A/N: This is not a really exiting chapter, but more exciting stuff is coming soon. Thanks again to everybody who has been reading along with this story. I'm glad that the explanation at the end of the last chapter clarified the game of hockey a bit.

After the game the girls hung around a bit. They waited for the guys to step off the field and make their way to the showers. Afterwards, the entire group would have a party to celebrate both wins. Beca wasn't exactly informed on the details, but apparently Amy had planned something with a guy called Bumper, the captain of the men's team. She would just have to follow the rest of the group.

She was not really feeling as good as she did in the morning, due to the long day and all of the excitement. She would have to go by her dorm to pick up some painkillers before being able to handle the party. She was glad that Chloe had suggested to leave early for a quiet night in, that was exactly what she needed.

Chloe had been eyeballing her for a while now. She was looking a bit worried as she lightly pulled Beca towards her. Beca took a step away from the group and faced her. She was looking over Beca's face and put her hand against the freshman's forehead.

"Are you feeling alright, you seem a bit pale."

"It's fine, after some painkillers and maybe sitting for a bit I will be good to go."

Chloe shook her head. "No, you're not, you should lie down. Wait here for a second."

Beca tried to protest but Chloe was already off to inform Aubrey that she would take the girl home. Aubrey looked in her direction while Chloe was talking at a hushed tone, and then nodded and shot Chloe a look Beca couldn't quite make out. Chloe then walked back to Beca, grabbed her bag and took the other girl's arm.

"I'm bringing you to your dorm and staying with you to make sure you're okay."

"I'm fine, you should go enjoy the party."

"I'm not leaving you alone, so you might as well stop resisting and save yourself the energy."

Chloe said a quick goodbye to the girls before she dragged Beca to her dorm. Beca was actually relieved that she did not have to attend the party, but was also a bit bummed, because the entire team was going to be there. They had something to celebrate and Beca wanted to celebrate with them. She was also feeling guilty for taking that from Chloe, but her captain couldn't be convinced to go to the party without Beca. She insisted taking care of Beca for the night.

After Beca had taken her medicine and settled in the bed with Chloe snuggling in her side and a sappy movie playing on her computer, she wrote a quick text to Jesse. She had seriously neglected him the past week and he was probably wondering why she wasn't at the party. Soon she received a reply.

Thanks for watching the game, feel better soon. We should hang out when you feel better and are done flirting with your redhead nurse.

Beca's face turned red after she had read the last comment. Chloe looked at her quizzically, but Beca quickly locked her phone and turned her attention to the movie. She wasn't really sure what they were watching, but Chloe had ensured her that she would like it. It apparently was a romantic comedy about two girls falling for each other, from what Beca could gather.

Beca had to admit that the movie was rather cute in the end. She had not really been paying attention, but enough to make out some sort of plot. When the movie ended it was still early, but she felt rather sleepy. Chloe took one look at her and immediately read this of her face.

"You should go to sleep."

"I'm fine, besides it's still way too early."

"You don't look fine. And you have to go to class early in the morning, so you need to get enough sleep."

"I don't think I'm fit enough to go to class yet," Beca complained. She had spoken with her counselor last week, who had agreed that she should rest for the week, but they had agreed that Beca would start classes next week. Of course, Chloe had gone with her, so she knew about the arrangement. Normally, Beca would skip the class, concussion or not, just because of the early hour. However, Chloe had been on her case about getting a good education.

"You will be, if you sleep well. I will stay until you fall asleep. I will also check on you tomorrow morning, so don't you dare even think about skipping it!"

Beca knew resisting would be futile and started to get ready for bed. She was used to Chloe being there as she fell asleep by now, since this had been their routine the last week. The redhead usually snuggled up with her until her breathing evened out. The first few nights, Beca had been slightly uneasy with the whole situation, and had tried to convince Chloe that is was not necessary. Her captain insisted this was part of taking care of her freshman recruit however, so she wouldn't take no for an answer.

This night was no different, as soon as Beca had settled, Chloe snug in beside her. Relaxing into the embrace, Beca closed her eyes. Chloe started talking in a whispered voice.

