Strangers in the Night
A Pitch Perfect Story
Chapter 10: The G-Word
Disclaimer: I do not own anything familiar.
Author's Note: You guys are great. This chapter is the remainder of the date night from the end of the previous chapter. You guys made some awesome guesses about what happened to Aubrey. I hope you like this chapter. I also included the lyrics for quite a few songs in this chapter (or briefly reference them). Enjoy and let me know what you think!
Songs used/referenced:
I Kissed a Girl by Katy Perry
Hold It Against Me by Britney Spears
3 by Britney Spears
S&M by Rihanna
Sunday, June 2, 2013
"Beca, you need to get to Aubrey's house right now." Chloe's voice was shrill, making Beca jerk the phone away from her ear. Damn, she was sure that the sound that came from her best friend's mouth could only be heard by dogs or something.
"Jesse, can you drive me to Aubrey's house, please?!" She said quickly, frowning. She then turned her attention back onto Chloe would huffing and puffing into the phone. "Chlo, what's going on?" She said, following Jesse to his car. He was gripping her hand in his, and she squeezed his hand tightly. She heard the muffled sound of Aubrey and Evan's voice.
"Beca!?" Aubrey's voice came into the phone, and she heard Chloe's strangled wails in the background. "I'm so, so, so sorry that Chloe interrupted your date with Jesse and probably got you all flustered! You don't have to come over! Tom, Evan, Chloe, Stacie, and I are actually going out. I think Stacie's bringing Donald, so you two are more than welcome to join us. If you want. We're going to do some karaoke!" Aubrey rattled off the name of the karaoke bar that they were all going to.
"Jesus! What's wrong with Chloe? Why was she freaking out?" Beca asked as she pulled her seatbelt on in Jesse's car. He was waiting patiently in the driver's seat for her to tell him where to drive her.
"Oh, she's a drama queen." Aubrey was saying. There was the muffled sound of a struggle, Aubrey's girlish squeal and exclamation of "ow! You bit me! I can't believe you bit me!" before Chloe's voice returned to Beca's ear.
"SHE'S GONNA GET FAT AND RUIN MY WEDDING!" The redhead wailed, making the brunette jerk the phone away from her ear (again) and grimace. She then began laughing, shaking her head at her best friend's antics.
"Are you kidding me, Chloe!? You had me freaking out that something was wrong with Aubrey! Would you put her back on the phone?!"
"You don't care that she's gonna ruin my wedding! You're the worst best friend in the whole world!" Chloe moaned. Beca heard her chuck the phone at something, which turned out to be Aubrey based on the muffled curse that came after the phone's impact.
"Beca, hi!" Beca could hear the smile in her older friend's voice.
"So, I take it congratulations are in order?"
"Um, yeah…that's why we're going to a karaoke bar. You all can get drunk, but I can't drink, so I'm gonna sing. It's a win-win for everyone." She heard Chloe's wail of "except for me!" in the background, making her chuckle.
"Well, congrats on getting knocked up. I knew you had it in you!" She grinned widely. "That's what she said!"
"Oh, really, Beca! That's so mature." She could hear the blonde's eye roll through the phone.
"Tell Tom I'm proud of him. He really stuck you good."
"Beca!" Aubrey whined. "I hate you!"
Beca laughed hard, dropping the phone into her lap after she heard the dial tone. She shook her head, turning to Jesse, who was staring at her with both of his eyebrows raised. "Yeah, so Aubrey's pregnant. Chloe's call was to complain about her getting fat and ruining the wedding."
"Ahh! I remember from our interesting group phone call." He chuckled, and she flushed red at the reminder. Fucking Stacie. "So, you wanna go celebrate with the girls at Aubrey's?" He asked. She shook her head.
"Aubrey decided that she wanted to go to a karaoke bar to celebrate. She'll get to have fun singing while the rest of us get to have fun drinking. A win-win, as she described it. There is nothing remotely winning about going to a karaoke bar, in my opinion—not even good alcohol."
"Oh, c'mon, Becs! Karaoke is so much fun! You don't have to be a good singer to have a blast! Plus, you get to make fun of other people as they butcher songs! Let's go!" He leaned over, grabbing her hand. He raised it to his mouth, pressing a kiss to the back of it. "Besides, we've got some celebrating to do, too, Just Beca." She rolled her eyes, nodding her head.
"Sure…I guess…I'm not singing." She told him, wagging a finger at him with her free hand. He just grinned at her, squeezing the hand in his. She told him the name of the karaoke bar that everyone was headed to, and he released her hand to start the car.
A little over a half an hour later, Jesse and Beca arrived at the karaoke bar. They walked into the bar, looking around for their friends. She was bombarded with Chloe's pouting face before she laid eyes on the rest of them. The redhead wrapped her arms around the petite brunette, her drink dangerously close to spilling down the shorter girl's back. He grabbed it from Chloe's hand, and Beca smiled at him in thanks over her friend's shoulder. "SHE'S GONNA RUIN MY WEDDING!" Chloe wailed, making Beca roll her eyes as she patted her friend's back and coo into her ear.
