bechloe ~ high school

Chapter 6 (The Secret Rings)

Beca slowly glided her car up to the front of Chloe's house. She recognised the redhead's car in the driveway. But she looked to her right and saw the girl sat in her passenger seat, looking at her with a coy smile.

"So..." Beca said awkwardly, putting her car into 'park' and turning in her seat slightly to face the girl beside her. They'd just had an incredible first date, even if Beca said so herself. She'd never felt more connected to someone the way she felt connected to Chloe. Chloe Beale. The most popular girl in school. The most beautiful girl in school. The girl that Beca really was falling hard for.

The brunette couldn't tear her eyes off her, drinking in her features. Those freckles that gathered across the bridge of Chloe's nose and the tops of her cheeks. The slight flecks of yellow in her bright blue eyes that were unnoticeable until you really looked closely into them. The way her chest rose and fell at a steady pace as they looked at one another. Beca could still remember how good the skin on Chloe's chest felt against her lips. She wished she could kiss her again.

Beca swallowed loudly, feeling slightly uncomfortable that she was getting aroused again. The spot they'd been parked at hadn't been so exposed. Neither girl had felt that they couldn't go ahead with heavily making out with one another. Neither girl had felt that they couldn't go ahead and have sex with one another. But here, outside Chloe's house, really wasn't the time to be kissing or showing any form of affection.

Chloe bit her bottom lip thoughtfully. She'd never imagined two days ago that Beca Mitchell would one day drive her home from school. After a date. After they'd made out in her car and had sex. She felt like a brand new person. But not in a bad way. Like she was..rejuvenated or something. She'd ditched Aubrey, her very best friend, just so she could meet up with a girl she had only really known for a day or so..

But Chloe believed she already had a closer connection to Beca than she'd had with anyone else her entire life. She couldn't describe it. There was just this way Beca looked at her as though there was nobody else in this world but her. And that made Chloe feel safe. It made Chloe feel loved. It made Chloe feel happy.

"Thank you for an amazing date" Chloe said quietly, a calm smile on her face.

"I should really be thanking you.." Beca said with a wink and a grin and Chloe let out a giggle. A sound so sweet it trickled into Beca's ears and warmed her self-proclaimed 'cold' heart. Chloe had made Beca cum unlike anyone had before, and it had only fuelled Beca's new love for the older teen. "It'll be your turn next." Beca said with a cheeky smile.

"Promises, promises, Miss Mitchell.." Chloe whispered, a mischievous grin on her face, and if it hadn't been for the horror of seeing someone approaching their car, Beca would've probably dove forward and kissed the girl right there and then.

Chloe jumped as someone knocked on the window beside her and turned to see her older brother grinning at her through the glass. The redhead let out a sigh, her heart racing as she muttered to Beca, "My dumb brother.."

"Ah" Beca replied, her smile having dropped. Her heart raced as she saw Chloe shoo him away with her hands and he simply winked at her while laughing. Beca watched as the young man ran into the house, "He seems like a character.."

"Yeah, Robert's alright. He's annoying, but I can't work out if that's just because he's my brother or if he genuinely is annoying." Chloe said thoughtfully. Beca let out a small chuckle and turned back to the girl sat beside her.

"Anyway," Chloe said quietly, "I should be getting inside. Mom will want to know why Aubrey didn't drive me home.."

"And what are you going to tell her?" Beca said with a grin.

"Oh I'll casually tell her that I was on a date with a girl I'd only really met yesterday. I'll add that we made out in her car in the middle of nowhere aaand..yeah I'll tell her we had sex too. Why not eh?" Chloe said in a cheery and sarcastic voice, causing Beca to laugh loudly.

Chloe found herself giggling slightly too. For a teen who had been renowned around school for being moody and grumpy, Beca had the most beautiful laugh. A sound that Chloe decided she was addicted to hearing, and if she could make Beca laugh for the rest of her life then she'd be happy.

The redhead swallowed loudly. Gosh, admitting even to herself that she'd want to know and be around Beca for the rest of her life was a huge commitment in itself. No need to tell Beca just yet though. They'd barely known one another a day. But Chloe could admit to herself that what she felt for Beca was unlike anything she'd ever felt before. This was what she suspected love felt like..

"I'll think of something.." Chloe whispered gently, and Beca's smile softened as she glanced down at Chloe's lips.

Both teens desperately wanted to share a goodbye kiss. But instead they settled for taking each other's hands.

"Hey, uh.." Beca cleared her throat nervously, "I really want to kiss you but-"

"-I understand." Chloe quickly interjected, looking at Beca somewhat longingly. She really wanted to kiss her too. Chloe pulled her hands from Beca's and tugged at the index finger on her left hand.

Beca watched in curiosity as Chloe pulled off a delicate silver ring from her index finger, and held it out to her.

"Here," Chloe said, "For the times we'll be close but never able to kiss."

A small smile peeped from the corner of Beca's mouth as she reached her hand out and gently took the ring from Chloe's palm. The brunette peered at the detail, noticing the ring was made from tiny silver daisies strung together in a loop. Very Chloe, she thought.

Beca took a ring off her own index finger, the one she had got for Christmas from her late grandfather two years ago. Her most favourite ring. And held it out to Chloe. She trusted Chloe with her heart, so she sure as hell could trust Chloe with her most treasured possession.

Chloe gently took the ring from Beca's palm, letting out a tiny sigh as she smiled sweetly at the small silver ring. She noted the tiny black dots in the centre of each tiny silver star that were connected to make the loop. Very Beca, she thought.

The teens put their respective gifts on their respective index fingers then looked back at each other with gentle smiles.

"Whenever Aubrey's being a jerk just...I dunno, look at my ring and know I'm with you or whatever.." Beca shrugged, trying her hardest not to sound too soppy. But tears had begun to shine slightly from Chloe's bright blue eyes.

"Okay." Chloe whispered, choking back her tears, smoothing her thumb over the ring Beca had just given her. Her face dropped as she peered past the teen and looked out the window, "Oh God, my brother's coming back out the house."

Beca turned to look out and saw Robert walking out of the front door of the Beale's house, a teasing grin on his face.

"Okay, I'll see you tomorrow at school yeah?" Chloe said sweetly, grabbing her bag and hastily opening the car door.

"See you tomorrow" Beca responded as she watched Chloe shimmy out of the passenger side of her car, closing the door firmly.

Beca chuckled to herself as she watched Chloe stride up to her brother and push him back towards the house, presumably telling him that Beca was just a friend from school and that he didn't need to meet her.

The brunette drove off, not regretting for a moment that it was close to 7pm and that she technically lived quite far from Chloe's house. It had all been worth it to see her and hear her and kiss her and taste her and feel her again.