A/N: Thank you guys so much for all of your reviews and you're support. Truly, it means so much to me. So here is the rest of July. Hope you guys enjoy it. It's pretty fluffy. :-)
July pt. 2
Beca woke slowly, consciousness creeping into what felt like the most restful sleep she'd ever had. She fought it, nestling further into the pillow and the blankets that she had wrapped around her. Until she realized, although Beca wasn't entirely sure how she could have forgotten, that she was completely naked. Consciousness seemed to return rather quickly after that, sitting up and pulling the sheet tighter around her chest to hide her nakedness. The suddenness of her movement woke her still slumbering companion and Beca looked down to see Chloe's eyes flutter open.
" Hey." Chloe greeted her voice rough and full of sleep still. Beca had never heard a sexier sound.
" Hey." Beca said with a faint smirk as she relaxed.
" You looked like you were ready to run." Chloe said with a nervous look. She didn't know really what to expect when she woke up next to Beca. After they had spent most of the night making love Chloe hadn't really wanted to think about what might happen the morning after.
" No. I was just a little disoriented." Beca replied leaning back into the pillows but seeing Chloe continue to look at her suspiciously. In all honesty Beca couldn't really blame Chloe for being suspicious of her. Beca had told her time and time again how she ran from things when they got serious. She pushed people away because it was easier than dealing with what it might mean.
" Are you really okay? I mean, we kinda jumped into this last night." Chloe said daring to reach out and touch Beca's hand, sighing inwardly relieved when Beca didn't pull away.
" I don't regret what happened last night Chlo. It's a long time coming if you ask me." Chloe looked at Beca closely, trying to find any sign that she might be lying or telling her what she wants to hear when she saw nothing but sincerity shining out of the stormy gray eyes she loved so much Chloe finally started relaxing.
Curling against Beca's body, Chloe ran her leg along Beca's seeing the brunette's eyes go wide and her breath caught in her throat. The intimacy of the contact making it difficult for Beca to remember how to breathe, Chloe had that effect on Beca even if Beca hated admitting it.
" I thought you hated cuddling." Chloe teased feeling Beca's hand curl around the curve of her hip, turning them to face one another while pulling Chloe closer.
" I did. Depends on the partner I suppose." Beca said feigning deep contemplation.
" Are you saying I'm a good partner or…?" Chloe asked pushing Beca onto her back so that she was lying almost on top of Beca. Her blue eyes twinkling playfully while she waited for Beca's response.
" You're not bad."
" Not bad! Oh you little..." Beca squeaked when Chloe's fingers dug into her sides.
" Say uncle." Chloe said as Beca squirmed underneath her laughing uncontrollably while Chloe tickled her.
" Okay uncle!" Beca cried falling back against the bed when Chloe finally stopped. Gasping for breath Beca looked up at Chloe and saw the smug and otherwise all too pleased with herself look.
" What do you say we spend all day in bed." Chloe suggested lowering her lips to Beca's jaw, feeling Beca turn her head upward giving Chloe more access to her skin.
" I could be…convinced." Beca hissed when Chloe nipped at her skin, a slight punishment for her response even if they both knew that Beca would stay in bed with Chloe all day if the red head asked.
Closing her eyes Beca felt her entire body flush with desire, it was slightly embarrassing the effect that Chloe had on Beca. Even though Chloe was only pressing chaste kisses along her jaw, Chloe was still very naked and now Beca was actually allowed to touch the red head. Just the thought of that made Beca's mind go to very naughty places.
" Chloe…" Beca moaned arching into her girlfriends touch desperate to increase the contact. And Chloe was swirling her tongue teasingly along Beca's neck, like she was intent on driving Beca crazy.
" Hmm?" Chloe hummed her question, her eyes flickering up to take in the expression on Beca's face. The brunette's eyebrows were drawn together like she was focusing hard on something, her eyes closed tightly, and her bottom lip ensnared between her teeth.
" Not…nice." Beca groaned.
" I think I'm very nice actually." Chloe replied bringing their lips together, Beca had a way of completely taking Chloe's breath away. Beca kissed with such passion, like she was putting all of herself into kissing Chloe, it was the kind of kiss that made her toes curl. Beca really was an amazing kisser, not that Chloe ever doubted it. But now that she actually experienced kissing Beca she never wanted to stop. She was addicted.
