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CHAPTER 4

Brandon was able to get Stacie and Lilly roomed together as well as Beca and Amy but he was unable to get Benji a single and that sucked. Benji having a roommate meant someone who could possibly take notice to their…full time job.

Beca is setting up her mixing equipment on her desk and Amy is installing the mini fridge and microwave when there is a knock at their door.

"This is campus police! Hide your wine coolers!"

Amy looks at Beca with wide eyes and Beca rolls her eyes and Amy lets out a breath of relief when it is only Beca's dad who pokes his head in. Amy has never met Dr. Mitchell but she has seen pictures of him.

"Just your dad making a funny."

"Chris Rock everybody." Beca mumbles going back to her desk.

He looks at Amy. "You must be Beca's roommate?"

"Aye aye sir." Amy smiles before going back to her work.

"So, when'd you get here? How'd you get here?" Dr. Mitchell asks putting his hands in his pockets.

"Amy drove." Beca answers.

"Oh, you two know each other already?" He asks looking between the two who nod in confirmation.

"I met Amy on my travels with Benji and Stacie and she tagged along." Beca answers. Amy looks at her with furrowed brows and Beca shrugs. She can lie to her father no problem.

"And she followed you three all the way to college?" Dr. Mitchell asks and Beca nods.

"Her parents thought it would be a great experience for her." Beca answers and Amy nods when he looks over at her.

September 7, 2010

"A bank?!" Stacie hisses as she keeps her head down and a gunshot rings out.

"Shut up!" Beca growls back throw grit teeth.

"No! I will not shut up! This was your idea! You're supposed to be the brains!" Stacie retorts as Benji motions for them to shut up.

"Will you two stop?! We need to find a way out before the authorities get here!" Benji whispers harshly as another gunshot rings out and the bullet proof glass above them thuds and cracks with impact.

"It's not my fault!" Beca defends and Benji sighs. Guess they weren't done. "How was I supposed to know an armed robbery was going to take place the same day we hit it?"

"It's your job to know everything!" Stacie shouts.

"Uh…? Excuse me?"

The three turn and see a blonde teller.

"I can get us out." She says confidently and the three exchange looks. This woman doesn't look as if she could do a lot of running and that's what they needed right now. "No, I'm serious!" She's a local. Beca notes from her accent. "I got this." She says standing up with her hands raised and the three motion for her to get down.

"Get down!" Beca hisses.

"Patricia!" One of the robbers yell. "Where's the money?!"

"They went out the back doors." The blonde woman says and the robbers all take off towards the back door.

After a moment the blonde woman motions for everyone to run out the front doors.

"Come on!" She tells the three and leads them to the front door.

"They'll arrest us!" Benji shouts.

The blonde scoffs. "They won't arrest the friends of the richest man in Tasmania's daughter." She says confident and proud.

They walk outside and Benji, Stacie and Beca all keep their guard up waiting for any sign that they might have to run. But the cops pat the blonde on the back and after they make a short conversation the blonde leads them to a shiny new Hummer.

"What the hell?" Benji asks as he and Stacie place the backpacks full of cash on the floor of the Hummer.

"My dad owns this bank." The blonde says extending a hand. "The name is Fat Amy."

"You call yourself Fat Amy?" Beca asks taking her hand hesitantly and giving it a shake.

"Yeah, so twig bitches like you won't do it behind my back." Amy answers and Beca nods in understanding. She can't argue with that logic.

"I'm Beca, this is Benji and Stacie, thanks for that back there, but what was that?" Beca asks totally confused.

"Let's drive and talk." Amy says starting the car and driving away. "My dad owns the bank, and he has it insured for a lot of money. Those guys were hired to break in and Dad was going to claim the insurance money. He owns the museum and does the same thing. But since those guys just got caught I'm going to need your help." Amy says.

"You helped us, so I don't see why we can't help you." Beca says.

"You look like the mastermind and legs over there must be the grifter and he doesn't look like any hitter or thief." Amy points out.

"I'm a hacker." Benji answers and Amy grins.

"Excellent. I need you to make sure this doesn't trace back to my father. None of our guys have ever gotten caught and I'd like for it to stay that way." Amy says and Beca looks at Benji.

"How did your father pay them?" Benji asks.

"Bank transfer." Amy answers and Beca scrunches up the left side of her face.

