I'm so so so so sorry for the delay but I'm in a sea of shit with my exams. Thanks again to all of you that keep reviewing, following and liking this story. The song I use in here is "Il mondo prima di te" by Annalisa. Sorry for the mistakes :*
Chloe wakes up. She stirs and inhales. A different smell, new and really good goes through her nose. It's like vanilla and peach. She opens her eyes. Her head is against Beca's shoulder, her arm around the brunette's abdomen. Beca's arm is hugging her and her left hand resting on her hips. Chloe tries to move her legs, but she finds Beca's between them. She nuzzles her nose in the curve of Beca's neck closing her eyes smiling at the feeling of Beca's perfume or just at the feeling of Beca, she isn't sure about what is the reason, but she knows that this new sensation, having Beca next to her, against her, makes her feel…something. The brunette stirs taking a deep breath, the hand at Chloe's hip tighten sending butterflies in the redhead's stomach. Beca tries to turn on her side but she feels something, someone, in her way and she opens her eyes. The first thing she sees is red hair, then she moves her hand, feeling skin and the material of a t-shirt. Beca's hearts starts to speed and she closes her eyes trying to recollect her memories. She opens her eyes and breaths slowly.
Chloe feels Beca's heart pumping faster, her chest moving up and down as Beca tries to calm down. The redhead looks at Beca with a quirked eyebrow.
"Morning" Chloe speaks, her voice a little hoarse. Beca jumps, surprised, pulling a giggle from Chloe.
"M-Morning"
"How are you feeling?"
Beca moves a little. Well, she tries because Chloe is almost on top of her, which is something that Beca wouldn't never allowed, but this is Chloe and she can't think when she's around, the redhead shuts her brain off, or maybe fries it, but the result is the same. Beca doesn't know what the deal with Chloe is, she knows that the redhead makes her feel all giddy.
"Headache but fine. You?"
"I'm good" Beca keeps looking at the ceiling but can feel Chloe's eyes on her.
"Beca?" Chloe keeps her eyes on Beca's hand above her forearm while she runs her fingers up and down the brunette's side. Beca hums as response trying to not jerk away when Chloe's fingers are in a particular sensitive spot on Beca's ribs.
"What do you think Stacie did to you?"
Beca thinks about it and she doesn't know. She notices that she doesn't hear what Chloe's thinking and she doesn't know if she should be released or not about it. The power of reading minds was the thing she was the most afraid of, because, honestly, it's as cool as it sucks. "I don't know but I can't read your mind"
Chloe frowns "Maybe you can control it. Try to focus on wanting to read it"
Beca looks down at Chloe "I don't want to do it" she sits up letting out deep breath "You know it's something I was always afraid of. Reading minds, I mean. I know that it seems cool but…it's not"
Chloe mirrors Beca's position and takes her hand "I'm sorry" Chloe looks down at their hands. Beca blushes and clears her throat.
"You don't have to be sorry. Thanks for…for staying with me"
Chloe looks back at the brunette. Chloe's heart skips a beat when Beca glances down at her lips and then back to her eyes. You can cut the tension with a knife, they hold each other's eyes trying to figure out what the other is thinking. Both of them want to lean in but both of them are scared of misunderstanding the signals. Beca suddenly wants her power back. Chloe smiles at her with that beautiful smile that makes Beca's inside melt, she saw it only a few times but it's already her favorite thing about the redhead.
Chloe is about to speak but they hear voices coming from the living room.
Stacie and Aubrey are angrily whispering, trying to be quite to not wake up Beca and Chloe. There's no need to say that they failed miserably.
"Oh my God Aubrey, I told you I'm no-"
Beca clears her throat making both Aubrey and Stacie jump.
"Well, what's going on?" Beca keeps a safe distance from Stacie, she doesn't trust the girl, and tries to keep Chloe behind her which isn't a clever move because Chloe is standing really close to her, so close that she can feel her breath on her neck and maybe, just maybe, that's the reason she's having trouble breathing.
"Stacie has something to say" Aubrey looks from Stacie to Beca.
"No shit" Beca mumbles and Chloe slaps her arm.
"You better sit down" Aubrey points to the couch where Chloe pulls Beca on it.
Stacie clears her throat "Alright, first thing, I'm sorry for drugging you yesterday Bec and for shutting your powers off-"
"You did what?!" Beca's eyes widen and she's about to jump and punch Stacie straight in the face but Chloe places her hand on her forearm.
