Chapter 2: Auditions.

-Beca's pov-

Beca stayed out of sight from the others, even Chloe as she paced around, trying to build up the nerve to go out there and sing. She had seen a lot of the kids go up, including Jesse who worked with her at the radio station. She saw the two boys who had been the one controlling the auditions go up on the stage claiming that was all. She saw the trebles leaving the room along with the high notes and the other group she didn't remember the name of.

That was when Chloe spoke up. "Oh wait, there is one more. Beca come out here. Don't be shy." Chloe said and Beca cursed her under her breath as she awkwardly and slowly made her way across the stage. Giving Chloe a small glare which the red head smirked at.

"uhm... Hello. I had no idea we had to prepare that song and wasn't even sure I was going to show up so..." Beca said and Chloe smiled lightly while Aubrey just glared before letting out a scoff.

"Just sing whatever you want to. Give us an example of your voice." Aubrey said, surprisingly not sounding unkind though Beca knew she disliked her.

"okay..." Beca said getting down on her knees before reaching for the cup of pens in front of chloe who gave her a smile as she carefully emptied it on the desk before sitting down with her legs crossed.

She then sang the cup song as she saw Jesse out of the corner of her eye, looking shocked to see her there. But the boy smiled as she finished along with Chloe who was giving Aubrey an 'I told you so' look that the blond was trying to ignore as she actually looked impressed with her voice.

Beca handed Chloe the cup before standing up and leaving, followed by Jesse who was grilling her for details of why she had never told him she could sing.

-Chloes pov-

Chloe went with Aubrey to see the principal who looked skeptic at them letting the girl into the Bella's before calling Beca's father up to her office. When the man arrived she explained the situation to him and the man looked at them shocked.

"I must say I'm a little surprised that Beca went to audition. She didn't seem to even listen to me when I told her to join a group on campus. I'm even more shocked that she chose singing but considering her passion is mixing tapes then I shouldn't be as surprised that she picked something music related. But I understand your worries considering her past. Beca has been staying out of trouble and while she may look like one of those trouble kids then she is dedicated to getting out of that life." the man said and the principal looked full of thoughts before speaking up.

"Do you think that if she joins the Bella's that there will be backlash for the Bella's due to Beca's reputation? This is a popularity contest as much as a singing one after all." The principal asked and Beca's father frowned before replying.

"That is an hard question since Beca has a label on her as a criminal and a murderer. And people can find that out easily. But I know that if she doesn't get the chance to show she has changed by joining a group then that label will never go away and that could push her into getting into trouble so its a tough thing for me to speak of since she is after all my daughter and I want her to have a chance at life despite her past. But, that's beside the point, I think that while at the beginning that yes, there will be backlash but it will go away and people will probably even start speaking about how brave of a move it was for you to let her in on the team knowing her past. But that is if you are willing to suffer the backlash first. It is up to you." Beca's dad said and all three people in the room stared at him for a few before starting to think.

"I think we should let her on the team Aubrey, she should get the chance. If she gets into some sort of trouble then you are the captain, you can always kick her out." Chloe said in a low voice and the principal and Aubrey looked at her along with Beca's dad.

"True. But will you be okay with that? You seem to like having this girl around. You were the one that convinced her to come to the auditions and the one who has been hanging around her since that day you ran into her." Aubrey said, looking at Chloe with a serious look on her face like usual. It was a good question, Chloe knew that.

"Yes, I would be okay with it if she got into trouble. But it would have to be something serious, and not her disagreeing with you on things." Chloe said and Aubrey gave her a small glare before sighing.

"Alright. She's on the team." Aubrey said and Chloe let out a loud cheer which caused the other three occupants laugh lightly. Dr. Mitchell seemed happy that Beca had found someone who wanted her around but that was just what Chloe thought considering how he was smiling at her.

When they were leaving the room Dr. Mitchell asked Chloe to hang back a bit. "So um ms. Beale right?"

"Call me Chloe. Ms. Beale makes me feel older than I am. What can I do for you Dr. Mitchell?"

