Wow! Thank you all for the great response to the first chapter and the encouragement to continue. I hope you all enjoy this chapter and a little bit of lovey dovey Becca and Jesse

"Who knew so much stuff could have fit into such a small dorm room?" Jesse chuckled as he hauled another box up the stairs of the new Bella house toward Beca's bedroom.

"Half a very small dorm room" Benji corrected as he set his box down beside Jesse's "I think that was the last one"

Letting out a loud sigh of relief, he stretched his arms high above his head hearing his bones crack softly. He loved Beca but her record collection was going to be the reason behind his back pain in the morning. Looking around the room, he was cringing at the thought of then unpacking everything once again. Beca walked in a moment later carrying her keyboard very carefully. Her DJ equipment was not to be moved by anyone but herself. Not even Jesse was trusted with the valuable equipment.

"I think I saw Kimmy Jin actually smile when you guys took the last of my stuff out of the dorm. I mean actually smile" Beca laughed as she set the keyboard on the desk along with her laptop and decks. "I wouldn't be surprised if there's a party in that room tonight"

"Can we crash it?" Jesse smirked before putting his hand over his mouth as he yawned softly

"Would you even be awake long enough, nerd? Thank you both for helping me move everything" she smiled as she wrapped her arm around her boyfriend's waist "I owe you guys big time for this"

"I'll keep that in mind next time it's Unicycle's turn to cook at the house. I'll be at your table instead" Beni laughed shuddering at the memory of their friend's latest attempt at making dinner. None of the guys were very good cooks (except for maybe Benji himself) but Unicycle was definitely the worst. "I'd go home to my Dad's terrible cooking if I could, beats anything Unicycle makes"

"I think it's his turn tonight…"

Beca giggled softly at how the young magician's shoulders slumped so dramatically at the thought of dinner tonight "Fat Amy and Cynthia Rose are bringing back pizza and you're more than welcome to stay. They ordered more than any of us could ever get through"

"Are you sure? Don't you guys still hate us Trebles?"

"That's kinda hard to do these days" Beca chuckled as Jesse held her tight pressing a quick kiss to her temple "I think the rivalry was more between Aubrey and Bumper. It's a new year, new Bella's and new rules. I just told Stacie to keep it to one Treble at a time"

"Don't like your chances on that rule" Jesse chuckled softly. He knew for a fact that just about every Treble minus himself, wanted to sleep with Stacie. Even Benji had a thing for her but was too shy to every say anything about it.

"So we're all friends now?" Benji wanted to clarify. He liked Beca and didn't want to be death glared at by the rest of the Bella's just for saying hi on the way to class. The rest of the girls kind of scared him especially when they looked like they were going to skin him alive.

"For the most part but don't think we're not going to crush you guys at every competition" Beca smiled sweetly. There was no way those Trebles were going to take that ICCA trophy away from them no matter how cosy she was with Jesse. This is Acapella war and she intended to slaughter them every single time.

"No friendly competition?"

"Nope" she laughed and made her way to the door "The niceties end the second you boys go back to the Treble House"

"In other words Benj, eat the pizza, savour the good company because when we leave it's war" Jesse laughed as he followed Beca who was agreeing with her boyfriend. The trio made their way through the relatively empty house toward the kitchen where the sound of Fat Amy's voice echoed. The Australian could be heard from a mile away when she got started on her stories from Down Under.

"Y'know if you'd told me you were into threesomes, I would have helped you out" Fat Amy chuckled as she noticed Beca, Jesse and Benji walk into the kitchen. The boys looked at each other nervously not knowing how to take the Australian's comment.

"Oh my god. They were just helping me move"

"Uh-huh sure" she laughed and poured them all a cup of beer from the mini keg she'd set up on the kitchen counter. Beside the keg was way more pizza than they needed, plenty of spirits and whatever else the girls managed to find at the mini mart just off campus. They were all set up for a party to christen the new house. The rest of the Bella's and a few of the Trebles were already out on the patio drinking and arguing over the music selection on Unicycle's iPod.

"Although I thought your first time with Popcorn boy wouldn't involve David Copperfield over here" Amy continued drinking in the wide eyed Jesse and Benji standing in front of her. Picking up a plate and her beer, she made her way outside leaving Beca to deal with the boys.

"I don't know why I am friends with her" Beca sighed as she chugged down a good amount of beer. Taking a deep breath, she wasn't surprised to see the boys still staring at her "Benji, please ignore Amy"

"She called me David Copperfield!" he gasped as a bright smile grew on his face "Does she think I'm that good? Should I show her a trick?"

"Go for it" she laughed. Benji grabbed some pizza and almost bounced outside ready to amaze Amy with one of his tricks "I may just regret that move later"

Turning to Jesse, the young girl's smile faltered at the sight of his own pained expression. "She knows we haven't…"

"I didn't directly tell her" Beca insisted as she put down both hers and Jesse's cups and took his hands gently "She wanted to know if my vocal chords were going to get ripped out by wolves and I said no so she jumped to conclusions. You know what Amy's like, once she starts on something, she won't stop. How many dingo jokes have we heard since we started here at Barden?"

"I'm sorry" Jesse sighed

"What are you sorry for?"

He took a deep breath and linked their fingers together "I know we've talked about it and even tried and we're both ready. Don't get me wrong, I want to…"

"Hey stop" she smiled weakly as she squeezed his hands in hers "It's not your fault. It's just timing. I can't believe I'm saying this and it's your rom-com movications fault but it's gotta be special, y'know? I'm not about to drag you upstairs right now to do it on the bare mattress because Fat Amy doesn't know when to shut up. I don't know about you but I'm exhausted"

Jesse nodded silently

"We will find the perfect time"

"I want it to be special for you" he smiled and leant down kissing her softly. Holding him close, Beca just wanted to kiss away his worries. She wasn't worried about this so he shouldn't be either.

Wrapping her arms around his hips, Beca pulled back but kept her forehead resting on his "I love you, nerd"

Jesse's breath hitched as he heard the three words he'd been dying to say to his girlfriend for weeks now. Scared she would run the second she heard them, he was glad it was her that braved it first. He really did love the girl standing in front of him and it had been like that since the day he sang to her over a year ago on freshmen move in day. "I love you too"

Rising onto her tiptoes, Beca pressed a more passionate kiss to her boyfriend's lips. Anxious to say those three little words to Jesse, Beca couldn't believe how great she felt now that she had bitten the bullet. Commitment was a scary thought especially with the divorce of her parents as her prime example in life. After having a front row seat to the break-up of the century, the young girl worried that her life would turn out the same. It wasn't until she saw over the summer how truly happy her Dad was with Sheila. As much as she'd love her parents to get back together because let's face it, every kid secretly wants that at some point, her Mom and Dad were in a good place. They got along a lot better now that Beca was at Barden and rebuilding her relationship with her father. It was hard to trust him after he walked out but they had come a long way in the years since the divorce.

Beca, as crazy as it sounded, could see a future with her favourite weirdo. They complimented each other so well, it was stupid not to at least let life and love happen for them. Contemplating it for a little while now, Beca couldn't see a better time to tell Jesse just how much he meant to her. She didn't need sex to know that she was falling head over heels for the boy in her arms.

Finally pulling away when the need for air was just too much, Jesse rested his arms around his girlfriend's shoulders and held her close. Staying wrapped in each other for a few more minutes, neither really wanted to move. At the sound of Fat Amy calling for their 'skinny asses' to get out to the backyard, the couple reluctantly separated. They grabbed some food and refilled their drinks before joining the party outside.

XXXXX

"Oh wow" Beca laughed as she came downstairs the next morning to find most of last night's party goers asleep around the house. She and Jesse had called it a night early, going to bed while the party was still in full swing. Amy of course made plenty of jokes as they disappeared upstairs but neither had enough energy to do much more than collapse into bed and sleep. They made up the mattress on the floor with neither wanting to set the bed frame up at that time of night. They'd had a busy day moving and weren't disturbed by the party that seemed to carry on well into the morning.

"That cannot be comfortable" Jesse chuckled as he stepped over a sleeping Fat Amy who was cuddled up under a blanket on the stairs. A couple of the Trebles seemed to make it across the street back to the Treble House but some including Benji were passed out somewhere in the Bella House.

"I think we missed a good party" she giggled at the sight of Stacie asleep with her head on Benji's chest.

"Seems like it"

"We were supposed to have a rehearsal this morning before Aca-Initiation tonight" Beca chuckled as she started to pick up red solo cups and beer bottles that littered the house. Collecting them all in the kitchen, she would make the noisy trip to the garbage when everyone was not quite so… dead.

"Do you think any of them will make it through Aca-Initiation? They're all going to have pretty nasty hangovers by the amount they drank. When did they go and get another case of beer?" Jesse sighed with a soft laugh. He knew his friends both Bella and Treble alike were partiers but not like this.

