A.N: Welcome! Okay so this story is a test run; I have two other stories I've tried to write and complete before posting but I keep getting stuck. So I'm testing to see if I write better with help and ideas from you, the reader. So let me know what you think and if this works, you like my writing and are super helpful I will post the other two stories. Love Arcadia!

She couldn't really tell you when it happened or how. Chemical imbalance of the brain or maybe the bullying and taunting at school affected her more than she realize. All she knew was that she was very, very different to the other girls around her. The girls liked the boys and she liked the girls.

While they swooned over the latest hunk, she was admiring the beauty and strength of the girls. While the girls where dreaming of becoming Mrs Pitt she just couldn't understand the attraction.

And yes… this made her a very easy target for the others. They sensed an oddity about her and they went to town with it so she was very quick to learn how to hide everything that made her unique and special. She learned to act just like everyone else.

Yes, Chloe learned to smile and hide all her pain. She learned to feign the love for those hunks the other girls pined for and she even learnt to sleep with them and to act as though she enjoyed it despite being broken and empty inside. She was truly miserable but by the time she had reached her senior year she had turned the act into an exact art. That was… until she met her.

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Aubrey and Chloe had come to the quad early to set up for the activities fair. The morning had icy touch to it and Chloe was reluctant to remove her coat. As she neatly stacked the leaflets Aubrey yammered on.

"Chloe, I'm for serious! I don't know how we are going to find anyone one who has the calibre we require for the Bella's!"

Chloe couldn't help but return her a reassuring smile; She knew how easy the blonde could turn into a ball of stress and given the guilt she felt of bringing such shame to the Barden Bella's she knew Aubrey was very close to the tipping point.

"Bree calm down. It'll be fine, I'm sure the history of the Bella's is strong enough to withstand a pukeage" Chloe teased a little with a hint of a smirk. Chloe knew Bree would not see the funny side of it but it would distract her into becoming annoyed rather than stressed. Sure enough eye daggers were sent the redhead's way.

"Let's just finish setting up…" She huffed.

"The new freshmen will be arriving in half an hour".

It had been several hours and so far they had only managed to secure one girl for the auditions. Aubrey was again near breaking point and the stress was even starting to get to Chloe. Just then a small, pale looking brunette caught Chloe's eye.

"Oh, what about her?" she spat out without really thinking. She knew the second Aubrey laid eyes on her that the answer would be no. But there was just something about the girl that had captured the redhead's interest.

"Oh… euh… I don't know. I think she looks a little too "alternative" for us" Aubrey started, crinkling her nose at the though.

But Chloe just rolled her eyes, stepped forward and said,

"Hi, any interest in joining our Acapella group?" she asked with a small smile, handing the girl one of the leaflets.

The girl took the paper tentatively, glancing at it for a moment before looking back to the redhead.

"Oh right… this is like a thing now." She replied slightly amused at the idea.

Chloe, not picking up on the brunette's amusement, continued on her with her spiel.

"Oh totes! We sing covers of songs but we do it without any instruments. It's all from our mouths!" Chloe beamed and then felt Aubrey stiffen beside her. She had not meant that to come out so dirty. She hoped the brunette hadn't noticed but she didn't get so lucky.

Quickly trying to cover her tracks she gushed about the three other Acapella groups. When the brunette turned them down, it hurt Chloe a little more than it should have and she found herself defending the strange girl from Aubrey for some reason she couldn't explain.

As they were packing up after a rather disappointing day, Aubrey was quick to remind her of this.

"What was with you and the alt-girl today?"

"Huh?" Chloe was quick to bite back… a little too quick.

"You know who I'm talking about" the blonde eyed Chloe off suspiciously.

"What… nothing. She just looked like she'd scrub up okay" the redhead shrugged nonchalantly, scooping up a pile of left over flyers.

"Hmmm" Aubrey hummed unconvinced.

"Lucky she can't sing…"

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