Chapter 21

The dinner goes great and everyone is having a lot of fun. The Beales leave the girls and Jesse and go on their two day outing, leaving Chloe behind. The deal they made was that the next day Chloe would stay at Jesse's house. Now the girls are left to have fun.

Becca's POV

"I'll connect the laptop to the TV so we can do some karaoke." I take Chloe's laptop and place it next to the TV. I connect the with a cable and everything seems to work. "Thank you, who wants to start?" Chloe looks around the room. "Maybe you should start? It's your birthday after all." I stick my tongue out when she gives me a look. "Fine, I'll start." She sighs deeply. It also rewards me a punch in my arm.

We sing for about an hour and Jesse gives me a sign to meet him at the door. "I'm going to leave, mom and dad are waiting for me." I nod. "Were you going to leave without saying goodbye?" Aubrey and Chloe appear in the door opening. "Of course not, I wouldn't dare." He flashes them a smile. He then looks directly at Aubrey. "I'll text you later?" He has some hope in his eyes. "Sounds great." With a wave of his hand he disappears into the night. "What was that about." Chloe gives Aubrey a funny look. "He asked me out." Chloe squeals and I pump my fist. "Took him long enough." Now it's Aubrey giving us a look. "You knew?" We both grin at her. "It was obvious Bree." I'm really trying to hold back a chuckle. "I thought you knew." Aubrey rolls her eyes. "You're lucky you're my best friend." I see the girls hug it out, it's a nice thing to see.

20 minutes later we're all set up and decided on playing truth or dare. We had a few crazy rounds and I found out that Fat Amy is actually Fat Patricia, Aubrey wants to start her own business, Lilly at her twin in the womb or something like that. Stacie got asked for a modeling job when she finished school. Chloe was the only one that had to do a dare because she refused to answer a bit more sexually tinted question coming from Stacie."Alright shawshank, it's your turn." Fat Amy points at me. "If you could have one person here with you right now who would it be? Or I dare you to eat a raw egg." I smile at the suggestions. "That's easy, I'd want my mom here." I don't even think of the answer. I look up and see Chloe look at me. "I'm fine Chloe." I quickly tell her because I know that look in her eyes. The look that people have when they think I'm about to break. "What did happen to her?" Fat Amy asks me not noticing the looks between Chloe and I. "She, she uhm…" I flip my hand through my hair. "She passed away." Chloe takes my hand but I pull away. "I'm sorry, I need some air." I get up and walk to the garden.

It doesn't take Chloe long to follow me there. "Are you alright?" She comes and stands next to me. "Yeah, I just don't like to talk about it." We stand there for a few minutes. "Becca? You can always talk to me, only if you want to of course." I turn so that I face her completely. "I know, but I need time." I take her hands into mine. I cringe a bit when I feel a sharp pain go through my hand. "Are you alright?" Chloe looks really concerned. "Yes, just a wrong movement." I try to laugh it off but Chloe doesn't take it. "Let's go back inside, everyone is waiting."

Chloe's POV

Something feels off when Becca rushes back inside. I don't like it when she pretends that everything is fine when it clearly is not. I really care about her and I want to show her how much. She's always taking care of me, protecting me and making sure I'm happy. I want to do things differently, it's time I step up my game and be the girlfriend she deserves.

Around midnight we decide to go to sleep. We're all one next to the other on the floor in our sleeping bags. Our order of laying there goes a bit like this:

Left to right: Stacie – Flo – Cynthia-Rose – Lilly – Fat Amy – Ashley – Jessica – Aubrey – Becca – Chloe

We all talk for a while until we all fall asleep one by one. I'm the last person still awake and I can't seem to fall asleep. I feel Becca stir next to me and it looks like she's having another nightmare, this girl really can't catch a break. I wake her up before she gets to a bad part in her dream. "What's going? Are you ok?" The brunette sits up and I follow her lead. "Everything is fine, you were having a bad dream again." She puts her head in her hands. "I'm sorry for waking you." She whispers. "You didn't, I couldn't sleep." She looks at me with a shocked expression. "Is it because of what happened today?" I shake my head. "No, it's not that." She seems to relax a bit. "Let's go upstairs so we can talk without waking anyone up." I push myself up and offer Becca a hand which she accepts. We go up to my room and I close the door. When I turn around I see Becca standing there awkwardly. "Do you want to cuddle?" I ask her while pointing at the bed. She nods and we position us so that I'm wrapped in Becca's arms. I trace my fingers over her abs which makes her giggle. "Ticklish?" I ask her. "Me? Badass Mitchell, ticklish? Never." She laughs. She takes my hand in process, it's the hand that got hurt. "What are you doing around Christmas?" I play with her fingers. "Where is this coming from?" I look up at her. "Well, it's almost December and the holidays are coming up, I wanted to know if you had any plans?" I focus on her steady heartbeat. "We were talking about going skiing, Jesse and his parents have been planning this trip for ages so they're going to go. I'm going to stay here and get a head start on assignments." She says it like it's not a big deal. "You're going to be alone on Christmas?" I let go of her hand and sit up to look her in the eyes. "And New Years, but it's not a big deal." She smiles and opens her arms and want we to cuddle up again but I stay where I am. "You can't be alone on Christmas or New Year for that matter." She shakes her head. "Chlo…" I interrupt her. "You're not going to be alone… you're going to spend a Beale Christmas." I flash her a huge smile. "Chloe really don't worry about me." She pulls me back into her arms since I refused to do it myself. "My parents won't mind, they love you." She holds me tight. "If it makes you happy I'd love to spend Christmas with you." She gives me a little kiss on my head. "Goo…od." I let out a huge yawn. "Now sleep, you had a busy day." I close my eyes and it doesn't take long for me to drift off to sleep.

Aubrey's POV

The sun starts creeping in through the window and I know it's time for me to get up. I don't like staying in bed too long. I get up and notice two people missing from the room. "You've got to be kidding me." I mutter under my breath. I think of the one place they could be. Before I head upstairs I close the blinds and take my phone to see if Jesse has texted me since last night. Nothing, but it doesn't bother me, I'm a morning person he's not. I go up to Chloe's room and see that the door is open. I look inside and see Chloe sleeping peacefully in Becca's arms. The brunette really makes her happy. I take my phone and take a picture of the cute couple. "Chloe might want this later." I think to myself. I go back down and start preparing coffee because the rest would be waking up soon.

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