"Hair of the dog, they'll be fine. Tonight's after party happens at your house. It's going to take me all day to clean this place up"

Jesse offered to help clean up as he tipped the last of the beer down the sink and placed a few more beer bottles on the ever growing pile. He also agreed that any after party went on over at the Treble House. The brand new Bella House they walked into yesterday now looked like a scene from 'The Hangover'.

The doorbell echoed loudly through the house a few minutes later causing many of the slumbering singers to wake. Beca raced to the door dodging a flying piece of cold pizza that had been flung at her head. Even hung over Stacie had damn good aim because Beca only just missed the soaring pepperoni. Opening the door, Beca greeted Jessica with a smile.

"Is rehearsal still on this morning?" the blonde asked cautiously as she walked into the Bella House and saw the disaster zone. There were loud groans coming from every direction as most started to wake up to very large headaches.

"I'd like to say yes but singing may cause these guys to puke worse than Aubrey at the ICCA's and we all saw that video" Beca laughed as she and Jessica jumped over Unicycle's legs to get into the kitchen. Dumping the beer bottles and cups into a garbage bag held out by Jesse, Beca couldn't help but laugh at the curses she was thrown at the painfully loud noise. Another piece of cold pizza was thrown at her head but Benji's aim wasn't quite as good as Stacie's.

"Pancakes, blueberry. Bacon, crispy" Cynthia Rose groaned as she pulled herself up onto one of the bar stools and rested her head on the counter. Jesse instinctly opened the fridge to pull out ingredients to make breakfast not thinking that the girls had only just moved in. The Treble gasped at the sight of a full refrigerator. This was college, settled or not, no-one ever had a fully stocked refrigerator.

"Sheila stocked it all up for us. She and Dad said they'd do it once a month but for the rest of the time we're on our own" Beca smiled as she found the pan Sheila had also given her. Warming up to the step-monster, Beca really appreciated all she'd done for her and the Bella's. "I stayed at college so they're helping out a little"

"I for one am glad you stayed" Jesse smiled as he took the pan from Beca.

"Ugh! Get a room" Fat Amy groaned as she made her way into the kitchen picking up a beer bottle. Tipping it upside down she groaned when she found it empty. "Where is all the beer?"

While Beca argued with Fat Amy about where all the alcohol went and reminded her of the Aca-Initiation party that night, Jesse started cooking up a big batch of pancakes. The sweet aroma of the pancakes woke the rest of the group up and Beca found aspirin to accompany everyone's breakfast.

The pancakes and bacon were gone almost as fast as the beer the night before with everyone's hangovers getting a little better now they were fed. Beca would have to remember how good of a cook Jesse was next time they had a big night. His pancakes were amazing.

Bella's rehearsal never happened with most of the Bella's going back to their dorms to either sleep off their hangover or start packing their stuff to move into the house. They agreed on how Aca-Initiation would go before they left and promised to be back with enough time to set up. Beca didn't like her chances when it came to them all helping with set up but as long as they kidnapped the new Bella's on time she didn't care too much.

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"How did you snag the biggest room with the big bookcase?" Jesse chuckled as he stacked Beca's records onto her shelves. He couldn't help but remember back to the many times the pair stacked cd's and records together at the radio station. With Luke now gone, both Beca and Jesse took turns in the booth at the station. They had a new batch of interns to stack the shelves and get their lunches for them.

"I had the keys" she smirked as she pinned an old Rolling Stones cover up onto her wall. Turning to the box on her bed, she pulled another poster from it and started pinning it to her wall.

Jesse put down the record he was holding and made his way over to his girlfriend. Snaking his arms around her hips, he kissed her neck softly. His 'Breakfast Club' poster which Beca may have stolen from his bedroom hung perfectly next to all her old record covers.

"I was looking for that…"

"I don't know what you're talking about" Beca smirked as she turned in her boyfriend's arms. Taking a deep breath, she looked up at his with a nervous smile.

"You okay?" Jesse asked softly. Clasping his hands around her waist, he tried to read her thoughts. Her expression was unreadable and it was starting to worry him.

"I thought I would be on the first flight out to LA as soon as Finals were over last year" she began with a shrug "I never imagined I would be here in this house as the leader of the Bella's. I had everything planned. I was going to head out there, pay my dues and work my ass of to be a part of the music industry"

"But you're here…"

"With you, and I wouldn't have it any other way. The music business isn't going anywhere"

"Neither am I" Jesse smiled

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