Beca set up a lunch meeting with Aubrey and Fat Amy. She had to get them and the rest of the Bellas in on her idea to make it work.
"I think I have a plan to help get Chloe back," are the first words out of Beca's mouth as she sits down with Amy and Aubrey.
"Okay.," Aubrey said. "We've been trying to come up with something for a while now and have nothing. What's your plan?"
"You know her better than anyone," Beca says. "Is she the type to get jealous?"
"She definitely is," Aubrey said. "What exactly do you have in mind?"
"I need to "date" one of the Bellas.," said Beca. "Do you know if one of the girls would go along with pretending to date me to make Chloe jealous? I figure dating one of them will allow Chloe to see us together more."
"I like it," Amy says.
"I think it might work," Aubrey says. "I think I know the perfect Bella for the job. Chloe already is a little jealous of her because of her dancing skills. And she's quite attractive."
"Okay," Beca says. "Who is it?"
"Stacie," says Aubrey. "She's really smart, too. Don't let her act fool you; there's a brain behind those boobs."
Beca chuckled and said, "Can we plan to meet with Stacie and discuss this with her? I'd like to get the plan in play before Spring Break."
"I'll talk to Stacie and text you where and when we can meet," said Aubrey.
"You in, Amy?," Beca asks.
"Hell yeah!," says Amy. "If anyone can make the ginger jealous, it will be Stacie."
The girls said their goodbyes. Beca went home and waited to hear from Aubrey. She didn't have to wait long before Aubrey texted her.
Aubrey: "Stacie's in. when can you meet?"
Beca: "We can do it here at my apt. Can you bring all the Bellas? I think it will work better if everyone is in on it"
Aubrey: "Good idea. We'll all be there today at 5:00. Pizza's on you."
Beca: "Deal. See you all at 5"
Beca was excited about the plan. She did some light cleaning around the apartment waiting for the girls to show up. It was just before 5:00 when there was a knock at her door. She opened it to find all the Bellas standing there. She ushered them all in.
"Let's figure out the pizza order before we get started," Fat Amy said.
Beca just laughed. She hasn't known Amy that long, but she does know the girl likes to eat.
"Okay. Just tell me what to get and I'll place the order," Beca said.
The girls all told Aubrey what they wanted and she figured out the order. Beca placed the order and was told the food should arrive in 35-40 minutes.
Beca sat near Aubrey and started telling the Bellas the plan. Stacie was all in and they discussed how to go about making Chloe jealous. Or as Fat Amy called it, "Operation Bechloe."
"Exactly how far do you want to go with this?," Stacie asked. "Will there be kissing? How long have we been dating?"
"Wow," Beca said. "You've put a lot of thought into this already. Um, I think there will some kissing but not on the lips. I feel like that would be cheating on Chloe and I don't want to do that. Maybe kisses on the cheek, and hand holding. Hugs when we see each other or say goodbye. Nothing too over the top. And I think we should be just beginning to date so it doesn't look too suspicious when there isn't a lot of couple-y things happening. What do you think?"
"I agree," said Aubrey.
"I can work with that," Stacie said.
"Why does Stacie get to date Beca?" Lainie, one of the newer Bellas. "Why can't someone else, like me, do it?"
"The main reason for that is that Stacie doesn't have a crush on Beca and it won't get weird down the road," Aubrey told Lainie bluntly.
Beca's eyes grew wide. "Lainie has a crush on me?," Beca thought.
"Hmmmph!," said Lainie. "My question has nothing to do with a crush or anything."
"Sure it doesn't," said Amy with a smirk.
"Okay, ladies," Aubrey jumped in before things got out of hand. "Let's just focus on the current plan and not get into anything else."
Before anyone could respond there was a knock on the door.
"Pizza's here," Fat Amy said knocking Beca out of the way to get to the door.
Everyone got their pizza and Stacie moved to sit next to Beca. She placed her hand on Beca's thigh and Beca jumped. "What are you doing?," Beca asked nervously.
Stacie chuckled and said, "If we're dating then chances are we'll be around the Bellas a lot. Including Chloe. So we should be familiar enough to sit like this without being all jittery."
"Oh, right," said Beca. "Just don't get too handsy. I'm not used to it."
Stacie kissed Beca on the cheek and leaned in to whisper in Beca's ear, "No problem."
Beca look very uncomfortable. Aubrey watched this playing out and smirked. "Beca, you need to become more comfortable around Stacie or else Chloe is going to see that this isn't real. She's not stupid and whenever you are around she is always watching you," Aubrey said.
"I know, I know," said Beca. "It's just a lot to get used to quickly."
"Wait! What? Chloe is always watching me?," Beca thought causing her to smile.
"Stacie why don't you plan to stick around when we all leave and you and Beca can become more comfortable with each other," Aubrey told Stacie.
"Good idea," said Stacie. "We can also talk more about what we will and will not do."
"Yeah," said Beca. "That might not be a bad idea."
The Bellas all left around 9:00 and Stacie did remain behind. She and Beca talked for several hours, just getting to know each other so things wouldn't be awkward when they were "performing" for Chloe.
Since it was so late, Stacie stayed over at Beca's that night. Beca drove Stacie back to campus the next morning. Beca stopped her as she started to get out of the car, "Stacie, give me your sweater."
"Why?" asked Stacie.
"Well, if you leave it behind I have not recourse but to return it to you at Bellas practice," Beca said. "In front of ALL the Bellas."
Stacie smiled and said, "Great idea! I'll see you around 2:00 then."
