"Welcome to the riff-off!" Loud hoots and hollers followed. Justin quickly went over the rules, expecting the newcomers to have prior knowledge of what's going on. "Okay, first category is…Ladies of the 80's!" Chloe saw Aubrey's face light up as she ran to the center of the pool. Just as she opened her mouth, Bumper started singing. A disappointed Aubrey returned to Chloe.

Chloe wasn't worried about winning. She cared more about what Beca thought of it all. This was her first taste of a capella outside of rehearsals. The BU Harmonics cut off the Trebles and started singing some Madonna. Chloe looked over at Aubrey and watched as the gears in her head started to turn. She smiled and told everyone to follow her lead. She ran to the front of the group and started singing "Hit Me With Your Best Shot." Chloe smiled at Beca as she saw the freshman start to warm up to the situation. She had joined Aubrey at the front, singing back-up vocals for her. Just as the whole group was getting into the song, a High Note surprisingly cut them off. The girl sang two notes and got distracted. Justin stopped her and said her group was cut off, meaning they were disqualified.

"So we just go with whatever works?" Beca questioned Chloe, moving back into the group.

"Yep. Whatever you want, as long as it fits the category." She smiled at the younger girl hoping she would try to cut someone off.

"Next category is…songs about sex."

"Sex?!"

Stacie's face lit up and she put her hand on Aubrey's shoulder, lightly squeezing it, reassuring her they can't lose this round. Her and Cynthia Rose ran out to the center to sing some Rihanna. They were eventually cut off by the Trebles. Donald and Stacie had a small battle, inching closer each time they cut the other off. Aubrey had to go get Stacie before she did something stupid. Chloe looked over at Beca and saw a huge smirk on her face just before she ran out and started rapping. Chloe's jaw dropped; she had no idea the girl could rap, especially that well. She was unfamiliar with the song, just as the rest of the girls were. "Rumpshakers…?" Aubrey's voice cracked.

Amy was the first one to recognize the song. She walked out and joined Beca. With two sets of vocals, the rest of the girls could get a better feel of the beat, and they joined in. They sounded fantastic together. Chloe's grin stretched from ear to ear as she watched the group mesh. If they could sound like this all the time they would dominate the nationals. The only one who looked out of place was Aubrey, which was to be expected; she never was able to let loose easily. Beca and Chloe made eye contact, causing Chloe to grin even wider, as if it was possible. Most of the time, Chloe's eyes were glued to Beca. She looked so in her element. She looked so comfortable. It was pleasing to see her have so much fun. Chloe's had a glimmer in her eye as she watched the freshman. Aubrey definitely noticed where Chloe's attention was, but Chloe didn't notice.

Everyone but the Trebles joined in singing with the Bellas. Bumper smirked as he saw the BU Harmonics join in, realizing they were disqualified for singing with another team. He looked like he knew something the Bellas didn't. Chloe noticed but shrugged it off. She looked back to Beca who was mesmerized by everyone's participation in her song. Chloe could tell her eyes were moist as she laughed hard and waved to a large group high above her. Beca made her way back into the group of Bellas and finished the song. Everyone cheered for her. Chloe squeezed her arm and flashed her a giant grin.

"Sorry ladies, but the word you had to match was 'it' and, you said 'it's.' You are cut off!" Justin said, giving the Trebles their trophy. Aubrey yelled that she had never heard of that rule before and made the girls get in an aca-huddle.

"Before we go to bed, we need to write down everything we did wrong."

"That was awesome. It was spontaneous and brilliant. We need to do something like that for our competitions," Beca said.

"Our set is perfect as it is. I'm not changing it because of this."

"Whatever," Beca turned to walk off before the meeting was over, butChloe stopped her.

"I really want to hear some of your mixes. Can I come over after I'm done here?"

Beca smiled, "Yeah. I'll meet you there." She headed back to her dorm.

"Chloe, I need have a talk with you."

"What's up?"

"It's about your toner."

"I don't have one?"

"It's pretty obvious that you do. You can't hide anything from me," Aubrey said, pushing her hair off her shoulders. "You need to control it. You can't let this thing get in the way of us getting to finals."

"Aubrey, I seriously have no idea what you're talking about."

"Whatever," Aubrey huffed. "Don't come home tonight."

"Why?"

"Just don't, okay?"

"Oh my god, Aubrey!" Chloe clapped her hands excitedly.

Aubrey blushed a little and stormed off, "Shut up."

In Beca's dorm, Chloe made herself comfortable on the bed. Beca was sitting in her chair opening her file of finished mixes. "Here, put these headphones on. This is the most recent one I've finished." Chloe obeyed and put her large headphones on. Her jaw dropped for the second time that night. She bobbed her head and tapped her hand to the beat. She took off the headphones when the song finished.

"Beca...you're fantastic! I could have never imagined those songs together in any way, but now it all makes sense."

"Thanks. It was pretty simple actually. I'm in the middle of another song right now."

"Can I hear it?"

"I don't let anyone listen to them until they're finished."

"Even me?" Chloe batted her eyelashes and tried to look as cute as possible. Beca looked down at her keyboard and shook her head.

"Nope, not even you."

"I'm going to snoop around your room for a bit if you want to finish that up. I want to hear it before I fall asleep."

"Fall asleep?"

"Oh yeah...is it okay if I stay over tonight?" Beca shrugged with a smile before putting her headphones on and opening a track that wasn't "Titanium 2.0," which she still hadn't finished. Chloe dug into the CDs and other things which lined Beca's wall. She went through a stack of old albums from groups she hadn't heard of before. She grabbed another stack and found a small box behind it. Curious, Chloe replaced the stack in her hands with the box. She looked back to make sure Beca wasn't watching. Her eyes were closed and her fingers were tapping along to the beat of the mystery song. Chloe turned back and opened the small box to find small folded papers, like little notes. Chloe took one out and opened it. It said 'Joined the Bellas.' Chloe took out another note that said 'Survived first exam.' She realized it was a box of notes containing memorable things from the school year as she read a few more. They weren't anything spectacular, but Chloe was interested in what her fellow Bella thought was worth writing down. She pored out the rest of the notes and opened them one by one. Chloe read one that said 'Was saved by Chloe.' The next one read 'Hung out with Chloe.'

'Learned movies aren't so bad.'

'Miss Barden's radio show.'

'Ambushed in shower.'

'Texted Chloe for the first time.'

The next few Chloe opened simply read 'Chloe'. She gasped lightly. She quickly looked back to make sure Beca hadn't heard her before muttering, "What?" She scooped up the small papers and shoved them back in the box. She put the box away and made sure the stack of CDs were in place just as they were before. She moved to a different shelf and started looking through there, acting like she hadn't just peeked into Beca's mind. "Finished!" Beca announced, turning back around.

"Already?"

"Yeah, I was almost done. Come here," she held out her headphones to the senior who put them on swiftly. Beca hit play and watched the expression on her friend's face change from content to excited to impressed. A smirk developed on her face and didn't leave the rest of the night. Nothing made her happier than seeing a person fall in love with her music, especially if that person was Chloe.