"Really?" Amy nods.

"Alright, I hacked into all the information and give me one second." Benji types away. "Does your father have any competition or guys who do the same thing he does?" Benji asks.

"You mean insurance fraud?" Amy asks and he nods. "Yeah, the other bank across town. He's been trying to take my father's spot for years. But he never reimburses any of his clients like my father does after every break in." Amy says.

"Your father reimburses the people he steals from?" Stacie asks.

"My father calls it borrowing." Amy says and Beca can't argue with that. Even if he did take it without asking-stealing-he still made sure people got their money back.

Benji grins. "There, now it looks as if the other guy paid them off."

"Excellent." Amy smiles.

"Wait, those guys back there called you Patricia." Stacie points out as Amy pulls up to a gate and rolls her window down putting the passcode in.

"That's an alias!" By the speed in which Amy answered Stacie, Benji and Beca don't believe her but they don't call her out on it either.

"So, you can't imagine the surprise I got when your mother called to tell me you agreed to come here for college." Dr. Mitchell says looking out their room window. "So what did make you decide to come here?" Dr. Mitchell asks.

"You and mom kept bugging me about it and Benji's parents weren't easing up and when Stacie's parents joined in we decided we'd give it a year." Beca says. That's not really a lie. Her, Benji and Stacie's parents have been bugging them to at least give college a try.

"They're both here too?" He asks and Beca nods. "Well, at least you already have friends."

There is another knock and Amy shouts for whoever it is too come in.

A perky girl with light brown hair walks in with an Asian girl who didn't look happy. She didn't look anything really, her face was indifferent.

"Hi!" The perky girl greets with a perky high pitcher voice. "I'm Jessica and this is my roommate Kimmy Jin!" She points to the Asian girl beside her. "We just live right down the hall and wanted to introduce ourselves to our dorm mates."

Beca and Amy exchange glances. Are these two serious?

"Well it is nice to meet you." Dr. Mitchell says and the perky one shakes his hand. The scary one just looks at his hand for a moment before he retracts it and puts it back in his pocket.

"Did you know the activities fair is currently going on?" Jessica asks, still with that stupid perky. "Kimmy and I were on our way and you should join us."

"We'll meet you there." Amy says and the two leave. She looks at Beca. "Did that just happen?" Beca shrugs and shakes her head.

"You should go; the activities fair is a great place to mingle. Get out of here and explore. You can't lock yourself up in here forever working on mixes." He makes a face when he says 'mixes' and Beca frowns.

"I enjoy making mixes and I'll go when I finish unpacking and setting up my equipment." Beca says and Amy focuses on the microwave.

"Beca, you have to put yourself out there!" He remembers Beca saying something out going to LA. "This DJ thing isn't a real job, it's a hobby."

And there it is.

Although Beca hasn't really thought about her former plans of going to LA to produce music it is still a possibility and hearing her father put it down made her blood boil.

"It's what I love doing!" Beca snaps.

"I'm not saying give it up entirely, just get a degree and a real job. You won't go anywhere with this DJ thing."

Oh if he only knew about the jobs she's done.

"You know what?! Maybe I'll go check out the activities fair after all." She looks over at Amy. "Amy?"

"Yes sir?"

"You coming?" Beca asks and Amy nods.

The two walk out and head down to the activities fair.

This is a disaster.

Those are Chloe's only thoughts as another girl ignores Aubrey and the flyer in her hand. Chloe doesn't know why they keep trying. They should just put up some flyers around campus and save themselves the embarrassment of standing out here and trying to get people to join. Aubrey's puking fiasco is all over the internet so Chloe doesn't know how they'll get anyone. Several girls already recognized Aubrey and laughed.

Aubrey looks ready to murder someone. Chloe notes as yet another group of girls ignores her.

From across the quad Beca and Amy watch the two.

"Alright." Amy nods making up her mind.

"What?" Beca asks.

"I'm going in." Amy says moving forward.

Beca's eyes go wide. "Amy!" Amy ignores her as she continues towards the two annoyed and irritated Bellas. "Get back here! Amy!"

"Maybe we should just get good singers."

"What? Good singers what?" Amy grins.

Chloe smiles. "Hi, can you sing?"

"Yeah."

"Can you read music?"

"Yeah."

"Can you match pitch?"

"Try me."

After putting on her display Amy beams.