"First off, call me Ethan. I just wanted to ask, how is initiation done with the bellas? Do you throw bags over their heads and kidnap them or something like that?" Ethan asked and Chloe was surprised he guessed right.

"yeah. We do." Chloe replied and Ethan smiled lightly.

"When you two get Beca be careful. She has some phobias and she can freak out if someone places something over her head. So don't go all crazy on her since she is strong even if she's small and can seriously hurt someone." Ethan said and Chloe agreed on that and left with Aubrey.

-Beca's pov-

Beca sighed for what felt like the hundredth time as she tried to focus on writing the paper that was due next week. She wasn't in an hurry to finish it. Just didn't have anything else to do since she didn't feel like working on her music due to it reminding her of Chloe and how Chloe was starting to make her feel. It was extremely confusing for the brunette. After just staring at the computer screen for a few minutes Beca let out a small growl before closing it and placing it to the side and getting up. Intending to go out to get something to eat.

When she was grabbing her hoodie there was a knock on the door. She opened it only to see the center of her thoughts standing on the other side holding a yellow hood in her hands. Beca raised her eyebrow at the red head who smiled lightly.

"I need you to come with me. And also to wear this thing" Chloe said gesturing to the thing in her hands before continuing. "over your head. Normally I would have jumped you and put it over your head but I don't think that would end all too well for me and you."

"You would have been right. Does this have anything to do with the audition you almost, kind of, forced me to do today?" Beca asked and Chloe nodded so Beca just sighed before nodding and Chloe put the thing over her head before grabbing her hand and leading her somewhere. Being careful that the brunette didn't fall and hurt herself in the stairs.

After they walked some distance and entered another building Chloe led her beside someone and let go of her hand.

"The sopranos, Jessica, Mary Elise, Lilly. The mezzos, Cynthia rose, Stacie, Kori. And our altos, Fat amy, Denise, Ashley and Beca." Beca heard Aubrey say as the hood was taken off her head along with the others. Beca looked around and noticed that they were in a room full of candles, and that she was close to a table full of them...too close so she moved a tiny bit closer to Ashley who just gave her a look as Aubrey and Chloe moved to the front again.

Aubrey looked at them as she took a glass in her hand and spoke once more. "We shall begin by drinking the blood of the sisters that came before you."

Beca just looked between Chloe and the glass since she walked to her first and Aubrey whom just looked serious. "Dude, no way."

"Don't worry Beca, its boones farm wine." Chloe whispered low enough that only she could hear and Beca relaxed at that and took a sip, grimacing at the taste.

Next they were told to place scarves that Chloe distributed between them in their right hand and told the oath. After all of them took the oath they were told that all of them were Bellas and all of the girls in the room started squealing except for Beca who just looked confused before the girl that was beside her jumped and then she looked amused as she took a step back so she wouldn't get hurt and the lights came back on.

Chloe just looked happy while Aubrey looked smug as Chloe leant towards her and whispered something to her. Aubrey just looked at the group that was celebrating while Beca just stood to the side looking at them like they were crazy and whispered something back.

Beca just stood there watching the girls celebrate after that as Chloe brought them some alcohol as some sort of before party before they went to the a ca initiation night. Beca watched as the red head walked over with an unopened beer can to Beca and some sort of drink in a cup.

"Here. I figured from the grimace on your face earlier you are more of a beer type of girl than a wine type." Chloe said handing the beer to her causing the brunette to smile at her in thanks before opening the beer.

"You were right. I prefer beer and whiskey over wines." Beca said glancing at Chloes cup causing the red head to giggle.

"Would it be okay if I leave to grab something to eat?" Beca asked after a moment of them just standing there watching the others.

"Sure. Just let me grab my jacket so I can join you. Just finish that beer." Chloe said chugging down the rest of what was in her glass before walking over to where her jacket was and Beca chugged down the beer quickly. Chloe spoke quickly with Aubrey who didn't look happy but nodded and Chloe then walked back to Beca and they left.

