Chapter 7: Mic Drop
Spring break was coming up in a week and everyone was making their plans. Unfortunately it seemed Beca had her plans made for her. Beca paced around her room mumbling expletives repeatedly.
Aubrey was lying in her bed studying for her class. Chloe was typing on her laptop. They both kept glancing at their ceiling periodically hearing the tiny brunette stomp around her room.
"I can't take the stomping anymore, Chlo." Aubrey let out a frustrated sigh.
"Well, what do you expect me to do about it?" Chloe grinned, staying focused on her laptop.
"Go control your girl." Aubrey chuckled. "No one else can."
"My girl?" Chloe smirked and looked over at her roomate.
"I just mean you're the only one who can talk sense to that midget and have her actually listen."
"Maybe its because I don't call her midget?" Chloe laughed in fake shock.
"For real, though, I need to study for this test. Especially with having to worry about Nationals. Can you just go take care of her?"
"Fine." Chloe stood up. "But if you guys just took a little more time to understand her maybe you'd be able to get through to her too. And the short jokes? I'm literally the only one who doesn't make them."
"Oh please even if we tried we can't compete with Bloe." Aubrey grinned to herself thinking of Amy's name for them.
"Um...what?" Chloe was almost out the door but then turned around to question the name.
"Beca. Chloe. Together you're Bloe." Aubrey put her hands together. "Fat Amy came up with it."
"What?!" Chloe's jaw dropped. "Like you think we're actually...like..."
"Well Stacie thinks you're fucking." Aubrey couldn't contain her laughter.
"Oh my God!" Chloe put her head in her hands and felt her face burn hot from embarrassment. She didn't know if she was embarrassed because she might actually have those feelings or because her roommates could see through them so easily.
"Oh calm down, we just like messing around." Aubrey picked her binder up again. "And chop chop." She pointed at the ceiling. Chloe sighed and left to go check on Beca.
"Becs?" Chloe opened the door and stepped inside.
"Sorry for the pacing. I'm just freaking out!" Beca held her hands on her head.
"Okay, why?" Chloe asked in her best therapist voice.
"This!" Beca threw an envelope down on her bed. Chloe walked over to open it. It was a "will you be my bridesmaid" invitation. Chloe grinned uncontrollably imagining Beca being a bridesmaid.
"Its not that bad." Chloe started laughing. "Oh my God, you have to let me see your dress."
"Not. Funny." Beca put her hands on her hips. "The wedding is over spring break."
"Well that's really late notice." Chloe looked disapprovingly at the card.
"No, I've known about it. I have just kind of pushed it to the back of my mind. Since I haven't had to help with the planning or anything. But now I'm freaking out. I don't even have a date!" Beca grabbed her forehead and fell onto her bed.
"What about Jesse?" Chloe suggested hesitantly.
"He's going to his boyfriend's family cabin for spring break."
"What about…" Chloe rubbed her chin.
"Would you wanna go?" Beca laughed expecting Chloe to certainly have real plans for spring break. Chloe looked at Beca lying down staring at the ceiling, wondering if that was a sincere offer.
"I mean...sure."
"Really?" Beca shot up in her bed and gave Chloe a hopeful look.
"Yeah, why not? I don't have plans. I could shop for a new dress. And shoes!" Chloe started getting more excited.
"Dude. That would be awesome. I won't be totally miserable now. I'm only a bridesmaid because she was my childhood best friend and I guess she's struggled in the friends making department as an adult." Beca grinned.
"I think it'll be fun. Maybe they'll have karaoke!" Chloe's eyes lit up.
"Okay, Beale, chill." Beca shook her head.
"So you feel better now?" Chloe asked expectantly.
"I mean, I'm still dreading being a bridesmaid, but I'm cool with having you as company."
"We'll make the guys jealous." Chloe winked.
"For sure." Beca held out her hand for their little handshake.
Chloe came back to the room and Aubrey looked up. "How's the midget?"
"Fine, just stressing about a wedding. She's a bridesmaid and needed a date. So I gave her advice. Now she's good." Chloe slid back into her chair and went back to work on her laptop.
"Did you set her up with someone?"
"Not exactly." Chloe hesitated. Based on what Aubrey said a few minutes ago, now she felt really awkward about it.
"What do you mean?" Aubrey was hardly interested, she was still focused on her notes.
"I'm going with her." Chloe spat out hoping it would just blow over.
"Aca-scuse me?!" Aubrey dropped her notes and started giggling.
"Its not a weird thing." Chloe rolled her eyes.
"Oh Amy's going to loooove this." Aubrey smiled widely, returning to her notes.
The bellas were having one last bonding night before Regionals (which was just three days away) and spring break. Snacks, drinks, and karaoke - but this tme in the comfort of the bella house. They were already a little buzzed by the time Aubrey and Fat Amy got the karaoke machine set up. Chloe was in her spot on the couch, with her favorite yellow cup, and comfy blue blanket. People mocked Beca for being a creature of habit but Chloe had similarities too.
"Beca Mitchell!" Aubrey called in her mom voice. "Get your ass down here!"
"Chloe wants you!" Fat Amy winked at Chloe who just rolled her eyes. Now that she was in on the joke they liked to make comments more often. It made Beca more uncomfortable than her though.
"Beca! Respond please!" Aubrey put her hands on her hips.
"Bet she has those damn headphones on." Stacie sipped from her cup.
"Chloe, you're up." Fat Amy clapped her hands at Chloe. She sighed and rolled her eyes, grudgingly leaving her spot to go up the stairs to get Beca.
