Chapter 9: The First Feelings

"Jacob, why can't you even consider it? Is it really too much to ask for you to think about going to one of Beca's shows? She made a good point the other night, you know. We've never gone to one of her shows or basketball games. Don't you think that it's time we do that?" Cala asked her husband while they stood in the kitchen together. The two had been arguing about going to one of Beca's concerts. Cala was trying to get her husband to go just so they could see it from Beca's point of view.

Jacob, on the other hand, was trying to convince his wife why it was a bad idea for Beca to be in a band at all. He shook his head as he chopped up some peppers for dinner. "No, I don't think we should, Cala. If we do, we're basically telling her that she can go to LA, and that's out of the discussion. We're trying to convince our daughter to be reasonable, and going to LA to try and start a career in music isn't reasonable."

"How can we decide that Beca going to LA to pursue a music career is unreasonable when we've never seen her play? For all we know, Jacob, she could be the next big thing. I just don't understand why you're so insistent on writing off Beca's potential when neither of us have seen her perform," Cala replied in a firm voice, crossing her arms.

"Darling, I want to support her. But she doesn't know what being in the real world means. It means paying your own bills, it means getting a job so you can pay your bills. It also means that you have to make huge sacrifices just to get by. Beca is too young and to naive to see that," Jacob said, shaking his head and sighing at his wife. "If we go to her concerts, she'll think that we're in support of her going to LA. I don't want her to get her hopes up," He stated. "I know she's talented, but there are many talented people out there who chase the same dreams and end up homeless on the street."

"So you're saying that we shouldn't let Beca follow her dream just because there's a possibility that she might fail?" Cala said, raising an eyebrow. "Sure, making it in the music industry is very difficult and she may not make it, but that doesn't mean that she should be stuck in some dead-end job that she hates. Would you rather let Beca try and make a living in LA or have her resent us because we didn't let her follow her dream?"

"Of course I don't want her to resent us, Cala," Jacob said. "But I also want what's best for her, and struggling to find money for your next rent payment isn't something I was Beca to have to go through," He said, shaking his head. "You can go to her concerts, but I'm not. I just don't want to support a hobby that probably won't last."

His wife nodded her head and sighed. "Wow, way to be a supportive father. Keep going and you'll end up having the same relationship with Beca that you have with your father, and I don't think you want that," She said, grabbing her phone and placing it her pocket before leaving the kitchen to let Jacob finish cooking dinner.

Meanwhile, Beca was at school and standing outside of the gym, waiting for the dance team's practice to end so she and Allison could go on their date. The brunette found herself surprisingly nervous for the date and was pacing back and forth outside the gym doors, giving a pep talk at the same time. "Don't be nervous for this, Beca. There's nothing to be worried about. Everything's going to be great," she muttered to herself. "This is just a regular date with a pretty girl, and you're just going to be how you are on all your other dates. Smooth and professional."

She then looked in the window and saw most of the girls taking off their dance shoes. Beca caught a glimpse of Allison, wearing her long blonde hair in a braid. She was really beautiful, Beca had to admit. Still, no one really could compare to Chloe. Her red hair, her bright blue eyes; not to mention her smile and her laugh, there were so many things about Chloe that captivated Beca. But Chloe was straight and dating the brunette's best friend, which was why Beca was going to date Allison. It was mainly to get Chloe out of her brain.

Beca was lost in her thoughts when the gym doors opened and the dance team walked out. Allison was the last person to walk out, and Beca smiled when she saw the blonde. "Hey," the brunette said, looking down and smiling a little. She stood there awkwardly for a few moments with her hands in her pockets before speaking again. "So, uh, what did you want to do?"

"Well, I've got to take a shower first," Allison said, chuckling at the brunette's awkwardness. "I'll be out in fifteen minutes," She stated, smiling brightly before walking towards the locker room.

"Right, yeah. I totally knew that. See you soon," Beca said, mentally facepalming herself as she watched the girl head into the locker room. The brunette ran her fingers through her hair and sighed, feeling her face start to turn red from embarrassment.

Allison came back around fifteen minutes later like she said she would, and she smiled when she saw Beca. "Alright, now I'm ready to go," she said with a chuckle, slinging her bag over her shoulder.

"Awesome, my car is out this way," Beca said, smiling before putting her arm around Allison's shoulder and walking towards the closest exit. Allison smiled and blushed a little when Beca put her arm around her shoulder, leaning her head on the brunette's shoulder as they walked out to her car.

"So, how was your day today?" Allison asked, putting her stuff in the trunk of Beca's car.

