A/N: Thanks to everyone who has reviewed this as well as my other story, they are very encouraging to keep writing, especially jody1990, steveabob, justsomebody23, thanks for commenting on multiple chapters, I love that anyone is enjoying this story. And also thanks to thelastrealdreamer on a03 for commenting on like 90% of the chapters, they were fun to read and I'm so glad that you got something out of them. Alright, on with the story!
Chapter 26: The Truth Comes Out
Chloe couldn't help but think to herself that this was some of the best work her hips had ever done. The feeling of their centers rubbing together creating friction was a sensation she never knew she desperately needed. Listening to Beca groan beneath her and dig her nails into Chloe's back was better than any sort of harmony the bellas could create. She felt her climax building and knew Beca's was too. And she simultaneously wanted the release and to keep this going as long as possible.
Both hopes were dashed when light from the hall suddenly broke into the room and a loud ear-piercing shriek echoed through the whole house. The neighbors might've even heard it. Chloe froze for a moment, seeing a terrified Emily Junk in the doorway. They made a second of awkward eye contact before Chloe collapsed onto Beca to cover herself...or at least her front. She felt Beca's entire body tense up, and not in the good way. Beca's hands were still on Chloe, but they were loose and stationary.
"Oh, holy Moses!" Emily shrieked as she fumbled to close the door. "I'm so sorry! Oh my God! I'm sorry!" She covered her eyes, bumped into the door frame and then managed to shut the door to run back downstairs as the other bellas paused the movie and started gathering after hearing the commotion.
"Emily, what happened?" Stacie stood up from the couch.
"Beca...Chloe…" Emily was still covering her face. Fat Amy, Stacie, and Aubrey all exchanged knowing glances and smirks. "They...they were..."
"Having sex?" Stacie finished, folding her arms in satisfaction that the couple's not so well kept secret was finally officially out.
"Oh my God." Emily crashed into the recliner chair, feeling mortified. "I just wanted to ask if they wanted anything to eat while we watched the movie. If they wanted to join us. I didn't know. Oh my God."
"Beca Mitchell! Chloe Beale! Get your asses down here!" Aubrey yelled in her mom voice, trying to hide her smile.
"Fully clothed asses!" Fat Amy felt the need to jump in and clarify.
"We have to face them." Chloe was now resting her hands on either side of Beca's head, hovering over her again. She looked at Beca who was still frozen in horror. "Beca!" Chloe snapped her fingers in front of her face. Beca shook her head and looked at the redhead.
"Dude, we just got walked in on. I am not going down there." Beca groaned as she put her palm over her eyes.
"The longer we put it off, the worse it will be. Plus I'm the one she got the best view of, I should be more embarrassed than you." Chloe slid out of the bed and started putting her clothes back on. "Come on, before they all storm up here." She tossed Beca her shirt. They got dressed and then stood at the door.
"Ready?" Chloe looked nervously at Beca.
"How bad do you think they'll be?" Beca grimaced.
"They've given us a hard time before. We can handle it." Chloe mustered some confidence and nodded her head strongly.
The two girls sheepishly made their way downstairs to be greeted by literally all of the bellas sitting in anticipation in the living room. Fat Amy was doing a little hum of "bow-chika-wow-wow' as they entered the room. Beca could only look at her feet, while Chloe tried to maintain a little dignity as she stood tall facing her bella sisters.
"Care to illuminate us as to why the aca-baby came down here screaming like she saw the devil?" Aubrey asked with a grin on her face.
"Its time for you two to come clean and explain." Stacie cocked an eyebrow.
"Yes, and we want the details!" Fat Amy added. "But not too dirty…" She smacked her hands on either side of Emily's face to cover her ears. "I think you've scarred our aca-baby enough for one night."
"Shut up, Amy." Emily blushed as she swatted away Amy's hands.
"Fine." Chloe took a deep breath, avoided eye contact with Emily, and dragged the mute brunette with her to the couch. "Let's get this over with."
All the bellas were squealing as they assembled into chairs, the coffee table, or the floor around the living room to face Chloe and Beca.
"Wait!" Stacie held up a hand. "We need wine." All the bellas agreed as Stacie and Aubrey went to retrieve supplies.
"And snacks!" Fat Amy called to the two bellas in the kitchen. She then stared daggers at Chloe and Beca while nodding her head in approval with a sly smirk. Stacie ran back into the living room passing out wine glasses.
