Chapter 37:

**Time of Party**

Basically everyone had arrived and was already drinking. I was searching around, seeing if any of my old friends had actually come. I lurked around and saw one familiar face, my best friend in high school. "Liz?" I walked up to her.

"Oh my god, you're even prettier than before! Happy birthday!" she squealed. Wow, she changed a lot. I mean, she always said I was pretty because she was my best friend, but I don't think she ever meant it until now. She stopped talking to me after senior year for some reason. I don't know why she came here…

"What brings you to Georgia?"

"Oh, I actually have an apartment up near Barden. But I go to a community college near there, temporarily of course. How's Barden?"

"Pretty good, I joined the Barden Bellas, an a cappella group, in freshman year and ever since. I'm leader now, so that's good," I told her.

"Ooh, who's the hottie over by the tequila?" she said pointing to, of course, Jesse.

"My boyfriend, Jesse," I said sternly.

"Oh, oops. Well, you're lucky. Did he do this for you?"

"Him and the rest of the Bellas. It's so sweet," I smiled, glancing over at him.

"I won't disrupt you two," she gave me a friendly grin. Jesse walked over to me and put his arm around my shoulder. "In fact, you guys look really good together." Jesse smiled down at me and pulled me away from Liz.

"What's up bitches?" Chloe came bursting through the door with Josh.

"Chloe!" I ran over to her, pulling Jesse with me. I tackled her in a hug. I hadn't seen her for a while, well, ever since her little family went to Florida for vacation. Rosie was officially one.

"What happened to your hand? Why didn't you tell me anything?" Chloe scoffed.

"You were in Florida! I was climbing a tree and fell. I know, its cliché. Where's Rosie?"

"The babysitter's watching her. Do you really think I would take my one-year-old-daughter to a college party? Hell no!" I laughed at her response. "Anyway, happy birthday!" she hugged me. "Oh, and when Jesse gets you pregnant I will be the one to take you shopping for maternity clothes."

"Uh…" Jesse stood there awkwardly.

"Chloe!" I yelled at her and nudged her with my elbow. "You're a creep on our sex life." I noticed a tall blonde walk into the Bellas house-Aubrey. "Hey Aubrey," I smiled.

"Beca! Happy birthday!" she hugged.

"Thanks. How have you been? Recovery…? Uni…?"

"Great! I've been working on forgetting it and Uni has been a big help. But this night isn't about me, it's about you turning 22!" she sounded a lot less conceited. "I'm gonna go grab a drink and hang out with Unicycle."

"I'm happy for her," Chloe smiled.

"Me too," I agreed.

"So, are you going to introduce me to your friend that I've never seen before?" she gestured to Liz who was talking to Jessica and Denise over by the bar. I took her hand, my other still locked in Jesse's, and proceeded towards them.

"Chloe this is Liz, and vice-versa. Chloe has been my best friend since the first few days of college and Liz and I met in our sophomore year of high school.

"Hey," they both said to each other. "And Beca, I meant to ask, what happened to your hand?" Liz said with sudden concern.

"Fell off a tree with this asshole," I bumped Jesse. He bent down and kissed the top of my head.

"I've done worse damage to her," he smirked.

"And you wonder why I call you 'asshole!'"

"Ooh, Jeca moments!" squealed Chloe. Liz nodded her head vigorously with a happy expression. Jesse and I walked away from them and hung out with the rest of the crowd. Trebles, Bellas, other people. Maybe tonight won't be so bad after all.

**One Hour Later**

Jesse and I were both drunk. Not terribly drunk, we both knew where we were. We were sitting on the steps and I was nibbling at Jesse's ear, which turned him on. "Beca… you know I want to, but the doctor said we can't. At least for another three weeks," he sighed.

"I know…"

"I want you to get better because I feel like this is my fault. I promise I'll make up for it the night you get that cast off," he kissed my temple. "Come on, our friends are waiting."

PLEASE READ THIS MESSAGE: Okay so I know these last two have been pretty short, and I'm sorry for that. But you know I have school and stuff so it's hard to update with homework and karate and all that stuff. So if I do update on weekdays, it'll be pretty short. Sorry, but it's true. Although if it's on a weekend, it'll be its normal length. I hate school sm. Please leave a review! I'm really close to 200 (: