Chapter 5
The next day Beca sat at home working on her suit and doing homework. She was still upset about the events from the night before and was glad the weekend gave her some time away from her captains. She was in the middle of working on her web shooters when her aunt knocked on the door.
"Just a second." she quickly tucked the suit under her desk and pulled her notebook out along with her textbook, "yeah?"
May opened the door slightly and smiled, "hey, you have a guest."
"Who is it?"
"Amy."
"Cool. Tell her l'll be outside in a second."
"Okay."
Beca hid her suit back up in the attic space in her room before heading downstairs and greeting her friend outside, "hey."
"Hey! I didn't see you after the party. I got kind of worried."
"Yeah sorry, Aubrey kind of pissed me off. And Chloe..uh."
"Is in love with your alter ego and her father wants you arrested."
"What? How did you-"
"I saw the mask in your bag, the day I grabbed the tampon from you. You should really find a better spot to put that."
"Oh god," Beca put her head in her hands.
"Relax, Bec. I'm not gonna tell anyone. But how come you didn't tell me? I'm your best friend."
"I didn't want to get anyone involved, especially with this lizard guy out there."
"Is that why you haven't told Chloe?"
Beca nodded, "I don't want her to become a target."
"I get it. Does anyone else know?"
"Jesse. He was in my room the other night when I crawled back into my room."
"He probably jizzed himself."
Beca chuckled, "yeah. But, hey. You can't talk to anyone about this okay? Especially not Chloe or May."
"Sure thing."
"Thanks, Amy."
"Are you ever gonna tell Chloe?"
"Maybe one day."
"After you finish off the lizard?"
"Yeah."
"Well, good luck. I think you should talk to her though, I know you muted the group chat, but she's been oddly quiet and MIA in it since last night. Kind of unusual."
"Thanks, Amy. I'll think about it."
"Alright, well I'll see you Monday, then, yeah?"
"Yeah, see you later."
Beca went back upstairs and continued working on her web shooters. An hour later she decided to test out the new gadgets and do a routine patrol to make sure the city wasn't spiraling into chaos. As she swung around the five boroughs she thought about Chloe, the Bellas, the Lizard, Amy and Jesse, her aunt, and how Spider-man has changed her life. She had been swinging around minding her own business, when she noticed a group of thugs ganging up on an innocent man. She quickly swung in and webbed up all of the members before calling the police. She would have stayed but with the Captain issuing a warrant for her arrest, she needed to be more of a vigilante than a hero. She continued her patrol, stopping several thieves, saving several people from car crashes and stopping another rogue car that was about to hit a crowd of pedestrians. By the time she had started heading back, she had been gone for two hours. She was swinging back to her house when she felt her phone go off.
"Hello," she answered without reading the caller ID.
"Beca?"
"Chloe?"
"What is all that noise?"
"Oh, I'm just out in the city." Beca did her best to not sound like she was swinging through the air.
"Oh, so are you free?"
"Why?"
"I sent you like ten texts."
"About what? I've been a bit disconnected."
"Can we talk? Please?"
"Chloe,-"
"I know you're mad, and you have every right to be, but I need to apologize.And I need to explain myself."
"Look, I just need some space, alright?"
"Please, Bec. Don't shut me out."
"We'll talk later. Bye, Chloe."
As soon as Beca rounded the corner to her house, she noticed the girl with fiery red hair outside of her door. "Shit." Beca quickly zipped around the next building, looking for a route to sneak into her bedroom. She hopped between rooftops, making sure to stay out of sight of Chloe. Beca sent her a quick text, and as soon as Chloe looked down at her phone, Beca zipped over to the rooftop of her building. She sent another text to her aunt, asking her to let Chloe in. Once she was inside Beca zipped inside of her room, and scrambled to get changed.
"Beca!"
"Coming!" She tossed on her clothes and put her hair into a sloppy bun before stashing her suit away and heading downstairs. "Hey," she said with a sigh.
"Hey," Chloe smiled.
"What's up?"
"I was just wondering if you wanted to hangout?"
"Sure," she nodded. "Is it okay if we hang out here, aunt May?"
"Of course, honey. Did you want to stay for dinner, Chloe?"
