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Chloe didn't have class and spent the whole morning getting ready to see her new favourite brunette. After showering, she spent at least 45 minutes sifting through her many clothes. Chloe settled on wearing a dark and light blue plaid summer dress that she'd only bought about two weeks before. Once she'd settled on a pair of dark blue pumps to match her dress, Chloe sat cross legged in front of her mirror to do her makeup. Unlike a few days before, she just quickly brushed on her foundation and applied a layer of lip gloss. Just before she left, Chloe looked down at her wrist and smiled at the purple bracelet. Her mind filled with pictures of Beca and her smile grew.

"I'm going now Bree." Chloe half shouted into the apartment she shared with her blonde best friend.

"Okay, just remember; No sex on the first date." Aubrey said in reply whilst walking out of her bedroom with a smirk on her face.

"Hey I'm not that bad. Plus, it's not a date. I'm just going for coffee with her. Anyway, how come you're calling this a date but not the other two times I've seen Beca?" Chloe was trying very hard not to blush at the idea of going on a real life date with Beca, let alone doing anything more to the brunette. Aubrey looked at Chloe, smirking even more.

"Don't give me that shit Beale. You're totally hooking up with Beca. Don't question my logic. Now go or you'll be late." Aubrey said, pushing Chloe out of the door. "Be good!" the blonde shouted as she walked away.

"Yes mother!" Chloe shouted in return. She practically ran to her car and wasted no time in starting the engine and driving away.

She pulled up outside the coffee shop 10 minutes later, and spent a few extra seconds in the car to compose herself before exiting into the summer sun. Her hair and skin were glowing in the almost heavenly light. She walked into the coffee shop and found Beca sat in a booth right in the very corner of the shop, idly stirring her drink, staring out of the window. Chloe decided to get her own back for Beca's jump scare a few days before and snuck up behind Beca, ready to scare her.

"Chloe do you really think that a badass like me wouldn't notice first of all, your beaming red hair outside in the sun, and second of all, that you'd most definitely try scare me after I made you take off in fright the other day?" Beca said without taking her eyes off the trees outside. Chloe simply pouted and huffed in annoyance that she didn't get her revenge on the younger girl. "Stop huffing and drink your coffee Red." Beca said, smirking and turning to drink her hot chocolate with marshmallows. Chloe sat down, her pout replaced with a smile and crimson cheeks. She didn't know why but Beca using that nickname gave her serious butterflies. She took a sip of her latte before replying to the brunette.

"Are marshmallows in mint hot chocolate badass too?" She said, giggling a little.

"Pink and white is the new definition of badass. Didn't you know?" Beca said again, with her trademark smirk. After a few too many seconds of silence, she looked up from her drink to see the redhead making direct eye contact. Which needless to say was something Beca usually avoided, however Chloe's eyes where something to marvel at. The reflection from the trees moving outside made the colour in her eyes dance. Chloe had a content look in her eyes before she spoke up, snapping the brunette from her trance.

"You never cease to amaze me Becs'." She said, still staring at the brunette.

"Well ya'know, I do try." Beca replied with a wink, making Chloe's stomach do flips. Beca gave a smug smile and the redhead's reaction to her gesture. The redhead went back to drinking her latte and looked thoughtfully out of the window whilst doing so.

"Beca, can I go on a real date with you?" Chloe asked, still staring out the window.

"Chloe… I-"

"No, wait and listen to what I have to say." Chloe said, turning her eyes back to Beca, before taking the brunettes hand in her own. "I told you last night that I'd always be there for you, and I will Beca. I've realised that you're trying not let yourself get attached. That you're scared you'll lose someone else, but you will never lose me. I don't know anything about your past Beca, but I want to know you. I want to know all about you. I want to help you." Chloe paused for a moment and started fiddling with the bracelet on Beca's right wrist. "I want to help you through this okay? Please Beca? I won't push you to do or say anything, I just don't want you to face this alone okay?" Chloe squeezed Beca's hand and felt a light squeeze in return. Chloe broke into a smile yet Beca kept her eyes down, avoiding contact with the redheads. Beca nervously raised her head, tears glazing her eyes.

