A/N: Thank you to everybody who has been reading this story! ri-fan had the suggestion of adding a few definition at the end of each chapter. I will include some here, and probably go back and add them at the appropriate chapters as well, thanks for the suggestion!


The next week was both heaven and hell for Beca. Chloe was with her every day, no exceptions. She would only leave if Beca had fallen asleep or if she had to go to class. Beca gradually started to do more by herself, but Chloe wouldn't let her do anything physically labouring. Aubrey had helped her co-captain do some research on how to recover from a concussion properly, and Chloe took everything to heart. Beca was torn between being annoyed by the fact that she wasn't allowed to do much and enjoying Chloe being there and taking care of her.

The doctor had said that Beca was not allowed to play hockey for the next week, and that it was ill-advised the start playing within the week after that. This resulted in Chloe, as co-captain, refusing to let her play for two weeks, as they would need Beca more later on. Beca tried to convince her otherwise, but since both coaches and Aubrey agreed with the redhead, her resistance was futile.

Chloe did her best to cheer Beca up the Saturday before their first game, because Beca was still bummed that she was not allowed to play. Admittingly, she still had a bit of a headache and had not been able to train the entire week, but still. However, she couldn't stay truly mad at Chloe, when she had brought home-made chocolate brownies and had snuggled into her side after bribing Beca into watching a sappy romantic movie.

Both the men's and women's team would have a home game on Sunday, which meant that the girls had quite the crowd. Beca watched her team go through warmups. She was already feeling a lot better, maybe even ready to play. However, she had endured Chloe's speech, based on research by Aubrey, on the consequences of not recovering properly from a concussion. She was glad that the girls were looking out for her. Chloe had ensured Beca that the team was looking good in practice the last week and Beca had to agree after witnessing the warming up.

The men's team arrived a few minutes before the start of the game. Beca saw Jesse walk up to her. She had informed her friend on what happened, but hadn't allowed him to visit yet. She didn't feel like watching a movie with him, which he of course proposed, and was enjoying her time with Chloe too much.

"Hey, how are you feeling?"

"Actually a lot better, but maybe that is partially due to the painkillers. Of course not so happy to be riding the bench."

Jesse smiled sympathetically. "Do you think the girls will win without you?"

"Yeah, they should be able to handle this. How about you guys, feeling confident?"

"Yes, if they score at least one and I hold my own in the goal, it's gonna be fine."

"Well, we'll see if you manage."

Jesse smiled confidently. He seemed to want to say something else, but the whistle blew to indicate that the teams would have to get ready. Beca hastily promised to talk to Jesse later, before turning her attention to the field.

The team didn't seem to need Beca at all this first game. They could easily counter every offensive move their opponents tried and found themselves in their attacking circle more often than not. Chloe was playing absolutely brilliantly in midfield, compensating for the absence of Beca completely. She won a few penalty corners, one of which Aubrey scored from, and made a beautiful field goal in the second half. Lilly and Stacy finished the game of with two more goals. Beca, both coaches, and even Aubrey were pleased with the end result.

After the game Chloe immediately ran to Beca and embraces her in a big hug. The captain had not found herself benched much during the game, so she hadn't had time to talk to Beca during. Beca soon pushed her off with a disgusted look on her face.

"Ew, first you shower, then you hug. "

"I thought you would want to congratulate me on my brilliant goal, but apparently not."

"Congratulations! Now go shower, I will see you after, you're staying for the men's game, right?"


After Chloe had nodded and skipped towards the showers, Beca turned around to watch the men enter the pitch. She didn't see Jesse amongst them and looked around. Soon she found him toying with some music installation, and only moments after loud music started blasting. This boosted the atmosphere tangibly and Beca couldn't help but nod to the tempo. The men had already started warming up, but clearly stepped it up a notch when the music kicked in.

Jesse now also made his way towards the pitch and started his own warming up. He shot a smile at Beca at the start, but soon focussed his attention on his drills. One of the guys shot some balls at him, and though he missed the first few, he was soon in the zone, diving around to catch even the hardest balls. His confidence earlier might not have been misplaced.

Right before the game would start, Beca teammates made it back to the pitch, all of them with wet hair and wearing the same blue jacket Beca was. Chloe made a beeline for Beca and encompassed her in a hug, before turning towards the field. As soon as the game started, Chloe gave a running commentary, informing Beca on the strengths and weaknesses of each of the players she knew. Jesse didn't have much to do, but made a good impression the times he was called into action.

During halftime, the guys turned on the music again. Chloe started moving elegantly to the music. Beca watched her for a while, and was really impressed with how well Chloe could dance. Chloe extend her arms towards Beca to encourage her to dance as well, but before she could convince the other girl, the teams were already back on the pitch and the music had stopped.

"Why don't we put on music before the game. The right music could work wonders for our warming up. Plus it creates a nice atmosphere for the spectators."

"I would like that as well,, but..." Chloe said as she gestured towards the direction where Aubrey was watching the game.

"Well, you are in charge of team spirit and stuff like that, right, so isn't this your call?"

"That is not how it works. We decide these kind of things together. She says music during training or before the game will mess with our focus. I guess she might be right."