"Oh, no thank you. I have to be home for dinner."
"Alright, well you two have fun."
"Come on," Beca said as she jogged up the stairs. Chloe followed her up and Beca sat on one side of the bed while Chloe sat on the other. "So why are you really here?"
"You were avoiding me."
"I said I needed space."
" I know, but I should have went after you last night, and I didn't. So, please just let me apologize."
Beca crossed her arms and looked over to the girl, "I'm all ears."
"I'm really sorry about last night, Bec."
"So you've said. Like a thousand times," Beca nodded.
"I know I just, I didn't think Aubrey was going to be like that."
"Why didn't you stop her?"
"I just was in shock, but I went after you as soon as you stormed off. I was calling your name and everything."
"It was really embarrassing, Chloe."
"I know, I'm sorry. I should have stood up for you. I know it doesn't matter, but I told her off after you left."
"Thanks."
"Where did you even go off to last night?"
"I just went to sit on the roof."
"What is with you and roofs?"
Beca shrugged, "I don't know."
"So, are we good?"
"Well," Beca nodded. "I'm still upset, I have to be honest. But yeah, we are good."
Chloe nodded, "I really am sorry, Bec."
"I know, Chlo. I think I just need some time to get over everything, you know?"
"You shouldn't have to get over it."
"Well, forgive and forget, right?"
"I guess."
"I like you, Chloe. You're always so nice to me, and I don't want something like this to ruin our friendship."
"Me either," Chloe said, setting her hand on Beca's thigh.
Beca looked down to her leg and grinned, she was about to speak when Chloe got a call from her mom asking her to come home, "So, I guess I'll see you monday."
"Yeah," Chloe said as she stood up to leave. "I'm sorry."
"No worries."
"I'll see you later, Beca."
"Bye, Chloe."
Monday came around sooner than expected, and Beca was excited for tryouts later that day. She got to school early to put her things in her locker and hide her suit in her new compartment. The day couldn't go by slower for Beca, she was constantly looking at the clock waiting for the day to end. When the final bell rang she rushed out of cooking class and went to change. She changed as fast as she could and went to rehearsal, and hoped that this last hour would go by faster than the school day had.
Beca was sitting in the auditorium when Chloe walked in, "hey you."
"Hey."
"Are you nervous for tryouts? You seemed like off today in class."
"I'm excited, and a bit nervous, yeah."
"Well don't worry, I'm sure you'll be great."
"Thanks. When is cheer tryouts?"
"Tomorrow and wednesday."
"Nice."
Once everybody arrived, rehearsals were underway, and Beca was glad that the time went by quickly. As soon as Aubrey ends rehearsal, Beca grabbed her bags and headed out of the door. She was almost to the gym when someone tapped her shoulder, so she turned around and smiled when she saw Chloe, "hey."
"Hey, you left so fast I didn't get to say goodbye."
"Sorry, Chlo. I just-"
"No worries, Bec. I just wanted to say good luck. So," she leaned into the girl and gave her a quick peck on the cheek. "Good luck."
"Thanks," Beca said with a smile. "I should go. I'll text you later, though."
"Sure, see you later."
The tryout was much easier than Beca expected, and there were a lot more girls there than she thought there would be. They were all separated out by grades, so she worked with the freshman and sophomores for most of her drills. They started of running a mile throughout the school, and the coaches recorded their times. Then they went into a basic ball handling drills, moving from one side of the court to the other. Going through various moves like stutter step, crossover, behind the back, through the legs, and spin moves. They did each move with both hands, and then they went onto dribbling two balls at once. Beca did extraordinarily well here, since when she used to play, she was a point guard.
Following the ball handling exercises, they worked on passing drills. This was fairly easy for everyone, even when they were using two balls at once. After the passing drill, they worked on shooting drills. They stated with the Mikan drill, then they moved outward working on jump shots around the elbows and wings, and then further out along the three point line. As usual, Beca continued to do well at shooting, she wasn't the best with her jump shots in close range, but she was the best three point shooter, and she was one of the only underclassmen that could do a lay up with both hands. After the shooting drill they moved into free throws, and Beca made the most in her group , making about seventy five percent of her shots.
