Here's another chapter guys, I really like this one :)
It's All About Finding Yourself - Chapter 12
It was now Friday, the day for everyone to perform their duets in the Glee club. "Okay first up is Jesse and Luke." Everybody gave a small round of applause as the two boys stood up, Luke slipping onto the drum kit stool.
"Mr McKay are you allowed to get another member to play an instrument for you?"Jesse asked hopefully, quickly glancing at Beca who was too busy looking around the room absentmindedly to give any attention.
"Yeah, if they're okay with it I guess." Mr McKay casted his eye over the rest of the kids, wondering who Jesse was referring to.
"Beca."
"Huh?" The brunette snapped her head towards Jesse with a confused look on her face. Jesse had noticed that Beca had been a little distant lately and the only good reason he could think of was her coming out. He had to try and help her to be out and proud.
"Will you play the electric guitar for Luke and I?" He asked hopefully.
"Wait. What? You can play guitar though?" Beca furrowed her brow, wondering why he was asking her this.
"Not as good as you though, come on." Jesse held out his hand and Beca reluctantly took it, allowing him to pull her up to her feet.
"I don't even know the song." Beca realised that this idea was becoming stupider and stupider.
"Oh trust me you do." Jesse bit his lip with a smile before leaning towards her ear and whispering "Jukebox Hero."
Beca pulled away with a smirk and sauntered over to the guitar, plugging it into the amp before checking if it was tuned correctly.
"Whenever you're ready." Mr McKay said and Jesse nodded at Beca and Luke.
(A/N - Listen to Jukebox Hero - Glee cast version. I'm getting you to listen to the Glee versions of certain songs because you can hear 2 different voices instead of 1)
[Jesse]
Standing in the rain
with his head hung low
Couldn't get a ticket
it was a sold out show.
Heard the roar of the crowd
he could picture the scene.
Put his ear to the wall
then like a distant scream
He heard one guitar
just blew him away
Chloe was blown away with how unbelievably hot Beca looked when playing the electric guitar like damn she looked good playing acoustic but with the electric she was some sort of sex magnet rocker. Don't even get Chloe started on Beca's fingers, they're so strong from her being a guitarist yet so delicate from also being a pianist. Chloe also noticed the Beca would mime along to the song which she found adorable.
Saw stars in his eyes
and the very next day.
[Luke]
Bought a beat up six string in a secondhand store
Didn't know how to play it
but he knew for sure
That one guitar
felt good in his hands.
Didn't take long to understand.
Just one guitar
slung way down low
Was a one-way ticket
only one-way to go.
So he started rockin' ain't never gonna stop
[Jesse and Luke]
Gotta keep on rockin'
[Luke]
Someday he's gonna make it to the top.
[Jesse and Luke]
And be a Juke Box Hero got stars in his eyes
[Luke]
He's a Juke Box Hero.
Yeah
[Jesse]
He took one guitar
[Jesse and Luke]
Juke Box Hero got stars in his eyes
Juke Box Hero he'll come alive tonight.
[Luke]
In a town without a name
in a heavy downpour
Thought he passed his own shadow
by the backstage door.
[Jesse]
Like a trip through the past
to that day in the rain
And that one guitar made his whole life change.
Now he needs to keep
[Jesse and Luke]
rockin' he just can't stop
Gotta keep on rockin'
[Jesse]
that boy has got to stay on top.
[Jesse and Luke]
And be a Juke Box Hero got stars in his eyes
He's a Juke Box Hero
Yeah
Juke Box Hero ([Jesse] Oh)
With that one guitar he'll come alive
Come alive tonight.
([Jesse] yeah) He's gotta keep on rockin'
[Jesse]
He just can't stop
[Luke]
He just can't stop
[Jesse and Luke]
Gotta keep on rockin'
[Jesse]
That boy has got to stay on top
[Jesse and Luke]
He's got a real Juke Box Hero got stars in his eyes.