"It's gonna be okay, Chlo! Your wedding is two and a half months away! Aubrey will only be three or four months by then, so she probably won't have gained that much weight by then! Besides, the dress has an empire waist, so it will hide any bump that she will have!" Bea pulled out of Chloe's arms, looking the redhead in the eyes. "Let's focus on the positive! We're having a baby!" Chloe pouted for a few more minutes, but eventually her pout turned into a huge grin.
"We're having a baby, Beca!" She squealed, pulling the shorter girl by the hand, with barely a quick hello at Jesse, leading the two of them towards the tables that the rest of them were seated at.
"Aubrey!" Beca grinned, hugging the taller woman tightly once she was released by Chloe's talons (bitch needed to trim those nails!). "Congrats!" She grinned, pulling away from her friend to press her hand against her flat stomach. "Hi, baby!" She said, petting the blonde's stomach. She then turned her attention to Tom, hugging him tightly and congratulating him, as well. She greeted the rest of her friends while Jesse said congratulations to Tom and Aubrey. She smacked her forehead when she realized that she didn't introduce Jesse to him.
"Well, I figured he was Tom based on the wedding ring on his finger, the fact that his arm is draped across the back of Aubrey's chair, and he's the only one here that I don't know. I guess, I should introduce you to Donald…unless, Stacie, you'd like to?" Jesse asked the busty brunette from where she was practically lying in the Indian man's lap.
"He was your friend first." She said, not even looking up from her nails as she filed at them.
"Right, so Beca, this is Donald. Donald, this is Beca." Jesse waved his hand from Beca to Donald and back again. The two shook hands, smiling.
"Nice to meet you." Beca bit her lip, and she heard Jesse groan from beside her. He obviously knew that she was going to say something stupid or inappropriate. "I've heard you've got a great tongue…among other things."
Donald laughed, and he wagged his eyebrows at her. He then rolled his eyes at Jesse's mock-gag. "I'm sure that I could teach you a thing or two that would be fun to try with Jesse sometime." He winked at her.
"I'm telling you, Beca. The tongue thing changed my life." Stacie said, finally looking up from her nail file.
"What's the tongue thing?" Tom asked, making Aubrey, Chloe, Stacie, Donald, and Evan laugh, while Beca and Jesse groaned.
"Using the tongue on the backdoor rather than the front door." Chloe told him, and Tom screwed his face up in disgust, making everyone laugh even harder.
"Gross!" He shook his head, glancing at his wife. "No tongue thing…ever!" He told her, and she shook her head.
"No way, babe!"
"You know, I'm actually surprised by your appearance, Tom." Jesse said loudly over the sound of some man butchering a Rolling Stones song. "When I met Aubrey, she seemed so…proper…in comparison to the other girls." He frowned. "That came out sounding bad. I don't mean offense to anyone." The girls chuckled.
"None taken. The girls said the same thing when they saw Tom without a long-sleeved shirt on for the first time." Aubrey chuckled. "You're right that I am a tad more reserved than the others." Everyone at the table just stared at her. "Okay, a lot more reserved!" She rolled her eyes. "In my defense, I met Tom when he was in his business mode, with a dress shirt, tie, and jacket. We began dating, and when I saw him without a shirt the first time, I was actually shocked to see that he had tattoos up and down his arms."
"And all over my back and chest." Tom said, shrugging. He ran a hand through his dark hair. "I can be professional but still express myself through body art."
"Ya-ya!" Beca said, raising her fist towards him. He grinned, pounding his fist against hers.
"Was that a movie reference?" Jesse said in shock, pressing a hand to his chest. She rolled her eyes at him.
"Actually, it is a book reference." She told him, earning a scrunched up nose turned pout from him. She laughed, shaking her head at him. She wanted to kiss him, but she felt weird about doing it in front of her friends. She bit her lip, reaching up to rub at the tip of her nose.
"Oh, just kiss him, would you?" Stacie complained, throwing a balled up napkin at the other brunette. Beca stuck her tongue out at her busty friend. A waitress arrived at their table to take their drink orders. They ordered a round of shots and a round of beers, as well as a water and a non-alcoholic fruity drink for Aubrey. After downing their shots and digging into their beers, laughing and quietly making fun of the people on stage, the emcee announced the next people to perform.
"Ladies and gentlemen, our next performers that we're going to invite to the stage would like to be affectionately referred to as the Barden Bellas!" The man said, clapping his hands. The rest of the crowd started clapping with him.
"No way!" Beca said, shaking her head. "No fucking way!"
"C'mon, Beca! You gotta sing with us!" Chloe said, grabbing at Beca's hands and pulling her to her feet. Chloe was much stronger than the smaller brunette was, unfortunately. Jesse winked at her, urging her to go sing.
"Everyone, the Barden Bellas." The emcee called out again, his polite way of telling them to get their asses up on the stage now. Beca dug her feet into the ground, groaning as she watched Stacie saunter over to the book of songs to see which one they would be performing.
"Beca, at least sing one song with me. We're here celebrating!" Aubrey said, laying a hand on her belly. Beca groaned, reluctantly allowing Chloe to pull her towards the stage. She groaned when she heard the opening chords of the song. Chloe rolled her eyes at her, stepping up to the microphone to take the first verse.