" Definitely nice." Beca mumbled against Chloe's lips. Finally Chloe couldn't take it anymore, she needed more. Trailing her hand down Beca's side, over her hip until she reached the outside of Beca's thigh and gripping the flesh she found there pulling Beca's hip up against her. Fisting the sheet at her side Beca knew she was completely at the mercy of the girl above her Chloe could do things to her body and evoke reactions that Beca didn't think was possible.
Whimpering when Beca felt Chloe's leg slip between her thighs pressing against Beca coating her thigh in the wetness she found there. Feeling the effect she had on Beca filled Chloe with a huge amount of pride, she could make the unflappable Beca Mitchell completely come undone. Beca developed a sensual rhythm against Chloe's thigh while they continued to kiss; there was no hurry despite the slow heat that was beginning to spread through the pit of her stomach.
There was definitely the appeal of quick, passion filled, and explosively powerful sex. There was no doubt that it was pleasure filled. But the slow burning, sensual, escalating kind of making love often Beca found that yielded the more rewarding results. Her body craved that release, she could feel the tightening of her stomach, the way her body was quivering and begging her to just move quicker, press harder. But she kept her movements controlled let things move along as they did.
Finally though, there was a point where Beca's brain simply stopped working and it was all about sensation. Feeling Chloe driving her closer to the edge and knowing that she was completely powerless to stop it, Chloe could sense it in the way Beca's movements became jerkier, and more frantic.
Breaking their kiss Chloe looked down at Beca's eyes, seeing the darkened gaze and lust filled eyes. It was clear that Beca was battling to keep her eyes open, to maintain their eye contact it made the sensation so much more intense. Using her free hand to wrap around Chloe's neck keeping her close, their rapid breaths mixing in the small space between them.
" Chloe…" Beca whimpered, her voice quivering.
" You're so beautiful Beca. Watching you come undone like this, so breathtaking." Chloe whispered, smiling when she felt Beca begin to tremble.
Watching as Beca's orgasm swept over her face, when she closed her eyes and tilted her head back a quiet cry tumbling over her lips. Chloe had never seen anything more beautiful than, beautiful didn't seem to do the sight justice. The sight of it, the sounds Beca made, the way she felt moving against Chloe. It was all so overwhelming before Chloe knew it she was pushed over the edge and falling against Beca.
Moments passed while they caught their breath Beca's free hand that had held the sheets up to tangle into Chloe's hair.
" Jesus." Chloe whispered surprised at her own reaction to Beca.
" You are amazing." Beca said ghosting a kiss over Chloe's cheek before Chloe moved off of Beca.
When the desire for food finally brought them both down from the cocoon of their bed Beca went to the kitchen while Chloe took her usual spot at the counter. Beca made up something simple that would sate them before they cooked dinner together. That was a tradition that they never stopped, they never missed a night.
" Do you want to talk about it?" Chloe asked curiously, she had been debating how she could breach the subject without making things awkward between them. She didn't want to push Beca, or force some sort of commitment that Beca didn't want to have, but she couldn't stand not knowing where they stood. In the few hours that had passed since they had slept together there had been no other question on her mind than that one.
Beca looked over at her, breaking her concentration on the mix that she was working on. Chloe had abandoned the hope of actually getting any reading done, her book was propped up on her lap but she wasn't actually processing the words that her eyes took in. It wasn't that things had been particularly awkward between them during the morning, in fact they had been just like they always had. They ate breakfast and talked casually about what they wanted to do for the day, and then they went about what they said they wanted to do.
" Talk about what?" Beca asked genuinely confused, they hadn't been talking about anything in at least an hour.
" The fact that we had sex last night. And this morning."
" I thought that was pretty self-explanatory."
" Fine. I want to talk about what that means for us." Beca watched Chloe silently, Chloe was always better with words than Beca was so she was going to let Beca take the lead on this one. " I want it to mean that we're more than friends that we're together. I want it to mean that we are dating. Because I like you Beca, I've liked you since the first moment you walked up to our booth at the Activities Fair. I like how you are selective of who you let in because it makes me feel special that you've chosen to let me in. I like that you always have a witty retort to anything that is said to you. I like that you seem so completely ignorant of how completely breathtaking you are. I just…I need you to acknowledge that last night was more than just something you did because you felt like it."
