A/N: I'm sorry! I didn't mean to take this long to update! I'm on break right now for a week so I'm hoping I can at least get a couple chapters done before school starts again!

Since this has been a while here's a recap of last chapter:

Previously: Chloe plans a birthday party for Beca along with the Bellas once Beca returns from her L.A. party. They go to a karaoke bar where the Trebles show up and Jesse immediately takes all of Beca's attention. Aubrey is pissed that Beca allowed the Trebles to stay at the party and Chloe is sad. At the end of the night Aubrey and Chloe drag a drunken Beca back to the apartment where Beca admits she wanted to spend time with Chloe and not Jesse, then kisses Chloe on the nose. Aubrey is still mad but Chloe forgives her and leaves her to sleep on the couch after placing her birthday present for her on the table for when she wakes up.

Beca opened her eyes just a tiny bit but groaned and shut them quickly as sunlight from the window hit her directly in the face. It had to be past noon already. Beca sat up slowly, her eyes still closed as she realized she was on the couch and not in her bed. She put a hand to her pounding forehead as she appreciated, for the second morning in a row, she was extremely hung over.

She remembered her party, she remembered singing, she remembered the Trebles showing up, she remembered Aubrey and Chloe dragging her into the apartment…oh god, Aubrey and Chloe. She remembered Aubrey being pissed. She remembered Chloe forgiving her, but her brain was entirely too muddled to remember the details. But she thought that at one point Jesse referred to her as his girl.

Her eyes snapped open and her face scrunched up as the light hit her. She was definitely not Jesse's girl. As her eyes adjusted to the light she noticed two Tylenol, a bottle of water, and a small box wrapped up on the coffee table. Beca could've sworn she felt her heart melt right then as she picked up a post it note off the present, not that she'd ever tell anyone that.

Figured you'd need pills this morning. Feel better! Hope you had a great birthday!

Love, Chloe

Beca smiled to herself as she finished reading the note and swallowed the pills. She frowned for a second as she reached for the box. The apartment was oddly quiet which meant that Chloe was probably out. Aubrey's bedroom door was shut but there was no noise coming from her room. Beca could only assume that Aubrey was still mad at her so she didn't bother knocking to see if she was there, choosing instead unwrap Chloe's birthday present to her.

She smiled softly as she ripped off the paper and took the top off the small cardboard box. On a pile of cotton inside the box sat four silver bangle bracelets, each with a different charm on them. Beca immediately recognized them as Alex and Ani bracelets and she felt a twinge of guilt as she remembered how expensive they were individually. Beca removed them carefully to take a closer look and realized that underneath were four small pieces of paper with a description about each bracelet from the company.

The first bracelet had a ladybug charm and Beca couldn't stop the grin on her face as she remembered Chloe's own ladybug tattoo. The description card read:

"Legend has it that the ladybug was named for the Virgin Mary who assisted farmers once they prayed to her. Keeping fields safe from harm, the ladybug evokes the energy of harmony. A ladybug's life is short. It teaches us to release worries and to enjoy experiences to the fullest. When the ladybug appears in our lives it is telling us to "let go and let God."

Underneath the typed print was a small note from Chloe:

"To remind you of our matching bug tattoos!"

Beca smirked at the memory of Chloe grabbing her arm to look at the grasshopper tattoo on her forearm and proudly showing Beca the ladybug on her wrist. She picked up the second bracelet, a flower charm that had 'friend' printed on the metal. This description card read:

"A sincere confidante whose heart connects with your own, a friend is consistently loyal and encouraging. The ultimate emblem of friendship, the periwinkle, symbolizes eternity and the power of camaraderie. Give or wear the Friend Charm to honor the person that makes your soul blossom."

Underneath was another note from Chloe:

"I think this one is self-explanatory. You're one of the best friends I've ever had."

Beca's heart swelled as she read the words and was suddenly very glad that no one was around to see her face as it displayed the overwhelming amount of emotions she was feeling.

The next bracelet Beca didn't recognize but the description card labeled it as a Lotus flower.