"Shush Beca, let her explain" Aubrey glares at the brunette, she knew this conversation wouldn't be an easy one.
Beca bites the inside of her cheek in order to not snap at the blonde. Stacie takes the silence as an invitation to keep talking.
"I had to, so that you won't punch me and also because I can only imagine how hard is to hear everyone's thoughts. It's my job to keep you safe, I grew up knowing that I am a Protector, your Protector actually."
Beca snorts "You're a what? I don't need your protection Stacie, I'm-"
"You do. After your 18th birthday you're gonna be in danger and you'll need my help. Look, I know it's a lot to take in, but someone better and more qualified than me will explain it on your birthday. For now, all you need to know is that there are people like you that want to use you like…like a weapon or something and it's my job and the Council's job to not let that happen. I'll train you and help controlling your powers. I think you'll discover three more before your birthday. Now, I'll answer at all your question then I'll give you back your powers."
Beca's head hurts and this time not because of her power. "Do you have power too?" Chloe speaks seeing that Beca is not going to speak any soon.
"Not really, it's complicated. I have powers only if I interact with Beca, because I'm her Protector. But I'm well trained in different martial arts"
Chloe frowns "Then how did you take Beca's power, I mean I can understand the all sleeping thing, it takes only a pill, but the powers? How?"
"Uhm, well I'm also trained in making particular, let's say…potions?"
"Wow…but why's Beca in danger?"
Stacie sighs "I don't know actually, at the Council they call her The Adamas-"
"The what?" Chloe asks confused. She glances next to her to see if Beca is listening, but the brunette seems in her own world.
"It's Latin, it means diamond. I've known her name only the day we met, I didn't even know if she was a girl or a boy. I tried to ask questions, but they are really reserved, especially when it comes to Beca."
"But who are they?" Aubrey asks getting more and more intrigued by what Stacie's saying, she loves the mystery.
"I tell you what I know. There are four people with powers like Beca's. Three of them think that humans need to serve them, they think they're like Gods and well they're not so wrong, about the Gods thing. I don't know who they are but they call themselves The Destructors Legacy-"
Aubrey laughs "Oh my god that's the worst name for a group"
Stacie and Chloe chuckle "Yeah, well they are three boys, so I'm not excepting anything different."
"Who's the fourth?"
"Our Master. We don't have a name. We have a Council and our Master, who trained everyone, me included, because there will be a war after Beca's birthday."
Aubrey and Chloe gasp "What?!"
"Why?" it's above a whisper and if Stacie didn't see Beca's mouth moving she'd believe she'd imagine it. Aubrey and Chloe look at Beca still in shock because of what Stacie said. The brunette is looking at Stacie with an apathic face which Chloe can't decide if it's a good or a bad thing. Probably the latter.
"Why what?"
"Why do I have these powers and why the fucking war?" Beca lets out a sarcastic laugh "I mean I didn't even know about this bullshit of the diamond and shits and now it'll be my fault if people are gonna die? That's messed up Stacie."
Stacie sighs "I know, I tried to explain the Council that keeping you in the dark wasn't a smart idea, but I think there is a reason why they decided that. As for your question, I only know that you have a gene that it's triggered in a specific part of your life, but I'm not sure how or why. There is this prophecy that they tell you, like a bed time story. In short, it talks about a powerful force that it will either end the war or destroy the world that we all know."
"And you think that I'm that powerful force?" Beca quirks her eyebrow.
"We know that you are"
Beca laughs "Really? I mean look at me, do I seem like somebody who could destroy the world? Because I look like a-"
"Midget? Hobbit?"
Beca glares at Aubrey "Ha ha. The point is that I don't know how you may even think that I could be who you think."
Stacie sighs because it's not some sort of theory that Beca is The Adamas. It's 100% sure, it's in her DNA. Stacie can't tell her that though, she can't tell her that without involving Beca's father and that's not her place, because she knows barely nothing about that and she knows that if she tells Beca that her father is involved, she'll want to know more and she can't give her that "more".
"The Council knows that you are The Adamas and that's all I need to be here and help you"
Beca holds Stacie's look trying to figure out if Stacie is serious or not. "So, let me get this straight. You knew that I have powers, you aren't like me but just super good at kicking ass, I'm this incredible powerful human being that will either screw the world up or save it, there are bad dudes that want me dead or with them and there's gonna be a war. Did I forget something?" Beca looks at Stacie with a raised eyebrow.