They went to the usual pizza place and sat in the normal spot. Beca paying this time despite Chloe's protests. After they ate they just spoke softly about the bella's and then headed back since the initiation night would be starting soon and Aubrey would not be pleased if they arrived at a different time than her.

They joined the group as it was walking to the place the party was being held in the amphitheater surrounding it. Chloe and Aubrey went further down as Fat amy came to a stop beside Beca.

"I don't even know what I'm doing here." Beca said in a low voice, looking around with an awkward look on her face.

"living the dream. I still can't believe they let my sexy fat ass in." Fat amy said and before Beca could say anything they heard someone calling her name and Fat amy left, walking further down the steps.

"Beca.!...Be-caw, Be-caw!" Jesse said laughing as he climbed over the bleachers in between them, sounding drunk and Beca just smiled, amused by the boys stupid behavior.

"Do my eyes deceive me or are you a barden bella?" Jesse said as he came to a stop in front of her.

"No." Beca said, shaking her head trying not to laugh.

"You are one of those a capella girls, I'm one of those a capella boys and we are going to have a ca children. Its inevitable." Jesse said, lifting his shoulders like in a shrug.

"You're really drunk right now aren't you? I don't think you are going to remember any of this." Beca said causing Jesse to smirk.

"No, I'm not drunk at all you are just blurry."

"You okay?"

"Yeah." Jesse said before almost falling over.

"yeah? You almost fall over?"

"No I didn't."

"Can you pass a sobriety test right now?" Beca said pushing his chest lightly causing him to come right back.

"yep."

"Can you stand up straight?" Beca said keeping on pushing him.

"See how I come right back?" Jesse said as she pushed him a little harder before saying again as she stopped. "And I come right back"

"Right. Wow."

"Can I get you a drink?" Jesse suddenly asked, smiling softly and Beca just giggled lightly before agreeing, thinking it would probably get him busy.

"I'm gonna get you a drink."

"go for it."

"I think you need to get on this level." Jesse said turning around and Beca told him to be careful as Chloe suddenly came up to her.

"Hi." Chloe said as she grabbed Beca's hands tugging on them so she was closer to the red head before speaking again. "I am so glad that I met you." the red head leaned even closer, leaving only mere centimeters between their faces, Beca could smell the alcohol on the other girls breath as she spoke once more. "I think we are going to be really fast friends."

"Yeah." Beca said grinning before adding with a wink. "Well, you saw me naked so...yeah."

"So you interested in that treble?" Chloe asked looking into her eyes after that sounding almost jealous.

"No. We just work together at the radio station. He's nice and all but I'm not really into boys." Beca said, knowing the girl would probably not remember this by morning so if she freaked out over her confession she would be the only one remembering this moment.

"All right. Great. I'm going to get myself a drink. This ginger here needs her jiggle juice." Chloe said, pushing herself away from Beca lightly and then shaking her butt lightly while snapping her fingers before walking away down the stairs.

"See you later!" Chloe said and Beca just smiled before calling lightly after her. "Make good choices."

Beca just stood there watching everyone and saw fat amy and Aubrey talking while Cynthia was flirting with an drunk Stacie who was oblivious to it. That was when the music was turned on and everyone rushed to the bottom and started dancing.

Mary Elise and Beca spoke about random things before everyone started singing at the bottom and the girl left to join in as Jesse came over with two drinks in his hands while singing. He handed one to Beca before turning around looking at the group, talking about how awesome the party was.

"It's definitely something." Beca said low looking awkward and then recoiled lightly as Jesse suddenly yelled at the top of his lungs "We are the kings of campus!" Beca looked around awkwardly and it seemed like no one even heard him or ignored him. She saw Chloe making out with some dude and felt this odd feeling in her chest at the scene so she finished the drink she had before deciding to leave.

When she arrived in her room she didn't feel like sleeping or studying or even working on her music since she was feeling a little frustrated at everything so she wrapped her hands with some boxing tape before pulling on the boxing gloves that her father had bought her before she went to college along with a 120 pound boxing bag that hung from the ceiling. He rationalized that instead of hitting other people when she was angry that she could hit the bag instead.

