"Do I look okay?" Jaiden frantically burst into the dorm's living area and nearly biffed it in her heels. Both Beca and Chloe broke away from the episode of The Bachelor that they were entirely engrossed in and turned around on the couch. Beca's jaw dropped immediately and she struggled to recover.
"Oh my God, yeah, um, you're in a dress. I don't think I've seen that since you were like 8." She looked her not-so-little sister up and down and smiled finally. Chloe, on the other hand, was beaming. The 18 year old had on a simple black dress that flared out above the knee and a pair of black pumps. She had run back to her dorm to get ready, assuring Beca that she would be back around 6:30 to grab her keys. It was now 6:32 and the teenager looked about ready to explode.
"Yeah, I know. Keys?" She urged, glancing around frantically. Beca sprung up off of the couch and grabbed them off of the counter. Jaiden held out her hand and caught them after a well-aimed toss. "Thanks. I'll have it back before midnight."
"Do not have sex in the back seat!" Beca called as the younger girl hurried out the door. She turned back around, hiding a small smile, and then froze when she saw Chloe. The redhead had flung off her shirt in the small amount of time between Jaiden closing the door and Beca turning around. She stared at her girlfriend, eyebrow arched, waiting to see what she would do.
"You don't have class tonight," She realized finally. Chloe shook her head and stood up before waltzing over to her and playing with the hem of Beca's shirt. The brunette sucked in a breath as Chloe lifted the article of clothing over her head and threw it to the floor.
"Your move, Mitchell." She whispered, leaning in so her breath gusted across Beca's bare neck. The brunette finally took the initiative and reached down towards the top of Chloe's jeans. She fumbled to unbutton them and then redhead stepped out of the denim moments later.
"Bedroom." Beca ordered, meeting a pair of lusty blue eyes as she looked up. In one swift movement, Chloe grabbed her by the hips and the younger girl jumped up, hooking her legs around her waist. The pair moved towards their bedroom, kissing one another feverishly, until Beca's back collided with the door.
"Open it." Chloe murmured, disconnecting her lips from Beca's in order to move down to her neck. The brunette suppressed a mode and unhooked one arm from around Chloe's neck in order to reach for the door handle. Finally, she was able to open it and they lurched into the bedroom. Chloe managed to slam the lights with her elbow before tossing her girlfriend down onto their bed. Beca held herself up on her elbows as Chloe practically attacked her jeans. She let the redhead tear them off, completely aroused by how demanding she was being. As soon as Chloe crawled back on top of her, Beca rolled them both over and took the top position. She pressed her lips to the older girl's hungrily as she started fiddling with her bra strap, and within seconds the undergarment had hit the floor.
"Beca," Chloe gasped as she suddenly felt the brunette slide a hand into her underwear. Beca smiled against her lips and reconnected them quickly, swallowing Chloe's moans as she went to work. It didn't take long for her to feel the redhead's hips bucking up against her and she held the older girl down lightly. Wriggling under the small brunette, Chloe pulled her lips away and arched her head back, gasping loudly. Beca took the opportunity to start marking her neck and she moved her hand even faster against Chloe's center. She loved the feeling of the redhead getting close and Beca slid two fingers inside her slowly, relishing in the moan it evoked from the older girl. A few more seconds, and Chloe came, shuddering under her girlfriend. She recovered, gasping as Beca planted a few kisses along her jawline, before reversing their positions.
"My turn," She panted, pulling Beca's underwear off in one quick motion. Chloe locked her eyes on Beca as she began to leave a trail of slow, wet kisses down her chest and down to her abdomen. The brunette bit her bottom lip, suppressing a moan as she anticipated Chloe's final destination. She gripped the comforter on the bed as Chloe continued down over her left hip bone and moved to her inner thigh.
"Fuck," Beca gasped finally, arching her back as Chloe's nails dug into her thighs and she spread them apart. She felt the redhead's breath against her center and had to practically bite her bottom lip off to keep from screaming as her tongue made contact. Chloe began to toy with her clit slowly, circling her tongue around the sensitive bundle of nerves. Beca felt her legs begin to shake and she struggled under Chloe's grip, unable to keep still. The older of the two slipped a few fingers into her girlfriend and began pumping them in and out at the steady pace, looking up towards Beca's face once again. She made eye contact and held it just before curling her fingers and dragging them out one final time, sending Beca into a harsh orgasm. She held the brunette's trembling leg in her free hand for a few seconds, helping her to ride it out, before crawling up and lying beside Beca. She placed a chaste kiss on the panting girl's lips before resting her head on her shoulder.
