"What about her?"

Beca was absentmindedly pulled out of her zone of focus by Chloe's voice. The pair were sitting on the quad, Beca working on her latest mix, and Chloe studying.

"Hm?" Beca murmured, looking up at Chloe's gesture toward a girl walking by.

"Wait, don't look now,…okay now look!" Chloe said as the girl looked their way while walking by.

Beca looked at the girl quickly and then turned back to face Chloe.

"Um, it doesn't really work like that Chlo." She replied, returning her stare to her computer screen.

"What do you mean?" Chloe asked

Beca chuckled.
"It means I can't tell if they're my 'type' by just looking at them. Girls are my 'type' but I can't tell their personality by just looking at them…besides, I've dated a few different kinds of girls. It really just depends on their personality." She said

"Soo, looks don't matter?" Chloe asked

"No. Definitely didn't say that. What I mean is, yeah, I can agree that girl is pretty. Hot, even. But it doesn't necessarily mean I'm attracted to her, just by that." Beca told the older girl.

"Oh, I see..hmm…" Chloe responded

"Since when are you my matchmaker?" Beca asked the older girl with an amused look on her face. Ever since she had come out to her best friend, she had been enthusiastically questioning the DJ about related topics (she almost died of laughter when Chloe asked her if she watched the L Word.) It was kind of cute how interested the red head was about her love life, past and present. Beca kind of liked the attention from Chloe, and she could swear there was a hint of jealousy in Chloe's demeanor whenever she responded, but she knew better than to believe it meant anything.

"Relax, I'm not signing you up for the bachelorette for anything. I'm just trying to…" She paused looking for the right non-intrusive term, "figure you out." She finished

"Figure me out? Haven't you already done that?" Beca asked, mentally noting how Chloe pretty much already knew all there was to know about her, even if the red head didn't actually realize it.

Chloe giggled. A sound that never failed to make Beca smile, even if it was only slightly out of the side of her mouth.

"I've knocked some walls down, but I've hardly figured you out, Beca Mitchell." Chloe stated, grabbing a water bottle out of her bag and taking a sip.

"Well you're going about it entirely the wrong way…and aren't you supposed to be studying?" Beca said, her infamous smirk still plastered on her face.

"I am! I'm studying the elusive, bad ass DJ, Beca Mitchell and all of her ways." Chloe replied with emphasis on the last part.

"Well, I'm sorry to say you're failing." Beca told the older girl sarcastically.

"And here I am, back at square one!" Chloe said, throwing her hands up in mock frustration. Beca just let out a laugh.

"So, listen…" Beca nervously began, tucking her hair behind her ear and turning her gaze over to Chloe.
"One of my favorite DJ's is playing this venue down the street from campus Friday night and I've got two tickets courtesy of Luke and the radio station, would you wanna go with?" Beca asked casually. Meanwhile, her stomach was doing flips in anticipation of Chloe's answer. Her mind had been debating her all day on whether she should ask Chloe or not. I mean, surely on a Friday night, Chloe could find some better way to occupy her time than hangout with Beca and see someone she has never heard of before, like wash her hair, or clean her room, or something of actual importance, right?

"Yeah, I'd love to!" Chloe quickly responded.

'Of course she's totally busy…wait, did she just say she'd go? What!?'

"Seriously? You'd be down to check it out?" Beca asked, obviously bewildered that Chloe had agreed right off the bat. She didn't even say she'd check her schedule, like she does to most guys who try to spend time with her.

"Why do you sound so surprised? You know I love music, Becs." She told the younger girl as she flipped through her notebook.

"Wasn't sure if you were into that scene…I asked Jesse but he's more into classic rock and kind of shrugged it off" Beca told her

"Oh. So I was your second choice?" She asked the younger girl playfully

"No! That's not what I meant. I mean, I only asked Jesse first cause he was there when Luke gave me the tickets but it was kind of just like a considerate gesture, I know he'd have a horrible time, and I'd probably not even notice him having a horrible time and then be a horrible friend, and…"

"You're doing that thing where you ramble again, Becs" Chloe said, cutting off the DJ with a cute smile.

