After being discharged from the hospital, less sore but injuries still visible, Beca decides to go back home. From the days that she's been gone, her house could have been how she left it. As Jesse helped her inside and brought her to the living room, she immediately thought of the package she received a few days prior to the incident that caused her to go on a trip to the hospital, putting her life in danger.

"Jesse, I'm just gonna grab myself some water. My throat is kind of scratchy," Beca said, leaning on to her temporary crutches to help her walk for the mean time, avoiding putting any weight on her sprained ankle. She didn't want them but it was either crutches or not being able to walk on her own because she was going to need someone to help her. So Beca, being the stubborn and independent woman she is, eventually agreed to using crutches for the mean time as her foot heals. The damage was bad.

"Okay, just let me bring your bag to your room and I'll help you," Jesse said as he adjusted the bag of Beca's things in his hand.

"Jesse, I've got a sprain but I can still walk. I've got crutches, I'm fine," she said as she out one hand on Jesse's shoulder, pushing him a bit.

Jesse just nodded and left a goofy grin on his face before he went up to Beca's room to place her stuff. Beca immediately moved her way to the kitchen, pushing her arms and able foot to move as quickly as she could. She checked the disposal but was left disappointed after seeing that the box was gone.

How could the box have vanished if there was no one in her house to take care of it? She remembered placing it there a few days before her accident but she knew that she didn't throw it out because there was something in her telling not to, causing her to leave it in the disposal.

"Beca!" she heard Jesse call from upstairs.

"Yeah?" Beca said after making her way out of the kitchen, bummed and nervous about the missing weird box.

"What's this big white box on your bed?" Jesse asked from upstairs.

Beca gasped and her head shot up. Jesse can't see it. He just can't see it. Beca used all her might to put her strength in her arms and leg to move with the crutches to the direction of the stairs.

"Jesse!" Beca called out as loud as she could. One move later, one of her crutches stuck to the floor which brought Beca off balance and loose her stand. She came falling to the ground with a loud thud.

"Beca!" Jesse came rushing down the stairs over to Beca. Somehow she felt thankful for her clumsiness because she heard Jesse drop the box upstairs after she hit the ground.

"I'm okay," she breathed as she stood up with Jesse's help.

"I knew I shouldn't have left you. Are you hurt anywhere? No, stupid question. Did you earn any more damage?" Jesse rambled, holding her by the arms and scanning her from head to toe as she leans on her crutches again.

"Dude, I told you I'm okay. I was just a klutz," Beca replied as she tugged a loose piece of hair behind her ear.

"You have to lose that habit or you're always going to end up in the hospital. I score movies but I might switch jobs to being a nurse if you're always hooked up on an IV," Jesse said in a serious manner but his words reflected humor.

"Shut up, nerd. I'm hungry. Whip us up some lunch?"

"I'm having second thoughts about letting you out of my sight," Jesse narrowed his eyes.

"Fine, I'll stay seated beside the counter. Happy now?" Beca sighed and put on her usual Beca-bitch face.

"Always a pleasure," Jesse nodded and they both chuckled before going to the kitchen.

Beca really wanted to check out the box but decided that she can worry about it later when Jesse leaves.

The fumes of food being cooked on the oven hit Beca's nose. Having no idea on what Jesse was making at all, she just knew that she would be mauling her whole plate once it was placed in front of her. She wouldn't even wait for Jesse to start eating too. She felt her mouth watering and her stomach grumbling as she continuously longs for the edible substances being prepared by a nerd who wasn't just a great cook, but was an awesome music producer who scores for movies, a caring personal nurse, an insane best friend, and just the sweetest guy on earth. Beca never thought that she would be falling for someone as dorky as Jesse. How could anyone not fall for that? Which is why when the image of Alice entered her head, Beca was just as mad as hell. That bitch was just the biggest fool and dumbest human being ever.

