A/N #1: Here's another chapter for you!

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Chapter 14

"Wait," Chloe said, once they were finally free. "Don't kill Amy yet. Let's have some fun messing with her instead."

"Huh?" Beca was confused.

"Everyone is in their rooms, getting ready for bed. Let's just wait until tomorrow morning to get back at her."

"You're evil. I love it," Beca proclaimed. "What did you have in mind?"

"Ok, so here's what we do…"

7:00AM THE NEXT MORNING:

Chloe walked down the stairs to the breakfast table, yawning and stretching her arms, Beca close behind her looking moodier than usual.

On the table, there were stacks of chocolate chip pancakes, mounds of eggs, a tower of French toast and a huge pile bacon, that some of the girls had teamed up to make, not wanting to have cereal for the thousandth time.

"Looks great girls," complimented Aubrey as she entered the kitchen behind Beca and Chloe.

Chloe chimed in her agreement, but Beca just grunted. The Bellas wrote it off as Beca being her usual non-morning-person, grumpy self, but would soon realize there was a bit more going on with the little DJ.

"Hey, has anyone seen Amy?" Chloe asked.

"No, she's probably still sleeping," replied Cynthia Rose.

"She should be up soon though, I'd imagine. Breakfast is ready, so it shouldn't be long now," added Stacie.

As if on cue, Fat Amy could be heard barreling down the stairs. "I smell bacon!" she hollered. "There better be plenty left for me!"

Breakfast was a tense affair. Chloe usually set the tone of the Bellas morning meal that would hold them all over until the evening, providing feel-good news stories that she had gotten in her daily good morning positivity email or interesting and funny facts from her 365 Days of Amazing Trivia Page-A-Day calendar. However, today she was oddly subdued, at least, by Chloe Beale standards. She still participated in conversations, and reacted appropriately, but it seemed a bit too forced, to be genuine.

"Are you ok Chloe?" asked Stacie concernedly, eyes quickly flicking back and forth between the sad ginger and the sulking brunette. "What's wrong? You look like someone kicked your metaphorical puppy."

"Yeah. I'm fine. Just had a bit of a rough night. I think the stress of my classes is starting to get to me," Chloe replied, while Beca just rolled her eyes dramatically.

"Even more reason you should try to go to them today!" encouraged Aubrey, while shooting the tiny girl a glare.

"Ok, well, I guess Beca and I should go get ready if we're going to be heading off to class soon. Thanks for breakfast girls." Chloe said, as she pushed her plate away and stood up from the table. "It tasted great," she added, although neither she nor Beca really ate anything, the latter of the two only drinking half a mug of black coffee.

"Hopefully we won't kill each other," she continued on, a bit more dramatically than probably necessary, but the Bellas still bought it. After all this was very unusual behavior for the usually cheery captain. Even so, the girls were all listening with rapt attention as Chloe went on.

"This whole 'being handcuffed together' is getting really old, really fast," Chloe sighed sadly. "It was funny at first, but this is the 3rd day, and to be honest, I think it's starting to take a toll on our relationship already."

To this, Beca just glared at Chloe and scoffed loudly. "Anybody would be pissed, if they had to be handcuffed to someone like you this long," Beca spat out viciously, gesturing to the handcuffs that they had re-attached to themselves that morning before heading downstairs for breakfast.

"Beca, I'm sorry, I don't know what else to do!" Chloe said dejectedly. "What do you want from me?" she cried.

"To not be stuck with you anymore," came Beca's quick response.

"But that's not my fault! Please, can we not do this here?" Chloe begged.

"Fine. Let's go," Beca acquiesced.

The two girls stood up and quickly exited the kitchen, stomping their way up the staircase to their shared bedroom, leaving 7 stunned Bellas behind. They heard the door slam and some muffled shouts. As the rest of the girls started putting their breakfast dishes away and getting ready to head off to their own various classes and responsibilities, they all wondered the same thing. What the hell had happened last night?