She started throwing punches at the bag, thinking about everything that bothered her. Putting more and more frustration behind each punch. She kept it up for about 40 minutes before she was calmer and then sat down on her bed taking the gloves off and unwrapping her hands. She stared at her hands silently clenching and opening them a few times while thinking about her feelings for Chloe. She knew she could not fall for the red head, it would never end in her favor and yet the girl was slowly causing her to fall for her.

Beca growled lightly before swearing to herself that she would never hang out with the girl more than she had to from now on.

-Chloes pov, the next day-

Chloe groaned, feeling her hangover as she rolled out of bed in Tom's room. Neither him or his roomie was there so she just got dressed before walking over to her apartment. When she arrived in the apartment she saw that Aubrey was back and was also nursing a hangover. They both went to take a shower before going to get food.

"I saw Kori and Mary Elise yesterday. It was obvious they got trebleboned last night." Aubrey said and Chloe nodded, recalling something similar. She also faintly recalled speaking to Beca but didn't remember about what.

"We have to kick them off the team right?" Chloe said as she saw Kori walk in and Aubrey went over and got her scarf, causing the girl to leave crying after she got food. Chloe just looked on with a pitying look. Around lunch they went over to the auditorium where Bella's always held their practices and saw everyone there...everyone that is except Beca.

"So, do any of you know where Beca is?" Aubrey suddenly asked and the girls looked around at each other before Cynthia spoke up.

"I saw her speaking to Jesse, the freshman on the treblemakers before finishing her drink and leaving. She didn't look happy so I'm guessing something was going on there. Jesse remained and was there the whole night so she did not do anything with him that's for sure."

"Alright. Chloe, do you have Beca's number?" Aubrey asked and Chloe shook her head no. She always forgot to ask the brunette for her number when she was around her.

"I'll go and see if she is in her room. I don't think anyone told her to be here today. At least I didn't." Chloe said and Aubrey nodded. Chloe went to the dorm Beca stayed in and knocked on the door. No answer. She knocked again before someone spoke up from behind her, startling her.

"Chloe, what are you doing here?" Beca asked causing the red head to jump before spinning around with a hand over her heart. The brunette stood there in the hall and it was obvious she had just come from a run around campus since she was sweaty.

"Beca. hi. Uhm there is bella practice right now. Aubrey is waiting for us. I forgot to tell you yesterday." Chloe said after her heart slowed a little and the brunette raised her eyebrow before nodding and opening the door to her room.

"Just let me take a 10 minute shower and I'll join ya for practice." Beca said as she walked into her room and grabbed a robe and her hygiene stuff along with a fresh set of clothes before going to the showers. Leaving Chloe alone in the brunettes room. Looking around she saw chaos. The rooms only tidy place was where a small piano was along with some dj equipment and Beca's laptop. Chloe suddenly remembered that Aubrey would be wondering what was taking so long so she sent her a quick text explaining what was going on. The reply made it obvious the blond was irritated but Chloe ignored that as she waited. She was still trying to remember what she and Beca talked about yesterday at the initiation night.

After a little while Beca walked back in, fully dressed and ready to go. They walked to the auditorium in silence as both of them were deep in thought. When they arrived they heard Aubrey start to explain why Kori was not there due to being dis-invited since she slept with a treble.

"That oath was serious?" Beca asked and Chloe nodded, rolling her eyes. She knew it was stupid since not all of the trebles were assholes.

"You can fool around with anyone you would like, just not a treble." Aubrey said as she saw them walk into the room and pointed for Beca to sit down in the back as Chloe joined her at the front.

-Beca's pov-

Beca sat down as Stacie spoke up, saying that it would not be easy to not sleep with a treble since he was a hunter, as she gestured down at her private parts.

"you call it a dude?" Beca asked the girl who smiled and nodded.

