A/N: The idea for this fic came while listening to Pandora (yes, like a lot of my other fics). The song 'If You Could Only See' by Tonic came on and thus it begins. There is a similar theme at its core to 'I Want to Wake Up Where You Are' but has a different take on the subject matter, and I'm hoping for a much happier ending overall. The first chapter is a little short (about 1.5k words), setting some feelings in with the Pitch Perfect background.

Some AU things – don't know if it's really AU, but I'm assuming that Chloe and Aubrey share a room in the same dorm as Beca. The shower scene really doesn't work if Chloe (at least) doesn't live in the same dorm as Beca. Why would she be there if she didn't (and no, guys and girls don't share bathrooms in dorms, so it wouldn't be the guy's showers)? Haven't figured out how Jesse will play into this yet – friend, pest, romantic competition? Best guess is pest right now.

Yes, I'm still working on my other fics while I write this. My mind still isn't in the best place and I thought working on a couple of different fics would help keep me from getting bogged down in my own thoughts. The Karma epilogue for I'm Falling to Pieces is at about 3k words and I would break it up into pieces if I could, but I'm writing it non-linearly so unfortunately that really isn't an option. I also have a Bechloe piece and a Steca piece waiting in the wings to be written, so those ships have something to look forward to in the near future.

Summary: Aubrey has always lived her life with the expectation that she would settle for getting married to some well-connected man that her parents approved of. A small alt girl enters her life like a wrecking ball, blasting apart all of Aubrey's well planned intentions. What will her parents, in particular her father, say when she tells them about Beca?

Rating: M (for language for the time being – probably starting in Chapter 2)

Disclaimer: Pitch Perfect and Pitch Perfect 2 are not owned by me and my intentions are noble when I play in their universe.

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It all started that fateful day at the Activities Fair. Aubrey turned just as the small alternative brunette walked up to the booth. Aubrey just stood there with her mouth open as she took in the sight of the smaller girl. There was something about the smaller girl that got to Aubrey. Sure she was good looking, but it was more than that. If Aubrey had to pin it down to one thing, she would have thought it was her confidence. It wasn't the over the top confidence of that Stacie girl who had stopped by earlier (and Aubrey thought she was overcompensating for something) but it was a quiet confidence, like she knew who she was and didn't care what the world thought of her.

Aubrey sighed to herself, this would not do. She couldn't be attracted to a girl. Well, she knew she could because she had already taken a critical look at her sexuality. She was at best bisexual, at worst she was a lesbian. Her logic being that if she were bisexual, she'd at least have a chance of being in love with her future husband. If she were a lesbian, she only had a loveless marriage of convenience to look forward to because she was a Posen and homosexuality was not tolerated. She would marry someone that could make her family's legacy stronger, as she'd been told ever since she was a little girl.

This wouldn't do, she had to nip this in the bud before it even had a chance to think of starting. She was almost giddy because this was going better than she thought it would. The brunette didn't at all seem interested in acapella. Aubrey was smiling to herself and then the other girl had to go and call acapella lame. Aubrey starting defending the Bellas to the smaller girl, why she even cared what the brunette thought of her she didn't know. She finished their discussion by calling the brunette a bitch, well that surely nipped anything in the bud. The brunette casually informed them that she didn't even sing before she turned and walked away. Aubrey breathed an internal sigh of relief knowing that she would most likely never see the hot brunette again.

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Beca was wandering around the activities fair bored out of her mind, but at least it got her away from her dad. She walked aimlessly around the various booths until she saw one that actually got her excited. She walked quickly over to it only to find out that the DJs in Barden DJs meant deaf Jews, not actual DJs. The only thing that saved the experience somewhat was the laugh she got from the weird Australian girl that came up while she was at the booth.

She continued walking through the fair when a pair of very attractive girls caught her eye. The redhead turned and caught her looking but assumed, incorrectly, that she was looking because she was interested in their booth. That's how Beca found herself drawn into her pitch about acapella. While the redhead was really attractive, her eyes kept being drawn to the blonde next to her. She seemed to have a haughty attitude and that intrigued Beca and made the girl that much more interesting to her. When Beca called acapella lame, the blonde got in her face a little which impressed the brunette. When she called Beca a bitch, Beca couldn't help the impressed look she gave the blonde. She had to admit, the blonde had spunk and was good looking. But there was no way she was going to join an acapella group. So she lied to the two girls, explaining that she couldn't even sing anyways and then hoped that she would run into the two girls again some other time.

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Beca liked showering later at night in the dorms because the bathroom was usually pretty empty. She wasn't disappointed as she didn't see anyone at the sinks and she didn't hear any water running in the showers. She started singing 'Titanium' to herself while she turned on the water. She just about lost control of her bodily functions as she heard a voice behind her, right inside her little cubicle, saying "You can sing." As she concentrated on getting on getting her wildly thumping heart out of her throat she recognized the redhead from the activity fair, the one from the acapella group.

After she got over her scare and the redhead informed her that she wasn't leaving until Beca sung 'Titanium' for her again, Beca began singing while looking everywhere but the naked body in front of her. When the redhead starting harmonizing with her beautiful soprano voice, Beca actually started to relax and enjoy the song. She locked eyes with the redhead as they sang, forcing herself not to let her eyes stray down the naked body in front of her. As they finished, Beca's self-control vanished momentarily and her eyes scanned down to take in everything in front of her, giving a shy smile. The redhead wasn't embarrassed in the least, in fact she noted that she was "pretty comfortable with all this" as she indicated her naked body. Beca felt her heart jump back into her throat when a naked guy popped his head around the corner of the shower stall. Well at least she knew now that the cute redhead had a boyfriend, which was fine with Beca because the blonde had really piqued her curiosity at the activity fair.

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Aubrey was having a mini panic attack. Chloe had come back to their dorm room and informed the blonde that she had convinced that little alt girl from the activity fair to try out for the Bellas and she could really sing. This wouldn't do, she couldn't have that girl around her just about every day for the rest of the school year. She tried to convince Chloe that the brunette was just to alternative for the Bellas and that her ear monstrosities would turn off all of the judges. Chloe was having none of it, she was adamant that Beca be allowed to try out. If she didn't nail the audition then they would discuss not letting her into their group.

The day of the auditions came and while nobody really nailed their audition number, Aubrey thought that there was potential for some of the girls. She sighed to herself when the brunette didn't show up to audition. She actually had mixed feelings about it, while on one hand, not having to deal with a potential distraction all year was a good thing, but on the other hand she really had wanted to hear if she could sing as well as Chloe said she could.

Suddenly she was there at the side of the stage, shyly walking towards her and Chloe. Her conflicting emotions were reflected in the look she gave the girl coming across the stage, her face showing both disappointment and desire as the girl explained that she didn't know she had to prepare the Kelly Clarkson song for her audition. Aubrey couldn't take her eyes off of the brunette as Chloe told her to sing anything she wanted. Aubrey couldn't focus as she realized how pretty the girl really was. When she knelt on the stage and leaned over to grab the cup off of the table, Aubrey studiously looked at the cup rather than at the girl's cleavage. When the distraction had been removed, she wondered what the girl needed the cup for anyway.

Beca sat cross-legged in front of them and then started tapping the cup and clapping to set the rhythm for the song. Aubrey stared in wonder as one of the most beautiful voices she had ever heard came from the alt girl on stage. Her mouth hung open as she listened to the song and watched the beautiful girl singing it. When the girl finished Chloe was beaming at her and Aubrey was looking contemplative, wondering to herself how she was going to deal with being that close to temptation for an entire year.