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It's All About Finding Yourself - Chapter 9

"Can I walk you home?" Tom asked with a smile as he and Chloe exited the cinema. Chloe smiled up at the taller boy.

"Wow, such a gentleman." Chloe teased, nudging Tom softly with her elbow. "You know you're not what I expected." Chloe looked down at her feet as they walked.

"How come?" He asked curiously. Tom looked down at their hands brushing off each other and stepped in for a bold move; taking Chloe's hand in his, interlacing their fingers.

"Well a lot of people in school say football isn't the only thing you play, if ya get me?"

"Surely you have me confused with someone else?" Tom laughed, flashing his charming smile down at Chloe. "Luke Evans maybe? Isn't he one of those guys?"

"Sure is." Chloe replied, recalling what he did to Aubrey.

"So tell me more about yourself Chloe, do you have any brothers or sisters?" He asked, swiftly changing the topic.

"Well I live with my dad and my little sister Emily, who's six. Actually she probably hates me right now for leaving her two nights in a row since I was at Aubrey's place last night." Chloe laughed softly and Tom joined her.

"She sounds sweet." He commented, softly swinging their hands back and forward.

"She actually smashed Beca's phone yesterday after sectionals so I think the sweetness is just a front." Chloe joked.

It didn't take the pair long to end up on Chloe's porch.

"Thanks for this Tom, I had a really nice night." Chloe let go of Tom's hand and faced him.

"No problem, I had fun too." He smiled; stepping forward towards Chloe as he placed his hand on her waist.

Chloe ran her hands up Tom's arms before she snaked them around his neck. Tom closed the gap between them and pressed his lips against Chloe's.

Chloe pulled away with a smile and removed her arms from his neck. "I'll text you later Tom." She kissed him on the cheek and told him goodnight before he went on his way and Chloe unlocked her door. "Oh hey Dad." Chloe opened the door and was surprised to see her Dad, standing in the living room doorway with a smirk on his face. "What's that look for?" Chloe tried not to laugh as she bypassed her dad on the way to the kitchen.

"Kissing on my porch?" He joked, following her into the kitchen.

"You were spying on me!" Chloe exclaimed with a playful slap.

"I'm kidding, kiddo." He laughed, kissing her on the cheek. "How'd it go?"

"It was good, Tom's really sweet." Chloe replied, running her hand through her hair as her dad set down a cup of tea next to her.

"Well that's good, are you going to be seeing him again?"

Before Chloe could answer, Emily ran in the room towards her big sister. "You're home!" She exclaimed excitedly. Chloe crouched down to Emily's level.

"You're making it out like I was gone for a week." Chloe joked, nudging the little girl's shoulder.

Emily laughed. "Dad said you'd watch a movie with me when you got home."

"Oh he did?" Chloe asked, looking up at her father who just winked before taking his tea through to the living room. She inwardly cursed him as he left the room.

"Come on! I'll let you pick the movie!" Emily grabbed Chloe's hand and dragged her out of the room upstairs.

Monday.

"So are they like a thing now?" Beca asked Jesse as she closed her locker before glancing across the hall at Chloe and Tom.

"I guess so." Jesse shrugged "Why do you care?"

"Because Tom's an idiot." Beca roll her eyes and leaned against her locker.

"True." He agreed with a nod. "Hey do you know where Aubrey is today? She's not in school." Jesse asked with a hint of concern.

"What're you talking about she's down on her knees in front of you."

Jesse looked down "What?-Hey! Beca I'm serious!" He scolded after realising her awful joke.

Beca composed herself from laughter before replying to him. "Stacie said she's got a cold and an ear infection." Beca grimaced.

"Is it even possible to get a cold in September?"

"Well Aubrey managed it."

"Glee sucks!" Beca and Jesse quickly turned their heads to a group of football guys walking past. It was as if it all happened in slow motion; the pair's eyes widened as two of the guys flung a slushie at each of them, covering their faces in the ice cold substance. Everybody in the close proximity turned around to the scene, including Chloe who just covered her mouth. The footballers walked away, laughing loudly causing most of the people around them to laugh.