In the bedroom, Beca and Chloe collapsed giggling on the newly joined bed, shocked at how well they had pranked the Bellas. They took some time to get their breathing to even out, and then just relaxed on the soft comforter, curled up next to each other and looking into each other's eyes.

Last night, once they had un-cuffed themselves, they decided to re arrange their room, in part boredom, but also in part to accurately reflect their new relationship status. The biggest, and most obvious change that the girls made was their sleeping situation.

They decided to push Beca's bed up next to the wall in the corner beside the spot where her desk was. Beca had rearranged her mixing equipment and desk space, and Chloe had the bed set at an angle that let now them watch movies on Beca's iMac, almost like a TV.

The girls then took most of Chloe's decorative throws and pillows and used them to line the 2 sides that touched the wall so the bed was more like a futon or couch. It was now just the perfect space for Beca and Chloe to cuddle up with each other, while leaning back on the cushions propped up against the wall for support.

Chloe's bed was then re centered in the room, and the existing table was set on Beca's newly designated side of the bed. The two girls then grabbed the bedside table that was buried under all of Chloe's stuffed animals and put it on Chloe's side. They decided to stop pretending like they didn't prefer to sleep in the same bed and just go for it. As they looked around, they decided that they really liked the results. Beca was even willing to over look the fact that she would most likely be sleeping on light blue sheets with clouds on them, and a soft pink flower covered comforter for the foreseeable future.

They must have dozed off again, because the next time they looked at the clock it was just past 8:30 AM and the house was silent.

"Since everyone is gone, I'm gonna go hop in the shower. I feel super gross," said Chloe. "Wanna join me?"

"I… Err. Um. What? Uh, you see—" Beca stammered, blushing furiously.

"Relax. I'm just joking. Be back in a jiffy," Chloe said, stripping down in front of Beca before walking towards their connected bathroom, gathering her shower supplies along the way.

"Dude! At least take me on a date or something first, before you start sexually assaulting my eyeballs," Beca said, blushing furiously and averting her eyes. They may be together now, but she was still not prepared for 'all of this' as Chloe liked to put it.

"Ok, then, relax. A date is easy to do!" chirped Chloe with a flirty wink thrown over her shoulder, leaving the door wide open.

Beca just stared after her girlfriends retreating figure and shook her head. "You're gonna be the death of me, Beale."

"You love it, don't deny it," Chloe hollered, though her voice was slightly muffled due to the running water from her shower.

"I do love it, I really do," Beca thought to herself, a goofy grin spreading across her face.

After Chloe and Beca were both done in the bathroom, they put on their same outfits that they had worn for the duration of their handcuffed experience. They had thrown them in the wash as they each took their—separate—showers to avoid giving away anything that might tip off someone that they had been un-cuffed for any amount of time.

Originally, they had just tried to find clothes that looked similar enough to what they had been wearing for the past few days that it wouldn't look suspicious. For Beca that was easy. She owned about 4 different red flannels and a dozen solid black tank tops. For Chloe however, it wasn't as easy. Chloe was not known for repeating outfits, or even owning multiple shirts in the same style and color. For the redhead, clothing was a way to express yourself, and by limiting your wardrobe, you limit what you can say. Beca on the other hand, was totally fine with what her wardrobe told people; that she liked what she liked, and fuck you if you don't like it.

"So, are we really going to class today?" Beca asked Chloe as they walked out the door, noticing Chloe's distinct lack of a backpack.

"Nope! We're going on an adventure!" was the reply.

It was a testament to how much Beca trusted Chloe that she didn't even question it. Chloe led Beca over to her car and opened the passenger seat car door for her.

"After you, Madame," she said with a giggle.

"Why, thank you, milady," Beca replied with a formal hand salute.

The girls ended up pulling into a parking spot right outside of Stanley's.

"Wait here, I'll only be a second," Chloe commanded, as she slammed the door and ran inside the building.

True to her word, Chloe returned 2 minutes later with a large bag and 2 cups of coffee.

"Okay, done!"

