bechloe ~ high school

Chapter 21 (Alone)

Beca glanced around her bedroom with a satisfied nod. It had taken several hours, but she'd finally cleaned it to an acceptable standard. The brunette strode over to the long mirror that hung on the back of her bedroom door and inspected her appearance. She wore the red plaid skirt that seemed to drive Chloe crazy with desire. Her brown hair was long and loosely curled. A usual thick border of black eyeliner was around her eyes. And it had taken two months, but her broken nose was finally fixed and the bruising had gone. Beca began to feel like herself again.

The teen went over to her computer, smiling as she saw the 'download bar' was complete, and she popped the disc out of the machine. This was her final collection of mixes. The ones she was going to give to Chloe so the redhead could take them to college with her.

Suddenly Beca heard a car door slam and she looked up from her computer and out of her bedroom window. Her heart skipped a beat as she saw Chloe inspecting her own appearance in the reflection of her car window. The older teen needn't have worried, because Beca's jaw had dropped at how hot her girlfriend looked.

Beca darted out of her bedroom and down the stairs. But instead of heading for the front door to let Chloe in, she dashed through to the kitchen around the back of the house.

"Mom she's here! A-are you..are you going yet or..?" Beca said, trying to act casual. But Melissa Mitchell let out a chuckle, rolling her eyes as she closed her purse. Her daughter was far too obvious for her own good sometimes.

"Don't worry, I'm going I'm going!" The mother said in an amused tone, knowing full well that her daughter wanted the house all to herself and her girlfriend. After all, it had been Melissa's idea in the first place. For Beca to invite Chloe round on the redhead's final night in town before she moved away to college. Well..'move away'..to the college that was on the outskirts of the city they lived in. Melissa had agreed to spend the night at her sister's tonight, giving Beca and Chloe all the privacy they needed.

The woman strode up to her daughter, smiling broadly and throwing the teen a wink, "Have an amazing night kiddo."

Beca could feel her cheeks flush pink in embarrassment. While there was a huge benefit to her Mom being so relaxed about the idea of her teenage daughter being sexually active, it made for very embarrassing comments at times. Like that time Chloe had followed Beca downstairs one morning to make some coffee and the two teens had started making out up against the fridge. And Beca's Mom had arrived home after her morning run, and had casually wandered up to the fridge with a smirk, pulling the door open to grab her smoothie from inside, startling Beca and Chloe. God, her mother had mentioned something about how making out seemed like a far healthier way to wake up on a Sunday morning than going for a run. And Beca had cringed while Melissa had grinned at the embarrassed teens.

Chloe quickly made her way up the path to Beca's house, her stomach twisting in excitement. Two months on since they'd started dating and Chloe still got excited to see Beca. And tonight they got the house to themselves.

The redhead's parents had been true to their word, not allowing Chloe to have her bedroom door closed when Beca was round. This meant all the teens really could do was study - Mr Beale patrolling upstairs to ensure his daughter's studying stayed on track. It actually resulted in Chloe getting the highest grades she'd ever got before, and an almost immediate offer to attend Barden University like she'd always dreamt of.

Barden High had become an odd environment following the arrest and expulsion of Chloe's ex-boyfriend Drake. The final few weeks of the school year had seen a rearrangement of the pecking order. Aubrey no longer lorded over the school corridors from her lofty heights because the blonde wasn't at the school.

Back on that fateful Friday, when Beca and Drake had fought, the teens had all ended up in the Principal's office with their respective parents. When Principal Radshaw had heard Beca explain that Aubrey had been the one to tell Drake about her and Chloe, and Drake had nodded in agreement (stupidly thinking that it might be a way of shifting the blame), the man had summoned Aubrey to the Principal's office. Aubrey had almost immediately broken down in tears, apologising to Chloe and reluctantly apologising to Beca too.