He's a Juke Box Hero ([Jesse] Yeah)
([Luke] Just one guitar) Juke Box Hero with stars in his eyes
Yeah, he's a Juke Box Hero
Juke Box Hero
Juke Box Hero his got stars in his eyes
Stars in his eyes
Everyone cheered and clapped making the three performers smile. Jesse walked over to Beca and gave her a side hug with a laugh before going over to Luke and giving him a high five. "Well done Jesse and Luke! and of course Beca for her amazing help." Beca bowed her head as she set the guitar down before taking her seat.
"The only bad thing about it was the distracting way Beca would mime along to the words, are you too stupid to play the guitar alone?" Rachael's sly comment against Beca's dyslexia made the brunette jump up in anger.
"It's the only thing that makes me concentrate away from your asshole face in the background!" Beca shot back with an accusing finger pointing at the blonde.
"Girls!" Mr McKay warned as Jesse forced Beca back into her seat telling her that the blonde wasn't worth it. Beca was dreading going back home that day now that Rachael and Sheila had officially moved in.
"You were amazing by the way." Aubrey told Jesse with a hand on his knee, making the bold move of leaning towards him to peck his lips earning herself a smack on the head from Stacie as she sat back. "Ow! what the hell?"
"You didn't tell me!" Stacie huffed as Jesse sat their with a stupid grin on his face, did this mean he could stop her at her locker and kiss her whenever he wanted to? Or be able to hold her hand to class?
"I'm sorry okay? Now you know so just chill out." Aubrey apologised and Stacie leaned forward so her head was between the couple.
"Oh my god, you guys are so cute!" The brunette squealed making Beca roll her eyes and Luke stare on in...jealousy?
"That's probably why she didn't tell you." Jesse chuckled, covering Stacie's face with his hand and pushing her backwards.
"Beca and Chloe, it's your turn." Mr McKay finally spoke after having a quiet word with Rachael.
Beca reached in her bag for her glasses case as Chloe made her way over to the piano with the sheet music. Beca followed her and slid onto the bench beside her before taking her glasses out of the case and pushing them onto her face. Beca positioned the sheet music in front of her and leaned forward slightly just to read over in, muttering to herself as she did so.
Chloe sat in awe of the brunette. Chloe could look at a piece of music and wonder what the hell is going on whereas Beca can read it like a fricking expert, she hated how Beca was judged on the way she reads words instead of music.
"Take it away, girls." Chloe felt Beca's leg move so that her foot was on one of the pedals underneath that Chloe had know idea what each did but what Chloe did know was that the brunette's leg was pressed against her's as she did so. Beca hit each note and chord with ease as she began to play.
(A/N - Listen to Love Song - Glee cast version)
[Beca]
Head under water
And they tell me to breathe easy for a while
Breathing gets harder, even I know that
Made room for me but it's too soon to see
If I'm happy in your hands
I'm unusually hard to hold on to
Blank stares at blank pages
No easy way to say this
You mean well, but you make this hard on me
[Beca and Chloe]
I'm not gonna write you a love song
'Cause you asked for it, 'cause you need one
You see, I'm not gonna write you a love song
'Cause you tell me it's make or break in this
If you're on your way, I'm not gonna write you to stay
If all you have is leaving, I'm a need a better reason
To write you a love song
Today
[Beca]
Today...
Oh
[Chloe]
I learned the hard way
That they all say things you want to hear
My heavy heart sinks deep down under
You
[Beca]
And your twisted words, your help just hurts
You are not what I thought you were
Hello to high and dry
[Chloe]
Convinced me to please you
[Beca and Chloe]
Made me think that I need this too
I'm trying to let you hear me ([Beca] as I am!)
