Chapter 4

One Month Later

Aubrey was sitting on the couch having a much-needed break after studying all afternoon. Chloe had been doing whatever today so she had the entire apartment to herself. All she wanted to do was sit down and watch Greys Anatomy. She had just gotten settled when the front door burst open and Chloe ran in and jumped on her lap.

"Jesus Chloe!" She gasped as she pushed her sister off.

"Aubrey! You'll never guess who I ran into! Remember that Alt girl you were checking out at the activities fair?"

"I was NOT checking her out!" Aubrey sputtered as she felt her face go red.

"Oh, you were too." Chloe shot her a look and continued, "Anyway, I was over in Burke with Tommy earlier."

"Why-?"

"Hush, I'm talking. We were in the shower and I heard this girl come in and she was singing Titanium and you know what that song does to me."

"Unfortunately."

"Shut up. I'm trying to tell you something."

"Go on."

"So, I got out of the shower because this girls voice is amazing Aubs, and I went to the shower she was in and I pulled back the curtain-"

"CHLOE!"

"What?"

"You can't just go barging into random people's showers!"

"Do you want to know what happened or not?"

"Yes, go ahead."

"It was the Alt girl, and she CAN sing! She's going to come to auditions tomorrow. I just know it."

"You…you saw her?" Aubrey stuttered, her face flaming hot.

Chloe rolled her eyes, "Yes, and she was naked. So, you can add the image of the naked tiny hot alt girl to your fantasies. She has an amazing voice Aubs. Ugh. She's amazing. She's perfect for the Bella's."

"You're sure?"

"Positive."

Aubrey nodded as her sister got up off the couch. Sighing and trying not to pay attention to the picture that Chloe had painted in her head, she walked over to her desk and pulled out the Bella's notebook she had been keeping and wrote down Alt Girl on the bottom of the list she had made of possible auditions. So much for watching Greys.

The Next Day

Acapella Group Auditions

Aubrey sighed as she sat back in her seat. She had already endured enough today from the Trebles making fun of the incident from last year. She was getting a headache, and the people auditioning weren't helping matters. She could see that Chloe had check marks on the people she liked. Honestly, they were all good singers, a little different, but good. Her sister leaned over and showed her the list that she had made.

Fat Amy

Cynthia Rose

Jessica

Lilly

Mary Elise

Stacie

Cori

Ashley

Denise

Alt Girl?

"I thought you said she was coming?" Aubrey asked her worriedly

"I did." Chloe told her.

"Well, then where is she?"

Chloe looked at her sister and knew she was disappointed, but she knew the girl would come.

"She'll be here. I know she will."

Just as she said that Aubrey saw her in the wings. She nudged Chloe so she would stop the annoying kid on stage for a moment.

"Oh! Wait there's one more."

The Alt girl walked onto the stage, locking eyes with Aubrey and smirking slightly.

"Hello." She waved at Chloe and continued walked toward them. "I didn't know we had to prepare that song." She told them.

"Oh, that's okay. Sing anything you want."

The girl sat down in front of Aubrey, reached down and picked up her pen up and then locked eyes with her again. "Can I use this?" She asked, Aubrey was at a loss for words so Chloe nodded and gave her the go ahead.

The girl began to tap out the beat to the Cups song and sang.

I got my ticket for the long way 'round.

Two bottles of whiskey for the way.

And I sure would like some sweet company.

And I'm leaving tomorrow what do you say?

When I'm gone.

When I'm gone.

You're going to miss me when I'm gone.

You're going to miss me by my hair

You're going to miss me everywhere

Oh, I know you're gonna miss me when I'm gone.

Aubrey couldn't stop staring at the girl, she had an amazing voice. But there was something about her that she couldn't wrap her finger around. She wanted to know everything about her. So as everyone got their stuff and began to leave she went after the girl.

"Wait!"

"Oh, hi." The girl said, turning around to face Aubrey.

"Um, I'm…I'm Aubrey. But, I need your name…in case we decide to let you in. You know…so that we can find you and um…I also need your room number and dorm so that we can find you." She stammered on.

The alt girl smiled at her, her navy eyes shining as she took Aubrey's hand and wrote her dorm on it with one of the pens she'd grabbed. "I'm Beca, by the way. Beca Mitchell." And just like that, she let her hand slide out of Aubrey's and was gone. Leaving Aubrey to stand there stunned.

"There you are." She heard Chloe call out to her. "I've been looking for you all over. Aubs? What's wrong?"

"Her name is Beca." Aubrey told her in a daze as Chloe grabbed her other hand and led her to the car. She was still thinking about how soft Beca's hand had felt in her own. How her smile had lit up her face. How her eyes twinkled as she looked at her.

This was going to be very interesting.