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It's All About Finding Yourself - Chapter 6
Luke and Rachael stood by Mr McKay's side, somewhat smug expressions on their faces as they watched each and every reaction of their now fellow members.
"Are you two actually taking the pi-"
"Stacie, be nice." Mr McKay scolded the brunette causing her to roll her eyes. "You should all be grateful that they agreed to join so they rest of you can officially be a show choir. Where's Beca?" There was a murmur of 'I dunno' between the group before just on cue, Beca walked in, pulling her headphones off her ears so they hung around her neck.
"He-woah, why the hell are those two here?" Beca asked no one in particular as she stopped and eyed the two blonde's beside Mr McKay.
"They joined glee club." Jesse filled in with a dead tone.
"You're kidding right? You both can sing and dance?" Beca asked with slight amusement.
"I'm a cheerleader of course I can dance, hobbit." Rachael shot back.
"Ha-ha." Beca replied sarcastically, flipping off her soon to be step-sister before spinning on her heel and walking towards the other girls.
"Now girls, you're gonna have to cut that out if we're gonna become a team and get ourselves to nationals!" Mr McKay clapped his hands together and walked towards the girls who were already sitting on the floor. "Okay everybody gather round so I can explain what's happening." Everyone did as they were told and sat down in front of Mr McKay, who dropped down to his knees before pulling out a folded piece of paper from his back pocket. "Our invitationals are this Friday night-"
"This Friday night? It's already Tuesday! We haven't even put together a set list yet nevermind any choreography!" Benji exclaimed incredulously.
"Ah that's where you're wrong!" Mr McKay pointed at Benji and held up his paper in front of him. "I have put together a set list and chosen the voices which are going to be featured. Aubrey and Jesse you will be singing Queen's Somebody To Love as a duet."
Jesse held up his hand to Aubrey for a high five, which she accepted and he clasped his fingers with her's, giving her a smile before letting go.
"And Beca and Chloe you will be taking the lead of We Found Love by Calvin Harris featuring Rihanna." Beca looked up to the ceiling, mouthing 'yes' before turning to Chloe with a smile which she gladly returned. "Okay everybody up on their feet! We're going to start with the choreography." Mr McKay stood up and started positioning the teenagers into certain places he had already planned out for the certain pieces of choreography. "Okay even though we're going to perform Somebody To Love at invitationals first, we're going to practice the choreography for We Found Love since it's a more upbeat and the dance will take a lot more out of you. We'll do that, take a break and then cool down with Somebody To Love. Beca, Chloe we'll get to your part in a second but first, Stacie, Aubrey, Jesse and Luke come forward."
"Are we getting individual microphones? Or is it one of those big ass ones that pick up the lot of us?" Beca asked as the four who were told to come forward came up and stood in front of Mr McKay.
Mr McKay looked at the ground and chuckled at Beca's choice of words. "It's the one that picks up everyone. Okay Jesse and Stacie, you two used to dance together so you should both be comfortable." He guided Jesse do he was standing behind Stacie with his hands resting on her waist. "Aubrey, Luke are you both comfortable doing a paired dance together?" There was a dead silence that casted over everyone. Stacie glanced to her side and caught Aubrey's eye.
"You know what Mr McKay?" Donald walked towards the front allowing Aubrey to release a breath of relief as she felt Luke's eyes on her from behind. "Luke's only just joined the club, why don't I take his place instead?" Donald slipped behind Aubrey and placed his hands on her waist.
"Thank you so much." Aubrey whispered.
"I got your back." Donald reassured, feeling Aubrey relax her body.
"I guess, if it's okay with Luke?" Mr McKay asked the blonde who was already on his way to the back beside Rachael.
"Yeah it's fine."
Mr McKay was right, We Found Love was quite a vigorous dance routine, especially for Aubrey, Donald, Jesse, Stacie, Beca and Chloe who were front and centre of it all. During their break, Chloe stood off away from everyone, checking her phone and sipping on her water bottle. Chloe was breathing rather heavily, yes mostly because of the work out she had just done but also because she was surrounded by very pretty girls who were all hot and sweaty. The guys too but Beca, Stacie and Aubrey were all wearing tank tops that showed some cleavage and it was working Chloe up. She was definitely a boobs kind of girl.
"Chloe!" Chloe was dragged away from her thoughts once she heard Beca calling her name and motioning for her to come over. Chloe swallowed the water that was in her mouth and held up two fingers to Beca before placing her phone and water bottle down before making her way over.
