Hey guys! Sorry I haven't updated this story in a while! This chapter is like 6k words long so I hope it kinda makes up for it!
Hope you enjoy it!
True Love Always Finds a Way - Chapter 10: Leaked Video = Swanson Stress
"Hey, Cory?" Matthew sniggered as he looked at his phone. Matthew is one of Cory's friends, well Cory liked to see him as a friend while his parents thought he was an arrogant little fucker. Beca especially wasn't shy to show her dislike for the boy towards Cory, she didn't allow him to bring the boy over to their house or anything. Beca and Jesse definitely liked to think that Matthew wasn't the kind of boy they wanted their son hanging around with.
"Yeah?" Cory asked as he closed his locker.
"I knew your sister was hot but damn!" The blonde turned his phone to show his friend. It was that damn video. Cory had stumbled across it on Twitter and he honestly felt sick to the stomach when he saw it. No, not because his sister was kissing a girl but because someone was sick enough to video her doing it.
"Dude, turn it off." Cory grumbled, pushing the phone away from his face.
"Embarrassed of your lesbian porn star sister?" The other boy teased with a laugh.
Cory narrowed his eyes, clenching his fists at his side. "Stop it, Matt." He warned.
"Oh come on, it was your sister's fault she's on the Internet." The blonde said, showing Cory the video again and the brunette averted his eyes. "Is she actually gay or is she just putting on a little show for us?"
The brunette's breathing quickened as he felt the anger rising within him. "Leave my sister alone." He said through gritted teeth.
"Or what? You'll get your dad to arrest me? Better yet, get your sister." Matthew smirked.
That's all Cory could take. He lunged forward, knocking the phone out of the boy's hand before he grabbed onto his shirt collar, pushing him back up against the locker. "You say another word about Emily and I swear to god." He sneered, his face inches from Matthew's as he had him pinned against the locker.
"Dude, don't embarrass yourself." The blonde laughed.
"Fuck you." Cory shook his head before taking a swing at him with his left fist, hitting him right in the jaw.
People started to crowd around them. As soon as Matthew got over the shock of the punch, he tackled Cory to the floor…
"What did the principal say on the phone to you?" Jesse asked as him and his ex wife exited his squad car. He was on his break when Beca called him saying that the principal wants to talk to them about Cory so he just drove by and picked her up.
"All he said was that he'd been in a fight." Beca sighed as they made their way into the school.
"Cory never gets into fights." Jesse said in confusion, shaking his head.
"Do you think it has to do with you and I?" Beca asked warily as they walked down the school hall.
"What do you mean?" Jesse asked with a furrowed brow.
"Y'know, with us splitting up and everything? Maybe he's still frustrated." Beca tried to explain quickly before they entered the principal's office.
"Good afternoon Mr and Mrs Swanson, please take a seat." The principal greeted, motioning to the seats either side of Cory who was sitting their with his head hung. He wasn't the only one in the room though, Matthew and his father were sitting there too. This didn't surprise Beca and Jesse.
Beca placed a hand on her son's cheek, tilting his head up to face her. "Oh Cory…" She sighed, grimacing at the cut on his lip.
"So what happened?" Jesse asked, noticing the nervous looks Matthew and his father were giving him from the corner of his eye. Perks of being a police officer.
"I've talked to both the boys." The principal began. "Matthew said Cory attacked him for no reason...Which is very difficult to believe. And Cory said that Matthew was making fun of his sister and he wouldn't stop so he hit him."
"Is this about the stupid video?" Beca asked, irritated.
"Mom, he was trying to show me it! And he kept saying horrible stuff about Emily." Cory was on the verge of tears as he looked at his mother for help.
Beca soothingly rubbed Cory's back as she watched Jesse's expression change into his 'nobody fucks with my baby girl' face.
"Principal Martins, you remember Emily when she came here right?" Jesse asked quickly and the Principal nodded.
"Of course, she was a lovely student."
"Well there was an inappropriate video leaked of her that's been circling around Twitter. She's 18! It's wrong for people her age watching it but 13 year olds? Are you fucking kidding me?!" Jesse raised his voice, slamming his fist down on the desk.
"Mr - I mean Officer Swanson, I think everyone is overreacting a little. Boys will be boys, surely you remember what it was like being 13?" Matthew's dad, Mr Lawrence said.
"Boys will be boys?" Beca asked incredulously. "Why don't you teach your son how to respect my daughter? Any girl for that matter."
"Son, what exactly did he say about Emily?" Jesse asked Cory who glanced between him and his mother. "Don't worry, we're not gonna be mad at you for repeating anything."
"He uh...Asked me if I was embarrassed of my lesbian porn star sister." Cory said quietly, feeling a little embarrassed having to repeat that in front of his parents.
"Beca." Jesse had to warn his ex wife just as she was about to get out her seat.
"So your son has a problem with my daughter being gay but happily watches her making out with another girl?" Beca asked through gritted teeth.
"You don't understand, I've been getting this investigated and I've seen some of the comments left on it. Do you realise how hard it is for me being her dad to read people say things like that about my little girl?" Jesse asked Mr Lawrence seriously. "It doesn't help that now 13 year olds are watching it too. It's making her life miserable, she barely comes out her bedroom, she barely goes to school. She's only 18 for Christ sake!"
This was the first time Beca and Jesse really got to lash out about this video.
"How do you think she's gonna feel when I go home and tell her that now the whole of the Middle school as seen it too?" Beca asked. She actually felt like Cory, on the verge of tears. Her heart ached for her baby girl.
Mr Lawrence and Matthew both now had their heads hung.
Principal cleared his throat. "Well violence is never the way to solve things so Cory, you will have a warning, I'm sorry. As for Matthew, you will be getting suspended for a few days. This behaviour will not be tolerated in this school."
There was a knock at Emily's bedroom door as the 18 year old was lying on her bed with her laptop. "Come in!" She called.
"Hey." Cory said quietly as he entered his sister's room, closing the door behind him.
"What's up - Woah what happened to your face little dude?" Emily asked in concern, moving her laptop off her lap so she could sit up.
"I got in a fight with Matt." Cory explained as he climbed onto his sister's bed, sitting opposite her.
"I've always hated that fucker."
"Look…" Cory sighed. "I want to properly apologise for that time I called you a dyke. I'm really sorry Emily, I shouldn't have done it. You and Owen have always looked out for me no matter what and I should be doing the same for you. I mean you're my sister, it's a brother's job to keep you safe. Plus I think Owen could use some help." He chuckled softly. "I don't care that you're gay, you're still the same weird sister that I love. I guess liking girls gives us something in common huh?" He said with a grin, making Emily chuckle a little.
"Thanks Cory. Seriously." Emily said, tears rimming her eyes. "I love you too little bro."
"Do you wanna know why I got this?" The younger teenager asked, pointing to his lip.
Emily nodded with a furrowed brow.
"Matthew was watching that video of you and saying some really disgusting stuff so I punched him." Cory said a little proudly.
"Ugh." Emily shuddered. The thought of a 13 year old watching that video of her freaked the girl out. "Thanks for putting that dirty little fucker in his place, Cory."
"Seriously, mom and dad were so cool in the principal's office. They slayed Matt's dad so hard! Mom was all like 'You should teach your son how to respect my daughter!' And oh my god they looked so scared as soon as they saw dad walk in with his uniform on." Cory gushed about his parents and Emily couldn't help but let a small smile form on her lips. She really did have the best parents.
"Hey, beautiful." Chloe greeted cheerily as she walked into Beca's classroom not long after the bell rang for lunch. She closed the door behind her and closed the blinds on the window so no one could look in.
"Hey, I haven't seen you all day." The brunette smiled, turning her head to watch Chloe walk towards her. The past few days have been pretty stressful for Beca and Chloe was a great distraction from it all, her bright smile and her piercing eyes always managed to lighten up Beca's mood.
The redhead was just about to lean down and give Beca a kiss on the cheek when the brunette stopped her, pushing Chloe's lips away with her finger. "No way, you're wearing lipstick. I'm not ruining my makeup trying to get rid of yours." She laughed when Chloe rolled her eyes. "I can settle with one on the lips though." She grinned up at the other woman.
Chloe shook her head and giggled before she placed her hands on Beca's cheeks, giving her a chaste kiss on the lips. "Y'know I was thinking about something."
"C'mere." Beca interjected, pulling Chloe by the waist onto her lap. The brunette stretched her arm around Chloe to reach her mouse so that she could continue reading through her emails.
"I thought of the perfect place we could go so we get a real chance to be alone, just the two of us." Chloe announced proudly, searching the other woman's face as she sat on her lap.
