A/N: Here is another chapter. I didn't have a lot of inspiration for this chapter so I don't know how it turned out. There are two flashbacks again, a longish one and a short one. I am actually not going to babble on for ages up here this time so. Let me know what you think. Song suggestions are always welcome. The suggested song will feature in this day but god knows how many chapters it will take to tell. 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 13

Beca and Jesse followed their regular routine for breakfast. It was automatic now. They had sat down and started to eat when the other Bellas started to arrive, they were later in and Beca assumed they had called some emergency meeting to discuss the events of the morning and decide how best to deal with them. Beca was still thinking about how it started. It had been a long time since she thought about that night and what she had said to the girls. It was odd in a way; she hadn't thought about it for so long and yet it was never far from her thoughts. It was a total contradiction. Thinking over the previous night and the morning so far she turned to Jesse.

"Let's not talk about the past at breakfast today okay?" She suggested. She really didn't want to fight now, not when they were finally happy together. The next topic would cause problems, besides; he wasn't the only one who was affected by the next part of the story. Everyone, unfortunately, needed to hear the truth about how she started the war. The Bellas streamed inn each looking at her with a glare, although the odd one looked at her with pity which she decided was more unsettling. Finally bringing up the rear was Chloe, Aubrey, Stacie, Fat Amy, Cynthia-rose, Denise, Jessica, Ashley, Lily and Jane. They grabbed some food and headed over to sit with them.

"So anyone know what's going on today?" One of them asked. Jesse looked at Beca with a teasing smile.

"Camping." He smirked letting at sink in. Who thought this would help bonding they didn't know but the idea of making the Bellas go camping was quite a funny one. While most of the stereotypes had been dropped the year Beca joined one thing almost all the girls had in common was that they didn't like dirt. And camping was a sure fire way to put the Bellas totally out of their element. The Trebles however would be totally in their element. Yep! One hell of an idea for bonding.

"I went camping once with this guy and-" Stacie started.

"We don't want to know!" A few of them cut her off.

"I'm been camping with some aboriginals and we caught a kangaroo." Amy put in. Lily also whispered something. Beca thought she could make out the words 'camping' and 'maiming' but thankfully little else. It seemed somewhat strange to hear Lily speaking so quietly again. She had gotten louder over that first year as she gained her confidence. She had spoken at almost normal volume by the time the war started. Beca remembered the last time Lily regressed back into being so quiet. She wondered if something big had happened after she left the house. It had been the war last time that had done it.

Second Year at Barden

After Beca had cried herself to sleep that night she hardened herself again. She didn't cry again. Still her lie was threatening to tear the Bellas apart and Beca wasn't about to let that happen. Each Bella had a firm belief that their boyfriend had nothing to do with it but everyone else's were involved. They had not stopped fighting over it since Beca had told the lie a few days ago. By now Beca had made up her mind that she wasn't going to tell them the truth. If she could use it to unite them then they would be stronger. They could push the Trebles off their perch and win back the title. She was starting to see the problem with letting the Trebles in. While she knew it was not intentional on their part, them being around was bad for the Bellas. Beca was at a loss at how to unite them and control them. It was at that part that it suddenly occurred at her to call her favourite control freak and coincidentally the former Bella leader.

Beca had explained the whole story to Aubrey the moment they got the pleasantries out off the way. It seemed odd to confide in Aubrey but she was both; part of and, at the same time, removed from, the situation. Beca had managed to give her a shorter tearless version of what had happened but this time without leaving out the important bits and twisting the truth. Aubrey had been very understanding throughout it all and had not criticized Beca for her actions on the bus. After shooting down Aubrey's suggestion of telling them the truth they had come across one method that almost always worked in bringing people together, although Aubrey had no suggestions as to how she do it. They had both agreed that people come together against a common enemy. That was all the help Aubrey was willing to give. She had explained to Beca that while she wanted to help and considered Beca a friend and she would support her in whatever decision she made for the Bellas she was under no circumstances helping or suggesting Beca choose the Trebles as a common enemy and she would not help Beca start a war just to bring the Bellas back together, after Beca had suggested the Trebles be the object of the Bellas wraith. Still, Beca reasoned, Aubrey had said she wouldn't help her start it, she said nothing about Beca not rallying the Bellas against the Trebles alone.

In later years Beca would probably regret that decision but at the time it was the perfect solution. Beca didn't really do flow charts, they reminded her of Aubrey and her reign but this time it turned out to be useful, however everything pointed back to one thing. The oath; it had to be restored. Even so Beca was aware that she couldn't just put it back in place. She had to have at least some Bellas on her side first. Kelly was the first one to aim for. While she was pleased that the oath was gone she also didn't approve of it being removed by Beca so she could be with Jesse. When Beca looked at it from that view point it suddenly became much clearer. Beca set out for practice with a new goal in mind. It was their first practice since finals and while they were not having any real practices until next year as the competitions were over this one was more of a debrief.

Beca walked into their practice area to find everyone there. And that meant everyone, Trebles included. The only exception being Jesse, thankfully.

"Alright, Bella meeting! No Treblemakers aloud! Get out! Leave!"She called as she walked in. She watched as they first did nothing then on second command began to groan and then eventually started to leave. Once the room was devoid of Trebles the fighting started up again with the Bellas. "Hey, what are you guys doing? STOP!" She ended up yelling over their shouting. The room fell silent. "Alright everybody, take a seat. No talking, no fighting. I needed to talk to you all." She spoke calmly as though she was talking to a class of children which was exactly how they were acting. Once they were all sat and behaving themselves Beca took a seat in front of them. "I've spent the last few days think about how the Trebles treated us. How they deceived us and you know what? I realised that while this was going on outside we were letting them win by tearing ourselves apart from within. They all wronged us. And here we are fighting amongst ourselves over them after what they pulled. They lost us the semi-finals with their spying. We can't let it happen again." She spoke with the determination of a leader leading their men into battle. That was what she was doing after all. After a few moments Kelly stood up and nodded.

"I agree. Let's go after them instead of each other!" A few other Bellas stood up and agreed before anyone else did.

About an hour into the discussion about banding together against the Trebles rather than fighting amongst themselves someone came up with the idea Beca had been waiting for. While Beca fully intended to have to oath put back in place she couldn't suggest it herself. It would make it seem as though she made the rules to suit herself. Besides, the oath couldn't be just put back in. There had to be preparations so when someone mentioned breaking up with their boyfriends Beca was pleased by the turn in conversation. She truly believed the oath was what was needed to separate the Bellas and the Trebles and help the Bellas win the ICCA's next time.

No one was happy with idea of breaking up with their boyfriends. Cynthia-rose and Denise were not dating Trebles but they were about the only ones. Well, Stacie wasn't exactly what one would call dating anyone but she had inappropriate relationships with some of them. Inappropriate by oath standards anyway. Beca didn't like to think that she was manipulating her friends but she also didn't see much other option. Kelly had agreed to break up with her boyfriend as had Jessica and Ashley. Amelia had flat out refused, Stacie had begrudgingly accepted the idea of stopping sleeping with the Trebles and admitted she was getting a little bored with them anyway. 'He was a hunter, he wanted fresh prey' While the idea was a little repulsive to Beca it also worked in her favour. She had decided to leave Fat Amy and Lily for now as Bumper and Donald had now graduated but Beca knew once she had the oath in place; those relationships would have to end. Jane was the only one who had not spoken up. Everyone knew that she loved Benji but they also knew that she wasn't a strong enough person, at least not yet, to say no outright. She could be leaned on. In a way, although it was a shame, they knew she was too much like Benji because he too could be leaned on by the Trebles and forced to break up with her. This is what Beca reminded herself of when she set her mind to the task. Once the Trebles found out why the Bellas were breaking up with them then they would push the remaining Trebles to break up with the Bellas. They would make Benji break up with Jane. She was just helping Jane avoid the humiliation by getting her to break up with Benji first.

All credit to Jane she held out longer than Beca or anyone expected but as predicted her nature of avoiding conflict meant she eventually agreed to break it off. Beca wasn't proud of the display. Fat Amy, Lily and Amelia had sat back refusing to take part while the rest of them had set on breaking Jane and forcing her hand. Fat Amy had described it as a pack of dingoes circling their prey before tearing it to pieces while everyone else watched helpless as the poor animal tried to fight until it finally lost hope and submitted. The image was violent and Beca hated how accurate it sounded but she kept herself reasoning that the Trebles would have done the same thing. It would be years before it would occur to her that it was not justified by that and if that was what she thought then she shouldn't have sunk to their level but that wasn't how Beca's mind worked yet.

After their meeting had dissolved and the girls had parted ways, some with the intention of breaking up with their boyfriends, Beca found herself alone with Jane. Jane broke down into tears. They had been steadily falling since the attack had started but now she was sobbing, not even trying to hold it back. Beca watched her. She felt the great desire to go and comfort her. She wanted to, but she also knew that if she did she would tell Jane it was okay and that she didn't have to break up with Benji and Beca couldn't allow that. It was in that moment that Beca hardened herself to the outside world. To the tears of others. She had allowed her walls down over the past two years and allowed people in. It was different this time. Beca didn't put the walls up round her heart again; there wasn't really anything left to protect anymore anyway, she had no intentions of shutting her remaining friends out. Instead she chose not to show her emotions. She would not hide from them, she would not push them down, and she just wouldn't allow them to affect her decisions. She would separate them. She created a hard, thick skin for herself there and then. With that done she took one last look at Jane them turned around and left.

Beca hated the way she had acted. At the time she had put duty first, whatever duty it was that she thought she was putting first Beca was no longer sure, but it had been important at the time. She still didn't know how she managed to walk away and just let Jane go through that alone. Beca had hated herself for that for years after college before she had finally let it go. Accepted that she couldn't change the past and could only learn from it. She found it impossible to believe Jane held nothing against her, she had spearheaded the efforts to force her to break up after all, but she also knew that Jane wasn't the type to say she forgave you when she didn't. Beca always admired Jane's ability to accept life and just get on with it, although at time it caused her misery. After breaking up with Benji she had been heartbroken, and if Beca was honest she was never the same again, but she also accepted the break up as one of the things in life that just happen and you can't do anything about. It was both something she admired about Jane and something she wished she could change. It made life easier for Jane but it also made life miserable when people interfered. Looking at her now though Beca couldn't help but smile. Who would have thought that all it would take for Jane to return to the happy person she was, was for her to get back with Benji after 9 years, that was all it took.

Once breakfast had finished everyone returned to pack their things for camping. In an hour everyone was outside the other house waiting for their transport to arrive. The Trebles on one side and the Bellas on the other. Jesse waved to Jesse from her side. They all took for granted that they would be split into these groups for the bus. The arguing broke out when only one large aging bus appeared. Everyone looked at it for a few minutes as though they were expecting it to either break down and collapse where it stopped or the majority were waiting for it to split in two so there were two busses. Some of the more sensible one looked for a second bus coming up behind the bus while a minority realised that they were all expected to get on this bus. Beca wandered over towards Jesse along with the rest of the original Bellas.

"So, how long before everyone realises that that's the bus we're all going on?" she asked as she reached Jesse. As she said it everyone seemed to come to this conclusion and the fighting started.

"I think they just did." He answered, "Wanna get on the bus and find the good seats before everyone else finally accepts this is the bus"

"That might take a while. You think there are any good seats on that thing?"

"There have to be some somewhere Beca, you have to stay positive." He grinned that annoying smile he used to have all the time in their first year before she accepted he was a friend. The one that she used to pretend she found annoying anyway. He was always happy.

"God I missed you." She sighed talking more to herself than to him. She didn't realise she had said it out loud until he responded.

"I missed you too Beca, I always knew you didn't really find me as annoying as you made out."

"I said it out loud again didn't I?" He just smirked and laughed again a little when her face clouded with confusion. "Hey, I never said I didn't find you annoying!" He just nodded as if he was humouring her.

"Does he always know what you're thinking?" Asked Fat Amy.

"Yes." He responded before she could.

"Seriously, I have no idea whether I said things out loud or not half the time." Beca explained ignoring that Jesse had already answered and elbowing him in the ribs for doing so. He grabbed both her arms before she could further abuse him and dragged her off to the back of the bus. The other original Bellas followed as did their husbands and partners. The original Trebles still had not forgiven the Bellas; they were part of the feud still.

Their bags had been loaded inside the bus before they got on; it was at least a good 10 minutes before the rest of the Bellas and Trebles started to get on the bus. Once they were finally on the way Beca leaned back against Jesse and nestled in against him. The journey was a few hours long and with the constant fighting sleep seemed like the best escape. She found herself thinking back to the first prank.

Second Year at Barden

The Bellas all woke up Monday morning late. As they started to look at their clocks they all discovered they had overslept. They had missed their morning classes. Their alarms had not gone off. Everyone discovered this as they got up and headed out into the corridor. Toilet paper had been strung all over and as they headed to the room they kept their practice schedules, set lists and dance choreographies as the path seemed to lead them to. As they all collectively headed to the room Beca took the lead and was the first to enter. There was no longer toilet roll strung around instead there was shredded paper everywhere. On closer inspection it was all their set lists and choreographies and other important documents. On the table was a single piece of paper with a red bow stuck to the corner. Beca picked it up and read it.

"That really was low Beca; we all know Benji didn't deserve that. Enjoy putting the pieces back together. Love you." Beca recognised Jesse's handwriting. Jane had broken up with Benji and Beca guessed she had told Benji the reason why. That meant Jesse had found out. He was always very protective of Benji and on top of that he was angry at Beca. It least he had told her the real reason they had done this before leaving his sarcastic ending note. Yes, the war had truly begun.

It had devastated the Bellas. All their plans and records were gone and now they had to start totally from scratch. What had got Beca the most though had been the note. She had no doubt he actually did mean it when he signed the note 'love you' but she also caught the sarcastic tone to it. That note was intended to hurt and she knew it. He had got what he wanted, it had hurt her, not that she let it show but she had been shocked to find that her heart could still feel more pain. It wasn't like she hadn't done things of a similar nature in revenge but the first note had hit her the hardest. 'Love you' had managed to almost sound like an insult; she knew that was how it was intended. It had been signed by all the Trebles except from Benji so they all knew it was a war not between Jesse and Beca but that they had bought everyone in. It was a war between the Bellas and the Trebles now.

Looking back that first prank seemed silly, sure it had caused problems but it was nothing on the later ones. They had meant to sabotage and ruin. The first few had almost been like jokes. By the next year it had escalated.

Beca yawned. She was bored but there was no way they were getting any sleep in the racket.

"How do you think we can shut them up?" She asked. He looked at her then a smile spread across his face. As a new song started on the radio he burst into song. She laughed and after he nudged her a few times she joined in. As more people started to join in they got louder until those arguing found themselves silenced until they too found themselves joining in. Before long the entire bus had joined in and drowned out the radio; some singing the words while others picked up the music. As the song came to an end so did the noise of the bus' engine. Everyone froze.

"Maybe it's out of gas." Fat Amy suggested. They all looked out to see steam coming out of the engine.

"I don't think its gas that it's out of." Beca commented as the bus came to a halt, a hissing sound coming out of the engine.

Okay, (first time I used it this time) Not much really happened in this chapter. You see a change in Beca and Jesse in the flashbacks. They did have reasons for the things they did. The first 'prank' was quite small, as was said they escalate. I'm not going to babble on for ages, I hope. Who knows whether Jesse really can tell what she's thinking or whether she just says it out loud without realising, either way her reaction is funny, to me anyway. They don't really talk though anything in this chapter and not a lot seems to happen but the flashbacks show the turning points for the Bellas and the Trebles. Next time we flashback we will pick it up in their third year. It looks like they're all stranded with no other bus to rescue them, I told my reviewers things wouldn't go as planned, well this is the start. I really wasn't sure where this chapter was going but I needed to update, I hope it's not too terrible but let me know what you think. I'm going to cut the babble short here I think for today as I'm running out of things to say and my mum is downstairs after moanning at me to put this up tomorrow instead and dad just got in from the pub with uncle Peter so I need to make this quick anyway. So I hope you enjoyed it. I can't ask for reviews but if you review I will babble back to you about both my life and this story so you may get spoilers or rather my random ramblings of my thoughts on the couple and the film and this story which you can try to interpret as spoilers if you want. I also will give you a hint at what's to come next chapter as a reward for reviewing, it's a reward not a bribe, honest! Okay, hope you enjoyed it (again), let me know what you think (Please) song suggestions are more than welcome. See you in the next chapter. (*smiles*) ({(*Smiles*)} normally means *grins manically* but which ever you prefer, it's one of my favourite ways to freak people out, I love to see people's reactions, as I think I have said before. Alright, alright I'm going now.)