The Story So Far | Chapter Six


Beca's POV

I've never been in an a Capella group before, I've never been in a Glee club before. The only closest thing that is close to this kind of group is being a lead vocalist in a band. I was never a fan of singing before until I formed a band with those 3 weirdos.

Chloe and I headed to the training room in the campus that was exclusively for the Bellas. It was a pretty enormous room though, I would like to rehearse with my band here someday. It's completely sound proof.

"So how do you even rehearse in an a Capella group?" I asked, kind of harsh.

"It's basically like dance club and glee club at the same time," Chloe answered briefly.

I mumbled a small 'Oh' and the other Bellas continued to check out the place while Aubrey and Chloe were discussing about something. There were boards everywhere and mostly it's just pictures of the old Bellas. The Bellas started years ago as it said, it's already been like 30 years. Wow. That's already long for music groups like this, can my band last like that? I don't think it will.

"Man, the old Bellas were hot!" Cynthia Rose said as she was checking out the photos of the old Bellas.

"Yeah," Fat Amy affirmed. "They keep it tight."

"Okay," Aubrey drawled. "Sopranos on the front. Altos on the back." She commanded as we took over and got our seats. "As you can see, Kori is not here." I looked around and she wasn't there. "Last night she was treble-boned. She has been disinvited by the Bellas." Seriously? Just for getting laid with a Treblemaker, you can't be a Bella anymore?

"That oath was serious?" I asked Aubrey.

"Dixie Chicks serious," she answered instantly. It turns out that she was serious, I thought it was like a joke or something. I guess I was wrong. "You can fool with anyone you want to just not a Treble."

"That's not gonna be easy," Stacie interjected. "He's a hunter," she described her junk as a dude. I find that amusing.

"You call it a dude?" I asked amusingly while she just glanced at me and nodded.

"Stacie, the Trebles don't respect us and if we let them penetrate us," Aubrey asserted as Stacie slowly crossed her legs. "We are giving them our power."

"Not a good enough reason to use the word penetrate," Fat Amy commented.

"So, is anyone here have anything to confess?" Aubrey asked us bleakly. She walked near Mary Elise who was avoiding gazes and Aubrey was already staring at her, making her more anxious.

"It was an accident and I-" Mary Elise admitted.

"Turn in your scarf and go," Aubrey interrupted and didn't care about the reasons. Mary Elise gave her a sad look while Aubrey just gestured her to give the scarf back. She gave the scarf slowly and Aubrey motioned her to go. "Take your chair," she ordered while Mary dragged it until there the near of the doors.

"Was that necessary?" I asked sympathetically.

"This is war, Beca. And it is my job that my soldiers are prepped with 3 kickass songs sung and choreographed to perfection and there are only 4 months till regionals so if you have any problem of me on the way I run the Bellas then you should just-" Aubrey sounds like she swallowed her own vomit causing her to out her hands on mouth.

I couldn't hear what Chloe was whispering to Aubrey but instead Lily raised her hand while Chloe encouraged her to speak. She whispered something that none of us can hear.

"What are you saying?" Chloe queried.

"What happened last year?" She reiterated. "Or do you guys wanna see a dead body?"

We all looked at each other faces saying like 'What's wrong with this girl?' But at least we already heard what was she saying.

"Um, well, I-I.. Chloe, can you please get my iPad please? It's in my room," Aubrey ordered while Chloe gave a slight nod and walked to me.

"Hey Beca, wanna come with me and get it?" she suggested.

"Uh - Okay sure," I replied while I stood up. Again, I'm walking with this redhead that I just knew her name yesterday as she said last night that we are gonna be fast friends, I guess she was right. But still she isn't making me comfortable for a long time.

"What did happen last year?" I asked.

"Aubrey made a scene that made us lose the ICCAs at Lincoln Center," she answered.

"Do you mind if I ask what did she do?"

"You'll see later on after we get her iPad," she gave me a light smile while she grabbed my hand and dragged me to her and Aubrey's dorm. As soon as we arrived, I waited outside for Chloe to get Aubrey's iPad which took only like 20 seconds. "I got it, let's go."

