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November: The Riff Off-after the Trebles "won"

Donald was elated. They had won, okay, technically, but still that was all that mattered. Donald was insanely competitive. He was so happy he hugged Justin. And yeah, they rubbed in the Bellas faces, but the Bellas would have done the same to them. Speaking of the Bellas, Donald looked around for one in particular. After a few moments, he saw her in her red coat. Lilly was standing next to the other Bellas.

He put his hands in his white jacket and waited for Lilly to finish; she had surprised him tonight. During the riff off, she had pretended to shoot him with a crossbow. He had and tapped his heart in acknowledgment. She smiled at him at the end. Not the fake smile she showed people, but hers. She looked so alive, so vibrant. She was pulling him in, he could feel it and he was powerless to stop it. He wanted to spend time with her. How could he do that without Aubrey noticing? He wanted to try.

He saw that as the Bellas broke up, Beca walked over to where Jesse was standing. Jesse couldn't stop talking about her, he was smitten. Donald was fine with it, just as long as she didn't break his heart. Aubrey apparently saw that too. She started following Beca, probably to stop her from leaving with Jesse, and well, Donald couldn't let that happen. Jesse was his bro after all.

Donald grabbed Unicycle and they started walking and attempted to intercept Aubrey. They started walking side by side and then stood in front of her.

Aubrey snorted, "What do you two losers want? Here to gloat?" She was not pleased.

"Hold up, Queen Bee," Donald held up his hands in surrender. He spoke quietly; after all, he didn't want to make a huge deal about it. "We just wanted to chat."

"Well, move; I have to stop a Bella from being Treble-Boned."

Donald couldn't help but roll his eyes, "Seriously, they're getting dinner. It's okay. You think that little of your Bellas to think that she would break your oh so sacred oath?" He finished sarcastically.

She bristled and folded her arms, "Aca-excuse me? I've already had to kick two girls out because of you two! Beca swore an oath,"

"And she's keeping it. They're not sleeping together." Donald assured her. "They're friends. Leave them be."

As Aubrey began to try and walk around them, Uni added to the conversation. "Let them go. Not every Treble wants to bang a Bella. They're friends, just like we used to be, Bree," Unicycle added as an afterthought.

Dang it, Donald thought, that was not the best comparison..Uni was obviously hoping that his words would deter the angry captain. Aubrey and Uni continued a stare off. The fact that Unicycle called Aubrey "Bree," well, no one had referred to her as that since freshman year. Their freshman year had been awesome. Uni and Aubrey were best friends, but their unresolved sexual tension drove Donald and the rest of the Trebles insane. He and Chloe would hang out with Uni and Bree and they did a ton of stuff together. Bumper had made a big deal about it and the Bella captain heard about it. She slut-shamed Aubrey and Chloe (by association) and Aubrey did a complete 180. She refused to look at Uni, and they all stopped hanging out. Now, even three years later Aubrey wouldn't even smiled at Uni's. In Donald's view, it was complete and utter bullshit.

Aubrey finally looked away from Uni. "The Bellas need to win and I won't allow any one of my girls to be distracted." Aubrey puffed out. "Besides, I don't trust any of the Trebles."

Uni let out, "Jesse is a good guy."

"It doesn't matter!" Aubrey shouted.

"Aubrey, you're right." Donald paused, "It doesn't matter." He smiled as he indicated where Beca and Jesse had been. "Because they already left." He couldn't help smiling. He loved ruffling Aubrey's feathers, and now Jesse and Beca were free for the night.

She looked around and then back at them. "Urg," she huffed and stomped her high heels. She looked annoyed.

"Maybe you could track them down," he suggested.

"They're at her apartment," he heard quietly behind him. It could only be one person.

He turned and smiled at her, while Aubrey and Uni just looked at Lilly in confusion. "Nothing, I hear nothing," she said. Lilly pointed over to the Bella's where Chloe was dancing rather inappropriately with Staci. Aubrey noticed, and walked over to preserve the dignity of the Bellas. Uni looked between the two and winked at Donald before walking towards some co-eds.

Donald waited for Aubrey and Uni to leave before talking to her. "Good thing Aubrey didn't hear you say that."

She shrugged. "Nice song selection tonight. You had everyone swooning."

His eyebrows were raised, "Including you?"

Lilly smiled at him, "hmmm…I preferred S and M. Admit it, we rocked the last bit."

"Meh." He responded. "But, we won."

"Technicality," she snarked back.

"And baby that is all that matters."

She shook her head. "Come on, I'm hungry. Purple hippos need food."

"We're getting food?" He asked.

"Yep, and you're paying. Meet me out front in a few minutes." She said as she walked to say goodbye to her fellow Bellas. Donald walked out first, so Aubrey wouldn't be suspicious.

A half hour later they were at a park with a pizza and soda between them. Lilly stared into the sky and Donald followed suit. For a few minutes they didn't talk. They just looked at the thousands of stars in the sky. It was breathtaking. Donald allowed his eyes to move from the sky to the eccentric Asian. She was beautiful, no denying that, and Donald always did like a mystery. What made her tick? Why did she always say such outlandish things? Deep in thought, he didn't hear what she said.

"Huh?" he responded.

"A shooting star, Donny, make a wish."

"Donny?" Seriously? It was hard having a name that most people thought of a Disney duck. "Sorry babe, just Donald."

"Fine, Don," she paused, "ald. What's your wish?"

Donald didn't know what it was, if it was the warm fall air, or the quiet solidarity that their location provided, but he wanted to tell her. He felt himself open up and allowed himself to get excited.

"Not just one wish, Lil," he said, smiling at her. He jumped up from his seat and started to list off his goals. "I'll win the ICCA's for the fourth time, and then I'll graduate. I've got a job in Malibu for the summer and then it's off to Grad School in Atlanta. I'll graduate with my MBA in two years and then I'm going to work in a business, where I can have the weekends off and I'll have a big enough office that I can beat box and rap all the time. I'll love life and," he paused and looked at her. "Am I talking too much?"

She just giggled.

"What's your wish?" He questioned as he nudged her.

"Oh, no. If I tell you, it may not come true."

"Come on baby, you can tell me."

She leaned into him and whispered in his ear, "I like to hold funerals for cats."

"Fine, keep your secrets." He took her hand in his. "I'll learn them eventually," he smiled.

She shook her head, but didn't take her hand from his. "So confident," she whispered. Damn, her voice was seductive and what the hell was he doing? This was going somewhere and he was helpless to stop it.

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