Stacie rolls her eyes "I never said that they want to kill you and you won't screw the world up, it's just a legend"
"You didn't need to say it. It's like the rule number one of the villain in every story, if you don't join them they'll kill you. And know can I have my powers back please?"
Stacie sighs "Beca, you need to trust me. I know that you think this is all bullshit, but please I need you to belie-"
"How can you even say that?! You lied to me, to us, from the first moment we meet. Why wer-"
"And you didn't do the same thing?" Everyone looks at Chloe and Beca feels like her heart is crushed like an unfortunate bug when someone steps on it. How can a single look, a few words escaping from the redhead's lips, destroy her like that?
Chloe meets Beca's look and sees the hurt in them. The sigh makes a knot in her stomach. "I- I mean, like Stacie kept her identity hidden, you kept your powers hidden. And both of you did it for a good cause right? So, what I'm saying is that we should trust Stacie, and let her help you" Chloe keeps her eyes on Beca for the whole time, not missing a single change in her features, which go from hurt to comprehensive.
The brunette wants to agree with the redhead but there is a part of her, the one that keeps shutting everybody off, that doesn't want to trust Stacie and thinks that Chloe is wrong. But then something happened. Chloe seeing Beca's inside struggle, she gets closer to the brunette and wraps her arms around Beca. It's strange how Beca's body reacts to Chloe, it's like whenever the redhead is around, and ok it didn't happen a lot because they just met, Beca's body escapes from the brunette's control. Having Chloe's arms around her is a new sensation and is something, she decides, about five seconds ago, she won't be able to live without. She feels her skin tingling and her heart seems to not understand that it's in her ribcage for a reason and it can't go outside.
Beca sighs and blushes "Y-you're right Chloe. Fine, Stacie, I'll accept your help, but for now on I don't want any more secret"
Stacie looks at Beca who's still Chloe's arms around her and she frowns at how quickly Beca changed her mind. The brunette's so whipped and she doesn't even know it.
The leggy brunette nods at Beca and ok, maybe she's still hiding that little thing about Beca's father, but she'll know it soon.
"Deal. Now I'm going to give your powers back and you'll need to concentrate on my voice, because the second you'll have them back you'll be overwhelmed by our thoughts"
Beca nods, feeling a little nervous. She doesn't miss that sensation if you ask, actually she wouldn't want that back.
"She can put the headphones on-"
"No, it won't work" Stacie steps in front of Beca gesturing her to stand up as well.
"But it worked before, at Paolo's"
Stacie shakes her head "Yes, but it won't work now. Beca's power is stronger than before"
Beca looks between Chloe and Stacie before standing up to face the other brunette.
"Ready?"
Stacie looks down at Beca waiting for an answer. The small brunette looks at Chloe who gives her a reassuring smile that Beca mirrors before exhaling and nodding. She doesn't know what to expect. She waits nervously, looking around the room. Stacie has her eyes closed and she's mumbling incomprehensible words. Then Stacie takes Beca's wrist and from where Stacie touches her skin, electrical shocks spread along her entire arms. It isn't painful, Beca thinks it's the same sensation you feel when you're arm wakes up after you slept on it. Then she feels like she's wearing a heavy armature and then her head is filled by voices. She closes her eyes and grips at Stacie's wrists. Then she hears Stacie's voice which is the loudest "Concentrate on my thoughts. It's like when you're mixing and you want to isolate only few tracks"
Beca keeps her attention on Stacie's thoughts, on the particular sound that distingushes them from the others and she doesn't know how but she manages. Now she can't hear Aubrey and Chloe's thoughts. She lets go Stacie's wrists and opens her eyes turning her face to meet Chloe's eyes that are already looking her. Beca smiles "I did it!"
Chloe can't help but smiling back and stand up to hug the brunette. She doesn't know what Beca meant but seeing her, smiling like a child that did a snowman for the first time, made her all giddy and she wants to badly hug her and kiss her, but she limits to hug her. Beca awkwardly hugs her back, trying to ignore Stacie's thoughts that are suggesting a lot of unappropriated things.
Chloe pulls back her big bright smile still on her face looking briefly at the short brunette before sitting back on the couch followed by Beca and turning to Stacie. "Does she have her powers back?"