"Chloe you have to understand that I don't let anyone in. I act all mysterious and flirty. Playing the confident sarcastic badass. I've had a sickening number of one night stands because I found girls hot, but I never let them in. But you… you broke my walls down from the second I met you. You're different to everyone else. I trust you Chloe... I haven't trusted anyone in a very long time…" Beca's hands were shaking, her voice trembling more and more with every word. Yet the brunette never let a single tear fall. Chloe wondered how she did it, how she just held everything in. "What you saw the other night? That was just a glimpse into my actual life. Do you understand that?" Chloe nodded in agreement, tears forming in her eyes.

"Thank you Beca, I know it isn't easy for you to open up like that and I appreciate it… I like you Beca…" Chloe began, knowing that even though she'd only known the brunette for a few days, she wanted to say much more than like. "I like you a lot." Chloe blushed a little at her own confession. Which resulted in a genuine smile from Beca, who in this moment of weakness allowed a single tear to fall. It was then that Chloe let out a giggle, her heart-warming bubbly giggle that Beca adored. Beca eventually broke into laugher with the Redhead. They both found it amazing that despise the gravity of the conversation they just had, they were both completely happy now, knowing that the other was there.

"I think I like you too Chlo'. I don't know why I didn't properly realise it. Because you're an adorable, funny, beautiful girl and I really should have noticed my own feeling sooner. I run so much from everything but you make me want to stop running. I mean dude, I gave you a key to my shitty apartment." Beca giggled a little. A rare expression from the brunette. "So yeah I really like you too." Beca said, putting more and more emotion into her words as she spoke. With this the two just looked longingly into each other's eyes.

The two girls eventually broke back into conversation. Until Beca asked Chloe something she'd never actually asked anyone to do.

"Chloe… do you wanna stay round mine tonight? I mean, we could have a nice night in. I could cook an Italian and I have some age old wine that I've never had a good excuse to open." Beca seemed quite excited. However her smile soon disappeared when the redhead didn't reply straight away. However the brunette was more than relieved when Chloe actually spoke.

"Beca that sounds great! Oh my god yes!" Chloe burst out. Clapping her hands and jumping around in her seat.

"Alright calm down there Beale, you might break something." Beca said, grinning. "If you go back to yours now, and sort out anything you need to get sorted, and then I'll clean up my apartment ready for you to come round at about 7?" Beca said.

"That sounds great!" Chloe said. Beca stood and offered her arm to Chloe. The redhead gladly took it and Beca walked the older girl back to her car.

"I'll see you later Becs'." Chloe said just before getting in her car and driving off. Leaving Beca with a giant smile on her face and probably the biggest heap of accomplishment ever.

. . .

The two girls waited until after the meal to open the wine, mainly because they both wanted to stay up later and get drunk watching crappy films, so drinking earlier would mean they'd probably both KO before midnight. When Beca came into the living room with a bottle of wine, Chloe's eyes widened.

"Becs', that's Quinta Do Novel! Do you know how much that costs?!" Chloe exclaimed, in pure shock.

"I dunno, it's just some wine my…" Beca hesitated for a moment. "My mom had before I moved out. She told me to only ever open it on a very special occasion so it's been going wherever I have for years, without me ever even having a wiff of the stuff." Beca said, not knowing anything of the wine's actual value.

"Beca that's just over a thousand dollars a bottle, are you sure?" Choe asked timidly.

"I'm sure." Beca said, smiling as she poured a large glass of wine for each of them. She lifted her glass in the air. "To the future." Beca said confidently, grinning now.

"To the future." Chloe mimicked also smiling. They lowered their glasses and took a sip of the wine. The two girls almost collapsed in content at the perfection of the beverage. They continued to talk, and both girls thought these moments were entirely perfect.

After breaking into a fit of laughter over a funny picture of a pug, the two girls were interrupted by the sound of the doorbell. Even though it was approaching 1 in the morning and it confused the girls that anyone would really be awake, let alone knocking on Beca's door, Beca opened the door with a smile on her face which disappeared the second she laid eyes on the girl stood in front of her. She was about two inches taller than Beca, with pale skin and similar brown hair. However it was much straighter.

"Rachel?" Beca questioned.

"I'm back Beca."