Walking back to the training room, the walk between me and Chloe was silent which I think was unusual. Should I even bother to start a conversation?

"Have I waited too long? Have I found that someone? Have I waited too long-"

"To see you," I chimed in with Chloe's singing as I gave her a quick smile and she smiled back. "Really nice of you to remove awkward silence with my song."

She beamed, "I'm all about pop punk."

"Seriously? You shouldn't have joined a band then."

"Nah, I can't even play a guitar or have a punk voice like punk girl singers,"'she lightly chuckled.

"You do have a good voice," I complimented causing her to turn pink.

"But not as punk as yours," she told me.

"That's flattering, thank you," I replied as she gave me a grin. We arrived at the training room which all of them are being noisy, they were all talking.

"Chloe!" Aubrey called while Chloe walked to her. "Okay, what happened last year is that.. Um.. I made a scene which caused us to lose the ICCAs. I'm going to search a video of what happened last year, okay?"

Aubrey typed something on her iPad and in a short while she gave it to Lily. "Please don't make fun of me after you watch this."

Here we are watching Aubrey throwing up while she was singing. That was a lot of vomit, several Bellas were snickering, several were disgusted and were cringing.

Soon the video was finished and Aubrey became an internet sensation. "Oh! Click on Guy Pukes on Cat," Stacie pointed.

"Enough!" Aubrey interrupted. "It happened it's over. We will practice every day for at least two hours, seven days a week and I trust you will add your own cardio." Shit. I don't like working out, especially with cardio.

"Why cardio?" I asked.

"Yeah, no. Don't put me down for cardio," Fat Amy told Aubrey.

"Okay, moving on," Aubrey ignored our demands. "This is a list of the songs we have ever performed and as you can see we only do songs made famous by women."

Chloe handed us lists and we passed it around. I checked it out and there was nothing from this century, they don't have good taste of music.

"There's nothing from this century on here," I commented.

"Because we don't stray from tradition," Aubrey told me while I gave a slight nod. "Now, this is how we will become champions," she said as she showed us the other side of the white board.

Wow. Seriously? Who can win with that? Even they care about the relationships and the song list, I will think that this will be boring as hell.

"Okay, let's get started," Aubrey told us. "Anyone here who can beatbox?"

Fat Amy raised her hand and walked in front, "I'm all about beatbox. In Tasmania, we were born beatboxers."

"Okay then, Amy. Show us what you got."

Fat Amy tried to beat box, I couldn't explain how she did it but all I know is that she did really bad.

"Okay, okay. That's enough," Aubrey interrupted while Fat Amy was still doing her 'beatboxing'. "Thank you for that, Amy. Seriously, anyone who could beatbox here?" Nobody responded. "Then we have to teach you. Let's try first some voice exercises that could improve your vocals. Let's get started, why don't you guys get up?"

We all stood up as I groaned and stood up for myself. I'm not going on to much detail in the exercises but Aubrey just taught us the instrumental first. We didn't sang first, just the instrumental.

Second, we jogged up and down the bleachers about for 10 rounds, I think. I can't breathe and I was wearing skinny jeans also so it was uncomfortable. The others in the other hand were doing a pretty good job.

"Amy!" Aubrey called. "What are you doing?"

Fat Amy was lying on the bleachers and looking like she was jogging, "I'm doing horizontal running."

"Horizontal running?" Aubrey asked confusedly while the rest of us stopped.

Next, we were trying to walk with high heels. I'm not really used to walking with these heels with long stilettos, it was like 4 inches but for me it felt like 1 foot. I couldn't walk with it so I had to practice walking with these things.

Soon, we proceeded to the choreography which Chloe led. While learning it, I also learned that it was so girly and weird. We might not even win with this kind of choreography. I was confused while I was doing it but Chloe was always helping my hands and my arms. Chloe first showed us the choreography while I was silently thinking that why do Aubrey think that we will win with this crap. In one step like the salute thing, I was struggling in that part. We did it one by one and when it was my turn, I did it like 5 times before Chloe guided my arms. I already told you that I didn't like people around me, right?

"I know it, I can do it," I told Chloe while she ignored my words.

