Is that a yes then?
Beca was nervous. It had been almost a month now since she was discharged from the hospital. She and Chloe have been hanging out just like always. But therein lies the problem. Since that day, She's been trying to find the right time to take Chloe out on a proper date but with semis looming just around the corner (quite literally; it was Monday and semis are being held a week from today) and with the aca-nazi way more stuck up now, she's become a lot more frustrated because she wants to do this the right way. For Chloe. She wants to take Chloe out and ask her to be her girlfriend but what with Bella rehearsals and her extra make up shifts at the station they barely even get to hang out for more than a few hours. That wasn't enough. Beca finally decides to go and seek help from her bestie and lesbro.
They were in Jesse's and Benjie's dorm eating poprcorn. Benjie was out for the day so they had the whole room to themselves at least until Stacie and Beca needed to make a mad dash towards the Bella's rehearsal hall.
"Why not just you know ask her directly?" Stacie said in a frustrated huff.
"I can't just be all casual about this...I think. I mean this is Chloe we are talking about."
"Exactly Becaw. It is Chloe we are talking about. She might think you guys are already dating right now and this would be pointless."
"Wait. Did I miss something?"
"Beca. When was the last time you ever had a serious relationship?" Stacie drawled out lazily.
"A...while..."
"Right. So like in today's generation people just usually label themselves as dating once they actually kiss or something. But if it means that much to you why not just ask her yourself where you guys stand?" Jesse said.
"Why did I think that you guys would help me gather ideas to ask Chloe to be my girlfriend..." Beca muttered under her breath.
"What? You want to ask Chloe to be your girlfriend?" Jesse said in surprise. "I thought you just wanted to like ask her out on a date."
"Oh hell! There's a difference now?!" Beca said irately through gritted teeth.
"Bec calm down. There honestly isn't a difference between the two anymore." Stacie said trying to calm down the smaller brunette woman. Glaring daggers at their movie buff friend.
"You know what, this is pointless. Let's just get to rehearsals Stace before your soon to be girlfriend decides to make us do more laps than necessary." Beca picked up her bag, stood up from her position on the floor and left with Stacie right behind her.
'I guess it's going to have to be all me then.' Beca though to herself.
Stacie and Beca enter the rehearsal space with 20 minutes to spare. Chloe and Aubrey were talking by the white board. Lily, Ashley and Jessica were the only other occupants in the room. They were sitting down at the bleachers by their bags doing various things. As soon as the resounding click of the door was heard throughout the auditorium, Chloe's head snapped up from where she was seated and she looked to see if Beca had finally arrived for rehearsals that day.
As soon as she saw Beca, Chloe stood up and strode over to her girlfriend. Wait. Girlfriend? Where did that come from? We are taking things slow Beale. Do not get ahead of yourself. She wrapped her tiny DJ in her arms in a tight embrace.
"I missed you." Chloe mumbled into Beca's ear.
Beca grinned into the crook of Chloe's neck upon hearing her say that. "I missed you too Chlo. It really pisses me off that we haven't been able to spend a lot of time together lately." Beca whispered back to Chloe.
"I knoow." Chloe whined softly.
Beca rubbed Chloe's back soothingly and continued to whisper sweet nothings to her. All the while, Stacie took the opportunity to stalk over to Aubrey who had been watching the altercation between her co-captain and Beca.
"You know...the Bella's are all tired...maybe you could...I dunno...maybe..." Stacie left her sentence hanging. She interlaced her fingers with Aubrey's and tugged her closer to her.
"Stacie..." Aubrey said with a warning in her voice.
"Right. Sorry. Captain." The busty brunette replied curtly and let go of her captains' hand. She was getting tired of the hot and cold treatment Aubrey was constantly giving her and if she were anybody else she was sure they would've already given up by now. Thankfully she was as stubborn and headstrong as Beca.
She turned her back against Aubrey and made her way over to the bleachers. She didn't see the conflict of emotions in Aubrey's eyes. There within were hurt, love, fear and sadness. The blonde senior was hurt by Stacie's tone. Sad because she thinks that she's pushing the brunette away with her constant bi-polar attitude towards her and everybody else. Love. Because damn it she loves Stacie and she's scared of it. She needed to pull herself together. The rest of the Bella's have arrived and the two were still locked in an embrace.
'You would think that they haven't seen each other for a week...Then again...That's probably how they really feel since I've been running everybody to the ground especially Chloe...I guess Stacie is right...The girls do need a break...'
"Alright Bella's here's the deal. We run through the set 3 times perfectly and we can all go home early today and we can all have until wednesday off from rehearsals. But it has to be perfect and exactly how we have been rehearsing it since the very beginning. Deal?"
The Bella's all nodded their consent and so practice began. They did the set 3 times perfectly and accordingly. Well according to Aubrey's standards anyway. Everyone began heading home right after they were tired. They were all uninspired. They all felt like robots and it sucked. The two day break they were being given was a godsend. Especially for Beca and Chloe.
"Thank God! I thought that we would be doing turn the beat around for about a hundred more times before Sunday ever came around." Beca mused to herself. "Now I can figure out where to take Chloe. I have an idea already but one can never be too sure right? Great Mitchell. You've just started a tirade on your own."
Chloe was watching Beca's facial expressions closely. She knew from how each contortion of her features, each twitch of her lip and every gleam in her eye, that Beca was up to something. She'll be damned if she didn't get to the bottom of it. Especially if it was another one of her pranks on Aubrey. Chloe just chuckled to herself remembering what Beca did the last time she schemed against Aubrey. Let's just say Beca looked sexy as hell drenched in sweat. A smirk etched its way onto Chloe's lips as she walked over towards the unaware brunette.
Chloe snaked her arms around Beca's waist from behind.
"Hey you. Whatcha thinking 'bout hmmm?"
Beca was snapped out of her inner tirade at the feel of Chloe's arms around her waist and at the sound of Chloe's voice. She turned around to face Chloe a small smile playing on her lips. Without even thinking about what was about to leave her lips Beca asked Chloe out on their first official date.
"I was just thinking about a way to romantically ask you out on a date and how not to sound lame. Well. Shit." Beca's eyes widened in surprise at her own actions.
Chloe gave Beca her signature mega watt smile.
"I think the way you did it just now was perfect Becs" She replied with a wink.
Beca was sporting a blush that now matched Chloe's fiery red locks. "S-so...uhmm...is that a yes then?" Beca stuttered out. Realizing she had just stuttered Beca lowered her head to hide the ever growing and glowing blush on her burning cheeks.
Chloe crinkled her nose and still with that huge smile adorned on her face, lifted Beca's head up by her chin and made the brunette look directly at her.
"Why don't you come by later tonight, say around 6-ish and find out for yourself?" Chloe said with a wink. She then untangled herself from Beca. She gave the stunned brunette a lingering kiss on the cheek and walked out of the rehearsal space to start preparing for her date with Beca later tonight.