Title: Unhurried wait
Rating: T/M
Pairing: Aubrey/Chloe, Beca/Benji, Triple Treble friendship
Genre: AU-ish, Friendship, Romance
Disclaimer: These characters do not belong to me; I just like playing with them.
Notes: Written for me, myself & mine
Word Count: ~ 2,440
A/N: For AN go to chapter 1.
Heyy! Sorry to tell you this, guys, but it will be some time before chapter 6 will be posted… Chin up and be patient! It's gonna be worth the wait)))
solid time break - xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo
scene break - (*)(*)(*)(*)
Chapter 5
The Aca-Initiation night (2nd week of October 2011)
After escaping her co-worker and now it seemed a rival a-Capella singer Jesse by leaving him with another Treblemaker, Beca checked her watch. It read 1:24 a.m. of a beautiful Saturday morning. Shooting a text, she got an immediate response. Beca smiled.
The brunette looked around the amphitheatre, searching for her new captains. Seeing Chloe and Aubrey sitting in the lower area, Beca started to get down, making sure to escape any collisions with her fellow students. Reaching the girls appeared to be not an easy task as Beca herself had indulged in a couple of drinks.
"Hey, guys." Beca plopped on the stall at Aubrey's right. "Is there a prereq time on saying for this thing?"
"Got somewhere to be, Beca?" Aubrey turned her head to look at the alt-girl. Chloe leaned over her to get a better view at Beca's face. "Becs, you've gotta stay. It's not even two yet."
Beca grinned at the redhead's almost whine. "Chloe, it's the very time for some action." Winking at Aubrey, she hemmed "And Bree here made us swear not to indulge into the wrongness that is a Treble. Soo..."
Aubrey was intrigued by the trail off. She thought about Benji. Was she going to meet him? Aubrey was genuinely interested and not just because she was still a bit jealous. The blonde senior was sure that they could be friends, all four of them. Before she was to finish her musings Aubrey felt a jolt. The next second the blonde would have fallen over with the speed that Chloe climbed onto her lap if not for Beca supporting Aubrey's side and grabbing Chloe's flailing hand.
"Whoa! There, there, Chloe. I doubt Bree would thank you for planting her face on the ground."
"She's nice to me." Chloe grinned and pecked Aubrey on the cheek, making her flush with red heat. "Stop deflecting, missy. Who did you have in mind for the action?" She wiggled her perfectly nipped eyebrows.
"As if you could get it out of me that easily." Beca scoffed. Aubrey squirmed to get more comfortable with the added presence of Chloe on her lap. Glancing through the crimson tresses covering her face, Bree noticed the glistening curiosity in Chloe's gaze. The blonde inspected Beca and saw only a playful determination not to disclose any information.
"You won't get anything out of her today, Chlo." Aubrey then addressed the DJ. "The unofficial 'meet & greet' is over. Better not be late tomorrow." Feeling at ease, she smirked at Beca. "Wouldn't want you to be too tired for cardio."
"Not a chance, Posen." She patted Aubrey's back a little awkwardly. Chloe jumped off of Aubrey and enveloped Beca into a hug.
"Dude, you've got to give me some warning so I'd have the time to take a breath." Automatically returning the embrace (when such a response had time to become one?), Beca grumbled into the redhead's shoulder.
"Where's the fun in that?" Chloe didn't let go of Beca straight away. And Beca strangely didn't fight it.
"See you tomorrow." The freshman waved at her captains and went up and out of the amphitheatre.
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Jesse struggled to wrap up the conversation with his senior teammate as to return to Beca. Miffed at the earlier interruption by the ginger girl whose name Jesse wasn't that interested in to begin with, he had drank quite a lot already, building up the liquid courage to go find his dream girl again. While Unicycle went to get them another couple of drinks, Jesse ran his bleary eyes over the faces closest to him. Not seeing Beca anywhere Jesse pouted, thinking Such a weasel-y weasel girl.
"No brooding on the party night! Let loose! Nobody waits for you at home!" Unicycle returned with another pint of the horrid mix. And Jesse had to agree, gulping down the nth cup – for once nobody was waiting for him at the dorm. Oh, I still didn't have that chat with Benji, could be considered the last coherent thought of one Jesse Swanson for that night.
