Woah.
I sat there, with wide eyes and slacked jaw as I saw Tom storm out of the diner with the most upset expression plastered on his face. I looked around and saw a lot of people staring at us, and staring at the entrance where Tom just exited. But what really took me deep rooted on my seat was the fact that Chloe was still clinging on me, by my arm.
I turned to look at her and she sighed of relief then slowly uncoils her arm from mine. Now it was my time to sigh in relief.
I followed her with my stare as she stood up and sat down on the other side of the booth. She looked at me with an apologetic look on her face.
"I'm so sorry Becs." She said as she looks down on the table, feeling embarrassed.
I said nothing.
I was still in the progress of letting what happened seconds ago sink in to my head.
Chloe introduced me to her boyfriend as her 'girlfriend'…
She did that so Tom would get off her back right?...
That doesn't mean anything…right?...
But…
My attention went back to Chloe as I just heard her speak up. I was pulled out from my reverie because I felt her warm hand on top of my arm again. I looked at her in her eyes, and she was looking at mine.
"…I'm so sorry Becs." She repeated.
"Wh-what was that all about, Chloe?" I asked softly, uncertain of the way I'm feeling right now. What she said to Tom, and to the way she acted towards me like we're a fucking couple got me a bit dizzy. Chloe retracted her arm and clasped her fingers together as she lets out a long sigh. "I do have the right to know the reason behind why you did that…right?" I asked again, a little bit hesitant. She nodded quietly.
"Ok, let me explain…" she started. "So you know Tom. The guy you saw in the shower when I barged in yours, right?"
I can't help but blush at the moment. That scenario going through my head all over again still got me embarrassed, and it reminded me of Chloe's naked body. Snap out of it, Mitchell…you're in a serious situation right now.
I nodded slowly, while still looking at Chloe. She licked her lips then continued on. "Back at the initiation night…he…he wanted to have sex with me. And I told him no. So he stormed off…we were separated for like 30 minutes and then I saw him making out with another girl."
What a dickhead.
"I walked towards him, and told him that…I've had enough of his ways of being such a douche bag and a bad boyfriend so I broke up with him. He got angry and…he told me that I'm worthless, and I'm not that special…and…"
This time, I reached out my hand to touch her arm, and softly rub my thumb over her skin. I gave her a sympathetic look. I felt that she was a bit shaking, so I felt bold again and moved my hand to hold her hand. I squeezed it gently, and it seemed to do the trick and I was able to calm her a little.
"The reason why I pretended you being my girlfriend is because I need him to stop bothering me again in getting back together. I – I just can't let him get back on my life again. And the solution was…to let him know that I'm already taken…but I'm just so sorry about involving you with my mess….I-"
"Chloe." I said, cutting her off in her ramblings. She bits her lower lip as she was in the verge of crying.
"It's ok. Tom's an asshole, and he didn't deserve you. Hell, if I was your real girlfriend…I wouldn't do those things to you. Like ever." I said with a gentle smile on my face. "Plus I would have punched him straight on his face that would cause to break his nose." I saw Chloe blushed at the statement, but nevertheless she was smiling…which is important. "Just remember…I will ALWAYS protect you. I'm right here beside you whenever you need me…alright?" I added with a little squeeze of her hand, and she squeezed back.
"Thanks Bec." Was all she was able to say. "This 'fake' girlfriend thing will be just for a couple of weeks…just until Tom stop bothering me…I hope you understand, and I hope it's fine with you."
I smiled. "But I do have one question…" I said, and she nodded. "Do we have to act like a couple when he's only around or do we have to act always like a couple?"
Chloe looked away for a second, hoping to find the answer to where she's looking at, before staring back to my eyes. "I don't really know…but just don't tell anyone in the Bellas, alright?"
"Even Aubrey?"
"Yes."
Ok, so…I think I got a little bit of a privileged. I can enjoy being her fake girlfriend, at the same time keeping big bad Tom away from her. Two birds in one stone. I like it.
I smiled at her…and she blushed again. I didn't really know why but I sensed that that blush means something else…though I don't want to get ahead of myself. I'm still her secret bodyguard. I'm still under a rule that my father always reminds us.
I CAN'T HELP IT THOUGH!
Either way, I am falling for her…although there is no way she will know that.
I leaned back to my side of the booth and chuckled. "I can't believe what I saw earlier." I blurted out just to change the tension in the air and to actually have something to talk about. Chloe tilted her head sideways and narrowed her eyes.
"What?"
"Stacie and Aubrey."
"Oh…" Chloe said in realization then smirked. "Yeah…something's going on between them. I can feel it."
