A/N: Hi, here it is. Let me know what you think, I hope you enjoy it. I only watched the film through twice today while writing this and I'm going to try racing it through to the end to see it I can finish my notes before the film ends but it's at finals and that's my favourite part. Off track again where was I? Okay, so song suggestions are appreciated (I know I still haven't shut up about that, I probably won't until I finish).

Disclaimer: I don't own Pitch Perfect or any of the characters etc.

So on with the next chapter...

Chapter 14

Once the bus stopped all hell broke loose. The Bellas and Trebles began to fight, each blaming the other for their current predicament. Beca got up and headed off the bus, followed by Jesse and her Bellas. Once they were outside the bus in the quiet Beca stopped and took a deep breath. It had taken a while for the relationship between the Trebles and Bellas to turn into hate. She remembered when they had stepped up the 'pranks'. They weren't really pranks by that point.

Third Year at Barden

After the Bellas had found the Trebles' prank they had retaliated in a similar fashion. It had continued much that why for what was left of the year. It had been over the holiday that it really hit Beca again just how much she had lost. It may only have happened the previous summer but Beca had gotten used to talking to Jesse and visiting him and vice versa over the holidays. Still, she managed to keep up with all the other Bellas. She still had not told anyone of her plan to bring back the oath, although she had discussed ideas with Aubrey and the oath had come up. After the pranks had got into full swing Amelia had broken up with Unicycle. It had gotten too much. Fat Amy and Lily however were still with Bumper and Donald. That was something Beca intended to change. They may not be current Trebles but much like the Bellas, once a Treble always a Treble in Beca's opinion, as long as they were Bellas they could not be with a Treble even if said Treble had already graduated. Beca also knew it wasn't quite as simple as telling them as soon as they got back to break up with their boyfriends. A strong sense of dislike had developed between the two groups but it took more to push it over into hate.

When Beca got back for her third year the Bellas were in a new situation. Jessica and Ashley had graduated, on top of that at the first practice they had discovered that Kelly and Amelia had lost their range; something that they had been warned about when they were ill over finals. Upon the doctor's advice they had rested their voices. Once they were better finals had been over and practices had been on a break then after what the Trebles had pulled they had been unable to practice while they tried to piece together the information they had lost. It had come as a shock to Beca to find suddenly she had lost five members of her group. They had gone into auditions again looking for five girls. The Trebles had also lost a few members and were looking for more.

Auditions had gone smoothly and soon they had five new girls. They were all lined up for the initiation. Beca had all the girls, herself included retake the oath this time as she led it. She had not told anyone that the complete oath was being restored so it was a surprise for everyone.

"Everybody repeat after me: I ,sing your name," she waited as everyone did so, "promise to fulfil the duties and responsibilities of a Bella woman," again they repeated. Fat Amy, Cynthia-rose, Denise, Stacie, Jane and Lily all finished and were about to step away when Beca continued, "and I solemnly promise to never have sexual relations with a Treblemaker or may my vocal chords he ripped out by wolves." Again everyone repeated all with surprised looks on their faces. The new ones mimicking their own faces when they first heard the oath. The older ones giving a look of confusion to hear the oath back. Once Beca announced the ceremony to be over the new Bellas celebrated whilst the older ones turned to Beca for an explanation.

"They are a distraction. We lost last year because we let them in. It can't happen again; the oath was there for a reason, now we know what it is. Fat Amy, Lily, you have until tomorrow first practice to break up with Bumper and Donald. I'm sorry but they are still Trebles even though they have graduated. They could have been part of the plan." She stated, her voice almost cold as she said it.

"Sorry, Aubrey. What makes you think we are going to do that." Fat Amy spoke up. At the risk of sounding like Aubrey again Beca spoke up.

"You took the oath, if you don't then you are breaking that oath and you can't be in the Bellas. Your not the only ones who had to suffer you know. We all had to break up with our boyfriends."

"Because yours broke up with you?" Fat Amy asked

"No, because of why we broke up. They were just using us. Bumper and Donald too." Beca stood firm.

"So your making us choose between them and the Bellas?" Fat Amy asked, it was a question but it came out as more of a statement.

"It's just the way it has to be. I'm sorry but I can't make an exception just for you. That wouldn't be fair on everyone else. Besides, you agreed to it when you took the oath only minutes ago."

