Chapter 3

Aubrey made her way over to Cynthia Rose who was relaxing while watching a movie on her tablet.

"Hi, Miss Dean, I just wanted to see how everything was so far for you and your guests. I see you all received your drink service. Chloe will be coming by with some snacks in a moment. Is there anything else we can do for you on this flight to make you more comfortable?"

From the row ahead both could hear Amy cough and say something about 'Captain's number' after coughing.

"Please, just call me Cynthia Rose. No, I think we're all doing fine, right guys?"

The other three looked back and made some sounds of agreement.

"Alright, but if there is anything I can do for you, again my, name is Aubrey. I've already talked to Chloe concerning the drink service incident and I just want you to know we… "

"Thank you but your girl is doing just fine. No need to worry, accidents happen. "

Beca rolled her eyes getting irritated with Stepford Wife, now known as Aubrey. First, she couldn't believe how far the stick up this girl's ass went. It was an accident; Chloe didn't poor hot wax on her or throw steak knives at her. No permanent damage was done to anyone or anything. And secondly, it was Beca that got spilled on, not Cynthia Rose but clearly the girl knew who Cynthia Rose was and didn't give Beca a second glance. She didn't even want to think about Aubrey giving Chloe a hard time about the spill.

Aubrey smiled one last time at Cynthia Rose before moving towards the back of the plane to see how Stacie was doing with her passengers and to help serve them. No sooner than she had left, Chloe came back out with a basket of snack bags arranged with pretzels, cheez nips, cookies, and peanuts. She handed out the bags to the first few rows of her passengers and made her way back to Fat Amy who took one of each. Chloe turned around offering the basket to Beca.

"No thanks, I'm fine."

Chloe furrowed her eyebrows. "Really? Are you sure? Nothing at all? I promise not to spill them on you if that helps?" Chloe asked with a small smirk across her lips.

Beca looked up at the redhead. Looking down at her in return were those sparkling blue eyes. She could see she was being toyed with.

"We're to the inside joke stage now. You're a fast mover, Chloe," Beca said grinning up at the girl, eyebrows raised.

"Well, I'm kind of limited on ways and time to make it up to you so I figure the faster we get passed that awkward stage of things the easier it will be on both of us."

"Oh, Beca never really leaves the awkward stage of things. Will that be a problem?" Jesse asked reaching across Beca to snag a bag of pretzels.

"Hey, it's Chris Rock, everybody," Beca said shooting a quick glare at Jesse.

Chloe laughed at the two's dynamic. They were definitely close but Chloe didn't get a boyfriend/girlfriend vibe from them. It seemed like they were either good business partners of some kind or close friends, possibly both.

"I think Beca is doing just fine," Chloe said bringing the basket back to her but tossing a bag of cookies onto Beca's lap before moving back to Cynthia Rose.

Chloe didn't know who looked more shocked right now, Beca or the guy. She headed to the back row where Cynthia Rose smiled warmly back up at her.

From the row ahead of them, they could hear Jesse making a comment about Beca first getting spilled on and then the girl tossing her cookies onto Beca.

Cynthia Rose started to apologize for them because if she could hear the comment clearly Chloe did as well but when she looked up the redhead was laughing to herself. She thought it was nice to see someone putting up with those two without getting frustrated.

"You'll have to excuse them. We usually don't let Beca and Jesse out in public together but there was no way to avoid it on this trip. If they get too rowdy you have my permission to separate them however you see fit."

Chloe laughed and thanked her, heading back to the galley with her basket.

Jesse looked over at Beca whose face was still frozen and looking at the back of the seat ahead of her.

"Beca, listen to me. You practically insulted this girl and she came back, remembering your name in passing and started flirted with you. If you do not give this girl your number by the end of the flight I will never let you live this down."

After coming out of her stupor Beca looked back at Jesse. "Seriously? You want me to give my number to a flight attendant? Do you know how many sleazy guys probably do that to her in a day? I don't want to be like those guys, Jesse. No way. She's probably just this super nice, overly friendly straight girl anyway."

"I would say you just have to be cool about it all but we both know there is no chance of that happening," Jesse started before Beca shoved his shoulder. "We both know it, Beca. We have to play up your strengths here."

"What are you two yammering on about?" Fat Amy asked leaning across the aisle.

"I'm trying to tell Beca that she needs to give her number to Chloe before we land."

"And I am trying to tell Jesse that would be ridiculous because everyone tries to hit on flight attendants all the time, especially ones as gorgeous as that one. And that she's probably straight anyway so I will look like a fool."

"Oh, the ginger is definitely not the straightest arrow in the quiver," Fat Amy said as she munched on Cheez Nips.

"What? How do you know?" Beca asked as Jesse just smiled knowing he had gained an ally.

"Well, I don't want to freak you guys out, but I have a sixth sense about these sorts of things. It comes from my mother's side of the family where the gypsy folk run in deep in the family tree. It's in the blood. Anyway, your girl may not even know it herself but she's not against taking a dip in the Sapphic waters of the world if you know what I mean."

Beca raised her eyebrows at the Aussie's terminology.

"Yeah, I'm not entirely sure what you just said there but I think you were saying something about her not being straight. Or that she likes swimming, definitely one of those two."

"Yeah, for your sake let's just go with that first guess," Jesse said putting his tray up so he could lean closer into the group. "Alright, we've got about two hours to get your number in her possession. Between the three of us I'm sure we can come up with something genius. If I can finally help get you a girl you like, I will die a hero."

"Tone it down, Hitch. This isn't like one of your movies."

"Let me first compliment you on your movie reference. I can see my movication is finally paying off after all these years. But I've got a brilliant idea," Jesse said excitedly, pulling Beca in close to whisper in her ear.

Beca listened, nodding occasionally. After he was finished he drew back and looked at her like a kid on Christmas morning. "Brilliant, right? It has minimal contact, less of a chance to put your foot in your mouth like earlier and get the job done. You just need to execute."

"Jesse, I don't know if…" Beca started.

"Do you have a better idea?"

Beca sighed because for as lame as she thought Jesse's idea was, she didn't have any other plans coming to mind. Not to sound conceded but it was usually the girls coming to her.

"Alright, let's do this," Beca said taking out a pen and writing on the one dry napkin she has left.

Chloe started coming around with a garbage bag collecting everyone's trash. She went down the row and came to her favorite group this flight. Fat Amy tossed her stuff in the bag and gave her a large, full tooth baring smile. She turned to Beca and Jesse. Jesse was smiling at her with a huge smile and gave her a thumbs up. Chloe quirked an eyebrow at him and smiled back mouthing a 'thanks' questioningly. Beca couldn't even look up at her as she put her coffee cup in the bag. Chloe was a little let down at that reaction, as much as she was confused by the others. She went back to Cynthia Rose and took her trash.

"Chloe, I forgot to give you this."

Chloe turned back to see Beca looking up at her with a napkin folded in her hand. The brunette was blinking at her as though she had something in her eyes. Chloe gave her a questioning look but took the napkin from her hand and tossed it in the bag.

"Thanks, sorry about that."

"No! Wait my num..it had…it was on…" Beca's mouth kept opening and shutting and looking at the bag.

Chloe looked even more questioning at the girl as she looked sadly at the garbage bag.

"Beca, are you okay?"

She small girl sighed and leaned back in her chair.

"Yeah, I'm fine, thanks."

"Oookay. Let me know if you guys need anything else. "

As Chloe passed her, Beca shut her eyes.

"Dude! What was that?! I told you to wink at her as you gave it to her! You know how to deliver a wink," Jesse exclaimed turning towards her in his seat.

"Dude! I did! Well, I tried, it's just I usually wink with a sarcastic remark. There was so much pressure. She probably thinks I'm a bigger freak now," Beca said through her fingers while they covered her embarrassed face.

"Here's a thought," Cynthia Rose's voice came from behind them. "How about you grow up and just talk to her. It doesn't need to be some movie romance bull, no offense Jesse. You just talk to her, see if there is something there, then ask her if she'd like to go out sometime. You know you'll be both be back in LA soon. If she's cool with it all, you could talk some over the phone and then hang out."

"Dude, she's like Yoda. 'Grow some lady balls you should'," Jesse said while giving his Yoda impression.

Beca reached across the arm rest and smacked him in the back of the head Gibbs and Tony style.

"What the hell was that for?" Jesse said rubbing the spot on his head that received the contact.

"One, you need to stop hanging out with Benji. Two, it was your dumb idea that made me look stupid before I go talk to her which is what I should have done in the first place. Three, I am sure there is another time today that I'm going to want to do that and won't be able to because we will be in meetings."

Jesse looked back at her with a goofy smile and a look of 'yeah, you're probably right' as he shrugged his shoulders.

Beca shut her eyes and tried to calm herself. All of a sudden Amy's idea to have a drink this early in the morning didn't sound like such a bad idea. This is something she could do though. It was different than talking to the girls at the clubs she played at because they knew her, she had the advantage. This girl though, Beca was playing on her home court and she didn't know Beca from Eve. And of course there was the fact that she was trusting Amy's gypsy blood that this girl was even remotely into girls. If she wasn't she could only hope that she was flattered Beca was trying to hit on her and not be insulted. But what the hell, you have to take risks to gain anything and she didn't have a whole lot to lose in this situation.

Releasing the breath she had been holding during her internal pep talk, she watched up front has Chloe settled herself back on the jump seat, flipping through a magazine. After a few quiet minutes she saw her opportunity as one of the suited guys in the front row headed into the lavatory.

Beca unbuckled her seat belt and said a quick prayer as she tore off part of a page from Sky Mall and wrote down her name and number.

"I'm going to go introduce myself. Everybody be cool, it's just a normal day," Beca said while leaving her seat and heading up front.

Jesse and Amy looked at each other and smiled. Cynthia Rose even looked up from her tablet and smiled as she saw the back of the brunette heading up the rows. "That's my girl."