Author's Note: Hey guys! I'm so sorry that I didn't update for a while. Once I realised that some people were actually reading it I got worried that I'd fuck it up and ruin it, so I kept putting off updating haha. But that was silly of me, so to make up for not updating I'm going to try and give you guys a few more chapters over a few days. I hope it's okay!
Just as Beca was about to brave the drunken Bella's outside, Chloe grabbed her hand lightly and pulled her out of view from the others. Beca felt the redhead's arms snake around her neck as the girl leaned in close.
"If I were you, I'd pretend to be really confident when I walked back out there. They'll get bored of teasing you if you don't seem to be embarrassed" Chloe advised.
"Uhh, thanks" was all Beca could manage to get out. She was distracted by how close the redhead was.
Chloe moved her mouth to hover over Beca's ear. "For what it's worth, I really enjoyed that. If you ever wanted to practice kissing, come find me" she breathed seductively, giving her ear lobe a light suck. A shiver shot through the brunette at the physical touch.
Beca didn't have a chance to react though- Chloe instantly left the closet and went back to join the noisy Bella's.
After 20 minutes, most of the teasing had stopped. Occasionally someone would comment on the hickies Chloe left her, but it wouldn't last long. Beca thought she was going to die of embarrassment when she first walked out with her hair a mess and hickies running down one side of her neck. When she lost the sheepish look and took Chloe's advice about acting confident, the topic was dropped. Until it was time to make the sleeping arrangements, that is.
"Lilly, Fat Amy and Cynthia have the spare room," Aubrey started, "Jessica and Denise can take the lounge room"
"I'm sharing with you, Aubrey!" Stacie slurred in the tall blonde's direction.
"Yes, and Stacie and I will be sharing my room" Aubrey blushed.
"What about me?" Beca asked, confused. She'd had a few drinks since coming out of the closet- the actual closet.
"You're with me, silly" Chloe chirped in her usually excited way.
The rest of the Bella's teased the brunette until Chloe dragged her upstairs away from the giggling girls, admittedly having a chuckle to herself as well.
Beca, once again, was extremely nervous to be alone with the redhead. Not that they were doing anything other than sitting in Chloe's room deciding what movie they were going to watch. Beca's butterflies were so strong that she barely even cared that she was about to have to sit through at least an hour and a half of some predictable plotline.
"What do you want to watch?" Chloe asked with a huge grin.
"Umm, anything you want" She mumbled in response.
"Anything at all? You really don't care?" She asked, amused.
"Nope. Anything. You choose."
"Well do you want something that'll make you laugh? Something that'll make you scared? Something that'll make you cry?" The redhead asked, trying to narrow down her choices.
Beca started laughing at the last suggestion.
"What?" Chloe was confused.
"Please, as if a movie could make me cry," She stated, as if it was obvious.
A sly grin crept onto Chloe's face.
"Oh really? You think I couldn't find a movie that'd make you cry?"
"I honestly don't think you stand a chance, Red"
The two made a bet- if Chloe's choice managed to make Beca cry, even a tiny bit, Beca had to kiss her again. If Beca didn't cry, she didn't have to watch movies with Chloe again for at least two months. As much as Beca didn't want to watch any more movies, she secretly hoped she'd lose the bet, simply so she had an excuse to kiss the beautiful redhead again without having to admit to any feelings.
Before the movie, Chloe and Beca each had a shower. When Beca got out, she realised that she hadn't brought any pyjamas, so she needed to borrow something. What she didn't know was that Chloe didn't own any pyjama pants; she just slept in oversized shirts and underwear. As much as Beca wanted some pants, her jeans were too uncomfortable to sleep in, so she agreed to an oversized shirt and underwear.
Beca put on the large Mickey Mouse shirt that Chloe threw at her (which looked extra large on her tiny frame). When she turned around she saw Chloe in a matching Minnie Mouse shirt.
"We're adorable!" Chloe grinned.
"Oh god, we're like one of those dorky matching couples or something" Beca said with a horrified look on her face- although she kind of thought it was a little bit cute that she'd chosen the matching shirts when she could have just given her any.
"I think you mean adorable" the redhead corrected.
"No, I definitely meant dorky" Beca concluded.
"Okay, we're adorkable!" She beamed.
Beca shuddered at the word 'adorkable'.
"Fine, I'll agree that it's adorable if you don't say that word ever again" Beca said with a laugh. Chloe couldn't help but giggle while reaching out to grab Beca's hand and pull her onto the bed.
