True Colours
Beca was on her bed looking at the ceiling. Today Chloe was signing the divorce papers. She couldn't wait any longer for everything to be over. Not because she couldn't wait for Chloe. Like she told her, she would wait her whole life for her, it was the not been able to tell anyone about it. And with everyone she meant Stacie. She could keep a secret from Aubrey and Jesse, that was a piece of cake....but Stacie....she knows Beca too much to know that she is hiding something. Would it be so bad if she told her? Chloe for sure would forgive her. I mean, it's not like Stacie was going to go around telling everyone about it.
"Watcha doing there?" Stacie said from the door of Beca's room.
"Nothing. Just thinking about stuff" Beca looked at her friend and saw that Stacie was dressed to kill. "Are you going out?" Stacie blushed. She actually blushed. That was new for Beca. Stacie was usually the one making everyone blush.
"Yeah.. I actually have a date" 'The fuck' Beca thought.
"Stace...you don't do dates" Beca was chuckling.
"Well...I do now" Beca raised an eyebrow at her. "It's... I don't know...but I kind of want this to work out for me...for us" Beca smiled softly to her friend.
"Well, if you're happy it's all that matters Stace." Stacie jumped into bed with Beca and hugged her. "Ok ok...let go now" Beca laughed. "And that's this person has a name?" At that Stacie fidget a bit.
"Well...that's the thing...I can't tell you...yet" Beca was about to protest but she thought about her own situation and smiled. "Is that ok?" Beca nodded.
"Sure. Take your time Stace" She smiled at her friend who got up. "You better go then" Stacie nodded and left. Well that's something less to worry about. Stacie hasn't even noticed anything. She laughed at herself. Stacie dating was something worth to see. She went back to her thoughts of Chloe. She knew Chloe was having a hard week. She told Beca everything that happened during the day in their night calls. For what Chloe have told her she was completely right. Chicago's mother sounded like a rich bitch. She heard a knock at the door and went to open it.
"Aunty Beca!" The little blonde hugged her. "Can I stay with you tonight?" Beca looked at the girl and then to Jesse who was standing there.
"Hey sis! Would you mind?" Beca smiled at Brooke.
"Of course you can stay" The girl shrieked and run inside. "Is eveything ok?" Jesse nodded.
"Yeah, she just wanted to be with you and Aubrey and I could use a night out" Beca smiled and hugged her brother.
"Sure thing dude!" Jesse laughed and waved goodbye. She walked back inside and saw Brooke with her guitar trying to play it. "What are you doing chipmunk?" Beca laughed at her niece's focused face.
"I want to be like you aunty Beca" Beca felt her phone going off.
"Would you like me to teach you how to play?" Brooke nodded excitedly. Beca laughed and sat next to her niece. "Ok first...you need to held the guitar like this" She helped the little girl. "There. Now put your fingers here. Yes. Good." She taught her a few movements and told her to practice. She checked her phone while the little girl tried to do what Beca told her to.
From Chloe: Hey. Just wanted to let you know that I am officially a single woman. Miss you xo.
To Chloe: Are you alright then? Miss you too.
Before Beca could let her phone on the table her phone rang.
"Hey" She said softly.
"Hey" Beca swore she could hear the woman's smile through the phone. "I'm fine. It was a bit emotional but we are ok"
"That's good. Where's Jake?" Brooke looked at her aunt and smiled brightly at her.
"He is with Chicago's parents. We just finished here and we are going back to the house" Brooke left the guitar and got closer to Beca.
"Are you talking to Chloe?" Beca heard Chloe laughing at the other end.
"Yes, I am" Brooke took the phone from Beca's hands "Hey, don't do that"
"Chloe! Hi! It's Brooke" Chloe laughed and Beca took her phone from her niece and put her on speaker.
"Hey there Brooke. Are you having fun with your aunty?" Brooke nodded smiling.
"Yes! She is teaching me how to play the guitar" Beca chuckled. "Are you and Jake coming over?"
"Oh...I don't know sweetie."
