#BechloeIsReal guys!
Chloe was already in the shower when Beca finally noticed the blood trickling down her arm. But she figured the older girl was angry at her so she waited anxiously on the couch for her to be done, which took about 10 minutes.
Chloe stepped out in nothing but a white bathrobe, her lips and cheeks were rosy. Beca had previously thought her eyes couldn't get any bluer.
She was so wrong.
"I'm bleeding, Chloe."
"What?! Where?"
"It's not that bad.. probably. But I think it needs attention." Chloe was by Beca's side so fast that the brunette could swear she teleported.
"Why didn't you tell me? Lemme see." She held Beca's arm softly as she turned it over to look at the elbow. She had an inch long gash that had swelled. "Jesus.. Come on there's better lighting in the bathroom." She kept her hand clasped on Beca's as she led them to the bathroom.
Beca was surprised to find that the bathroom wasn't as steamy as a sauna. She wondered why Chloe seemed to be glowing.
Chloe slapped the counter telling Beca to sit as she got the first aid kit. Beca quietly hopped onto the countertop, she could finally give the wound a good look now that she was in the restroom.
"Ew. What the hell is that flakey stuff." She squeaked a little when Chloe twisted her arm to get a better look.
"You chipped his tooth, Becs." She watched closely as Chloe ripped the antibacterial wipe from it's wrapper with her teeth. She swore everything went in slow motion when Chloe spit out the plastic from her rosy lips.
".. Did I?" Chloe nodded and Beca smiled slowly. ".. Good." Chloe rolled her eyes. "..Are you mad at me?" She watched as the expression on Chloe's face softened.
"..No."
"Are you sure?" Beca winced at the pain as Chloe softly cleaned the cut.
"Honestly, Becs. You can't just go around beating people up." Beca scoffed.
"I just did, didn't I?"
"Becs." Chloe warned causing Beca's shoulders to slump again. "..I'm glad you did though. He was an ass." Chloe smiled up at Beca before focusing again on cleaning the wound.
Beca watched as Chloe furrowed her brow and crinkled her nose in concentration. For some reason in that moment she became fascinated by the lines of Chloe's face, specifically the scar on her forehead. She whispered quietly to herself making sure Chloe couldn't make out the words.
"Every line on your face is a beautiful maze for my eyes to trace."
"What?"
"Nothing. Just a song that's been stuck in my head." She smiled at Chloe who was staring up at her with her eyebrow quirked, she was desperate to change the subject. "You never told me how you got that scar." Beca reached forward and laid a single finger on it, feeling the soft skin underneath her fingertip. She dropped her hand and looked into Chloe's bright eyes. Those eyes that seemed to get bluer every time she looked into them.
"Do you really want to know? It's not that interesting."
"Of course I do.. ouch."
"Sorry.. It's actually a little like what happened at the bar. Annoying guy being stupid and all that."
"Guys suck sometimes.. Come on, tell me.." Chloe carefully stuck a band-aid on the cut and stood straight up to speak.
"Okay, so well you know that I'm a little crazy right?" Beca smirked.
"A little?"
"Shut up! I'm not gonna tell you anymore!" Chloe began to turn when Beca grabbed her arm and pulled her back. She dropped Chloe's hand when she realized the brazenness of the action. They both blushed a little but neither noticed.
"No! No, please? I'm sorry." Chloe swallowed hard before continuing.
"Okay well I'm a little crazy now so I'm sure you can imagine me at 7 years old?" Chloe gave Beca an expectant look and Beca laughed at the image of a cute little 7 year old Chloe Beale jumping around on couches and beds and tables and everything else in between. "Well, there was this kid on my street, Christian Lowe." Chloe spit out the name. "He was.." she sucked in a deep breath as she searched her mind for the right word.
"A dick?"
"..Yes." Beca smiled. Chloe stepped closer and placed her hands on the counter on each side of Beca.
Beca's heart was pounding at the close proximity but she didn't avert her gaze. Not that it was hard for her anyways, those damn eyes were hypnotizing. Everything about her was hypnotizing. But this was different. This was Chloe Beale. In nothing but a bathrobe. Messy, damp hair. In nothing but a bathrobe. Cheeks and lips as pink as ever. In nothing but a bathrobe. Eyes bluer than the sky on a clear summer day..
In nothing but a fucking bathrobe.
"Also he had like the nastiest teeth like ever."
"Chloe!"
"I'll get back to that. Anyways, it was summer and I had a bunch of people at my house because we were the only ones who had a slip n' slide."
"Wow I bet you were the talk of the town." Chloe slapped Beca's knee and continued.
"I was. Especially after that day. Okay so Christian was there because my mom made me invite him." Beca nodded understandingly. "And all day he was just.. just being a-"
"Dick?"
"Yes!" Beca laughed at how frustrated Chloe was getting, she was so lost in the story it was kind of inspiring in a way. "Well my neighbor, Wesley was like one of my best friends at the time. Seriously, nicest person ever. And he was just a little bit on the chubby side, but you know that's okay. You don't need to call someone out on that. You know?" Beca stared closely at Chloe's face watching the muscles constantly change directions to form at first her usual dazzling smile to her rarely seen look of frustration.
"Mhm."
"Well Christian, being the.. dick he was.." Beca audibly gasped and Chloe responded by putting a hand to her face.
"Shut up. He was making fun of Wesley saying he had boobs. And that's like..really pathetic you know? And so I walked up to him and I got in his stupid face and I said 'Hey! Christian, boobs are the best!' And I sort of, kind of.. maybe headbutted him." Beca choked.
"You.. headbutted him?"
"Yeah. And I was a lot shorter than him so his nasty teeth caught my forehead."
"You headbutted him.."
"Yeah, Becs that's what I said." Beca's eyes widened at the image of a cute little Chloe Beale taking down a neighborhood bully with nothing but her head. She smiled.
"What is up with you always headbutting people?..And why didn't you just punch him?!"
"I don't know.. I just went on instinct. You should know I'm anything but predictable, Becs."
"Did he cry? Please tell me he cried."
"Yeah apparently the force of my head made him like.. I guess bite down on his tongue because he was in the process of sticking it out when I did it. And yeah he got like this really deep cut on his tongue so he cried and he couldn't speak properly for like over a week. It was great."
"You seriously told him boobs are the best?"
"Yeah, I mean.. I knew in about 5 years time he would be worshipping them anyways so-"
"Chloe!" Beca pushed on Chloe's shoulder, wincing at the painful movement in her elbow. "That was seriously the best story I have ever heard.. You're my hero, Chlo. You're the real MVP." Beca bumped her fist on her chest with an approving frown on her face as she nodded her head. "Reminds me of when I broke this kid's nose in 5th grade." Chloe's eyes widened.
"You didn't."
"I so did. Kicked a soccer ball in his face."
"On purpose?!"
"Yeah. He was a bully." Chloe nudged Beca's waist.
"Look at us! Providing justice to the little guys before even hitting puberty."
"Yeah, we are some damn good people, Beale."
Chloe smiled up at Beca before stepping into her bubble and wrapping her arms around her.
"Thanks, Becs."
"Umm for what exactly?"
"For beating that guy up."
"Who said I beat him up for you? He called me small.. you know damn well how I feel about that." Chloe smiled sweetly at her as she pulled back from the hug. "..You could have just headbutted him I honestly don't know why I was even in that situation."
"That guy was tall though. I would have just ended up headbutting his ribs."
"I know right! He was at least 6 feet." Chloe leaned even closer, their noses were practically touching.
"Beca.. you took down a giant."
"I'm pretty badass right?" Chloe watched as Beca's eyes quickly darted back and forth between her eyes and then once to her lips.
"Uh.. yeah. Like.. so badass." Chloe turned to exit the restroom afraid that if she stayed any longer, she would lose the little self control she had left.
"Are you hungry? Because taking down giant assholes for fun works up a real appetite." Beca hopped off the counter and followed Chloe to the couch.
"Yeah I'm kind of starving. What do you want to eat?"
"I don't know. I feel like we should celebrate for doing the world a favor and teaching that guy a lesson."
"You're right.. we could get wine!"
"Ooh.. yes. But wine alone will not silence this beast." She pointed to her stomach. "So what will it be, ?"
