Hands Off ✔️

Chapter 19

"So, can I expect you to give me a lap dance as a birthday present when I come home?", Beca was sitting back in the swivel chair in front of the mixing boards that were on top of the desk facing a recording booth as she held her phone to her ear, smirking to herself.

"Are you ever going to stop flirting with me, Mitchell? I don't think your girlfriend would be too pleased to hear about this, do you?"

Sophie's voice coming through the other end of the phone made the singer laugh even more as she picked up her pen and put it in her mouth. "She actually told me that you are the only person I can flirt with other than her", she could picture the blonde rolling her eyes.

"And why is that?"

"Because she also knows that you are the only person to tell me to 'fuck off' or 'shut the hell up' whenever I do it", Beca smiled as she noticed Theo walk back into the room now, holding up a paper bag which held their lunch. "Anyway, this has been fun even though I was hoping for a little more action over the phone but-"

"Shut the fuck up, Beca", the singer couldn't help but laugh again, loving how she could easily press the blonde's buttons, "I hope you have the worst birthday ever just for that"

"You don't mean that", moving over to the smaller coffee table, Beca balanced her phone between her ear and shoulder as she took out the sandwich she had ordered.

After a beat of silence, she heard Sophie's voice again for the last time. "No, have the best time tonight"

"Thanks, Soph", she held onto her phone again, "I'll speak to you tomorrow"

"You better!"

Hanging up the phone, Beca looked over at Theo who was staring back at her. "What?"

"Well, don't you need to go and get ready?", the producer raised an eyebrow as he glanced down at his watch to see the time. "Chloe is going to finish being in the library at 2 she said"

"Stop worrying, I've got plenty of time", she shrugged her shoulders, "I'm going to eat this, let you tell me that the new track sounds perfect and then go home"

"Do you need any help with setting things up and stuff?"

"Dude, I swear you are panicking more about this surprise than I am", she laughed again, "Check the track so I can get out of here", she pointed a thumb over her shoulder to the laptop sat open on the desk before starting to eat her lunch.

...

"How come you're here right now?", Chloe looked up to see Hannah staring straight back at her, "I mean, it's Beca's birthday right?"

The redhead furrowed her eyebrows for a second, wondering how her friend knew this because she hadn't mentioned it at all before realising her girlfriend was a celebrity so most of the country knew when her birthday was. "She got called into work so Beca thought I might as well try and get this last paper nearly done knowing that we'll be busy at the weekend celebrating"

"Celebrating her birthday? Beca doesn't strike me as the kind of person that likes to make a big fuss over her birthday", the taller girl raised an eyebrow as she watched Chloe look back down at her laptop.

"She isn't normally, but that's what she said to me this morning", the redhead shrugged her shoulders, "Now ssh, I wanna try and get as much done as possible"

...

"How has it been since you've moved back home? The old man still annoying as he was when we was in high school?"