A/N: Hope you guys didn'tmiss me too much, I'm back with Chapter 6. I hope you guys Enjoy! Let me know what you think. :)
Beca got to Jesse's, scrambling to get this ready before Chloe gets here. She noticed she is spending a lot more time on the way she looks. She doesn't know why this one particular girl is making her feel like this. People start piling in, more than Jesse intended for sure. Beca made her way to the kitchen where Benji and Emily were sitting on the island in the middle of the room. She sat there for what seemed like an hour just talking to them and catching up on the day, it started to get way too crowded for her so she made her way out to the backyard and went up to this treehouse Beca and Jesse have had since they were kids. She likes to go up here every once in a while to think or clear her mind. She was looking up at the stars, admiring how bright and beautiful they are, gleaming in the night sky.
Chloe arrived soon after with Aubrey by her side. They walk through the house trying to find Amy, Bumper and Stacie. As they were walking to find the rest of the group they were stopped by Jesse.
"Hey guys, glad you came."
"Thanks for having us, Jesse." Chloe smiled.
Chloe noticed Aubrey getting all nervous and playing with the string at the end of her shirt. It was no secret Aubrey had a crush on Jesse but she never though it was this bad. "Hey, stop. Just go try and talk to him."
"No no no, I can't."
"Why not?"
"I'm not the kind of girl he would be interested in."
"How do you know if you wont even try to talk to him. I can hook you up, I know people."
Aubrey furrowed her eyebrows. "You "know" people? Last time I checked you were the new one here. Who exactly do you know that can get me in with Jesse Swanson?"
"Beca." She winked.
"You're that in with Beca Mitchell that you can get her to help us get together?"
"Maybe. You'll just have to wait and see or you can just go talk to him. He's such a nice guy I doubt he'll turn you away."
"What do I even say?"
"Just start by asking him questions about lacrosse or something, just go! You'll have to live with the regret for the rest of your life if you don't do it now."
"Fine. Will you be okay by yourself?"
"Yeah, ill go try and find Amy and them. I want all the details when you return."
And like that Aubrey went off to talk to Jesse. Chloe watched them for a bit smiling when they finally started to interact. They were smiling and laughing and Chloe felt happy for her friend, hoping for the best out of that conversation. She went off to go find the rest of the gang, scoping out all the rooms and downstairs and couldn't seem to find them the she figured they must be out in the backyard so she went to go check there. It was such a nice night, the sky was a dark navy blue, the air was brisk, the wind setting the rustling of fallen leaves. The air was cool but not too cool. The street lights illuminated the sidewalk and the air was quiet, other than the people in the back trying to party.
As she was glancing up at the sky, something or someone caught her eye, lying on the wood floor of a treehouse, only then she realized it was Beca. She decided to climb up there and see what she was doing excluding herself from the party. Beca didn't hear her come up there. Her eyes were closed and she looked so relaxed and Chloe almost felt guilty for coming up here to pop the bubble she was in but there was no turning back now.
"What are you doing all the way up here?" She smiled. Beca jumped and turned to her left to see a bubbly redhead getting down to lay beside her.
"Nothing. I was getting bored and wanted to get away for a bit, I always come up here."
"I don't blame you, this place is cool."
There were twinkly lights hung up around the ceiling and some lanterns around the windows. There was what almost looked like bunk beds built out of wood against the walls with mattresses and blankets. There was a comfy rug with some bean bag chairs and lots of pillows on the floor. There were wooden cabinets which had snacks in them and just outside there was what looked like a porch with a hammock. There was lots of room in this treehouse. It seemed like it was built for about eight people to sleep in it. Beca and Chloe were on the porch side lying on the ground looking up at the stars.
"Seriously Bec, this place is awesome! I would totally spend all my time here. Who built it?"
"My uncle, aka Jesse's dad. It used to be smaller but we made it bigger as time went along. I'd say we had it completely done within six years? We started out here when me and Jesse were younger so we didn't need that much space. But as we got older we wanted it to be bigger, so we can do more stuff or have friends up here. It turned out pretty good."
"Pretty awesome, I'm jealous. That's it, I'm inspired. I'm building my own tree house, bigger and better than this one." Beca laughed.
"Then I'm just gonna keep adding onto this one to out do yours."
"Ah, competitive. I'm learning so much about you. What else don't I know about you Beca Mitchell? Lay it all on me."
"What do you want to know?"