"Here you go, milady," Jesse said as he placed the plate filled with pasta, roast beef, and some sautéed vegetables on the side. "I don't know if you're gonna be able to finish all of that but-"

Jesse was cut off as he stared at Beca who literally started digging into the food on her plate. Shoving bite after bite of the marvelous edible masterpiece into her mouth, not even thinking if she might choke on any of it. Jesse being Jesse, he poured a glass of water and placed it beside Beca's plate. She gladly grabbed the glass and immediately drank half of its contents and then going back to her plate. Jesse hasn't even started laying his fork on any piece on his plate, he just watched her until she finished all of what was on her plate.

"What?" Beca said after finishing the rest of the water that filled her glass.

"Never in a million years would I have thought that someone as small as you could finish up a whole plate of carbs and protein in a matter of minutes," Jesse said, looking like his jaw reached the ground from amazement.

"Insane metabolism," Beca just shrugged as Jesse shook his head. Just then the doorbell rang.

"I'll get it, wait here," Jesse said as he left his still full plate to check who was at the door.

Beca was still hungry. Somehow, despite it being heavy and supposedly enough, she still felt her mouth watering at Jesse's plate which was still full of all the food she chomped down.

"Flatbutt!" Beca turned around at the loud call of her familiar name and was engulfed into a tight bearhug by a certain Aussie friend whom she last saw before she left L.A.

"Amy! What are you doing here?!" Beca said in shock but struggled to get the words out because she was still trapped in Amy's tight hug which pretty much almost lifted Beca off her chair.

"Bumper and I flew in after we received a call from your dad about your certain mishap here in Atlanta," Amy said, not yet letting Beca go.

"Amy, air, please," Beca said, trying to suck in all the air she needed for her currently constricted lungs.

"Oh, sorry. Let me take a good look at ya," Amy said as she let Beca go but held on to Beca's shoulders to look her up and down, just what like Jesse did. "Wow, shawshank, you look awful. You look like you wrestled with a whole group of dingos," her voluptuous Aussie friend said.

"Wait, where are the kids?" Beca mentioned after rolling her eyes at Amy's usual Aussie humor and terminologies.

"We left them at their uncle's. They were more than hyped to be away from us," Amy pointed to herself and to her jerky husband, Bumper, who was standing beside Jesse by the kitchen doorway.

"Hey Bumper, been a while. Any luck?" Beca asked. She remembered Amy saying that Bumper entered one of those singing shows and was yet to get a call back.

"The producers just called me a few days ago and said that was on the final list of contenders!" he said as he pumped his fist in the air and jumped for joy like a kid.

"Yeah, he's about to perform in a few weeks when the season premiers," Amy almost whispered to Beca and just nodded.

Beca moved her gaze to the nerd who had his arms crossed and was staring intently at her and her old friends.

"Want to introduce us to your new man-candy?" Amy said, loud enough for Jesse to hear. Beca slapped the Aussie's arm and gave her a glare as Jesse just chuckled to himself before walking over to the two girls.

"The name's Jesse. I live next-door," Jesse said as he shook Amy's hand.

"You got one smokin' neighbor, flatbutt! Do you usually have him over for a good humping session?" Amy said and wiggled her eyebrows.

"Amy, stop. And, for the record, ew," Beca contorted her face with a disgusted look.

"Hey hottie. The name's Patricia, call me Amy. I'm Beca's awesome Aussie best friend. We go way back," Amy said as she looked in Jesse's direction.

"Uh, hello? Super talented and good-looking husband here who practically is the awesomest guy in the world," Bumper pointed to himself and bumped Jesse purposely by the hips to make him move and wrap his arm around his wife.

"No worried, dude. Totally got my eyes on a certain midget with piercings and tattoos," Jesse walked over to the other side of the counter to pull up his plate and started to dig in.

"Am I hearing it right? I thought he was just your neighbor? Ha! I knew it! You slutty little dirty shank," Amy said as Beca hoisted herself off the chair to push Amy and Bumper out of the kitchen. Jesse immediately moved from his place and stood beside Beca to guide her.

"I'm okay. Jesse, why don't you help me show them to the guest room upstairs?" Beca asked as Jesse followed behind while she lead the way. This could also be her opportunity to finally check on the box Jesse saw.

As they finally reached the other empty room upstairs, beside one of the closets, Beca told Amy to settle in and was informed that they would be staying for the time being during the period of Beca's healing. Her father gave specific orders, thinking that maybe Beca would need Amy's company again just like what happened in L.A with Luke.

"Nice crib, girl! You live on your own here? This house is huge!" Amy said as she looked around the room and Bumper flopped down on the made bed.

"You call this huge? You should see where this dude lives. You're going to have a whole different perception of huge," Beca assured as she pointed to the grinning Jesse.

"Ooh, hottie is rick kid? What else does he have? Does he have awesome buns too?" Amy wiggled her eyebrows. Beca gave her a glare but Jesse decided to give an answer.

"I think I got that covered," Jesse said as he lifted his shirt to show his amazing six-pack. Beca turned her head to the sight and her eyes went wide. Wow, firm and meaty. What else does this guy even have to prove?

"Ding! Ding! Again! Husband in the room!" Bumper said, raising his hand with his finger pointing up as he tried to push himself to sit down, "On second thought, I'll just be laying here," he eventually gave up and stayed sprawled on the guestroom bed good enough for two.

"Ignore him," Amy rolled her eyes, "Damn bitch, your habit already rubbed off on me," Amy said as she rubbed her eyes after her reaction.

Beca rolled her own eyes and Jesse burst into laughter.

"What else did she rub off on you?" Jesse asked Amy.

"I've got a pretty long list on things to say about shawshank over here," Amy ushered to the brunette boy.

"Looks like you and I are gonna be really good friends, Amy," Jesse replied.

"Ooh, I think I'm gonna be grabbing your man-candy from you flatbutt," Amy gestured over to the petite girl leaning on her crutches. Again, Beca rolled her eyes.

"Last reminder, husband in the room!" Bumper raised his finger again in the air and pointed to himself.

The three of them laughed but Jesse earned himself a soft whack on the leg from one of Beca's crutches. Thankfully, she was leaning on the wall, giving her support in case she stumbled from the lack of equilibrium in the given weight.


After another of talking, Beca felt relieved after Jesse left the building. She wanted him to stay, really, beyond enjoyed his care and company. But the amount of embarrassing stuff Amy was telling was just too much to make her face turn to the shade more red than a tomato or even blood if that was even possible. Seriously, she could have told Jesse that someday, but not just yet. Beca made a mental note to give a good crutch whack to Amy too.

More hours passed and night came, as the Aussie and her husband were now sleeping soundly and giving loud snores from the guest room, Beca sat on her bed to check the box again if everything was there. She picked it up from the ground where Jesse had dropped it and was thankful that the package didn't open to expose its contents. This was too huge of a pile of shit for Jesse to be pulled into.

When Beca opened her closet to place the box inside for temporary safekeeping. She shrieked and jumped at the sight in front of her. She just has to stop doing this everytime she gets a surprising thing going her way. It was becoming a habit and she was pretty sure that there was more to come until she caught who the culprit is that was playing with her using these ridiculous motives. Beca caught herself just in time before she took another hard fall to the floor.

What she saw was another doll. But this time, it was the type that was stuffed like the teddy bears, and it was soaking and dripping wet. It had some long leaves on it and was ripped in different parts of its soft body like it came straight out of a river or something. It was hanging beside her other clothes with a small piece of foil folded into a square tucked out of one of its ripped holes. Beca took the piece of foil and opened it to see another folded strand of paper inside. Just like before, with confusion and a hunch that this was another kind of message, Beca opened it up.

They say that water is pure, but be careful not to get lost in it…

"What the hell does this mean?" Beca said as she folded the piece of paper and stuck it back to the foil and placing it inside one of the ripped arms of the doll.

All Beca knows is that water is involved. There was no way she was going to know what really was about to happen or to whom. She assumed that there would be another envelope containing another message and more words that could give her a hunch, but there was none. She guessed that the text message from the blocked number that came to her the night she was in the hospital was already the long message she was supposed to receive.

Beca had no idea what was about to come her way. These things weren't enough to give her a lead if that's what the stupid pranksters slash culprits were thinking. No, these were insane idiots for putting someone's life in danger, these weren't ordinary pranksters.

What did they even want from her? Why were they doing this? Why her? She's been here for a few weeks and she doesn't even have any enemies in town. Beca became a good girl than she was before, why the heck would she receive so much hate to the point of crossing the line for something she doesn't know she even did?

Beca sighed and took the dummy from where it hung before placing it inside the box along with the first stupid package she got. She stuffed the box in her closet and covered it with all the stuff she could use to hide it from view. She moved back to her bed and placed the crutches to lean on her bedside table before taking her laptop from her desk and opening it up. Once her device started up, she immediately opened her Skype and an incoming call from Jesse appeared. She clicked to answer and a very handsome yet goofy face appeared on her screen.

"Becaw! Becaw!" Jesse said aloud, positioning his hands around his mouth to give emphasis.

"Are you drunk?" Beca replied, hearing his voice a bit slurred.

"I heard you were part of an a capella group as well back in college. I didn't take you as the a capella type," Jesse said.

"Damn, Amy!" Beca cursed under her breath.

"You're one of those a capella girls, I'm one of those a capella boys, and we're gonna have aca-children. It's inevitable," Beca could hear Jesse shrug over the other line.

"You're really drunk right now. I don't think you're gonna remember any of this,"

"I'm not drunk at all, you're just blurry," Jesse said, shaking his head.

"You okay? Yeah?" Beca smiled at Jesse's silliness.

Jesse just nodded his head in a quick manner and eventually stopped to hold his head.

"Oh, man. Shouldn't have done that. Really shouldn't have done that," Jesse said, holding his head in both of his hands.

"I have no idea why you're drinking so much right now," Beca said, shifting her weight to avoid putting some on her sprain.

"Oh, officemate's birthday party. Drank much. Friend drove me home. Now I'm here," Jesse said, lifting his hands gesturing to around his room.

"Well, it's good to know you didn't drive on your own. You could have hit a tree or something," said Beca.

"Aww, you're scared for my welfare?" Jesse said, nearing his face to the laptop camera.

"No, I was worried that more squirrels would lose their home if you broke down a tree due to drunk-driving," Beca retorted.

"Ahh, a lover of nature. Another good quality, Beca," he pointed to the camera as if he was pointing to her nose.

"Jesse, puke up your alcohol contents and get to bed. I'm pretty sure a bullshit of a hangover is going to welcome you in the morning," Beca chuckled.

"As you wish, milady," Jesse bowed like the old fashion styles when he looked back up, he did look like he was going to be sick. He immediately stood up and the view of Jesse immediately vanished from the screen. Beca knew he was going for the can. She chuckled to herself. Man, was he adorable. She would have never expected to even have adorable as one of the qualities she looked for in a guy. Luke was hot and dashing, but never adorable like Jesse. Ew, why was she even using the word 'adorable'? Jesse came back to sight, looking like he lost a huge amount of energy from blowing chunks.

"I'm never drinking again," Jesse said flatly.

"I doubt that you're gonna follow that. Get some sleep, nerd," Beca said.

"Couldn't agree more. I'll see you tomorrow, Beca," Jesse said as he winked at Beca in his drunken state.

Beca just shook her head and laughed before closing her laptop and putting it back where it was placed. So much was going on in her life right now, Beca couldn't point on what she should actually thinking about first. Feeling her sore body and tired mind mashed up together, she was back to the state of snoozing within minutes.


A/N: I have less than a month left for my vacation which is why I am going to try do my best to update as much as I can before I go back to school. I'm about to enter my third year which means I'm going to be really busy. It's going to be my busiest year in college.

By the way, aren't you guys excited to see the sequel?! I am so psyched! It's already showing here in the country and I'm going to go see it. I know that it won't be the same from the first movie but I only hope that it would be as aca-awesome as its predecessor. I'm gonna miss Luke in PP2, though.

Review, review, review! Show me your presence and if even you have any questions, do not hesitate to ask me, as long as it does not involve any spoilers. If you love this story or if you wanna keep updated, hit the fave/follow button. If I get the next chapter done tonight, I might have it up by tomorrow. But, let me hear you guys about this one first before I do that. Till next update, stay tuned! ;)