"I love you so fucking much." Beca said finally.
Jaiden slammed her sister's car into park and killed the engine, swearing as she caught a glimpse of the time. It was 7:05 and dates were not normally something she found herself wanting to be fashionably late for. Grabbing the bouquet of flowers in the passenger seat, she leapt out of the vehicle and let the door shut behind her. The 18 year old found Stacie standing by the entrance and hurried over to her, attempting to wipe the nervous expression off of her face. Casual sex was one thing, but a sit down, act polite, and talk for an hour date was entirely different.
"Hey, sorry I'm running a bit late." She apologized honestly, holding the flowers out in front of her. Stacie looked honestly shocked as she turned and came face to face with the younger girl. Now that Jaiden had donned a pair of heels, she was nearly as tall as the brunette and she found it attractive to be at the same level as her.
"I'm honestly impressed you showed up." Stacie laughed. She did her best to hide a blush as she took the flowers and then took Jaiden's cue when she opened the door for her. The two of them headed into the waiting area where Jaiden walked up to the hostess and waited for Stacie to join her.
"Reservation for Mitchell?" The older man scanned his list and paused as he found the name halfway down. With a polite nod, he gestured for them to follow him and began weaving between full tables. The restaurant was dimly lit, and practically every chair was full. Jaiden nearly fell over her own two feet as she felt Stacie grab her left hand and intertwine their fingers. She managed to keep her cool as they finally made it to a small table in the back, set for two.
"Here you are," The host said finally, setting two menus down for them. "Your server will be with your shortly." He added as they took their seats. With that, he walked away and left them in their own secluded corner.
"So, Baby Mitchell, tell me about yourself. Your life, I mean. I knew the rest," Stacie winked. She leaned forward and rested her chin in her hands, patiently waiting for the younger girl to answer.
"What do you want to know?" Jaiden shot back, choosing to politely ignore the use of her least favorite nickname.
"Well what do you do? What are you even at college for?"
"I'm majoring in Psychology, at least for now." Jaiden replied.
"Me too." Stacie smiled, leaning back in her chair. Jaiden's eyebrows rose in surprise. "What? I want to be a clinical therapist." She continued. The two broke away from their conversation as their waiter appeared, notebook in hand.
The two girls ordered and Jaiden was surprised to find that the rest of the night went surprisingly well. Stacie was easy to talk to and Jaiden didn't find herself searching desperately for conversation topics. By the time the check came, she had her card out and into the small leather book before the older girl could stop her.
"Sorry babe, but I asked you out. So, I get to pay." She winked. Stacie rolled her eyes, but couldn't hide a small smile as she watched their waiter walk away.
"Fine. So, do I get to take you home?" Stacie questioned, once again leaning onto the table. Her lips played at a smirk and she watched Jaiden turn red in the dim lighting of the room.
"Look, Stace, I want to. But this is a date and if I'm being honest, I kind of want to like, take this seriously. Because I'm really into you." Jaiden admitted anxiously. She watched Stacie's expression changed and tried to read it desperately, hoping she hadn't offended the older girl. Just then, the waiter made it back to the table and handed her back her credit card. Stacie stood up first and Jaiden nearly jumped up from her seat, her stomach a bundle of nerves. She bravely reached ahead and took the older girl's hand as they both walked out of the bustling restaurant silently.
"I'm sorry. I just…I'm not used to this, hun. I don't know if this is a good idea." Stacie turned around, an air of uncertainty on her face.
"I get it. It's okay if you don't want to do the whole dating thing. We can still just, you know, fuck if you want. But I do like you. A lot. And I think this is a good idea." Jaiden replied certainly. She took a few steps closer to the older girl and took her other hand. Stacie still had a good two inches on her, and she looked up to meet her gaze sincerely.
"Do you kiss on the first date?" Jaiden laughed quietly at the question before nodding. Stacie leaned in and kissed her, less feverishly than the night before, but twice as passionately, and cupped the younger girl's cheek. After a few seconds, they broke away and Stacie sighed. "I think you're right."
"You're going to find that that happens a lot." Jaiden replied with a very Beca-esque smirk. Forcing herself to release the older girl's hands, she took a few steps back on the sidewalk. "I guess I'll see you at rehearsal."