[Chloe]
I'm not gonna write you a love song
[Beca and Chloe]
'Cause you asked for it, 'cause you need one
You see, I'm not gonna write you a love song
'Cause you tell me it's make or break in this
If you're on your way, I'm not gonna write you to stay
If all you have is leaving, I'm a need a better reason
To write you a love song
Today
[Chloe with Beca harmonizing]
Promise me that you'll leave the light on
To help me see with daylight, my guide, gone
[Beca with Chloe harmonizing]
'Cause I believe there's a way
[Chloe]
You can love me
Because I say
[Beca]
I won't write you a love song
'Cause you asked for it, 'cause you need one
[Chloe]
You see, I'm not gonna write you a love song
'Cause you tell me it's make or break in this
[Beca and Chloe]
Is that why you wanted a love song? ([Beca] Hey, yeah!)
'Cause you asked for it
'Cause you need one
You see, I'm not gonna write you a love song ([Chloe] Write you a love song)
'Cause you tell me it's
Make or break in this
If you're on your way
I'm not gonna write you
To stay ([Beca] Write you to stay)
If your heart is nowhere in it
I don't want it ([Chloe] for a minute babe)
I'll walk the seven seas ([Beca] Walk the seven seas)
When I believe that
There's a reason to
Write you ([Chloe] Write you)
A love song
Today
Today ([Beca] Hey, today)
I won't write you a love song ([Chloe] Yeah!)
Today
I won't write you a love song
Today
Chloe wrapped her arms around Beca from the side and hugged her excitedly with a squeal. "That was awesome!"
Beca chuckled at the redhead's excitement as she kind of hoped she wouldn't detach from the hug. Now that Beca's starting to accept herself for who she is, Chloe seems a lot more clingy. Why can't she just dump that boyfriend of her's already? Beca's eyes widened, did she literally hope that Chloe would break up with Tom just so she could go out with her? This was weird because Beca had never had the urge to date anyone before. God it's like ever since she's started coming out, she's been vomiting rainbows and unicorns, is she really THAT gay?
"Fantastic girls, what an amazing job!" Mr McKay exclaimed as he clapped his hands. The pair returned to their seats with smiles on their faces. "Aubrey and Stacie you girls are up next."
"Beca." Stacie said as she stood up, allowing Stacie to bring the stools over.
"Uh huh?"
"Will you pretty pretty please play guitar for us too?" Stacie rushed out pleadingly causing Beca to throw her head back with a groan.
"Once again, like Jesse you play guitar." Beca waved her hand around in Aubrey's direction.
"Once again, as Jesse said you're better at it." Aubrey said, matching Beca's tone as she set down three stools in the middle of the floor.
"We have sheet music." Stacie tried, handing the paper to Beca who read over it before giving in.
"You guys are so lucky I actually brought my guitar today." Beca huffed as she walked over to the other side of the room and pulled her guitar out of her case. Her guitar was her grandfather's old guitar which her dad modified so it was easier for Beca to play since she was left handed. She could still play a standard right handed guitar which she just flipped over so that she could still strum with her left hand but it meant the strings were upside down, she managed though.
Once she hand made her way back over, she sat on the stool between Stacie and Aubrey. She looked around for a place to put the sheet music so she could play off of it but Chloe jumped forward and took it from her hands. "I'll hold it for you." She smiled sweetly before walking around the back of Beca and holding the paper out in front of her, leaning her arm on Beca's shoulder as she did so.
"Thanks." Beca smiled, tilting her head up so she could see the redhead.
"You girls ready?" Stacie asked and with a nod from the girls Stacie began to sing and Beca tapped lightly off of her guitar as she counted in the beats, once again miming to herself in order to concentrate.
(A/N - Listen to Shake it Out - Glee cast version)
[Stacie]
Regrets collect like old friends
Here to relive your darkest moments
I can see no way, I can see no way
And all of the ghouls come out to play
As Beca began to pluck away at the strings, Chloe moved her other hand onto Beca's left shoulder and began absentmindedly fiddling with the tassel of her hoodie.