"Well if you don't have any plans you could come over for dinner and a movie?" Beca said.
"Are you sure?"
"Well duh, If you don't have to do anything it would be a little break from reality if you know what I mean" She thought that it would be good for Chloe to spend some time away from the exin-laws.
"Let me see if Chicago had any plans and I'll text you" Beca saw Brooke jumping up and down in her place.
"Sure. We'll be here. She is staying over tonight."
"Lucky girl" Chloe's voice was innocent but Beca knew her better than to think it was a comment directed to her.
"Yeah..em let me know if you're coming" Beca heard Chloe laughing at the other end.
"See ya girls"
"Bye Chloe!"
Beca hung up and looked at her niece. "You're very cheeky miss chipmunk" Brooke laughed and Beca started to tickled her.
"Beca I guess?" Chicago said to a laughing Chloe.
"And Brooke" Chicago nodded and smiled. "They invited Jake and I over for dinner" They were walking to Chloe's house.
"I'll take my parents out then. You can have some time to relax" Chloe smiled at him. "Would you like to grab a cup of coffee before getting back?" Chloe nodded. They entered the first coffee shop they found and sat down.
"Thank you." Chloe said to the waitress who smiled at them.
"So...how are you doing with my mom?" Chloe laughed and rolled her eyes. "That bad?"
"Well you know her. Sha had her doubts about me since the beginning. So did your dad. But he loves me and she...well she tolerates me" Chloe laughed dryly.
"I'm sorry about everything really" Chicago said.
"It's ok. Only a few more days" Chloe smiled reassuringly.
"No...I mean for everything." She took his hand and smiled at him. "After you told me about ending things I thought about calling my sergeant and ask him to move me away again but I guess I don't want that anymore." He sighed smiling. "I want to be a part of Jake's life. To have a family again" Chloe nodded smiling at him.
"You have a family. Even if we are not together anymore. I am still your family" Chicago nodded at her. "You're Jake's dad and nothing is gonna change that"
"We shoud talk to him together about this" He pointed to both of them and Chloe nodded.
"Yes, once your parents leave...we can talk to him" Chloe thought for a second and then asked "Hey..I was wondering..why do you want to wait to tell them? I know you said you wanted to tell them in Atlanta alone, but why?" Chicago sighed.
"This is going to sound pathetic." He chuckled. "I thought that by the time Christmas arrived maybe I could have met someone?" Chloe crocked her head to the side. "You know how my mother feels about social standards?" Chloe nodded. "I thought if I brought someone else's at their house they wouldn't feel so bad about it? Like I wouldn't be staying alone for the rest of my life?" Chloe wasn't sure she understood but she nodded. She was happy to see that he would be interested in dating again.
"It's not pathetic" He laughed. "Just promise me that whoever you date in the future, has a heart as big as yours" He smiled softly to her and nodded.
"I will try my best" He chuckled. "What about Beca? Does she have a heart as big as yours?"
"She does" Chloe smiled. "I think if things were different...you two would be good friends actually"
"I think we can get there...with time" Chloe nodded and smiled. "Now let's go back and you can tell Jake you're going to Beca's today" They left and went back to Chloe's.
Beca heard a knock on the door and before she could open the door Brooke run passed her and opened it.
"JAKE!" She launched herself to the little boy who gladly hugged her back. Beca walked to them and before she could tell Brooke not to do that again she was being engulfed in a hug as well. She huggeed the woman back and smiled. "You're here. Let's go play" Brooke took Jake's hand and went to the living room.
"It still amazed me how Jake can let you hug me without trying to push you away" Beca smirked at that.
"That's because we are friends" Chloe laughed and walked inside with Beca. "How are you? How's Chicago?"
"We are fine. We talked for a bit after I called you actually and yeah, I think we are fine" Beca smiled at her and nodded. That was good. "I've wanted to tell you something but I was waiting to tell you face to face" Beca took a breath. Was Chloe going back to Chicago? "Relax Becs" Chloe chuckled at the woman's face. "Chicago knows about us" Beca's face was completely pale. "Becs? Are you alright? Here. Sit" She helped the woman to sit in one of the chairs in the kitchen.
