So...I have been gone for 2 1/2 weeks so thats why there has been no updates to any of my stories. But I'm back and ready to roll, because i'm finally over the jet lag! I also on my travels I thought of several dabbles that I will probs write up some ...yeah, this is longer for the soul reason I have been gone for a while. :3 ENJOY! 3
Chapter 3
Beca had nothing to do the next day, having the studio session go so smoothy yesterday. So she spent her day at home, only leaving the house to go the the grocery store, when she realized she was running low on Craft Mac&Cheese. For the most part of the day she finished the song she had started the night before, working out the last kinks of the lyrics and almost finishing the cords. It was another piece played on the guitar with a background of piano music. Beca needed a couple more songs to finish her next album, which was hard when you only write them. But lucky for her she had a new inspiration and a damn good one. It was around 5pm when Beca got up to stretch, from her hunched position over her guitar. Groaning she walked into the kitchen connected to her living room to get a glass of water. When the glass of water ws inches from her mouth her phone at top notch volume start ringing.
"Jesus Christ." Beca said setting the now empty cup on the counter and staring down at her soaked shirt and trying to calm her speeding heart. She pulled her shirt of and threw it into the hamper through the open door of her bedroom as she walk towards her phone. "Hello?"
"Hey, Becs it's Chloe." came the reply from the other line.
"Red! Hi, how was the photo shoot? Wait…how did you get my number? Beca asked.
"I can answer both those questions and the truth if you open you door and let me in." Beca giggled.
"You'd never lie to me Red, Would you?" Beca said navigating around the instruments on the floor moving towards her front door.
"I just might." Chloe said when Beca opened the door, she was leaning agents the door frame, in jeans, a blue top and a red plaided coat with a brown bag slung over her shoulder. The blue of the shirt made her red curl hair even more beautiful. Chloe raised and eyebrow and glance up and down Beca's body. "But….maybe not in that outfit."
Beca looked down. "Fuck." She stood in front of Chloe in only a pair of jeans and a blue bra. Having taken of her shirt when is was drenched by her cup of water. "Shit-I…Shit" Beca turned quickly and sprinted into her room grading the nearest shirt she could find and pulling it on.
"Does this mean I can't come in?" Chloe called from outside her bedroom.
"No, No, No." Beca walked back out "Of course you can come in."
"No matter what you are wearing?" Chloe asked closing the door behind her and giving Beca a small smile.
"That depends Red."
"Depends on what, Mitchell?" Chloe said crossing her arms
"What you are wearing as well."
"Well you should know, I am perfectly ok with walking around in my bra AND underwear. I'm pretty comfortable with all this." She said gesturing at her body.
"You should be, I saw your legs yesterday night." Beca winked. "Damn Red, those go on for days."
"Your not to bad your self Mitchell, your not to shabby in the breast department."
"Jesus, Do you have a filter?" Beca said trying to hide her blush.
"No" Chloe said matter of factly. "So, you ready to go run the night?"
"I'm sorry?"
"Get are clothes, silly."
"Yeah, Just let me get my coat, shoes and bag and I'm good." Beca walked back into her room to get a green army jacket and her messenger bag, while Chloe glanced around the apartment.
"This is not really what I expected for a world wide famous music artist."
Beca walked back out and started pulling on her shoes. "Don't like my place Red?"
"Thats not what-"
"I know what you meant. No one expects this, they expect a fucking presidential suit with walk in closets, three baths and work out room. But this place was cheep and I lived here before my career took off…So I decided to stay."
"I like it." Chloe said turing back to Beca. "I live with Aubrey, in a house on the west end. It's not huge but its bigger then two rooms and a kitchen." She laughed.
"Don't go knocking my house Red, I can still kick you out." Beca joking warned, but become sirius a second later. "How do you live with the 'devil inside a human' and survive? Has she tried to kill you yet? Does she sleep in a coffin? Is she really blonde?"
Chloe giggled. "No, to all of the above…well, except for the last one."
"I fucking knew it!" Beca said "No one can be that perfectly blonde its not humanly possible."
"I'm confused Mitchell, I thought you had a thing for me and not the girl thats already taken and completely and utterly straight."
"Oh, I do have a thing for you, Red. But if Vanilla Pudding was not dating Jesse I would crush on her too. Straight or not."
"Your weird." Chloe said shaking her head. "Ready to go?"
"I'm weird? I'M WEIRD!?" Beca said leading Chloe out the door. "Say's the girl who knew where I lived and my phone number without me tell her ether of those things."
