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Chapter 19
The two walked down the staircase arm in arm looking like a million dollar couple, heads turned as they descended down. As they walked step by step, taking it slowly as they both were wearing fairly tall heels.
Chloe looked over the balcony and saw loads of famous faces that she loved and had watched on TV from her living room, she could already see Pink, Selena Gomez, One Republic, some famous celebrities were there as well, Ellen Degeneres, Will Smith, Demi Lovato and so many more. She also recognised some of the music executives at the label as well as some people from movie studios and other labels, most of them she'd had meetings within the past few months.
The house looked stunning, it was professional enough that they could talk to potential new clients yet edgy enough they could all hit the dance floor and have a fun time. There were a few waiters dressed in all black serving various hors d'oeuvres being handed out for the first part of the party which Beca had told her would mainly be marketing and networking where they could remain sober, and then move into the second half where they could party and all get as drunk as they liked. Beca had organised cars to take people home or to wherever they were staying so they would all get home safe, she'd clearly thought of everything, or she'd done this on multiple occasions, she was going for the latter on this one.
"Wow, this looks great Becs, how did you get it all done so quickly?" She asked, her eyes marvelling at the beautiful chandelier hanging from the ceiling which she was pretty sure wasn't there before.
"I know a few people," she replied with a wink. Chloe just shook her head and laughed, it was impossible to get some things out of her.
"There are so many people here, how do you even know all of them?" Chloe asked, just before it registered in her head that Beca was a celebrity, who was mega famous and probably knew even more celebrities than just the ones that were here tonight.
Beca just shrugged, choosing not to answer, she never really liked to think of the people that were here as celebrities, they were her friends or people she'd worked with throughout the years and had built and strong working relationship with them, so to her they were just her friends nothing more nothing less.
As soon as we reached the bottom step, we were handed a glass of champagne, just a little something to get us both going, and Beca led me over to a few of her current clients. We ended up going over to Selena first, Beca had managed to sign her a few weeks ago, giving her a demo of the song 'Wolves' she'd heard it and immediately wanted to sign, it had been a great night that day at the label, and Beca had held a part in celebration, one where we all ended up consuming way too much alcohol, but none of us really minded. But it was safe to say that it had been a big day for the label, not to mention Beca.
They weaved their way through the crowd of people until they were greeted by the singer herself.
"Hey Selena, how are you doing?" Beca asked moving in to give her a hug.
"Really good, making a start on a few songs, thanks to your team. They are amazing by the way!" She gushed.
"Well, I only hire the best," Beca replied her hand still tangled with mine, this seemed to catch the other brunettes gaze.
"You guys are so cute, how long have you been together?" She questioned.
"Oh, we aren't-" they both said hands moving back to their sides, both instantly missing the contact.
"Oh, I'm sorry, you guys just looked...well um, couplely, I suppose," she trailed off.
"Yeah I'm her manager, someone needs to keep this one in check," Chloe said pointing to Beca.
Beca fake gasped her hand clutching her chest, "I'm not that bad,"
"Hmm," I said with a small smile, she poked me in the arm and pouted, "Oh stop it, you know your trouble," I said, Selena was just laughing at the entire interaction, noticing how both girls' eyes lit up when they were with each other and the look they both had when they parted hands. She had a feeling she may have to intervene with these two, they looked perfect for each other and she'd only been with them for around 5 minutes, the sexual tension between them was palpable.
"Anyway, Beca I just wanted to thank you for everything you offered in my contract, it was more than anything I was expecting," she said with a smile.
"Well, my main a is to always put the client first, so that's what I did. Something that could work for not just me but you as well, it's the way I've always worked," Beca said genuinely. Her clients had always been a top priority, and she had made a vow to herself the first day the label opened and had stuck to it ever since. It was one of the reasons the label had grown the rate it had, client personalisation and satisfaction, along with the fact every artist that had worked with the label had made something of themselves, and she prided herself on that.
"Well I think that's really honest of you, most labels don't put the amount of thought into their contracts like you do,"
"Thank you, that means a lot," Beca said with a wide smile.
"Well I'll let you two make your rounds, I'm guessing there's a lot of people here that want to see you," Selena said, she waved goodbye and wandered off to talk to a few other people.
They both wandered around for a bit talking to people as they went, a few music executives that Beca had invited, CR and Emily had turned up and they talked to them for a while, Beca had introduced them to a few of the other artists that were there hoping that they could broaden their contact lists by being here and being surrounded by all these big names.
Beca had just negotiated a contract with Pink which had seemed to heighten her already high mood, Chloe knew Pink was one of the brunettes favourite artists and getting to work with her would be a dream come true.
"So we can probably start recording in around 4 months?" Beca said directing the question to Chloe, who had been keeping track of certain notes for the producer as she worked.
"Yeah, you don't have too many major commitments so you should be all good," Chloe said her hand holding onto Beca's, which had made its way back there whilst they were walking around.
"Okay great, well Beca I will be seeing you in a couple of months," Alecia said and as moved away to go over to the bar.
They were in the final hour of the first half of the party when Beca accidentally bumped into someone.
"Oh I'm so sorry," she apologised.
The man turned around, "Oh Beca, hey!"
"David, I didn't know you were going to be here?"
"I couldn't miss out on seeing my favourite producer now could I?" He said with a laugh.
"Always the charmer Guetta," She replied laughing along with him. His focus then switched to Chloe who had been silent throughout the entire exchange.
"Beautiful red hair, stunning blue eyes, you must be Chloe?" He asked with a smile.
Chloe nodded in response confused on how David Guetta knew who she was just by appearance.
"This one talks about you non stop, don't worry I'm not weird or anything like that," he said with a chuckle. Beca was furiously blushing at what he'd said, she'd told him that in confidence!
"Oh do you now?" Chloe asked with a smirk.
"No," Beca trailed off, looking down at the floor embarrassed.
"Aww, you're sweet," Chloe said with a smile.
"Not sweet," Beca whined.
"Oh stop it," Chloe laughed, nudging her with her shoulder.
"Well aren't you two just adorable," David said with a wide grin on his face, knowing how much he was embarrassing his little brunette friend.
"Well David it's been a pleasure as always but we have lots of things to do, so goodbye," Beca said walking quickly away her face still flushed as she dragged Chloe with her who was just laughing at her actions.
"Not a word Beale," Beca warned, her voice nowhere near sounding threatening.
"I didn't say anything," Chloe said holding her hand up in surrender, the other one was occupied by a small brunette.
They walked over to the bar since their champagne was long gone. The bartender was doing some sort of cocktail show where he was flipping all the glasses, he was very good at it and didn't miss a trick.
"What's your poison for tonight Beale?" Beca asked with a smirk, her confidence shining through once again.
"Surprise me," Chloe said with a wink.
"Alright, Clark can I get a Tequila Sunrise and a Whiskey on the Rocks, please?"
"You got it!" He said, moving to collect all the necessary ingredients. He began mixing everything together and in a few minutes, he slid two drinks down the bar. Beca picked them up and handed the fruity, yellow and red Tequila Sunrise over, Chloe accepted and raised the glass to her lips, she took a minute to register the taste before smiling widely.
"Well, I've got to say, Mitchell, very impressive."
"What? Did you doubt my ability to order you a drink?"
"No," Chloe said, suppressing a laugh.
"Hmm," Beca said with a smile.
The party seemed to have begun as the music had started, the lights had darkened and people had moved onto the dancefloor.
"Want to dance?" Chloe asked, setting her drink aside.
"I don't dance Beale," Beca said, shaking her head adamantly, but Chloe wasn't going to give up. She put on her best pout and puppy dog eyes, something she'd had to resort to in the past, and it had worked every, single, time.
"Oh no, Beale. Don't pull that out," She warned.
"What?" Chloe asked innocently.
"That," she said waving her finger at the redheads face.
"Please, Becs?" She asked sweetly, "Pretty please?"
"With a cherry on top?" Beca joked back, getting an amused smile from the girl.
"If that's what it takes,"
"One dance," Beca said, downing her drink and walking towards the loud music, Chloe grinned at followed the brunette.
3 hours later Beca and Chloe were still dancing, very closely. It was like they were the only two people in the room. Everyone was enjoying themselves, drinks were flowing, and the music was blaring. It was probably around late 11 pm now, and the night was still in full swing. Both Beca and Chloe and had several drinks, a few beers, cocktails and some shots, but neither of them were drunk, they both and quite a high alcohol tolerance, which was certainly working in their favour.
Chloe moved over to the bar, excusing herself from dancing, leaving Beca to fend for herself. She waited for her turn in line when a few people moved and Ellen Degeneres was standing next to her.
"Oh my gosh, your Ellen! I love your show so much!" Chloe gushed, before quickly apologising. Which Ellen just brushed off, "Don't worry about it, I get it a lot," she said with a laugh.
Chloe's gaze flicked back over to Beca who was dancing, "Special someone?" Ellen asked.
"Oh, um, I..I," Chloe stuttered.
"I know love when I see it. Mitchell huh, she's a good one," Ellen said.
"Yeah, she is," Chloe said her eyes not leaving the brunette.
"So what are you going to do about it?" Ellen asked, sipping her drink.
"What do you mean?" Chloe asked confused.