"Does he hate me? Is he going to kill me?" Chloe laughed at the woman. "I'm being serious here. He is in the army and I'm" She looked herself up and down and then looked to the fridge where she had put Jake's drawing. "a Troll" Chloe laughed again and put her hands on Beca's shoulders.
"Has anyone told you that you're a little bit dramatic?" She moved her hands to Beca's neck. "He doesn't hate you. He actually thinks you're good for me" Beca raised her eyebrows at that. "And...you're the hottest troll I've ever seen" Beca's brain stopped functioning when she felt Chloe's fingers doing small circles in the back of her neck.
"You should stop that..." Beca saw Chloe biting her lip. "and that... before we regret something" Chloe nodded and moved her hands away. "Jesus...we do need a chaperon to keep us in check" Chloe laughed and checked to see if the kids could see them before she got closer and gave Beca a kiss on the cheek.
"Let's go with the little ones then" They laughed and walked to where the kids were on the floor playing.
"That's not how you do it" Brooke said to Jake. "You have to move it to that side"
Beca sat on the floor with them and Chloe in front of her. Before she could speak, Jake was sitting on top of her and Chloe was looking at her with adoration. She hugged the litte boy who smiled at her. "What are you doing?"
Jake showed her the remote control he had in his hands. "We are racing"
"We are not because he doesn't listen to me" Brooke crossed her arms.
"Hey hey, what have I told you about that?" Beca reprimanded the blonde girl.
"I can't be bossy with friends" She said looking at her aunt.
"And...." Beca kept going.
"And we don't want me to end up crazy like mommy" Beca smirked at the last part.
"Oh my goodness Beca..." Chloe laughed. "Aubrey is going to kill you someday"
"Probably" Beca laughed.
They play with them only stopping to decide what pizza did they wanted. They enjoyed dinner with Brooke talking nonstop about anything and everything. That little girl was the perfect mix of her brother and Aubrey. They sat down together and like everytime they would watch a movie with them. They watched '101 dalmatian' Chloe's choice. Jake who was next to Beca looked for her hand and hold it during the movie. Beca thought it was the cutest thing and if Chloe's eyes were a prove of it, she did too. They enjoyed the movie and Brooke was asleep by the end. Normally Jake would be asleep too but this time he was fully awake.
"Did you like the movie?" Beca asked him in a whisper. He nodded smiling and not letting go of Beca's hand.
"Hey sweetie It's a bit late so I think we should go home" His hold on Beca's hand tightened and Chloe noticed.
"I want to stay here today mommy" Beca picked him up and put him on top of her so he was closer to Chloe as well.
"Next time ok?" He puts his head on the crook of Beca's neck. She hold him and kissed his head.
"What about next time you come we make a fortress here?" He looked up to Beca. "We can make it as big as we want" He smiled at her and nodded.
"And it would be like batman's cave" He grinned.
"Sure" Beca smiled and looked at Chloe who was completely melted at her son's relationship with Beca. "You can even bring your superhero costume if mommy it's ok with it"
"Of course. We can do it next week if Beca is free ok?" He jumped to his mother lap and hugged her. There was sound coming from the outside of the house and Beca walked to the door and opened it. She was still procesing what she just watched.
"Beca...hi..." Chloe walked next to Beca with Jake in her arms and a smile on her lips. "Chloe! I didn't know you were coming?" Stacie said like a teenager who had been caught making out in her parents' front door.
"Hello Stacie, Emily" Chloe smirked at them and looked at Beca who was still there gaping. Emily was as red as Chloe's hair and Jake was looking at her the same way he did at the theater.
"Chloe...Miss..Mitchell..." Beca couldn't believe her eyes. It was her student with Stacie...who was what? 5 or six years older than the girl? "I think I should..." She pointed to the exit and Stacie nodded smiling shyly at her.
