This was a request from 50 shades of Pitch Perfect for a fic of what Beca does for Chloe's birthday (she also told me what happens on the birthday, and I want to give her credit for that, but I won't ruin the fic for you). Also, this is before Beca's pregnancy. Please read and review, and as always, enjoy.
For the first time in what seems like forever, Chloe woke up without the beeping of an alarm, or the voice of her girlfriend telling her that she overslept said beeping alarm. Yawning and stretching with her arms over her head, Chloe grinned. She could tell by the light coming through their bedroom window and from her own well rested-ness that it was well past her usual wake up time of six thirty. Turning to Beca's side of the bed, she noticed that it was empty, and that the clock on Beca's bedside table read nine fifteen. Chloe let out another yawn and turned back over, swinging her legs over the side of the bed and standing up. The wood floors were cool under her toes as she threw a baggy t shirt over her usual nighttime attire of a sports bra and briefs. She could smell coffee coming from the kitchen, and followed the scent. She was met, not with the sight of her girlfriend reading album reviews on her iPad like usual, but instead a cup of coffee fixed the way she liked it, and a cloche on the kitchen table. Raising an eyebrow in question, Chloe lifted the cloche, revealing chocolate chip pancakes, fresh cut strawberries, perfectly cooked bacon, and scrambled cheesy eggs just like she liked them. There was also a small, folded piece of paper to the left of the plate with her name on it in Beca's handwriting, which read:
Good morning, Beautiful. I have a few things planned for today that I hope you like. First on the agenda, breakfast, then maybe a shower.
The corners of Chloe's lips turned up into a smile at the lengths that she knew Beca had gone to in order to celebrate the redhead's birthday. She was 25 today. Half a half a century, and very happy with where she is in life. She was living with her amazing girlfriend, working as a choir teacher at a high school, with promise of getting a job at the local community college next, and still having a great group of friends. Her life was exciting, and she was loving every second of it. After finishing her delicious birthday breakfast, which was still warm, Chloe headed back into her and Beca's bathroom, pulling the t shirt that she was wearing over her head as she headed to the bathroom to take a shower as her birthday note suggested. As Chloe went to turn on the shower, she noticed another note with her name on it taped to the faucet. Smiling to herself she opened the note, which read:
I know you like to sing in the shower, so enjoy some tunes on me. There's a special mixtape for youon the bathroom sink. Maybe the music will inspire you to check out our favorite record store.
Chloe carefully refolded the note and placed it by the bathroom sink, next to the CD she somehow managed not to noticed on her way into the bathroom. She smiled as she took in her name written on the CD in sharpie. She loved Beca's handwriting. Popping it into the CD player they had installed on the underside of the shelf in their bathroom, she let the music fill the bathroom as she once again went to run her shower. As the steamy water beat down on her shoulders, the sound of Jessie J's domino filled her ears, mixed with several other pop songs that she enjoyed listening to. By the second song on the CD she had finished her shower, and stepped out of the shower, toweling off and heading back into the bedroom to get dressed for the day, the music from the bathroom seeping into their room. After deciding on a black v neck t shirt that was at one time Beca's and a plain pair of jeans, she grabbed her keys and phone and headed to the record shop downtown that she and Beca went to almost every Saturday. The bell on the door dinged brightly as she entered the store. It was definitely a cool shop. The upstairs of the record store was mainly chairs and couches with several record players throughout the room so people could enjoy playing music out and also with headphones. On more than one occasions, Beca and Chloe had come into the shop and made themselves at home on one of the upstairs couches, listening to the blues or a classic rock album, trying to explain what was so great about it to each other, even though they both knew that they knew exactly what was so great. Some of their best memories had been here. The walls were covered in graffiti style art and old album covers, as well as pictures of bands and artists, and DJs. Smiling, Chloe went up to the front counter to say hi to Ned, the 20-something music nerd that ran the store most days.
"Hey Chloe." He greeted with a grin. Chloe returned his smile and greeting, asking him how business was that day. "Oh awesome" he assured her "Hey, Beca was in here earlier and she put aside an album that you might like. Chloe grinned. Of course Beca had. Ned went into the back and emerged a few minutes later with a bag, which he handed to Chloe "she already paid. Oh, happy birthday by the way." Chloe grinned
"Thanks. Have a good day!" he waved to her as she made her way out of the record store, leaning against her car to look inside the bag. There was a Jessie J vinyl and, of course, another note from Beca. Chloe bit her lip as she opened it, anxious to see what was next:
Much like a record, your laugh is music to my ears. Remember when we tried to be artsy at a museum, and we ended up being escorted out for too much disruption? Yeah, head over there.
Chloe laughed at the memory and got back in her car. She and Beca had gone to a classy art gallery to try and get cultured, but they both ended up laughing so hard they cried making fun of the stuffy rich people attending the exhibit. She made it to the museum in about fifteen minutes, noticing for the first time that Beca had probably filled her car with gas since she was almost on empty when she got home from work the evening before and now it was well over half. She smiled again at the brunette's attention to detail as she opened the door to the art museum and stepped inside. It was quiet and fairly chilly inside the museum. Chloe made her way over to the information board that had a map of the museum, and noticed that attached to it was a note with her name on it. Silently thinking Beca for not making her browse through rooms and rooms of art to find a note, she took it off of the directory map and opened it:
All this running around must be making you hungry. Head to our favorite café and I just might be there waiting for you.
Chloe folded the note and tucked it into her back pocket, ignoring the dirty look that the museum curator shot her way as she turned a left the museum. The café that she and Beca went to pretty often was an amazing place. It had seats inside and outside, it served fantastic coffee drinks that served to aid Beca's caffeine addiction, and the BEST sandwiches, soups, and wraps. The bell on the top of the door dinged as Chloe stepped inside.
"Welcome to JJ's café." A server greeted her "How many?" Chloe looked around the café
"Oh… I got a note from my girlfriend to meet her here. Beca?" The waitress's eyes lit up
"Oh yeah, give me a sec." the girl disappeared into the kitchen, the employees only door swinging behind her. She reappeared a moment later with a to go bag, handing it to Chloe with a smile "Happy birthday" she offered. Chloe grinned at her, thanking her for her well wishes and her service as she headed out to her car once more. There was a note attached to the bag reading:
Okay I lied. Sorry to make you work on your birthday, but I was hoping you could bring food to the picnic. Bring it on down to our (your) favorite place to watch movies so we can have lunch.
As if the town they lived in wasn't cool enough, they also had a drive in movie theater pretty close to their apartment, which became a regular date night place for the two of them since Beca loved Chloe and Chloe loved movies. She pulled into the parking spot next to Beca's car, getting out of her own car and looking around for her tiny girlfriend. Sure enough, Beca was seated on the back of her car, smiling at Chloe.
"Happy birthday" she said with a wide grin, hopping off of her makeshift seat to greet Chloe with a long kiss. Chloe wrapped her arms tightly around Beca's waist.
"Thank you." She murmured into the brunette's shoulder. Beca pulled away after a moment to take the bag of food out of Chloe's car. They spread a blanket on the ground and spread out the turkey bacon ranch and club sandwiches and fries. Beca pulled a mini-cooler out of her trunk and offered her girlfriend a can of soda. They ate in silence, grinning like idiots at each other every once in a while.
"So did you have a fun day?" Beca asked. Chloe grinned
"Hell yeah. You did a really good job Becs, it was totally aca-awesome." Beca rolled her eyes at the Aubreyism, but said nothing. Instead, she pulled an envelope out of her jacket pocket and handed it to Chloe "What's this?" Beca smiled
"Your birthday present?" Chloe's eyes widened
"Oh my god, then what was today?" Beca smiled
"A scavenger hunt of sorts to get to the final gift." Chloe leaned over and kissed the brunette hard before ripping into the envelope with wild abandon. After looking at the contents of the envelope, Chloe found herself speechless for once in her life.
"We… we're going to see Jessie J live?" she asked in disbelief. Beca nodded, grinning widely, obviously pleased with herself. Chloe tackled her girlfriend, peppering her face and neck with kisses of thanks "Best birthday ever."