"This was our adventure?" Beca asked skeptically, "Driving 4 blocks to Stanley's to pick up a bag?"

"No silly, it's breakfast and snack foods! We need to have energy for today's activities, and neither of us ate much at breakfast since we were pretending to be mad at each other," Chloe explained, pulling out a pastry and nibbling it as she started the car.

"I'm so glad we never actually have fought like that," Beca said. "I think we scared the Bellas."

"Good. Let them be scared for a bit," Chloe said.

"I can't wait to finish out our prank on them tonight," Beca said. "But I'll actually kind of miss being cuffed to you. It was kinda fun."

"I'll miss it too. It was kind of fun to be connected to you like that. But oh man. It's so nice to be able to use both of my hands!" Chloe exclaimed, as she drove them to another unknown destination.

"Tell me about it," Beca said, as she looked at her recently emancipated left hand, as she ate her raspberry jam filled strudel slice.

"You still have the cuffs though, right? In case we see someone?"

"Cuffs? Baby, where we're going, we don't need cuffs," Chloe said mysteriously. "But yes, I do. They're in my purse."

Beca laughed and said, "I hope we're going somewhere fun!"

"Oh we will. Why would I take you somewhere boring on our first date?" Chloe teased.

"A date?" Beca said, suddenly nervous, for some unknown reason. To cover, she took a big sip of coffee and almost burnt her mouth.

"Yes, a date. That's something people who are dating, usually go on," Chloe teased.

"Oh. Wow," said Beca, wincing slightly at the sting in her throat. She felt totally un-prepared for what all apparently came with being the girlfriend of the bubbly ginger that was currently bouncing up and down in her seat at a red light.

Beca, up until now, had experienced the grand total of ONE relationship, which lasted for a whole whopping total of 45 minutes. It was the duration of recess, and it was when Beca was 4 years old. So, forgive her, if she didn't exactly know how this whole 'dating thing worked.

"Need I remind you that you're the one who asked for it in the first place?" Chloe teased.

"I what now?" Beca was confused.

"You said this morning, and I quote 'At least take me on a date or something first, before you start sexually assaulting my eyeballs', Chloe said, repeating what Beca had requested earlier that morning.

Huh. So she had. Beca still wasn't entirely on board yet. "So, what do I have to do? I don't know how this whole 'girlfriends' thing is supposed to go."

Chloe just stared at her.

"I'm sorry! I'm new to all of this! Be patient with me," Beca said, her voice going unnaturally high towards the end. There was a burning sensation behind her eyes, but Beca refused to blink, for fear of what might come out of them. Really, relationships shouldn't be this difficult.

Sensing there was a bit more to the problem than just being surprised to go on the date, Chloe pulled over on a side street and looked at Beca who was sitting in the passenger seat and staring determinedly at the ceiling.

"Beca baby, what's wrong?" Chloe asked. "Do you not want to go? I thought I'd surprise you for our first official date, but if this is upsetting to you, we don't have to."

'God, what in the world did I do, to deserve such a wonderful girlfriend?' Beca thought to herself. Clearing her throat, she looked at Chloe. "I guess I'm worried that you'll realize I'm too much to handle and I know you said you wouldn't leave, but I just can't believe it."

"Beca, we've been friends for ages. Don't you think, that if I thought you were too much to handle, I would have already left by now? If I didn't want to handle everything that you are, I wouldn't have become friends with you, and I definitely wouldn't be dating you. I've seen the best and worst parts of you, and I love you just the same. How many times do I have to tell you? You're worth it. I want you. You're mine," Chloe comforted.

Chloe's calming words mixed with some pretty declarative kisses made Beca confident enough that she turned to the ginger and said, "So, about that date."

"Our destination is only 2 miles away from campus, so we're almost there! Close your eyes," said Chloe. "I want it to be a surprise."

Beca hated surprises with a passion, but found herself getting excited just from Chloe's excitement and closed her eyes anyway.

"Oh good," Beca heard Chloe said, as she felt the car come to a stop. "We're right on schedule."

Beca snuck a glance at her watch that read 9:25AM. Wondering where they could be going this early on in the day, Beca asked, "Can I open my eyes now?"

"Just a sec." Chloe opened and shut her car door and ran around to open Beca's door. "Keep them closed for just a bit more," she requested.

Helping Beca out of the car, Chloe used her hands to place Beca's hands over the shorter girls' still closed eyes to ensure she wasn't peeking. "Okay, you can open them!" Chloe proclaimed dramatically, flinging their hands away from Beca's face. Once Beca's eyes adjusted to the sudden burst of sunlight, she let out a loud whoop of excitement. Turning to Chloe, she gave her a big hug and an excited kiss on the lips in thanks.

The two girls were still standing next to their car, but could see in front of them, a large wooden entrance surrounded by plants with a long green oval sign that said ZOO ATLANTA in big white capital letters.

"OH MY GOD! Yes!" Beca squealed, in a totally non-badass way. "I love the zoo! I haven't been here in AGES."

"Zoo Atlanta, located in Grant Park, was opened in 1889, and is currently home to 1,500 animals belonging to 220 different species," Chloe read from her phone. "Look, Becs, isn't he so cute!" she added, showing Beca a picture of a baby tiger cub.

"Skipping class to go look at a bunch of cute animals is the best idea ever Beale," Beca said, looking at her girlfriend fondly.

"Well, you did say you loved animals, and that they made you happy. I figured since we went to one of my happy places, we should go to one of yours too!"

"Aww. Really? You're the best girlfriend ever," proclaimed Beca.

"I love you," Chloe said softly, even though they were alone in the parking lot.

"I love you too," Beca answered. "Thank you for bringing me here."

"Anytime, love. Now, lets go look at some animals!" Chloe cheered.

Beca and Chloe both got out their Barden University ID's so they could purchase their tickets with the student discount. Chloe couldn't stop herself from giggling at the photo on Beca's card. It looked like the girl was in mid sentence, and a bit peeved at the photographer. "It's not my fault he's incompetent," Beca defended.

"Whatever. Do you want to grab a map and plan out our day, or just go wherever we end up?" Chloe asked.

Beca, trying to be more spontaneous, but still wanting some control, suggested a compromise. "Well, since the zoo is shaped in a circle, how about we just follow the circle, but skip what we don't want to see?"

"Good idea Becs! I don't really want to go to the World of Reptiles, but I'm fine with everything else!"

"I'm cool with pretty much anything but I don't really want to go to the Kids Zone or the Petting Zoo," Beca said, shuddering at the thought of being surrounded by a bunch of children.

"Sounds fair. I can skip the Petting Zoo this time. It's mostly goats and sheep and both the animals and the kids trying to feed and pet them can be kinda rude. We can save the Kids Zone for when we come back with our own kids," Chloe said, not really thinking about the implications behind it.

Beca however, did catch the implications, but found herself saying, "Our kids won't be little shitheads, so we'll be fine," anyways.

Still thinking about the possible future mini Chloe's and mini Beca's that could be running around in a few years time, the two decided to start the zoo at the end, and, after a quick stop at Flamingo Plaza, they headed towards the African Plains. Chloe wanted to be different, and Beca just wanted to avoid being around the small amount of families who were also enjoying the zoo with their small children. By going backwards, they would essentially be by themselves until about the halfway point. Then, when they were ready to leave, they could just bypass the entire section of the zoo they didn't wish to explore (the Kids Zone).

The girls made their way past the elephants, black rhinos, lions, zebras and giraffes. They saw the Gorilla Conservation Center, and also the lemurs and monkeys. Beca and Chloe had just made it through the otter and orangutan exhibits when Beca lost her shit.

They had a red panda at Zoo Atlanta.

A/N #2: Thanks to HeMolover, Electronis Zappa, jumpinclown16 and the guest for the reviews! Also, thanks and welcome to my new followers!