Beca bounced her knee up and down as she patiently waited inside the tiny coffee shop she and Chloe had agreed to meet at. It had been four days since they last saw each other and Beca was starting to think Chloe wasn't going to message her about coffee.
But then what do you know. Beca woke up earlier that day with a fully naked blonde lying next to her, she had grabbed her phone to check the time and was pleased to see that she had one new message from a Miss Chloe Beale.
I can do coffee today around 6, if you're free?
Truth was Beca was not free. She had a very busy day today and at the moment, she was supposed to be having dinner with her father and her step mother. But when the opportunity to see Chloe arose, she couldn't help but cancel. I mean who knew if Chloe would have been free another day, so why take the chance?
Beca grabbed her phone to check the time. Just as she lied it back down onto the table, she looked up and saw Chloe approaching her.
"Hey," she smiled. She couldn't help but think how sexy the redhead was looking. Then again anytime Beca saw her, she looked sexy.
"Hi," Chloe nodded. She sat down and took a seat across from the other woman. "Did you find the place okay?"
"I did, I actually eat at the Italian restaurant across from here quite often. I never noticed this place," Beca responded.
"Yeah, Aubrey and I used to love coming here to just hangout. It's a really cute place and everyone is so friendly." Chloe shrugged.
"Cool. I got you a coffee, I wasn't sure what you drank so if you don't want it that's totally okay." Beca slid a coffee cup across the table.
"Coffee is great, thanks." Chloe grabbed the milk from the table and poured a tiny amount into her cup.
"So," Beca started. She wasn't sure what to talk about with the other woman since most of their conversations consisted of arguing and she spent ninety-five percent of the time hitting on her.
Chloe sat still as she patiently waited for the other woman to start whatever conversation she intended on having with her. When Beca had brought up the idea of having coffee to 'get to know each other on a better level,' she was quite skeptical. She did however find herself wanting to text Beca right away to have their coffee date. But much like her second date rule she used to have way back when, she didn't want to look desperate so she held off. Turns out it paid off, Chloe couldn't help but notice the excitement in Beca's face when she first walked in. Of course it didn't last long, but she could tell it was there.
"I uh, I'm not so good at this shit. I don't really know where to start?" Beca chuckled nervously.
"So then what was the point of asking me here? This was your idea after all?" Chloe replied arrogantly.
"Whoa, I told you why I wanted to meet up. I figured it might be better to get to know each other more so we can learn to live with each other for the next seven and a half months." Beca raised an eyebrow. She had to admit, as much as they argued she didn't expect Chloe to come into the coffee shop ready to fight.
"Well excuse me if I'm not so thrilled to be here. You have after all been torturing me the last two weeks." Chloe grabbed her coffee and slowly sipped it.
"Please, like you don't secretly like it." Beca shot out.
Shit, what am I doing? I was supposed to behave.
"Sometimes, it surprises me how delusional you are. Then you say stuff like that and I can't help but wonder if you were dropped on your head as a child?" Chloe glared at her.
"Whatever," Beca grabbed her coffee and sipped it as well. She remained silent, refusing to be the first to speak up again.
"So, tell me about yourself." Chloe asked snarky. She couldn't help but have her guards up around Beca. Something about the other woman made her feel vulnerable and she never wanted to show that off.
It was clear their coffee date was going to be anything but pleasant. So if that was how Chloe wanted to play it, Beca was going to show her. She was going to be the bigger person today.
"What do you want to know?" Beca wasn't one to talk about herself on her own will. People usually had to ask questions to get to know her and even then, she wouldn't say much.
"What happened between you and Jessica?" Chloe quickly asked. Beca rolled her eyes and scoffed.
"I tell you what. I'll tell you the story, after you sleep with me again." She smugly replied. So much for being the bigger person.
"Guess I'll never know then," she shrugged.
"Okay. As much as I love pissing you off, I really did want to get to know each other better. So for the sake of Jesse and Aubrey, let's stop while we're ahead." Beca shook her head. "How the hell do we even end up here half the time?" Chloe shrugged. Beca sighed as she sat in silence. Getting closer to Chloe was proving to be problematic. She really did love tormenting her, and was finding it hard to control her mouth even for a span of thirty minutes.
"Fine, I'll start." Beca had declared defeat. If Chloe was going to be stubborn, she was going to show her and be the complete opposite.
"When I was fifteen years old my dad left my mom and I for another woman. It really took its toll on me and I sort of acted out against both my parents. My mom was as patient as one could be with an out of control teenager, but after a while she couldn't do it anymore. So both my parents talked and they shipped me off to an all-girls boarding school." Beca turned the coffee cup in her hands as it remained on the table. She really never told anyone this much of the story, but she just couldn't stop herself now that she had started. But why was that?
"I guess you can say boarding school was what brought out my inner player. I was friends with this girl named Nancy. We used to hang out every day after classes and then one day when we were hanging out in her room, she kissed me. Before I knew it, both of our clothes were off and I had my tongue inside of her."
Chloe shifted in her seat as she heard what Beca said. Did she really need to be that vulgar about it? A simple "and then we fucked," would have sufficed. Still though, she couldn't deny the funny feeling she had got in the pit of her stomach. She quickly ignored it though and brought her attention to Beca, who was going on with her story.
"Nancy and I had gotten really close. She was the only friend I had that truly understood who I was and that was there for me. Months passed and my feelings for her only got stronger. They got to the point that one night I had finally gotten the balls to ask her to be official. However, when I walked into her room and saw her fingers in some other girl's pussy, I quickly changed my mind." Beca frowned as the memory surfaced inside of her head. Chloe couldn't help but grow increasingly intrigued as Beca continued on.
