Hey guys. Here's a story I've been thinking a lot about (even though I have a lot of things going on). When I first saw Pitch Perfect, I thought Chloe looked like she could be Maura's daughter, so this started forming in my head.

Just wanted to get a feel for if I should continue this or not. It's up to you guys.

I hope you like this. Enjoy.


Calling Home

Chloe flopped onto her bed in exhaustion. With her early flight from Boston back to Barden, a strategy session for the Activities fair, disguised as a lunch, with Aubrey, and finally unpacking, it had been a full day and it was only two in the afternoon.

She closed her eyes for a few moments only to have them open again. The immediate sleep she had hoped for didn't come. Chloe pulled off her dark wash jeans and snuggled under her comforter. She tried again. Eyes closed. Wait a beat. Eyes opened.

Chloe sighed in frustration. Her eyes scanned the room and stopped on her nightstand. She smiled at the framed picture of her and her mother. She was the most important woman in her life. Her Aunt Jane was the second most important. But not behind by much. Chloe loved that picture. It was taken by her Aunt Jane on move in day of Chloe's first year of college. The three of them were out to lunch after the stressful move in, during which Jane informed them multiple times that she was glad she never had to experience college move-in day. The falling move-in boxes, moving furniture, and unpacking all the useless college specific supplies that every website said a college freshman would need was a bit much for her. And of course, there was Maura's need to have everything exactly perfect for Chloe before she left her alone.

Lunch was fun and only consisted of a few tearful breakdowns by Maura and/or Chloe as they reminisced. Chloe was definitely taking the leave better than Maura. Jane snapped the picture of the mother and daughter outside of the quaint dinner. Blonde and redhead showed similar big smiles as they wrapped an arm around each other. After lunch, the trio went back to Baker Hall for their goodbyes, which turned into Jane making sure Chloe remembered all the self-defense techniques she has taught her and teaching them to Chloe's roommate, Penelope, as well. Because why rely on a whistle when you can save yourself?

She reached to grab her phone from her nightstand and touched the screen a few times before snuggling back down into her bed. The phone nuzzled between her pillow and her ear.

After a few rings, "hey, Bug," the person answers.

Chloe's smile is instant. "Hi, Aunt Jane. Mom doing an autopsy?"

"Yeah. She's wrist deep in someone's chest," Jane says. "Hold on." A moment passes. "You're on speaker, Bug."

"Hello, honey. Everything okay?" Maura asks. Chloe can hear the sound of an organ being dropped into the scale.

"Yeah. Everything's fine. It's just been a long day already. Aubrey picked me up from the airport and went straight into Bellas talk."

"How's Miss Pukes-A-Lot?" Jane jokes.

"Jane." "Aunt Jane." Maura and Chloe say at the same time.

"What?" Jane says innocently.

"Aubrey's fine. She's just stressing," Chloe resumes.

"Just don't let her stress too close to you" Jane continues to joke.

Maura shakes her head at Jane and pulls the victim's kidney from his body. "Stop it, Jane. It was a very traumatic experienced for Aubrey. She's just trying to take steps to minimize the chances of it happening again."

"But she's driving me crazy," Chloe says. "One minute she's really zen and calm and optimistic about leading the Bella's this year and the next she's freaking out and going into crazy controlling mode. I can't keep up."

"You guys will be fine. Just try to get her to take some time to relax. Away from leading the Bellas."

"I'll try."

"And this year can't be worse than the finals. You guys can only improve," Jane reassures.

"I've tried telling her than but losing is worse than last year to her. "

"You guys will figure it out," Jane adds. "If anyone can it's you two."

"Thanks, Aunt Jane," Chloe says with a smile.

"Where's Aubrey now, Chloe?" Her mother asks.

"She told me she wanted to go to the gym and I heard the door close earlier, so I assume that's where she is."

"Interesting," Chloe heard her mother say. The low, distracted tone of the word told her that Maura was referring to something on her end. Something with the dead person in front of her.

"Mom? Do you need to go?" Chloe asks. She was used to their conversations being side tracked by her mother's work.

"Sorry, Honey. What are you doing for the rest of the day?"

"Uh, probably going to nap. And then work on our flyer for the activities fair tomorrow."

"Okay," Maura replied. "I'm sorry to cut our talk short but I have to go run an important test."

"That's okay."

"Get some rest and I want to hear all about how the fair goes."

"And tell Aubrey to maybe turn down the intensity tomorrow. She's trying to bring people in not burn a hole in them," Jane adds.

Chloe laughs. "I'll let her know. Bye, Mom. Bye, Aunt Jane."

"Bye, Sweetie," Maura says.

"Bye, Bug," Jane says.

Chloe ends the call. She texts Aubrey to make sure she's okay. After receiving a text confirming Aubrey is at the gym on the first floor of their apartment building, Chloe replaces her cell phone on her nightstand.

She snuggles into her bed and drifts off to sleep. Any sleep would be welcome in the coming days. The task of being in charge of a batch of Bellas and dealing with Aubrey's stress in the matter was sure to take it's toll. Oh, and school too. Classes were important. This year would definitely be an interesting one.


Yay! You've made it to the end of this chapter. I'm thinking that I'm going to go through things that happened in the movie with every chapter.

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Thanks. See you next time.

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