Chapter 3: Primer Night

"Em, that was perfect!" Beca cheered as the younger girl came out of the booth.

"Really?" Emily asked surprised by how excited Beca was.

"It's was exactly what we're looking for!" Beca smiled. "That's a wrap on vocals for now."

Beca and Emily had been working together for almost a month now. They had finished Flashlight and had gone on to work on some of the other songs that Emily would work on. They just finished laying down vocals for the last record in Emily's debut album.

"Hey, so Khaled loves Flashlight and he wants to put it out as soon as possible." Beca informed Emily.

'Really? Oh my gosh," Emily couldn't contain her excitement.

"We're going to have a debut party tomorrow for it. Will that work for you?" Beca asked. "You can invite anyone you want."

"Yeah, I'll make it work!" Emily pulled Beca into a tight hug. "You're amazing!"

"It's all you kid." Beca smiled. She looked at the time and realized she needed to get going. Sky had been with Stacie all day and she promised she wouldn't be gone all night. "Let's call it a night, shall we?"

"Yeah," Emily agreed. "Beca, I just wanted to say thank you! You're amazing at what you do and I'm so grateful you're producing my first album."

"Hey, I'm luck to be working with you. Just don't forget us little people when you skyrocket and become a household name." Beca smiled. She had really come to care for Emily and knew that they would stay friends after the album was completed.

"See ya tomorrow, Becs." Emily grabbed her stuff and made her way out of the studio.

Chloe's POV

Chloe sat in her apartment working on her lesson plans for the upcoming week. She was having such a fun time with this class. She loved all her students so much and just felt so great about how well everything was going. They were just about to have their first parent-teacher conference, which was one of Chloe's favorite thing to do. Meeting all the parents really helped her to know how she could help her students. It really provided a good insight to her on why the kids did the things they did. She loved it. She was also excited to see a certain brunette, not that she would admit it to herself. She hadn't seen Beca much since the first day of school, but her thoughts were still consumed with thoughts of the smaller woman. She couldn't help but think of her when she saw Skylar. He was just such a spitting image of his mom, it was insane.

Suddenly. Chloe got a phone call that pulled her out of her train of thought.

"Hello," She answered as her usual happy self.

"Hey, Chlo. It's Emily." Emily Junk replied. They met in college and were actually in the same A Capella group, the Bella's.

"Hey Em, long time no talk to!" Chloe cheered. She had missed talking to the young girl "How are you?"

"I'm actually doing really well! I was wonder, you're still living in Atlanta, right?" Eimly asked curiously.

"Yeah, I work at one of the Elementary Schools, why what's up?"

"Are you busy tomorrow night at like 7? I'm actually having a little party at B&J Records because they're debuting my first single." Emily announced excitedly.

"Oh my god, Em that's amazing!" Chloe cheered. "I'm definitely going to be there!"

"Really?! Chlo, I'm so excited for you to hear it. It's actually Flashlight. Do you remember that song?"

"Of course, I remember! Emily, I'm so proud of you! I always knew you were going to be big!" Chloe couldn't hold in how excited she was for Emily. "So tell me all about it! Are you making an album or just the single? Are you going on tour? Who signed you?"

Premier Party for Flashlight

Beca had been working nonstop since she woke up this morning. She was so excited for Emily and she wanted everything to be perfect. Jesse had been talking with DJ Khaled and Ryan Seacrest, making sure everything would go as planned. Beca had made sure they had the conference room ready for the party, along with Ashley actually organizing everything. It was now an hour before the song was scheduled to play and people were beginning to arrive.

"Breathe, Becs." Jesse reminded her as they waited for Em to arrive.

"I just want this to be good." Beca confessed. It's not that she was worried the song wasn't good, she knew it was. But sometimes people are stupid.

Just then Stacie and Skylar walked in. "Mom!"

"Hey handsome." Beca smiled as he walked in wearing slacks, a button up white shirt, and a black bowtie.

"Thanks, Aunt Stacie said I should look my best because it's a special night." He explained.

"Well, Aunt Stacie is right." Beca smiled. "Tonight, you're going to meet my friend Emily. Tonight's an exciting night for her."

Just then, Emily walked in. She spotted Beca and then saw Sky standing next to her. She made her way over to them. "Hey!"

"Emily, you look fantastic." Jesse remarked as he hugged her. "You ready to have your whole world change?"

"I think so," Emily laughed nervously. She turned to Beca and pulled her into a hug. Then turned to Sky. "You, must be the amazing Skylar I've heard so much about."

"Yup," He confessed.
"Man, I've raised a humble one here." Beca laughed.