"Hmm?" Beca hummed, only half paying attention. Chloe knew from when they dated that Beca had the shortest attention span ever, she also found it impossible to multitask.
"Baby?" Chloe said in a lower voice which instantly caught Beca's attention.
"Yes?" Beca asked, turning around with a grin on her face. That had always been Beca's favourite pet name, Jesse had called her 'babe' and 'baby' a lot but nothing came close to when Chloe referred to her as 'baby.' It just made her feel some kind of way.
"I said: I've know the perfect place where we can go to be alone." Chloe explained, intertwining her fingers with Beca's.
"Yeah?" The brunette asked, her eyebrows raising in interest.
"How about you and I go camping for a night this weekend?" Chloe suggested, stroking Beca's hair softly.
The brunette's furrowed her brow and narrowed her eyes. "Okay, when you said somewhere that we could be alone, I thought you were gonna say a hotel or something."
"Oh come on, Beca. It'll be romantic."
"Hotels are romantic." The brunette fought back.
"It'll just be for one night. Please baby." The redhead pleaded with a pout.
"Don't give me the 'please baby' pout." Beca warned jokingly, averting her eyes away from Chloe's adorable pout.
"Come ooooon. You'll love it!" The redhead continued to try and convince her and the brunette thought for a minute.
"Fine." Beca sighed.
"Really?" Chloe grinned excitedly.
"Yeah, I'll just tell Jesse and the kids I have to go out of town for a work meeting." Beca shrugged, rolling her eyes at the fact she had given into Chloe so easily.
There was a sudden knock at the door that made the two woman practically jump out their skin.
"Shit." Beca hissed and Chloe quickly got off her lap. "Come in!" She called and the door opened. "Em? Sweetheart what's wrong?" Beca's heart broke at her daughter in hysterics. The brunette stood up and opened her arms as Emily practically ran to her. "Chloe can you close the door?" She asked the redhead who looked just as concerned as she did.
"I want to go home." The teenager cried into her mother's arms. This was Emily's first day back since that video and the girl didn't seem to cope with it very well.
Chloe walked back over after she closed the door, standing behind Emily as she rubbed her back soothingly.
"What happened?" Beca asked softly, glancing at Chloe with concerned eyes.
"That stupid fucking video." Emily spat out, tears freely rolling down her face.
"Hey, hey. Calm down, I don't like hearing you talk like that Em." Beca said calmly but Emily broke away from the hug.
"Well what do you expect, Mom?! Every single person has come up to me either calling me a slut or asking if I'm a dyke!" Emily yelled, her voice cracking with tears now and again.
"Emily, I know it's hard-" Beca was trying her best to help but she genuinely didn't know what to do about this situation anymore. She was relying on Jesse to get to the bottom.
"No you don't know how hard it is! You kept your sexuality a secret from everyone till now!" Emily practically screamed, taking Beca aback. "I hate this, I hate school and I hate being fucking gay!" The teenager forcefully pushed the desk over beside her before running out the classroom.
Beca was left dumbfounded. She had never seen her daughter that upset and angry.
"I'll go get her." Chloe reassured the brunette before she went after the teenager. "Emily!" She called as she approached the teenager who was just crying into her forearm that was pressed up against the wall.
"Get away from me." The brunette crying, hitting Chloe's hand away from her.
"You need to calm down, come with me." Chloe placed her hands on the taller girl's shoulders before she guided her to her classroom.
"Everybody either hates me or wants to have sex with me." Emily cried as the redhead guided her to sit on one of the desks while the older woman sat on the one in front of her. "Bailee doesn't even do anything, she just let's it happen!"
"Emily, look at me." Chloe took the teenager's hands and the girl slowly lifted her head. "It's not the end of the world, I know it feels that way but trust me, your dad will sort this out and soon everyone will forget about it." She softly explained. "High school is full of shitty people, they call you a slut, they call you a dyke. You just have to be strong enough to ignore it."
"It's so hard though." Emily sniffed.
"I know it is, and believe it or not but your mom does too. We were out as a couple in high school Em, and that was the 90s. We got called every nasty thing under the sun but did we let it get to us? No because we loved each other too much to think about what anyone else said. And soon you'll find a girl that makes you feel that way." Chloe smiled softly and Emily finally began to calm down.
"I think I already have." The teenager admitted quietly. "I can't be with her though."
"Emily I know with everything going on, it's tough to think about things like that but you shouldn't let it get in the way of your love life." Chloe placed a hand on the teenager's knee.
