Chapter 6: Method Acting

Chloe felt worn down as the days went by. It was hard being away from Beca.

Every night Chloe buried her face into Beca's pillow, breathing her scent and held it as close as possible. Still, she couldn't sleep as well as she was usually able to.

Shooting was hard too. Chloe knew more about acting in a movie than the average person, being married to an actor. And Beca tried to prepare her as best she was able too. But she had a lot of learning to do, and no amount of preparation could help that.

Chloe had to be far more aware of little things than she would ever have to acting on a stage. Every single move she made, and every single prop she touched would have to be put in the EXACT same spot for the next take. Every take she had to be aware of where all of the cameras were. Then they would move all the cameras again and she would have to do the exact same scene, but being wary of the new camera positioning. It was a lot to remember, while staying in character and remembering all the lines and cues. Her normal source of comfort when she got stressed was... well, staying at a hotel.

It was nice having a makeup team, for both of them. Chloe seemed to need more and more makeup every day to cover the bags under her eyes. Makeup and more than the basic requirement for hygiene seemed to fall in their list of priorities. As long as they showered and brushed their teeth, they could show up in sweatpants and the team on set would take care of the rest.

It was hard for Beca too. She remembered her first movie, Camp, and how odd it had been going from stage to a movie set. She hadn't even had that many scenes in Camp, and the movie was much lower budget than this one. She knew Chloe was under a lot of pressure. Beca herself was in almost the same boat, as producing was new to her. Sometimes she had no idea what she was doing.

Beca made sure that she connected with Chloe regularly. They texted each other all the time when they were apart so they still knew what the other was doing like normal, even though they weren't there. Only a text away. Only a phone call away. Only a FaceTime to see her face. And yet the miles separated them. She made sure they took time away to talk to each other, and to REALLY talk. Sharing their feelings, and concerns, just like they did normally. It was a lot more important now. But, there was a lot she wasn't able to do while she was living at the hotel.

Beca didn't used to be this way. Freshman year things like feelings and communication were foreign to her. But Chloe changed all that. Chloe was everything to her, and as their relationship developed and they weathered life together, Beca became far better at that. She realized how important it was to have those things. She grew more and more. Because nothing was more important to her than her relationship with Chloe. Nothing else could ever be.

Beca felt guilty too. This movie really was her brainchild. She worried that she was pushing this on Chloe too much, and she didn't want it to affect their relationship after they were done. She worried about Chloe resenting it for making them have this space between each other. She worried Chloe would feel like she was prioritizing it over their relationship.

The days went by. Scene by scene, as they worked through the movie.

Beca sent flowers, Chloe dropped chocolates in Beca's bag (Lindt obviously, unarguably the best kind). Beca made Chloe new mixes so she could listen to them and hear her voice when she missed her. Beca traced her finger over the handwritten notes Chloe gave her, as she lay in her huge and empty hotel bed, trying to fall asleep, the loving words filling her.

It wasn't all work. The cast had a blast, fooling around on and off of set. They regularly went out together. Beca made friends particularly with co-star Chrissy Fit, and Chloe was close to Anna Camp. She reminded her of Aubrey.

One time the cast went out rollerblading. Beca got a ride from Chrissy and they laughed, joked, and sang very loudly to the radio the entire way there. But once they were there, Beca and Chloe held hands all the way around, speaking softly to each other the whole time while they were rollerblading.

A very tense scene between the rival groups was shot in a set modelled to look like a cafeteria. When the director called wraps, Beca started up a food fight with Chloe that quickly spread to the rest of the cast. Some of the film crew groaned, but Jason got the cameras to keep rolling, in order to use it in bloopers or outtakes, or as promo. Jason only called for them to cut it out when Beca grabbed Chloe's face and started to lick a mixture of mashed potatoes and grape jello off it. The food fight went down in the books as one of the cast's favourite moments.

One day, Chloe realized they would actually both be off at the same time. Chloe smirked at how ridiculous it was that she was so excited about that. Beca made sure they didn't make Chloe work more hours than she could handle. But it seemed even when one didn't have to be on set, the other was required for the scene, especially because their characters were from rival groups which each had their own story lines. On top of that, Beca had a lot more responsibilities than normal. Even when she was supposed to be off, she was always doing something. She threw herself into this project, trying to get it right. But, legally, she had to take SOME time off.