"This was never the way I planned
Not my intention
I got so brave, drink in hand
Lost my discretion." Aubrey and Stacie swayed behind her, as Chloe pulled out her inner diva and shook her booty, raising her drink in the air as she sang the correct line. Aubrey sauntered her way up, grabbing the microphone from Chloe to take the second verse, which required a higher octave.
"It's not what I'm used to
Just wanna try you on
I'm curious for you
Caught my attention." While the blonde sang, Stacie and Chloe stood on either side of Beca, rubbing against her. She stood stoically between them, arms crossed, a bored expression on her face.
"I kissed a girl, and I liked it
The taste of her cherry Chapstick
I kissed a girl just to try it
I hope my boyfriend don't mind it." Stacie disengaged herself from Beca and went to take over the first portion of the chorus from Aubrey.
"It felt so wrong
It felt so right
Don't mean I'm in love tonight
I kissed a girl, and I liked it
I liked it." Chloe and Aubrey crowded around the microphone, singing with Stacie on the rest of the chorus. The three girls pointed to Beca as they sang, indicating that her solo was coming up. She sighed, rolling her eyes. As they reached the end of the chorus, she stepped up, singing the next verse of the song.
"No, I don't even know your name
It doesn't matter
You're my experimental game
Just human nature." She was sure her face was on fire. It wasn't that she had stage fright or anything like that. It was because she hadn't told Jesse about being in the Bellas in college or that she could sing. She was embarrassed by what his reaction might be.
"It's not what,
Good girls do
Not how they should behave." She was relieved when Aubrey took over for decided that she may as well just go with it, since she had to be up there. She started dancing with the other girls, a smile on her face.
"My head gets so confused
Hard to obey." Beca nudged Stacie to harmonize with Aubrey for the line about being confused and to take over for the one about obeying. She figured that it would gross out Jesse, and she discreetly watched him from behind the other girls, seeing him groan and rub a hand over his face.
"I kissed a girl, and I liked it
The taste of her cherry Chapstick
I kissed a girl just to try it
I hope my boyfriend don't mind it."Stacie continued with the first part of the chorus, like before.
"It felt so wrong
It felt so right
Don't mean I'm in love tonight
I kissed a girl, and I liked it
I liked it." Instead of harmonizing like before, Chloe sang the remainder of the chorus by herself. The four girls then harmonized for the rest of the song.
"Us girls, we are so magical
Soft skin; red lips, so kissable
Hard to resist; so touchable
Too good to deny it
Ain't no big deal; it's innocent.
"I kissed a girl, and I liked it
The taste of her cherry Chapstick
I kissed a girl just to try it
I hope my boyfriend don't mind it
It felt so wrong
It felt so right
Don't mean I'm in love tonight
I kissed a girl, and I liked it
I liked it."
At the end of the song, the girls received a standing ovation. People called out to them for an encore performance, which initially made Beca shake her head. She needed more liquid courage, but Aubrey turned to the crowd. "Maybe y'all can help us get my friend hear to do another song with us." She winked at Beca. "Beca. Beca. Beca." She started chanting into the microphone, with Chloe and Stacie's assistance, and soon the rest of the audience and wait staff were chanting the petite brunette's name.
"I truly, truly, truly hate you, Aubs." Beca groaned, running a hand through her hair. She blew out a breath before shrugging her shoulders. "I guess." She whined at the crowd, and everyone started cheering. She rolled her eyes, walking over to where her three best friends were crowded around the song book. She sighed when the girls chose Britney. Of course, they chose Britney.
The girls started swaying their hips along with the opening music (Beca used that term loosely, since it was a techno beat rather than real instruments). Chloe stepped forward, taking the first verse of the song. Again, Beca stood in the back, rolling her eyes and laughing as Aubrey and Stacie danced with her.
"Hey, over there
Please, forgive me
If I'm comin' on too strong
Hate to stare
But, you're winnin'
And, they're playin' my favorite song." Stacie broke away from them to take over for Chloe.
"So, come here
A little closer
Wanna whisper in your ear
Make it clear
A little question
Wanna know just how you feel." While Stacie was singing, Chloe pulled Beca flush against her body, pretending to be whispering in the petite brunette's ear. On the last line of the verse, the two of the purposely ground their hips against each other, grinning at the collective groan from the men (and women) from the audience.
"If I said my heart was beating loud
If we could escape the crowd somehow
If I said I want your body now
Would you hold it against me?
'Cause, you feel like paradise
And I need a vacation tonight
So, if I said I want your body now
Would you hold it against me?" The four girls harmonized for the chorus of the song. They danced during the small musical break, rolling their hips to the beat. Then, Aubrey stepped forward to sing the beginning of the next verse. It was an unspoken agreement amongst all of them that Aubrey got any song lyrics about being crazy, because the blonde was, well, crazy. Sorta. (Kind of a lot).
"Hey, you might think
That I'm crazy
But, you know I'm just your type
I might be
A little hazy
But, you just cannot deny." It was Beca's turn for a solo, and she took over for the rest of the verse.
