..."Chloe, truth. Or dare?"
"Truth." Chloe replied confidently, although she shot her best friend a look as if to warn her about a certain topic as her eyes quickly flipped between Beca and Aubrey.
"O-kay, if you could receive a kiss from anyone in the whole world, who would you want it to be?" she responded smugly.
Chloe's jaw dropped, and Beca's smile wavered slightly as she began fiddling with her fingers not wanting to her Chloe's answer. "Do I um, have to tell everyone? Or can I just tell one person?"
Choruses of "Everyone!" "Of course!" "Come on" "I want to know!" rang out around the room, the only person quiet was Beca she was picking at her black nail polish adorning her fingers.
"Hey, um...don't listen to my answer...it's um...not true. Okay?" Chloe whispered discreetly to her best friend before trying to quiet down the rest of the Bella's.
"Enough!" Aubrey said firmly, "Chloe, you know the rules you must tell everyone the answer."
"Fine...I guess Tom."
"Ooh! Tell us more!" Amy shouted from her arm chair.
"No, not part of my truth." the rest of the room groaned as Chloe continued on, "Beca! Truth or dare?"
"Uh...truth." Beca said offhandedly, still distracted by Chloe's question and answer.
"Okay," Chloe responded while grabbing on to Beca's hand under the blanket they were sharing, sensing her friends nervousness and not knowing how else to reassure her while the rest of the Bella's were in the room. "If you were to pick one thing that always makes you smile, what would it be?"
Seeing Chloe smile as she asked Beca her question, caused Beca's own lips slowly turn up into a bit of smile. "Your breakfast!" Beca responded enthusiastically, "Because if there are two things I love, it's your cooking, and waffles!" Her reaction made the rest of the Bella's laugh and Chloe just smiled and blushed slightly and Beca's response. "Lily, truth or dare?"
"...um..." Emily started, "she...um...left something about a bat meeting...?...ninja club...? I don't really know, she was just gone!"
"Oh okay," Beca responded as if this was a regular occurrence, and really it was! "I guess you're up them Legacy! Truth or Dare?"
"...dare." she said nervously, then more confidently "Yes, dare."
Fat Amy got up and quickly made her way over to Beca whispering something in her ear. Beca's smirk returned to her face as she turned to face a very worried Emily. "Emily, we dare you to slide down the stairs! It's a Bella tradition!"
"I'll demonstrate! Let's go skinny people!"
Aubrey went to the kitchen to grab the trashcan lid, "Please, no one break themselves! There is practice tomorrow!" Aubrey warned handing the lid over to Fat Amy who proceeded to make her less-than-graceful way down the stairs ending with a large bang at the end.
"You're up Legacy!" Fat Amy shouted from her awkward position on the floor. "Trust me, it's not as bad as it sounds!"
Emily leaned forward a bit causing the lid to carry her flying down the stairs straight towards all of the other Bella's, letting out an involuntary scream as she crashed into the side wall before bouncing down the rest of the way. "Oh...my...God...I'm never doing that again!" she said, looking rather scarred. As the rest of the Bella's and her made their way back to the living room. "Cynthia Rose, it looks like you're the only one left! Truth, or dare?"
"Dare."
"I dare you too...kiss Stacie." Emily replied with a smirk, as the rest of the Bella's laughed at the seductive glances the girls were sending each other before giving each other a small kiss on the lips and winking at each other as they pulled apart.
"Well...that's it for round one, Aca-people. We have practice tomorrow at 9:00 am sharp. Do not be late. Do not be hungover. Do not be tired. I'm going to bed. Good night." Aubrey said in a very even tone as she got up to leave. A few Bella's followed after her, like Jessica and Ashley, Flo, Lily (who had suddenly appeared out of no where) and Fat Amy until only Beca, Chloe, Stacie, Cynthia Rose and Emily remained.
"Do you want to keep playing?" Emily asked eagerly from the middle of the floor looking at the two pairs on the couches.
"Um... I'm going to go sit out on the porch." Chloe said getting up quietly, shooting a small smile at the rest of the girls.
Beca noticed the weird change in her friends behavior, so she quickly said her "good nights" and followed her out to the porch.
Emily looked around the room at who was left, it was just Stacie and Cynthia Rose looking at each other deep in thought so Emily quietly got up and left the room without the other two girls even looking up. "I'll just leave them to do whatever that was..." she muttered to herself.
...back out on the porch...
Chloe was hugging her knees to her chest rocking back and forth on the hanging chair. Beca walked over and sat down behind her, wrapping her arms around the small ball that was her best friend. Knowing she would talk when she was ready she just waited while holding on to her and once she felt tears soaking into her tshirt, she used her free hand to wipe them away.
"I'm...sor-ry. Be-ca." Chloe got out between gasps for air.
"For what, Chlo?" Beca asked confused.
"For what I said, I really I didn't mean it. I've been thinking about it all night."
"Aw, Chloe. It's okay, you told me it wasn't true!"
"I know, I just...I didn't know how to say the real person. I um...I didn't know how you would react, you or the rest of the Bellas."
"Who is it, Chlo? You don't have to tell me if you don't want to..." Beca said softly, squeezing her friend tighter as she felt her friend start to close up into herself. "Hey Chlo, look at me." she paused to let her friend turn her head, "It's just me, okay? I won't stop being me just because of one person, okay?" Chloe's eyes began to fill with more tears, as Beca leaned her head forward and pressed a gentle kiss to the top of Chloe's head. "Shh...it's okay. You're okay, Chloe. I'm okay. We're okay."
"Would we...um...be okay, if...that person-" Chloe's voice was getting caught in her tears or nerves she wasn't sure which so she was thankful for Beca's interruption.
"-that person, you wanted to kiss, was who?"
"...you." Chloe whispered quietly not sure if Beca heard.
Beca's head was spinning, Chloe just said she would kiss her, her! It's been so many years of her wondering if Chloe would ever feel the same way about her as she did about Chloe. Beca forgot how to speak, until Chloe tried to unwrap herself from Beca's arms to go upstairs, tears streaming down her face. But Beca's arms tightened around her. "Don't you dare leave me, Chloe. Not after that."
"Why? You don't feel the same way..." Chloe said feeling rejected.
"Chloe, I've felt the same way, and still feel the same now." Chloe looked up confused so Beca continued, "Chloe, if Aubrey would've asked me if I could've kissed anyone in the world, I would've picked you too."