"A celebration of the female spirit, the Lotus Blossom is a symbol of beauty, strength, and grace. The strong stem's connection to the flower represents an eternal, unbreakable bond between two people. Spiritually enlightening and divinely beautiful, the Lotus Blossom Charm reminds us that our relationships and shared hearts are the key to happiness."

Beca laughed out loud as she read Chloe's note on this one:

"There's something about singing naked in a shower together and finding out they're secretly a celebrity that forms an unbreakable bond with someone."

The final charm was simple, just a letter 'B'.

Chloe had made her own description card for this one since it didn't really need an official one.

"I know you don't wear a lot of jewelry (minus all those earrings!) but I hope you like these bracelets. Happy 21st birthday, again, to one of my very best friends. Love you, Beca!

Love, Chloe

xoxo

Beca put the four notes back in the box and tried to slow her heart rate. She was grinning like crazy and couldn't believe that Chloe had done all of this for her. The gift was so personal, so thoughtful, and so very Chloe. It must have taken her a long time to pick out the four bracelets and Beca couldn't wait to thank her for them all. As soon as she placed the four bangles on her wrist and stood up Aubrey's door opened to reveal the blonde. Apparently, she had been home the whole time.

Aubrey glanced once at her and scowled before moving to the kitchen to grab a bottle of water. Beca wanted to say something, anything, but Aubrey had already grabbed her water and her law textbook off the table and retreated back into her room with the door closed.

Beca sighed and began to clean up the wrapping paper before carefully placing the box with the description cards on a shelf in her bedroom. Her phone buzzed on her bed and with a smile she snatched it up in the hopes that it was Chloe.

Her smile dropped a little when she saw it was instead Jesse but she answered it nonetheless.

"Hey, Jesse. What's up?" she asked, flopping back onto her bed. She smiled as her new bracelets jingled together on her wrist.

"Beca hey! I just wanted to see how you were! I offered to help you home last night but Aubrey insisted she and Chloe could handle it. I definitely didn't want Aubrey mad at me"

Beca cringed and stopped herself from admitting that Aubrey was mad at him, and her, anyway.

"Oh yeah I'm fine. I took some medicine for my hangover a little while ago and I can feel the headache going away. Chloe and Aubrey took good care of me" Beca admitted.

"Well I'm glad. Since you're feeling better I was wondering if you might want to hang out today. I really want you to watch the Breakfast Club with me" he said earnestly.

Beca bit her bottom lip nervously. She didn't really want to hang out with Jesse; she needed to do some work for Diane. Yet, Aubrey was here and Beca could practically feel anger radiating through the walls of the apartment. It couldn't hurt right? She'd hang out with him for a few hours and then hopefully Chloe would be back and she could get Aubrey to talk to her. Jesse was mostly fun to be around and he was a great friend to her. Did this count as leading him on? Beca really didn't know. She was about as experienced in relationships as a high school freshman so she shrugged and agreed to meet Jesse at his dorm in ten minutes, promising to pick up food on the way.

"Sounds great, Beca. See you then!" he said before hanging up. She smirked at the excitement in his voice and dropped her phone on her stomach. She rubbed her hands over her face only to realize that she was still in last night's clothes, covered in last night's make up, and she smelled like beer. Her face scrunched up in disgust at herself for a moment but quickly headed to the bathroom to shower and change in record time.

Twenty minutes later Beca was knocking on Jesse's dorm room door, cheeseburgers and drinks in hand.

"Hey! Thought you got lost!" he said with a wide grin as he opened the door to let her in. She laughed and shrugged as she walked into the room, setting the food on his desk.

"Sorry, I had to shower" she said, tugging lightly on her still wet hair. He nodded, the grin never leaving his face and he grabbed his laptop and sat down on his bed, gesturing for Beca to join him.

She nervously took of her jacket, draping it over his desk chair and snatching the bag of food before sitting down cautiously next to him. Close enough that she could see the screen, but not close enough that they were touching at all.

"Benji's out for the day at his close-up magic club so we won't be bothered" said Jesse as he put in the DVD. Beca didn't say anything. She felt awkward and she kind of didn't want to be sitting this close to someone she would only ever want a friendship with and who so clearly had feelings for her. She didn't really want to be watching a movie but she also didn't want to admit that she didn't really like them since this was now their second time watching a movie together.