"Do not start without me! Do NOT start without me!" Aubrey frantically ran shortly after her holding two bottles of wine and the family sized chips that she dropped in Amy's lap. The girls filled their glasses with generous portions and then sat like little children waiting to hear a bedtime story, looking eagerly at Beca and Chloe. Beca and Chloe just sat there awkwardly like teenagers who got caught by their parents. They weren't sure exactly what to say.
"So, when did this start?" Stacie prodded, motioning between the two girls.
"Well...officially it was over the summer, when we went to Miami." Chloe answered in a matter-of-fact tone.
"That was months ago!" Aubrey gaped.
"How'd it happen? Who asked who out?" Jessica asked.
"We were in the hotel in Miami." Chloe began, feeling like this was an easy start. "Beca opened up. Admitted feelings and basically asked me out. And then we just texted or called every day until we saw each other again."
"What was your first official date?" Flo asked.
"In Italy. At Worlds." Chloe grinned, remembering. "She showed up in all her awkward glory at our hotel room door with daisies. And we got gelato and walked by the river under moonlight. It was totes romantic." She glanced at Beca, who had yet to look up, and saw a little flush of pink rise to her cheeks as the bellas aww-ed.
"First kiss?" Stacie grinned widely, encouraging them to continue.
"Well, that's kind of tricky…" Chloe gritted her teeth, looking at Beca who's gaze was burning a hole in her lap.
"What do you mean?" Fat Amy sipped from her glass.
"Well...there were...a couple times. You know, before we uh, became a thing, that we uh..kissed." Chloe felt herself getting flustered and a little annoyed that Beca wasn't chiming in.
"So when was the first one?" Stacie couldn't hide her smile.
"Beca?" Chloe nudged. Beca took a deep breath, willing herself to just get this over with.
"My first date with Luke. I came home and Chloe was waiting up. I...um...was a little insecure about my inexperience and uh...Chloe sort of…" She looked back to Chloe.
"I showed her how to french." Chloe shrugged like it was no big deal. But her answer was greeted with a chorus of squeals from the girls sitting around the living room.
"How many more times did you kiss before you got together?" Aubrey asked.
"A couple. But they were pretty innocent." Chloe admitted.
"Okay...first time?" Stacie winked. Chloe looked hesitantly at Beca, not sure if she should be honest or not. Beca flinched, knowing that protective Aubrey might turn into murderous Aubrey when she found out the truth. While Beca and Chloe had moved on, the information would be fresh to Chloe's long time friend. She might literally strangle Beca on the spot. Almost reading her mind, Chloe gave Beca's hand a gentle squeeze.
"Well…" Chloe rubbed the back of her neck, a nervous habit she had picked up from Beca. "It was spring break. When I went to that wedding with her."
"We drank...a lot." Beca still didn't make eye contact with any bellas.
"We were dancing and one thing led to another. We ended up leaving early and...well you know."
"We had sex." Beca blurted out, finishing the story. Stacie nuzzled into her char excitedly as she sipped her wine. Fat Amy held out a high five for Beca, which was rejected. The other girls were smiling nervously, surprised this had actually become a reality.
"And why didn't you two get together then?" Emily asked without thinking. Beca and Chloe again exchanged glances.
"Wait…" Aubrey squinted her eyes. "Wasn't that also when you two had that massive fight that almost destroyed the Bellas?"
"Mhm." Chloe bit her lip. "Beca got a little...freaked out. And uh...we didn't handle the situation well."
"She's being nice." Beca rolled her eyes. "I had a massive freak out. I didn't handle the situation well. I pushed her away so I didn't have to face my feelings. And I treated her like shit because that was the only way to make her back off. And it was obviously stupid. And I regret it all the time. I'm just glad we fixed it." Beca looked at Chloe with a small grin.
"I knew you were trouble." Aubrey growled, setting her wine glass down with gusto, nearly spilling it. The room turned to look at the blonde having the abrupt outburst with confusion. "I knew you'd break her heart in some way or another."
"Hey." Beca's jaw tightened as she prepared to defend herself.
"Aubrey." Chloe also used a warning tone.
"Do you know how often I heard you crying, Chloe? And it was because of her?! And I had no idea! The girl I didn't even want to be a bella? The girl you begged me to let into the group? You let her break you like that?" Aubrey pointed at Beca.
"Hey!" Beca shouted as she shot up from the couch, Chloe quickly grabbing her hand.
"How could you do that to her, Beca?" Aubrey stepped forward. "She's the nicest, sweetest, happiest person possibly on the planet. What is wrong with you?!"
