A/N: Literally just dropped all my homework and straight to ffnet. Sorry, you guys. I was gonna update last week but I missed five days of school so I had to catch up with a lot of work and finals are in like 2 weeks and excuses excuses excuses. I'll promise to do better.
Disclaimer: Still don't own anything.
2: Ho Hey
"Hey, nerd. Decided you wanna be a Bella?" Beca playfully joked the way she normally does.
"Nope, just came to check out the competition.. see how many recruits they've got," Jesse skimmed their sign up sheet and only saw two names, "aaaand, wow. You guys are really doing a great job," He looked back up at his girlfriend with a grin.
"Shut up, it's the first day. We'll have more by auditions,"
"Yeah, keep telling yourself that," he smiled her favorite smiled and leaned in to kiss her, "I missed you,"
"Ditto, nerd."
"Ewwww. Please get a room," Amy interrupted their reunion and handed more flyers to Beca. "If you want more recruits, you gotta keep flyer-ing," she turned to Jesse, "Hello, Swanson. How are you today?" Amy winked at Beca.
What is she doing? Beca thought to herself. If this is Amy's way of figuring out about Jesse and Kamila, she's going to get it later.
"I'm fine, Amy," Jesse answered with a laugh. "How was your summer?"
"Oh, just dandy. But enough about me. What about you? What've you been up to, Treble?"
He simply smiled at her and said, "Spent some time with Beca for a couple weeks and then left for Disney with my family,"
"Ah," Amy replied, "Well, I've gotta go get some good singers and I'll leave you two alone. Be safe." And just like that, she skipped away.
"Is she always this weird?" Jesse turned to Beca.
"Oh yeah. Sometimes... even weirder." He chuckled and grabbed for hand.
"Why don't we take a walk?"
"Sure, I hate flyer-ing anyways. Lilly can do the rest."
The two started to stroll around the quad, looking at the other clubs and seeing how people are way too pumped for their first day.
"You excited for karaoke bar this Saturday?" Jesse asked.
"Karaoke bar?" This was the first Beca heard of it.
"Seriously, Becs? It's tradition. Don't they tell you anything at the Bellas?"
"Apparently not."
"Well, it'll be fun. And I can't wait to hear you sing some karaoke."
"It is one thing to sing acapella. And another to sing karaoke. I'm doing the acapella thing so no to the karaoke thing."
"Oh come on, Beca. It's going to be a fun night. Some drinking, some singing, some drunk singing. It's a good way for you to get recruits, too."
"Alright. That'll be the only reason I go."
Beca was so surprised to see how many people actually go to this karaoke bar. It was almost filled. All acapella groups had sat in their respective tables while there were some people at the bar, some lined up by the small stage and some just roaming around with drinks in their hands.
"Beca! Leader of the Bellas has arrived!" Fat Amy stood up with two drinks. One, apparently saved for Beca.
"Ha ha, very funny, Amy. Did we get more people to sign up?"
"And by 'we' you mean me? Yes. Not a lot.. but enough. There are loads of fresh bait by the stage so, we'll just have to sit, drink and judge."
"Jesse, I don't see the point of being here." Kamila whined as Jesse pushed her into the bar.
"All the cool people hang out here, live music, drinks. Kamila, get involved. You train your butt off everyday, you study like crazy.. have a drink." Jesse handed her a cup of something that reeked but Kamila took a sip and grimaced, "You'll get used to it by the end of the year. Trust me. I'm gonna go check with the guys and I'll be back."
"Whatever," Kamila replied and turned around to scan the room. Quite a lot of people actually. She didn't expect for a karaoke bar to filled up at 8 o'clock on a Saturday. She saw a common thread, though. Every person was associating with groups. Girls were with girls, guys talked to guys. Suspicious.
"Alright, I'm back," Jesse reappeared to Kamila's left.
"Tell me something," Kamila said, leaning her back against the bar, eyes still scanning the room. "You see this? Everyone's separated. One side is filled with girls, and the other with boys. What's going on?
Jesse shamelessly chuckled. "Okay, I said 'cool' people hang out here, but I really meant-"
"Cool as in 'acapella cool'?" Kamila turned to him, eyes glaring.
"Yes. And no. Some of these people are.. normal. Looking to have a good time, drink and sing. While the others..."
"Are using this as an opportunity to impress the group leaders." Kamila cut him off in shock. "You tricked me into coming here!"
"Well, not.. yet."
"What do you mean?"
"I got you to change into nice clothes and come here but.. I also signed you up to sing," Jesse closed his eyes and braced himself, thinking Kamila was gonna hit him.
"You asshole!"
Beca heard someone yelling and turned to see Kamila and Jesse going at it by the bar.
"What the hell is going on over there?"
Stacie and Fat Amy turned around to see what Beca was talking about.
"Hey, Beca.. isn't that the girl who was saw the other day?" Amy asked.
"Yep," Beca replied, biting her lip in anger, "she's also.. my roommate."
Both Stacie and Amy gasped. Scared for the poor girl.
"Do you want me to go.. see what they're talking about?" Stacie asked.
Beca sighed. She didn't want to cause a scene. It's probably a good sign that Kamila was yelling and not laughing at Jesse's stupid jokes. "No, it's fine. We'll deal with it later." She turned back around and focused her eyes on the list of singers about to perform. Not in a million years did she expect to see a specific name on the list.
"Kamila. Stop yelling at me, people are looking." Jesse said, in between his teeth.
