Chapter 11
AN: I know it's been a while but I've been quite busy with my exams, which are still ongoing, but I thought I'll just do this chapter and then work on the rest after all of my exams.
Chloe's POV
After helping Beca get through that sentimental moment, I decided to cook something, so I head downstairs and soon decide to make homemade pizza.
"If you're making that then I'm not having it" Beca says with a smirk, as she enters the kitchen.
"Make your own damn food then" I roll my eyes as I place the pizza pan in the oven and walk over to the sink to wash my hands which are covered in flour "But don't come crying to me when you're starving because there's literally nothing left to eat"I add while washing the hand wash off.
Suddenly I feel her pressed against my back and her breath on my neck. I just had to have my hair in a ponytail right now. I mentally curse myself for giving her more access to my skin.
"There's actually a lot to eat" She says in a low, seductive voice that sends a sensation down my spine.
"Get away from me, you perv!" I say as I quickly turn out and push her back with my hands and chuckle as she makes a face because I soaked her shirt with soap.
"What a put off" she says while rolling her eyes and walking to a kitchen stool and I join her but sit a couple seats away.
Beca's POV
As we sit patiently for the pizza to bake, I hear a giggle and look up from my phone and see Chloe engrossed in her phone and giggling away.
What could she be possible giggling at? Or who? That somehow causes me to feel uneasy and kind of annoyed that she isn't giggling because of me.
I get out of my seat and slowly walk behind her to see who she's texting.
'Bae' with 3 heart emojis.
Wow... I roll my eyes at that. Sappy bullshit.
I tried reading their conversation but I started feeling sick with the cheesy lines he or she were using on her. Funnily enough she seemed to be smitten by it as well.
I decide that I can't take this anymore so I snatch her phone and her head whips to look at me.
"Oh! Would you look at that ladies and gentlemen... Chloe here has a 'Bae' who uses cheap ass lines to win her over" I say in a mocking voice as I run around the kitchen trying to read her conversation with this 'Bae', with her running after me.
"Give it back! Beca! Stop it!" She says trying to grab it off me but I keep moving it out of her reach.
"On a scale of 1 to 10: You're a 9 and I'm the 1 you need" I read through one of the texts the person sent and burst out laughing while Chloe tackles me and I fall straight on the floor with her straddling me still trying to take it off me but I hold it above my head with one hand and try holding her down with the other.
Eventually, she stopped squirming under my grasp and leaned down a bit and I looked at her and noticed she was too close now. I look into her bright blue eyes and see that they're staring right into mine also and leans in even more, I glance down to her luscious lips and I lick my lips as I close my eyes when I feel her breath on my lips.
I start to lean in more to close the distance but I feel nothing but more unwelcoming air as I realise that she snatched her phone out of my grasp and is standing above me at my feet. I still lay there thinking about kissing her and how good it'll feel to finally feel those lips on mine.
"Wow... To shut you up, I just need to pretend to kiss you?" She says with a smirk and I lean forward with the support of my elbows. "I wonder what would happen if I actually did kiss you." She says in a softer voice but the smirk is still visible.
"Fuck you" I mutter then stand up and hear the ding from the oven, informing us that the pizza is ready.
"You wish, babe" she winks at me then walks over the oven with mitts on and bends down slowly and I know she's putting on a show to tease me.
I was about to make a snarky comment on her ass but then my phone starts ringing. I walk over to the counter and pick it up.
"Hello?" I answer in a confused tone as I don't recognise the number.
"Hey, beca!" I hear my cousin shouting through the phone and making my ear hurt.
"Aubery! I can hear you for fuck's sake. Don't shout" I mumble and turn to see Chloe setting the kitchen table with plates, glasses and cutlery.
"Okay, Jesus! What got into your pants?" She chuckled and I rolled my eyes.
"What do you want?" I ask, already annoyed by her.
"Well... You'll be pleased to hear that I get off work for a whole week and I've decided to visit you in a couple of days because I know you miss your favourite cousin" she says with a giggle.
