Rumors

Birthday Bash

Chloe was on cloud nine. Several times, she had to pinch herself just to make sure she wasn't dreaming because everything was great. Perfect even.

"I can't believe you just high fived me after an intense orgasm like that." A smile creeped its way onto Chloe's mouth.

"I panicked." Beca admitted with a laugh, positioning herself so she was laying directly on the redhead's front, with her forearms on either side of the Chloe's head.

"You couldn't of just… I don't know…. Kissed me?" Chloe teased, earning an eye roll from her girlfriend. She didn't even care Beca just made their own handshake like athletes would do after playing a game. She thought it was adorable and such a Beca thing to do. Her hands were brushing against Beca's spine, tracing every curve on the girl's back.

"Well, when I have the girl I love naked right in front of me, things get a little foggy and my actions start to have a mind of their own."

"What?" Chloe asked shocked, realizing that Beca just used 'love' in the same sentence as her name without even a flinch. Did she hear her correctly? "What did you just say?" She wanted to make sure just in case her senses were playing some dirty trick on her.

Beca released a long sigh. "I guess I could've made this a little bit more romantic and less anti climatic but it's the truth." Chloe could see how Beca's eyes were avoiding hers and looking anywhere else, showing how nervous the girl must be. "All my life, relationships were something I was perfectly fine not being a part of. My dad would always ask me at the dinner table when I was going to bring someone over for dinner or when someone would wear my letterman jacket to my basketball games, claiming that she was mine and only mine. At first, I had hoped that someone would sweep me off my feet but the older I got, the less hope there was." Finally, Beca lifted her eyes to meet stormy blues with gleaming sapphires. "That was until you."

Chloe's heart felt as if it was about to burst through her chest and fly into the night's sky like a kid that just lost his balloon or a kite floating through a park. Feeling these overwhelming emotions, Chloe used her hands to bring Beca's body closer to her's- if that was even possible- just so she herself wouldn't float away.

"I know I'm not the most reachable person and more often than not, I stay to myself but being with you makes me want to change. To be a better person I guess." Beca scrunched her face with a shrug. "God this sounds so queer balls."

"No it doesn't." Giggling, Chloe felt Beca rest her forehead on her's and start to twist the red locks with her fingers. "Please go on."

"I guess what I'm trying to say, without all this extra fluffing is that, I love you Chloe. And I'm not one to believe in superstitions or anything but I think I've loved you since the first day I laid eyes on you."

The words repeated through Chloe's head like a broken record. Her heart was heavy but her body felt like a feather, and she was thanking the extra weight resting on her front side because she knows for sure that she'd probably end up floating away. And she doesn't want to do that. She wants to stay right here, with Beca, and she doesn't like to jinx anything but hopefully, for the rest of her life.

Taking that Chloe was in no hurry to respond, Beca's facial expressions began to shift and become worried that she might of said the wrong thing. Or maybe the right thing just at the wrong time. "Please say something."

Without a second passing, Chloe closed the distance between the two of them, pressing her lips gently onto Beca's and feeling the wave of panic and worry wash right off the brunette's body. "I love you too." She whispered, just long enough that she ghosted the words across Beca's lips before connecting their lips once again. And this kiss felt abnormally different-though was just like the previous millions that they've shared before. It felt like a seal to a million dollar contract, or catching the game winning pass in a tied football game. Chloe felt like she just won the lottery as her lips molded perfectly with Beca's, and knowing that Beca loved her and Chloe loved Beca back, the kiss felt real.