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"Also, man convicted of murdering his wife, gets his first parole hearing this Friday. Police will apparently be there to handle any gathering protests. We'll tell you that and more later on Daily News on 6." I groaned before taking a huge gulp of scorching coffee; hoping the resulting burn would straighten my convoluted thoughts.

The owner of the small-town diner, Sue, quickly reached for the remote. "I'm sorry, Beca. I'll change the channel."

I raised my head, sending her a sheepish grin. "Thank you, Sue, but it's fine. I was just getting ready to head out anyway." I put the money for my coffee on the counter, before heading out the door with a quick wave.

Man convicted of murdering wife. First parole hearing. Convicted of 'murdering', more like slaughtering. I pulled my jacket on tighter, shivering in the brisk November air. Getting on my bike, I started the pedaling journey to school. Parole hearing. I shook my head, angrily. He doesn't deserve that. I started to recall more about the news, but after almost being hit by a car, I decided to clear my mind for the rest of the ride.

"Becaw!" Jesse yelled as soon as I started chaining my bike up. Running over to me, he wrapped an arm around my shoulder, which I quickly shrugged off. "You ready for this?"

"Ready for what, Jesse? School's been in session for like a week now."

Yeah," Jesse rushed ahead of me, quickly stopping me before I could go inside the doors. "But this is the first day of school, after you got kissed by Chloe freaking Beale. Your popularity has probably skyrocketed. I mean Beca. Before, no one even knew your name, but now. Now, you're probably going to be voted homecoming queen or something."

I scoffed at the homecoming queen part. "One, no way would I want to be voted homecoming queen, and two, you're exaggerating. No one is probably going to." I pushed through the doors, my speech quickly cutting off. The second I was in every jock was patting me on the back, and every pretty girl was either trying to flirt or be my new 'best friend'. "Care?"

"Beca?"

"Yeah."

"You're popular." I wanted to ignore what Jesse said, but even now I could tell it was true. One small- mind shattering, earth shaking, breath stealing, panty dropping- kiss managed to change seven years of being a social pariah. How was that even possible? When I saw that rubbing my eyes and pinching myself changed nothing; I quickly just barged through the bodies to my locker. "Still don't believe me?"

I could feel Jesse's smugness through his tone, but before I could swat him another voice piped up. "Believe him about what?"

"The fact that she is popular. Tell her CR, she won't listen to me."

CR, otherwise known as Cynthia Rose or just Cynthia, snorted so loud I'm pretty sure the people in China heard her. "Beca? Popular? What weed have you been smoking, Jesse?"

I didn't know whether to feel offended or justified in my belief, so I just turned back towards my locker. "Babe." Suddenly a minty, hot breath ghosted over my ear, the pure seduction in the tone nearly causing my knees to buckle. "You never called." I whipped my body around, startled at how close Chloe was to me.

"B-B-B-Babe? Gorgeous, supermodel Chloe Beale just called Beca "Nobody" Mitchell, Babe! Jesse, What the hell was in that brownie you gave me?"

"You know. A little bit of this, a little bit of that."

"Hey!" I looked at Chloe out of the corner of my eyes, surprised at her sudden outburst. Was she trying to defend me? Cynthia started stuttering, seemingly in fear of offending a celebrity. "You can't just say things like that, and not expect me to thank you for calling me gorgeous." Chloe pulled her bottom lip between her teeth and winked at Cynthia. "You're pretty easy on the eyes yourself."

My mouth dropped at the exact moment Cynthia's did, but obviously for completely different reasons.

"Oh my freaking God! Chloe Beale!" Aubrey Posen, head cheerleader and annoying bane of my existence, quickly came over. "When I heard you were moving here I just couldn't believe my ears!"

They wrapped their arms around each other, laughing and talking a million miles an hour. "Aubrey! It's been, what, two years? I've missed you so much! How have you been? You still look so amazing!"

"I look amazing? You look like an actual goddess! What are you even doing here in Missouri?" Only time I'll ever give Aubrey kudos on something, but great question.

