The Love Between Us

Chapter 3: Go Get the Girl!

Chapter 3: Go Get The Girl

"I think...I think we need to talk. I've been thinking a lot about what happened," Beca said, waiting for Chloe to respond. She stood there for a few minutes before sitting down on Chloe's bed, looking at the floor.

Chloe nodded nervously. "I've been thinking about it, too. What about it do you want to talk about?" Chloe asked, putting her hand on top of Beca's.

Beca quickly moved her hand away. "I've been thinking for a while, and I just wanted to say that the 'almost kiss,' it was a mistake. I don't know why I did that. I'm really sorry, and I hope that this doesn't change things between us," Beca said, bringing her eyes up to meet Chloe's.

Chloe nodded sadly, looking away from Beca. She had known not to get her hopes up, but she did anyway. They had almost kissed, and Beca leaned in. That had to mean something, right? 

Apparently not. She knew she had blown her shot at ever finding true love by letting Beca slip right through her fingers. "Uh, that's okay. Don't worry about it. Forget it even happened," she said.

Beca nodded and sighed in relief. "So, um, are we cool?" She asked. Beca smiled when Chloe nodded her head, and she turned to leave the room.

"Have you ever had feelings for me?"

Beca whipped her head back around. "Wha-what?" Beca asked, although she knew she had heard Chloe correctly. "Chloe, you're my best friend and Jesse is my boyfriend," was all she could think of to say. "I'm sorry, I really am."

Chloe nodded, feeling tears already welling up in her eyes. "Okay. Um, can you go now?" She asked, knowing that if Beca stayed any longer she would break down in tears. She was an idiot for getting her hopes up, and right now what she really needed was time to decompress.

Beca nodded and silently got up and left, closing the door behind her. She went back into her room with more questions than answers. Beca sighed and put on her headphones and listened to music, which was what she did when she needed time to calm down or time to sort out her thoughts.

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Chloe sat on her bed, flipping through the pages of a photo album that Beca had made for her. In the album was every picture they had taken together over the last few years. She looked at each picture closely, trying to find any indication that Beca would reciprocate her feelings. They always looked so happy in their pictures together; they were always smiling at each other or looking at each other. 

Was Chloe wrong to think there could be something more than friendship between them? She closed the photo album and curled up into a ball on her bed. She then thought of all the things she and Beca did together. 

They cuddled each other whenever the Bella's had a movie night, and they would always fall asleep in each other's arms. Whenever one of them had a problem or one of them was sad, they would comfort each other. They would sleep in the same bed. A lot. They always sat next to each other on the Bella bus or on flights to New York for the ICCA Finals. They would casually hold hands from time to time, as well dance with each other more than anyone else at parties. You also couldn't forget the late night talks they had from time to time. So was Chloe out of place to assume that Beca may be in love with her as well?

Chloe needed to say what was on her mind. She needed to let Beca know how she felt and she needed to let her know now, no matter what time it was. 

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