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Walking briskly as a chilly morning wind blew around her, Beca felt happy with herself. She didn't bail on the possibility to make friends and that was an accomplishment of the year already. The classes had gained its importance gradually, and by now Beca exhibited much more interest in them thanks to the discussions she could have with both Stacie and Benji, and Chloe being a TA in one of her classes. And Beca could tell that she and Aubrey had found a curious footing, too. The Bellas also held a promise of fun times.
Huddling in her leather coat, Beca breathed in the fresh campus air, as if cementing that feeling of giddy joy. Checking the text again, Beca smiled coyly, and at the intersection she took the upper right pathway leading to the Faraday Hall.
She bounded up the stairs to the third floor and searched for a room 334. Beca rapped on the door and with little shuffling it burst open. Benji stood there with a smile and tussled hair, his pants half on his hips and t-shirt bundled up at the waist indicating that he just got out of bed. Shaking her head to clear up the suddenly hazy vision, Beca grinned at him and accepted his outstretched hand.
"Had fun, Becs?" Benji pulled her into him, burrowing his nose into Beca's hair. The newly accepted Bella breathed him in as she has just done with the air. He smelled of calm and sleep and relaxation. She melted further into his arms.
"The party was a party. But I had fun with Stacie and the captains." He genuinely liked Aubrey and Chloe, and, frankly, couldn't wait for their appointed friendly meeting again. Benji helped Beca take off her coat as she toed off her boots. "Jesse was being a clingy shit, but I shooed him off to the other Treble." Putting away Beca's clothes Benji got her his old sweatpants and a Star Wars t-shirt. She glared at the man playfully. Smirking Benji went to straighten his bed as Beca changed. "We have first practice Sunday morning. Aubrey is definitely an overachiever to set it on a weekend." Dumping her jeans and hanging the blouse on a nearby chair, Beca climbed in on the bed, tiredly hitting a pillow to give it a desired shape and lying down on her right side, as Benji turned off the lights. "Still, she could've made it tomorrow." The brunette mumbled as Benji spooned her, his chin on her left shoulder with his arm over Beca's hips. He chuckled at that, pulling the blanket over them – the thing was warm, fluffy and had a homey feel to it.
"Chloe didn't let her, we can say that much for sure." The grins appeared at the same time on their faces. Ben, too, was tired today – from work, school load, and pointless vexing about the a-Capella group. Beca's panicky text earlier in the day that Chloe's come to fetch her to the Initiation Night made him laugh and simultaneously accept that he, Benji Applebaum, won't be getting in the Trebles anytime soon, with Bumper being at the helm. "Sleep, talk tomorrow."
They sighed simultaneously, relaxing into the deep embrace and sinking into sleep.
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Watching Beca nearly skip away, Chloe faced Aubrey, nestling back on her lap. "Bree, aren't you curious?" Aubrey laughed, winding her arms around Chloe's middle more firmly.
"I think it's still too early to pry so insistently." The blonde tucked Chloe's tresses behind her ears. "You don't want to scare her away. Of course if you really want to us to be friends and not just teammates." She watched Chloe's expression.
"It's part of my charm." Chloe jutted out her lower lip. Aubrey had to fight the ever growing need to nip at it.
"It sure is, Sunshine. You're quite comfy, I see." In response Chloe stuck her tongue out, eliciting a giggle from the blonde captain. Aubrey scanned the party, checking on every Bella. She found most of them, except for Mary-Elise and Kory. Chloe heard Aubrey's tsking and turned the blonde's face to her. "Bree, it's a party! Let them party."
"But the oath..." Aubrey's indignation was cut off by Chloe's warm breath on her ear. "Come on, let's dance, Bree." Gulping the air to dismiss the dryness in her throat, Aubrey reluctantly followed Chloe to the center, falling into the rhythm of her friend rather than the music playing.
Chloe pulled all the stops tonight, throwing caution to the wind. Catching the beat, the ginger faced her crush and put her hands around Aubrey's shoulders. Aubrey indulged the girl and herself, though the blonde knew that these occurrences have been happening much too often and soon would need to be addressed. But right now Aubrey, happy with the perspective of the new Bellas and new friendships, decided that she wasn't going to ruin the night.
They were swaying slowly, both a little tipsy on a cooler, but more so on each other. Both were aware that they tiptoed the line, and both suspected that neither was ready to cross it. However as the song changed Chloe and Aubrey moved through the dance floor and ended up against the shadowed wall. Aubrey's back became flush with the chilly wall as Chloe's flaming body pressed closer, eliminating all the space between them. The enticing curve of Aubrey's neck seemed to draw the redhead's lips in and Chloe was never the one to deny herself the pleasure. A sharp gasp left Aubrey's mouth as she felt blazing lips map her neck, and a hushed mewl escaped when Chloe ground on her while running the nimble tongue over the blonde's jugular.