"Wow. I can feel the reign of Aubrey the second starting. You know maybe we didn't win last year but it was a lot more fun."

"For you maybe, you still don't know all that went on."

"Then tell us."

"I've tried you won't listen. You have to break up with them and that's final. If you haven't done it by first practice tomorrow you are out of the Bellas." With that Beca turned around and left them. She knew it was cruel. She did sound a little like Aubrey had done. But Beca stuck by what she had said. They didn't know all that had happened. Okay so maybe she hadn't told them either but the oath was important now. It was necessary for the Bellas to win and that was all that Beca really had to aim for now.

Beca headed over to meet the new girls: Amanda, Julie, Katie, Donna and Gemma. They had been lucky this year, Amanda had a deeper voice. While it wasn't really low like Chloe's had been it was low enough to hit enough bass notes to give them a back beat. Beca was quite optimistic for the competitions this year.

Soon they all headed off to the party. Again Beca was welcomed by the sound of:

"Becaw! Becaw!" she turned to see an, as always, drunk Jesse.

"You're drunk." She stated, unsure how else to respond to him. It was the first time she had talked to him since finals on the bus on the way over. The only other communication they had had been the note they had left for each other at their pranks. Always signed 'Love you' it was starting to lose its appeal. Now it felt like an insult. A cheap reminder of how it all ended up. She figured that was how he meant it anyway. Though she never doubted that he actually meant it anyway, regardless of how it was said. Still she wasn't sure how to respond to him.

"Well, at least I know how to have fun."

"Wow, what happened to you?" She was not used to him speaking to her or anyone in that way.

"Me? What about you? Hurt anymore innocent people?" she recoiled slightly, then she felt it click into place. He had always been very protective of Benji.

"That was collateral damage. I never intended to hurt him. I consider him a friend too."

"Well, I know firsthand how you treat your friends. He'd be better off if he wasn't."

"Are you just going to stand here all night and insult me or what?" He looked at her for a second before turning around and leaving her stood there. She headed down to get a drink. She really needed one after that.

She saw Benji stood on the edge of the crowd; he was just stood alone with a drink in his hand. He looked miserable and Beca felt a stab of guilt knowing she was the reason. She hadn't spoken to Benji since he and Jane had broken up. They seemed to have a strange one way friendship. He only turned up to be there for her when she was crying. She guessed when he was upset he had Jesse. It was another reminder that she no longer did. It made her wonder if she still had Benji.

She had been down at the bottom drinking and mingling with the Bellas when she spotted it. Some girl from the BU harmonics was dancing very closely to Jesse. Jealousy reared its ugly head. If she couldn't have him she was going to make damn sure no one else was either. It was petty and selfish but she just couldn't help it. There was no way that girl was going home with Jesse tonight. An idea formulated in her head. She walked up to him.

"Honey, hey. There you are. I have been looking for you all over. I lost you in the crowd." She said throwing her arms around him, pitching her voice to a sickening sugary sweet tone. "Oh, I didn't see you there." She said in the same voice as she turned to the girl who looked uncomfortable to say the least. She turned back to Jesse. "Honey," She drew out the word, "Who's your friend?" She asked, her left arm around his back while her right one and her head rested on his chest. The girl looked stunned. She then turned around and left; not really knowing what had just happened. One thing was for sure, neither she nor her friends would try it again. She stepped away and turned to him, the sickeningly sweet smile falling from her face.

"What was that Beca?" She seemed a little mad at her for ruining his fun.

"Just returning the favour. You ruin my mood when I first arrived, I figured you deserve it."

"Oh, really. Cause that's why you did it? It has nothing to do with you not being able to have me so no-one else can?" His voice was sarcastic but not in the way it had been when they used to through comments at each other, just a game. This time it was meant to hurt. It also hit home because, while she would never admit it, that was exactly what was going through her mind. It was the first time he had shown the ability to read her like a book. She didn't like it. Still at the same time it gave her a rush to know he was the only one who could do it. That thought however brought all the pain back, he was perfect for her, and she had ruined it. Shaking her thoughts from her head she turned and walked away this time, leaving him to stand there staring after her.

The Bellas had seen what she had done, but they had misinterpreted her actions. As she walked away they swarmed around her.

"Aren't you the little hypocrite? You tell us we can't be with a Treble then you throw yourself all over one." Beca had to think fast. A plan began to formulate. Kill two birds with one stone. Get herself out of this and get at the Trebles, as had become customary over the months since finals.

"It was part of the plan. What better way to get at the Trebles than to ruin their party. Let's make sure no-one gets Trebleboned." The Bellas looked at her, testing to see if she was being honest. They must have seen something because their eyes lit up and they nodded, it was perfect. They all picked a Treble and got to their jobs. Making sure none of the Trebles got any tonight.

By their third year the pranks had been really aimed to hurt. They had always been more than just a friendly joke but they had started to turn malicious. The Bellas hadn't known it at the time but the Trebles had stepped up the game at auditions. One of their new girls really was a plant this time. They had got a spy into the Bellas in the form of a new girl. It would just take a while for the Bellas to figure that part out.

Soon everyone else started to pour out the bus. The fighting still continuing. Once everyone was off the bus they stood with their customary gap between them. Then once again the fighting started, as if it had ever stopped. Beca knew they weren't going to get anywhere fast like this, it also appeared that no one had any intentions of doing anything about it. She stepped into the gap between the two groups and whistled loudly to get their attention. It worked everyone turned to look at her.

"Look, we can fight all day or we can try to find a way out of this mess. Has anyone got any cell reception to call for help? And who knows anything about engines so they can have a look at the bus, see what's wrong?" There was silence for a moment before everyone got their phones out it see if they had any signal. After a few moments people started to speak up again. All saying the same thing. No. "Alright, how about the bus?" This request was more successful. About three Trebles and a Bella stepped forward. "Okay, all of you work together, yes I know you hate each other but we have bigger problems, to see if you can find out what's wrong and if we can fix it." They grumbled but seemed to concede and all four headed towards the bus. Now Jesse came up behind Beca.

"Okay, if they can't fix the bus we need to find out where we are." He started. "So let's split into groups and see if we can find anything that will give us a clue and then meet back here in a couple of hours." Beca nodded at the plan. She also saw an opportunity.

"Right, for the groups. Get into your groups as best you can. Groups of 10." Once they had Beca spoke again. "Right, now I want you group with your corresponding groups of Bellas or Trebles. This time no-one made a move and the complaining started. "Look, if someone gets in trouble you're going to need each other. You might hate each other and want to ruin each other's lives but we're in the middle of nowhere, we don't know what could happen and I know you don't want to actually put each other in real danger. You need each other. So move." The groups begrudgingly did as they were told. The groups of 20 were big for scouting but Beca couldn't really split them any further. The groups were already uneven due to the four working on the bus.

Beca set them off in their directions and they all agreed to meet back in two hours at the bus. Beca then returned to her first year group and Jane and the Trebles. They were already arguing when Jesse and Beca reached them. They all set of in their direction back up the road where they had come from. In all the fighting no one had been paying much attention to where they were. Beca again thought back. She remembered how it felt to be the one kicking people out that next morning for the first time.

Third Year at Barden

That morning Beca had all twelve sat in their practice room. Beca had watched Amy and Lily break up with Bumper and Donald. They hadn't talked to her since, she knew they were upset but she couldn't let them stay together. Sometimes pain was necessary. As she scanned over the group she started by congratulating them on their success in keeping the Trebles away from girls and preventing Trebleboning. She then turned to one of the new girls.

"A feat that you, Julie, weren't so successful with. I knew you hooked up with one of them. You broke the oath. Hand in your scarf and go." At that moment she felt just like Aubrey, but after talking to Aubrey more frequently since finals it somehow didn't seem so wrong. Julie hesitated then handed over her scarf, whimpering in a way reminiscent of Mary-Elise when she had been kicked out. Julie then rose from her seat and began to walk away. "Take your chair." Beca ordered. Julie did so and dragged it with her before reaching the edge and running away in tears. Beca felt guilty but she hid it knowing it would be a weakness she couldn't let them see. If they did they would undermine her and the oath.

"Wow. I wasn't wrong about Aubrey 2.0." Fat Amy spoke up once Julie had left.

"She knew the oath and she broke it. She was aware of the consequences."

"Really, cause I seem to remember you saying something along the lines of 'that oath was serious?' when we first joined. Almost like you didn't believe it." Amy countered.

"I still didn't break it. Now we need to get to work!" Beca changed the subject and started to introduce the schedule and their plans to the new girls as well as filling in the girls on the 'Treble situation' as it had been dubbed. Beca sensed the hostility in her friends. She began to wonder how many she would have left after all this was over. Hopefully a win would bring them back. That was all she set her mind on now. That was all she had left.

After she had lost Jesse she had spiralled. She had taken an attitude of winning was the most important thing. That winning would fix all the problems in the group. She had somehow neglected to realise she hadn't lost everything when she lost Jesse. She hadn't lost her friends, not at that point, she still had them. It took her years to come to this revelation though. Years too late. She had been in L.A. for over a year when that revelation suddenly hit her. By that point she really had lost them. Still, she had managed to improve their relationship slightly before she left them all behind. It had been a long process before she did though. It got worse before it got better. Their was even an almost mutiny before one of the competitions. Looking back now she could actually pin that one on the Trebles. It actually was most likely their fault.

They had been walking for a while, her and Jesse hand in hand listening to the Bellas and Trebles fight, Jane and Benji walking along behind them, when suddenly they stopped and silence fell. Beca hadn't been listening to what they were fighting over but their silence caught her attention. Suddenly she felt every eye on her.

"How did the war start again Beca?" Fat Amy asked. Beca froze. Jesse felt her tense up. They hadn't got as far as talking about that and Beca was not looking forward to the results of that conversation.

"What do you mean? It was Carly." She tried to brush it off. The Trebles would know it was a lie if she told the Bellas her story again but everyone knew it was because of Carly.

"You mean this all started because you still believed Carly over Jesse? I thought you realised in the end that Jesse didn't cheat on you." One of the Trebles piped up. Beca could have died. She closed her eyes and braced herself and counted to five waiting for it.

"WHAT?!" All the Bellas shouted together. Something seemed to click into place for the Trebles as they registered how the war started. Beca had lied. She felt Jesse squeeze her hand.

"Beca, what did you tell them?" His voice was soft and encouraging, almost as though he was talking to a scared child. At that moment she felt like one. She turned and looked up at him.

"Carly wasn't spying on us and reporting to the Trebles." She told the Bellas, still looking at Jesse. He could see it was hard for her to finally let out the truth but he also had a feeling he wouldn't be able to not react to this story. "She pretended to get caught having an affair with Jesse. I didn't believe him to start with when he said nothing happened. I was embarrassed at what I thought had happened to me, so I didn't tell you, then we needed her for finals so I couldn't kick her out or tell you because we needed to work together. I tried to get revenge on Jesse only to realise too late that he didn't do anything. I went to apologise but he said it was too late. That I didn't believe him or know him well enough to know he would never do that so we couldn't be together. That was why we broke up." She paused to let it sink in.

"We know that but it doesn't explain what started the war. What did you say?" One of the Trebles asked.

"Wait we didn't know that. How did they?" Stacie spoke up, confused.

"They knew because they were their when it all went down. Apart from catching Carly." She explained to the Bellas. She then turned back to them all. She felt Jesse tense in preparation for the next part and she knew she was going to lose him again for a while as he processed this but she hoped it wasn't permanent. "I got the idea to put the song in the performance. To try and win him back like the first time. I should have known it wouldn't work. It was different this time." She watched their confused faces, obviously trying to understand where it fit in. She continued. "When he walked away everything came crashing down. I lost it. On top of that we lost. I couldn't even hear what people were saying or see their faces. Everything was just a total blur. I couldn't breathe; I didn't know what was happening. I couldn't think. It was ridiculous really but it just felt like my entire world was ending."

"All because of a boy? That doesn't sound like you Beca. When you broke up you barely showed any emotion and you expect us to believe this?" One of the Bellas asked.

"You should have seen her leave the Treble house after they broke up. She was actually crying." One of the Trebles put in. The Bellas looked disbelievingly at him. It was then that Beca realised what impact the image she created of herself had on their friendship. The impact Jesse had had on her. It hadn't always been an image. It had been how she was until he came along. He made her into this mess. She turned on him. She had spent the whole week so far explaining things to him, taking all the blame, letting him be mad at her, never daring to be mad at him. Now she let it go.

