Chapter 5: Method Acting

"Babe? It's time to wake up." Beca kissed her forehead.

Chloe groaned at the interruption to her sleep. It took her a few seconds before she remembered they had to go in for work.

On the way from their car to the studio Beca pulled out her phone to start up a Snapchat video. "Go! Here I go, here I go again girl, what's my weakness? Night shoots." Beca chanted. Chloe giggled as Beca posted it, put her phone away and yawned. She blindly grabbed for Chloe's hand in the dark.

The scene was innocent enough. It was one of the foundational scenes for the relationship between the two characters. The scene introduced them to the audience as the movies love interests. It mostly involved a lot of eye contact, particularly on Samantha's part. The next scene would have them actually talking to each other, with Chloe's character Ava really bringing out the flirting, yet paired with mild hostility because the characters were essentially supposed to be enemies.

Innocent or not, by the end of the day the tension was palpable. It had been almost a week since they had the talk. How Beca found herself pressed against their door the minute it closed by her very hot red headed wife, she couldn't seem to work out in her mind. She wasn't complaining as she felt the body pressing into her own, and saw the heat in Chloe's gaze.

Her mind however, wasn't yet far gone enough to remember that they weren't supposed to be sleeping together.

"Ugh, Chloe?" She moaned softly, feeling helpless as Chloe ran her hands up the skin of her back, underneath her shirt. "Chloe, we can't do this." She growled. Chloe lifted her head up from where she was kissing a trail from Beca's jaw, down her neck, and then across her collarbones. The last thing she wanted to do right now was to stop Chloe, but she was very well aware that she needed to.

Chloe pulled back. "You're right Becs. Sorry." She took a few steps away reluctantly. It was only a few feet but the space felt cold, dark, and like it was gaping to them.

It wasn't the first time that they had gotten dangerously close to giving up. Beca realized it wouldn't be the last time they got caught in a compromising situation. Not by far. She didn't know if the next time it happened that one of them would be strong enough to stop. Her heart stung as she saw her wife standing just a few steps away, her breathing heavy.

"Babe... maybe I should go." Chloe's face fell and she looked like she was about to argue. Chloe knew Beca was right, and this movie was important. She closed her mouth and nodded to the ground.

"Yeah. It might help. Where would you go?"

"I'll go stay at a hotel. I'll be fine. Hey." Sh reaches forward placing a hand on Vhloes arm. She finally looked up, meeting Beca's gaze. "I love you Chloe. So much. This is only for a little while."

"I know. I love you too." The tenderness, and a bit of pain in her voice. Beca stepped forward and wrapped her arms around her wife, kissing her on the forehead. Chloe took a deep breath, then she nodded. Beca went to the door, opening it. Before she stepped away she turned around, wanting to give Chloe a goodbye kiss but deciding against it.

"Bye." She whispered before stepping out.

As Beca sat in the car, she pulled out her phone wanting to text Chloe, but she didn't really know what to say. So she just said a simple "I love you" and then reluctantly started the car, and pulled out of the driveway.

A/N: Awe, poor Beca and Chloe, having to be separate. Cue the cuteness.

Reference to Kendrick's snapchat here. Also, is anyone familiar with the danish mini TV show "Heartless" with Emilie and Sophia? Worth checking it out for a different kind of lesbian pairing. Anyways, the scene with Emilie making the eye contact with Sophie and sort of smiling at her is what I had in mind for the scene Beca and Chloe would have shot this chapter.

Note that in this... alternate universe? Oh shit did I just go and write an AU? Anyways, here the Pitch Perfect movies would never have been filmed (sad, huh?)... but ONLY because they happened in real life. So I'm going to repurpose some pitch perfect behind the scenes for their movies.