I'll Never Stop Loving You
Chapter 10
"Becs? Are you listening to me?" Chloe asked. They were sat in a diner about 10 minutes away from set, Beca was leaving to go back to LA that evening so the couple were trying to spend as much time together as possible, but Beca seemed to be preoccupied.
"Beca!"
"What? Yeah that's a great idea…" Beca answered, barely looking up from her phone
"What is?" Chloe responded, knowing Beca wasn't paying attention, and was trying to catch her out
"Err… The thing you just said… umm… yeah… its great…" Beca continued very unconvincingly, flicking her eyes up a few times to catch Chloe's.
"What are you doing on your phone?"
"Twitter…"
"Still! You're obsessed! I should never have shown you how to use it!" Chloe said, exasperated sipping her coffee
"What do you mean?"
"You've been on your phone non-stop since I talked you through it!"
"That's not true!"
"Yes it is!" That got Beca thinking. She had been on it a lot recently, in the hotel, in the car, every waking moment of every day.
"Ok, you're right." Beca locked her phone and put it down "There you go on silent and locked, no more distractions… just you and me" Beca smiled and put her hands over Chloe's. Chloe smiled and flipped her hands over so she could properly hold Beca's
"So…" Chloe started, at that moment her phone rang. They both sighed, but Beca knew exactly what was going though Chloe's head. Chloe wants to show that she values Beca's company more than her phone, but she can't bare her phone just ringing, knowing the person on the other end was waiting.
"Go on, answer it." Beca smirked at knowing her girlfriend so well, retracting her hands and leaning back.
"Nooo… I told you to put your phone away… so no… nope" Chloe said shaking her head and looking down, strands of her hair falling into her eyes. Chloe looked up again and ran her fingers through her fiery red hair, pulling it away from her face, sliding the phone to the edge of the table, hesitating before pulling her hand away
"Chlo…" Beca started, but she couldn't even get a second word in when Chloe's phone started ringing again
"Answer it." Beca said, not skipping a beat. Chloe did, not being able to resist for another moment
While Chloe talked on the phone, Beca looked around the diner draining her coffee cup. She glanced at the vintage style tin signs on the opposite wall and the bright flashing 'open' sign in the window, she then followed the autographed photos of celebrities, the classics of Marilyn Monroe and Elvis Presley, back to the tills where a bored, probably 50 year old woman reads a magazine behind the counter, she looks up periodically to see if anymore customers were arriving, but then quickly looks back down at the glossy photos and latest gossip.
Beca's eyes snap back to Chloe's when she hears her gasp, Beca raised her eyebrows in question, Chloe holds up one finger and continues to listen carefully
"Ok… great… Thank you… I'll talk to you later… Bye" Chloe hung up, then looked up to Beca, grinning ear to ear.
"What?" Beca asked, butterflies fluttering in her stomach, feeling Chloe's excitement
"I got another audition!" Chloe burst out
"No way!"
"Yeah!"
"That's so great! What's it for?"
"It's all very secretive at the moment, but it's gonna be a superhero movie!" Chloe stood up unable to contain her excitement
"Oh my god!" Beca stood up and collided with Chloe, wrapping her arms around the red heads waist "That's awesome Chlo!"
Chloe beamed back at Beca
"And you'd look SO sexy in lycra" Beca smirked, Chloe just grinned back and swatted her girlfriend away
Chloe looked into the beautiful blue eyes she's known for years and pulled her into a sweet kiss.
"Come on then!" Chloe squealed brightly
"Where are we going?" Beca asked while placing some bills on the table to cover their coffees
"To celebrate" Chloe winked, she slipped her hand into her girlfriends and lead her our of the diner.
"Yunno this wasn't what I had expected when you said 'Celebrate'…" Beca questioned Chloe miserably. They stepped into the casino and glanced around, her senses were filled with load sounds bright lights and a stale smell of alcohol and BO.
"Come on Becs! I'm feeling lucky!"
They spent the rest of the afternoon playing slots and making jokes. Neither of them had drinks as they were SERIOUSLY expensive! They didn't gamble with a lot of money, they had a bit to spare but wanted to go on a nice holiday couldn't just throw it away. By the time Beca had to leave she had lost all the money she had for gambling and Chloe was up $1.50. They had a little time to spare so they walked along hand in hand, they took a couple photos for Instagram and watched a street performer juggle while on a really tall unicycle, Chloe gave her spare $1.50 to the young performer who couldn't have been more than 19. All in all it had been a great day.
"Hey Becs, can we get an Uber? My feet are starting to ache…"
"Sure thing babe" They sat on a wall while Beca got out her phone, Chloe sat next to her shoulder to shoulder watching the crowds flow past them. It wasn't too busy as it was only about 5 'o' clock but soon the place would be packed. Chloe's eye was drawn to a man going against the flow of the crowd, he kept turning to look at them while walking. He crossed the street and sat on a bench.