"Ugh, shut up! And I'm not home yet but I'll be there before you come." I reply with a sigh and showing no enthusiasm even though I was kind of excited that I'll have company for a few days in that lonely house.
"Wait, where are you?"
"I'm at Jesse's grandmother's house"
"Jesse? Oh! That weird friend of yours" she laughs and I scoff at that.
"He's not weird. Although, I have to admit his family is." I glance over to the table and see Chloe sitting there watching me with a smirk. She gestures to the pizza in our plates and I glare at her.
"Hey, I have to go. I'll see you in a couple of days. Bye" I hang up and take my seat across her and she waits till I take the first bite. I watch her skeptically and then hold the pizza up and observe it.
"It's not poisoned" she laughs and then takes a bite out of her slice to make a point.
"I never know with you. You could kill me and nobody would ever know because of your innocent exterior" I remark and then take another bite because it tastes amazing. Though, I wouldn't ever admit it to her.
"Haha. Funny." her tone carrying nothing but sarcasm.
"You know what's funny? The cheesy lines you're clearly smitten by" I smirk at her and her cheeks go red. Is she blushing?
"Whoever that person is, clearly has no game" I say with another mouthful of pizza and she looks up at me with a disgusted look as I chew with my mouth open deliberately.
"What, and you do?" She asks with an eyebrow raised.
"Yes, I do actually." I grin proudly.
"Okay... Let's see your game" she smirks at me.
"Now?" I ask with my eyebrows raised.
"No, when we're in our 50's" she says while rolling her eyes.
"Okay, sassy pants!" I chuckle. "If girls were boogers, I'd pick you first" I wink at her and she just bursts out laughing.
"Wow! Yeah, that's so impressive, Beca. Like I just want to fuck you right now" she exaggerates sarcastically whilst still laughing.
"Ah well. Works on most girls" I say with a smirk.
"Please tell me you've never used that on someone before." She says with a serious face now.
"Hey! It's like a cheat code" I say and she bursts out laughing and I join in because it's quite contagious.
"So, who were you on the phone to?" She asks me after our laughter dies down. "Is it one of those poor girls that you claim fall for those horrible pick-up lines?" She giggles.
"No, actually it was my cousin who is going to be staying with me for a few days."
"Aww, poor her" she says playfully and I glare at her.
"She's a pain in the ass." I say with a sigh "Like you." I grin at her.
She scoffs then throws a used napkin at me which I catch and smirk at her.
"To be honest, I'm glad she is. I usually feel quite lonely when I'm home. That's why I'm always at Jesse's" I say with a small smile and look down at my plate.
"Well you should've told me that. I would've been at your house everyday." She says with a grin and I can tell she's trying to make light of the conversation.
"See, that's exactly what I don't want" I grin back at her with a wink.
"You're delusional then, babe." She says and gets up to take her plate and glass to the sink and I follow her doing the same.
"I'll wash the dishes." I offer as she cooked I thought I should be helpful.
"I thought you'd never ask." She chuckles then moves back to give me space and I start washing the dishes.
"Seriously though, who is this 'bae' that you've been texting?" I ask as I'm still curious.
"Why? Are you jealous?" She asks with a smirk and leans against the counter beside the sink so I could see her properly.
"No, just curious" I scoff at her.
"Well, if you must know then I am in a relationship" She says with a happy sigh.
"Oh" I say. It kind of hurt to see that she's happy about being with someone.
"Oh?" She questions with her eyebrows raised.
"Yeah, I mean that's great" I faced her with a fake smile "not for them though" I smirked at her. "I feel quite bad for this person."
"This person is called Tom and you shouldn't because he loves me" I smirked at her.
"Do you?" I asked, halting my work and facing her with my eyebrows raised.
"Do I what?" She asked with confusion.
"Do you love him?" I asked again but with a frown.
"I was kidding. We're not at that stage yet" she chuckled but looked uneasy.
"So you don't?" I asked with a challenging tone.