"What's up?" She asked as she approached the brunette.
"Me and Jesse finally convinced Aubrey to come ice skating with us, do you want to come with us today?" Beca asked hopefully, brushing a hair away from her sweaty forehead.
"Yeah , sure why not? I've never ice skated before so this should be hilarious." Chloe shrugged with a smile.
"Hey, Stace, do you wanna come ice skating with us?" Jesse asked the brunette who was in the middle of stretching her arms.
"No, fuck that." Stacie shook her head quickly.
"Okay fair enough." Jesse shrugged.
"So I take it you Jesse ice skate a lot?" Chloe asked Beca as she attempted to tie up her skates, glancing at Beca's own hockey skates which she was managing to tie up rather quickly. Jesse had already laced his up and was now down on his knees in front of Aubrey, helping her out.
"Yeah we've did it a lot since we were kids." Beca finished lacing up her skates before standing up. "Do you need a hand?" Beca asked with a smile of amusement as she looked down at Chloe's skates.
"Hm, what do you think?" Chloe asked with a laugh looking down at the mess she had created with the laces. Beca laughed along and dropped to her knees, pulling Chloe's foot onto her lap before lacing them up properly.
"I can't believe you're dragging me into this." Aubrey sighed as she clung on to Jesse's offered arm so she could stand up with his support. Jesse just chuckled at Aubrey. He hadn't told anybody but he did have a little crush on Aubrey but even when Beca makes fun of him he still denies it. He just didn't understand how Luke could cheat on her like that, Aubrey is beautiful and smart and funny, everything he looks for in a girl but he didn't want to pressure her into anything after just breaking up with Luke.
"We all good to go?" Beca asked as she helped Chloe up by her hand.
"Ye-wait, Aubrey you're gonna freeze out there why didn't you bring a hoodie or something?" Jesse asked the blonde on his side.
"I didn't have time to change out of my uniform and I totally forgot to pick my hoodie back up." Aubrey explained before Jesse unzipped his hoodie and held it out to the blonde.
"And what about you?" She slowly reached forward, raising an eyebrow at the taller boy.
"Trust me as soon as I pick up some speed, I'll be on fire!" Jesse made the appropriate sound effect as he shot his hand out in front of him once Aubrey had taken his hoodie.
"You're a fucking weirdo." Beca commented looking him dead in the eye which made Chloe giggle.
"No, I'm fucking awesome and you're just sad cause you're not." Jesse poked Beca in the shoulder before turning back to Aubrey, who was just staring at the extra sleeve past her hands.
"Why are your arms so long?"
"You look adorable." Jesse grinned, hitting the loose sleeve with his hand.
"Can you two stop flirting so we can actually get on the ice?" Beca asked as she brushed passed Jesse, ignoring his protests of how that wasn't flirting. Beca passed through the double doors and went straight onto the ice. She skated back up to the opening just as the other three arrived. Jesse helped Aubrey ease herself onto the ice as one of Chloe's hands clutched onto the barrier and the other in Beca's hand.
"Oh my god, oh my god, oh my god." Chloe rushed out nervously as she got two skates on the ice.
"You're okay." Beca couldn't help but laugh at Chloe over dramatising everything. Beca tried to let go of Chloe's hand but the redhead was having none of it.
"No, no don't let go." Beca chuckled and looked over at Jesse and Aubrey. Jesse was skating backwards, holding Aubrey's hands so she was skating forward.
"I know what'll make this easier but you're gonna have to let me go for two seconds." Reluctantly Chloe let go and grabbed onto the side for dear life. Beca skated forward a bit and transitioned so she was moving backwards, she did a few crossovers to show off before skating towards Chloe who let out a squeal thinking Beca was going to crash into her. Beca laughed as she stopped in front of the redhead who was practically bracing for impact. "Right gimme your hands." Chloe grabbed Beca's hands and stabled herself. "Okay I'm going to start moving now, do you trust me?"
"I think so." Beca slowly began moving backwards, taking Chloe with her. It didn't take long for Chloe to get the hang of things as she skating around the rink holding Beca's hands. She looked down at their hands for a moment.
