PP4
Chapter 1
"Hey Kay" said Anna as she took a seat across from her
"Anna, good to see you."
"I know why you wanted to meet up, but I'm sorry, I just can't." States Anna
"How about we order something to eat, and discuss things?" Asks Kay
"Sure, but it's not going to change my mind."
The waitress makes her way over to Kay and Anna. She sees that it is "Anna Kendrick" sitting at her table and goes "Oh my god, your Anna Kendrick, can I get your Autograph? I loved you in Pitch Perfect, you so should have ended up with Chloe."
Anna just smiles and takes the pen and signs her name. She gives Kay a pointed glare as she does. "What would you like to eat?" asks the waitress
Anna places her order and Kay orders two meals. Anna looks at Kay and says "You hungry?"
"No, but we are expecting someone else." Replies Kay
"You didn't?"
"No not her, Elizabeth is coming, and asked me to order for her."
"You ganging up on me?" Asks Anna
"Maybe? Will it work?" smiles Kay
"No."
They sit there is silence for a few minutes looking around the restaurant. Thankfully Elizabeth rushes through the door and spots them. She takes a seat. "Sorry I'm late, the traffic."
"That's fine." Says Anna "You didn't have to come because I'm not changing my mind."
"Oh hush, let's just have just have a nice lunch and chat." Says Elizabeth
"There is nothing to chat about. I won't do another one."
"Why? Asks Kay
"You know why?"
They are interrupted when the waitress comes back over to serve their food. She puts the plates on the table and sees Elizabeth. "Gail, oh my, I love you character and well as John's. Can I have you autograph please?"
"Sure honey, who do I make it out to?
"Christine. Please make a PP4? I would just die. But do it right this time and make Beca and Chloe end up together. It is what us fans really want. Anyway enjoy your meal and if you need anything just give me a wave." Christine says as she leaves the table.
"See" Kay says "It's what the fans want."
"But what about what I want?"
"Anna I know it's hard, but what if we do it right this time?"
"No you don't know how hard it is for me, seeing her every day. I just can't."
Elizabeth starts "What if this is your chance to tell her?"
"It wouldn't make a difference now, she back with him." Says Anna as she stirs her food around her plate.
"Look, I really want to make PP4 happen, the fans want it. You know they do. I want it, Elizabeth wants it, the other girls want it, but it can't be done without you." Says Kay
"Yes it can." Says Anna "I know the girls want it, but I can't. Do you know I spent my birthday alone because the girls wanted to do something for it and there was no way I could. I couldn't let them because I knew she would be there and she would bring him. Seeing her fawn all over him, when all I want to do is ram my fist into his cheating, smug looking face."
"I haven't seen her in months. I see the other girls but it has gotten to the stage that I can't go if I know she is going to be there. You don't understand just how much it hurts. Plus she's too busy roaming around the country posting these sickening pictures of the two of them. I can't. I know I am letting you all down but I have to take care of me, and seeing her everyday gush about how in love see is. I can't. I'm sorry."
"Ok Anna, I sorry. I didn't understand just how much ..."
"It's ok, let's just enjoy lunch?"
They finish their lunch and Anna gets up to leave "Thanks for lunch and I am sorry."
"It's ok Anna. Take care and keep in touch." Both Elizabeth and Kay said
Kay and Elizabeth look and each other with a look of defeat. Elizabeth takes out her phone and brings up her text messages and starts to type "No good, and I understand why. It's over."
When Anna finally arrived back home after an emotionally draining lunch, she finds someone standing at her door.
"What are you doing here? I'm not in the mood."
"I'm here to talk some sense into you."
"I've made my decision."
"And it's the wrong decision."
"You do realise that you just sounded so much like Aubrey, it's scary."
Anna Camp laughs "Well when Beca is being pig headed, Aubrey needs to pull her in line."
AK laughs "It's not the wrong decision and you know it, but please do come in? Wine?"
"Yes please." AC replies
AK pours the drinks and takes a seat on the sofa. "So what would you like to talk about since you showed up here uninvited?"
"So I need an invite to see a friend now?"
"No, you know you don't. But we both know why you're really here?" replies AK
"Good then there is no use bullshitting around. You need to do this movie."
"Why do you even care, it can't because you want to do another movie?"