Following the shooting drills they went into rebounding and defensive drills. They worked on different types of defensive forms like man to man, zones, half court presses, and full court presses. They also worked in boxing out and looking for outlets once they got the rebound. For the rest of the time, the girls split into teams and scrimmaged. This was one of the first times they combined all four grades, but Beca still managed to outplay the other girls. Afterwards they were sitting on the floor in a circle at midcourt and the coach addressed them, "ladies, nice work today. I expect to see you all back here tomorrow."
"Yes, coach," the girls said.
"Alright, have a good night, girls. You all worked very hard, make sure to get some rest."
Beca got up and ran over to her bag, she grabbed her water bottle and took a sip when she felt someone tap her shoulder. She spun around to meet an unfamiliar face, and she grinned and waved as she continued drinking her water.
"Hey," the girl smirked.
"Uh, hi."
"Think I could get a sip of that?"
"Sure," Beca handed the water over to the girl.
"Thanks," she said taking a quick sip. "The name's Felicia, by the way."
"Beca."
"Beca, cool name. You're pretty good."
"Thanks, sorry, but how come I haven't seen you before?"
"Oh, I just moved here this past summer."
"Nice, what grade?"
"Junior."
"Wait, then how did you see me play?"
"I mean, you're the prettiest one on the court, how could my eyes not be drawn to you."
Beca blushed and chuckled awkwardly, "oh thanks. Uh, I should get going, see you tomorrow?"
"I hope so," Felicia winked.
"Right, see ya," she said as she waved goodbye and turned to leave. She shook her head and brought her hand to her neck, rubbing it as she thought about the interaction. Sure, the girl was attractive, but Beca has never been a ladies man by any means. And this girl was even more forward than Chloe. Chloe, the thought of the girl brought a smile to her face, so she decided to call her.
"Hey!"
"Hey."
"How was the first day of tryouts?"
"Uh, pretty good, I think. I was definitely the best of my group."
"I knew you'd do well."
"Yeah, I think he will make first cuts tomorrow, and then final cuts wednesday."
"Cool, I think cheer just does final cuts on Wednesday."
"Are you nervous?"
"No way, I'm pretty confident about, all this."
"You should be," Beca chuckled as she remembered their first time meeting each other in the shower.
"Woah, dejavu, am I right?"
"I was thinking the same thing. That was an interesting day."
"It's not my fault you were singing my favorite song."
"Personal space is still a thing though, Chlo."
"I didn't mind the view, and I know you didn't either."
Beca was glad that she was on the phone so Chloe couldn't see her facial expression, "that's not the point."
"Whatever, anyways, I was thinking, Wednesday night would you want to come over for dinner after tryouts?"
"Really?"
"Yeah."
"Uh, sure, okay."
"Awes, and hopefully we can have something to celebrate. You know aside from our friendship."
"Wait, we're friends?"
"Shut up," Chloe chuckled. "I gotta go, dinner time."
"Alright, see you later."
"See you tomorrow, Beca."
Tuesday went by fairly quickly for Beca, and tryouts went by equally as fast. They went through the same ball handling and shooting drills. But they added in more drills and games where they played one on one, two on one, two on two, or three on two. After all of the drills they spent the second hour of tryouts scrimmaging. This time Beca and Felicia happened to be placed on the team, and they two girls found they were great partners on the court on offense and defense. The two were great players individually, but their chemistry on the court could not be ignored by anyone. They were a cohesive team that were virtually unstoppable. The two lead their team to an easy victory by the end of the tryout.
After tryout ended, the girls were asked to wait in the gym to get their decisions for the first round of tryouts. Beca and Felicia sat together on the sideline, each waiting for their names to be called.
"Are you nervous," Beca asked.
"No way, the way we played together? We are definitely making first cut."
"I hope so."
"Why do you sound nervous? We were on fire today!"
Beca shrugged, "I don't know, I guess that's just the kind of person."
"Well I'd like to think someone as hot as you would have more confidence."
"You're such a flirt."
"Hey when I see what I like, I don't hesitate."
Before Beca could respond the coach walked out, "Mitchell."
"Good luck, hot stuff."