"Everything. What you like, what you dislike. Fears, hopes, dreams, phobia's, habits. I just want to know you." Beca smiled, it warms her heart Chloe wants to know the little things and that she seems so interested.
"Well, I like music, I dislike pineapple, my fea-" Chloe cut her off.
"Wait, wait, wait, you don't like pineapple?!" She said incredulously.
"I don't hate pineapple I just don't like how sour they are."
"That's it, that's where I draw the line. We can't be friends anymore goodbye." She said in a sarcastic tone and went to go get up and walk away but Beca grabbed her arm laughing.
"No, don't go. I'm sorry, ill eat pineapple now." Chloe laughed went to lye back down next to Beca.
"I can't believe you don't like pineapple, it's the best!"
"They're too juicy."
"All fruits are Juicy."
"Yes, but pineapples are this bitter type of juicy, I'm not that big of a fan."
"The juice is the best part, you're crazy."
"I can't wait to go back down there and when were questioned about what we've been doing up here, ill just say. 'Oh we've just been discussing pineapple for the past hour, you know, the usual.' Both girls giggling.
"Honestly, I think I could have gone all night arguing with you about how pineapples are a gift from god."
"Lets move on from pineapples, unless you don't want to know any of the answers to the other questions you gave me."
"You're right. Please, continue." Making a gesture with her hand signaling her to move on to the next answer.
"Okay. So fears, definitely being buried alive. Hopes and dreams are one day becoming a music producer. Phobia is not being good enough and habits are cracking my knuckles or sleeping in too late." Chloe smiled.
"What about you Beale? I want to know as much about you as I can. I want to know the little things, the big things, what makes you laugh, cry, sad, happy. Let's take advantage of our time up here. Pretend its just me and you." Chloe got a warm feeling in her stomach, she was really looking forward to get to know Beca more and was happy that she seemed to be feeling the same way.
The two lied up there for a while, getting to know one another. It started to get chillier as the night went along so Beca went to go retrieve a couple of blankets to lye on top of and cover themselves with. Hours have passed and their friends were starting to notice how long they've been gone. Jesse went to go check up there, thinking Beca might be there. He was surprised to see her with Chloe and didn't want to interrupt. He was happy for his cousin. He hasn't seen her like this in a long time and he knew for sure, something is bound to happen there, it's the beginning of a beautiful relationship.
Jesse went back down to join the others. Talking with Aubrey went well and he even got closer to Amy and Stacie and he knows Bumper quite well already. The party died down over time it was getting close to 3AM. They should have gone up there to interrupt Beca and Chloe but they didn't want to ruin their time. Meanwhile, back up in the tree house Beca and Chloe were still talking quietly. They were looking up at the sky enjoy the stars and both began to doze off a little bit. That little time of rest they were having was eventually interrupted by Jesse coming back up there.
"Hey guys." He said lightly. Both girls turned to look up in his direction. "I don't mean to interrupt but its getting pretty late, maybe Chloe might want to head out and get some sleep. I don't want your mom to worry."
"Oh no, I completely lost track of time. I really should get going." Chloe squeezed out from under the blankets, a sudden rush of cool air hit her and she immediately wanted to go back to where she was before, warm and content. "Thanks for the heads up Jesse and thank you for tonight Beca, I had a good time."
"Me too, I'm sorry if I kept you from the party. Next time we'll go down and have fun."
"No way, up here was much better. I'm still jealous and kind of want to use it for a slumber party."
"Well then, we have to do that some time. Maybe we could invite Benji and Emily or if you want, you could invite Aubrey or something and all of us could hang up here for the night." Beca said.
"I'm totally down with that. Ill get the projector and we could watch a movie against one of the walls or makes s'mores or telling scary stories." Jesse chimed in.
"That would be so cool! I'm definitely down to do that. I should go, thanks again guys. Ill see you in school?"
"You most definitely will. Can I walk you out? Do you want me to take you home?" Beca said.
"No no that's okay. Aubrey's still here waiting for me, she'll take me home. Ill see you guys in school on Monday. Bye Jesse."
"Bye Chloe. Thanks for coming. The slumber party is happening, its in full effect." Jesse felt weird saying that. As Chloe walked back into the house he turned to Beca. "We might want to change the title to something other than slumber party, sounds kind of girly. How about treehouse camping?"
"I don't know how you are so famous around here and still act like a nerdy human being." Beca said incredulously.
"Hey, I'm myself 24/7, people like it. Try to stop being 'bad ass' all the time and loosen up maybe people will like you even more."