"Yes, I want to do other movie. How can I not want to spend 3 months with my closest friends and get paid to do it. But that's not why I want you to do it." Says AC
"Then why do you want me to do it?"
"Because I want you to win our girl back."
"She's not our girl."
"She could be?"
"She's his girl." Says AK sadly
"Then change it, make her see."
"See what?"
"Just how much you love her. How much you would be better that the prick who has treated her like shit in the past but has some way or another convinced her to take him back.?" Says AC "He's only using her and riding her coat tails because he has no career. You know it, I know it, hell, everyone knows it but her."
"Say what you really think Camp." Laughs AK
"You know I could go on for hours about him, but that won't help. What would help is you doing the movie."
"And how exactly would that help?"
"She would be away from him, which would be a great start." Answers AC
"Great, so she would be away from him, but me, I would have to spend three months with her knowing I couldn't have her."
"Yes but you could work on that."
"How? Seriously? I thought after PP2 that would happen. But as you know life got in the way. We were so close, on and off the set as well. You know that, and nothing. She never told me that she felt anything for me. And then when they talked about PP3, I thought this is it. Beca and Chloe would get together and I would finally get to kiss her and show her through the kiss just how much she means to me, but then the studio got scared and changed the ending and gave Chloe a love interest."
"Did you tell her how you feel?" asks AC.
"Well no, but I didn't think I had to."
"So what if she was waiting for you to say something and you didn't?"
"Don't be silly." Says AK
"I'm not. You weren't brave enough to tell her how you felt, but you expected her too. That's just a cop out Anna."
Ak gets up and starts pacing the room. "It doesn't matter. She's on her "love" tour on their "love" Rv cursing around the country. I almost feel like un-following her on every app I have. But let's face it I can't. Anyway if she felt that way it's gone now. And I may have been mistaken, maybe she never felt anything anyway. How did he get on set anyway? Who let him be an extra in that final scene? He planned it to get her back."
"Of course he did. He's an evil, conniving, scheming asshat."
AK burst out laughing. "Yes he is."
"Tell me?" AC asks "Do you really think she felt nothing for you?"
"I think that it was all in my head. It had to have been."
"Have you watched the movie since we made it?"
"No. I couldn't."
"I think you should."
"I can't. "
"I think you should. I think it would answer your question as to whether or not she felt something for you."
"And how would it do that."
"Because you both are as subtle as sledge hammers."
"What?"
"Let's watch it now?"
"No." Says AK firmly
"Trust me?
AK looks at AC for a long time and AC just sits there with a raised eyebrow. She finally gets up to put the Blue ray into the player. "More wine, I think I am going to need it?"
"Yes please."
AK gets the bottle of wine and sits it on the table in front of them and presses play. The opening music starts and even though all the Bellas are on the screen her eyes only sees one. The movie plays along and all Anna can do is wait for the next scene that Brittany is in.
"Did you hear that?" asks AC
"What?"
"What Rebel said."
"No."
"Rewind it, when Chloe walks in Amy greets her but instead of saying Chloe she says Bloe."
"Noooo."
"She does, listen, it's a bit hard to hear it because everyone just expects her to say Chloe. But she did say Bloe, she told me she did that, she did it to stick it to Universal for changing the ending. Obviously when they were editing they didn't pick it up."
"Why did she do that?"
"Because you are not the only one that wants Chloe and Beca to get together. Plus all of us really want Sendrick to happen too."
"Really? Sendrick?"
"Gotta love the fans." Replies AC
They continue watching the film. AC points out the face that Beca makes when Chicago's character is introduced. She reaches for the remote that's in AK's hand, she knows what is coming up and really wants the make sure that AK doesn't miss it. The riff off is on screen and they are singing, they get through the first part of the riff off and AC presses pause.
"Did you see that?"
"What?"
"Every time Chloe sings, you can't take your eyes off her."
"Well that's a big surprise, I love it when she sings."
"I know when she sings you can't take your eyes off her until she is singing right next to her. You can't even look up."
"I know."
"But if you had you would have seen this." Says Ac. Ac presses play
AK sits there and watches. Chloe starts to sing love me harder and Beca can't lift her eyes but then she sees it. Chloe/Brittany sings to her. Looks at her and sings love me harder. It didn't mean anything right although it looked like she was trying to get a point across when she did it.
