There has been a mistake timeline wise. I wrote that beca celebrated her birthday while working, but in the last chapter I wrote she was turning 18 in Europe. Sorry! Lets just push the work thing days after she returned. So sorry! Ill change it later. On to chapter 7!
-

Beca tossed and turned all night. She couldn't sleep because she was nervous and excited. This is the first job in which she wouldn't have to deal with pervs or nasty costumers, cleaning restrooms or washing dishes. It was useless to try at this point, she checked her phone and saw it was only 5:30 am. "great" she mumbled.

She sat on her bed and stretched. She went to check on Emily who was sound asleep in her tiny room that looks more like a closet. Beca sighed…"this changes today" she whispered to her sister while caressing her forehead. She then went to the small kitchen to grab a couple of pop tarts. She started munchin one while going back to her room to find something to wear.

She kneeled next to her bed and pulled out a box from underneath.

It was one of the boxes that contained a lot of her moms clothes…the ones she made, the ones she bought and the ones that were gifts. She tried to keep most of them not even for her, but for Emily.

She opened the box and the first thing that caught her eyes was this green and gold Versace vintage blouse. Then a light bulb turned on. She smiled to herself and grabbed the blouse. She then found a pair of black Chanel pants she remembered her mom wearing a lot. They were super comfy and flowy. She stood up and went to her closet, she picked up a sweatshirt and a pair of black oxfords she bought at payless.

"In your face blondie."

She then goes to iron the blouse and pants, took a long shower and blow dried her hair. She also did her makeup perfectly and put on her mom's small gold hoops.

She checked the mirror.

She was quite impressed with herself.

She looked super professional.

She wanted to impress a certain redhead and take a jab at the devil blonde spawn.

She put on her clothes…she looked cool. She then put her black hoodie on. She looked ridiculous, but she needed to make a point.

"what are you doing? That looks terrible…" said a sleepy Emily leaning on the door frame.

Beca let out a laugh…. she most certainly was the daughter of a fashion designer.

"I know…I just want to show the blonde stick that I can work there wearing a Gap hoodie you know?" Emily giggled and then yawned. "what are you doing up its only…. Seven already! Omg go take a shower! We are going to be late again! I need to be there at 9!"

"Calm down Becs! I have P.E. first period, so I'll shower at school." Beca sighed in relieve.

"You are the best and super smart sister ever! But we still need to get to school early because I need to leave the drivers name with your teacher so there is no problem when he picks you up. So go change while I make you breakfast. Go go go" at that Emily run to her room to change and grab her backpack.

Beca made her scramble eggs with toast and apple juice. She eat something too. But not too much, she was way too nervous.

Then she realized she didn't had the driver's information. "shit shit shit think dummy…."

She grabbed her phone and dialed Ashley

"what?" Ashley barked.

"Good morning sunshine! Why so grumpy?" Beca laughed.

"I am so gonna kill you, you bitch…its like 7 and I need to be there at 8! OH SHIT FUCK shes going to murder me!"

"while I didn't know you had to get in earlier, you are super welcome, and I won't let her kill you."

"I can feel the smug face trough the phone Becky…but thank you I forgot to set an alarm. What do you need? Its early for you too."

"This Chloe chick promised to have a driver pick up Ems from school, but I need his information, so the school won't call the police on his ass. Do you have that info or Chloe's number, so I can text her?"

"This Chloe chick uh…" She still doesn't know who she is…what a surprise she's in for, Ashley thought "quite the charmer isn't she?" she laughed.

"She is actually and really pretty and super smart…and shut up why are you laughing? Dude help! I need something, her number or the dudes last name and id!"

"Ok hold on….ok I'm sharing their contact info right now…you can call Derek or Chloe…"

"I don't even know this Derek dude! Why would I call him…"

"hey, you will be making a lot of phone calls to people you don't know Becky important people…might as well get used to it… its part of the job."

"My phone anxiety is showing…. dammit ok. I have to go … I guess I will see you later co-worker."

"oh goodie….you still know how to rhyme" Ashley chuckled.

"fuck you love you byeee" Beca hanged up.

Beca decided to text Chloe, it was easier. "should I go formal? We are friends now…go formal…its better for her to correct you than making a fool out of yourself." She murmured.

"Stop talking to yourself you sound cuckoo sis…" Beca glared at her.

"Dude this is important…. shut up and eat your eggs." Emily lifted her hands up in surrender smiling.

