In late August 2012, the Bellas arrived at the campus to greet each other.
"Welcome back, Bellas!" Chloe said as everyone finished hugging one another.
"Wait, I'm confused. Shouldn't you have graduated last year?" CR asked, surprised to see Chloe.
"We'll talk about that later," Beca said.
"The request went through successfully for us to form a sorority house by campus," Chloe said.
"It'll be a lot roomier than those dorms," Beca added.
"Well, let's go check out this house," Stacie suggested as the Bellas made their way to their new house.
"OH...MY...GOD!" The Bellas exclaimed, looking inside. Beca's eyes swept from left to right. She spotted a well-lit entryway that branched into several larger rooms. "Look at this place!" Ahead of them was a grand spiraling staircase, a simple chandelier hanging over their heads as they stood in the foyer.
"We have so much more space now," Chloe said as she walked to the left and into a large kitchen.
"Well, I don't know about you, but I sure would like to get settled in," CR said.
Each of the Bellas took their luggage to their assigned rooms and unpacked. There were six bedrooms in the house, so they each had to share bedroom space. After each of the Bellas unpacked, they all met downstairs and discussed their summers. Beca, Chloe, and Stacie filled everyone in on how they had spent the past ten days.
"Why isn't Denise coming back?" Chloe asked.
"She transferred schools, but she and I did get back together over the summer," CR explained.
"That's wonderful. I'm so happy for you two," Beca said.
"I found out over the summer that Aubrey got accepted into law school," Chloe mentioned
"That's wonderful. I definitely think she'd make a good lawyer," Stacie said.
"Agreed. Well, it looks like we need to seek out a new Bella to replace Denise this year," Beca pondered aloud.
"If we get another Bella to fill Aubrey's spot, that'd be great too," Chloe said.
"Well, Bellas, let's head out to the Activities Fair and see if anyone shows interest in auditioning," Beca suggested.
They spent the next few hours at the Activities Fair hoping for new recruits. A few did come by, but they didn't need to add that many Bellas this year. So it all came down to how things turned out at auditions.
One month later, it was time once again for auditions.
"Listen up, aca-ballers, I've been rejected by the Army, shoved into a Dora the Explorer backpack, and forced into the girls' locker room wearing nothing but suspenders. But that's not important right now. What's important right now is kicking off this year's auditions. The most recent ICCA champions will pick this year's audition song," Tommy declared.
"Alright, nerds. Let's go with...'What a Feeling' from Flashdance," Beca said.
All of the auditioning students sang the audition song. Many auditioned, but in the opinion of the Bellas, there was only one standout.
The next day was initiation day, as the Bellas headed back to their house…"I'll meet you back at the Bella House in a bit. I'm going to grab our newest Bella," Beca said as she headed off to do so with the burlap sack in her left hand. She knocked on a dorm room and grabbed their newest Bella by putting the burlap sack over her head. She then escorted the newest Bella to the Bella House for the initiation.
"Alright, everyone. Let's welcome our newest Bella...Florencia Fuentes," Beca introduced, removing the burlap sack.
"Hi, everyone. I realize Florencia may be a long name to remember, so you can all call me Flo," she said.
"We shall begin by drinking from the ceremonial Bella chalice. Don't worry; it's nothing poisonous," Beca said as Flo took a sip.
"Now, if you'll place your scarf in your right hand. We shall recite the traditional Bella oath," Chloe directed as Flo did so.
"I, sing your name," Beca recited.
"I, Florencia," She sang in repetition.
"Promise to fulfill the duties and responsibilities of a Bella woman," Beca continued, which Flo repeated.
"Welcome to the Bellas!" Chloe said as the other Bellas welcomed her.
Later that evening, the Bellas headed to the aca-initiation party.
"Welcome to aca-initiation night," Beca announced as the Bellas cheered.
After they arrived, all the Bellas scattered to make conversation, though many of them took the evening as an opportunity to get to know Flo.
"So, Flo, judging by the accent, I have to ask...where are you from?" Chloe asked, curious.
"Guatemala. I've been wanting to come to America for years, and I finally made it," Flo explained.
"Well, in that case...welcome to America," Stacie said.
"Thank you. I transferred here from a college in my hometown," Flo explained.
"Well, glad you did. When one Bella left, another one came," Chloe said.
"Somebody graduated last year?" Flo asked.
"That and we had a freshman Bella last year who transferred schools," Chloe added.
"We miss them, but we'll try to stay in touch," CR said.
"So, Chloe, you never told us...why didn't you graduate last year with Aubrey?" Stacie asked.
"I'm just not ready to leave the Bellas yet. So I intentionally failed Russian Lit so that I could stay," Chloe explained.
With her explanation, many of the Bellas gave Chloe questioning looks, wondering why someone would fail a class on purpose just for the Bellas.
Beca stood chatting with a few other girls until a hand tapped her shoulder.
"Beca!" Jesse called her attention.
"Jesse!" Beca smiled as the two hugged.
"How was the rest of your summer?" Jesse asked.
"Amazing. Especially since I got to spend the last few days of vacation with my fellow Bellas," Beca said.
"Awesome. I see you guys have a new Bella," Jesse commented, noticing Flo.
"Yeah. We're very excited to have her," Beca said.
"You're not going to make her do that 'No Dating Trebles' oath, are you?" Jesse asked.
"No! Remember what I told you on our first date? I lifted that rule after Aubrey graduated because I want the Bellas to be free to date how they please," Beca explained.
"I feel the exact same way about us Trebles," Jesse agreed.
"Otherwise, we wouldn't be together right now," Beca added.
"Ditto!" Jesse said.
"Alright, I'm going to go get to know our new Bella. I'll talk to you in a bit," Beca told him as she walked back over to the group.
"Oh, there you are. We were wondering where you went off to," Chloe said.
"I was talking with Jesse. But I came over here to get to know our new Bella," Beca explained.
"Well, apparently Flo is an exchange student from Guatemala," Stacie pointed out.
"Really? Well, welcome to America," Beca said.
"Thank you. I heard you ladies won the ICCA's last year, and I'm hoping we can do it again this year," Flo said.
"Well, if all goes according to plan, we should," Beca said, hopefully.
"Bellas, a toast to our newest Bella and to another successful year to look forward to," Chloe raised her glass as the Bellas toasted.
THE END!