A/N: Once upon a time there were two people who really love the Pitch Perfect franchise, so much so they would write on the FanFiction site, their vision of the Pitch Perfect characters. They were both so excited to see there would be a third Pitch Perfect movie; but so utterly disappointed by the movie the studio decided to make. They ranted to each other, and one violated the rules of the FanFiction site to do a review, but together they decided that they could take everything that was in the third movie, rearrange it, add a bit better writing and dialogue, and deliver a better story. And yes, if the title didn't clue you in, there will be BeChloe in this story, because it's totally LEGIT.
This is that story.
Note from RJRMovieFan: thank you so much BeChloeIsLegit for agreeing to take on this challenge with me. She is an incredible writer, with an amazing ability to turn out great stories, in incredible amounts of time. Without her agreement, I wouldn't have been able to try this undertaking.
Note from BeChloeIsLegit: Thank you RJRMovieFan for having faith in me to help in writing the story (we hope) the BeChloe fans really wanted to see. Thank you also for your kind words. No pressure here; so, yeah, thanks for that, too!
Neither I, nor BeChloeIsLegit own Pitch Perfect or any of their characters, obviously, because if we did, Pitch Perfect 3 would have been a much better movie.
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Pitch Perfect 3: Bechloe is Legit
Chapter 1 - Birth of an Aca-Documentary
"Welcome back ladies and gentlemen," John Smith says into the microphone. "This is 'Let's Talk A Capella' and I am here with Gail Abernathy McFadden Gold-." John stops himself and turns to Gail. "What the hell is your last name now?"
"I've gone back to Abernathy," Gail says holding up her bare ring finger.
"Didn't work out with the Jew?," John asks, turning from the performance taking place on the stage down below.
"The marriage didn't," Gail says with a laugh. "But the payout will last a lifetime."
She holds up her other hand, displaying an impressive array of very expensive looking rings. John laughs, as he turns back towards the stage.
"So, we are at the "Fabulous" Fox Theatre, in beautiful downtown Atlanta," John says going back to their radio audience. "Where the Barden Bellas are performing the final song of their final show of their 'World's Champions Victory Tour'. Currently they are performing the Miley Cyrus song, SMS, as part of one of their signature mixes."
"This group of Bellas really did create a signature sound, that took them to the highest heights of the A Cappella world," comments Gail.
"Yes they did Gail, beating some very serious male dominated groups. Yet they also hit rock bottom on a number of occasions. It's truly been a roller coaster ride for these Bellas."
"It certainly has John," Gail says. "Beca Mitchell's game changing music set altered the face of a capella. Under her leadership they won the ICCAs three years in a row. They could have possibly made it four if not for that unfortunate "Muffgate" incident."
"Yes, the "Muffgate" incident," John says. "I still have nightmares as I'm sure most of our listeners do."
"You had it as a screensaver John," deadpans Gail.
"Purely as research Gail." John responds evenhandedly. "For those of you who weren't alive a year ago for those dark days, the Barden Bellas were performing at the Kennedy Center to honor President Obama on his birthday. The Bella who calls herself, Fat Amy, made the unfortunate decision to not wear underwear to the performance and her outfit ripped showing the nation and the President and First Lady her nether region in all its glory."
"Of course they were suspended and unable to participate in any collegiate competitions," Gail adds. "But, that did not stop them from entering the 'World Championship of A Capella' competition held in Copenhagen. They actually came together and beat out the previous champs, the German group called Das Sound Machine."
"And they did it with an original song," John says. "Totally unheard of in my day."
"It looks like we're coming to the end," Gail says. "Now taking the lead is Bellas Co-Captain, Chloe Beale. You know it took her seven years to graduate."
"Do you think she's a natural blonde?," John asks. "That would explain a lot."
"No, John, just no," Gail says. "Oh look, they are transitioning into the next song, Britney Spears' song Toxic."
The two commentators watch the Bellas move into their final formation and the 'music' starts. Chloe reaches inside for her inner Britney Spears and sounds a lot like the singer.
Baby, can't you see I'm calling?