BM: Good Morning Mrs. Beale, I was wondering if the driver offer was still on. If it is, I need the driver's information to share it with my sister's school. - Beca Mitchell.

: Hi Beca! Good Morning! Super on! His full name is Derek Mastrokalos, I will attach a picture of him so you can leave that at your sisters school too. I already talked to him, so everything is settle. Just FYI the whole floor will be in a meeting when you get here. Just ask Lilly to take you. See you in a few!

Beca kept smiling like a fool.

"yoo…you drooling…" Em brought her back to reality.

"whats whith the slang?"

" TV…"

"I'm cutting you off."

"Nooooo"

"Quit the drama, let's go!"

In the car Beca asked Emily about her talent show. It was coming up and she didn't know anything about it except for the date.

"Ashley told me you are doing something at the talent show…why didn't you tell me?"

"Sorry… I'm just embarrassed and… I know I suck but Miss Fisher told me I should go for it…and I like her… she is cool, so I don't want to let her down." Emily said.

"ok, first, no one can force you to do anything you don't want to. Second, I can help you, you know… are you singing?"

"yeah…"

"Ok, sing it for me…"

"now? No! …its stupid… Besides you are way better"

"No, I am not and it's not stupid come on. You are great, don't think I haven't heard you… what are you singing?"

"Can't help falling in love…I remember mom singing it to me… its actually on of the 3 things i remember of her…I know I was only two, but I remember."

"I know you do kid…and that's a beautiful song, it was her favorite…she sang that to me too. Who is backing you up?" Beca said traying not to choke on her words.

"Miss fisher is playing the piano. That's it."

"You know… its way better to sing it with a guitar…"

"Miss fisher isn't that good with the guitar…. It is what it is…" Emily shrugged.

"What if I play while you sing?" Beca asked hopefully still looking at the road.

Emily gaped.

"are you serious? You will do that for me? Do you know how to play it?"

"I take offense in everything you just said! Of course, I'm serious, I definitely want to accompany you while you sing Sis and are you kidding me? That song is like guitar lessons 101! Maybe I can borrow a guitar from work"

"That's…I can't even!" Emily said shocked.

"oh god… I prefer Emily from the hood…. not valley girl." Beca giggled….

Emily slapped her arm jokingly.

"HEY! Driving here! Watch it!" they both giggled.

This was nice, talking and laughing…Beca felt good. This was going to be a good day.

xxxxxxxxxxx

It was 8:15 in the morning when Chloe heard a lot of groans coming from the hall. "Bunch of lazy asses" she mused. She admits it's a little early for Stacie, Aubrey and Jesse since they preferred to come in late in the morning and leave super late at night. But this meeting was necessary before Becas arrival.

One by one they came in, Stacie, Amy, The JJ Team, Gail, Aubrey, Ashley, Flo and Cynthia rose

"Good morning everybody! I'm glad you could make it!" Chloe said chirpily "I know is early for some of you…and I know with traffic and such its terrible. But thank you for being here! This meeting is urgent for a couple of reasons…"

"How can you be so awake Boss….and in a good mood?" Cynthia Rose asked…

"Endorphins CR, I run at the break of dawn" She smiled. "and this meeting is to explain a couple of things and introduce you to my new assistant as soon as he gets here, which is in a few minutes. I know by now everyone knows what went down yesterday morning…I want to reiterate that malicious comments are not welcome here." She looked pointedly at Aubrey. "No matter what your job is or rank, it doesn't matter, we treat each other with respect and equallity. ALWAYS. We can have fun, give nick names here and there and stuff but never offending anyone, am I clear?"

A bunch of "Yes sir" "Yes ma'am" "Totally!" were heard.

"ok good. Aubrey do you have anything to say?" Chloe raised an eyebrow.

Aubrey's head shot up…her ears were turning red…

"hum, way to put me on the spot…but yes Chloe, thank you. I want to apologize to everyone here because I am part of the face of this company and I messed that up yesterday. I am ashamed, and I am sorry. I will not make up an excuse because there isn't one. And before you ask, I will talk to Beca as soon as we finish this meeting." She said looking to Stacie.

The tall former brunet gave her a nod and a smile.

Aubrey felt almost relieve. She had to wait to talk to Beca before claiming victory.

" Ok Ok, so now that we have forgiven our own Adolf Posen… Care to share who's this Beca girl is? I can't believe I'm so behind on the gossip! You Americans are the worst…why don't you like to share?" asked Amy.

Everyone laughed with the aussie. Ashley intervened quickly.

