Chapter 2

Beca sighed for what felt like the hundredth time that night.

She was currently on the back porch of the BTM house trying to escape everything inside. After being kidnapped by Fat Amy, literally picked up and carried to the car, Beca decided that she may as well try to enjoy a party with her fellow aca-people. Unfortunately, the gods wanted otherwise and the first person she just had to run into was Chloe. Who apparently was still avoiding her. Chloe walked off to the couch and sat down next to Aubrey and what looked like that guy from earlier, without acknowledging the brunettes presence.

Beca turned away from the sight only to collide with none other than Jesse. Wiping off the bit of beer that had sloshed onto her shirt during the collision, Beca looked up at her ex and tentatively offered a "Hey."

Jesse looked behind Beca and saw what she was walking away from and just rolled his eyes. "Keg's in the kitchen. Have an 'aca-awesome' time." He sarcastically threw the comment at her before angrily making his way to the Jacuzzi.

Beca turned and glanced back over the couch where she caught Chloe's eyes for a split second. Before she was able to read those blue orbs, Beca lost Chloe's attention to Brad or Bob or whatever his name was.

"It's time for some drinking game bitches!" Stacie broke Beca from her thoughts as she started yelling for everyone to come join her around the table for some 'guaranteed fun times' as said by the Bella.

As everyone made their way towards Stacie and the inevitable bedlam that would come from the games, Beca slowly made her way towards the back of the house. She made her way through the kitchen only stopping to grab a beer and exited out the back door.

Beca took a sip of her beer, leaned over the railing, and looked over the backyard.

"I never understood how the Trebles managed to get such a nice set up."

Beca saw the redhead move next to her and copy her stance on the railing.

"Yea, pretty sweet. Minus who their roommate are."

Chloe offered a light chuckle, before turning her head to the brunette. "What brings you out here when the party's inside?"

"I could ask you the same thing."

"Well that's easy…you." Chloe smiled slightly. It may have been meant to be said lightly and jokingly, but the seriousness of Chloe's tone made Beca turn and look at her.

"I'm sorry I didn't tell you about me and Jesse. I just didn't want to ruin our time together at the beach when it happened and then there never was a great time to bring it up afterwards…"

She wasn't lying. Beca didn't want the breakup to ruin their vacation, but not because she would be all depressed and upset like Chloe seemed to think. Beca had envisioned two scenarios after her breakup with Jesse: the first she'd tell Chloe and inevitably her feeling would come out, causing them to end up in a passionate make out scene. Or two, she'd tell Chloe and her feelings would come out, causing Chloe to turn her down and thus make things awkward. Since there was no way the first option was even possible, Beca did the only thing she could think of to avoid the second option becoming a reality. And that was to just not tell Chloe altogether.

"It's okay Becs, I just was worried you didn't tell me because you didn't trust me."

Beca was shocked, "Of course not Chlo, you're like, the only person I really do trust." Beca blushed realizing what she had just revealed to the older woman.

In the dim light, Beca could see Chloe's eyes light up. "Really?"

"Don't make a big deal about it." Beca mumbled embarrassed that she had let her badass walls slip for the redhead.

"You're such a softy!"

"Am not!"

"You are too and I'm so aca-awesome that I managed to get behind your walls!"

Beca gulped, if only she knew how right she was… "Jeez Chlo reign in the ego. With your hair, I don't think you can afford to let your head get any bigger." Beca turned to her seriously. "You might not be able to fit through doorways."

Chloe broke out laughing. "Stop it!"

Beca in return broke out into a huge grin and started laughing. Chloe smacked the brunette's shoulder with her hand only to leave it there and give her a light squeeze. Slowly, Chloe moved her hand up and down the brunette's arm.

Unable to breath, Beca looked up at Chloe's eyes which were trained on her hand on Beca's arm. Beca realized that the pair were a lot closer than she had noticed before and wondered whether it was her imagination that they were slowly getting even closer.

Beca looked down at Chloe's lips and noticed how sexy the redhead looked with her lower lip drawn between her teeth. Glancing back up, Beca saw Chloe's eyes move up from her lips to her eyes and back down.

"NO ONE CAN STOP THIS SEXY BEAST!"

The pair catapulted apart as a very naked Fat Amy came running out the back door and around the house. The crowd from inside followed her around the house and back in the front door laughing hysterically.

Chloe cleared her throat. "Apparently it's truth or dare time inside. I'm,uh…going to go in."

Avoiding any eye contact, the redhead went in through the back door without looking back. Beca just stood frozen in place, unsure of what had just happened. Had she almost kissed Chloe Beale? And had Chloe Beale almost kissed her?!

Beca downed the now warm beer in her hand and went into the kitchen to grab another.

This one's a little shorter than I normally like to write. But I was just too excited about it and had to post it! Would love to read your thoughts. I mostly have a rough outline of where I'm going but am always a fan of working with any ideas people have.

Signing off.