"What the hell just happened?!" Jesse gasped due to the coldness of the slushie shortening his breath.

"That's it! I'm quitting this stupid club!" Beca exclaimed, attempting to wipe the remains of the ice off her face as she stormed down the hallway, followed by Jesse.

Beca swung the door of the choir room open and roughly pulled off her tie before beginning to unbutton her shirt.

"You two as well? What the hell is wrong with this school?" Beca looked up and was stopped in her tracks as she took in the scene before her. Just like her and Jesse; Stacie, Donald, Benji and Bumper were covered in different colours of slushies, attempting to clean themselves up with towels.

"We all got hit at the same time on our way here." Benji explained, wiping his forehead with the towel.

"We're officially at the bottom of the food chain." Jesse sighed, accepting one of the towels from Donald.

"Guys what's going on?" Chloe asked as she entered the room.

"You know just "chilling" Chloe wanted to laugh at Stacie's joke but judging by everyone's faces in the room, that wasn't a good idea.

"How come she didn't get slushied?" Bumper asked no one in particular.

Everyone just shrugged until Beca clicked. "It's because you're dating Tom. It doesn't matter what lame club you're in, if you're dating the most popular guy in school that automatically shoots you up the popularity chart leaving us at the bottom in a pool of slushies."

"This school is so weird." Chloe muttered under her breath as she helped Beca wipe some of the slushie off her.

"My cleavage looks like an ass of an avatar." Stacie commented, shining a tiny bit of light on the situation as almost everyone gave a small chuckle.

"What happened in here?" Luke and Rachael were next to enter the room with raised eyebrows.

"The football guys thought it would be funny to slushie us." Jesse informed them with a straight face.

"Hey guys sorry I'm late, I was covering a class - what?" Mr McKay finally appeared and as he looked at the kids with his mouth agape, the ones who were slushied just rolled their eyes at how many times they've had to state the obvious. "Who did this to you?"

"The football team." Donald sighed.

"How come you guys are fine?" Mr McKay asked Chloe, Luke and Rachael. They shrugged in response.

"Because we're the losers of the group." Benji put forward bluntly. "Chloe's dating the most popular guy in school, Luke's the captain of the basketball team and Rachael is head cheerleader, the rest of us are just glee losers. If she were here, Aubrey would be in the same situation."

"Enough with this 'loser' talk guys. None of you are losers, you're all special and if the rest of the students in this school are too ignorant to realise that then that's their problem. Most of you guys joined this club to feel like you belong somewhere, don't let a bunch of guys who aren't gonna get anywhere in life change that." The teenagers all managed a small smile at the end of Mr McKay's speech, he always knew how to put on a good pep talk. "Now pick yourselves back up so I can tell you about this week's assignment." He began tearing up pieces of paper, writing down the names of everyone in the club. "Does anyone know if Aubrey will be back by the end of the week?"

"I'm gonna go see her after school today but she should be." Jesse voiced.

"Okay great." Mr McKay scribbled the rest of the names down and placed them in a hat before pulling out a whiteboard marker from his back pocket. "This week's assignment..." He started, walking over to the white board "Duets. I will call you out one by one and whoever's name you pick out the hat will be your duet partner. Beca, you're up first." He said as he read off the first name to be pulled out.

Beca threw the towel onto Stacie's lap before getting up and walking over to the piano. She reached into the hat and pulled out a piece of paper. "Chloe." She read and looked up at the redhead who was smiling ear to ear, Beca couldn't help but smile back.

"Okay thank you Beca, next up is..." Mr McKay fished his hand around in the hat before retrieving a name. "Jesse."

The said boy walked up to the piano and pulled out a name, inwardly cursing as he looked down at the paper "Luke." He huffed. What the hell was he meant to sing with Luke?

Once all the names were pulled out, the finally pairings were made.

Beca and Chloe.

Jesse and Luke.

Aubrey and Stacie.

Rachael and Bumper.

Donald and Benji.

