Started out as a filler chapter (still is). A bit out of character for me, it is very cute and fluffy imo and things to look forward to are: jealous Beca, Chloe bringing something fiery back, a bit of (not so) smut and a lot of awkward.
Chapter 10
Beca was currently at Chloe's house having dinner with Chloe and Jamie. Despite it being a Monday, Chicago and Aubrey dropped Jamie off here after school and Chloe decided to have an impromptu movie night. Beca wasn't sure why she was feeling nervous but she really was. It was the same feeling she had when she met Chloe's parents for the first time.
"Alright movie night rules just for tonight." Chloe says slapping the table to grab the attention of Jamie and Beca. "Beca will choose the movie."
"What?" Both Beca and Jamie asked at the same time.
Chloe ignored the both of them and continued. "And Jamie and I will have one veto each."
"Why do I have to choose?" Beca then said.
While Jamie said, "Why can't I choose?"
"Yeah let him Choose Chlo. I'm happy for Jamie to choose the movie."
Chloe was shaking her head. "Nope. It's only fair that you choose cause it's your first movie night with us."
Beca looked from Chloe to Jamie. She's waiting for Jamie to fight for their case but Jamie sighed. "Mommy Chloe's right." Jamie finally agrees with Chloe.
Beca was trying to get Chloe's attention by staring at her wide-eyed. She thinks this was a bad idea. No, this was a terrible idea but Chloe wouldn't budge.
"So while we all go change and get comfy, Beca think of three movies."
"Three?" Beca couldn't hide the panic in her voice.
"Yup." Chloe said with finality.
The only silver lining was when Jamie leaned over to her and whispered in her ear. "Pick Fox and the Hound." Beca wasn't ready for it and she clutched on her shirt over where her heart is at how heartwarming that was for her.
This didn't go unnoticed by Chloe and it warmed her heart as well but she was not going to allow Jamie to take control of this movie night. This was a serious matter after all. "No coaching James Anthony Walp."
Jamie was giggling and even nudged Beca and wiggled his eyebrows. Beca winked at him as if to say 'I got you'.
Chloe playfully rolled her eyes and looked down on her watch. "Alright so let's say, meet back down here in 30 minutes? Sound good?"
Jamie was nodding and left almost immediately to go change.
"You too Bec. You can change first. You know where to find your stuff." Chloe winks at her.
"Are you sure this is a good idea?" Beca tries to plead her case one more time now that they were alone.
"Bec relax. It's just movie night. Now go on. I'll follow."
When it was time, Chloe was the last one to go back down. She could hear Beca and Jamie when she was half way down the stairs. They haven't noticed her arrival and Chloe watched the two of them for a bit. Beca was browsing through Netflix with Jamie seated beside her.
"Come on dude, just help me out a little." Beca was half-whispering to Jamie. "How about this?" Beca stopped at one movie. "What do you think of this one?"
Jamie just shrugged. "Sorry Beca. You heard her. No coaching."
Chloe heard Beca sigh. She gave them a few more seconds before she cleared her throat. It made Beca and Jamie sit straighter on the couch. "Alright. Let's hear it Bec."
Jamie was comfortable sitting in between them, whether it was deliberate, Chloe didn't mind. She found a spot on Jamie's left while Beca was on his right. Chloe looked over to Beca, who was focused on the screen. She didn't appear to mind the seating arrangement either.
"Okay. First suggestion. Fox and the Hou—."
"Veto." Chloe didn't even let Beca finish. "Next."
Beca almost snorted at that. She steals a glance at Chloe who wasn't looking at her. "Sore point. Noted." She said under her breath while Jamie is giggling next to her. Beca could feel him nudging her with his elbows. "Okay. How about Klaus?"
Chloe was nodding her head. But Beca and Chloe were really waiting for Jamie cause he did have a veto to use.
"What's that one again?" Jamie asks.
Beca hovers over the movie for the short trailer to start then something clicks with Jamie. "Oh no not that one. Uhm. Veto."
"Okay." Beca says. Chloe and Beca were curious as to why Jamie would veto Klaus but neither of them questioned it.
Jamie offered an explanation anyway. "I promised Nate I'd watch it with him." He said without turning away from the screen.
Beca smiled at that. "Okay. How about Shrek?" She was pretty confident with this one. Shrek was a classic after all and the sound track was really good.
Jamie and Chloe were nodding. Chloe then reaches over Jamie's shoulders to rest her hand on Beca's shoulder. "Play it." Chloe said to Beca while rubbing her collarbone with her thumb.
Beca pressed play and leaned into Chloe's hand to give it a quick kiss after making sure that Jamie wasn't looking.
Beca was happy and very proud of her movie choice especially when Jamie started singing along and laughing out loud. Beca was honestly very distracted throughout the movie since Chloe kept lightly brushing her fingers through her hair, her ear, the side of her neck and face, everything she could get her hands on really. Beca was getting a bit flustered.
She wasn't sure if Chloe was doing it on purpose but she didn't seem to notice. She was pretty focused on the movie, laughing at Donkey's antics the most. Chloe only pulled back her hand at the end of the movie.
"I loved that. I really enjoyed that one. Thanks Beca." Jamie said followed by a yawn a little after the closing credits.
"I really did too. Thanks for having me."
"Yeah I agree." Chloe then saw Jamie's yawn and glassy eyes. "Someone's ready for bed." Chloe said to him and when Jamie nodded she continued. "Let me tuck you in."
Jamie nodded and yawned again. "Yes please." Jamie says to Chloe, who was already standing. Jamie then looked to Beca. "Night Beca. Let's do this again next time. Maybe when Nate isn't over at his dad's so he can join us?"
"Of course. He'd like that. Night J. I'm going to head home in a little bit too."
"Oh you're not staying over?" Chloe was the one who asked.
"No, it's a school night. I have to get to work early tomorrow too."
Beca saw Chloe pout quickly but she didn't say anything more.
"Don't worry. I'll wait for you before I leave."
"You don't have to. You can just go now if you like." Chloe said in a cold tone. Beca wasn't sure how to respond to that so she froze and thought about what she would say next.
When Chloe noticed Beca, she couldn't help but break into a smile. "I'm teasing. You better wait for me. I won't be long." She winked as she followed Jamie up the stairs. Beca could only shake her head.
Chloe snuggled back into Beca in the lounge as soon as she tucked Jamie in.
"Are you really going home tonight?" Chloe pouted up to Beca again.
"Yes but I do have a few minutes to spare." Beca kissed Chloe's pout away. "So tomorrow. What's the plan? What time are your parents arriving?"
"After I drop off Jamie at school, I'm going straight to the airport to pick them up. Can you make it? Do you want to come with me?"
"I can't in the morning. Maybe lunch would be better for me? But you have to tell me what mood they're in. Especially James. Please."
