I don't own Pitch Perfect or any of the characters.
Random story I came up with because I'm sad I couldn't see Halsey on tour because of covid. Also trying to work through my writers block so I can finish my other story. Let me know if you like this and if you have any ideas for future stories.
Now or Never
Beca's POV
I don't know how I managed to go so long without having heard Halsey's music before, but I'm obsessed. It is amazing. It doesn't hurt that she is also hot. I've been obsessively watching her music videos and interviews and listening to her music. At some point my love for her as an artist turned into a crush on her as a person. I even printed out some pictures of her and hung them up on my wall. Well I'm not out yet, so they are currently hanging on the wall behind my bedroom door. I realized I was gay some time last year, I'm not exactally sure when. I haven't told anyone yet, not even my best friend Chloe Beale. I've been wanting to tell her for a while now, but I'm afraid if I tell her that, then I will end up having to tell her how I realized, which was when I discovered my huge crush on her. I don't want to do anything to damage our friendship and Chloe is 100% straight. We've been best friends since she moved in next door when we were in 2nd grade.
I'm currently laying in my bed watching the You Should Be Sad music video for the millionth time when I heard a knock and my door opening. I quickly slammed my laptop shut and sat up to see who was interrupting me.
"Is your phone broken or are you trying to make me think that you died?" Chloe jokes with me as she comes to sit next to me on my bed. I fake a laugh and can feel my heartbeat quicken the closer she gets to me.
"Sorry I've just been busy" It's not a total lie.
"I know for a fact that you have not been busy because you were bragging to me on friday about how you had no homework this weekend. As I recall that was the last time I heard from you and it is currently... " Chloe pauses and dramatically checks her watch. "1pm on SUNDAY! Do you know how bored I've been! All I wanted was to do was hang out with my best friend and she's been ignoring me. So what have you really been doing this whole weekend?"
"Alright I wasn't actually busy. I've just been relaxing and listening to music."
"Beca Mitchell! You've been ignoring me just to listen to music! We could've done that together." Chloe fakes a pout.
"I'm sorry. I just lost track of time. We can hang out now though!"
"Yay!" Chloe bounces on the bed and claps her hands. "Alright let's watch something on netflix!" Chloe grabs the laptop out of my hands and opens it up before I realized I left a million open tabs of Halsey interviews and music videos open.
"Wow Mitchell so you've been ignoring me for your new obsession with Halsey?" Chloe giggles. "I didn't realize you were this much of a fan of hers." She looks at me curiously.
"I just discovered her music and it's really good. I was trying to figure out some good songs to use for a mix." I rush out. "Here I'll just close the tabs and pull up netflix." I reach to grab my computer back.
"It's fine Becs. I just didn't know you liked her music. It is really good! Why are you looking so embarrassed by it" Chloe opens a new tab and pulls up netflix. "You're acting like it's some dirty little secret."
"I'm not embarrassed." I'm not really embarrassed, just a little nervous.
"Whatever you say…" Chloe teases. "Alright I've heard a lot of good things about this new show called Outer Banks."
"Just pick whatever you want Chlo." I situate myself to get more comfortable as she presses play. We watch the first episode in silence, then Chloe pauses the show.
"Is it ok if I close your door and turn the overhead lights off." I nod my head and see her get up to close the door. I notice Chloe staring at the wall behind my door for a suspicious amount of time before she walks over to my light switch and turns off the lights. She then hurries back to the bed and plays the show again.
After awhile we got really hungry so we decided to order a pizza. We managed to make it about halfway through the season. I have to admit it's actually really good. I usually hate shows like it, but I'm actually really into it. I also think that the girls that play Sarah and Kiara are really hot. Pretty soon I hear my dad yell that the pizza was here, so I go downstairs and grab it and bring it to my room. I set the pizza between us and we start to eat.
"Alright Becs, John B, JJ or Pope?" Chloe suddenly asks me
"Ummm I'm not sure" I say unsure of what to answer
"I mean I know they are all hot, but you need to pick one! I think I'm gonna go with John B cuz of the hair! Now come on and pick one Beca!"
"Like you said… they're all hot." I try to get out of answering the question, but I can tell by the look on her face that she wants an answer. "I guess if I had to choose I would also pick John B."
"Yay! Alright now who do you like better between Ki and Sarah? Who do you think John B should be with?"
"Well Ki is obviously the best between the two characters. I don't really think that John B should date Ki though since they are friends. Sarah I think is starting to have some good character development, but she's just kind of there as a pretty face. Also why are they trying to make some weird love triangle between Ki and literally all of her guy friends, like it doesn't make sense. Girls and guys can be friends without dating and there's way more to her besides how hot she is. She's also probably the smartest of all of them, well maybe not Pope, but you know what I mean." I finish realizing I'm out of breath. I guess I didn't know how passionate I was about the show. I can tell that Chloe is shocked by how much I just said.
"Wow Becs, I knew you looked like you were into the show but I didn't think you were that into it."
We go back to eating our food, and decide that we probably shouldn't spend any more time watching TV today. I put on some music on Spotify and me and Chloe fall into easy conversation like we do all the time.
"So Beca have you thought about Prom?"
"Umm not really. I mean I don't really think I want to go. Nobody will probably ask me anyway and I still have next year if I change my mind about school dances."
"I'm sure someone will ask you! Who would you want to ask you? Like who would be the one guy that would ask you that would make you agree to go to a school dance?"