"I wanted a break, and where else to go but where my best friend is." I perked up. "You had to have known I wasn't going to let you have all the fun down here!" And there goes my only inkling of hope. Of course, Chloe didn't come here for me. Yeah, she remembered her promise, but did she even give a shit about me past that? We were only seven. "Becs is also here, so that was the cherry on top."

What? Both Aubrey and I stared at Chloe, Aubrey confused, and me surprised. "Who's Becs? Some secret boyfriend you didn't tell me about?"

"Well, we're just friends right now, but who knows in the future." Chloe sent a coy wink my way, which caused Aubrey's head to whip my way.

"Wait! Beca Mitchell? Nobody Beca Mitchell? You know her? I mean, I heard the rumors about a kiss or whatnot, but they're actually true?" I would say I was surprised by the blatant hostility in Aubrey's voice, but at this point it was an everyday occurrence.

Chloe on the other hand looked very surprised. Was this the time someone more popular than her would finally tell Aubrey off, and defend me. If I could count on anyone to do that, it would be Ch- "Yep, they're true. Hey Brey, want to go get some frogurt after school?"

What? My eyes darted back and forth between a sneering Aubrey and Chloe who was trying her best to avoid eye contact with me. "Of course," with one searing smirk Aubrey whisked Chloe away, her cheerleading skirt twisting with a final flourish, and both of them continuing to talk about their plans.

What the hell? "Beca." Apparently my hurt showed on my face; because Cynthia and Jesse appeared out of nowhere; both of them laying a hand on my shoulders.

"H-hey, um, I'm going to head to class guys. See ya." I quickly shrugged them off and sped to my next class; trying my best not to think about how little I knew my former best friend.

"So basically the y and x axis intersect here, making it negative, and thus the answer -12."

I tuned out the feeling of countless eyes on me. I always hated it when the teacher would call me to the front of the class. Just because I was the only person in our advanced calculus class who knew simple algebra, didn't mean I wanted to solve every problem on the board. "Excellent as always, Beca." I curled the ends of my lips slightly at Mrs. Jenner, and hurriedly rushed to my seat as she continued teaching the class. "And that brings us from number Systems and algebra of complex numbers to Elementary complex functions. Now, who know-" a knock on the door drew Mrs. Jenner away from the board, as she moved her heavyset body to open it. Sticking her head outside, she conversed quietly with someone we couldn't see, her puffy brown hair blocked the view, before she opened the door wider and moved to the side. "Would everyone please welcome our new student, Chloe Beale!" Shit. I quickly shrunk down in my seat; worriedly glancing over at the only empty seat in the classroom. The one conveniently next to mine! Damn my loner tendencies. "Now Chloe, my understanding is that you have only taken up to algebra two, but you have to take this class." It was a statement, but the slight lilt at the end of Mrs. Jenner's sentence made it seem like a question.

from my position I couldn't see Chloe's face, but I could practically feel her eyes scanning the room. "Yes Ma'am, it's sort of a family tradition to have this credit when you graduate."

"Sounds like a family tradition I could get behind," Mrs. Jenner stated, causing Chloe to giggle, and dear God if it wasn't the cutest sound I've ever heard. "Well since you've only taken Algebra two and below, I would say you're going to need a tutor." Mrs. Jenner's green surveyed the room, her thin lips perking before her round face stopped in my direction. Fuck. Fuck. Fuck Fuck Fuck. My heart hammered in my chest with the speed of a hummingbird. Please Buddah, Allah, Odin, Zeus, Jesus, anyone! Don't let her say, "Beca, is our brightest mind mathematically in this school, heck probably in the entire state, if she can't help you no one can." I hate my life. "Actually, how about you go sit in the empty chair by her, while I resume class, and then you guys can discuss scheduling and stuff afterwards."

If only I hadn't have signed up for anytime tutoring in this class, then Mrs. Jenner would have to ask me, and I could politely decline. "Hey." Don't look at her. If you look you will lose your willpower and forgive her. Don't freaking look! "Beca, please." Shockwaves ran through my entire body; all of them originating from my shoulder where a chilled hand was lightly touching it. I don't know if Chloe could feel the gentle shudder that ran through my body, but there was definitely no way I could stop it.

I chanced a glance over, and immediately felt all of my resolve break. who could resist those beautiful blue puppy dog eyes? "So you need a tutor, huh?"

