I Saw the Sign

Chapter One

Her redhead best friend might have been the one to interrupt her shower to get her to audition, but as Beca Mitchell, dubbed 'alt girl', sat on stage after singing with a cup as her beat, stared at said redhead, who was beaming at her, she noticed the blonde next to her. Was she scowling?

Beca gave her trademark tightlipped grin with a raised eyebrow in response. She had nailed that audition, not that she really cared. All she cared about was fulfilling her father's wishes so she could hurry up and move to Los Angeles. But this blonde continued to stare her down like she was someone who was to be avoided at all costs. This made up Beca's mind for her; she had no other option than to join the Bella's and prove she was more than just the 'alt girl' everyone seemed to think she was.

Beca stood from her spot on stage, chucking the yellow cup straight at the blonde who nearly fumbled at dropped it. She caught it at last minute and she swore to god that she would have died of shame had she dropped it.

"You guys got my name, so what are yours?" the brunette asked, looking down on the two seniors.

"I'm Chloe," the redhead said, smile still gracing her face. "And this is Aubrey," she then said, gesturing to her best friend who was still glaring at the brunette.

"Looks like she woke up on the wrong side of the bed," Beca offered, turning to walk off stage. If she had read Aubrey correctly, this would peeve her off so badly. Beca figured she was the controlling type, given the fact that only a handful of the auditions filled the Bella's 'requirements', so she assumed, as Chloe and Aubrey would discuss it, Aubrey would give in and let Beca join, just so she could show her who was really boss. "See ya later, dudes," she threw over her shoulder as she walked behind the curtains. She smirked to herself, Aubrey would be fun. Two alpha females going head to head.

"Hey, Beca, right?" a tall brunette boy asked.

Looking up at him, she internally rolled her eyes. "Yeah, you're Jesse?"
"I'm glad you remembered," he beamed, walking with her down the stairs and out the exit. "I didn't know you could sing,"

"You only know my name and my internship," she deadpanned, walking up a path that would take her past the quad and towards Baker Hall.

"Well, can I get to know you some more?" he asked, giving her what she thought looked like puppy dog eyes.

"Look, dude, no offence," she started, knowing full well he was trying to hit on her. "I'm really not interested, you're not my type,"

She continued to walk whilst he stopped dead in his tracks. Was she into alternative boys? He shook his head of thoughts before running. "Wait up,"

She turned to face him, eyebrow raised, "You're not going to give up, are you?" she sighed, arms crossing over her stomach.

He shook his head, smiling once more. "As Luke said at the station, we'll be spending a lot of down time together,"

She rolled her eyes, a small smile gracing her lips. "Fine, I've told you you're not my type," she offered, beginning to walk off again. "Don't come crying to me when I hurt you," she yelled over her shoulder finally.

"Chloe, I told you at the activities fair, she's not right for us," Aubrey told her bestfriend.

They were sitting in their shared dorm on their own beds, cross legged.

"Bree, you heard her sign, she's what we need," the redhead reasoned.

"Just because you jumped her in the shower," Aubrey shot back, frowning.

"Just because you're jealous,"

"Aca-scuse me?"

"Aca-belive it,"

"Me? Jealous of you jumping into a shower with that short bunette with her ear monstrosities and those tattoos,"

Chloe raised her eyebrow at Aubrey, unfolding her legs, inching towards the edge of her bed and closer to Aubrey's. "So why did you just go to those lengths to describe her?" she smirked.

Aubrey cursed herself, she'd backed herself into a corner. "Well, I, uh-"

"That's what I thought," Chloe smiled proudly, standing and extending her arm to her friend. "I think we need to get the gym prepared for initiation, don't you think?"

Aubrey nodded, collecting the files of their newest Bella's, putting them in a back pack with some candles, yellow and blue scarves and yellow, silk bags.

The pair walked in silence over campus from their dorms to the gym. Each of the girls were caught up in their own thought. Chloe thinking how fun it would be to have a group of new girls and perhaps with new girls would come a new setlist? She smiled to herself, but Aubrey was too caught up in her own though to even notice.

The blonde's thoughts laid with Beca. She was really in her head and it was irritating her beyond belief. Perhaps that's because Beca didn't cower in fear or because she stood her ground. Beca was a challenge. She nodded firmly, confirming exactly why Beca was in her mind. A challenge.

Getting to the gym, Chloe and she spent the next two hours laying out and lighting the waxy decorations. Candles were tradition and that is how Aubrey wanted it.

"Did you bring the cup, Chloe?" she asked in a panic, thinking that she might have forgotten something that important.

"Chill, Bree, I have it," she smiled, handing the old glass over to her co-captain. "You okay?"

