bechloe ~ high school

Chapter 4 (The Little Note)

Chloe had been walking around in a daze for the rest of the afternoon. Had been sat at her desk during each class, staring blissfully out of the window. Her mind on only one thing: Beca Mitchell.

Normally the ever-attentive best friend, Chloe would listen intently to everything Aubrey said. Whether she'd be talking about her next planned boyfriend, or the recent argument she'd had with her father, and even the nail polish she might choose to paint her nails with. But today Chloe's mind had drifted away from reality all too many times while Aubrey had been talking to her.

Chloe refused to venture a thought that she might be in love with Beca. After all, who could be in love with someone they barely knew, and the little they did know about them was because they'd had sex..?

"Chloe! For serious what is wrong with you?" Aubrey asked the redhead sharply as they arrived at their lockers at the end of the school day.

"Sorry Bree I-I've just got a lot on my mind at the moment.." Chloe began as she opened her locker.

"Is it Drake?" Aubrey asked, but Chloe hadn't heard her. Instead her attention had been caught by a folded up piece of paper that hadn't been there when she'd closed her locker at the end of lunch break. She reached out with a curious smile, picked the paper up, and unfolded it. There, written in scratchy joined-up handwriting, were the words "Meet me at Stevens Way after school. B."

Chloe's heart began racing. Nobody had ever written her a secret note before. Certainly not someone who she was crushing on. And right now she was really crushing on that weird beautiful little alt-girl.

"CHLOE!" Aubrey's voice pierced through Chloe's train of thought and the redhead jumped, looking up at the blonde who was raising her eyebrows, evidently waiting for an answer, "Well? Is it?"

"Uh..yeah..yeah it is.." Chloe answered, not overly sure of what the question had been in the first place. But Aubrey's reaction made her think it had been the correct one. The blonde sighed as she delved into her own locker.

"It'll get easier Chloe..just give it time.."

Okay now Chloe definitely didn't know what Aubrey was on about. But she didn't care. Because right now she had to leave and get over to Stevens Way to meet Beca. And the redhead was so excited she felt her entire body tingling in anticipation.

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Beca sat nervously in the driving seat of her parked car. She pushed her long brown hair back with her left hand, resting her head on it while she glanced over at the clock on her dashboard.

"Okay school was out thirty minutes ago..." she muttered under her breath to herself, "give the girl time to find my note...say goodbye to Posen.." Beca gripped the leather of her steering wheel, "...aaaaand decide not to meet me."

Beca let out a small groan, bringing her head down and resting her forehead on the steering wheel with a gentle thud, "What the fuck are you doing Mitchell?" she mumbled to herself with a sigh. She'd never done this before. Never left a note for anyone to ask them to meet her. But Chloe Beale? Well fuck...the girl had been on Beca's mind from the second she'd turned up at her bedroom door yesterday evening.

The brunette had been more distracted than usual in her classes today. Had even skipped her final class to get the confidence to write that note for Chloe and slip it into her locker before making her way over to Stevens Way - the one road she knew neither her friends or Posen ever walked down to go home. There was no chance they'd get caught together down here. But then..there was no chance of either of them getting caught if Chloe didn't turn up.

Suddenly Beca jumped as she heard a light tapping on the window of the passenger door of her car. She looked up from the steering wheel and her heart rose as Chloe Beale opened the door and slid into the passenger seat with an airy "Hey!"