Beca stumbles out of her studio at 5:00 am on Monday morning. She is exhausted. She worked all night trying to get the set list for the Bellas just right. She was pleased with what she put together. She only hoped that the Bellas and Aubrey liked it.

She goes into the kitchen and starts a pot of coffee. She sits at the counter and puts her head down while she waits for it to be ready. She jerks her head up when Stacie comes into the kitchen.

"Hey, Becs," Stacie says. "What are you doing up so early?"

"Haven't really been to bed yet," Beca responds. She notices that it is now 7:00 am. "Well, I did get 2 hours sleep just now, so I guess that's good."

Stacie pours two cups of coffee and hands one to Beca.

"Bless you," Beca says taking a sip. "Yech! I need cream and sugar."

She adds her cream and sugar and gives a satisfied groan as she takes another sip.

"That's better," she says. "What time is your Bellas practice today?"

"We start at 3:00 pm," Stacie responds. "We usually end about 6:00."

"Okay," Beca says. "I'll see you at 3:00. I have the set list ready for everyone to listen to today. I think you girls will like it."

"Ooo, can I hear it?," Stacie asks excitedly.

"Nope," Beca says. "You'll hear it when everyone else does."

"Fine," Stacie says. "I'm going to head out. I promised Fat Amy and CR I'd meet them for breakfast before my first class. I'll see you at 3:00. Have a good day."

Stacie leaves and Beca decides to try and get a few more hours of sleep. She sets the alarm on her phone for Noon and goes to bed.

Beca wakes up and stretches. She feels really refreshed and checks her phone. She sits up in bed and says, "Shit! It's almost 2:30!"

She jumps out of bed and takes a quick shower and gets dressed. She is out the door and just barely makes it to the Barden Auditorium on time.

She rushes in. "I'm sorry," she tells the girls. "I hope I'm not late."

"No worries, Beca," Aubrey said. "You're right on time. You can set up your laptop over by the piano and we'll be with you in just a few minutes. I need to go over a few things before we start."

Beca nods her head and heads over to the piano. She casts a glance at Chloe as she does so and gives her a small smile when she sees the redhead looking at her. Chloe just looks away to listen to Aubrey.

"What the hell was that?," Beca thinks.

She shakes her head and sets up the laptop. She has to wait about 10 minutes before Aubrey is finished and ushers to the Bellas over to her.

"All right, girls," Aubrey says. "Beca has put together a set list for us. We are going to listen to it and, as a group, decide if we want to use it."

"Why wouldn't we use it?," CR asks. "I mean, she is an award winning music producer. We'd be crazy not to just take it and run with it."

"Thanks for that vote of confidence, CR," Beca says. "Just listen to it with an open mind and no pre-conceived notions about it. I took some of the songs you all wrote down the other night and I think I came up with a pretty good list."

She reached over to the laptop and pressed a few keys and the music started. The girls all leaned forward to listen. It started with Price Tag, then went into Don't You Forget About Me.

"Who is that singing?," Jessica asks Beca.

"That's me," Beca said.

The girls eyes widened in surprise. They didn't know that Beca could also sing.

The next song seamlessly flows and finally it's all done. Everyone just sat there, speechless. Beca was getting nervous.

"Well?," she asks.

Suddenly all the girls stood and started applauding. "It's great!", "Oh my God, we're so going to win!", and "Unbelievable!" were heard.

Stacie just sat back and smiled. She knew what Beca could do and had no doubt that the set list would be nothing short of amazing. Beca did not disappoint.

"So, Aubrey, Chloe," Beca said turning to the Captain and Co-Captain. "What do you think?"

"Beca could you give us a few minutes to discuss this amongst ourselves?," Chloe says before Aubrey has a chance to speak.

Aubrey looks at Chloe with a confused look. Chloe just looks back with no expression.

"Um, yeah, Beca," Aubrey says turning back to Beca. "We shouldn't be too long."

"Sure," Beca says giving Chloe a quizzical look. "I'll just wait outside. Let me know when you're ready for me."

Beca leaves the auditorium and Aubrey goes over to Chloe.

"Girls, take a short break," Aubrey says. "I need to talk to Chloe for a minute."

The girls all head to their bags and take out water bottles. Aubrey pulls Chloe farther away from the girls so they won't be overheard.

"What the hell, Chloe?," Aubrey says. "That set list is fantastic. What's to discuss?"

"I just think we should be able to discuss it freely without Beca here in case someone doesn't like something about it," Chloe says not looking at Aubrey.

Aubrey stares at her best friend. "Oh my God," Aubrey says. "You're doing it already."

"Doing what?," Chloe asks.

"Sabotaging your relationship with Beca before it even starts," Aubrey says. "If you question her work, then she'll get angry and you two will fight. Then you can break it off with her and come up with all sorts of reasons why it wouldn't have worked. Jesus, Chlo."

"I am not," Chloe says defensively.

"Chloe, you didn't say anything to her until you asked her to leave," Aubrey said. "You didn't even greet her when she came in. You'd better get your shit together before Beca comes back in. She doesn't deserve this from you."

Aubrey turns and walks away. Chloe wrings her hands and tears come to her eyes.

"Okay, girls," Aubrey calls out. "Let's talk about what we just heard."

"I don't know about anyone else," CR says, "but I think this is going to win us Sectionals. If we play our cards right, maybe we can get Beca to help us with our set lists up through Nationals!"

The rest of the girls agree and start talking at once. Aubrey tries to restore some calm and asks if anyone had any objections or concerns about the set list. She looked directly at Chloe to see if she was going to say anything.

"Nothing?," Aubrey asked. "Good. Stacie will you get Beca back in here so we can get started on assigning solos and such?"

Stacie went and got Beca. The two sisters walk back down and join the girls.

"Great set, Beca," CR says.

"Beca," Aubrey says, "we love the set you put together for us. Now we just need to break it down and assign all the parts."

"I have a few ideas," Beca said.

"Let's get started then," Aubrey says.

They spend the next 2 hours practicing solos and the music. Chloe works on choreography and has almost the full routine ready to show everyone. The girls all line up and they do one quick run through.

"That was really good, Chlo," Beca tells her with a smile.

"Thanks," Chloe says.

Beca can tell something is off. She wants to talk to Chloe about it but decides to wait until practice is over.

The girls spend another hour going over their parts and learning some of the choreography before Aubrey decides to call it a night.

"Okay, ladies," Aubrey calls out. "That's enough for today. Beca I want to thank you for doing this for us. We all really do appreciate it."

"It's actually been fun," Beca said. "I may think a capella is lame, but you girls may change my mind about that."

Everyone starts gathering their stuff and slowly start heading out. Stacie walks over to Beca.

"Ready to go?," Stacie asks.

"You go ahead and I'll see you at home," Beca said. "I want to talk to Chloe."

"Is everything okay?," Stacie asked. "She seemed a little off since you got here."

"I don't know," Beca said. "That's why I want to talk to her."

"Good luck," Stacie says and leaves.

"Chloe?," Beca say. "Can I talk to you for a minute?"

"Go ahead, Chloe," Aubrey says before Chloe can say anything. "I'll see you back home in a bit."

Chloe sighs. "Okay."

Beca walks over and sits down next to where Chloe was standing.

"Care to sit for a minute?," Beca asks Chloe.

Chloe sits down. Beca looks at her.

"Is everything okay?," Beca asks her.

"Everything is fine," Chloe responds.

"Everything doesn't seem fine," Beca says. "You haven't said two words to me since I got here. I thought we were okay," she finishes with a whisper.

Chloe sees the hurt look on Beca's face and tears spring to her eyes.

"I'm sorry, Beca," she says. "I just. . .I'm so scared of hurting you that I don't know how to act around you. I keep thinking back to what happened with Tom and I can't bring myself to open up my heart to you."

"I'm not Tom," Beca says with a tight jaw. "I will not cheat on you. I will not use you to appease anyone. I love you and I will spend every day of the the rest of my life proving that to you."

Chloe lets out a sob. She knows Beca means what she says but she can't get the thoughts of the pain and heartache that she went through with Tom.

"Look," Beca says softly, taking Chloe's hands in hers. "I promised we'd take it slow. But you're not even giving me a chance here. You're starting to shut me out, to ignore me when I'm right in front of you. I do love you, Chloe, but I think you really need to figure out if you want to be with me at all. You say you don't won't to hurt me, but you already are."

Chloe doesn't say anything. Tears are streaming down her face as she looks at Beca.

"Don't you have anything to say?," Beca asks staring at Chloe.

"I don't know what to say or do," Chloe says swiping at the tears on her face.

"Well, you know where to find me when you figure out," Beca says.

Beca stands up and kisses Chloe on the top of her head. She turns and walks out of the auditorium leaving Chloe alone. Chloe sits there sobbing. Tears stream down her face faster than she can wipe them away.

She jumps when she hears the auditorium door bang against the wall.

"No!," Beca yells as she storms over to Chloe. "You are not going push me away because of what some dick did to you back in Sophomore year. I love you, Chloe Beale, and I'm not going to be that easy to get rid of. So, suck it up buttercup, because I'm sticking around."

Chloe swallowed hard and looked at Beca. She wiped the tears from her face and stood and faced Beca.

"I," Chloe starts. "I, I can't believe you came back," she finally says.

"Of course, I came back," Beca said. "I'm like a boomerang. No matter how hard you try to get rid of me, I'll always come back. I love you. Don't you get that? I. Love. You!"

More tears fall down Chloe's face. Beca reaches out and wipes them away. She takes Chloe's face in her hands and leans in for a kiss. Chloe hesitates for just a second, but then starts kissing Beca back. She closes the gap between them and puts her arms around Beca's waist pulling here even closer.

They break for air and Beca leans her forehead on Chloe's. Chloe sniffs and then smile at Beca.

"You really are something, Beca Mitchell," Chloe says.