Chloe's eyes searched mine, "Yeah, else I most likely won't pass this class. Is there at way you're free before six? Aubrey gets out of practice then, and we were gonna hang out, but I definitely do need some tutoring right now."

Just the mention of Aubrey reminded me of Chloe ignoring what happened, and I would really rather be alone today, but maybe if I hurry up and tutor her she'll catch on and not need me anymore. "Today works." I said, smiling.

How the hell did we end up here?

I tried to think over the question, but Chloe's supple lips moved from mine to my neck, and my brain just kind of fizzled out. Chloe lightly sucked on my pulse point, her tongue doing motions against my skin that felt almost hypnotizing. "Don't," I felt a moan slip as she bit the same spot. Damn her for being smart, hot, and talented with her body. "Don't leave a mark." Lord knows Jesse and C.R would have a field day.

I felt her gently nip again, before she spoke against my neck. Her hot breath doing things to my body that I didn't want to admit. "What if I want to mark you? What if I want to show that you're mine?" She didn't really give me a chance to answer, because she caught my face, and suddenly her lips were smashing into mine again. I groaned into her mouth, and apparently she took that as some sort of sign, because I felt her hands sliding down to my pants button. With a quick move of her fingers she slipped the metal out of the hole, but before she unzipped them, she froze. "Do you want to?" She asked, breath heavy, hips still lightly pushing into mine. When did we lay down? When did she get over me?

Did I want to? I couldn't really think over my answer with my mind so clouded by all things Chloe. "I," Ring! Ring! Ring!

Chloe's eyes bored into mine, flicking back and forth. Then finally she pushed back, ran a hand through her hair, and answered her ringing phone. "Hello?" Her voice, still thick and gravelly with lust, made me want to rip the phone out of her hand, pull her back down, and let her ravage me. "Oh, hey Brey! Wait, it's that time already? I'm," Chloe stole a glance at me, her eyes settling on my lips and working their way down my body. "Um," she coughed seemingly recovering from her brief bout of eye-fucking me. "Yeah, I'll meet you there. Okay, see you soon! Bye!" She placed the phone on the nearby table, and took a deep breath. "I have to go."

My mind started to clear of the Chloe fog that had descended upon it, and I found myself nodding. Chloe leaving would definitely be a good thing. I needed to think. "Okay."

Chloe tilted her head back down, slowly catching my lips, and making me lose my train of though all over again. She pulled away, chuckling as I trailed my lips behind hers. "You know, next time we'll actually have to do math."

"Whose fault was it that we didn't?" I couldn't help but smile as I realized my sarcasm was back. "I'm pretty sure you jumped me."

"it was only because you were being so damn adorable. You can't honestly tell me you weren't trying to seduce me."

I couldn't help but snort. Me and the word seduce shouldn't be in the same sentence, let alone universe. "Whatever you say, Care Bear." I rolled my eyes playfully before looking back at her. She was smiling softly at me with an indiscernible look in her eyes. Even though I didn't know what it was, I knew I wanted more of it. Chloe suddenly snapped back to herself; releasing a breath before she went to pick up her bag. "Hey, Chloe," I hesitated, watching her as she started heading to the door. "What did this mean?"

She threw me a coy smirk, and I knew the look in her eyes before, that moment of vulnerability, was over.

"Whatever you want it to, Becs."

*Flashback to ten years ago*

"Becs, Oooh, becs! That one looks like a unicorn floating on a princes castle across the ocean!" I followed Chloe's pointing finger. Glancing at the cloud that she was freaking out about, I could honestly say. It looked like a blob. Maybe Chloe just had more imagination than my seven year old self, but that cloud was definitely just a blob. I looked at Chloe's excited face, her eyes wide in wonder, and her full Beale smile in effect. "Don't you think so?"

"Whatever you say, Care Bear."

So I know exactly shit about advanced calculus, so don't complain about how that was not it, also I pretty much suck at all math, so yes. That equation probably made no sense. Also I know this is late as fuck, but I kinda had a falling out with writing, and I'm slowly trying to get back into it. Anyways, I love you guys who read this, and I hope I'll be able to get another chapter out for you soon.

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