"She's straight." The 18 year old said sadly which instantly silenced the older woman.
"Oh...Are you sure? You never know, she may just be really good at hiding it."
"Of course I'm sure, she's my best friend." Emily grumbled miserably. "Plus she doesn't even know I'm gay, and since I'm still denying it after that video, she still doesn't know."
"Is this Bailee?" Chloe asked softly. The redhead remembered the said girl from Emily's birthday party, plus she had seen her and Emily walked down the halls together a lot.
The teenager nodded.
"I'm sorry about that, Emily." Chloe stroked the girl's arm apologetically. "Listen, the right girl will come along when the time is right."
Chloe and Emily continued to talk for a little while more until the teenager fully calmed down before they went back to see Beca.
"Mom?" Emily asked as she entered the room.
There Beca was, sitting at her desk while she cried into her hands. A sight that killed Emily, seeing your mother cry is one of the worst things to witness. She immediately felt like it was her fault.
"Mom, I'm so sorry." The teenager rushed out as she walked up to her mother, wrapping her arms around her from the side.
Seeing Beca cry was always something that Chloe hated, it only just reminded her of the day she said she had to move away.
The older brunette lifted her head and wiped her eyes before holding on to her daughter's arm that was around her. "Don't worry about it baby girl, it's not your fault." Beca reassured in a weak voice.
"I'm sorry I said that you didn't know how hard it is when you do, you've probably experienced a lot worse than what I have." Emily said quietly as she pulled away.
"I just don't like seeing you that distraught Emily."
"I don't want you to worry that much now because Chloe gave me some advice." Emily said, a small smile appearing on her face as she glanced over her shoulder at the other woman.
"Did she now?" Beca instantly smiled, watching the redhead walk towards them.
"I'm gonna let you guys talk so I'm gonna go." Chloe announced. "I'll call you later." She said to Beca and without thinking, she leaned down and kissed the brunette on the lips.
When she broke away and realise what she had done, the two woman just froze, staring at each other with wide eyes.
"Woah." Emily laughed. "Are you two...Y'know?" She asked, suddenly the amusement from her mother's love life made her feel a whole lot better.
"Emily you can't tell your dad or your brothers and sister about this." Beca warned.
"Oh don't worry, I won't." Emily swore. "Bye, Chloe." The brunette smirked as the redhead awkwardly walked past her to leave.
Chloe turned around to Beca and mouthed that she'd call her before she left the classroom.
"Don't look at me like that Em." Beca tried to fight the smile as she pointed at her daughter who was chewing on her bottom lip.
"Why don't you want me saying anything to dad or the boys and Lexi?" Emily asked curiously, taking a seat on Beca's desk. "You do realise that Dad's seeing someone right?"
"Oh they're still seeing each other?" Beca asked and her daughter furrowed her brow.
"You knew?"
"The woman he's seeing is Chloe's best friend." Beca shrugged.
"Oh my god, well that just got awkward. Wait so why can't you tell Dad that you're dating Chloe?" The teenager wondered.
"You see Emily, when we were all younger, like younger than what you are now, your dad treated Chloe and Stacie like his sisters. He knew Chloe was a lesbian and he had no interest in dating Stacie but he looked at me differently, I always knew that he had a crush on me without him even telling me. When I started dating Chloe for the first time, I could tell he was jealous at first but it didn't take him long to accept it. He had an amazing friendship with Chloe, like sometimes it was closer than what I had with him back then." Beca explained.
"Wow, that's really cute." Emily cooed.
"Yeah that was until Chloe moved away and refused to keep in touch with me, he called her up and they said some horrible things to each other over the phone. Your dad was just looking out for me and at the time, I was agreeing with all the things he said to her because I was so angry at her. I look back on it now and I regret it, things have never been the same between them since then."
"And all this time, I thought they were just fighting over you but it's actually their own little problem that's causing the tension between them? Wow, they really need to just...Talk." Emily said, staring at the wall.
Okay first it was operation 'get Mom and Chloe together' well now it's 'get Dad and Chloe to talk again.' Emily found it way too fun to meddle in her parents' lives apparently.
"I forgot how good a kisser you were." Beca mumbled against Chloe's lips as she raked her nails up Chloe's back which was only covered by a tank top. It was Friday night and they were out camping just like Chloe promised, Chloe was currently on top of Beca as they made out. Now that was something Beca couldn't complain about camping.
