A/N: This chapter contains mostly first date fluff, hope you enjoy it!

Beca has been anxious the entire morning. Chloe had made her promise to go to her intro to philosophy class in the morning. Her captain also had a morning class and would pick her up afterwards. Since they had practice in the evening, but didn't want to postpone the date, they agreed a date could take place in the afternoon just as well. Chloe had taken the planning upon herself, leaving Beca completely in the dark. The freshman was not big on surprises and could only hope that her captain would not go overboard. This resulted for the freshman in not being able to pay any attention to the class she was forced to go to, or anything else for that matter.

She was sitting in her dorm trying to work on a mix, but was too distracted to actually get some work done. She was blasting the music and just randomly clicking some buttons when she felt a hand on her shoulder. She jumped and quickly turned around. Now she was facing the most beautiful redhead she had ever seen. Her date was wearing a tight white shirt with a vest accentuating her curves and a pair of skinny jeans. They had agreed not to wear anything too fancy, but Beca probably preferred this look on the redhead.

Chloe was looking amused at the attention she was receiving. In turn, she eyed the tiny girl in front of her, who was still wearing a lot of black, but was looking gorgeous as ever. She nodded approvingly, before turning her attention to the screen behind Beca.

"What were you working on?"

"Nothing really, just passing the time," Beca said with a shrug, before closing her laptop.

Chloe looked at her questioningly, but didn't press on. She had probably pushed Beca enough the last few days. She waited for Beca to get her jacket and a small bag, before taking her hand and walking out of the dorm. She checked if the other girl was hungry, which was the case, and proceeded to their first destination. Beca tried to make her tell where they were going on a few occasions, but never got an answer, just a knowing look.

Beca almost walked past the little diner, when she felt Chloe pulling her to the side. They entered a small establishment and were met by the smell of baked goods. On one side a variety of pastries was displayed behind a window, while the other side was filled with booths. Some were already taken, but Chloe lead her to an empty one near the back. They both sat down and Beca took her time to take in the surroundings.

Though she was surprised when they walked in, it now dawned on Beca that this was exactly the kind of place she could expect Chloe to take her. It seemed sweet and undiscovered. Chloe was beaming and looked immensely proud of her choice of venue.

"So, do you like pancakes?" Chloe asked her, looking just a bit worried. When Beca nodded, she seemed even happier than before, and proceeded to flag down one of the waiters. She asked Beca for her drink order, and then ordered food for the both of them, which seem to be some sort of pancake platter, from what Beca could gather. When the waiter left, Chloe turned back to her, still smiling. Beca initiated the conversation.

"So, how do you know about this place?"

"I sometimes need to get away from Aubrey, so I wandered around town one time and ended up here," she said somewhat embarrassed. "Aubrey hates it when I eat junk food, she is pretty big on the whole health thing. I need my sugar at times, so I go here. They have amazing pastries and even better pancakes. It's my guilty pleasure."

Beca smiled at Chloe, because she was being too cute right now. This grown woman was sitting in front of her excited like a little girl over pancakes. She did feel for Chloe, having to deal with Aubrey all the time. How could she deny this cute redhead her pancakes? Sure, they had to stay fit, but pancakes once in while had to be allowed.

"What about you, any guilty pleasures?"

Beca shook her head, and was met with an incredulous look. "How can you not have any guilty pleasures, come on, everybody has them. You must at least have a guilty pleasure song?"

"Even if I did, I would not tell you right now, I would first have to get to know you a bit better."

"Beca Mitchell, ever the mysterious woman."

Beca smirked at this, she was glad her reserved nature had not scared the other girl away. She didn't get this reaction most of the time, usually people would avoid her. Something was different with this incredibly perky girl, that seemed determined to get to know her, however fast or slow Beca was allowing that.

"So, what can you tell me about yourself?" Chloe asked.

Beca thought about it for a while. She had shared some things about herself over the past weeks they had been hanging out. Mostly these were just trivial facts about herself, like where she was from. Chloe had asked her about her parents one time, but she had successfully avoided the question that time, just like the questions about her future plans and her high school years. She had managed to keep their conversations light and casual, talking about hockey, Barden and the weather.

The setting was different now, they were on a date, and on a date you were supposed to share things about yourself. They were here to get to know each other a bit better. Beca didn't want to disappoint Chloe, and had the feeling that if she would shut out her captain for long enough, even she would be scared away.

"What do you want to know? I can't promise I'll tell you everything, as you may have noticed sharing is not really my thing, but I'll try."