"I don't think that there would be any guy that could ask me that would get me to agree to go to a school dance" I say with a nervous laugh. It's not a lie. The only person that could ask me that I would agree to go with is sitting right in front of me, but I know that that won't happen.
"What about Jesse? He seems like he has a huge crush on you. Plus he seems like one of the few people you don't entirely hate." Chloe asks.
"I DO NOT like Jesse." I make the most disgusted face I can. "He is sort of like a weird brother to me."
"Come on Beca there must be one guy that you would want to ask you. One guy that you have a crush on."
"Chlo believe it or not we aren't all boy crazy like you."
"I know, but it seems like you never talk about boys with me."
"We talk about boys every time we hang out Chlo what are you talking about?" I'm starting to get nervous. I thought I've been doing a good job hiding that I'm gay.
"I talk about boys everytime we hang out, but you always seem disinterested and never add any input into the conversation. You know you can talk to me about anything Becs." Chloe puts her hand on my leg. She must know something. She's giving me the perfect opportunity to come out right now.
"I know." I finally manage to say. I should just do it. I know she won't judge me. I know she will still be my friend.
"Becs, talk to me. You look really upset. We've been best friends forever, nothing you could ever say will change that. Well unless you tell me youre a serial killer, that might be a deal breaker." Chloe jokes trying to lighten the mood a little, which I am grateful for.
"I know Chlo. It's just once I tell you what I want to tell you, then it's out there and you know. Then someone else knows besides me and that scares me. You know I hate sharing things."
"Just take your time." Chloe says and gives me a reassuring smile.
"Chlo…" I start after sitting in silence for about 10 minutes. "I…. I like…. Girls." I slowly look up to see her reaction. She's just sitting there with a big smile on her face.
"I know." Chloe whispers to me
"How?" I ask
"Beca, you may think that you were doing a good job hiding it, but you kind of sucked at hiding it." I know my mouth is hanging open at what she just said to me. "Beca don't you dare act surprised! I've known since 8th grade. You never talked about having crushes, I watched you not so subtly check out multiple girls over the years, and literally watched your gay panic earlier today when I came over. Did you think I wouldn't notice the tab you had open with the youtube video "halsey gay moments", or the little halsey shrine hidden behind your door? Or how about when I asked you what guy you liked in the show and you had no answer, but gave me an entire novel on which girl character was better?" I can feel my cheeks burning. "You can't hide anything from me Becs." She pulls me into a hug.
"Thank you." I reciprocate the hug, which even with Choe is a rare occurrence. "Thank you for not making a huge deal out of it. Thank you for waiting this long to ask me about it." The hug ends and Chloe flashes me her signature smile again.
"No problem Beca. Do you want to know a little secret?"
"I just told you my biggest secret, so obviously I would expect you to return the favor." I say sarcastically
"Well if you're gonna act like a bitch then I won't tell you" She slaps my arm and I stick my tongue out at her.
"I'm just joking with you. Now tell me you're secret"
"Alright, alright, calm down!" She stops talking and stares at me for what feels like an hour. I'm starting to get impatient, but refuse to give into the game she's trying to play with me. "My secret.." Chloe starts to whisper "is that… I….. am… bi…" I can't be hearing this right.
"What?" I ask because there is no way that boy crazy Chloe is bisexual.
"I said that I am bi. I like guys and girls."
"Man I guess my gaydar is really off…" I feel Chloe slap my arm "Owww! What was that for"
"You're so stupid!" She is laughing now.
"Well you're a bitch" We're both laughing now. We fall back into easy conversation for the next few hours when we realize how late it is.
"I should probably head back home since we have school tomorrow." She gets up to leave.
"Yeah I guess you probably should." She is at the door now about to open it when she stops and turns around.
"I know there isn't a guy that you would want to go to Prom with, but is there a girl that could get you to go to Prom if they asked you?" I shrug.
"I'm not sure. Maybe if the right girl asked me, but I'm sure that the right girl has already been asked by 100 guys."
"Well what if the girl had been asked by a bunch of guys, but she turned them all down because she was wanting to ask you to Prom?"
"That sounds like an extremely impossible situation Chlo, but if this girl turned down a bunch of guys just to ask little old me to Prom then I guess I would have to go with her." I don't understand why she's talking like this. There is no way this girl exists because I'm talking about Chloe and I'm sure that she is holding out for Tom to ask her and rumor is that he is going to ask her tomorrow at lunch.
"I guess I just have one more question for you before I go home."
"You've been full of questions tonight and I'm tired, so this is the last question. Better make it a good one?"
"Will you be my date to Prom?" Did she really just ask me to go to prom with her? She must just mean as friends.
"What do you mean? Like date, date or as friends?"
"Look who's full of questions now." Chloe teases "As a date, date" She smiles, that smile that I love so much. I feel like I'm going to pass out. I must be dreaming. My jaw must be on the ground right now. "Are you going to give me an-"
I rush over and kiss her. At first she's surprised, I'm surprised. But after a couple seconds she relaxes into it and kisses me back. Our lips move perfectly together, in sync, like it was meant to be. I've never felt happier. We continue to kiss until we are forced to separate so we can breathe. We pull apart panting and stare at each other. She is wearing her bright smile and I can feel my face mirroring the same.
"I will go to Prom with you on one condition" Chloe quirks her eyebrow "Be my girlfriend?"
"Yes!" She pulls me into another long kiss. We pull apart again. "I better go now." She opens the door now. "I'll see you tomorrow, girlfriend."