"That doesn't mean anything." AK says pointing at the screen
"Really, you know Brittany, do you really think that she didn't know what she was doing. She was trying to tell you to make a move."
"Now I know you're crazy. Always thought it but now I know for sure."
"How about we just watch the rest and then we will talk." AC says as she presses play
They continue to watch the movies and AK seems to notice a lot of things that while they were filming that she seem to miss. There were the times that Chloe looked at Beca with so much love and the times she hadn't notice herself giving Chicago's character dirty looks every time he was filming with Brittany. Especially when he was talking about family, the shot they had of Brittany looking over at them, her eyes were just pure unadulterated love in them. But was it really just for her?
They finally get to the end and both AK and AC are crying.
"That really was a great ending, wasn't it?" asks AK
"It was. It was sad thinking that that could have been the last time we get to do that."
"It was the last time."
"Really, after what you just saw?"
"What I saw was Brittany playing it up for the Bechloe fans."
"You're an idiot if you think that what it is, was. Tell me when Brittany grabbed your boobs, was that in the script, because I don't remember it being."
AK looks at AC but doesn't say anything.
"Ok so you just watched the same movie and me and don't tell me you didn't see what I did because I know the only one you seen on that screen was Brittany. But since you are being a stubborn shit, I will point them out. Brittany basically singing to you to love her harder, the way that her eyes follow you every time you move, talk or are even just in a scene. And let's not even talk about that last scene, god when you were up there singing freedom I'm pretty sure I heard her cream her pants. And then when you pulled us all up on the stage, you and her both sung to each other I don't' belong you and you don't belong to me, it was like you were both daring each other to do something about it. And her kiss with Chicago was probably the most awkward kiss I have ever seen and that is including your kiss with my husband."
AK laughs again, it had been super awkward kissing Skylar while he was trying to woo the other Anna.
"And oh my god the face you pulled when Brittany kissed Chicago, I thought you were going to throw up everywhere." Laughs AC
"I know, it was hard to watch." Replies AK
"Look, I know it will be hard on you but I think that if you don't do it, I think you will regret it."
"Why?"
"Because I know you. Don't think I haven't noticed that you don't attend things that you think she might be at. This is making it really hard for all us girls. We all want you and Brittany to get together and the only way that is going to happen is if you are both in the same place at the same time. And the girls are starting to feel the pressure too, they don't know what to do, they know if they invite Brittany then you won't turn up. And they want you there but they really want Brittany too. So you are gonnna have to get your shit together."
"Have you noticed that he does all he can to keep her away from us as well. I mean I can't even remember the last time she was out with us. I can't stand him, not just because of hat has done to her in the past, but what he is doing now. It's like he is cutting her off from everything she loves, everyone she loves." States AC
"Fine, how about I think about it?" Asks AK
"That's a start. So how can we make sure that if this happens, asshat can't come on to the lot where we are filming?" wonders AC
"I don't think there is any way that we are going to be able to get barred from the set, we have to think of something else. Maybe we can get someone to hire for something?"
"I think that would be asking a huge favour of anyone since he is such a crap actor, but it might be the only way. We could ask Elizabeth if she knows of anything going on that might send him far, far away. Hopefully with no cell phone service." Answers AK
Anna Camps laughs. "So you're in?"
"I didn't say that." Answers AK
"Yeah ya did."
Says AC
Ak rolls her eys. "Fine, I'm in."
AC gets up from her seat and hugs AK. "You won't regret this."
"I wish I could believe that.
Two months later…
"Did you really have to be so petty?" AC asks
"I don't know what you are talking about." Answers AK as she sips coffee.
"Brittany announces that she is engaged to dickhead and you put tweet about how it had made you really happy that you bought yourself a diamond for achieving something, not because a man had bought it for you. That was just a coincidence was it?" asks AC
"No but I wanted to put it out there to all the women that they don't need a man to buy them something for them to be happy, but rewarding yourself is as equally fulfilling."
"That's all you were doing? Have you even congratulated her? Asks AC
"Well no, I have been really busy. And I don't know but don't you think it's suspicious that he asked her as soon as she had agreed to do PP4?"
"Of course I do. He wanted to stake his claim. He wanted everyone to know she is his. It's almost like he was afraid that if he didn't lock her down now then there might be someone else who could steal her away from him. Someone she has cared about in the past."
"You do believe in unicorns don't you?" snarks AK