Awesome reviews again! I'm super glad to be a part of the Bechloe fandom! Okay so I kind of have an idea where this is going now so I'll start to introduce a few of the other characters :)

Chapter 3

Walking towards the bland group of buildings that made up Barden High, Beca realised she was scanning the crowds of students entering the building, she wouldn't admit that she was looking out for a flash of red among the sea of people. She wasn't really sure what to make of the redhead, Beca wasn't used to having people reach out to her, she wasn't used to people even acknowledging her existence but it seemed Chloe was an exception. Chloe wasn't like any she had ever met, while they continued to do their assignment together (in which Beca actually found she could contribute somewhat after Chloe's tutoring) they fell into easy conversation, not really talking about anything, but talking about everything at the same time.

All Beca knew was that Chloe had occupied her thoughts since she left the coffee shop, she had made a whole new set of mixes and somewhere along the lines they all had something to do with the redhead. It was like the girl had walked straight into Beca's world, completely disregarding her perfectly built walls and shattering everything she knew about the world. She never knew how lonely she was until suddenly, she wasn't.

Checking her timetable, Beca saw she had History first period, trying to contain the cheek splitting grin she made her way to class faster than she ever had before. Chloe Beale, she thought to herself, what are you doing to me?

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Entering her History class, Chloe was confronted by the choice of sitting in her usual spot towards the front, or sitting at the back where she knew the brunette usually sat. Still having an internal battle with herself, Chloe felt a timid tap on her shoulder and turned to see a shy looking Beca, it was clear Beca wasn't one to instigate a social interaction and from the look on her face Chloe could tell it was scaring the crap out of the shorter girl.

"Hey Chloe, would you uh, I dunno maybe want to sit with me? Unless of course you usually sit with someone then that's cool too I just thought-"

Chloe smiled at her awkward rambling and cut her off "I would very much like to sit with you Beca"

Beca let out a relieved sigh and motioned for Chloe to follow her to the back, they sat down at the desk that Beca usually occupied by herself and pulled their books out, well Chloe pulled her books out.

"You don't intend on working today?"

"Why would I listen to this moron when I have the best tutor in the world?" Oh my god, Beca thought, am I flirting? Did I just flirt? Holy crap! Play it cool Beca play it cool. Beca's thoughts were interrupted by the sound of Chloe's laughter, is she laughing at me? Maybe I should just laugh too and pretend I was kidding? Before Beca could do anything though Chloe responded with "Well I have a pretty good student" then winked. Now if it wasn't enough that the tone in her voice suggested she was flirting back the wink sent her mind into overdrive. SHE JUST WINKED AT ME HOLY HELL WHAT DO I DO NOW? Before she had a chance to respond though, her attention was brought up to the front of the room where their teacher, Mr. Douglas, had begun the lesson. She had never been more thankful that a lesson had started in her life. Out of the corner of her eye she could see Chloe, leaning over a notepad taking notes with a not-so-subtle smirk on her face.

The lesson went on for the next half hour with Beca managing to not learn anything, as usual, she was almost nodding off when she felt a push against her elbow. Looking down she saw that Chloe had written on a piece of paper and slid it across to Beca's side of the desk, Beca shot a questioning look at the other girl but Chloe's eyes were glued to the front of the room. Beca unfolded the piece of paper discreetly and read what was written in Chloe's perfectly loopy handwriting:

So my friends are having a party tomorrow night, you should totes come!

Does this girl not know how uncool 'totes' is? But somehow coming from Chloe it was just super adorable. She grabbed a pen out of her bag and wrote underneath:

I dunno chlo, I don't really get along with people…

Pushing the paper over to Chloe she glued her eyes to the teacher.

Chloe did her very best not to let her heart skip a beat over her newfound nickname, chlo, but she couldn't help but feel sorrow for the girl sitting next to her, how hard it must be to go through high school with no friends. She knew her friends, she knew that they weren't the people that everyone saw from the outside. They were a group of teenagers from very different parts of school life but somehow it worked, she was worried about Aubrey though. Aubrey was Head Cheerleader of the Barden High Bellas and Chloe's best friend, though she might seem like an uptight bitch who ruled with an iron fist but once she considered you a friend she was fiercely loyal and had a soft side not many people got to see. She knew though that Aubrey didn't like different, and Beca was different in every sense of the word. But she wanted Beca to be a part of her world, she wanted to know everything about the girl sitting next to her who was currently still very much a mystery, so she decided she had to convince Beca to come to Jesse's party.

