A/N: Really appreciate the follows and reviews, keep it up and I'll stay motivated enough to keep doing a chapter a day, even though I have a full time job haha. Now that we're done with the auditions and all that, I'm gonna try to focus on Bella rehearsals and personal relationships. My goal is to have at least two more chapters before the riff-off but who knows when I'll run out of steam. So again, I don't own any of these characters and songs and stuff.

Morning After Hood Night

Chloe tried to sneak back into the room, hoping that Aubrey was still asleep. Unfortunately, Bree was already awake, going over the sheet music and choreography diagrams again. Aubrey looked up at Chloe and raised an eyebrow. "Where were you last night? I lost you after Aca-initiation night."

Chloe went to her side of the room and started to pull her clothes off. "You seemed to be having a good time talking to Fat Amy, she seems like a total riot" Chloe hoped she could get Bree talking about her new friend.

"You're right, she's hilarious. We spent the whole night just chatting and she had me in stitches. Now don't avoid the question. Were you at Tom's?"

"Who's Tom?" Chloe gave her a slightly confused looking, stepping out of her pants.

Aubrey rolled her eyes. "That boy you've been hanging on all week"

Chloe nodded. "Oh right yeah, Tom. Yeah I stayed over at his place, he's a really nice guy"

Rolling her eyes again, Bree shook her head. "Chloe, it's obvious you're not really into him, why waste your time?"

Chloe shrugged. "Just because I know it's not meant to be doesn't mean I can't have some fun. Now I'm going to jump in the shower, I'm expecting you'll be starting Barden Bella Boot Camp soon" She went into their shared bathroom and hopped into the shower, washing out the sweat, grime, and the tiny bit of shame out of her ginger locks.

Later that day

It was the first Bella rehearsal and they were already down two members. Aubrey's new rule was a tad ridiculous, and seemed to be taking its toll, but Chloe didn't dare say a word about it. She wanted to be a supportive as possible, knowing how important this was to her best friend.

Once Aubrey flipped the white board over, it was solid business for the next few hours straight. Chloe and Aubrey spent the first day testing the girls' voices and showing them various sounds needed for their arrangement.

When Chloe reached Beca, she couldn't really explain the sudden rush she felt standing in front of the girl. "So you told me you're not a singer, you don't have any kind of training?"

Beca shook her head. "No vocal training, I love music though. I can read it and recognize most notes, chords, all that jazz"

Chloe nodded and gave her a warm smile, sensing there was more to Beca's love of music. She wanted to explore it, but knew that Aubrey would be keeping an eye on them and any waste of time would result in a stern talking to. "Alright then, I guess we're not starting from scratch in that case"

Beca smiled a bit, starting to warm up to the chipper ginger. "I guess not, I mean, I'm nothing special though."

Chloe ran her fingers through her hair, her eyes landing on Beca's lips. "I wouldn't quite say that...Now, let's try some vocal runs first, we can see how high your belt goes"

Beca flushed and Chloe wondered if she was remembering their encounter in the shower. Chloe smirked a bit and cleared her throat. There was a slight pain, but she ignored it, chalking it up to over-use. "So just follow after me, alright?" She started to sing, and Beca followed her lead.

They went at it for almost an hour, longer than Chloe had spent with anyone else, going through scales, and runs. Chloe was surprised the girl had not tried singing before. It was obvious she was passionate about music and whether she would admit it or not, she had a voice to be reckoned with. It was shocking that she had had no training, and while she was a bit rough, with Chloe's guidance she was soon hitting crystal clear notes up and down the scale.

Finally, Aubrey was calling the rehearsal. After an unsuccessful attempt at the Bellas' signature 'Ah', the rest of the girls started leaving. Chloe went to call after Beca, maybe ask her to grab a coffee or something, get a chance to pry some personal information out of her. She heard Aubrey's voice call out, "Beca, a word?"

Beca hung back and Chloe listened to Aubrey accusing her of wanting that Treblemaker, Jesse. Chloe listened for any denial of the accusation, but all she heard were deflections.

Once Beca left, Aubrey turned to Chloe and Chloe could tell how worried she was about the upcoming gig at the fraternity. Offering her normal words of encouragement, "I think we're gonna be aca-awesome" Chloe watched Bree turn the whiteboard over and grabbed her friends hand. "Come on, lets go grab some grub and we can plan the next rehearsal."

Sitting in the pizza parlor near the campus, they looked over their notes. Aubrey immediately took charge of the planning. "So next time we will start the cardio, and working on the choreography." She looked up at her ginger friend. "You're going need to spend some time with Stacie, I was helping her with her voice today and she just can't seem to get enough of herself"

Chloe giggled and nodded. "Of course I'll help her, but I can definitely see why she'd be into herself" Chloe gestured to her own body. "I mean you know how confident I am about all of this"

Aubrey laughed and nodded. "I know, I know, but at least you know how to hold back the self-love for the competition."

Chloe looked down at her plate and started to play with one of the french fries. "So um, I was working with Beca today. She has a really amazing voice, with a little one on one with me I could see her leading the Bellas when we're gone" She tried to seem nonchalant, not letting Aubrey get a sense of how much she liked Beca.

Aubrey snorted and laughed. "That's a good one Chloe, I forgot how hilarious you can be sometimes. I was thinking maybe Fat Amy for our new leader. I can't explain it but I just adore that large woman."

Chloe nodded, used to her ideas getting shot down. Aubrey continued to prattle on about the Bellas and rehearsals and their upcoming gig. Chloe started to zone out, her mind wandering to a certain alt girl.