"I don't know let's just go find a restaurant and get something to go so we can come back here and chill."
"You and me, Beale." Beca shook her head and furrowed her brows."We are so in sync it warms my heart."
"I know, beb. Let me put some actual clothes on first then we can go."
"Right. Can't have a naked Chloe Beale running around for everyone to see." Chloe chuckled at Beca as she grabbed her clothes and turned back to the bathroom. Beca waited for the door to completely close before mumbling to herself. "Naked Chloe Beale is for my eyes only."
"Pasta is so so great."
"It is! It is so hyped up but it deserves it! Pasta deserves all the hype it gets, Beca!"
"It does!.. but we probably shouldn't be eating this at 2 A.M."
The girls had found a little restaurant a block from the hotel and they settled for one order of seafood pasta and a bottle of red wine. They were sitting on the couch cross legged facing each other with the container between them and an already half empty bottle of wine on the coffee table. Both of their eyelids were starting to get heavy.
"Yeah, but technically this is a salad, Becs. So we're fine. We are good to go!"
"You're so smart Chloe, I can't get over it. This salad is probably doing wonders for our bodies!"
"Not that we even need it!" They were screaming now.
"We don't! We don't need it! We're hot goddamnit!"
"We are! We are so.. hot!" They high fived each other and both took another sip of wine. "Are you like.. are you drunk because I'm not at all." Chloe blinked hard trying to shake off her dizziness.
"No I'm not drunk." Beca shook her head quickly, her eyes widened when the room spun a little.
"Good because I'm not drunk either."
"W-You just.."
"You know who's great?"
"Me?"
"Yes!" Beca clapped excitedly. "But no.." the brunette slumped over as she dropped her fork and gave Chloe a frown. "Listen! Sh! Don't talk just listen!"
"I'm not talking, Chlo."
"Sh!.. You know who's great?"
"Who?"
"Dianna Agron." Beca's eyes widened and she sat up eagerly. "Right?!"
"Yes! Oh my god yes! What is up with her?!"
"Like.. how does someone become that perfect?!"
"She's so pretty.."
"And she has the voice of an angel!"
"And she seems like the sweetest person like ever!"
"I know right?! I feel like she would be really nice in person."
"Yeah..." Beca picked up her fork and stabbed another piece of pasta before popping it in her mouth. "..Pasta is so so great."
"That one hit my eye!" Chloe bent over in laughter as she watched Beca cradle her face in her hands after the gummy bear she threw missed her mouth.
"Do me!" Chloe took a step back towards the kitchen and opened her mouth wide. Beca chose a green gummy bear from the bag and aimed with one eye closed.
She took a step forward and chucked it as hard as she could. Chloe watched the gummy bear as it flew to the kitchen and into the trashcan.
They stared at each other wide eyed, jaws practically on the floor.
Chloe threw her arms up and jumped.
"GOAAAAAL!"
"GOAAAL!"
"Do you think aliens are real, Chlo?"
"Definitely. You?" Chloe looked over to Beca. They were both laying upside down on the couch with their feet hanging off the back.
"Yeah.. What do you think they look like?"
"Like okay. I feel like everyone is expecting aliens to be gray or green and to have big eyes and heads you know? But I feel like the first alien we'll find will be like some kind of bacteria or parasite that'll be brought back to earth for science and it'll like wipe us all out." Beca's eyes widened at Chloe's response. "Or maybe just a jellyfish looking type of thing?"
"Holy shit."
"Bacteria still counts as aliens right?"
"I think so. Yeah?.. Why is it that in every alien movie it's them that are the bad guys?"
"Yeah I know right? Aliens could be friendly."
"Yeah like don't try to tell me that we won't be the ones taking them from their families and experimenting on them and stuff."
"Or committing mass murder out of ignorance."
"Yes! Thank you! Humans are the worst. People suck. Just look at all the rhinos and elephants."
"Yeah but at the same time, people are great, Becs."
"Yeah that too.. What if the first life-form we find out in space turned out to be a plant.."
"Would that count?" They stared at each other in contemplation.