"I don't care! I already told you that I'm not doing this thing. I have too much on my plate. It's my first year, Jesse. I'm going to start on the right foot. And that doesn't mean by joining the school's singing group!"
Jesse's not going to lie, her words hurt him a bit. He joined the 'school's singing group' and he's doing perfectly fine. In fact, the group was the best thing that has ever happened to him. "Kamila. You sing at family parties, you sing at home while doing your homework, you sing in the car. This is just a fun, little gathering.. like our family parties. Just imagine that,"
"Jess.. you're forgetting about my stage fright."
"No, I'm not. That's why I signed your name on the list. You're up next. You have no excuse. Get up there." He nudged her to move,
A tall, old guy got up on stage, with a clipboard in hand and announced to the crowd, "Uh.. Kamila Swanson? You're up next."
Kamila's breathing stopped for a second and her eyes widened. Jesse removed the drink from her hand and quietly told her to get up on stage, "Go. You'll do great."
"I don't even know what I'm singing!" She quietly panicked to him while eyes started to land on her.
"You'll know when the music starts playing. Now, go!" He gave her a final push and she was gone. She walked past the two big tables that seated the Bellas and the Treblemakers. She nervously looked at them, looked down at the ground as she walked up on stage.
The announcer handed her the mic, "Good luck, kiddo." And the music started.
As soon as she heard the tambourine, and the back up singers. She felt a bit relaxed. This was her favorite song. And Jesse knew it.
Ho!
Hey!
Ho!
Hey!
Kamila quickly glanced at the back up singers, showing fear. One of them gestured for her to start singing. She looked back at the crowd and looked for her brother. He gave her a reassuring smile. She closed her eyes and took a deep breath.
I've been trying to do it right
I've been living a lonely life
I've been sleeping here instead
I've been sleeping in my bed,
I've been sleeping in my bed
Ho!
Hey!
So show me family
All the blood that I would bleed
I don't know where I belong
I don't know where I went wrong
But I can write a song
Hey!
1, 2, 3
I belong with you, you belong with me, you're my sweetheart
I belong with you, you belong with me, you're my sweet
Ho!
Kamila realized that the whole room was focused on her, with smiles on their faces and some singing along.
Hey!
Ho!
Hey!
I don't think you're right for him
Look at what it might have been if you
Took a bus to China Town
I'd be standing on Canal
And Bowery
And she'd be standing next to me
1, 2, 3
I belong with you, you belong with me, you're my sweetheart
I belong with you, you belong with me, you're my sweetheart
Love ‒ we need it now
Let's hope for some
So, we're bleeding out
I belong with you, you belong with me, you're my sweetheart
I belong with you, you belong with me, you're my sweet
After singing that line, Kamila jumped a bit in surprise when the whole entire bar sang along.
Ho!
Hey!
Ho!
Last one!
Hey!
As the music ended, people quickly stood up, clapped and cheered. People were watching her, smiling at her and some even whistling. But the biggest smile of all, was on her big brother's face. She smiled back with a laugh and he just pointed to her.
"Wow." Was all the Bellas could say.
"We haven't had this kind of reaction since... your audition, Beca," Fat Amy told her.
Beca couldn't get anything out of her mouth.
"Becs?" Stacie gave her a nudge.
"Uh yeah.. She was.. great,"
"Did that guy say her last name was 'Swanson'?" Amy asked.
"Yeah," Beca blinked for the first time since the music ended, "yeah, he did," she said with a sigh of relief and a smile. "She's his sister, Amy," she laughed.
"Loverboy's got a sister?!"
"Apparently!" Beca exclaimed. The worries of thinking that Kamila and Jesse had some sort of history had escaped. To be honest, Beca felt quite stupid. She was worrying about nothing. It's a damn good thing she didn't blow it out of proportion. Kamila slowly walked off stage and headed back to the bar but Beca stopped her on the way, "Kamila, that was.."
"Horrible?"
"No! That was actually really good! I didn't know you could sing. And I didn't know you were related to Jesse,"
"Oh, you know my brother?" Kamila asked.
"Yeah, I'm his-"
"What'd I tell you, told you you'd be great," the man himself walked up to the girls and wrapped his arm around Beca. Kamila smiled at him and laughed, "Oh, forgot. Beca, this is Kamila, my sister. Kamila, this is Beca, my girlfriend," he introduced them to each other with a huge grin, and proud to call Beca his girlfriend.
"We've met," Beca told him.
"Yeah, we're actually roommates," his sister informed him.
"You are?!" He looked at both of them.
"Yeah," the girls simultaneously replied.
"This is gonna be the best school year ever!" Jesse said in excitement.
A/N: Just to clear up any confusion, this is an absolute Jeca fic. I thought of this story in class one day. I thought of Kamila as a character that was going to actually affect the couple in a really big way. But you'll get to that down the road. Here's more about Kamila, since she's completely made up and you're probably wondering what she looks like/sounds like..etc. Also.. I apologize for any errors.
Full Name: Kamila Marie Swanson
Age: 18
Hair: Brown, length like Anna Kendrick's.
Likes: Basketball, filming, singing in the shower, photography
Dislikes: Associating with people outside of her zone, slow walkers, people's opinion, having to get up to turn the light switch off when already in bed
Height: 5"2 1/2
(Imagined her voice to be like Lennon Stella's.. but mature sounding.)
You'll learn a lot more in the rest of the chapters. Hope this made up for the long update. Please tell me what you think! Reviews actually help me to write. And it helps me know what to do and what not to do.
Song: Ho Hey by The Lumineers