The two ate their burgers in silence as the movie played but Beca couldn't really get into it. She could tell Jesse kept sneaking glances at her to judge her opinion on the movie and she was getting tired of looking interested. She couldn't stop thinking about Chloe; every time she glanced down she'd see the bracelets and smile, turning the charms in her hands.

Somewhere in the middle of the movie Jesse turned to look at her again and said "this is one of my favorite scenes."

Beca was quickly drawn out of her thoughts of Chloe as she turned to look at Jesse. Apparently she had failed to realize that he had moved closer throughout the movie, he was only inches away now, their shoulders almost touching. As her face turned towards his, his eyes widened, he started to lean forward and Beca could feel her heart start to race. Within a second she had hopped off the bed leaving Jesse leaning into empty space, kissing the air.

"Beca-" he started.

"I-I'm sorry I should go." She said.

He started to stand up. "Beca you don't have to go we were just hanging out" he said, his face red.

"I, well I don't like movies" she spat out nervously. He looked at her incredulously for a second.

"What are you talking about? How can you not like movies?" Beca was panicking. When Beca panicked one of two things usually happened. First, she could shut down completely and become unable to form a sentence. Or, she could say something completely ridiculous. This situation called for the latter.

"I saw a porno at a high school party once. I liked that movie" she said, snatching her jacket off the chair. Jesse was speechless and she left the room quickly, leaving him there stunned.

"Fuck. Fuck. Fuck." Beca muttered to herself. She ran a hand through her hair quickly, a habit she picked up when she got frustrated. What the hell had just happened? Jesse had tried to kiss her. That's what had happened. As he leaned in Beca could only think of Chloe, she could never stop thinking of Chloe, it was always Chloe at the back of her mind.

Jesse would be easy to be with. He was nice, he was fun, and he wasn't ugly at all. But there was nothing there. He was too goofy, he loved movies too much, and he wasn't what she wanted or needed. Beca wasn't sure how their relationship would work out after that disastrous encounter.

"I think I was leading him on oh my god" she whispered to herself as she pulled open the door to her apartment. Beca was so frustrated with herself and with Jesse and with the entire situation that she at first didn't see Aubrey sitting at the kitchen counter waiting for her.

"Beca, I need to talk to you" said Aubrey, a frown on her face. Beca jumped as her eyes snapped to the blonde.

"What, Aubrey?" Beca snapped, her eyes narrowing. She so didn't want to have this conversation right now.

"I know you have a toner for Jesse, Beca! There's no use hiding it. I saw it last night?"

Beca rolled her eyes and stared at Aubrey, an expression of confusion on her face.

"Aubrey, what the hell is a toner?!" she said loudly.

"A musical boner" Aubrey said with a nod, standing up from her seat at the counter to stand in front of Beca. "It's distracting."

"Okay first of all that's not a thing. Second of all, I don't like Jesse like that. We're just friends. Probably not even that after today" said Beca with a grimace.

Aubrey stared down at her. "You took an oath, Beca" she said seriously.

"Okay Aubrey seriously?! I DO NOT HAVE FFELINGS FOR JESSE! Get it through your skull oh my god. I thought we were actually becoming friends but apparently all you care about is the Bellas so I'll see you at practice. No need to talk to me until then, or ever, for that matter. I don't need this and I certainly don't need you trying to control my life. I got enough of that in L.A." said Beca, her voice rising until she was yelling at the tall blonde in front of her.

Aubrey seemed to shrink back at Beca's anger and almost looked guilty as Beca stalked into her room and slammed the door.

Chloe having just returned from a run about half an hour before Beca had returned took her earphones out and listened to her two friends fighting. She had thought they were past this, but no. Apparently they weren't past anything since Chloe found her much needed study time interrupted. With a sigh she closed her textbook as she heard Beca's door slam and headed out into the living room.

The redhead had to admit that she saw Aubrey's point. Beca apparently was very touchy when she was drunk, even with Jesse, and it really had looked like she liked him. Beca probably didn't remember anything but it was blatantly obvious. But the way Beca had yelled at Aubrey assured Chloe that there was nothing going on between them.

Chloe walked out of her room to find Aubrey leaning over the sink, looking like she was about to puke.