Chloe laughed. "You are obsessed."
Beca suddenly remembered why Chloe's parents were coming. "You're all attending that awards gala night, right? You're all nominated?"
"Daddy James is. The ones recognised are specifically in the area of Pediatrics."
"I keep forgetting James is the Pediatrician between them."
"Stop it." Chloe said but she was laughing. "You always make it seem like my dad is so scary."
"It's cause he is."
"So we both have a pretty hectic week coming up. The awards gala night on Wednesday and the album release party for you on Friday."
"Oh right, I heard about it from Emilia. I'm so happy you're coming to that. But frankly I'm surprised you said yes."
"Me too. I wasn't planning on it but then really I can't say no to Emilia, I was so flattered she invited me."
"I would've invited you, you know?"
"Really?"
"Yeah of course."
"Then I would've said yes to you too." Chloe pinched Beca's cheeks. "Anyway, remember I have a friend coming too, so I figured I could take him as my plus one. He loves these things."
"Wait wait wait. What plus one? I thought I was your plus one? Who's coming?"
"You're silly. Settle down. I haven't had the chance to tell you so I'm telling you now."
"Okay. But who's coming?" This was news to Beca.
"Cooper. We went to med school together but he moved to Denver as soon as we graduated. He called me last week he's also nominated for the Rising Star award. When I said I was going solo, he offered we go together and I said yes."
"Why were you going solo in the first place? Why didn't you ask me to be your date?"
"Babe you know I would have loved it for you to be my date. But they're very strict. For you to be able to attend you're gonna have to be either in the medical field or be married to someone in the medical field."
Beca raised her eyebrows at that one. They haven't actually talked about their 'future' together but Beca knew tonight wasn't the time to do that. She was also distracted by this very new piece of information.
"So this Cooper guy, were you close? Did you guys keep in touch?"
"In med school yes but I've only seen him a handful of times since graduation. I can't wait for you to meet him. I think you two will get along." Chloe shows Beca an old photo of them.
Beca was not very surprised that he was good looking. Of course he was going to be good looking. "Does he know?"
Chloe understood Beca was asking if Cooper knew about their relationship. "Of course."
"Good." Beca held onto Chloe tighter.
"He's arriving on Wednesday. I'm picking him up at the airport and then meeting my parent for lunch. I'd love it if you could come but I understand if you can't. I know how hectic it is for you too."
"Just let me know the time and I'll see what I can do. So your parents know him?"
"Yeah, he worked with my dad for a bit."
"James?" Beca asked and Chloe nods. "So James likes him too. Great."
"I don't think he was his favourite but daddy was okay with him."
After a few moments, Beca sighed. "As comfy as I am with you like this, I must say I have to get going."
Chloe hugged Beca tighter. "Last chance. Are you really not staying over?"
Beca sighed again but had to untangle herself from Chloe. "Yes. Fred is actually waiting outside."
"May I ask why? Sorry I just thought I would be able to convince you to stay. I always do." Chloe was walking Beca to the door now.
"The truth is I wasn't sure if Jamie would like that. I wanna stay on his good side especially now that we made such great progress tonight. I even got another movie night invite, me and Nate."
Chloe's heart melted at how genuinely excited Beca was with how tonight went. "Well if you put it that way then I won't make it harder for you to leave."
"It's never easy to leave you anyway." Beca leans in to give Chloe a kiss.
Chloe deepens the kiss before pulling back and playfully pushed Beca away. "Go on before I change my mind."
It turned out Beca was busier than she thought. With the album release just days away, collaboration deals going on at the same time, and several other deadlines catching up on her, she was almost cooped up in the office for the past two days.
She knew Chloe must be home by now. Her friend arrived mid morning and lunch with her parents surely ended a while ago now. She called Chloe and put her on loudspeaker. Chloe answered laughing.
"Hey Bec. How are you?"
"Hey you. It's the usual for me. Overworked and sleep deprived. Your friend all settled?"
"Yeah sort of. We're on our way home to get ready for tonight."
"Are you driving right now?"
"Yes. And you're on Bluetooth. Coop say hi."
"Hi Beca. Cooper here. Are you joining us for drinks at Chloe's?"
"Hey Cooper. I don't think I can make it tonight unfortunately. But I will let you guys know when anything changes."
"Oh that's a shame. I was hoping you'd come. I'm really looking forward to meeting you."
Beca heard some commotion, she can only guess Chloe slapped him in the arm or something and swore she heard an 'ow' and a 'what' from Cooper.
Beca ignores this though and asked instead. "So what are your plans tonight? Are you driving your parents to the convention centre?"
"No. I'll lend them my car so they could drive themselves. Aubrey and Chicago's also coming over for pre-drinks then we'll head over together. And it would be close to impossible to drive with my dress."
"Why? What exactly are you wearing tonight?"
"A long dress. I'll send you a photo. I think you'll love it."
"Oh you're going to love and hate it Beca." Beca heard Cooper say in the background.
"Why do you say that?" Beca couldn't help herself.
"You'll see." Cooper teases.
Beca could hear another commotion that sounded like Chloe slapping Cooper in the arm she imagines again. "Stop it." She could hear Chloe say.
"You stop hitting me." Cooper said back to Chloe.
"Hey Bec, we're almost home. No pressure about making it here okay, I understand how busy it is for you all."
"I can't really promise anything. But I'll see you tomorrow for sure."
"Alright. I'll see you tomorrow then."
"I will wait for those pictures though."
"Don't worry I got you covered." Coop said to the speakers again.
Chloe rolled her eyes at Cooper. Beca couldn't see this but she could hear them giggling. She swallowed the feeling and didn't even want to acknowledge it. She inhaled through her nose and exhaled through her mouth to calm herself. She didn't like whatever feeling it was she was trying to shove back down.
"Anyway we're here. I'm hanging up now. I love you."
"Love you too Chlo. Bye." Beca said dropping the call. Beca was annoyed at herself. She was probably making a big deal out of nothing or that her biases were taking over her perceptions. She was mainly annoyed at the fact that his voice sounded good too. 'Did this guy not have any flaws?' Beca thought to herself.
When the call ended, Chloe was avoiding Cooper's gaze while waiting for her garage door to open.
"What?" She asked him without looking at him.
"Nothing. I think you two are cute."
"Thank you." Chloe finally looks at him as she parked her car. "I think so too. Let's go."
The gala night and the awards were hosted and presented by the American Academy of Pediatrics. Chloe and Cooper were nominated for the Rising Star Award. Doctor Harrison was nominated for the Distinguished Career Award and Chloe's dad James was nominated for the Education Award.
Beca knew of many many award shows but she wasn't familiar with this one. When she was looking it up it seemed like a big deal. She was looking at last year's photos and awardees. If Beca didn't know better, she would think these people were celebrities and not actual doctors.