Beca smiled and grabbed her bag and walked over to the office to talk to the coach. She sat down and waited for him to speak up.
"Excellent work these past two days, Beca."
"Thank you."
"You're a natural athlete. And I think you're an excellent candidate for the varsity team this year."
"Really?"
Coach nodded, "yes. And if you work hard enough tomorrow, you may also have a spot as captain."
"That is great news," Beca smiled.
"I expect to see the same effort tomorrow."
"Yes, sir."
"Alright, you have a nice night."
"Thank you, sir."
Beca grabbed her things and headed out the door, and went back to talk to Felicia who eagerly stood up and walked towards her, "hey! How'd it go?"
"I made first cut. He said if I keep up the hard work I got a spot on varsity, and I could possibly be up for captain."
"Shit. You go, girl."
"Thanks. You gotta let me know how you do," Beca said.
"Well let's exchange numbers and I'll call you later."
"Is this just a way for you to get my number?"
"Well, duh. Come on," she pulled out her phone and handed it to Beca. Beca sighed and passed phone over, and the two added their numbers into each others contacts. Felicia smiled as she handed Beca her phone, "there you go, sweet cheeks."
"Thanks, I gotta go. But I'll text you."
"Lookin' forward to it," Felicia winked.
"See ya," she chuckled as she left the gym.
She was walking down the main hall to leave when she saw Chloe standing by the door, "hey."
"Hey, Bec!"
"Why are you still here?"
"I'm waiting on Aubrey to finish her talk with the cheer coach."
"Oh how'd it go?"
"Good! I made first cut."
"Congrats!"
"Thanks, how about you?"
"Coach told me if I keep the hard work up, I have a spot on varsity and a chance at being captain."
"Woah, captain of varsity as a sophomore?"
"I know!"
"That's so cool."
"Yeah, well, I would love to stay to talk, but I gotta get home so May doesn't worry."
"Okay, see you tomorrow."
"Yeah, bye."
The next morning at school, Beca was talking to Jesse and Amy about tryouts. They were huddled around her locker, and Beca was doing her best to keep their conversation private.
"No seriously, I've never seen this girl and all of a sudden she is flirting with me."
"What's her name," Jesse asked.
"Felicia Hardy."
"Oh, I think she's in one of my classes," Jesse said.
"Wait, what about Chloe," Amy asked.
"What about her?"
"Are you still into her?"
"Obviously. But maybe Felicia is a better option. At least I know she likes me."
"Yeah. But how are you sure Chloe doesn't like you?"
"Jesse's right. Chloe is also pretty flirtatious."
"But that's just her personality. I don't think she means it."
"Dude, no way. After the party and the way you two interact at school, there's definitely more going on."
"Okay, well she invited me to dinner tonight. I guess we can see from there."
"She invited you to dinner," her friends asked in unison.
"Yeah. Don't be weird about it."
"Okay, well you have to keep us updated."
"I will guys. Hey, Benji."
"Hey, what'd I miss?"
"Beca is a ladies man. She has a date with Chloe tonight, and another girl practically drooling over her."
"No way."
"It's not a date."
"Wait but who is the other girl?"
"Felicia Hardy. I met her at tryouts."
"Oh, she's hot. She's in my history class."
The bell rang and Beca quickly got her things from her locker and smiled, "well I'd love to stay and chat, but studies call."
Beca was able to escape all of the questions until lunch.she did her best to put off joining her friends, but eventually she sat down and prepared herself for their questions.
"So, Beca," Amy said. "What else has gone down with this Felicia chick? Like how serious is it?"
"I mean we just met Monday. Shit, I actually need to text her to ask her about tryouts." She picked up her phone and sent out a quick text, hey how'd it go last night?
"So if nothing happens with Chloe…"
"Then maybe something can happen with Felicia," Jesse teased.
"Maybe, I don't know." Beca felt her phone vibrate and smiled when she read the text from Felicia, I was starting to think you forgot about me. And it looks like we could be co-captains. "Oh, shit."
"What?"
"There's a chance Felicia and I will be the varsity captains this year."
"Well then, you two will have plenty of time to get cozy with each other," Jesse said with a smirk.
