Chloe and Aubrey spent the entire day together Saturday, so that left Raelynn and Kiara alone in the house. The blonde didn't mind, though. She wanted her girlfriend to spend more time with her friend before Aubrey had to go.
"What's up, girl?" Raelynn asked Kiara, who was looking at her with her tongue out as if she was asking for something. "Are you thirsty? It's hot, isn't it, girl?"
Raelynn got up and Kiara ran to the kitchen, looking back every once in a while to see that her owner was still following her.
"Alright, I got you. I know, calm down." Raelynn chuckled. She filled Kiara's bowl with water and smiled as she watched the dog drink it as if there was no tomorrow.
Raelynn heard her phone ringing and she went to the living room to get it. She swiped her thumb across the screen and answered it.
"Hello?" she said, sitting down on the couch.
"Hey, Rae, it's me! George." Her agent said.
"Oh hey George Man, how you doing?" Raelynn said happily.
"I'm good. Listen Rae I've got a new project for you, if you're interested." George said.
"Sure, what is it?"
"It's called Oblique and it's supposed to portrait people inside the US. You'll get to travel all over, no news there, but I knew you like to get involved in this and it'll be kind of like a charity. And it'll be good for your image." George said.
"Sounds good." Raelynn said. "I wanna do it."
"Great! You should meet me at my office on Monday at ten." George said. "See you then, Rae, say 'hi' to Chloe."
"I will, thanks George Man." Raelynn smiled. "Bye."
"Bye."
Raelynn hung up and instantly her phone began ringing again. She saw a picture of Chloe doing a silly face and giggled, before swiping her thumb across the screen again and answering.
"Hey babe." Raelynn said.
"Hey Rae! Listen, Bree and I were wondering if you'd like to go to dinner with us at our favorite pizzeria." Chloe said.
"Of course I want to! I'll take a quick shower." Raelynn said, standing up and running upstairs.
"You've got fifteen minutes, Oliver." Chloe warned.
"Yes, Beale." Raelynn said before she hung up.
Chloe and Aubrey waited in the living room for Raelynn and the blonde was ready in ten minutes.
It amazed the redhead how quickly the blonde could change and still look like she just walked out of the salon.
They drove to the restaurant and sat down. Raelynn ate piece after piece, which made Aubrey and Chloe looked at her with wide eyes.
After dinner, Chloe and Raelynn were lying in bed, arms wrapped around each other as Raelynn stroked Chloe's red hair softly.
"I love you, Rae." Chloe said.
Raelynn smiled and kissed the top of the ginger's head.
"I love you, too, Chlo." She said.
"Please don't ever leave me." Chloe felt her eyes filling with tears as her lip quivered.
"I won't ever leave you." Raelynn said. "I promise."
Chloe closed her eyes and she felt herself falling asleep.
oO0Oo
Raelynn knocked on the door of her agent's office and after a minute, she heard him say 'come in'. She smiled and walked in, to see him smiling back at her as another woman was sitting on one of the two chairs in front of his office.
"Raelynn, come in, take a sit." George said.
Raelynn did as she was told, smiling at her boss with a smile to the brunette next her.
"Rae, I'm glad you accepted." George said. "I have some paperwork here for you to sign and I'd like to introduce you to the photographer you're gonna be working with."
Raelynn looked at the woman beside her and took out her hand.
"Nice to meet you, I'm Beca Mitchell." The brunette smiled.
"I'm Raelynn Oliver. Nice to meet you, too." Raelynn smiled. "Beca? That's an unusual name."
"I could say the same about yours." Beca said.
Raelynn giggled.
Raelynn read the paperwork and signed it. She shook hands with George and she and Beca walked out the door.
"So, Beca, I'm gonna be working with you?" Raelynn asked.
"Yes, I'm gonna be documenting all of it." Beca said.
"Oh, cool." Raelynn said.
"I want to talk to you about everything, where we're going and what we're doing and stuff. You know, the details of everything." Beca said.
"Sure, sure." Raelynn nodded. "Do you wanna maybe go grab something to eat while we talk about it?"
"Sure." Beca smiled.
oO0Oo
Raelynn was enjoying Beca's company, the woman had straight very long chocolate brown hair, her makeup was light and she was very sweet to talk to. Sure, she had a few scares on the side of her face, which Raelynn was afraid to ask, but she sounded like a cool person.
Raelynn had told Beca that she had a girlfriend, but didn't say who it was, a golden retriever and told a little more about herself. Beca didn't say a lot, though and Raelynn found that strange.
"You know, I want to do something like Humans of New York, only Humans of the US. We could go to the beach tomorrow and take pictures of people, interview people and stuff." Beca suggested. "You could bring your dog and your girlfriend."
Raelynn laughed.
"You enjoying taking pictures?" Raelynn asked.
"More than anything. I like to capture moments, not poses." Beca said. "That's why I'd like to go to the beach and photograph people."
"Sounds sweet." Raelynn said. "Can I ask you something?"
"Sure." Beca said.
"Why do you have those scars on your face?" Raelynn asked and Beca chuckled and looked down at her hands. "It's okay if you don't wanna tell me, I'm just naturally curious."
