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Chapter 2

Biting her nails was a habit that Chloe had possessed since she was a young girl, any time she was nervous or excited about something she would chew them down to nothing. Sitting on her bed for the last hour or so she had been staring at her phone writing and re-writing the text she wanted to send, her nails had suffered severely.

She looked over at the digital clock on her bedside table, it read 4:12PM, sighing she threw her phone down and rubbed her face in her hands. She was being stupid of course, something as simple as sending a text to a girl she was crushing on couldn't be that hard right? But here she was struggling over a few little words, but she thought that if she got it wrong she would scare Beca away and whatever it is she hoped would happen would be over before it began.

Picking up her phone with renewed confidence she punched out a text and sent it quickly before she could change her mind.

Hey its Chloe, just wondering if you were still keen to work on that assignment tonight?

She had decided strongly against adding her usual 'x' to the end of it, she was probably overthinking the whole thing but she didn't want to send Beca running for the hills.

Staring blankly at the ceiling she jumped when her phone pinged notifying her of a new message. As she reached for her phone where she had placed it on the bedside table she moved too quickly and fell in a heap on the floor, hitting her face on the corner of the table on the way down.

Groaning she reached up to her eyebrow, which was stinging, finding no blood she got up and walked over to her mirror. Though she couldn't see any damage she knew it was sure to bruise.

"Great, Chloe why do you always have to be so damn clumsy?" she spoke to herself as she sat back on the bed, phone now firmly in hand. She often did that, speaking out loud only to herself, who else would she talk to when she needed expert advice?

She opened up the new message from an unknown number; unable to help the grin that immediately formed on her face the pain in her eyebrow was now completely forgotten.

Yeah sure thing, where should we meet? :) Beca

Oh my gosh, Chloe thought to herself, she sent a smiley face! Beca Mitchell sent me a smiley face!

Composing herself she then realised she had a new problem, where should they meet? There was no way in hell she was letting Beca be subjected to her parents; as much as she loved them she knew for sure they would scare the girl away. She also had a feeling that from the rumours going around about Beca, suggesting they meet at her house was not on the cards either.

Struck with an idea she thumbed out another text to Beca and anxiously awaited the reply, it was a little risky but what about this whole situation wasn't?

We could meet up for coffee? Bring all our work with us?

It was a seemingly very long few minutes before her phone pinged again;

Sounds good, which one?

Jumping off her bed to gather her things she sent a reply;

How about the one next to the theatre? Meet you in 15?

Fifteen minutes was plenty of time right? She began biting her nails again, she was now fully ready to go, books stacked neatly next to her where she had sat back on the bed again, it was another five minutes before she received a reply;

Okay I'm leaving now then

No smiley face damn, she thought as she cradled her books and made to head down the stairs, saying a quick goodbye to her parents and dodging questions about where she was going she exited the house and got in her (albeit crappy) car. Taking a few deep breaths to calm her nerves she started the engine and began the short drive to the coffee shop.

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All afternoon Beca had found herself checking her phone all too frequently, a lot more than usual. It took her a while to pick up on the fact that she was doing it, trying to ignore the reason she told herself she was just checking the time… every five minutes. She wouldn't admit to herself that she was hoping a certain redhead would text her, not exactly one to put herself out there she had surprised herself when she had boldly given her number to the other girl and spent every moment since in a constant state of anxiousness wondering whether it was a mistake or not.

When, finally, she had felt the slight vibration in her jeans pocket that indicated a new text message she had eagerly pulled out her phone and couldn't help the smile that took over her normally expressionless face. She had struggled on whether or not to include the smiley face at the end of the message, eventually deciding one little emoticon couldn't possibly harm her reputation she went ahead and sent it.

After making the arrangements to meet for coffee she took a few deep breaths to compose herself. It's just coffee, she thought while she gathered her things, no big deal right? Though she couldn't help the feeling that this would start something, she wasn't sure what yet but she got the feeling that something was about to shift and turn her world upside down, the only thing was… should she let it happen?

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A small bell tinkled as Chloe swung open the door of the coffee shop, La Barista, making her way over to the counter she was about to order for herself and Beca when she realised she had no idea what coffee the girl drank so she chose to sit and wait for the brunette to arrive. Sitting down at one of the more private booths she pulled out her phone, hoping to not see a message from Beca to cancel, she breathed a sigh of relief when there wasn't. The bell tinkled again and Chloe looked up to see an awkward looking Beca walk in, look around then spot where Chloe was sitting before pointing to the counter indicating she was getting a coffee so Chloe got up and went over to join her.

"Hey! You made it!" Chloe said when she was close enough to not be shouting.

"No, actually I got lost" Beca deadpanned before giving a small grin "What do you drink?"

"Uh Hazelnut latte, irish cream" seeing the other girl raise an eyebrow but move to make an order she reached over to stop her, "It's okay, I can get it" as Beca turned around, she looked down at the hand resting on her arm then back up to Chloe's face, they were standing very close and the coffee shop suddenly seemed smaller. Beca could smell strawberry shampoo, it invaded her senses and fogged her vision, Chloe quickly removed her hand and cleared her throat awkwardly.

Beca turned back to the counter, where a young boy wearing dorky glasses was waiting to take their order, "A hazelnut latte with irish cream and a caramel latte thanks" she paid and turned to see Chloe was back sitting where she was when she came in, although glad for the distance between them after what had just happened (whatever that was) she felt colder somehow. Collecting their coffees Beca made her way over to the booth.

"Hazelnut latte irish cream for the lady" deciding to lighten the mood by putting on a horrible English accent, but it was worth it when a smile graced Chloe's features. When Chloe smiles it lights up her whole face, her eyes sparkle and Beca got a weird feeling in her chest but just couldn't not smile back.

"Why thankyou kind sir," she replied with an equally horrible accent which caused Beca to laugh, "but since we both apparently suck at accents I guess it's down to business." She pulled out her books, pen and paper and laid them neatly on the table. Beca pulled out just a pen and paper since she couldn't even remember which subject this was supposed to be for, Chloe looked at her questioningly.

"Uh, so what class is this assignment for again? I couldn't remember and I wasn't going to bring all my textbooks." Fiddling with her pen Beca now felt she had come unprepared, she didn't want Chloe to think she expected her to do all the work.

"Economics." Putting on a straight face Chloe looked Beca straight in the eye.

"Oh okay. Wait, what? I don't even do economics?" Visibly confused Chloe just laughed at her, "I'm kidding I don't either, you should have seen your face!" Chloe clearly thought it was funny but Beca could be slow at times and could only manage a small chuckle, "The assignment is for History, the topic we're on at the moment is Sparta, we have to write about Sparta's involvement in the Persian wars."

It was now that Beca realised she had seriously not paid attention in class in quite some time, "The Persian wars?" she asked, "Yeah I know all about that."

Chloe was not convinced but decided that she liked messing with Beca, maybe a little too much.

"So you know all about Xerxes and the battle of Thermopylae? Great so let's get started then, tell me what are your thoughts on the leadership of King Leonidas?" she honestly doesn't know how she can keep a straight face when the blank look Beca was giving her was just so damn adorable!

"Um… yeah I don't know anything about any of that…"

Chloe just smiled and reached for her textbook, standing up she moved over to Beca's side of the booth and motioned for her to move down, opening the book between them she looked up to see Beca watching her intently, "Let's get learning then."

As they both leaned forward to read the textbook, Beca again got a whiff of that strawberry shampoo. If it was hard to concentrate in class, sitting so close to Chloe and having to smell that intoxicating scent was going to be even harder. She took the opportunity while Chloe was turning a page to sneak a glance up at her; she really was quite pretty so it was hard not to stare. Okay she was seriously the most beautiful girl Beca had ever laid eyes on. She traced the lines of Chloe's face, lingering on her pink lips, wondering if they tasted like strawberries…

Chloe could feel Beca's gaze burning into the side of her head but didn't know whether she should look up or not, deciding that Beca wasn't paying attention anyway she looked up and was surprised by the intensity of Beca's gaze though the brunette was quick to pay close attention to the book when she realised Chloe had caught her staring. Normally when a guy would look at her like that she would feel uncomfortable, but it was different with Beca, she felt those stupid butterflies in her stomach people are always talking about, she felt her heart beat faster and a flush of heat went to her face. She was blushing, nobody made Chloe Beale blush! She still wasn't sure what was going on but she knew she wanted it to continue, she also knew she was in very big trouble.

There we go guys! Chapter 2! Hope it was okay and leave a review :)

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