"It's been pretty good. I've been looking forward to this all day," Beca said, smiling and closing the trunk before walking over to open the passenger car door for Allison. She then went to the driver's seat and turned on the car. "So, what would you like to do? We can go get some food. I bet you're hungry after dance practice."

"Yeah, I am. How did you guess?" Allison said with a little giggle. She got in the passenger's seat and closed the door behind her, buckling her seatbelt. "Maybe we could go get pizza or something, if that's alright with you?" She suggested.

"I love pizza," Beca said, smiling before pulling out of the parking lot. She kept the radio fairly quiet so the two of them could talk. "So, Jesse told me you're a fan of 'Trio?' When did you first get to see us perform?" Beca asked as she drove towards the local pizza shop.

"Oh, god, it must've been when your first performance in freshman year," Allison said with a laugh. "I'm not laughing at you guys, by the way. I'm just laughing because it seems like forever ago."

"It does, I remember the first song that I ever wrote for the band," Beca said, chuckling. "It feels like ages ago when I did that."

"I'm sure it does. Now look how far you guys have come. You're the most popular band in the school, if not in Seattle," Allison said with a smile.

"Do you have a favorite song?" Beca asked, stopping at a stop light and turning her head to look at Allison a little. The girl was really hot, and she was a dancer so it wasn't like she had a bad body either. Beca smiled as she waited for the girls answer.

"I like all of the band's songs, really. They're all so good that it's impossible to choose one favorite," Allison replied, smiling back at Beca. "If you had to pick a favorite song that you've written, which one would it be?" She asked.

"I don't know, there are a lot to choose from," Beca said as she looked back to see the light had turned green. "I do really love 'Locked Out of Heaven,'" She answered as she thought some more about it. "But I'd have to say my favorite is 'The Song That Everyone Sings.'"

"Oh, really? And what makes that song your favorite?" Allison asked curiously, looking out of the window as Beca started driving again.

"It's probably just because of the lyrics. They're just pretty personal to me, and I love that about it," Beca said. "I wrote it after Olivia and I broke up."

"Oh," Allison said, looking down for a moment. Beca had only told the full story of what had happened between her and Olivia to a few close friends, but she still had a vague idea of what happened. "I'm sorry. I shouldn't have asked that question. I didn't know that it would remind you of her," the blonde said apologetically.

"No, it's okay really. It helped me get over her actually," Beca said as she pulled into the parking lot of the pizza shop. "There are still some days that I miss her, but I wouldn't change the way my life is now. I'm captain of the basketball team, I have great friends, an amazing band, and I get to date pretty girls like you."

Allison blushed at Beca's last words and smiled to herself. "Thanks," she said shyly, turning away from Beca so that she didn't see how red her face was turning. The blonde then looked up and saw that they had arrived at the pizza shop. "Alright, I guess we should head inside now, right?"

"Yeah, yeah you're right," Beca said, smiling before they got out of the car and headed inside. Beca got them a table for two and then they ordered their pizza, talking and laughing as they waited for it. "So, where are you going to college?" Beca asked, taking a sip of the lemonade she ordered.

"You know, I actually haven't decided yet," Allison answered, taking a sip of her Pepsi. "I'm looking at a bunch of different schools and I'm going to try to start narrowing down the list so I can make a decision."

"Yeah, I never understood why people said we need to know what we want as soon as we hit senior year. I feel like sometimes it's good to take your time to figure out what you really want," Beca said, smiling and nodding at the girl.

"Exactly. I want to make sure that I'm totally sure on what I want to do and where I want to go for college before I make any decisions. I don't want to make a decision too soon and end up regretting it," Allison said.

"Well I think that's really smart of you to do," Beca said, smiling at the girl. "I on the other hand have known what I've wanted since I went to my first ever concert when I was eight years old," She said, chuckling.

Allison chuckled along with Beca. "Well, it certainly seems that you have the talent to make it in the music industry. I swear, some of your songs are so good that they could be chart-toppers."

"Thanks, that really does mean a lot coming from someone other than my immediate friend group," Beca said, smiling. "You're more supportive of my dreams than my parents are."

"Your parents aren't supportive of your dreams?" Allison asked, raising an eyebrow in confusion. "How could they not support your dreams? Do they know how talented you are?"

"They've never even been to one of my concerts," Beca said with a nod of her head as the pizza got there. "They just don't think my dreams are realistic. They think this band I was started is a hobby that will burnout once I graduate," She then shook her head and grabbed a piece of pizza. "I actually got into an argument about that Saturday night after I got home from Stacie's Halloween party," She chuckled.

"You know, you seem surprisingly calm about this whole situation," Allison observed. "If it were me, I would be panicking, but you're not. You must be confident that you'll be able to change your parents' minds, huh?" The blonde added.

