Beca could feel the throb of the speakers in her chest as she leaned her head against the wall. She really shouldn't have had that last vodka. The bar was packed with people, family, friends, colleagues, all celebrating Chloe's birthday. They'd all drunk too much and were all listening to the less than perfect house DJ, who clearly needed to work on his transitions. So here she was, hiding out in the wings of the bar, hoping that the room would stop spinning. She jumped as someone else slipped through the curtain and leaned next to her, "Becsss!"
She giggled at Chloe's slurred speech, "What?"
"Who're you hiding from?" she said, her face centimetres from Beca's ear.
"No one, just relaxing. I think I've had too much to drink… The whole bar is spinning… You, wall! Stop spinning!" she said, pressing her finger against the wall. "Hold me up?"
Chloe giggled and wrapped her arms around Beca's waist. Beca wasn't quite ready for Chloe's body weight and fell backwards against the wall. She let out a drunken laugh and placed her arms loosely around her friend's neck for stability.
"You know what people are going to think if they see this right?" Chloe said, her face buried into Beca's neck.
"Don't care, just want to cuddle," she replied, she was too far gone to worry about anything by that stage.
Beca felt Chloe's nose nudge her neck, "What? Beca Mitchell? You want to cuddle?"
"Don't make a big deal about it… I'm too drunk to even think straight and neither are you…"
Thinking back, Beca had no idea who made the first move. All she remembered is one minute she was hugging her best friend behind a curtain, the next, she had her mouth fused to Chloe's and her legs around the redhead's waist.
It was a fiery kiss, Beca couldn't remember the last time that Jesse had made her feel this way. She moaned into Chloe's mouth as she was backed further into the wall. She knew she shouldn't be doing this. There was a slight shuffle as one of Chloe's hands slid up the outside of Beca's thigh. She leaned forward and latched onto Chloe's neck, grating her teeth softly across the skin.
"Beca," Chloe murmured, "We need to…"
"Don't finish that sentence," she said, hiding her face in Chloe's shoulder. She breathed in her scent for a few seconds before lifting her head and looking her in the eye. "You're going to regret this in the morning, aren't you?"
Chloe nodded, "I don't want to, but… God, you're Jesse's girlfriend!"
"I know, I'm sorry," Beca said, unwrapping her legs from Chloe's waist.
Chloe tugged at the hem of her dress, "I'm so sorry, Becs." Beca rested her head against the wall as Chloe quickly exited the alcove. Tomorrow was going to be interesting.