AN: So, I realised that it may be a little bit cruel to just finish the chapter off like that... So here is another one for all you lovely people :)
Thanks again for all the feedback, to be honest I wasn't expecting such a positive response.
Thank you, thank you!

Chapter Five

Beca POV

Chloe's eyes would've only rested on mine for about half a second longer than everyone else's, an unrecognisable expression ran across her features. I couldn't help but melt deeper into the bar stool.
Let's be honest I was shit scared and I couldn't read her emotions.

I don't know what I was expecting when she finally woke up, I guess at least a little smile or something would've been nice.
But nothing; nothing but a slightly extended glance... It was almost empty.

"How was the rest of your night Chloe?" Asked Emily.

"Yeah you seemed to of been having a good time." Joined in Stacie, whose eyes took in Chloe's rare messy appearance.

"Uh-hm," Chloe coughed a little and looked down, I could've been mistaken but I swear I could see a tinge of red sneak onto her cheeks.
She was still standing in the doorway, wrapped up in the blanket from her bed. She looked like some gorgeous, delicious burrito... Oh my god! BECA STOP! It was too late though, my heart was already racing. I was already thinking about what was under that blanket...

My body twitched as I tried to stop the thoughts running through my head from showing themselves on my face. Fat Amy's face shot over into my direction, she gave me a sly shove and a nod, before leaning in and whispering into my ear,

"Beca and Chloe, together you're Bloe." I leaned back in my chair to look at her, shock evident on her features; all Amy did was laugh.

I threw my head into my hands, suddenly not interested in pancakes.

"Well Chloe, how was the rest of your night?" Stacie asked.

There was a momentary silence, just long enough for it to be slightly awkward.
I lifted my head from my hands to find Chloe looking at me, It was like she was trying to decide something, whilst the rest of the Bellas were looking at me questioningly.

"Um..." Chloe muttered quietly.
Everyone turning their gaze back towards her. Chloe's eyes never leaving mine. The decision that her face was trying to make earlier seemed to have been made.
"To be honest, I can't really remember what on earth happened last night...", her eyes gave me one last look over and as desperately as I tried, I couldn't read the emotion that was on her face.
Chloe looked to the other Bellas with a smirk on her face and said,
"This ginger had way to much jiggle juice."

Chloe laughed and so did the rest of the Bellas.

Everyone was back to how they were before, laughing and eating pancakes. Meanwhile I wanted nothing more than to vanish into thin air.
Why did everything have to be in such a huge mess?

Chloe had no recollection of the kiss.
Well at least that's what she said, and if she was just pretending to forget, that lead to only one other alternative... She regretted it.

I wanted to cry.
I felt like I lost my best friend.
I didn't even initiate the kiss and for some reason I was the one feeling like a total loser.

I didn't want any of the girls to suspect anything, so I stood up, mumbled some excuse under my breath about preparing a set list for worlds and began trudging away from the kitchen and up the stairs.
I could feel eyes burning into my back and even without turning away, I knew it was Chloe.

I managed to make it all the way to my room without having a complete breakdown. But the second I walked through that door, I threw myself face down into my bed and just let loose.
It wasn't until I felt this rejection that I realised just how in love I was with Chloe Beale, my best friend.
I sobbed into my bed spread, I had lost everything before I had even found it - I didn't even know that was possible.

It didn't take long before my body succumbed to the overwhelming emotion and passed out from exhaustion.

It had been several hours before I woke up to the sound of my phone ringing. I reached over and grabbed it, looking at the screen to find a warm and loving face staring back at me.
It was Jesse.
And although I was a mess and I knew that I had to call things off with him, his face was a welcome sight.

"Hello?" I answered the phone and cringed at my voice, it was crusty and dry, not anywhere near the sexy sound that came out of Chloe's mouth this morning.
Just the thought of her had my eyes instantly welling up.

"Oh hey there beautiful." Jesse's voice was warm and relaxing, but I couldn't help but cringe, just thinking about the change I had in my head space made me feel like I was already betraying him.

"Hey."

"Hey yourself." There was a pause on the line.
"Look Beca, I don't know if you got my message this morning. I- I'm so sorry about last night. I don't want you to quit the Bellas, I know how happy they make. That's all that matters to me.
I shouldn't of spoken to you like that, I shouldn't of been so selfish." Jesse let out a big exhale, almost as if he was trying to compose himself slightly.
"Look, do you think I could come over soon? Just for a little while? I don't want to make a half-hearted apology over the phone."

