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-Ali
Chapter 2: Getting Closer to the End.
Spring Break
After the Semi Finals Donald and Lilly were ready for spring break, they were finally going to spend a whole week together before going back to Barden.
"Florida?" Lilly asked.
"Yeah, my family owns this condo in front of the beach, we could spend our week there if you liked?"
"That's fine bucket!"
They called each other 'bucket' as their pet name.
….
Hours later Donald was driving his car, a BMW towards Florida. Lilly was in the passenger seat sleeping. They have been driving for at least four hours now. Donald kept his eye on the road and looked at Lilly sleeping once in a while. She was adorable.
"Babes" Donald said.
"Mm"
"Look out the window"
Lilly yawned and stretched to the beautiful sight of the beach next to her with the scent of the ocean. Her eyes couldn't believe she was in a beach. Lilly lived in New York were it was always cold winters and not so hot summers, but New York beaches were nothing compared to Florida's.
"Love what you see Lils?"
"Its so beautiful bucket!"
Donald parked in the driveway and carried the bags up to the condo. Lilly was a nervous wreck, it was her first time spending a whole week with a guy for the first time. Especially with someone like Donald. The condo only had one room, and well Lilly was even more nervous when she saw it.
….
The first night wasn't as bad as Lilly had thought. Donald wasn't the type of guy that would have slept with her or to take advantage. He respected her and cared. That very morning they woke up in each other's arms.
He caressed her long silky black hair as she slept on his chest. Seeing her sleep was one more thing about Lilly he thought was adorable. He slowly got up from bed to wash his teeth and took a shower; then went to the kitchen to make some breakfast.
…
"Bucket?"
"In the kitchen babes"
Lilly went to the kitchen, to her surprise the table was set and breakfast was ready.
"You didn't have to"
"This only shows what I am willing to do for you and more"
They sat and ate breakfast and went to take walk on the beach. Their week was full of fun and romantic moments that both will never forget. Donald was never this way with a girl, he usually woke up naked and clothes all over the floor. Lilly was not like the girls he had dated in the past, she was real person with feelings. He knew one wrong move this week would be the end to their relationship. Their last few days consisted of taking walks on the beach at night romantic dinners and unforgettable moments. Their last day in the condo was cleaning up and packing to go back to Barden.
"Im gonna miss this place" Lilly said.
"Im going to miss not being around you"
Going back to Barden meant that they were secretly dating and sneaking around without the Bellas knowing.
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Rehearsals
Lilly had gotten a last minute text from Chloe saying that they were back in the finals. Lilly ecstatic texted Donald the news.
Lilly
To Bucket:
Guess What?
Donald
What babes?
Lilly
We are in the FINALS! :)
Donald
Congrats, now you guys are our competition again!
Lilly
Mmm, don't think so. Aubrey will probably have a boring set..and w/out Beca we are screwed. :/
Donald
Don't get sad.. you made it to FINALS! That's already a huge accomplishment!
Chloe sent Lilly a text that rehearsal was in 10 minutes.
"Really?" thought Lilly. Last minute.
Lilly
Bucket I need to go.. rehearsal for 5 hours with the Bellas
Donald
Good luck babes :*
…
"The aca-gods have looked down on us and given us a second chance" said Aubrey passing out the music.
"I texted Beca" said Chloe
"You did what?"
"She makes us better" said Chloe
"Amen" thought Lilly
"That's not an opinion for you to have Chloe"
"Why because its not yours? You're not always right you now"
"We will win without her"
"Yeah right " thought Lilly.
…
Hours later, everyone was getting frustrated with Aubrey. Again total boring set and stupid choreography.
"What's happening to us? Chloe you sound like you smoke six packs a day. Stacie you are so behind on choreography, and Jessica and Ashley it's like you haven't been here all year long"
Ashley: Aubrey really?
Jessica: We've been here the whole entire time
Fat Amy: Aubrey please give us a break… its not the same with everyone here
Cynthia Rose: We need Beca
Chloe: If Aubrey loosened the rains a little bit
Aubrey: Ok shut it Chloe
Stacie: Whoa
Aubrey: Im sorry that was rude…Chloe can you get your head out of your ass its not a hat.
Fat Amy: Aca-awkward.