"There's a spark
In between us
When we're dancin' on the floor
I want more
Wanna see it
So, I'm askin' you tonight." She pointed into the crowd towards Jesse, really looking at him for the first time since the girls dragged her onto the stage. He had his arms crossed, and he was leaning back in his chair, staring at her with his eyebrows raised. He smirked at her, giving her the impression that he was thinking some very dirty thoughts at the moment. Shit. That wasn't good. She kept her focus as much as she could as she sang the rest of song in harmony with the girls. When the song ended, they proceeded to head off the stage, much to the disappointment of the crowd.
"That was so much fun!" Stacie squealed as she dropped into the seat beside Donald. She grabbed his drink and proceeded to chug it. "When was the last time we were on stage together?"
"Our wedding." Aubrey said after she finished chugging a few mouthfuls of her water. Tom wrapped an arm around her shoulders, pressing a kiss to the top of her head. "But I think the last time the four of us were on a stage together in front of a crowd of strangers was in college. ICCA Finals winners, baby!" She raised her glass in the air. "To the Barden Bellas. May they forever fulfill the duties and responsibilities of a Bella woman and continue to uphold their promise to never have sexual relations with a Treblemaker, lest their vocal chords be ripped out by wolves." The other girls exchanged a look before laughing. "What?"
"Aubs, you realize that I fucked eight out of ten of the Trebles that year, right?" Stacie said, rolling her eyes. Aubrey's jaw dropped open. "The only ones I didn't fuck was Jimmy, who Chloe was hooking up with all year, and Grant, but that wasn't for a lack of trying. He preferred dick to vag." She shrugged.
"You were hooking up with a Treble?!" Aubrey squeaked, looking at Chloe with wide eyes. The redhead was reaching around Evan to smack Stacie's upper arm, glaring at her, but she didn't miss the blonde's facial expression. She bit her lip, grimacing over getting caught.
"Aubs..." She began, but she trailed off. Beca rolled her eyes.
"Oh, c'mon, Aubrey. You had a thing for Uni, so don't act like you didn't want to get down and dirty with a Treble either." The blonde flushed, crinkling her nose. "I, for one, am glad that you didn't hook up with him, because the fucker went by Unicycle and rode a fucking Unicycle."
"He had great abs." Stacie said, fanning herself. "Plus, he had the biggest dick. Aubs, you definitely should have fucked him. Too bad you had your granny panties yanked so far up your ass to keep that big ass stick up there that you missed out on hooking up with him." She grinned at Tom, who just cocked an eyebrow at him. "Although from that time I totally walked into Aubrey's apartment when she was going at it with you before you guys got married, you sounded like you're bigger and better than any other guy that she's ever had, so she's hardly missing out. Anytime you two are looking for a little som'in extra in the bedroom, call me." She lifted her hand to her cheek, miming talking on a phone. Tom burst out laughing, his head falling back.
"Christ, Stacie! You can't proposition my husband for a threesome!" Aubrey screeched.
"Preggo, you're gonna be a mommy. It might be your last time to experiment before the poop machine shows up." The busty brunette said as she stared at her boobs, readjusting them in her dress. Beca just shook her head, because she didn't even care that everyone in the room could see her touching her boobs.
"Hey, I thought we all decided that if there was ever going to be a threesome that happened, it was gonna be me, Beca, and Evan?" Chloe said, sipping her drink. "No offense, Jesse. It was decided before you showed up." He threw his hands up in the air.
"Really, though?" He glanced over at Beca. "How do you feel about that?"
"Are you feeling left out? I'm sure that we could make it a foursome if you want." She said with a straight face. He stared at her heatedly, but she stood her ground, continuing to return the look. Donald hummed under his breath, "someone's getting laid tonight." It broke her from her spell, and she glanced away, her eyes widening as she looked to Chloe, Stacie, Evan, Tom (because the fucker thought the whole dare was hilarious and that his wife was a genius—dickhead), and, especially, Aubrey for help.
"Did I tell you guys that I've decided that Evan and I won't be having sex until the wedding?" Chloe said suddenly, taking a sip of her beer. Beca momentarily closed her eyes, grabbing at her own beer.
"What? Why?" Tom said, frowning. He knew that Chloe and Evan were participating in the dare, but he didn't realize that Chloe intended to keep it up until the wedding. Beca studied the redhead and realized that she had no intention of that actually happening—what the hell was this about?
"She thinks that it's going to bring us closer together and make our first time as husband and wife more special or some bullshit like that." Evan scoffed, making the excuse up off the top of his head. He was almost as good an actor as Chloe was an actress.
"Isn't that so romantic? We should've done that, Tommy." Aubrey cooed, laying her head on Tom's shoulder.
"Yeah, so all of you…except Donald and Jesse, but I think you can probably guess from how we all talk…anyways, you all know that I love sex and I turn into a miserable bitch when I don't get to have sex, so you girls are obviously going to have to withhold with me. It's only a few more weeks!" Beca's eyes widened, because Chloe was a motherfucking genius who could take over the world. She said all of that with a straight-face, and her acting ability shocked the shit out of everyone who knew about the dare. Beca was looking for it, so she saw the light bulb go off above their heads, but to someone who didn't know about the dare (aka Jesse and Donald), it just looked like they were processing what the redhead was asking them to do.