"I guess you will." With that, Stacie turned around and started towards her car. Jaiden stood there, watching the tall brunette walk away, before finally forcing her own feet to move.
The next five days went entirely two quickly for both of the Mitchell siblings. Chloe did her best to keep Beca distracted, but Jaiden was a loss to both of them. The younger girl ended up skipping both Bella's rehearsals that week, and only answered Beca's frantic chains of messages with the occasional "I'm fine. Stop.". Chloe demanded several times that they march over to her dorm and make sure she was alright, but Beca just barely managed to stop her each time. She knew that neither of them were going to be able to help.
"Is she even coming? Should we go over and make her?" Chloe put her hands on her hips and willed her girlfriend to do something. She had spent the entire week worrying about Jaiden, while Beca seemed to wave off every suggestion she made about going over to check on the younger girl. They had just finished moving all of their boxes into the new apartment and Chloe had paced past the extra bedroom about a thousand times.
"Chloe, I don't know. I'm sorry. I have no idea what to do here." Beca snapped, slamming her laptop shut in frustration. She had taken to vegging on the couch as a way of coping with her anxiety; something of which Chloe did not approve. It had been a trying few days for the both of them.
"Well, I'm going to go talk to her. She said she was going to move in with us and I think…I still think it's a good idea to go back to her house and get her things. We're all just going to worry about it until it happens." The redhead decided definitely. Beca chewed her bottom lip, uncertain as to whether or not she should stop her, and remained still on the couch as she watched her girlfriend slip on her boots and jacket. By the time the door shut behind her, Beca hadn't managed to come up with anything useful to say.
"Jaiden, are you in there? It's me, Chloe." Jaiden poked her head out from beneath her blankets as she heard the gentle knocking and voice behind her door.
"It's unlocked." She replied, just loud enough for the older girl to hear. A few seconds later, the knob turned and Jaiden watched as Chloe let herself in and took in the room's disheveled appearance. Her roommate rose from the bed across the room and stared at the redhead appreciatively.
"Thank God. Maybe you can get her up." The unfamiliar freshman said as she brushed past Chloe and out of the room. The older girl frowned in concern as she came to sit on the side of Jaiden's bed and pulled her blankets down enough so that she could actually see the girl beneath the bedding.
"Hey," Jaiden murmured softly.
"Hey. You okay?" Chloe asked worriedly. The brunette shrugged and pulled her blankets back up to her shoulders.
"Yeah. Sorry I missed practice." She apologized half-heartedly.
"It's alright," Chloe assured her. "So Beca and I are all moved into the new apartment. We've just kind of been waiting for you."
"Oh. I don't think that's a good idea anymore." Despite the fact that they were less than a foot away, the tone in Jaiden's voice left a lot of distance between herself and Chloe and the redhead picked up on it easily.
"You're shutting down right now," Chloe noted gently. The lump in the bed didn't reply, other than the slight burrowing down into her pillows. "Please don't. It just…it felt like things were getting better and we were really excited for you to move in with us. Especially Beca. And Stacie's been really worried about you too. She thinks she did something wrong. Did your date go okay?" Chloe hated to use Stacie as bait, but she was getting desperate for a reaction.
"Tell her I'm sorry and it wasn't her. Our date was fine." Jaiden's tone hardly rose above apathetic.
"Then this is about going home tomorrow, isn't it?" The freshman finally rolled over and met Chloe's gaze. Silence rested between them for a few seconds before Jaiden finally responded.
"I'm not going." She whispered.
"Jay, he's not going to hurt you again. I know what happened had to be…traumatizing to say the least. But Beca and I will walk in there with you and…and I just need you to trust us, alright?" Chloe pleaded, putting her hand on Jaiden's shoulder and squeezing it reassuringly. The 18 year old sighed loudly, trying to ignore the hand on her, before finally sitting her. By the look on her face, it was obvious she hadn't been getting a lot of sleep by the circles under her eyes.
"I don't think I can." She admitted, exhaustion painting the five words. Chloe pursed her lips and shook her head, still gripping the younger girl's shoulder.
"Yes you can. I promise." Jaiden looked up from her blankets to the pair of honest blue eyes that were waiting for her. After a few seconds of scared hesitation, she nodded slightly.
"Okay."
Big stuff planned in the next chapter. Stay tuned and tell me what you think.