Chapter 8 –A Date with Devils
Beca woke up early Sunday morning which was rare as she always worked Saturday nights and usually ended up coming home shortly dawn. Even though she had in fact done that she was excited to see Chloe and spend the day with her friends, so even with the lack of sleep she seemed to buzzing with adrenaline.
She took her time picking out the perfect "hanging out outfit" and meticulously showered and primped Call morning long. She called Aubrey and Jesse to see if there was anything she could bring and despite Jesse's teasing about trying to impress a certain red head managed to be ready on time. She headed to the hotel Chloe was staying at picking up a bouquet of flowers from Mrs. Miller's farm stand on the way.
Checking herself in the doorway to the hotel one more time, she took a deep breath and proceeded to go in. As it was a small town, the desk clerk had no problems telling Beca where Chloe's room was so she continued down the hall to room 118 and knocked lightly.
Chloe on the other hand had not woken up early and was scrambling around the room knowing she had to leave within the hour not having showered or even picked out her outfit. When there was a knock at the door she just assumed it was room service and opened the door without looking. She instructed the attendant to just leave it on the table and continued rummaging through her bags.
Beca took in Chloe in the hotel robe clearly flustered with her hair in a messy bun admist the mess of the room. Beca cleared her throat trying to identify herself to Chloe without laughing at the sight before her.
Chloe's head snapped up upon hearing her "Oh shit!" she said without thinking.
"Good morning" Beca laughed, "I wanted to surprise you…mission accomplished I'd say"
"God I wasn't expecting you, I overslept and…you're laughing….nice you're laughing at me"
"Sorry eh em" Beca straightened up, "Not laughing…definitely not laughing."
"Yea right…" Chloe then realized she had her bra and panties in her hand as she shook them at Beca. She turned bright red before shoving them in the pocket of the robe trying to ignore the flush feeling in her face.
"I uh I brought you these " Beca produced the flowers from behind her
"Oh, flowers are nice" Chloe melted a little, "Thank you…listen do you mind just waiting a second for me to shower when I am not so naked under this robe"
"Oh but I thought I would get a show, ya know to make us even…." Chloe stiffened, "Kidding, kidding I haven't even bought you dinner yet…CR's was free" Beca smiled.
Chloe just tossed a dirty shirt that was in front of her at Beca and scooted around the bed and made he way into the bathroom, "Be back soon weirdo"
"Takes one to know one" Beca teased as she scanned the room for something to put the flowers in, settling on the unused ice bucket. She sat down flipping on the TV and watching the news for a while she waited. Soon Chloe appeared much more put together, her hair damp and curling naturally with light make up . She wore a pair of skinny jeans and a hooded sweatshirt and Chuck Taylors that matched the laid back outfit. Beca was kinda at a loss for words as she had seen people look good before but with Chloe it seemed so effortless
"Do I look ok?" Chloe asked genuinely
"Duh…I mean yes, you do….you look great" Beca said honestly.
"Great, you ready to go?"
"Sure…and don't worry I left the bike at home and brought a sensible vehicle" Beca held her hand to gesture towards the door.
"You sensible…I don't believe it" Chloe laughed pulling the door closed as they walked into the hallway.
"Hey I still have a lot of tricks up my sleeve Beale…just you wait"
As they were walking out the door, Beca's cell started playing "Carry On My Wayward Son" louder than probably necessary. Chloe gave her a look as well did everyone in hotel lobby as she struggled to get it out of her pocket. "Inside joke…Jesse…one sec" Beca said as she lifted the phone to her ear and listed to Jesse ramble on about being out of something and could they please stop on the way. "Aubrey's freaking because Jesse bought the wrong kind of OJ and he said if we wanted something to drink other than mimosas to pick it up, do you care if we make a pit stop?" Beca asked as they reached a old Chevy truck in the parking lot.
"No not at all, to be honest I am not a big mimosa fan anyway…I'm more of a beer girl"
"I knew I liked you"
The two set off after Chloe climbed up to sit shotgun in the cab of the truck, Beca plugged in her iPod into the aux cable spot and a version titanium played through the speakers. "This is really good" Chloe commented, "Did you do this?"
