More Than an Experiment

Chapter 7: Initiation

*Beca's POV*
I rolled out of bed this morning at 10:30, forgetting I was supposed to be at the radio station again today at 11.
"Shit!" I shouted, jumping out of bed. Kimmy Jin was already awake, working on homework or something at her desk. She turned around and gave me a dirty look. "Could you shut the hell up Beca?" She sternly asked. I was shocked that she spoke, I was beginning to think she didn't even speak English.
"Uh.... sorry." I quietly responded, even though I wanted to say much more to the bitch. I quickly grabbed a pair of pants and a T-shirt from my laundry and rushed to get ready before heading out the door. I pretty much look like shit, so hopefully I'll have time to come back before Chloe and Aubrey talk to me about the Bella's.
I got to the radio station right at 11, but this time Jesse was there before me. "Hey." I said as I walked in. He turned around with a smile on his face. "What's up, Becs?" He said in the process of stacking CD's. "Stacking CD's again apparently... and don't call me Becs." I responded, annoyed. He just let out a small laugh, "roger that, Mitchell" he sarcastically said.
I rolled my eyes and ignored his comment. "This really sucks, I wanted to play music...." I quietly said.
     Jesse smiled at me. "Not me, I'm here for one reason, and one reason only: I really love stacking CD's."
      I let out a small laugh. Jesse and I made small talk the rest of our shift, and he was actually a pretty funny guy. He's super dorky and a total movie nerd. I fucking hate movies, but I didn't tell him that.
     Just before our shift was over I went over to the studio to talk to Luke. "Hey Beca, what's up?" He asked as he saw me approaching. I awkwardly smiled and held up a hard drive, pointing to it with my other hand. He stood up, and took it in his hand, asking "what's this?"
     I was nervous because I don't really share the music I make with too many people. I looked at the floor and shyly responded, "it's a hard drive of my mixes. I want to be a music producer after college. I didn't know if you wanted to give some of them a listen or play one sometime. Maybe..." I trailed off after realizing how unrealistic that sounds.
     "Oh. Okay, yeah." He said, making me look up. He continued "I'll give them a listen soon, you're good to go for the day." I checked my phone, it was 3:04. I nodded and asked "same time tomorrow?"
     He smirked. "You catch on fast. Same time tomorrow!"
     I turned around and walked to the table Jesse and I were working at. "Hey Jesse, Luke says we're good to go." I said, grabbing my stuff. Jesse stayed behind and finished the pile of CD's he was stacking.
     I was heading back to my dorm to change when quick footsteps came up behind me, and a dark bag was thrown over my head. I began to fight off the person when I heard a familiar voice say "Damn, Becs. It's just me, chill out!" Chloe is the only one who calls me Becs.
     "Chloe, what the fuck?!" I ripped the bag off my head and angrily turned to look at her. Her eyes were beaming and she was trying to hold back her laughter. I wanted to be mad but it was just Chloe, so I smirked at her.
     "It's aca-initiation!" She winked at me playfully. "Welcome to the Bella's! Come with me."
      I chuckled at her anxiousness and urgency. "Hooooold on, Chloe. I need to go change out of this outfit. I was in a rush this morning and honestly think I grabbed these clothes from the dirty laundry basket..."
     Chloe laughed. "You're right, you should probably change. I thought I smelled something when I walked up." My cheeks went red instantly, "oh my god, seriously?" I asked, embarrassed. I subtly smelt the shoulder of my shirt, but Chloe noticed and laughed. "I'm kidding Becs, you look and smell fine."
     I rolled my eyes and smiled sarcastically. "Funny, Chloe." She smirked at me flirtatiously and my heart skipped a beat. "Just come up to my room with me, it'll take like ten minutes. Then, we can go." I nervously said to Chloe. She checked the time and shrugged. "I suppose we have a few minutes."
    "Awesome!" I said, grabbing her hand the way she grabbed mine yesterday and started pulling her behind me. She laughed and said "well, well... look at badass Beca now." She gestured to our hands. "Someone's a softy" she continued, winking.
     I dropped her hand and squinted my eyes. "Whatever, Red." I snapped back. I figured I might as well give her a nickname if she's giving me nicknames. She was right though, I fucking hate it when people touch me. Chloe is just different... special, maybe. She's definitely already broken down some of my walls and I only met her a few days ago.
     She perked up hearing the nickname, and seductively smirked to herself. We walked the rest of the way to the dorms in silence, but she was always pretty much glued to my side. I turned to look at her when we reached the doors, and said "No elevator this time. I'm so serious right now."
     She rolled her eyes. "Oh come on, Beca, we will be just fine. Not to mention we don't exactly have a lot of spare time." I didn't want to cave, but I just took a deep breath and sighed. "Fine, but no holding my hand this time." I smiled at Chloe's disappointed reaction.