"Not necessary. I've got everything that I want." Well there may be one more thing that I want. She thought to herself. "I don't need more people to approve of me."
"There it is, badass Beca doesn't give two shits." Beca rolled her eyes. "So..." Jesse began smacking her arm "How'd it go?"
"What do you mean?"
"C'mon Becs, you guys were up here for hours talking. I totally lost track of time and where you were. I was thinking 'where has she been all night?' and then I come out here to look for you and see you two chilling in the tree. I know you like her, what did you guys talk about up here for so long."
"First of all, you know I like her cause I told you. Second, she told me you were talking to Aubrey nudge nudge how'd that go? Its totally obvious that girl has a crush on you."
"Hey don't go changing the subject one me. Lets focus on you and the girl that's making you blush."
"Do I really blush around her?"
"BECA! Focus, what did you guys talk about?"
'A lot! We were just got to know each other. I learned about things she likes, hates, what she likes to do in her spare time, her family, her old school, how she likes it here, random things. I also started to notice things like how she crinkles her nose when she laughs. God I love her laugh. The way she bites her lip when she's thinking, how she finds the same stupid things as funny as me, how she gets super excited about her passions. Things like that."
"Wow, you've got it bad."
"Shut up. I'm going inside and locking the door, enjoy your slumber party of one."
"Hey! Don't go locking me out because I'm making you realize your feelings and how this girl might be something special."
Beca already got down the ladder and started walking into the house approaching the sliding doors. "Whatever loser, have fun with the sleeping with the wolves!"
"Jokes on you! There are no wolves around here." Then he stoped in his tracks doubting himself for a second. When he got to the door, it was locked.
Beca walked into the guest room of Jesse's house or what she likes to call 'her room' when she's staying here. Sure she sleeps in Jesse's room sometimes too but she likes to have her own space sometimes. Some of her things are already in there, like her toothbrush, some clothes hung in the closet, her beats, some books, one of her favorite pillows (a certain kind that stays fluffy unlike all other pillows) and one of the notebooks she writes her songs in. She got comfortable in bed and then decided to text Chloe to check on her.
"Hey red :) Did you make it home okay?"
[Chloe 3:48AM]
"Hey you, yes I did. Thanks for checking up on me."
"My pleasure, I was worried, wanted to make sure you got home in one piece. God only knows how Aubrey's condition was tonight."
[Chloe 3:51AM]
"Me too, but she wasn't that bad, I don't think she drank that much, just talked to Jesse. She seemed Ok."
"That's good. I'd have to lets her have a piece of me if she didn't get you home safely. Was your mom mad at how late you got in?
[Chloe 3:54AM]
"Surprisingly, not that much. I think its because it's a Friday so its not like I have school tomorrow but she was still up and worried when I got home. I have to get better at this 'updating her' thing. You distract me!"
"I'm sorry! Ill make a note of that 'make Chloe update her mom at next party'. I wont let you down ;)"
[Chloe 3:57AM]
"Haha, good! What are you up too? Its pretty late I think you should stop talking to me and go to bed."
"What if I don't want to stop? And I'm laying down. I totally locked Jesse out. I kind of feel bad now."
[Chloe 3:59AM]
"I know, I'm pretty hard to ignore me, I have that effect on people ;) I feel bad because I do want to keep talking but I'm tired :( but omg you locked Jesse out?! Why?"
"He was being annoying but I'm pretty sure the front door is unlocked which is bad cause someone could be in the house with us at this very moment and we wouldn't know it. But truth is, I'm tired too, I will let you get your beauty sleep, not that you need it cause you're always beautiful with or without sleep :) Sorry if that was lame but its true, I'm really happy you came tonight, Chloe. I'm very lucky to have gotten to know you better and I'm looking forward to more times like tonight. Sleep well. I will text you in the morning. Goodnight, Beautiful :)"
Chloe's stomach fluttered at that message, she is very lucky that they weren't face to face because she was embarrassed by the wine colored blush on her face. A huge smile spread across her cheeks and she went to bed very happy that night. Beca is something special, she knew it, she felt it and she couldn't wait to see her again. She settled down to finally get some rest but couldn't fall asleep without sending a quick reply back to the brunette.
[Chloe 4:06AM]
"Well, it wont be easy to fall asleep with all these butterflies flying around in my stomach but just for the record, my beauty is nothing compared to your beauty :) Goodnight, Beca."