Beca really shouldn't have been surprised. But then Chloe always had a knack for sneaking up on her/scaring the crap out of her. Still she was ashamed of herself for the girlish scream which escaped her lips and the way she jumped when she turned to see Chloe standing there in front of her with that big smile of hers.
To be fair they were both naked in a shower. Again. Although to her credit Beca resisted the urge to cover herself this time, unless you count crossing her arms and scowling. The point was she didn't look embarrassed, just annoyed.
"Really Chloe, again?" Beca groaned.
"You left the door unlocked." Chloe said, "That was a sign, right?"
Beca opened her mouth, then paused. She had thought she locked the bathroom door, and Chloe probably wasn't above picking a lock, but the redhead just gave her this look.
This heartbreakingly anxious look, which looked so earnest if she was faking it then Chloe a total psycho, which wasn't totally out of the question, but it kind of felt like kicking her out would be like kicking a puppy. And, even though she would never, ever admit it out loud, the first time Chloe had barged in on her awoke a curiosity inside of Beca she hadn't known existed.
It scared her to be quite honest, but because of it she could have unconsciously left the door unlocked. Which didn't necessarily make it okay for Chloe to take that as an invitation, but whatever the reason for this situation maybe Beca could use it to her advantage.
"Cause it wouldn't be the first time that, you know... I miss read the signs." Chloe said, looking nervous for perhaps the first time Beca had known her, "I haven't, have I?"
"I don't know." Beca answered truthfully, before quickly adding when Chloe started looking unbearably heartbroken, "I, I don't think so."
"Oh." Chloe murmured, seeming to debate it for a second before smiling and moving closer, "I can work with that... if you're up for it..."
There was a long pause and then Beca nodded. Or her head spasmed from nervousness. Either way Chloe gave her a beaming smile and then quickly closed the very short distance between them so she could kiss her.
Another girl's lips were pressing against her own, and as much as half of Beca was freaking out the other half was actually kind of liking it. Chloe was a good kisser. Soft, gentle, reassuring, Beca finding it surprisingly easy to relax and start kissing back.
What felt like seconds later, but probably a lot longer than that, Beca felt Chloe's tongue brushing against her lips, the redhead obviously hopeful for entry. Beca hesitated, and as she did so she realised her back was pressed against the shower wall, which made her jerk slightly in surprise.
Which accidentally broke the kiss, which Beca wasn't ready for, so she took charge and kissed Chloe, even pushing her tongue inside the other girl's mouth. Chloe was obviously surprised, but quickly recovered. Beca was probably even more surprised, but she didn't really recover given she was having her first make out session with another girl and it was getting really, really steamy.
Chloe didn't think she'd been this excited in like, ever. Which was kind of weird because this was totally her thing. Not jumping girls in showers. Well, not just girls, and not just in showers. Chloe was an equal opportunity seductress, and that's what she'd been doing with Beca.
It may not look that way, but to put this into context she had been shamelessly flirting with Beca every chance she got, and now they were in the showers of their hotel room. Sure, she used her position as co-captain of the Bellas to put them in the same room for this little trip, but Beca could have refused, and she had totally given her a look like she knew what she was up too. Everybody had, especially Aubrey.
Despite what Aubrey had told her on numerous occasions Chloe wasn't a sexual predator. She just had no gaydar and the only way she knew if a girl was interested was to be aggressively flirty, and to be fair Beca was like lesbian catnip.
Chloe couldn't resist, and she didn't want too. Even if a rejection would have been super awkward. Then again she was used to super awkward, and even though her batting average was pretty good rejection was not totally uncommon, so of course Chloe had gone for it and so far it seemed she had made the right call.
Even if they went no further Chloe could call this a win. After all, she might deny it later but Beca was kissing her back. With tongue. And she wasn't even the first to grab the other's butt, which may have got Chloe a bit overexcited and grabbed and fondled Beca's boobs a little too fast, but then she slowed things down and they were fine.
Beca let Chloe grope her, and groped her right back, the two of them continuing to do so when Chloe finally broke the lip lock in favour of kissing Beca's neck. Which gave Beca plenty of chance to tell her to stop, but she didn't. She just moaned happily as Chloe worked her magic and grinned against Beca's soft skin.
It probably wasn't helpful but Chloe was unable to stop that grin, or from whispering into Beca's ear, "I've wanted this for so long."
"Yeah, I know." Beca groaned, and then when Chloe pulled back and counted slightly quickly added, "I like it."