A/N: Okay, here it is. I hope you enjoy it.

Disclaimer: I do not own Pitch Perfect or any of the characters etc.

So on with the next chapter...

Chapter 9

Once again Beca woke feeling optimistic for the day, she got dressed and headed out to find the girls waiting again to tell her what today's plans were. Everyone seemed exhausted as the riff off had gone on past 2am but Breakfast was still 8:00-9:00. Beca was convinced whoever set up this itinerary was trying to punish them, that or they wanted to weaken everyone until they got on because they had no energy to fight each other anymore.

"Alright, what's today's plan?" Beca asked as she arrived in front of them. She was beginning to think it was creepy that everyone was always ready and waiting for her when she came out of her room.

Chloe spoke this time. "Breakfast, talk with the enemy; we spend time with a Treble from a different generation, it's non-optional, then lunch, we all gather in the other house to watch a film, dinner then tonight we have free time but there is a bus going to a club if anyone wants to go. Sounds fun right?" Chloe asked in her usual cheerful voice.

"Great." Beca said in her usual sarcastic tone. With the day's activities announced all the girls turned and headed to breakfast. Beca wondered how long they had waited for her to come down; looking down at her watch it was barely 8:00.

As she walked in to no-man's land, although she had also on occasion heard it called traitor's house too, she started her normal routine of singling out Jesse then getting her food and going over to sit with him.

"Hey nerd." She said as she sat down.

"Good morning." He sounded surprisingly chipper this morning.

"Okay, what's wrong with you? Even you are not this happy at this time in a morning after how late last night was."

"I'm hurt. What makes you think sitting here eating breakfast with you is making me happy?"

"You'll get over it. We've done it hundreds of times, you're never this happy. Why?"

"I was just thinking of today's plans; don't you think they sound fun? Being locked in a room with someone you don't know who's guaranteed to hate you for almost no reason them we get to watch a movie which I know despite what you said last night you will not find fun, you still hate fun things I'm sure, then you have the option to go to a club at night. Not to mention no one will tell you what is happening anymore than a day in advance." He was obviously finding her misery funny and she found herself laughing along with him.

"I thought we established you no longer know whether I hate fun things or not. And I never hated fun things. I just find movies boring."

"That was present tense, you still hate them, did movication have no effect on you?"

"I guess you'll have to resume it them, it was left a little unfinished don't you think?"

"True. Have you watched any movies since?"

"Maybe," she tried to avoid that question. It was one for another time. "So who is your buddy for the next hour?"

"You're changing the subject but I'll allow it this time. Some girl named Anna. You?"

"Ahhh. She still current. Now I feel better about the oath. I got some gut named Jason?"

"Does every guy in your life have a name starting with J?"

"Apparently."

"Huh. Hey, don't you trust me?" He asked as he suddenly registered what she had said. "I thought the point was to break the oath anyway." He teased.

"I do trust you. But I can't stop you like, as much as I hate to admit it, Carly said, you're not my boyfriend anymore. I have no claim on you." She tried to stay even throughout but Jesse could sense her unease at the last part.

"We both know that's not exactly true now is it Beca? I may not be your boyfriend right now but I think we're working towards it, and I wouldn't like to put anything else in the way."

"Thanks, I think we're on our way there too."

"So you got Jason?"

"Why? Oh god what's wrong with him? What's he doing to do to me?"

"Oh probably nothing apart from hurling insults at you, he's pretty anti-Bella. Actually that's an understatement but I'm almost sure he's harmless."

"Seriously, I could be in danger and you think it's funny?"

"Hilarious."

"Well, if I'm ever in trouble I know I can count on you." She said her words laced with sarcasm.

"Don't worry I'll try to get the room next to yours in case he does decide to attack you. I always wondered how you would thank me for saving your life."

"Yeah, keep dreaming and I hope your joking about Jason."

"Oh, I will and he is seriously anti-Bella but he really his pretty harmless."

"Good." They continued to eat in comfortable silence for a few minutes before she spoke up again. "I'm sorry I used to close you out and push you away."

"Where did that come from?" He looked surprised by her random apology. "I know you must have had your reasons. I just wanted to know what they were."