This was already a small victory for Chloe, so she decided to not push the other girl too much and keep things light. She had learned by now that she had to avoid certain subjects if she wanted Beca to actually talk to her. Both the past and the future seemed off limits, so she settled for the present.

"What do you think about college?"

Beca hadn't really expecting that question. She thought Chloe would want to know about all the things she had avoided telling her, but instead she was surprised with one of the rare questions she did not mind answering. She thought about is for a short while, because she hadn't really considered it before. She had been too busy with all her activities and planning her future after college to actually ponder her college experience.

"It's fine, I guess. Not really a fan of philosophy, though. But most of the courses I'm taking are fine. It's all better than I expected, between hockey and working at the radio station, I might actually be enjoying myself. But don't tell my father!"

Chloe smiled fondly, both happy about the fact that Beca was sharing something and that she was having fun at Barden. For her, because she was so good at making friends, going to college was a great experience and she had been enjoying every minute of it, but she also knew this wasn't the case for everybody. Beca did seem to feel more at ease around the team than she did at the start of the year, but reading her was hard, so Chloe didn't know if she actually liked it.

"What is it that you do at the radio station?" she asked.

Beca explained that her current activities mainly consisted of stacking CDs, but that she had the ambition to end up in the booth before the end of the year. She avoided the subject of her L.A. plans for now, as she felt that was not exactly first date material. They talked about music for a while and Beca discovered Chloe knew a lot more about music than she had expected.

Soon their lunch arrived, a two-person platter of pancakes, and Chloe immediately digged in. It was endearing to see how much she was enjoying this guilty pleasure of her, and Beca took a minute to look at her before digging in as well. Chloe made sure that Beca enjoyed herself during their lunch, checking if she liked the food and the place multiple times. Beca was surprised that anyone could be this considerate.

When they finished lunch they still had a couple of hours left before they both had to get back to their respective dorms to get ready for practice. After Chloe had paid, Beca failed miserably at trying to convince her otherwise, the redhead linked arms with her date and lead her to the next destination.

She had wanted to take the girl to the park and play on the swings or fly a kite. She had shot down the idea herself, since that much cheeziness might be the end of Beca. Besides, at this time of the day there were probably too many children. She didn't have much to work on, but knew that the other girl enjoyed sports, which gave her a good idea.

They made their way just past the local park, to the batting cages. Chloe hadn't prepared Beca for this, so she had packed two sets of sports clothes. Beca wasn't too happy with the idea at first, especially since she hadn't played baseball in such a long time. She felt slightly uncomfortable in the sports clothes Chloe had brought, not because they were not the right size, but because they were very Chloe. The shirt was bright pink, the shorts some kind of neon colour.

After a few hits, Beca started to enjoy herself a bit more. She quickly got the hang of it, and secretly it was quite pleasing to hit something once in a while. She got the same satisfaction out of hockey, but that also involved playing more calculated balls at times, while here she could just hit with all her might.

They switched places, so now Beca was watching Chloe work her magic. She could admire the beautifully toned body, the beautiful long legs and the gorgeous red hair. This girl was just so gorgeous, Beca had no idea how she could be this lucky to be going out with her. Chloe turned around and smiled at her after a particularly good hit, which gave Beca's the feeling of butterflies in her stomach.

They switched positions a few more times before their time was up. After changing, they headed towards campus together. Chloe walked Beca back to her building. Beca suggested that Chloe could stay and eat some dinner with her, but Chloe declined with a sad look. She had some kind of meeting with Aubrey and the blonde insisted on cooking, so Chloe would eat something healthy today.

"So, what are we going to tell the team?" Beca asked. She didn't want to hide whatever they were, but figured it might be better if Fat Amy did not find out for now.

"Maybe it would be better to just keep this between us for now and see how it goes," Chloe suggested, and Beca agreed. This settled it, so now all that was left was to say goodbye. Beca now made the first move, since she felt like Chloe had done everything up till now and didn't want to give the girl the idea that she was in this alone, and stepped closer. She brought her hands up to the redhead's face and pulled her in for a kiss. It started innocent enough, but soon she was pressed against her date and felt Chloe's fingers run through her hair. She pulled back and heard a disapproving sigh from Chloe, but continued her movement nevertheless.

"I'll see you in a bit. Have fun with Aubrey"

Chloe pulled a face and turned around, but not before giving Beca another quick peck on her lips, leaving Beca behind with a broad smile on her face.