Beca had a hard time keeping her eyes off Chloe the next practice. She knew a few girls would immediately confront her if she would stare at Chloe too much, so she did her best to focus on her game instead of her teammate. Aubrey was not playing today, since she was still feeling under the weather, but she was present and shouting orders from the sideline. She would definitely notice as soon as Beca and Chloe looked less than focused and Beca would like to avoid this.
She felt like she made it through practice well enough, she hadn't received too many disapproving looks from her blonde captain, and nobody seemed to notice any change in her behaviour. After practice she saw that Chloe was talking to Aubrey, and decided waiting for her was not a good idea. She would text her when she would get back to her dorm.
Several texts later, they agreed on a second date the next day. Beca would be planning this one. She also received a text from Jesse, asking her how everything was going. They hadn't seen each other in a few days, so he wasn't up to date on everything that had happened. Beca tried to explain in as few words as possible what had happened the past few days. She decided that she could trust Jesse with the information about her and Chloe, he was a good friend. He immediately called her after she send the text informing him about her and Chloe dating.
"This kind of news is not text-worthy, Mitchell. Can I come over?"
"Sure, you know where it is," Beca replied.
He arrived moments later with a huge grin. He hugged her, which she still hated, but learned to tolerate, and sat down on Beca's bed.
"Congrats Beca, I'm really glad for you. Tell me how this all happened."
Beca gave him the longer version of the last few days. He eagerly nodded along, until she got to the part of arranging a second date. He immediately perked up, and looked like a puppy getting a treat.
"What are you planning?"
"Frankly, I didn't have too much time to think about it yet. I was just thinking dinner, maybe go see a band that's in town. I mean, it isn't that hard to plan a date, right?"
Jesse looked disapproving and shook his head.
"Beca, we're talking about Chloe Beale here. You need something special, something unique. Dinner is nice, but is she really the dinner kind of girl?"
Beca thought about it for a while and decided that Jesse was right. Chloe would probably like dinner, but she wouldn't love it. She needed to come up with something better. Immediately her nerves kicked in and she started to play with her hair, aiming a nervous glance at Jesse.
"What am I suppose to do? I have to plan this whole thing before tomorrow!"
Jesse now looked like he received the greatest gift anyone could ever give him. Of course he was extremely excited about planning a date, even if it was for someone else. He immediately started spewing ideas, each one more ridiculous than the previous. Beca shot them down one by one, finding an error in each of them. It took Jesse over an hour to eventually convince Beca of an idea he particularly liked. It did require some preparation, but it was feasible in the time they had left before the date. Beca was too tired to protest anymore, and promised Jesse to meet him the next day before she managed to shove him out of her room.
The next morning Beca managed to wake up early enough to be only fifteen minutes late for her meeting with Jesse. He didn't seem to mind and was in fact looking surprised. She greeted him before he pulled her towards the first shop they had to go. He had actually made a list of items they had to buy. It seemed like an eternity to Beca before they had gathered everything and made their way back to Jesse's dorm to finish their preparations.
They were done by the time Beca had to go to class before picking Chloe up. She didn't want to go, but Chloe had threatened to cancel if she wouldn't and the redhead had her ways of finding out. Though she didn't feel like she picked anything up in class, her results have been showing some improvement since she started listening to Chloe.
After class she hurried her way back to her dorm to change and pick up everything for the date. She was supposed to meet Chloe outside of her dorm at six sharp. Aubrey would be inside, and Beca had wanted to keep Aubrey in the dark for now. Just before she left, she got a text from her favourite redhead.
Aubrey found out, sorry. I made her promise to be nice to you, it will be alright.
Beca would have to ask Chloe how this happened, but she could hardly be mad. She had told Jesse herself and Aubrey was Chloe's best friend. It would have been near impossible to keep this from Aubrey any longer anyway, since they were living together. She decided not to worry about it for too long, because she had a date with a beautiful girl.
Beca made her way to Chloe's dorm and rang the doorbell. She was met by a tall blonde who was scowling at her. She took a step back and felt small all of a sudden. Aubrey had both of her hands in her sides and was looking particularly intimidating.
"Chloe is my best friend, if you hurt her, I will hunt you down and make sure you are not able to hold a stick ever again. You better be on your best behaviour for her, she only deserves the , if this thing influences the team in any way, I won't hesitate to kick you out."
At that time, Chloe appeared behind her best friend and gently shoved her aside.
"You promised to be nice, Aubrey," she said half angrily, half amused.
"This is me being nice," Aubrey stated before turning around and resuming whatever activity she was doing before. Beca nervously smiled at Chloe, who was wearing an apologetic look. Then her captain looked down and saw what Beca was carrying and immediately a childish glint appeared in her eyes.
