bechloe ~ high school

Chapter 9 (The Daydream)

Beca sat at her desk towards the back of the classroom, twirling her pen between the fingers of her left hand, hearing the odd slight 'clack' of the plastic pen on the metal of the new ring she had on her index finger. Chloe's ring.

The brunette had a small smile on her face as she looked out the window. She wasn't really looking specifically at anything, however. Instead she was thinking back on the first date she and Chloe had shared the previous day. She could still hear Chloe's laugh ringing in her ears. She could still feel Chloe's mouth sucking at her neck. She could still taste herself on Chloe's fingers.

Beca traced her tongue thoughtfully across her lips, taking a deep breath as she wondered what the senior was doing at that moment. Presumably she was in class with Posen. Was she in class with Drake too?

She felt her stomach knot tightly again at the thought of the tall jock, that ball of jealousy bubbling slightly. She didn't want to feel jealous, after all she had no reason to be jealous. Chloe had chosen to spend her free time with her after school yesterday and not him. Chloe had chosen to text her all night and not him. Chloe had swapped rings with her and not hi-

"Ms Mitchell!" The brunette jumped out of her daydream, her heart beating a little faster as she turned quickly from the window and to the front of the classroom where her teacher glared at her from his position. "Is there something more interesting outside than what I'm talking about in here?"

Beca let out a small smirk, raising her eyebrows at Mr McIndoe, her chemistry teacher, "Do you really want me to answer honestly?"

Fortunately for Beca, Mr McIndoe was the only teacher who took little notice of her sharp sarcasm, the man letting out a short sigh and rolling his eyes, "Just at least pretend to pay attention please.."

The brunette sighed, leaning her cheek against her hand, running her thumb across Chloe's ring on her finger. Only twenty minutes to go then it would be lunch time. With any luck Chloe would be waiting for her in their 'secret bathroom' again.

And the thought had Beca swallowing loudly, shuffling in her seat a little uncomfortably, trying not to imagine what she would do with Chloe should the redhead be in the bathroom waiting for her...

"Hey, where are you going?" Aubrey asked Chloe as she spied the redhead take a right at the end of the corridor instead of a left with her.

Chloe hesitated, gripping the school books in her arms a little tighter. She was planning on dashing over to the science block to try to find Beca, assuming the brunette was in their 'secret bathroom' this lunch break.

"I um..."

"Are you going to meet Drake?" Aubrey asked quietly, a broad grin growing on her face as she stepped a little closer to the redhead. Chloe swallowed loudly. No, she wasn't planning on meeting Drake. But the guy HAD just spent the past hour in a physics class which was in the science block. The very block Beca would have been in. Using Drake as an excuse could work?

"Yeah," Chloe said with a firm nod, "he would've just got out of physics so I figured I'd go meet him in the science block..."

"And apologise for yesterday?" Aubrey asked sharply, looking at her seriously.

"Um yeah.." Chloe said nervously.

"Good. Because he was really annoyed that you stood him up. But I told him you weren't feeling well and that you'd make it up to him."

Chloe hesitated, "M-make it up to him?"

Aubrey just winked at her best friend, then turned on the spot, beginning to walk down the corridor to her locker as she called out to Chloe from over her shoulder, "Don't make me look bad!"

Chloe's breath hitched in her throat. She had no idea what sort of thing Aubrey had promised Drake, but if she knew her best friend, then it wouldn't be something that Chloe would feel comfortable doing.

The redhead began making her way quickly over to the science block, the thought of finally getting her hands on Beca again being the only thought on her mind...