[Aubrey]
Every demon wants his pound of flesh
But I like to keep some things to myself
I like to keep my issues drawn
It's always darkest before the dawn
[Stacie]
And I've been a fool and I've been blind
I can never leave the past behind
I can see no way, I can see no way
[Stacie and Aubrey]
I'm always dragging that horse around
Our love is pastured such a mournful sound
[Aubrey]
Tonight I'm gonna bury that horse in the ground
[Stacie]
So I like to keep my issues strong
But it's always darkest before the dawn
[Stacie and Aubrey]
Shake it out, shake it out, shake it out, shake it out, ooh whoa
Shake it out, shake it out, shake it out, shake it out, ooh whoa
And it's hard to dance with the devil on your back
So shake him off, oh whoa
And I am done with my graceless heart
So tonight I'm gonna cut it out and then restart
'Cause I like to keep my issues drawn
It's always darkest before
[Stacie]
The dawn
[Stacie and Aubrey]
Shake it out, shake it out, shake it out, shake it out, ooh whoa
Shake it out, shake it out, shake it out, shake it out, ooh whoa
And it's hard to dance with the devil on your back
So shake him off, oh whoa
[Stacie]
And it's hard to dance with the devil on your back
[Aubrey]
And given half the chance would I take any of it back
[Stacie]
It's a fine romance but it's left me so undone
[Stacie and Aubrey]
It's always darkest before the dawn
Ooh hoo oooh hoo...
[Stacie]
And I'm damned if I do and I'm damned if I don't
[Stacie and Aubrey]
So here's to drinks in the dark at the end of my rope
[Stacie]
And I'm ready to suffer and I'm ready to hope
[Stacie and Aubrey]
It's a shot in the dark aimed right at my throat, cause
[Aubrey]
Looking for heaven,
[Stacie and Aubrey]
Found the devil in me
Looking for heaven,
[Stacie]
Found the devil in me
But what the hell
[Stacie and Aubrey]
I'm gonna let it happen to me
Shake it out, shake it out, shake it out, shake it out, ooh whoa
Shake it out, shake it out, shake it out, shake it out, ooh whoa
And it's hard to dance with the devil on your back
So shake him off, oh whoa
Shake it out, shake it out, shake it out, shake it out, ooh whoa
Shake it out, shake it out, shake it out, shake it out, ooh whoa
And it's hard to dance with the devil on your back
So shake him off, oh whoa
Shake it out, shake it out, shake it out, shake it out, ooh whoa
Shake it out, shake it out, shake it out, shake it out, ooh whoa
And it's hard to dance with the devil on your back
So shake him off, oh whoa
"Everyone has been amazing so far!" Mr McKay exclaimed. "But guys if you're gonna ask people to help you out with performances, make sure you ask them in advance." He said with a laugh at Beca's expression.
"Yeah, I know right?" Beca agreed before rolling her eyes. Everyone returned to their seats before Donald and Benji were called up next.
"Hey, guys." Stacie leaned forward, grabbing Aubrey and Jesse's attention before tapping on Chloe and Beca's shoulders too. "It's Elliot's seventh birthday on Sunday and he's going go-karting, do you guys want to come? My parents could use all the help they can get for all the seven year olds that will be jumping about plus we get to have a go on the karts."
"Oh yeah Emily was talking to my dad about that, she actually turns seven tomorrow so that's pretty funny. Oh and my dad told me to tell you that he'll be there to help out but other than that I'll be there." Chloe explained with a smile.
"Great. And the rest of you?" Stacie asked hopefully.
"Sure. I just want you all to know that I will kick your asses in a race." Beca put forward cockily.
"I doubt it. You're on, Mitchell." Jesse challenged, holding his hand out to her.
"Bring it, Swanson." Beca grabbed his hand and shook it.
"I'll be there to stop these two from killing each other." Aubrey laughed, caught in the middle of the cousins.
Sunday came around pretty quickly and Chloe, Jesse, Beca and Aubrey had all kept their word and showed up at the go-karting centre that afternoon along with Rose, Dr Mitchell and Evan (Chloe's father) The parents came along claiming that they could help Leo and Sarah (Stacie's parents) out with all the kids since Sarah had a two year old to look after on top of that.
As the little kids got their helmets on and were told all the safety procedures down on the track, the teenagers and adults watched from the sidelines.
