Her boyfriend's got a really weird sense of humor.
Or an annoying one, judging by the headache she's had for the past couple of hours.
They'd been in Los Angeles for around seven years when they've both finally made some progress in their respective career choices. They're nowhere near where they'd like to be, but things are stable as far as income goes, and that's more than they can ask for after several years of struggling to keep their apartment and even keep food on the table.
It's that year that Jesse finally suggests adopting a dog. Beca doesn't love the idea; she barely thinks she can take care of herself, let alone take care of another living, breathing animal, but after some encouragement from Jesse, she agrees and the two of them adopt a small, white papitese and name her Stella.
Jesse, being Jesse, thinks it's a wonderfully festive idea to buy the poor dog a collar with a series of jingle bells sewed into it.
Beca does not find the idea nearly as amusing, as the dog has only had it on for a matter of two hours and the constant sound of bells ringing through their apartment every time she moves in slightest bit is, quite frankly, driving her insane.
"Please, for the love of god, can we please take the damn collar of her now?"
"No!" She can't believe he actually sounds offended by this. "It's festive, Bec."
She groans. "It's giving me a headache."
"It sounds like Christmas. She's a Christmas dog."
"I'm taking it off her." She reaches for the collar on the dog thats currently sitting in her lap, trying to find the buckle to release the collar from her neck. "My dog will not be the subject of this matter."
"Says the girl who didn't even want the dog." Jesse stands by Stella's food bowl in kitchen, refilling the empty tin back up to the top. "Stella, are you hungry?"
The dog hears the the food clink against the side of her bowl almost immediately, jumping off Beca's lap and darting towards the familiar spot in the kitchen before Beca can even think about removing the collar. The jingle-jangle sound rings through the room, instantly causing Beca to groan aloud. Stella finishes eating only a few minutes later, no longer amused with the fresh food in her bowl, resuming her spot on Beca's lap. Jesse wanders off to their bedroom, for who knows what - she doesn't care, Beca's just quick to take advantage of the empty room and take Stella's collar off of her and toss it into the trash before he can even object.
It's not until the morning when he notices the unusual quietness in their apartment whenever Stella moves. "What happened to the bells?"
I don't even know what this, honestly.