"Red, red wiine, it's up to you. All I can do, I've done, But memories won't go. Memories won't go." Chloe was dancing on the coffee table using her phone as a microphone as Beca attempted to do the worm on the floor. "I'd have sworn, that with time, thoughts of you would leave my head. I was wrong, now I find, just one thing makes me forget." Beca climbed onto the table with Chloe and grabbed the now empty wine bottle to sing along with her. Together they harmonized, managing to slur only some of the words.
"Red, red wine. Stay close to me. Don't let me be alone. It's tearin' apart, my blue, blue heart." They stared into each other's eyes as they sang the last note.
"Becs.."
"Yeah?" A genuine smile grew on Chloe's face.
"Let's play hide and seek." She watched as Beca squinted at her before hopping off the table to run towards the door.
"NOT IT!" Beca flipped the switch and suddenly it was pitch black. Chloe listened to the smaller girls footsteps that seemed to be running towards the kitchen. She smiled and closed her eyes before counting to twenty, not that she really needed to close her eyes anyways.
"Ready or not, here I come!" Her face was caught in a permanent smile as she cautiously stepped off the coffee table and made her way to the kitchen. "Where are you?" Her hands were stretched out and her eyes were wide, trying to take in as much light as possible. She was near the fridge when she heard a distant giggle, it came from near Beca's bed. She quickly spun around. "I heard that!" She quietly tip toed towards where she thought the noise had come from. She was halfway there when she heard Beca's tiny feet run past her to the other side of the room. She dropped to the floor thinking Beca might have seen her approaching.
Another giggle.
She started to crawl towards her bed, she kept low to the floor trying to be as quiet as possible. As she passed the couch, she reached over and grabbed a pillow.
She crawled again, keeping her movements fluid and quiet until she could start to make out Beca's faint figure crouched near her bed. She could hear her anxious breathing. She slowly made her way to the end of the bed to hide behind the edge. She peeked past the corner to find the brunette still sitting there, trying her best to suppress her giggles as she bit down on her knuckle. It was the cutest thing Chloe had ever seen. Chloe slowly lifted the pillow and threw it to the corner behind Beca. She almost gave away her position in the form of laughter when she saw Beca visibly jump. She watched as Beca slowly and quietly climbed onto the bed in an attempt to get away from what she thought was Chloe. She stood when Beca was fully sprawled across the bed, still trying to crawl as quietly as possible to get to the other side. She could tell Beca was struggling, and it was quite a sight. She hopped onto the bed and grabbed Beca's waist prompting a shriek from the smaller girl.
"Boo!" Beca wiggled and kicked herself away as she screamed but Chloe really wanted to hold her, so she pulled her closer. She dropped herself besides Beca as their eyes finished adjusting to the darkness and she wrapped herself around Beca's arm. "Okay that was fun but, I'm tired now."
"Me too." She watched as Beca rubbed her eyes with her free hand. She yawned and counted how long it took for Beca to follow suit. Four seconds.
"Goodnight, Becs." It was quiet.
It took a few seconds for Beca to finally reply.
"..Chlo, you haven't met my mom yet.."
"Yeah huh.." Beca turned to meet her eyes as she whispered.
"..She would love you."
"You think so?"
"Yeah we should go visit her." Chloe sat up.
"Can we?! I want to meet her." Beca could see Chloe grinning through the darkness. But she could also see the glimmer in her eyes from the faint city lights that seemed to be miles away and she could see the happiness and hope that poured out of her smile.
"Do you want to? I was going to visit her after Aubrey's wedding anyways but it would be cool if you came."
"Yes! Take me with you, Becs!" Chloe grabbed Beca's hand and bounced excitedly.
"Alright.. You two are so much alike it's weird I'm still sane with both of you in my life."
"Makes me wonder where you went wrong." Chloe smiled at Beca again before laying back down next to her and clinging to her arm again, not once letting go of the brunette's hand.
"Hey! I'm happy with the way I am okay? Yeah, I might be a little closed off sometimes but that doesn't mean I'm faulty."
"You're not faulty, Becs." Chloe leaned in close to whisper in her ear. "..You're perfect." Beca stared up at the ceiling as she listened to Chloe's calming breath. "..But you're a little clumsy sometimes."
"Shut up."
~So basically this was just a Dianna Agron appreciation chapter. Thanks for reading guys
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