"Aubs, calm down, everything's okay" Chloe said quietly, rushing to her friend's side. Chloe was only too aware of what could happen when Aubrey got too stressed. Nervous puking was a very unfortunate and very real problem for Aubrey but Chloe was always there by her side if she needed.

Aubrey nodded, her face pale as she pushed her blonde hair back. Chloe smiled softly at her friend as she took deep breaths trying to calm herself. Rubbing small circles on Aubrey's back as she moved all her hair to one side out of the way seemed to calm her even more as Aubrey's rapid deep breaths seemed to slow. Aubrey closed her eyes with a sigh and took one final deep breath until the moment finally passed.

"Okay?" Chloe asked with a smile. Aubrey nodded once in response.

"Thanks, Chlo" she said, moving to sit down at the counter.

"Anytime" she said honestly, taking the seat next to her. "Now, what was all that about?" she asked quietly, gesturing towards Beca's closed door. She probably didn't need to be quiet since she could probably guarantee that Beca had her headphones on and couldn't hear anything.

"I shouldn't have yelled at her. I just, I mean you saw her with Jesse! She was all over him, grabbing his hand when he put his arm around her and then she went over to his dorm today and I've been stressed over school and then it all just escalated" Aubrey said with a glance of regret at Beca's door. "I should apologize" Aubrey said grudgingly.

"Yeah, Aubs you probably should. Let me talk to her first though okay? She seemed really upset" Chloe said softly, placing a hand on her friend's forearm. Aubrey nodded with a small smile of gratitude and Chloe patted her on the arm before sliding off the chair to go see Beca.

Chloe didn't bother to knock on Beca's door, instead choosing to walk in and quickly close the door behind her. Beca's eyes shot up to meet hers and held up a finger telling her to wait until she finished her phone call.

"Really? Out of anything in the world she wants to meet me?" Chloe heard Beca say incredulously. Chloe realized with a smile that Beca was wearing the bracelets she had picked out for her.

"Diane obviously I'll do it. I'm incredibly flattered." Chloe gave her a puzzling look but Beca just smiled at her.

"Yeah Christmas break is fine….Everything sounds great…I look forward to it…Okay, talk to you later" Beca finished before hanging up on Diane.

"Guess what!" said Beca. Chloe raised an eyebrow.

"You the know Make A Wish foundation? It grants kids with illnesses a wish?" said Beca and Chloe nodded.

"Well, Diane got a call from them yesterday and apparently a fourteen year old girl with cancer, who happens to be a very big fan, wants to meet me as her Make A Wish." Beca said with a grin. "I'm flying to Miami to meet her over Christmas break" said Beca quietly.

"Wow Beca, that's awesome. I'm sure you'll brighten her day" said Chloe, coming to sit next to Beca on her bed.

"Anything I can do to help" said Beca with a shrug. She truly was honored to be asked to do something this special.

The girls sat for a moment, shoulders touching, neither breaking the comfortable silence that fell over them. The sound of Beca's phone going off alerting her that she had an email drew her out of the silence.

"So before I talk about why you're obviously here. I want to thank you for the birthday present" said Beca quietly, turning her body towards Chloe slightly.

"You like it?" Chloe asked nervously. "I didn't want it to seem too cheesy or anything but-"

Beca cut her off. "Chloe, it's perfect. I love it. Thank you" said Beca with a genuine smile at the redhead.

Chloe grinned at her and reached for her wrist where the bracelets rested. Chloe held Beca's hand, palm up as she examined the four thin bracelets with a light touch.

Chloe's hands were soft against her skin and Beca felt the blush rise to her cheek and Chloe's fingers dusted over the skin of her arm, lingering longer than necessary to examine the charms. They both looked up at each other at the same moment, their eyes connecting. Beca searched her face and found herself dying to lean forward and kiss her. It would be easy, they were so close, but the realization stunned her.

Sure Beca had known she was attracted to Chloe, who wouldn't be honestly? She had wondered what it would be like to hook up with Chloe before. She'd done a lot of casual hook ups in the last few years. But this feeling was something else. She wanted to kiss her because she was feelings things, things that she hadn't felt in a long time for another person.