"What the actual fu..." She looked next to her at Jake in her mother's arms. "Fork, what the actual fork?" Stacie rolled her eyes at her friend. "She is my student Stace. She is my best student. I call her Legacy for God's sake"
"What happened with 'if you're happy that's all it matters'" She quote Beca. "Look I know you worry but I promise you, this time is different" She looked at Chloe who smiled at her and then to Jake who was frowning at her.
"I trust you Stace...just don't fork it up" She rolled her eyes at herself and Stacie nodded smiling.
"So did you have a good playdate today little man?" Stacie asked Jake who kept his frown on his face and didn't answer back. Beca and Chloe looked at him and shrugged. "Ok...." Stacie laughed. "I'm going to my room then..." Beca stopped her.
"Could you keep an eye on sleeping beauty there? I'm going to walk Chloe to her car" Stacie nodded and sat on the couch next to the blonde. The two women walk outside and Jake hugged Beca goodbye and Chloe put him inside the car in his childseat.
"I think he doesn't like Stacie" Beca laughed and looked inside the car.
"He has a tiny crush with Emily I think" Both women laughed. "He seems to be at ease when he is with you" Chloe smiled softly. "He adores you" Beca looked at her and wished she could kiss her again.
"I love him. He is a great kid Chlo. Like mother like son" She winked at her and Chloe laughed. Chloe was about to open the car door but Beca stopped her. "Em...so...as Chicago's parents are leaving in a few days and he seems fine with" She pointed to them "this. I was wondering if you'd like to go out. The two of us, no kids, no chaperon. Just us" Chloe beamed at Beca and nodded.
"Yes. I'd love that" She took Beca's hand and gave her a little squeeze. She got into the car and drove off.
Chloe was nervous. She had received a text from Beca telling her to wear something casual. Chicago's parents left 2 days ago and everything went smoothly. She was now trying to decide what to wear to her date with Beca. Their first official date. Aubrey was in her room with her while Jesse was downstairs with Brooke and Jake. Chloe had told everything to Aubrey who of course told her that they weren't being so subtle.
"Chloe she said to dress casual. Knowing her she would love anything you wear" Chloe smiled at her friend. She was wearing jeans and a green long sleeve shirt. Autumn was starting and you could feel the cold air.
"Do you know where she is taking me?" Aubrey shook her head.
"No clue. She doesn't talk to me about this"
"Why?" Chloe was changing her shirt to a blue one. Aubrey chuckled.
"Because after I started dating Jesse she made me promise not to talk about relationships with her" She shook her head "She said she didn't want to know what happened between Jesse and I and to be fair she wouldn't tell me either" Aubrey shrugged.
"She is an idiot" They heard the doorbell and Chloe's eyes opened in shock. She looked at the time and Beca was punctual.
"An idiot who's here to pick you up, come on" They both went downstairs and Chloe smiled at the woman who was being engulfed in a hug from Jake and Brooke. Beca looked up and smiled at her. That smile, Chloe noticed, she only gives to her.
"Hey there. I'm ready to go" Beca nodded and smiled. "She gave Aubrey a bag with Jake's clothes as he was having a sleepover at Jesse and Aubrey's house. They all went out the house and Beca and Chloe said goodbye to them.
"First of all, you look beautiful red" Beca got closer to her and kissed her cheek. "Couldn't do that in front of my little friend" Chloe laughed and smiled at the obvious nervous woman.
"Where's your car?" At this Beca smirked.
"We are not going in my car" She took Chloe's hand and looked at her to see if it was ok to do it so. Chloe squeezed her hand and nodded. "The thing is, New York is an awful place to drive a car so I asked Stacie if she'd let me borrow her bike" She walked next to a motorbike and jumped up.
"It's bigger than you Becs" Chloe chuckled.
"Everything is bigger than me" Beca rolled her eyes smiling and Chloe laughed loudly "Come on, let's go"
Beca drove them to a place Chloe had never been. She wasn't from New York but she did think she knew most places. From the outside look Chloe was a bit worried about what was she going to find inside. It looked like a very old restaurant with some letters missing on the name.