"Believe me, I know they won't change their minds," Beca said, shaking her head. "They're too set on me staying in Seattle and going to college here so I can still watch my two younger siblings," She said before taking a bite of pizza. "But I'm eighteen now, so they can't control what I do. If I have to make it on own, then that's what I'll do. Songwriting and performing is my passion, I'm not going to just throw that away."

"And you shouldn't throw that away," Allison said. She leaned forward and rested her hand on top of Beca's. "You shouldn't throw away your dreams just because of one person's opinion, and I'm glad that you're not going to do that. You're too amazing of a person to not follow your dreams, wherever they may take you," the blonde said in a genuine voice.

Beca smiled, maybe this was a good idea. Allison was great, and Beca hadn't thought about Chloe for the last half an hour. Shit, now she's in my head again, Beca thought to herself. But for the record, she hadn't thought about Chloe for awhile, so at least Allison was helping. Beca wondered what Chloe's hands felt like as Allison's rested on top of hers. "I should have you talk to my parents," Beca said with a chuckle, running her thumb over the back of Allison's hand.

"I mean, I don't know if it would help at all, but I could give it a shot if you really wanted to," Allison replied with a smile, looking down at their hands. Her smile grew even wider, and she looked down. "Thanks for taking me out tonight. This has been really nice," she said, looking back up at Beca.

"Of course, I really wanted to get to know you after Jesse told me about you. And I have to say that I'm really happy that we started messaging yesterday," Beca said genuinely, noticing the way Allison bit her lip and smiled. Beca smiled and then looked over at the piano sitting there at the small stage in the restaurant. "I want to thank you for going out with me tonight, could I play you a song of your choosing?" She asked, bringing the girls hand up to give it a quick kiss.

"I would love that," Allison said, blushing when Beca kissed her hand. The two of them got up and walked towards the piano, Allison sitting down on the bench beside Beca. "Which songs do you know for the piano, or do you know them all?" She asked.

"I can play most of my songs on the piano, so you can choose whichever one you want," Beca said, smiling and placing her hands on the keys and waiting for the girl to think of the song she wanted Beca to play.

"How about 'Shine So Bright?'" Allison said, smiling at Beca. "Now that I think of it, that's probably my favorite."

"Alright then," Beca said smiling before beginning to play the music, smiling over at the girl sitting next to her as she began to sing.

"Shine So Bright"- Teddy Thompson

"I wanna be a huge star

That hangs out in hotel bars.

I wanna wake up at noon

In somebody else's room.

I wanna shine so bright it hurts.

I wanna be deathbed thin,

Never realize the state I'm in.

With my head in the clouds

And be followed around by crowds.

I wanna shine so bright it hurts."

Beca leaned over and kissed the girls cheek as she continued to play into the next verse, making the girl go rose red in the cheeks. Beca then continued to sing the next part of the song.

Allison watched as the girl sang, completely enchanted by Beca's voice as she sang the song with such ease. Watching her crush sing for her up close was without a doubt one of the most amazing things Allison had ever experienced.

"I wanna be high strung,

Make people wonder what they've done.

No one will talk back.

Cause you'll never know

When it might snap.

I wanna shine so bright that it hurts.

I wanna shine so bright that it hurts.

I wanna shine so bright that it hurts."

Beca continued to play the piano and sing, finding herself getting lost in the music like she always did. The brunette then looked over at Allison, smiling as the song came to an end. "So? Did you like it?"

"Did I like it?" Allison repeated back with a chuckle. "Beca, of course I liked it. In fact, I loved it."

"Good, I'm glad," Beca said smiling at the girl. "I just wanted to make sure. Sometimes artists aren't as good live as they are on recording. Take Katy Perry for example, she doesn't always sound very good live. She has many off days, at least in my opinion," She said with a chuckle before turning and getting up off the piano bench. "I'll go pay for the pizza, then I'll come back," Beca stated, leaning down and kissing Allison's cheek once again before going to pay for the pizza.

Allison smiled as she watched Beca walk away. The blonde truly did like the brunette; she had liked her for a long time as a matter of fact. She never would've thought that she would get the opportunity to go out with her. In Allison's mind, Beca Mitchell was way out of her league, which was why she too was feeling nervous during the date. She tried to play it off as best as she could, but she was still nervous deep down because she didn't want to mess this chance up.

Beca came back over and then held out her hand to Allison. "May I drive you home?" Beca asked, smiling softly. "I figured we could continue our date at your place by watching a movie or something."

