AUTHOR'S NOTES: I know some fans ship Aubrey together with three different Bellas. But in accordance with a personal rule of mine regarding romantically pairing characters together, I decided to leave those shippings alone and follow my own path.

This story takes place over the course of 2 years and will feature scenes from the third movie with a twist & a bonus character.

CHAPTER 1:

On a Summer day in 2016, A guy in a camaro drives to the Lodge of Fallen Leaves hoping for directions. When he arrived, he rang the front desk bell summoning Aubrey.

"Welcome to the Lodge of Fallen Leaves. Can I help you?" Aubrey asked.

"Yeah. I'm looking for a good place to stay around here." Chad said. "Can you recommend something?" He asked.

"Sure. Are you from out of town?" Aubrey asked.

"No. Actually I live around here. Just had to get away from the house for a couple days." Chad said.

"Why?" Aubrey asked.

"My mom & I haven't been on good terms lately." Chad said.

"Sorry to hear that." Aubrey said.

"Thanks. She hasn't felt the same since my dad left to join the military." Chad said.

"Your dad's in the military?" Aubrey asked. "Mine too!" She said.

"No way!" Chad said. "Which branch?" He asked.

"Army." Aubrey said.

"Air Force." Chad said.

"Wow. I can't believe we have something in common." Aubrey said.

"I know, right. I'm Chad by the way." He said prompting a handshake.

"Aubrey." She said accepting the handshake.

"Nice to meet you." Chad said. "Do you want to maybe get a bite to eat with me sometime?" He asked.

"Yeah, that'd be great." Aubrey said.

The next day, Aubrey & Chad had their first date at a diner.

"Well, this isn't exactly my ideal choice for a first date, but it could work." Aubrey said.

"I remember you saying when I picked you up 'No Red Lobster' which must imply that you're allergic to seafood. So, finding a good restaurant to accomodate you was rather difficult." Chad said.

"Yeah, quite a few seafoods actually." Aubrey confirms.

"And a lot of sit down restaurants have some seafood on their menu, so I didn't want to take a chance." Chad said.

"I really appreciate that." Aubrey said.

"So, tell me a little about you." Chad said feeling curious.

"Well, I really love to sing. I was part of an acapella group in college called the Barden Bellas." Aubrey said.

"Really?" Chad asked. "You know I happen to be a rather good singer too." He said.

"No way!" Aubrey said feeling excited.

"True. So tell me more about the Barden Bellas." Chad said still feeling curious.

"Well, senior year me & my friend Chloe lead the Bellas and we both ended up making a big group of friends that year." Aubrey remembered.

"Well, that's great. At least you've bonded with them." Chad said. "Do you still stay in touch with them?" He asked.

"Yeah. But getting the group started that year was not as easy as you might think. Nearly everyone disagreed with my decision to ignore suggestions from the group in favor of using the same set for every competition." Aubrey remembered.

"Why wouldn't you take suggestions from people?" Chad asked. "If you did, it would've made you a better leader. And in time, it would've been a lot easier to earn the respect of the whole group." He said.

"I learned that lesson the hard way. People tried to tell me that doing the same set was getting stale, but I stuck to it because I thought those were the songs that got us to the finals before and I felt the same thing would happen again." Aubrey said.

"So what made you see the light?" Chad asked.

"Well, this one brunette who I was skeptical about having in the Bellas came along and after she got in, she tried to convince me that more modern music was the way to go. I was reluctant to listen, but I'm glad I did. Because when Chloe & I passed the torch on to her, she lead the Bellas to 3 national championships." Aubrey remembered.

"That's amazing! I really would like to meet these friends of yours one day. They sound like an amazing group of women." Chad said.

"Oh, they are. Maybe someday I will introduce you to them. You'll learn to like them." Aubrey said.

Chad & Aubrey have now been dating for 5 months, and on New Year's Eve at 11:59pm, Chad was prepared to make a bold move.

"1 more minute!" Aubrey said feeling excited.

"How exciting, babe!" Chad said also feeling excited.

"I can already imagine what 2017 has in store for us." Aubrey said.

"I know, right?!" Chad said.

As the ball drop continued on TV, they both counted down to the new year.

"10! 9! 8! 7! 6! 5! 4! 3! 2! 1! HAPPY NEW YEAR!" They both yelled as the two shared a midnight kiss and clicked glasses of champagne together.

"You know, there's only one way I can think of to start the new year perfectly..." Chad said.

"What's that?" Aubrey asked as Chad pulled out a small box containing an engagement ring and got down on one knee.

"Aubrey Posen...will you marry me?" Chad asked as Aubrey looked at the ring feeling speechless for a few seconds before giving an answer.

"YES! I'd be honored to marry you!" Aubrey happily said as Chad put the ring on Aubrey's finger and they shared a kiss before going to bed.

AUTHOR'S NOTES: After reading that chapter, you're probably thinking "That wasn't in the third movie." Well, we're not in the timeline of the third movie just yet, but we'll get there. I promise!