For Good: Chapter 14
"Ladies and gents, we have a special guest here tonight! Give her a warm welcome… Chloe come on out!"
Beca's head snaps backward towards the curtain and her metallic blue eyes instantly find the redhead's baby blue eyes. In the meantime, Chloe makes her way over to the single couch and hugs James as he's already up to his feet.
Beca snaps out of her daze and gets up as well, and awkwardly places a kiss on Chloe's cheek. Chloe blushes slightly when Beca points at the couch so she can sit down while the brunette takes her place on the armrest and puts her arm around the back of the couch.
"Aren't they the cutest couple everybody?"
The crowd lets out whoops, cheers, and wolf whistles.
"We have to know… How did you two meet?" James is perched up on the edge of his seat looking at the couple expectantly.
"I guess you could say it was Destiny," Beca says with a chuckle and another round of awes sounds up from the crowd, which makes the couple laugh as they look at each other.
"Isn't that the most adorable thing?" Beca rolls her eyes at the grown man in front of her with a smile.
James now has a smirk on his face as he watches the two girls sitting in front of him. "Seeing the two of you together makes me doubt all of the rumors that have been going around. So, Chloe, you have to tell us, how is it dating a superstar?"
Chloe lets out a chuckle and shows a toothy grin. "It's no different than dating anyone else. Beca has been the sweetest girlfriend ever, she's always there for me no matter how far away she is."
Beca playfully rolls her eyes before interrupting the redhead. "I have nothing on the sweetness that is Chloe, she's my personal savior and I know that I don't tell her often enough, but I really appreciate everything she has done for me."
"Ooh, how cute! Beca I can't believe that you'd need a psychologist when you have such a precious girlfriend in your life. Most of could can only wish for a love so pure." James is excitedly bouncing in his seat.
"Yes, we sure are lucky. And to answer your previous question before I zoned out… My father killed my mother and tried to kill me, he got stopped in time but the aftermath hit us all. Chloe though is the only one that knows how to calm me down."
Chloe squeezes Beca's knee gently as she can hear the brunette's voice cracking slightly.
The audience stays surprisingly quiet for which Beca is really thankful.
"We would all love to keep this adorable couple right here, but sadly our time is up. I'll see you all, here again, tomorrow and as for our young couple over here, we hope to see you both again soon. Good night everybody!"
James is up on his feet doing a silly dance and waving the audience at home goodbye.
"And we're clear!"
A young assistant shouts from behind the scenes.
Beca stands up from her spot and takes off her flannel so she can take off her mic before helping Chloe with hers.
"Thanks, Becs."
The brunette smiles gently at Chloe before putting down the mics on the table.
"How about we go home, huh?"
Chloe nods her head with a goofy smile.
"Hey, Beca before you leave…"
The brunette turns around to face James.
"… I wanted to let you know that if you ever need someone to talk to I'm always there for you." He places a gentle hand on Beca's shoulder. "And if you need to promote the new album I want to be the first to know." James jokes halfheartedly.
"There's no other place I would dare to think of James. When the time is coming I'll let you know."
The two chuckle lightly. James waves Chloe goodbye and watches the two girls walk away hand in hand.
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Beca unlocks the door and lets Chloe walk in first. Not even 10 seconds later the sound of tiny paws running down the stairs can be heard. Beca chuckles when Chloe lets out a high-pitched squeal and crouches down to pick Ella up, instantly cooing the puppy.
"Did you miss us? Yes, you did, didn't you little girl." Chloe rubs her nose against the wet black nose belonging to Ella. The puppy licks the redhead's nose, eliciting a happy giggle from the woman. It makes Beca rolls her eyes, leaving her with a goofy grin in the process.
Once Chloe lets go of the puppy it dashes up the stairs, probably to Beca's bedroom to fall asleep on the bed again.
"What did you do to my dog?" Beca asks with fake hurt, dramatically clutching her chest.
"Oh, I'm sorry Becs, I didn't mean to." The redhead puts up a pout that she knows the brunette will never be able to resist. And boy could she ever be more right.
The brunette slowly takes a step closer to Chloe and wraps her arms around the redhead's waist with a smile. The two gaze into each other's eyes and time seems to slow down. Chloe leans in slightly but gets beat to it by Beca, crashing her lips onto hers, and knocking the air out of the redhead.
Beca breaks the kiss and steps back slightly, but not letting go. She watches Chloe catch her breath. "Why don't you go get ready? I'll bring you a glass of water."
"S-sure, I'll uhm I'll see you in a bit."
Beca nods her head and turns around to walk towards the kitchen.
Chloe takes a deep breath and heads toward her own bedroom at the end of the hallway. She's in the middle of brushing her teeth when Beca strolls in casually. The redhead smiles with her toothbrush sticking out. Chloe spits out the remaining toothpaste and rinses once more. "Is everything alright?" She asks, looking through the mirror with a smile.
"Oh yeah, I was just wondering where you were."
