This is a new venture for me. I really wanted to see Chloe and Beca in the UK so i thought i'd write this. I then realised how difficult it is to write American characters when you have no idea about American culture! So thanks to KissKendrick who has been answering my questions for me ! This is very much a setting the scene chapter.

'Well here it is!' said Chloe as she stepped out of the taxi, staring up at the house that they had last seen in an online advert. Beca finalised the payment with the taxi driver before giving a tip, to which the driver looked a little confused by. She hopped out pulling her suitcase with her. The house they stood infront of was a terrace with bay windows, a small neat front garden and compared to some of the others in the road, looked well kept. Chloe wore a wide grin on her face, Beca looked a little more uneasy. Here she was in a foreign country, about to meet her new housemates and the only familiar thing was her best friend who was standing next to her with a cheesy grin on her face. Beca was becoming increasingly self-aware about the fact that Chloe had been staring at this house for a while and seemed to be making no attempt to move onto the next step of ringing the doorbell. She sighed, stepped forward and pressed the bell.

'Jeez, Chlo, have you turned to stone?'

Chloe looked at Beca with a confused look on her face and was just about to open her mouth when the door opened.

'Hi' smiled the young woman who opened the door, 'you must be Beca and Chloe.'

'Yep, i'm Beca, and this is Chloe.'

'Come on in! I'm Carrie.' She stepped back away from the door ushering them inside. Beca and Chloe then noticed another girl hovering in the hallway. She smiled shyly and gave a quick wave before realising how stupid it was and quickly lowered her hand. 'I'm Hannah.'

Both Chloe and Beca smiled politely back. They dragged their suitcases into the hallway. It was all they had been able to bring with them on the plane. It would be another few days before the rest of their possessions would reach them, despite the fact that they'd packed everything up weeks before they'd left. The journey to this point had been long. They had left America 2 weeks before and had spent a couple of weeks living in a cheap hotel in London. There they had acclimatised to the British time zone and spent a while doing all the tourist things that they'd never had a chance to do before. Chloe loved shopping in oxford street and the nightlife wheras Beca had preferred spending hours relaxing in Hyde park. Now they were stood on the other side of the country in Plymouth.

'Leave the cases there for a bit, come and have a drink then we'll show you the house.' Carrie bounced past them heading for the kitchen. 'Come on!' She shouted when she realised they weren't immediately behind her. Chloe's grin got even wider and dragged Beca with her following Carrie with almost as much enthusiasm as her. Hannah let out a small giggle and rolled her eyes, catching Becas gaze. Beca returned the giggle. Her initial wariness had been displaced and instead she found herself relax.

'So what do you want to drink? We've got tea, coffee, squash, alcohol... ' she trailed off as she searched through the cupboards.

'Can I have some water?' asked Chloe.

'Me too.' said Beca. Their experience of British drinks so far was varied at best and so they thought it best to stick to something that they couldn't go wrong with.

'Sure,' Carrie replied, 'Hannah?'

'umm apple and blackcurrant please.'

Once everyone was sorted for drinks, Carrie jumped up onto the worksurface, as Hannah, Beca and Chloe took seats at the table. 'So tell us about yourselves.'

'I'm Chloe Beale. We went to Barden university. I love acapella singing and dancing. Moved here to get a change of scene i guess.' Chloe didn't really know what else to say. she looked across at Beca.

'Yeah like Chloe said we went to university together and now we've moved here. I'm really into music.'

'I'm Carrie, well technically Cariad. I like going out and cooking. I'm from Wales. I went to Uni here.'

'And I'm Hannah. I'm from Somerset. The same as Carrie, I went to uni here, we met in our final year. And i spose I like art and stuff...' she trailed off trying to think of something she liked. She could feel everyones eyes on her. Trying to get out of the spotlight she searched her mind for something to say. 'Why don't I show you the house?'

'Sure'. Chloe stood up. The smile that had been on her face from the moment she set eyes on the house was still a permanent fixture. Hannah lead the way out of the kitchen. They walked past what seemed to be a small cupboard underneath the stairs which turned out to be a downstairs shower. Opposite it was Carries bedroom, then at the front of the house off the hallway was the lounge.

Hannah lead them up the stairs to a half-landing where her room was, then up another few steps to another 3 doors. One contained the bathroom and the other 2 were big bedrooms. They both had double beds and desks but were pretty much empty otherwise. they were in looks basically the same, only one looked out over the street infront of the house and down the hill, and the other out over the back garden.

'You can chose which one you'd like,' explained Carrie. Beca moved into the front bedroom and stared out of the window at the view. The sun was just beginning to set and she could just about see the sea behind the rows of houses. Chloe noticed her tranquil gaze and indicated to the other room. 'I'll have this one, if that's ok Beca?' Beca smiled at Chloe and nodded.