Chloe broke their eye contact quickly as Beca tried to keep up with her thoughts. Clearing her throat, the redhead turned so she was no longer facing Beca straight on.

"So, tell me what happened with Jesse" she said. Beca sighed and slumped against the wall, the two girls returning to their original position with their shoulders touching.

"I think I've been leading him on" Beca admitted.

"What makes you say that?"

"The fact that I keep going out with him and I know he likes me but I can't see myself ever being more than friends with him" Beca said. "This is why I don't do relationships. I don't date, I'm not used to this" she said as she shrugged uncomfortably.

"It's alright not to have feelings for someone that has them for you Beca. But you do have to tell him" Chloe said, bumping her lightly on the shoulder.

"Ha if he'll even talk to me after what happened today" Beca said laughing without humor.

Chloe raised an eyebrow, urging her to continue.

"So I go over there to get out of the apartment. He makes me watch the breakfast club with him, we're sitting a lot like this" Beca said, gesturing to herself and Chloe.

"Then all of a sudden he starts leaning in like he's going to kiss me" she says leaning in towards Chloe. She could have sworn Chloe leaned in an inch as well but Beca continued with her terribly awkward story.

"Well I certainly wasn't going to let that happen so I jumped off the bed and told him I hated movies and that once I saw a porno in high school and I liked that movie. Then I ran out of the room."

Chloe stared at the girl who had hopped off the bed as she acted out the story. She stared for a few seconds before she broke into a wide grin and started laughing.

"Chloe! It's not funny!" Beca said but she was laughing too as she hit the redhead with a pillow.

"Oh my god I can't believe you said that" said Chloe, clutching her stomach.

"Oh shut up" Beca said with a huff, as she sat back down and crossed her arms with a smirk.

"So I guess it's safe to say you definitely don't have a toner for Jesse?" said Chloe, her tone still light but there was an undertone of something more serious as a way for Beca to talk about Aubrey.

"No. I definitely do not have a 'toner' for Jesse" Beca said, trying out the foreign word with a grimace.

"Aubrey wants to apologize" said Chloe.

"Yeah well…" said Beca trailing off.

"She's been really stressed lately; she tends to take it out on people. Just please accept the apology. She doesn't do it often" said Chloe.

"That's for sure" said Aubrey from the doorway. Neither girl had noticed Aubrey open the door a few seconds earlier.

Beca glanced at her, her expression emotionless as she waited for the blonde to say something.

"Look Beca, I am sorry I snapped at you. I didn't realize that you were being honest when you said you didn't like Jesse. I will try to do better in the future" Aubrey said, looking up at the ceiling as if it physically pained her to apologize.

Chloe had already put Beca in a much better mood so as Aubrey apologized Beca laughed.

"Geez Aubrey, that wasn't so hard, was it?" Aubrey glared at her. "Oh fine you're forgiven. Just never use the word toner again. It's ridiculous" said Beca with a smirk. Aubrey smiled and when Chloe gestured for Aubrey to join them on the bed the blonde sat down heavily next to Beca.

"Friends!" squealed Chloe before Aubrey and Chloe wrapped their arms around each other and Beca, leaving the much shorter and smaller brunette in the middle of a cramped hug.

"Oh my god guys seriously? Get off aca-bitches" she said, weaseling her way out of their embrace. She smirked as the two girls stood up as well and grinned at her.

"You love it" said Chloe, before slapping Beca's ass and following Aubrey out of the room.

Well, she certainly loved something, she thought to herself as she watched Chloe leave.

A/N: Okay there's chapter 11! Next chapter should be Christmas Break, Beca will meet the Make A Wish girl and the story continues. I really am sorry about how long this chapter took me to get out.

Also, Chloe's present for Beca is a real bracelet company. Alex and Ani bracelets are really cute and all the description cards from the box were descriptions right on their website! You can find what the charms look like on there if you want I just thought it was something cute since my friends get each other jewelry for birthdays all the time.

I hope you continue to like this story and thank you so much for all of the reviews I appreciate every one! PM or review if you have any questions!

P.S. this is definitely not a Triple Treble story! I just really like them all being friends, and Beca/Chloe being more than friends!