Hi! My name is Brit! I'm a long time reader and first time poster. I love Pitch Perfect and I've had this story of the Trebles showing up in the third movie (I was so disappointed they didn't) and I haven't seen anyone have this type of storyline yet. Writing isn't something I've really explored before so hopefully you'll be able to bear with me as I figure this out.

Thanks for reading!

I don't own pitch perfect, the characters, or the songs. Boo :(

Jesse Swanson slid his sunglass on and stepped off the plane with the rest of the former Trebles. The sun beat down on his face as he collected his bags and joined the rest of the group where their escort awaited them. They were in Rota, Spain and getting ready to join the USO tour in hopes they would win the competition.

Well, it was really Bumper who wanted to win. Jesse was just there to enjoy himself.

The last few months were hard on Jesse and all he wanted was some time away from home. He was being pulled in, what felt like, a thousand different directions and it felt like his head was going to explode. Between work requiring mandatory overtime, his mom hoping to guilt trip him into coming home and a controlling girlfriend whose cat drove him crazy, he just wanted to be with his guys.

Benji clapped Jesse on his shoulder and shook him out of his thoughts as the rest of the group collected their bags and followed their escort into the hanger.

Beca Mitchell's mind was racing. This...competition her and the Bellas had gotten themselves into was interesting to say the least.

Well, more like a trainwreck and John and Gail were loving it.

She's not even sure why they're there.

The commentary from them just added to the pressure of the riff off and the girls were starting to panic. Why do they challenge people to a riff off? They never win, and it's even worse that these three groups were beating their asses and they've never done this before.

I'd catch a grenade for ya

Throw my hand on the blade for ya

Jump in front of a train for ya

You know I'd do anything for ya

"We gotta do something!" echoed all around her, and before she knew it her mouth opened.

But I'm only human

And I bleed when I fall down

I'm only human

And I crash and I break down

Your words in my head, knives in my heart

You fill me up and I fall apart

And I'm only-

"Look, John! They're here! The Trebles made it!" Gail turned to the camera, "This just in - the Trebles have entered the building!" She was jumping out of excitement and John fumbled to put the camera on the boys and a Jesse Swanson who was as pale as a ghost.

The Trebles rounded the corner and emerged from behind the stack of stage boxes just in time to hear the most angelic voice, the one that haunted his dreams and, suddenly, the air was sucked out of Jesse's lungs.

He knew that voice. He didn't even have to see her.

His lungs screamed for air and all he could hear was the pounding in his ears from his pulse. He couldn't focus on anything going on around him as she turned to towards him, her eyes finally landing on his.

Damn it, Jesse. You shouldn't have agreed to this.

Except he didn't know they would be here. What are the odds they would be here? Pretty fucking great now that he thought about it. They were members of the two best a capella groups, so why wouldn't they be there?

But, God, when she turned and he got to look at her for the first time in nearly three years, all the progress he made getting over her flew out the window.

He ached all over as he took in her form. Her features were more defined, her hair was longer, and her eyes were shining. She was a little thinner, but just as beautiful as the last day he saw her. It was like he had tunnel vision and the only thing he could see was her, but when his vision started to return to normal, he realized all eyes were on them. Jesse swallowed hard and reached up to nervously scratch the back of his head as he looked around at the thirty pairs of eyes darted back and forth between the two of them. All he wanted was to relax while on this trip and he knew now that wasn't going to happen. Not when she was here.

"Hey, ladies. What's up!?" rang Bumper's high-pitched voice through the hanger, and the banter between Bumper and Fat Amy brought Jesse out of his thoughts.

Aubrey turned to Gail and john, who were almost vibrating out of excitement, "What the hell are they doing here?" She questioned while trying to keep an eye on the slender woman who was rooted to the floor.

"Well when we heard the Bellas were going on the USO tour, we just had to have a Barden reunion! This is the perfect thing for the movie!" Gail exclaimed.

"Yeah, you didn't think that just because it's a Bellas movie, that we weren't going to try and shake things up a bit, did you?" came the voice of John who was grinning from ear to ear.

Beca felt the light touch on her back from Lilly, that brought her out of her frozen state. The feeling in her body came slowly and she turned away from the group until her back was to them and she was looking at the small girl in front of her.

"Lilly, I can't do this here and now. I need to get out of here" she whispered pleadingly and was relieved when Lilly took her by the hand and started to walk towards their bags.

"Beca" she closed her eyes, but refused to turn around and started to look through her bags.

"Beca, wait" his voice broke through to her again and this time she stopped. He sounded broken, but he didn't have an excuse to. This was his fault. He's the reason they weren't together. He didn't have a right to feel this way and besides, he had a girlfriend and their cat at home. He doesn't have a right to sound broken. She grabbed her bags and tried to keep it together as Chloe moved towards her to help her leave, and with that, she walked out of the hanger. Her eyes were burning with unshed tears, her throat had a lump that she just couldn't swallow, and her heart bear finally started to regulate.

"Chloe, why are they here? Why is he here? He shouldn't be here" she said quietly and looked tearfully at her red-headed best friend. "I can't handle this right now"

"I know, sweetie, I know. Don't worry." Chloe motioned to Chicago to take them to where they were sleeping tonight and he followed, hoping to relieve some of the tension in the room.

Jesse watched as the two girls and Chicago walked further away from him and he stuffed his hands into his pockets. He don't know why he called out her name, but he did. His mouth failed him, because he didn't want to do that. All he wanted to do was have the earth open up and suck him in. This was not how this was supposed to go.

Jesse turned on his heels and walked the opposite way of where the girls just headed and headed towards the doors they had just entered. He needed some air and he wasn't going to get it while surrounded by people he did and didn't know. When he reached the door, he pushed it open and took a breath. The air was welcomed by his lungs and that burning feeling from earlier started to subside. He slid down the wall he was leaning on and just leaned his head back to rest on the hard surface. His eyes closed as the door opened and Benji sat beside him.

"I can't do this, Benji. I can't see her and not feel for her all over again. Damn it, I can't go down that road. I just can't." He pleaded and reached up to rub his temples.

"I know, man. I'm so sorry. I didn't know they would be here." Benji said quietly.

Jesse bit his lip until he tasted blood and groaned. This was going to be a long trip.

So what did you think? Let me know and stay tuned for more! Xoxo