"Chloe you're sixteen right?" Leo asked the redhead.
"Yeah, why?"
"Well you, Jesse and Aubrey are all sixteen and Beca and Stacie are seventeen which means that all five of you can go on the seventy mile per hour karts on the outdoor track." Jesse and Beca high five each other, the faster the better.
"This is gonna be hilarious." Stacie laughed.
"Someone's gonna wound up injured." Aubrey pressed her hand to her forehead and Jesse wrapped his arm around her waist.
"Dad can I go on the outdoor track with them?" Ally asked hopefully and Stacie laughed out loud.
"Sorry kiddo, the outdoor track is only for sixteen and over." Jesse explained sympathetically.
Ally punched her older sister's arm for laughing at her. "What the hell?!" Stacie exclaimed, grabbing her arm where Ally caused damage.
"Honey I asked you if you wanted to go on with Elliot and his friends but you said no." Leo put his hand on his youngest daughter's shoulder only to have it shrugged off.
"That's because I'm not a baby!" Ally exclaimed in frustration.
"Well they seem to act more mature than you." Beca muttered as Ally began to storm off, only Ally heard what Beca said and stood on her toe on the passing. "Fuck." Beca muttered, grabbing her foot as she hopped on the spot. "That's the walking definition of puberty." She commented once the twelve year old was finally out of earshot.
"I'll go talk to her." Leo sighed, stuffing his hands into his jeans pockets as he followed his daughter off in her little mood.
"Were we that bad when we first started our periods?" Stacie asked Jesse who took a second to think about it.
"On a scale of who's the easiest to handle at that time of the month to the most difficult it would be Aubrey, you then Beca." Jesse finally settled on.
"Hey!" Beca folded her arms over her chest and looked rather offended.
"Jesse you have the advantage in a relationship if you already know when your girlfriend is due her period." Stacie winked with a laugh.
Jesse and Aubrey looked at each other, they hadn't put a label on what they had yet but just hearing the word 'girlfriend' made them both smile. Guess they were officially boyfriend and girlfriend now.
Once the little kids had finished their race (the birthday boy winning, much to his delight) everyone made their way outside to watch the teenagers race.
The five of them stood to the side of the track, listening to what the guy in charge had to say. "Hey guys, I'm Isaac." He introduced himself with a strong Australian accent and Stacie swooned making Beca roll her eyes.
"So hot." She whispered to Beca who only laughed, oh if only Stacie knew she was gay. Wait, she hadn't even told her best friend yet.
"There will be three laps, the person with the quickest lap time at the end wins, okay?" He explained and the five nodded. "Seventy miles per hour on the road feels nowhere quite as fast as it does down low on the karts, so it will feel really fast."
"She's going to be flying by the way." Jesse informed everyone pointing at Beca "She's the lightest here."
Beca smirked, she was so going to win this.
"Okay if you guys step onto the track for me here and I'll show you the karts." The teenagers followed Isaac onto the track and stood around one of the karts. "This pedal here is the accelerator." Isaac explained, getting down on one knee and pointing to the pedal with his large muscular arms. "And this one here is your brake. Okay that's all I need to say so you guys can climb in and get your helmets on." He stood back up and made sure everyone got into their karts okay, Stacie especially enjoying it before he made his way off the track. "Oh one last thing guys. Any inappropriate hand gestures to your mates and you'll get time added on." He said with a laugh.
"Beca's gonna get like a minute added on then." Chloe shouted back to the brunette before slipping her helmet on over her head.
"Watch your mouth Beale!" Beca shouted.
"Hate to say this babe but I'm gonna kick your ass." Jesse turned to his girlfriend with a laugh.
"Oh we'll see about that." She challenged. The funniest thing about the group of friends is that they were the most competitive people on the planet when it came to competing against each other.
"Give me a thumbs up if you're ready guys!" Isaac called over and all five showed him their thumbs. "Okay I'm going to count down from three. Three, two, one, go!" He exclaimed, waving the black and white checkered flag and they were off.