"I sort of had a break down and the other girl had to leave. When we talked I had told her how I felt. How she was the only person I trusted, and I felt I could open up to. I loved her." Beca cleared her throat. "She told me how that I made her happy and she never wanted things to change. But she also told me how she could never be in a relationship with me. She said that she didn't feel the same way I did, that she only loved me like a friend." Beca furrowed her eyebrows, why the hell wouldn't she shut up? She didn't even know Chloe. Why was she telling her so much?
"Anyways, after that whole ordeal I couldn't be around her anymore. So to numb the pain, I started hooking up with a bunch of other women. What do you know, eight years later and I haven't stopped. I don't believe in love and I don't believe in commitment. The world is a cruel place which I found out the hard way thanks to my father and Nancy." Beca shrugged. "But yeah, I'm cool now. None of it matters to me anymore." She finished.
Chloe found she was speechless. She couldn't help but feel sorry for the other woman. She realized there must have been a reason for Beca not believing in commitment, she knew there must have been someone out there who had made her think that way. But to have your heartbroken by two of the people you trusted the most in the world that must really hurt.
"Beca, I'm really sorry that happened to you. It must have really sucked to feel that way about someone and have that person lead you on like that." Chloe frowned. "But not everyone is like that. There are a lot of good people out there who can make you feel good about yourself, who can make you open up and who you can trust the way you did Nancy." Chloe watched the other woman closely.
As Beca stared into Chloe's eyes, she got a funny feeling in the pit of her stomach. Chloe was the first person Beca opened up to like that since Nancy, and she was trying hard to figure out why.
"Well, we'll see. Right now I like to have fun and just have sex with random girls. I'm happy the way my life has been going and I don't really need it to change," she shrugged. "But thanks, I guess."
Chloe nodded and sighed. She really wanted to open Beca's eyes and help her see that committing to someone can't be all that bad. But she also didn't understand why this felt so important to her. Up until five minutes ago Chloe could have cared less about the brunette, or at least that was what she thought.
"Anyways what about you," Beca quickly changed the subject.
"Honestly," Chloe took a deep breath. "There really isn't much to tell. I had a really quiet life," Chloe frowned.
"Okay, well how did you meet Tom?" Beca really could have cared less about how the two of them met. She just really wanted to hear Chloe speak.
"We met in college," Chloe smiled as she thought back to the day. "It was my first night on campus and I was really wound up. I decided to go work out at the gym to see if it would help bring me down a little," Chloe shrugged. Beca smirked at the thought of a hyper Chloe, she could tell the other woman had a lot of energy but she had never got the chance to see it. Except of course for the night they first met.
"I had finished running on the treadmill so I was all sweaty." Beca immediately had to snap herself out of the dirty thoughts that were crawling in her mind. Picturing the night they had hooked up, and how sweaty she had gotten Chloe.
"I went to go take a shower in the change rooms but not knowing much about the campus or where I was going, I sort of walked into the wrong one." Chloe chuckled. "Anyways, I thought I was in the right one until I walked towards one of the showers and a naked guy stepped out of one of them. That naked guy was Tom and yeah we immediately connected," Chloe smiled.
"Oh god, that is so a future bit in a movie." Beca laughed. "That's pretty funny though," she finished.
"Yeah, so we started as friends and then one day he asked me to a party and we've been going out ever since then. It will be seven years in September," Chloe grinned.
Beca felt the jealousy and disappointment fill inside of her. She really needed to figure out what the hell was going on with her because she never got jealous or disappointed.
"That's cool," Beca replied shortly.
"Yeah, I'm hoping he's going to propose soon. If he doesn't, I'm going to have to start reconsidering my life decisions. Seven years is a long time, I mean how much longer does he need?" Chloe could have sworn she saw a tiny glint appear in Beca's eyes as she spoke.
"Yeah, I agree. Seven years is really a long time." Beca replied. Both girls had a moment of silence before Beca decided to speak up once again. "See what can happen when two people who couldn't really stand each other sit down and have a cup of coffee? They learn things that brings them closer," Beca grinned.
"Yeah well I can't see it lasting too long. I mean you can only keep your dirty thoughts to yourself for so long," Chloe giggled.
"True," Beca smirked. Chloe grabbed her phone and checked the time, frowning as she read it.
"But I actually need to get going. Aubrey wanted me to help Jesse and her with the guest list of their wedding. But I'll see you in a couple of days for dress shopping." Chloe pushed her seat out as she got up.
"Indeed you will," Beca replied. She got up from the table as well and followed Chloe towards the door.
"As much as I hate to admit it," Chloe turned to face Beca. "I had a nice time," she smiled. "You're not so bad when you're not being a sarcastic asshole," she winked.
"Yeah me too," Beca replied. "You're not so bad when you're not being all bossy," Beca laughed.
"Shut up," Chloe playfully slapped the girl.
"Make me," Beca instantly replied. Both of them froze and stared blankly into each other's eyes. Beca felt butterflies form in her stomach as she watched Chloe's eyes subtly and quickly travel back and forth between her eyes and lips. God, what the fuck was going on?
"Anyways," Chloe quickly shook her head. "I'll see you soon, bye!" She quickly headed to her car and opened the door, getting inside of it.
"Yeah, see you later." Beca yelled out. Chloe started the car and took one last look at the other woman before she drove off.
Beca watched Chloe's car drive down the street until she couldn't see it anymore. She felt herself feeling disappointed that their hangout had to end that quickly. She enjoyed talking to Chloe on a deeper level, and as much as she enjoyed their arguments. She was definitely going to try and keep the peace between them, for Jesse's sake of course. I mean she could care less if they're getting along or not.
Right?