Chloe kept her eyes trained on Beca looking for any sort of non-verbal response from the brunette. Beca had stoicism down to an art, but Chloe needed to see something. She needed Beca to give her some sort of response otherwise she would go insane.
" I…" Beca started before cutting herself off. Shaking her head like she'd just thought through what she was going to say and decided against saying it, closing her lap top and abandoning it on the table so that she could walk towards Chloe the redhead looking at her a mixture of confusion and hope on her face. " My entire life people have given up on me. I push them away because I know that it's inevitable that they discover that I am beyond fixable. A part of me broke when my parents divorced and the rest of it shattered when my mom died. Eventually everyone figures that out and they leave. You know more about me than anyone else and you don't go running for the hills. I'm not afraid to tell you things, even the twisted things that go through my brain because I'm not scared you're going to run away."
" I'm not." Chloe said although she didn't need to. She wouldn't leave Beca even if Beca did try and push her away.
" You say that you want to be more than friends Chloe. But you've never just been my friend. You've always been more than that. You say that you want to date, we can't do that." Beca said. Chloe's eyes widened in shock at Beca's words, they were definitely not what she was expecting to hear at the end of Beca's monologue. Now with the way that it had been going. Beca couldn't help but smile a little which only made Chloe more confused.
" I don't understand." Chloe said finally.
" Dating is something you do when you are trying to get to know someone, I already know you. Dating is something you do when you're trying to figure out if you want to spend a good chunk of your life with them; I already know that I want to wake up like we did this morning every day for the rest of our lives." Beca saw tears in Chloe's eyes and reached down and brushed them away with the pad of her thumb.
" If we're not dating then what are we?" Chloe asked finding her voice. She'd never imagined that she'd hear Beca say such things. Beca did seem to have a way with words for someone who claimed to be terrible at them.
" I dunno, that's where you're going to have to help me on that one. Dating just doesn't seem like an appropriate word for what we have. Am I freaking you out?" Beca asked realizing that she was all but confessing her love to Chloe. Despite how true it was, Beca didn't really want to scare Chloe off when she was trying to do the opposite.
" No, God definitely not. I had no idea you felt that strongly."
" Then I'm doing something wrong." Beca said laughing quietly to herself. Feeling Chloe wrap her arms around her neck and nuzzle affectionately at her neck pulled Chloe close.
" You know, just because we're beyond the dating stage doesn't mean that you're getting out of taking me on dates." Chloe commented earning herself a playful poke in the ribs.
" I think I can manage that."
A few miles down the road from the beach houses was the main part of town, nothing big or busy, but it was a town at least. Beca didn't think it was possible but it made Barden look big in comparison. It was a few weeks after they had officially begun their relationship and Chloe wanted to go on a date. So Beca agreed that they would go in town and go to dinner or something. It seemed like the appropriate date thing to do despite having limited experience with dating.
There was no shortages of restaurants in town, but only one Movie Theater. Their deal was that Chloe could pick the movie they saw if Beca could pick the restaurant, given the brunette's utter hatred for all things movie related Chloe was pretty sure she was getting the better end of that deal. Beca picked a small bakery/restaurant that looked out of place in the sea of large, probably overpriced restaurants around town.
" Hello dear, just one tonight?" Beca was greeted by a woman who had to be in her late 70's.
" There's going to be two of us eventually. I'm just looking for places." Beca explained browsing over the menu and liking very much what she saw.
" I see, let me know if you have any questions." And Beca was left to read the menu. The décor of the restaurant was more nostalgic than anything, there were pictures that lined the wall of the town, of different cities all over the world, and some black and white photos of a young couple that Beca could only assume was the old woman when she was younger. Beca stopped when she caught a glimpse of one of the pictures of LA.
" Have you ever been to Los Angeles?" Beca jumped, looking over her shoulder and seeing this time an older man standing behind her. He was a respectable distance away from her but Beca hadn't even heard him come up.
" I'm moving there at the end of the summer." Beca answered.
" Beautiful city. You'll love it."
" I hope so."
" What brings you into town tonight?" He asked conversationally.
" My girlfriend and I are going on our first date." Beca said trying to gauge his reaction. She didn't know how warm a reception she and Chloe might get from them, and she really didn't want to hide that she was in fact in a relationship with Chloe when they were on their first official date.