"Is this really a good idea?" Dr Mitchell asked the other parents around him as the kids shouted and cheered on the teenagers.
"Well it's too late now." Leo shrugged with a laugh, placing a hand on John's shoulder. "They'll be fine, listen to them, they're having so much fun."
"All I hear is my daughter screaming curses at the other four." As much as he tried, John couldn't help but laugh at Beca, she may be petite but the voice on her certainly wasn't.
"Wow do they really speak to each other like that?" Evan stepped forward with his arms crossed as he could hear all of them bad mouthing each other.
"They get really competitive." Rose pitched in. "Hey, John has Jesse said anything about Aubrey to you?"
"Not really, no. Is everything okay?" John asked with a furrowed brow.
"No it's just they seem really close all of a sudden. Closer than normal." Rose explained with a smirk on her face.
"You think there's something going on between them?" John grinned, watching the two drive.
"They're on their last lap and Beca's in the lead." Leo informed them and they all focused their attention on the race.
Beca yelled out a string of random profanities behind her to her friends as she got closer to the finish line. Once she had crossed it and she came to a stop she jumped out of the kart and ripped her helmet off. "Fuck you all!" She yelled out, sticking up her middle finger as her friends finally started crossing the finish line.
"Beca that'll be time added on!" Isaac called over with a laugh.
"Fuck." Beca muttered, making her way over to Isaac soon followed by the rest of her friends. "You still all suck."
"You had the lightweight advantage, it wasn't fair on Jesse and I since we're the tallest which makes us heavier." Stacie huffed, crossing her arms across her chest.
"Then why did Jesse beat us three?" Chloe questioned Stacie's logic as she motioned between herself, Aubrey and Stacie.
"Because you all suck." Jesse teased, earning himself a high five from his cousin but a shove to the shoulder by his girlfriend. Girlfriend, he'll never get over calling Aubrey his girlfriend.
"Okay, Beca your quickest lap was your second and so was Jesse's but since you felt the need to flip them all off on the passing, I have to add time on which unfortunately puts you behind Jesse. You're today's winner, mate." Isaac patted Jesse on the shoulder and the said boy cheered, rubbing it in all of their faces.
"That's what you get when you play dirty, Bec!"
"Fuck this." Beca threw her arms in the air and walked over to her dad whilst the other four laughed. Chloe and Stacie walked over with her.
"I apologise for saying you suck, that was cocky formerly second place talk." Jesse laughed as he turned to Aubrey, taking her hands in his.
"You're an idiot but you're kind of hot when you drive a go-kart as weird as that sounds." Aubrey giggled, letting go of one of his hand's so she could place it on his chest. "Everyone's looking at us aren't they?"
Jesse quickly glanced to the side. "Just your mom and my uncle. Have you told her yet?"
"That you're my boyfriend? No. Have you told your Uncle John yet?" Aubrey asked in return.
"Nope, I kept it a secret like you asked." He said, letting go of her hand and placing both of his on her waist.
"Well it doesn't have to be a secret anymore."
"Shall we show them that we aren't hiding anything?" Jesse raised his brow and instead of speaking, Aubrey snaked her arms around Jesse's neck and stood up on her toes, pressing her lips softly against his.
When it was time to leave, the large group filled with kids, teenagers and adults stood outside the centre waiting for parents to pick up their seven year olds.
"Jesse where's Beca? We need to get going." Dr Mitchell asked as he checked his watch.
"Chloe and her went to go pee." Jesse explained with a shrug before going back to talking to Aubrey and Stacie.
Beca and Chloe walked out of the bathroom, stopping to talk before going any further.
"I say you still should've won." Chloe said with a wink as she leaned against the wall behind her.
"Tell me about it, I was awesome!" Beca exclaimed making Chloe laugh at her dorkiness. Beca inwardly cursed herself for acting like such a dork in front of the redhead all the time.
"You looked pretty fine in your helmet even when you were giving me the finger." Chloe teased making Beca gulp. "So how's coming out coming along?" Chloe asked quickly changing the subject after clearly making Beca feel uncomfortable.