Fisting Chloe's hair Aubrey pulled her head back to meet the redhead's eyes. Unhappy sound met her ears, Chloe's eyes burning openly with passion and... Aubrey stumbled in her perusing, starting to shake. The redhead's face lost the look of raw want and adopted a soft gentle smile, halting the little subconscious rocking motions. Gently cupping Aubrey's cheek Chloe leaned in and pecked the girl's lips, assuring her of the genuineness of her feelings.
"Bree, shh..." She carefully hugged the blonde, sighing at the way Bree clutched her hands at Chloe's back. "Should we leave, baby?" The long desired endearment slipped passed her lips. Aubrey exhaled and nodded her head, still on Chloe's shoulder. "Okay."
"Chlo, I..." Aubrey then thought of a much better thing to do and brought Chloe closer by the nape of her neck. Expertly capturing the rosily perfect lips before her, Bree sighed at the controversial feelings of calmness and the ever smoldering fire inside of her as the kiss tethered and unhinged her at the same time. At the separation, their eyes met and by mutual consent grabbing each others hands Chloe led them away from the party.
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Beca's eyes sprung open as the sound of a ringing alarm on her phone shrilled through the room. Even though the phone was in the back pocket of her pants, the sound was quite deafening. Locating the clock on Benji's wall she noted the time – 7:24, and the new Bella was relieved when the alarm stopped blaring. Glancing across the room Beca saw that Jesse hadn't returned to the room during the night. She contemplated getting up, remembering her tentative plans with Stacie about their project, Dave's persistent request to meet with him and, of course plans they'd made with Benji for the day after the auditions, no matter the outcome, and the brunette needed to freshen up before all that. A solid body was meshed into her back and firm hands were holding her closely.
"Time to get up?" Benji mumbled into her shoulder. His gruff sleepy voice paired with his morning stubble caused Beca to squirm a little, chuckling. "Yeah, but I'd rather not."
"Actually, I have a little something for that." Benji started saying. Beca snuggling deeper in his embrace prompted Benji to raise his knees and cocoon the girl. His maneuvering made them both aware of Mother Nature's quirk – namely his prominent morning erection as every inch of them was pressed into each other. Neither has ever been caught up in such a situation and both stilled.
"Just a little something?" Beca deadpanned, turning around to meet Benji's eyes.
"Thank you." He gave back stoically. They grinned at each other barely holding in the giggles.
"So, what did you have in mind?" Beca ghosted a kiss over his mouth and pressed in after his muted whimper. Gently breaking the kiss Beca then nuzzled Benji's neck.
"Some instant crème coffee and cuddles?" The man gasped for breath, holding his girlfriend tightly.
"Perfect." Beca's soft sigh against the hollow of his neck sent shivers down Benji's spine. Both were in no haste to move as neither minded the cuddles before the coffee.
xoxoxoxoxoxox
The bright Saturday morning light illuminated the room in which two girls, after waking up some time earlier, were now gazing into each others eyes.
"I wanted to kiss you for a long time." Chloe whispered. Her palm lovingly caressed Bree's cheekbone.
"Really?" Aubrey grinned, leaning into the affectionate hand. "Since when?" The greenest eyes she had ever seen always made Chloe succumb to the owner's wishes.
"Honestly? Remember, you ditched that groping guy you were with at the Spring Break party second year? It was really warm and we danced pretty hard. You then came with me to the park and we sat on the grass till the stars came out."
"Yeah. It was our first night stargazing." Aubrey smiled in delight. That memory was her treasured heaven and to know that Chloe put it just as high on her own memory scale made the blonde lean in and gently fold her lips over Chloe's in a good morning kiss. A little giggle escaped the redhead.
"What?" Aubrey asked carefully, still ecstatic from their night and morning to overthink everything.
"I'm just glad that we can do this now at any time we want." Chloe brushed their noses and pecked the blonde's inviting lips one more time.
"We definitely can, gorgeous." Pulling Chloe closer into the cocoon of blankets and their own heat, Aubrey sighed. "But we will need to get up soon."
She felt the redhead's affirming nod as Chloe's arms went around her waist bringing the girls even closer though it seemed impossible. There still was some time for them to indulge into this newfound specter of their relationship before the world would demand their attention.