Beca rolled her eyes, "shut up."
The group continued to talk about basketball and tease Beca about her possible love triangle that she has been thrown into. Beca played along, but she was grateful when Chloe approached the group, cutting their conversation off as she got closer.
"Hey," Chloe said with a smile. "Am I interrupting?"
"No, these weirdos are just being...weird," Beca said.
"Good use of adjectives, Becs."
"You know me, fluent in the English language."
Chloe laughed and sighed, "uh is there anyway I can steal Beca away for a second?"
The other three nodded, and Beca stood up and grabbed her books, "I'm all yours."
"Awes, let's go somewhere quiet."
Fat Amy whistled and staring cheering as the two left, getting the boys to join in. They all stopped when Beca shot a glare over to them.
"What was that all about?"
"They're just idiots," Beca shrugged. "So what's up?"
"I was just wondering if we were still on for dinner tonight," Chloe said as she played with her hair.
"Oh for sure," Beca nodded.
"Great, mom is making Branzino."
"Cool."
Before Chloe could respond, the two were interrupted as Beca was startled by two arms wrapping her up from behind and spinning her around. Beca squealed and laughed as Felicia put her down, "what the hell, dude, don't do that. You scared me!" She playfully hit the girl with her books.
"Sorry," Felicia laughed. "I saw your sexiness from down the hall and had to say hi."
Beca laughed awkwardly, "well I was kind of in the middle of a conversation, but I'll see you later?"
"Oh, yeah totally," she looked over to Chloe who was previously trying to burn a hole in the new girl's head. "Sorry about that."
"Oh no worries," Chloe smiled. "I would've done the same thing."
"Yeah, Beca is just one of those people you have to sweep off her feet before someone else does."
"Don't I know it," Chloe said with a bit of frustration.
"Alright, I'll leave you two alone, see you later hot stuff," Felicia said with a wink before strutting away.
"Sorry about that," Beca said. "She has like no understanding of boundaries."
"Oh, it's seriously no big deal, Becs."
"Cool, so tonight?"
"Yeah, I was thinking we could just walk back to my place together after tryouts."
"Oh, I'd love to, but I wanted to shower before, you know. Look nice and make a good impression."
"Okay, I'll text you the address then."
"Sounds great."
The bell rang and Chloe looped their arms together, "want to walk to class together?"
"Do I have much of a choice?"
"Do you not want to?"
"No, no, no, I'd love to. Always."
"Great, let's go."
The two walked to class and passed Felicia in the hallway. Beca waved and smiled while Chloe sent the girl a look like she telling her to keep away from Beca. Felicia nodded and smiled at the two, waving to Beca and blowing her a kiss.
Class and rehearsals went by quickly, and Beca did her best to ignore the elephant in the room that was Felicia. She gets through rehearsal keeping to herself for the most part and just before she leaves for tryouts, she says a quick goodbye to Chloe who gives her a good luck kiss on the cheek.
This last day of tryouts was harder than the other two. And there were still a good amount of girls left after first cuts. There were definitely enough girls to have a JV and a Varsity team, and Beca made sure she would be put on the latter. She worked hard all practice,beating her previous mile time and leading the group drills. She helped some of the other girls work on ball handling and shooting, and even managed to get her team to run some simple plays during the scrimmage. Once again Beca and Felicia ran the tryout, coming out as the clear leaders of the girls. They impressed coach with their leadership skills and they proved to be impressive competition against each other during scrimmages. Coach wrapped up the tryouts and they were all sitting in the gym waiting to have their last talk with the Coach. Beca and Felicia were the last two in the gym and Beca was getting restless as she didn't want to be late to dinner. She looked over at the clock and smiled when she noticed the girl of her dreams smiling at her through the door window.
"So what's with you and that girl," Felicia asked.
"Chloe?"
"Yeah, you two together?"
"Uh, it's complicated. I don't really know yet."
"But you like her."
"Yeah."
"Do you like me?"
Beca nodded and smiled, "yeah, I do."
"Well, I like you too, obviously. So why don't we just make things official?"
"That's really sweet of you, Felicia. But I just, I'm kinda still…"
"I get it. But just know that I'm here for you if things don't work out."