"No, it's fine. I just had a bad car accident three years ago." Beca said.
"Oh, I see." Raelynn said. "Well, I should get going. I'll talk to my girlfriend and I'll text you to let you know if she's up for it."
"Alright." Beca smiled. "It was nice to meet you, Raelynn."
"You too." Raelynn smiled, placing fifty bucks on the table before she left.
oO0Oo
"So you wanna go?" Raelynn asked hopefully.
"Sure, it sounds cool." Chloe smiled. "So we're gonna take Kiara?"
"Yes." Raelynn said.
"Okay, I'm gonna put something more comfortable and get Kiara ready." Chloe said and left.
Raelynn texted Beca to let her know she and her girlfriend were coming and got ready.
Chloe and Raelynn walked hand in hand to the beach and Raelynn texted Beca to let her know they were there.
Chloe let Kiara go and the dog ran towards the sea, but didn't touch the waves and came back running towards her owners. Chloe smiled, but the dog ran past them and started jumping and barking excitedly at a woman that was approaching them.
"Beca!"
"Beca?"
Both Chloe and Raelynn said at the same time. Chloe looked at Raelynn, but the blonde didn't seem to notice her shock.
"Hey, I took a picture of you already a few days ago." Beca said.
"You were the woman who was taking pictures of our dog?" Chloe asked, incredulous.
"Yes." Beca said and smiled as she looked up at Chloe. "So you're Raelynn's girlfriend?"
Chloe's mouth was wide open and her heart started beating slower and it felt as if she was being stabbed each time it did.
"Beca, this is my girlfriend, Chloe." Raelynn said.
"Chloe. Nice to meet you, I'm Beca Mitchell." Beca extended her hand with a smile, but Chloe didn't take it, she stood there, mouth agape as she stared at Beca.
Beca retracted her hand with a nervous laugh.
"Chlo?" Raelynn asked.
Chloe looked at Beca with anger.
"How dare you?"
Beca blinked twice.
"Excuse me?" she asked.
Chloe couldn't help but notice the brunette was almost unrecognizable, she was totally different. Her hair was straight, her makeup was light and her clothes were very girly and she wasn't wearing her ear spikes and piercings. Oh and she was smiling way too much.
"How dare you introduce yourself to me like that?" Chloe said.
Beca couldn't help but chuckle.
"Well I thought that would be appropriate." Beca said.
"Excuse us, Beca." Raelynn said, pulling Chloe aside as Beca played with Kiara and took pictures of her and of people around her. "What's wrong?"
"That is Beca!" Chloe said.
"Yeah…?" Raelynn said.
"My ex-girlfriend." Chloe clarified and Raelynn's mouth formed an 'o'. "Beca Mitchell, who punched me, cheated on me and broke me."
"That's your girlfriend? Oh my God, I'm so sorry, I didn't know!" Raelynn said. "Look, babe, I signed a deal with her, now I'll have to finish it, okay? But you don't have to keep in contact with her anymore."
"I don't want to!" Chloe said, tears leaving her face. "I hate her!"
Raelynn hugged her and kissed her forehead.
"It's okay." Raelynn said. "I'm not gonna let her hurt you again, okay?"
"Okay." Chloe said and Raelynn kissed her.
"Do you wanna go home?" Raelynn asked and Chloe nodded.
"If you wanna stay, stay. But… please, be careful." Chloe said.
"I will." Raelynn promised. "You should take a cab, it's not exactly close and I don't want you coming back alone."
Chloe smiled.
"You're so amazing." Chloe said.
"Go, Red. I'll be fine." Raelynn said. "If something happens, I'll come straight home."
Chloe nodded and Raelynn walked her to the street.
Beca saw that and frowned. She followed the two along with Kiara and watched from far away. She saw Chloe was crying and ran up to her and Raelynn.
"Excuse me." She said shyly. Chloe looked to see who it was but closed her eyes and looked away. "Is… Is there something wrong? Was it something I did?"
"Yes!" Chloe said angrily.
"Well whatever it was I'm sorry!" Beca said.
Chloe had had enough, she let go of Raelynn and grabbed Beca's wrist, pulling her aside and out of Raelynn's earshot.
"Whatever it was? Really? Is that how apologize to me?" Chlo asked.
Beca frowned.
"I… I'm sorry." Was all she could say.
"You're unbelievable! And to top it off, you're working with my girlfriend!" Chloe said.
"Hmm, this seems obvious, but do you have a problem with me?" Beca asked and she looked scared.
"What? Of course I do! I don't ever wanna see you! I hate you, I wish you were dead!" Chloe yelled and Beca took a step back with tears filling her eyes. "You fucking broke me and I don't want anything to do with you."
Beca didn't say anything, she just stared at Chloe's eyes and cried. Chloe scoffed and turned around, seeing Raelynn had called a cab and was holding the door open for her. She got in and left.
Raelynn approached Beca carefully.
"Listen Beca, she's really broken and I'm kinda mad at you for hurting my girlfriend, but we signed a contract and we're gonna have to work together. So I suggest we keep this completely professional." Raelynn said.
Beca wiped tears away and nodded shyly.