"I remember you being better at it." Chloe teased with a smirk. "Maybe you've just been sucking too much dick." She shrugged with a grin against Beca's lips.
"Hey!" The brunette protested, slapping Chloe in the back. "I was just about to praise you on your giving head skills but you ruined it." Beca laughed, kissing the redhead again.
"I know I'm the best." Chloe winked.
"You're so big headed." Beca shook her head with a laugh as the other woman pulled her face away for a second.
"Hmm." Chloe hummed, brushing Beca's hair out of her face before she started to kiss her again. She gently tugged at the brunette's bottom lip before she slipped her tongue into her mouth.
Beca hummed into the kiss as she placed a hand behind Chloe's neck, pulling the redhead impossibly closer to her.
The redhead nibbled on the woman's lip again as her hips slowly started to move against Beca's.
"Are you dry humping me?" Beca asked in amusement as she pulled away for a second.
Chloe didn't stop though, she only bit her lip and laughed. Not her usual bubbly giggle, no it was her sexy laugh that Beca couldn't resist.
"Wow, I feel 16 again." The brunette chuckled. She wrapped a leg around Chloe's and began to rock her hips in time with the redhead's. "Oh shit." Beca laughed breathily. She actually forgot how good it felt, it was something she hadn't done with Jesse in years. They had 4 kids, quickies were mostly their thing.
Chloe laughed, capturing Beca's lips a little more needy this time. She let one hand wander down Beca's body until she came to her leg that was wrapped around her own, hooking her arm around it as she pulled the brunette closer to her.
"Mmm Chloe." Beca let a soft moan escape her lips in between a kiss.
The redhead began grinding her core a little faster down into Beca.
"Remember the first time we ever did this?" Beca asked with a grin.
"And we both came? Yeah, I remember." Chloe shook her head with a breathy laugh at the memory.
"We were literally the definition of horny teenagers." Beca laughed before pulled Chloe back to her lips.
The redhead's breathing became a little more ragged which made Beca smirked against her lips. The brunette gripped onto Chloe's waist before she rolled over, reversing their positions.
"Baby…" Chloe moaned, enjoying the pressure that Beca was creating with her being on top.
The brunette groaned at Chloe's moan, spurring her on to go faster. "Wait, wait, wait." The redhead breathed out quickly, grabbing Beca's hips to stop her other movements before she climaxed.
"What's wrong?" Beca asked breathlessly, aching to keep going.
"I just don't think we should rush things, especially after her mistake that night after Emily's party. I think it's best if we just take things slowly." Chloe said, her chest still heaving. "And if we don't stop right now, I'm gonna end up ripping those clothes off you." She admitted with a breathy giggle.
Beca thought about it for a second, running her lip along her bottom lip. "Maybe you're right, we kinda fucked up on Emily's birthday and maybe we should just take things slowly." Beca agreed, rolling off the top of Chloe.
They both lay back beside each other, just staring at the top of the tent. After a moment of silence, Beca spoke up.
"I know you talked about taking things slow but like, are you my girlfriend again?" Beca asked slowly, unsure of what Chloe's reaction would be.
The redhead reached beside her and held Beca's hand. "Of course." She replied, a smile spreading across her face.
"Awesome." Beca smiled. It definitely felt like she was a teenager again, Chloe just made her feel so young.
"How did you and Jesse even have a sex life with that many kids?" Chloe asked randomly with a laugh.
"Ugh don't even." Beca laughed. "You don't even know how many close calls we've had and how many time we've been walked in on." She whined making Chloe laugh. "The worst time was when we almost got caught off my dad." The brunette shuddered. To be honest, she was actually quite surprised Chloe was so laid back when she was talking about sex with Jesse.
"How did you manage that?" Chloe rolled onto her side and perked herself up on her elbow.
"Well we were 18, before we had any kids. I obviously still stayed with my dad so we were in the kitchen, I was "doing the dishes" but Jesse was actually taking me from behind…" Beca explained in embarrassment, using air quotes in the process.
*Flashback*
1995.
"Fuck, Jesse…" Beca moaned, her fingers digging into the counter in front of her as Jesse's thrusts became quicker and harder.
Jesse whimpered as he nibbled at his girlfriend's neck, wrapping one arm around her waist before her began circling her clit with his fingers.
"Oh my god…" She whimpered, throwing her head back.
They both heard the front door close which made them both jump in shock. "Shit, it's my dad." Beca panicked, quickly detaching herself from Jesse.
