Chapter 1
To: Chloe Beale
From: Beca Mitchell
Subject: I'm turning 20 and I need your moral support in getting through this rough time in my life
Hey Chloe.
Hope I got your email right? If not, would the stranger reading this please pass it onto the right Chloe Beale? She's tall, ginger, creeps in your shower - bit weird? You'd know her if you met her.
Thanks.
Anyway - important stuff! - It's my birthday in like two weeks & I've been told by the rest of the Bellas I'm supposed to have this party or something to celebrate. Nothing big, no stupid costumes or righteous rituals about turning 20 - which, by the way, feels fucking old. Anyway, do you think you can come back to campus? Let me know & I'll book you into my dorm for the weekend.
B x
To: Beca Mitchell
From: Chloe Beale
Subject: RE: I'm turning 20…
Yeah you got the right email - by the way, you're such a charmer! And 20 is not old! But sure, I'll be there. Actually can't wait to see everyone again! Xx
Beca - sorry I had to dash off, left this stuck to your fridge – I knew it'd be the place you'd look first! I am rough as hell this morning. Excellent party! You were asleep when I got up but I had a flight to catch back & I didn't want to wake you. Also, sorry about the sick in the bathroom. I cleaned it up as best I could. And then I was sick again. Sorry. I'll email soon! Happy birthday weekend again! C xx
To: Chloe Beale
From: Beca Mitchell
Subject: Vomit!
I thought you said you cleaned up!
You owe me Beale. Mostly a new bathmat. And a new sink. How did you even miss the toilet? Eugh. Anyway thanks for coming again. Speak soon Bealio. Take it easy in NYC x
Beca,
Your dad's been trying to get hold of you. You won't pick up your phone OR answer your door. Getting beyond a joke now Bex. You need to start going to lectures. I'll phone you AGAIN later – do try and pick up! Sheila x
To: Beca Mitchell
From: Chloe Beale
Subject: RE; Stepmonster
Beca, don't do an Aubrey – lectures are just as important as Bella's rehearsals. You should start going more. Also, don't tell Aubrey I said that. She'll have my head on a stick…
Congratulations on the new deal at the radio station though! Reckon you can record your shows and send me a link? Office is DULL at the minute and I need something to cheer me up. I think I actually miss my lectures – it's totes weird. Anyway, speak soon. Good luck tonight at regionals – you can do it! C xx
Norman Findlayson
Principle Dean
Barden University
Ms Rebeca Mitchell
Dear Ms Rebeca Mitchell,
Further to your recent fall in academic attendance we write to inform you that we will be withdrawing our funding to your educational programme. It is a decision we regret to take, however we believe you have fallen outside of the attendance percentage catchment for you to benefit from our support schemes and therefore are no longer eligible to receive monetary support. Should you find you need further guidance please do not hesitate to contact one of my assistants on the phone numbers overleaf and a meeting can be arranged
Yours,
Dean Findlayson
Greetings from SXSW!
Hey Bex! Quick postcard – I'm between gigs. It's incredible out here – I can't believe you couldn't come. Aubrey says hey! I'll email properly when I'm back in NY. Wish you were here! C xx
Greetings from Barden University!
Chlo, picked this out myself (who knew that BU had a giftshop? Who normally buys these things?) – don't wish you were here (yes, I'm still pissed about your vomit on my bathrug) but your face being here would be better than the sour chops of my lecturers who have been bugging me all day about late assignments. Enjoy your last weekend in SXSW - don't get too crazy – I PROMISE I'll go next year. B x
HAPPY VALENTINES DAY BECAW!
SHOULD US LOVE BIRDS MEET FOR COFFE AT THE NEST-CAFÉ?
IT'S A DATE. LOVE, YOUR SECRET ADMIRER. X
Chloe Beale is online
Beca: Did you send me a weird thing through the BU post?
Chloe: No idea what you're talking about.
Beca: Hmm…
Chloe: What?!
Beca: I have my suspicions…
Chloe: Maybe you've just got a secret admirer ;)
Beca: Oh really?
Chloe: Yup. They will take you for dates at the nest-café, and you'll be a right cute pair of chicks together. You can fly south for the winter and they'll give you tweetment when you're sick.
Beca: … you're so fucking weird.
