"You have an unhealthy obsession," Chloe laughed as Beca pulled up to the Taco Bell window.
Beca had convinced everyone to let her drive Chloe up to the cabin herself while everyone else carpooled a few hours ahead of them so they could set the tents up.
"I can't help it," the brunette whined. "It's just so good." When the employee told her the amount, she held out her car for him to take.
"Is this your cry for help?" Chloe asked as she was handed her drink. "Because if so, I'll need to call in some reinforcements."
"Thank you," Beca told the man as he handed her the bag of food before giving her card back. After handing the food to her girlfriend, Beca looked over at her. "You're unnecessarily mean for someone who's 18."
"That doesn't even make sense, Bec," the redhead laughed. "And my birthday is tomorrow. Speaking of, where are we going?"
Beca smirked over as she pulled onto the road. "That, m'lady is a surprise."
Chloe rolled her eyes as she stuck her hand into the paper bag to throw a nacho fry into her mouth before taking a sip of Beca's drink.
"Hey! You have your own, Beale," Beca whined as she watched the older woman take another drink.
"I wanted to taste yours and FYI, it's disgusting."
"Take that back right now," Beca gasped. "Lemonade freezes are fucking great."
"No, I won't," Chloe scoffed. "They're sour. How can you even drink that shit?"
"Excuse you but that shit will probably be the best thing that you ever taste," Beca said putting air quotes around 'that shit' for emphasis.
"I wouldn't be so sure about that," the senior smirked as she took a bite of another fry, handing her girlfriend one as well.
"What do you mean?" The brunette asked and Chloe shrugged, refusing to say anything as a comfortable silence took over. That was until Beca had realized what she meant and gasped. "Chloe, you dirty little bird!"
Chloe just laughed and continued feeding both herself and Beca while they listened to one of the redhead's many playlists.
"Beca, I'm serious!" Chloe screamed while bouncing her leg up and down while the brunette just laughed at her. "Stop the damn car!"
"That's what you get for drinking both our drinks," Beca laughed as she pulled into the only gas station in sight. "They're sour, my ass," she mumbled.
"I swear to God, Rebeca Mitchell," the senior groaned as she squeezed her legs shut, grabbing onto the door handle, ready to jump out as soon as the brunette stopped.
"Woah, hey," Beca said with wide eyes as she tried to keep a straight face. "There's no need to use my full name."
Chloe raised her eyebrow and tried to open the door but Beca locked it back which made the older woman groan.
"Fucking open the door."
"Okay, fine," she said and unlocked it before pressing the lock button again.
"Do you want me to pee in your car?" Chloe asked exasperatedly. "Don't fucking lock me in."
"Okay, grumpy pants," Beca laughed as she unlocked it again. Right as the redhead went to open her door, the brunette locked it for a third time which made Chloe reach over and smack the shit out of Beca's arm. "Ow!"
"Don't fucking lock me in," Chloe said before unlocking the door herself before pushing it open and jumping out of the car.
"You could have just did that the first time," Beca shouted as she watched her girlfriend run to the store, sticking up her middle finger on the way in.
The brunette laughed to herself and got out to pump gas into her car before making her way into the gas station for a bottled water and a bag of sour patch kids.
"Do you want anything?" Beca asked when Chloe's arms wrapped around her waist from behind. "And before you say no, just know that I refuse to share any of my food."
"That's where you're wrong," the redhead sighed as she nuzzled her head in the crook of the brunette's neck.
"You're not taking my food," Beca said slightly turning her head. "Get whatever you want and I'll buy it that way there's no excuse."
"Just be glad I'm eating more."
Beca turned around in her girlfriend's grasp and smiled at her, kissing the tip of her nose. "I know and I'm so proud of you."
Chloe smiled down at the brunette before softly kissing her lips. "I have you to thank for helping me."
"You can thank me by not taking my food," Beca smiled and ran her hands through Chloe's hair. "I fucking love this."
"My hair?" Chloe laughed. "Why?"
Beca looked up into her girlfriend's eyes before playfully pulling her hair which caused her to furrow her eyebrows with a goofy grin. "It's red and beautiful." She turned around and continued looking through the candy. "The red hair and insanely captivating blue eyes make you a rarity."
Chloe laughed as she reached for a bag of skittles. "You're so cute."
"So I've been told," Beca said as she read the back of a candy bar she'd never seen before. "Are you ready?"
"Yeah, just let me get a drink," Chloe said turning to the beverages and Beca groaned.
"Chlo, we still have another hour and half. Do you really want a drink?"
The redhead rolled her eyes at the shorter woman before grabbing a cold drink of her own and following Beca up to the counter.
