Bechloe Week Day 5: Road Trip
Jesse is sitting in his usual chair watching some kind of dumb movie while Benji is doing some magic tricks. Bumper is somewhere out, not caring at all about the business while Beca is the only one actually working on a car that was brought in the day before. The car has to be fixed by tomorrow and today is the only day of they had. "You know, if we did this together we could all go home and do something useful with our lives?" Beca is completely ignored by the boys, again. So she slides underneath the car again finishing the job they were supposed to do. While Beca is underneath the car the phone of garage rings and Jesse is the first one to get to the phone.
*Phone Call*
Jesse: "Car Treble, this is Jesse speaking."
Chloe: "Hi my name is Chloe, my car broke down and I need some help."
Jesse: "Sure, where you at?"
Chloe: "Uhm I'm not sure, I know I drove up Route 36 but now I have no idea where I am."
Jesse: "It'll take us some time to find you, maybe between 2-3 hours."
Chloe: "Really? That long?"
Jesse: "Yeah nothing I can do for ya."
Chloe: "Alright uhm I guess I'll wait?"
Jesse: "Whatever you want sugar."
*End Phone Call*
"Yo Jesse was that Bumper? Where the hell is he?" Jesse shakes his head. "Nope some kind of woman, her car broke down on Route 36, has no idea where she is." Beca waits a minutes for Jesse to actually say something useful but it seems like a losing battle. "And what did you tell her?" She finally asks. "That we'd pick her up in a few hours." Beca's eyes widen. "Dude there's a freakin storm on its way and you want to let someone wait with they broken car in a place they don't know?" Beca gets no reaction whatsoever from Jesse so she does the only logical thing. She grabs her keys and some tools. If none of the idiots would go pick the woman up or at least help her, she would.
It takes Beca around 15 minutes to find the car. The rain is slowly picking up so she needs to move fast. She parks her own car right in front of the little pick up. Surely she sees the drivers door open and a gorgeous woman step out of it. Beca quickly does the same and offers the stranger her umbrella. "Hi, you called Car Treble earlier, right?" The redhead nods her head with an expression Beca can't decipher. "You spoke to my idiot of a colleague and I'm really sorry about him."
"No problem, I was actually preparing myself to be stuck here for a few hours. How come you managed to get here so fast?" Chloe asks curiously. "Well, our garage is further down the road and Jesse is too lazy to stop his movie, Benji is doing magic and no one knows where Bumper is." Beca says with a slight growl. "I'm telling you men are pigs, I'm glad I don't have one sitting at home." Chloe chuckles as she finds Beca quite funny. "Anyway, I'm going to check under the cap, your battery probably died."
Beca opens up the cap and is expecting to get hit by the rain but stays completely dry. "I figured working would be more pleasant if you weren't soaked." Chloe says, holding the umbrella above both their heads. "Thank you...?" Beca hesitates slightly because she doesn't know the other woman's name. "Chloe, my name is Chloe." Beca smiles at the redhead before continuing to check underneath the cap. "My name is Beca, not that you asked." The voice is muffled because the brunette is talking into the car but it doesn't matter, it's still adorable. Chloe thinks to herself.
"Like I thought, it's your battery. I'll kick start it for now, until we get to the garage and there I'll put in a new one." Chloe frowns and it doesn't go unnoticed by Beca. "Hey what's wrong? It's not a big problem, it will be fixed in no time for you to meet your family, friends or whoever." Chloe shakes her head. "No, I'm not meeting anyone, I'm on a road trip. And I'm strapped on cash, so except if you have a bank closely or I can pay by card I might have a problem."
Beca thinks about it and shrugs her shoulders. "Don't worry about it, I'll arrange something for you." She finally says. "That's not a worry for now, and just make sure you pay me and not one of the baboons working with me." Chloe nods her head, slightly confused. "Anyways, now I'll kickstart your car and I'll need you to follow me, is that ok?" Once again Chloe nods her head and does as told.
A solid 25 minutes later the two women arrive at the garage. "Alright, park your car inside, I'll be there in a minute." Chloe does as told and waits for Beca to come inside. Surely a few minutes later Beca runs in, completely soaked by the rain. "Alright, I'll go get a new battery. Do you want some coffee?" The brunette asks with a smile. "Oh no thank you, I'll just wait here if that's ok?" Beca nods and runs off towards where Chloe assumes the batteries are.
"Hi, I'm really sorry for the crappy service here, I'll need to talk to my employees. Bumper, what's your name gorgeous." Chloe is rather taken aback by the man's directness and she doesn't feel comfortable at all. She really hopes Beca comes back soon. "Uhm someone is already helping me, thanks." Chloe tries but that doesn't seem to work. "No one can help you like Bumper can, if you know what I mean." Bumper winks at Chloe and the redhead actually winces at the gesture. "Yo Bumper, beat it I'm dealing with her."
"You? What do you even know about cars." Bumpers laughs out loud. "I only hired yours eye candy for the store, or as a secretary but neither job seems to be done." Chloe can see Beca grit her teeth. "If it wasn't for me your stupid business wouldn't even be here. You're never here, Jesse and Benji do nothing all day long. If you had to wait for Jesse to pick this nice lady up she'd be stuck out in the rain until tomorrow. So if you have nothing better to do here, go fix mister O'Donnel's car."
"Did you just try to boss me around you little dyke?" Chloe's eyes snap wide open while Beca's eyes narrow so thinly you might actually think they're closed. "You know what you rat, you heard exactly what I said. And I want to add something to my previous statement... I QUIT!" Beca turns to face Chloe. "Hey do you want a companion for your road trip?" She asks. "I would love to have you tag a long Beca." The brunette smiles. "Great, if you don't mind, we can take my pick up. It's a new model and has more space."
"That sounds like a wonderful idea." Chloe answers. "Great, lets get your stuff in my car and get on our way." While she says that, Beca thrusts the battery she was holding in Bumper's arms to then turn around and help Chloe with the few things she had. "I'll be expecting the money for that pick up which will be around 4,000 dollars in my account by tomorrow. If you don't I'll sue you." Chloe's jaw drops at the coolness oozing from the brunette. "Don't worry, I'll send it to you afterwards." Chloe nods her head with a smile. "Don't worry, I trust you."
With that the two women are on their way to a new adventure. Two strangers that eventually will turn lovers. Who would have thought a road trip could have this outcome. Chloe certainly didn't.
