Epilogue I - The Gentle Nudge

The Brooklyn apartment was silent as the two women trudged through the door. Chloe let out a loud yawn, despite having snoozed for most of the flight from Prague to JFK, as she closed the front door behind herself and Beca. She heard her best friend mumble about how good it was to be home as they abandoned their suitcases in the tiny hallway and made their way through to the small lounge. And even though it was good to be home, Chloe couldn't help noticing how slightly odd it felt.

They had left this apartment six weeks ago as best friends. Housemate's. But they now returned to it as partners. Other halves. Girlfriends. Beca was now her girlfriend, and she was now hers. They had a whole new bond unlike any level their relationship had had over the past six years they'd known each other. Yet, despite this fact, Beca still collapsed onto the small sofa and Chloe still collapsed onto it beside her, bringing her legs up onto the brunette's lap as they always had done before going away.

Chloe reached for the TV remote that lay on the floor beside her, turning on Netflix, relieved to know that they had no more commitments over the next couple of days. They had time to reset their body clocks. Which unfortunately meant they had to try to stay awake for the next seven hours until it was a more reasonable time to go to sleep. The redhead glanced over at Beca and noticed her girlfriend had already failed, her head resting on her hand as her eyes remained shut.

Chloe bit her bottom lip cheekily, bringing one of her feet up and nudging Beca's arm so her head fell out of her hand heavily. The brunette immediately woke, grunting slightly before frowning at her. "Becs you've gotta stay awake. You've got work The day after tomorrow." The redhead said in a soft tone.

"But I'm tiiired!" The woman complained with a pout.

Chloe wanted to cave right there and then. But she was doing this for her own good. They had to stay strong, "I'm tired too but we'll feel so much better tomorrow when our body clocks are back to normal."

Beca had closed her eyes again, though this time she kept her hands on Chloe's feet, squeezing them slightly as she mumbled, "It's alright for you. You get to go to your parents lake house in a couple of days. You can sleep whenever you want."

Chloe let out a small giggle, moving slightly to poke Beca affectionately in the stomach with her big toe, "Exactly, and yet I still choose to keep myself awake to support you in getting your body clock ready for work"

Chloe was secretly gutted that Beca's boss wasn't letting her have any more time off. Not even a few days. Which was crazy because it hadn't been like Beca had been on holiday! But she hadn't revealed to Beca her disappointment, and she had let her parents know last week, when they had asked, that Beca wouldn't be coming to the lake house with her once they returned from their European Tour. At the time she hadn't noticed the look of disappointment on her parents faces, suddenly distracted by how well her broken nail had been recovering.

She rolled her eyes as Beca began adjusting her position on the small sofa, "What if I curl up with you like this while I sleep?" The brunette suggested quietly, as she made to lay her head on Chloe's stomach, pulling the redhead's legs in between her own, as though straddling Chloe's side. It was very rare for Beca to be the 'small spoon' in any given situation. Whether it was curled up on the sofa or laying together for a nap, or at night. Chloe always curled into Beca as she was the more cuddlier of the two of them.

Chloe giggled again, "You can curl up all you want, just don't fall asleep!"

"Mmmhmm" was all that sounded from Beca, as she rested her arm over Chloe's stomach, her head becoming noticeably heavy. Chloe sighed as she brought her hand up and began gently stroking her girlfriends hair, "If you really don't want me to fall asleep you're gonna have to stop that…" the brunette mumbled. But Chloe didn't stop until her own eyes felt heavy.

Five hours later and Chloe jumped out of her deep sleep. She sighed heavily, noticing that the daylight has dimmed dramatically, caking the lounge in darkness save for the light from the TV screen. Her arm had gone dead under the weight of Beca's body and she peered over to see that the rest of the TV show they had been 'watching' on Netflix had finished. Damn Netflix and their 'continuous episodes' option.

Chloe was internally kicking herself, having gone against her original plan and succumbed to sleep. It was too late to do anything about it now. So with another heavy sigh Chloe nudged Beca awake. The brunette jumped, bringing her hand from Chloe's stomach and wiping the drool that had been hanging from her mouth and pooling on the redheads shirt. She seemed confused by the lack of daylight in the room, but in her sleepy state chose not to question it.

Chloe reluctantly stood up from the sofa, and took Beca's hand to help her up. She then led the brunette out of their lounge, past the entrance to their kitchen, and down to the back of their apartment where their rooms and the bathroom stood. With no words spoken the two women walked past Beca's open bedroom door without any hesitation, knowing that Chloe's bedroom would be the tidiest room by far to collapse in. And they weren't wrong.

Chloe let go of Beca's hand as they stepped into her bedroom, and she shuffled around to the left-side of the double bed. The side she had been sleeping on when they had been sharing a double bed throughout the final three weeks of their European Tour. When she had finally pulled her trainers from her feet she scrambled into bed, pleased to see that Beca was already under the heavy covers. With one final long exhausted sigh Chloe curled up into Beca's body, draping her left arm around the brunette's waist as she felt the woman wrap both her arms around her shoulders and lightly place a kiss on the top of her head. Within a matter of moments the apartment fell silent again except for the sounds of heavy breathing coming from Beca and Chloe, who had fallen asleep in each other's arms, pleased to finally be back home.

So I know I said I had a couple of epilogues..well it looks like there maaay be about 10 of this length haha! Because I got planning them and one thing lead to another and there's just a fair bit of goings on that could be addressed.

For example: What do Chloe's parents think of Chloe dating Beca? What if Jesse contacts Beca about that Instagram Live video? What will Beca's Dad have made of it all? How will both sets of parents react to meeting their daughter's girlfriend? And hey, what's going down with Aubrey and Staci?

All of that to come :) any suggestions of what you may like to see (character-wise/any unanswered questions) then let me know xx