"How are you girls today?" The older woman asked with a smile as she started ringing up their items.
"Good, how are you?" Chloe spoke up since Beca still didn't like talking to other people.
"Oh, I'm fantastic," she smiled. Beca looked down at the woman's name tag and read, 'Janice.' She had short curly hair that was starting to gray, her face showing visible wrinkles that put her age around her mid to late 50's. "I couldn't help but notice you two earlier. How long have you been together?"
Beca's eyes darted up at the woman, her mouth opening to tell her that it was none of her business when she felt a hand on her shoulder.
"Six months," Chloe smiled. "Are you married or anything?"
"I had a girlfriend who passed away a few years ago," she smiled and both teenagers' hearts dropped, immediately offering their condolences. "We were together since we were about your all's age. Marriage wasn't an option for us so we always said that when they made it legal, we would get married but she had passed before we could go and make it official."
"I'm so sorry," Beca said. "What was her name?"
"Margaret," the woman nodded with a smile as she reminisced her time with the late woman. "Even though we couldn't get married, we still thought of ourselves as a married couple." Janice smiled down at the two other women in the relatively quiet store. "You two remind me of her and I. Margaret was always such a light in my life; paved the way for my happiness." Beca looked over at Chloe with a smile, knowing exactly what the woman meant. "She came into my life at a rough time and I could never thank her enough. I still can't but I'd like to believe that she's watching over me, screaming, 'Don't eat the chocolate, Jan! It's not good for you.'" The woman smiled to herself as she shook her head. "God, I loved her."
"She seemed like a lovely woman," Chloe smiled at Janice Beca payed for their food and drinks.
"The loveliest," Janice replied. "I don't mean to pry, but if I'm as smart as what my age and experience would prove, I'd say that your her light in the dark."
The redhead smiled down at beca who smiled back, completely content with what was happening.
"You're right," Beca nodded, grabbing her girlfriend's hand while grabbing the grocery bag in the other. "She's a fucking sun."
"Then could I offer you some advice.." she trailed off not knowing either of their names.
"I'm Beca and she's Chloe," the brunette smiled. "I apologize for not telling you earlier."
The store clerk just smiled and dismissed it with her hand. "Beautiful names for beautiful young women," she said. "But whatever you do, don't let her go." she looked over at Chloe and smiled. "If she's really that important in your life, don't ever let her go."
Beca smiled at the two women before thanking her for her time and wishing her a great life before the two headed back out into the car.
"Are we almost there?" the redhead whined as she rested her head against the seat and looked out the window at the wooded area. "I need to stretch my legs."
"Can you wait five minutes, babe?" Beca laughed and Chloe smiled at her word choice, not ignoring the butterflies in her stomach.
"I guess," she jokingly sighed before yawning which caused Beca to do the same.
"I swear if you're tired-" she started but quickly hit the brakes, impulsively putting her arm in front of Chloe to keep her in the seat. "Fucking deer," she muttered after it looked at her before running away.
"Beca, calm down," Chloe laughed as she sat up. "It was just a deer."
"It could have killed us," the brunette exclaimed. "We could have died or even worse, damaged my car."
"I'm so glad that your car is more important than our lives," Chloe laughed and Beca rolled her eyes before catching sight of two other cars parked in the grass. "Why are we here?" she asked before quickly adding, "That's Aubrey's car."
"You said you've always wanted to go camping," Beca smirked as she watched her girlfriend's face light up. "I don't like bugs but I like you so happy birthday, baby."
"No way," Chloe smiled as she smacked Beca's arm. "Are you serious?"
"You're lucky you're that cute," the brunette laughed as she parked her car. "I see the tents but no friends."
"Wait, who's all here?" she asked, unbuckling her seatbelt and stepping out of the car with Beca.
"Our dumbass group of friends and your brother and sister."
Chloe turned to Beca with a raised eyebrow. "Stacie came?"
"She was tough to persuade but I guess she loves you as well," Beca nodded and before they could go anywhere, they were engulfed in a massive group hug.
"Happy birthday!" they all screamed putting yet another smile on the girl's face.
"She's made it very clear that her birthday is tomorrow," Beca raised her hands as she walked over to the tents. "There's only two?"
"Two giant ones, yes," Christina nodded walking over. "I figured because they both fir eight people, us girls can have one and the guys can have another."
"How the fuck is that fair?" Beca laughed. "There's six of us and three of them." Christina pursed her lips as she looked over at the group of people standing around as they looked out onto the lake. "Can we at least shove one of the other girls in the guys' tents?"
"And what?" The blonde laughed. "Force one of our own to endure the species that is the male?" Beca laughed at her comment and she continued. "Come on, the guys are all big and muscular while all of us girls are small and smell better. Come on, it'll be fun."
