A/N: So, first off, I decided to have Beca's mother here instead of her dad because it'll be easier to have my own character play the part as her parent. And in this fic, Bumper is her cousin.

Disclaimer: I don't own Pitch Perfect.


Moving Closer

Chapter 1: Finding Out

"40-year old multimillionaire Reila Mitchell, the president of the most successful production company in America also known as Mitchell Productions, remarried yesterday. Her new husband, a well-known and highly respected lawyer, Arthur Posen-"

The television shut off as the owner angrily pressed the off button on the remote. Beca Mitchell, a 16-year old skinny brunette, ran her hand through her hair to relieve some of the frustration that she was currently feeling. Her world was turned upside down 2 years ago when her father passed away and now her mom married a random guy she doesn't even know or ever heard of. She doesn't exactly know what to feel at the moment.

"Wow… Is that really her..?" Bumper Allen, a brown haired boy and Beca's older cousin, asked after a few moments as if in shock about the news. If he knew something about his aunt is that the woman was so madly in love with her husband before he passed away. He certainly did not expect to hear something like that so early in the morning when he went over to the Mitchell household for their daily Saturday hang out.

"I don't know! I never even knew that she was dating again!" Beca yelled in frustration, grabbing her laptop from her bed and searching about her mother's supposedly new husband. What's so special about this dude that my mom decided to keep it a secret from me? She thought, glaring at the results which mostly consist of the "wedding".

Bumper bit his tongue to hold back a retort. He doesn't like being yelled at but the fact that his emotionally reserved cousin is venting out on something is a huge thing so he decided to let it slide this time. He sat beside Beca to check out what the girl was up to. When he looked at the screen, almost all of the results were about the wedding making Beca growl until they came across a proper profile of the man. Before the website could fully load, the door to Beca's room opened as two people entered.

"Beca, is it true?" Fat Amy asked as soon as the door closed, earning her a light jab from Jesse who was slightly glaring at her. "What?" She glared back.

Beca sighed as she looked at her two childhood friends, shrugging her shoulders before turning back to her laptop.

-Moving Closer-

Ring. Ring. Ring.

Chloe Beale, a 19-year old redhead, woke up to the sound of her cellphone ringing. Looking at the clock on her bedside table, she sighed as she realized that it was just 7:00 in the morning on a Saturday. She likes to sleep in during the weekends because it was the only days that she gets all to herself. During the weekdays, she works for a small recording studio after class; her cheerful and friendly personality certainly helps to make the clients feel at home and sometimes, the people requests her to sing backup for them.

Thinking that it might be her boss, she answered it without even bothering to look at the caller ID. "Hello?" She answered groggily.

"Did I wake you?" A high-pitched voice answered from the other line; the tone of the caller quickly getting the redhead to wake up fully.

"Aubrey? Is something wrong?" Chloe asked, concern lacing her tone. The line was silent for a moment that Chloe thought they got cut off until Aubrey spoke again.

"Can you open the door for me?" Aubrey asked quietly.

Ending the call after the request, Chloe ran down the stairs to the front door to see her best friend looking really anxious. She ushered the blonde into their house and lead her to her room. Closing the door quietly, she turned around just in time before her best friend threw her arms around her.

Aubrey will speak up when she wants to, Chloe decided. She'll eventually find out what's bothering her best friend so she settled for holding her and rubbing comforting circles on her back.

"Dad got married." Aubrey whispered so softly that Chloe thought she was imagining it.

"What?" Chloe asked, not sure if she believes that statement. But instead of answering, Aubrey took out her phone and showed Chloe the trending news in the internet at the moment. "Oh my God." Chloe gasped out as she read the news. She decided to browse the pictures and saw the familiar stoic face of Aubrey's father and a face she thought she will never see again.

"The most shocking part is that he married a music producer. I imagined him to marry another lawyer but a producer? Gosh, he used to look down on those people." Aubrey commented as she watched the play of emotions across Chloe's face. "I researched about her, and I saw that she has a daughter of her own." She sighed. "It's been just the two of us for so long that I don't know what to expect. Plus, my mom's still around."

Chloe examined her friend for a moment before saying, "Maybe it won't be that bad. Maybe your new sister's nice."

"Step-sister" Aubrey corrected instantly, shocking the both of them. Gosh, I've already accepted it.

"Hm, yeah…" Chloe looked down for a moment, the shock quickly turning into excitement at the thought that there's a huge possibility that she'll be meeting her childhood friends again. She thought about telling Aubrey but she quickly decided against it; she'll tell her best friend once they meet her new family. Looking back at her friend, she pulled her back on her bed with a grin and snuggled with her. "You look tired and I'm sleepy, let's get some rest."

Aubrey simply agreed, she really is tired, she heard the news the night before and she barely got any sleep. She hadn't realized how tired she was until she felt the comforting arms of her best friend around her. So, she closed her eyes to get some much needed sleep.

Chloe, however, stayed awake for a few more minutes thinking if she will really have a chance to see her friends again. They moved out of town when she was 16 because of her dad's job and she hadn't heard from them since. Do they still even remember her? She doesn't know but she's really excited to see them again. Especially a certain blue-eyed brunette.


A/N: Is it confusing or something? How do you guys feel about it? Suggestions, reviews and criticisms are appreciated. And please excuse it if I use the wrong grammar, English is not my mother tongue. So sorry for the shortness of the chapter and sorry if they're a bit out of character in this chapter.