A guy like you should wear a warning
It's dangerous,
I'm falling
There's no escape,
I can't wait
I need a hit, baby, give me it
You're dangerous,
I'm loving itToo high,
can't come down
Losing my head,
spinnin' 'round and 'round
Do you feel me now?
Oh, the taste of your lips,
I'm on a ride
You're toxic, I'm slippin' under
With a taste of a poison paradise
I'm addicted to you
Don't you know that you're toxic?
And I love what you do
Don't you know that you're toxic?
It's getting late
To give you up
I took a sip
From my devil's cup
Slowly, it's taking over me
Too high
Can't come down
It's in the air and it's all around
Can you feel me now?
Oh, the taste of your lips,
I'm on a ride
You're toxic, I'm slippin' under
With a taste of a poison paradise
I'm addicted to you
Don't you know that you're toxic?
And I love what you do
Don't you know that you're toxic?
Don't you know that you're toxic?
Taste of your lips, I'm on a ride
You're toxic, I'm slippin' under
With a taste of a poison paradise
I'm addicted to you
Don't you know that you're toxic?
With a taste of your lips
I'm on a ride
You're toxic, I'm slippin' under
With a taste of a poison paradise
I'm addicted to you
Don't you know that you're toxic?
Intoxicate me now
With your lovin' now
I think I'm ready now
I think I'm ready now
Intoxicate me now with your lovin' now
I think I'm ready now
The singing is spot on, the dance moves are done to perfection, and the audience just loves it. The Bellas get a standing ovation. The girls are breathing heavy from the exertion, but you can see they are loving every bit of it. Their smiles light up the stage as they take their bows arm in arm. The audience only gets louder as they hug each other, before running offstage. It's easy to see they feel on top of the world.
"This is the end for the Barden Bellas," John says.
"No, John," Gail replies. "This is just the final show for the Barden Bellas who won the 'World Championship of A Capella'. There is another group of young hopefuls who are the new Barden Bellas."
"Hopefully, their lives won't end when they graduate," John says. "Much like these Bellas' lives have. Don't you think it's time they all got real jobs? Use those college educations they stole from boys who deserved it."
"John," Gail says. "These girls earned their diplomas. But, I do agree they need to get out into the real world and start making a living. I wonder where these girls will be in three years?"
"Probably barefoot and pregnant," John says. "We should follow them around and make a bet on who will be the first to get pregnant."
"That's a great idea, John," Gail says enthusiastically.
"I'll bet one hundred dollars that the first will be Stacie Conrad," John says. "I hear she is the slutty one."
"No, John," Gail says. "I wasn't talking about betting. I was talking about doing a documentary on the World Champion Barden Bellas. We can follow them as they start their post-college, post-glory lives and see what becomes of them."
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John and Gail pitch the documentary idea to their producers of 'Let's Talk A Capella' and they love it. The Barden Bellas are very popular with their audience and the acapella world will definitely want to know what becomes of them. John and Gail are given cameras and a crew, as well as a team to help track down where the Bellas are located. The first to be located is Flo Fuentes.
"We're here at the corner of Main and thirty-fifth, hoping to speak with Ms. Florencia Fuentes, the token Latina of the infamous Barden Bellas," says John into the microphone as he looks into the camera. "Against all expectations, Ms Fuentes was not deported after she graduated."
Flo scowls at the man as she hands over a tropical smoothie to the woman waiting at the window of the juice truck.
"Though she is working a food truck," John added. "Who didn't see that coming?"
"It's a juice truck!," Flo declares indignantly. "I own it. It's MY juice truck!"
Seeing no other customers, Flo lets loose with a string of colorful expletives in Spanish, before slamming the window shut.
"You're not in Mexico," John yells at Flo.
"Guatemala," Gail corrects.
"Who cares?," John says. "She should learn to cuss us out in English like real Americans do."
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A few months later they track down Cynthia Rose in Atlanta, GA, where she is training to be a commercial pilot for Delta.
"We caught up with Cynthia Rose, or as the Bellas call her, CR," Gail tells the camera, "at the Delta pilot training center on the day she was taking her final test in the simulator before being allowed to fly the real planes."