"Exactly" Chloe said shutting the door so Beca could lock it. "My car is parked a block down and I was thinking we could go to Ocean Shores. It has nice dresses for me and pants and stuff for you."
"What makes you think I don't where dresses." Beca said pressing the button to call the elevator.
"By the way you dressed last night I just believed you would be the Ellen and I'd be the Portia in this relationship. Also I have seen a lot of your red carpet looks."
"So…this is a relationship?" Beca asked letting Chloe enter the elevator first.
"Thats all you got?"
"No, but your right. I hate dresses, like Sarah Palin hates mosses and Russia." Chloe snorted. "But I don't where full suit. Cous' if I do I look like a tiny mayor."
"A tiny major?" Chloe asked leading the way to her car. "We'll just go with a nice pair of pants and a button up thats not plaid."
"But thats my thing!" Beca wined getting in the passenger side. Chloe walked around to the drives set, and could not help but see how cute and adorable Beca looked when she wined. When Chloe started the car, it was instantly filled with the sound of Boom Clap, one of Beca's first songs she released. Chloe quickly changed the radio staying and a Beyonce song came on.
"I can listen to my own music, Chlo." Beca said "If you want to listen to it, that is"
"It's fine, I have that song memorized backward and forwards. So I can miss it this once." She said glancing at Beca as she pulled out of her parking spot.
"How far is this store?" Beca asked shifting in her seat seminally a little uncomfortable..
"We only just left." Chloe said laughing, but stopped when she saw Beca face. "Why? Do you not like being in a car?"
Beca started to tap her foot and twirl her thumb ring. Get it together Mitchell, don't loose it now. Chloe does not even know "I-kinda, a thing in my past…but, It's cool. I just prefer walking or skateboard." Chloe glanced at her again, and moved the car forward when the light they were stopped at turned green.
"We will be there in less then ten."Chloe said quietly understanding that there was something much deeper happening with Beca. The twitches, a juggling of feet and not being able to stand still. To most people that would just seem like a habit but Chloe had noticed the times when it happened, it was in times that Beca was not in control, when many things where happening at once, when Beca was almost remembering. Chloe, had noticed these things and understood the true meaning because her brother also was like this also had panic attacks. But Chloe decided that she would let Beca tell her, when she was ready. But she would ask about the car thing….but later.
"Cool." Beca said staring out the window. "So…how did you know where I lived and my number?"
"Aubrey" Chloe said shortly. "well…I probably was form Jesse to Aubrey to me. But yeah, Aubrey." After a moment of silence as Iggy Azalea-Fancy replaced Beyonce. "Have you ever been to the MTV Movie awards, Becs."
"No, I try to avoid award shows with lots of screaming girls. Have you?"
"Yeah, last year and the year before. But this is my first nomination."
"Wait. your nominated?" Beca asked breaking her gaze from the window for the first time sense they entered the car. "Why did you not tell me? And what for?"
Chloe laughed "uhm…lead actress in a comedy. Pitch Perfect."
"Thats amazing Chlo." Beca touched Chloe hand that rested between there seats. "You'll win, I can feel it."
"You can feel it?"
"Yeah, in my belly." Beca said pocking her stomach.
"Your so weird." Chloe slowed the car to enter the parking lot next the store. "where are here…and here we will stay tell you totes gorges." Beca groaned as she dramitaclly threw that door open and flopped out. As Chloe was locking the door her hand on Beca's back, when the sound of fast approaching feet made both go them turn. A group of 4 girls all looking ether really excited or about to pass out asked if they could have a picture. Chloe smiled.
"Of course, one at a time or?….."
"Both, both is good" One of the girls said. As she moved forward she noticed Chloe hand on Beca's waist. When the picture's where all down she looked from both of them. "Are you to dating."
"Whooo, slow down there. Were just friends." Beca said a little to quickly.
"Not by the way she was looking at you as she got out of the car." The same girl said, holding out her phone. Beca squinted at the phone along with Chloe. Clear as day there is was, a not very smooth of Beca in mid-floop and Chloe…looking at her with a smile and a look in her eyes that only came from someone you had feelings for. Beca looked at Chloe, but Chloe was looking at the girl.
"Please delete that, I-"
"I'm sorry, but it's my phone. I can keep what ever pictures I want." The girl and her friends turned around and walked back. A couple feet away she looked back. "You both have Instagram right?" Then they where gone around the corner and gone.