Chloe's mind was brought back when she heard a scream.
"NO WAY! OH MY GOD! IT'S BECA MITCHELL!"
Chloe's head instantly swung round to look at her girlfriend completely bossing the situation. The young fan was slightly hyperventilating gripping on to Beca's arm for dear life, but Beca was taking it all in her stride, taking a selfie with the girl and then with her friend. A small crowd was starting to form with more and more people wanting to have a picture with the popular DJ. Beca was trying to take as many photos as possible while speaking to each person for a moment but it was starting to get out of hand.
Chloe was stood there unsure about what to do, overwhelmed by what was happening. Chloe saw the man on the bench get up and run back across the street, taking out a huge camera. He began taking photos of Beca and Chloe.
"Well, it was real nice meeting all of you, but I'm late for a meeting now so I've gotta go" Beca said reaching for Chloe's hand and trying to move through the crowd. The dense wall of people all taking photos and shouting made it very difficult to move. The crowd had not even noticed Chloe up until that point, but now she was also the centre of attention with Beca
"Chloe please can I have a photo?"
"Chloe I love you"
"Can you sign this?"
"Chloe you're amazing"
Chloe had never seen anything like it and was starting to fell a little scared. Beca squeezed her hand, then turned to her and whispered in the redheads ear
"Don't worry Chlo, I'll sort it out just help me on to the wall" Chloe frowned at Beca but did what she asked
Beca stood on the wall so she could see every one in the crowd
"OK" She shouted
"Can everyone please settle down" The crowd started getting quieter, all eyes on Beca
"I would love to meet you all properly, but Chloe and I have a meeting now so there isn't enough time to take photos with everyone" Beca pauses as a number of people in the crowd shouted out in despair
"But if I take a group photo from here with everyone in, I'll put it on my twitter, ok, and then everyone can be in this together, so, that's what we're going to do" Beca turned around, got her phone out of her pocket and held it up
"Everyone smile!" She took a number of photos then turned around again
"Perfect, thank you so much for all your support! Make sure you follow me on Twitter!" Beca jumped down and took Chloe's hand once more, smiling at her and pulled her through the crowd and waving a taxi. The crowd of fans seemed happy-ish with the result, but Chloe and Beca were gone before they had a chance to dispute it.
Beca jumped in the cab first with Chloe following close behind, their hands never separating. Beca gave the name of their hotel, the taxi driver set off immediately and they sat in silence, the driver hummed quietly along with the radio. Beca and Chloe sat close together, their thighs lined up.
"Are you alright?" Beca cautiously asked
"Yeah! I'm fine" Chloe curtly replied
"You sure? I mean, that was quite intense…"
"Yeah, you handled it all so well… Without you I don't know what I would've done…"
"Well don't worry, I'll always be a phone call away" Beca smiled and Chloe smiled right back at her, soaking in these precious moments they had together, she reached across and placed her hand on top of Beca's. Beca turned her hand and locked their fingers together, then lifted her other hand to cradle Chloe's face and kissed her.
Beca's drive back to LA was filled with calls to the office and reminiscing of the short time Beca and her girlfriend had been together in Las Vegas. As she came into LA she hit the never ending traffic, her head was pounding and she just wants to sleep, but she knows sleep will not come easy tonight without Chloe by her side.
"Urghh!" Beca screamed hitting her hands on the steering wheel, all cars were at a stand still "come on!" Her phone started ringing through the car speakers, Beca turned the sound down, then answered it
"Hello? Beca Mitchell."
"Waddup Becaw?" Jesse screeched
"Ahh not much… Just coming back in to LA"
"Oh! Back so soon?"
"Yeah, duty calls…"
"You doing anything tonight?"
"Umm, well actually I was gonna…"
"So nothing! Great! I'll be round at 8, You get the Chinese, I'll get the beers"
Beca chuckled at Jesses enthusiasm, but she was actually excited to hang out again, it had been quite a while since it had been just the two of them chatting with some so called 'best film ever' on in the background
"Ok, see you then"
"See ya!"
Beca hung up and the traffic started moving, she got back to her apartment, dumped her bag in the bedroom and checked the fridge. I was empty apart from some of that gross kale stuff Chloe likes, a stick of butter and some mustard.
She looked at the time, 7:21, Beca got the takeaway menus and ordered their usual. She then connected her phone to the bluetooth speakers, putting it on shuffle and flopped on the sofa, falling asleep immediately.
Surprise! I'm back(-ish)!
Thank you so much for reading
I hope you liked this chapter, I was completely lost with where to go with this, but I feel like I'm a bit more on track... but that doesn't mean I'll be any faster at updating, Sorry! I'm trying my best
Any mistakes are my own
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~OddSocksForLife