Fixed?
Mitchsen
DISCLAIMER: I don't own Pitch Perfect
Chapter 1: Revelation and Meeting?
Aubrey grew up knowing that her future is already set. When she was 14 her father informed her that she have a fiancée. She was was blindsided.
Flashback: 7 years ago
"Aubrey your father needs you in his office." Her mother told her blankly as she enters Aubrey's room.
"Ok mom" Aubrey told her wondering why her father needs her, then get up from her bed and make her way to her father's office.
As she walked through the hallway leading to his office, she's thinking everything that happens this week. She swears that she didn't do anything to bring shame on her father and their family name. Every step she makes she feels the need to throw up. Hold it Aubrey you're a Posen she tells herself hoping her nerves not to show. As she arrived at the office door, she knocks carefully.
"Father, it's me." she told him while knocking.
"Come in." her father says coldly. It made her internally cringed at the coldness of his voice.
Aubrey comes in and sees her father going through paper works as always. Her father is a busy man same as her grandfather but he's not like this always she tells herself remembering that there was a time that he's that loving and doting father but he changed when Posen Enterprise went bankrupt when she was 3. When that happen he dedicated all his time working with her grandfather to salvage their company and she guesses it just stuck through the years, but because of that Posen Enterprise is one of the most successful companies in the state.
"Aubrey." He said interrupting her train of thoughts and she steels her posture finally looking at her father.
"Y-yes?" Aubrey winced at her own voice as she heard her father.
"Do you know the Crest?" he asked blankly as his eyes look to Aubrey's eyes.
"Crest? as in the friend of granpa?" she says warily trying to come up for any reason for the conversation to be talked about.
"Yes Mr. Brandon Crest, as you know our company went on bankruptcy years before and it's because of him that Posen Enterprise has been salvage." He said truthfully and Aubrey stared at him confusedly, astonished that her father even admits such thing. In Aubrey's eyes her father is a prideful man that doesn't admit asking for help or such things, but she stays silent listening to him.
"He helped our family by investing a large amount of money, to be precise he own half of our company but your grandfather and him reached to an agreement." he said to her with sympathy as he leaned to his table elbows above and hands under his chin, it cause Aubrey to be nervous more. Her father never show emotions period.
"Aubrey, you're arranged to be married with his grandson when he turns 22 a-"he said and Aubrey suddenly interrupts him as his words register to Aubrey's brain. She felt like than she's been kicked in her guts.
"Father, I think I heard you wrong. I am engage? To someone I don't even know? You must be kidding me!" she said exasperated and trying to swallow back her nerves as she tries to maintain a straight face.
"Aubrey never interrupts me again!" he said angrily to Aubrey while looking at her with flames with his green eyes.
"But father this is absurd this isn't th-"he interrupt her coldly as she stare back with her own green eyes but with defeat in it resigning to her fate.
"Aubrey enough. This is done and you will follow through it. A Posen never takes back their word. He is 3 years younger than you and He's name is Brent Crest-Mitchell." he said coldly and dismisses her as if nothing happen. She clenches her jaw and steels her body and walk out of the room without saying anything.
Later that night, she thinks back at what happen earlier that day thinking she can't fall in love or date anyone. She has to uphold their precious "family name", "Posen never takes back their word" as her father told her. Her life is predetermined. She has to accept it. Feeling defeated she allows sleep to finally catch her. Resigning to her fate.
Flashback end
Barden (Senior Year)
"Bree, how was your summer?" Chloe asked happily as Aubrey enters their on campus apartment. Seeing the red head so happy gives her a new hope the year.
"Same as always Chloe. Dad pressuring Elliot and I every single time that he has. I swear Elliot was about to shout at dad one time." Aubrey said dryly while entering her room, with Chloe following her. Elliot is Aubrey's older brother, older by 4 years. Their father and he don't really get along when he was informed about her sister's engagement.
"Jeez Bree what a summer you have. So are you ready for this year? We're captains now! We're going to make the best Bella team in the history of Barden." Chloe stared at her happily and Aubrey stared at her amusingly while she sits down, knowing that she's trying to change the subject for her. Finally allowing herself to think about the coming year she looks straight to Chloe's eyes.
"But we have to uphold traditions Chloe, just like the old Bellas." Aubrey sighed while feeling the tiredness.
"Of course" she said not really listening to Aubrey. Chloe really thinks that they don't have to uphold the old tradition of the Bellas especially after what happen last year…it will not happen.
They've been on the Bella booth for hours and no one wants to audition except for a girl called herself "fat amy" and a leggy brunette that can't stop touching herself. Aubrey thinks that this is a nightmare and she's sure after what happen last year th-
"Chloe, no one wants to audition! Besides those two girls and it's my fault! How I can redeem myself if we don't have team. My gosh I think I'm gonna be sick." Aubrey rant frantically while pacing as Chloe cut off her train of rant and thoughts while trying to calm Aubrey when she starts to gag.
"Aubrey, calm down we don't need you to throw up here, and besides we just have to be patient. The girls will audition, we have to be optimistic and maybe we could change the Bella, I mean we don't need the perfect bikini ready Bellas maybe we just need girls that can sing and dance well, or we need to open the bellas for boys too. W-" she rants trying to reason out with Aubrey and Aubrey feels the need to interrupt Chloe because she wants them to stray from tradition and it's unacceptable for the blonde. It won't just happen, not on her watched she thinks sternly. She faces Chloe and steel her body with narrowing eyes and she replied horrified to her.
