I went bowling with my dad and good friend last night and got stuck with this idea, hope you enjoy it ;p

Bowling Mania

One Shot 41

Beca huffs as she lets her exhausted body fall on the couch. She managed to get home extra early today after having a crazy week at the studio. Being the main provider for herself, her girlfriend (Chloe, her best friend (Stacie) and her girlfriend (Aubrey) who in turn is her girlfriend's best friend, is exhausting. Yet she'll never complain. Sharing a house with all of them was the best thing ever.

Beca checks her phone and sees that she has an hour before everyone is going to be home. That means she has time to shower and start preparing dinner for all of them. It was her turn after all. So she rolls off the couch with a groan and makes her way up the stairs to the bathroom that was only hers and Chloe's. She takes off her clothes and turns on the water in the shower. A few minutes later the water is the perfect temperature and she slides in and lets out a relieved sigh, enjoying the relaxing, soothing feeling.

She has always been quick in the showers. She was in and out under 15 minutes. She was also always, no exception amazed how Chloe, Aubrey and Stacie sometimes needed more than an hour each. Beca puts her hair up in a messy, wet bun. Knowing once she lets it loose she somehow end up with nice, bouncy curls. She has no idea how it happens but isn't complaining about it either. It means less time to spend to actually do something with it.

The brunette puts on a pair of black bootleg jeans and white shirt. To top it off her signature look she has been sporting since high school she puts on a red and white flannel. (Also Chloe's favorite but definitely not why she put it on. She would never." Once she's dressed she makes her way back down and into the kitchen. She barely managed to open the fridge when the front door slams open followed by a loud squeal and happy chatter. Oh great, the weirdo's are home.

"Beca!" The loud shriek coming from Chloe makes Beca tense up for the collision she knows is coming. Surely a minute later she feels Chloe's body slam into hers and two arms wrapping themselves around her waist. "Hey baby, how was your day?" Beca turns around in her girlfriend's arms and wraps her arms around the redhead's neck with a smile. "It was great, the kids are doing really great with the graduation mix you made for them." The brunette chuckles and smiles warmly at her girlfriend. "You should come down to listen to it." Beca notices the sad look when Chloe says that.

"Hey, what's wrong?" She asks gently. "It's nothing, really." If Beca didn't know Chloe as well as she did she would have let it go but she does know her better than that. "Chlo, sweetie, what's wrong? Please talk to me." Chloe lets out a sigh. "It's just… you've been so busy that past week and I've barely seen you. I guess I was just scared that maybe you're putting work before me or something? It's stupid I know, I should never have thought that a-"

Beca cuts her girlfriend off in a gentle tone. "Chlo, I would never put my work before you. The reason I've been working so hard this past week and will be working the next is because I want to be able to spend my summer with you. I want to take you to see your parents, maybe even go on a trip somewhere?" Chloe takes a step back in amazement and slowly a huge grin makes its way up her face. "R-Really?" She asks carefully. "Of course I-"

"Yo B, are you cooking?" Stacie shouts from the living room before appearing seconds later with Aubrey following closely. "I was just about to start, any requests?" Beca asks in her turn. "Actually since you haven't started yet, how about we go out?" Stacie suggests with shrug. "Ooooh yes that's a great idea. I know this new place in town and they supposedly have amazing burgers." Chloe throws excitedly into the conversation. "Alright, any objections for you two?" Beca asks the other couple. She misses the tiny frown on Stacie's face.

The tall brunette whispers something in Aubrey's ear which of course catches Chloe's attention. "You guys don't want to go, huh?" Aubrey and Stacie quickly shake their heads. "No of course we want to go but uhm shouldn't you maybe, I don't know tell Beca where we're going exactly?" Stacie semi mumbles, loud enough for Beca to hear. "Uhm what are you talking about? Chlo, where are you taking us?" Beca turns her full attention to her girlfriend with a raised eyebrow. "Uhm well the place I was talking about is uhm you know, a bowling place"

"Wait a sec… why would you keep that fact from me? And second of all you know I don't like bowling. It's the one thing I hate more than movies." Chloe puts up a pout, not just any pout but the pout. That one pout Beca can never resist. "No Chlo-ple-I swear… fine! I'll come but in no way whatsoever I'm playing. Did I make myself clear?" Beca points her finger at the three girls before grunting and stomping off to the hallway to take her jacket. "Are we going or not?"

