A/N So I'm trying to do these chapters rapid fire while I have a flow, but unfortunately I left my charge cord at work and cant get it til tomorrow. I might attempt some writing on my kindle, but this might be the last chapter I can pump out tonight. Unless I don't finish before my computer dies and then this note doesn't even matter.

Bella's Rehearsal

Chloe walked in with Aubrey, a good half an hour before the set time. Aubrey started to set up all the chairs in a circle, while she tasked Chloe with erasing the intricate plans that were drawn on the chalkboard. Chloe had huge, dark circles under her eyes, evidence of her absolute lack of sleep. She had hoped that she would be looking better the first time she saw Beca after their first kinda date, but Aubrey had been working her non stop all day, first with training her body, then with training her new voice. Chloe fought back a yawn as she erased the board.

"Need some help?" A familiar voice snapped Chloe back into wakefulness. She turned and saw Beca standing there, in her usual alternative attire, looking as sexy as ever. Chloe cleared her throat and ran her fingers through her crazy hair.

Beca smirked at her, her blue eyes glinting behind the perfectly applied eyeliner. Chloe felt severly underdone and underdressed, in a pair of sweat pants and a t-shirt. Beca's shoulder was weighted down by a large messenger bag. Chloe recognized her laptop and just about all of her cd's bulging out of the bag.

Chloe went over and grabbed the bag from her, trying not to show her surprise at the weight. "It look's like you're the one who needs help. How can you even carry this? It's gotta be at least half as much as you weigh" Beca turned pink and an awkward silence followed, broken only a couple seconds later by Aubrey's shrill voice.

"Beca! Perfect! I'm so glad you came early! We have soooo much to talk about" Aubrey led them to the circle of chairs and quickly sat down and continued to talk rapidly. "So I figure what we can do today is just have a discussion about what our favorite songs are and things like that and you can determine what songs you can mash together!"

Beca nodded along and sat down in one of the chairs, between Aubrey and Chloe. Chloe could see Beca trying not to laugh at Aubrey's sudden enthusiasm about her ideas. It was a foreign concept at this point, seeing Aubrey this welcoming. Chloe was glad that her friend had finally relaxed the reigns a bit.

Beca smiled when Aubrey finished. "Yeah that seems like a really good idea. I have a few mixes I've already done. And if I do this right, I might even be able to make it into one long intricate performance, instead of the standard three song set-up" Chloe could see Aubrey fighting the urge to instill the traditional way as Beca continued. "I mean anything we can do to really set ourselves apart."

The other girls started piling in at this point and Chloe managed to hear Beca say something about their uniforms, before their conversation was taken over by a dozen of other female voices. Chloe faded into the background, spending the rehearsal watching Beca do her thing. Seeing her in her element among the girls was definitely an interesting sight.

Every now and then, Beca would meet Chloe's eyes and an involuntary smile would break across her lips. Chloe would flush a little and so would Beca in return. And after the rehearsal, without a word to one another, they both left the room together and made their way towards the empty pool.