"Oh yea, this is what I do…I mean when I am not working on engines at the shop…I mix music"
"Beca this is like professional grade level, you should do this like as a career"
"Yea that was the goal but you know life and then more life got in the way. Let's stop up here and grab stuff"
Beca seemed so nonchalant about it, but Chloe could tell by the look in her eyes that something else got in her way. She didn't want to push too hard considering it was still only the fourth day they had hung out, it would be wrong of her to pry too deep already.
The two entered the small roadside store splitting up to pick up their items. As Chloe walked around a voice called out to her, "Chloe…Chloe Beale?". She turned for find a dark haired man standing in front of her, "Oh my god it is you! Jake come over here!" he yelled back to a friend down the aisle.
"Hi…do I know you?" Chloe asked him a look of confusion evident of her face.
"Well you used too…pretty well too…before you became a big dyke" he laughed and she could smell liquor on his breath.
"I'm sorry…what?" Chloe was trying to place that laugh, she knew it…somewhere deep down she knew it.
"Jake look it's fucking Chloe Beale remember that dyke daughter of Dr. Beale?"
"Oh shit ha-ha oh yea, how you doing Chloe? "the other man laughed reaching out and grabbing hold of Chloe.
"TOM!" Beca yelled from behind Chloe, "You've got your whole life to be an asshole, why don't you take today off?" She approached slowly with a look of rage.
Tom Chloe thought, now she remembered. A star football player and overall prick of a person from high school, he had been part of the popular crowd back with Chloe until the day she was found out . It looked like nothing had changed on his end either.
"Beca Mitchell, of course you would be here with her, you guys a couple or something?" He spat at her as Jake released Chloe and both men stalked towards the petite brunette. When Chloe turned to face Beca she didn't recognize the look in her eyes, it was predatory and dangerous looking. To be honest it scared Chloe.
"Hey guys we don't need any trouble" the clerk behind the counter said
"Oh we don't want any trouble either, maybe we can take you two back to my place and see if we can help you repent" Tom sneered backing Beca up as he came closer.
"Isn't it a little early to be a drunk idiot Tom?" Beca wasn't backing down so Chloe took the opportunity to step around the aisle and behind Beca pulling her arm.
"Come on Beca let's go" Chloe insisted but Tom grabbed Beca's arm from the other side first, spinning her back around.
"You're not going anywhere" Jake said but Beca reeled back and came through with a punch to Tom's nose causing his head to snap back. Chloe gasped as Beca quickly grabbed a bottle breaking it against the shelf and pointing it at the two men.
"Your broke my fucking nose you bitch"
"I'm calling the police" the clerk yelled and Beca surged forward.
"It will be more than that if you don't back off" she yelled
Chloe was stuck to the spot she stood not knowing what to do, she had never seen someone react that way nor had she had anyone protect her like that. All she could do was try to pull Beca back before something else happened, "Beca please stop" she cried and that seemed to reach Beca as the brunette lowered the bottle.
"You two fuck off…homophobic assholes" Beca commanded and Jake grabbed Tom's shirt and pulled him back.
"Freeze!" a voice yelled from behind them and Beca immediately dripped the bottle as Chloe spun around.
A uniformed police officer approached them both, "Mitchell you're under arrest!" he said slapping cuffs around her wrist and pulling her arm around her back
"What those men attacked us" Chloe yelled, he flipped looking towards her and pointed, "Do you wanna be next?" Chloe shook her head and looked at Beca who met her gaze.
"It's ok Chloe, just take my car to Jesse's…tell him what happened…its alright… I'll be ok"
"But that son of a bitch threatened us, she was just trying to protect me!" Chloe pleaded.
"Ma'am I need you to step back now" the office commanded.
Chloe watched as Beca was taken out in cuffs and Tom and Jake disappeared out behind them. Tom looked back at Chloe, "See you soon Chloe" he laughed as blood dripped from his face.
Time just stopped and all Chloe could do was throw the juice bottle in her hand to the ground. She walked out the door and called Aubrey, "Bree something terrible just happened I need help"
TBC- That's all for now folks, last update of the day!