"CR, can you tell us how being a part of the Barden Bellas has hurt you in your real life career choice?," John yells from just outside the simulator as he aims the camera towards her.
"What? Who?! How did they get in here!?," CR yells back at her instructor. "They're distracting me!"
"Have you been in touch with any of the other Bellas?," Gail asks holding the microphone higher.
"Watch out for that mountain!," the instructor yells.
"You have crashed into a mountain," a robotic voice comes through the speaker. "There are no survivors."
"Really? Isn't this what you expect when you let a woman do a man's job?," John asks obnoxiously.
"You'd better be gone by the time I get out of this," CR yells and glares at Gail and John.
"An angry woman making wild threats," John says. "I would expect nothing less-. Gail? Why are you running?"
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Gail learns that Jessica and Ashley run a wedding business near Atlanta. She and John go the venue of the wedding the two former Bellas are singing at.
"Okay, we're here at the wedding of Robert Dawson and Nora Frost, to capture - uh, which Bellas are these again?" Gail asks into the camera John is holding.
"Umm, Jesse?," John answers with a shrug,
"That was the name of one of the Barden TrebleMakers. He is supposedly dating Beca Mitchell, but they are rarely ever seen together," replies Gail with a shake of her head.
"Emily?"
"That's the current captain of the Barden Bellas. You remember, she knocked over the camera on the tripod…"
"Oh yeah! That cost us fifty-thousand dollars to repair. Is this Ashlyn?"
"No John, there isn't an Ashlyn in the Bellas."
"Jeshly?," John asks, giving it one last try.
"Now you're just making names up," Gail says as she pulls out a piece of paper. "Here it is. It's Jessica and Ashley."
"Why are you here?," Jessica asks John and Gail when she sees them.
"We're looking for two young women who were part of the famous…"
"Or infamous," interjects John.
"... Barden Bellas. We're filming a documentary on the Bellas, where they are, what they're doing," Gail says as she looks about the room.
Ashley steps up and asks, "Why?"
Gail gives the two young women standing before her a look, like it's the most obvious thing in the world. "People want to know what they're doing. How they're doing."
John turns the camera and starts filming an African-American and a Vietnamese woman sitting nearby. He zooms in on both their faces.
"Here we see Jessica and Ashley. The only girls so far who managed to make somewhat of a living with music," John says as he films the two unsuspecting women.
"Should we tell them that's not us?," Ashley asks Jessica.
Jessica shakes her head and pulls Ashley away from John and Gail. John turns with the camera and knocks over a small pillar holding a vase of flowers. The pillar hits the table where the cake was sitting, knocking the cake and everything on the table to the ground. Several women scream and John and Gail are once again running away from the possibility of being harmed.
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It turns out, none of the Bellas are happy with the intrusion into their lives by this obnoxious pair. None of the Bellas want to be in a documentary about their lives.
As time goes on, the producers are sadly disappointed that John and Gail fail to get anything worth using. The producers pull their backing and John and Gail are forced to continue using their own money. They have now become the producers, film crew, and editors of their still untitled documentary.
It's been three years since they started, and John and Gail are still trying to get enough usable film on the Bellas to use in their documentary. They have learned that Beca Mitchell works in New York and are hiding behind the corner of the building she is reported to work in, waiting for her to arrive.
"Are you ready, John?," Gail asked. "She should be coming by any minute."
"The camera is loaded and ready," John says. "There she is! Go, go, go!"
John and Gail hurry to get behind Beca Mitchell as she walks down the New York sidewalk. She has her earbuds in and is walking briskly, causing John and Gail to practically run to keep up.
"The Barden Bellas," John says. "An unlikely group of not men who somehow managed to win at something that didn't have anything to do with baking."
Beca Mitchell pulls an ear bud out and says, "I can hear you!"
Beca turns and hurries to enter the building where her offices are located. John and Gail follow her in only to be thrown out by Security.
Thanks to everyone for reading, and please leave a review; they really are helpful.
Usual disclaimer: We don't own Toxic by Britney Spears, but it did make a great opening song in Pitch Perfect 3, so it was an ingredient we left in.