Beca's been waiting for Chloe or Cooper to send her the photos she was promised. She's been dying to see what Chloe was wearing. They were teasing her so much. Eventually, Chloe did send her a couple of sneak peeks. Beca saw that Chloe was going to wear an off-shoulder ice blue sparkling long gown. But after ones of Chloe in just her robe, it's been radio silence from the two.
Beca's been so tempted to just drop everything and go to Chloe's place until Cynthia Rose calls her to the studio, which only means it's going to be another long session.
Beca then started to wonder what Chloe would look like in her gown. Her gown looked like something celebrities would wear on the red carpet. She remembers Chloe saying it was a black tie event and she's seen the photos from last year but all Beca could picture was everyone wearing white coats on top of their dresses.
There was absolutely nothing that could have prepared her for the photos that she was about to be tagged in because Chloe ended up not being able to send her photos but Cooper was posting on Chloe's socials.
She knew the smiles her friends were throwing her when they saw her at the lobby. Beca could only roll her eyes not being able to hide her blush.
"Go home you guys. Why are you all still here anyway?"
"Do you want me to stay with Nate tonight so you can go to Chloe?" Cynthia Rose teased her.
Beca was tempted to say yes but they would never let her hear the end of it and she promised to only use last minute baby sitters for emergency. This didn't count as an emergency as tempting as it was.
"No thanks. I'm going to see her tomorrow morning anyway."
"You're telling me you can resist all that?" Stacie showed a photo of Chloe quickly. Beca couldn't see properly, so she decided to just take her own phone out.
"Where'd you get those?" She asked them but was ignored.
Beca first saw the selfies Chloe sent her in the middle of the event and a quick video of her twirling in front of a mirror. "Wow she looks like a Disney princess."
Stacie didn't look up from her phone with Cynthia Rose looking over her shoulder whistling. "Wow. I mean we all know Chloe's gorgeous but damn girl."
"Yup. I am one lucky motherfucker."
"Who's this hot dude she's with by the way? He's a doctor too? When did doctors get this good looking?" Stacie continued and showed a picture of Chloe with Cooper and another one with them and her dads.
"That's her friend from med school." Beca said without looking at the photos. She was on the hunt for her own. She could see a number of notifications on twitter and instagram and figured Chloe had everything to do with it.
Cynthia Rose, who continued to look over Stacie's shoulder, was nodding. "Oh. Those are her folks, right? Damn." Cynthia Rose gave Beca that look.
Beca felt eyes on her and looked up to her friends. "What?" She shrugged. "What about the photos? Seems perfectly normal to me. They are at an event."
Cynthia Rose and Stacie exchanged looks. "It's okay to admit you're jealous Becs. I mean it's not your fault they're both so attractive and they look like a happy married couple."
Beca almost snorted. "What are you saying Stace? They do not look like a happy married couple." Beca couldn't even say it without sounding so disgusted. "I mean you're right they're both really attractive so of course when you put them together it looks like something. But I'm not jealous. That Cooper dude may have a girlfriend back home too. Or who knows he could be happily married. It just looks to me like two friends accompanying each other at a really fancy event. Now if you'll excuse me, I'll start packing up and go home to my child."
"I don't see a ring Becs."
Beca knew Stacie was baiting her but she leaned into the photo anyway. No ring. "Whatever. You know what I meant. Anyway, I'm gonna grab my stuff and go."
Beca left them two and walked to her office. She was preparing to leave when she saw Chloe left her a couple of voicemails.
"Hey Bec. I miss you. Are you still at work? They're about to announce the winners. Gotta look alive. Laters. Oh. But you haven't told me what you thought about my dress? Do you like it? Everyone seems to like it. But do you?"
Beca had to laugh and shake her head at that one. She listens to the next one.
"We're almost done here and… I won. Can you believe it? I know me too, shocker. Doctor Harrison and my dad won in their category too, now those were expected. We're going to the Perch now for a few drinks. I'm not drinking much though cause I'm working tomorrow. I love you."
Beca was laughing to herself some more and thought how ironic Chloe was sounding at the end since she already sounded a bit tipsy in her voicemails.
Cynthia Rose popped her head in. "Hey Becs. You ready? Wanna walk out together?"
"Huh? Yeah."
"What's got you smiling like that?"
"Nothing I just got an update from Chloe. She won."
"Oh that's great news. We should celebrate. Tell her I said congratulations when you see her."
"I will. Anyway. I'm ready. Let's go."
Beca got home a little after 9 in the evening. She checked on Nate and saw him stir and wake up when she opened his door.
"Hey Bud. Sorry did I wake you?" Beca enters his room to give him a kiss and sat by the edge of his bed.
"No mom. It's okay. I was waiting for you. How was your day?"
"Yeah really good. Sorry I missed dinner. How was school?"
"It's okay. I'm sure Grandma put the leftovers in the fridge. It's the same, no highlights today."
"Of course she did. You should go back to sleep. Let's talk more in the morning, okay? I'd love to hear about your day even without highlights."
Nate laughed at that and nodded. "Love you Mom."
"I love you too Bud."
Chloe and Cooper ended up becoming designated drivers. There was just no way Chloe was going to be able to drive without stripping out of her dress. Her dad Jim was supposed to be designated driver but couldn't say no to drinks eventually. Chloe wanted them to enjoy the night so she offered to drive the car home. That and she was working anyway so she couldn't drink anymore. Cooper overheard Chloe's suggestion to her parents and looked her up and down head to toe.
"Yeah. There's no way you can drive wearing that. You know that, right? And I mean literally."
"I'm sure I can figure something out."
"Why not just let me drive? At least have a drink to celebrate."
"No it's okay. I'm working tomorrow remember. Let's just grab drinks when I get off work."
"Sounds like a plan."
When it was getting close to 11pm, Chloe slowly went around saying her farewells with Cooper following behind her.
Her dads didn't look like they were going home anytime soon and told Chloe they were just going to call a cab to drop them off their hotel.
"Our baby girl, we are so proud of you. We love you." Her dads gave her one big hug.
"I love you guys too. Please message me when you're home."
"We will."
Her dads then turned to Cooper and gave him a quick hug as well. "Good to see you Coop. You two get home safe."
"Thank you Doctor. You too."
Beca was settled on her own lounge, two beers down, with her feet up the table. She was still scrolling through the photos. She saw a group photo and the caption caught her eye.
"Downstate represent." She could only recognise Chicago and Cooper. There was a sudden tug in her heart when it dawned on her that these people became Chloe's family when they broke up.
Beca downed her beer and stood up to go to her own room. Her eyes were getting tired. She had just lied down when her phone lit up and Chloe's name popped up on her screen. Beca smiled at this right away and picked it up. This was what Beca was waiting for after all.
"Hey you." Beca greeted her first.
