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Beca had been determined to track Chloe down, she had become increasingly annoyed at herself for not being able to find her. Berating herself for not locating the red head.
Dragging her feet, Beca begrudgingly made her way outside to eat her lunch on the grass, she was hoping to make some new mixes and drift away.
"WHAT THE" Beca shouted as she was pounced on, stumbling forward onto the grass. Beca's heart rate began to race as she began to have flashbacks of the night at Aubrey's, quickly she flung herself forward away from the intruder. Only to be met with bright, blue, innocent eyes.
"Shit sorry I, Beca I didn't mean to scare you, well…I did but not like that" Chloe stumbled over her words as she blushed furiously explaining herself. Beca slowly began to compose herself, she even begun grinning as she watched how flustered the red head appeared.
"Whow Chloe chill" Beca grabbed Chloe by the arm to calm her, before realising what she was doing and quickly removed it.
"I just didn't know to be on the lookout for flying red heads" Beca smirked as she tried to relax Chloe.
Smiling Chloe began to regain her bubbly exterior as she replied
"Sorry, I sometimes get a little bit wild"
"Good to know, so…" Beca began…"I got your note"
"You did…huh, then why haven't you asked me to go for a burger yet? Chloe asked with a smirk etched on her face.
"I didn't know I had to do the asking Beale, I don't even know why you want to really…it's not like we're friends and have things in common and stuff"
"So? Do we have to have things in common to eat together? And who says we're not friends?" Chloe asked nudging the younger girl.
"Umm where do I begin, society, school politics…" Beca trailed off.
"Oh wow, now we're getting deep aren't we, you don't really strike me as a girl who gives a shit what society thinks. Unless you don't think we could be friends then, that's a different matter" Chloe was looking straight ahead as she spoke to Beca. Avoiding the gaze of the brunette.
"Hey now that is something I did NOT say, I'm just, curious. One burger won't hurt I guess" Beca grinned as she carried on walking over the grass with the red head.
"It's settled then, lets go!" Chloe began to walk off in the opposite direction as she grabbed Beca's arm to guide her along with her.
"I know this great place it's just on the" Chloe was cut off by Beca as the brunette brought the girls to a halt.
"Whow wait, you wanna go now? I've got math in like 20 minutes, I can't go now"
Chloe looked down at the brunette grinning at her response
"Oh come on Beca, don't wuss out on me now. Where's your rebellious side? It's last class of the day"
Beca was still deciding whether this was a good idea or not, it's not that she cared about missing math. It was more the idea of bunking off with Chloe Beale, the same Chloe who hadn't spoken to her until 3 days ago.
Chloe interrupted Beca's thoughts "Yano, you're really not convincing me of this supposed bad ass attitude Beca"
Meeting the gaze of the red head, Beca narrowed her eyes as she mentally accepted the challenge form Chloe.
"Fine come on then, show me where this spot is" Chloe's face lit up as she began walking off with Beca again.
Beca couldn't really believe how well they were getting along, she knew Chloe wasn't a bad person but she didn't expect to feel such a connection to the red head.
"What, so you actually tried to make your point after the whole class disagreed with you?" Beca questioned Chloe as she took another bite of her burger.
Chloe chewed her burger while hovering her hand over her mouth out of politeness as she spoke
"Well yeah, I'm a big believer in standing up for something you believe in, even if others around you don't agree or see your point" Chloe stated swallowing her last bite of food.
Beca idly stared at the girl in front of her while she replied "Hmm okay" Beca's answer had a hesitant undertone that Chloe picked up on right away.
"Come on say it, I can see the argument against my statement bursting out of you" Chloe smiled as she reached for her soda, sipping it through her straw.
"No it's not that, I totally agree with what you said" the brunette replied, only to be met by sceptical eyes.
"Genuinely Chloe, I agree with you. It's just…" Beca wasn't sure whether she should carry on with what she was about to say. Unsure of how comfortable the red head would be with her bringing up the subject matter.
"Go on…I don't bite I promise"
Beca took a chance and began to explain
"Well, that night at Aubreys, you um…seemed pretty reluctant to play that game we were all playing. Well that you were all playing, I could tell on your face you didn't want to do it, yet one sentence from Aurbrey and you did it anyway"
The brunette chanced a look up at Chloe, as she had avoided all eye contact during her explanation, the red head twirled her straw around her cup as she shifted uncomfortably under Beca's stare.
Suddenly there was a silence between the girls, Beca straight away wished she could take back the words she had said. The last thing she wanted to do was to make Chloe feel uncomfortable.
