I'm not even gonna bother apologising, I'm just gonna hang my head in shame because you guys have been waiting an eternity and I doubt anyone is still reading this
Anyway if you are still reading, I'M FINALLY BACK! But it's now the Christmas holidays so ill probably do some writing :)
It's All About Finding Yourself - Chapter 5
Chloe had been enjoying her time at Barden High more than what she expected she would. Yeah, she missed Florida and her old friends but you can't help your single father getting relocated in his job. The hardest part of the move was having to break up with her long term girlfriend because long distance wasn't going to work for them, Chloe knew it was going to take a while to get over Lauren but with the new group of friends she had made at Barden made it seem so much easier. Talking about her new friends, she had never met a group of such different personalities that seemed to click with each other regardless of what society says. They were all interesting characters in the glee club but the person that intrigued Chloe most was Beca, she wasn't entirely sure why but she was eager to find out more about her.
"Chloe?" The voice that came from behind her bedroom door belonged to her father. The unexpected noise made her jump, dropping her phone onto her face as she was lying on her bed.
"Yeah?" She rubbed her face as she sat up. Her door opened slightly.
"Chlo, I've been called into work, would you be able to get Emily ready for bed?" Emily is Chloe's six year old sister. Her father felt guilty about leaving his sixteen year old daughter in charge due to him working late nights lately but Chloe honestly didn't mind.
"Yeah sure." Chloe replied distractedly as she picked her phone back up and continued to scroll through her Instagram feed. "It's seven o'clock now so when do I start getting her ready?"
"Just settle her down with a movie just now and she should be good. Right I got to run, I'll see you later on." He looked at his watch before closing Chloe's door behind him.
"Bye, love you!" She called as she heard him begin to make his way downstairs.
"I love you too!" She heard him call back which made her smile. Her dad has always been her best friend in life no matter what, he was the first person she told when she realised that she was in fact bisexual and he had been supportive of her sexuality ever since. She honestly couldn't be bothered moving herself but she needed to do what her dad asked plus she had math homework due for tomorrow that she had been procrastinating all afternoon. She rolled off her bed with her phone in her hand and exited her room.
"Emily!" She shouted from the top of the stairs.
"Yeah?!" The reply came from downstairs followed by footsteps before a little redhead appeared at the foot of the steps.
"C'mon upstairs, it's time for bed." Chloe motioned with her hand for her little sister to come to her.
Emily pouted "But I'm not tired." She protested but climbed the stairs nevertheless.
"You don't have to go to sleep straight away, I'll put a movie on and I'll sit and talk for you a bit." Chloe's smiled at her younger sister's face lighting up. That was Emily's talent, making Chloe smile even through some of the darker times in her life. "What movie will it be lil munchkin?" Chloe asked, dropping to her knees as she scanned the pile of movies beside the TV stand.
"Frozen!" Emily squealed, throwing her arms around Chloe's neck from behind and refused to let go, resting her chin on her sister's shoulder. Chloe giggled and picked up the requested movie, she was about to stand back up before she realised there was still a six year old clung onto her.
"You're gonna fall if I stand up." Chloe warned in an amused tone.
"No I won't." Emily gigged and Chloe stood up, sure enough she clung on as Chloe popped the DVD in.
"You're gonna wear out this DVD I swear." Chloe laughed as Emily finally got off her back and jumped into her bed. Chloe pulled the duvet over Emily up to her chin and climbed onto the bed beside her. As the movie started Emily automatically snuggled into the side of her big sister.
"Chloe?"
"Mhm?"
"What do you miss most about Florida?" There was a hint of sadness in the girl's voice. Chloe chewed on her bottom lip, it wasn't a hard decision but she had a feeling she was about to end up explaining why her best friend was actually in fact her girlfriend.
"Definitely Lauren."
"But you've made a group of new friends haven't you?" Chloe looked down at the girl staring back up at her with her baby blue eyes.
"Lauren was a little more than a friend, honey." Chloe draped her arm over the back of Emily's pillow.
"Like a best friend?" Emily sat up slightly and Chloe internally sighed. Here we go.
"She was my girlfriend." Even though Chloe's dad knew about her and Lauren, she had managed to keep it a secret from Emily, claiming she was too young for the explanation.
"Like a boyfriend except a girl?" Emily's a smart kid, she was surprised that she managed to keep her relationship a secret from her for so long. There were a few close calls though, like the multiple times were Emily would open the bedroom door and Chloe would have to roll off her girlfriend mid hot and steamy make out session. Luckily Emily would never question the sweaty foreheads or heaving chests or even sometimes the fact that the two girls were only in their underwear. Another close call was when Chloe and Lauren were watching a movie in the bedroom, they were fooling around and Chloe had her down Lauren's jeans and just then of course the little one walks in so Chloe tries to pull her hand away only to get a nasty scratch from Lauren's zipper.