"Yeah, that sounds great," Allison said, smiling back at Anna and taking her hand. They left the pizza place and went to Allison's house. Her parents were out that night, so they went up to her room to watch some Netflix. "So, any ideas on what we should watch?" Allison asked, grabbing her laptop from her desk.

"We can watch whatever you want," Beca said, smiling and sitting on the small couch that the girl had in her room. "I'm good with anything," She stated, putting her arm around the girl's shoulder and placing a blanket over them so they could get comfortable. Beca placed her other hand to rest on the girls thigh, smiling when Allison's head laid down on her shoulder.

"Alright, cool. Do you mind if we watch The Office? That's one of my favorite shows," Allison said, opening her laptop and waiting for it to turn on.

"That sounds great," Beca said. She smiled and watched Allison as she pushed play on the show. However when the show started, Beca paid more attention to Allison. It was cute, watching her quote the lines from all of the people on the show. "You're really cute, quoting all these lines," Beca whispered at one point in the second episode they were watching.

Allison smiled at Beca's words and blushed as well. "Thanks. I've rewatched this like five times which is why I've memorized all the lines," the blonde said with a cute giggle.

"I think it's pretty cute," Beca said, tracing shapes on the girl's arms. The main reason that she found it cute was because Chloe did the same thing one time during a movie night; the redhead would quote, sometimes word-for-word, lines that were said in the movie. Watching and listening to Allison quote this TV show made Beca smile.

They watched a few more episodes together before Allison turned off her laptop and put it on her bedside table. She then turned so she was facing Beca, and she smiled at the brunette. "I've had a really great time tonight. Thank you for that."

"Thanks for letting me take you out," Beca said, biting her lip and smiling before leaning in and placing her lips against Allison's. She smiled into the kiss when Allison began to kiss her back.

Allison leaned into the kiss, cupping Beca's face in her hands while their lips moved together in sync. Their lips were connected for quite some time and they only pulled away when they needed to catch their breath. Allison smiled and gazed into Beca's eyes once their lips parted. "Wow," she whispered.

"Yeah, that's what I was gonna say," Beca said smiling. Allison was a really good kisser, in fact one of the best kissers Beca had been able to kiss. There was only one problem, the entire time she was picturing herself kissing a certain redhead. However, that did stop her from pulling Allison onto her lap and leaning up to kiss her again. She needed to get Chloe out of her head, and she felt she was running low on options. Her hands rested on Allison's waist as the kiss deepened. "You're so hot," Beca whispered.

"So are you," Allison murmured back, scooting up further on Beca's lap. The blonde deepened the kiss by sliding her tongue across the brunette's bottom lip and then slipping her tongue inside her mouth. "Mmm, you're such a good kisser, Becs," Allison mumbled against her lips.

Beca whimpered softly when the girl scooted up even further on her lap. She then smirked when Allison bit her bottom lip and tugged on it. "You're a really good kisser as well," She muttered against the blonde girl's lips. Beca pulled back and began kissing a trail down Allison's jawline to her neck. "When are your parents going to be back?" She murmured absentmindedly as her lips began to suck on Allison's skin.

"They're at dinner with some friends, so they won't be back until later. Why do you ask?" Allison whispered back, turning her head to the side so Beca had better access to her neck.

"I'm just curious, because the longer they're out the longer we can continue this," Beca whispered, kissing up behind the girl's ear. "I don't want to push you to do anything unless it's something you want to do," She murmured in the girls ear before nibbling on her earlobe, moving her hands to Allison's bum.

"I don't want to go too far, but I would like to continue this for awhile," Allison said, smiling when Beca moved her hands from her waist to her bum. "How about you? Would you like to continue this?"

"That was a trick question right?" Beca asked, smiling and squeezing her ass some more before moving her lips back to Allison's. The truth was that Beca didn't know how long she'd be able to last with Allison on top of her as they continued to make out. She hadn't had sex in awhile, sue her. On top of that, Allison was one of the hottest girls in school. Beca just needed to take deep breaths so she didn't have an early bird special after making out for a couple of minutes. But Allison wasn't making it easy for her.

Allison could tell that she was getting Beca worked up pretty easily, so she decided to slow things down a little bit. The blonde leaned in and pressed a soft kiss to Beca's lips, pulling away a few moments later only to connect their lips again. "Am I turning you on?" The blonde whispered, leaning their foreheads together.

The brunette answered with a soft nod of the head, biting her own lip. "Yes, you are," She chuckled nervously as her cheeks turned red with embarrassment. "I haven't made out or had sex with anyone in awhile. Plus, you're a beautiful girl who's sitting on my lap, so that doesn't help my situation," Beca added before laughing a little more.