"Why are you concerned?" She asked moving off the counter and walking to the door.
"I was just wondering. You seem quite settled." I say nonchalantly and continue washing the dishes.
"Settled?" She asks with a chuckle.
"Yeah, you know the people who don't fuck around with others. You get me?" I ask while drying my hands with a towel and walking towards her.
"Like you?" She asks with a smirk.
I realised that we keep teasing each other more that we're alone.
"Well, I wouldn't say that I'm a fuck about but yeah, I wouldn't like to settle unless I'm like a thousand percent sure." I say walking past her and she follows behind me.
"So are you 'a thousand percent sure' about this Stacie" she asks and I sense uncertainty in her voice.
"Why are you concerned" I repeat her words.
"I was just wondering. You don't seem like the type to settle down" she says with a shrug then heads upstairs with me following her this time. We both go in her room as I feel like this conversation isn't over yet.
"Stacie and I are getting there I suppose. Like it's only been a few weeks" I say while lying on her bed with my legs dangling at the edge and she joins me on my right side.
"Right, so on a scale of one to ten how would you say you feel about her?" She asks me and I smirk and reply "9 because I'm the 1 she needs." She hits me with a pillow but we both laugh at that.
"What about you, how long have you been talking to lover boy?" I ask her with a grin that subconsciously formed on my lips.
"Tom. And a year" she says and bites her lip.
"Woah! That's long and you say that you're not at the love stage yet" I chuckle at that.
"Have you never been in a relationship that long?" She asks and I go through memory lane and remember that I haven't.
"The longest relationship that I've been in was when I was 15 and that was for 6 months." I say with chuckle at the memory.
"Wow, my longest was when I was 17 and I dated him for 2 years but we broke up because he left the state" she said with a sigh.
"So you've only dated men?" I asked her out of curiosity. I turned to face her with my elbow propped so I can lean on my hand and she done the same to face me.
"I have had experience with women." She smirks while saying that "but real relationships I have only had with men." She says with a nod.
"Just because you checked out a girl once, doesn't mean you've had experience" I tease her and laugh as she gasps at that then hits me with the pillow again.
"I've had plenty of sex with girls in college, okay?" She asks rolling her eyes.
"How many are we talking?" I ask with a smirk.
"How many have you slept with? And have you ever been with a guy?" She asks me and cocks her eyebrow.
"I mean I can't even count the ones I've slept with in the past" I say with a grin "and no I haven't ever been with a guy. I realised I was into girls when I was 12 so yeah."
"So you're like a fuckboy then?" She asked me with a disgusted look.
"Fuckgirl" I corrected her. "Well, I don't know. I used to fuck around before Stacie but I think we could have potential relationship, if she wants that is."
"I'm sure she will" Chloe says with a genuine smile which I return.
We stay in the position for what feels like hours. Her eyes are the most beautiful eyes that I've seen and I feel like telling her that. I feel like caressing her skin and I feel like kissing those lips that look so inviting right now. But I can't. I sit up on the bed to get ready to go to Rose's room to sleep.
"I should go to bed now." I say looking at the floor then standing up.
I didn't even realise her sitting up and just as I was about to walk to the door I feel her grabbing my hand and pulling me down. I land on top of her and she lays back down and I see her looking at me with such admiration. I look into those beautiful, intriguing eyes again and the same thoughts come back. I gulp as I lower my gaze to her lips which she just licked. She leans in a bit and waits for me to reciprocate.
Shit! I really want to. But there's a lot of consequences to it too. Jesse. Stacie.
Fuck it. Life's too short to live with regrets.
With that thought, I leaned down and gently caressed her cheek with my thumb. I slowly leaned in more and felt her breath on my lips again and this time I actually kissed her. In a very gentle manner and she responded with the same amount of care. I felt butterflies in my stomach fluttering, even more when she deepened it. This so wrong...but feels so right.
AN: DAMN! That was long lol. Let me know what you guys thought. Sorry if there are any mistakes. Thanks x