"Hell no!" Tom said, shaking his head. "My wife is now pregnant, and I have now accepted that I only have a limited number of days left where I get to have sex with Aubrey whenever and wherever I want until this baby comes. The moment the baby does come, our sex life is gonna go down the crapper in terms of frequency, so there is no way in hell that I'm giving up sex for the next few weeks until your wedding." They all started chuckling, and Beca blushed when she felt Jesse's hand stroke along the back of her neck, obviously hinting that he doesn't want to put off sex with her. Well, he had six more weeks of the no intercourse in his future.
"Um, sweetie, he's a hunter. There's no way in hell that he's gonna let me go without sex." Stacie said, pointing to her nether regions. She reached down and patted her pubic bone (she was wearing a skirt, and even Stacie had some sense of decorum and wouldn't spread her legs to pat between her legs in a crowded karaoke bar) a few times, cooing to the hunter. "It's okay, handsome! I won't let the mean Ginger keep you from getting it on."
"Did she just talk to her vagina?" Evan asked no in particular. They all burst out laughing, except for Stacie who shrugged her shoulders and Donald who muttered something about that being so hot.
"The better question is: you call it a dude?" Jesse said aloud, earning a grin from Beca.
"That's what I said the first time I heard her say that!" She patted his cheek with her hand affectionately, earning an eye roll in response.
"Ahh, freshman year. First Bellas rehearsal. That was great. Remember when Lilly offered to show a dead body?" Stacie grinned. "After we watched the clip of the Bellas finals from their junior year." She pointed at Aubrey who flushed red. "Tom, you ever see your wife blow chunks on three rows of people from a stage in the middle of her solo?"
"Stacie!" Aubrey whined, pouting.
"At least you fixed that puking thing when you get stressed before you met him." Stacie chuckled.
"You're friends are insane." Jesse whispered into Beca's ear, brushing his lips towards her cheek, pressing a kiss there. It was their first hint of true PDA in front of her friends, and she shifted slightly, knowing the girls were watching them.
"Since Aubrey and Tom are out, and Stacie's a whore, you'll do it with me, right, Beca? Go without sex for the next few weeks. The weddings not that far off!"
"Chloe, you're not serious?" Beca said, hoping that her acting abilities were as good as the redhead's. "That's nine weeks."
"Please, Beca?" The redhead climbed into her petite friend's lap, ignoring the groan coming from Beca. Chloe pressed her forehead against Beca's, their eyes locked. "You're my best friend, B. I love you so much. So, so much. Please?" Beca groaned, blushing. Chloe was really laying it on thick.
"If you get the fuck off of me, I'll agree to anything." She muttered, earning a squeal and lots of bouncing from Chloe, who threw her arms around the smaller girl's neck.
"Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!" Chloe planted a kiss on Beca's lips before she climbed off of her lap and made her way back over to Evan.
"See why we all thought that Chloe and Beca were the most likely to hookup and have a threesome?" He said to Jesse with a shake of his head. "Sorry, dude. Looks like you're getting serious case of blue balls for the next two months."
Jesse turned to look at Beca. "Nine weeks? No sex?" She blushed, scrunching her nose. She leaned over, pressing her lips against his ear to whisper quietly to him.
"Hell no, we're not waiting nine weeks. Although, it could be fun to see just how long we could go without having sex."
"Why would that be fun?" He said back to her, shaking his head. "That sounds like no fun whatsoever, if you ask me. Real fun would be me taking you back to one of our apartments and having my way with you. By that I mean having sex."
"Believe me, I want to have sex." She didn't need to act with that. It was the understatement of a century, to be honest. "But can you humor Chloe for a little while? She'll get super horny soon enough and then break her vow to be a born-again virgin until her wedding."
"Fine. You owe me. Big time."
"Promise. Anything. What do you want?"
"I want you to sing another song. You've got an amazing voice. I can't believe you didn't tell me you could sing. I would also like to hear more about this Barden Bellas thing…" She blushed, rubbing at the tip of her nose while she bit her bottom lip. She was aware that her friends (minus Stacie and Donald, who were totally trying to eat each other's tongues) were pretending to talk quietly amongst themselves, but they were really eavesdropping on Beca and Jesse's moment. Jesse leaned forward to press a kiss to the tip of her nose before shifting his lips to tug her bottom lip away from her teeth with his own. He kissed her more firmly, but it was definitely a reserved kiss, because he was testing the waters, seeing how she would react to their PDA. She pulled out of the kiss, blushing and shifting away from her friends. "Chloe looks like she's going to pee out of excitement." He whispered to her, making her laugh. She pulled completely away from him, grabbing her beer and taking a few large gulps of it.
"Fine, I'll sing another song, and then I'm done." She pointed a finger at him, and he just smirked, obviously pleased with himself for goading her into singing another song on stage. "Chloe, this is your fault. Get your ass onto that stage." The two girls made their way over to song book, commandeering the stage before another person could get on. The emcee, after quickly consulting the crowd, agreed to let them break the beloved list of signed up performers to let them sing another song.
