"Wow," Beca stared in disbelief as Chloe descended the steps of her dorm building, curls of red hair cascading over her bare shoulders, her slim frame covered by a short, fitted blue dress, "You look incredible, Chlo."

"You scrub up pretty well yourself, bug." Beca rolled her eyes at the nickname, holding her hand out to Chloe as they walked across the moonlight campus. "Seriously, Beca, you look beautiful." Dressed in a strapless black dress, her eye makeup more subtle than usual and her brown hair falling in loose curls, Beca had clearly put in a lot off effort for their date.

"Where are we going?" Chloe questioned, placing her hand in Beca's as they walked through the darkness. Beca simply smiled as she glanced sideways to meet Chloe's eyes, slightly squeezing the older girl's hand.

"You'll see."

"No fair!"

"You won't say that when we get there, I promise," she smiled, leaning over to place a kiss on Chloe's cheek.

Beca slowed the girls to a stop, turning Chloe to face her and linking their free hands together. "Now's the fun part," she instructed, walking slightly ahead of Chloe, pulling something out of her pocket before turning and holding her hand out to the redhead, "Mademoiselle."

"Playing the gentleman tonight, are we?"

"I try. Now, close your eyes." Beca smirked, closing Chloe's door and leading her away from the car. In the darkness, Chloe was still yet to decipher where they were, and when Beca wrapped a scarf over her eyes, she could do nothing but walk forward tentatively, lead gently by the smaller girl's hips. Stopping abruptly after a few minutes, Beca slowly removed the blindfold and whispered, "Okay, open them."

Gasping, a grin spread over Chloe's face as she took in her surroundings. "Wow."

"Hey, that's my line." Beca smiled, grabbing Chloe's hand and pulling her forward, "You like it?" she asked, looking hopeful.

"Beca, I love it. It's beautiful." The two girls stood at the top of the stone steps that lead down to the amphitheatre where 'aca-initiation' night had been held a few months earlier. A trail of candles lined the edges of each step, forming a perfectly lit path leading to the centre of the stone circle. Once again surrounded by flickering candles, in the centre of the circle sat two chairs and a small table, set up with a tablecloth and yet more candles.

"Bec, this is amazing. How did you do all of this?"

"I had a little help, but mainly because I'm awesome," Beca winked over her shoulder as she pulled the redhead down the steps and to sit at their table. "And, speak of the devil; here is my wonderful friend and helper," Beca smirked, as Jesse appeared at the top of one of the unlit sets of stairs, wearing a shirt and tie and carrying a tray in front of him.

"Hey, ladies - I heard someone ordered Italian food?" Flashing a grin at them both, he placed the tray on the table, "So, maybe it isn't quite restaurant standard, but Beca said you'd love it." Chloe looked down at the pizza box and two cans of grape soda that sat in front of them.

"Beca knows me very well." Chloe answered with a smile, placing her hand on Beca's across the table.

"Clearly. Enjoy your night, ladies!" Jesse replied, grinning at them both once more before turning and walking back out of the amphitheatre.

"How much did you pay him?"

"I didn't have to; he said he was just glad that we'd finally admitted that we liked each other."

"I'm glad too," Chloe smiled, leaning across the table to place a lingering kiss on Beca's lips before pulling back slightly and looking the brunette in the eyes. "If this is vegetarian then you really do know me well." Beca smirked, lifting the lip on the pizza box.

"Only none-vegetarian I know that chooses to eat vegetarian pizza!"

"Hey! It's good," Chloe argued, lightly swatting Beca's arm, "And you know you love it too."

"Hmm," she replied, picking up a slice of pizza and taking a bite, "I can get used to it."

Two hours later, the two girls sat in almost complete darkness in the middle of the amphitheatre, almost all of the candles having gone out. Rising from her seat, Beca held a hand out to Chloe who took it willingly, "You ready for the second part of the date?" she asked, smiling at the surprised look on Chloe's face.

"There's more?"

"Yep, it's not quite as impressive as this, but I know you'll love it." Leading her across the quad and towards her dorm room, Beca fumbled for her keys before opening the door and motioning for Chloe to enter the room. Nothing about the room looked any different than it had the night before, and Chloe turned to look at the smaller girl, slightly confused.

"Don't worry, I promise it's good," Beca assured her, closing the door behind them and walking over to her desk. "Apparently Kimmy Jin's date went really well last night, so you can guess where she is tonight." Chloe giggled, walking over to sit on the edge of Beca's bed as the brunette opened her laptop and began looking through folders.

"This is part two?" Chloe asked, still confused.

"Yep, just give me a second. I promise, it's good." Opening a file on her laptop simply called 'Chloe', the DJ tapped play and sat back triumphantly as the familiar first bars of Titanium played through the speakers.

"Is this for me?" Chloe started, but was cut off by Beca silently placing a finger to her lips, instructing her to listen. As the mix continued through, Chloe recognised a flurry of different songs from specific points in her friendship with Beca – the soundtrack from the first movie she'd convinced Beca to watch, songs that were playing the first time Beca allowed Chloe into the booth with her at the radio station, and even songs that didn't necessarily point to moments in their friendship, but the lyrics meant more than either of them had ever said aloud. More than anything, it was distinctly Beca, and in that instance, distinctly Chloe.

"It's perfect." Chloe whispered, her eyes slightly glazed with tears.

"What's wrong, Chlo? Are you okay?" Beca asked, a concerned look crossing her face as she gently took the redhead's hand.

"I'm fine. I just, I can't believe you did all of this, bug. It's amazing. You're amazing." Chloe smiled, her free hand reaching to brush a stray lock of hair behind Beca's ear. This time, she didn't roll her eyes or tut at the nickname, instead feeling herself blush at the intimacy of the situation, knowing that the pet name only served to show Chloe's love.

"You're amazing." Beca echoed, leaning forward to press her lips against the redhead's, reaching her arm behind her to close her laptop, only to be stopped by Chloe's hand on her arm.

"No, leave it on; I could listen to it all night." Beca simply nodded, rising from her chair to sit next to where Chloe was now lay on her bed, placing an arm around her shoulders and pulling her close.

"You're my best friend, you know that, bug?"

"I know, Chlo." Beca replied, kissing her softly on the forehead.

"I… I love you, Beca." Chloe whispered, tilting her head slightly and bringing her eyes up to meet the brunette's, who looked at her with an unreadable expression on her face. To anybody on the outside looking in at the situation, the timing could have seemed all wrong; too soon. But after almost a year of hiding their feelings from each other, a year of their ever-growing friendship and trust, the timing was perfect. Perfect for them, nobody else.

"I love you too, Chloe."

Chloe's eyes brightened as Beca responded to her whispered confession, her face swooping down to bring her mouth to the redhead's, a year's worth of collective emotion translating across their lips.