And so we moved on to another topic…
It was almost 6:30 by the time we arrived at the street of Chloe and Aubrey's apartment. Chloe and I walked silently from the diner. It was just comfortable silence; after all we did talk about so many things back at the diner. The most part of me being silent is because my mind was still hung up on the thought that I'm going to be Chloe's fake girlfriend.
Meaning we'll be cuddling…
Meaning we'll be holding each other's hands…
And even if all of those are only fake…I can smile inwardly and think that what we have is real. I blushed.
We were crossing the street and I looked at our sideways to see any cars that's gonna pass by. My eyes went wide when there's a car, zooming our way. I glanced at Chloe who was walking in front of me and wasn't noticing the car approaching.
It was a good thing that my reflexes were fast enough to push Chloe towards the side walk so she wouldn't get hit by the car. I hugged her and turn our bodies so she wouldn't fall on the floor. I was lying on my back and she was on top of me. I coughed a bit, because I fell on the floor…plus Chloe's weight that added the gravitational pull on the floor and caused the impact to be hard. She propped herself on her arms to look at me and her eyes got wide.
"Oh my gosh, Becs! What happened? Are you alright?" she asked worriedly, cupping my face.
She actually didn't have any idea that she was about to get hit by a car.
"I'm…" I coughed again. "…I'm good. My head's just a bit…ugh."
Chloe pulled me by my shoulder to sit me up straight. "What happened? Why did you push me all of a sudden?"
I looked at her with a pained expression, but a worried look in my eyes as I was rubbing the back of my head. "Y-you were almost hit by a car."
"Shit! I am so sorry, I wasn't paying attention at all…"
Jeez, this lady is so careless.
"You should be…especially at roads, Chlo." I said with a serious look.
"I'm so sorry, Becs. Let's go to our apartment, so I can treat your head better. C'mon."
She helped me to stand up. She held me by my waist, that made me tensed a bit, but relaxed afterwards.
We arrived in their apartment. Chloe knocked on the door and waited until Aubrey opens the door.
"Chlo!"
"Aubrey, please get me some hot water and a clean towel and some headache pills." Chloe said as she gently pulled me towards inside. I saw Aubrey knitted her eyebrows, but did everything Chloe told her to do. Chloe led me into the living room and gently let me sit down on the couch. She kneeled in front of me and grabbed my face to look at her. I looked at her and she was looking straight to my eyes.
"Follow the light Becs." She instructed as she took out a penlight and lighted it up. She was moving the penlight in front of my face and I followed it with my eyes.
"Your good. Now just rest for a bit, before I let you go home." She said as she clicks the penlight off.
I silently nodded.
Doctor Chloe looks so hot.
Oh my god, Beca…stop being such a perverted patient.
I clamped my lips so I would control the smile that's threatening to show. Unfortunately Chloe noticed it and sat beside me.
"What are you smiling about?" she said with a smirk.
"Nothing." I lightly shake my head.
A few seconds later, Aubrey came in walking with a basin with hot water and a clean towel in it and she went back to the kitchen to retrieve the pills and a glass of water.
"What happened to her?" the blonde asked, surprisingly worried about me.
"I was almost got hit by a car because of my unawareness while crossing the street and she pushed me out of the way but she landed on the floor instead of me." Chloe explained.
"Gosh, Chlo…how many times do I have to tell you to pay attention to your surroundings especially while crossing the street?" Aubrey scolded Chloe as she rubbed her temples a bit. "Good thing Beca was there. Thanks Beca." Aubrey said to me. I just smiled shyly and nodded in recognition.
"I'm so sorry again, Becs." Chloe said as she put a hand on my back that caused butterflies on my stomach to erupt. Then she took the towel in the basin and squeezed it to make it damp and dry enough then put it on the back of my head where the pain is. It felt so good.
I closed my eyes to relax myself a bit.
"Feeling better?" Chloe asked, and see her smile even if I have my eyes closed.
"Mmhm." I hummed in confirmation. I raised my hand to hold the towel in place and I felt her hand. "Oops…sorry." I apologized for holding her hand and she just giggled.
"It's okay Becs." She said as she retracts her hand from my head.
"Uhm…can-can I lean back for a bit?"
"Sure." She answered with a smile.
I leaned back and I didn't notice the sleep overtaking my body.
I snapped my eyes open as I heard my phone ringing. I quickly patted my pockets to search my phone then took it out. It was Luke. I swiped my thumb over it and put it on my ear.
"Luke."
"Hey, Sleeping Beauty. Head for the radio station…you have your shift today."
"Right. I'm just gonna head to my dorm to change, will that be alright?"
"Yeah sure. I'm gonna give you an hour." He said with a chuckle.
I rolled my eyes. "Fine."