"Hey. Did I wake you?"
"No I was just about to sleep. Where are you? Congratulations by the way."
"Thank you. I'm all snuggled up on my bed now. I was just about to sleep too and I figured you'd be waiting. I'm still waiting too you know."
"Waiting for what?"
"Did you like it?"
"Are you kidding me? The only thing I hated about it was that I didn't get to see you."
Chloe was pleased with that answer. She bit her lip and hummed. "So tell me. What are you wearing?"
Beca's breath hitched and Chloe must've heard it cause she starts laughing.
"Chlo."
"I'm sorry. I didn't mean to tease." Chloe says with a yawn. "I'm sorry. We should get some sleep I just wanted to hear your voice."
"You'll see me first thing tomorrow. Night Chlo."
"Night Bec."
Beca asked Fred to drive to Chloe's after dropping off Nate and she used her spare key to enter Chloe's house.
It was a little too quiet. "Chlo?" Beca called out.
"She's up but she hasn't gone down." Beca jumps when she heard a man's voice coming from the couch.
She slowly walks towards the couch with her neck outstretched to see who was there lying on the couch when all of a sudden Cooper sat straight.
"Hi. You must be Beca. It's me Cooper." Cooper said offering his hand to Beca. He was wearing boxer shorts and a white shirt. "Nice to meet you in person."
"Beca. Hi. You too." Beca says shaking his hand. "Did you sleep here?"
"Yeah. Passed out here on the couch. I was supposed to just doze off for an hour or two but I didn't hear my alarm. Did you want me to grab Chloe? I'm craving for my coffee too."
"What? No. It's okay. I'm sure she'll be down in a bit. I'll make you guys coffee. How do you like yours?"
"Oh thank you. That's very sweet. Black for me please and Chloe likes hers –"
"With cream and sugar." They say at the same time.
Cooper sat across from Beca on the counter and watched her prepare their coffee.
"You know I imagined you to be smaller. Cause you're shorter than Chloe right? But yeah there's something about you that's intimidating but not really."
"Thanks I guess? But I mean come on, Chloe only has a couple of inches on me and she won't make me forget it."
"Oh I bet."
Beca hands him his coffee. "Thank you."
"You're welcome. How was last night?"
"Yeah it was great. It was my first time to attend actually. I think it was Chloe's second time. I know she went with her dads the previous year." Beca followed his line of sight and saw him looking at the trophy. "She deserves it more than anyone. I'm so happy she won it."
"Yeah me too."
"Thanks for being cool about this."
"About what?"
"Chloe being my date."
"I'm not." She said and Cooper raised his brows at this.
It was like Beca and Cooper we're in a stand off. They were in a staring contest. Beca didn't look away when she took a sip from her own cup until she saw Chloe coming down the stairs. Chloe smiled as soon as she saw her.
"I knew I heard you. Hi." Chloe almost ran to her and gave her several quick kisses on the lips in front of Cooper, which Beca was really smug about. "I see you two have met."
"Hello to you too my rising star. Your coffee's ready. Congratulations again."
"Thank you and for the coffee too. You're the best." Chloe grabbed her own cup and looked to Cooper. "Can you at least put some pants on? You're scaring her."
"I'm not and she's fine. We're good."
"No seriously, get dressed. We have to leave soon. I don't want to be late for work."
Chloe then faces Beca with a sweet smile. "I'm dropping him off at his hotel before heading into work. How are you? Everything ready for tomorrow?"
Beca was about to answer when Cooper cut her off.
"How about this? How about Beca drop you off work and you leave me with your car keys and house keys? I'm obviously not ready and I want to take my time."
Beca looks at him. "That's actually not a bad idea."
"See? That way I can entertain your parents and pick you up from work."
"Okay I'm not so sold on the idea anymore."
Chloe starts to laugh but she's fishing out her keys from her pockets. "You better not be late. I mean it."
"I'll be there at 6pm sharp I promise." Cooper says grabbing the keys from Chloe.
"Wait what's happening?" Beca asked.
"Come on Babe. Let's catch up some more in the car. I assume Fred's waiting?"
Beca let herself be dragged out while Cooper called out to her. "It was nice meeting you Beca. This has been fun. I look forward to hanging out with you some more."
Beca didn't even know how to respond. "He's so weird." Beca whispers to Chloe.
Chloe linked their arms together and kept walking. She didn't even look back at him. "Don't mind him. Trust me. Just ignore him."
Beca looked back and could see Cooper was just laughing at her. "What's his deal?"
"He's just teasing you."
Fred opens the door for them. "Good morning Doctor Beale. To the hospital I suppose?"
"Good morning to you too Fred. Yes please."
"After you." Beca says.
As soon as they were settled inside, Chloe was a little surprised that Beca finds her hand and intertwined their fingers. Chloe smiled down looking at their joined hands. She then gave Beca's hand a little squeeze making her turn to look at Chloe.
"Hm?"
"Nothing. I really missed you." Chloe says dropping her head on Beca's shoulder. "Excited for tomorrow?"
"You know it and I missed you too." Beca kisses the top of her head. "So Cooper is really close to your parents that he can just casually have lunch with them?"
"What do you mean?"
"I mean I haven't seen them since they got here. I really should be making time to see them. Have they said anything? I'm a terrible girlfriend."
"Relax. They know about the release party. They understand. Besides they've been busy too. We've all been. How are you really feeling about it all?"
"Yeah. I mean it's not the first album the label's released but it's a new feeling every time. I'm just really excited for Emilia too. After tomorrow I swear I am all yours. I can even do breakfast, lunch and dinner with your parents. I don't even care if Cooper joins us."
Chloe laughs out loud. "Cooper really gets to you huh? If you look past his obnoxiousness, he's really not that bad."
"I'm sure. You two wouldn't be friends for this long if he was just obnoxious."
"Anyway this is my stop. Thanks for the ride. Message me later if for some miracle you're free tonight." Chloe puts an arm over Beca and leans in for a kiss. "Good luck today."
"You too. I'll talk to you later."
"Bye Fred. Thanks for the ride."
"Anytime Doctor Beale."
Chloe doesn't bother to correct him anymore since it's pretty obvious he was fond of calling her Doctor Beale.
It was finally the Friday and tonight was the album release party. Chloe and Cooper were at the mall for last minute things they needed for tonight. It was when they walked past a salon that Cooper nudged Chloe to get her attention.
"You know I kinda miss you with your red hair."
"I miss it too." Chloe follows Cooper's line of sight and hit him on the shoulder when she saw his face. "I know that look."
"I think it's time you sport the red look again. I'm sure Beca would love it."
They've both stopped walking and stood outside the salon.
"Oh I know she will." Chloe was actually considering it. She slowly turns to Cooper smiling. "I think I'm gonna do it. It'll be an awesome surprise. The ultimate throwback. Do you think we have time?"
