AUTHOR'S NOTES: A while back, I got a request for a Beca & Emily storyline. So, PheobeCooper I hope you weren't expecting me to romantically pair them together. If you were, then I'm afraid you're out of luck. But let's hope what I did come up with is good enough.

This story takes place in 2021 (approx. 3 years after the events in the third movie)

CHAPTER 1:

At 5am on a Monday morning, Chloe was preparing to go out for a run when she woke up a half-asleep Beca.

"Chloe? What are you doing awake?" Beca asked feeling sleepily.

"I thought I'd go out for a morning run." Chloe said.

"At 5 in the morning?" Beca asked.

"I thought I'd get an early start." Chloe said.

"Why don't you wait an hour and I'll come with you." Beca suggested.

"Are you sure? I mean I wanted to fit in a mile or two before work." Chloe said.

"You've got time." Beca said.

"Alright, I'll wait." Chloe said.

"Thanks." Beca said as she went back to sleep.

One hour later, Chloe woke up Beca yet again for their morning run.

"Wake up, sleepy head." Chloe said.

"Is it 6am already?" Beca asked.

"Yeah. Come on, let's go for our run." Chloe said.

"Okay, just let me put on some comfortable clothes and we'll head out." Beca said.

As the two were running outside, they listened to a playlist of their favorite songs. As they approached an intersection they ran into...

"Emily?" Beca asked surprised to see her.

"Weird place to run into you." Chloe said.

"I know right. Sorry for bumping into you like that." Emily said.

"Hey, don't sweat it, we were just out for a mile run before work." Beca said.

"Speaking of which, we better get going if we're going to make it to our jobs on time." Chloe said.

"Okay, I'll be here all week." Emily said.

"Great! Come visit us at our apartment later." Beca said.

As Beca & Chloe continued running, Emily looked ahead and saw a cupcake shop.

"A cupcake shop? I haven't had a cupcake in years. Okay, I must remember this location, because later today I WILL be having a cupcake." Emily said with excitement. She then sent Beca a text saying "Hey, Beca. Come meet me at Sweet & Delicious Cupcakes at lunchtime." 30 minutes later, she got a response saying "Sounds cool. I'll meet you there at about 12:30."

AUTHOR'S NOTES: It's also worth pointing out that originally this chapter was supposed to be a part of a story that I scrapped called "Running Encounter" where Beca & Chloe ran into Jesse & Chicago. But I felt like that story wasn't getting anywhere so that's why the idea got scrapped.