Chapter 24-Sexual Super Powers

The day seemed to pass by in lightening speed, and Beca saw the sunset more as an enemy than the beautiful sight that it was. She and Chloe had spent the day exploring the quaint mountain town. They had taken time early in the afternoon to head down the mountain for an arts fair, despite Beca's protests. Chloe loved to attend arts and crafts festivals and could always find great treasures at such events. Beca did her best to keep her brooding at a minimum. Her preference, would have been to simply relax at the mountain home, and enjoy Chloe all to herself. Beca couldn't help but focus on the fact that they had to leave in the morning to get back to camp, back to just stolen moments with each other. No, she had finally become used to having Chloe when ever she wanted her, and knew that she would struggle to hide these urges once back in the company of their friends.

As they stopped for dinner at a local restaurant, she quietly looked at her ginger with sadness in her eyes. Chloe, who was rambling on about a certain painter she had seen in the festival a year earlier who had the most amazing multi-media art, seemed unaware of the dark cloud that had descended her girlfriend during the meal.

Chloe looked up from her plate to see that Beca had drifted away from her.

"Hey Babe, what's going on? Am I boring you with all the artsy stuff?"

"No, sorry, I just, I really hate the idea of heading back to camp in the morning."

Chloe reached out and captured the smaller girl's hand, not caring about any attention coming from the other patrons in the restaurant. Beca, however, found herself incredibly exposed, and quickly shifted her hand away and to her lap.

"What's the matter Babe?"

Beca began in a whisper.."Look, can we just finish up here, I want to get back to the house." Chloe gave her a confused look, and Beca continued her thought.. "I feel like I'm losing you for some reason."

"That's insane, you're not losing me." The ginger replied with a dismissive tone, completely oblivious to the mood her girlfriend was now experiencing.

"Well, I'm losing my time to be with you...how I want to be with you. I don't want to waste it anymore, we've lost the day." Beca huffed, not understanding why Chloe couldn't just get the hint and get them home.

"Beca, stop...why are you being like this?"

"Being like what? All I want is a little more time to ourselves, that's all I've wanted all day." Beca finished abruptly.

"But you said..." the ginger began, but was cut off abruptly by Beca's anger.

"Just forget it, you obviously don't get me..."

"Wait a minute.." Chloe protested loudly... taken completely off guard by this entire exchange, she shot straight up from her chair, mouth open, however again Beca interrupted her thought.

"Nah, I think I get it...don't worry about it, let's just pay and we can head back to camp tonight. That's probably best."

Chloe eyed Beca with the most curious look, she immediately left $40 on the table, not waiting for the check, grabbed her bag and motioned towards the door.

As they silently walked together back to the car, neither looked in the other's direction.

The drive back to the house was tense at best, each girl experiencing their own emotion. Chloe was confused and frustrated that such a perfect day to her had taken such a bad turn.

Beca however was pissed. She felt that Chloe's utter lack of understanding about her feelings was a sign that her own feelings about this new relationship were off base. To Beca the day's events were an indicator of just how much Chloe did not understand her, how she didn't even take the time to consider Beca in her decisions.

As they pulled into the gate, the car stopped and Chloe just sat in silence. Beca immediately went to pull the car door open, but felt the soft hand of the ginger stop her movement. As she turned to look in her direction, the ginger pointed towards the path.

In the dimly lit area, a band of small deer were enjoying the flowers that lined the walkway. Chloe just sat and looked at the smaller girl sat motionless in her seat. Somehow a peaceful mood slowly descended the car as they continued to sit in silence, watching the group. Suddenly a small fawn followed out of the woods, with big white spots and wide eyes. To their surprise, it turned and headed directly towards the car. Beca's mood immediately lightened as the fawn walked in her direction, stopping every few moments to graze on wildflowers, it slowly lifted its head to look at her. Chloe took the moment to reach over and grab Beca's hand, and gently squeeze. Beca turned to give her a small smile.

They sat enjoying the view for what seemed like 30 minutes, as the group continued its foray into the rest of the property. The fawn quickly caught their movement and turned to join its mother's side. Beca smiled at the awkward gait and hop that the baby displayed.

As Chloe grabbed her bag, she heard the lightest voice come from the smaller girl... "I don't want to go yet"

"Good, because I wasn't planning on us leaving tonight, let's just get inside."

They walked together towards the house, still in silence, but now, hand in hand, as Chloe would not allow Beca to pull away.

Chloe opened the door and headed immediately upstairs for a few items. As Beca stood quietly in the main room, seated on the chairs looking out over the mountain view, Chloe came behind her. She handed her a small speaker set. "Grab your iPhone" she said quickly, motioning towards the table where the phone currently rested. "Let's head in the back, I want to enjoy the night, does that sound ok?"

Beca nodded, still in awe of the beautiful view and the peaceful moment they just shared.

As they exited the main house and walked towards the lake, Chloe hopped onto the dock and reached for Beca's hand, who at this point seemed a little more reluctant to follow.

"C'mon this will be really beautiful, trust me." The ginger smiled reassuringly.

They reached the end of the wooden structure, and Chloe laid down a large blanket. She kicked off her flip-flops and plopped down on the edge, placing her feet in the water.

Beca stood firm and just watched.. "Ugh...I'm not sure"

"Oh Mitchell, C'mon, I'll protect you from the lake creature, now just sit down with me" the ginger demanded, pulling her girlfriends arm slightly to help Beca join her.