"It was a mistake, okay?" Beca clenched her fists. "You don't understand what I had going on in my head!"
"Then you shouldn't have fucked her and dumped her if you knew you were a headcase!" Aubrey was now almost toe to toe with Beca.
"Aubrey!" Chloe jumped to her feet and used her free hand to point a finger at Aubrey to sit back down. "We have talked it out okay? And its not something either of us exactly enjoy revisiting. Me and Beca moved past it. She has apologized on numerous occasions and was going through some serious stuff. So back off and sit back down if you want us to keep discussing this with you, okay?" Chloe was proud of herself as Aubrey just sent a little squint towards Beca as a warning that she better not mess up again before she retreated and sat back down.
"I swear to God if you hurt her…" Aubrey mumbled.
"I won't." Beca shot back through gritted teeth as she sank back down next to Chloe.
"Okay, moving on." Stacie leaned forward and glanced anxiously between Aubrey and Beca, wanting to get past the unhappy parts. "First time as an actual couple?"
"Umm…well it was that one time everyone went bowling. I gave Aubrey a couple excuses for me and Beca. And we had a date. And well...the date ended well." Chloe explained succinctly.
"Really well." Beca chimed in, unable to hide her goofy loving grin at Chloe, momentarily forgetting they were surrounded by bellas. The look continued for a few long seconds and Fat Amy felt the need to clear her throat to interrupt the trance Beca and Chloe seemed to be trapped in.
"Who's the dominant one?" Fat Amy asked with a mischievous grin.
"Oh geez, gross, dude." Beca rolled her eyes.
"Me, usually. But Beca definitely has her moments." Chloe shrugged. Beca whipped her head to glare at her while the other bellas gasped in surprise.
"What!" Beca defended. Although she wasn't sure why she chose to prolong this section of the conversation.
"You just need a little encouragement." Chloe rolled her eyes. "But then you know how to take charge." She shot Beca an obvious wink.
"Oh my God." Beca mumbled as her hands covered her face.
"What? It's not a bad thing. I like it when you do. Totes a turn-on." Chloe gave her a nudge with her shoulder. Half the girls 'aww-ed' and the other half grimaced and looked away from the affectionate display.
"Are you in love?" Flo asked as if it was a matter of life and death. Beca and Chloe looked down and then cautiously looked back at each other.
"Yeah...I uh…" Beca stammered. "I kinda love her."
"And I uh…" Chloe smirked, mocking Beca's stuttering in a playful way. "I kinda like her...a lot."
This time all the bellas, including Aubrey, let out little awws and held their hands to their chest. With all the teasing they gave Beca and Chloe throughout the time they weren't even a couple, no one really expected them to be a serious thing. Maybe a little hook up here and there at most. But this? Love? It was more than anyone expected.
"When did you know you liked each other?" Jessica chimed in. "You know...more than friends?" Ashley finished off the question. Chloe seemed to get excited by the question. She actually didn't know when it was for Beca. So she was thrilled to hear what the brunette's response would be.
"For me it was…" Beca hesitated, unsure if she should tell the truth. "Honestly, um...probably when you walked in on me in the shower."
"What?" Chloe nearly squealed. That was literally only the second time they met. She didn't even know her name at the time.
"Yeah. And then the whole auditions thing and demanding to get your way that I be in the bellas. I never had anyone in my life believe in me period. And Chloe just…" Beca paused and glanced in Chloe's direction. "You believed in me with like everything you had. You didn't even know me and its like you dragged me into the spotlight to believe in myself. And I mean, God, you're beautiful. You can melt someone's heart just with your eyes. And when you kissed me, each time, I felt like I was falling and flying at the same time." She stopped talking and her eyes grew wide realizing just how mushy she sounded.
"Becs..." Chloe's eyes were a little watery as she leaned over to wrap her in a hug.
"Okay, okay, barf." Fat Amy interrupted. "Chloe? What about you?"
"There was probably something there since the day I saw her walking at the activities fair. But the day I realized that there was something more than just really caring about her and enjoying her as a good friend was our first kiss. I didn't think anything of it when I offered. I just hated seeing you be so doubtful and second-guessing of yourself. I wanted to give you some confidence. And I know its such a cliche thing to say, but when we kissed...like kiss-kissed when you loosened up...I felt fireworks. I got all tingly. And I went to bed that night shocked and a little scared, because I realized I really liked you. And I was probably in trouble."