"Thanks, I hate to make this awkward."
"You didn't. At least you were honest with me."
Beca was about to respond, but coach walked out and addressed both of them, "ladies, follow me please." The two got up, grabbed their bags, and followed him to his office. They sat down and waited for him to talk. "Well ladies. It looks like I have my team all set up. All it need is some captains. You two interested?"
"Really?"
"Seriously?"
The man nodded, "you two are excellent leaders, and are unstoppable on the court together. I think you two will be able to truly transform this team."
"Thank you so much," Beca said with a smile.
"Yeah, thanks."
"Now there are a few things about being captains that you need to understand."
"Okay," they said in unison.
"I like my team to be a family, so you two will be responsible for setting up family time and team events outside of practice and games. You will also be in charge of apparel and running the warm ups in practice and games."
"Sounds easy enough," Beca nodded.
"It's pretty simple. You guys as leaders, and you need to do that, as well as bring the team together. You also are an example for the other girls, so you need to be professional in workouts and practice and make sure that your grades are up."
"That definitely won't be a problem sir," Felicia said.
"Good, well ladies, I don't want to keep you any longer. Have a nice day, and we will not be having practice for the rest of the week so that the boys can have the gym for their tryouts. So, I will see you on Monday."
"Thank you," Felicia said.
"See you tomorrow, coach," Beca said.
The two walked out of the office and Felicia, unable to contain her excitement, squealed. She pulled Beca in for a hug, "we did it!"
"Yeah we did."
"Looks like we are going to be partners."
"Captains."
"Well either way, I'm sure we will be spending a lot of time together."
"Totally," Beca nodded as they walked out of the gym.
"Hey, Becs," Chloe beamed as she looped her arm around the girl's.
"Hey, Chloe. How were tryouts?"
"Guess who made the team!"
"No way, congrats! Looks like I'll have at least one fan cheering me on."
"Yay! You made the team?"
"Yeah, I'm actually captain."
"Co-captain, Becs," Felica added.
"Right, co-captain."
"Oh, you two are co-captains?"
The girls nodded and smiled.
"That's great. Congratulations to both of you!"
"Thanks," they each said.
"Well, Becs, I'm gonna head home, see you in a bit?"
"Yeah, give me like thirty minutes, and I'll swing on over."
"Great," she kissed the girl on the cheek. "See you soon."
Chloe strutted off, leaving Beca and Felicia in the hallway, "seriously? She's totally into you."
"What?"
"Chloe, she likes you."
"I don't know. She's always been like that."
"Well what are you waiting for? The worst that happens is you end up with me," Felicia teased.
"That wouldn't be so bad."
"My, my, is Beca finally flirting back?"
"Shut up," Beca rolled her eyes. "I gotta go, I'll see you later."
"Bye."
Beca walked around to the back of the school and changed into her suit. She quickly zipped over to her house, took and shower and got changed. She wore black jeans, a red polo, a gray zip up hoodie, and her usual black leather jacket. She texted Chloe to get the address and made her way over to the girl's house. She stopped to get flowers on the way and when she reached the girls address she was surprised to find a scary doorman outside of the luxury apartment complex. She rounded the corner and looked around before scaling the side of the building. She got lucky and spotted Chloe's hair through the window. She jumped onto the fire escape and sat there for a second to make sure it was in fact Chloe, and she knocked on the window, smiling and waving once she was noticed.
"Hi! How did you get out there?"
"Fire escape. Your doorman is intimidating."
"That's twenty stories, Bec."
"I know. Is this your room?"
"Yeah," Chloe nodded.
Beca looked around, "books, pictures, everything is so you."
"Thanks."
"Oh," Beca fumbled with her bag. "I got your mom some flowers," she said pulling out a sad bouquet.
"Oh, lovely!"
"Yeah, beautiful, right?"
"They are."
"They were before-"
"No, they're nice. They held up really well."
Bca chuckled and sighed, "I'm gonna keep these."
She went to open her bag, and Chloe caught her off guard, "oh, is your suit in there?"
"My suit?"
"For dinner. I mean I know girls don't normally wear suits, but you did wear one to homecoming last year."