Beca sat with her legs crossed at first, but then Chloe reached around to grab her legs into her lap. She gently began to untie Beca's shoes and carefully removed each from the smaller girls feet, taking the time to massage her smooth legs during the action, then slowly removed her socks. "There, that's better now isn't it?" Chloe said as she positioned herself behind Beca, and allowed the smaller girl, sitting between her legs, to lean into her. Both their legs dangled off the dock and into the cool lake.

Beca had to admit it was soothing after a long hot day. Now leaning against her ginger, she felt at peace. Chloe had powered on the speakers, and Beca's music played softly in the background. They sat in the moment, enjoying the feel of each other and Beca's music for a long while.

"So are we gonna talk about today?" The ginger kissed her girlfriend on the cheek as she asked.

"I don't know, I'm sorry, I kinda went off, I just..." Beca said quietly.

"Beca, I love you."

Beca looked over her shoulder at the beautiful blue eyes peering into her and she felt guilt overcome her at that moment..." I just, I wanted you to myself today, and I didn't feel like you were listening to me"

"I'm sorry babe, I should have heard you...I just wanted to enjoy the day" Chloe kissed Beca lightly on her temple.

"I know, and I wanted to give you what you wanted. It's just, being out and about, and in crowds, that makes me really tense. Also knowing we have such a small amount of time left...it just felt like you didn't want me as much as I wanted you...it kinda hurt."

"Baby...God, you are so wrong." Chloe shook her head as she continued to speak "I want nothing more than you...I guess I wasn't thinking we had such a short time. In my mind, now that we've found each other, we have all the time in the world..."

"Well, there you go Beale...being all optimistic and shit...why do you insist upon being so damned positive? It's like your life is a freaking fairy tale" Beca chided but noticed a tear roll down Chloe's cheek and she quickly tried to take back the words.

"No...No" Beca turned to wipe the tear away with her sleeve and continued "I'm sorry...I didn't mean to sound like such a bitch, I mean" She shook her head in frustration, knowing her words were not coming out right. "God...I'm just so broken" she said defeated, hanging her head down slightly. "I love you Chloe, I really do. I just felt like you didn't understand me when you continued to push us around town all day. I guess I felt like if you REALLY loved me, you'd know how uncomfortable that made me...and when you didn't, it hurt me."

Chloe repositioned the smaller girl so they could continue to look out over the lake and she could hold her once again. Beca leaning against her, Chloe dipped her head to Beca's ear and began in a whisper... "I'm sorry that's how I made you feel Beca, because I love you more than anything. I don't want you to ever question that in any way. I can't always know how you are feeling though, we are still getting to know each other, which should be the fun part, ya know?" She kissed the smaller girl again on the cheek... "I promise I'll try harder to hear what you are saying, if you promise to tell me more directly what you need...deal?" She kissed her again on the ear.

With each touch of her ginger's lips, the smaller brunette found herself becoming more agreeable, as her heart melted with the touch.

"Deal" Beca smiled "You know, I think you are using your sexual super powers on me, because I would agree to about anything at the moment."

"Oh is that so" Chloe smiled devilishly. "Well let's test that theory."

Beca could feel the ginger move, and noticed that Chloe was now standing behind her shirtless and was quickly discarding the rest of her clothing onto the dock.

"Ummmm...I..." Beca started to get nervous...what had she done?

Chloe quickly leaned in and captured her in a deep kiss, and Beca moaned into her mouth, as Chloe began to undress the smaller girl while planting kisses along her jaw line and neck. When she unbuttoned Beca's jean shorts, she felt Beca tense, but continued to plant strategic kisses on her girl.

"Uh, Chloe..." Beca whispered. Chloe did not stop her actions, and once she had them both properly naked, she grabbed Beca's hand..."Ready?" Chloe questioned, smiling brightly.

"For what?" Beca questioned.

Chloe didn't stop to explain, and Beca caught on too late to protest as Chloe pulled them both off the dock and into the lake, hand in hand.

As they broke the surface of the water together, the ginger giggled loudly. Both girls treading water, in the small mountain lake, and in the moonlight.

Beca spat out water and quickly rubbed her eyes, smearing her eyeliner slightly, looking a little more like a raccoon at the moment... "Ok, well that's not exactly where I thought we were going, but who am I to tell you how to use those super powers" Beca again, dipped her head under water and washed all remnants of her make up from her face with her second dive under.

Chloe continued to laugh as she swam closer to the smaller girl capturing her in her arms as Beca allowed herself to be held. Chloe kissed her. The water felt refreshing, and after the long day of summer heat, was actually pretty wonderful..As they floated quietly together, they could barely hear the tunes over the small splashes they made, but still enjoyed them.

Beca curled into her ginger, resting her head against her shoulder, and Chloe kissed her forehead. "So is that our second fight?" the ginger asked, as she cuddled her little DJ in her arms.

"I don't keep track of the fights Beale, just the make-ups, so I think I'm still waiting for number two" Beca smiled.

"Oh, well we should get inside then, I wouldn't want to keep you waiting." Chloe smiled, dropped her arms quickly, and pulled Beca against her, kissing her deeply.

She moved both of them towards the stairs of the dock, and wrapped her arms around Beca, but grabbing either side of the arm rails, guarding her movement up the slippery stairs, wanting to protect her girl. They quickly grabbed their discarded clothes and Beca's iPhone, before running towards the lower level of the house. The outdoor shower was their first stop on the lower deck.

"So here we are, in the shower again" Beca smiled, a little shyly, eyeing her ginger.

"Well, let's do it right this time" The ginger interlocked their fingers..stepping only inches from her DJ and pulled her closer for a kiss.