"You guys are so cute!" Emily squealed. "Although I kinda hate you for leaving my brain with an image I'll never be able to erase." Chloe scrunched her nose up and felt her cheeks blush. She hated that innocent Emily was the one to see them. Although if it had been Fat Amy or Stacie they might've tried to sneak a picture or something more embarrassing. Hell, Stacie might've tried to join in.
"So why didn't you tell us?" Stacie asked, trying to hide the slight hurt in her voice.
"Yeah, I mean we teased you all the time. Its not like we would have judged you." Fat Amy added in an out of character serious tone of voice.
"Its not that we thought you'd judge us." Chloe said quickly. "We just wanted to see if this was real. We didn't want to get anyone's hopes up or make things awkward."
"Like you did after spring break?" Aubrey asked in a slightly frosty tone.
"Well yeah, sort of." Chloe sighed. "I mean, we already made the mistake once and it was pretty bad for all of us. If we started dating and you guys freaked out and then we realized we wouldn't work it would've been so much worse."
"But you're working out?" Aubrey asked hesitantly.
"Totes." Chloe nodded, grabbing Beca's hand.
"Yeah. This is pretty real...and awesome." Beca added, smiling at Chloe.
Once again the room was filled with aww's coming from all the bellas. Even Aubrey couldn't help but smile. She could see the sincere happiness on both their faces.
"Well in the spirit of honesty." Stacie broke the silence and Chloe and Beca quickly turned to face her. "Some of us have known about you two. For like...awhile." She grinned at Fat Amy.
"What?" Beca's jaw dropped and she turned her body to fully face Stacie, who was giggling now.
"Yeah, we've heard you." Fat Amy said. "On multiple occasions. Loud and clear."
"You definitely aren't as quiet as you think you are, Chlo." Stacie leaned back in her chair and crossed her legs and arms with a smug smirk on her face. "The first time we heard was after that karaoke party when you went home 'sick' and Beca went to take care of you."
"And take care of you she did. Well done, Beca. Who knew you had it in ya." Fat Amy reached out for a fist bump that Beca denied with a glare. "I mean the walls were banging, your gasps and moans, Chloe, were a good octave above what my vocals are capable of." The bellas all started giggling and blushing.
"Oh my God." Chloe felt her face flush for what felt like the hundredth time in the past twenty minutes and she dropped her head into her hands.
"How Emily hadn't figured it out is a mystery." Fat Amy shook her head. "Its a wonder she was even able to graduate high school." Emily just shot her a look.
"I graduated early, thank you." She shrugged her shoulders pridefully, and Amy just rolled her eyes.
"So wait." Chloe whipped her head to face Stacie. "You flirting with Beca? Why would you do that if you knew about us?"
"I was just messing with you two." Stacie actually looked a little sheepish. "I didn't mean to cause any real problems. But it was too much fun to see you get all jealous."
"Dude, thank God!" Beca threw her head back on the couch.
"Excuse me?" Stacie grinned, though letting a little offense seep into her tone of voice.
"Don't get me wrong...I was flattered." Beca explained. "But, I don't know how much longer I could take Chloe seething when you'd even get near me. Plus, you kinda terrify me."
"I did not seethe." Chloe rolled her eyes and Stacie let out a snort.
"Chloe, I literally jumped in my sleep if I so much as heard a noise outside the door. You looked like you could kill me if I even glanced in Beca's direction." Stacie giggled, while Chloe just tried to scoff as if Stacie was being dramatic.
"I wasn't even being that bad since I knew you didn't know we were dating. Well...at least I thought you didn't." Chloe chuckled and wrapped an arm around Beca's bicep, feeling so much relief in being able to be open with the bellas about their relationship. "Plus, you're still my bella sister, I couldn't get that angry with you."
"I pray for the next girl who flirts with Beca then." Stacie tilted her head and raised her eyebrows. "Because if you weren't bad with me? Lord, you might kill a bitch."
"She has red hair after all." Amy shrugged. "They're known for their tempers."
"I just don't understand how you two haven't figured out how a lock works." Aubrey chuckled as she sipped her wine.
"This was literally the first time we got walked in on." Beca scoffed as if she and Chloe had been better at hiding than they were being given credit for.
"Oh? Really?" Aubrey lurched forward. "Two words. Shower. Sex."
"What about it?" Chloe gulped.
"Do you really think I'm that dumb, Chlo? That's hurtful." She held her hand to her chest sarcastically. "I'm pretty sure I walked in on you two doing it in the shower. And not once." She paused to glance purposefully around the room. "Twice. And you are not so clumsy to drop the shampoo that often. And you certainly don't moan like that if you drop something on your toe."
