Chapter one: Out of his league

Beca loved the library…well, Beca loved most things about the library. She loved how there was always free wifi and AC, the upstairs loft had ridiculously comfortable couches and snack machines. Not to mention that the library had an awesome music section with CDs from ever era as well as some pretty good new stuff. Their electronics and dubstep section needed some serious work, but they'd get there eventually. But anyway, what Beca really loved about the library was that every Monday and Wednesday after her philosophy class there was a cute redhead that liked to sit in the corner armchair upstairs with a cup of tea and a book. Not that Beca was following her or anything…because that was totally not the case. The first few times she'd gone to the library after class was to work on mixes because her roommate Kimmy-Jin had banished her from their dorm room. She soon found out that she was mixing at too high a volume to be considered "library appropriate," so she could either snag a private study room or just mix on the quad when it was nice out. But…Beca had found the library, with its infinite snack options and coffee opportunities a welcome break to being constantly shushed my Kimmy-Jin for breathing too loud. So, like usual, Beca found herself in the library on a Monday afternoon, shuffling through the libraries' CD selection. The radio station had tons of CD's, cassettes, and records, but she could only download the station's music into to her laptop when she was working the booth alone. Luke was super protective of the station's music collection, and he definitely had a right to be. Beca had come across a first edition Beetles album while snooping through the stations basement at two in the morning.

"Hey Becaw!" a male voice whisper shouted Beca out of her thoughts as she was reaching for a David Guetta album stuck between two shelves that she'd been trying to find for the better part of an hour. Her head jerked and bumped the shelf above her not-so-gently.

"Shit" she muttered, retracting her hand to rub her head "what do you want Jesse?" she grumbled, narrowing her eyes at her friend. He grinned sheepishly at her

"Come on Becs, Is that any way to talk to your best friend?" he chastised, his sheepish expression turning into a wide grin as she cracked a small smile at him.

"No. What do you want Jess?" Beca asked again. Jesse's face lit up as he remembered why he was looking for Beca in the first place.

"Oh yeah!" he held up a flier for Beca to see "the small movie theatre a block off of campus is doing a special showing of 'A walk to remember,' and we have to go see it." Beca wrinkled her nose

"Thanks but no thanks." She shot back immediately "I'm working at the station from eight tonight to two in the morning...and even if I didn't…that movie sounds like a walk that I need to forget."

"Ha ha ha" Jesse laughed dryly at the brunette's pun "I know there's a heart in you somewhere Beca, with real emotions and everything." Beca rolled her eyes

"Rrrriiiight" she cracked a half smile at Jesse, which of course the boy returned with a huge grin.

"Oh hey" Jesse said, picking a CD off one of the shelves "Can I borrow your philosophy notes from last Wednesday, I'm studying for a test next week and I missed that day."

"Yeah, no problem." Beca led Jesse through the rows of neatly shelved CDs to the chair she's dumped her worn messenger bag on. She grabbed her philosophy binder and took a few pages out, holding them out for Jesse to take. She paused and looked up at him when he stgill hadn't taken her notes moments later.

"Jess?" his head snapped back to her.

"What are you-" Beca's eyes went across the room to here Jesse had been looking. The redhead girl was in her usual overstuffed arm chair. She had her nose in the book, with her usual cup of tea resting on the table beside her chair. She'd worn her hair down today.

"Wow, she's hot." Jesse said, still staring. Beca shot him a glare that he didn't even notice "I'm going to go ask her out." Beca bit the inside of cheek. The redhead was way…WAY out of Jesse's league, so she wasn't worried that the redhead would say yes…but she was jealous anyway. She did nothing but watch as Jesse made his way over to the chair where the redhead was sitting. Beca could just barely make out what Jesse was saying. She could tell he was saying hi, and his hand gestures let her know he was introducing himself to the girl. Beca watched on with slight anxiety as the girl didn't even put her book down. Beca bit her lip. Jesse tapped the redhead's shoulder. She lowered her book and smiled at him. He started again with the introduction when the ginger smiled apologetically. She put a slip of paper in her book and began signing with both hands. Beca's eyes widened as she realized the girl was deaf. Jesse nodded and smiled at the ginger even though he had no idea what the redhead was trying to communicate to him and then walked back to where Beca was still standing.

"I think it went well." Jesse said, sporting a broad smile. Beca quirked an eyebrow, searching his face for sarcasm but found none.

"Okay Jess. Well…Uh…I guess I'll see you later, Jess. Have fun with your walk to remember" Beca slung her rugged school bag over her right shoulder and headed to the nonfiction sectionof the library. She skimmed the subjects as she went along. Languages…Spanish…French…American sign language. Boom. Her thumb traced the spines of the books before landing on Beginners American Sign Language. "perfect." She muttered, grabbing it off of the shelf.