Nazis and Nerds
"Has Aubrey always been like this?" Beca panted to Chloe, as she gulped from her water bottle, red faced and sweaty.
Chloe's face matched her hair, as she nodded. "Yep. I've known her for four years… she's always been like this".
Beca nodded, her chest rising and falling at an incredibly fast pace, her heart beating way too fast for her body. "Right", she got out, taking another swig of water.
In her life, Beca had two complete opposite ends of the scale. In one aspect, she had Aubrey Posen, ruling over the Barden Bellas like a Nazi officer (Fat Amy had muttered that three days earlier and Beca had chuckled, and Aubrey had followed them with a suspicious glare).
And then she had Jesse Swanson (well, she didn't have Jesse Swanson, but they were best friends) the biggest nerd to walk the earth. He was the one who heard her complain about Aubrey Posen while stacking CDs, the mundane activity that she actually enjoyed (not that she'd ever tell Luke or Jesse, for that matter).
"Alright, from the top!" Aubrey announced, ignoring the unanimous groan (and the fact that Fat Amy hadn't moved from the floor in six and a half minutes. They could see Cynthia Rose contemplating CPR).
They went through the entire set two more times, and by the time Aubrey released them from the torture chamber, Beca barely had enough energy to lift herself out of her seat, let alone crawl her way across campus.
But she did. She tossed her bag down at the station and turned to Jesse, who was holding a stack of CDs.
"Hey there weirdo!" he said brightly, grinning cheerfully. "And how are you today?"
"Aubrey's insane", she blurted out.
Between the Nazi and the nerd, she couldn't win.
(But she knew who's company she preferred.)