Chloe was on her computer in the living room as Aubrey was in the kitchen making a toast for herself as she talked about the Bellas. They had done a bikini car wash that weekend and it went… okay. They raised enough money to pay for Regionals and the girls liked the idea. Of course, Aubrey wasn't satisfied, she was just happy it was over.

"I'm a little worried about Beca." Aubrey said, making Chloe's eyes widen and her jaw would've reached the floor if it wasn't attached to her body.

"You? Are worried about Beca?" Chloe asked. "Who are you and what have you done to my best friend?"

"Not like that. She hasn't done cardio in weeks and I'm worried because she won't be able to do the routine." Aubrey explained.

"Aubrey, she rehearses the routine with us and it's not hard at all." Chloe said.

"Come on, you can't have low blood pressure all the time." Aubrey rolled her eyes.

"I know." Chloe sighed. "I wanted to know if there's a deeper issue, but… she closes herself up. We were hanging out and getting closer and now she won't talk to me."

"It's better this way, Chloe. That girl's trouble." Aubrey said.

Chloe rolled her eyes and decided to continue what she was doing and just ignore Aubrey if she was going to bitch about Beca. She was worried about her. Like actually worried. She knew Beca had to have a deeper issue, it couldn't be a simple blood pressure and she wished she could just ask her and have her tell her the truth.

oO0Oo

Beca was sitting on the quad, working on a mix like always. She couldn't help but think about Chloe, though. She knew she was shutting the redhead out and that was probably hurting her, but who cared? She knew people left her easily and she couldn't stand someone else leaving her.

"What's up weirdo?"

Oh no.

Beca turned around just in time to catch a juice pouch that Jesse threw at her. Okay, he got some cool points just by bringing me juice pouches.

She didn't actually listen to what he said, she just saw him taking out a bunch of DVD's from his backpack and groaned inwardly.

"Could we do something else?" he looked at her. "We could relive my parents' divorce. Or visit a gynecologist." She flashed him a smile.

"What, do you not like movies or something?" he asked her and she turned back to her juice. "You don't like movies? How can you not like movies? Not liking movies is like not liking puppies!"

"They're fine, I just get bored and never make it to the end." Beca said.

"But endings are the best part!" Jesse said.

"They're predictable, like, the guy gets the girl and that kids sees dead people and Dark Vader is Luke's father." Beca said.

"Okay so you just happened to guess the biggest cinematic reveal in history?" Jesse asked.

"Vader in Dutch means father. His name is literally Darth Father." Beca explained as Jesse stared at her dumbfounded. "Look, Jesse, you're a sweet guy, you even bring me juice pouches and stuff, but… you're not my type."

"Really? So what is your type?" Jesse asked out of curiosity.

"I'm just… I'm not looking for a boyfriend right now." Beca said.

"It's fine. If you're not ready now, I can wait." Jesse said. "I have a feeling you're gonna be worth the wait."

"Thanks, but… I don't think I'm gonna be dating." Beca said. "Like… ever."

"You don't want to date?" Jesse asked, surprised. "Why?"

"Personal reasons." Beca shrugged.

"Well." Jesse shrugged. "Are you girls getting ready for the Riff Off?"

"What the fuck is a Riff Off?" Beca asked.

oO0Oo

After Beca told Jesse she wasn't interested in dating, he seemed to be less annoying with her. He was now just being he friend and she appreciated that. She couldn't understand why she let him be her friend and not Chloe, though. Okay, maybe it was because she liked Chloe more than Jesse and if Chloe left her, she'd be crushed. More so than if Jesse left her.

Aubrey mentioned the Riff Off to the Bellas, but they didn't prepare, Aubrey just said 'Be ready to kick some a-ca-ass' and left it at that.

Beca was surprised at how excited all the a capella groups seemed to be. She watched as everyone cheered and screamed as Justin came in between the crowd.

Beca still didn't know the rules, but when a category was picked and people began singing, she decided to ask Chloe about it.

"So we just pick any song that works?" she asked and Chloe nodded. "And just… go with it?" another nod. "Nice."

Beca watched, but didn't sing, as everybody went from song to song and many of the songs were pretty good. She couldn't help but notice how much more relaxed and good the girls were when they weren't singing those old, boring songs.

She noticed Jesse singing to her and she rolled her eyes and bit back her laughter all the time, then she suddenly thought of a song and bit her lower lip and ran over to where Jesse and the Trebles were standing and began rapping to 'No Diggity' and she noticed some gasps, one from Chloe even, and some people cheering.

