Poison And Wine (BeChloe)

Chapter 9: She Is The Sunlight

It's Saturday. This is the day that I get to hangout with Chloe. Somehow, I feel so excited about it when she calls it 'Beca and Chloe Saturday Getaway'. Conversely, to me, it's just another sister-and-brother's-girlfriend bonding

experience and all of a sudden, it doesn't feel so exciting anymore, rather it is a complete agony on my part. So I decide to spend the first half of the day with Jesse at the radio station just to release some pressure. Luke finally lets us help him arrange his playlists.

"Maroon 5 is too mainstream now, isn't it?" he asks me.

I nod my head absentmindedly.

"What about Tegan and Sara then some Lil Wayne stuff?"

I simply answer, "Awesome."

"Justin Bieber?"

"Perfect."

"Now I know you're just being such a bull," abruptly he turns around to face me. "Shoot it, Beca."

"What?"

"Something's bothering you."

"Wrong," I lie.

Jesse rolls his eyes at me, "I've seen that face. Come on, tell me."

I tell him the first excuse I can think of, "I promised my brother I'd help him with his 'romantic dinner date with Chloe' and I still don't have any clue what to do about that."

But really, I don't know what to do with that shit. More than anything, I don't know what the word 'romantic' really means. Then I hear Jesse laughs maybe because he finds my dilemma very trivial.

"Perhaps, you can share with me some ideas?"

"If only you'd let me show you some movies," I throw him a look but he continues to talk anyway. "Those cliché of romantic chick flicks can be really cheesy most of the times but I must say that they can really help you at times like this."

"Face it, Jesse, I'm not going to watch a movie."

He shakes his head, "No, it's not that hard, Beca. Just one movie, please?"

"Jesse, stop it."

"Just one movie and if you still feel that way then I'll get off your back," he offers.

But I don't even have to think about my

response, "No."

Before Jesse could let out a defeated groan, I hear someone enters the booth and so I turn towards the door to see who it is.

"There you are," Chloe puts her hands on her hips. She briefly says 'hi' to Jesse along with her usual charming smile then glares at me. "I've been looking all over you. Good thing your roommate knows you're here."

Wow. All this time, I never thought Kimmy Jin has been listening to me. I thought she was just staring and glaring to imply her existence, I guess she cares about me as well.

"No outsider allowed inside the booth."

"Really, Beca? Outsider?"

"What do you want, Red?" I question as if I have no clue as to why she's hunting me.

"Hey!" she exclaims. "You said you want to hang out with me."

"Easy there, tiger. I'm just trying to joke around. What are we going to do anyway?"

She has that cheeky grin on her face and I suddenly feel nervous that I feel like running away. "Movie marathon."

Before anybody could breathe, before Chloe could blurt out further details that could easily make me change my mind, I instantly grab her hand and drag her out of the booth and make our way to their dorm room. Forget that Jesse was right there at the booth. I don't know how to explain to him my action anyway. I'm going to watch a movie, more than one movie to be exact, and I just want to leave it that way.