Chapter 13

Ding... Ding... Ding... Ding.

"Yo! Shawshank! Silence your phone or I'll shove it down a dingo's throat." Amy said loudly pointing at Beca's phone.

"Seriously tell Halsey you'll see her soon enough to work on the album." Benji said laughing. Beca rolled her eyes as she picked up her phone.

Ghost: Scrappy how does 14-16 tracks sound?

Ghost: Just checked out what you sent. Holy shit that's dope!

Ghost: So people are saying how we're going to shut down all streaming services

Beca laughed as she read the messages before typing a quick reply.

Scrappy: We can do as many tracks as you got honestly. And when the album drops we're going to be the only thing to talk about.

"Take a break from work Becs." CR said.

Noticing the two stacks of paper on her desk "What's all this?" Beca asked.

"That my friend is all the stuff for the Beats tour and The festival. You know press dates, line ups, VIPs, locations. The fun stuff." Jessie said as he was trying to organize everything.

"And lucky you Becs, you got partnered up with Halsey." Jessie added.

"Perfect. This album should be done in no time. Plus, Halsey is a blast." Beca said happily.

Beca walked over to Jessie and CR to go over some things. CR and Jessie were asking Beca if she wanted any specific changes or anything added for her benefit.

"Everything here is fine with me. I don't make any crazy demands or want any special treatment. I just don't like or want to be mobbed. Tiny person here folks!" Beca answered. CR was relived that Beca didn't have any issues or requests. Being her publicist, this was making her job easy. Let's face it sometimes being her publicist made her want to rip her hair out. She did however know she would have to talk to Aubrey to had some extra measures when Beca and Halsey we're together.

"Becs, we all appreciate you bringing us along with you." Jessie said.

"Nope, can it Swanson. None of that mushy stuff." Beca smirked. Jessie pretending to be hurt and put his hand over his chest.

Beca was busy all day putting together her set list for both the festival and the Beats tour. As soon as Beca preforms that opening night in San Fran, she'd be boarding a plane the next night and heading out to the UK. She would be leaving the next morning with Stacie, Jessie and Aubrey; while CR, Amy and Benji would head out later that night.

JOHN F. KENNEDY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, NEW YORK.
Jessie, Aubrey and Stacie all arrived at Beca's house early. They wanted to make sure Beca actually had everything packed and wasn't forgetting anything important. The three were relived to see Beca ready and prepared when they walked into the house. Especially since Beca is not a morning person.

"Jessie please explain to me why were leaving at 3 in the fucking morning." Beca said while giving Xavior her luggage.

"Because, NY to Cali takes just about 5 hours and 40 minutes. Our flight leaves at 6 so we should touchdown at about 11, maybe a bit later." Jessie explained. God he hated dealing with a grumpy Beca who just woke up.

Seeing Beca mumbling and cursing under her breath at everything, Stacie couldn't help but laugh at her best friend. When Beca was like this, she always reminded her of a gremlin after you fed them past midnight and they would become a nightmare. Sitting next to Beca she put her arm around the smaller girl and handed her a coffee.

"Here you go my little gremlin. Drink up." Stacie smiled and said softly.

Beca just grumbled some more and took a sip "I'm not a gremlin." She mumbled and scooted closer to Stacie's embrace.

"Sure you're not sweetie." Stacie said and pulled the smaller girl as close as possible. Beca curled into Stacie's side and kept drinking her coffee, while Stacie rested her head on top of Beca's.

The trip to JFK was quiet and peaceful, but as soon as they arrived they were greeted by a swarm of paparazzi waiting for them. "Oh great. Good morning to me." Beca grumbled as she stepped out of the car. The other three laughed at Beca's antics. After a dozen of photos were snapped of Beca and her crew plus the photos she took with fans, Xavior came up and ushered her away.

"If you ever need me to drive you around or just to protect you, you give me a call ok? Don't hesitate." Xavior said as he handed Beca her luggage. Beca smiled and hugged him. Once she had all her luggage Stacie and her headed towards the entrance.

California
Chloe was tuning out her friends as they talked about steca once more, that was until she heard them talking about driving to San Fran for the Outside Lands Music Festival.

"What did you say Amber?" Chloe asked as she closed her textbook.

"We're saying how we have to head out to San Fran for Outside Lands." Amber exclaimed.

"I'm so in! I need to relax and unwind a bit." Chloe said with a smile.

"I'm in to Amber, I'm sure Val will agree to. Who's playing anyways?" Tiffany asked.

"Umm let me check. Holy shit! Now way! Awesome!" Amber said happily jumping up and down.

"What's all the fuss about Ambs? To much sugar again?" Tyler asked laughing.

