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Chapter 4
The morning of auditions didn't start very well. Chloe had to talk Aubrey down from being stressed enough to hurl multiple times. As she went to the auditorium she had a sinking feeling. It grew worse as she looked around at all the freshmen gathered and didn't find the brunette among them. She sighed as she took her place beside Aubrey. Her co-captain turned at her change of demeanor and tried to smile encouragingly at her. Aubrey was already feeling nauseous again and it came out more like a grimace than what she was going for.
Audition after audition came and went. Chloe couldn't help but cringe in her seat for many of them. There were a few standouts however.
The girl named Cynthia Rose was a shoe-in. She had a powerful voice. It would do well if Chloe could convince Aubrey to introduce different types of music into their sets, and would add just a hint of masculinity into their choreography. But Chloe wasn't holding her breath out on being able to conceive Aubrey of anything.
They would no doubt choose Stacie, she embodies everything Aubrey imagined for the new Bellas. Chloe was a little concerned about the fact that she was a little bit... handsy during her performance.
Fat Amy's audition had her shaking with laughter, although she tried holding it in when she saw Aubrey glaring at her. By the way that the corner of Aubrey's lips were not completely turned down and sometimes she would almost twitch into a smile before remembering herself, Chloe knew that she was just as amused as Chloe was herself.
The auditions drew to a close as Chloe took in a huge breath of air while she tried to take in just the amount of work they had ahead of them to turn 10 or so of them into Bellas. Her only wish was that...
Out of the corner of her eye she saw a familiar face and relief washed over her as she took in the very hesitant girl standing in the wings with her head peaking out. She smiled at the girl who looked like she felt very out of place.
She interrupted Tommy who was about to dismiss everyone "oh wait! There's one more. Hi!" She smiled encouragingly at the girl, hoping to give her more confidence, as she motioned her forward. The girl looked about ready to bolt.
The brunette slowly slunk forward. Shyly she spoke up. "Hello. Um, I didn't know we had to prepare that song."
"Oh, that's okay! Sing anything you want." She could almost hear the sigh that Aubrey was holding in.
The girl got on her knees and reached forward. "May I?"
Chloe motioned for her to proceed, a bit confused as she reached forward to grab the cup sitting on her table and dumping out all the pens. Chloe looked up, but apparently she didn't look up far enough. She tried to cover her gasp as she remembered the last time she saw the girl. Naked, wet, and in the shower. Jesus. That shirt should probably be illegal in like... ALL the states. She forced her eyes up, clamping down the images that were trying to resurface in her brain, while the girl sat back, smirking at her before she took a breath and started to tap out a beat.
I got my ticket for the long way round
Two bottle of whiskey for the way
And I sure would like some sweet company
And I'm leaving tomorrow what do you say?
When she sang Chloe's heart started beating just a little bit faster. If she had been paying attention she might have noticed the room stilling, even Aubrey as she sat surprised by the girls clear alto voice filling the auditorium. But Chloe didn't notice any of those things. Her eyes were locked on the figure on the stage, not able to tear them away. Her eyes, in turn, would come up and meet Chloe's eyes every once in awhile. Sometimes she would look away trying to figure out what the blonde was thinking about her audition, but then they would keep coming back to meet the redheads warm gaze. It gave her enough courage to continue singing her song.
When I'm gone
When I'm gone
You're gonna miss me when I'm gone
You're gonna miss me by my hair
You're gonna miss me everywhere
Oh, You're gonna miss me when I'm gone
The last beat that was tapped out with the plastic cup reverberated around the auditorium and fell silent. No one said anything for a few seconds. The girl looked up at Chloe, and she knew she was beaming at her.
A/N: I'm considering getting rid of chapter two and putting it at the end of chapter one since it's so short... anyways!
Ill tell you right here the things that I don't like in some Bechloe fanfics. Some very talented writers are able make these work, but a lot of the time if a writer doesn't know what they are doing it is just cringy. Tell me if you agree.
1) Jesse being a monster. He's really not guys, as much as Chloe and Beca belong together guys, he's great and we have to have more solid ideas for getting him out of the picture than him being an asshole.
2) Kudos for Staubrey shippers, but we can't have the entirety of the Bellas pairing together. Its just not realistic, and I like to keep it as close to realistic as possible. Because, in my mind Bechloe is real, and statistically speaking with Beca, Chloe AND CR the rest of the girls are probably straight. BUT! It is the world of fiction, the opportunities are endless, and good on you for some of the talented and well written Staubrey, Chaubrey, Mitchsen, and Triple Treble stories that there are out there!
3) Long winded speeches. It just kills it. The characters would never talk using huge 500 word monologues. Once or twice is okay but I cringe when this happens all the time.
Guys if you catch me doing these... stop me please?
Next chapter I'll tell you my random thoughts on PP3.