"Just so you know, when I watch horror movies, action movies and sad movies, I need a cuddle buddy to hide behind. Since it's just us two here, you're it." She stated before nestling in to the brunettes side with her head in the girl's lap.
At first Beca was secretly hoping she'd lose the bet, but then her competitive side kicked in. She was determined not to cry. Not that she really thought there was any chance she would cry- no movie had ever managed to bring that kind of emotion to the brunette. She didn't think it was possible. That was, until she saw the movie Chloe had picked.
Marley and Me.
Beca's heart felt like it stopped when she saw the movie title on the screen. She remembered reading the book a few years earlier and crying for two whole hours afterwards. The brunette had a huge soft spot for dogs. Any kind of dog, big or small, made her heart melt. She was a sucker for dogs.
This wasn't going to be as easy as she thought.
For the first hour of the movie, Beca was fine. She knew what was coming up, but she'd convinced herself she could handle it. Movies didn't express as much emotion as books, right? Wrong.
Chloe was snuggled in to Beca, wiping her nose with a tissue wondering how the brunette hadn't cracked it at the movie yet. The redhead had been crying for ten minutes now and she hadn't heard anything from the girl beneath her. She'd all but thought she'd lost the bet when all of a sudden there was a loud sob nearby. Followed by another. And another.
Beca had been crying silently for a few minutes before she couldn't hold it in anymore and let out a series of almighty sobs. She tried to stop herself but she couldn't. Chloe sat up and tried to offer her some comfort but it didn't help. Beca was inconsolable. Even the redhead couldn't do anything to calm her down.
Neither of them thought that Beca would be the one to cry uncontrollably over the movie. Chloe thought that the chances of Beca even losing one tear were considerably low. But there she was, sobbing in Chloe's arms.
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Beca ended up crying over forty minutes before even acknowledging Chloe trying to soothe her. When the tears finally stopped, the pair stayed in the embrace for a few minutes without saying anything. Neither was sure what to say. Chloe didn't want to be the first to talk in case Beca didn't want to, and Beca was far too embarrassed to say anything.
After a long silence, Beca finally decided to say something so that they could hopefully forget about it.
"Sorry about that" Beca laughed awkwardly, trying to avoid eye contact with the girl next to her.
"Hey, it's okay. Sorry for picking that movie, I wanted to win the bet but I didn't want to upset you" Chloe said apologetically.
"Not your fault, you didn't know. It just reminded me of my dog Snowy who had to be put down a few years back. I'd had her since I was about one 18 months old and she was with me until I was nearly 17. She was a white Labrador like Marley and so it reminded me a lot of her last day." Beca said, not really wanting to go into any more detail.
Chloe sensed that was all Beca wanted to say about it, so she just tightened their embrace.
Chloe changed the subject many times and before long, Beca's tears were forgotten. During one of their conversations, Chloe mentioned something about a game of Seven Minutes in Heaven that she played back in High School. The two went back to an awkward silence after it was mentioned, each of them being reminded of their earlier kiss in the closet.
"Do you want to talk about it, Becs?" The redhead eventually asked.
"Talk about what?"
"Us. Earlier. In the closet?" She explained quickly.
"I guess, if you want to" Beca blushed.
"Okay, well, I just want to say that we're okay, or at least I think we are. So you don't have to worry about it ruining our friendship or anything. I mean, I've kissed plenty of my friends before- most of them not quite like that, but still. I know it was your first kiss though, so it'd make sense if you were worrying about the implications of kissing me"
"Okay" Beca said, still avoiding Chloe's eyes.
"What?" Chloe asked, trying to figure out why the brunette wouldn't look at her and why she'd received such a short response.
"Nothing. We're alright, Chlo."
"Then why won't you look at me and tell me what you're thinking?" She asked quietly, grabbing her hand in a reassuring way.
"I'm just nervous. I've never kissed anyone before you or done anything like that and we're just friends so I don't know whether we just go back to normal or if things will be weird between us" She admitted.
"Lovely, we're fine. Trust me. I've made out with half of the girls that were here tonight, it's no big deal with me. You don't have to worry about me wanting a relationship. You can relax!" The redhead laughed. Beca joined in with the laughing, but she felt a little disappointed at the other girls words.
Eventually the two decided to go to sleep spooning. This time, Chloe took the role as big spoon, since Beca had been upset and the redhead decided she could do with a cuddle more.