"Chloe stop, different girls I might consider but boys? Are you out of your mind? bell-"
"Aubrey listen to me we need to think for a backup plan if ever we're short of girls and no one wants to audition anymore. We have to be prepared." She said plainly looking at Aubrey with her clear blue pleading eyes. Trying to reason out with her best friend, and she sees how Aubrey's shoulder sagged in defeat not really have comeback. Chloe internally cheer, it's not always that Aubrey will admit defeat. It's not really a thing.
"I – ok but I'm not happy with it. If they screw up it's on you Chloe." Aubrey said feeling defeated and Chloe beamed and hugs her best friend.
"Thank you Aubrey. So what about him?" Chloe said while pointing at a brown haired guy who's too alternative for Aubrey's liking.
"I don't think so Chlo, I mean he's too alternative" She said warily while looking at the guy who has tattoos and ear spikes, but Chloe thinks that he looks good. He's quite taller than Aubrey with a body build like a swimmer. She dismiss Aubrey's word and walk toward the guy.
"Come on Aubrey, it will be ok." Chloe said too happy and Aubrey just follows her.
What am I doing here?! He asks himself while walking at the quad. Brent thinking Damn it, why did I have to agree going here? Oh yes…because of granpa, he stops for a moment to recall about his conversation with his grandfather before going to Barden.
Flashback
"Brent, you should accept your father's offer. Go to college have fun and enjoy it." His granpa told him while looking at him convincingly as they eat their dinner. Swallowing his food he prepared for a comeback.
"But granpa, I want to go to LA. I can go to UCLA major in business and at the same time I can look for part time jobs at the clubs there, I can put my mixes out there. I can have more experience there than in Barden, I'll be limited there" trying to reason out to his granpa with a pleading face, and his granpa looks at him again finally saying.
"Brent you have to work on your relationship with your father that's why I'm asking you to go to Barden. You're still young you'll have more opportunity to have that experience after you graduate ok" he told him but he thinks that his pops is hiding something. He can see it in his eyes, he knows his grandfather well but for now he'll just give in to him. Just for now, but it will be on his terms. He won't go in there not having the advantage on him.
"Ok a year and I'm out. That's it ok, I'll try for a year, and then I'm off to LA, also I want my own apartment. I can't deal with roommate." he compromise to him while resigning his fate with a pushy father by his side and a year at Barden…The Unwanted Year, and his granpa just beamed at him agree on his terms saying he'll pay for the apartment. It makes him happy seeing the smile in his old face, jeez your being soft Mitchell.
Flashback end
He's been coerced to this. He knows this but he just can't say no to his granpa, but there's something he's not telling him and he knows it. He knows that his granpa is not a big fan of his Dad after the Divorce and now he encourages him to have a relationship with his dad? It just don't make sense in his min-
"Hi, any interest in joining our a cappella group?" the ginger said to him interrupting his train of thoughts as she stops walking besides him.
"Oh right. So this is like, a thing now?" he said smirkig, slightly caught off guard of her eyes. It's so blue that he thinks it's not real. Wow stops being a creep Mitchell he said to himself trying to shake off the feeling of being caught off guard.
"Oh totes. We sing covers of songs but we do it without any instruments. It's all from our mouths." The ginger says to him brightly while smiling like a kid at the candy store (which he thinks cute).
"Yikes." He says trying to throw off the girl but she seems unaffected by it.
"There's four groups on campus. The Bellas. That's us. We're the tits. The BU Harmonics. They sing a lot of Madonna. The high notes. They're not particularly motivated. And then there's...well so are you interested?" the red head asked him and to be honest he want to say yes, because he thinks her eyes should be illegal with how it looks while asking him to join it looks like a puppy eyes, but he ready himself and put a straight face.
"Sorry, it's just, it's pretty lame." he replied dryly trying not be mean.
"A-ca-scuse me? Synchronized lady dancing to Mariah Carey chart topper is not lame" the blonde said hotly with narrow eyes. Finally noticing the blonde that is with the ginger, he thought Damn she's hot and beautiful but uptight.
"We sing all over the world and we compete in national championships." Ginger tried convincing him again but he already decided that he won't join so he just replied to her.
"On purpose?" he said sarcastically trying to make her stop so that he won't change his mind.
"We played the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre, you jerk!" the blonde angrily tells him and with just that the blonde once again caught his attention.
"Wow she's really beautiful" he whispers really caught by her beauty and finally noticing how green her eyes and how it shows her emotions but the blonde caught him staring and with just that she became guarded.
"What did you say jerk?" the blonde ask irritably, she clearly didn't hear him saying that.
"Nothing blondie" he replied sharply. Then the red head girl talks again, He forgot about her really hook by the blonde. He'll never admit it though.
"What Aubrey means to say is that we are a close-knit, talented group of ladies whose dream is to return to the national finals at Lincoln Centre this year. Help us turn our dreams into a reality?" red said pleadingly to him and he almost "key word: almost" give in.
"Sorry, I don't even sing, but it was really nice to meet you guys." he said as he left going back to his apartment but with a mind plague by a blonde beauty.