….
An hour later things were getting out of hand. Chloe and Aubrey were fighting and the Bellas all started to leave. Aubrey puked… enough said. From there another fight erupted. Chloe was trying to get the pitch pipe and Fat Amy was holding Aubrey in place, Lilly was doing puke angels.
"Guys! Guys what is going on?" Beca said coming in looking at the total chaos.
Everyone stopped.
"Hallelujah" thought Lilly.
"Nothing this is a Bellas rehearsal" said Aubrey
"I know.. I just wanted to apologize. I made a very dick move without telling you guys I was going to change the set, and I shouldn't have left… and Aubrey if you still want me I want back in…" said Beca
"YES!" thought Lilly.
Everyone starred at Aubrey… come on she knew better than to not say no… even she knew she wanted Beca back. Beca started to grab a chair and drag it out like Mary Elise did in the beginning… the rest of the Bellas were now loosing hope.
"Wait" said Aubrey
"Thank you that would have been embarrassing"
"Beca I'm sorry I was hard on you… Ok fine I have been hard with everyone here, but I am my father's daughter… and he said if at first you don't succeed… pack your bags"
"Jesus" said Fat Amy
"I get it my dad gets on me too, but not like that… I guess we don't know much about each other…about most of you really" said Beca
"I know something you guys don't know about me… I have a lot of sex" said Stacie
"Yes we know Stacie" said Fat Amy
"Only because I just told you"
"This is a good idea, that was a bad example but this is a good idea… we should all go around the room and say something about ourselves that no one really knows" said Beca
"Ok I got something... this is hard to admit to you guys.."
"I think we all know where this is going" whispered Amy. "Lesbihonest"
"Over the past two years… I've had a serious… gambling problem.
"What?" said Beca and Amy
"It happened after I broke up with my girlfriend"
"Whop there it is.." said Amy
The rest of the Bellas shared their secrets.. Chloe talked about how she removed her nodes and now Aubrey and Lilly were left. Lilly wanted to say it already… she was dating Donald for the last couple of months, should she risk it?
"Well whatever happens... happens" Lilly thought.
She raised her hand but Aubrey went.
"Ok I have been in love with Unicycle after we met at clown camp" said Aubrey
GASPS
"I never really acted on it because of the oath…bu—"
"You should be happy, screw the oath if you're in love with Uni then go with him" said Beca
"No I don't th—" said Aurbey
"Aubrey… let it go" said Chloe.
Chloe and Beca were right an oath should not keep you away from the person you love. This made things easier for Lilly now.
"Ok Lilly your turn"
Lilly wasn't afraid anymore… she spoke.
"I have been dating Donald for the last couple of months"
GASPS GASPS GASPS
"I KNEW IT!" said Fat Amy. "Stacie you owe me $20"
Stacie handed over $20 to Fat Amy.
"Also, ok bitch no need to shout" said Fat Amy.
Everyone laughed.
"Since when?" asked Chloe
"A little bit before Semi Finals"
"Lilly that is so cute" said Aubrey
WHOA?
"Yes people she kinda broke the oath but who cares… " said Aubrey
….
They went to the pool were there Aubrey chose to sing "Just the Way You Are" by Bruno Mars. To Lilly this was the beginning of something new for the Bellas. They all made a new sound and finally listened to each other. Aubrey seemed satisfied when they finished and from there Beca was on a mission. Creating mashups was one of her specialties and Aubrey and Chloe were working on the choreography. During these last few weeks it was hard for Lilly to see Donald because of hours of rehearsal.
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Finals
Finals day was here… the Bellas arrived just in time before the Trebles took the stage. It was the first time in weeks that Lilly saw Donald. She ran to him and hugged him and kissed him.
"Aww" said all the Bellas
"Donald…gettin' in" said Unicycle
Aubrey looked over to Unicycle who winked at her and she blushed.
"Good luck bucket" Lilly said.
"Thanks Lils" Donald said kissing her one last time before he went to the stage with the Trebles.
The Trebles did well like they always do. All the Bellas could do is dance or sway to the beat and hope for the best now. Once they were finished, it was the Bellas turn.
….