     We got into the elevators and I pressed the button for floor four. As soon as the doors closed, Chloe took a few small steps towards me. I attempted to ignore her actions until she grabbed my chin and turned my head, forcing me to look at her again. "Ummm what?" I asked, confused and anxious. Chloe didn't say a word, but instead just stared into my eyes. I got caught in hers for a couple seconds until I noticed her glancing at my lips. No way, is Chloe going to fucking kiss me? I instantly got nervous, so I turned my head away. She smiled and asked "so, do you have a boyfriend?"
      I scoffed. Was she being serious? "No, I don't. My last ex really fucked me up so I'm trying to avoid dating." I awkwardly responded.
     "Oh, damn... what was his name?" She asked, obviously beating around the bush. Just then the elevator stopped and the doors opened. I looked at Chloe with a smirk on my face and inched closer to her ear, whispering "Her name was Charlie." Chloe's face lit up as I turned to walk out of the elevator. She followed closely behind me until we got to my door. I opened it and let her in before shutting it behind us. Kimmy Jin wasn't here, thank god.
     I headed for my closet and Chloe sat down at my desk, scoping out the room. "You'll wanna dress for a party. All of the acapella groups on campus have a party on initiation night. It's going to be aca-awesome."
     I laughed at her. "Did you really just say aca-awesome? Dude..." Chloe rolled her eyes and responded "well yeah, but never mind that. Just dress for a party Becs."
     "You know Red, I really fucking hate parties. But for you, I'll do it." I answered sarcastically. She just smiled contently and then gestured to all of my music equipment. "What's all this?" She asked curiously. I was still searching for clothes and didn't think Chloe would understand all the technical terms for my equipment so I just said "All the things I use for making music. I want to be a music producer, actually. I make mixes all the time."
     Chloe smiled. "I didn't know you were into this stuff. Can you show me one?" I was hesitant to show Chloe, but I agreed to it anyways. "Sure... I'll just pull up a playlist and you can pick one." I made my way over to the desk and opened my laptop, pulling up my latest playlist.
     Chloe started scrolling through it as I changed. I had my back turned towards her, but noticed her glancing at me a few times in the mirror. She never knew I caught her looking. I was watching her scroll through the list in my mirror when a grin grew across her face. I hadn't put my other shirt on yet, but I turned around anyways and asked "find something you like?"
     She looked at me, noticing I was only in my bra and just curiously said "0h..." biting her lip. I rolled my eyes and put on the shirt. She awkwardly cleared her throat and turned back to my laptop, playing my mix of Titanium. My eyes widened, remembering the shower incident and Chloe's lady jam comment. I avoided looking at Chloe as I slipped on my shoes and flannel.
     I decided to wear ripped denim skinny jeans, a black crop top v-neck that showed off my cleavage, a maroon plaid flannel, and maroon vans. Chloe looked at me from head to toe and smiled. "Not bad at all, Beca." She winked at me seductively and stood up. She began walking towards me as I stood there frozen, unsure of what she was about to do. My mix of Titanium was still playing in the background as she approached me, stopping only a few inches from my face. "You know, Bec..." she began before pausing for what seemed like forever. I could literally feel her breath on my lips, and I was terrified. I swallowed hard and listened as she continued "my biggest regret in college is that I didn't do enough experimenting."
     She was speaking in a lower, seductive tone of voice. In that moment, I was pretty sure we were about to fuck. Chloe kept glancing at my lips, and even licked her lips before biting her bottom lip. I couldn't move. I wanted to kiss her, but I was scared of the way she's been making me feel these last couple of days. She began to inch her face towards mine when the door opened and Kimmy Jin walked into the room.
     I cleared my throat and awkwardly paused the music, shutting my laptop. I forced a half smile at Kimmy Jin. "We should probably get going, Chloe." Kimmy Jin was giving both of us a dirty look as I nudged Chloe out of the door.
     "Jeez..." Chloe whispered after I shut the door behind us. "Tell me about it! At least you don't have to live with her." She giggled and nodded, agreeing.
     Chloe handed me the sack she threw over my head earlier. "You'll have to put this back on before we get to initiation... it's tradition. All the new Bella's get "kidnapped"."
     I laughed. "That's ridiculous, and a bit excessive, don't you think?"
     She sighed. "Aubrey gets seriously crazy about the Bella's. You'll see..."
    We made our way to initiation, and Chloe had me put the sack back over my head outside of the doors. She put my hands behind my back and held them together as she walked me to the room where all of the new Bella's were waiting. Aubrey and Chloe took the sacks off of our heads as they individually introduced us. We were all forced to take a crazy and pathetic oath that made us promise to never fuck a Treble Maker. Throughout Aubrey's speech Chloe and I kept making eye contact, it was obvious we had some chemistry.
     After initiation Chloe came up to me. "Ready to party?" She asked with an excited smile on her face. "Ready as I'll ever be, Red." I replied sarcastically and sighed. She laughed and lightly pushed me. "You'll have fun, I promise!"