"She is my cousin Ames, she is going to be Mrs. Beale assistant. And I don't want to toot our own family horn, but she is incredibly talented. She was…is…. kind of a music prodigy…, she used to write and compose…she is really good, she will deny this until she dies though…but I know it is true. She could really help out here. And she is very nice, kind of grumpy but with a great heart. She has been through a lot….and getting her this shot is like the best thing for her and my little cousin too."

Everyone nodded in agreement. Even Aubrey.

The intercom beeped signaling a call. Chloe pressed down the button.

"Yes Lilly…"

"I have Beca here…we are coming"

"ok thank you!" replied Chloe, she started fixing her clothes.

Stacie smirked at her friend…

"Ok people! Behave! She is super shy don't embarrass her..."

The door opened, and Lilly appeared, taking a step to the side she let Beca pass. As soon as Beca entered the room everyone started laughing. Even Beca herself.

Chloe and Aubrey's mouth went to the floor.

Beca wasn't one for revenge but she decided to pull the blondes hair a little. And what better way to break the ice with her new coworkers than a joke. Also, while doing this people will know she can get up and fight.

There Beca stood, with Chanel pants and an old black hoodie that said GAP in the front.

Jesse started slow clapping. "Genius!" he yelled.

Stacie was impressed "Well played Tiny…." She winked.

Ashley and Jessica covered their mouths with their hands chuckling.

Flo didn't get it at all "estos gringos locos" said rolling her eyes.

Beca looked over to Aubrey and she could see the struggle. The blonde looked like she was about to throw up. She was turning green …oh shit. Wait…is she laughing?

"Welcome to WW Records Beca, You will fit right in." Aubrey said leaving everyone in shock. Beca too. "And after this I want to talk to you in my office please nothing bad I promise"

Beca just nodded. She expected punches and kicks not this.

"Welcome Welcome Welcome Beca! You look dashing! Love the style! Up top!" he said raising his hand looking for a highbfive.

"Dude no…" Beca said lowering his arm.

"I like her Chloe, she is feisty!"

"Wipe the drool Swanson!" Stacie chimed in.

At that Beca took her hoodie off. It was getting kind of hot with all the attention towards her.

"Oh wow, nice combo there my friend! You have really nice taste Beca, love the blouse…is it vintage?" praised Stacie. Aubrey agreed with Stacie, making the tall ex brunet smile.

"Ok! enough! You guys are embarrassing her! Beca, Welcome, you look great" Chloe said making Beca blush instantly.

"Thank you, Chloe, I hope I'm in time"

"You are, please have a seat here" Chloe pulled a chair next to her.

Stacie leaned towards Aubrey and whispered "first name basis"

"oh…OH! What, really?"

"shhh I'll tell you later babe" at that Aubrey felt so relieve…

Chloe was standing up to address the whole room.

"Ok guys, to finish the introduction part, and make it official, this is Beca Mitchell, she is going to be working with me. Beca these buffoons are my friends and heads of corporate with their teams. The only one missing is Benji, he works in HR. The tall fake blonde is Stacie head of legal, the real blond is Aubrey, Vice president of the label," Beca was trying to digest all this "well you know Ashley, this goofball is Jesse, Head of Business Affairs, and that's Jessica his sidekick. That's Gail, she works with them as well. The crazy Australian is Amy, next to her is Florencia, aka Flo, she is the HR supervisor, she will help you with all the paper work. And last but not least, Cynthia Rose. She is the supervisor of A&R and Artist development, she is also our first lyricist and music producer. She is just awesome." Chloe finished.

"And the one that said that speech without taking a breath, is your boss Beca. Chloe Beale WW Record Company President and musical genius, former Sony Music Producer" Said Aubrey sending a wink to Chloe. The redhead smiled back and blushed a little.

"Hi everyone, I am really excited to be here. You have no idea." Beca said nervously. Everyone in the room was very welcoming.

"Ok now that introductions are over, I want to share with you some amazing news…but first, Jesse did you made the call?" Chloe Asked expectantly.

"Yup! The script should be here later today, and the meeting is next Friday, just before we go on break." He said excitedly.

"what is going on you guys?" Stacie asked looking around.

"Chloe, take it away!" Aubrey said drumming her hands on the table.

"Ok you guys! This is huge," she said looking at her friends as she started explaining the call and email from her former boss, and what these guys were looking for.

The whole room was quite, they were letting all the info sink in.

"I guess is great you are here now Becs, you are a great lyricist" Ashley said without thinking.