Beca grunted.
"I wasn't rambling, I was explaining…totally different." She argued

"No, you were definitely rambling there. But whatever, it's adorable." Chloe said nonchalantly.

'Okay what universe is this? Not only has Chloe agreed to hang out with me but now she just told me my rambling is adorable. Maybe I should ramble more often?..'

"Beca?"

The younger girl was again brought out of a daze by the beautiful red head.

"Huh? What?" She asked looking at her, noticing Chloe's crystal blue eyes were dead locked with hers.

"I asked you who the DJ is. Is it David Guetta?" Chloe asked

Beca laughed.
"No, it's not David Guetta. His stage name is Girl Talk, and he basically takes all these amazing songs and throws them together so that the album is one track. His style is so innovative…it's like one huge mash up of all of his favorite songs, songs that are so random separately, but fit together so perfectly." She explained

"Kind of like what you do?" Chloe asked gesturing to Beca's laptop.

"Yeah. Except he's way better at it." Beca scoffed

"I believe I'll be the better judge of that. Well, maybe not since I'm already biased." She told the younger girl with a wink.
"Shit, I've gotta get to class, it's already 15 past!" Chloe said after casually looking at her phone. She collected her things in a hurry and stood up.

"Kay, we'll talk about Friday more after Bella's practice tonight." Beca said, sporting a frown that the older girl was leaving. Chloe was so studious, if it was Beca, she would've definitely blown off class without a mention to the older girl about it. Chloe was still on her ass about going to her lectures and completing her work.

"Sounds dope!" Chloe exclaimed as she began to walk off

"We really need to find you another phrase!" Beca shouted as she laughed and watched the red head turn around and throw her a wink before speeding off to her lecture hall.

The semi-finals were right around the corner and Beca couldn't believe how quickly the year was going by. It seemed like just yesterday she had arrived on campus with a countdown in her head of how many days until she'd be on her way to LA and the real world. Since she had gotten caught up in the entire aca-world (how gay does that sound?) she had forgotten all about her countdown, and though she wouldn't mention it to anyone, she kind of didn't want it to end. She was mostly hung up on the fact that she would miss the shit out of Jesse and Chloe, her two besties, but she couldn't deny that she'd miss the Bella's and their antics, except for Aubrey of course. Aubrey she could gladly leave behind.

"Beca! Make sure you watch your last step before the transition, it's off." Aubrey scolded after they had ran through their routine for the thousandth time or so. Beca responded with a mere eye roll. The routine was tired and she really didn't give a damn, there was no way the Bella's were even going to place.

"Really? I thought her step was perfect." Chloe contested, shooting Beca a wink.

Aubrey just frowned and shot Beca a death glare.

"Don't debate this with me Chloe, we can't afford any mistakes, this is where it counts. Alright, everyone, let's go again from the top!" Aubrey demanded with a clap.

The girls groaned collectively as they all took their places. Clearly Beca wasn't the only one who thought their routine was shitty. It really was a shame that Aubrey was so obsessed with the previous year's events that she couldn't even see how awful everything was, not to mention Beca thought it was totally selfish of Aubrey to have so much control over The Bella's for her own personal gain instead of including the others in what they were all forced to do, or even letting Chloe have a little more say. At this point though, Beca knew there was no use in speaking against it anymore, Aubrey had the pitch pipe and didn't care about anything or anyone else.

After rehearsing for another hour, Aubrey finally called it.

"Alright girls, trust me, if we can nail this routine at Semi-Finals, without any surprises.."
She paused for a moment and glared at Fat Amy as a warning before continuing, "..then we'll be off to Lincoln Center!" She said enthusiastically.

Beca scoffed, maybe a little too audibly, but she couldn't help it. Was Aubrey seriously trying to motivate these girls and convince them that their routine was amazing? Beca wasn't a team player, but she had researched the other groups just so see what they were actually up against and they were definitely fucked, she didn't have the heart to say it to anyone but she couldn't believe that Aubrey thought they were going to win, let alone place.

"Hands. In." Aubrey said through clenched teeth, shooting Beca another displeasing look.