"We are going picnicking," she squealed. When Beca nodded, she jumped in the air excitedly. Beca took her hand to keep her grounded. They walked towards the exit and made their way to the spot Jesse had shown her. It took a small hike, but Chloe didn't seem to mind. She was way to excited about the prospect of a romantic picnic.
It luckily didn't take them to long to reach their picnic side, Beca didn't really like hiking. Soon, Chloe was sitting on the blanket Beca had borrowed from Jesse, sipping wine from a plastic cup. Beca was still working on unpacking the picnic basket she had been carrying the entire trip. It included plastic plates, cutlery, candles and takeout dinner. She filled two plates and handed one to Chloe.
Chloe had been lost in thought from the moment they had arrived. She had complimented the spot and the view several times, each time met by a smirk from her date. Beca had admitted that most of it was Jesse's doing, but Chloe didn't mind. She was just astonished by the effort Beca, with some help, had obviously put in their date.
During their dinner, the sun was slowly setting. It was starting to become colder, but Beca even brought an extra blanket. They were snuggled up underneath it. Beca was rummaging through the basket. She found what she was looking for and triumphantly turned to Chloe holding two large chocolate chip muffins.
"I'm not really the romantic type and most of the date was planned with Jesse's help, but I did make this up all by myself." She was beaming proudly and looked incredibly cute while doing so. "I hope you like chocolate chip, I guessed you were more of a chocolate than a blueberry girl."
Chloe wanted to nod, but felt like that wouldn't be enough acknowledgement, so instead she went in for a kiss. The kiss turned heated quickly and her hand found it's way under Beca's shirt. The other girl moaned quietly, which encouraged Chloe to start caressing her bare skin. Beca seemed to come back to reality, because instead of encouraging the other girl, she was now softly pushing her off. Chloe leaned back and looked at her questioningly.
"You should eat your muffin first, maybe it tastes really nasty," Beca said with a cheeky smile.
She seemed a bit flushed, but Chloe decided not to comment on it and instead took a bite of her muffin. It was an amazing and familiar taste. She looked up surprised and was now looking a smirking Beca. Her date had gone back to the dinner to get her a muffin from her favourite place, how could she be any more perfect?
They talked for most of the date after that. Chloe explained to Beca how Aubrey found out about them, Aubrey could be extremely intimidating when she thought Chloe was hiding something. Beca could picture it and felt bad for asking Chloe to hide it. Chloe was just glad Beca wasn't mad at her.
With just enough light to see where they were walking, they made their way back to campus. Beca walked Chloe all the way back to her dorm room. Her date opened the door and turned around to face Beca. She wrapped her arms loosely around Beca's waist and leaned in.
"What about you stay a little while longer," she whispered into the brunette's ears. Beca's face reddened when she felt the warm breath of the sexy redhead in front of her. This feeling shut up all rational thoughts, so she nodded and followed her girl inside.
Chloe pulled her towards her bedroom. Beca was glad that Aubrey was nowhere to be found currently. She stepped into the bedroom and Chloe smoothly closed the door behind her, before focussing her attention completely on Beca. She closed the distance between them and put her hands on the brunette's hips. She then proceeded to bring her face closer until their lips touched.
Beca responded by putting one hand in Chloe's neck and laying the other on her back. She pulled Chloe in closer, feeling her body against her. Chloe's hands moved around, first softly stroking her cheek, then finding their way to her hair. At the same time she slowly moved Beca back until the back of her legs were touching the bed.
She smoothly helped Beca down without breaking contact. Beca pulled her on with her. Chloe brought her hands down again and moved them under Beca's shirt. Beca hesitated for a while, but soon followed suit. She caressed Chloe's skin and was surprised by the softness of the girl. She felt the powerful back muscles.
Chloe's hands made their way to the front, now stroking Beca's abs. She pulled back for a bit to catch her breath and complemented Beca on her body. This sobered Beca up just a bit. She wanted to do this with Chloe, but the current setting was all too familiar for her, so she was panicking on the inside. Chloe picked up on the change in her demeanor and took her time to study Beca's face.
"What's wrong? If you don't feel comfortable, you can tell me."
"It's nothing," Beca said, after taking a deep breath to try to reduce the panicky feeling a bit.
Chloe looked hurt. "You don't have to tell me right now, but please don't say it's nothing. We can just cuddle if you like that."
"You're right, I'm sorry," Beca responded, when she saw how hurt Chloe was looking. "I would like cuddling. But don't ever tell Aubrey I said that."
This brought a small smile back to Chloe's face, who pulled of her shoes and laid down on bed, leaving some space for Beca. The freshman mimicked the actions and fitted right in the space Chloe left for her. She felt the arm around her waist and buried her head in Chloe's neck. Chloe's gentle touch made her relax quickly and she fell asleep.