"That was one time," Beca sighed. "No, I just have this. Is this okay?"
"Yeah, it'll be fine."
"Chlo, dinner is ready, is your friend," the door swung open revealing Chloe's father. "Oh. Hello, you must be Beca."
"Yes, dad. This is Beca."
Beca shook the man's hand and smiled, "it's great to meet you."
"You as well. Dinner is ready if you two would like to join us."
"Okay, we'll be down in a second."
"He seems...nice."
"Don't let him scare you. He does this to all of my dates."
"Dates?"
Chloe smiled, "to be discussed. Let's go eat."
The two went downstairs and sat down with her family.
Beca sat in between Chloe's siblings while Chloe was directly across from her between her parents. Beca was trying to figure out how to eat the Branzino, seeking help from Chloe's younger brother while they each talked about their day. Chloe mocked Beca and the brunette rolled her eyes. She took a bite out of the fish and listened into the conversation.
"How was work today, George?"
"Yeah did you catch that spider guy yet," John asked.
"No, not yet," the man shook his head. "But we will. He's an amateur, assaulting civilians in the middle of the night. He's clumsy, but he's dangerous."
"He's assaulting people? I didn't really see it that way. I've seen some videos on YouTube and it seems like he's a pretty solid dude. No ill-intent. Most people may think he is helping."
"Well, most people are wrong. Don't even get me started in the car thieves and the gangs he goes after."
"Wouldn't that be helpful to the police? Surely you can't stop all of them."
"If I wanted those thieves and thugs off of the street, they'd be off the street by now."
"So why aren't they," Beca asked plainly, causing Chloe to laugh awkwardly and kick her from across the table.
"The people tend to be working for other people, we usually try to get them to lead us to their headquarters in order to attack their whole operation. It's called strategy, maybe you learned about it in school?"
Beca nodded, "yeah, well obviously he didn't know you had a plan."
"You seem to know a lot about this case. Do you know something we don't? Who's side are you on?"
"I'm not on anyone's side, sir. I just saw a video on the internet and-"
"Oh! A video on the internet, well then, case closed."
"Well maybe I can send you a link to this video. It really looks like spiderman is trying to help."
"Yeah, sure the internet is going to make him seem like some hero."
Beca shook her head, "no I don't think he's a hero at all, sir."
"So what are you saying?"
"I'm saying he is trying to help out a little and do the things the police can't."
"Something the police can't?"
"I-I don't know."
"What do you think we do all day? Eat donuts and sit with our thumbs planted firmly up our ass?"
"George!"
"Daddy!"
"Up your what, dad," Caleb asked.
"I think he stands for what you stand for, sir. Protecting innocent people."
"I stand for law and order," Captain Beale stated. "I wear a badge. This guy wears a mask like an outlaw, and he hunts down all these people who look the same. Like he has a vendetta. He only helps out if it is for his own benefit."
Chloe slammed her hand on the table and looked across to her date, "let's get some air, Bec."
Beca stands up and begins to apologize, "thank you for having me, I'm so sorry if I offended you, that was not my intention."
"You're welcome, sweetie," Mrs. Beale said.
"You're welcome," the captain said.
Beca quickly followed Chloe out of the room and was practically jogging to keep up with her, "where are we going?" Instead of answering Chloe continued walking up the stairs until, they were out on the roof of the building. "Woah, this is cool."
"What the hell was that in there?"
"I'm sorry I was just trying to like show him Spiderman was something other than a villian. You know? Prove something."
"Well, it was something."
"I'm sorry, I thought he was going to arrest me."
"No," Chloe shook her head and moved closer to Beca. "I wouldn't have let him." Beca nodded and tried to think of something to say to explain herself. Chloe could practically see the gears in Beca's head and she moved some of the girl's hair out of her face. She wrapped her arms around Beca's neck, and the two made eye contact, and it was as if the world around them stopped moving. But while Chloe was focused on Beca and their relationship, Beca was worrying about all of the weight on her shoulders involving spiderman.
Beca was fighting herself to try to relax and be in the moment, but just before Chloe closed the distance between the, she shook her head and pulled away, "I wanna tell you something."
"Oh! Okay, yeah let's talk."
"I've been...bitten."