"Hey, when he's that cute he doesn't have to be humble. "Ashley explained, causing everyone to laugh.

"He knows it too…" Beca muttered causing another laugh.

Suddenly, Emily got a call. "Sorry I need to take this." She excused herself. "Hey Chlo…"

Beca turned her attention back to son and two best friends. "So, do you want a brownie?"

Skylar nodded his head excitedly.

"No, Skylar doesn't like brownies…" Jesse objected. "You don't like chocolate, do you?'

"Uncle Jesse, that's not true." Skylar protested. "I LOVE chocolate!"

"Do you really?" Jesse seemed shocked. "I had no idea!"

They continued their banter all the way over to the treat table.

"Can I have two?" Sky asked hopefully.

"Don't push it kid." Beca smirked at her son. He really was every inch her.

It was in that moment that she felt a tap on her shoulder. She turned around to see Emily, but standing next to her was a very familiar redhead.

"Beca, this is one of my best friends, Chloe." Emily introduced the woman. "Chlo, this is Beca Mitchell, she's producing my album."

"Hey stranger." Chloe smiled her brilliant smile. Then she saw Skylar.

"Miss B!" The young boy called and ran to his teacher. "What are you doing at moms work?"

"Well, I'm friends with Emily here." Chloe explained. Beca was still standing there, not saying anything, like an idiot.

"Oh, you know them already?" Emily asked confused.

"Miss B's my teacher." Sky explained while Chloe and Beca just looked at each other with stupid smiled on their faces.

Of all the people to show up tonight, Beca had definitely not expect to see Miss Beale. The looks only went unnoticed by Skylar. Everyone decided it would be best to give them some alone time.

"Come on, Sky let's go get you that second brownie." Jesse pulled the young boy away.

"Hey," Beca smiled.

"Hey," Chloe smiled back. "Fancy meeting you here."

Beca laughed. "Yeah, I definitely didn't expect to meet you here tonight."

"So you're a producer?" Chloe asked. She thoughts that what Em said.

"Yeah, I actually opened the studio with my friend Jesse like 5 years ago." Beca explained.

"Ah, B&J Records, makes sense." Chloe laughed nervously.

"Would you um like something to eat or drink?" Beca asked awkwardly.

"Sure," Chloe nodded They both awkwardly walked over to the refreshment tables, neither really knowing what to say to the other. But before either could think of something Jesse came over.

"Hey Becs, it's time to start." He explained.

"Oh, right." Beca nodded her head. "Um, excuse me."

Chloe smiled at her. "Of course."

As Jesse and Beca walked away, Jesse leaned in. "Your boner is showing."

"Fuck you." Beca deadpanned as she made her way to the front of the room.

Jesse got everyone's attention and stated with the generic thank yous. Then he turned the time over to Beca.

"Man, I don't know why I'm the one up here when it should really be Emily." Beca smiled at the younger woman.

"Don't drag me into this!" Emily shouted causing everyone to laugh.

"Well I was going to say something nice about you but now… I'm just kidding, I've had the privilege to work with Em for about a month and a half. She is truly a remarkable artist to work with and I'm so grateful for her love and passion for this amazing art. I've worked with quite a few artist's in my time as a Producer but working with Emily has probably been the easiest. She's so talented that there's really nothing for me to do." This caused everyone to laugh. Beca suddenly look at Chloe and felt her heart skip a beat. "Anyway… um Em, would you like to say anything before the song plays?"

Emily just shook her head no and stuck her tongue out at the smaller woman. Everyone laughed. "Thanks," Beca deadpanned, causing more laughter. "I take that back, she's a pain in the ass."

Beca stuck her tongue out at the young girl, "Well, I guess we can just listen to Ryan Seacrest ramble for a bit because that's all I've got."

Everyone clapped at the not so elegant end of Beca's speech and proceeded to listen to Seacrest talk for about a minute before he announced Emily's song.

"Well, we've got a great one for you now folks. Here is newcomer Emily Junk, sing Flashlights. Produced by The Beca Mitchell from B&J Records." Everyone cheered as the song began to play. Beca couldn't help but feel pride in her heart as the song played.

"Mom, he said your name." Sky pointed out.

"I know." Beca smirked at her excited son. "Listen to the song, I think you'll like it."

A/N Hey, hope you guys enjoyed! First of all, thank you so much for your support! It means a lot. And don't worry things are going to pick up very shortly. Just gotta build things up :) Let me know what you think of this chapter and the story as a whole! Do you have any cool ideas that I could implement into it? Do you like or not like something? Tell me what your thoughts are! Until next time, don't forget to :D