Tobin stopped and looked around with her hand on the door knob. She did a sweep through the room one last time before leaving. Nothing on the bed. She leaned to lazily check under the bed. Still nothing under. Desk is good. Closet, check. All's good. She glanced at the paper in hand that read 'ROOM CHANGE. Tobin Wright - Baker Hall rm 315.' New room, check.

With the mental checklist completed, she took a deep breath, in relief, and walked out of her first home away from home. Tobin was beyond excited to leave that hell hole behind. Her first college roommate was not the experience she prepared for. A month and a half into school and the girl gets kicked out. Tobin didn't ask why. She really didn't care.

Luckily, she didn't have too much stuff. A few duffle bags and a box or two of things. And even luckier, she had a few teammates eager to help move.

The walk to the new room was easy enough. Just up the stairs and down ten doors to the right and moving was a welcome inconvenience. Tobin stopped at the door and raised a hand to knock just as it swung open. A scowling Asian girl shoved a key towards the surprised brunette and walked away giving Tobin barely enough time to put her hand out for said key.

Tobin watched the girl go with raised eyebrows before a shove in the back accompanied by a quiet "Go!" returned her attention to the task at hand. She turned back to glare at the 'helpful' teammate then walked in.

"Hey…" she started out awkwardly. "I'm Tobin. You're, uh, new roommate." Tobin internally rolled her eyes at herself. "Obviously." A flat-lipped smile appeared as she nodded to her bags.

Before her new roommate could say anything, snickering came from behind Tobin as Rachel, the same helpful teammate from before, said "Way to go Captain." Tobin heard Grace laugh with Rachel but a bit more good-naturedly. Tobin rolled her eyes but smiled at the small girl in front of her. She had an awkward smile on her face as she glanced behind me at my teammates. "Obviously." She agreed as she looked back at me. "Beca. You play?"

She motioned to the guitar case in Tobin's hand. She started to reply, but true to her nature Rachel spoke up again. "Toby, you found your match! You're like a pair of Captain Obviouses."

"Ignore her." Tobin informed Beca as she shook her head and laughed. "But to answer your question before we get rudely interrupted again," Tobin threw a glare to her recently-formed best friend, "In my spare time. You?"

"No. I'm really into music though. That's cool."

"Nice." Tobin turned to her teammates. "Alright. Thanks for the help and for your ever sharp wit but get out of here. I'm gonna unpack then I'll meet you guys for workouts."

"Anytime. Hopefully she's not crazy like your last roommate! You really shouldn't have opted for rooming with non-teammates." Grace replied with a hug. Tobin rolled her eyes at the girl but laughed. Grace looked around Tobin to Beca and waved. "See ya."

Rachel dropped the bags she was carrying and fist bumped Tobin. "Text me if you need help." She too raised a hand in farewell to Beca though not as enthusiastically as Grace.

The door closed and Tobin turned around to find her new roommate in the same place.

"Sorry about them" Tobin nodded towards the door. "So…new roommate, yeah? What happened to the last one?"

"It's cool" Beca waved off the apology. "But yea, my last roommate isn't a fan of people. Less than me actually. Kimmy Jin put in for a room transfer after the first day I think." She let out a short laugh. "Her telling me the two of you were switching rooms is the most we've talked all year. I think she even smiled a little." This time Tobin laughed with her. "You?"

"My roommate got kicked out. I don't know why. I didn't ask. She was terrifying and I was too relieved to ask questions and jinx it." Beca nodded her head in agreement.

"Well, hopefully this works out better. Glad to, uh, have you." She reached her hand out to shake Tobin's hand but pulled back at the last second. It awkwardly hung in the air until she made a fist and raised it again with a lopsided grin. The taller brunette accepted the fist bump and replied with a similar sentiment.

Unpacking didn't take long. Beca was true to her word on the amount she talked. After their 'moment' she sat at her desk, pulled on a huge pair of headphones and started blaring music through them. Tobin could hear it but she couldn't place the song.

An empty box and a half later, Tobin realized she needed to head out for preseason workouts. She tossed the empty bag of candy she had gone through while unpacking then grabbed her basketball bag but stopped in the middle of the room. Should I let her know I'm leaving?

Tobin stood for a few moments then walked over. She tapped Beca on the shoulder, causing her to jump.

"Sorry! I didn't mean to scare you." Tobin started as she slid the headphones to her neck.

"It's cool." She paused awkwardly. "Uh, what's up?"

"I have workouts so I'm leaving. I'll be gone for like two hours. I just thought you should know or something." Tobin laughed and shrugged.

"Alright. Um, I probably won't be here. I have practice so I'll just see you…after then?"

"Yea, cool. Do you play a sport?" Tobin asked, curiosity stopping her even though she really needed to leave.

"Oh, no. No. No, I don't. Did you not notice my height? I'm part of this a capella group." She shrugged and looked away from me. "It's kind of lame but cool at the same time I guess. I don't know. My dad wanted me to get more involved."

"That's cool. I would seriously ask you more about it but Coach gets mad if we aren't early and I'm cutting it close! I'll see you after your practice!" Beca nodded as Tobin jogged out of their dorm.

Workouts sucked. It was three weeks since preseason started and three weeks until practice officially began. Coach was laying it on thick so the team wouldn't have to do extra conditioning once practice started.

Tobin hit the mattress as the door clicked shut behind her. She twisted around to get her bag from around her shoulder without having to get up, body screaming in protest to the awkward movement. At this point her body protested with any movement, awkward or not. Tobin laid face down for a few minutes before groaning and pushing herself up to sit on the edge of the bed.

For the first time since moving in She let herself examine Beca's side of the room. Tobin thought before that Beca would be uncomfortable with the open observation. It was a little untidy but in a lived in way. An organized mess if Tobin needed to describe it to someone.

Beca had a few posters of bands up above her desk, records on all her shelves, the dorms surprisingly gave a lot of shelf space, and her desk was covered in equipment. Tobin stood up and wander over to it. She didn't touch. Beca most likely wasn't one for people touching her things. Tobin guessed musical from her confession of being into music but other than that Tobin didn't know what it was for.

She left Beca's side of the room and grabbed her shower stuff. It was all well and good to relax after a workout but Tobin was getting close to gross having sat so long in her sweaty clothes. When she came back, her new roommate was in much the same position as when Tobin got back from practice except heels were laying under her feet instead of Nikes.

"Rough practice?" Tobin asked with a chuckle as she grabbed the half full bag of gummy bears on her desk. Beca jumped like last time the two spoke. Tobin quickly apologized.

"No, it's fine. I'm just used to being ignored when I'm in my dorm. And yes, Aubrey is a Nazi. Why do we have to do cardio just to sing?!" Beca rolled onto her back as she answered. She eyed the gummy bears so Tobin threw a couple in her direction. "You eat a hell of a lot of candy, Tobin." It wasn't a question so she just shrugged with a grin before getting back to their conversation.

"Don't you guys like dance and stuff? It's gotta be hard to sing and move around." Beca shrugged with a nod in agreement. "Coach always yells at us to talk to each other but seriously, talking while playing sucks. Singing seems like it would be way worse."

"Can't you just let me whine?" She responded with a smirk then paused to think. "It is but I'm sure basketball is harder than dancing. The dancing we do at least. So it's probably like the same?"

Tobin nodded then got up to put her clothes and shower stuff away letting silence fill the room. She grabbed her backpack and pulled out some homework as Beca took off for her own shower.