The day Beca had been dreading had finally arrived. It was audition day for all the acapella groups and Beca still had yet to make up her mind. Her dad had came into her room and gave her this long speech about her putting herself out there and maybe joining one group on campus. She could make her dad happy or she could be her usual rebellious self and not go.
Or she could go check it out for maybe like one second. She could hide in the shadows and see all the stupid stuff and like totally not join. Yeah, she could totally be down for that. With her mind made up, she hopped out of bed and grabbed her stuff, heading for the door. The auditions were at the theater all the way across campus, so she would be a little late but oh well she wasn't missing out on much.
She kept her eyes cast down the entire journey across campus because she did not want people to know where she was going. So what if she didn't have any friends here she still didn't want people to see her at an acapella audition. There were a lot of people walking outside and no one had yet to spot her. As the building came into view she could hear a low hum as if people were singing inside the building. The auditions must have already started.
When the door opened she heard a woman singing Kelly Clarkson's, Since You Been Gone. The girl on stage was a heavier set black woman with red hair, and a totally amazing voice. Like she was really good and she was for sure going to get into one of the groups. Beca saw all the groups sitting in the seats and faintly recalled what some of them were called from when Aubrey and Chloe had told her about them. Beca instantly spotted the redhead sitting alongside the blonde, both were observing the singing girl.
Beca saw stairs leading backstage to the left and quietly slipped over to them. There was a group of people huddled on the right side of the backstage but no one had noticed her except for one person.
"Shawty!" Fat Amy yelled, dashing over to Beca. Well it was more a fast walk but Beca could tell what she was trying to do.
"Hey dude." They awkwardly embraced one another before pulling away to look at each other. A tall beautiful brunette walked up to the two.
"That girl is good! Even the blonde Bella was impressed. The blonde is kinda hot. Well actually both of them are hot." The dark haired girl ran her hands down her body, smirking. Beca's eyes comically widened. Who was this girl. This freaking campus, I swear. Beca thought to herself while looking between the two girls standing in front of her.
"Woah there Stacie, calm down the land down under. Get that kangaroo under control, legs." Amy's face contorted in uncomfortableness. The two then giggled at one another like they were life long buddies.
"Ok yeah I should not have came, this place is way too weird even for me." Beca went to turn around but Fat Amy caught her wrist before she could turn all the way around.
"No way, Beca. You are going to audition just like our sexy asses." Amy said and Stacie nodded in approval.
Beca noticed Jesse out there singing too and it registered to her that they had all sang the same song. Of course there had to be a certain song. Beca was definitely not ready at all. Beca pointed to Jesse.
"I can't go out there I didn't know we had to sing a certain song."
"No worries, I'm sure they will let you sing whatever." Stacie smiled at her. A guy came to tell her that she was up next and quickly departed, leaving Beca and Fat Amy.
"Long tall and delicious is right, shawty. I'm the best mathematic in Tasmania and I am 99% sure that they will let you do whatever song." Fat Amy then tried to chest bump her before walking off because she was the next to go on stage.
Beca ran a hand through her hair and looked out into the crowd, releasing a huge breath. She could totally do this. She was Beca effin Mitchell. For her fourth grade talent show she had done a song with a cup and it had won her first place. Maybe it could get her into this stupid acapella group. Yeah, she could totally do this. She tried telling that to her rising anxiety. Her palms began sweating and her legs were twitching but overall she thought she was holding it together quite well. She heard the scrawny guy say that was it for the auditions this year and he wasn't really impressed.
Before the groups could gather all of her stuff she slowly stepped onto the stage and Chloe caught her eye. The smile she received from Chloe made this whole thing worth it. Chloe smiled and motioned for her to come further onto the stage. Of course Beca was making this as awkward as possible especially since her arms were pressed tightly against her sides and she was walking like she had something up her butt.
"I didn't know we had to prepare that song."
"That's ok sing whatever." Chloe was still beaming at her like she just told her unicorns were real and Beca had just bought one for her.
Beca spotted a yellow cup sitting on the table in front of Aubrey and Chloe and went to grab it. "May I?" Chloe nodded while Aubrey shot her a questioning glare. Aubrey was watching every tiny movement Beca made, just sitting there judging her probably. Chloe was watching her too but she was smiling and happy. Beca sat down cross-legged putting the cup slightly in front of her. This was it. This is the moment she would put herself out there. This is for you, dad. Time to put myself out there and make friends. She began clapping and hitting the cup using it as a drum.
The entire time she was singing she kept looking down at the two girls in front of her. Both girls were really into it. Aubrey was genuinely surprised and Chloe's eyes were shining at her. There was a certain twinkle in Chloe's eyes. She had this look that made Beca almost feel worth it. As she sang out the final line and put the cup down for the last time her eyes met both of theirs.
Chloe grinned like a dork and Beca could almost swear she saw tears forming in the corner of her eyes. Chloe shrugged her shoulders up in glee and looked over at her best friend. Aubrey was regarding her with a confused look. Her lips twitched to the side and Beca could tell she was chewing on the inside of her bottom lip. Beca heard Jesse whisper 'wow' off to her right but she could care less. Aubrey slowly but silently got up from her seat, still staring at Beca.
"Good job." She whispers before turning to walk away. By the time Aubrey gets to the door almost everyone had followed suit, leaving Chloe still at the table and Beca still sitting on stage.
Chloe's eyes met Beca's. Chloe brushed some of her curly hair back and leaned further into her chair, craning her neck to look at Beca. "You did it Becs you left Aubrey Posen almost speechless. She even said good job, that really is a compliment. See I knew you had it in you!" She clapped her hands like a five year old.
"Shut up, dork." Beca threw the cup at Chloe, giggling as Chloe caught it and wiggled it at her.
"We're gonna remember this day for the rest of our lives. And remember this cup too!" Chloe thrust the cup into the air while standing up and stretching, meowing like a baby kitten.
"When I come to steal you in the middle of the night for initiation please don't hit me in my face. I'm too pretty to have bruises. Oh and after hood night, we're hanging out!" Chloe called out while walking towards the door.
"I can hit you all I want regardless of how pretty you are." Beca stands up.
Chloe stops to lean against the door. "Thanks for admitting I'm pretty." She winks and then continues to leave, the door slamming shut behind her. But then a millisecond later Chloe pops her head back in, "See you round, Becs."
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