"Trust me" Beca said holding her hand. And she did. They entered and it wasn't as bad as she thought. "We are just stopping here for a sec" Chloe nodded. She saw a few people sitting in different tables.
"What's exactly here?" Beca laughed and pointed to a little stage at the corner of the restaurant.
"I used to work here" Chloe looked shocked at Beca. "This was my first job actually"
"My My, isn't that my little tiny mouse?" A blonde woman appeared from what it seemed to be the kitchen. She was tall and Chloe had to admit the woman was stunning.
"Hey there my big german boss" Beca hugged her. "This is Chloe, Chlo, this is Birgitte" Chloe shook the woman's hand.
"Pleasure to meet you" Birgitte smiled at Chloe.
"What can I do for you?" She then asked Beca.
"Could you make two of my usual order?"
"Coming right up, but you know what you have to do for me" Chloe looked confused to them and Beca rolled her eyes and nodded smiling. Birgitte disappeared inside the kitchen.
"It would be just a second, wait here" Beca signaled her to sit and walked to the stage. She turned on the microphone and laughed when it made an awful sound. Chloe looked at Beca picking up a table and placed it on the stage with her. She got a plastic cup from the bar. Looked at Chloe and started to sing the song cups while making the rhythm with the cup. When she finished Chloe stood up and clapped loudly. Beca laughed and walked back to her.
"I hate that song" Beca said to Chloe laughing.
"And I love that you hate it" Birgitte said smirking at Beca. "There you go! Don't be a stranger and visit some time" They hugged and Beca took the bag from her hands.
"Will do! Thank you" They left the restaurant and when Chloe was about to get to the motorbike Beca stopped her. "This way" Chloe took Beca's hand this time and walked next to her.
"What are you planning Miss Mitchell?" Beca chuckled at her.
"Well, what do people usually do on a first date?" Chloe looked at her.
"You get to know each other?" Beca nodded. "But we already know each other" Chloe looked funny at Beca who laughed.
"We are getting there but yes, in a first date you get to know each other and I thought the best way to do so would be by showing you" Chloe waited for Beca to keep talking. "That's why we are here" They walked inside a beautiful garden that was hidden between two buildings. "I used to work at the restaurant when I arrived here" They walked and Beca told Chloe where to sit. "I was a waitress there until one day Brigitte heard me singing and didn't let me touch anymore plates." Beca laughed at the memory. "She asked me to perform in the restaurant. And I did" She shrugged. "After every performance on Friday night I would come here" she pointed to the bench where they were sitting and took the food out of the bag "and eat this" It was a simple BLT sandwich and Chloe smiled at the cuteness Beca was showing. "It was like a ritual for me. And I promised that if I ever made it in the music world, I would keep coming here every friday and eat my sandwich" Beca smiled at Chloe.
"And today it's Friday" Chloe nodded to herself smiling. "Thanks for sharing it with me." Beca smiled and nodded to Chloe. "What else did Beca Mitchell do back then?" Chloe gave Beca a cheeky smile.
"Well I would sit here and write songs" Chloe looked confused to Beca.
"I thought you didn't..." Beca laughed and raised her hand to interrupt Chloe.
"I didn't say the songs were good" Chloe laughed and then remember Beca's song to her and smiled and as if Beca could read her mind she continued "That was the first song in my whole life that wasn't a total disaster" Chloe took Beca's hand in hers.
"That song even if painful, was the best and most romantic thing anyone has ever done for me. It was perfect Beca" And Chloe didn't think twice and connected her lips with Beca's. It was better than their first kiss. It wasn't rushed. Beca's hand found Chloe's face and then they moved away slowly, letting their foreheads in contact.
"wow" Beca said and Chloe chuckled.
"Wow indeed" They sat back and finished their food. "Now, where to?"
Beca laughed and got up "Now we go to Central Park" Beca smiled and took Chloe's hand in her.
They walked back to the motorbike and Chloe hold onto Beca's waist as hard as she could. She didn't want this day or this feeling to stop. Beca drove carefully until she arrived to Central Park. They got off the bike and walked hand in hand inside the park. "Ok so one of the things that I've always loved about New York it's Central Park." Chloe nodded in agreement."And that's why we are here, I would usually come here and rent one of the little boats" Chloe was excited. She had always wanted to do something like that but Jake never wanted to do it.
They walked there and Beca paid for the boat. They went in and Beca started to move them away. "So, now's your turn" Chloe who was looking all around her like a little girl looked back at Beca "Tell me something I don't know"
"Well, let me think" She wasn't sure what to tell Beca. "You actually know mostly everything" Beca shook her head laughing.
"Come on, think harder"Chloe looked how easily Beca rowed the boat.
"Oh, I know, I've never wanted to be a teacher" Beca raised an eyebrow at her.
"What then?" Beca stopped rowing.
"I wanted to be a vet" Beca nodded. "But I couldn't get into vet school so...had to find something else"
"Do you like your job now?" Beca asked and Chloe was mesmerized at how Beca could listen to her like everything coming out of her mouth was a matter of life or death.
"I do. And not to be cocky but I'm pretty good at it" Beca chuckled.
"I bet you are. I would have had the hots for the teacher" Chloe blushed and laughed.
"So what did you do in here?"
"Well, I'm not gonna lie...Most of the times I would fall asleep" Chloe laughed in disbelieve. "I was so relaxed and tired that I would just doze off."
"You're something else Beca Mitchell" Chloe said laughing and Beca smiled shyly.
They spent an hour going around and Beca teaching Chloe how to row. Which almost ended in one of those cliche movies with Beca in the water. Thankfully it didn't. It was getting dark and they were still working around the park.
"I wanted to ask you something" Beca said while they arrived at what Beca promised was their last stop.
"Can we like not rush into things?" Beca stopped and took a blanket out of her bag to put on the grass. "I don't want Jake to...you know...feel weird?" Chloe smiled softly to the woman and sat between her legs. "I know he is your son and obviously you know what's best for him"
"Beca we don't need to tell him anything yet" She looked back to the woman and gave her a kiss. "This is our first date after all" Beca nodded. "But I can tell you, he won't change. He loves you deeply" Beca smiled and kissed Chloe's forehead. "Now tell me about this last stop".
"Ok, look up" Chloe did and she was amazed. In the 4 years she's been living in New York, not once has she seen the sky like that. You could see all the stars above them. "I discovered this place not too long ago. If you come here at the right time, aka like today, you can get this spectacular view." Chloe had forgotten how beautiful the stars were. "It reminds me of Ohio so.. I come here every chance I get" Chloe turned around and looked at Beca. Everything felt so right. She couldn't believe she was in the arms of this incredible woman.
"You're incredible" Beca looked down at her and smiled.
They sat there for what it felt like hours. Beca decided to leave before it was too late. They walked in a bubble of happiness to the motorbike and Beca drove them to Chloe's house. She stopped and check the time. Beca walked to the door of Chloe's house with her.
"I have one more question for you" Chloe asked interested.
"Shoot"
"How did you come out with this date idea if you don't mind me asking?" Beca laughed and touched her neck.
"Promise not to laugh?" Chloe nodded.
"Jake's drawing?" Chloe nodded again remembering the drawing. "Well...I was looking at it and I remembered when we sang together 'True colours' and I wanted to show you mine?"
"How can you be that cute?" Chloe laughed and kissed Beca. "Thank you for today. Next one's on me" Chloe winked at Beca who nodded smiling.
Chloe was opening her front door when Beca called her back. "Oh Chlo, I almost forgot" Chloe turned around and saw Beca walking back to her.
"Wha..." She couldn't finish before Beca's lips were on her once more. She moved away and pecked her again.
"I just needed something to hold on to" Beca said the same words Chloe told her the first time they kissed and left her there with a sheepy smile on her face. "Goodnight Chlo"
"G'night Becs" Chloe walked inside the house and remembered her mother's words. 'When the time is right, don't let her go away'. "I won't let her go mom" She said out loud to herself.