"Exactly like that. I still like boys, I just like girls as well." Chloe shrugged.
"Will I be like you when I'm older and like girls too?" She asked curiously.
"That's for you to figure out when you're my age, sweetheart just don't let anybody tell you who you can and can't have feelings for." Chloe kissed the top of her little sister's head, even though she knew Emily wasn't going to care because she's still young but it still felt like there was a weight lifted off her shoulders. "I need to go do some math homework, you should get to sleep so you can get up for school tomorrow." She carefully climbed over the top of Emily.
"Okay, goodnight Chloe." Emily rested her head back down on her pillow and smiled lazily at Chloe.
"Goodnight, munchkin." Chloe winked at her little sister before placing a kiss on her forehead. She switched off the light on her way out and closed to door behind her.
Chloe let out a groan of displeasure as she pulled out her math stuff out from her bag and threw it onto her bed. Math was by far her weak point in school and was most definitely glad that Beca was asked to tutor her. She was pleasantly surprised by the petite brunette's mathematical talents. "Ugh what even is this?" She placed a hand on her forehead as she flicked through the pages she had to do for homework. Then it hit her, she was supposed to ask Beca about appreciation, depreciation and compound interest in school today but completely forgot about it. She picked up her phone and unlocked it before snapping a picture of each page. She clicked on her contacts and scrolled to Beca's name and typed out a text message along with the pictures.
[To: Beca]
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Hey, I completely forgot to ask you about this today, could you help me out please? Sorry if you're busy :)
[Sent at 19:27]
"I got detention today, Dad." Beca was sprawled out on the couch with her dad sitting at the end and Jesse on the chair. Dr Mitchell turned to his daughter with a sigh, tearing his eyes away from the TV.
"I know, I got a text message from the school saying you refused to do what you were asked to do." There was a snigger from Jesse as Dr Mitchell spoke.
"Nah, nah that's not what happened, let me tell you the story." Beca sat up and positioned herself so she was sitting cross legged.
"This should be hilarious." Jesse commented, turning his full attention to his cousin.
"Right, I sit between Jesse and Stacie in biology. Well halfway through class I really needed to pee so I asked to go to the bathroom but he wouldn't let me go so I was like 'What the hell? Why?' And he said there was some new school rule saying that you can't go to the bathroom during class time unless you have a note. Stupid right? I was seriously on the verge of pissing myself so Jesse told me to just tell him that I had my period, so I did and of course some of the retarded boys in the class sniggered like twelve year old's because they still find the idea of periods gross and hilarious-"
"They are gross though." Jesse interrupted earning himself a death glare from Beca.
"You think I don't know? I go through the pain." She hissed which Jesse found amusing as he chuckled. "-Anyway after I said that, Mr Bradley looked pretty uncomfortable but then just said that I should've brought in a note so I said to him 'Right okay, so every time I get my period I'm just supposed to tell my dad that I need a note so I can actually go and change?' I then told him to go fuck himself and I left the class so I could pee." Beca finally finished her story and awaited her father's comment.
"Well I've got to agree with you on this one, Bec. I don't find that fair for anyone, especially girls." Beca was pleasantly surprised at her dad's reaction, she thought she was gonna get a lecture on how she should've peed before class.
"I know right? That school's turning into a jail ever since they got that new principal, I mean we have to wear a stupid uniform now!" Beca threw her arms in the air.
"I think you all look smart in your uniforms." Dr Mitchell defended. Beca rolled her eyes before leaning over to grab her phone off the table, noticing that she had a text from Chloe. Jesse and Dr Mitchell turned their attention back to the TV as Beca read over the text. She thought for a minute on how she could help Chloe out before she swung her legs over the side of the couch and slid the notepad and pen on the table towards her. "What're you doing?" Dr Mitchell asked curiously.
"Helping Chloe out with her math homework." Beca clicked the pen before she started scribbling down examples for Chloe to work from.
"You should bring her here on the days you have to tutor her instead of staying back at the library." He suggested, sitting forward so he could watch what Beca was doing. He knew she was doing really well in her math class but she had never really watched her work.
"Yeah I will." Beca replied distractedly as she typed away on her calculator app on her phone.
"It's pretty amazing how you're dyslexic but are really good at working with numbers." Jesse spoke up. Beca finished the examples in record time, she took a picture of the paper and sent it to Chloe.
[To: Chloe]
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Here's an example of each, I'll talk to you in school about it tomorrow if you still don't understand :)
[Sent at 19:46]
It only took a matter of minutes for Chloe to reply.
