About an hour after Beca had gone upstairs, Chloe was finally winding down as well. All of the guests had left and it was just Cynthia Rose and her wife and Jessica and Ashley left hanging around in the living room.
"See you all in the morning!" Chloe announced. She brushed her teeth and got ready for bed, but when she went back to her room she was met with a surprise.
"Ooooh..." Stacie groaned as Chloe opened the door. Chloe, Immediately noticing the naked man on top of Stacie, shouted, "sorry!" and shut the door as quickly as she could.
She chuckled. Although mildly annoyed at the inconvenience, she was happy that Stacie was having exactly the weekend she was hoping for. Less than a minute later, she was popping her head into Beca's room.
"Beca," she whispered. "Stacie's having sex in my room. "I'm going to stay here." She walked over to the bed she usually occupied and found Emily. She looked surprised. Almost as if she was entitled to that bed in a room that was never hers when she lived in that house 5 years ago.
"Chlo, I promised Em the bed. She got in earlier tonight. Can't you just go on the couch?"
"Bec, you know that couch is horrible. Scoot over," she said, inviting herself into Beca's bed now.
"Are you kidding me?" Beca said, already responding a little too strongly. Chloe glanced over at Emily to see if she was stirring, but they all knew she was a deep sleeper. Thankfully.
"This is a twin bed!" Beca reminded her.
"You're tiny. It's fine," Chloe replied, already hopping in.
"Chloe we're not going to be able to sleep like -"
"Shush. Just give me a minute to get situated." Chloe wiggled around a bit, finding a comfy position. "See..." She said.
Beca began to slide to the other side of the tiny bed. "Chloe, you can't just...you can't just..." Beca crashed to the ground.
"God Beca. What is up with you? You're like repulsed by me all of a sudden!" She gave Beca a moment to respond but Beca couldn't manage to make any words come out of her mouth.
Chloe stormed out, not quite slamming the door but closing it firmly enough that Emily did blink her eyes wide open for a second before drifting back off.
Beca took a deep breath and forced herself to get out of bed. She slowly crept down the stairs, a knot in her stomach. She made her way over to the couch and sat beside Chloe. Beca turned toward her and caught her wiping away tears.
And though Beca didn't think it was possible, she felt worse. She still couldn't figure out what she wanted to say so she just sat there for a minute. She reached out and took Chloe's hand. This seemed to calm her a bit. Beca was thankful that the tears had subsided.
"Chloe," Beca said. "I could never be repulsed by you." It wasn't the most romantic thing to say but at least it was a start.
"Could've fooled me," Chloe said, still hurt.
"Chloe," Beca said again. Then she stopped.
"What is it Bec? You can tell me anything."
Beca nodded, knowing it was true.
"Chloe," she began again, hoping the third time would be the charm. "I'm sorry I was so freaked out. It's because I've been wanting to tell you I'm bi. I just hadn't been able to you know, get it out."
Chloe smiled. She wanted so badly to say, "Of course you are bi. It is literally the most obvious thing in the world." But she resisted. She knew how hard this was for someone as private as Beca. Though she still wasn't so sure why it had fueled quite so much tension between them.
"That's cool," Chloe said with a shrug, a small smile starting to form on her still damp face.
"I know that it's not a big deal and that you are pan and we know lots of gay people and its 2020 for god sake..."
"But me crawling into your bed made you uncomfortable. Since you had this secret," Chloe explained, throwing Beca a bone. Beca nodded. They were both quiet for a moment.
"Beca?" She asked.
"Yeah?" Beca replied.
"Are you sure there's not anything else you want to tell me?"
Chloe could feel it. She could feel it in the way that Beca looked at her, during the song, when she came out. But she still couldn't just ask. She reminded herself, as she did before, that Beca was like a turtle.
Of course there was something Beca wanted to tell her. The words were on the tip of her tongue. But she still couldn't quite bring herself to say it. She shook her head.
They sat for another moment awkwardly. Chloe's eyes were surprisingly solemn. Finally, Beca broke the silence by hitting the rock solid couch. "This couch is really shitty..."
Chloe perked up. "Does that mean I can..."
Beca smiled, grabbed Chloe's arm and led them both back to bed.
Chloe and Beca both laid on their sides, facing each other. "See Bec, this isn't so bad. It's not like I'm making you spoon me or anything!"
Beca rolled her eyes. "Good night, Chloe..."
"Night! I love you."
"Love you too," Beca murmured quietly. Chloe smiled to herself and quickly drifted off to sleep.
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The next morning Emily woke up early to go for a morning run. That plan quickly got derailed when she discovered exciting news she felt obligated to report.
Emily hurried into the kitchen where she found Cynthia Rose, Jessica and Ashley, and Stacie eating breakfast discussing last nights escapades. "You guys! You guys!" She interrupted excitedly. "You have to come see this!"
They were all confused, but reluctantly followed Emily up the stairs. She put her finger to her lip, signaling the others to keep quiet, while she slowly opened the door.
"Well it's about damn time," Cynthia Rose said, in response to the sight before her. Stacie's eyes grew wide.
Beca and Chloe were spooning. There was no other way to describe if. Chloe was the little spoon and Beca's arms were wrapped securely around her waist, their two bodies touching as much as seemed humanly possible.
"They've spent nights together before but not like well…" Stacie began to whisper.
"Chloe," Beca said, in her sleep.
"This just keeps getting better Cynthia rose said.
"Chloe, I need you."
"Okay..." Emily said, immediately realizing she opened up a can of worms much larger than she was expecting. "Who wants pancakes?" She began ushering the Bellas back downstairs, but not before Stacie snapped a picture.
"What?" Stacie asked defensively, when they were back at the breakfast table. "I just think Audrey needs to see this. She'll know what to do."
"You guys," Emily said seriously now. "We're not going to do anything. In fact, we're all going to pretend this never happened. Kapeesh?"
They all nodded. Stacie pressed send anyway. Oops.
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Chloe woke up first, more than content to find the brunette's arms wrapped around her. She laid there for a minute, wondering what to do. Regardless, Beca would wake up freaked out by the situation. As much as it pained her, Chloe tried to gently move Beca's arms from her waist. But she had no luck. She considered pretending to go back to sleep so at least Beca could wake up "first" and have the upper hand.
But Chloe really had to pee. She sighed. This was ridiculous. "Beca" she whispered as she pulled at her arms again. "Beca," she said a little bit louder.
Beca woke up startled, no longer accustomed to sharing a bed with anyone, much less Chloe. "Oh shit," she said pulling her arms away and scooting as far to the other side as she could. "I'm sorry I must have -"
"No apologies! You're a good cuddler," she said with a smile. "I just realllllllly need to pee." And with that, she jumped up and left.