Hey everyone! I saw Pitch Perfect at the theatre and fell in love with it. And just a tad bit in love with Skylar Astin's vocals. Okay, so maybe not a little (: This is the start of a series of episodes about the life of the Swanson family. They will sometimes be short, and sometimes long. They will also jump around to different time periods. I will try to make it clear at what point in life they're at so it's not confusing. You will also get to know the members of the family more as you go along. I will try to develop their characters so they aren't flat.

So on that note: Read, review, and enjoy!

I don't own Pitch Perfect... if I did... Jesse would end up with me, not Beca. Just kidding (: But seriously...

Episode 1: What We Do in the Car

"I'm done."

"Beca, come on. Let's not speak for the future aca-"

"I swear to god, Jesse. If you say aca-children, I will punch you."

"Wow, your hormones are going crazy."

The two boys in the backseat rolled their eyes as they listened to their parents bicker. As far as they were concerned, they weren't the kids here.

"Josh, does your mother have crazy hormones?" Jesse decided to pull his older son of eight into the argument.

"I'm going to choose not to answer that." Josh mumbled and proceeded to stare out the window. He had spiky brown hair and his father's deep brown eyes that always got a sparkle in them when he got excited about something.

"Aiden?" Jesse turned to his other son hopefully.

"Well, hormones are normal when you're pregnant so..." He trailed off nervously, brushing his darker hair out of his intelligent eyes.

"You didn't answer the question!" Jesse complained.

"Yeah, just dorked up the conversation." Josh snickered and Aiden elbowed him angrily.

"Knock it off you two. When this baby finally gets out of my system, you two are helping. Big time." Beca informed her sons.

"You want us to help you give birth?!" Josh exclaimed disgustedly.

"No! Around the house. Do your chores. Because somehow your father always ends up doing them all." Beca rolled her eyes.

"Yeah, I could seriously use some help, guys." Jesse whirled around from the driver's seat and gave them a look.

Josh huffed and Aiden shrugged.

"OH MY GOSH! BEC, HONEY LOOK!" Jesse exclaimed rather loudly to his wife.

"What is it, Jesse?" Beca deadpanned as her husband gestured dramatically to a poster board.

"They're showing a special one-night viewing of The Breakfast Club at our AMC!" He bounced up and down in the driver's seat excitedly.

Josh and Aiden rolled their eyes in the backseat. They had only heard the story of how their parents got together about a million times.

"Really?" Beca's eyes lit up at her husband. The kids knew that their parents bickered a lot, and to others it might seem like they had problems. But that's just how their parents were, and in the end, they loved each other more than life. And that's what their kids loved about them.

"Won't you, come see about me." Josh started to sing casually in the backseat. Just like his father, he took every opportunity he got to bust out his killer set of pipes. For an eight year old, he was pretty accomplished.

"I'll be alone," Aiden joined in, not as pitch perfect as his brother, but still pretty clear, "Dancing, you know it baby."

"Tell me, your troubles and doubts. Giving me everything inside and out." Their parents harmonized in the front seat, as beautiful as always.

And that's when things got messy.

"DON'T YOU, FORGET ABOUT ME!" The whole family screamed on the top of their lungs, earning a few stares from adjacent cars.

Jesse rolled down the windows and imitated a fist pump, turning the confused stares to concerned ones. Beca was giggling, yes giggling, at her ridiculous, but also extraordinary husband and her sons that she loved dearly. And then of course she had a hand on her stomach, stroking her unborn child. She could only hope it was a girl, a little Bella. Josh started doing some sort of chicken dance move, causing Aiden to snicker uncontrollably. Even if the two brothers, only one year apart, didn't get along some of the time, they were still Swansons. And let me tell you, Swanson life was well... always interesting to say the least. But even though some members of the family wouldn't admit it, it was inevitably amazing.

Let me know what you think! I will update when I can (: