Chapter 6: A Confession

"This is ridiculous. I haven't dressed up for Halloween since I was twelve," Beca said, groaning as Jesse and Benji dragged her through the parking lot of a costume shop. They were going to said costume shop to find outfits for Stacie's Halloween party that Saturday.

"Come on, Beca. Please just humor us and don't complain. You promised not to complain as long as we didn't make you wear a stupid costume to Stacie's party," Jesse reminded her.

"The thing is, all the costumes here are stupid. No matter what we pick out, it's going to be stupid. I can't believe I even agreed to this in the first place," Beca said, furrowing her eyebrows and crossing her arms.

"Come on, we'll find something that you like. I know we will," Benji said, pulling Beca into the costume shop. "Emily and I are going as Ellie Sattler and Alan Grant from Jurassic Park," He said excitedly.

Beca rolled her eyes at her friend's enthusiasm. "If you guys pick out a stupid costume for me, I'm just not gonna go to Stacie's party at all."

"Don't worry Beca, we'll find you something that you'll badass in," Jesse said, smiling at his friend and patting her shoulder. "Besides, you gotta look good for that mystery girl," He teased, nudging her.

"Oh, fuck off. There's no mystery girl, so don't get your panties in a twist," Beca said, showing Jesse the middle finger as they walked towards the shop.

They walked inside the costume shop and began to look around, walking down the aisles and seeing if anything interested them. "Hey Beca, why don't you go as a vampire?" Jesse suggested, showing her a costume that had a black cape and a set of fake vampire teeth.

"No. Vampires, werewolves and ghosts are off limits. That's way too cliche, and I am anything but cliche," Beca stated firmly, walking right past the vampire costume.

"Alright, something that's not cliche," Benji said, walking into the next aisle. "How about going as a mummy?" He suggested. The blank look that Beca gave him was all he needed for an answer. "Alright, the mummy costume is a no."

"We need to pick something that's not cliche, Benji," Jesse said, chuckling as they walked down the row of costumes.

It took them almost an hour and thirty minutes until they found the perfect costume. "Dude, what if you went as the badass female version of Indiana Jones? You always have loved those movies," Benji said, holding up the costume he'd found. "There's a bag and a whip and a hat included."

Beca took the costume from Benji and looked at it closely, a smile slowly spreading across her face as she did so. "This is perfect. I never would have thought of this on my own," she said with a chuckle.

"Dude, you're going to look smart and like a badass," Jesse said, smiling as she saw Beca's eyes light up while she looked at the costume. "Plus, you might get a couple girls' phone numbers, or get in their pants. Whatever your plan is for this year's party."

Beca chuckled and shook her head at Jesse's words. "Thanks, but I don't think I'm going to be trying to get into any girl's pants this year. I'm probably just gonna hang out with you guys and everyone else," she said.

Both Benji and Jesse feigned a gasp at those words. "I can't believe what I'm hearing. Beca Mitchell isn't going to try to get into a girl's pants at a party? Someone call CNN and tell them that they have their next headline," Benji jokes.

"You know what, this isn't really surprising," Jesse said, placing a hand on Benji's shoulder. "She's just going to try and impress the mystery girl," He stated before he and Benji turned to Beca with smirks on their faces.

Beca sighed and ran her fingers through her hair, shaking her head at the two boys. "You really aren't going to give up this mystery girl thing? I don't understand why you're so insistent on there being a mystery girl. There is no mystery girl, and that's the truth."

"I wonder if she invited the mystery girl to hear the song yesterday," Benji said, completely ignoring what Beca had just said.

"That is possible. Do you remember all the girls that were there?" Jesse asked.

"There was Aubrey, Stacie, Emily, Cynthia Rose and Chlo-" Benji said before Beca cut him off.

"There's no mystery girl!" Beca yelled, causing both Jesse and Benji to jump a little. "Can you two just drop it already? It's starting to piss me off!"

"Okay, sorry. We won't bring it up again," Jesse said, awkwardly shuffling his feet and looking at Benji out of the corner of his eye. Beca turned away and went to go try on her costume in the fitting rooms, leaving the two boys alone for a moment.

"Have you noticed that she kinda seems a little more on edge than usual lately? Is it because there actually is a girl Beca has feelings for?" Benji asked quietly.

Jesse shrugged his shoulders. "If there is a girl, I haven't heard anything about it. And it's pretty obvious that Beca doesn't want us to know about it if it's actually true."

Benji nodded his head and sighed. "It just felt like that song was about some girl, it didn't feel like just a song. I know that can be the case sometimes, but I didn't get that vibe with 'Tenerife Sea.' It felt too personal to not be about anyone in particular."

"Yeah, that song is different from every other song she's ever written. And we might be reading into it too much, but it certainly felt like that song was about someone," Jesse said.