Allison laughed along with Beca and ran her fingers through the brunette's hair. "Well, if it would help your situation, we could always stop now. I wouldn't want to get you too turned on and end up leaving you 'high and dry' as they say."

"We can keep going for a little while longer, I'll just tell you if I need to stop," Beca said, pulling Allison back into a deep kiss. She squeezed Allison's bum softly and smiled as they continued to make out on the girl's bed for an hour or so.

The next day at school, Beca walked up to Allison and wrapped her arms around her from behind. "Hey there, beautiful," Beca said, kissing her cheek.

"Hi," Allison responded, turning her head so that Beca could give her a sweet kiss on the lips.

Chloe saw this exchange from across the hallway, tilting her head to one side in confusion. She then saw Jesse stopping at his locker nearby, so she walked up to him. "Hey Jesse, who's that girl Beca's with?"

Jesse looked over and smiled when he saw Beca and Allison, knowing that they must have hit it off pretty well on their date. "The blonde girl? That's Allison. They went on a date last night, and it seems like it went well," Jesse said, genuinely happy for his friend.

"Doesn't Beca usually just fuck and chuck?" Chloe asked in confusion. "I thought she was that one-night stand type of girl," She said as she watched the two girls closely. For some reason, seeing Beca with that girl made Chloe's heart hurt a little. Maybe it was because she and Beca were finally getting along, and she didn't want anyone to take her friend away. "Like, I've never seen her with the same girl twice. Is something going on with her?"

"Beca's never been someone who's all about relationships, but she doesn't necessarily do one-night stands either," Jesse said. "She used to do that before, but after Olivia, she hasn't really dated anyone. Sure, she goes out on dates, but she doesn't go very far with any of them. I think it's just that Olivia caused her to build up her walls so high that very few people can break through them. She's scared of being hurt, and after what she went through, I can understand why."

"Yeah, she told me about the story about Olivia at the party on Saturday. I had no idea Beca had gone through that," Chloe said, shaking her head.

"Well, it's why Beca doesn't trust very easily," Jesse said, shrugging his shoulders. "She hasn't ever told anyone besides Chicago, Benji, and me. I guess that means she really trusts you if she was willing to tell you that. Most people just know that Beca and Olivia had a bad breakup, only the few of us know the actual reason why."

Chloe looked over, seeing that Beca and Allison were still by their lockers and were now embracing. "So, does that mean that they're dating now?" The redhead asked.

Jesse shrugged his shoulders. "I'm not really sure. Beca hasn't said much to me. I'll be happy for her if they are dating, though. It's nice to see her happy again."

"Yeah, you're right. It is nice to see her happy," Chloe said, still looking over at the two girls. She bit her lip and then turned to grab her books, not wanting to be caught staring. The redhead did peek back at Beca, who was now giving this girl a kiss before they began walking down the hallway together.

Just then, a pair of arms wrapped around Chloe from behind, making her jump a little. "Relax, babe, it's just me," Chicago said, chuckling at his girlfriend.

"Hey, sorry," Chloe said, chuckling nervously for a second. "I was just deep in thought, I guess. How was football practice yesterday?" She asked turning to give him a quick kiss, watching Beca as she walked away with Allison out of the corner of her eye.

"Practice was good. I've got practice again tonight. We've got a big playoff game on Friday, so we have to be as prepared as possible," Chicago said. He looked behind Chloe and saw Beca walking with her arm around a blonde girl's waist, and he raised an eyebrow. "Who's that girl that Beca's walking with?" He asked.

"Her name is Allison, apparently they went on a successful date last night," Chloe said, looking down the hall at the brunette. "I see her every now and then because of dance and cheer, but I didn't know her name until Jesse told me that she and Beca went a date last night."

"Huh. I wonder why Beca didn't tell me that she went on a date," Chicago said, running his fingers through his hair. "Well, it's good that the date went well. Do we know if they're a couple now? It sure seems like they are."

"I guess we'll just have to ask Beca," Chloe said, biting her lip and looking down at the floor. Not that she wasn't happy for her friend; there was something else was going on in the redhead's minds. Something that Jesse had just told her. Most people just know Beca and Olivia had a bad breakup… I guess that means she really trusts you if she was willing to tell you that. Those two phrases kept playing in her head. Why did Beca trust her with that secret? Especially when they hardly got along before that night at the Halloween party.

So, why was Chloe so interested in Beca's new relationship? Could it be some new feelings arising inside of her? Especially after she was told Beca trusts her enough to talk about the whole "Olivia" situation. How do you think Chloe will continue to react to Beca's possible new girlfriend? Keep reading to find out. The next chapter will be out soon.

Until next time!