It was a quiet Sunday night in the Bella house. The girls had just returned from the retreat and only had a couple weeks until Worlds.

Beca had gone up to her room to work on some mixes after dinner with the girls. Most had left afterwards to do various things.

She thinks Chloe stayed in tonight too, but she didn't know if she should go talk to her or not. Things between them just hadn't been the same since their fight at the retreat.

Sure, all had been forgiven and neither of them were angry anymore, but Beca knew that there was definitely some tension remaining. She did not like this at all. The girl that she was in love with was obviously still hurt about something that she had done.

It had been on her mind almost nonstop since then, but she didn't know when or how to bring it up.

She stares at her screen blankly for a while before shutting the lid of her laptop and sighing. Standing up, she puts her laptop on her dresser, then walks out of her room and down the stairs.

The weirdness had to stop. Beca thinks she may drive herself crazy thinking about it.

So, she knocks lightly on her door and then cracks it open.

"Chloe?" She whispers into the dark room.

"Mmmmm."

"Are you still awake?"

"I guess I am now." She says teasingly.

"Oh, I didn't want to wake you up, I was just going to see if you were still awake or not.." Beca replies, feeling awkward.

Chloe sits up, looks at her phone screen, and rubs her eyes. "I'm not really sure why you're still awake to be honest, Becs. It's three in the morning."

"Shit. Really?"

Chloe laughs. "Yes. Why are you awake?"

Beca walks inside the room and shuts the door quietly. "Just thinking about stuff."

Chloe pats the bed, signaling Beca to come sit down by her. "What kind of stuff?"

Beca shrugs, then sits close to Chloe. "Just.. Things. Like how we've been weird since we fought."

"Oh. Yeah.. I'm not mad anymore, though."

"I know.. It just feels awkward. I feel awful about not telling you about the internship, and even more awful about the things I said when we were fighting. I feel like we haven't really talked about it and that's why it feels so weird."

"I understand about the internship thing. But, even if you didn't want to tell everyone, you still could have told me. That's what threw me the off the most. I'm really excited for you because this is such a great opportunity.. I just don't get why you wouldn't share that with me? It hurt to find out at retreat that my best friend had hidden something so awesome from me for so long. And don't worry about the stuff you said, I said a lot of things I didn't mean too. It happens."

"I don't really know why I didn't. I was so scared to tell you. I didn't want you to think I was abandoning you or the Bellas... I really wanted to tell you. I almost did the day I found out, but that was during our meeting with the dean and the suspension and everything else.. You were the first person I wanted to tell but I just couldn't do it."

"This all happened during the suspension day?"

"Yeah, I got the call as soon as we walked outside. I don't know, I guess all the craziness going on just made me want to hide it because you're so focused on winning Worlds and getting the Bellas back."

"I probably didn't help your stress level at all, either."

"Actually, I was just stressed about hiding it. I'm really proud of you for how hard you're working for this and how much effort you have put in."

Chloe places her hand on Beca's thigh, not knowing that the small gesture has sent a bolt of electricity through the brunette's body. "Thank you.."

"I'm really sorry about hiding the internship though. Do you think this conversation has erased the awkwardness?"

She laughs in response. "Yeah, I think so. But promise me you'll start telling me things, even if you think I don't want to hear them?"

"Of course. I'm done hiding things from you, Chlo."

"Good."

"Uh.. I also broke up with Jesse a while back. I figured I should mention that since we're talking about not hiding things."

Chloe's eyes widen. "What? Why? Are you okay?"

"Oh yeah! I'm really fine. It was mutual, we just didn't have any feelings for each other that weren't friendly feelings. We're better as friends."

Chloe stares at her. "Okay. When did this happen?"

"I dunno, maybe a week or two after I got the internship?"

"You guys just decided to break up?"

"Yeah, it would have happened eventually. We both realized that we have serious feelings for other people.." She says, nervously picking at her nails.

Chloe is silent, which is very rare. Beca looks up at her. She's just staring at her, chewing her lip in the adorable way that she does.

After a minute passes, Chloe finally whispers, "Me?"

Beca nods, swallowing hard. "Yeah."

Chloe smiles at her. "Well, that's good, because I have some serious feelings for you too."

Relief floods Beca's body and she grins.

"Now kiss me, doofus." Chloe giggles.

Beca does as she's told. She puts her hands on Chloe's waist and pulls her closer, then presses her lips against hers.

It's slow, and careful. Chloe's lips are amazingly soft. It's everything Beca has imagined it to be.

They break away for air and Beca smiles.

"I've wanted that from the moment you barged into my shower." She says, brushing a few strands of red hair out of Chloe's face.

"I've wanted that from the moment I first saw you walking across campus." Chloe replies, blushing.

"I don't really know how to ask you this, because it feels so backwards, but like.. Will you be my girlfriend?"

"But like, yeah." She says, kissing Beca on the nose. "What do you mean by backwards?"

"Well, generally you ask someone out, then kiss them, then fall in love with them... I've done the exact opposite."

Chloe sighs happily, eyes watering. "You're in love with me?"

"I have been for a while."

"I've been in love with you for a while, too."

They kiss again, for a little longer than the first time. They aren't going too fast, really. There is nothing behind this but pure love.

When they break away, Chloe glances at her phone and laughs. "It's four in the morning. We should sleep."

Beca laughs too. "Yeah, we should."

"Will you stay?"

"You couldn't make me leave if you tried."

Beca lays down and Chloe curls against her side. She runs her fingers up and down Chloe's back lightly.

"Goodnight, Becs."

"Goodnight, Chlo."

"I love you."

"I love you too, and I love saying that."

Chloe giggles. "Go to sleep."

"As you wish." She kisses the top of Chloe's head and waits until the redhead's breathing evens out before falling asleep herself.

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