"What do you think?"

"Gorgeous, miss Natalie" Beca answered with a smirk.

Chloe was standing in front of her wearing a blue dress in a beautiful cut that embraced the redhead's curves to the waist and then it fell beautifully over her thighs to the knees. When Chloe turned around to show her the back of the dress, Beca whistled. The two thick blue straps became four thin straps covering the shoulder blades and crossed over one another making a beautiful figure on Chloe's back. Beca approached and gave her a sweet kiss on the bare shoulder. Chloe giggled to the touch.

"You can call me Nat" Chloe said with a wink that made both of them laugh lightly. Then she turned around and reached for the thin black jacket. "I'll wear this in case it gets cold there at some point... oh and in the papers it says I should take a big bag so I thought I would take this one" Chloe said walking to the other side of the room and grabbing a medium sized black bag she hung from her shoulder to show Beca the whole outfit.

"Great. Beautiful. And those new sandals look perfect on you" Beca said.

"Does it say in your character description you have to be extra sweet?" Chloe joked faking amazement. Both women laughed again.

Since then the yellow cup had become the lucky charm for Chloe. She tried taking it everywhere, and everywhere she'd go, good things would happen. Proof for that was the Activity fair in Barden. Her cup wasn't visible in the Bellas' stand.

"If people see a cup on the table, they will think we give free drinks. It's how people think here, Chloe. I don't want a bunch of thirsty stupid freshmen standing here preventing new Bellas to approach." Aubrey had said.

So Chloe kept her yellow cup under the table, near enough to make the lucky effect. And soon came the proof, when she saw the lonely girl walk towards them. Without losing time, Chloe made Aubrey notice this girl and the redhead did her best to sound sweet and friendly.

That was the first time she could talk to Beca and see her better. Frustration filled Chloe when the conversation didn't end well, but there was some hope inside her. Hope and... a certain feeling that told her this was only the beginning.

Soon after that fate showed her the way when Beca was singing in the shower. That was... wow. Chloe was acting all cool and casual but the truth was she never did that with anyone else before. Not with a stranger anyway... but then again, she didn't feel like Beca was a stranger. There was some kind of connection between them.

Chloe managed to convince Aubrey to let her have the yellow cup on the table for auditions. When Aubrey asked her why she simply said she needed to keep her pens together inside it... she would have to explain her best friend sooner or later, but she needed to find the right words, otherwise Aubrey would be too skeptical and make her feel bad about it...

The final proof of the magical effects contained in her yellow cup came right then at auditions, the moment when Beca grabbed the cup and played with it while singing. Chloe felt her heart swell and glow with happiness and with love.

Since that very day her yellow cup claimed its rightful place as her favorite object in the universe.

"Hey Becs, did you see my cup?" Chloe asked.

"Nope, it should be in the cupboard as usual... but are you seriously taking it?"

"You don't understand how important it is..." Chloe said while packing her last things.

"I can only guess because you never tell me the whole story" Beca said, her arms crossed.

Chloe sighed. It wasn't time yet, Beca would think she was childish or even crazy.

Beca smiled seeing Chloe's troubled expression, "Hey Chlo, it's ok. But I think Aubrey will have plenty of cups in this place... and besides it's a mystery game, maybe it can get lost or break or so, you never know what's going to happen..."

"You're right" Chloe agreed with a grin.

As soon as they finished packing some extra clothes and made sure they had everything they needed, Beca and Chloe left their apartment and got in Beca's car. The road was wet because of the rain and the cars were too slow for their liking, but two hours later they finally saw the sign Lodge Fallen Leaves and an arrow pointing to the right. Once again, Beca and Chloe shared the unspoken memories of their previous time there. How in the so called Bellas Boot Camp to reinforce the team work and find their sound, the two women had also found their true feelings.

Chloe gently squeezed Beca's thigh, "Remember the characters' story?" she asked and Beca nodded. "Ok good... I can't wait to see what the others got and how they are and..." Chloe squealed to finish the sentence.

Beca smiled widely as she stopped the car, "We're here, Natalie Smith"

They left the car and opened the trunk to take their bags. Chloe saw something she didn't see before.

"Why did you bring that box?" she asked.

"Oh that? It was in the instructions" Beca said shrugging.

The conversation was interrupted as they heard footsteps approaching and a couple of strong arms hugged Chloe tightly.

"Emily!" The redhead exclaimed in surprise, and hugged back.

"Uh Uh, I'm Jane McQuack here" Emily corrected. "And you are?"

"Oh" Chloe said, remembering the game. "I am Natalie Smith, nice to meet you" She reached out to shake Emily's hand. "And this is my girlfriend Alexandra Evans"

"Alex" Beca corrected while shaking Emily's hand too.

"Great, you're the last ones! Come on in, join us for lunch"

The three friends stepped in the dining hall of the Lodge and were greeted by the rest of the Bellas. Everyone seemed to forget about the characters they had to play, even Aubrey. All of them were very excited to meet again and also curious about what would happen next. While sitting at the table together Aubrey coughed and silence came back.

"Ok girls, I think we should leave the rest of catching up for later and stick to the game. Whoever planned it, they put a lot of effort to it"

The Bellas looked at her half amused and half worried. All of them had thought Aubrey was the one planning the game because it was held in her place... They all looked at each other questioning.

"Yes, I got an envelope with my name two weeks ago with the information..." Aubrey explained.

"Me too" said all the other Bellas. Again questioning gazes all around.

"Maybe this is like a movie when someone else set the girls up and everybody dies" Flow said.

The silence got more silent.

"Whatever, doesn't matter who it was, it's part of the mystery. Let's introduce ourselves" Stacy said with a smile. "I am Polly Robins, I'm a police officer and I had a painful past... but I guess you can talk to me about it later" The Bellas laughed at the last part.

"I am Rebecca Sparks, and I am a famous singer. I'm sure you heard about me" Amy said.

"Oh!" Aubrey said "I am your manager then! My name is Rosalee Danvers, professional manager" The Bellas laughed again at the discovery.

Chloe and Beca introduced themselves as a couple, their names Natalie and Alex, a psychologist and a journalist respectively.

Emily introduced herself as Jane McQuack and said she owns a hotel.

Flo said she is Violet Jordan, a forester.

"I am Debbie Smith, Natalie's sister. I don't like her girlfriend" Jessica said with a nasty look at Beca that made everyone laugh again.

"Hi sis" Chloe greeted, "She was in my character description but I didn't know she would be here" the redhead explained to Beca, who smirked.

"My name is Betty, Betty Adams. And I am a rich woman who doesn't have to explain anything to anyone, bitches" Cynthia Rose said.

Ashley introduced herself as a lawyer called Maya Morello.

Finally Lily introduced herself as Miss Berta Long, expert in art. Of course it took a long time for them to hear this clearly.

"Ok then, let's all have lunch and talk!" Aubrey said with an excited smile.