"Dude, stop being like that" Donald sighed, sitting down next to Jesse. Jesse sighed and crumpled the paper, throwing it on the floor.
The lyric sucks, it doesn't fit the melody he said and groaned.
"Ask Beca. She could help" Donald smirked.
"You're not funny"
"I'm not trying to be either"
"Fine...just give me a minute" Jesse sighed.
"Hey, Amy. I've packed everything, could you pick me up?"
"Sure, I'll be there 'bout 5 minutes"
"Thanks" Beca sighed, pressing the phone between her head and shoulder.
"Anytime" Amy said and hung up.
Beca placed the phone on the table. She lifted up the last box and took a breath out
As she walked out of the apartment, she rested her head on the wall and stared at Jesse's door. She sighed and walked to the elevator, disappearing inside.
Jesse took a deep breath and walked out of his door, he heard the elevator ding and go down. He knocked on Beca's door carefully, no one answered. He looked at the door with a frown, he knew that she did not have job that time of day, neither plans. He shrugged and walked back to his apartment.
The elevator came up to their floor again, Beca stepped off in hurry. She locked up the door and stormed in.
"Oh right" She whispered and lay the key on the dinner table. "Bye crappy apartment" She whispered and walked out. Beca pushed on the elevator button; she stepped in and pushed on the lobby button.
Jesse stormed out of his apartment, "Do it." He whispered. He knocked on Beca's door, "Beca?"
"Beca, answer the door!" He yelled. He sighed and stormed inside the apartment, he couldn't see any of Beca's mess. Her blue scarf was laying on the floor; he picked it up and walked to her room. Nor of her personal stuff were there either. "Oh shit" He whispered and ran to the window. He saw Beca putting some boxes in Amy's car.
Jesse ran to the elevator, pushing on the button many times.
"FUCK YOU ELEVATOR, I NEVER LIKED YOU" He said and desperately kicked the elevator. He rubbed his knee in pain and ran to the other end of the hall, opening the door to the hella' thousands of stairs. He ran down as fast as he could.
"Got everything?" Amy asked. Beca nodded.
"You alright, Shaw shank?" Amy frowned.
"Yeah, of course" Beca scoffed.
Jesse pushed the heavy door and ran out of the building, he saw the blue car drive.
"No, no! Amy c'mon!" He yelled, waving with the blue scarf. As they disappeared, he sighed and walked in again.
Luke grimaced as he saw a tired Jesse come through the door. "Whoa, man. Did you kiss your aunt or something? Because you look horrible"
"I think Beca moved out" He muttered.
"Oh"
"Oh" Donald added.
Benji looked down at his screen. Donald elbowed him. "Uh, uhm, oh!" Benji said, following them.
"Thanks for letting me stay" Beca smiled with circles around her eyes.
"So" Amy trailed off as she stroke the sheet. "When was the last time you slept the whole night?"
"Uh, I don't know" Beca shrugged.
"He was your fiancé though-"
"We were not engaged, Amy. I told you, remember?" She gritted.
"I thought you were kidding" She scowled.
"I never joked."
"Everything's gonna be fine in the morning. I'm sure you missed the office, right?"
Beca smiled, "Not really."
"What?" Amy said surprised.
"I had fun, I mean- it's been a while. But it felt like the time during the holiday before our sophomore year with Luke and Stacie-"Beca stopped as she mentioned their name.
Amy looked down awkwardly. "The five first weeks" Beca whispered.
"She is in the town," Amy mumbled.
"What?"
"She's in town" Amy smiled.
"I never said sorry" Beca huffed, walking backwards.
"Do you need a ride?"
"Nah" Beca said and ran out the door.
18:10
Beca ran to Stacie's porch and knocked on the door. She was wet and freezing 'cause of the rain.
The tall brunette opened the door surprised.
"Hi" Beca smiled, shaking.
"Beca?"
"I'm sorry," She said. She could feel a tear rolling down her cheek, hopefully, Stacie could not notice it 'cause of the rain.
"Come inside, it's raining" Stacie whispered and pulled her inside.
They sat on the couch, drinking warm chocolate as they always did before.
"I'm sorry for being a jerk, and I shouldn't like pretend that my life was all ruined because of what you did"
"I regrets it, Bec" Stacie frowned.
"What?" Beca took a sip of her cup.
"It was all fun, you know? We were all misfits around people, but we did fit so well together. We dared to do stuff, like when Amy licked that dead-"
"Don't even talk about that" Beca interrupted.
Stacie chuckled, "And like, we didn't need to pay to stay anywhere, we had the tent. We could sleep anywhere, we did so many bad things, but we had fun, who gave a fuck?"
Beca smiled, that was times.
"And like, you were so hyper and badass around Luke. You guys had really fun and made out all of the time you know..."
Beca chewed on her lip. "And like, it made me think, but I thought in the other way. Like, when you and Amy were out on that drugstore, we all were a bit drunk, you guys too" She smirked.
"And we just started to talk, you know... He asked some questions about personal stuff, giving me tip and stuff. And it just happened you know, I just pressed my lips on his, and he didn't seem to refuse anything, and just started to taking off each other's clothes and…I didn't worry, you know. Then you found us in the tent. That's it."
Beca looked at her with big eyes, "It doesn't matter" Beca whispered.
"Luke is still an idiot" She smiled and cracked in tears.
"Stop" Stacie sobbed and wiped a tear.
Beca groaned and wiped the tears away with her wrist.
"So what's up with you and Jesse?" Beca asked.
"Me and Jesse? What's up with you and Jesse" She scoffed.
"Nothing" Beca shrugged.
"Beca"
"I pretended to be his girlfriend to his parents" She sighed.
Stacie snorted, "You?"
"I was a really good example!" She said defense. "And…what with you" Beca said, narrowing her eyes.
"Some couples of months I guess, uh, I went to South- America and we didn't have any contact. And when I came back, I guess I didn't think that the jerk would get any new"
Beca scoffed, "Well, he is available now, or he was- and is, something like that"
"Beca, please. It is something between you and him"
Beca frowned, "What do you know?"
"It's all over the internet, and the newspapers. You cried, Beca. You cried 'cause of him" She crossed her arms.
"Maybe I was on my period and stuff, you know" Beca mumbled.
Stacie smiled, "What have he done with you?" She said, resting her head on her wrist.
"I don't know, really. That little shit crap is a wizard" Beca gritted.
"Aw" Stacie laughed and hugged her.
Next morning 07:40
Beca and Amy walked in the office; people stared at Beca and whispered stuff.
"So, it's been really annoying here since you left" Amy sighed.
"How?"
"Gossip"
"Oh" She sat down at her desk and turned on her laptop.
"Beca!" Her boss came with a paper in his hand.
Beca gulped, "Oh fuck"
"Why so anxious?" He laughed and patted her on the arm.
Beca looked questioning at him. "So, this article about him-"
"You can say his name you know?" Beca raised an eyebrow.
"About Jesse. Uh, it's a good start, pretty interesting, could you like..write it?"
"It wasn't supposed to be sent to the newspaper or something, I was just writing-"
"I know, I know" He interrupted.
"I just want you to use it, write a bit extra. I'm sure you know much 'bout him"
"But-"
"Beca, you won't regret a bit. I can promise that your life will get better after this one," He said with a serious face. People started staring at Beca, eager.
"What if I don't?" Beca smirked and leaned back.
"Uhm, it's an order" He scoffed. "You know the consequences if you don't do it"
Beca grinned and stood up, "Yeah" She breathed, walking backwards out of the room.
"Wait, no. Don't even- Beca, don't be like that" He sighed.
"I quit" She said and ran out of the room.
Evening
"What the heck, Beca?" Amy laughed as she walked in the house. Beca was packing her stuff. "Leaving already?" She frowned.
Beca smiled, "To L.A"
Amy rolled her eyes, "Finally!" She said and patted Beca on the shoulder. "Crash the place, Shaw shank"
"Thanks Amy!" Beca said, taking on her jacket.
"If you need money, don't ask me" Amy scowled.
"Yup.." Beca said and walked out.
Luke, Donald and Benji stormed in their apartment with their arms crossed.
Jesse sat at his laptop, he had circles around his eyes and had stub beard. Donald threw a baseball on Jesse's head.
"Ouch, what the hell?" Jesse screamed, rubbing his head.
"Man, get up your lazy butt!" Luke scoffed.
"I'm working"
"Go and work in the studio, instead of sitting here and getting fat!" Benji said.
Jesse sighed and continued working. "Beca is gone" Benji mumbled.
"Sorry, what?" Jesse raised an eyebrow.
"She is gone, Jesse. She lost her job and moved to another city" Luke sighed.
"Huh, what's the reason?" Jesse scoffed drily.
"Dude!" Donald pushed Jesse on the chest. "She actually quit her job because of you!"
"Me?" He pointed at himself.
"That article, you know? She could have printed it. But she refused, so she left"
Jesse looked down, "Where did she go?" He asked.
"I don't know" He shrugged.
"Do you know when she left?"
"Three weeks ago" Luke said, walking to the kitchen.
"Wonder what she is doing now" Benji muttered to Donald.
"Maybe she is a waitress?" Luke laughed.
"Thanks, sir. It will be done before then, I promise" Beca gulped in the phone.
"I look forward, miss Mitchell"
Beca smiled and hung up. "Okay" Beca yawned, sitting alone in the studio. She corrected the vocals.
"Knock knock knockety knock" A blond grinned, popping his head in the doorway.
Beca rolled her eyes, "Come in, Evan"
He walked in with two coffees, handing Beca the one. "You know, your track is pretty amazing for making it in an apartment" He smiled.
"The only thing is the vocals, should've used a better mic to that" He said, pointing his finger on the microphone in the recording room.
"Plus my voice is kind of rusty" She sighed.
"Oh no, not at all!" He scoffed.
"No?" Beca raised an eyebrow.
"No" He shook his head.
Beca took a sip of her coffee.
"So, any contact with him yet?" He asked and sat down at her desk.
Beca sighed, "Why so obsessed with him?"
"I'm not obsessed with him; I just want you to be happy again!" He said in defense.
"Dude, he is NOT making me happy, I'm making myself happy!"
Evan looked down with a frown, "I think I'm confused"
Beca rolled her eyes, "This makes me happy, okay? I like this, I've always loved this"
He held his hands up in defense, "As you say, miss"
"You're fan of him, or what?" Beca rolled her eyes.
"No, what are you talking about?" He scoffed with wide eyes.
"You can go" Beca laughed.
"Thank you" He said quickly and ran out.
Next day
Jesse ran out of the apartment, Luke stepped off the elevator with a blonde. "Uh, what just happened?" Luke asked and stopped Jesse.
"Done with the song" Jesse grinned, showing him the lyric. Luke patted Jesse, "Please, don't be back before like..past midnight, okay?" Luke yelled as Jesse walked inside the elevator.
"Was that just-" The blonde stunned.
"Yeah" Luke smirked.
Jesse ran as fast as he could to the record studio. He ran up the stairs and kicked up the door.
"Sir," He said, trying to breath. "I'm done" He breathed, waving with the papers.
"You're done?" A tall man asked surprised.
"Yup" Beca whispered, gasping after air. She sat down next to him, "Huh" He said and put the cd inside the computer.
"This is exciting" He grinned at her as the loading screen popped up.
Beca scoffed, "Yeah, I hope it's worth it. 'Cause I just ran as fast as the fuck I can"
He chuckled and took on the headphones, narrowing his eyes. Beca's lips shook, "So.." She trailed off. "Is it..good?"
"Beca…" He sighed and took off his headphones. "Not everyone has beginner's luck,"
Beca looked down disappointed, "But this is really good" He scoffed.
Beca grinned, "Really?" She said surprised.
"Well, yeah" Jesse's boss trailed off. "It's catchy, man"
Jesse laughed, "I'm so glad for you saying that" He breathed.
He patted Jesse on the shoulder.
"Thanks, again" Jesse said and stood up.
"By the way!" He shouted before Jesse reached the door handle.
"Could you do a performance on the festival July?"
"Sure"