"Let's just keep the conversation about it to a minimum. If it's about someone, we'll find out sooner or later," Benji stated, sitting down as they waited for Beca to finish trying on her costume.

A few minutes later, Beca came out of the fitting room with her costume on, smiling and striking a few poses. "So? What do you think of the costume?" She asked Benji and Jesse.

"You look like a total badass. You're going to kick ass and take names at this party," Jesse said, smiling at his friend. "Do you like it, Benji?"

"Yeah, I think it looks great. Girls will be throwing themselves at you left and right when they see you," Benji said with a smirk.

"Well, hopefully not too many," Beca said with a chuckle. "I kind of just want to hang out with my friends this year."

"I'm not buying it, but if you say so," Jesse said, chuckling along with his friend. "I can't remember the last time you didn't want girls throwing themselves at you."

"It's our senior year, Jess," Beca stated genuinely. "As much as I love hooking up at parties, this is our last year together before we go our separate ways. I want to spend as much of it with my friends as I can."

"Dude, are you sure you're okay? Now you're suddenly being sentimental. I think we should take you to the doctor and see if anything's wrong," Jesse said in a teasing voice.

"I'm not allergic to feelings," Beca said, rolling her eyes at the boy. "Let's get out of here. I need to pay for this costume." The brunette changed out of the costume and then paid for it before they left the costume shop.

"So, where should we go next? Do you want to go back to my house and rehearse some songs? Stacie asked us to play at her party for a few hours," Jesse said as they walked through the parking lot.

"Sure. She gave me a list of songs of ours that she wants us to perform," Beca said, climbing into Jesse's passenger seat while Benji climbed in the back.

"Alright, cool. What songs did she ask us to play?" Jesse asked, turning on the car and pulling out of the parking lot.

"Let me check," Beca said before pulling out her phone and seeing the text from Stacie. She then read them aloud. "'Locked Out of Heaven,' 'Paris,' 'Can't Stop The Feeling,' 'Breakaway,' and 'The Night We Met' are the ones Stacie has sent me so far. She said she'd send more recommendations soon."

"Sounds good. We wouldn't have any of these great songs to perform if it weren't for you," Jesse said to Beca with a smile on his face. "You can definitely become a songwriter with the talent that you have," he added.

"Tell that to my parents," Beca said with an eye roll. She then took out her phone and opened Snapchat. Her heart ached a little when she saw a video on Chicago's story of him kissing Chloe's cheek with the caption 'My Girl' and a heart emoji. This made Beca close the app and turn off her phone. "Jesse, have you had the courage to ask out Aubrey yet?"

Jesse shook his head. "Nope, I haven't yet. I'll do it at some point. I just have to work up the courage to do it. I mean, what if I've been reading everything wrong and she rejects me?"

"She seemed pretty smitten with you at homecoming," Beca mentioned, shrugging her shoulders. "You never know until you ask."

"Maybe I'll ask her out at the Halloween party. I'm just not very good with this kind of stuff. I've only had one girlfriend, and that was in eighth grade so that doesn't count," Jesse said, keeping his hands on the steering wheel and his eyes on the road ahead.

"I remember that," Benji said with a chuckle. "Jane Collins. You two were together for all of two weeks."

Jesse groaned and ran his fingers through his hair. "Please, don't remind me," he said, unable to keep himself from chuckling as well. "If I do remember correctly, you dated someone for a whole day before you got together with Emily."

"Yes I did, but at least I had the courage to ask out the girl I like, and now we've been dating for a year," Benji mentioned, smirking at his best friend.

"Yeah Jess, you can't really argue with Benji on that one. When it comes to girls, he has the balls to ask them out if he likes them. And now he's Emily's boyfriend," Beca said, chuckling at look on Jesse's face.

Jesse rolled his eyes at his two friends. "You know what? I will ask Aubrey out, just to prove to you guys that I do have the balls to do it," he said.

"Well, the main reason you should ask her out is because you like her," Beca teased smirking at her best friend.

"Well, duh," Jesse said, chuckling along with Beca. "I wouldn't ask her out just to prove a point to you and Benji."

"I think you can do it buddy, you just have to be brave," Benji said, smiling and patting Jesse's shoulder from the back seat.

Once they reached Jesse's home, they set up their band stuff in his garage. Sometimes on the weekends they would practice there since the school wasn't open for their use. Just then Beca got an incoming text from Stacie. "Hey guys, here are some more songs Stacie thinks we should perform: 'The Song That Everyone Sings,' 'This Is The New Year,' 'The Remedy,' 'Why Georgia,' and 'Fast Car," She said. "Those and the others I named off are the ones we need to work," She then got another. "'My Songs Know What You Did In The Dark,' and then 'I Write Sins Not Tragedies."