"There, I think you can do it," Chloe let go while she was gesturing me to do the step. I sighed and did the step carefully, trying to make it look perfect. "See? I told you."

I rolled my eyes at her words while I was already exhausted with this thing.

Finally, we were already of half learning the choreography as Aubrey said, "Okay! I'm calling it."

Lily whispered something to herself which no one could hear the words.

"Nothing, I hear nothing," Aubrey told her while Lily made a sad face. Then I realized the choreography was the same as the video Aubrey let us watched.

"Hey Aubrey, did we just learn the same choreography from that video?" I asked her.

"Okay, don't forget your performance schedule. We have a gig next week, that's right next week," she told us while she ignore my question.

"Guys, it's Sigma Beta's annual Fall Mixer," Chloe said.

"Hands in, Bellas," Aubrey told us as we gave confusing looks. "Hands in, aca-bitches!"

We instantly obliged, "Sing 'Ah'—"

"Ahh." Fat Amy sang while Aubrey glanced at her.

"No, no, no. It's actually on three, Fat Amy," Aubrey told Amy. "Okay, one, two, three."

"Ahh," Chloe and Aubrey sang while the rest just tried to follow them. Aubrey gave us a fake smile, "Okay, we will work on that first thing next time."

The rest went up and left, "Oh, um, Beca!" I turned around and saw Aubrey calling me.

"What's up?" I asked like nothing's wrong.

"You know you have to take those string monstrosities out for the Fall Mixer," Aubrey told me not to play the guitar. What a dick.

"You really don't like me, do you?" I asked her while I was giving a fake smile.

"I don't like your attitude," she admitted.

"You don't even know me."

"I know you have a toner for Gray," she said. Wait, she knows Gray?

"A what?" I gave her an amusing look, I don't know what she's talking about.

"A toner. A musical boner," she reiterated. "I saw it at Hood Night, it's distracting."

"Um, let me get something straight," I started. "I don't have a toner for Graham, you know why? Because he's been my best friend ever since the start of high school. He's my bandmate, Aubrey. And don't tell him that I told you this but he has a crush on you. Now don't go on sermoning about me talking to Graham, Dylan and Hunter because those are my bandmates and my bestfriends. You don't have to worry about me having toners for them and sure as likely as hell I don't have a toner for anybody," I explained while she stood there emotionless and speechless.

"Gray has a crush on me?" Aubrey asked me, ignoring all of what I said except for that. I nodded and gave her a smile.

"He's planning to befriend you first before he courts you," I said as I winked. I turned around to walk outside.

"Hey Beck!" Gray called. "Is Aubrey there?"

"Uh, yeah. I just talked to her, why?" I asked with a smirk.

He turned slightly pink. "I, uh, I was wondering if she would want to hang out later?"

I grinned, "I'm pretty sure she's free the rest of the day. Go on, she's there." Graham nodded and went inside the training room.

"Beca!" I heard a familiar bubbly voice, I turned around and see the bubbly redhead again.

"Chloe!" I imitated.

"So is that guy one of your bandmates?" she asked.

"Yeah, how'd you know?" I questioned curiously.

"Just a guess, he's been there on your side since you came in here," she told me while I shook my head slightly.

"We're not like that, we're just bandmates and best friends nothing more," I said gruffly.

"I didn't say that, I mean he really looks like he likes Aubrey. They've been talking already."

I glanced at those words, "Really?"

"Yeah, they've been catching up since the audition. You didn't know?"

"Why won't he tell me that?" I asked myself. "It doesn't matter. But I will tell you that he has been in a lot of relationships and I don't want Aubrey to fake her smile in the performances."

"Don't worry, I think Aubrey can handle it."

"She thinks I have a toner for him," I snickered.

"Aubrey's been like that harsh since the stunt. I hope you could understand her, it's been a stress year."

"Yeah, sure," I replied.


A/N: I'm not dead, guys! I'm sorry for the kinda late upload because I was busy yesterday. But here since I didn't update yesterday I made it longer for you guys! Thank you for all the support guys! Please R&R every time! See you in the next chapter!