"That little bitch." Beca said.
"It's fine, Becs." Chloe said touching Beca's arm. "Really, it could be a lot worse."
"Yeah, but Chlo. We are going to the award thing together. Both of those things combined is definitely worse."
"Your not going to back out?' Chloe asked, Beca met her eyes. For the first time seeing sadness in the blue ordes.
"Of course not Red, I'm your date." Beca smiled. "Come on lets get this shopping started." Che grabbed Chloe's hand and lead her into the store.
For the next two hours, Beca watch Chloe try on about 15 dresses. Telling her she looked great in each one, bid nothing because Chloe was not satisfied until the 15th. The instant she walked out she said.
"This is it, this is the one. What do you think?" Beca however was silent for moment as she took in Chloe. The dress was midnight blue and had a one shoulder drape, the neck line was smooth and showed just enough of Chloe collar, shoulder and chest. The dress fell to top of her knees and hugged her body tell the hip line where is loosened into a flowing skirt. The color made her eyes, even a lighter blue and if it was possible bigger. And her hair though not styled was just as perfect.
"Becs?" Choe asked again. "its it ok?"
"Wah….Ok? Jesus, Red you look incredible." Chloe blushed. "Really, Chlo. Incredible."
Chloe bit her lip and blushed deeper, "Thanks." She changed quickly back into her clothes. "its your turn." She sang as she dragged Beda from her position on the couch by the changing rooms. Beca only took 30 minutes, mostly because Beca let Chloe pick everything and she only had in the end three different outfits to try on and choose form. When it was all said and down Beca was had a pair of dark gray "fancy" jeans, a blue-gray shirt that had three buttons and a black blazer with red lining. To quote "Match Chloe's hair." The two of them payed and left the store, by that time it was dark and ten degrees colder. Chloe let out a shocked noise as the cold air hit and and Beca laughed grabbing her hand and making her run to the car to warm up. The drive home took only five minutes because of the absence of traffic, the way there Chloe asked what Beca's favorite song she has made was: the answer which ever one I'm writing. And Beca asked Chloe what her favorite movie she has made was: the answer 96 Minutes.
"I'll have to watch that then Red, If you like it so much." Beca said standing by her door.
Chloe nodded, she wondered if Beca was going to tell her goodnight. "Do you want to come in and maybe hang out for a while in peace and quite?"
"Yeah.." Chloe said nodding more noticeable and smiling. Once inside Beca and Chloe sat on the couch. Beca had offered water, being the only thing besides coffee to drink in the house but Chloe said she was fine. "You have a lot of instruments, I noticed."
"I kinda don't get rid of them. That one there." Beca pointed to a red guitar covered in scratches. "Thats was my first, I got it when I was 8 from my mom."
"wow..so it's what ten years old." Chloe asked jokingly
"hahah, very funny. I'm 22, mind you." Beca said giving Chloe a little shove.
"Why don't you drink then?" Chloe ask shoving back.
Beca went silent, and opened her mouth and closed it before finding her voice. "My parents were killed in a drunk driving accident when I was 9…I was in the car and now I just can't bring my self the drink you know what killed them." Beca said with a sad smile.
"Becs..I'm so, sorry." Chloe inched closer tell there thighs touched. "I should not have asked."
"Its cool, it's old news." Beca said playing with her ring again. Chloe grabbed her hands.
"Thats why you hate cars and have panic attacks?" Beca quickly glanced at Chloe.
"How?"
"My brother has panic attacks, so I kinda know the signs." Chloe said quietly.
"Oh.."
Chloe tilled Beca's face so she could see it. "Are you ok?"
"Yeah, it's just only Jesse knows…not even my manger knows. I'm just not…I just try and hide it. Apparently not that well." She said with a shake laugh.
"Becs, you would only know if you knew the signs, if your worried about anyone else know. Your ok, really." Beca meet Chloe's eyes.
"Thanks, Red"
"Anytime." Chloe nodded again. "I can go…if you-"
"No, stay. we can watch a movie or something. Do you watch Game of Thrones?"
"I have wanted to but no.."
"Dude, we have to then. I have them all so, if you like them." Beca turned the TV on and placed the CD in. When the home screen came on Beca selected the first episode and settled back. Before she could get completely computable Chloe pulled Beca into her chest so they lay snuggled on the couch as the into began.
"Your a snuggle, Red? I shold have guessed."
"I sure am, Mitchell. It's one of my many perks." Chloe said running her hands through Beca's hair.