"Beca!" They heard the man call as the two teenagers pulled their underwear and jeans back on.
The footsteps of John became louder and louder. "Are you in here?" He asked as he began to open the kitchen door.
Beca took a glance at Jesse's crotch, her eyes widening before she quickly stood in front of the boy.
Her wrapped his arms around the waist of his girlfriend just as her father stepped inside.
"There you are. Hi, Jesse." John smiled.
"Hey." The boy greeted awkwardly.
"Are you okay Beca? You look a little flushed." John furrowed his brow.
"Oh Jesse was just telling me something really funny." Was all she could come up with. Luckily her father seemed to believe it…
*End of Flashback*
"Oh my god, that must've been so embarrassing." Chloe couldn't help but laugh, placing her hand over her mouth. "Do you think he ever actually knew what you guys were really doing?" She wondered.
"I hope not." Beca scoffed. "After all these years he still hasn't said anything so I don't think so."
"I have an embarrassing sex story too." Chloe said with a giggle.
"Really? The oral master has had an embarrassing experience?" The brunette asked in amusement, suddenly interested.
"Well it wasn't so much embarrassing as it was weird." The redhead screwed up her face.
"Oh god, did you sleep with a girl with a weird fetish?" Beca chewed on her bottom lip to try and stop herself from laughing.
"I had been on a few dates with this girl and one of the times we had sex, I let her use a strap on with me. Yeah, the idea didn't seem bad until she started using it and put it in the wrong hole."
"Duuuuude." Beca was trying her hardest not to laugh.
"To make it worse, she claimed "she slipped" who the fuck slips into the wrong hole?" Chloe exclaimed, using air quotations.
"Dude, you got anal from a girl." The brunette spluttered a laugh at her girlfriend.
"No no. Oh no no." The redhead shook her finger at the other woman. "I'm not into that. Let's just say, I didn't call her back."
"Okay, that's funnier than my story." Beca composed herself from laughter.
This is the kind of thing Beca and Chloe missed the most about each other, being open with one another, telling funny and embarrassing stories.
"Em, can ask you something?" Bailee asked, tearing her attention away from the movie her and Emily were watching during their sleepover.
"Yeah?" Emily felt her stomach in knots, she was convinced Bailee was going to ask about her sexuality.
"What was it like kissing a girl?" The other brunette asked instead, taking Emily by surprise.
Emily turned to face Bailee, the lights were dimmed but she could still slightly make out the shorter girl's face.
"...Different." Emily said after thinking about it for a second.
"Did you enjoy it? I mean in that video you seemed a little...Turned on." Bailee teased a little.
Emily didn't think she meant any harm by it so she chuckled a little. "Well considering I was drunk, I'm guessing anyone kissing me would turn me on."
"Really?" Bailee grinned, narrowing her eyes.
Emily furrowed her brow in confusion at the question.
"You know I've always been curious as to what it's like to kiss a girl." Bailee confessed, running her finger down Emily's arm.
The taller girl was slightly confused by this behaviour from her best friend. Was she trying to tell her something? That one thing she had dreamed about for what seems like forever?
"If you want to know what it's like then it's probably better to do it with someone who you trust, don't do what I did." Emily began to play along with a smirk.
"Yeah?" Bailee asked quietly. She reached a hand forward and stroked Emily's cheek, making the other girl's stomach flip. Was this really happening?
Emily searched her best friend's brown eyes that she always seemed to get lost in.
It was Bailee who leaned in first before Emily met her in the middle, softly connecting their lips. The taller girl practically melted, placing a hand on Bailee's cheek as she deepened the kiss.
Bailee gripped onto her best friend's hip who broke away from the kiss to straddle the shorter girl. Emily started to kiss Bailee again, feeling a burning desire within. This was the one thing she wanted for such a long time and it was finally happening. The best thing? Bailee wasn't stopping it. This was her chance.
"Bailee…" Emily said as she broke away and the girl beneath her slowly opened her eyes. "I have something to tell you." She whispered. The taller girl took a deep breath. "I…" She closed her eyes, feeling it would be much easier. "...Have a huge crush on you."
Bailee's eyes widened just as Emily opened hers. "What?" She asked slowly.
Emily kind of gave her a confused look, wasn't it pretty self explanatory?
"Emily, please get off me." She said quietly.
Emily climbed off of Bailee and sat there on the bed dumbfounded.