"See you're getting it!" And in that moment it was like time had slowed down. A feeling overcame Chloe as she lifted her head up and locked eyes with the brunette who was softly smiling at her. A feeling of realisation. But also intertwined with another feeling she was all too familiar with. A feeling that she had experienced with her ex-girlfriend. The touching of hands, the way she looked at her, all these simple little things were the things that caused her to get butterflies around Lauren but now the same thing was happening with Beca in front of her. Beca, her STRAIGHT friend who she would rather call her more of a best friend even though they had only known each other for a short period of time. She was beginning to discover this attraction for Beca which must've kept itself hidden for a while before hitting her like a ton of bricks, this just made things complicated. Her eyes widened. "Holy shit!" She exclaimed before pulling away her hands only to lose her footing and fall backwards onto the ice.
"Hey, you alright? You kinda just let go." Beca asked with a furrowed brow. Chloe propped herself up on her elbows, staring up at Beca.
"Yeah I'm fine, I just slipped." She lied. Beca bent forward and held her hands out. Of course Beca had some sort of habit to show her cleavage in front of Chloe. She grabbed onto Beca's hands but in the failed attempt to pull the redhead up, the brunette fell to her knees, her hands landing either side of Chloe's head. Chloe wasn't having a great day at at the office.
Beca started laughing "I'm sorry, this always happens when I try to help someone up" She explained. 'Oh really? You're so close to their face that the other person has the urge to kiss you.' Chloe thought to herself.
"Hey, what happened here?" Jesse asked chuckling. Beca rolled off Chloe and held her hand up to Jesse. Jesse stood between the two girls and grabbed their hands at the same time, successfully pulling them up.
"Wow you have amazing arms." Chloe complimented. That's right Chloe, focus on the biceps and not the boobs.
"You wanna know why that is?" Beca asked with an amused smirk on her face. Beca held her hand out in front of her and began moving it in a certain obscene way. God dammit she's so witty and hilarious that the biceps aren't working as a distraction. Jesse narrowed his eyes as a blush crawled onto his face as he swatted his cousin's hand away. "Trust me, he thinks masturbating powers the lights." Chloe and Aubrey were trying their hardest not to laugh at Beca's jokes.
"Beca I swear to god!"Jesse exclaimed.
"Look I can even do an imitation." She started to move her hand again and closed her eyes "Uh, fuck Au-" Jesse lunged forward and covered her mouth just in time. Beca wriggled out of his grip and began skating away, closely followed by Jesse, leaving the other two girls behind.
"They're crazy." Chloe laughed, shaking her head.
"She may be really mean to him most of the time but she loves him to pieces, they're more like brother and sister rather than cousins." Aubrey explained, resting her arm on the barrier.
"Why do they live together?" Chloe had always wondered this but didn't really want to ask either of them.
"Well Jesse's dad's in the army and when we were eleven his mom died in this freak car accident." She explained sadly, looking down at the ice.
"God, that's awful. Does he ever worry about his dad in the army after what happened to his mom and all?" Chloe asked curiously.
"All the time. Every year on the week of mine and his birthday, since we're only four days apart, we always get a video chat from his dad and my older brother, who actually joined the army too. Much to my dad's displeasure of course." Aubrey said with a chuckle. "Probably our favourite day of the year."
"That's really sweet." Chloe looked over at Jesse and Beca, who were now racing from one end of the rink to the other. "Hey, Aubrey?"
"Hm?"
"Why did Stacie shoot down the idea of coming with us so quickly?" They all must think Chloe's just a question machine.
"Oh there's a story behind that one. You see Stacie used to figure skate, one time she was in this pairs competition and she actually made it to the final with her partner. I think Defying Gravity was their song, well anyway her partner was skating in front of her and lifted his leg up too early. At first we only thought the side of his skate accidentally hit her in the face but it wasn't until she bent forward where you could see the blood dripping at a rapid rate from her head. We tried to get on the Ice but they wouldn't let us. Stacie said she could only remember feeling the blood run down the side of her nose and shouting on her dad before before the room started spinning. She She was lucky that it her partner could deal with the sight of blood so he could lay her down carefully since she fainted."
"Oh my god, no wonder she doesn't want to get back on the ice. Was this the ice rink where it all happened?" Chloe asked. She nearly jumped out of her skin and lost her footing as a pair of hands grabbed her waist.
"Sure was." Beca answered her question "if you actually look over there you can still see the leftover blood."
"You're disgusting." Aubrey grimaced.
"She's messing with you." Jesse reassured once he saw the look of horror on Chloe's face. But the look of horror wasn't for the blood, it was for the feeling that Beca brought back once she grabbed her waist.
Finally Chloe's realised that she has feelings for the wee 'I'm totally straight' raging homosexual brunette.
Please tell me how you think Chloe and Beca are going to get together and how Beca realises she's gay.