AN: Yeah, I know I should be working on For Good but I just couldn't get this idea out of my mind but oh well, here it is!

Disclaimer: I don't own Pitch Perfect or anything. (Well, not anything but you know what I mean)

It's Always Been You – Chapter 1

Jesse Swanson has the perfect life. He has his dream job and was the best composer in town. He drives a car that any boy would dream about and lives at the biggest loft in New York. To top it all of his charming and good- looking. But why does he feel like there is something missing?

Actually, he doesn't need to ask that question. He knows why. It's because of Beca Mitchell. It's been 3 years since he made the biggest mistake of his life.

Even now it still hits him. Everything reminds him of her. Like when it's late at night and his lying on his king sized bed and when he closes his eyes he remembers the nights that he has her in his arms her head under his head arms wrapped around her petite body. He can still smell her shampoo and scent. Or when he entered his office and their song was playing all over the building. He just had to work at the company whose theme song was "Don't You" that was both his worst and best day at work. He always remembers that big romantic gesture she did for him it was how they started their relationship. But he hated how that song symbolized Beca. Hell, that whole song screams Beca.

Same bed, but it feels just a little bit bigger now
Our song on the radio, but it don't sound the same

And just the other night when Bumper called about his big album launch party, she just had to get involved.

"Come on man, you gotta come! It's my big day and you're somewhat my friend and I got to gloat to you! Also, you wrote my number one song so I guess I'll let you take credit for that."

"Gee, thanks but Benji, Donald and Unicycle are going so you've got them."

"Great! Dumb, dumber and dumbest are coming!" Bumper said sarcastically, "I can't just not invite Beca—or the girl who shall not be named in your case, she's my producer!"

"I'm not asking you to- what! She's your producer? I thought Amy just forced you to invite her!"

"Amy has no control over what I do BT-dubs, only at sex. You gotta come or I'm gonna tell everyone what you did at spring break freshman year! Plus I'm calling you two months early so you can prepare yourself and not back out, out of this one not like the other ti-"

"Okay! I get it and I told you never to talk about that! Fine I'll go only because you blackmailed me!" Jesse hung up immediately and groaned loudly.

He can't believe he has to see her again after so many years. Every time he hears her name it's just like hell all over again. He's like on a heart-break roller coaster that has no ending.

When our friends talk about you all that it does is just tear me down
Cause my heart breaks a little when I hear your name
And it all just sound like uh, uh, uh

He knows that it's his fault that they're not together now. Life with Beca was never boring, she kept him on his toes everyday and he loved every second of it. But he got scared and did what Beca expected him to do. He ran. And he hated himself for not giving her what she deserved. He was so caught up on being the front man that he took her for granted and never put her first.

One time he saw her through a window at a café at LA when he was called there for work. She looked so happy and beautiful. But when he was getting closer his heart broke because she was with another man. He saw flowers on the table they were daisies, her favourite. He knew that he was no longer in her life and that felt like a stab in the heart because he let go of the only thing that mattered to him.

Hmmm too young, too dumb to realize
That I should have bought you flowers and held your hand
Should have gave you all my hours when I had the chance
Take you to every party cause all you wanted to do was dance
Now my baby is dancing, but she's dancing with another man.

Then, one day Beca had enough. It was their usual moviecation night and also they're last two day at Barden, she had waited at her dorm all night for him. But he never showed. The next day she found out he got wasted all night and refused to go home. As soon as he was sober, all their problems were all in the out and she finally said, "I love you so much that it hurts. Goodbye, Jesse" and with that she was out of his life.

My pride, my ego, my needs and my selfish ways
Caused a good strong woman like you to walk out my life

He had tried to go over to the Bella's house but when he got to the door, there stood all the Bellas blocking the door way.

"You gotta let me in Amy" Jesse said pleadingly.

"Why? So, that shawshak can just fall for you all over you again and then you make her your trophy girlfriend again and take her for granted?"

"Amy please—"

"No! You don't know how many times she cried over you. You don't know how much she let you in." she said every sentence while poking him in the chest, "You don't know how much pain you caused her. You don't know how much ice cream I lost because she kept on eating it. And you don't know how much she loves you. So just leave if you're just going to treat her the same because my best friend deserves better than that." Fat Amy said seriously.

Jesse never saw her so serious in his life. He knew deep down she was right. Beca deserved more, so he promised himself he was going to get his act together and get her back in time.

He tried so many times but he never had timing on his side because she was still with another man and was busy being the top producer in LA. But the truth was he was a coward to face her. Every time he tried he would take a step back and leave. Every time he failed he regretted it.

Now I never, never get to clean up the mess I made
And it haunts me every time I close my eyes
It all just sounds like uh, uh, uh, uh

He snapped out of his thoughts when his phone rang. He checked the caller ID, it was Mr. DeVine, the president of the label (a.k.a. his boss)

"Swanson, Congratulations! I'm promoting you as head of our new office in LA. You'll be working with the head of the company we just bought. You need to be there in 2 months."

"Sir I don't know what to say—"

"Well first you can thank me you know" said his boss with a annoyed voice.

"Ugh—thank you."

"Whatever see you at my office tomorrow to talk about the details."

Guess he had timing on his side now. This was perfect. He was determined to get Beca back. But at the back of his head he couldn't help asking himself, would Beca take him back?

AN: So, yeah please review because they give me encouragement so I can have motivation to update faster. Feel free to tell me what you think by reviewing or PM-ing me. Oh yeah also gonna be putting fun facts like what I do with my other story =) Tell me if you like them or to stop putting them there.

FunFact: Skylar Astin shot 21 and Over before Pitch Perfect.

Song used: When I Was You're Man by Bruno Mars

Lovelots,

~Kate