Disclaimer: Pitch Perfect is not mine and is owned by Jason Moore and Brownstone Productions

This is my first fanfic... so enjoy! I hope you like it.

Donald woke up to the gentle snoring of his girlfriend. Her dark onyx locks spread across the pillow, one arm around his chest and her legs entangled in his. Gently, he pried himself from her body, pulling himself up to look at the clock.

7:30. There was still enough time to prep before his exam, which didn't begin until 10:30. Walking to the bathroom, he rubbed his eyes as he began to brush his teeth; glancing down at the sink, he smiled seeing Lilly's bright orange toothbrush by his. Lilly always liked eccentric bright and bold colors. It really showed in her clothing choices.

Even at finals last year, her yellow tank top had stood out amongst the Bellas as she beat-boxed to the melody, flitting across the stage moving in sync with the others girls. That was the moment Donald had first really noticed her. Many of their friends had thought that their bonding time on the bus to semifinals was the moment. Maybe that had been her moment, but he didn't allow himself to think of her more than a brief fling. He cringed in remembrance of Kori and how she still blamed him for break her oath. However, he didn't think Lilly would be the one-night stand type.

Sure she had her quirks but don't we all? He thought to himself. Then, he thought she was special, cute, and adorable. But the performance at finals? Totally blew him away.

She moved across the stage, smiling and grinning at the audience, radiating with confidence. He had seen a whole new side of her personality that he had never known. It was like witnessing a metamorphosis of a caterpillar into a beautiful butterfly. That was the moment he knew he really wanted to get to know her. Although, the Trebles had lost, he knew that was their fate when Beca started to sing Don't You Forget About Me. Nevertheless, seeing Lilly dance around stage; singing her heart out certainly made it worth it.

Getting to know her was a bit more difficult than he had initially anticipated. First, it was extremely tricky to find her. Other than her eccentric clothing choices, she was basically a quiet studious student, who wandered around campus. It took him an entire week to find her. When he decided to finally give up on his search for her and headed to the library to catch up on some readings. As soon as he reached the top floor, he found her.

Donald would never forget that moment. Her arm outstretched, feet tiptoed, trying to reach for an arts book on the highest shelf. Later, Donald would joke that this was fate while Lilly's cheeks would flush at the memory. Without even thinking, Donald reached above Lilly's head and brought the book down. He clearly remembered Lilly's expression of surprise. She turned around to face him, shock and bewilderment filled her face. A warm smile graced his face as she stared at him with her large unblinkingly adorable eyes. After a moment of shock, Lilly ducked her head down and whispered thank you. He murmured a quick "you're welcome". After, he followed her back to her desk.

He couldn't hold in his shock as he stared at her table. Books littered the entire table. Most of them were on the works of famous photographers. He had glanced at the one he had given her. Diane Arbus. He remembers grinning to himself and thinking how appropriate Arbus was for Lilly. Diane Arbus' works were known for capturing circus members, drag queens and basically misfits of society. She portrayed her subjects in an appreciative manner, making them more than society portrayed them.

Lilly gestured for him to sit down next to her in an empty chair. So, he sat down in his chair, pulling out his intermediate calculus textbook, going over the newer concepts carefully. Both lapsed into a comfortable silence. The only sounds that could be heard were Lilly flipping the pages and Donald's pencil scratching his textbook.

It grew from there. Sometimes they would meet up and eat lunch together or lie in the quad staring up at the sky but most of the time they went back to the library, the place where their relationship began to blossom, where it all began. Sometimes they would watch Lord of the Rings or Harry Potter; Donald was an avid fantasy fan. Lilly would choose horror movies and watch in spellbound fascination as fake Hollywood blood splashed across the television screen. Donald had shrugged this off as another one of Lilly's quirks because to him, it just made her even more adorable, more interesting, more Lilly.

Through these meetings, he began to know her better, to understand her subtle ways of communication. Like when she would crinkle her nose at a complicated problem or when her eyes would widen when she saw a piece of art, usually a painting or photograph, she particularly liked or when she would nervously chew her lip when she felt scared. He learned that she was from NYC, her father was Japanese and her mother was Chinese so she grew up speaking both, though she could only read Japanese and a bit of Chinese, or that she had a preference for sweet over spicy, or that she was a hardcore feminist having lived with domineering males her entire life. The kept up a month of secret meetings finding bits and pieces of each other that made them relish their time together even more.

They had never bothered to mention their meetings to the Trebles or Bellas. Though, he had suspected both parties had probably figured out that both him and Lilly had someone special in their lives. After Bumper had left for his John Mayer adventure, Aubrey had unofficially turned a blind eye to any Bella-Treble relationships. They were free to go public but both had reserved their in-between-friends-and-couple relationship for each other. It was like something special, something sacred that neither of them wanted to share but to savor and selfishly keep to themselves.

When Lilly had first invited Donald over to her dorm, Donald was surprised. Lilly was an extremely private person, so being invited to her dorm caught Donald off guard. He hadn't been sure what to expect, Lilly had a penchant for being just slightly unpredictable. When she had opened the bedroom door and invited him in, he had been pleasantly surprised. Dozens of dozens of photographs were neatly lined on the floor organized into their individual categories. On the desk, there was a small easel with a blank canvas on it. Bottles of acrylic paint of every color of the rainbow were lined up at the edge of the table. Donald froze in the moment; it was definitely not what he had been expecting. Donald peered back at her and saw her eyes looking apprehensively at him. He had smiled at her and reassuringly patted her shoulder, nodding his head in approval. She had beamed at him, a gentle smile adorning her dimpled cheeks.

The next part of the story was his favorite part.

Donald had sat on the bed, flipping through Lilly's photographs, looking at the different subjects she was experimenting with. Lilly had just gotten up to get a glass of water for herself when her heel slipped. Acting instinctively Donald had grabbed her tiny waist to keep her from falling, the photographs falling to the floor in the process. Suddenly, their faces were within inch proximity of each other.

Donald could feel Lilly's hot breath on his lips. Without thinking, he gently pressed his lips to hers. At first she was frozen. Then he tenderly bit her lower lip and she moaned, forcing her tongue into the cavern that was his mouth. Before he knew it she had broken the kiss, gasping for air. They hadn't said anything. They had no need to. They had just lain in Lilly's twin sized bed looking up at the white ceiling of her dorm room.

"You didn't wake me up," a soft voice interrupted his thoughts.

Donald turned around. His Captain America t-shirt clung to the figure of his petite girlfriend. Pulling her body towards his, he crushed her lips to his as a good morning kiss. His fingers laced into her hair, pulling her closer, deepening the kiss. As he pulled away, Lilly tugged his head back, her breath tickling his lips.

"I had a dreamed that we were abducted by alien cows last night and you saved me."

"That's right baby, knight in shining armor."

Lilly stuck her tongue out at him playfully and wrapped her arms around his neck, pulling him in for another searing kiss.

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I hope you enjoyed reading it!

Until next time,

MusicAngel