Camping

“Wake up, girls!” Chloe opened the curtains of Beca’s and Amy’s room, it was time to go camping!

“N -no, no”, yelled Amy, milling her arms trying to push away the sun, “too much light, aaarh!”

At the other side of the room, Beca just groaned and turned toward the wall, ready to continue sleeping.

As Amy gave up her fight against the sunlight, she stumbled out of her bed, heading to the bathroom.

Leaving Chloe alone with a sleeping Beca.

Chloe quietly took a few steps toward Beca’s bed. Asleep, she always looked so cute and innocent. Her mask of badass-ery and eyeliner had been wiped away, and all Chloe could think of right now was how much she wanted to crawl in bed next to her. She stood there for a while, watching how Beca’s perfect body moved at the rhythm of her breathing. She wondered whether Beca - “do not invade my personal space” - Mitchell would be mad at her if she actually did sneak into her bed to cuddle her.

Instead though, she pressed a soft kiss on Beca’s forehead, “Time to wake up, sleepy head.”

“Hmmpff”

Beca obviously wasn’t showing any intention to leave the bed.

Since this clearly wasn’t working, Chloe felt like she had to change her strategy. So she sat down by the head of her bed and started singing:

“Feeling my way through the darkness

Guided by a beating heart”

Beca finally opened her eyes and turned her head to face Chloe. A warm fuzzy feeling went through Chloe’s stomach as she continued:

“I can't tell where the journey will end

But I know where to start”

Chloe needed to pause, singing here by Beca’s bed felt like the most intimate thing she’d ever done. And it almost became too much to handle, but Beca nodded endearingly, encouraging her to go on:

“They tell me I'm too young to understand

They say I'm caught up in a dream

Well life will pass me by if I don't open up my eyes

Well that's fine by me”

As Beca lifted her body, she sang along:

“So wake me up when it's all over

When I'm wiser and I'm older

All this time I was finding myself, and I

Didn't knowI was lost”

Overwhelmed once again by how good their voices blended and by how incredibly sexy Beca was – even with bed hair and sleepy eyes – Chloe coughed to cover up her blushingly red cheeks.

“Come on, time to get out of your bed!”

“Only if you make breakfast.”

“Deal.”

Their drive passed by without any problems. Only, Fat Amy had banned Beca to the backseat. Not that Beca herself had complained about it, thankfully she’d put on her headphones and even before they’d left Barden, she had fallen asleep. Chloe on the other hand, had to talk to Fat Amy for a full four hours, which was pretty exhausting, even for her. Meanwhile, she found her gaze constantly sliding off to the rear-view mirror to glance at the pretty girl who lay down at her backseat, until she’d almost caused an accident and decided to concentrate more on the route.

“Let’s go out for a walk.”

Both Beca and Amy sighed, “But we are already outside, isn’t that enough?” said Beca.

Chloe subtlety gestured toward Fat Amy, leaning in to whisper “We could be freed from her.”

Beca seemed to be considering this possibility, meanwhile Amy hadn’t noticed anything, being way too busy going on about all the things they could do if they stayed at the camping site. When she started ranting about the spa facilities, Beca suddenly said:

“I’ll come with you, Chlo.”

Causing surprised looks of both her friends.

“I mean, it’s not like I can actually do something useful here...”

Chloe was bouncing out of joy, “Woohoow! Let’s go!”

She grabbed the backpack she’d filled with snacks and wine, and started walking toward the hills, Beca quickly following in her trail. Leaving a confused Amy behind,

“And me, girls?”

Neither of them felt the urge to react, instead they sheepishly smiled at each other.

“I’ll guess I’ll just go the spa on my own then? You know I –,”

“Can’t she never shut up?” groaned Beca, “I’m glad you dragged me out of there.”

Chloe reached for her hand and squeezed it, “You’re welcome.”

They walked like that for a while. Enjoying the landscape, the silence and each other’s company. Chloe felt like she was the luckiest girl in the whole world.

“Chloe, can we please pause?” Beca asked when they reached the foot of a rather steady hill after a few hours.

“I don’t think I’ve ever walked this much in my entire life.”

Chloe smiled, she was actually surprised Beca hadn’t given up earlier, “Okay babe, but first let’s get up this hill.”

She let go of Beca’s hand and easily started climbing toward the top. When she looked down, she saw Beca struggling and getting all wind up because she obviously couldn’t do it on her own. She was just such a cutie pie! Chloe went a bit back down and stretched her hand for Beca’s.

“I don’t –“

“Oh yes, you do need my help miss Mitchell.”

Grumbling, Beca grabbed her hand and Chloe pulled her up, “There you go.”

Beca plumped down, looking exhausted. Chloe reached for the water she’d brought with, when she handed it over to her, Beca thankfully drank half of the bottle.

“Thanks Chlo, and this view dude, it was totally worth it.”

Chloe smiled, astonished, it happened not every day Beca admitted she was wrong.

“Here, sit down,” Beca padded on the place next to her. When Chloe did, she immediately felt Beca’s arm around her waist. A shiver went to her whole body.

“I’m so happy you convinced me to go camping”, Beca whispered.

“Even with Fat Amy around?” winked Chloe.

“Well, let’s not be too positive.”

Chloe couldn’t help but smile again as she laid her head on Beca’s shoulder.

They talked for a while, ate the sandwiches Chloe had brought, drank some wine and joked about Fat Amy.

The sun was starting to set, spreading a red glow over the valley. They probably should go back before the darkness completely would set in.

“Beca?”

Their noses almost touched when Beca turned her head, eyes glistening in the dawn.

“Yeah?” she responded dreamingly, staring deep into Chloe’s eyes.

Chloe swallowed, words got lost when she looked down at Beca’s incredibly beautiful face. Suddenly she’d totally forgotten what she’d wanted to say and her mind was preoccupied with one thought only: how would it be to kiss Beca Mitchell?

As if she’d abruptly realized their closeness, Beca shyly took her hand off her waist, though Chloe gently caught it, putting it back where it had been before. Resulting in a nervous giggle from both of them as Beca’s face turned red. She didn’t pull away though, which encouraged Chloe to move her hands toward Beca’s hair, where fingers intertwined with her curls, causing Beca to gasp. Chloe’s body was almost trembling because of the tension and as Beca tightened her grip around her waist, she had to fully concentrate not to squirm.

Despite her own desire, Chloe heard herself whisper: “We… we really should get back.”

As if woken from a daydream, they both quickly let go of each other, creating an awkward silence as they stood up to gather their belongings.

But Chloe knew it wasn’t half as awkward as it would’ve been had she not interrupted them.