Chloe's gaze met Beca's as she spoke
"I'm really sorry about that night Beca, for everything. The game was lame and I didn't want to play it, I didn't think it was right and I didn't like what they were doing. To you"
Chloe took a breath before carrying on
"Aubrey is, she's persuasive I guess is the word. It's easier to just go with her than against her on stuff like that" Chloe looked into Beca's eyes
"I didn't have a choice Beca"
"There's always a choice Chloe, always" Beca replied solemnly, realising how ashamed Chloe looked she quickly reassured her.
"Not saying I didn't enjoy it though red, your skills were greatly received"
Beca's attempt at trying to lighten the mood had obviously worked as Chloe was now grinning down at her soda from the brunettes comment.
"Anyway, do you have any plans tonight?" Chloe asked in a hopeful tone.
"Not that I'm aware of, why what do you have in mind exactly?" Beca asked intrigued to find out what Chloe was thinking.
"Well…I was thinking movie, popcorn and ice cream back at mine if you're up for it?" allowing the information to absorb itself Beca was a little taken aback by the offer.
Chloe Beale was inviting her to her house.
"Will there be any evil blonde dictators there?" Chloe shook her head at Beca as she tried to hide her laugh.
"Okay then, why not. May aswell make the day more random by hanging out in your room" Beca stated as she began to get up from her seat.
Chloe mimicked her actions as she gathered her things
"And who said I was inviting you to my room Mitchell? I just said movie and food no mention of a bedroom" Chloe teased as they made their way to the exit.
Beca could feel her cheeks begin to get hotter and hotter as Chloe stared at her with a smug look on her face.
Chloe burst out laughing "Awww you're so cute when you blush Beca! I'm shitting you, of course we're going to watch them in my room. I just enjoy messing with you wayyyy too much"
Beca playful frowned at the taller girl as they walked down the street
"Not cool dude, I thought I had just creeped the shit out of you" Beca said as she crossed her arms in front of her.
Chloe shot her a confused
"You couldn't creep me out Beca, don't worry"
The girls made their way back to Chloe's house as Beca tried to fathom how she had ended up enjoying the company of someone like Chloe.
"Sooo we have, Legally Blonde or Bring It on?" Chloe asked holding up the two DVD's as Beca lay against Chloe's head board facing her TV.
"Erm…think I'll go with option 3, death"
Chloe laughed before pouting at the brunette
"Come on Beca, work with me here. I just want you to watch 1 and then I will leave you alone, the fact you haven't seen neither of these films is sacrilege!" Chloe tried reasoning with the girl.
Beca exhaled before reluctantly nodding her head agreeing.
"Fine, we'll go with the cheerleader one. Because well…its cheerleaders" Beca smirked as Chloe went to put the DVD in.
"And the creep of the week award goes to" Chloe joked as she grabbed the blanket at the bottom of her bed. She plonked herself down next to Beca before throwing the blanket over the two of them.
Chloe grabbed the remote and pressed play, Beca got comfy as she prepared herself to suffer 2 hours of hell. All for Chloe Beale.
Throughout the film Beca tried to focus on what was happening with the storyline, but she couldn't stop thinking about how close her and Chloe's proximity was. Keeping her eyes trained on the screen became harder and harder for the brunette to achieve.
Discreetly Beca's eyes studied Chloe, admiring her beauty, the ginger had a small smile on her face as she was fully enthralled in the film. Beca noticed how animated her eyes were, the stunning blue made her face radiate.
"Beca you're staring" Chloe whispered as her eyes are still trained on the screen in front of her.
Beca quickly swung her head back around to face the screen, internally cursing herself for being caught creeping. When she shouldn't be creeping at all, not with Chloe. But she just couldn't help herself.
Realising that Chloe was more than likely weirded out she started to get into the film, probably not wanting to admit it, but maybe actually enjoying it.
"Do you want a drink?" Chloe turned to Beca and asked
"No thanks I'm good" Beca replied still staring at the screen, Chloe faced back towards the screen.
Seconds later Beca could feel Chloe's hand pressed against hers under the blanket, the brunette tried to remain calm as she felt Chloe slowly glide her fingers over Beca's knuckles before lacing their fingers together.
Neither of them faced each other as this was happening, both of them carried on staring at the screen in front of them. Beca felt the urge to swallow as her throat began to get dry.
As the girls watched the film , their hands were still clasped together, Chloe slowly moved her thumb to rub Beca's hand up and down. Beca could do nothing but sit and allow the red head to stroke her hand, meanwhile trying to surpass the urge to turn her head and look at her.
"CHLOE HONEY, PHONE" a voice beckoned from downstairs, after giving a little squeeze of her hand with Beca's, Chloe released her grip as she jumped up from her bed.
"Back in a sec, no point pausing it I've seen it like a hundred times" Chloe beamed as she walked out of her room downstairs.
Beca flung her head back onto the headboard, before running a hand through her hair.
Trying to assess the last hour of her life would prove to be more than difficult for the brunette.