Aubrey spoke up then, with a little kinder voice. "Stacie, the trebles don't respect us. And if we let them penetrate us, we are giving them our power."

"Not a good enough reason to use the word penetrate." Fat amy said from beside Mary Elise.

"So. Has anyone here have something to confess?" Aubrey asked, ignoring Fat amy's comment and everyone stayed silence, looking at each other. Beca was looking over at Mary Elise since she had seen her talking to one of the trebles but then noticed Chloe staring at her which caused her to raise her eyebrow at the red head.

Then she heard Mary Elise suddenly speak up about it being an accident and Aubrey told her to hand in her scarf and go and to take her chair with her. Beca just stared at Aubrey with disbelief written all over her face and then looked on as Mary Elise dragged her chair to the exit before running out crying.

"Was that necessary?" Beca asked Aubrey and noticed Chloe giving her a look that begged her to just accept whatever Aubrey did quietly.

"This is war, Beca. And it is my job to make sure that my soldiers are prepped to go at go time with three kick ass songs and choreographed to perfection, and there are only 4 months to go until regionals. So if you have a problem with the way that I run the bellas, then you should just..." Aubrey said before sounding like she was about to throw up. Chloe walked up and started trying to calm the blond haired girl and telling her that they didn't want a repeat of last year.

"what happened last year?" Lilly asked, almost too low for Beca to hear. Chloe asked her again and Lilly spoke the same question a little louder and then asked them if they wanted to see a dead body.

"she asked what happened last year? And only a deaf person would call these songs kick ass..." Beca said when it was obvious she was the only one who heard the girl.

"Aubrey had a little accident last year at the finals when she threw up due to stress." Chloe replied and Lilly then got out an ipad and found a video on youtube since they were curious.

"cool!" Stacie said before reaching over with a smile. "Click on guy pukes on a cat."

"Enough! It happened. Its over!" Aubrey suddenly said, clapping her hands together. "which reminds me, do you have anything to confess Beca?"

"Confess what?" Beca asked, feeling confused as hell.

"Everyone here saw you and Jesse, whom is a treble, yesterday. Something going on between you two?" Aubrey asked, looking far too smug for Beca's taste.

"No. I'm not into dudes." Beca said coldly causing everyone to whip around and stare at her in shock.

"That's right. That's what you told me yesterday! I have been trying to remember all day." Chloe said suddenly and everyone looked at her at that. Beca just gave her an amused smile before looking at Aubrey who looked embarrassed.

"Alright. Moving on. We will practice every day for at least 2 hours, seven days a week. And I trust you will add your own cardio." Aubrey said then and Beca just raised her eyebrow.

"Why cardio?" Beca asked, not that she had a problem with it, she did enough of it already, she just didn't see how it would help their singing.

"Yeah. No don't put me down for cardio." Fat amy said and Beca just smiled at the girl.

"Okay, moving on." Aubrey said, completely ignoring the girls question as she gestured to a paper that Chloe was holding. "this is a list of all the songs we have ever performed. And you will notice that we only do songs made famous by women."

Beca took one paper before passing it to the next person and looked at it. "There's nothing from this century on here." Beca said looking at Aubrey who glared at her.

"Because we don't stray from tradition." Was the only reply she got and Beca rolled her eyes but decided to stay silent since Chloe was giving her an pleading look again.

"Now. This is how we will become champions." Aubrey said, turning the movable dry erase board around. Revealing a lot of text. Beca just looked amused at how extremely proud of herself the girl obviously felt but it was stupid as hell.

They were then split into groups, Aubrey took one half and Chloe the next. Thankfully Beca was in the latter since she wasn't sure she could handle not hitting the blond. They did some sound practices before running up and down the stairs with Aubrey leading them. Chloe was running just behind Beca as Aubrey came to a stop and tried to hit each and everyone's butt, Beca barely avoiding the hit. They then saw her start talking to Amy who was hiding in the bleachers.

They were then forced to walk on high heels across a room...which Beca refused to do. So now, since apparently Chloe was on convince Beca I'm right duty, the red head was trying to talk the stubborn brunette into doing it.