"Stacie's picking out some good songs, that's for sure," Jesse said.

Beca put her phone back in her pocket once Stacie stopped texting her and grabbed her guitar, walking over and plugging it into one of the amps. "We've got a lot of songs to practice, so let's get to it," the brunette said, grabbing her guitar pick.

"You know they wouldn't be songs if it weren't for you," Jesse mentioned.

"Yeah I do, so let's get practicing," Beca said, smiling.

Meanwhile Chloe was just getting out of the locker room after showering because of cheerleading practice when she felt two strong and familiar arms wrap around her from behind. "Guess who?" Chicago said, kissing her cheek.

"Hmm, I don't think I know who it is. Could you give me a hint?" Chloe said with a cute giggle before turning around and hugging Chicago. "How was football practice? You've only got a few more games before the playoffs if I remember correctly."

"Yeah, we've got three games left. Two of those games are home games," Chicago said, smiling before placing his hands on her waist and pecking her lips. "I actually wanted to talk to you about the party this weekend," He said once they pulled back from the kiss. "What should we go as?"

Chloe shrugged her shoulders. "I've spent some time looking up ideas for costumes online, but none of them really got my attention. Do you have any ideas?" She asked.

"This may seem really nerdy, but I was think we could go as Han Solo and Princess Leia, or maybe Harry Potter and Ginny Weasley," Chicago said with a chuckle.

"Yeah, that is really nerdy," Chloe said, laughing along with Chicago. "But I think those are great ideas. And of course, we'll be adorable as always."

"If you think of something else you'd rather be we can do that too, those were just a couple of ideas that I had," He said, smiling as they walked down the hallway. "Beca told me 'Trio' will be performing at the party this weekend."

"Yeah, I figured that they'd be performing. It seems like they perform at every party and school event," Chloe said with a laugh, holding one of Chicago's hands in hers as they walked together.

"Well, they're really good," Chicago said. "I remember they first performed at the freshman Valentine's Day dance. It was the beginning of an era."

"Wait, they've been a band since freshman year? I didn't realize that they'd been performing together that long. I thought they'd started like last year or something," Chloe said.

"They wouldn't have become so big if they'd just started last year," Chicago said, shaking his head. "No, Beca put up a sign up sheet at the beginning of the year saying that she was having auditions for a band. Benji, Luke, and Jesse all signed up. They practiced for months before actually getting a gig. Since that dance, they've become one of the biggest bands in Southern Seattle," He said, proud of his friends.

"Wow, that's pretty impressive," Chloe said with a smile. "No wonder they're so popular here at school. They're basically rockstars."

"You could say that," Chicago said, putting his arm around her shoulder. He kissed her cheek. "Is Beca being nicer to you?"

"Yeah, she actually has been nicer to me lately. I mean, I wouldn't consider us to be best friends, but we're making progress," Chloe said, smiling when Chicago put his arm around her shoulder.

"Good, otherwise I was going to have to have a talk with her about her behavior in front of my girlfriend," Chicago said before walking out to her car. "I think we should go as Han and Leia. Don't you?"

Chloe nodded and smiled. "Yeah, that sounds perfect," They reached her car soon, and Chloe put her stuff in the trunk of her car before turning to Chicago and giving him a sweet kiss on the lips. "Thanks for walking me out to my car," she murmured.

"You're welcome," Chicago said, smiling and kissing her sweetly on the cheek. "Hey, maybe there's some way you convince your folks to let you stay the night at Stacie's, but then stay the night at my place."

Chloe chuckled a little and raised an eyebrow at Chicago. "Oh really? And why do you suggest I do that?" She said, a small smirk spreading across her face.

"Well, it's my mom's birthday, and my dad is taking her on a weekend trip up to Vancouver. I have the place to myself from early Saturday to later Monday night, and I thought maybe you and I could have some alone time. I'll even make you brunch on Sunday," Chicago said, smiling softly at her.

Chloe smiled back at Chicago. "That's really sweet of you," she said, leaning in and pecking him on the lips. "I'll talk to my parents and see if I can convince them," she said, leaning their foreheads together.

"Great, because I really enjoyed what happened over the weekend and I'd like to do it again with you. Of course that's not the only reason why I want you to come over, I just want to spend time with you," He said, smiling and blushing a little bit before looking at the ground.

"And I want to spend time with you too," Chloe said, smiling when Chicago blushed. "You're my favorite person to spend time with, actually."

"And you're mine, but don't tell Beca," Chicago said with a chuckle before kissing her one more time. "I'll call you later, okay?"

"Sounds good. I'll talk to you later," Chloe said, smiling at her boyfriend before she unlocked her car and sat down in the driver's seat.

Jesse was dropping Beca off back at her house just when Chloe was arriving. He noticed the way that Beca seemed to tense up when she saw the redhead, fiddling with her fingers rapidly; and then it hit him, it hit him like a truck hits a brick wall. The song wasn't just about any girl, it was about Chloe. "Dude! You like Chloe! She's that mystery girl!"

"I don't know how many times I've already told you this, but there is no mystery girl," Beca said, looking down and running her fingers through her hair. "Can you please stop bringing it up?"

Jesse stopped the car and put it in park. "Beca, you're one of my closest friends. You can tell me if it's true or not. Is Chloe the mystery girl?"

"No! For the last fucking time Jesse, the mystery girl doesn't exist! Alright?" Beca said, grabbing her school bag. "And even if I did like her in that way, and I'm not saying I do, because I don't. She's my best friend's girlfriend. Can't you see how wrong that is? Significant others of best friends are off limits, now drop it," She stated before getting out of the car and slamming the door behind her.

Chloe saw Beca and waved at her, smiling happily at the girl. "Hey, Beca! How are you?"

"Fantastic," Beca said sarcastically, "Now leave me alone," She growled before walking straight through her front lawn and up the deck into her house, slamming a door for the second time in under thirty seconds.

Chloe frowned a little as she watched Beca storm off into her house. "Looks like someone's in a bad mood," the redhead said to herself, opening the trunk of her car and grabbing her stuff out of it.

Before the young boy left, Jesse got out of his car and went to help Chloe with her school stuff. "Hey, let me help you with that," He said, grabbing her cheerleading bag.

"Do you know what's up with Beca?" Chloe asked.

Jesse didn't want to lie to Chloe, but he also didn't want to tell Chloe the reason that Beca was upset, especially if the brunette actually had a crush on the redhead. "Uh, I don't know. Sometimes she's just in a bad mood for no reason. I do know that her parents have been getting on her nerves lately."

"Oh yeah. She told me about that whole situation. It really sucks," Chloe said as she grabbed her backpack and walked with Jesse to her front door. "I hope that her parents come around soon."

Jesse nodded in agreement. "Yeah, me too. I'm not sure if they will, though. They're pretty stubborn, and they won't give in easily. We just have to hope that everything works out for Beca in the end. If not, she'll probably buy her own plane ticket and fly to LA herself," He said with a short laugh.

"You know, I feel like I know her well enough by now to know that is something she would probably do," Chloe said before setting her backpack down. "Thanks for helping me with my cheerleading bag Jesse," She said.

"Oh, it's no problem," Jesse stated.

"If you don't mind my asking, this whole school is pretty sporty. Do you play any sports?" Chloe asked.

"Baseball," He answered. "I've been on the junior varsity team for the last two years, but a bunch of players graduated last year so hopefully I'll be able to make the varsity squad."

"I bet you can," Chloe said, smiling. "I'll see you at school tomorrow," She stated before going back inside.

Jesse nodded and headed back to his car. He drove home, and once he did he called Beca. It was a few seconds before she answered. "Hey, I'm sorry about what I said earlier, buddy."

"Yeah, sure you are. You're just going to ask about the nonexistent mystery girl when I see you tomorrow," Beca replied with an annoyed voice.

"No really, I'm sorry. I took it too far and I shouldn't have, and I won't bring it up again. I promise," Jesse said, staring up at the ceiling of his bedroom. "I just got excited for you is all. After everything that happened with 'you-know-who' a couple years ago, the thought of there being someone in your life made me happy. And you deserve to be happy more than anyone I know, man."

Beca smiled a little at those words. "Thanks, Jess. I appreciate it. I got upset because you and Benji have been talking about it so much, and I just got tired of hearing about it. That's all."

"Yeah, I understand," Jesse said, scratching his head. "I'll make sure not to bring it up again."

After a moment of silence between the two friends, Beca sighed to herself and then spoke again. "Jesse, I have to tell you something. But you can't tell anyone. Not Benji, not Aubrey, not Stacie. No one. Especially not Chicago."

Jesse had a feeling that he knew what Beca was about to tell him, but he didn't say anything about it. "Yeah? What is it, Beca?" He asked.

"There is a mystery girl. I realized that when we performed 'Tenerife Sea' the other day for everyone." Beca said before taking a deep breath. Was she really about to do this? Was she really going admit that there was a girl she couldn't get out of her head? Once she said it, it'll be out there. Of course, Beca trusted Jesse to keep a secret. He always kept his promises. "I think I have feelings for Chloe."

So... Beca just told Jesse she doesn't just have feelings for a girl, she has feelings for her best friends girlfriend. A girl she cannot avoid so easily because Chloe is her neighbor.

Until Next Time