Donald walked of the stage with the Trebles proudly and took a seat within the crowd. The Bellas walked out and prepared for their set. They were doing well until he heared her. Lilly.
"It aint all about the money"
His eyes grew wide. He couldn't explain what he felt, but from there he knew the Bellas were going to win. At this point he knew they deserved it. He only had eyes for one person and that was Lilly. He watched how gracefully she moved through the stage. Once the girls were done they moved out of their seats to congratulate the Bellas. He saw Jesse stay behind to kiss Beca, so he did the same, he kissed Lilly.
…
Back at Barden the Trebles threw a party for the Bellas where all the a cappella groups were invited. When the party was over Donald knew he had to cherish these last few weeks before graduation. Lilly was now almost back to whispering again. He had to reassure her that they will still be together after he graduated.
"Babes, can you please talk to me"
"Im here bucket" she reassured him.
"I know you ar—"
"Why can't you just do it..?"
"What are you talking about Lils?"
"Break it off"
"Lilly stop… is that what you want?"
"… No…"
"Then why are you asking me to do it… I don't want to either, babes Im getting a job near campus already ok it will be ok. I get to have my own apartment and everything"
"Well why didn't you tell me that before" she said hitting him playfully.
"Ouch… that's why I wanted to tell you, it's going to be ok!"
…
Graduation
The non-graduating Bellas and Trebles went to see the graduation. Lilly there met Donald's parents. He's mom was so beautiful. Your typical Indian mother with her husband, and so was Donald's sister Eva. After graduation, Lilly went straight towards Donald.
"Congratulation Business major"
"Thanks Lils" Donald said giving her kiss. "Mom, dad this is my girlfriend, Lilly"
"Nice to meet you" she said shaking their hands.
"And my sister, Eva" Donald said.
Eva instead of shaking Lilly's hand she hugged her.
"Nice to meet you" Eva said.
Donald went to dinner with his family and Lilly was invited. At dinner Donald knew his parents loved Lilly very much. She was fun and outgoing. She talked about her future plans at Barden and how she was going to major in science, in other words a Bachelor of Science to be a nurse.
"Bye" said both Lilly and Donald. His family was leaving back to Florida.
…
Donald went to his dorm to pack his stuff and leave towards his apartment. Lilly helped him move in with the rest of the Bellas and Trebles.
"Man nice place" said Jesse
"What's your job" said Chloe
"Well for now its going to be working for this corporation as an administrative assistant and maybe later on I'll have higher position"
"Good luck with your new job man" said Unicycle. They all left to leave Lilly and Donald alone.
"Well good luck bucket…"
"Babes you know you are gonna spend the night right"
"Really?"
"As many times as you like!"
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Sophomore Year
Lilly is coming back for her sophomore year at Barden; she had spent her whole summer with Donald and now back to the Bellas.
"Good luck babes on your day at school" said Donald as he was rushing to get to work.
"Good luck at work bucket" Lilly said fixing Donald's tie and giving him a kiss.
…
Back at Barden Lilly met up with the Bellas and to this day everyone was still a family. As the months past Lilly was growing with worry, Donald was having too much work and she missed him when she couldn't visit him at his apartment.
The Bellas had won the Riff Off this year and Lilly instead of going to a party she went to visit Donald.
"Bucket?"
"In here babes" said Donald from his little office.
"Bucket!" she said giving him a hug and kiss.
"Hi babes…"
"What's wrong?"
"I have to talk to you about something"
"What is it bucket?"
"Lils… Im being transferred..."
"What?"
"Im being transferred to California for work…"
Lilly didn't speak… she knew sooner or later this would happen; she just didn't expect it to be this soon.
"Ok so what are you waiting for… go"
"Babes… I…"
"Donald you don't need to explain its not your fault, Im happy that your job is going so well bucket"
"Babes I really don't want to leave you"
"Its ok just go with it…"
"Come with me…"
"I cant… school bucket.."
….
That night Lilly spend her last night with Donald and in the morning she helped him pack his bags. The Bellas came for support and escorted him to the airport. They will still be together according to Donald. He was not letting go of Lilly so easily.
Well what do you think? Will Donald and Lilly survive this? Please let me know what you think and please review! Also its cool Today is my birthday so in a way a present from me to you guys! :)
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-Ali