Jesse ran back to the car with three bags in his hands. He quickly opened the back door and put them there before he went to his seat. He closed the door and shivered. "It's freaking cold outside! Not only is it raining it's also cold as hell..", he muttered before starting the car. She smiled and embraced the warm smell of fresh Chinese food. She loved Chinese food! One thing she loved about Jesse was also that he knew exactly when the right time to order was!
"Now let's go to the cupcake store!", he shouted happily, started the car and started driving back. She looked at the clock. 01.20am. "Is the cupcake store even open at this hour?", she asked him. "Yeah, there was some kind of event there tonight! It's open till 2am!", he smiled and drove as fast as he could, legally.
The cupcake store looked very crowded. There were cars parked outside, a lot of them. He parked next to the car right in front of the store. A car had just left that spot so he took it! When they parked they took a moment to just look at the store and at each other. "After a year we're finally going inside!", she said and took his hand. He squeezed her hand and smiled. "Let's go!".
They turned to their doors and got out. They walked around the car, Jesse took Beca's hand and together they walked towards the cupcake store.
Everything had bright colors inside. The walls were baby blue and pink. Some dots on the wall here and there. The tables looked like cupcakes upside down, huge cupcakes! Made out of glass and there was no line to the cupcakes. They walked towards all the cupcakes and looked at all the flavors. Tropic cupcake, banana cupcake, strawberry cupcake, lemon cupcake, caramel cupcake.. Everything!
They just stood there drooling over all the flavors when they heard a voice coming from behind the cupcakes. "Have you decided what you want yet?", the kindest voice in the world. Beca somehow recognized it. It reminded her of someone. Her heart started hurting, it reminded her of…
She looked up and saw Chloe Beale. Her crush from University. She always thought Chloe liked her back but then she got a boyfriend and moved as soon as they finished school. She never knew she moved to California. She was going to tell Chloe about her feelings on the graduation day but Chloe disappeared as soon as it was over. So did her boyfriend, so she assumed that they ran off together. She smiled but knew that it looked horrible. She wasn't smiling with her eyes
"Oh my god! Beca?", Chloe asked and covered her mouth. Beca nodded and kept smiling that horrible smile. Chloe ran behind the desk and basically threw herself at Beca. She looked at Jesse who had an evil smirk on his face just standing there enjoying the view. She put her hands around Chloe's waist. "I've missed you! I didn't find you on our graduation day!", Beca whispered as they just stood there hugging . Chloe didn't let go. "I've missed you too! I know, Tommy told me that the flight to California was leaving in an hour so we had to go get our bags and stuff", she whispered back and let go of Beca. Although she didn't want to let go of Chloe she had to, otherwise it would seem weird. Chloe took a step back and looked at Jesse. "I'm noticing the ring! Who's the lucky guy?", she asked and hugged Jesse. "His name is Robert", Jesse answered and hugged her back. Chloe took a step back to see them both at the same time. She smiled. "So I own this store. I bake cupcakes and sell them. I love it! So do you guys do?", she asked and looked at Beca. She cleared her throat. "I work at Sam's bar right across the street. Sam's my brother", she said and smiled. Chloe gasped. "We've been working so close to each other but still we haven't seen each other!". Beca only nodded. Chloe turned to Jesse with a smile. "I work at the radio station.. JessHour. That's me", he said proudly. "That's you?", Chloe asked surprised. Jesse nodded. Still very proud. They got interrupted by someone calling Jesse. He looked at it and turned around to take the call.
"So how are you these days?", Chloe asked. Beca didn't feel like there was a lot to say to each other. They were friends, of course but not that close. They never spoke about anything other than their acapella choir. She nodded. "Good.. Just good! I'm currently living with Jesse. I work at the bar a lot..", she responded. "How about you? How have you been doing? Tommy's still so perfect?", Beca asked and smiled. Chloe looked a little sad when Beca asked her that. "Well I'm just fine. I moved here to get a fresh start. I moved here with Tommy and he helped me get the store, but I got so dedicated and he thought I spent too much time at the bakery and not as much time with him so he broke up with me", she answered and looked down. Beca wanted to give Chloe another hug but Jesse walked over to them and told them that it was Robert calling. He was wondering where they were and if they're were coming home any time soon, so they had to hurry a little. Chloe nodded and ran behind the desk again and asked which flavors we would like.
"I know that Beca probably wants the white chocolate one, Robert would want the raspberry and I'd like the banana cupcake", Jesse said. Chloe got the cupcakes and smile. "It's on the house. Come by more often!", she said and gave them the bag. Jesse smiled, leaned in and kissed her on the cheek. "Thanks". Beca only smiled and thanked her.
When they got out of the store Beca pushed Jesse gently. "You knew she was working there, you bastard", she smiled saying it as they were getting in to the car. "Yeah I sort of did. Robert did inform me of who owns the place and I saw Chloe's name and I happened to remember someone who had a huge crush on her back in the days. Thought it'd be fun to see your face when you'd see her. Believe me it was priceless! Wish I'd gotten that on tape!", he laughed and started the car. Beca smiled. She wasn't mad. In fact she was happy. They were working so close to each other and now that they knew where the other one is there is no chance in hell that they won't meet again. "Thank you", she murmured while fastening the seatbelt. The way home was quiet. Beca was just looking out the window and Jesse was focused on the road.
When they stepped inside the apartment with the bags Robert appeared out of nowhere with a big smile. "Finally! I'm starving", he said and took the bags. Beca bent down to untie her convers while Jesse just kicked his shoes off and walked in to the kitchen after Robert. She went straight for the living room. She was so tired from work today but yet so hungry! She laid down on the big black sofa and turned the tv on. Netflix was on. The one things loved the most was the nights when Robert, Jesse and her and movie nights with Chinese food. Jesse walked in to the living room with hers and his food. He gave her the box and and sat down next to her. "So what are we watching?", he asked. She started looking through the movies. "I don't know.. What do you want to watch?", she asked. Robert walked in to the living room with his food and a plate with cupcakes. "Didn't we say that we were going to watch the first episode of "Breakout kings". It was suggested after we watched "Orange is the new black"!", Robert said and sat down next to Jesse. Beca nodded. "Right!", she said and clicked on the tv-show to start the first episode. While eating she wasn't that concentrated on the show. She just couldn't stop thinking about Chloe. Jesse and Rob were working tomorrow so she was practically alone. Maybe Chloe was working too?
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