"It's your fault." She started as she turned to him pushing him away. "You made me into this. I was never emotional. I only cried once before you came along, when my parents got divorced. Then you came along. You pushed your way in. You made me care." She was still pushing him away. He palms flat on his chest as he kept coming back each time. Her voice was starting to wobble and she could feel tears getting ready to break free when her anger gave way to sorrow. "I never needed anyone. No one could get to me. I never showed emotion. I never cried. And definitely never in front of people. I was going to go to L.A. and live out my dream. It was going to be perfect and I wasn't going to need anyone. And you ruined that. You broke me. You made me love you. And I can't stop. I hate how much power you had over me. That you could just end my entire world. That you still have that power over me. 9 years later. You pushed your way in, you became everything, then you just took it all away." At some point she had grabbed onto his t-shirt and was now pushing him away while still holding onto him. She had never let that out before. She pushed him away a final time before he put his arms around her and held her close. She was a wreck. As her breathing evened out and her tears stopped he released her. She stepped away and wipe her tears. Everyone else just stood there shocked.

"Okay, now I see it." Fat Amy spoke up. Everyone looked at her. "What?"

"We still need to know what happened Beca." Chloe spoke up. She looked at Beca. "Although maybe now isn't the time." She added seeing Beca's tear streaked face.

"So I guess we should call for a truce then." Said Aubrey as she turned to the Trebles. "At least until we find out exactly how this war started. I think we have established that we don't really know what this war is about." She continued giving Beca a knowing look. They all nodded in agreement. Beca let out a breath she didn't know she was holding. Looking at her watch she realised it was time to turn back.

"Hey guys, I think we should get back to the bus, we haven't found any hints, not even a road sign. Let's see if anyone else has found anything or see if they've had any progress with the bus." Again everyone nodded in agreement as they turned around and headed back to the bus.

They arrived back a little late. The group that had headed in the other direction down the road were already back. The four that had been working on the bus had also stopped. They arrived back to find three things had happened: The Bellas and Trebles had stopped fighting; whether this was because they too had called a truce and or bonded or whether it was because they were too tired to argue Beca wasn't sure but she feared it was the latter, also the bus had been pronounced dead and finally the third team that had headed off into the woods were not back yet and there were no signs of them. Oh and no one had found any clue as to where they were. This camping trip had suddenly turned into a whole new ball game.

So, I hope you liked it. Beca has a rather emotional bit but it's not like she's really allowed herself to be upset at Jesse, just allowed him to be upset at her. She was bound to be resentful to him in some way. She was fine until he came along and changed it all, not that she would change it. You also see a change in both Beca and Jesse again in the past. She does seem a little harsh but her head is a little messed up and it takes a long time for he to see it and what she is doing/has done. She does tend to change the war as a reaction to something a certain some one does. The titles are normally thought of when I upload the chapter but this one I decided on last chapter. That is why they don't say the name of the chapter in the chapter. This one however refers to the change in the war, it becoming more serious. It comes from a Churchill quote about the second world war. I love quote, I normally have them stuck up all over the walls in the games room,(It's like my room because I used to share a bed room with my sister, through choice; we didn't want anyone sleeping down stairs, so the bedroom was hers and I have the games room, now she's moved out it's just force of habit to spend all my time down here instead of up there.) Okay where was I again yes the title, I like the quote and I think it fits. The full quote is 'This is not the end, it is not even the beginning of the end, but it is perhaps the end of the beginning' Okay, this day could take a lot of chapters to tell. We haven't even reached midday yet and we are how many chapters long? 3? Again, the Bellas are getting a little hostile towards Beca but as you see the way she treated them you start to see why. I'm thinking of doing a flash back to how Jesse was coping with the war at some point. We know how he's acting and we know what Beca is going through and what's going through her head, not always the same thing that comes out of her mouth, but we don't know what he is thinking. Let me know what you think. I hope you enjoyed it. The film beat me. It's finished credits and all. I better watch it no distractions now, I've missed watching it the last week. That sounds bad I know. Right, Feel free with the songs. Please. So, see you in the next chapter. (*smiles*)