I Will Never Stop Loving You
Chapter 7
Beca woke up with golden sunlight streaming through the window, creating an angelic profile over Chloe, she grabbed her phone to capture the perfect scene in front of her. Crisp white sheets covering Chloe's body, her slim leg out from under the duvet, auburn hair flowing across the pillow like a river. Beca slipped back under the covers, Chloe automatically snuggled into her hooking Beca's leg between her own, resting her head on Beca's shoulder and sliding her arm across Beca's flat stomach protectively. Beca slipped her arm around her girlfriends neck and started lazily tracing patterns across Chloe's arm. Chloe sighed and pulled Beca closer, Beca looked up at the dust dancing in the sunlight and rested her head against Chloe's.
Chloe still had to work, so they went to breakfast at a small diner near the hotel, Beca ordered pancakes with Nutella and coffee, Chloe had blueberry pancakes and some gross looking green smoothie that is "actually really healthy, Beca… you should try it…" But they both knew Beca you rather jump off a cliff than drink anything that looks remotely healthy. After breakfast they went their separate ways, Chloe went off to work, and Beca was left alone. Beca hadn't thought about this, the fact that even when she was there, Chloe still had to work. Beca didn't know anyone in Las Vegas, so she had no one to meet with. This was the first time she had been here since she had turned 21 and they took a Bella holiday to 'get smashed and lose money' as Cynthia Rose described it.
She first went to find a 'Welcome to Las Vegas' sign to take a selfie next to, she promised Jesse, he loved that tourist shit, she quickly posted it to Twitter before waving to an Elvis impersonator. Beca's writing had been more and more in demand, but she's suffering from a bit of a writers block, so she thought a walk may give her some ideas, she was also on the look out for a nice coffee shop or restaurant to take Chloe to. She came across a small park, she sat down on a bench and got out her notebook to write some thoughts and feelings, you know, to get the creativity flowing, but it wasn't really doing it for her, the lyrics were just wishy washy, they had no… oomph.
She was interrupted from her thoughts when she heard her name being called, she looked around, but all she could see was a man running towards her, she looked at him and realised he was shouting her name. She stood up and tucked her notebook in her back pocket protectively. The man stopped a little way from Beca, with his hands on his knees gasping for breath. He spoke between his laboured breathing
"Oh my god… You're Beca Mitchell!… I love… your work… please… oh my god… I'm freaking out!"
Beca didn't know what to do, she just thought what would Chloe do in this situation?
"Oh, thank you" she started "Please take a seat, catch your breath" She said pointing to the bench, internally congratulating herself for acting like a normal human being. "Whats your name?"
"Dan" he replied, his breathing evening out.
"Well thank you for listening to my music, Dan, it means a lot" Beca said truthfully, she still can't believe other people, strangers, are listening to her music.
"No no, thank you! I think it's amazing!" he chuckled "even that one with Taylor Swift, but don't tell anyone I said that" He whispered
"That's very kind of you to say" Beca looked at Dan, he was very muscly, obviously worked out a lot, probably in the college football team, popular, confident, exactly the person Beca wasn't, but right now he was looking very nervous, so Beca decided to help him out a little.
"Did you want a picture or an autograph or something?" She felt so awkward saying that, like anyone would want a picture of her.
"Yes! Please that would be amazing!" He got out his phone and took the selfie, he looked back at his phone smiling at the photo
"My girlfriend's going to be super jealous! I asked her to come on my run with me, she usually does but she couldn't be bothered today, haha!" He laughed
"How far do you live? I could wait if she really wants to meet me…" Beca offered
"That is so kind, but no, I've been jogging for over an hour and I run at, like, double her speed" He said amazed at how generous his favourite musician was being.
"Oh my god! You know what you should do! FaceTime her!" Beca said, getting as excited as Dan was.
"You would do that?" He questioned
"Sure!" Dan got out his phone, as it was ringing beca asked
"What's her name?"
"Emma" The ringing stopped
"Hey babe, what's up?" Emma said
"I just wanted to show you what you're missing out on by being lazy…"
"If it's another squirrel…" Her voice stopped in her throat as Dan passed is phone over to Beca
"Hi Emma! What you up to?" Beca asked smiling, lets just say, Emma freaked out.
"Fucking Shit! You're… literally… OH MY FUCKING GOD!" Beca and Dan burst into laughter while Emma was completely LOOSING HER SHIT.
"Hey… umm… Beca?" Emma timidly asked
"Yeah?"
"Can I take a screen shot of this"
"Yeah, of course!" Beca posed for the screenshot before chatting with Emma and Dan for a little longer before she had to leave, they hung up and she said goodbye to Dan, just before she walked away, Dan stopped her
"Beca, sorry… just… thank you for doing that… Emma, she hasn't had the best couple of months… It means a lot."
"Really, it was my pleasure, take care" She waved and walked away, smiling at how somehow just spending 10 minutes with them have made them happy, that is a great feeling. She took out her phone and called Chloe
Hi, You've reached Chloe Beale, leave a message!
"Ugh! Voicemail" Beca sighed
Beca found a cafe to use the free wifi, she ordered a coffee and sat in the window so she could watch the world go by. She searched for a fancy restaurant to take Chloe, none of them on TripAdvisor were jumping out to her, although she did see a nice looking tea shop, something that was perfect for Chloe. She ordered another coffee then sat for a while watching people walk past the front of the coffee shop, her sunglasses on, she closed her eyes enjoying the sunlight.
Buzz. Buzz. Her phone vibrated on the table, she picked it up with out looking
"Hello, Beca Mitchell" She said in her 'I'm a professional' voice
"Oh my god! Do you really say that every time?"
"Oh! Hey Taylor" she replied ignoring the laughter on the other end, "What's up?"
"I have Ed here…" Taylor started
"No fucking way!" Beca yelled, before looking around at the people scowling at her "Sorry" She apologised to the couple directly behind her before turning back to the window.
"Yeah, he said he hasn't heard form you since yunno, the incident."
"Well I didn't think he would want to work with me after, well, not being the most polite human being"
"Hang on he wants to talk to you" Taylor said before handing her phone to Ed
"Of course I still want to work with you! All I see is a very passionate, caring and loving person" He explained
"Oh, thank you…" Beca was a bit taken back by the comment "well I would love to work with you, but I'm out in Las Vegas at the moment…"
"Yeah, I know… we'll have to postpone it for a couple of weeks…" He said thinking about his busy schedule
"Wait, how do you know I'm out here?" Beca said very confused and slightly scared
"You posted it on Twitter you idiot!" Taylor shouted in the background
"What and you follow ME on Twitter?" Surprised that anyone would want to follow her
"Yeah loads of people do, you have over half a million followers!"
"Really, how do you know that!"
"Because it tells you! Just ask Chloe to explain it I'm sure she's not an old granny with technology!" Taylor said exasperated
"Well, that' a bit uncalled for. I mean I only used it to send stuff to my friends…" Beca explained
"You need to use it professionally! It's a great way to promote your music and connect to your fans" Taylor, a Twitter expert, explained
"Oh, maybe I should use it a bit more than I do…"
"Yes you should!"
"OK! I will! Anyway I'm not sure when I'll back, probably in the next few days, but I drove out so I can come back whenever." Beca explained, excited to get working with Ed.
"Ok sounds good, I want you to look at a couple songs and tell me what you think, if that's ok… and I've half written one that I'd love to work with you on!" He said, sounding just as excited as Beca
"Ok, well I'll call when I'm back in LA, or you can arrange something with Kelly or whats-his-face, or who ever you're supposed to call… I don't know…"
"You really are oblivious to the world you live in aren't you…" Taylor said laughing at the shorter girl
"Yep! See you soon then guys"
"Bye" Taylor and Ed replied in unison
They hung up, and Beca decided to go back to the hotel to get some work done, she's been working closely with Meghan Trainor, but she's still yet to complete the chord progression in one song, and that's been bugging her for weeks. She casually strolled back the way she came, she tried calling Chloe again, but it went to voicemail, so she just sent a text.
Hey babe, going back to the hotel to do some work. Call me when you're free xxx
That's it! Thank you so much for reading
I am so sorry this took so long but real life got in the way :( I will try to post the next chapter sooner but no promises
Please review, tell me what you want to see in later chapters or artists you want to see feature
A/N: I have very little knowledge of the USA, as you can probably tell, so please forgive me on any mistakes (sometimes Google does not help) and also I don't know how to Twitter so I had to guess that bit.
Love ya!
~OddSocksForLife