"Oh my God." Chloe interlocked her hands together and pressed them against her forehead, again feeling a new wave of embarrassment.
"At least you didn't actually have your eyes assaulted by the actual act." Emily groaned, accidentally picturing what she had witnessed not much earlier.
"Ever heard of knocking?" Beca asked, trying not to sound as annoyed as she was by being interrupted.
"Ever heard of locking?" Aubrey countered with a few snickers heard from around the room.
"Fine. Fine." Chloe raised her hands. "Sometimes we just got caught up in the heat of a moment. But now everyone knows. So its all good...right?"
"Yes, we're happy for you both. And glad you can finally stop acting like you're hiding things." Stacie chuckled.
"But, first." Aubrey raised her hand. "I think we need to set some ground rules."
"Ground rules?" Beca scoffed. "You're not our mother, Aubrey."
"No, but this is a shared house." Aubrey glanced around the room.
"Ground rules sound like a good idea to me." Amy nodded, thinking about how Beca and Chloe could get carried away now that they didn't have to hide.
"Like what?" Chloe eyes Aubrey suspiciously.
"No sex on the couch, or the living room chairs, or the table, or the kitchen coutners." Amy started rattling off.
"No sex in the shared spaces." Stacie finished for her
"Fair enough." Chloe nodded.
"If you need a date night, let us know, so we can plan any bella bonding activities." Flo added to the growing list.
"Deal." Beca agreed easily.
"Limit the public makeouts to less than two minutes. We're happy for you, but...we don't necessarily need to see all that saliva." Ashley shrugged with some scattered mumbles of agreements.
"Fine." Beca sighed heavily.
"Hands above the blanket during movie night." Fat Amy pointed between the two. "We don't need to have fun movies spoiled by your vile deeds."
"Amy." Chloe rolled her eyes, trying not to laugh. "We aren't going to do anything under the blanket. No deal on that one."
"Fine. But random hand checks." Fat Amy folded her arms in defiance.
"Fine. Random hand checks." Chloe waved her hand in the air to finish that argument.
"No sex in our room." Aubrey stated.
"It's my room too!" Chloe argued.
"And Beca has her own room. Use that." Aubrey continued the stare down.
"That's totally not fair. You wouldn't have a problem if I brought a guy back home." Chloe whined.
"It has nothing to do with guys or girls. You're...doing it...with someone in the house, who has a separate room. I think its only fair to expect you two to use that one." Aubrey explained confidently.
"Umm...we share a wall to Beca's room." Jessica pointed between her and Ashley. "We don't exactly want to hear...things...at all hours of the night."
"Yeah, we share a wall too!" Stacie whine, glancing at Fat Amy.
"Gross, dude. Yeah if they do it on Chloe's bed at least its on the first floor and no one can hear." Amy reasoned.
"I share a room with Chloe!" Aubrey shouted.
"So maybe you can come up with a schedule and you can sleep in Beca's room when they need to get it on." Amy shrugged like it was a simple solution.
"I am not getting kicked out of my own room." Aubrey growled.
"Alright!" Beca slapped her thighs and stood up. "Not that we don't appreciate you guys hashing out all the details of our sex life. But this is OUR relationship. Not yours." She pointed at Aubrey. "Not yours." She pointed between Amy and Stacie. "YOURS!" She dramatically pointed at Chloe, who sat up straighter and smiled proudly. "But not….yours!" She waved her hand at the rest of the room. "So if you'll excuse us…" She grabbed Chloe by the hand and pulled her up. "We are going to go finish what Legacy interrupted. If you have a problem with that, feel free to shove it up your ass." She flashed a fake smile before yanking Chloe towards the stairs. Chloe glanced back to the group with an excited eye wiggle before giggling as she was pulled up the stairs.
The rest of the bellas just sat in awkward silence for a moment after they heard the door shut.
"So...movie?" Aubrey fumbled for the remote. "Full volume?"
"Crank that shit all the way up." Fat Amy sunk into the couch, clutching a pillow as the bellas resigned to staying in the living room trying to ignore what was happening upstairs.
A/N: many of you guessed/hoped correctly about poor Emily walking in on them. I hope you found this scene as amusing as I did lol Did anyone catch the Friends and Gilmore Girls references?
Feel free to PM or comment with anything you'd like to maybe see happen in this story and I can try to incorporate it! R&R please! :)