Sure enough when she entered the room Beca was focused intently on her music with her headphones on. She looked up when she saw Chloe.
"Oh hey, are they ready?" Beca slipped the headphones down to her neck.
"Mhm. So hurry up." Chloe snapped her fingers and went back downstairs.
"Where's your girl?" Fat Amy held her arms up in question. Chloe just shot her back a playful angry glare. She fell back into her spot and covered herself with her blanket. Beca arrived downstairs shortly and made her way over to Chloe. It was basically a house rule that that was "Bloe's spot" on the couch.
"Hey, hermit." Chloe grinned and opened the blanket for her.
"Hands above the blanket please, ladies!" Fat Amy pointed at them.
"Oh my God." Beca rolled her eyes and stood back up.
"Sit down." Chloe grabbed her wrist and pulled her back onto the couch and covered her with half the blanket. Fat Amy made a whipping noise and motion toward Beca in return for her classic death glare.
"Alright karaoke night, ladies!" Aubrey couldn't contain her excitement. "We will draw names to see who goes first." Stacie was first and scrolled through her options.
"You seem tense." Chloe rubbed Beca's forearm. "You need to catch up to me with drinking."
"Fine hand it over." Beca nodded at Chloe's cup. Chloe took another sip before handing it to Beca. Beca then gulped down the entirety of the remaining contents in the cup.
"Damn girl." Chloe giggled. "That's how we do it up in the acapella world." Beca smirked and lifted an eyebrow before handing the cup back. She always flashbacked to that fateful day of her bella audition when she held that cup.
"Fat Amyyyyy!" Chloe held up her cup. "Refill please."
"Yes, sirrrr!" Fat Amy jumped up, loving the moments that her fellow bella sisters even made an attempt to drink as much as her.
"And bring one back for Beca too." Chloe released the cup to Amy. Beca mimicked the whipping motion and sound as Fat Amy grabbed the cup. Fat Amy returned shortly with two cups for them end then made a kissing noise at Beca nodding at Chloe. Beca reached her leg out to try and kick Amy but it wouldn't reach.
"Haha...sucks to be short!"
Stacie belted out her song, "Its Raining Men" which was fitting considering her life. Next, Aubrey sang "Copa Cabana" which was often one of her go-to songs for karaoke night. When Amy got up to sing "Rehab" by Amy Winehouse, Beca felt Chloe reach over and put her hand in hers under the blanket. Beca suddenly felt like her body was on fire. Then Chloe intertwined their fingers and rested them on her leg. Beca felt like her heart was going to beat out of her chest. Chloe just grinned, knowing how the poor brunette was reacting.
"Why do you always get handsy when you're drunk?" Beca whispered as she took a long sip from her cup with her free hand.
"I'm always handsy." Chloe shrugged and sipped from her cup too, and then stroked Beca's palm. Beca started shifting and fidgeting in her seat. Chloe's smile widened under the lip of her cup. Amy finished and she was out of breath.
"Damn cardio." Amy shook her head and refreshed herself with the remainder of her drink. "Let's switch it up. Duets!"
Beca closed her eyes already knowing what Fat Amy's plan was. She was already starting to sweat with Chloe's hand in hers under the blanket and quickly ripped it away before anyone could take notice. Chloe just giggled to herself.
"We'll go!" Jessica hopped hop, pulling Ashley with her. Thank God Beca thought. They predictably chose "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun."
"I swear sometimes they're a walking cliche." Beca whispered to Chloe which earned her an elbow in the ribs. Beca's eyes narrowed as she thought about why the group didn't give Jessica and Ashley a hard time like they did her and Chloe.
"Why don't they have a couple name?" Beca blurted out. Jessica and Ashley rolled their eyes, unfazed, continuing the song.
"They're names don't work like yours." Fat Amy shrugged.
"Jashley!" Beca tried to get the other bellas to agree. "ASSICA!" Her eyes widened and she smiled as the clever name came to her spontaneously. Chloe gave her a look that said 'that's pretty bad even for you.'
"Give it up, shawshank." Fat Amy raised her hand at Beca. Jessica and Ashley finished their duet with giggles and grins. Beca just rolled her eyes.
"Bloe duet!" Amy raised her hands above her head. "Bloe! Bloe! Bloe!" She started chanting and waited for her fellow bellas to join.
"Bloe! Bloe! Bloe!" Everyone started chanting and pumping their fists. Chloe removed the blanket and grabbed the surly brunette by the arm.
"Come on, hermit, it won't be that bad." Chloe immediately found the song she wanted on the app on her phone. "We'll sing our song." She handed Beca the other mic.
"You two have a song?" Stacie grinned.
"Titanium." Chloe shot back, lacking any embarrassment.
"Aw!" Aubrey leaned back. "Is that why you put it in the set, Beca?"
"What? No? Its...just...its a good song!" Beca shifted nervously as she got flustered.
"Ignore them." Chloe rolled her eyes as the song started. Chloe started her verse and Beca followed with her verse, still noticeably uncomfortable. Chloe turned to face Beca as the chorus started. They sang in perfect harmony. The other bellas were actually really impressed. It made the Aca-leader question why she was singing this part with Chloe in the arrangement. She made a mental note to change it. As Beca and Chloe reached the last "titanium" and held their harmonizing notes perfectly. They continued looking at each other searching their eyes.
"Damn." Fat Amy sipped her drink from her straw with wide eyes, snapping Beca and Chloe out of their trance.
"Good luck beating that, aca-bitches." Chloe tilted her head cockily, literally did a mic drop, flipped her hair and marched to the couch as the other Bellas sat back in impressed silence.