Cooper smiled back, linked their arms together and dragged Chloe inside. "Always."
There were no miracles for Beca and she hasn't seen Chloe or her parents. Everyone at the label was frantically preparing for the party. Stacie literally dragged everyone everywhere. Poor Katie had to deal with it the most.
Their whole 9th floor suddenly turned into a massive dressing room. They were all dressed up and made up. An hour before the scheduled start, Stacie was filing everyone into the service shuttles to head off to the venue where there were a few press, media and fans waiting.
"Don't you two look dashing?" Stacie said to Beca and Nate as they entered the elevators.
Beca was holding Nate's hand. They both wore matching plaid suits. Last night, when Nate asked Beca if he could come there was no way Beca could say no.
"Well I thought if Chloe was going to bring her own plus one, I could bring my own as well."
Nate's eyes lit up. "Doctor Chloe is bringing Jamie?"
"I wish it was Jamie she was bringing Bud. She's bringing one of her doctor friends."
Nate's eyebrows furrowed so Beca continued. "Doctor Harrison?"
"Nah. It's another doctor friend of hers. But Jamie will still be there with Chicago and Aubrey. Don't worry." Beca says fixing his hair. "And if you're really good, we might just allow you to go on that sleepover at Jamie's tonight."
"Really? Thank you, thank you, thank you."
"Don't thank me yet."
Beca could see Stacie shaking her head. Everyone knew this sleepover was happening.
"Gorgeous. Just absolutely gorgeous." Cooper said clapping his hands together when he saw Chloe walk down the stairs.
"Thanks Coop. You're looking very dapper yourself."
"I think our ride's outside. You ready to go?" Cooper asked Chloe while offering his arm.
"Yup. Let's!" Chloe says linking their arms. Then she laughs. "Did I overdo it? Be honest. I still have time to change."
"Nope. It's perfect. Beca won't know what hit her when she sees you."
"Hey Bec, have you heard from Chloe and her friend yet?" Stacie asked Beca. They were standing at the end of the red carpet close to the entrance of the venue.
"We're meeting them inside. I had Fred pick them up and he said they're already on their way here. Why what's up?"
"There's an alternate entrance I can let them through. Otherwise, it's the red carpet for her with all the paps. I'll get Katie to contact Fred."
Beca nodded and left it with Stacie as she and Cynthia Rose were pulled in another interview while waiting for Emilia to join them. They were in the middle of discussing the themes of the album when there was a sudden commotion and the buzzing got louder in an instant. Everyone turned to see who has just arrived.
Stacie goes through her guest list quickly to see who arrived that would probably cause this reaction. When she couldn't pinpoint one specific person, she looked up and caught a glimpse of who just arrived.
"Holy shit." Stacie pulled on Beca's arm to get her attention.
"What, why? Who is it?"
Stacie looked stunned. She was just looking ahead. Beca followed her gaze and was left slack-jawed too. Cynthia Rose had the same look. Beca excused herself from the interview but couldn't seem to move.
"Chloe! Chloe!" The photographers started to call out to Chloe.
"Look here! Who are you wearing?"
"Who are you with? Chloe! Chloe! Chloe! To your right!"
"Can we get a solo!"
Chloe still had her arm linked with Cooper's as they try to navigate their way through the red carpet. Chloe was sure they were not supposed to be dropped off here but it was too late to go anywhere once they were already spotted. Chloe kept the smile on her face as she scans the crowd for a familiar face.
A reporter tried to get an interview but they didn't stop for anyone. They were moving very slow with all the cameras on them now. Cooper did his best to keep everyone at bay. He instantly became her bodyguard.
Emilia who was in the middle of the red carpet was also in the middle of being interviewed. As soon as she heard the screams, Emilia had to look around to see who was causing that entire racket.
"I'm sorry, excuse me." Emilia couldn't place her finger when she saw the couple that arrived. Celebrity? Model? Singer? Actress? She couldn't put a finger on it.
Her eyes bulged when she recognised who it was. "Oh my god. Chloe is that you?"
Chloe saw Emilia and let go of Cooper for the first time. Chloe leaned in to give Emilia a quick hug and kisses on the cheeks. "Emilia. Hi. This is crazy. Congratulations!"
The cameras were on them now. Trying to get a photo of the two.
"You look absolutely stunning. And oh my god." Emilia was pointing to her hair.
Chloe just shrugged. "Thank you. You're very sweet. You look beautiful." Chloe then pulled Cooper to introduce him. "This is my friend, Cooper."
Emilia raised a brow at Chloe quickly before turning her attention to Cooper. "Hi it's nice to meet you. Emilia."
Cooper being Cooper leaned in to give Emilia kisses on each cheek. "It's a pleasure to meet you. I am a fan of your music. I can't wait to hear the rest of the album."
"Really? Thank you." Emilia was blushing. Then the photographers were screaming at them again. "Is it okay if we pose for pictures?" Emilia asked them.
"Of course. For you yes. It would be our honour." Chloe said.
Chloe was in the middle of Emilia and Cooper. Chloe leaned into Emilia slightly while Cooper placed his hand on Chloe's back as they smiled for the cameras.
Afterwards, Emilia had to excuse herself to continue with the interviews. "I'll see you inside." Emilia said as Chloe and Cooper continued to walk on towards the other end of the red carpet.
Chloe was wearing a black Temperley gown with silver beadings. It was a strapped dress with a semi-low neckline. Chloe didn't dress up like this often but when she did she's very comfortable and exudes confidence as if she does this on an everyday basis. She also ditched the blonde and dawned her auburn hair that was very close to her natural hair colour.
They saw Stacie next who was standing next to Beca and Cynthia Rose as they waited to be interviewed. Stacie was the first to approach her. Then she introduced Cooper to Stacie and Cynthia Rose. Cooper gave everyone kisses on the cheeks including Beca.
Chloe greeted them all. Beca was blown away and was literally left speechless. Stacie had to nudge her a little.
"Hey you." Chloe says to Beca with a wink. She wasn't subtle when she looked at Beca from head to toe nodding her head in approval.
She then gives her a kiss on the cheek and a half hug. Chloe could feel Beca stiffen and gave her pats on the back.
"Hi. You look wow." Beca is shaking her head. She was stiff for a couple of reasons. She was still in shock and there were cameras everywhere directed at them. "And your hair." Beca keeps shaking her head slowly. "I don't know what to say just wow."
Chloe only smiled in response as they could barely hear each other. Beca was wearing a pantsuit with a plunging neckline. Chloe loved it. She sent a wink Beca's way but Beca was just stunned in a daze.
The cameras, the press, everyone was going wild again as this is the first time Chloe and Beca were seen together. Everyone was requesting for photos and they only posed as a group.