Chloe didn't look too convinced of her own words. Beca threw her a questioning look but Chloe averted her gaze quickly. Beca kept quiet, because she knew what it was like to be forced to share. She didn't like the look on the redhead's face right now, though, so she felt like she needed to do something. She awkwardly rested a reassuring hand on her captain's back, which earned her a wide smile. After Beca had returned the smile, they both turned towards the game.

Jesse's team had just conceded a penalty corner and were now set up in the goal to defend it. Jesse was standing facing the injector, but as soon as he pushed the ball, he turned towards the top of the circle and stepped out of his goal. Two of his defenders ran out of the goal, one would defend the line, while one would stop the tip in from the injector. Their opponents chose a direct flick, which was heading for the the left upper corner. Jesse jumped and extended his stick hand towards the ball. He made contact and the ball shot just wide of the goal. Jesse quickly stood up and waved his stick in the air in celebration.

On the sideline Beca was cheering, to everybody's surprise. She normally wasn't an outgoing person, but for these kind of plays she made an exception. She loved the game and could really get caught up in it. She soon realized that she was behaving rather out of character and quickly composed herself. During the time cheering and afterwards she had received some questioning looks from the girls, especially Amy, who was standing next to Beca on the opposite side of Chloe.

"So, what's going on between you and the delicious goalie over there?"

Amy had a loud voice, so soon all of the girls were tuning into their conversation.

"Nothing, he's my friend."

"You didn't cheer this loudly when Cynthia Rose made a save in our game."

"This was an incredible save." Beca didn't really feel like elaborating, but realized that she had to give Amy something. The other girl seemed set on getting an answer, preferably one she liked.

"Look, he is like a little brother to me, we hang out at times. I really was just cheering because it was an incredible save."

She was still subject to suspicious looks, now not only from Amy, but also from a few of the other girls. Even Aubrey was looking in her direction. Beca started to get tense. She knew what she had to do to get out of this situation. Her thoughts flashed back to last year, when she was in a similar situation. Chloe had ensured her that things would be different here and she wanted to believe that, but her emotions had the upper hand in her mind right now.

She now felt a reassuring hand on her arm, and she turned to look Chloe in the eyes. Chloe's eyes were speaking the words she wanted to say out loud. They were asking Beca to trust her and trust the team. Beca felt the tension escape from her body and went back to the moment with Chloe earlier this week. She felt like she could trust Chloe, but she was familiar with that feeling and things didn't turn out so great the last time.

The other girls could see a silent conversation going on between Chloe and Beca. They were trying to assess whether they should say something. Amy turned out to be the least patient of the bunch.

"For god's sake, out with it. Beca, we're your friends, you can trust us."

One last confirming nod from Chloe did the trick and Beca turned to Amy.

"I'm gay."

Her voice was small, but it was still audible by all of the girls. Most of them shot Beca a smile or a reassuring nod, indicating that they absolutely no problem with it, and focussed their attention on the game. Amy pumped her fist in the air and turned towards Cynthia Rose who had appeared next to her holding ten dollars.

"That's awesome, I so called it."

"What the hell, did you bet on whether I was gay?"

"No, we all agreed you were gay, we were betting on when you would tell us."

Cynthia Rose shot a glare at Amy. "You cheated, you practically kicked her out of the closet."

"What can I say, it's a gift," Amy responded. She put the cash in her bra and turned her attention to the game.

Now that all the girls had their attention elsewhere, Chloe pulled Beca into a hug and whispered in her ear.

"I'm so proud of you. Now we have something else to celebrate tonight."

"I didn't think I would be allowed to stay out late or drink alcohol of any kind."

"Who said anything about that, I was thinking that we leave early and settle for a sappy movie."

"You know I don't like movies."

"I know, but I know you like watching movies with me."


A/N: So for anybody who is not familiar with field hockey, I will try to include the basics here, plus some terms I used in this story.

Field hockey is played in teams of eleven, ten field players and a goalie. The field is divided into four parts by the two 25-yard (23 meter) lines and the midline.

Circle (the 'D'): Area on the field in front of the goal shaped like a half circle. The attacking team can only score if the ball has been touched within this area by an attacker before it goes into the goal. If a defender makes a foul within this area, they concede a penalty corner.

Penalty corner: This is a set play. Five defenders (four field players and a goalie) are lined up in the goal, while several attackers are on the edge of the circle. One injector plays the ball from the backline towards another player around the circle. The ball has to be stopped outside of the circle, before it can be brought in and shot at goal. A shot has to be low, while a drag flick can be high.

Drag flick: Special type of shot where the players drags the ball in their stick before releasing it. This type of shot is allowed to be lifted in a penalty corner, which makes it very useful.

Long corner: When the ball is touched last by a defender before it crosses the backline, the attackers are allowed to take a long corner, which is currently taken from the side line, but this will be changed to the 25-yard line.

Penalty stroke: When a attacker is heavily fouled within the circle, they receive a penalty stroke. The attacker takes a shot from the penalty spot about 6,5 meters in front of the goal.

If anything else is unclear, please let me know!