I'll protect you ;)

She knew she wasn't playing fair. Adding that winky face though was sure to convince the other girl, though while she watched Beca's reaction she seemed to still be struggling with it, but was relieved when the brunette pushed the piece of paper back over to her.

You can be my knight in shining armour :)

Even though Beca had agreed to go to the party, a sense of dread began to settle in her gut. She bagan to have wild thoughts; what if they don't like me? What if I get really drunk and make a fool of myself? What if there's a pool and they push me into it?

Realising that even to herself she sounded crazy she tried to relax, glancing over at Chloe the uneasiness in her gut was replaced with butterflies, Chloe was smiling unabashedly at the note. Maybe having friends wasn't so bad after all, maybe having Chloe as a friend was worth risking everything for.

Chloe felt absolutely giddy at Beca referring to her as her knight in shining armour, it took her quite a few seconds to formulate a reply, her brain was a puddle about now.

Does that make you my damsel in distress?

As she pushed the note over, Beca reached her hand out to take it. Their fingers touched for only a moment but the eye contact they had was so intense that Beca had to break the gaze and look down pretending to read the paper, Chloe saw that the brunette's cheeks had become quite flushed. Satisfied that she had returned the favour and made Beca Mitchell blush she sat with a smug smile and renewed confidence.

Beca stared at the paper, but not really being able to comprehend the words on the page while she could feel Chloe looking at her. Finally she saw Chloe settle back in her seat and she could swear the taller girl was wearing a smug look, but when she read the words on the paper she blushed an even deeper shade of red. Simple words on a piece of paper but the implications behind them were significant.

A loud bell sound the end of her lesson, she tucked the scrap of paper in her jeans pocket and waited as the redhead gathered her things.

"What class do you have now?" she asked the redhead.

"I have gym, why? Are you going to ask me to walk you to class?" she smirked at the smaller girl, continuing their banter easily in normal conversation.

"I was actually going to offer to walk you to class m'lady" Beca countered, "but since you're offering I guess a knighted escort would be good enough, I have English which is basically on your way anyway."

Their walk began in a comfortable silence, strolling casually across the quad while the other students scampered around them noisily. Beca observed everyone as she usually does, but with Chloe walking by her side she realised that she was slowly breaking away from her solo image and becoming more and more like a normal student. Normally she would be skulking around listening to her music and glaring at anyone who dared to look her way, but being with Chloe gave her a kind of serenity where she didn't feel the need to worry about anyone else, she was only interested in what the redhead had to think about her now.

Chloe was the first to break the silence, "So are you coming to Jesse's party?" she asked tentatively.

"I suppose if you're going to be there it won't be that bad," she shot the taller girl a smile, "but you have to bear with me, as you can probably tell I'm not the best at social stuff."

"Don't worry, I'll make sure my friends don't bite you. Besides it's only going to be a few of us, he doesn't want his parents' house getting wrecked while they're away."

"Wait, you mean Jesse as in Jesse Swanson? Guy on the football team that kicks the ball?"

"Yeah, is that a problem?"

"I guess not, I've never actually met the guy so if you say he's alright I believe you." She doesn't know where this trust in Chloe came from, but it made her nervous that she could put her trust in the taller girl so easily, when everyone else had given her reasons why not to trust.

"He's a good guy, all my friends are good people, they just don't always act that way around everyone else. But I'm sure they'll like you."

Beca just pursed her lips and nodded her head not really sure how to respond. Eventually they reached her English room and they said quick goodbyes before Beca quickly entered the room and took her usual place up the back. She couldn't help but think maybe it was a bad idea to go to the party, maybe if it was a bigger party with lots of random people she might be more comfortable, which was a scary thought in itself. The thought of meeting Chloe's friends all at once at a small party made the uneasiness she had felt before settle back in, but this could be her chance to actually make some friends. Who knows, she might even like them, she scoffed at the thought and fixed her headphones firmly over her ears to drown out the lesson.

It's my day off today so I thought I'd punch out another chapter before I start work at 7am tomorrow (blergh) !

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