PART THREE ; actions
I didn't really lie to her, now, did I? I do have mixes I need to work on…I simply didn't plan on working on them today. Beca was trying to convince herself she hadn't really made up this half-lie just so she wouldn't have to face Chloe after her mind figured everything out. She was lying on her back, hands crossed over her stomach, staring at the ceiling. She had her headphones on and was still replaying her lunch with Chloe, so in other words, she was completely immerged in her tightly wrapped cocoon. There was no way she could've heard the knocks at her door.
It's only when Kimmy-Jin threw a ruler in her face ― a wooden one even! ― that Beca realized she had been talking to her.
"Ouch!" she massaged her scratched cheek, wincing. "Was that really necessary, Kimmy-Jin?" she asked after having dropped her headphones on her neck.
"Your crazy girlfriend has been banging on the door for the past minute and it's disturbing me while I'm writing this paper. So yeah, necessary." The girl stated with one last glare before turning back to her homework.
Beca rolled her eyes like a professional, her words only then sinking in. Crazy girlfriend? She frowned, then another loud knock on the door made Kimmy-Jin scowl at her and she jolted on her feet to go open.
"Chloe." Beca said, surprised before returning her roommate's glare: her word choice couldn't have been worse in her situation.
"Am I disturbing you?" she asked, looking slightly less nervous than at lunch but still not completely herself.
"Not me, but you did earn me a ruler in the face with your banging." She said with a smirk, closing the door behind her so they wouldn't disturb the other freshman.
"Ouch, sorry!" Chloe said, pouting so adorably Beca almost wanted to grunt in disgust.
"So, what are you doing here?" she quizzed, leaning back on the wall beside her door.
"I uh… just came by to, uh…" Chloe found herself struggling with her words; all of the courage she had worked on her way to here had vanished in a millisecond when Beca opened her door.
"Chloe, are you alright? You seem a little… off these past weeks." Beca suddenly shot, concern painted all over her face.
"Yeah, I'm alright. Okay." She took a deep breath, then another, and then a third before letting out in one long sigh what she wanted to say. "I have this ridiculously huge crush on you and I wanted to know if you'd go out with me sometimes, like tonight or something."
As soon as she had said it, Chloe felt a huge weight lift off her chest and she breathed with ease, smiling hard. Beca was so taken aback by this revelation that she would've probably stumbled had she not been already backed against a wall. She blinked countless times at Chloe, unsure if what she heard was true or she was actually asleep right now and dreaming all of this. To make sure, she took Chloe's hand and slapped herself on the forearm.
"Hey! Don't use my hand to slap you!" Chloe protested, taking her hand back.
Her tone had been light, but Beca could see apprehension quickly rising in her eyes as she remained silent. She didn't know what to do now, as minutes ago she had been trying ―unsuccessfully ― to force herself to go back to when she was liking Chloe as a simple friend. Finally, a smile found its way to her lips and realization of what that meant sunk in. Happiness replaced her stunned look and she nodded faintly, grinning hard.
"Is that why you were so weird lately?" Beca suddenly asked softly and Chloe nodded. "Why didn't you tell me before that?" she pressed on.
"Because… This never happened to me before." Chloe confessed, her blue eyes growing afraid and embarrassed at the same time and she looked away.
"So you are straight, but crushing on me?" Beca was just trying to understand, but Chloe's nod let her know that her friend was probably taking it the wrong way. "It's not that I mind, really, it's fine Chloe, because, truth is… I like you. Like, like you a lot."
Chloe's face lit up instantly and her eyes begged for validation on this information, so Beca nodded softly before standing on her toes, her hands finding their way to Chloe's hips in order to bring her closer. She slowly leaned in, waiting for some kind of approval from the redhead, who closed her eyes and offered her lips with a shy smile. Beca kissed her softly, putting just enough pressure for it to be called a kiss but not stress Chloe. The redhead didn't seem to like the velvet gloves Beca was handling her with and she quickly pushed her back on the wall, pressing her body against hers.
The brunette grunted half from pain, half from delight, and didn't need to be asked twice when Chloe's tongue demanded entrance by sliding across her bottom lip. They broke apart moments later when the door of Beca's dorm opened and Kimmy-Jin stopped halfway in her move, ready to throw the DJ's phone at her.
"Uh..Your phone's been ringing." She said, handing Beca said phone.
"Thanks." She panted, still recovering from her passionate kiss with the redhead.
When she looked at the caller ID, she saw it was her dad and she grunted.
"What's wrong?" Chloe asked, looking at the screen.
"My father is requesting my presence at yet another family dinner. I managed to skip the last three, but this one is proving impossible to dodge." She whined, putting her phone away.
"Well, I could come with you if you want! That would make things less boring." She winked suggestively, making Beca grin and blush at the same time.
"And twice as awkward." She pointed out to their entwined fingers, smiling.
"Sounds like we have a plan." Chloe's smile was as mischievous as Beca's.
They had to be remembered by a text from Aubrey that there was an actual Bellas' practice starting in five minutes, busy as they were to try out their new boundaries in Chloe's dorm (Beca's room had never even been an option with Kimmy-Jin in there and seeing as Chloe didn't seem too afraid of burning the regular steps of a new relationship.)
A/N : so, this is it! I really wanted a nice and light ending, because I never intended for this fic to be too heavy with issues and everything, I simply wanted to bring Beca and Chloe together with another background. So, I know it's a kind of abrupt ending regarding their relationship, but as I said, it was really more a fic to show some struggles that girls who fall for girls may go through. I was inspired by my friend's prompt, and decided to give Chloe the 'straight background' because I had this whole background idea that she actually started to realize she was attracted to Beca after she walked in on her showering. Chloe's not one to be bothered by naked girls since she's not attracted to them, but seeing Beca made her feel things... adult things, and she didn't know why. Hence her conversation with Cynthia Rose and everything. I didn't include that in the fic because, well, it wasn't a fic about Beca and Chloe together, it was a fic about Chloe working the nerve to ask Beca out even if she was a girl and she doesn't know how long everything will last.
It's about showing you that you should take risks in life, and not be afraid to fail, because for every fall there is a greater victory to come, and also that, in the end, it does not really matter the gender of the person you're with, as long as you can have a great friendship paired with your love/attraction :)
I hope you guys liked it as much I liked writing it, and don't forget to go check out my friend ( .com) new fic! It's called "She's Got a Way" and it's great! just go on the "bechloe" page on her blog and you'll find it! :D