"Alright, fine," Beca groaned. "Chloe isn't afraid of lakes is she?"
"No, why?"Christina furrowed her eyebrows as she looked at her laughing sister.
"Because she's so hot she needs to cool off a little," the brunette smirked before walking over to the redhead who held onto Emily as she threw her head back with laughter.
"Hey, baby," Beca said softly as she wrapped her hands around Chloe's waist and reached her hand into the back pocket of her jeans to take out her phone. "What's so funny?"
"Benji tripped in dog shit," she said giggling, her arms wrapping around the brunette's neck. "Why'd you take my phone?"
"Because I want Aubrey to take our picture," she said smoothly and handed the device to the blonde with a knowing look. The older woman nodded her head in understanding before taking a picture.
"Kiss her," she said and Beca looked at the redhead who smiled.
"If you say so," Chloe said and leaned in to kiss her girlfriend's soft lips.
Everybody else watched the interaction, the guys completely confused on what was happening but loving it while the girls seemed to catch on.
As Beca and Chloe's lips moved in sync, the brunette grabbed Chloe's legs before lifting her off the ground, refusing to break the kiss to keep her distracted.
"This is already better than porn," Christian mumbled before Christina gave him a hard slap.
"That's your sister, you weirdo," she hissed and the rest of the group gave him weird looks.
Meanwhile Beca had started walking toward the lake, Aubrey still taking pictures which turned out really cute. The brunette smiled into the kiss before Chloe bit her bottom lip which always drove the younger woman crazy. Now wasn't the time to want to have sex; now was the time to throw her in the lake.
"What are you doing?" Chloe asked in a higher pitched voice, pulling away from the kiss when she heard Beca step in the water.
"You're just so damn hot, Chlo I think you need to cool off," she smirked and that's when the redhead started screaming, moving her legs in a way that made it hard for the brunette to hold onto.
Following them down to the bank, their friends had laughed, taking pictures and videos of the couple.
"Beca, don't!" she squealed as the cold water touched her leg. "I love this shirt!"
"It's my shirt," the junior laughed, walking in deeper. "I love you," she said before throwing Chloe into the murky water.
When Chloe rose, her hair now darker and straight, she glared at Beca before throwing water at her. "I can't believe you did that."
"Payback's a bitch, huh?" beca raised an eyebrow. "Don't take my shit."
Two can play at the game.
"You're right," she said softly, her lip pouting as she wrapped her arms around Beca's neck, the younger girl's arms unconsciously going to Chloe's hips. "I'm sorry, Bec."
The brunette smiled and held her breathe as she looked down at Chloe's wet lips which seemed to be getting closer with each second. As soon as Beca moved to close the space between them, the redhead pushed her under the water before throwing her arms up in celebration.
"Into the lake!" Jesse yelled as he pulled off his shirt followed by Benji and Christian before running into the lake.
"I hate you," Beca groaned, pushing her hair out of her face.
"I love you too," Chloe said pecking her lips before looking up at the four women standing on the bank.
"Come into the water, it feels great," she said and they looked at each other.
"I don't want to put my bikini on," Emily said. "And I don't want to swim in my bra and underwear."
"Why not?" Chloe asked. "I will." She reached under the water before pulling the soaked shirt that was sticking to her body off revealing a blue bra. "Here, catch," she said sliding her shirts off as well before throwing it up the bank, hitting Stacie.
"I don't know," Emily trailed off, watching as the three blondes starting pulling off their own clothes and leaving them on the grass.
"Come on, Em," Beca said doing the same thing as her girlfriend. "You have a smoking hot body."
"Just do it, Emily," Aubrey said. "Beca's right and it couldn't be any worse than you literally taking Beca's bra off in front of your parents and Chloe."
"Wait, what?" Christina asked looking at the pair as Stacie made her way down into the water with a laugh, heading straight for the guys who were attempting to flip off a slippery rock.
"Really, Aubrey?" Beca whined. "You needed to bring that up?"
Everyone just ignored the brunette. "What happened?" Christina reiterated.
"Beca and Emily got into a stupid argument about whose boobs were better and Emily pulled Beca's bra right off in front of Katherine and Chloe," Aubrey explained.
"In my defense," Emily started holding a finger in the air. "It was my bra and I didn't know Chloe came in."
Beca sighed and jumped on Chloe's back before making her take the both of them under the water, wanting to escape that embarrassing confession.
"That's so funny," Christina laughed and made her way into the water with Aubrey.
"No it's not," Emily muttered, taking her own clothes off to show her tan, fit body.