"Well I came out to Jesse and my Grandma on Friday and it made me feel so much better because they were so supportive." Beca gushed. The brunette's eyes flickered up to Chloe's, the redhead was staring at her and she couldn't help but feel the butterflies feeling whenever Chloe would look at her like that.
"I told you." Beca couldn't help herself, she didn't know why this keeps happening. She grabbed Chloe by the hips and crashed their lips together. Okay it was official, Beca Mitchell has a crush on the one Chloe Beale. Jesse was right. Their tongues moved together expertly, already familiar to each other's from the previous kiss. This had been their hottest kiss by far though as Beca pressed herself against Chloe so that Chloe's back was flush against the wall. "Beca." Chloe muttered breathlessly into the kiss. "We need to...stop...I have a boyfriend." She muttered in between kisses but continued to kiss Beca nevertheless.
"Then why aren't you stopping me?" Beca almost growled causing Chloe to slip out a moan at the side of Beca she had never seen before as they carried on kissing.
"What's taking them-" Dr Mitchell walked around the corner muttering to himself before he lifted his head.
Beca quickly pushed herself away from Chloe as she heard her father's voice. She slowly turned around only to be met with her father's expressionless face and clenched jaw. He was speechless. "It's time to go." Was the only thing he muttered before turning around and walking away.
"What the fuck have I done?" Beca asked, covering her mouth with her hands. "I didn't have the balls to tell him so he had to find out with me kissing a girl!" Beca started to freak out, smacking the wall with her palm as she rested her forehead against it.
"Hey calm down." Chloe tried softly, only to have her hand smacked away.
"Calm down? how can I calm down when I've just outed myself in the most stupidest way possible." Beca smacked the wall one last time before putting on a brave face so she could actually sit in the same car as her dad on the way home. Chloe quickly followed her outside.
Beca made her way over to her dad's car, followed quickly by Jesse who was asking 'what happened?' noticing her sudden change in behaviour. She opened the passenger side door and hopped in only to be met with a deafening silence. Her dad wouldn't even look at her!
"I was going to tell you-" Beca tried but she was cut off by her father's stern voice.
"I don't want to hear it." He said through gritted teeth as he reversed out of the parking space. Beca pulled her hood over her head, leaned against the window and closed her eyes trying her hardest not to cry. This is what she was afraid of.
Dinner was even more awkward. In fact awkward was an understatement.
"So how was go-karting?" Sheila asked, trying to make small talk since no one had said a word to each other since they had entered the house.
"It was good, I won out of Aubrey, me, Stacie, Beca and Chloe." Jesse spoke up, not wanting Sheila to be left hanging.
"I would appreciate it if you would leave Beca and Chloe out of this conversation, Jesse." Dr Mitchell mumbled and that was when Beca had enough of the silent treatment, dropping her fork so it clattered off of the plate.
"Why don't you explain to the table why you refuse to talk about Chloe and I? go on." Beca pushed, making her father do the same thing she did with the fork. Rachael was suddenly interested in the conversation.
"Beca, don't do this here." Dr Mitchell sneered.
"I'm surprised you can actually say my name since the way I feel bothers you so much that you can't just be proud of me for who I am." Beca shot back.
"It's not who you are god dammit." Dr Mitchell slammed his fist off the table and this was when Sheila got concerned.
"What is going on?" She demanded an answer.
"He saw me kissing Chloe and he didn't even let me explain." Beca finally explained, her voice giving away the fact that she was on the verge of tears.
"Wait you're homo?" Rachael finally joined the conversation with a confused expression.
"Rach!" Sheila scolded making the blonde girl roll her eyes before going back to eating.
"You know what? You can't change who I already am and if you were a real dad you would love me straight, gay or bi." Beca forcefully pushed herself away from the table before storming upstairs with tears in her eyes.
Ooo drama!
Question - What do you think Sheila's going to say about Beca being gay when her and Dr Mitchell talk in the next chapter?