Fat Amy joined her and then the rest of the girls joined, except for Aubrey, who just stood there, pretending to dance, but she wasn't doing a very good job. She felt so happy she could finally sing something other than the songs Aubrey made them sing.

She finished the song and looked directly at Jesse, who was clapping and just smiled when the girls cheered and congratulated her.

"Tough blow, ladies." Justin said. "The word you needed to match was 'it' and you sang 'it's'." he said. "You are" clap, clap "CUT OFF!"

"Are you serious?" Beca asked.

"The Trebles win!" Justin said and handed the microphone to Bumper.

The Bellas walked away, all rolling their eyes, while Aubrey looked like she was ready to kill someone.

"Before you all go to bed tonight, I need you to make a list of everything you did wrong." Aubrey said.

You have got to be kidding me!

"I'm gonna melt that Cabbage Patch Kid!" Fat Amy came beside Beca, fuming in anger and all the brunette did was laugh.

"Guys, what we just did was great, right?" Beca asked.

"Calm your pits, Beca. We still lost." Aubrey reminded her with crossed arms.

Beca rolled her eyes. If they had won, she wouldn't be all angry.

"Yeah, but it was spontaneous. It was awesome, we were actually listening-"

"Okay, everybody, hands in. Ah on my count." Aubrey said.

"On three or after three?" Stacie jumped in and asked and everybody started arguing. "Why can't we figure this out?"

Aubrey looked like she was ready to kill Stacie and everybody noticed it.

"Okay, why don't we just enjoy the party?" Chloe suggested and the girls agreed before walking back to where the other people were.

Beca shrugged and was walking on the opposite direction, going back to her dorm. Chloe saw that and frowned. She looked at the girls, none of them had noticed. She sighed and walked over to the small brunette.

"Beca, is everything okay?" Chloe asked with a frown.

"Yeah, fine." Beca replied.

"Why aren't you coming to the party?" Chloe asked.

"I… I'm feeling a little tired." Beca said.

"You're always tired." Chloe pointed out. "Are you sure you're okay?"

"I'm fine, Chloe, I'm just not in the mood for drinks and loud music." Beca said. Chloe giggled, despite feeling slightly offended.

"God, you sound like a sixty-year-old." Chloe said.

Beca just pulled her aside and continued walking, crossing her arms in front of her.

Chloe frowned.

"Beca?" she was about to go over to her again.

"Chloe, could you just leave me alone please?" Beca snapped. "God, you're just like my father, asking me if I'm okay all the time! It's not like I'm going to die tomorrow, I'm fine! I just want to be alone!"

Chloe looked clearly hurt. She slowly looked down, not being able to look into Beca's angry eyes, and nodded.

"I'm sorry." She whispered, before walking away, going back to her apartment instead.

Beca finally sighed and continued walking back to her dorm.

Aubrey was watching it from the distance and frowned, clearly not liking what she was seeing. Chloe hardly ever let herself by hurt by other people and when it happened it was because of two reasons, one, the person was very important to Chloe and two, because the person humiliated Chloe in front of everyone, but Aubrey thought it may have been the first reason.

The blonde felt even angrier with the DJ now, determined to get even with her for what she did with Chloe, whatever she did.

oO0Oo

Chloe was curled up in a ball in her room the next morning. She wasn't crying, but she was clearly sad. That was the worst state she could ever be, because she didn't show emotions, didn't talk and rejected contact. At least when she did cry, she wanted someone to hug her and be there for her.

Aubrey entered the room and closed the door, even though there wasn't anybody else there with them and sat on the bed with a sigh.

"What did that midget did to you?" Aubrey asked and, by her tone, it was clear that she was demanding an answer.

"Nothing." Chloe answered.

"She did something. You're closing yourself." Aubrey said.

"I just wanted to help her. She yelled at me." Chloe said.

"She doesn't need help, Chloe. She made it clear." Aubrey said. "She clearly is a self-destructive girl and she's gonna pull you down with her. You're too wonderful to be a witness to that."

Chloe looked up at Aubrey and nodded.

"You had good intentions and she hurt you. That girl doesn't deserve your attention." Aubrey said.

Chloe wanted to believe Aubrey was wrong, she barely knew Beca, she wanted to get to know her, but the biggest part of her was hurt by Beca, so she just nodded and Aubrey gave her a hug.