So sorry for the lateness guys, I know no excuse can suffice, but I hope that this excuse is will at least allow you to forgive me.. I was in another country. Does that get me off the hook? No.. Will this chapter? Maybe? YAY! I'll take that. Okay, so maybe this chapter is not my greatest BY far, but I've really been wanting to do the riff off ever since I got the idea for how I was going to do it, so forgive the lack of detail and BeChloe moments. I do however also have Beca's audition, but again, forgive the serious lack of detail because I just wanted to get to the riff off, but hopefully the almost cute BeChloe moment in the audition will suffice?
Anyways, onto review responses!
Guest: Sorry for the huge delay, went to Bali for my birthday (My family surprised me a day after I put up chapter 4) and when I got back work had me super busy! And yes you should get an account so I know whose reviewing :)
Coolerthanadesert: Sorry for the little to no BeChloe cuteness, but I hope you enjoy this chapter! And I really Don't want Aubrey to be too OOC but, this is AU and under the circumstances, she has to be OOC at least a little, so thank you for thinking she's sweet :) I hope its not a bad thing?
Okay, so for the riff off, This Text is The Bellas. This text is The Trebles.
And the brief moment another group sings will be introduced, so its normal text :)
I Don't own Pitch Perfect or Prom Night, nor do I own the songs in this chapter!
ENJOY!
It had been a week since Beca agreed to audition and Chloe was on her way to the radio station after a long day of classes and studying. Her and Beca had fallen into a routine, every night Chloe would go and meet Beca after her shift at the station and they would go have dinner somewhere off campus, where they would just talk about nothing and everything all at once.
Chloe liked hanging out with Beca, and Aubrey had become less strict on the whole 'text me every hour' thing whenever she knew Chloe was with Beca. Chloe was finally settling into her new life, even though she had a haunted past, she felt as if she could maybe, just maybe, out run it.
Tonight was special in Chloe's mind though, because tonight they weren't just going anywhere for dinner. Tonight was the auditions and Beca was going to be there and she'd get to hear her sing again. However, Beca added a claus to her auditioning, Chloe had to sing with her, which Aubrey had actually agreed to quite easily without much begging on the DJ's part. The problem? Chloe still didn't know what they were singing, Aubrey told them in advance that they'd get to choose their own song to sing because she really didn't see Beca singing Kelly Clarkson. Beca had just smiled and told Chloe to leave the song arrangement to her, which left Chloe feeling a little nervous.
Beca and Chloe were the last to go, as their audition was different to everyones and they basically already had their spots on the Bella's, what with Chloe as co-captain and all. Chloe looked at Beca for any indication as to what song they were singing, just as Beca leaned over to her
"I want you to sing 'Just The Way You Are' on my count"
Which just so happened to come straight after that. She started singing, looking at Beca for her to join in, almost praying that the other girl would actually sing and not just leave her to sing alone. She was surprised to hear Beca start singing 'Just A Dream' as she hit the end of her first little verse, smiling she started to sing a little more confidently. It sounded so good hearing their voices together and the songs mixed so perfectly, she even saw Aubrey smiling a little bit, just a little bit. When the song ended Chloe couldn't help but wonder where Beca had gotten the inspiration for the mash up.
(A/N Here comes the really bad time skip)
A week later Aubrey announced that there'd be a riff off held that night in the empty pool on campus, and requested everyone to meet at 10 for a little warm up before it started at 10:30, she quickly dismissed everyone as she rushed out of rehearsal before anyone could even ask "whats a riff off?"
That was how Chloe ended up now standing in said pool surrounded by the Bella's, the other three a cappella groups and anyone who chose to spectate. Justin stepped forward and explained the rules to everyone, something that Aubrey had still neglected to do, before announcing they were starting. He shone a strange device at the wall and Chloe saw it was a spinner, this was how they were deciding what category of songs to sing from. She almost missed him announcing the first category was 'songs about sex' before Cynthia Rose was singing.
Na na na
Come on
Na na na na na
Come on, come on, come on
Cause I may be bad
But I'm perfectly good at it
Sex in the air
I don't care I love the smell of it
Sticks and stones may break my bones
But chains and whips excite me
Cause I may be bad
But I'm perfectly good at it
Sex baby
Let's talk about you and me
Let's talk about all the good things
And the bad things that may be
Let's talk about sex
Alright
Let's talk about sex
A little bit, a little bit
Let's talk about sex, baby
Baby, all through the night
I'll make love to you
Like you want me too
And I
And I guess it's just the woman in you
That brings out the man in me
I know I can't help myself
You're all in the world to me
It feels like the first time
It feels like the very first time
It feels like the first time
Just as Chloe could see Beca about to jump in with a song, one of the hippies from The HighNotes jumped in,
Time passes by, never thought I'd wind up, one step behind.
Chloe laughed as Justin stepped in to inform the girl that the song wasn't about sex, and they were eliminated. She watched as he 'spun the wheel' again, and it landed on '4 Chord songs'
"but there's so many" she said before realising she even said anything, she saw Beca perk up a little, pulling everyone in close
"follow my lead guys" they all turned to the middle, nobody had made a move yet, Beca ran in starting them off.
My life is brilliant, my love is pure
I saw an angel, of that I'm sure
People killin', people dyin'
Children hurt can you hear them cryin'?
Can you practice what you preach?
Would you turn the other cheek?