"Dude…" The brunet shook her head mouthing "no"

"Actually, we need all hands-on deck Beca, if Ashley thinks you can help, please do." Aubrey said to Beca. Why is she being super nice all of a sudden?

Clearing her throat "Yeah of course Mrs. Posen"

Chloe and Stacie were walking on clouds over Aubrey and Beca interaction. They were proud of the blonde.

"OK, I'm guessing we need to draft ownership contracts and discuss our terms… Ames, come on let's leave the musical talent work. Legal Out!" said Stacie standing up. "I will see YOU at lunch." She said pointing at Aubrey. The blonde gave her the biggest smile ever seen. "Welcome again Beca I will see you around!"

"Thank you Stacie."

"We are going too, so many things to do, so little time! JJ team let's go! As soon as we get the script ill make copies and send one your way."

"Thanks Jess, see you guys later" Said Chloe while Candy land left.

"Beca come to my office whenever to sign your contract and hand you the rulebook and explain some things," Flo addressed Beca, the Brunet nodded. "See ya' later gringas."

"Bye Flo!" they all chanted.

"ok…this was a productive morning. Now, Cynthia I will email you all the details I have for now. As soon as we get the script we will get together to brainstorm. Sounds good?"

"Sounds beautiful Boss, I'll go downstairs maybe I can find something in my archives. Yo Beca, if you wanna check out downstairs, just holla girl. I'll get going I don't like leaving those dummies downstairs alone for long!"

"Bye CR"

"She is cool." Beca added.

"And then they were four" Chloe said stating the obvious.

Ashley was the first now to break the silence, "Ms. Beale, do you want me to train Beca? I can show her around if you want."

"No need Ashley, I got it! Thank you for the offer though."

"ok then, we will leave you to it, Chloe send Beca to my office as soon as you finish." Beca looked constipated "Chill Beca, I wont bite. Promise."

"Ok, I will see you around Ms. Posen." Aubrey nodded but turned to Chloe right away.

"Chlo, you know what…lets drop the Ms. thing its dumb…I mean everyone calls me Darth Vader behind my back for christ sakes…lets go with first names…we are all kind of the same age here…its weird. I'll send a Memo"

"wow, ok yeah…its getting on my nerves too! Well off you go Posen I need a quick chat with my assistant!"

"OK bye guys, see you later Beca, feel free to shut her up if she talks too much."

Ashley send her cousin a wink and left the room with her boss.

"We should take this to my office"

Beca sighed and nodded. She was her boss. The hot redhead was her bosswell that's just awesome! Talk about frustrations… Bad luck Beca…. just when I found someone I am interested…BOOM she's my boss.

They were walking down the hall when the redhead asked her if she was ok.

"Um yeah, everything is cool…"

"I'm sorry I didn't tell you yesterday…. I guess i wanted to get to know you first without the weight of knowing I was going to be your boss" Chloe said shyly.

"yeah no, totally…I get it…"

"So, you didn't google me…that's impressive."

"I was going to, but I got distracted with my sister…so…"

"Oh, how are things with her? did you tell her? how did she reacted to the news?" Chloe said reaching to her side of the floor. "Wait sorry before you answer, this here is your desk, this is your phone, duh! the blue button is my office, the green one is Ashley's desk, the orange one is Candyland and the purple is HR, and Legal is yellow. 4563 is the annex to call CR downstairs. Ok, lets get inside." She gestures to her office. "You are too quiet Beca…feel free to talk"

"yeah, I'm just nervous and kind of letting everything sink in. I told you things yesterday that you should not say to your boss EVER. I'm kind of embarrassed…I'll get over it though! So what do you need from me Boss?"

"to answer my previous question, how did things go with Emily?" Chloe sat on her chair while telling her Beca to do the same,

"It actually went really well… we ended up watching my audition tape…she had no clue I played so many instruments. And this morning we talked a little more…and she told me about her talent show next Thursday, and I am really excited because I'm gonna play the guitar while she sings! So, I guess we need to rehearse a little."

"Beca that's amazing! You know you can use one of the studios downstairs, besides Emily will come here after school and we have everything you need if you feel like bringing your own guitar is a hassle." Chloe said missing the slight pain in the brunet's eyes.

"Thank you I will take you up on that offer." Beca smiled

"OK great! Let's start, shall we? I have a few things to teach you."

"Ok, let's do this!"

Can't help falling in love - Cover by Haley Klinkhammer