" First dates are magical things. I remember when I was picking up Nora for our first date. I was so nervous I couldn't stop shaking."
" I'm not so much nervous just excited I think. Chloe and I have a lot of history." Beca didn't know why she felt so comfortable talking to this man she'd just met about her relationship with Chloe. Maybe it was just a feeling that she had that he might understand.
" Were you guy's friends first?"
" Best friends actually."
" Same with Nora and me. She's my best friend, we've been married for going on 50 years now." Beca couldn't believe she almost "aw'd" when she saw the utter love he still had for his wife. And after 50 years, Beca didn't think that was possible.
" Fifty years? How'd you manage that?"
" He understood dear that I am always right." Beca saw the old woman return with a smile on her face having probably eaves dropped on their conversation. He laughed and nodded his agreement. " Goodness where are my manners I'm Andy."
" Beca."
" Tell you what Beca, you bring your lady friend here tonight. We'll help you make it a night she'll never forget."
" Thanks."
Beca returned to the beach house a few hours later and found Chloe waiting for her in a beautiful blue and white sundress. It took several minutes for Beca to even be able to compliment Chloe on how she looked, Chloe simply took her breath away. How she had gone an entire year without realizing it was a mystery that she would never really solve.
" So do you have tonight figured out?" Chloe asked knowing that Beca had went out with the intention of making the night perfect for them. If Beca hadn't been so cute Chloe would have insisted that it wasn't necessary. She just wanted to go out with Beca instead for a change.
" I do. I found a place I think you're going to love." Beca replied with her trademark smirk.
" I don't doubt it."
Beca walked Chloe towards the small restaurant and opened the door for her. Chloe was instantly charmed by the small, quaint restaurant. Nora stood behind the counter greeting Beca with a smile and walking around the counter to greet Chloe.
" Come with me dears." Chloe cast a curious look back at Beca who just shrugged and they followed Nora into the back of the restaurant. There, in the middle of a small courtyard was a table set up for the two of them with a candle burning and a few lamps set up.
" Wow, did you do all this?" Chloe asked taking in the sight before her. It was perfect, more perfect than anything she'd ever imaged for a first date.
" Beca told us it was your first date tonight. We wanted to help her make it special for you." Andy said ushering them to the table while they sat down. Once left alone Chloe looked back at Beca who looked slightly baffled as well.
" You made some friends while you were in town." Chloe commented.
" They've been married for fifty years."
Dinner was amazing, probably the best food that either of them had ever eaten before. Conversation flowed as it always did with them, easily. Naturally Nora and Andy were topics of their conversation, and how sweet it was that they were trying to make things perfect for the two of them.
" How did you like everything?" Nora asked with Andy standing not far behind her.
" Everything was amazing. Thank you guys so much." Chloe said her smile bright and Beca knew that the older couple would have no problem telling that Chloe was truly happy.
" It was our pleasure. It's not every day we get to see the beginnings of a relationship. It brings back memories."
As they were leaving Chloe saw that Andy had pulled Beca aside and whispered something that made Beca smile and had her nodding before the brunette joined her at the car. The rest of their date continued on like the beginning, absolutely perfect. Beca couldn't even really complain about the movie because she was hardly paying attention to it. As the lights dimmed Chloe had pushed the arm rest that served as a barrier between them up so that she could cuddle into Beca's side. Fifteen minutes later Chloe had grasped Beca's hand with her own, manipulating it so that it was palm up on Beca's thigh, where Chloe proceeded to trace teasing patterns on it.
" What did he say to you?" Chloe asked when they walked into the house later that night, both girls shrugging off their outer wear.
" Who?" Beca asked knowing full well who Chloe meant.
" I saw Andy pulling you aside when we left the restaurant. What did he say?" Chloe explained.
" He said…he said not to let you go because we have a forever love. He said that we reminded him of him and Nora when they were our age." Beca confessed.
" Do you agree with him?" Chloe dared to ask knowing that Beca didn't think that relationships lasted. Nothing in Beca's past had shown her that there was hope for a successful relationship after fifty years.
" Yeah I think I do."
A/N: Warned you guys filled with fluff. August is going to bring some trouble for the girls though be prepared for a long chapter.