"Chloe I said no. I never wear high heels and I'm not going to do it for you guys. I'm content being only 10 centimeters taller than a dwarf." Beca said glaring at the red head who shook her head.

"Beca, high heels are a part of our uniform. You have to wear them." Chloe said causing the brunette to look at her in shock.

"we have a uniform?!"

"Yes... we wear a shortcut skirt, black high heels, a black blazer with no sleeves and a white flower collar blouse,also with no sleeves."

"yeah, no way in hell you get me to wear a skirt."

"Beca come on! Stop being so stubborn about this. Aubrey will kick you off the team." Chloe begged and Beca looked at her, the girl seemed rather desperate for her to agree.

"What is taking so long?" Aubrey suddenly asked, coming over to them.

"I will not wear high heels nor will you get me alive into a skirt. So if you wanna kick me off the team then fine. Here is my scarf." Beca said handing the scarf over to the blond who looked shocked at what the girl was saying. Chloe was giving her an 'Are you crazy?' look and the girls who had followed Aubrey all looked shocked as well.

"Beca, you can't be serious." Chloe said and the girls all started trying to convince her to take it back.

"I'm serious." Beca said and Aubrey sneered lightly before turning around and looking at the group behind her.

"alright, I need 4 other girls to wear pants along with Beca whenever we perform. Anyone else here uncomfortable with skirts?" Aubrey asked and Cynthia, Chloe, Denise and fat amy raised their hands. "good. If I give you that you will not wear a skirt can you wear high heels?"

Beca glared at the blond but seeing the pleading look on Chloes face relented. "Fine. Give me the bloody things Chloe."

Everyone let out a sigh of relief as everyone except for Beca and Chloe went back inside. After Beca put on the rather uncomfortable shoes, Chloe tied the scarf around Beca's left wrist again. Holding the hand in both of hers for a few moments.

"Beca. Please try to get along with Aubrey and please don't quit the Bellas. Aubrey may never admit it but we need you on the team. And... I need you here. Okay?" Chloe said and Beca scrunched up her nose before sighing.

"Alright. Fine. But that woman is freaking infuriating. Guess my punching bag will be getting a lot of love from me this year." Beca said as they joined the others in walking across the room. Beca nearly falling more than once and Chloe trying to stop her from hurting herself.

After they mostly got the walking down they again split into groups and Beca landed with Chloe again. This time they stood in front of mirrors singing and Chloe was trying to teach them how to be while singing since Stacie kept groping herself and then started teaching them the dance moves. Beca tried her best but kept having to turn to Chloe since she never knew what to do next. So eventually Chloe situated herself behind her, standing closer than needed and guided her through the moves holding her hands causing Beca to roll her eyes because of how stupid it all was but she did not tell the red head to back off since she liked having her so close.

Eventually they tried dancing as a group and it was ugly to say the least. That was when Aubrey seemed to get to the top of her frustration with them and called the practice to a stop, making a lot of them let out a relieved sigh. Beca could barely hear Lilly say that she asked to go to the bathroom 3 hours ago and when Aubrey vented over how she could not hear her Beca came into the girls defense again.

"She said she asked to go to the bathroom 3 hours ago. You should get hearing aids blondie." Beca said and she saw Chloe look panicked and move to stand by them in case things got ugly.

"Lets just go Beca. Lilly, sorry Aubrey just didn't hear you. You can go to the bathroom whenever you want. Alright?" Chloe said, trying to smooth things out. Aubrey, after glaring at Beca for some time, went up to the dry erase board and handed them papers with the song lyrics as Beca decided to push her luck even more.

"By the way Aubrey, didn't we just learn the same choreography from that video?" Again Beca went ignored as Aubrey started talking about performance schedules and that they had a gig next week. Chloe then told them it was the Sigma Beta thetas annual fall mixer.

"okay. Hands in bellas." Aubrey said, placing her hand out. Chloes hand joined hers but when none of the others joined in she called them bitches before ordering them to place their hands on hers and Chloes. All of the girls did as she asked except Beca who just rolled her eyes before walking over to her chair where she kept her water bottle. Aubrey seemed to ignore this and told them to sing ah on three. Which they did completely out of sync and it was terrible. Beca just looked on amused from where she was taking a drink out of her water bottle.

They were then dismissed and as Beca was standing up to leave along with the others she heard Aubrey speak up again. "Beca, a word."

"Sure. What's up?" Beca said as she saw Chloe look between them with a worried frown. The red head seemed reluctant to leave them alone behind so she just stood there waiting for either of them.

"You know you'll have to take these ear and lip monstrosities out for the fall mixer..." Aubrey said and Beca just chuckled lightly at that.

"You really don't like me do you?" Beca said, stating the obvious.

"I don't like your attitude."

"You don't even know me."

"I know you have a toner for Jesse."

"A what?"

"A toner. A musical boner. I saw it at hood night. Its distracting."

"Again. I am a lesbian. I don't like dudes. Jesse and I work together at the radio station. We are just friends. And besides, that is not a thing and you are not the boss of me."

"You took an oath." Aubrey said and Beca could see she was getting angry but didn't really care.

"That oath cost you two girls already today. I'm not really familiar with the rules but I think you need what...10 people on a team to compete in the regionals and those competitions. So I'm pretty sure I showed it earlier that you need me more than I need you." Beca said and when it was obvious the blondie had nothing to reply to that with she walked out of the auditorium.

"I can see your toner through those jeans!" Aubrey said and it was obvious she was trying to anger Beca who just rolled her eyes before turning around.

"That's my dick." Beca said simply before grabbing her bag and leaving.

-Chloes pov-

Chloe smiled at the brunette as she walked to Aubrey and turned serious before asking. "Everything okay?"

"We better have our shit together for SBT." Aubrey said shakily and Chloe saw her glaring at Beca's back hatefully.

"I'm not worried. I think we're gonna be awesome." Chloe said, trying to cheer the blond up.

Aubrey just nodded before telling her to go. So the red head ran outside hoping to catch Beca to ask her to hang out but saw only the other girls and no Beca. The other girls asked her if she wanted to join them for pizza after showers and she agreed so they all headed for the showers. She had hoped Beca would have been invited by the group but the brunette didn't show. When she asked the girls about that they replied she had said she had to study.

The week that they had until the mixer went by pretty much the same. Beca pissing Aubrey off the whole practice. The girls sucking somewhat but them getting better everyday none the less. Then they hung out together. Sometimes Aubrey joined them as well but Beca was always a no show. It was like she avoided all of them outside practice.

When it was time for the fall mixer they were no where near perform ready. And their performance at the mixer sucked and they didn't get paid. Aubrey kept lashing out at them the whole way out of the Beta housing. Chloe was just happy that it was friday since she could let go tonight and get drunk.

-Beca's pov-

"Chloe, your voice didn't sound aguilerian at all." Aubrey said, standing beside the red head who just stood there with her arms crossed over her chest and looking at the water in front of them until Aubrey spoke up again louder. "Chloe, For serious what is wrong with you?"

Chloe just turned around looking at the bellas. "I have nodes."

Aubrey looked shocked and all of the girls gasped except for Beca who looked confused. She seemed to be the only one not knowing what the hell it was.

"what? Oh my god." Aubrey said, sounding like she was about to cry so Chloe turned to her.

"I found out this morning." the red head said taking Aubrey's hand in hers.

"What are nodes?" Beca decided to ask in her confusion.

"Vocal nodules." Aubrey said like it was the most obvious thing in the world. "The rubbing together of your vocal cords at above average rates without proper lubrication."

"They sit on your wind pipe and crush your dreams." Chloe said with tears in her eyes.

"Isn't that painful? Why would you keep performing?" Beca asked, looking at the girl like she was crazy.

"Because I love to sing." The red head replied, lifting her shoulders with an 'duh' look on her face.

"Yeah its like when my lady doctor told me not to have sex for six weeks and I did it anyway." Stacie said looking not looking awkward at all at revealing that.

"You should really listen to your doctor." Amy said looking at the taller brunette making her shrug.

"The key is early diagnosis. I am living with nodes. But I am a survivor, I just have to pull back because I am limited." Chloe said and Beca almost rolled her eyes at the dramatic speech but knowing this was a big deal and painful for the little ginger made her stop it.

"Chloe this is horrible." Aubrey said as she tried to comfort the red head.

"Well... at least its not herpes." Amy said, trying to lighten the mood and Aubrey just looked at her like she was a monster. "Or do you have that as well?" Amy asked since she looked at her like that.

"No." Chloe said simply before suggesting they all go out to eat. Beca was about to say yes when her phone started ringing.

"Hello?" Beca said answering as Chloe stared at her.

"Beca? It's luke. You were supposed to be here 30 minutes ago." Luke said and Beca started swearing like a sailor.

"Sorry Luke. I forgot, gimme 10 minutes and i'll be there. I was at...a thing. So I have to change clothes. So yeah... Uhm. See you in 10."

"Good." was all luke said before hanging up and Beca turned to the Bella's who were all looking at her.

"I have to go. Have fun though." Beca said and made to rush to her dorm, taking off her high heels since she couldn't run in them.

"Who is Luke?" Aubrey asked and Beca could see her starting to think worse of her again.

"He's my boss. I work at the radio station remember? I was supposed to work today but I forgot since this has been pretty much all that has been on my mind thanks to you. So can I go now or am I gonna be even more late?" Beca said, not understanding why the hell the girl didn't get it into her head that she didn't like boys.

"Is Jesse gonna be there?" Aubrey asked and Beca just growled before starting to run barefoot to her dorm. Not caring if her feet got cut up.

-Chloe's pov-

"Aubrey, seriously?" Chloe asked her friend who just looked at her innocently.

"what?" Aubrey asked, and it was obvious she didn't know what she had done wrong.

"You know Beca doesn't like boys. So why do you demand that she is sleeping with one? Especially Jesse whom is just her friend?"

"I don't trust her. She has an serious attitude problem and is more around this Jesse character than she is any of us. I have seen them hanging out when she has said she was busy studying when we ask her to join us for something other than practice." Aubrey said and Chloe was shocked at that the brunette would pick hanging with a treble over the Bella's.

"um... I gotta ask this. Chloe did something happen between you and Beca?" Cynthia suddenly asked looking awkward as Chloe and Aubrey spun around looking at her.

"No. I have been nothing but friendly towards her. Why do you ask?" Chloe replied and the other girl nodded slowly before replying.

"Beca usually asks when we ask her to hang out with us if you are gonna be there and when we say yes then she says she's busy. I don't know if shes intentionally avoiding you but she also does it with Aubrey but I can understand why she wants to avoid her. But not really getting why she doesn't like being around you since you guys seemed to be friends."

Chloe scrunched up her nose lightly, turning around to look in the direction that Beca ran before shaking her head. She would go and hunt the brunette down later to ask her what her problem was. She then turned back towards the group "Alright. Thanks for telling me Cynthia. Now. How about we go to this club tonight that lets in kids under 21 and let ourselves go?"

All of the bella's let out a cheer at that and agreed. They all went to eat, running into Jesse who looked irritated and kept muttering something about asshole managers and stubborn brunettes. Causing the Bella's to laugh a little at his misfortune. Chloe meanwhile asked if Beca had made it to work alright to which the boy replied that she had been angry when she arrived but fine. Jesse left with the burger for Luke after that.

The bellas then spent good two hours just talking and having fun together though Chloe was still bothered by the fact that Beca was avoiding her outside of practice. After eating they agreed to meet up at the auditorium later around 8 pm. It was by now 4 pm so Aubrey went to their dorm to get ready while Chloe decided to go look for Beca. Hoping she could find the brunette and find out what exactly was bothering her even if her questions might anger the brunette.

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