"I…" Bailee began, taking a deep breath. "I was just doing that to get you to admit to me that you're gay...I didn't expect…" She trailed off.
"What?" The taller girl was crushed. "You seriously lead me on just for me to admit that?" Tears began to form in her eyes, she was broken hearted and embarrassed.
"Em, I'm sorry. I'm not gay." Bailee tried to grab onto her best friend's hand but Emily just pulled away.
"Don't. Now that you know I'm a lesbian, are you just gonna spread that around school? Is that why you wanted me to admit it?" Emily shook her head, wiping her eyes.
"So you are gay." Bailee whispered. "I should've known." She didn't say it in a bad way though, she said it in a way that she genuinely should've realised, being her best friend and all.
"Just go and tell the whole school, how much worse could it get?" Emily asked, a tear rolling down her cheek.
"Why would I tell anyone?" Bailee asked softly, once again trying to touch Emily's hand.
"Stop!" Emily exclaimed, climbing off the bed. "You fucked me over, Bailee. You made me believe that you were really into me and then you just go and crush me like that. Don't even bother talking to me again, you've already done enough." Emily ranted.
"You know what, Emily? I was just trying to get you to open up to me, ever since I saw that video I suspected something. It's your own fault you got into this mess, if you kept it in your pants for longer than 5 minutes, maybe that video wouldn't even be a thing!" Bailee shot back.
"The only reason I got with that girl was because I saw you making out with some guy!" Emily cried.
"Emily, I can't do this...This is just...Too weird." Bailee grabbed her stuff and quickly left, leaving Emily standing their, broken and frustrated.
The girl just pinched the bridge of her nose and cried. When she heard the front door shut, she left her bedroom and went to her father's instead.
"Dad, I screwed up." She whimpered as she stood at his doorway.
Jesse was lying on his bed with his laptop. He looked up and saw his daughter crying so he immediately removed his laptop. "What's wrong sweetheart? I heard you and Bailee squabbling next door." He said softly as Emily climbed up into the bed, snuggling up to her father.
"She left." She sniffed. "We kissed and I told her I've had such a big crush on her but then she said she only kissed me so that I'd admit that I'm gay." The teenager explained as Jesse soothingly rubbed her back.
"I'm sorry, honey."
"And then we argued and I think she's just going to tell everyone I'm a lesbian." She choked on her tears.
"Hey, sit up." Jesse said softly, gently pulling his daughter up. "Look at me and listen to this. When your mom and Chloe were teenagers, the entire school knew they were gay - well that was back when your mom thought she was gay." Jesse began. "You don't understand how much hate they got for it, it was unreal. They didn't care though, they didn't let it get to them. Mom is one of the strongest people I know and I know she's passed that trait down to you. Who cares if the whole school knows you're a lesbian, your mom's a teacher there and your old man is a cop so if anyone messes with you, they've made a big mistake." Jesse chuckled softly.
"Thanks dad." Emily smiled softly as the man wiped her tears away.
"As for Bailee, she's a pretty shady friend if she spreads shit about you Em. If she does that, you're better just forgetting about her." He added and Emily nodded. "How about we go downstairs and watch a movie? I'll make you some tea." He offered.
"Sounds good." She smiled, wrapping her arms around her father.
She has shitty friends and shitty classmates but there's one thing she can always rely on. Her family.
Okay so a few things to cover in this chapter!
Cory kicked ass for his big sister! In the first lot of chapters, he was just a typical teenager but I'm finally making him come into the story more but regretting calling his sister a dyke and punching a guy for making fun of her. Thoughts on Cory now?
Emily is still overwhelmed by this video but Beca, Chloe and Jesse are all trying to help her be strong about it.
She told Bailee about her crush on her! But Bailee was pretty shitty about it. I'm gonna give you the guys a choice of Emily eventually ending up with Bailee or that she finds another girlfriend. After the way Bailee acted in this chapter I can already imagine your answers but still let me know!
And of course we have the bechloe moments in there! Emily finally found out about the two of them, the others will get to find out soon! I know there was a little flashback that a few of you will probably hate because Jesse was in it *eye roll* but it was just a random thought that I just added for entertainment purposes.
One of the more subtle things is that we got some insight into Chloe and Jesse's tension. How are they gonna work it out? They really need to talk anyway.
Hope you all enjoyed it, let me know what you thought! I'm having Owen withdrawals so I'll need to add him in the next chapter!