After practice, Beca lingered and waited for Chloe to finish up with Aubrey so she could chat her up about the show Friday night. As usual, she had her oversized headphones on blasting one of her most recent mixes when she suddenly felt them being removed and hands covering her eyes. Just as she was about to whip around and beat the shit out of whomever it was, she heard a familiar voice.

"Guess who?"

"Jesus Christ Chloe! I almost started throwing hooks!" Beca said as Chloe removed her hands and Beca turned to see a giggling Chloe.

"You're paranoid, did you know that?" Chloe asked, still giggling.

"I live in a city, it's called being street smart! How was I supposed to know it was you and not some crazy maniac trying to rob me?" The small DJ exclaimed.

"Well, I would've been pretty pissed if you had punched me, so thanks for not, I guess." Chloe said, still looking amused at how she had scared the younger girl.

"You would've definitely deserved it, so you can't blame a girl." Beca informed her

"That's not nice!" Chloe exclaimed with a pout which just made Beca chuckle lightly. They began to walk and Chloe instinctively linked her arm with Beca's as they began to bullshit about their day.

"Are you excited for Semi-Finals?" Beca asked sarcastically, not knowing it was actually a sore spot for the ginger. She had been excited for her senior year and to be captain of the Bella's, but because of Aubrey's control, she hadn't been as involved as she wanted and with the decision to do last year's routine and barely making it through regionals, Chloe knew that her last year with the Bella's wouldn't be as an ICCA champion.

"I've been trying to talk to Aubrey about easing up on tradition the entire season and I just couldn't break through. I'm not as excited as if we were doing something new, but I guess competing is exciting enough." Chloe answered in a disappointed tone. Suddenly Beca felt bad for the older girl.

"Well if by some miracle we advance at the Semi-Finals, maybe we could work on a new arrangement to pitch to Aubrey together?" Beca offered in a hopeful tone.

Chloe smiled. "I'd like that, a lot. Working with you would definitely be a treat. Although, I don't know how Aubrey would take it…you certainly enjoy pissing her off." Chloe teased

"I'm sorry, I just find so much joy in making little comments that I know will go straight up her ass!" Beca confessed "It's like my new favorite hobby." The brunette added

"Enough Bella's talk…so tell me more about this show we're going to Friday night"

"Okay, well it's at Bar One and I think it starts at 9? So we should head out a little early, grab something to eat on the way." Beca responded smoothly.

"It sounds a lot like a date." Chloe said, nudging the younger girl slightly, unbeknownst to her that Beca almost lost her balance at the comment alone.

"If that's what you consider a date, then we've dating for months" Beca said with one of her signature smirks, flirting confidently. She loved that she had gotten to the point to where she could do that with the older girl.

"See, we're going steady and I didn't even know it! Ya know, I've never dated a girl before." Chloe said

"Really? So you've never experienced the fairer sex?" Beca asked, honestly excited for Chloe's response and dreading it at the same time

"Ah, well experienced, yes. Dated…no." Chloe stated. Beca knew she was sporting a bewildered look and wiped it off her face as soon as she could. "I mean, it is college."

Okay, so Chloe has hooked up with girls before. Beca couldn't help but feel some excitement…could it be that her and Chloe could actually be a possibility? This information sat very well with Beca.

"Well, you probably just haven't met the right girl to sweep you off your feet, for more than sex, that is." Beca replied, her voice laced with cockiness

"Guess not." The ginger replied with a simple shrug.

Before Beca knew it, they were at Chloe's campus apartment and the older girl was saying good night.

"Wait!" Chloe said as Beca was turning to leave. The younger girl whipped around, her full attention on the red head. Chloe pulled her into the biggest hug she had ever received from someone.
"I almost forgot that."

"Yes, you certainly love to hug." Beca said with a winded breath. For some reason the bubbly girl's hugs still always caught her off guard and knocked the wind out of her. "Goodnight, Chlo" She added shortly after.

"Goodnight Becs" Chloe responded, lightly kissing the DJ on the cheek before turning to go inside.

Beca stood for a moment with a shocked expression on her face, her fingers lightly tracing the spot that Chloe had graced with her lips.

'Did that really just happen?'

There was a very dangerous line that was being balanced here, the line between friends and something more. There were birds in her ear and a devil on her shoulder, and right now, she was listening to both of them.