"Me too," Chloe said as she grabbed Beca's hand, trying to pull her close once more.
Beca resisted and sighed, "there's just one thing okay? About the car thief and the vigilante."
"Oh. Well I can go get-"
This time it was Beca's turn to pull Chloe towards her, "no, I don't want to talk about your dad. I wanna talk about me."
"What about you?"
Beca shook her head, "I can't do this, I can't, I just wish I could because I want to tell you so bad."
"Just say it." Beca shakes her head once more and Chloe frowns. She turns away and starts to walk off. Beca sighed and pointed her web shooter at the girl's waist, shooting a web and quickly pulling the girl into her. Chloe gasps in shock and looks the girl up and down, "you, you're!"
Beca nods and smiles, "I am."
"And the other night on the roof?"
"I didn't want you to know. But I wanted to tell you so bad."
"Oh."
"You're disappointed, aren't you."
Chloe shook her head, "no."
"Surprised?"
"Yes."
"Happy?"
Chloe nodded and smiled, bringing the girl in for a kiss. It was shorter than all of the previous ones, but it was passionate. It was cut short by Chloe's mom, who called her to come inside. The two stayed in each other's arms for a little longer, sharing quick kisses before her mom came up the stairs and opened the door, "Chloe."
"I'm coming," Chloe groaned.
Beca chuckled, "see you tomorrow?"
"Yeah."
"Wanna come over for breakfast?"
"Sure."
"Great, see you then."
"Bye."
Beca watched Chloe, but just as she closed the door, she realized she didn't have her bag, "shit." She scaled down the side of the building once more and waited for Chloe to reappear in her room. She ducked out of sight when she saw her father in the doorway. once she heard the door slam she looked back inside and saw Chloe on her bed. She smiled and knocked lightly on the window.
"What are you still doing here?"
"I left my backpack. I've already lost four. I kinda need that one."
"Oh right," Chloe grabbed her bag and handed it to Beca.
Beca smiled, "thanks. Hey are you busy?"
Chloe shook her head.
"Do you think you can get out of here?"
"No, it's a school night."
"C'mon, be a rebel."
"Easy for you to say."
"I'm not a rebel. My aunt is just super chill."
"Well my parents aren't."
"Touche. Well thanks for my bag, do you mind if I change into my suit really quick?"
"Sure just be fast." Beca was crawling through the window when they heard her father's voice. Chloe was panicking and by the time she reached the door, she couldn't see whether or not Beca had found a place to hide. "Dad, I have homework."
"I know, I just wanted to say sorry. I was still mad about the whole spiderman thing."
"She didn't mean it."
"I know, she is a nice girl. But if she hurts you."
"I know, I know, I gotta get this stuff done, so."
"Right, don't let me stop you," he left and closed the door.
"Beca," Chloe whispered.
"Down here," Beca replied from under her bed.
"Seriously? He could've seen you!"
"Relax, watch." Beca pulled herself up and held herself flat against the frame.
"Fine, but that was too close."
"At least now I know where to hide," Beca said as she got up.
"Yeah it might come in handy later."
Beca chuckled and walked towards her in the suit with her mask in her hand, "well I guess I better go."
"Yeah," Chloe smiled. She wrapped her arms around Beca and gave her a deep kiss. "See you tomorrow."
"Text me what you want for breakfast."
"Alright."
"Bye, Chlo."
"Bye, Becs."
Beca smiled and climbed back out the window, just before she put her mask on she shot another web through the window and brought Chloe in for a quick kiss. "Sorry," Beca said.
"Don't be."
Beca pulled her mask over her head and waved goodbye before shooting a web pff into the distance and swinging away.
"Oh, I'm in trouble," Chloe said as she watched Beca leave.
-A/N: that's all for this chapter folks! Sorry again for threlat. Finals week. But winter break means more free time to write! Hopefully I will be able to update more often during break but no promises. Family time is a must this break so you know, I have a week where all I will be doing is spending time with family. Anyways, I hope you enjoyed. Feel free to leave any comments and/or suggestions. Next chapter we get some more action, aka lizard v. Spiderman battle. Thanks for reading and as always, RR much appreciated (: