6 years ago
"Bree, are you ready to meet the Bellas?" Chloe my new boss asked me.
I could feel my anxiety skyrocketing and I needed to throw up for the sixth time in the past fifteen minutes.
"Not really" I answered as I headed to the bathroom.
After cleaning myself up, I looked at my reflection in the bathroom mirror. I looked like a wreck. Not at all like the major I used to be. Disgusted I looked at myself.
"Stupid anxiety" I whispered to myself.
Once I had been the youngest female major in the US military. Now, I was a shadow of that person.
"Bree, come out of the bathroom. We have to go" Chloe yelled.
"Bellas, this is my new coworker, Aubrey" Chloe said enthusiastically as we arrived at the restaurant.
"Hello, I'm Aubrey Posen" I said awkwardly.
One by one the Bellas introduced themselves. I calmed down a little bit as the girls seemed all nice. Although two of them sticked out. At least Chloe had warned me beforehand so I had an idea about what to expect.
The meal was going great until now. I hadn't said something embarrassing, and I hadn't gotten the urge to vomit yet.
Somehow, it seemed to click between me and the Bellas and I was relieved. I knew how important they were to Chloe, and I wanted it to be perfect. I didn't know Chloe long but we became good friends very quickly. I didn't want to disappoint her. If I and her friends could get along, she would be so happy.
"I wish Beca was here."
I didn't know who said it, but the tone that was used got me out of my thoughts.
"Sorry, I shouldn't have said that" Emily said with a sad smile.
"No, it's okay. We all wished that" Chloe said softly.
Confused I looked at the Bellas. Each of them, suddenly had a sad expression.
"Who is Beca?" I heard myself asking.
The Bellas al looked down except for Stacie.
"Have you ever heard of that famous music producer, Beca Mitchell?" she asked me.
I remember vaguely reading something about her in some magazine, so I nodded.
"She was one of us. We studied together at Barden University, and she was a Bella. With her unique musical ability, she became our captain. Under her leadership, we became the first American a capella team that won the world championship. The day we graduated she left without saying goodbye to any of us. Not even Chloe, who was her girlfriend at the time. No one of us have ever heard anything from her ever since" Stacie said.
"I'm sorry" was all I could say.
"It's okay, it's not your fault" Chloe said softly.
Luckily the mood lifted quickly after some weird comment from Fat Amy. I still needed to force myself to actually call her that.
Later that evening, I couldn't stop thinking about what Stacie told. It broke my heart when I saw Chloe so sad. The Chloe I knew was bubbly and always in a good mood. She had looked like a kicked puppy. All of the them had looked so sad. Emily had looked like she was going to burst out in tears, and even Fat Amy had been quiet.
Since I couldn't sleep, I decided to do some research. I wanted to know who this Beca Mitchell was. I googled her name and quickly some articles came up. They mostly were about her career. Not much of her personal life. A few articles about her time as a Bella.
I made a mental note to myself, to look further into her personal life. I haven't found much about her yet, but I couldn't help but to hate her. The look on my friends face was burned in my memory. I needed to do something to give them some justice. No matter what, you don't treat your friends like that.
From that moment, I started to actively researching everything about Beca Mitchell. I wanted to know everything about her. From any minor things like her favorite food to major things like how she did in her business.
What I didn't know then was that the Bellas would going to have an active role in my life. Nor didn't I knew back then that I would end up marrying one. But even my marriage didn't stop me from researching my target. I just had to do it in secrecy. One day I would succeed in bringing Beca Mitchell down. I just didn't know that it would take me six years to finally get to that point. But I didn't care. All I wanted was to get revenge for my friends. They all suffered from Beca's decisions. And it was my job to fix it.