Stacie goes to sit back next to Aubrey who is trying to understand what happened. "Yes she does. We could go somewhere to help her learning how to control the mind reading, after we eat of course"
"I know a place" Chloe says with a suspicious wink. Beca frowns she doesn't want to use her power to know where Chloe wants to go so she does what a normal person would do. She asks. "Where?"
Chloe smirks "That's for me to know and you to find out"
And ok, that's not an answer that make easy to not use her power, so she does, well she tries, because she can't hear a thing. Then she turns to Stacie who is smiling and she hears her voice "Nice try Mitchell".
She hates her and her ability to shield her thoughts and now the others too. Beca rolls her eyes and sighs sitting backwards in the couch where a smiling Chloe is handing her some food.
And maybe she's not so upset about not knowing where they're going if Chloe keeps looking at her like that.
Maybe Beca should've asked more times than once, because they're going to a karaoke bar.
The brunette tried, miserably, to escape from that torture, but it only took a "please" from Chloe and a principle of a pout to win her.
"Are you ok?" Chloe steps next to her while they wait Stacie and Aubrey before going in.
"It's getting a little bit loud in here" she points her head "But I'm fine" she tries to smile to reassure the redhead but she fails when her head starts to ache. "Shit" she hisses in pain.
Chloe feels like a jerk. She didn't think a lot about her decision, she just wants to hear Beca sing before the Bella's auditions because she knows, in her guts, that this girl is probably music genius and she can't wait to hear her voice.
"Don't be sorry Chloe, I can handle it. In fact, it's already getting better, I just need to focus on what I want to hear"
Beca squeezes Chloe's hand and smiles at her, a cute smile that Chloe wants to kiss right here right now.
They step inside the bar, Beca keeps her fingers interlined with Chloe's, which makes butterflies invade her stomach. They settle in a table near the stage where a group of people is singing. Beca notices that Aubrey looks more bitchy than usual and that she's looking towards the group on the stage with a look that if she was a Kryptonian her eyes would shoot lasers.
"Hey, Chloe, why is Aubrey trying to kill those guys on stage with her eyes?" Beca whispers at Chloe. The redhead chuckles "They're the Treblemakers. One of the others acapella group of Barden. They always win every competition, even last year…we were so close to win"
Beca tries not to laugh at how ridiculous what Chloe's saying is, because he's talking with such proud that she doesn't want to ruin it. Apparently singing in an acapella group is considered something big in college.
"Hey girls!" a brunette boy greets them gaining a deathly glare from the blonde, while Chloe waves at him.
The boy's eyes land on her and a hand is immediately placed in front of her "Hi! I'm Jesse!"
Beca shakes his hand "I'm Beca" she really doesn't want to know what the boy is thinking so she concentrates on Chloe thoughts.
Bad idea.
Beca curses a lot so she isn't scandalized by curse words, what scandalizes her is Chloe thinking a full phrase full of those words. Her eyes widen in shock and her mouth drops open. The redhead is still glaring at Jessie who is frowning at Beca's face.
"Everything ok?" Stacie returns from the bathroom and her eyebrows go up as she looks at the other girls. Chloe and Aubrey are glaring at a brunette boy while Beca seems like she's seen a ghost.
Jesse looks up to see Stacie that of course has already gained all the Trebles attention on her. He rolls his eyes at his friends and extends his hand towards the leggy brunette "Hi I'm Jesse and these folks here are the Treblemakers"
Stacie looks around the crowd of boys that are gawking at her, she smirks, boys are so easy. Stacie takes Jesse's hand "Hi, nice to meet you, I'm Stacie. Aubrey told me a lot about the Treblemakers"
"I hope good things"
"Not really" Stacie shrugs and takes the seat next to Aubrey who finally looks at her and rolls her eyes when Stacie quirks an eyebrow.
Jesse lets out a nervous laugh "Well, see you around bye! Bye Beca!"
Beca doesn't even hear him she's still mesmerized in the colorful adjectives Chloe's used to describe the boy.
"Beca! What's going on? Are you having trouble to shuts the thoughts off?"
Beca's snapped away from Chloe's thoughts. The redhead blushes when she realizes that Beca heard every single word she thought.
"Uhm, no. Actually, I think I understand how to shut what I don't want to hear off"
"Good, let's order some drinks then!"
"Stace, you know you and Beca can't drink right?" Aubrey says placing a hand on the brunette's forearm.
