I've Got You, Beca

Chapter 1

Six weeks. Six weeks since the semi-finals. Six weeks since she'd yelled at him in front of everyone. Six weeks since she'd walked away from him and the Bella's. Six weeks since he'd tried to forget about her. Five weeks since he had realised he couldn't. Five weeks since he'd slammed the door in her face. Five weeks since he'd regretted that action. Five weeks since she'd finally given up and stopped trying. Four weeks since she had started to openly avoid him. Three weeks since she'd tried, and failed, to have her shifts changed at the radio station. Two weeks since the Trebles told him to snap out of it. Once week since he'd last seen her hanging out in the quad with her friends. Four days since he'd last seen her at all.

Jesse knew that he shouldn't be concerned about her but he couldn't help it; he still cared deeply for Beca. He knew that she hadn't gone back to being part of the Barden Bella's, but she was still seeing them for lunch and in between classes. Jesse would see her around campus with the girls, or in the music department helping a few of them with their pitch. He even saw her in the student run diner with Chloe a few times. He never once saw her with Aubrey though. Jesse noticed that at least one or two of the Bella's would spend a portion of their free time with her. However, he hadn't seen any of the Bella's with her, or in general, for the last week. The more he really thought about Beca the more he realised that he hadn't actually seen her for himself in four days.

His first thought was 'had she rejoined the Bella's?' It was highly unlikely, but it was the only explanation that explained both her's and the rest of the Bella's disappearance from campus existence. He dismissed this theory once he really thought it through - as long as Aubrey was the leader, Beca would never be granted her place back. He found himself thinking if she'd actually managed to change her shifts around. It didn't take long for that theory to be squashed to. No sooner had the thought crossed his mind that Luke the station manager had exited the sound booth and practically shouted at Jesse demanding to know where Beca was.

"Jesse, where the hell is Becky?"

"Uh..." Wait, what? Luke didn't know? There was something seriously wrong here. If Luke didn't know that means she hadn't changed her shifts. So where the hell was she? "You.. you don't know?"

"Of course I don't bloody know, would I be asking you if I did? Aren't you two supposed to be best friends, or together or something?" Jesse's heart sank at his words. He was worried now. Where the hell was she?

"We're not exactly talking at the moment. Have you tried calling her, maybe she has a late running lacture or something?"

"Yes, I've tried calling her, she's not answering her damn phone. This is Becky we're talking about, we both know she doesn't go to most of her lectures, and I seriously doubt that you haven't noticed that she hasn't been in for her last four shifts. You tell her, she misses one more and she'd fired." With that, Luke stormed back into the sound booth and slammed the door behind him.

Jesse stood there, shocked, with his mouth open. He pulled out his phone and debated for a full ten minutes on whether to actually call her before deciding that he had to. He had to see if she was alright... no matter what went on between them, he had to see that she was okay, that she was safe. He hit speed dial two (yes, he still had on her there, second only after his mother) and prayed that she would answer. He growled in frustration as he got her voicemail.

"This is Beca, leave a message..."

"Beca... it's Jesse. You haven't been turning up at the station and... well... you just haven't been around anywhere. Luke's gonna fire you if you miss tomorrows shift... so... yeah... where the hell are you?"

Jesse ended the call before hitting his phone against his forehead in frustration. Okay, so he didn't actually expect her to answer the phone to him but it still pissed him off that she hadn't. He was slightly more annoyed at himself for be so... abrupt. He hadn't asked her if she was okay, he had only thrown at her voicemail that she'll be fired if she didn't turn up to the station again. He felt bad but what was he supposed to have done? It seemed like she was avoiding the whole world now. He only had one option - talk to the Bella's as soon as he could. Jesse scrolled through his phone but when he reached the bottom of his contacts he realised that he didn't have any of the Bella's numbers. Not exactly surprising when he really thought about it - Trebles and Bella's weren't supposed to get along, and it seemed he and Beca had been the exception to this rule. It looked like he would have to actually seek one of the Bella's out when he left after his shift.

Jesse only had to wait it out an hour before he bid an unanswered goodbye to Luke before he headed out of the radio station to go on the search for a Barden Bella. It hit him as he walked towards the quad that the Bella's would probably be rehearsals by now, he remembered Beca moaning countless times over her Wednesday shift clashing and the numerous arguments with Aubrey because of it. If he headed to their rehearsal space, there was a high chance he'd leave without his balls but he felt that it was worth the risk; his increasing concern of Beca's whereabouts becoming slightly overwhelming.

