# CHAPTER 3
Beca woke up on her bed.
With a blonde girl beside her.
"Oh fuck." Beca cussed as she took her clothes. "Shit! Bulshit! Wake up Jean!"
"What?" Jean yawned as she stretched her arms on her side. Beca hissed in disgust as she wore her shirt and underwear.
"What the fuck are you doing here?! Why are we- oh my god. This is not- SHIT. Get out!"
"Calm down Beca! You wore condom."
"Oh my god Jean. Please get your ass up here now." Beca covered her face in frustration. "Please. Get out."
"It's too early Beca."
"Please Jean!" Beca growled. Jean hesistately sat up and hissed before wearing her clothes. She took her things together and fixed herself before going out.
Beca laid her back on the bed again then took her phone and saw many missed calls and texts from Chloe.
Chloe: Babe, I'm sorry for what Jessica did to you.
Chloe: Please baby, text me back.
Chloe: I hope you're sleeping well. Goodnight.
Chloe: I love you.
Chloe: Good morning! Don't forget to eat your breakfast babe! I love you!
She wanted to scream but it's like her throat gotten dry by thinking she also cheated on Chloe.
And it's worse than what Chloe did to her.
She's thinking if it will be the only way to ease her anger to her.
That if she could cheat on her back.
And that's what she'd done today.
Did she really have to worry about?
Chloe loves her so much.
To the point that she didn't even doubt her a little.
Or even hesitate in complying to her orders.
Beca called her. It only took her 4 rings before she heard Chloe's voice.
"Hey Becs." Chloe enthusiastically approached which Beca regretted to hear. She didn't know what to say. First and foremost, she doesn't want to hurt Chloe anymore.
"I don't have a class today Chloe."
Only Chloe.
No babe.
No baby.
"Yeah I know." Chloe respond. "Do you want to come over tonight?"
"Of course." Beca answered. It took them a minute before Chloe decided to talk.
"Is there something wrong?"
"Nothing. I just wanna hear your voice early today." Beca wiped her tears. Trying not sob over the phone call.
"I missed you." Chloe mumbled. Beca put away the phone to let herself cry for seconds before replying again.
"Uhm.. babe. I'm sorry but I need to hang up now. See you later. I love you." She didn't wait Chloe's reply and immediately hang up the phone.
Chloe was walking towards the hallway to the room of Photography Club. Their professor announced that they received a memo that they're required to suspend the classes because of the club meetings that is happening right now.
The door was slightly open so she heard them talking.
"Since University Week is fast approaching and as a ritual, there we have a club presentations every cultural night so that's what we're going to do. Club collaboration was rare but it's for the fashion show. It's not a contest but the best presentation would actually gain accreditation for outdoor contest and and interschool competitions that's why we need too exert more effort. You want accreditation, right?" Then she decided to knock first before entering the room.
Well, this morning they texted her to come over this morning to their Club to tell her everything she needs to do before the Photoshoot so here she was.
"Hi." Chloe greeted and saw 5 people inside the room. "Sorry for disturbing."
"Hey. Are you Chloe Beale?" Someone asked from the couch.
"She's really pretty huh?" Someone remarked from the couch too. Chloe just smiled at them. "No! I mean she's gorgeous!"
"Thanks guys. But someone texted me to come over here at this time so.." Chloe shyly stood straight in front of them. 5 pair of eyes are examining her.
"She needs a little bit of make over. What do you think guys?" Someone asked in the swivel chair. She's wearing eye glasses. "Anyway, I'm Maxene Mendoza. Designer and Head Photographer here. I just wanna know if you're up with some make over?"
"Like...?"
"Hmm.." Maxene acted like she's thinking. She fixed her eye glasses as she looked at the redhead. "Like... dying your hair blonde? Cutting your hair short-
"Wait. What? What's wrong with my hair?"
"I think you're very gorgeous with blonde. Our concept was blonde and brunette hair only." Maxene said. "And I was thinking about some chinese robes on you. It's kinda be like a little bit daring."
"Like...?"
"Showing your legs and cleavage-
"Oh my- are you sure about that?"
"Well, you're flawless." She narrowed her eyes. "What's your height?"
"5'4. Can I think about it first?" She hesitated. She thinks it's gonna be a mess if Beca knew it and at the same time good for her eyes. She knew she loves her hair so much but dying it to blonde was another turn on to her knowing she loves blonde before.
"Oh come on Miss Beale. It's just photograph. You will not be naked though and that's also what the school didn't allow. We'll make sure you're very beautiful in every takes. We promise! Anyway I'm Ingrid from Cosmetic Club. One of the Make Up Artist there." She said while browsing the magazine she was holding since Chloe came. It's a magazine with different types of make up and hairstyles.
"I'm Nikki Dweyn from Dress Maker Club. I'm your designated cloth maker." She introduced as she properly position herself in the couch.
"It's your opportunity to showcase your beauty Miss Beale." Maxene blurted while smiling at her.
"I'm gonna go ask my partner first." Chloe said that made them raise their brows to her.
"Partner?" Maxene asked skeptically. "I mean.. why don't you suprise him though? Just saying. I think it's romantic if you show him some private photo that will not be shown in the magazine that we'll gonna purchase for every models and judges."
"I'm going to text you if she- he approved. Seriously-
"You will not gonna go naked Miss Beale. It's robe. Every model we had talked this past few weeks agreed with their different designs coz it's just a little bit of skin. But if that's your decision then we don't need to wait-
"Okay. Fine. I need the schedules so I can manage my time."
They all grinned.
"You won't regret this Miss Beale."
Beca was eating in the cafeteria with herself, she doesn't want to eat outside coz she's sure Chloe was in the coffee shop with Matthew. It was peaceful while she's listening to her demos for the up coming University Week when Stacie came and sat across her without her permission.
She almost puke her food in mouth when she saw Stacie's face.
She has this almost panda eyes because of the dark spots under her eyes. A heavy eye bags were present.
"Oh my god Stace. What happened to you?" Beca asked after she put down her headphones and swallowed the food inside her mouth.
"What?" Stacie asked lazily as she ate her food.
"I almost didn't recognize you."
"I'm so stress Beca. Please don't add yourself. I need to gain wait this week. I have a schedule of make over this weekend." Stacie said without looking at Beca. She continued to eat. "Where's Chloe? She also had an interview earlier?"
"I broke up with her, Stacie." Beca mumbled that made Stacie almost puke.
"What?!" Stacie mockingly laughed. "Even you?" She was about to stand when Beca stopped her.
"Listen to me first, asshole." Beca infuriated as she pulled Stacie to sit again. Stacie just rolled her eyes.
"Fine."
"She cheated on me."
"Oh my god. Really? Why? Where? How?" Stacie rambled as she continued to feed herself while intently looking at Beca.
"You're so gross." Beca scoffed. "I think it's been a week now."
"And you're doing fine?"
"I need to."
"Okay I envy you, that was fast recovery."
"Nah. But really far from you. You look so stressed. You really need some chills." Beca remarked.
Since Stacie and Emily broke up—even they don't have any relationship at all—she was like in a mourning stage when she's alone. She's totally alone though. She has no one since Donald was not showing up to her even seeing him inside the campus was no report. She doesn't want to check him coz it will going to be awkward if she does.
She was just continuing on begging Emily to come back and almost ask her to step on her face to at least go back on hooking up with her.
And that's making Stacie Conrad so pathetic and desperate at the same time after all this time.
But after she went to the interview this afternoon with herself of course, she immediately made up her mind like there's nothing happened. She immediately want to transform into a new form. Maybe someone—better than the two person who broke her into pieces—will going to pick her up and form her again. It's a free make over though. She will even showcase her face and body to the university and that will make herself so overwhelm again after this past few months of being anxious.
"I really need some chills." Stacie said and drink her fruit drink. "I also need make overs and so fort."
"You need to." Beca finished her food. "Do you wanna come with me? I'm going to radio club today."
"Sure. Wait up." Stacie said and ate all her salad in one spoonful. Beca cringed at her demeanor. "Let's go." She blurted after swallowing her food.
"Gross." Beca muttered before walking. The taller brunette followed her.
They were walking when Beca saw a blinding Chloe and Matthew across them walking.
Beca looked at Matthew who was laughing with Chloe before looking away. The two didn't even noticed them.
"Uh-oh. Your ex has a pretty guy with." Stacie blurted that made Beca glared at her.
"Well, I have a ugly weirdo with so that's fair enough." Beca scoffed.
"Don't forget that I'm taller than you. I can kill you with one foot."
"I can kill you with one finger." Beca retorted that made Stacie grinned.
"Even two or three fingers Beca. You can't." Stacie smirked. Beca just walked faster so Stacie won't see her face in disgust but the taller brunette has a long legs so Beca just sighed. "Silly." Stacie just stick her tongue out of her mouth before she giggled.
"Anyway, do you heard about the camping?" Stacie asked. Of course, Beca was the one who approved it.
"Yeah. Why?"
"Well, I belong with that. I'm so excited with that. It's my first time to go to a camp like a real woods with a lot of people goin'." Stacie exclaimed excitedly. Beca can't even look at her face. She knew that she really belong there because of what happen to the Unlucky Thirteen, she's probably in there too.
"Oh. I'm in there too. They said there's a lot of challenges from Detective Club that will really gonna test the students." Beca let out an side smile. Stacie almost jump in excitement.
"Wow. You're making me more excited." Stacie squealed.
"It's really exciting though. But I ended up sleeping over the top of the tree there coz I found it so relaxing. The view from above was awesome."
"Oh god. Take me there." Stacie mesmerized at the imagination.
"But there's more." Beca smirked. "There's a lurking gossips about a Dracula living at the back of the camp site. But knowing me, I didn't believe with that."
"Oh really? Why don't we plan about that? I have a lot of things to look forward there."
"Yeah but that's a bad idea." Beca said as she shook her head. They are joe near the radio station.
"Why? Are you.. scared?" Stacie teasingly looked at her.
"Oh no. I just see that as a waste of time."
"You're scared."
"I'm not." Beca rolled her eyes as she opened the door of the radio station. They saw two people inside. The radio station is kinda dim because of the dark theme of it. There's also a shelves with a lot of cd tapes in every corner of the room. The music from the radio was heard inside the room.
"Beca was scared." Stacie continued to tease. Beca just cringed. They sat together at the empty couch across the two—they think was a couple who's mad at each other—who was also sitting. They slight smile at them and the both brunette smiled back on them.
"Are you two are part of the radio club?" The long haired girl asked. Her hair was in a messy ponytail. She's wearing a hanging blouse, shorts and knee boots.
"I'm not part of the radio club." Stacie said and smiled. "I just come with her." The short haired girl cringed at Stacie's face that Beca almost laugh with.
"I'm also no part of the radio club but I'm done auditioning." Beca lied. Everyone knows that it's because of Cynthia Rose that's why she's here.
"Oh. Right. Anyway I'm Meca Jea Manalo also known as MJ. And this is my madness overload partner. Joanna Dacles also known as DJ." She introduced with a sweet smile referring to the girl who just gave them a half smile before going back to scrolling her phone. "We're also waiting for Luke."
The two DJ was known in Barden as a tandem when it comes to DJing. Their team up was called DJ&MJ they also have a social media account in youtube where they do live covers and uploading mash ups with mixes. Sometimes they live covers with mixing idea from DJ while MJ was singing. The last time that they were viral was they were covering 'Not In That Way' by Sam Smith. It was so emotional and powerful cover from MJ though.
"Good. Did he told you what time he will going to come here?" Beca asked.
"Actually he's just inside the booth." Meca retorted.
"Anyway, you both are amazing." Stacie said while looking af them. She got DJ's attention because of that. "I watch your last cover MJ and that was so cool for you. Especially when you're using your electric guitar. You're like the girl version of Sam Smith." Stacie complimented that made MJ smiled at her. Knowing she's kinda dramatic she will really gonna listen a song that suits her. "You'd say I'm sorry, believe me I love you but not in that way." Stacie sang that made Beca shook her head in embarrassment. She was about to speak when suddenly a man in grey shirt with a blonde hair came out inside the booth with his most stern face.
"Hi I'm Luke Anderson. Thanks for coming here ladies." Everyone nodded. Stacie let out a flirtatious smile at him but the latter ignored it and sat in the onsie couch. "You girls were the people I chose to do the DJing in the University Week so I'm expecting you will gonna pass to me your demos today. It will going to be a live DJing so prepare yourselves. You can use the upper floor for that- just don't break anything there." They nodded again. Beca took her usb that contains her demo that she works on lately and gave it to him. DJ&MJ passed their separated usb.
Then Luke motioned to Stacie and gave her a where's-yours-look.
"Uhm. She's not part of this. She just came here with me. Sorry." Beca blurted. Luke just nodded at them.
"This will be your schedule for that week. I'm gonna go with the morning shift. You two will be going in the afternoon shift while you will take over the night shift. Is that okay?" He asked and they all nodded again.
It was a very fast meeting from the DJ. He just told them what and where was the set up. They have told that the set was like a rave event. They were gonna be on the top of a 30 feet build metal that has a barricade of course. They will be also gonna be live inside the Barden where everyone could hear them. They also have activities like song request and dedication that has a cost. And the cost that they will gonna earn will be for the improvement of the radio mix devices and of course, the station itself.
Stacie was just looking at him the entire time.
When Beca and Stacie got out of the radio station. Beca giggled.
"You're so obviously eye fucking him." Beca scoffed and walked beside the taller brunette.
"What?" Stacie asked in owe. "I'm just looking at him. I find him cute though."
"You know what? Try not to act so liberated like everyone can hook up with you." Beca said as she imagine Chloe. She's so conservative with herself in public but when it comes to Beca she's like a free woman who can do anything in her eyes only. Beca did the same too.
"I'm really desperate with attention Beca but if you'll be with me in my boredom then I'll take your advice."
"Oh no Stacie. I'm not ready with hook ups-
"Not that idiot. Do you think I'm gonna have a hook up with you?" Stacie insulted that made Beca chuckled.
"Well, I'm a living hooker so.."
"Too confident but not really that. I want a friend, more like best friend to be with me all the time."
"Just promise that you would not fall for me." Becs smug. Stacie just stroke her arm and sarcastically laughed.
"Dream on." Stacie said and rolled her eyes.