So, this chapter is mostly just a retelling of those scenes from the movie, with a short added scene, and my own interpretation added. I promise, the story will start diverting more from the plot of the movie soon. and since it's ready. I'm also adding the fourth chapter too. I hope you enjoy.

Chapter 3

Aubrey's POV

As the auditions wound down, I struggled to hide my disappointment. There was no sign of the little alt-girl. There were some definite possibilities in the girls who auditioned, so I wasn't concerned with the Bellas. True, the recruits mostly didn't have the bikini-ready bodies I had hoped for, but at least there were some decent singers in the mix. As the last guy sang his rendition of Since You've Been Gone, I sighed and struggled not to notice the frustration radiating from Chloe. I knew she had been positive that the girl would show up, but it looks like she was wrong.

As Benji finished singing. I forced myself to applaud. He gave a little bow and said. "Thank you. Performing live gives me such a rush." I turned to Chloe to hide my embarrassed smile from the guy. She caught my eye and gave a little grin.

Benji exited the stage as Tommy, stepped forward clapping. "Okay. That is everyone."

I sighed and looked down at my list. I felt Chloe stiffen beside me. "Wait! There's one more." I could hear the excitement in her voice and quickly looked up to see the girl in the wings awkwardly shuffling her feet. I froze. She was just as beautiful as I remembered and a surge of heat raced down my spine. Chloe waved for her to come onstage. She smiled shyly and stepped over to stand in front of our table. Tommy and Justin backed off to give her room.

"I didn't know we had to prepare that song." The girl said nervously.

"That's ok. Sing anything you want." Chloe said beaming at her.

The girl knelt down and pointed at the pen cup on out table. "May I?" She asked. Chloe nodded and the girl dumped our pens on the table. She took the cup and sat back on the stage. I was intrigued. I sat back, dropping my hands into my lap and watched. The girl took a deep breath and began clapping and tapping the cup in a rhythm. After she went through a little routine with the cup, creating a really cool percussion track, she opened her mouth and sang.

I've got my ticket for the long way round

Two bottles of whiskey for the way

And I sure would like some sweet company

And I'm leavin' tomorrow, what do you say?

When I'm gone, when I'm gone

You're going to miss me when I'm gone

You're gonna miss me by my hair

You're gonna miss me everywhere

Oh, you're gonna miss me when I'm gone.

When she finished she sat there and glanced at me before turning a small nervous smile towards Chloe. I sat there stunned. Her voice sent shivers down my spine. I sat there staring at the girl. Only the weight of Chloe's gaze brought me out of my reverie. I glanced at her and saw the desire there, as well as the excitement. I winked at her discreetly before turning back to the girl onstage.

"Will you come down here and fill out an audition form, so we can contact you if you get in?" I kept my voice level and professional and was proud of myself for keeping my cool. The girl shrugged and came down from the stage. She picked up the pens she had dumped previously and put them back in the cup before taking the audition form from Chloe. I watched as the girl smirked at seeing the grin Chloe couldn't keep from her face.

"I'm Beca, by the way. I didn't manage to get your name when you ambushed me in the shower." She said as she filled in the pertinent information.

Chloe giggled and I let out a small chuckle. "I'm Chloe, and this is Aubrey." Chloe said leaning closer to the girl.

Beca glanced up from the paper and smiled at Chloe before turning to me and smirking. That smirk made my stomach clench and heat start radiating from my core. I felt my cheeks start to flush, but I was unable to look away from her eyes. Beca's smirk deepened and she turned back to writing. She finished filling out the paper and handed it back to Chloe.

"I'll see you nerds later." She said before turning and leaving the theater. I watched he walk away before letting out the breath I didn't realize I was holding and turning back to Chloe. She was grinning at me.

"This is going to be an aca-amazing year." She said nudging my arm.

"It's going to be something alright" I replied. Then I smiled and turned back to our table and gathered up my papers. "Lets get out of here. We have a lot to do before tonight."