"That was a great start." Aubrey says.

"I'm the best singer in Tasmania." Amy says. "With teeth." She gives a toothy smile.

"Love it." Aubrey says keeping a smile on her face.

"What's your name?" Chloe asks.

"Fat Amy." She grins as the two as they exchange looks.

"You call yourself Fat Amy?" Aubrey asks unsure of how to take that.

Amy smiles. "Yeah, so twig bitches like you don't do it behind my back." Chloe and Aubrey exchange looks before looking back at Amy.

Aubrey holds a flyer out to Amy. "I will see you at auditions…Fat Amy."

"I can sing, but I'm also good at modern dance, olden dance and uh, mermaid dancing." Amy lays on the ground. "It's a lot of floor work."

"I see that."

Across the quad Beca is face palming.

Amy walks back up to her. "Ginger is cute. I can see why you like her."

"Love her." Beca corrects without thinking and Amy fist pumps air.

"Yes! Benji and I will get you two together by the end of the year!" Beca looks at her in horror.

"You will do no such thing! We are here to look after her and figure out what the stalker wants."

"It's pretty obvious he wants Chloe." Amy says in a 'duh' tone and Beca glares.

"The stalker could be a murderer or something. Andrew wouldn't have asked us to come if he didn't think Chloe was in danger. He trusts us to protect her." Beca says and Amy shrugs.

"I get my record erased just by looking after the ginger, no problem. You should go talk to her." Amy says and Beca shakes her head.

"Not yet. I can't do it yet."

"Well you'll have to be ready to soon because Ginger spotted Ben." Amy points and Beca snaps her head over to see Chloe waving Benji over from his place at the Treblemaker's booth.

Benji looks around and spots Beca and then makes his way over to Chloe. Leaving his roommate behind.

"Benji!" Chloe shouts throwing her arms around him. She squeezes him tight before pulling away. "What are you doing here?!"

"I go here."

"Here?!" Chloe asks ecstatic.

"Yeah, my parents, Beca's and Stacie's kept bugging us so we're giving it a year." Benji says.

"We? Beca's here?" Chloe asks. She heard of Stacie, never met her before. But Chloe couldn't be bothered by that. Beca's here! She wants to see her!

Benji smiles. "Yeah, she's somewhere around here, she might be with Stacie." Benji says and Chloe frowns.

Who is this Stacie chick? "I want to see her! It's been so long!"

"You better go while she's distracted." Amy says and Beca groans but jogs over hoping to come up behind Chloe and surprise her.

Benji sees Beca and smiles but doesn't alert Chloe. "She's around here somewhere. You know Beca. She doesn't like crowds." Chloe grins. That sounds like Beca.

"It was supposed to be a surprise." Beca says narrowing her eyes at Benji who just grins and shrugs.

Chloe lets out a high pitched and loud squeal as she turns around and throws her arms around Beca hugging her tight. "I can't believe you're here! We have so much to catch up on!" Chloe shouts.

"I love my headphones." Beca blurts dumbly. Really Mitchell, that's all you can say?

Chloe beams. "I'm glad. When I didn't receive anything back I thought you hated them." Chloe blushes and Beca kicks herself.

"I hope my appearance is enough of an apology." Beca grins.

"I see your ego is still the same."

Benji scoffs and Beca glares.

"I did enjoy the surprise though." Chloe says gasping. She turns to Aubrey. "Aubrey, this is Benji and Beca, they're my best friends from back home. Benji, Beca, this is Aubrey, she is my best friend and roommate." Chloe introduces and the three shake hands.

"You should join the Bellas." Chloe says and Aubrey goes to protest but Beca does it for her.

"No, I don't sing." Beca says and Chloe frowns.

"That's a lie; you used to sing for me all the time when we were younger." Chloe smirks.

Beca blushes. "Yeah, it was for you. That's an us thing." Chloe grins and hugs Beca.

"You should share it with the world." Chloe tries but Beca shakes her head.

"Benji and I have our videogames and you and I have music and I only sang to you if you were sad and needed cheering up or it was family karaoke night." Beca says.

"Then do this for me." Chloe says throwing out her pout and doe eyes.

Beca is saved from answering by Stacie who comes up and wraps her arms around Beca from behind. Stacie much taller frame envelopes Beca's tiny one.