Beca picked the perfect song, another Britney song, making Chloe grin over her choice. She had to get back at Jesse, and this was the perfect way. Well, that and convincing the emcee to let Stacie sing a song after them. His reaction to the busty brunette singing S&M would be well worth all of the PDA and the shit she would get from the gang later. She winked at Jesse when she saw him narrow his eyes at her after he realized what song they picked.
"1, 2, 3
Not only you and me
Got one eighty degrees
And I'm caught in between
Count em
1, 2, 3
Peter, Paul, and Mary
Gettin' down with 3P
Everybody loves (oh)
Count em." The two girls sang the chorus of the song together, in harmony, dancing against each other. She caught his eye as they danced during the musical break before the first verse of the song began. She stepped forward, taking the first verse, her eyes locked with his the entire time she sang the lines.
"Hey, pick a night
To come out and play
If it's alright
What do you say?"
"Merry the more
Triple fun that way
Twister on the floor
What do you say?"Chloe sang the next verse, smiling at Beca over her shoulder when the brunette danced against her body slightly behind her.
"Are you in
Livin' in sin is the new thing (yeah)
Are you in
I am countin'!"Beca sang the bridge of the song. When she finished, the two of them harmonized for the chorus again.
"1, 2, 3
Not only you and me
Got one eighty degrees
And I'm caught in between
Count em
1, 2, 3
Peter, Paul & Mary
Gettin' down with 3P
Everybody loves (oh)
Count em
"1, 2, 3
Not only you and me
Got one eighty degrees
And I'm caught in between
Count em
1, 2, 3
Peter, Paul & Mary
Gettin' down with 3P
Everybody loves (oh)
Count em."
"Three is a charm
Two is not the same
I don't see the harm
So, are you game?"Chloe sang this verse, her eyes locked with Evan's. Beca's eyes were on Jesse's as he smirked at her. She knew he was pissed at her, because she wasn't going to sleep with him after the night was over.
"Lets' make a team
Make 'em say my name
Love in the extreme
Now are you game?"Beca sang.
"Are you in
Livin' in sin is the new thing
Are you in
I am countin'!"Chloe sang the bridge before the chorus.
"1, 2, 3
Not only you and me
Got one eighty degrees
And I'm caught in between
Count em
1, 2, 3
Peter, Paul & Mary
Gettin' down with 3P
Everybody loves (oh)
"1, 2, 3
Not only you and me
Got one eighty degrees
And I'm caught in between
Count em
1, 2, 3
Peter, Paul & Mary
Gettin' down with 3P
Everybody loves (oh)
Count em."Once again, the girls harmonized for the chorus. When the chorus finished, Beca sang the final verse of the song on her own, eyes locked with Jesse. She grinned when she sang the line about having a foursome, alluding to their earlier conversation. He just shook his head at her, rolling his eyes.
"What we do is innocent
Just for fun and nothin' meant
If you don't like the company
Let's just do it you and me
You and me...
Or three...
Or four...
On the floor!"When the verse finished, Chloe harmonized with her for the final two rounds of the chorus, laughing when the song finished. They bowed to the cheering crowd, and Beca begged the emcee to let Stacie perform next.
"Well, it appears that another one of our lovely Barden Bellas is going to sing a song for us. Everyone, please welcome Stacie to the stage!" Stacie's eyebrows flew up into her hair, but she detached herself from Donald and made her way towards the stage. Beca stopped her on her way to the song book.
"Sing S&M. It will freak out Jesse and get Donald turned on." The busty brunette chuckled, nodding her head.
Beca returned to her seat, grinning at Jesse. He opened his mouth to say something, but she pointed to the stage. When the background vocals for S&M came on, he groaned, making her laugh. He wrapped an arm around her waist, pulling her flush against him. "You're so cruel!" He growled into her ear.
"Looks like you're gonna have to punish me when we finally have sex." She breathed into his ear, earning another groan from him.
"I thought we weren't doing what Stacie and Donald are into?" He said, staring into her eyes.
"But we agreed that some light spanking is okay…" She bit her lip, smirking at him. "Now, shush. I'm missing my friend's performance." She hummed along with Stacie's singing. "It's exactly what I've been yearning for / give it to me strong." She sang along quietly, under her breath. She bit her bottom lip to keep from moaning when his lips found her neck, and he bit down lightly on her skin. She flushed when she caught Aubrey and Chloe staring at her in shock, both of their mouths hanging open. She flipped them off before turning her body, grabbing his mouth and pulling it to hers.
It wasn't exactly her intention to make out with her boyfriend (shut up!) in the middle of a crowded karaoke bar while her friend sang about BDSM on stage and her other friends watched, but she couldn't help it. He drove her nuts, and she hated knowing that she wasn't going to be able to have sex with him when the night was over. She was faintly aware of Stacie returning to her seat and saying something about watching the two of them make out was getting her frisky. She was also faintly aware that the waitress had dropped off a third round of drinks, but her mouth was suctioned to his. It wasn't fair that he was such an amazing kisser. After a while, air became a problem, and she broke away from him, panting slightly as she tried to get air back to her brain.
"It's about damn time you guys came up for air." She jumped, glancing over to see that Donald and Stacie had disappeared. "Stacie and Donald left ten minutes ago because you got them so hot and bothered." Chloe was saying, making the brunette blush. Beca grabbed her drink, chugging it.
