Aubrey nodded and put her bag down as Chloe looked between the songs in the computer.
"Hey Chloe!"
Chloe and Aubrey looked at the door to see Stacie, Denise, Ashley, Cynthia Rose and Fat Amy coming in with smiles on their faces. They put their things on the cubbies and put on their jazz shoes.
Lilly and Jessica arrived later and smiled and waved at Chloe as they put their things in the cubby.
"Girls, this is my best friend Aubrey, she's a ballet teacher. I asked her to come and watch one of our practices." Chloe said.
Aubrey smiled and waved at the girls as they waved back.
"Okay, let's warm up." Chloe put on a song and moved to the front of the room, facing the mirror.
Right when Chloe was almost done with the warm ups, Beca came in panting, looking angry. Her face was a little moist and her eyes were a little red.
She went straight for the cubbies, put her things in, put her jazz shoes on and went to the middle of the room.
"Are you alright?" Fat Amy whispered to her, as some of the other girls just gave her confused looks.
"I'm fine." Beca said and then noticed there was a blonde sitting beside Chloe. "Who's that?"
"That's Aubrey, Chloe's friend." Fat Amy said.
Beca nodded.
oO0Oo
Aubrey was having the time of her life, the girls' jokes were very funny and they made her feel like she belonged there, pretty much the opposite of when she was in the Bellas herself. She saw that the choreography Chloe was teaching them was much better than the one they did for competitions and finally saw Chloe's point. She wished she was one of Chloe's students so she could come everyday.
Chloe could see that the blonde was having fun and she took that as a good sign. The girls were very fun and sweet and doing that choreography was doing them good.
"Alright girls, that's it for today, good job!" Chloe announced happily.
Fat Amy sat beside Beca to put her shoes on and noticed she looked a lot better, she had laughed along, joked and participated.
"Are you feeling better?" Fat Amy asked.
"Yeah. Thanks Amy." Beca said.
Fat Amy smiled and nodded.
Beca looked over and saw that Chloe was writing something on her notebook while Stacie was talking to Aubrey and they were both laughing.
"What did you think of Aubrey?" Fat Amy asked in a whisper.
"I don't know. I didn't get much from her." Beca shrugged as they got out of the room following the other girls. "She just sat there, quietly, sometimes laughing at our jokes."
"She seems like a cool person." Fat Amy shrugged.
"She seems uptight." Beca said. "I don't understand why Chloe brought her, though."
Fat Amy looked behind them.
"Maybe is so Stacie could flirt with her." Fat Amy said.
Beca looked behind them and saw that the tall brunette was still talking to Aubrey and they looked like they were having a good time. Chloe was right behind them, but she was locking the room.
"Yeah. Maybe." Beca said.
oO0Oo
Beca rang the doorbell of Ryan's house and pretty soon the short brunette answered the door and smiled when she spotted Beca on the doorway.
"Hey!" she said, giving Beca a hug. "Lisa and Bay are in the living room."
Beca nodded and went to the living room, followed by Ryan.
"Where were you?" Lisa asked.
"Oh, Beca is a dancer now." Bailey smirked with arms crossed. "Oops, sorry, a ballerina."
Beca rolled her eyes and sat down beside Bailey.
"I can't believe you're dancing again. That is so not Beca." Lisa said.
"What made you go back to dancing?" Ryan asked.
"You're doing hip hop, too, right?" Lisa asked.
Beca sighed with a chuckle.
"My dad told me to just try. He wanted to see me try to make friends, to join a group. I saw the Barden Bellas, I went to one experimental class and I liked it and decided to stay. They do jazz and lyrical, so no, I don't do hip hop." Beca said.
"But you used to love to do those tricks!" Ryan said. "You did a handstand with one hand!"
"I know, I know. Well, I like it, okay? I'm having a lot of fun, the girls are so fun." Beca said. "They're also a bit weird, one day they were talking about their first time. There is some things I don't need to know!"
"What? They were talking about their first times?" Bailey asked.
"Yeah. Everyone." Beca said. "Even Chloe."
"Okay, that is weird." Lisa said.
"It was, but aside from that, we have a lot of fun." Beca said.
"What about your teacher?" Bailey asked with a knowing smirk.
Beca rolled her eyes.
"What? What about your teacher?" Ryan asked, looking between Bailey and Beca.
"Beca has a crush on her teacher!" Bailey said, making Ryan and Lisa gasp and turn to the small brunette.
"I do not! Bay has this ridiculous idea that I do." Beca defended herself.
"Oh, you so do!" Bailey said.
"Do you have a picture of her? We want to see what she looks like!" Lisa said.