Aubrey took a deep breath, taking her best friend's hands in her own. "No," she said quickly. "We've picked a bunch of girls that don't fit any of the requirements, we now have that emo-goth-alternative-whatever she wants to call herself-THING on our team. We have a tradition to up hold and THIS is not how tradition should be started!" by the end of her rant, she was pale in the face.

"Breath," Chloe tried soothing and when that didn't work, she pulled out a bottle of wine from her own bag. "This is for the new girls, but we are new captains, have a sip to calm yourself,"

Aubrey took the bottle from her friend's hands, not sipping it, but gulping down a solid two, maybe three, mouth fulls.

Aubrey took a deep breath and smiled. "Now I'm ready,"

It was nearing on eleven at night when Aubrey and Chloe snuck, one by one, into the initiates dorms, throwing the yellow silk bags over their heads, standing them in the corridor whilst one watched over them as the next wrangled in their target. As the number of girls in the corridor grew, Aubrey pulled out the last file from the back pack they had.

Of course, Beca had to be the last, and it was Aubrey's turn to grab. She sent Chloe back to the gym with the rest of the girls so she could sneak through the hallways quietly. Beca had been placed in a totally different dorm to the rest of the girls, and therefore, was going to make it harder for Aubrey to scout her out.

Making her way up a flight of stairs, she found the door that belonged to the small brunette. She tested the door handle to see if it was unlocked. Campus rules had it that all doors must remain unlocked unless unoccupied. The door handle didn't budge, which meant that neither Beca nor her roommate were in.

Pulling out her phone, she sent a message to Chloe saying that she couldn't find Beca. Chloe's reply came quickly, telling her to check either the showers or the radio station. As Aubrey now ran about the dorms, scouting the showers, which turned up nothing, she ran across the quad, down past the gym where the others were, and kept running down a hill. Pushing the door to the station open, she peered through the blinds, which were cracked open. Beca was definitely in there, with a bulky blonde dude covered in tattoos. Aubrey kept her focus on the brunette.

She kept her eye on Luke as he neared the door she was standing at, jumping behind the desk in the administration area before he saw her.

"See ya later, Becky," Aubrey heard him call out in a British accent. "Remember, finish your CD stacking and then lock up,"
"No worries, dude," came the reply.

The man, known now as Luke, stepped out of the studio, walked the several paces through administration and out the front door. It all happened so quickly, so Aubrey took her chance, darting for the closing studio door. She knew that if she had opened it, it would have given her away.

"Dude, next time be more subtle," came the brunettes voice from an unknown location across the studio.

Aubrey's eyes widened, not replying in case Beca was just trying to call out a bluff.

"Aubrey, I know you're there," she said again, her voice coming closer.

Again, Aubrey didn't reply, listening for the next footfall, or the next breath, but it was Beca who caught Aubrey. The smaller girl grabbed Aubrey's forearm, she was behind the blonde, and ran her hand down the length of it till she reached the hand with the sack.

"Thought you could sneak up on me?" Beca questioned, sliding the sack out of Aubrey's hand.

"Uh -" but she was lost for words. She was never outsmarted at her own game. Ever.

"Aubrey, lets get one thing straight," Beca said, walking around to face the taller blonde. "For one, I'm not, so I'll probably end up sleeping with your entire team," Aubrey's mouth dropped at how open the brunette was being. "Two, the fact that your jaw drops means you're surprised by my honesty and confidence, which means I'm threatening the power you have, so essentially your dominance. And three, I can read people like books," she finished off her small speech with a wink.

Aubrey's lip pursed and her eyes narrowed, standing up taller to prove her size over the smaller girl.

Beca smirked, "Didn't your mom ever tell you to pick on people your own size,"

This girl was going to really get under Aubrey's skin, she was annoying and right, and Aubrey hated it when people were right. But why was there the feeling of butterflies in her stomach? This wasn't the normal feeling before she wanted to puke.

"Finish your CD's so you don't get in shit, Beca," the ordered. "Then put the sack on your head whilst I march you up to the gym,"

It was close to midnight when Beca was finally lined up with the other Bella initiates. The candle's had nearly burnt out during the wait for Beca and Aubrey had sent a text to Chloe telling her she'd spill the details later.

The intiation ceremony was quick, but slightly odd. The girls were forced to swear to never have sexual relations with their rival team, the Treblemakers, or their vocal chords would be ripped out by wolves. Sealing the deal into the Bella's had been to each take a sip out of the glass, which was described to be the blood of the sisters before them. Just this description had made several of the girls turn their noses up, but as the initiation ended, a girl by the name Fat Amy, went up to finish the rest of the glass.

"Off to hoodnight we go," Chloe exclaimed, running out the gym and just off to the right.

There was an amphitheatre in which about fifty others were gathered, dancing to background music, drinking out of solo cups and singing alone to the tunes.
"Ladies, welcome to aca-initiation night," Aubrey told them as she lead them down stairs. "Prepare to soften the beach,"

The girls ran past her, straight towards the kegs, grabbing their drinks, keen to mingle with the other acapella teams. Beca hung back, sitting in one of the stands, not too keen to get friendly with people she would be leaving in less than a year.

But climbing over the seats, with two red cups in his hands, came Jesse. Beca instinctively rolled her eyes, she wasn't interested in his advances, but it would humour her for the night.

"Beca! BECA!" he called. "Becaww!"

"Mmm," she hummed, rolling her eyes again.

"Do my eyes deceive me, or are you a Barden Bella?" he questioned as she shook her head. "You're one of those acapella girls, I'm on of those acapella boys and we're gonna have aca-children, it's inevitable,"

She couldn't believe the words that came out of his mouth. "You're really drunk right now," she said whilst he stood there with a goofy grin on his face.

"Nope," he said, touching his nose with his finger and standing on one foot to prove his sobriety. He lost his footing and she stood to make him stable again. "Have dinner with me on Friday?" he asked.

"Sorry dude, I did say you weren't my type," she told him, feeling a little sorry for him, but that was quick to disappear as he sat next to her.

She was saved as Chloe ran up the stairs, "I'm so glad I met you," she said, grabbing the smaller girls shoulder. "I think we're gonna be really fast friends,"
"Well, you saw me naked," Beca replied, winking at the ginger, hoping Jesse would get the point.

"Anyway, this ginger needs her jiggle juice," Chloe called, leaving Beca, assuming she was attempting to pick up the brunette boy.

Beca scrunched her face up in annoyance, before calming herself and trying to talk to the boy next to her in a friends only way.

As Chloe ran back down the stairs towards the kegs, she saw her best friend eyeing up Beca and the boy she was with. Touching her shoulder lightly, she handed over her own drink.
"What's up, Bree?" Chloe asked.

Aubrey shook her head, emptying her mind of all thoughts that plauged it. "She just took an oath," Aubrey replied, nodding her head towards Beca and Jesse.

"Hey," Chloe protested. "The oath was only made this year and that was because you aren't getting any because you're hella gay and because you hate Bumper,"

Aubrey glared at her best friend. "Keep that info to yourself will you," she hissed.

"The gay part or the Bumper part?" the redhead teased.

"You know very well which part I mean,"

Chloe giggled. Her mind suddenly realised something, "Do you like authoritive girls, Bree?"
"What?" she questioned. "No..."

"You so do,"

"I do not,"

"Aubrey's got a toner," Chloe teased.

"I dont even know the girl,"

"Ah-ha! But you know which girl I was referring to,"

Aubrey shook her head. "Not dealing with this right now,"

As time crawled into the early hours of the morning, the initiation night was beginning to die down. Several people had gone back to their dorms, others had gone in pairs to a chosen dorm, some had passed out in the amphitheatre and then there were a select few who were still awake and partying.

Among them were Jesse, Aubrey, Chloe and Beca.

Jesse was no longer harassing Beca, instead he was hanging with the two Trebles who were still on their feet, although all three of them looked as though they were about to pass out.

Beca had somehow managed to drink enough to get her to forget why she was here and what she was trying to accomplish. Instead she was dancing with Aubrey, which, as much as either of them would want to admit, they were enjoying.
Chloe had cut in for all of two seconds to pull Aubrey aside. She had told her friend to kiss Beca, to which Aubrey had strongly protested.

"When was the last time you even kissed someone?" Chloe had asked her quietly.

"Probably last hood-night," she admitted.

"And do you remember who you kissed?" the redhead pushed.

"Yes..." Aubrey hung her head as she was eyed up by her friend. She was waiting for an answer as to who she had kissed. "It was you,"

"Exactly, now get your ass over there, kiss that alt girl, and if all comes to shit, just blame it on the booze," Chloe said, pushing her back to the small brunette who was now taking a sip out of her cup.

Beca stopped drinking and swallowed her mouthful, somehow she smiled at Aubrey, dropping her cup and pulling her back to dance together again.

Aubrey felt the butterflies in her stomach, it was either the anticipation of kissing the brunette or it was vomit. It took her a minute, stopping, grabbing the younger girls face and bringing their lips together, it took a second but Beca reciprocated.

She ignored Chloe who was howling behind her, which drew attention from those who weren't comatose. Clapping and more howling filled the night air.

Pulling back, Aubrey realised she was the one to break the kiss. Beca hadn't pushed her back, she'd actually kissed her back.

AN: This is a fic based on a prompt I got from an anon on tumblr. They asked me to write a Mitchsen about them dating since auditions (I've decided to change up the timeline, you'll see) BUT they've kept Bella's and personal lives separate. Essentially Aubrey gets jealous of Beca and Jesse's friendship...I don't want to give too much away. But yeah...

Hope you enjoy. I reckon this is only going to be about 5 chapters long if I keep writing them this size.

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