A little over a half hour later the girls arrive at the Bowling Palace. Aubrey, Stacie and Chloe stay back while Beca marches forward and inside. They follow her but Stacie stops them from going in. "Alright now that Beca can't hear us. You two have to promise you won't force her to play, she really has this thing with bowling. You can call it a trauma if you want to but it's a very sensitive subject." Aubrey and Chloe nod their heads with sad frowns.

With that the three remaining go inside and look for their friend. It doesn't take long for them to find the brunette seated at a lane, waiting with her arms crossed and a huge angry frown on her face. "Hey babe, are you ok?" Chloe asks, sitting down next to her girlfriend. "Fine." Beca huffs. "Ok, maybe not fine… Apparently we all have to play so…" She points at the screen that shows STACIE – AUBREY – CHLOE – BECA.

"Beca you don't h-" Stacie gets cut off by her best friend. "I said it's fine Stace, let's just play." Stacie takes a ball throws her first. In total she manages to knock over 8 pins. Aubrey knocks over 6. Chloe's first ball goes straight into the gutter. Beca gets up and stops the redhead before she can throw again. "Wait, uhm if you hold the ball like this… and stand here… now shoot." Chloe does as told and manages to hit 3 pins. The redhead lets out an excited shriek and jumps around. "Good job baby, that was great shot."

Chloe turns around and presses her lips on Beca's with a smile. "Thank you Becs." Stacie and Aubrey nudge each other at their friend's cuteness. "Alright B, are you up for it?" Stacie asks with careful expression clouding her face. "Uhm yeah, no, I guess, I am." Beca takes a ball and lets out a nervous chuckle.

Right as she's trying to throw the ball she hears a voice that she swore she thought she'd never hear again. "Little Mitch?! Is that really? God Tommy look at that, it's little Mitch." Beca groans and throws the ball and throws a perfect strike. All to the amazement of Aubrey and Chloe. "What are you doing here Jesse." Stacie asks while making her way to her best friend. "Conrad, long time no see. I see you've returned to the game." Jesse says with a coy smirk on his face.

Chloe and Aubrey share a confused look at they keep following the conversation between their girlfriend's and the guys who's names are Jesse and Tommy. "We're here to have some fun with our girlfriends Swanson so if you don't mind leaving us be." Jesse lets out a laugh. "Are you seriously still keeping this up? You know that you and me are the A-team." Beca scoffs. "We were never the 'A-team' Jesse. We could have been friends but you're the one that ditched me, remember?"

"I didn't want to ditch you baby, but you were a disgrace to the community." Beca jumps in between Stacie and Jesse, trying to keep the tall brunette and her other friends from jumping the boy. "Whoa okay, stand down. All of you." She pushes the girls back and stands in a position so she can look at both parties. "You know that I was sabotaged Jesse… Bumper sabotaged me so he could look like the team's hero. Do you know how hard it was for me to prove that I could be better than you? Or at least as good as you?"

Jesse rolls his eyes. "You were always the weak link Little Mitch, we just made sure you didn't look like a complete loser." Beca balls her fists and takes a deep breath. "How about we settle this, huh? You and me little Mitch." Chloe pulls her girlfriend's hand and makes her look at her. "Becs you don't have to do this. No matter what he says you'll never be a disgrace to us." Beca shakes her head. "I know Chlo but I have to do this, it's my last chance to redeem myself."

"I guess that's a yes." Beca grunts as she turns around. "Yes Swanson, why don't you set it up?" The brunet salutes his old pal and goes over to the register to make the arrangements.

20 minutes later there's a huge crowd surrounding the lanes where the battle is going to take place. Word had come out and of course it peaked everyone's attention. They even managed to find someone to announce. "Alright ladies and gentlemen. Tonight you will witness the female junior bowling legend Little Mitch redeeming herself against her former teammate The Swansonator." The crowd lets out loud cheers.

Jesse is completely attired and ready. While Beca managed to find a glove so she could have better support for her wrist. "Alright, it looks like our contestants are ready. The first one up is The Swansonator He's the challenger tonight so he gets the honors."

The boy makes his way up to the lane and prepares to shoot the first ball. "It's a strike!" The crowd goes wild and then silent as they watch Beca prepare for her shot. She manages to knock over 7 pins with her first throw and 3 with her second. "Spare!" The game only just started but Jesse is already convinced he can win.

The game is extremely tight. and the tension is nerve wracking. Jesse has the lead at the moment but Beca has one more shot to win this. The scores have been going a little like this.