Jesse rang the doorbell of the Posen household and awaited an answer. As he waited he looked around, he had always been in awe at the sheer size of this house for three people, guess that's the perks of having a CEO for a dad and a hot shot lawyer for a mom.

"Jesse? I'm surprised to see you here, can I help you?" Rose answered the door with a smile.

"Uh yeah, I came to see Aubrey, I heard she's sick. I brought her some work from her teachers, you know what she's like when she falls behind." He chuckled.

"Tell me about it, I was practically fighting her this morning because she was convinced she was fit enough to go to school." She shook her head with a laugh. "Are you sure you don't want me just to give this to her? I'm pretty sure she's contagious." Rose asked, pointing to the bag in Jesse's hand.

"Trust me Mrs Posen, I've got an immune system made of steel, I never get sick." Jesse said with a proud smile.

"Okay well if you insist." The dark haired woman stepped out of the way and let Jesse inside before closing the door. "Are Beca, Stacie and Chloe okay? Since they were here with Aubrey at the weekend I thought that there was a possibility that they could be sick too?" Rose asked, looking over her shoulder at Jesse as she climbed the stairs.

"No they're fine, they were all in school today." Jesse replied with a shrug.

"Aubrey honey! you have a visitor." Rose knocked on the said girl's door and called through before opening it slightly.

"Who is it?" Aubrey asked, looking up from her phone.

"Hey." Jesse emerged from behind Rose and gave Aubrey a sympathetic smile. "I brought you stuff from school and I thought we could watch a movie or something?" He suggested setting his bag down at the end of the bed and kicking his shoes off.

"I'll leave you two to it." And with a knowing smile, Rose left the room and closed the door behind her.

"You're gonna get sick." Aubrey let her hair out of the hair tie before re-tying it out of her face.

"Trust me I won't, scooch over. By the way your voice sounds adorable when your sinuses are blocked up." Aubrey reluctantly moved over in her bed, pulling the covers up to her chest after realising she had a low cut tank top on.

"You're not funny."

"I'm not trying to be." Jesse climbed onto the bed next to her and pulled his bag onto his lap. "Here's your work from school." He handed her a pile of textbooks and paper which she set on her bedside table.

"I'm sorry Jesse."

"For what?" He furrowed his brow before dropping his bag back down on the floor.

"For not even thanking you for coming over." She chuckled before wiping her nose with a tissue. "Seriously though I appreciate you coming over, I've been bored all day. So what happened in glee today?"

"Long story short; Beca, Stacie, Donald, Benji, Bumper and I all got slushied by the football team."

"No way?! Why?" Aubrey sat up, suddenly more interested in the conversation.

"No particular reason. Probably because glee club is rock bottom." Jesse sighed. "On the same note, our assignment for this week is duets and just my luck, I pulled Luke's name out of the hat."

"Oh god, please don't tell me I got who I think I got?" Aubrey groaned, holding her head in her hand.

"Oh no you're fine, you got Stacie."

"Thank god I have someone that can carry most of the weight for me if I'm not fully recovered by the end of the week." Aubrey sighed.

"Shall I put a movie on?" Jesse asked, climbing off the bed so he could look through the DVDs in Aubrey's bookcase.

"Yeah sure but before you do that can you help me with these ear drops for my ear infection?" Aubrey reached over to her bedside table and grabbed the tiny bottle before holding it out to Jesse.

"Of course." He agreed, opening the cap. Aubrey tilted her head to the side and Jesse carefully placed a hand on her shoulder and with the other hand squeezed the bottle slightly until two drops had made it into Aubrey's ear. "There you go." Jesse's hand was still on her shoulder as she tilted her head back up and he noticed she was hot to the touch. "You're really hot." He pressed the back of his hand to her forehead before realising what he had said and how he could've worded it better.

"I've had a fever on and off all day." Aubrey shrugged it off like it was nothing. Jesse leaned over her which made her eyes widen because she didn't know if he had noticed but his shoulder was pressed against her boobs.

"Take this." He sat back with a bottle of Tylenol and took out two pills giving them to the blonde.

