"Fancy seeing you here, Captain!" Stacie smiled down at Aubrey with a twinkle in her eye as the blonde looked up from her plank position on her yoga mat.
"Ah, Stacie. Well it's nice to see one of you making the effort to stay in shape." Aubrey sat up and reached over to grab her water bottle while Stacie plopped down beside her to begin her stretches.
"Are you kidding? I practically live in the gym back home. It's just taken me a while to get the campus membership. But here I am!"
Aubrey eyed her teammate for a moment, the brunette smiled widely at her before reaching both hands to touch the tips of her toes.
"That you are."
"Where's your perky sidekick?" Stacie asked, looking around the fitness room to scan the treadmills and other fitness equipment.
Aubrey took a sip of her water, "Studying, I believe."
Stacie nodded, "How's she feeling?"
"She's been better. We won't be seeing her in rehearsals tomorrow, she needs to rest." Aubrey replied, swiping through her playlist on her phone.
"That's good." Stacie said, she brought her arms over her head and pulled at her elbow as she continued to stretch, "So, my all too fearless leader, do you have any pointers to ensure my...absolute performance."
Aubrey nearly choked as she took another sip of her water.
"I beg your pardon?"
"What's your secret to having a bikini ready body?" Stacie's eyes raked over the sight of Aubrey in her sports bra and mini shorts, "I might as well learn from someone who has one."
Aubrey blushed, "As f-flattered as I am," she stuttered, "I'm sure my help isn't needed. You..fit the criteria rather well."
Stacie raised an eyebrow and smirked, "Ms. Posen, have you been-"
Aubrey raised her finger, "Don't assume I was checking you out!" Stacie smiled smugly at her, "I just have eyes is all."
"And they're very pretty." Stacie smiled.
Aubrey gave Stacie a tight-lipped smile, "Thank you."
Stacie hummed and reached over to gently rub Aubrey's arm before she stood up in a haste, "Now, let's go work on that cardio." She offered Aubrey her hand.
Aubrey smiled gently and placed her hand in Stacie's "Let's."
Beca placed a box of CD's down on the table, sighing loudly once her arms were relieved of the pressure that was being applied to them throughout the walk from the basement.
"Hey Hercules," Beca turned around and saw Madison peeking around the door frame of the booth, "Take a break and help me out with the next set." Madison winked before disappearing back into the booth while Beca, without hesitation, abandoned her task.
Madison gestured for the freshman to take the seat beside her as she clicked a button and a red sign lit up with big bold letters reading On Air.
Beca casually scrolled down the list of music on the lap top in front of them, her leg bouncing up and down out of habit.
She cleared her throat, "Won't Luke disapprove of me being in here?" Beca asked softly. Her voice was low, cautious as if Luke had a hidden camera to detect if his rules were being followed in his absence.
Madison smirked, "What he doesn't know won't hurt him."
"Might hurt me." Beca muttered, while Madison queued up the next two songs.
The junior smiled over at Beca and sighed contently.
"In the mean time, while the next two songs play, why don't you tell me about the whole DJ thing?"
"What would you like to know?"
"Anything." Madison said, "Like, what about it interests you?"
Beca pursed her lips, "I love music. And the fact that I'm able to create my own with what I do is really cool."
"So you like the creativity behind it?" Madison asked, propping her elbow up on the table as she laid her head on her palm, looking over at Beca with curiosity. The girl who Madison found herself wanting to learn more about because she knew, behind all that eyeliner and plaid, there was a story to tell.
Beca nodded with a grin on her face, "Definitely."
The two fell into a silence before Madison looked back over at the laptop and noticed that the second song was nearly over.
"Alright, DJ, take over."
Beca bit her lip and leaned over to look through the song list with a more fixated gaze. Once she had her two song choices, Beca queued them up.
"Interesting choices." Madison said when she saw Release Me and Bulletproof pop up on the screen.
"All about the bass lines, dude." Beca smirked.
Madison chuckled at the cockiness in the freshman's voice. Confidence was definitely attractive. And so was Beca. From the way Beca's hair laid perfectly across her shoulders, to the way the low cut tank top would show off enough cleavage that made Madison's breath hitch.
Beca inhaled sharply under Madison's gaze, her palms were sweaty and the butterflies in her stomach were fluttering rapidly. While Madison began to slowly roll her chair closer to Beca's, Beca cleared her throat.
"Well," Beca said, "I should get back to work."
"Should you?" Madison said in a hushed tone, she batted her eyes and parted her lips as she smiled up at the brunette who was shifting around in her chair.
Beca's eyes trailed down to Madison's lips just as the blonde's tongue darted out to moisten them. The action was short, Beca shot her eyes back up where she saw Madison smile seductively to let her know that she had noticed the lingering gaze.
"I- um.." Beca mumbled, what were words? Because she had forgotten how to use them and all it took was for a pretty girl to look at her like she was the center of attention.
There was a pounding in Beca's ears and she was having trouble deciphering it from being the vibrations coming off the speakers above her or her heart pounding against her chest.