He gave up trying to think of another way that didn't involve either walking into a Bella's rehearsal or going straight to Beca's dorm and pounding on her door, because she sure as hell wouldn't appreciate that. Sighing to himself, he took a deep breath and just short of sprinted to the Bella's rehearsal space, stopping short when he could hear Aubrey shouting.

"This just isn't good enough! It's like none of you have even been practising any of the choreography in the past two months! How can we win if not a single one of you is putting any effort in? I want you to all do ten laps and then we're starting again, from the top!"

"Damn... Beca wasn't joking when she said Aubrey was a tough bitch..." Jesse thought to himself as he stood outside the door listening to the many groans of pain towards the impending workout. His mention of Beca's name snapped him back in to his senses as he squared his shoulders, wrenched open the door, and stormed inside.

Every single woman present in the room eye him suspisicously, clearly not trusting him in the slightest - he was a Treble afterall. That didn't stop him from walking boldly into the centre of the room, right up to Aubrey as she all but screamed at him.

"What the hell are you doing here? This is a Bella's rehearsal - or are you Trebles really stooping that low -"

"Aubrey, for once in your life can you just shut up!" Jesse wasn't going to take any of her crap, not today, he was too tired to deal with her really but if her wasnted to find Beca, he needed to grit his teeth and carry on. He stared at the woman in front of him, making eye contact with her and hoping that she'll see the plea in his eyes for her to just listen. "I'm not here to spy, I'm here to see if any of you have seen Beca?"

Jesse looked round to all the girls, noticing the glares he was getting from most of them, and the slightly sympathetic one he was getting from Chloe and Fat Amy. He could tell that they all knew parts of what had gone on, but evidently, only these two knew there was more to the story than what it seemed. He saw that Fat Amy was just about to speak up before Aubrey jumped in.

"Well, she's not a Bella, so she isn't here. You've had a wasted journey, Jesse." Jesus, what was this woman's problem. Jesse needed to talk to a few of the senior Trebles and find out what her deal was, something must have gone on for her to hate them all so much.

"Aubrey, just stop." Chloe had finally stepped forward and moved in between Jesse and Aubrey, obviously sensing that things could get out of hand quickly if she didn't. She stood there facing Jesse and he could see he battling on whether it was best to tell him anything she knew. "A few of us had lunch with her like a week ago but Bella rehearsals started to get more frequent so we haven't been able to. To be honest, I don't think any of us have heard from her since then. I know she hasn't answered any of my messages." She looked towards the others, silently asking if they had spoken to Beca, but they all shook theirs heads. Jesse's heart sank and he really started to overthink all the possibilities of what could have happened to her. He turned back to Chloe when she resumed talking. "But that's Beca. She closes herself off sometimes when theres something wrong. She said she wasn't feeling so great and that her dad was really pushing her so she wasn't exactly in the best of moods. Don't you work together at the radio station? I know you two aren't exactly on speaking terms but won't you see her there for your shift?"

Jesse sighed and rubbed his forehead with his hand before running it through his hair. "You're right, we're not talking, and I do work with her. But that's why I'm looking for her. She hasn't turnt up for her shifts for the past few days and Luke's threatening to fire her. I've tried calling but she won't answer, though that's not surprising considering. She hasn't answered Luke either but if she's not answering you guys then she won't answering anybody. I'm gonna head up to her dorm... Kimmy Jin should be there at the very least I think, maybe she knows where Beca is. Thanks ladies, have a good rehearsal." Jesse turned and jogged away and headed to Beca's dorm.

Whilst Aubrey was trying to keep her breathing under control so she didn't projectile vomit everywhere, Chloe moved over to Fat Amy. They tried to keep their conversation whispered so not to set Aubrey off again.

"I knew there was something wrong with shawshank. Why didn't I think to go round and see her skinny ass?"

"No ones gone round there because we know that Beca needs the time plus when would we? We're all so busy at the moment. Though if she's missing her shifts all together now something must not be right, hopefully Jesse can find out."

"Yeah, though I don't think Beca will be best pleased when Jesse turns up, she's not exactly forgiven him for not forgiving her."

"Why are they both so dam complicated. I say they should just kiss and make up. Would be better in the lon-"

"That's enough." Aubrey, it had seemed, had controlled herself to take back over the rehearsal. "I don't want to hear anymore about Beca or her toner for the Treble boy. I want to get this damn setlist rehearsed for once! Now finish your cardio so we can go from the top." She clicked her fingers before she started to wave her arms around like a hooligan. Chloe and Fat Amy just looked at each other before they joined the rest in what Amy called 'vertical running'.