"Yeah, we're about to head home, too. I'm exhausted. I think the baby's trying to tell me he or she wants to be in bed." Aubrey said, standing up with the help of Tom. She leaned over pressing a kiss to the top of Beca's head. "Bye, Becs. Bye, Jesse. It was great seeing you again." She said, shaking Jesse's hand while Tom gave the petite brunette a hug and a kiss goodbye. After Tom shook hands with Jesse, he and Aubrey then turned their attention on saying goodbye to Chloe and Evan.
When the two of them disappeared, Beca looked to Chloe for help. She was beyond horny, and she knew that a round of dry humping wasn't going to be enough for her and Jesse. She knew that she was bound to sleep with him, and she couldn't afford to lose this dare with Aubrey. She was going to make it the full ninety-one days. "Fancy a sleep over, Becs?" Chloe smiled at her friend. "I know you came with Jesse and were probably hoping to finish off the rest of the night together, but we haven't had a sleep over in a while. It'd be fun. Ice cream, mani-pedis, junk food. Please?"
"Jesse?" Beca said, turning her attention on him. She didn't want to leave him, but she had to. "It's up to you…"
"Beca, I need you. I'm totally horny for Evan, and I don't want to sleep with him until the wedding!" Chloe whined, making Beca scrunch up her nose. "You promised you'd go without sex with me!"
"I did promise…" She said to him. She frowned at his pout and sigh. "I kept my promise to you. Let me keep my promise to her." She said quietly. "At least for a little bit." She whispered the last sentence to him. He rolled his eyes.
"Fine."
"Yay! Evan can give us a lift to Beca's, so we'll head out to the car so you guys can say your goodbyes." Chloe said, standing up, her fingers immediately finding her fiancé's. "Just don't take too long! I'm not opposed to biting." The redhead warned Jesse.
"She totally will. She bit Aubrey earlier tonight to get her phone back." Beca told him, and he nodded his head.
"I swear we won't take long." They watched as Chloe and Evan disappeared. "I had a lot of fun tonight. We should do this again—another group date with you and me, Chloe and Evan, Aubrey and Tom. I guess we could do include Donald and Stacie again, but that possibility also scares me." She chuckled, running her fingers through his hair on the back of his neck. He kissed the inside of her wrist.
"Maybe we can include a few more group dates."
"I would like you to meet Benji, though. He and Todd have been asking about you."
"I'd love to meet your roommates."
"Not for long…"
"What do you mean?"
"I mean that I've been looking for places. I've been doing pretty well with the freelancing—getting a bunch of people interested in my work. I'm also interviewing for more permanent positions at a couple of places. All of it has been going pretty well, and I just feel like it is time for me to settle down in my own place." He grinned. "Plus, it'd be nice to have you help me break in my couch sometime." She laughed again, rolling her eyes.
"You're such a horny bastard." She was horny, too, but he didn't need to know that. Her battery-operated friend (aka, Jesse—fuck Stacie for being right…bitch) had been getting quite the workout over the last few weeks…when she wasn't dry-humping the shit out of her boyfriend. Wow. It was still weird to think or say that word in her opinion.
"I can't help it! I have a hot…Beca." She could tell he wanted to use the label. "I know that you don't like using labels, but I do. I like being able to call you my girlfriend." She hummed in discomfort over his use of the dreaded g-word, but she didn't tell him to stop.
She licked her bottom lip, and her thumb stroked the skin on the back of his neck without her even realizing it. "I guess we could use the g-word occasionally." She said quietly, staring at her beer bottle.
"Really?" He asked her, and she could hear the shock in his voice. She rubbed at the tip of her nose with the index finger of her free hand.
"Not all the time or anything. Every once in a while it wouldn't be so bad. Like, don't use it to introduce me to people. I'm a separate person from our relationship, okay?" He nodded his head.
"Right, of course you are. I hate when people are those kind of couples where it's always them as a single entity rather than two people." He shook his head. "Hayley turned us into that couple, and I hated it." She hummed her discomfort loudly at the mention of his ex, scrunching her nose. "I'm sorry about her. Things are done with her and me, and I'm focused completely on you and our…relationship." He whispered the last word so quietly that she could barely hear it. She smiled softly at him, laying her hand on his cheek.
"I believe you. I know it's over between you and Hayley. I trust you." He smiled at her, leaning in to kiss her again. She immediately returned his kiss.
"I don't want to leave you." He said, breaking the kiss, resting his forehead against hers.
"I don't want to, either." She whispered, leaning back to look into his eyes. "I've had a pretty good night, despite the Hayley sighting." She sighed, frowning as she pulled out of his personal space completely, drinking the last of her beer. "I better go find Chloe before she comes in here on a rampage and breaks shit."
"I'm not surprised that she's the type to break things during an argument." He sighed, standing up, holding his hands out to help pull her to his feet.
"Goodnight, Jesse." She said, going up on her toes once she was in standing position. She pressed her lips to his, giving him a soft kiss. "Call you tomorrow?"
"Done." The two of them walked out of the bar, and he walked her to Evan's car. He gave her a final kiss as she climbed into the backseat. "Goodnight, Becs." He shut the door of the car and then made his way towards his own car.
