A/N: Hey there! I'm sorry about the wait. Summer's being a little more hectic than I expected and I don't have a lot of free time. I'm also unfortunately not happy at all with this chapter. I just kinda wanted to give you an update so here it is...

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One week into the shooting of the film, Chloe was utterly frustrated. She loved her part, most of the crew were really nice, and she had spent every night with her girlfriend. But her co-star's attitude was enough to ruin it for her. He was loud and obnoxious, he thought he was the best person to ever step on the face of the planet, and he was convinced Chloe was just playing hard to get, so he just kept hitting on her.

When she got into her girlfriend's car that evening after work, Beca could see that the ginger was close to her breaking point.

"Hey babe. Was Bumper a dick again?" She said with a sympathetic smile.

"When is he not?" The redhead answered with a groan. "We had to repeat a scene about ten times because he kept staring at my cleavage, and ten minutes ago, when I was about to leave, he came to me and told me that we should be together. Because he says that the two hottest people in the planet should never settle for anything else. I can't even…" the ginger started rambling and the brunette frowned.

"That hitting on you thing has gone on for too long, Chlo. Please let me come to the shooting tomorrow so I can talk to him. I am intimidating, you know?"

"Sure you are baby. You can come, just don't cause a scene, okay? You know whatever he says I only have eyes for you." Chloe said reaching through the console to hold Beca's hand.

"Whatever. I don't want him bothering you. Do you want to go for dinner somewhere or order in? Or we can stop for groceries so I can cook for you. Whatever you want."

"Can we just order in? I just want to cuddle with you for as long as I can." She answered with a sigh.

"Of course." She said pulling into the garage of her building. They arrived at the apartment and they both headed straight for the couch, Beca pulling out her phone. "Mexican?"

"Mexican sounds great." The redhead said, snuggling in her girlfriend's chest and closing her eyes.

/

Beca was on her way to meet Chloe at work with lunch. She had texted her to ask her if it was okay if Fat Amy tagged along, and she had said it was no problem. She had told her about bumper and the Aussie had insisted in coming along with her, claiming she could take the obnoxious man down if necessary. Beca knew better than to argue with her. They had been working together for 3 years already, and they got along really well.

"We're on a mission, shortstack. I'm not leaving until that Bumper lad is crying his eyes out. Did I tell you about that time I made three crocodiles cry?"

"Amy, crocodiles cry all the time. It's their way to keep their eyes hydrated."

"These were sad tears, Beca. I lowered their self-esteem and they started crying. Don't doubt my abilities".

"If you say so… We're here. Please behave. I don't want to get banned from the studio."

"When do I not behave? Let's go." She said getting out of the car and Beca hurried to follow.

When they got inside, they were on the middle of a scene, and bumper was, indeed, shamelessly looking at Chloe's chest. Beca felt her blood boil and Amy put a hand on her shoulder.

"Cut!" The director yelled. "Bumper, if I see you looking at Chloe's chest again we're recasting your character, got it?" he said, clearly angry, and turned to look at the new two arrivals. "And who the fuck are you?"

"Oh, they're with me Donald. That's Beca, my girlfriend, and her friend Amy."

"Fat Amy." The blonde chipped in. "Nice to finally meet you, ginger. Beca talks about you a lot. Now. Where did the dipshit go to? I wanna have a word with him." She said, looking around.

"You're not having a word with him. I am, now sit down and eat lunch" Beca said exasperated, but it was too late, because her friend had already spotted the man and was heading towards him.

"Oi! Fuckwit! Wait right there, you and I are going to talk." Bumper looked genuinely scared, and Beca turned to look apologetically at Chloe, who was amusedly watching the scene. "Now, I'm going to ask you to treat the ginger lady with respect. She might be Satan's spawn, but we can't all be perfect. Also, I'll have you know if you weren't dumb as a box of rocks, I might consider making you one of my boyfriends. But you lost your chance. Sorry."

"Amy that's enough!" Beca said pulling the blonde away and turned to look at the director. "I'm so sorry, I never meant for that to happen." The director just chuckled and shrugged.

"That's okay, he had it coming. Did you hear all that Bumper? I hope you took it seriously, because I'm going to ask that nice lady for her number, and if you behave like a 'fuckwit' again I'll give her a call and let her take care of you." Bumper nodded and turned away to leave, but Beca put a hand on his shoulder.

"That woman you've been asking out for a week is my girlfriend, so if you could maybe… lay off, I'd really appreciate it. Now, I know I'm not as big as Amy, but I'm a lot more dangerous, so try not to get on my bad side, okay?" She said in a low voice, making sure only Bumper could hear her, and he looked at her properly scared now. He nodded rapidly and finally left.

"What did you tell him?" The redhead said, hugging her from behind.

"Nothing, I was just setting some boundaries." Beca said turning around and smiling. "Now that that's over, I brought you lunch, let's eat." They both went to sit on a table, along with Fat Amy, and started eating.

"So, Red. How is it, having Shortstack as a girlfriend? She's a nightmare to work with, let me tell you. I think she'd love slavery being restored." Chloe laughed at that.

"Everybody keeps saying that. She's a great girlfriend though. How about you? Got a boyfriend or girlfriend?"

"Well, I don't like to practise the lady loving myself, but I have several boyfriends." She said casually, and Chloe looked at her confusedly. She was about to ask when Beca interrupted.

"Please don't ask her. She'll tell you all the nasty details. Just know she's weird and she says and does weird things. Don't question it."

"You're no fun, Beca. The details are the best part." The Aussie said.

They ate lunch laughing at Amy's outrageous stories, and when they finished, the two producers went to say goodbye to Donald.

"Hey, we'll leave you to work now, have fun!" Beca said, waving.

"Oh, no, actually, if you don't have to get back to your jobs, you could stay. I'm letting Chloe leave early today, in like an hour." Donald offered with a warm smile and Chloe beamed at the new information.

"Well… I have the rest of the day off, and so does Amy, so that'd be cool, I mean, if Chloe wants. I totally don't want to intrude in your professional life, I understand. We can leave, we'll go have a coffee, and we'll just co-"

"Bec!" Chloe cut off Beca's ramble, because it was getting out of hand. "Please stay, you're not intruding. I swear to God, you're so cute, but so stupid. Take a seat and shut up." She said firmly, but smiling, so Beca knew she wasn't actually angry. She leaned in to peck the brunette's lips and left to prepare for the next scene.

"You're a mess, shortstack. Why she likes you I do not understand."

"Shut up Amy, you're supposed to be my friend." The DJ huffed crossing her arms.

/

When the redhead was done from work, they decided to go for coffee somewhere. During the car ride, the couple had to endure the endless teasing from Fat Amy.

"Hey, Scissor Sisters, have you ever don-"

"Okay Amy, enough. Jesus. Now stay quiet for a minute, I need to talk to Chloe about something." Beca said before turning to the redhead. "So, I know we were going on a date this Saturday, but…" Chloe's face fell a little, thinking she was cancelling their plans. "No, no, that's your sad face, don't do that. I was gonna say, I was offered to DJ in a club. I know that's not what we had planned, but I was thinking maybe you would want to come? I'm not going to work all night, only for about two hours, and I can easily get you and Aubrey VIP passes, and Stace, Benji, Emily and Luke are coming, but I'd totally understand if-"

"Oh my God Beca, not again." Chloe said amusedly. "Of course I'll come, and I'll ask Aubrey, but she probably will too. I didn't know you did DJ gigs though."

"Oh the munchkin is the best. You'll see. You'll get me a VIP pass too, right?" The blonde interrupted.

"Yeah, Amy, I already got you one." She said before facing Chloe again. "I don't do it often. That's where I kinda started, now I only do it when someone I really trust can ensure my privacy. When I DJ, my name is DJ Bx, the booth is private and it has no windows, and the owner of this particular club is a friend of Luke's."

"That's so awesome! I'm so happy you get to do that without giving your privacy up. But Bec, it may not be wise for me to be there… I'm still sorta famous." Chloe said, suddenly unsure.

"Yeah… But no one is going to actually see me in the DJ booth, so I'll be nothing but your girlfriend, and nobody's allowed to do anything with that information so… If you don't think this is a good idea, it's okay. And in fact, I can still cancel the gig and we can go on a date by ourselves. I probably shouldn't have accepted it on the first place, I had plans with you, I'm so sorry."

"Baby." Chloe sighed. "We're talking about this whole rambling thing later. For now, you're going. I can tell you're excited for this, so I'm most definitely going too if you're sure it's not risking your privacy. And we're having our date at the club, it really makes no difference to me, as long as we're together, okay?" Chloe said, holding Beca's hand that wasn't on the steering wheel.

"All right. Thank you." The brunette answered with a relieved smile.

"So disgusting. Pull over, there's a coffee shop right there and I'm not staying in this car one more minute." Amy said, although she was smiling and Beca laughed at her antics.

"All right, weirdo"

/

Later that night, the couple was on Beca's apartment, the brunette playing the piano while the actress read a book, laying in the sofa.

"Babe?" Beca said, suddenly stopping and the redhead looked up worriedly.

"What's wrong?"

"I just realised, I never really talked to you about whether or not you wanted me to talk to Bumper. I just said I would and you went with it. Are you actually okay with that? I mean I figure if you haven't said anything yet, you probably are, but it doesn't hurt to ask." Chloe laughed.

"Amy did most of the job Bec." She said standing up and going to sit on Beca's lap. "But yeah, I'm totally okay. He was starting to really bother me, and it was hot, you being so protective." She said before kissing Beca.

"All right." Beca smiled.

"But, I do need to talk to you about something serious." Beca nodded. "Your rambling. It's totally cute, don't take this the wrong way, I find it endearing. But baby, you don't need to second guess everything you say to me, I'm not going to get mad because you speak your mind. And we're going to have disagreements, eventually, but that's normal. I just don't want you stressing out when you talk to me." She said rubbing Beca's hands with her thumbs.

"I kinda know that… like, I know you're not gonna judge me or whatever, but I can't help it. I'm, like, terrified to lose you. Seriously Chlo, I don't think you understand just how perfect you are. Anybody else would already be out the door, but you always talk to me instead of assuming, and you're so considerate, and, well, I just really, really don't want to lose you." She finished looking down.

"You won't baby, I swear. You underestimate yourself, seriously, I'd have to be stupid to let you go." The redhead said, before kissing her softly. "I know it's soon, but we've spent so much time together, and I feel like I've known you for years. And I just can't imagine myself with anyone but you. I don't want anyone but you. And I love you, Beca. You don't have to say it back, I just felt like I needed to tell you or I would explode." She finished with a soft smile, and Beca looked utterly surprised.

"I… you… You love me?" The redhead nodded. "Are you like… sure? You're not just saying that to make me feel good?"

"No, Bec, I'm one hundred percent sure I love you." She said bringing her right hand to play with Beca's hair and the brunette took a deep breath.

"Okay. All right. I uh… okay." The redhead smiled at her girlfriend's adorable awkwardness.

"I told you you don't have to say it back, don't pressure yourself, baby."

"No, um… I do want to say it. I just don't know if I can. The words just won't come out. I'm so sorry Chlo. I told you several times I'm probably broken…" the brunette said looking defeated.

"You're not broken Bec, you're amazing." The actress said, cupping her face with both her hands. "And you don't need to say it, you kinda show it to me every day."

"Yeah but… you know, I could tell you through a song… I just don't think that's the way I want to do it, just… ugh, I don't know."

"Don't worry baby." She said, pulling her into a tender kiss. "Let's go have some dinner, okay?" She said standing up and pulling Beca with her.

And then, Beca realised that she might be handicapped in this whole relationship and love thing, but she had found the most amazing girl in the world, and she was going to be exactly what the ginger needed, whatever it costs.