"Becs, honey," Beca awoke to Chloe's voice and a gentle shake of her shoulder. "Sweetie, wake up." Beca opened her eyes and looked around. The pillow fort once filled with Bellas was now an empty pile of blankets. The TV was paused on the title screen of the fourth Harry Potter movie. She'd somehow missed half of the second and the entire third movie. All of the Bellas must've gone back to campus. She stretched and sat up. Chloe smiled, watching her wake up. "You're so cute when you're sleepy." She mumbled and Beca noticed that behind Chloe, Stacie and Aubrey were talking by the glass door outside of the pillow fort. "Stacie's leaving." Chloe told her. Stacie and Aubrey turned their attention to them when they heard Stacie's name. "If you want to go with her… Or you could spend the night.. If you want." Chloe's face was already hopeful of the answer and Beca blinked a few times, trying to wake up.

Beca's instinct was to go back to the dorms, but the memory of her conversation with Chloe and Aubrey earlier lingered in the back of her mind. She'd promised them that she'd let it play out naturally, however that happened. She knew by just this question that it'd be a hard task. It wasn't easy to go against her loner instinct. She swallowed. "Uh, yeah. If you don't mind driving me back for class around noon tomorrow."

"Not a problem at all." Aubrey reassured her.

Stacie nodded. "Alright then I'm off. Have a great night, ladies." She winked at Beca before exiting through the glass door. Beca rolled her eyes at whatever connotation she was insinuating.

Chloe took her chin and looked over her black eye. "You haven't been icing it, have you?" Beca was having a hard time getting used to Chloe touching her in any sense - to anyone touching her. Chloe was physically close with all of the bellas, but she was especially careful around Beca. Every time they touched, it was deliberate on Chloe's part and well thought out. Beca didn't answer and Chloe shook her head. "This is why we wanted you to stay yesterday. May I?" Beca nodded and Chloe went for the first aid kit. Aubrey brought Beca a glass of water and sat next to her on the couch.

"You weren't kidding about movies, huh?" Aubrey chuckled when Beca yawned for a third time since Chloe woke her up.

Beca shook her head. "I have a hard enough time getting through one and you tried to get me through what, seven? Eight? No way in hell, Posen." They laughed for a minute and fell silent. Chloe brought back the first aid kit and rebandaged Beca's head in the meantime. "So… how did you guys meet? What's your story?"

Chloe smiled and glanced at Aubrey before looking back at Beca's head. "Well, obviously we both auditioned for the Bellas freshman year and that's how we met. Being a bella was different back then though. The Bellas weren't exactly as… much of a family as we're trying to make it now. We didn't exactly get along with everyone else, but we stuck through it together."

"And you've been dating ever since?" Beca asked.

Aubrey shook her head. "Oh, no. We didn't start dating for two years. We didn't want to rush into anything, or rush a relationship because we knew we were soulmates." The word soulmates seemed to hang in the air. "We uh, just wanted to enjoy getting to know each other before we started dating. We started dating two years later, in October."

"Oh wow, I just thought-"

Chloe shrugged. "It's okay, most people do. Most people also jump the gun on their relationships since they already know they belong together. We just wanted to take it slow." The story made Beca feel a little better about the proposition she'd been cornered into tonight. They didn't just want to take it slow for Beca's sake, they'd done it with each other too. Chloe finished with her head and looked at her hand. She ultimately decided to leave it without a wrap, it was just a little bruised. She put away the first aid kit and rejoined them on the couch. "Actually, Aubrey only met my family last year."

"Really?" Beca asked.

"Yeah I mean, for a while we wanted to keep the relationship to ourselves. Enjoy it together, ya know? It was until I went home for Christmas last year that I asked Aubrey if she wanted to come with me. My family's kind of big and they can be overwhelming." Beca couldn't help her mind drifting to imagine what it'd be like to meet Chloe's family. "I have three brothers and they all have wives, plus my parents. I can be a lot to take in. I mean I love them, so much. I'd never change having a big family. They're just all over anyone I bring with me - friends included."

"That must be nice." Beca said, mulling it over. "It was kind of like that when I was little, before my parents got divorced I hung out with them and my cousins and stuff on Christmas."

"I'm so sorry you had to go through that." Chloe said and put a hand on Beca's leg. "It must've been really hard."

It took a lot of ignoring her instincts for Beca not to scoot away. "It.. was and it wasn't. The divorce itself sucked. My parents were awful to each other. But.. if it didn't happen I wouldn't have met Stacie either so.. There's some good memories there too." Chloe rubbed circles on Beca's leg as she spoke.

"Did I just hear Beca Mitchell look on the bright side?" Aubrey laughed.

Beca rolled her eyes, playfully. "Ha, Ha, very funny Posen." They all laughed. Before Beca knew it a few hours had passed just talking about this, that, and their families. They shared memories, talked about friends. Beca had a good time and her cheeks even hurt from laughing. It was two in the morning by the time they all agreed that it was too late and they had to get some kind of sleep for classes, work, and practice the next day. They changed into some other clothes and Beca wore the Wonder Years Tour shirt she'd washed that morning when she had planned on giving back to Chloe.

When Beca came out of the bathroom, both Chloe and Aubrey were standing in the hall, by the door frame of their room. They were looking at her with a different kind of stare. Beca couldn't quite put her finger on it. They looked guilty of something - or pleading? Beca folded her arms. "Out with it." She said.

Chloe and Aubrey exchanged glances with each other and then looked at Beca. "We were wondering…" Chloe clicked her heels together when she paused. "Do you want to sleep in our room?" In our bed?

Beca scratched the back of her head. Her stomach flipped at the thought. They'd only just agreed to let things flow naturally. Sleeping together hadn't even been on her radar. "I.. uh.."

"You don't have to… We just don't feel right… leaving you in the guest bedroom when…" Aubrey couldn't exactly finish one sentence, but Beca understood.

Beca took a step forward and put Aubrey's hair behind her ear. "Hey, hey. I want to. I just… we're taking things slow right? That room is just… your room and I'm not… ready yet." Beca let her hand fall to Aubrey's shoulder and pulled her into a hug. Aubrey embraced her immediately and fully. Her arms wrapped around Beca's waist and hugged her tight. She smelled like honeydew and the smell after rain.

"My turn!" As soon as Beca let go of Aubrey, Chloe was all over her. She practically knocked her over in a fierce hug. Chloe smelled like apple pie. Beca smiled at how happy each of them seemed for something so simple.

"I'll see you in the morning." Beca told them. "And thanks for everything… again."

When Chloe pulled away, she put a hand on Becas cheek. "Thank you for really trying. We know it's not easy." Beca swallowed at how close Chloe was to her face. She swallowed and her throat was dry. "Goodnight Becs." Before Beca could turn away, Chloe pulled at her face and gave her a quick peck on the cheek. Aubrey took up the opportunity and followed up with a second peck on her other cheek. Then they turned away and ran back into their room as if they'd gotten away with something.

"Goodnight."