Beca, Chloe, and Evan drove in silence for a few minutes. She kept thinking about Jesse, and how she wished that he were giving her a ride to her apartment so that they could spend just a few more minutes together. She knew it was for the best that he wasn't, because she definitely would've invited him inside, and they would have had sex.
She was amazed by how calm he made her feel, but he also scared her. She was afraid to count on him to always be there for her. Nothing lasted—her parents' relationship failed; Chloe and Aubrey had their fair share of breakups, as did the other Bellas throughout eight years that she's known and loved them—that was proof enough for her that people couldn't count on anything to last…on anyone to stick around. Her phone buzzed in her lap, showing that she got a text from him.
12:23 AM Mon, Jun 3
From: The Nerd
I had an amazing time with you tonight. I wish that I could have been the one to take you home this evening, but you enjoy your sleepover with Chloe. I just want you to know, I'm in this. Buonanotte, mia bella (Goodnight, my beautiful).
It blew Beca's mind whenever Jesse was so perceptive and seemed to know exactly what it was that she was thinking, even when they weren't around each other. It also scared her, because how much more did he know from her? What else could he read from her? Until she became friends with the girls, with Chloe, Stacie, and Aubrey especially, she never really had anyone who understood her, listened to her, or supported her. Then, she met him, and he seemed to just get her. She blew out a breath, licking her bottom lip.
12:24 AM Mon, Jun 3
To: The Nerd
I had fun tonight, too. I wish you were here, too.
12:24 AM Mon, Jun 3
From: The Nerd
Someone wanted to have a sleepover with someone other than her boyfriend. Her name rhymes with Schmeca.
12:25 AM Mon, Jun 3
To: The Nerd
Shut up, jerk. Who said you would've slept over anyways?
12:25 AM Mon, Jun 3
From: The Nerd
But morning sex is totally awesome!
12:25 AM Mon, Jun 3
To: The Nerd
But morning BREATH isn't.
12:25 AM Mon, Jun 3
From: The Nerd
That's why I always reserve doggy style for morning sex. No kisses that way.
Beca laughed aloud at the text. "What's up?" Chloe asked, and she blushed.
"Just texting Jesse." She told the redhead. "He's ridiculous." She rolled her eyes.
"Oh, yeah? What're you two texting about?"
"Sex. He texted me that he wishes that he were the one taking me home, and I said me, too. He said that it's my fault that I'm having a sleepover with you rather than him. I responded that even if he took me home, it doesn't mean that we would've had a sleep over. He said that morning sex is awesome, and I said that morning breath isn't. He just texted that he reserves doggy style for morning sex because there's no kissing that way." She chuckled.
"Well, that's gross…" Evan muttered. "Don't want to know how the dude likes to fuck girls." She rolled her eyes at him, chuckling with Chloe.
"There's no way in hell you're winning this dare." Chloe sighed. "Can you hurry up and screw him so that I can screw my fiancé?"
"I'm going to make it through this dare. I won't have sex with Jesse until we've been together for ninety-one days, and them I'm going to make Aubrey declare that I'm awesome and right and the smartest woman in the world." She returned her focus on texting him again.
12:29 AM Mon, Jun 3
To: The Nerd
Sorry. Talking to Chloevan. By the way, thank you.
12:29 AM Mon, Jun 3
From: The Nerd
You're welcome? What are you thanking me about?
12:29 AM Mon, Jun 3
To: The Nerd
I've never really had anyone besides the girls…so, thank you for just being you.
12: 30 AM Mon, Jun 3
From: The Nerd
Well, that's quite a compliment! Thank YOU for letting me in and taking a chance on a relationship with me. I'm seriously in this for the long haul. Goodnight.
12:31 AM Mon, Jun 3
To: The Nerd
Goodnight.
Even though the texting only lasted a few minutes, it left Beca feeling confused and at peace and scared and relieved and so many other contrasting feelings at once. Her life was forever changed by this dare, and she didn't know what to make of it. She wished that she could have gone back to her life before it—when she never really had to worry about anything more than having some fun with the next fling. It was easier that way, because even though she didn't have someone she felt like she could rely on (outside of the girls, of course), but she also wouldn't have a fear of depending on that person and then losing him. Hell, even if she had agreed to do the dare and had gone with someone else, she probably wouldn't be in this position right now. It was Jesse who had changed her so profoundly. It was him who has left her with feeling like there was a hole in her stomach whenever she thought about when the ninety-one days were up. That was what scared her the most. What was going to happen to her when he left?
About a thirty minutes later, Beca was climbing out of Evan's car…alone. "Want me to come in?" Chloe asked her. "We really can have our sleepover if you want." Beca shook her head.
"I'm fine. Go head home with you fiancé and mourn the death of your wedding, since surely Aubrey will get fat." Chloe wailed, making the petite brunette laugh.
"Go burn up some batteries, bitch!" Chloe said, flipping her off. The brunette rolled her eyes, waving goodbye as Evan drove off. She then made her way into her apartment building, doing exactly as the redhead advised.
Author's Note: Well, this was a long one. Let me know what you think!