Chapter 2: Sing It

Auditions.

As Donald sat down next to Bumper, he rubbed his eyes and yawned.

8 o'clock is too early for auditions, he grumbled in his head.

After the usual 'opening' by Tommy and Justin, the auditions began. To the Trebles' disappointment, this year's recruits were pretty…bad.

After the initial shock of the dude who was not a dude but actually sort of a dude(it's complicated) and the increasingly boring performances by the other students, the Trebles started getting a little restless.

Most of them started checking out the would-be-Bellas a few rows in front of them.

A busty brunette with a killer body came onstage and started to introduce herself. Donald and a couple of other Trebles leaned forward. She was pretty…hot.

"Hello everyone, my name is Stacie, and my hobbies include cuticle care—"

"Ugh, please, no. She's all yours, dude," Greg groaned and sat back. Donald agreed with him.

"—and the E! Network," Stacie finished with a smile. After gaining approval from Aubrey aka Cookie Toss, she started singing. "And all you ever HEAR me SAY, is how I picture ME with YOU!"

"Make it stop!" Harry moaned. The guys all had fingers in their ears. No doubt about it, Stacie was hot, but her singing…not so much.

But Donald didn't notice. He was busy staring at the back of the head of another girl several rows in front of him.

Something about that black hair was strangely familiar.

Forget it, Donald told himself. Probably someone who reminds you of an ex-fling, maybe.

The raven haired girl was called and she stood up quickly and stumbled onstage, brushing her bangs. She almost tripped on some cables. Donald snorted. He disliked clumsiness.

When she turned around, Donald got his first look at her face. The first thing he noticed about her was her huge, unblinking onyx eyes.

He leaned forward. He'd seen them before.

The girl opened her mouth and…nothing. Donald heard nothing. He frowned. Were his ears working? Or was she mouthing?

"Um, sorry, could you repeat that?" Aubrey said, a little confused.

The girl sighed and repeated "hi my name is lilly onakuramara and I was born with gills like a fish," Then, she stood there with eyes wide and her top lip quivering. Like a rabbit, Donald observed with a smile.

"Freak-a-Deak," Bumper snorted. "I hate Asians, especially mute ones," he gave a loud exaggerated yawn.

"Aca-scuse me?" Donald faced him, slightly offended. "Uh, uber-cool Asian dude here…?"

"You don't act Asian, Donnie," B-man smirked. Donald rolled his eyes and chuckled. That was the closest thing to a compliment Bumper's going to give.

Bumper was Donald's first friend when he started coming to Barden. They'd spent their first year complete inseparatable and had gotten into the Treblemakers together. So even though Bumper was a jerk, he was slightly less 'jerkish' to Donald.

"And she ain't mute, her name's Lilly," Donald murmured, his eyes never leaving the tiny Korean girl in green on the stage.

"What do you mean she ain't mute, do you hear anything coming out of her mouth right now? When the music starts, you sing. The music started, I don't hear singing. It's a freaking audition, man," Unicycle replied.

"You should be valedictorian, Uni."

"Thanks, man."

"Wasn't a compliment."

"Shut up, UC, I'm tryna listen," Donald scowled slightly and leaned forward a bit more.

Lilly Onakuramara finished her audition piece and scurried off the stage. Cute. But not really my type, Donald thought, and proceeded to forget about her.

"Well, that's it. Honestly, I'm not very impressed this year, guys," Tommy began.

The Trebles started packing up. They'd already decided who to pick.

Then, a girl walked in. "Oh, wait, there's more!" Chloe called out.

"Hello," the girl fake-smiled. "Um, I didn't know we had to prepare that song."

Chloe waved a hand. "Oh, that's okay, sing whatever you want."

Donald was so not prepared for what the alt. rock girl did. She asked if she could borrow a cup from Aubrey, and sat down on the stage. And she started to tap her hands on the cup rhythmatically and sang along to the beat.

She was pretty good.

"I got my ticket for the long way round, two bottles of whiskey for the way…" she sang.

Donald knew she'd blown all the competition out of the water. This cup chick was getting into the Bellas and everyone knew it.

Idly, he wondered if Lilly got in too. He hoped not. That meant she'd be off-limits, and she seemed like an interesting person to know.

Donald shook his head irritably. So what? he chided himself. There are plenty of other hot girls to know. Like that Stacie or that Corey or Kori or whatever. Forget about weird Korean chick, there are real women out there.

"Come on guys," Donald said, standing up and stretching. He was feeling reckless. "Breakfast, on me."

Sorry I've been busy lately, it's just…babysitting! Exams! Ugh. Trying to set the timing when Donald and Lilly start noticing each other ain't easy, but I'm trying. And thank you guys for the nice reviews, it was a nice surprise. Hope you guys like this one, criticism is welcome. Prompts, anyone? Thanks! (:

Shay x.