[From: Chloe]
Thanks so much, you're the best! ;)
[Sent at 19:48]
The following day after school everyone in the glee club minus Beca and Mr McKay were in the dance studio. "Why do you think we're in here?" Chloe asked Stacie as the two girl's were sat on the floor. There had been a note left on the door of the choir room from Mr McKay telling everyone to go to the dance studio.
"My guesses are probably working on choreography for our invitationals performance." Stacie replied as she touched her toes of her outstretched leg in front of her. "You dance?" She asked, turning her head towards the redhead.
"Yeah, I know a few things" Chloe replied with a laugh.
"Well that's good because I know everyone else in this room plus Beca can dance. No wait, I don't know about Bumper all he ever does in school is piss off the basketball guys." Stacie rolled her eyes as she looked over at Bumper, who was talking with Jesse, Donald and Benji. Chloe giggled at Stacie. Everyone in the group had been very welcoming towards Chloe but it was the girls she seemed to connect with more. Beca was interesting, that was the only way Chloe could put it. Chloe had noticed that Beca had this badass and alternative front but she knew deep down, past the insults and snarky, sarcastic remarks lies a really sweet and caring person. Stacie never fails to put a smile on Chloe's face, just some of the things that come out of the brunette's mouth are downright hilarious to Chloe. At School Stacie seems like your typical laid back teenager who has made made a few silly mistakes in her life but judging by the way Jesse and Beca talk about her with her younger siblings, she seems very mature for her age. And finally on to Aubrey. Chloe couldn't help but feel sorry for the blonde ever since she broke up with Luke over a week ago since she has been pretty down ever since. Other than that Chloe and Aubrey seemed to get along great as well, the two girls were in the same English class so they could talk now and again and find out what they had in common.
"What sort of dance do you do?" Chloe asked curiously.
"A little bit of everything really but here's a fun fact, Jesse used to be my contemporary dance partner." Stacie pulled out her phone with a smile. "This was two years ago when we won one of our competitions." Stacie passed her phone to Chloe, showing a picture of her and Jesse. Chloe thought Stacie looked stunning with all her hair and makeup done, holding the first place trophy whilst Jesse looked like him dorky self, his arms around Stacie's waist from behind.
"Aw you guys are so cute! Were you two going out?" Chloe scrunched her nose up in the most adorable way possible as she handed Stacie her phone back.
"Nah, we're just really close." Stacie shrugged and Chloe nodded.
"So why did you guys stop?."Chloe asked after a moment of silence.
"Jesse got a lot of stick from the asshole jocks here at school and couldn't take being called gay anymore so he quit and joined the basketball team. I continued to do my solo stuff but I miss dancing with him." She explained, looking over at the said boy as she spoke.
"Guess what?" Aubrey interrupted their conversation as she dropped down to her knees beside Stacie with a sigh.
"What?" Stacie asked, throwing her arm around the blonde.
"Looks like Luke and Rachael have made it official." Aubrey sighed handing her phone to Stacie which was on Rachael's instagram page, showing a picture of her kissing Luke with the caption 'My guy' punctuated with a heart emoji. Stacie stuck two of her fingers in her mouth and pretended to gag making Chloe giggle and causing a smile to creep onto Aubrey's face.
"Come on let's post a picture and show how happy you are without the English dickhead. Chloe c'mere." This time Aubrey actually laughed and pulled the hair tie out of her hair. Chloe shuffled over to Stacie and pulled her hair over to one side in front of her shoulder as Stacie held her phone out in front of them. The three girls smiled and Stacie snapped the picture. "Chloe what's your instagram?" Stacie asked as she tagged Aubrey.
"It's just ChloeBeale." Stacie uploaded the picture and tapped on Chloe's account so she could follow her. Aubrey picked up her phone and did the same, sending the notifications to Chloe's phone.
Stacie tapped once Chloe's most recent photo and furrowed her brow as she read aloud the print on the redhead's shirt she was wearing in the picture. "No I'm not confused, I just swing both ways." Stacie had a little chuckle to herself as she caught on straight away. "So you like the girls too, huh?" Stacie teased as she continued to "stalk" Chloe's instagram account.
Chloe knew Stacie meant no harm with that comment so she laughed along "Yeah." She admitted "I had to explain to my little sister last night, it was a little awkward." The three girls turned their heads awkward they heard the door open.
"Hola classe. Sorry I'm late but I'm sure you'll forgive me because I want you to meet our two newest members of the Barden Majors!"
"You've got to be kidding me." Jesse groaned and Aubrey followed with the same comment only half a second later as they saw who walked in.
This is probably terrible but please just bare with me till I get back into the swing of things.
Remember this fic isn't going to rush into things so one again bare with me :')
If anybody is still here can you please leave me a wee review because I'm in desperate need of some inspiration :(