"I can't believe you're in love with your teacher!" Ryan said. "If she's a dance teacher, she's probably like sixty!"
"She's not sixty and I don't have a crush on her." Beca said.
"How old is she?" Ryan asked.
"Oh you so do have a crush on her!" Bailey said, amused.
"I don't." Beca said. "Besides, we're not gonna just sit here all night and talk about my 'crush' are we?" Beca used hair quotes on the word 'crush' as she looked at her friends.
"Okay. I have news." Lisa announced. "I was waiting for you to get here, Bec."
"Well what is the news?" Bailey asked.
"Kyle finally asked me out!" Lisa announced, throwing her hands up in the air.
"Oh that's so great!" Ryan said. "You are so lucky, he is such a nice guy!"
"And he is so handsome!" Bailey said.
Beca faked a yawn. Talking about men wasn't her favorite subject and the girls all knew that, that's why they did it.
Lisa laughed.
"Sorry if we're bothering you with the opposite sex." Lisa said.
"That's okay, I was just kidding." Beca said.
"Wanna tell us about women?" Ryan asked.
"No. I mean, there are women who I find attractive, but they're either straight or I'm not interested in asking them out." Beca said.
"Oh come on, Bec!" Bailey said. "You have to get out there, you never dated anyone!"
"Thank you for reminding me, Bay." Beca said sarcastically. "I know that, but… I don't know, sometimes I think I romanticize the idea of dating, because I don't wanna ask out someone who I simply find attractive, I want to ask out someone I'm in love with, you know? And I know that this is probably never gonna happen, but I want to date someone I'm in love with and someone who's in love with me too."
"Beca, this badass is nothing but an image, because we all know that even though sometimes this happens, it's not that often." Ryan said. "Most of the time you meet someone, ask them out and you fall in love with them in the process."
"Yeah, I know." Beca rolled her eyes. "But I… I don't know, I guess a part of me just wants this to happen."
Lisa just gave her one sympathetic smile.
"Well who knows, Bec, maybe it can happen. Maybe you'll meet someone and you will fall in love with each other." Ryan said.
"Yeah, it can happen." Lisa said.
"Okay, let's do something else." Beca said.
"Let's play Just Dance!" Bailey suggested, standing up.
"Yes!" Ryan agreed. "Let's see if the 'ballerina' can beat us."
Beca laughed as Ryan went upstairs to grab the game.
oO0Oo
On Monday, Beca went to dance class thinking about what her friends had said. Did she really have a crush on Chloe? I mean, sure, she liked her, she was a nice woman, but… did she have a crush?
Beca was in the back of the class and she noticed that Stacie and Cynthia Rose weren't there and that was a bit strange. Chloe explained they told her they wouldn't come because of some work they had to do.
"Okay, now do the diagonal, we're gonna work on some jumps." Chloe said as she paused the music.
The girls all lined up at the back wall and they all pushed Beca to the front. The brunette didn't really mind, though.
"We're gonna do a chassé," Chloe said, demonstrating as she did. "and a grand jeté." She jumped and turned to the girls with a smile. "Okay?"
"You make it looks so easy." Fat Amy said.
Chloe chuckled.
"Okay, go." She said.
Beca did the chassé, wondering if she had done it right, and then the grand jeté and she turned back to see the girls all with surprised, amazed look on their faces.
"That was great!" Fat Amy said.
"That was really good." Chloe nodded. "Okay, next."
Beca smiled inwardly and returned to the end of the line.
When Chloe was teacher the choreography, there was a part where they needed to move their arms and, since they were standing way too close to each other, Denise gave Beca a slap on the face and the short brunette immediately fell back on the floor, laughing.
"Oh my God, Beca!" Denise covered her mouth and helped Beca get up. "I'm so sorry, are you alright?"
"Yeah, I'm fine." Beca said while still laughing.
"Are you sure?"
"Yes, I'm sure." Beca said.
"What happened?" Chloe asked as she paused the song.
"I hit Beca's face accidentaly." Denise said.
Chloe laughed.
"Beca are you alright?" she asked, getting a nod from the brunette. "Denise, I'm gonna have to send you to the principal if you keep hitting everyone." Chloe said, shaking her head as she chuckled. "Okay, from the top!"
Beca chuckled and went back to her spot.
oO0Oo
After practice, Beca went back to her room with a smile on her face. She couldn't stop thinking about how fun dance class was and how much she loved being there.
As she laid down to sleep, she noticed she couldn't stop thinking about how cool her teacher was and how beautiful she was. She slowly wiped the smile off of her face.
Shit.
Of course you guys wouldn't mind a change in rating, you probably want to see some hot Bechloe sex, don't you? I should've known.