This day Jason had forced her to stay home. He told the rest of the cast to not let her come to them about work. Chloe, unfortunately, had to shoot in the morning. As soon as she finished, she showed up at Beca's hotel. Beca came to the door, still in sweatpants, aiming to lie around and nap for the whole day like she had all morning.

Chloe giggled at how cute Beca's bedraggled appearance was. "Well Hello Mrs. Mitchell!"

"Hey Babe." She yawned. "How did shooting go?" Beca asked, blearing at her through her sleepy eyes.

"It was alright." She shrugged. "No talking about work though, remember? I'm taking you on a date."

Beca smiled at her wife. "Good idea! Let me just go get ready."

"As much as I miss seeing you all tired from just waking up, that's probably not a bad idea." Chloe teased.

It felt nice to be dressing up and standing in the bathroom putting make up on, side by side with Chloe, who was touching up her own make up. It felt like normal. Aside from the fact that they were in a hotel room, the bags that Chloe was currently trying to cover betrayed her difficulty to sleep these days... or nights to be more specific. Plus there was the electrifying humm of sexual tension that was running between them. Beca looked over at Chloe and smiled. She didn't need to say anything to Chloe. They both knew, it felt nice being so... domestic together again.

They ended up going to a museum. That night, fortunately, there were few people. That was a plus, not wanting their time interrupted by over-enthusiastic fans, or by the pap. Chloe approached one painting and giggled.

"Oh my god Becs this looks exactly like you!"

Beca rolled her eyes at Chloe's excitement. It was honestly adorable and she couldn't hid her smile. She looked at the painting.

"Babe, stand beside it!"

"You're so weird."

"You love it." Her tone changed as she directed Beca. "I'm taking a video." Beca opened her mouth to say something. "Close your mouth! Close your mouth." Beca cracked composure and started to laugh. "No! Don't smile! Don't laugh!" Beca doubled over as she giggled. "You don't even look like her at all anymore!"

Beca straightened up saying, "I'm a bad actress!" and put on a unconvincing serious face for the camera.

From a few paces away someone spoke up, obviously recognizing Beca. "You're not a bad actress."

They smiled and giggled at the stranger jumping into their conversation. Someone else tried to walk by. "Sorry, Sorry!" Beca giggled and moved back to allow them through. Beca pulled out her phone and took her own video beside the painting.

"She's really had it." Referencing the painting. Beca spun around so that Chloe was in the frame instead of the painting. "Did you get that?"

Chloe looked up from her phone. "No, I didn't get it!" Beca laughed. "I didn't get it! I didn't get it."

Eventually they moved on to the next painting. Chloe looked at Beca, and realized how amazing it felt to be laughing and joking with her wife again.

Every time they linked fingers, brushed against each other or Chloe caught Beca gazing up at her, her breath sped up. The tension building with them was incredible. It had to be affecting the movie, because it was definitely affecting her. The sexual frustration was certainly not calming her stress levels.

They had an amazing time. When Chloe got into bed that night she was happy. But she also felt empty. There was no warm body to curl into. She missed Beca deeply. She missed the intimacy she would normally feel after a night like this one. She was being driven crazy, unable to release. Chloe was glad they went out and spent time together. But that night, she couldn't help but sob her frustration into Becas pillow as she drifted to sleep.

A/N: Sorry this chapter is so jumpy and disorganized! I think it works anyways tho. Also, I'm loving using the Kendrick and Sendrick Snapchat referances tho. Can you spot them? I'll release the next chapter as soon as someone spys all the Kendrick/Sendrick referances. :)

I know. Beca sharing her feelings is not the typical Beca-behaviour. But remember, they have been married for years at this point. Beca would have had to drop the resistance to communication years ago. And as we ALL know, Beca really is just a big ole softie when it comes to Chloe.

The same way Chloe smirking is odd. But when you're married for years... I'd assume at this point Chloe has picked up some Beca mannerisms.