"You know, Beca, I'm really proud of you. I know you had a bad experience with coming out and all that, so what you did today was very brave. You don't need to worry about them letting you down, I swear these girls will be there for you throughout your college career. "

Beca felt a pang of guilt, knowing her college career would end in less than a year. She hadn't felt that informing her captains or coaches during tryouts would have be smart, because then she would most likely not have been selected. Now that she knew the girls, she felt Aubrey would probably freak and still want to kick her off the team. Chloe would just be incredibly disappointed, Beca could already imagine her face. She had decided it would be best to not say anything and just not show up for tryouts next year.

She tried to push the guilt away and get some sleep. She was feeling exhausted and would need to be well-rested if there was any change of focussing on her lecture tomorrow. Slowly she dozed off.

Her lecture the next morning was as boring as she had imagined, as were all the other classes Chloe forced her to attend over the next week. Hockey practice wasn't much more exciting, since she was not allowed to actually play any hockey. She could do some easy running and a few drills, but was not allowed to participate in anything that required a lot of physical exertion or would include contact with other players. Her captains and coaches had thus agreed that Beca would be allowed to participate in the warming up, but would sit out all of the other drills.

Because of this, Beca was not in the best mood, even though Chloe did try to cheer her up the entire week. She didn't want to make Chloe feel bad about not being able to cheer her up, so she decided to hang out with Jesse more. He teased her endlessly about her crush on her caretaker of the past week, but quickly stopped when he was on the receiving end of one of Beca's glares. Beca was glad that he could sympathise with her mood and didn't try to cheer her up, but helped to keep her distracted.

Game day came around, and again Chloe had ensured Beca that they would be able to handle the other team. Beca was relieved to see that Chloe was right, though the game started out quite close. Eventually Barden turned out to be the fitter team and dominated the game the last ten minutes, even scoring twice in that time.

The guys didn't play at Barden this time, so the girls gathered for some drinks after the game, but soon spread out. Some girls wanted to continue the celebration of their victory, while others wanted to get some studying in. Beca wanted to work a bit on her music, since hadn't been able to the past two weeks. She also needed some alone time. She certainly didn't complain about all the attention she had gotten from Chloe the past few weeks, but she was not used to so much social interaction, so she was feeling a bit overwhelmed.

Surely as soon as she started to leave, she was stopped by the redhead, who proposed to hang out. She knew that blowing her off would always leave her disappointed however it was delivered, so Beca decided to choose the direct route.

"I would love to, but I really want to work on something, so I will have to take a rain check. Sorry."

Immediately Chloe's face fell. Beca felt guilty for blowing off the girl who had been taking care of her so well, but really needed her time alone.

"Is this something studying, because I could help with that. It took that philosophy class you're taking as well," Chloe said hopeful.

Beca shook her head. "No, it's something personal. Maybe you could hang out with Aubrey?"

"No, she wants to study and doesn't like people in the same room when she does so. But what kind of personal thing are we talking about here?"

Beca had told Chloe before that she liked music, but she never told her that she makes music. Chloe hadn't noticed the equipment in her room or if she had, she didn't mention it. Surely, as soon as she would reveal that she made music, the other girl would want to listen to it, and she didn't think she had anytime good enough to show Chloe. Part of her did want to, but now was definitely not the right time. There was also the risk that Beca would slip up and accidentally tell Chloe her L.A. plans. However, Chloe was looking at her with sad, pleading eyes, which Beca couldn't resist, so she decided to put her out of her misery.

"I like making music, and I had some new ideas over the past weeks, but I haven't had time to work on them yet."

Chloe's face lighted up. "Is that where all that equipment in your room if for? That's really cool, can I listen to something you made?"

As soon as Beca shook her head, the disappointed look returned to Chloe's face.

"I'm really sorry, but I'm not exactly ready to show them yet. Maybe I will in time."

Chloe nodded understandingly. "Okay, well, have fun. I will see you tomorrow!"

Beca returned a nod and walked back to her dorm. She was a bit tense about the previous exchange. She had expected Chloe to want to hang out with her, but she didn't know the other girl could be quite this persistent. She wondered why her captain had wanted to hang out with her so badly instead of going out with some of the other girls on the team. Fortunately, her worries quickly disappeared when she booted up her laptop and started working on the ideas in her head.