"Hey hot stuff." She grins at Benji. "Magic man." She looks at Chloe and Aubrey. "Hey, it's the girl from the pictures Beca keeps in her boob." Stacie blurts and Beca resists the urge to elbow the girl in the gut as hard as she can in hopes of cracking or breaking some ribs.

Chloe raises an eyebrow in amusement and a hint of jealousy. Why does this tall giant know what Beca keeps in her bra?

Stacie reaches into Beca's shirt startling the tiny DJ and pulls out a photo that is folded in half hamburger style. Stacie uses her one hand to unfold the photo while keeping the other wrapped around Beca.

The photo is of Beca and Chloe the fourth of July before Chloe left for college. They are sat in the grass while the fireworks light up their faces and the area around them. Benji had taken the photo and made duplicates. Chloe has the same one in her and Aubrey's apartment. But what makes the photo significant is the way Chloe and Beca are looking at each other. Both have full blown smiles on their faces and their eyes are full of love. In the photo and present day both are oblivious to the look of love, both claim it to be their imagination because both don't believe that the other could ever feel the same.

"You haven't answered my question." Chloe says as Beca takes the photo from Stacie and tucks it back in between her bra strap and her chest. "Will you join the Bellas?"

Stacie scrunches up her face. "Bellas? Like Twilight?" It is the airheaded tone that alerts Beca and Benji that Stacie is in Grifter mode.

"We're a singing group." Chloe says.

"Oh. I like to sing." Stacie says and Benji and Beca exchange horrified looks. When running a con Stacie is the best actress in the world, but if she is actually placed on a stage she sucks. Same with her singing.

"Then we'll see you at auditions." Aubrey says handing her a flyer.

Chloe looks at Beca. "Just consider it?" She asks and Beca sighs.

"I'll think about it." Beca answers and Chloe beams. "We should get going." Beca says and Chloe nods. The three walk away and Stacie shifts her hold. She wraps an arm around Beca's shoulders.

"Put your arm around my waist!" Stacie whispers and Beca raises an eyebrow but does so anyway.

Chloe glares holes into the back of Stacie's head as the three walk away.

"What was that about?" Beca asks.

"What was what?" Stacie asks.

"You being all over me like we're a couple." Beca says.

"Oh, Amy told me that she and Benji plan on getting you two together by the end of the year. I'm just around to make Chloe jealous." Stacie grins and Beca glares at Benji.

"She doesn't like me like that alright? We're just friends." Beca says.

"Beca, she feels the same and when you finally accept that you two will be the perfect couple." Benji says and Beca shakes her head.

"I've wanted her for so long and if I can only have her as a friend than I'll take it." Beca says and her two friends frown. "I don't want to lose her." Beca whispers.

"She's shorter in person." Aubrey comments and Chloe looks at her with a raised eyebrow.

"She's always been short." Chloe says.

"I know, but she looked taller in those pictures of yours." Aubrey says. "Does she know you love her?"

Chloe's face resembles a fish out of water and Aubrey finds it hilarious. "Wh…Who….what? You're crazy! She's my best friend!" Chloe exclaims.

"I'm your best friend too but you have never glared death into any of the guys I have dated." Aubrey points out. "You're jealous."

"I was…she's…I've known Beca for years and she is obviously with that tall girl." Chloe says.

"I don't hear you denying being jealous." Aubrey grins. "She may be too alternative for the Bellas and I have this nagging feeling that I will hate her but if the way you were looking at her just a minute ago and the look in your eyes in that photo, then I'll try. Whatever makes your happy Chlo." Aubrey says patting Chloe's shoulder.

"She doesn't feel the same." Chloe says heaving a sigh and looking at the ground.

Aubrey gasps and stares at her best friend jaw slacked. "Are you serious?! She does feel the same! Are you blind?!"

Chloe shakes her head. "It doesn't matter Aub, she's with tall girl."

Aubrey shakes her head. What is wrong with her best friend? She must be blind. Beca was staring at Chloe with pure unadulterated love and adoration in that photo. Aubrey knows because she has seen it many times in their apartment and dorm room before it.

Aubrey just knows she isn't going to like Beca. But damn it! She has her duties as a best friend and by George she was going to make damn sure her best friend finds happiness! Even if it is with some alt chick with ear monstrosities.

So what'd you think? And is there anything you want to see in later chapters?

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