Later that night

Chloe POV

"You ready for this?" Aubrey asked as we stood outside Beca's dorm room.

I nodded, squirming a little with excitement. We had decided to grab Beca first because we wanted to do it together. I took a couple of deep breaths to settle my nerves. I glanced over at Aubrey who was doing the same thing. When she gave me a short nod, I knocked on the door. We waited for a minute and no one answered. I shot a confused look over at Aubrey. Surely Beca knew that we'd be coming to get her for initiation and wouldn't have left. Aubrey let out a little huff of annoyance and knocked again, harder this time. This time the door was answered by a rather annoyed looking Asian girl.

She took one look at us before rolling her eyes and opening the door wider. "Beca. You have company." She sighed and turned back to her desk sitting and focusing on her computer.

I glanced around and saw Beca sitting at her desk on the far side of the room with headphones on while focusing on her computer. Feeling the weight of mine and Aubrey's stares, she turned around and smirked when she saw us.

"Hey, we're here to get you for initiation." I said with a smile.

Beca turned back to her computer and saved whatever she was working on before getting up and placing her headphones on her desk. "Ok. I just gotta grab a jacket." She said. Aubrey waited for her to put it on before pulling the black hood from behind her back and slipping it over Beca's head. "What? Dude, no!" Beca exclaimed.

I giggled as she fought ineffectively against the hold Aubrey had on her. "Relax, Beca. It's tradition. We won't let you get hurt." I said as I moved up to her side and put an arm around her. My heart lept into my throat and started pounding when I felt the heat of her body pressed against mine. Beca stiffened slightly and Aubrey noticed. She shot me a look of disapproval. I shrugged at her. I couldn't help it. Aubrey rolled her eyes at me and moved to Beca's other side. After a moment, Beca relaxed into our presence. We guided her carefully out of the dorm and into the van waiting out front. I climbed into the back of the van and helped Beca get settled into a seat while Aubrey moved around to the driver's seat. It took us about an hour to collect the other girls from the various dorms around campus. But eventually had had them all and headed to the rehearsal space we had prepared earlier.

We had all the girls hold hands and we carefully lead them into the space and lined them up in a row. I was a little nervous about this. After her first protest, Beca hadn't said anything else in the hour she'd been stuck in the hood. But I could hear her sighing impatiently every now and then. I bit my lip anxiously and glanced over at Aubrey. She nodded and we started the initiation.

During the ceremony, Aubrey and I both watched Beca as much as possible. We didn't want to make it obvious, but it was hard not to watch. She was clearly uncomfortable and out of her element. It was so adorable. I just wanted to run over and kiss her doubts away. Apparently, my desire was too obvious because Aubrey shot me a warning glare and I forced my thoughts and eyes away from the brunette. I knew I had to stay focused on the Bellas. Aubrey was hell-bent on redeeming herself and the group after last year's unfortunate puking incident and not even this thing with Beca was going to stand in her way.

Finally, the formalities ended as Aubrey announced, "You are all Bellas now." I grinned and turned to her.

"We did it!" I grinned.

"Did we?" She replied looking at the girls squealing and jumping up and down. I could see the doubt starting to creep in. I leaned into her and gave what comfort I could. I wanted to pull her into my arms and kiss her senseless, but I knew that she wouldn't want the PDA to be seen by the new Bellas. She wouldn't want them to think that she was anything other than a leader.

"Come on, let's go celebrate." I said. Finally, she looked at me and smiled.

"Alright. My concerns aren't going anywhere. I can let loose for tonight." She turned back to the new Bellas. "Alright ladies, there is a party in the amphitheater for all new acapella initiates. Let's go!"

Beca's POV

I followed the other girls down the steps into the amphitheater. I groaned taking in the mass of people drinking and dancing in the lower rows of seats.

"I don't even know what I'm doing here." I muttered to myself. The girl standing next to me, who had introduced herself as Fat Amy heard me and she replied.