Chloe raises her brow and slowly turns around with a confused smile. "Well, since we saw each other in the hallway when we said goodnight I thought you knew?" Chloe walks passed the brunette with a wink. "I was expecting you to pass by with a glass of water?" She looks at her bedside table but sees it's empty.
"Yeah, about that, I was thinking that maybe you'd like to sleep with me. I mean not sleep with me, like sleep with me, but you know just sleep with me? It's just I haven't slept as good as I have with y-"
Thank god Chloe finally cut off the mumbling brunette. "Becs I would love to, I just thought that maybe you didn't want me to stay with you a-"
This time Beca cuts Chloe off. "I want to wake up next to you, and hold you close as you wake up, I want you to be the last thing I see before falling asleep and the first thing as I wake up."
Chloe's smile grows bigger as she steps closer and wraps her arms around Beca's neck. "I guess we should go to bed, huh?"
The girls walk into Beca's bedroom and find Ella in the middle of the bed snoozing away. Chloe makes her way to the left side of the bed while Beca goes to the right side. Both are careful not to wake up the sleeping puppy. Chloe hears Beca groan when she lays herself down on the bed.
"Are you ok?" The redhead asks propping herself up on her arm so she can look at Beca.
"Yeah, I guess my ribs are still not fully healed."
Chloe rolls her eyes. "Beca that will take more than two weeks and why didn't you tell me you're in pain?"
Beca groans again when she turns to lay on her right side. "I didn't want you to worry. I can handle the pain, it's just that today has been stressful and it might have something to do with that." The brunette moves once again and gently shoves Ella out of the way which of course earns her a huff from the pup. Only for her to hold out her arm so Chloe can snuggle into the embrace to which Chloe happily obliges.
Ella quickly settles between the couple and a deep slumber falls over the tiny –not quite yet – family.
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Chloe is the first one to wake up the next morning and not because she wanted to. No, she woke up because a rough little tongue keeps licking her nose.
"Hmm, Ella do you need to go out?" Chloe whispers.
By some miracle, the puppy didn't start to bark and didn't wake Beca up. The redhead gently makes her way out of the bed and stops at the door to take a look at the sleeping brunette. She loves this sight more than anything in the world.
*Flashback*
Chloe is standing in the kitchen, swaying to a playlist Beca made for her a while back. Now that the brunette was back for another short but eventful week in Atlanta, she is staying at the apartment. Which of course gives the redhead a chance to surprise Beca in the morning. Sadly for the past 5 days, Beca has always been the one to wake up before Chloe.
Beca can't help it though, because of the busy schedule she has, she's used to waking up early. Chloe is still surprised that she managed to wake up before her today. It might have something to do with the fact that Beca stayed up all night working on a project. The deadline has been moved up to 2 weeks, which means Beca has to work overtime to finish it. The poor girl had worked until 5 AM until she finally caved and stumbled into the bedroom and collapsed into a deep slumber.
Chloe had woken up by the added weight on the bed and found her girlfriend on top of the covers. The heavy breathing from the brunette usually would be adorable, but seeing her completely exhausted, didn't sit well with the redhead. So she snuggled up with Beca and traced gentle patterns on the brunette's back. She could just feel the tension leaving the petite body next to her. Chloe stays that way, snoozing on and off until the clock strikes 7.30.
The coffee maker clicks, announcing that it was done. Chloe pours the brown liquid into Beca's favorite mug and places it on the platter that she would be taking into the bedroom.
"Morning Chlo."
Aubrey walks into the kitchen with a content smile.
"Morning Bree, how did you sleep?" Chloe asks, putting up the finishing touches for her girlfriend's breakfast.
"I slept great… better than Beca? I thought I heard her go to your room this morning?"
"Yeah, a deadline got moved and now she's stressing about it."
Aubrey nods her head. "It's sweet that you want to bring her breakfast."
Chloe turns around with a smile. "It's the least I can do for her. She has made me breakfast every day since she arrived, took me out to fancy restaurants to throw herself into her work when I'm asleep."
Chloe lets out a heavy sigh. "I don't know how she does it and finds the energy to do it again every day."
Aubrey doesn't have an answer to that and her silence makes Chloe pick up the tray and go to her bedroom as she doesn't want to awkwardly stand in the kitchen.
Chloe stops in the doorway and stares at her girlfriend. She has no idea how long she has been standing there, but the low grumble coming from the bed catches her attention quickly.
"If you're going to stand there with coffee at least don't make me get up to get it from you."
Beca turns to lay on her back, slowly propping herself up against the headboard. A perfect start to a perfect day. A lazy day.
*End Flashback*
This time though, Beca doesn't wake up to the smell of coffee because little Ella needs to go out and it seems to be urgent.
Chloe rushes out of the apartment with the puppy on her leash, ready to start the day before heading into work later on in the day. Not that she would work, that would start the next day but paperwork was still a necessity to do.
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