"Is this okay?" Beca leans to Chloe's side.
"What is?"
"All of this."
Chloe rolled her eyes and faced Beca again. "Is that why you're being all awkward?"
"Am I?"
"I'm not going to avoid you in public Bec." She leans in to whisper. "Even if we're pretending not to date." Chloe then slaps her in the arm. "Like you said right, let them speculate all they want."
"I sure don't mind everyone knowing now." Beca looked around and true enough Chloe got everyone's attention, male and female. Then she sees how Cooper rests his hand on Chloe's lower back as he whispers something in her ear.
The next thing they know Katie was swooping in to lead Chloe and Cooper towards the entrance of the venue. Chloe turned back to Beca who just nodded at her and smiled.
After seeing Chloe, everything was a blur for Beca. She continued with the interviews with Cynthia Rose and Emilia. There were a lot of questions about Chloe, which Emilia kept saying that she personally invited her. Beca couldn't focus anymore on what the interviewers were asking them and was just itching to go inside and look for Chloe.
Once inside, Katie led Chloe and Cooper to their table and they took their designated seats.
"You do look absolutely stunning, Doctor Chloe." Katie said to her.
"Thank you. By the way, I just remembered I haven't apologized to you about the last time I was in the office. I know it's been a while now."
Katie remembered cause that was a bit memorable for her but she laughs it off. "Don't worry about it Doctor Chloe. It's all in the past."
"Please just Chloe is fine. That's what friends call me."
Katie nodded and smiled at them before leaving. "I have to check on a few things. I'll have to leave you two. If you need anything, do you have my number?"
"No but it's okay. You do what you have to do. Don't worry about us. Thank you again."
"Wow. This is fancy shit Chlo." Cooper whispered to her ear when they were alone.
"Tell me about it. I heard it was open bar." Chloe said wiggling her eyebrows."
Cooper then looks around to find the bar. "Gin and tonic to start?"
"Yes please."
They weren't seated long when Chloe heard someone from beside her say. "Damn. I still can't believe Short Stack is actually dating you. Like how is that even possible?"
Chloe recognised Amy's voice as soon as she heard it. She turned to her left smiling already.
"Amy! Oh my gosh. It's been forever. How are you?"
"Still as awesome as ever. But look at you. Has Beca seen you?"
"Briefly outside. It was a bit chaotic."
"Oh I can imagine. But wait, who's the hottie?" Amy says pointing to Cooper at the bar.
"He's actually my date for tonight. That's Cooper. We go way back. He's just visiting for a bit."
"And Beca's okay with that?"
"She didn't really have a choice."
"Can't blame her. I would literally do and give you everything no-questions-asked."
Chloe was laughing and was about to respond when Amy cut her off. "Oh, speaking of the devil."
Before Chloe could look over her shoulder, she already felt a hand on her right shoulder.
"I'm gonna have to fire whoever's responsible for the seating arrangements for putting you next to this one."
Chloe smiled up to Beca acknowledging her presence.
"It's so good to see you too Short Stack."
"Thanks for gracing us with your presence Ames. Would you mind if I borrow Chloe for just a few minutes?"
"Of course. Take all the time you need." Amy says wiggling her eyebrows.
Beca helped Chloe up but let go of her hand as soon as she was standing and lead her to a corner behind one of the more deserted areas in the venue.
"What's up Bec?"
"You're probably sick of hearing this from everyone. But I'm just gonna say it again anyway, you look absolutely breathtaking. Honestly I don't think I have enough self control to survive the night." Beca said as she closed her eyes and leaned in to give Chloe a real kiss.
Chloe was giggling and placed a finger on Beca's lips to stop her from crashing into hers. Beca's eyes shot open.
"That's very sweet but that's gonna have to wait. You'll ruin both our lipsticks."
Beca rolled her eyes again but realised Chloe was serious. Beca could only groan. "Ugh you are such a tease. Who's going to notice? And why do you have to be that hot?"
Chloe just kept laughing. "Hey. You look pretty irresistible yourself. Like what is that?" Chloe brushed a finger on Beca's cleavage.
Beca almost squeaked and grabbed Chloe's hand. "What the fuck are you doing? Are you really trying to kill me here? That's torture."
"You asked for it. I'm not the one who made you wear that."
Beca groaned again. "I wanna get out of here so bad."
"Seriously though." Chloe took a step back and shrugged. "How do I look? Do you like it?" Chloe slowly twirled for Beca.
Beca couldn't respond right away and was just in awe.
"What about the hair? I don't really care about what everyone else thinks." Chloe continued.
Beca grabbed both Chloe's hands and kissed her knuckles. "Are you kidding? Haven't you been listening to me? I wasn't lying when I said I'm blown away. I appreciate you doing this for me and I love it. The only thing I'm not loving is how I'm not your date."
Chloe laughed again at this one. "But you're my forever date." Chloe said booping her nose.
"Yeah except for tonight. I wanna wipe off that smug look on Cooper's face so bad. But I can't really blame him for that. I would appreciate it if he kept his hands to himself though. Why is he so touchy feely?"
"Cause he's my friend. That's just how he is. You have nothing to worry about."
"I know but still. That's the only thing ruining this perfect night."
"For the record though, you are working tonight."
Before Beca could respond, Stacie appeared out of the corner. "There you are. I've been looking for you everywhere. I know Chloe is irresistible right now but I need you out there."
"Okay. I promise I'll be with you in a bit Stace. I just need to show Chloe one last thing."
"Five minutes Becs."
"That's perfect. Thank you." Beca then grabs Chloe's hand. "Come on."
"Where are we going?"
"You'll see."
Beca led Chloe to where Chicago and Aubrey were. Cooper found them too and was already there with them with their drinks. But the real highlight was Jamie and Nate in their suits.
Jamie almost runs to Chloe when he sees her.
Chloe doesn't even care if she was in a long dress, she crouched down to meet Jamie's hug. "Oh my god. My baby boy. I didn't know you were going to be here. What a pleasant surprise." Chloe gives him lots of kisses.
"Hi mommy Chlo. I love the hair. You look so pretty. It reminds me so much of LA especially with Uncle Cooper here."
Beca rolls her eyes hard when she heard it. 'Not Jamie too' she thought.
Chloe then turns her attention to Nate and fixed his suit. "Look at you too Nathaniel. So very handsome." Chloe continues to compliment him.
"I like what you're wearing too Doctor Chloe and your hair looks very nice."
"Why thank you. That's very sweet."
Beca didn't even realise she zoned out. While she was watching Chloe interact with the boys, there was that tug in her heart when it dawned on her that this was her family. She felt tears in her eyes and was trying to blink them back until she heard a photographer ask for their photo. Neither of them hesitated. Chloe was standing in the middle of the boys and she was holding both their hands while Beca took Nate's other free hand as they all smiled to the camera.