This was an intense game of chess and Beca was a pawn in Madison's sights, waiting to be trapped. Every move seemed planned, on Madison's part. Her knee would brush against Beca's, her eyes never strayed far from Beca's, all of which earned a reaction from the brunette. A reaction that encouraged Madison to continue.
Madison knew what she was doing, she knew how to play the game and she was determined to win.
So when the blonde made her next move and crashed her lips against Beca's, it was game over.
Checkmate.
Chloe walked into the radio station with a brown paper bag in her hand while the other held tightly onto her phone. The bell above the wooden door jingled as she stepped inside and Chlo began to make her way towards the worn out shelves. Her eyes ran through the different CD's as music faintly flowed out of the earbuds that were dangling around the cartilage of her ears.
"Beca?" Chloe called out, she heard a bit of rustling coming from the booth but didn't pay much mind to it.
It wasn't until she heard a click and the door of the booth was swung open that Chloe decided to turn around. She locked eyes on Beca who kept her gaze down as she slowly exited the booth, a low sigh escaping her lips.
"I thought Luke had a rule about freshmen in the booth." Chloe teased when Beca came up to her. The brunette cleared her throat and averted her eyes as she wiped her sweaty palms on her jeans.
"I was um..helping Madison with the next set."
Chloe blinked and raised her eyebrows, her posture straighten.
"Oh." Chloe took a moment to really look at the girl in front of her. Beca's inability to hold eye contact for more than two seconds was rather odd, Chloe noticed. The redhead also managed to catch a glimpse of what she believed to be a lipstick smudge on the corner of Beca's lips, which happened to be a tad shade darker than the shade Beca was already wearing but no normal person could have noticed it at a first glance. But Chloe knew her make up.
Before Chloe can ask about it however, the door to the booth opened again and Madison stepped out.
Madison smiled innocently at Chloe before she quirked an eyebrow at Beca followed by a smirk that left Beca speechless once again.
Chloe glared slightly at Madison as the blonde made her way towards the basement door.
This girl was gorgeous, Chloe noticed. Rocking body, a smile that could charm anyone into surrendering to her mercy. The familiar feeling in the pit of her stomach surfaced once again and Chloe glared at the basement door Madison had just disappeared behind.
Chloe looked back at Beca who was occupying herself with the crate she had abandoned earlier.
"Did..Madison," Chloe spat out the name as if it left a bad taste in her mouth, "help you pick out a new shade of lipstick or were you mixing her track."
Beca frowned, "What-?"
Chloe raised an eyebrow and took the initiative to wipe away the lipstick smudge with the pad of her thumb.
Beca's eyes widened and her cheeks were flushed.
"Um..there may or may not have been some...exchanges...between me and her before you came."
"Is that so." Chloe said as if it weren't so obvious.
"Are you...mad?" Beca asked cautiously.
Chloe paused for a moment, "Mad? No, of course not. We're not together."
Beca was taken aback, "Um. Okay." She couldn't say she wasn't the slightest bit disappointed that she barely got a reaction from Chloe. Did she want her mad? Not...entirely. But she didn't want Chloe to brush it away either like dust under a rug. She kissed Madison, someone that wasn't Chloe and here Chloe was acting like it was no big deal.
Then again, it was true.
They weren't together.
Chloe forced a smile and raised the brown paper bag in front of Beca.
"I got coffee."
"Thanks." Beca placed the bag on the table before fishing in to pull out the two iced coffees that were inside, "How're you feeling?"
Chloe shrugged and leaned against the shelf behind her.
"The pain comes and goes. But, I'm okay." Beca handed her one of the iced coffees.
"Good." Beca said softly.
Chloe nodded, "Yeah. Good."
Then there was silence as they sipped away at their coffee. Beca shifted her weight from one leg to the other while Chloe eyed her. Beca and awkward silences didn't blend well and she was silently praying to any higher power that something would spring up a conversation.
Chloe took the chance to take a step towards her friend, her hand went inside the crate beside them and randomly picked up a CD while Beca tried her best to ignore the feeling Chloe's perfume was giving her.
"The Beatles. This is a great album. Abbey Road."
Beca nodded, "Definitely. Oh, Darling is my favorite song on it."
Chloe giggled, "That's a good song. But I prefer," she looked up at Beca, "I Want You."
Beca looked from one of Chloe's eyes to the other as her lips parted and her hand gripped onto the rim of the crate. Chloe leaned her body forward, bending her knee as she moved closer to Beca.
"Luke's not coming back tonight, right?" Chloe asked, already moving into Beca's personal space.
Beca opened and closed her mouth, "R-Right. But-"
"But what?" Chloe smiled, she enjoyed this part. Making Beca nervous up to the point where the brunette lost the ability to form coherent sentences.
"Madison's downstairs."
"Afraid your girlfriend might catch us?"
"She's not my girlfriend." Beca said without hesitation.
That was the reassurance Chloe didn't know she needed before she closed the distance between them and wrapped an arm around Beca's neck while her other hand placed her coffee on the table.
Beca gasped in surprise but was quick to reciprocate the kiss as she too placed her coffee beside Chloe's. Her arms wrapped possessively around Chloe's waist, bringing the redhead closer. Lips were bitten and tongues swirled in a wave of passion as Chloe reminded Beca where and with who her rightful place was.
Chloe's nails dug into the back of Beca's neck, craving more. Her other hand trailed down Beca's side until it reached Beca's lower back to sneak under the hem of her friends shirt.
Beca moaned at the contact and she arched her back to lean her pelvis against Chloe's in search of more.
Chloe dragged her nails up Beca's back before she teasingly slipped her fingers underneath Beca's bra before quickly retreating them. A smirk grew on her face when Beca groaned softly.
"You're such a tease." Beca whispered when she broke away for air.
"Just thought I'd leave you something to think about during your movie night with Jesse." Chloe winked, stealing a quick kiss before adding, "Being in the dark, just...thinking about the not-so-PG13 things we could have been doing."
Beca swallowed, "Thanks for that." As if blue balls were convenient for an innocent movie night.
Chloe smiled down at Beca just as the basement door opened and in came Madison with another box of CD's.
"Be sure to let Jesse know this is his box, will ya Bec?"
"Sure." Beca nodded, not even bothering to move away from Chloe's embrace. This encouraged Chloe to send a warning glare in Madison's direction as she used the arm that was already around Beca's neck to bring her closer to her side.
Madison raised her eyebrows. Message received.
"Hey, I thought I was meeting you in your room?" Jesse said as he moved aside to let Beca walk into his dorm.
"Kimmy Jin and her friends are playing video games. I needed an escape from the awkwardness that would have followed."
Beca plopped down on Jesse's bed when suddenly the lid of the shimmering blue box sitting in the center of the room was suddenly pushed open.
"Jesus!" Beca jolted in surprise when Jesse's roommate waved hello from inside the box.
"You must be Beca. I'm Benji."
Beca looked over at Jesse and then back to Benji.
"Nice to meet you. Um, can I ask why..you're in a box?"
Benji climbed out and closed the lid, "I do magic." He said casually.
"'Nuff said." Beca smiled.
Jesse walked over to sit beside Beca as he brought his laptop over to his lap.
"So I was thinking, we can start with good ol' Rocky and then move our way up to The Breakfast Club because I wanna watch you watch the end of that movie. So we can leave the best for last, and then I can die a hero." Jesse ejected the CD plate from his laptop and carefully placed the DVD inside.
"Must you be so extra?" Beca laughed at Jesse's tendency to make any movie related situation seem like a life changing scenario.
"Shut up," Jesse looked over at Benji who was pulling out numerous amounts of colored drags from his sleeve, "Wanna watch the movies with us? I can connect the HDMI cable to transfer it to the tv."
"Sure." Benji grabbed the remote and turned the tv on while Jesse opened his drawer to take out the cable. Leaving Beca to go into his closet to get the snacks.
"How was the night shift, by the way?" Jesse asked just as his computer sceen showed up on the tv.
"Emptying boxes. Stacking CD's. I kissed Madison. More stacking-"
"What!" Jesse exclaimed, whipping around to face his friend while Benji looked between the two to watch the exchange.
"I kissed Madison." Beca said sheepishly. "Dude, we were in the booth and she was- the way her smile- pretty..- alright, I'm the victim here!"
"Oh calm down. You were seduced." Jesse laughed, "And you call me the dramatic one."
"Is she talking about Madison Davis? The one I tried talking to?" Benji asked.
"Yeah from the radio station. And tried talking to is the understatement of the century. You were a stuttering mess!"
"And then you wonder why I keep smoke pellets in my pocket, to ensure myself a quick escape."
Jesse chuckled and turned back to Beca while the movie finished loading.
"If your paycheck ends up being more than mine, I'll know why."
"It was a one time thing, dude." Beca said, taking a sip of the water she grabbed from the fridge.
"Aw, look at you being faithful to your non-girlfriend Chloe." Jesse cooed.
"There's another one?" Benji asked.
"She's a walking lady magnet, I'm telling you." Jesse moved his beanbag to the center of the room while Benji brought over two fold out beach chairs.
Beca rolled her eyes, "This conversation is over."
Once the movie was played, Beca settled into the chair and tried her best to enjoy the movie all the while trying to ignore the ghost of Chloe's kiss that still lingered on her lips.
Being in the dark, just...thinking about the not-so-PG13 things we could have been doing
Beca blinked rapidly and shifted in her seat when the pulsing between her legs demanded attention. Deep breath after deep breath, trying to regulate her breathing in order to sustain her urges. She licked her lips when an image of Chloe popped into her mind.
Beca shook her head, trying her best to focus on the plot of the movie.
Oh boy, she thought.
A/N: hey guys! I hope you all enjoyed this chapter. It was really fun to write. We got a bit of Stacie and Aubrey that I think would be interesting in the future but it will most likely just be a side thing. We'll see. How do all feel about Madison? Will she be a problem later on? What do you guys think?
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