"Yes but we have someone that can make people do whatever they want" Stacie smirks and looks at Beca, who's looking at Stacie like she's crazy.
"What? Now you're saying that I can do that?"
Stacie nods "Yep"
"How?"
"Just think about what you want them to do"
"Just like that?"
Stacie nods and Beca frowns. She looks Chloe who has a cute curious look on her face. Beca winks and stands up "I'm gonna get some alcohol!" Chloe giggles and watches the brunette going towards the bartender.
"I bet she won't make it" Aubrey says "Shut up Bree, she'll make it"
"I hope she does I'm thirsty" Stacie looks directly at Aubrey whose breath hitches and clears awkwardly her throat.
Chloe watches talking with the bartender then the brunette turns to look at her and puts a fist up as a sign of victory. Beca's level of cuteness has reached almost the top for Chloe, who shakes her head at how dork Beca seems right now.
"Here we go girls! I have the whole bottle!" Beca returns with a giant grin, four glasses and a bottle of tequila.
"Wow…" Chloe eyes the bottle and smiles at Beca's happy face.
"Cheers!"
After a few drinks Chloe decides to act.
"So Becs, do you want to sing with me…please? " Beca looks into the blue orbs and her mouth is moving before she can stop it "Yes, but I choose the song"
Chloe smirks and thanks the alcohol for existing.
"Deal."
"That's going to be fun" Stacie says at Aubrey who chuckles "Yes I'm filming this and I'll use it against Beca someday" Stacie slaps her arm "You're evil"
"Bite me"
Stacie's eyes glows "Don't you dare saying what you're thinking." Stacie pouts and the blonde rolls her eyes. The thing is that they decided to start seeing each other and Stacie always teases the blonde, who's trying her best to wait before jumping at the brunette, because she wants to take it slow, she really likes Stacie. The brunette chuckles and takes Aubrey's hand, latching their fingers together.
Beca goes to the console searching a song, then her eyes stop in a title and she smirks, winking at the redhead.
When the song starts Chloe doesn't recognize it, she's watching Beca with a raised brow but Beca only winks and start singing. She sings in Italian.
Un giorno capiremo chi siamo senza dire niente
E sembrerà normale
Immaginare che il mondo scelga di girare
Attorno a un altro sole
È una casa senza le pareti
Da costruire nel tempo, costruire dal niente
Come un fiore fino alle radici
È il mio regalo per te da dissetare e crescere
E siamo montagne a picco sul mare
Dal punto più alto impariamo a volare
Chloe stares at Beca with her mouth opened in shock, her voice goes through her body making her shivers. It hits her body like a sea wave and like that takes her breath away.
Poi ritorniamo giù
Lungo discese pericolose
Senza difese
Ritorniamo giù
A illuminarci come l'estate
Che adesso brilla
Com'era il mondo prima di te?
Then Beca is behind Chloe and she whispers in the redhead's ear "Are you gonna sing with me or just stay there with your pretty face?"
Chloe feels Beca's breath against her neck and all her body is filled with fire. Haring Beca sing is making her feel something.
"I don't know the song and how to sing in Italian!"
She angrily whispers. But the brunette shrugs and locks her eyes with Chloe's. Then she sees the words in her head and suddenly she sings with Beca, like it's the easiest thing in the world, like she isn't speaking a language she doesn't know, fluently. Of course she doesn't know what she's saying but she doesn't worry about it. All she cares is how Beca's looking at her. Like she wants to swallow her whole. She can't help but watching every move of Beca, how her body moves in rhythm, how her mouth curls while she sings and how her eyes are fixed on her. Every inch of her body shivers. She can't even tell if her body is still in a solid state or if it's evaporated because of how hot her skin is. Beca winks and looks away, that's when Chloe thinks that Beca looks sexy which is something really inappropriate right now because her brain is traveling in the wrong direction. Fortunately, the end of the song brings her to reality.
They return at the table and Chloe can't keep smiling at the brunette.
"How the hell did you do that?!" Aubrey asks, nicely.
"I didn't know if it'd work, but I thought that if I can compel someone and make them do what I want, I could do that…and I did!"
Beca is smiling like a child in a candy shop. Stacie on the other hand is astonished, she knew Beca was strong but not that much. She discovered her power yesterday and she can already do all these things. Megan was right, if they'll let those assholes take her for whatever they want to do with her, the world will be in a lot of danger.