More Than an Experiment

Chapter 2: Activities Fair

*Chloe's POV*

   "Oh, what about her?" I asked Aubrey when I saw a short brunette girl walking our way.
     "I don't know Chlo, she looks a little too alternative for us."
     I shot Aubrey a look, shaking my head and brushing off her comment. The girl was getting closer so I nudged Aubrey firmly, "Come on Aubs! Maybe she's an aca-awesome singer, you never know." I winked at her. Aubrey looked at me with squinted eyes, obviously annoyed. She gestured to go for it even though I know she didn't want me to.
     "Hi!" I said cheerfully, with a big smile on my face. The girl looked up shyly with an irritated look on her face. I glanced at Aubrey and she raised her eyebrows at me. When I looked back at the girl, her eyes widened quickly, and she looked at me nervously.
     "I'm Chloe Beale, and this is my friend Aubrey." I said less cheerful, I could tell the girl was kind of annoyed by it. "We're part of the Barden Bella's, an all lady acapella group." I continued. "We need a couple more girls to join, would you be interested in auditioning?"
     The girl didn't say a word, even though it looked like she wanted to. She was a pretty girl. Short and petite with brunette hair and deep blue eyes. They were almost intriguing to me. We still hadn't lost eye contact. I smirked. She turned bright red and became very uneasy.
     "Are you okay?" I asked the brunette. At this point she looked terrified. She anxiously ran her fingers through her hair and cleared her throat. She finally mumbled some words that were hard to understand.
     "Uh, I... yeah, I'm fine. I uh... don't even sing, sorry." She said abruptly after glancing over at Aubrey and cocking one eyebrow. I was about to ask her what her name is when she turned around and literally ran away from us.
     "What the hell was that about?" Aubrey was shocked at the girls reaction. It was clear she was flustered by me, Aubs and I both knew it.
     "Who knows, but I'm going to find out." I answered with a smirk on my face, and honestly, I couldn't wait until I did.
     Throughout the rest of the activities fair, we talked to a couple more girls but none of them caught my attention the way the small brunette girl did. She was awkward, but there was something I saw deep in her dark blue eyes. Though I'm not entirely sure why, I need to find out what it is.

*Beca's POV*

"Dude, what the fuck!" I snapped at myself. I knew the activities fair was going to be a fucking nightmare, but this much of a nightmare? "I made myself look like a freak in front of her!" I commented to myself, pacing and breathing heavily. I couldn't stop thinking about turning around and running away from her. Stupid. I'm pretty sure she said her name was Chloe, but I couldn't fucking focus on what she was saying. Her eyes were beautiful. She was beautiful. I groaned before putting my headphones in and continuing down the side walk. As I walked back to my dorm, I found myself passing the campus radio station. I slowed down when I saw a "Now Hiring" flyer hanging in the window. There was a number listed below so I pulled out my phone and jotted it down. I took off again, still on my phone when someone bumped into me.
     "Shit, sorry!" The voice said. I looked up, removing one of my headphones. It was the boy that sang to me as I was unloading my taxi.
     "Hey, I know you!" He said, smiling. I gave him the same pitiful smile as I did earlier today and answered "no you don't." I put the headphone back in and continued back to my dorm.
     Kimmy Jin was gone, she was probably with her friends. I laughed at the thought. "Who the hell would be friends with Kimmy Jin?" I asked myself quietly. I finished setting up the equipment I left earlier, thankfully Kimmy Jin didn't touch my shit. I called the number from the radio station and got an interview tomorrow at 11. I'm pretty much guaranteed the job based on the way they made it sound.
After that I tried working on one of my mixes for a couple hours, but I couldn't get Chloe out of my head. Her smile, her wavy red hair, her icy blue eyes. I decided to try shake this by taking a hot shower. I grabbed my shower stuff and made my way to the bathroom singing Titanium.
     I had barely even turned the water on and gotten undressed before I heard my shower curtain rip open quickly behind me. I jumped and turned around.
     "Dude!" I yelled.
     "You can sing!" A naked red haired girl exclaimed happily. It was fucking Chloe.