"Living the dream. I still can't believe they let my sexy, fat ass in." She chuckled before heading down into the crowd for a drink. I stepped to the side and let the other girls pass me. I was debating how long I would have to stay before I could sneak home without anyone noticing, when I heard my name being called from further down the seats.

"Becaw! Becaw!" Jesse shouted laughing to himself as he climbed over the seats towards me. I sighed and resigned myself to another awkward conversation with the guy. I turned what I hoped was a friendly smile on him.

"Do my eyes deceive me, or are you a Barden Bella?"

"No" I replied without thinking, not liking where that grin was headed.

"You are. You're an acapella girl and I'm an aca-boy and we're going to have aca-children." He stated as he stumbled to a halt in front of me.

Yeah, I didn't like where his train of thought had gone. The scenario he just described was the furthest thing from what I wanted that I almost laughed in his face. Remembering to be polite to the guy I had to work with at the radio station, I smirked at him. "Wow, you're really drunk right now."

"No, I'm not. You're just blurry." He quipped back as he swayed on his feet.

"I think you're really drunk right now, and won't remember this is the morning." I shot back. I just wanted him to go away. He was obviously crushing hard and I wasn't sure the best way to let him down easily. Finally, I was relieved when he offered to get me a drink. "Sounds great." I said and glanced over his shoulder as he turned to go. I caught Aubrey's eyes on me and saw the disapproving frown on her face. Shit. I didn't want her to think I was interested in the guy. Wait! What? Why did I care what she thought? It's not like I was going to do anything about the attraction I was feeling. Especially now that my dad had told me that I could leave at the end of the year. I didn't want any emotional ties to this place when I leave. And that tall leggy blonde would definitely evoke some strong emotions if I were to let myself get involved.

I was pulled out of my thoughts by a wonderful distraction in the form of a bouncy, overly-excited redhead. "Hi!" She said before grabbing my hands and pulling me close to her. I thought she was going to kiss me, and everything went fuzzy for a moment. In that brief moment, I wanted nothing more than to kiss her. But reason returned as she spoke again.

"I'm really glad I met you. I think we're going to be really fast friends." She said her voice sweet and enticing.

I let sarcasm hide the turmoil I felt over being so close to those amazingly kissable lips. "Well you already saw me naked, so—" I said with a wink. I noticed the sharp intake of breath and darkening of her eyes as she took in my comment. I had to grin at her. I knew I had caught her checking me out in the shower. It made my heart jump to see the confirmation in her eyes. I shifted uncomfortably, when I felt my underwear grow damp as I looked at her. After a long moment of gazing into each other's eyes, Chloe blushed.

"Alright, I'm gonna go get a drink." She said rubbing my arms pulling me even closer for a minute before releasing me and turning. "This ginger needs her jiggle juice." She joked shaking her ass at me and giving it a little slap. "See you later." She said in the most adorable voice I'd ever heard.

I tore my gaze from the ass as it swayed away down the steps. "Make good choices" I called lamely after her. I was trying to regain my balance and calm down the butterflies currently dancing in my stomach.

I hadn't managed it yet when Jesse returned with my beer. He was singing along with the song currently being blasted through the amphitheater. I smirked at him and took the beer. I took a sip, it wasn't piss, but it was still pretty cheap beer.

Jesse turned and surveyed the crowd dancing below us. "This is so awesome. WE ARE THE KINGS OF CAMPUS" He bellowed out to anyone who was listening. He was such a nerd.

I chugged the beer and decided that I'd had enough for one night. I really needed to get back to the dorm and take a very long, very cold shower.

"Thanks for the beer, Jesse. I've got to go. I'll see you at the station." I said ignoring the hurt expression in his eyes as I turned and rushed away. How in the hell was I going to survive being around Aubrey and Chloe when every time I saw them I just wanted to rip off their clothes? I sighed as I walked home, knowing that it was going to be a very, very long year.