JESSE
24 – 44 – 64 – 83 – 92 – 112 – 138 – 157 – 166 – TOTAL: 182

BECA
20 – 49 – 69 – 89 – 109 – 128 – 137 – 155 – 163 – TO BE DETERMINED

Beca goes up and throws a strike, she still has a shot to win this. She takes her ball again and throws. It looks like everything is going in slow motion. The pins falling, the crowd holding their breath, Jesse's fist pump when the final pins are down. There was no way Beca could win. She hit a split. The brunette falls to her knees , tears threatening to spill from her eyes. The flashbacks of the exact same moment 14 years ago hitting her hard. She doesn't hear Stacie nor Chloe talking to her, she's in her own mind.

*Flashback*

It's the Junior Bowling Championship Final. Beca was the next one up, her team having the lead. They had worked hard to get to this point and it was finally paying off. She had put her music aside for the past two months so she could concentrate on making her team proud and show that girls are equally as good as boys.

The brunette throws her ball and ends up with a split. No big deal. she needed to hit one of the two or attempt the Devil's Spin. Jesse had been working with her on the trick and se could almost pull it off. Bumper on the other hand wasn't so happy that she had gotten 'his' place in the competition. So without anyone noticing he managed to spill some water on the lane making it very dangerous for Beca.

When she makes her runs to attempt the Devil's Spin she slips over the water and the heavy ball flies up in the air and lands on her right ankle. She feels it crack and lets out a cry of pain. The paramedics take her away and she watches as her coach gives Bumper the chance to win for the team. She couldn't play for a few months. By the time she could start again the rumor had gone round that she was a disgrace to the community and no one wanted her on their team. Stacie was the only one who didn't stop believing in her yet never pressured her into playing again.

*End Flashback.*

Chloe kneels down in front of her girlfriend and cups her cheeks so the brunette looks at her. They can hear Jesse laugh behind them but they ignore him. "Becs, I know you can do this. I believe in you, no matter what you'll always be my champion. Beca shakes her head trying to keep her tears inside. "I-I don't think I-" Chloe cuts her off. "Bullshit, you're the Beca Mitchell. You're multiplatinum producer, he's got nothing on you." Beca's jaw hangs open. Chloe never cursed and that makes her believe the redhead more than ever.

So she gets up and pulls Chloe up with her and kisses her hard. "I'll win this, for you." She whispers before walking off to take a ball. "This can go one of three ways." Stacie whispers to Chloe and Aubrey. "She can miss and lose the game. She can hit one pin and it'll be a tie. Or… or she can attempt the Devil's Spin and win the game."

Chloe is at the edge of her seat watching her girlfriend intently. She watches Beca take a deep breath and watching the lane intently as if… as if she's calculating something. Before anyone fully well realizes it Beca runs forward and turns her body in a weird angle and releases the ball. The crowd doesn't dare to breathe and watch the ball spin. It hits the right pin and…

The ball reverses and spins to the other pin and hits it gently. The pin wiggles and waggles… it… it… it's down! "Little Mitch is the winner! Can you guys believe it, this as been the most intense game I've ever witnessed the score is 182 to 183." Beca gets attacked by Chloe, Stacie and Aubrey. She tries to get out of the hug but gives up after a few minutes and just lets it happen. Out of the corner of her eyes she sees Jesse walk away with a huff. She can't believe it, she finally did it. She overcame her fear and beat the junior and current bowling champion. And she has the greatest people to celebrate it with.

Beca looks at Chloe who is smiling brightly at her after giving her some space to breathe. The brunette reaches into her back pocket and takes out a ring and kneels down in front of her girlfriend. Once again the crowd becomes silent and a collect gasp coming from Chloe, Aubrey and Stacie is the only sound that can be heard.

"Chloe Anne Beale, this wasn't the time or place I wanted to do this. I've been planning it for months now and thought of doing it while staying at your parents this summer but right now feels like the perfect moment. If it weren't for you I wouldn't have found the strength to win. I did it for you. You've always been my inspiration and motivation. Without you my life would be empty so I'm asking you, here in front of all these people as my witness. Will you marry me?"

Chloe doesn't hesitate a second to say yes and throws herself at Beca kissing her as hard as she possibly can, only breaking apart for a second so the brunette can slip on the ring. Aubrey and Stacie are the first to congratulate the couple and laughing as they show the video and pictures they made. Even some of the other bystanders offered to send them the ones they made. One thing is sure, they will never forget this day. Not in a million years!

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