She placed the pills in her mouth and Jesse handed her the glass of water that was sitting on her nightstand

"Right, a movie." Jesse finally got back to his previous task before picking out Dirty Dancing, knowing it was one of the blonde's favourites. He popped the disc into the DVD player and climbed back onto the bed next to Aubrey.

Aubrey didn't last long before she fell asleep and it didn't take Jesse long to notice because since her sinuses were blocked, she was breathing really loud. Aubrey rolled over in her sleep and rested her head on Jesse's left arm, he found everything she did adorable, even if she was just rolling over. Something vibrated between them and Jesse used his other hand to investigate. He pulled Aubrey's phone from between them and noticed a message from Stacie. "Did you call Jesse yet?" He read out quietly to himself. He quickly glanced down at Aubrey, making sure she was asleep before unlocking her phone already knowing that the passcode was the date his dad and her brother always Skype them. 09/25. He felt guilty having to read through her texts but since it was regarding him he felt like he had some sort of right. He read the last five messages in the conversation with Stacie.

[From: Stacie]

Get your pretty blonde ass out of the dark ages girl and ask him out.

[Sent at 16:07]

[To: Stacie]

What if he thinks I'm just using him as a rebound from Luke?

[Sent at 16:09]

[From: Stacie]

Trust me, he'd be doing cartwheels down the street if you asked him out. He really likes you Bree, he's just too scared to admit it to your face.

[Sent at 16:12]

[To: Stacie]

I'll text you later, my mom's at the door.

[Sent at 16:15]

[From: Stacie]

Did you call Jesse yet?

[Sent at 18:21]

Jesse's mind had turned into mush, his best friend that he had been crushing on for quite some time now is crushing on him?! Stacie was right; if only Aubrey wasn't pinning his arm down with her head, he would be cartwheeling his way around the room. There was still one problem though, in what way was he going to tell her? He decide to try and not worry about it at that very second and focus on the movie but Aubrey's very distracting breathing was making it a challenge. Jesse looked down at the sleeping blonde when something caught his eye on the bedside table. A tub of vaporub. Trying his best not to suffocate her in the process, he reached over her and grabbed the vaporub. Jesse carefully moved her head off his arm so he could maneuver himself so that he was kneeling by her side. He took a moment to smile at how beautiful she looked even though she wasn't feeling her best before he pulled down the cover slightly and unscrewed the cap of the tub. He took a generous amount on his fingers and gently began rubbing the substance onto her chest, beginning to redden in the face as he realised how close his fingers were to her cleavage.

Once he had finished he wiped his hand on his jeans and placed the tub back on the nightstand. Jesse glanced down at his watch and realised that he better get going home because Uncle John will probably be starting dinner soon. He tied his shoes and zipped up his backpack before slinging it over one shoulder and just as he was about to leave he took one last glance over his shoulder at the blonde. He walked back over to the bed and leaned over her, pressing a lingering kiss on her cheek. As he was pulling away, just before he opened his eyes Aubrey spoke.

"Jesse." Was all she said before she propped herself up on her elbows so she was close enough to capture Jesse's lips in her's. It was a slow and soft kiss before Aubrey pulled away with a blush. "I watched you read the texts."

"I-Im sorry-I didn't-" Jesse was cut off by Aubrey's finger on his lips.

"The only one that should be sorry is me, I've probably just given you the cold."

"I don't care, it'll be totally worth it." Jesse smiled before reconnecting .1their lips, he smiled against her's before pulling away. "As much as I would love to stay, I really need to get going." He pointed his thumb over his shoulder as he straightened up, walking backwards to the door. He spun around and as he took one step forward he walked into the door, feeling like an idiot once he heard Aubrey laugh. "I meant that." He tapped the door before opening it wider.

"Hey, Jesse?" He looked over his shoulder and nodded for Aubrey to go on. "Can we just keep this between us right now?"

"Sure no problem." Jesse smiled, shooting her a wink before he finally left the room. He didn't care if he had to keep it locked away forever as long as he got to kiss her like that whenever he wanted to.

Chloe had invited her round to her house after school to work on duet ideas. They hadn't made very much progress considering they spent most of their time flinging pillows at each other or ending up in a play fight.

"I think it's time for a break." Chloe announced, wiping the sweat off her brow.

"I agree." Beca threw herself onto Chloe's bed as the redhead turned her TV on and grabbed the control before joining Beca.

"Oo Pretty Little Liars reruns." Chloe fixed the pillows behind her before patting the space next to her for Beca to sit up.

The brunette rolled over reluctantly and leaned her back against the pillows.

"You ever seen this?" Chloe asked pointing at the screen.

"Nope." Beca shook her head "But Stacie goes on about it allll the time." She added with a groan.

"You poor deprived child." The redhead faked sympathy as she place her hand on Beca's knee. "Stacie has taste. You see her?" Chloe pointed to the screen. "That's Emily, the gay one, she's my favourite."

"Why because she's a lesbian?"Beca teased with a raised eyebrow.

"No. Okay maybe partly but she's so sweet and not to mention she's the hottest out of the girls. Oh and that's Maya, her girlfriend" Chloe was pointing at the screen again and Beca tried not to laugh at her obvious passion for the show. "But she dies at the end of season two."

"What a cheerful show." Beca commented sarcastically making Chloe playfully slap her.

Beca wouldn't admit it to Chloe but she was actually getting pretty caught up in the episode, they had managed to get through three quarters of it without a word before Beca got a tad curious.

"Chloe?" Beca asked quietly as she watched the two lesbian characters on screen kiss.

"Uh huh?"

"What's it like to kiss a girl?" She asked curiously, tearing her eyes away from the screen to look at the redhead. Chloe also turned her head away from the screen to give Beca her full attention.

"Different but in a good way. I mean girls smell a lot better but the kiss? It's so much sweeter and delicate than a guy." Chloe noticed that Beca was watching her lips as she stated her description and leaned a little closer to the brunette. "Their lips are always softer. Kinda like this..." Chloe closed the gap between them and took Beca's bottom lip between her's. The redhead was surprised when Beca didn't pull away. "Their hands are a lot more delicate too." Chloe whispered against her lips, placing her hand on Beca's thigh.

"Mhm" The brunette hummed, her mind clouded from reality as Chloe reconnected their lips. Beca had no clue about what was going on around her apart from the fact Chloe's lips were on her's and her hand was on her thigh.

Chloe knew this was inappropriate to use Beca like that so she eventually pulled away and focused her attention back on the TV.

Beca finally opened her eyes and was dragged back to reality, the only thing that remained was the sweet taste of Chloe's lips on her's, the lingering touch on her thigh and the heat between her legs which she hadn't even noticed. Her eyes widened as realisation properly hit her, Chloe had managed to turn her on with just a kiss. Beca began fiddling with the hem of her shirt, crossing one leg over the other awkwardly. She didn't even know that was possible, out of the few guys she had made out with, it had taken her ages to feel something down there and then Chloe can just come along, show her how it feels to kiss a girl and manage to turn her on in the process. This wasn't right, Chloe - the girl who can kiss you to orgasm - had put Beca in probably the most awkward situation of her life. She quickly checked the time on her phone before swinging her legs over the side of the bed.

"Hey, I better get going, my dad will be expecting me for dinner soon." Beca slipped her converse on and tied them up before grabbing her hoodie and putting it on.

"Oh okay." Chloe acted as if nothing had just happened between them and this had just adding more confusion into Beca's mind. "I'll text you later?" Chloe asked, following Beca out of the bedroom and down the stairs.

"Yea, sure. Uhm I'll try and think of more duet ideas tonight." Beca awkwardly shoved her hands into the back pockets of her jeans. "G'night Chloe." Beca smiled before exiting the house.

"Night Beca!" Chloe called after her before closing the door, resting her forehead against it. Why the hell did she do that?! Now that kiss has either made Beca realise that she might not be as straight as she seems or it has scared her off. Most likely the latter.

Beca walked down the street with her hands in the pockets of her hoodie. Maybe if she didn't open her big mouth none of that would've happened. She's just going to have to do the same as Chloe and play it off like nothing happened.

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