I cringed, I knew the next time I saw him I would have to talk to him about what's going on with me. I just wasn't expecting it to be today.

"Look I don't know, I-" Jesse cut me off.

"Please Beca? I feel like a royal ass. I should never have talked to you that way. I should never have let everything build up the way it has."

"Okay Jesse, sure, I- I kind of need to talk to you about some stuff too..."

"Oh- Okay... Well, how does me getting there in 1 hour sound? I will bring snacks."

"Sure, sounds great, see you then," I breathed out, trying to keep myself in check. Telling myself I was going to call things off and then being confronted with an opportunity to do so were two very different things.

"See you then B... I love you so much." Fuck.

I managed to slip out a rushed goodbye and then quickly hung up.

I had freshened myself up as much as I could, Jesse was due to be here in about 15 minutes and I still had no idea about what I was going to say. How could my life turn from a stressful disaster, to an even more stressful disaster.

I sighed and took a deep breath and just stood staring at myself in the mirror. I don't even know what I was thinking about, but I just stood there judging myself.

My heart almost fell out of my mouth when I heard a knock on the door, without looking over I said to 'come in', assuming it was Jesse.
I heard the blankets rustle and knew he must've been sitting on the edge of my bed.

"Hey," I said as I spun round to say hello, only to find myself freeze to the floor... It wasn't Jesse.

It was Chloe.

She looked different than to what she had this morning. Her hair was perfection, even the small touches of make-up around her eyes and the lip gloss on her lips was perfection. She was barefoot and in a beautiful light summer dress. My knees instantly went weak, I half sat and half stumbled onto the bed beside her.

"Hi" She said it so quietly and so delicately, I almost cried right then and there.
For a moment I had completely forgotten the rejection I had felt earlier... I mean for crying out loud, I wasn't even the one who made the move.

Don't cry Beca, for goodness sake don't cry right here in front of her.
I was so in love with her, just sitting next to her like this I could feel my heart falling to pieces.
So doing what I do best when it comes to everyone I care deeply about, I decided to put up a wall and protect myself.

Chloe intensely scanned my body and I couldn't help but feel weak and slightly inferior. Her eyes ran up my body to rest on my own and concern rose through them. There was another emotion there but I couldn't quite place it, she looked slightly helpless, but it seemed too out of context for me to be certain.

"Look," her beautiful voice started to speak up, it was quiet and gentle.
"I was just checking on you. You've been locked up here all day, I was worried you might be sick or something."
It was strange really, because I could hear the words coming from her mouth, but it was like her face was trying to ask something else.
My heart was clenching and twisting at the feeling of sitting so close to her. Out of the corner of my eye, I could see her hand resting on the bed very close to my own. My heart was racing.
I wanted to put up my wall and run away, but it was Chloe and there was no way I was ever going to be able to do that with her.

There was a silence, and just when I thought that there was a very high chance I could implode, Chloe's fingers gently touched the edge of mine and she leaned in a little bit closer.

"Beca, I really need to talk to you... It's about last night-"

Before Chloe could get any more words out Jesse walked into the room, a beautiful bouquet of flowers in his hands.
Chloe jumped away from me and my heart was both pounding and aching from having her so close and then so far away.

"Uh- sorry- Cynthia-Rose just sent me up, I didn't realise you were up here too Chloe, sorry." Jesse looked both sheepish and yet slightly confused at the closeness of Chloe and I as he walked in.

A range of emotions crossed Chloe's face and if I wasn't paying attention, I doubt I would've caught them. The two most prominent being jealousy and dejection, it was clear that that's what they were, I just couldn't understand why.

Chloe quickly adjusted herself and a smile ran across her face.

"No, no it's fine" Chloe quickly sprang from the bed and my whole body went cold from the loss of contact. What was she wanting to talk to me about...? I thought she had completely forgotten last night...?
"I will leave you two love birds to it." The words seemed to be forced out of her mouth.
"Just remember Beca," Chloe's eyes quickly turned to mine, the caring and gentleness from before was gone and replaced by a professional demeanor.
"We're scouting DSM tomorrow at the auto show." And with that she ran down the stairs and out of the room, leaving me dumbfounded and Jesse slightly confused.

AN: Thanks again for reading!
From here on out I'm going to start making the chapters a bit longer and spacing them out a bit more - I think the story will have a better flow that way.

Once again if you have any comments or constructive criticism it is much welcome.