"Do you still want to know?"She asked. He nodded. She took a deep breath and started.

"Promise me you won't hate me for not telling you this."

"I promise, it was a long time ago. You've changed, I can hardly hold who you were against who you are now."

"Thank you. I guess it started at the aca-initiation night party our second year. I saw Carly looking at you and I got jealous. I was never the kind of person who got jealous but I was and it wasn't just a little jealous, it was kill her for so much as looking at you like that crazy possessive jealous. For no reason. I trusted you. You were with me not her so there was no reason but I just felt crazy with it." She started. When she paused he put his hand over hers and when she looked up at him he nodded reassuringly. "I blamed it on the alcohol and, I'm really sorry I wasn't thinking straight but, I used you to show her you were mine. It was selfish and totally unnecessary but I couldn't help it." She braced herself and looked up at his face ready to meet his anger. Instead she met understanding. He was smiling at her. "Why are you looking at me like that?"

"As bad as it is I may have done the same thing once or twice when some of the newer Trebles were doing the same thing." He admitted almost sheepishly.

"Oh really, when?" She asked suddenly relieved and curious.

"The same night, the riff off every year, every ICCA's competition, Graduation. Sometimes I had to use other methods to do it."

"And I thought I was bad, that was why you continued to sing to me even when we were fighting and not together, why you would pick a fight with me whenever I talked to a guy and why I never got a date?"

"Hey you did the same thing when a girl talked to me a few times too. What can I say; I guess I was a little possessive too."

"Hmm."

"Anyway, I want to hear the rest of your story." He grinned. She rolled her eyes.

"Okay, well you may remember what happened that night, if not I'm sure you can work it out."

"Hey, I was not drunk." She raised an eyebrow 'really?' "Okay, I was not that drunk." He said indignantly. She rolled her eyes disbelievingly.

"Whatever. Anyway, I blamed it all on the alcohol but then your ex showed up."

"I told you I felt nothing for her anymore. It was over."

"I know, and you were right but I still got jealous all the same. It was the same way I had been with Carly but worse cause I knew she had been with you, that you had a history with her, she had a part of you, your life. I felt like she had a claim on you. I know it was stupid and I realised that when she left but I couldn't help it. That feeling was what scared me. That jealousy. I knew it was because of what I felt for you. I realised she could really hurt me, break me even. That scared me even more. My survival instincts kicked in. I needed to protect myself. I knew you were different but I still couldn't help it, everyone in my life had disappointed and hurt me so I started to prevent myself from being hurt again. I was back in a position to be hurt though and it terrified me. Sometimes I didn't even realise I was closing you out and pushing you away. I didn't want to but I was afraid so I did it. I knew you wouldn't hurt me, but it was one of those irrational fears until suddenly it didn't seem so irrational."

"I think I'm starting to get it but I think it's time to leave it at that. We've finished our breakfast and we've got to get ready for this morning. I don't think we're quite ready to go into that just yet at this time in the morning." He cut in. Beca nodded. He was right really. It was a little early to start off the day talking about that. She just hoped she had the strength to talk about it again later. They cleared away their plates and he walked her out the house, both of them ignoring the looks they got from Bellas and Trebles. The same looks that were often cast on Amy and Bumper, Lily and Donald and now Benji and Jane as well as any other Bella-Treble couple. As they came to part ways to head to their separate houses she turned to him.

"See you at Lunch?" she asked.

"If it won't anger your friends, they seem a little neglected. Not that I'm complaining about your priorities" He added.

"You're right. I should have lunch with them instead." She said mock seriously.

"Hey, I didn't say that. Besides, without you to have lunch with who knows what Bella I will end up with." He teased.

"Oh, we both know I'm the only one that will even tolerate you. And that is pushing it."

"Well, I know when I'm not wanted. I'll leave you with Jason then."

"Okay, I'm starting to get a little worried about this guy now." She said her voice losing some of it's joking tone from before.

"Don't worry I'll be right in the next room. If he gets violent just bang on the wall and I'll come running." His voice still full of mischief.

"Seriously, I'm getting a little scared now. Is this guy actually gonna hurt me?"

"Probably not but I only met him for like 10 minutes yesterday."

"That's not really very comforting, I'm beginning to think maybe you should be in the room next to me."

"Oh, that part wasn't a joke, I will be. It's not that I don't trust you I just don't like the idea of you alone with another guy."

"Now look who's jealous. We better get going if we don't want to be late. See you soon?"

"Yeah, see you in there."

She headed towards the Bella house to get ready. She remembered what had happened after she realised Jesse hadn't really betrayed her. He hadn't cheated.

Second year at Barden

Beca headed straight over to the Treble house to find Jesse. She couldn't believe what she had done. How had she even thought that? He had tried to tell her but she hadn't listened, she had been to angry, too hurt to listen. Now it may be too late. Everything she had told him them had been a lie. And now she had added to it with Luke. Still it couldn't all be lost. There had to be a way. Benji must have known Jesse didn't do it, which was why he had not spoken to her since. He wouldn't know what to say. Besides it wasn't as if they had ever really had much to do with each other outside of Jesse before so she had no reason to expect him to. Still, he was one of about three people that had ever seen her cry; the first two being her parents.

She soon found herself at the Treble house. Luckily Benji opened the door. One look at her face and she watched the understanding slip over his face. He instantly knew why she was there.

"He's in his room." Benji told her. She nodded, not trusting her voice should she speak. She headed straight to his room. Her head down as she walked past all the other Trebles, they all knew what she had said and what Jesse hadn't done. She knocked on his door.

"Jesse open up, I know you're in there. Benji said so." She called through the door. The door opened to reveal a stone faced Jesse.

"Mind if I come in? Just for some privacy. Everyone can hear us if we talk out here."

"Fine. Come in." His voice was cold. She walked in and closed the door behind her.

"I'm sorry." She started.

"For what? Is this the part where we make the break up official so you can live happily ever after with Luke?"

"What? No! That was... That was nothing."

"Yeah it looked like it. So how long has that been going on?"

"It hasn't, I just did it to make you jealous. To get you back because I thought you cheated on me. I know you didn't now but I thought you did."

"You expect me to believe that now?"

"It's true. I just wanted to hurt you. I'm so sorry. I knew Luke would make you jealous. I never should have done it. Please you have to forgive me." She knew she was begging and under normal circumstances she would never do it but with Jesse it was anything but. Everything about him was unusual for her.

"You still don't get it. It's too late. It's over Beca."

"I know I messed up but we can work it out."

"No Beca. You didn't believe me. You actually thought I would do that? You didn't know me well enough after we were together for almost a year and were practically best friends for almost a year before that, you just didn't know me well enough to know that I would never do that. It's not something we can get over. And you're still stuck on Luke. That I could get over because I believe you when you say it was nothing. I saw you kiss him, but I still believe you when you say it was nothing. You didn't see anything happen between me and Carly but you still thought I could do that. Then you didn't believe me. It's too late Beca. I'm sorry it's over." He turned away signalling the end of the conversation. Beca managed to hold her tears in but she could feel her heart really breaking this time. She knew deep down that he hadn't done anything but her pain and her past had blinded her to it, now it was too late. Still she couldn't let him see her cry. She turned to leave.

"I'll just let myself out. I'm sorry" She said as she left closing the door behind her. For the second time she fled from the Treble house almost in tears. Benji watched her go. It was clear he was torn as which way to go. As she left all the Trebles fell silent. They all knew what had just happened. She could feel their sympathy, for both her and Jesse. She went straight to her room. As she reached her room she broke down. This time the pain was raw. She couldn't be angry at him. Only at herself. Now it was all her fault.

Soon everyone was gathered in the other house. It didn't take long to pair everyone up with their assigned partners. There were naturally a lot of complaints but soon everyone was set up in their rooms. Beca was glad to find that true to his word Jesse was in the room next to her. Once Beca was in the room with Jason and the commotion outside quietened down as everyone finally were sorted they found themselves in a staring contest. Eventually he broke the silence.

"So how old a generation Bella are you?" He asked sneering.

"One of the oldest here."

"So you were here when this all started. You must know what happened." She paused a moment unsure how to respond, what to say. She finally decided to actually tell him. She was stuck in here for at least an hour. It would be slow if they didn't find something to talk about.

"I started this war."

"Really? And I'm a millionaire." It was obvious he didn't believe her.

"So, what are you doing here then?"

"Seriously? You started it?"

"I thought my boyfriend cheated on me. Did something I shouldn't have. He said it was too late. I turned the Bellas against him and the rest of the Trebles. Things got ugly."

"Really? Simple as that?"

"Simple as that."

"So the boyfriend was a Treble?"

"Yep. The leader."

"You know who started the truce?"

"Me and him. We ended the oath. And we brought it back."

"Wow."

"Yeah." There was silence for a while, she could see him absorbing the information and trying to decide what to say. "Anymore questions?" She asked.

"Who's the guy?"

"Jesse"

"You're the girl from L.A."

"Unfortunately"

"So, what you want to end this war?"

"Eventually."

"You really think that's possible. We hate each other."

"People will listen."

"You really think so?"

"You are."

"I'm stuck in a room alone with you."

"It can be arranged for everyone else to be if you think it will help."

"Why would I care? I'm not part of this anymore. After this week I'll never see anyone here again."

"Until the next reunion."

"I don't want to end it. I'm happy hating those wannabe singers and watching them try to hit enough of the notes to actually place in competitions. I don't want to deprive later Trebles of that joy."

"Out of curiosity how much time did you spend trying to sabotage the Bellas instead of just having fun?"

"What does that matter?"

"I was just thinking of all the time you wasted."

"Look, even if I did change my mind, there is no way you can stop everyone from hating the other team. There's too many people, they just hate because those before them did. Just like soldiers fighting a war. They can't seem past the enemy to see them as anyone else. It's futile because there's no higher level to call off the fight. You may have started it but it's not your fight. Not anymore. Forget it."

"Wish I could."

"Are you going to say anything more than one or two short sentences to me at a time?"

"Depends if you say anything that requires more."

"This is going to be a long time in here."

"No arguments here."

"You're still doing it"

"Never said I was gonna stop."

"You're driving me crazy."

"Maybe that's my plan."

"I really want to kill you right now."

"I've been instructed to bang on the wall if you get violent and Jesse will come running."

"Wow, you used a connective in that one."

"Don't count on it happening again."She said in the same flat tone she had used the entire conversation.

Eventually after some marginally more flowing conversation it was over and lunch was coming up. As they were all allowed to leave Beca found herself walking towards the dining area with Jesse.

"How was yours?" She asked him.

"Innocent but hateful, yours?"

"Not so innocent but still hateful, he wasn't violent though,"

"Ouch!" She punched his arm and he rubbed it.

"That was for making me worry."

"So you didn't have fun?"

"Are you kidding? I got wind a guy up and not feel bad about it."

"For over an hour?"

"Okay so it got a little old." She conceded. "What about you?"

"She softened very slightly towards the end. Kind of like when Kimmy Jin actually said 'Happy spring break'"

"Wow. You made progress!" Beca said her voice full of sarcasm.

"Were you like that the whole time in that room?"

"Pretty much."

"He just didn't know how to handle you."

"Excuse me?"

"Well, you tried to do the same thing to me remember?"

"And you knew how to handle me?"

"Would we be here if I didn't?"

"So how do you handle me?"

"Simple, I didn't leave you alone until you let me in." He grinned at her. He rolled her eyes but had to nod. It was true after all.

"Come on nerd, we have to get to lunch."

Okay, I hope you enjoyed it. We reached the break up in the flashbacks, it addressed the real reason for the break up and why it was so perminant, not that it will be but it was at the time. I wonder how she turned the Bellas against the Trebles. I thought I would give you a nice ending to the chapter when she isn't just going to bed. Also I just found out what is happening on Thursday to them. They do things I just write it down. Let's just say they get off campus for a bit. So much fun. Te-he. Anyway, I hope you enjoyed it. There was something else I keep wanting to say but every time I come to the end I forget what it was so, oh well, I'll get it down eventually. Let me know what you think. If you can think of any songs feel free to let me know. I will desperately need one soon for a flashback and I have no idea what it could be. You'll know when it comes up, anyway (I say that too much too) see you in the next chapter. P.S. I love feedback (Hint hint) but I will never hold my story to review random just so you know. (*smiles*)