Wait, SHE just changed song, Chloe looked around everyone was confused, then it clicked, she was singing 'The 4 chord song' by that comedian music group, she joined in knowing the next part.
Forever young, I wanna be forever young
I won't hesitate no more, no more
It cannot wait, I'm yours
Lipstick stains
On the front lobe of my left side brains
I knew I wouldn't forget you
If I could, then I would
I'll go wherever you will go
And can you feel the love tonight?
The look on Bumpers face was priceless to see, they couldn't keep up with the songs to know what the next word was going to be in order to change it, plus they were singing all the songs so the were limited on what to sing.
Nobody wants to see us together
But it don't matter no
Cause I got you
Country Roads, take me home
To the place I belong
The other Bella's had joined in, providing perfect back up, playing the 4 chords in a cappella fashion, it just worked so well
I'm your biggest fan
I'll follow you until you love me
Papa-paparazzi
Oh I can't live
With or without you
Pictures of you, pictures of me,
Hung upon your wall for the world to see
And she will be loved
Yeah she will be lo-
When I find myself in times of trouble
Mother Mary comes to me
No woman, no cry
Yeah mama this surely is a dream
I come from a land down under
Red, white and blue
The funny things you do
America, America oh this is you
They say that Taylor was a good girl
Never want to be late, complain
Express ideas in her brain
I need some love like I never needed love before
(Gonna make love to your baby)
Take on me (When I come around)
Take me on (When I come around)
I'll be gone, in a day or two
Save tonight (Gonna take a lot to drag me away from you)
And fight the break of dawn
Come tomorrow (There's nothing that a hundred men or more could ever do)
Tomorrow I'll be gone (If I were a boy)
Here I am, once again
I'm torn into pieces (I think I would understand)
Can't deny, can't pretend
Just thought you were the one
In my head, I see you all over me
In my head, you fulfil my fantasy
In my head
Despite all my rage I am still just a rat in a cage,
What if God was one of Us?
Tell me
Why'd you have to go and make things so complicated?
I see the way you're
Acting like you're somebody
I know she's playing with me
well that's ok cause I got no self esteem
With a thousand lies
And a good disguise
Hit 'em right between the eyes
Hit 'em right between the eyes
You're so beautiful, so damn beautiful
Too late to apologise
Too late
Just gonna stand there and watch me burn
But that's alright because I like the way it hurts
It's my life, it's now or never
I ain't gonna live forever
Can't read my, can't read my
No, he can't read my poker face
Come on Barbie, let's go party
How long, how long will I slide
Separate my,
Double rainbow all the way across the sky
Yeah, yeah, so intense
Enjoy yourself
Take only what you need from it
A family of trees wanted
Time to say goodbye
veduto vissuto con te
Should auld acquaintance be forgot
And never brought to mind
I'm more than a bird I'm more than a plane
I'm a birdplane, I'm a birdplane
A motherfucking birdplane
Doesn't that sound familiar
Doesn't that hit too close to home
Doesn't that make you shiver
The way that things have gone
And doesn't that seem peculiar
'Cause everyone wants a little more
And something I do remember
To never go this far
That's all it takes to be a star
By the end of the song everyone sitting around the pool had joined in and Bumper was fuming, it was such a sight to see.
Once everyone was quiet again Bumper screamed out "they cheated, eliminate them! Justin?"
"I'm sorry, but that is a song, which they sang through in its entirety, they win" Justin handed Aubrey the mic and cheers went right 'round the pool, except for the trebles who started talking amongst each other.
Before Chloe could get into the celebration she spotted a man with a dark hoodie and hat on in the crowd, he had his head down so she was unable to his face, she began to panic, Fenton had found her, he was here!
She was pulled into a hug by Aubrey before she had a chance to see his face properly "WE WON! I owe you, you got Beca to join, y'know, she isn't so bad after all"
"good, i'm glad you finally approve"
Aubrey let her go to join the Bella's and Chloe tried to find the man again, she couldn't see him, just as she thought she spotted him again she felt herself being pulled by the arm in the direction of the exit, she started to scream when she turned to see it was Beca pulling her along
"calm down silly" she let out a laugh
"sorry, you scared me" Chloe breathed out
"good thing you don't have your whistle then huh, you would've blown my ear drum" Beca joked
"yea, probably" Chloe laughed a little "so where are we going?" she asked
She noticed they were now away from the pool, and getting close to leaving campus, she was still being pulled along by Beca who wasn't exactly going slow
"you'll see" Beca said in a very serious tone.
Chloe was getting a little worried, they'd been walking for 10 minutes, they were off campus and she didn't know where they were exactly, Beca was acting a little weird and wouldn't tell her where they were going, and it was extremely deserted along the dimly lit street.
"Beca stop, where are we?" Chloe asked for what felt like the 100th time, Beca suddenly stopped right next to a dark, very dangerous looking alley, turning to Chloe her face wasn't the 'happy Beca' face she had come to love since meeting the shorter girl, it was dark, mean even,
She spoke in a low voice "please" she scoffed "you don't tell the person you're kidnapping where you're taking them"
Chloe felt her stomach drop….
OMGERD!
So, I hope this chapter hasn't upset you too much, I know theres a huge lack of detail and actual storyline.. Oh and the cliffhanger ;) but I'm back and will be updating frequently and with better quality chapters.
Thanks to all my reviewers and followers/favouriters :)