"No but I'm definitely going to Outside Lands now no matter what! I don't care how long the drive is. The weekend, Gambino, Halsey, Bieber, Lovato, Blink-182, Skrillex, Goulding and none other then Beca fucking Mitchell!" She exclaimed shoving the flyer in there faces.

Valarie who had walked up grabbed it "Shit what an opening night. Demi, Bieber, Halsey, Beca and then The Weekend closing it out. I'm so not missing this."

Upon hearing this Chloe froze, she couldn't go now. She couldn't face Beca after everything that went down, not to mention Jessie and Stacie.

"I don't know guys, that's a pretty long drive." Chloe said slowly.

"Nope nonsense babe, we're going. I mean Beca is going to be there!" Tyler said.

"Hell yes, amazing music, booze and one big dance party. This is amazing." Tiffany said.

Chloe had no choice but to nod, she couldn't be the only one to say no. Plus her friends and boyfriend were happy and fans of all those artists. And Beca was her friend, key word "was."

"Oh hey babe, have you talked about Aubrey this. It'll be easier to get VIP tickets that way." Tyler said.

"No not yet. I was surprised she was actually apart of this festival." Chloe said "Maybe Aubrey will call later."

Chloe had to wait to talk to Aubrey and find out if the flyer was accurate. She didn't know weather to be happy or nervous about seeing Beca. She knew how Beca was with her music and was happy to see her preform. But coming face to face with your ex, the ex you destroyed, yeah she was nervous as all hell.

San Fran International
Beca, Stacie, Jessie and Aubrey has just landed and stopped to have lunch at the airport. The whole flight consisted of Beca still being her little grumpy self, Stacie enjoying the sight of her best friend while keeping her at bay, Jessie going over all the press times and schedule while Aubrey was going over paperwork for the Beats tour. This was huge for Beca, her first major festival and tour across the globe. It was good that she brought the "power couple" who were the two most organized OCD people she knew.

They were picked up by a blacked out Escalade with heavy tints, something they all appreciated. The four were ushered into the car with Stacie and Beca taking up the back row and Jessie with Aubrey in the row behind the driver. Beca quickly placed her head on Stacie's shoulder and fell asleep, Stacie joining her soon after.

"Those two are similar it's quite scary." Jessie chuckled as pointed behind his shoulder to the two sleeping girls. Aubrey smiled and snapped a picture to post to her Instagram. The post quickly blew up with likes and comments.

The Bellas quickly commented saying how excited they were and how this called for a reunion. That of course included Chloe.

"Oh crap Chloe. I got to call her and let her know." Aubrey said as she dialed Chloe's number.

Chloe's apartment
"Hey what's up Bree?" Chloe answered her phone.

"Chloe! Thank god. So as you saw-" Aubrey was happy to inform Chloe.

"I know Bree. I literally commented on your post silly." Chloe laughed. But Aubrey was able to sense her uneasiness.

"You okay that we're here? You know when we meet up that we'll all be together right?" Aubrey asked.

"So, the flyer was true huh? She's really going to preform. I was hoping there was a typo or something." Chloe said.

"Sorry Chlo. She was actually excited to this festival. She actually pushed us to sign all the paperwork as soon as possible." Aubrey answered "So are you coming to San Fran? We could turn this into a mini Bellas reuniting. It'll be fun."

"Oh yeah we were planning on going anyway, Tyler and my friends that is." Chloe answered.

"Great! Jessie and I will save you some VIP passes. It'll be nice to see you Chlo. Now tell the Bellas and let me know how many VIP passes I'll need." Aubrey said happily as she ended her call.

Back in the car
"Babe what did you just do?" Jessie said slowly "What are you planning?"

"Relax baby, I just want everyone together in one place. And besides you never know what may happen." Aubrey said with a smile.

"Aubrey no. I know what your implying and the answer is no. You know what your best friend to my sister. And I'll be dammed if I let her hurt Beca again." Jessie said with pure fire in his eyes.

"Jessie she's coming and that's that. You don't know what could happen. Chloe just needs some sense knocked into her." Aubrey said sternly.

"Yeah well she's going to have to deal with the rest of the team if she even wants to get close to Beca. She may be your bestfriend but remember this; Stacie, CR, Amy, Benji and myself were the ones who had to pick her up, WE had to keep her afloat and WE will not let YOUR best friend ruin all the progress WE made." Jessie said glaring at Aubrey.

Aubrey didn't say anything as she just turned her head and went back to the paper work. Jessie took one long look at Beca and Stacie sleeping with smiles on there faces, those two belong together. Those two need each other, the perfect ying and yang.

We got some major drama coming up!