'Our first family photo'. Beca thought and made a mental note to make sure she gets a copy of that picture.
They then joined everyone else back at their table. Beca was just about to keep hovering around Chloe when Stacie showed up and dragged her off to somewhere else.
Chloe gave her a sweet smile as she left them but when Beca looked back she hated how she saw Cooper handing Chloe her drink. Chloe, Cooper and Amy eventually transferred to the 'kids' table' and had a great time with everyone.
They made a mini dance floor around their table and had their own listening party amongst themselves. Emilia went around to their table a few times to say hello and to keep saying her thanks. The boys really appreciated it. Beca would hang out with them as much as she could too but it was always cut short.
Beca found herself looking back to them from time to time and it was bittersweet how some of those times she would meet Chloe's gaze and they would exchange quick smiles before Beca had to turn away again.
Amy eventually disappeared somewhere with someone Chloe wasn't very familiar with. Chicago and Aubrey had to leave with the boys a little after the program too. They were exhausted. Chloe gave the boys more hugs and kisses when they said their good byes with Chicago and Aubrey. When Chloe and Cooper were left alone they decided to hang around by the bar for a bit and enjoyed the music some more.
It wasn't long until Cooper was getting them an uber. Chloe was looking around for Beca. She wanted to say goodbye properly before leaving. But when she couldn't find her Chloe decided to just send her a text to let Beca know that she's already about to leave with Cooper.
"Uber's here." Cooper whispered to Chloe's ear.
Chloe scans the room one last time but still couldn't find Beca. Chloe nods to Cooper. They down their drinks together and sneaked out the venue.
"Let's go."
Cooper asked the Uber driver to wait for him as he walked Chloe to her door. Chloe unlocked the door but looked back at Cooper before opening to go in.
"You sure you don't want to sleep here? I can drive you to your hotel in the morning no problem."
"No it's okay. I want to start packing tonight. That way we can both sleep in tomorrow too. Thank you for tonight. I had so much fun with everyone. Let's meet for brunch tomorrow before I leave?"
"Of course. I knew you'd love it. Okay I'll call you tomorrow then."
"Alright. Good night." Cooper was about to lean in for a good night hug when the door suddenly opened.
Chloe and Cooper jumped and screamed. "Holy shit!"
Chloe was about to run behind Cooper until she saw who it was. "Beca, oh my god! What are you doing here? How are you here before us?" Chloe says walking towards Beca. "I was looking for you everywhere."
Beca stepped out and met Chloe halfway, sliding an arm around her waist. "Waiting for you. Surprise. Now come on, good night Cooper. We'll see you tomorrow. Bye bye." Beca was waving to Cooper and pulling Chloe inside.
Cooper literally laughed out loud at Beca and raised his thumbs up to her to show that he has not taken offense to that at all.
"Text me when you're at the hotel." Chloe called out to him.
"I will." Cooper was still laughing and shook his head. "Have fun you two." He says as he walks away.
"Oh we will." Beca says to him before closing the door.
Not once did Beca let go of Chloe in the literal sense. When Beca closed the door, she made sure to hold on to her hand, her waist, her back, lacing their fingers.
"Finally some alone time with you. Do you know how hard it was to not touch you all night?"
Chloe looked up to Beca and she was in a hoodie. "I really liked what you were wearing earlier. Have you been here long? When did you have time to change?"
Beca smirked. "When I got your text I got out of there right away. I thought you left already and only realised you haven't actually left when you weren't here yet."
Chloe found Beca's rambling amusing.
"If you weren't going to be here in another five or ten minutes I would've panicked a bit. Were you really going to have him sleep over?"
Chloe was holding on to Beca for balance as she took off her heels. "Yeah, why not? He already did on Wednesday." Chloe was struggling to remove her heels. "Seriously though are you even allowed to leave the party this early?"
"Of course. I'm the boss." Beca noticed now how Chloe was having a hard time removing her other heel. "Here let me. It's like your drunk or something." Beca joked.
"Not gonna lie. You did have an open bar."
"Did you and Cooper have a good time then?" Beca asked not looking up at Chloe and focused on the heel she was trying to get off. It was a trick question but Chloe didn't pick up on it.
"Yes we did. It was awesome. You should be very proud. The album's going to do so well, I just know it."
Beca straightened up when she finally removed the damn shoe off Chloe's feet.
"What about you? Did you have a good night? I barely saw you but I knew you would've been all over the place. You were a bit in demand." Chloe said to Beca.
"Yeah I mean I always enjoyed release parties. But you know, it could've been better. It killed me to not be able to spend the whole night with you guys."
Chloe entered Beca's space and wrapped her arms around her neck. "It's okay. We understand. You were working tonight. Believe me everyone had a blast."
"Oh I know."
"What's with that look?" Chloe asked but she also leaned in to give Beca a kiss. Beca melted into the kiss and kissed back. It's not like she would be able to resist Chloe right now.
They somehow ended up with Chloe pushed back to the wall with Beca pushing in between her legs. But Chloe pulled back and pressed her hand on Beca's shoulder. "Really though. What was that? What's on your mind Bec?"
Beca didn't even open her eyes and shook her head. "Nothing. Just kiss me again." It was kind of true since Beca couldn't even remember what exactly Chloe was pertaining to. She just wanted to keep kissing Chloe. Beca was leaning in again but Chloe wouldn't budge.
"Come on tell me. It didn't look like nothing." Chloe said pulling and tugging Beca's hoodie.
Beca pouted. "Kisses first."
Chloe was giggling but pulled Beca in for a kiss anyway. They were playful light kisses and Beca knew they weren't going to get anywhere until she opened up.
Beca rested her forehead on Chloe's and sighed. She tucked a few of Chloe's new auburn hair behind her ears. Chloe saw Beca's mouth open then close over and over.
Chloe grabs her hand and leads her upstairs. "Come on. Tell me about it while I wash up."
Beca gave her a soft smile. "Thanks for your patience, Chlo."
Once they were in Chloe's room. Chloe turns to her back. "Unzip me."
Beca blushed. "I don't think that'll help me organize my thoughts."
Chloe rolls her eyes and tries to reach for the zipper on her own but Beca beats her to it. "Sheesh I take it back. You're so impatient."
Chloe doesn't respond and steps out of her dress. She then goes to her dresser to remove her make up. Beca was just watching her and sat at the foot of the bed. Chloe knew her too well and just waited for Beca to start rambling.
Beca meets Chloe's eyes through the mirror and doesn't break eye contact. "I loved that you were there tonight. Don't get me wrong. Everything was perfect you are perfect. I was just so annoyed that I didn't get to show you off to everyone. I was supposed to be the one next to you all night, getting you drinks, dancing and singing with you, walking with you down the red carpet and taking you home. Not Mister perfect Cooper." Beca looks away and crossed her arms.
Chloe kept watching her from the mirror but Beca wouldn't look at her anymore. So she turns to her with her hands on her hips. "Mister perfect Cooper?" Chloe couldn't believe what Beca just said.
Chloe was meant to tease her some more but Beca was not smiling anymore. "Wait are you actually being jealous right now? Is that what's been going on with you?"
Beca looks at Chloe again. "Have I not made that obvious? Yeah. I mean you guys looked like a happy married couple since the gala night." Beca scoffed. She's shaking her head and she can't believe she let Stacie's words get to her.
"Happy married couple, huh?" Chloe repeated and Beca only nodded.
Chloe then shrugged. "Yeah I guess we kinda did."
"Chloe." Beca was about to stand but Chloe kept her in place when she positioned herself on top of Beca keeping Beca between her knees as she straddled her. She placed her arms around Beca's neck and Beca automatically wraps her arms around Chloe's waist.
"I'm kidding." Chloe planted soft kisses on Beca's lips. "I'm sorry if it looked like that. We're just a little comfortable and familiar. I've known him for a really long time."
"I know. I saw. But with everything that I did to you in the past, I'm annoyed at myself mostly because I don't deserve to feel this way. What right do I have to feel jealous when I was the one who cheated on you in the past? There. I said it."
"Hey. It's okay to be jealous still if that's really how you feel. Jealousy doesn't automatically mean you're questioning my commitment to you."
"I really tried not to get jealous but fuckin' Cooper. I really hate that guy."
"You were never like this with Chicago." Chloe was about to get off Beca to stand but Beca tightened her hold around her. Chloe laughs but pushes her off. "Let me just finish so we can cuddle already."
"Just cuddle?" Beca smirked at Chloe. "Anyway. I wasn't like this with Chicago because he respected your boundaries. Cooper's a little too comfortable."
"You're really really jealous. Like really really." Chloe couldn't help her laugh at that realization.
"What's so funny?" Beca has to admit she was getting a bit frustrated.
"You are. You do know he's gay right?" Chloe looks to her with toothpaste in her mouth.
"What? Mr Perfect Cooper's gay?"
"Yeah. His boyfriend's a bartender. They're not married yet either so he couldn't bring him. That's why he asked me to the gala night, he was after all my ride or die bitch back in the day."
"Oh." Was all Beca said, she was blushing now. She did not know that. But now was not the time to admit defeat. She was lying on her back on the bed now waiting for Chloe. "It doesn't matter. He could still be into you for all we know. He was all over you. It doesn't change anything."
"Uhuh." Chloe was making her way to Beca now. She turned on the bedside lamp as she hit the lights.
"Although at the same time it does explain a lot. You deliberately left that out didn't you?"
"I swear I thought it was obvious and I thought everyone knew."
Chloe was snuggled up to Beca now. Beca was looking at Chloe in the dim lit room and the shadows playing on Chloe's face and hair made her all the more beautiful.
"God I love your red hair. I didn't realise until now how much I missed it."
"Hey. I thought you liked the blonde."
"I do. Honestly I'll love whatever you'll do with your hair. But the red will always have a special place in my heart cause that's the colour when I first met you and when I fell in love with you."
"You're such a cheeseball."
"Whatever. Now come here. Where were we?" Beca kissed Chloe and continued to move on top of her.
Chloe was laughing in between their kisses at first but Beca had other plans and kept deepening their kisses. She also unabashedly pressed her body against Chloe's.
Chloe's hands start to roam and explored Beca's back as she pulls her to her more. "Hmm." Chloe moans into it but couldn't resist asking. "Bec. I thought you'd be tired after everything this week."
Beca shook her head. "I've been wanting to do this all week." Beca pulls away to quickly pull her hoodie over her head baring her all to Chloe. "I need you Chlo."
Chloe's breath hitched and before she could even tease Beca crashed into her some more and was now getting in a rhythm of rocking her hips back and forth.
Chloe wasn't going to complain. She always enjoyed it when Beca took charge in bed. Beca then leaned back as she got into a faster rhythm. Chloe reached for both of Beca's breasts and the reaction and the sounds coming from Beca were doing things to Chloe as well.
Last night was one of the best sex they ever had in Chloe's opinion. Chloe reached for her phone as soon as she heard it ringing, careful not to wake Beca.
She jumped out of bed, put some clothes on and rushed downstairs.
It was another ten minutes when Chloe heard Beca walking down the stairs.
"There you are. What are you doing up and dressed?" Beca found Chloe in the kitchen.
"Bec. Did you get my message?" Chloe looked up to Beca.
Chloe was so glad Beca went down with clothes on. But Beca stretched and her shirt went up and she was wearing very short shorts. "Oh boy." Chloe muttered to herself.
Beca was completely oblivious. She even went behind Chloe and wrapped her arms around Chloe's waist. "What message?" Beca kissed Chloe on the cheek and saw she was preparing coffee and snacks. "What are you making?"
Beca then heard someone clearing their throat coming from the lounge area. She stiffened when she realised they weren't alone.
"You can't be mad. I left you a text." Chloe whispered quickly to her.
"Hello Beca. Sorry for coming here unannounced." Chloe's dad Jim said.
She gasped. "Oh my god." Beca dropped her hands around Chloe and took in a sharp breath. "Jim. Sir."
"Beca." James said with a smile.
"James. It's a pleasure. Oh my god. I'm so sorry. Can you guys just give me a minute?"
"Of course."
Beca covered her face with her hands and whispered to Chloe. "Holy shit. How bad is it?"
"Not bad at all. You're very cute. They're not looking. You can make a run for it."
Beca groaned slightly but started to make a run for upstairs while pulling her shirt down.
Chloe heard her parents trying to stifle their laughters and Chloe almost glared at them. "Stop it you two. Don't be mean."
"Sorry Chlobear. Oh poor thing."
Chloe walked towards them with their coffees. "I think I better go check on her." She says to them as handed them their coffee.
"No rush dear."
"Be nice. Especially you dad, I'm watching you." Chloe says pointing at her Dad James.
Beca could hear Chloe coming up the stairs. Chloe came in the room with Beca jumping around trying to put her pants on.
"Pants? Really?"
"Goddamit. I feel like a fuckin' teenager."
Chloe grabbed Beca's shoulders and held her face. "Babe relax. It's okay. It's just my parents."
"Just? Just your parents Chlo?"
"Shh. Breathe with me." Chloe kissed the tip of her nose. "You're so cute when you're flustered."
"How do I look? Wait, smell me too."
"Babe."
"I'm serious."
"Me too. Now come on let's say hi to my parents properly."
End note: To be continued right where we left off next chapter my lovelies. Sorry this took another three weeks. There were bits where I struggled but we made it. Another chapter coming before Christmas (I hope)!
