# CHAPTER 12

Ashley's POV

I'm gonna find someone in the Music Club that may probably relevant to Stacie's case. I felt something odd in this case. Why would she disappear without telling anyone? She's the muse for goodness sake, and she'll probably the front of this fashion show.

As I entered the Music Club, I met 11 pairs of eyes, I politely smile at them before speaking, "Hi. I'm Ashley from Detective Club. Uhm. Can I have the presence of Alexander Morgan?"

[A/N: He's from CHAPTER 12 of I am Gay if you can't remember.]

Alexander Morgan, a blonde guy and a music geek who played piano and guitar. He's also the vocalist of their band called 'Unfam0us' which I think he handled. I only saw him twice in the orientation and voting process of the new Escort and Muse when the former Escort had been caught by the cops because of what he had done to the former muse. He's also transferee from Florida.

"He's not yet here. He told us that he will going to be late. Why? Is there anything happen?" A brunette guy asked. I just shook my head and still wearing my polite smile."Nothing. I just wanna ask something. Anyway, thanks for you time. Bye." Then I closed the door.

Alright.

Maybe I'm just really bored at this moment that made Stacie a big deal.

Beca's POV

I'm now preparing for my shift tonight. Not yet actually. I'm here at the lower station of the upper stage. I'm eventually pacing back and forth coz I didn't think that it's really nerve wracking not until Jessica braided my hair and I took my leather jacket on. I bit my lips. I'm wearing a black ripped jeans of course, a white tank top inner and a white trainer shoes. My hands are trembling like shit and I need Chloe right now. But she's now also preparing for her shift tonight.

I need to act cool!

Never mess up Mitchell.

Mitchell ain't a mess!

I relaxed my body I let myself stumble in the small couch here. It's a secure area for the DJs so no one could let in. There's a couple campus security outside the barricade so it's really secured. Nonetheless, they let someone barge in and crash themselves to me.

"What the hell Jean! Get off!" I screams that two campus security looked at them sternly. I shooed them immediately as Jean got up and fixed herself before smiling at me.

"I missed you." Jean mumbles. I just fixed herself before looking at her in a serious face.

"Are you serious?" I rolled her eyes before totally lean on the small couch.

"If you think I am then I'm just kidding. Fine." Jean said as she turned around and smirked. I'm sensing a 'but' coming and I confirmed it when the blondie spoke, "But of course, I'm here to say good luck coz I know it's your first time to be an actual DJ in front of so many people." She smiled and looked at me. "I always remember the days I'm with you, inside your room in the-

"Oh stop." I cut in before she tell a long story again. "I'm not up with negotiations tonight Jean." Yes. A negotiations. Like what the others told me this morning, Jean is blockmailing me and tried her best to seduce me like she's always doing. After what happened in the camp that night when we played 'take off or dare' or something like that, that same night, she tried to hit on me but I didn't let her. I'm still sane people, like I'm always telling you.

I just let her sleep beside me.

Nothing really happened. Seriously. She just slept beside me and I slept beside her. I can't do anything. It's a trap from a hungry lioness. It's also cold so I took it as advantage. Never ever think of anything else.

"Jean, it doesn't even mean that I'm single, I'm up for another relationship again. So stop."

"What?" She furrow her eyebrows while looking skeptically at me. "Why? Because you're still with Chloe?" I widen my eyes but immediately amend the action to play cool.

"What? No. W-Why would I? She cheated on me." I mumbled and took my laptop.

"You can't lie to me Beca." She said that made me slowly look at her and smirk.

"Oh really?" I said in a soothing way. "And what will you going to do if we are? You'll tell her everything we did?" I mockingly chuckled as I stared at her. "Like what you did to Emily and Peter? Seriously?" She widen her eyes. "You owe me big time, bud. Peter's life is in my hand now. And he's still alive. If I let him alive, what do you think if I told him that you requested it to me?" She furiously looked at me.

"He can't be." She firmly said. "She's just a small time share holder, Beca. Compared to me."

"You're just a small time daughter of Mr Chairman Escleto. Compared to me, I'm the boss of the bosses. Come on. Let's face it. Without me, my mafia, the influence of your society is completely nothing." I scoffed. "I know you just need me because you know I'm the boss here."

It was almost a complete silence if there's no music background like 'Gorilla' by Bruno Mars and we're just having a staring battle. She then snickered.

"You know what? I confirmed it. You're still with Chloe and you're making an epic action movie Romeo and Juliet three point zero? Then at the end Juliet will not going to kill herself for him? Come on Beca, I'm aware that they killed her, do it like how you do so everything will be blamed at you-

"Can you shut the fuck up?" I infuriated. I know I'm insane sometimes but being accused of killing someone I didn't really do, that's bullshit. They killed her. Hang her in a tree the way I hang someone. It's not a simple hanging someone in a rope. And I will not explain it. But I'm the first one who saw it coz I've been told to go there by unknown. And that's it. I don't remember anything else. I stood up and walked towards her. Very close to her. "If anything happen to Chloe, I swear, I'll hunt you down and cut your slutty mouth and throat." I whispered and she slowly step backward. She hissed and then walked away. I scratched my nose and chuckled.

No one will ever lay a hand to Chloe.

After few minutes, Luke came. He's having a new haircut huh.

"Hey Becky." He approached. I rolled my eyes.

"It's Beca." I scoffed and he just nodded.

"Are you ready?" He asked.

"Yes.. I'm just waiting for them to go down. You'll help me with my set up?" I asked genuinely. This is my first time to showcase my talent so I still don't know how to set up in public.

"Sure." He answered. "Just remember everything I'm telling you upstairs so tomorrow you can set it up with yourself."

"Cool. Of course." I answered and sat to the couch to relax.

"I told you she's just helping!"

"Oh really?"

"Why your always like that?"

"Cause you're an idiot."

And it was a silence. I know I'm eavesdropping but what can I do? Meca and Joanna are inside the open bathroom, no one in there has tried to close it.

"I know."

"Good. Cause that's the reason why I don't like you." Then Joanna went out of the bathroom. I'm thankful Luke was wearing a headphone whem she saw Joanna running out of the station, he took his headphones off and put it on his neck as Meca went out with a sad smile. She nodded at me. Luke talked to her but she seems zoning out.

I thought they are couple?

Chloe's POV

Okay.

So, what I'm doing here again?

"You really looked good at that outfit." Amy complimented that wants me to choke her.

"Can you remind me why I agree to you?" I asked that made Emily and Amy laughed. Fat Amy went outside for a while.

"I'm so sexy at this." Emily said while running her hands to her curves. I hissed and pulled my skirt down. I'm wearing a thigh (very) high skirt and boots, longsleeve white polo that tucked in on skirt with 3 unbuttoned. My hair is in a messy bun and I'm wearing eye glasses. Emily and I were same and I don't think Beca would be happy if she saw me.

"Are you guys sure that we really need to unbutton this?" I asked innocently. "I don't think Beca would be happy if she saw me?"

"Come on Chloe. We know Beca would be definitely happy if she saw you." Emily said while eyeing my expose chest back to my face. "Hi miss.. I'm Emily, gonna be the third wheel." She seductively said while smiling.

I just rolled my eyes at her before turning around and look at myself in the mirror.

"Come on guys, you need to get outside now." Amy said as she tilt her head on the door frame. "You Emily will be the entrance while you, Chloe will be in the desk outside." I widen my eyes as I heard that.

"What?!" I exclaimed. "So I'm really going to sit there?"

"Yeah. You'll be the collector and receiver."

"I can't— I mean I can't sit! Look at my skirt dude. It's so short as hell. Beca will be mad if someone-

"We really need Stacie." Amy sighed. "Em? Can you exchange with Chloe for a while? I'll tell you the instructions."

"Sure." Emily grinned and I just sigh in relief. Then Fat Amy disappeared.

"What do I do then?" I asked.

"Entertain everyone who's going inside then-

"What?! No! Oh god." I whined and covered my face with my palm.

"Let's just enjoy this. If someone provoke you, Amy was just there, watching, you can call her."

"God. I never thought or even slip in my mind that this would happen." I fake cried. "Now I get Jessica."

Em just rolled her eyes and pulled me outside our small dressing room.

"Chin up, blondie." Emily whispered between smiles. I rolled my eyes at the nickname and snatched my arms on her grip. I stumps my feet and proceed to the receiving area, the front desk rather.

I constantly mumble, 'I hate this' while reviewing the card catalog. I don't know how this works but I'm sure that I didn't use that kind of thing whenever I'm inside the library.

Inside the so called library, I could hear the irritating music from the DJ's station. I knew it's not yet Beca's turn coz it's still half an hour before her shift and of course, I'm sure it's not her choice of song if it's Liam Payne's track.

I shook my head as I became wary of myself.

"Chloe," Amy called at the shelves. "You don't need to memorize that thing."

I immediately put aside the cards. "I'm not." Amy just shrugged and went back to her ministration.

Later on, I heard the door chime's sound. Telling me that there's already a costumer. I rolled my eyes as I saw a group of nerds heading towards me to log in. They are 4 ladies as they stood in front of my desk, I sighed. "Good evening ladies."

"Good evening." One of the girls greeted back and looked at me. Then she widen her eyes as she examined me. I raised my brows at her.

"What?" I asked. I saw her elbowed the girl beside her who was staring at the log book while their other companion is writing their names. She looked irritated at the one who elbowed her and saw her reaction so she looked at me. Her eyes widen too and poked the girl beside her.

Okay weirdos..

They looked at me like they saw god.

I mentally rolled my eyes and intentionally coughed. "Alright ladies, are you guys okay?"

"Oh my god." The other girl who elbowed the other said while mentally licking my face. "Are you Miss Beale?"

"Uhm-

"Alright ladies over there. Please proceed inside coz there's a line of people outside who's waiting for your turn." Fat Amy yelled inside the room while tilting her head to see us. It's a full glass so she could see me through my desk.

The 4 girls groaned as they walked inside. They looked back on me and smiled before disappearing on my sight.

Then another nerd came in. This time it's a boy with glasses. His face glow when he saw me. "Good evening." I greeted. He smiled at me and I noticed his braces.

"Good evening." He shyly respond and leaned over the desk to log in. I bit my bottom lip as I waited for him. As he's done, I smiled at him once again as he walks inside.

Sooner, a man came with his serious look. I knew him.

He narrowed his eyes on me as he walk towards me.

"Chloe?!" Matthew incredulously asked. I rolled my eyes on him as I smirked.

"Good evening Matty." I greeted sexily. He rolled his eyes as he log in.

"Blonde huh?" He scoffed. "Well, you level up an inch." He smirked.

"Just tell me you're mentally drooling over me Matt." I fire back as I looked at him. He chuckled.

"You wish." He laughed and turn his back to me. Before he completely disappeared on my sight, I spoke.

"Oh well, I wish you don't like to watch porn than read it." I smirked as he glared at me.

"Shut up." He said and disappeared. I really like it when I got him uncomfortable and pissed.

As the people came one by one then I heard Beca's introduction.

"What's up Barden students?" Beca said in casual voice. "System is different with the previous DJs. Send me your request via paper. Went here, at the foot of this thing and gave the paper with your song request or dedication letter to the campus security there so they could be useful at times and I'm not well with intros so let's get this shit started." She paused. "Oh. I forgot to introduce myself." She chuckled. "Hi, I'm cool. And you?" I can feel her smirked at this moment. Then I heard the song 'Miss You More'.

I went back on my desk and sat on it while there's no people. I took my phone and texted her.

Chloe: Hi cool. I'm sexy. ;)

I smiled throughout as I sent it. I know she won't probably respond on it at thid moment coz she's busy but I want her to see my text first thing along the exhausting shift or if her phone slipped on her dirty mind.

I took my phone back on my purse as boy came and i straighten myself to greet him. "Good evening."

He didn't respond and just log in then disappeared.

Oh.

I never thought that at this chill week, there's a student that looks like desperate to study. I looked at the log book.

His name is.. Evan Halter.

Hmm..

I don't know him but I feel something odd about him.

Or I'm just over thinking about the way he looks?

Beca's POV

I almost jumped off my seat when a campus security came to hand me the papers. I put my guitar on the side and stood up from my swivel chair to get the papers from him. I offered him a smile when before he disappeared. It's a lot of papers that I need to read the entire minutes of instrumental I prepared.

I separated the request songs to dedication.

I'm really near questioning myself why I need to read cocky love letter from coward-attention-seeker people who chose to write a letter in an almost tissue paper than to tell it in person.

As 'Omen' began to fade out, I rolled myself in front of my little microphone and wore my headphones. I moved the right part of my headphone a little to the side of my head to uncover my ear so I could hear everyone. I played the instrumental beat of 'Back To You'.

"So, here I am again and I'm gonna read some of your dedications, you can still send me your request humans." I opened the first letter. "Alright, so this is the first letter coming from Evo Roosevelt, senior year. Oh wow." I paused for a while as I chuckled and cleared my throat. "Hi babe!" I really need to have to serve my manly voice for now on. "I'm so glad that I met you this days full of agony for me. I hope that you're unlike them as I turn my walls down to you. I missed you." I said in a very sweet voice. "Aww. Evo I'm sure you're really a great man and you deserve someone who's gonna be you're half in everything, dude. Hope for the best." I threw the paper on the trash can and scanned the next one.

"Hi. I'm friendly. And I have a question. Is it what you call friendly if everyone is falling for you?" I smirked. "Hmm. It depends on how friendly are you. If friendly means being sweet affectionate and speaking with so much sugarcoat like you almost say you like everyone, it's called, flirting. But if you're being nice and just attractive anyway like being pretty, brainy or helpful, it's very normal. It's not your fault at all if they easily fell in love with you." I smiled like they could see me. "It's not you, it's them." I mimicked and giggled. "Anyways let's move on."

"Here's the next one from A-Aphrodite, oh. Nice pseudonym huh." I immediately amend my voice. I paused for a sec and read the paper mentally. I frowned as I continued to read it aloud. "For those people who's looking for me. I'm perfectly fine now. Thanks for the concern and... not. Oh. A weird letter from weird sender." I threw the weird letter from the trash can and proceed to another one and one another. The other letters are just short and more like greetings.

"This is kinda long people and she really used the letter to express herself. Oh god. Okay. Good evening miss cool! I'm serious, senior year. I just wanna know your opinion my 'friend' and I." I really put some verbal quotation on the friend part. "Who's great when she needs me and when I need something from her it's like she needs something in exchange. Like what the hell." I chuckled. "Well that's ridiculous girl." I commented and proceed. "As a friend I'm here to help her even with moral support, do every request she asked to do but when I can't do it coz it seems that I'm incapable of doing it. Like last week, she ask me something about the files of her crush. Well, that's perk of having a part time job inside the Dean's office. You can know the identity of everyone especially the Dean's Listers. We all know that students files is prohibited to every student who doesn't own the file, right? And I hate it when she asked me to do it for her like she's saying that I could sacrifice my work for her." I giggled. "That's awesome sender." I cleared my throat and proceed again. "I told her that I can't everyday that she asked me to. Then yesterday, I got a news from her circle of friends that one of her friends confessed to my boyfriend. I don't know who's friend she's talking about so I asked my boyfriend who was it, then he told me that it's nothing to worry about so I let him. But I'm too bothered so I asked my 'friend' who was it and guess what she said." I asked with a peevish tone like I'm the sender. "She said, 'give me his info and I'll tell you.' and I was like oh seriously. So I get it and just disagree with the idea." I cleared my throat once again. "I asked my boyfriend about it again and she finally told me who was it but it's like I'm not satisfied about it so when the 3 of us got a chance to eat together, I grab it. I'm really bothered about it and I want to know her side and that's my only chance to ask it again so that's it but this girl insisted the exchange and I told her no and explained to her about the rules if she doesn't know how important someone's identity is. She just said, 'oh yeah rule and gets pissed and abruptly walked out. I just shrugged it off coz we're eating but deep inside I'm very pissed. Until now she's not talking to me. Like she me out. Like we're not friends before. What do you think? I hope you say something." I leaned on my desk, elbow over the table and I let out a sigh. "She's acting like a toddler with a lollipop in mouth. I know what you mean there and I understand it. And you just need to ignore the kid for now, maybe she's just problematic about anything else before she talked to you that's why she get pissed but I still don't allow it to be like that, I sometimes get pissed because of the other reason but I never ever neglected someone because I'm mad and if she hears me right now, I know you're rolling your eyes right now but if you don't value friendship then don't ever try.. don't even try to have one. Look. It's so damn lame." I hissed. "Very very lame. If you have a 'crush' and you want to know him, know him by yourself. Never use someone for your own benefit without a gratitude for it. Yes, I don't have any business about it but the sender wants me to speak so.. break a leg." I crumpled the paper threw it in the can and read the next one.

"Here's the next one. Hello cool. I'm heartless, wait." I chuckled. "Why some of the sender sent me a problem and I'm like an adviser? Okay. It's okay coz it enhance my knowledge in circumstance and I talk a lot here but guys, I'm a DJ of the night, don't send me a long message like 10k words please. It's not like I have a lot of time to make an advice in 2 minutes only. Sorry mortals but my hour service was only 4 hours. I'd like to extend it but the power circuit don't. So.. let's proceed. Hello cool. I'm heartless, a junior year. I'm diagnosed with NPD and the only thing that I could stop it is to love one another and not myself alone. But I couldn't help it. Am I heartless if I broke someone's heart? I really don't like it when someone got hurt because of me. I felt really guilty and shame. But I always accidentally do it. He likes me but I really don't like him. At first, I gave him a bad representation about me. I told him that I'm a bad person when it comes to... oh no." I laughed for a second and proceed. "I told him negativities about me but he only said that he can adjust to me and my mood. I gave him a chance coz I have no choice, he really likes me and hurting him was my last bullet. He's nice to me and I can't reward it with bad things. So I decided to give him a month to prove to me that his love is not like an infatuation, a puppy edition or children version and if we reached it, I'll give him a chance to date me. But he didn't exert a little effort to make me like him. Like, he just stand there and look at me in the eye for weeks. He didn't talk to me, well I told him not to talk to me to prove his determination but dude, he didn't even complaint. We're in the same circle of friends, I told him that he could talk to me when we're with our friends but no talking privately, but still he didn't. Like, are you sure you like me? But he just say yes confidently. So okay. Days passed and nothing happened. I got awkward. I tried to make him jealous but he's possessive internally and easily get mad and told me that he trust me. And I was like, seriously? You will not do something about it? I didn't say that but I know he's aware of what's happening and decided not to be. Weeks passed and same routine. He'll get mad, not talk to me, he gotten busy of school and I'm getting tired of it. So I decided to tell him that I don't like him, that I like someone so he could let me go. I got my narcissistic personality that time but I'm careful. I asked him if he's mad at me, he just said no. He asked me why did I gave him hopes. I just apologized. I can't explain it, we might get an argument if I did so I didn't. Until he's friends became distant to me and I asked them why, they just told me that it's because of what happened to me and him but I know there's something else that was the word 'responsibility' involve. And I just said, okay, I got it, it's my fault. I wanna cease the argument so I blame myself. But my friends told me the opposite that it's not my fault and they're just immature enough not to value the things we started and blame me about keeping their distance to me. I believe that it's not my fault at all and will never be. I just hugged it so they won't bring back the non sense arguments again. I'm just being honest about myself so what's wrong with that? He didn't do his job so if they don't like me then hate me. That's all. I'll just wanna shout out that you're dickhole if you just get easily involved the problems that wasn't the problem at all. That's bullshit." I ended. "Oh my god I thought she needs my opinion but anyway, people, friends means they got your back but it's not got your back thing if you insist the problem was not yet done even if it's done a year ago or even a month or week or days. It's done so don't bring it back like you'll never get over it." Referring to the carnivore who kept on having a revenge on me. They are the urban legendary meaning of 'The Man Who Can't Be Moved' song. I proceeded to the next one.

A weird letter again approached. I hesitately read the first sentence but there's no wrong in expressing yourself. "Another one from 13Foreplayer. I hope you read this one cool! My handwriting might be doom as.. you but I really like it when you're reading it so it's a pleasure to me. Behind this letter I know you can guess who I am, my alter loves you so much that I need you to be aware of my presence." I frowned. What? "— okay guys." I chuckled to hide my trembling voice. The continuation says there that 'At this moment, I'm just around and maybe you don't know me or maybe I met you before but you didn't meet me yet. Could it be possible? Knowing I know you and you don't know me.' oh god. Who the fuck is this? I immediately threw it and proceed to the mic. "I advice that if you like someone please stop creeping them out- I mean it's not like what it meant to me, just don't send me a creepy messages. I will not entertain it the next time. Yeah. Let's proceed to the next one." I scanned the next one and it's nice.

"Hello cool! I'm nice, Junior year. I just wanna know what people's opinion over me. I have a 2 complicated person in life, the one who has a crush on me and the one I like. There's this.. girl who likes me but I really don't see her more than anything otherwise.. friend. Ouch." I reacted and continued to read the long entry. "And the one that I like.. she's really incredibly beautiful and hot, I think it's just a petty like because she's attractive, you know, but sometimes she's stupid enough to call her really stupid. I want to help her but she's an ass and that's made me like her more. What should I do?" I chuckled. "Well, for me. My opinion is.. you should study first." I slightly laughed. "Just kidding. You should make a move. Tell her that you like her but not in the way you like your coffee in the morning, especially when if she insist herself to you. I know that it's hard and it really takes time to tell her and it's also takes realizations but I hope it didn't make her hope high in your actions. Well, I didn't know what's the exact situation and if I know this will not like a dedication at all. That's it. And for the one you like, I think you should tell her.. IF SHE'S SINGLE. But if not, don't act like an asshole. Stop there. Never ever stole something that doesn't yours. It's very illegal. But if she is, take the risk and consequence. Everything is hard when you're shy, but if you're determine then do it. No one knows what she thinks, but never forget the possibility that maybe she likes you too." I smiled and leaned on my seat. "I'm not a guru in that thing called love and I always do bad things but I'll make sure that once I'd love you, you're broken because of me and not with anyone else. I'll protect you and save you like I'm superman." I smiled like they are seeing me here sitting. "Here's one of my favorite song from Justin Timberlake."

Then I played the acoustic version of 'Not A Bad Thing'.

I off the mic and sat back there while singing with the song.

Seconds later, I frowned. And get the weird letter from 13Foreplayer from trash can and read it once again.

As I'm done reading it, I felt my jaw clenched. I looked at my watch and still 2 hours of shift to off. I didn't even notice that it's already dark here.

All I want to do right now is to find the person who who send me this.

That person is here. And I won't let them do something to ruin the week.