"And you have some explaining to do, concerning your relationship with Chloe."
I tensed up a bit. Oh boy.
"Sure." I answered back then hang up. I stood up and as I turned around, I saw a newly awakened Chloe, who has the most graceful bed-hair I've ever seen as she was rubbing her eyes. How is that even possible? Everytime I have bed hair I look like a girl who got passed by a tornado.
I smiled at her.
"Good morning, Red." I said and I swear, I saw that bright smile and slight blush on her face.
"Mmhey…" she murmured. "A-are you going?" she asked with a tone of a sad little girl gonna be left behind. I chuckled.
"Actually yeah. I just got a call from my boss at the radio station, saying I have my shift for today. So yeah." I answered.
"You're not gonna take some breakfast?" she asked worriedly.
"Oh, no. Don't worry about it. I'm just gonna get some on my way to the radio station." I said. Chloe walked towards me and so now we were close to each other. She suddenly raised her hand and put it on the back of my head, stroking my hair. My heart stopped for a second at the close proximity.
"How's your head?" she asked. Butterflies all in my stomach, erupting at the worry tone in her voice.
"Oh, yeah…it feels much better now. Thanks for taking care of me last night." I said gladly.
"Thanks for saving my life. I owe you a big one." She shrugged as she puts her hand down.
"I did say I'll protect you no matter what, right?" I smirked and she laughed.
All so suddenly, I felt arms wrapped around my neck and I was being pulled towards her. In short, she's hugging me. I slowly raised both of my hands on her back and rub it gently.
"Thanks a lot Becs…and thank you for doing so much for me. You're such a life saver." She murmured as she buries her face on the crook of my neck. Her scent of lavender is so intoxicating. At this point of time, I felt my cheeks getting hotter and getting pinker than ever. This was the closest our bodies have been ever since. And gosh, I could do this all day…please let me stay like this.
She pulled back with a sniff, and she wiped a stray tear from her cheek. I tilted my head to look her in the eye and smiled. Again, I don't know where my boldness and confidence are coming from…but I just couldn't help it. I cupped her face with my left hand, and rubbed softly her cheek with my thumb.
"You can always count on me, Chlo. Always." I said softly. I stared at her in her eyes, and she stared back at mine. We were just looking at each other for like 30 seconds, I don't know. And for a second, I glanced down on her lips then back to her eyes…and I noticed that she did the same. I put down my hand and just smiled as she looked away, with a slight blush on her face.
She's blushing more often now…
"Well, I better get going now…or my boss will kill me." I chuckled and she just smiled back. I started to walk towards the door and she followed suit. I opened the door and stepped out, then turned around a bit to look back at Chloe.
"Bye Becs." Says Chloe while leaning on the doorframe.
I smiled at her. "I'll see you around."
"Alright. Explain yourself." Luke said seriously with his arms crossed over his chest, looking intently at me. We were talking inside the booth and he was standing while leaning on his desk while I'm sitting on his swivel chair.
I looked at him and huffed out an air.
"Okay…" I began, and so I told him from "Tom" to "Chloe" to "Me and Chloe".
"So what you're saying is…you'll be her fake girlfriend until this Tom Hamilton gets off her back in bugging her to get back together with him?"
"Yes." I simply said with a single nod.
Luke became quiet for a minute, jutting his lip sideways, thinking hard on the situation I'm in.
"I-I think, this can really help us though, y'know?" I started to explain. "I mean, if I'm always with Chloe, and something happens I can protect her. If worse comes to worse, you guys can just go wherever we are. Right?" I added.
"Yeah…you have a point. But it violates to Director Mitchell's rule." Luke reasoned. I rolled my eyes.
"Oh come on, Luke. I am a 'FAKE' girlfriend so clearly there is no violation in any rule." I said. "Plus, who said my dad needs to know? We have our own ways in protecting Chloe. He himself told us to keep her safe no matter what."
Luke sighed then nodded eventually. "Alright fine."
"And please, keep this between us." I reminded.
"Agreed."
"Alright. Well then I better do some cd stacking now." I said with a small smile and Luke just nodded with a small smile of his own.
A/N: Wassuppp?! Lol. I am so sorry guys for not updating for like a week or 2 weeks? Haha. College is a LOT bitchier than I thought it was. I am filled with homeworks and projects and trying to slip to write this story is kinda hard. I was just glad that I have my free time and my mind's clear to finish this chapter. Writer's block is also the worst and frustrating, I tell you.
Moving on, thanks for all the good reviews I got from the last chapter! Thanks also for the followers, and the favorites!
If you guys have ANY comments or suggestions, leave it on a review, alright? And I'll try my hardest to write faster and to update every week…please bear with me, my dear people. Kisses!
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