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Chapter 2

Beca's hair smacked her in the face as she whipped around to face the source of the voice. She sneezed and brushed her hair out of her face, scowling inwardly at herself. She found that the answer had come from a boy that Beca didn't recognize. He was tall, had blonde hair that feathered above his eyes, and was wearing a bright mango and navy tank top, jeans, and Vans.

"Um…who are you?" she asked slowly, standing up. He chuckled and took a step towards her.

"You don't recognize me, do you?" he asked, and Beca shook her head, though his voice sounded so familiar. "You remember Jimmy Felts?" he asked with a lopsided grin, and her eyes grew wide.

"No way." she said, and he grinned full out. His teeth were very white.

"Yep." he said, and now she was smiling.

"I haven't seen you in forever!" she said, and he closed the distance between them and shook her hand.

"I know, right? It seems like years!" he exclaimed, and he looked around. "I remember just two years ago I would listen to you practice singing in here." he said, and she gasped.

"You what?!" she exclaimed, thinking of all the nights and mornings that she had come in here and put her heart into the air. His sea green eyes were shocked for a moment, before returning to the soft state that they were previously at.

"Yeah." he said, and chuckled. "You would always come in here once everyone was gone. I heard about you and the Barden…" he racked his brain for the name of their acapella group.

"Bellas." Beca finished for him, and he nodded.

"Congratulations on your championship!" he said, and she smiled.

"Thank you." she said, and he smiled. Now that Beca was closer to him, she could faintly smell peppermint, and she tried her best to control her urge to inhale deeply. Peppermint was her favorite.

After standing there silently for what seemed like ages, Beca glanced at her phone clock and realized that she needed to be on her way back to school.

She looked back up at Jimmy, and she smiled awkwardly.

"Well… it was nice getting to see you again!" she said quickly, and she walked out of the auditorium before he could say another word. The warmth in her cheeks grew as she felt herself blush.

'Why am I blushing right now? He's just a boy from high school. That's all.' she thought, and she shook her head, trying to clear her thoughts. Beca got in her car, blasted the radio, and drove off without a second look back at the school.


Jimmy stood in the center of the auditorium stage, his hands in his pockets. He was smiling slightly, and he turned to look at the door that Beca had just used as an escape route.

"I'll see you again." he said quietly, exiting the stage through the same door.


Beca pulled through the gates of Barden after driving for a while, or at least what seemed like it. Jimmy still hadn't left her mind since she had left the high school. She sighed, wondering what on Earth she was worrying about.

She pulled into her brand new parking place, and turned off her car. Being a sophomore, they were now allowed to have vehicles on campus, and she was so grateful for it. The familiar surroundings flooded her with warm reminders of her first year at Barden.

She smiled as she opened her trunk and began to unload all of her belongings. After a few minutes of unloading, she bent down to retrieve the last of her boxes from her trunk. Suddenly, she heard a SMACK, felt a sharp pain in her butt, and she heard a loud cackle as she stood up and whirled around.

"What's up, aca-bitch?!" Fat Amy yelled as Beca was enveloped in a giant, Australian hug. Beca's tension dissipated, and she returned the hug, being sure to hug all of Fat Amy that her tiny wing span could muster.

Once their huge embrace was through, Beca grinned and looked at Fat Amy.

"How have you been? It's been ages!" she exclaimed, and Amy smiled.

"It's been pretty great! Yeah, you should see this guy that I hooked up with over the summer. He was hotter than my tits in the middle of winter!" Amy said happily, and Beca grinned hesitantly, not sure whether that was a good thing or not. She decided to just humor Amy, knowing that she seemed genuinely excited about it.

"Of course," she continued, "he turned out to be a furry with a foot fetish, and I wasn't into the thought of getting penetrated by a giant chipmunk. Plus, I can't even touch my toes. So, yeah." she said nonchalantly, and Beca's grin turned into a grimace. When Fat Amy isn't down, you know it's kinky.

"That's…great…?" Beca said, and she got the last of her boxes and shut her trunk. "Care to help me move in?" she asked, and Amy grabbed two boxes.


Once they had finished moving their things into the Bella house, Amy collapsed onto the bed, instantly falling asleep. Beca smiled and shook her head, heading down to the kitchen to get a snack. She heard the front door open and close, but she was spreading peanut butter on a slice of apple and didn't bother looking.

"There are two rooms left. Only rule is that the room on the left at the top of the stairs is Stacie's." Beca called out, and she heard footsteps sounding through the house. Suddenly, she felt two warm arms wrap around her waist from behind.

"I don't think I'm gonna need a room here." a voice whispered into her ear, and she felt a pair of lips barely brush the spot right behind her left ear, which sent cold chills down her entire body. She smiled and turned around, being sure to lean into the warm embrace she was receiving.

"I missed you." she said into Jesse's chest, and he smiled.

"I'm sorry, what was that? I couldn't quite hear you." Jesse teased, and she smiled into his chest. She tore herself away from his arms and went back to spreading peanut butter on her apple.

"Oh, nothing. Just talking to myself." she said with a restrained smile, and Jesse grinned. He leaned on the counter and watched her smooth the creamy substance on the slice of fruit.

"I missed you too, babe." he said as he made his way to the refrigerator. Beca's thoughts grew fuzzy for a moment. She still wasn't used to the whole 'babe', 'baby', 'sweetheart' thing, so it made her feel strange when Jesse used those names for her. But it was a good strange.

"How was your summer?" she asked as she took a bite of apple, and he shrugged.

"Same old, same old." he said, "I didn't do too much. Too busy practicing for this year." he finished with a wink in Beca's direction, and she rolled her eyes.

"Oh, I'm sure you were!" she said, and she went to open the door when a knock came.

A smiling Stacie stood on the other side, and Beca exchanged greetings and hugs. One by one, the rest of last year's Bellas showed up and either settled in or just said hello and went to their own residences.

Once everyone was set, Beca gathered everyone into the living room of the Bella house. Jesse came into the room and sat on the arm of the couch, but Beca had to shoo him out. He finally left after almost fifteen minutes of coaxing, and pushing, and persuading.

"Finally!" Stacie remarked, exasperatedly. "He may be head-over-heels for you Beca, but you certainly don't have him on a leash!"

Beca smiled, and went and stood in front of where the previous year's champions, minus Chloe and Aubrey, sat. She cleared her throat.

"Good to see you again, aca-bitches! Tonight is the Welcome Back Riff-Off, and you know what that means don't you?" Beca asked them eagerly, and they all nodded, grins lighting up their faces.

"Beat the Trebles!" they all shouted, and they all grinned and jumped up. Amy fist pumped and almost knocked over a lamp.

Beca looked out the window, at the Treble house that lay a fair distance from the Bellas' own house, and thought about the conversation that they are having at this moment, about how the Bellas are going to be no problem at all in this year's Riff-Off.

'Get ready, boys.' Beca thought with a sinister smile. 'We're coming for you.'


Thanks for reading, everyone! :) I'm going to try to update this story every day. Please review to let me know what you think about this story, and how I could make it even better! Thanks! :) P.S. RIFF-OFF IN THE NEXT CHAPTER. :D