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There are a lot of things you have to do when you arrive at college. Settle in your dorm, unpack, call the whole effing family cause they‘re too damn invested in your life and, most importantly, find a good coffee shop to spend the rest of your 4 years in. Beca easily decided to do the last thing first.
Atlanta was nice and people were smart enough to build quite a few coffee shops around Barden. Good, she had choice. After walking around for about 10 minutes, carefully weighing her options, she decided to try out the one closest to the radio station. As soon as she walked in she was greeted with a smile
„Hi, welcome to „Yellow Cup“! How can I help you?“ a redhead said to her cheerfully, and okay, first of all, wow, she was not expecting someone as hot as this.
„Uhm“
„Oh, are you new around here? I haven‘t seen you before and most of our customers are regulars, have you enroled in Barden?“ Chloe, as her tag would say, asked her
„Yeah actually, it‘s my first day“ Beca gave her a half smile
„Awes! Glad you picked our coffee shop, that‘s the first thing I did too when I moved here“ Chloe said managing to smile even wider
„Nice, so I‘ll have a-“
„Wait, wait! Let me guess“ Chloe said excitedly and really, who was Beca to stop her?
„Sure“
„Hmm, let me see. Your whole look screams mysterious, you don‘t seem like the kind of type to be into sugary stuff. What about a simple black coffee?“
No. No, no, no. Beca may have had that whole „badass“ look going on but when it came to coffee she could not stand drinking it without a ton of sugar and she never, never, drank black coffee. That shit was disgusting. But Chloe was so sure of it and she seemed to be digging the whole idea of Beca drinking black coffee and being tough and she didn‘t want to ruin that, she couldn‘t, it would be too big of a shame. So, she swallowed hard and
„You got it right“ Beca gave her her best impression of a smile
„Yay! I knew it! One black coming right up“ Chloe beamed and turned around to make it
„Yay“ Beca mumbled mostly to herself, she was so screwed
She actually kept coming back, pretty often too. And yeah, maybe it was a waste of money because Chloe would always get her „the usual“ and she always threw it away or drank it and then spat it out when Chloe wasn‘t looking, but the redhead was too good of a company. Everything Beca usually found annoying in people was not so bad on her and her happiness really was contagious. Plus, the coffee shop had the best location, so what if she didn‘t actually drink the coffee?
One day though, when she walked in she wasn‘t greeted with Chloe‘s wide grin and an excited wave, but with a small glare from a blonde. And while she was disappointed she apparently wasn‘t going to see Chloe today, at least that meant she‘d finally drink some coffee.
„Hello, what can I get you? We have a special offer today – black coffee half off“ the girl behind the counter said
„No, thank you, I hate black coffee, I‘ll have-“
„What?!“ a too familiar voice said from behind the blonde and suddenly she was met with piercing blue eyes „What do you mean you hate black coffee?“ Chloe asked confused
Busted. „Uh, well, the thing is, I can‘t stand it. It‘s too fucking bitter“ Beca half smiled awkwardly, not really knowing what else to say to her
„But you‘ve been getting it for almost a month! Oh my God, why didn‘t you say something?“ Chloe asked her
Beca looked down and started fidgeting with her hands now feeling nervous because she‘s sure she‘s gonna embarress herself with her explanation „You looked so proud when you took a guess that I like black coffee and I don‘t know, you seemed pretty into that idea and I didn‘t want to disappoint you and your idea of me and, yikes, saying that makes me realize how stupid I sound but yeah – that‘s pretty much it, after the first time I didn‘t have the heart to order something else“
Chloe just looked at her adoringly „Becs, that‘s really sweet of you“ Oh yeah, did she mention that they had nicknames too?
„No, it‘s not“
„It is, and now I owe you tones of coffee. The least I can do is take you out sometime to get it?“ Chloe smiled and bit her lip, awaiting an answer
„Like take me out or take me out take me out?“ Beca didn‘t want to assume Chloe was asking her out on a date, she made the mistake of assuming once and she doesn‘t like to look back on it
„Well I usually call it a date but if you prefer the term „take out take out“ then I will take you out take you out on a „take out take out“, so what do you say?“
„God, that didn‘t make any sense, but the answer is yes“
Maybe Beca being Beca pays off sometimes. She‘ll never get all that cash back, but honestly, she‘s pretty sure that getting Chloe Beale is more than enough.