Back over on the dance floor, Selena saw Chloe walk away and made her way over to Beca, operation 'Make Chloe Jealous' had begun, she started with just dancing near Beca then slowly moving closer and closer. She looked over and saw the redhead talking to Ellen and decided that this was the perfect time to step in, she moved her body closer to Beca, the two instantly moving in time to the music, hips swaying, but nothing more. Selena knew it wouldn't take much to get Chloe jealous so she just got as close to the brunette that she thought would alert the redhead, just enough to stir up the green-eyed monster that she knew would make an appearance. As she was dancing she turned her head and saw two blue eyes glaring at her, so just to see how far she could push she replied with a wink, the redhead looked outraged, perfect.
"I mean what are you going to do about it? You clearly like her what's stopping you?" Ellen asked kindly wanting to help Chloe as much as she could.
"She's my Boss," Chloe whispered quietly.
"And? You can't back down from this, if you don't get ahold of her, someone else will, and from what's going on over there you may want to get a move on," Ellen said nodding over to where Selena and Beca were.
Chloe grabbed a shot glass from the bar, downed it and walked over to Beca, Ellen's words replaying over and over in her head, 'if you don't get ahold of her, someone else will.' She moved through the crowd, grabbed Beca's arm and dragged her outside into the cool air.
"Chlo, what's going on?" Beca asked confused.
"Shut up," Chloe said before putting her lips on the brunette's, Beca froze up for a second before relaxing and moving her lips in sync with the redhead's, she could taste the alcohol on her lips making her lean further into the kiss, a moan threatening to escape.
She felt Chloe deepening the kiss which she had no problem in her doing, her hands resting on Chloe's hips as the redhead's cradled her cheek, it was everything and more that she had dreamed of.
All those nights the redhead had consumed her thoughts, could never match up to what she was feeling. Beca backed Chloe up against the wall from where they were in the middle of the garden, she felt the firm concrete come into contact with Chloe's back which caused her to let out a grunt, this only spurred her on more.
She caught Chloe's swollen lip between her teeth pulling at it before releasing it and moving her lips to her neck biting at the skin before soothing it with her tongue, she kept repeating it while moving her hands lower and round grabbing Chloe's ass, it was all too much for the redhead's senses to handle letting out a deep moan, when she had kissed Beca in the first place she never expected this to come of it, yet she was no way in hell complaining.
Beca's lips were soft and firm, her kiss gentle yet rough all at the same time and she was positive she was already addicted to it. Tom had always been rough, never asking what she wanted, his stubble scratching her chin whenever they kissed, making it highly uncomfortable. But Beca was an amazing kisser, and she was becoming highly impatient with the amount of clothes they were both wearing, a familiar feeling settling in her stomach, she moved Beca's face back up to hers. She put her lips back on the brunette's taking control, swapping their positions and pushing her thigh between her legs, pushing up against the other girl's centre.
"Oh god!" Beca moaned.
Chloe took Beca's hand in hers and led her back into the house, the brunette following with a sheepish smile on her face. Everyone was way to busy to notice them walking in and heading up the stairs. But Selena slid over to Ellen who was watching the pair.
"Nicely played Ellen, nicely played," she said her eyes still on the girls.
"The same to you Gomez, you play a dirty game."
The two girls rushed up the stairs hands finding no boundaries, they finally managed to get to Beca's bedroom door, where Chloe pushed her up against, finding the handle as she attached her lips to Beca's, she pushed down the cold metal letting the two fall into the room, Chloe had no time to look around before the tables turned and her back was shoved onto the wood behind her, Beca's hands found the zip on her dress and pulled it down antagonizing slowly, Chloe's hands pushed the sleeves of Beca's blazer off and over her shoulders letting it pool below their feet. She then moved onto Beca's shirt buttons popping each of them out before lightly dragging her nails down the girl's chest, causing another moan to escape her. Chloe's dress was off and Beca's eyes were wide, her black lingerie showing off her toned stomach and legs as well as her generous chest.
"Like what you see Mitchell?" She asked teasingly. Beca didn't answer, she just took her lip between her teeth and nodded.
"Well these need to come off," Chloe said, pointing to the brunette's jeans. They were quickly discarded and thrown across the room, Beca wrapped her arms around Chloe's waist and pulled her in leaving a sweet kiss on the redhead's lips.
"I think we should wait, I want it to be special for you," Beca said nervously, she'd never had feelings this strong for anyone before so she wanted to do it right.
Chloe nodded, thanking the gods, she was definitely enjoying the moment but as Beca had said, she wanted it to be special. Beca led her over to the bed pulled the covers open and climbed in waiting for Chloe to join her when she did, she wrapped her arms around the redhead and spooned her from behind giving her a kiss behind her ear.
"Thank you," Chloe whispered but loud enough for her to hear.
"For what?" Beca asked leaving a trail of kisses down the girl's collarbone.
A sigh escaped her lips, "For being incredible, and wanting to wait."
"Always Beale. Always."
Chloe fell asleep soon after, and wrapped up in her arms Beca knew this was where she was supposed to be, she felt safe, she felt home and she felt happy.
Finally! We got our kiss! What did you guys think? Review and let me know.