It's Always Been You (A Pitch Perfect Fan Fiction

Country to country: Chapter 18

After we got off the phone with Stacie, Chicago approached. "Ciao, Bella's. Who wants to go to Italy?" He asked. "Four countries in four days. And then DJ Khaled will announce the winner when we arrive in France. Let's do this!" Chicago said.

After a few performances, DJ Khaled was cheering for us! I still got the choreography skills!!

France

"Okay, welcome to the South of France. We wanted to do something special for you guys." Chicago said and we were oohing and aahing. "This feels like a group date on The Bachelor." Flo said and I chuckled. Me and a few of the girls were taking pictures together. I'm really gonna miss this. My girls. My Bellas. We were walking by the pool, "They film the special with DJ Khaled tomorrow. And he needs an opening act." Cynthia Rose said and we saw Evermoist. "Oh, look who it is. Did you guys see the way they got off stage yesterday? They literally went out of their way not to congratulate us. They clearly just see us as a threat." Emily said and I started walking and bumped into Theo. "Oh, shit!" "Oh my God!" We said.

"You are so weird." I said. "Wow. Sometimes." "That's not fair. You seem very nice." I said and chuckled. "Can I borrow you for a second?" He asked. "Okay." "Yeah? Come on. You wanna hold hands?" "Nope." I said. "Cool." He added. "Where are we going?" I asked. "You remember when you burnt down DJ Khaled's room?" "That was not..I don't remember that." I said. "Back in Spain? You were looking for Lenny, hiding behind the bushes, released the bees." "That was my twin sister. I hate her so much." I said sarcastically. "DJ Khaled wants to meet you." He said. "Why? Am I gonna die today?" I asked. "Hey, boss." He told Khaled.

"Theo, my guy. Magical ears. Lara Jean." He said and I gasped. "H..Hi." I said and he held my hands. "How beautiful." "Oh, thank you. So nice to meet you--" "ASAP! Need a drink for Lara Jean! ASAP! Have a seat." He said. "Here you go, mademoiselle." The man said giving me a drink. "Thank you." I said.

"I hope you like cherries." Theo said. "Lara Jean, have you been talking to my guy, Theo?" Khaled asked. "Yeah. He talks a lot. Although I have no idea what's going on." I said. "I thought maybe you could break the news." Theo told him. "Congratulations. I want you to open up for me. Tomorrow night. Lara Jean. DJ Khaled. Are you ready?" He asked and I chuckled. "Seriously?" "Yeah." He said and I put down my drink. "That is amazing. You are not gonna regret this. I...The Bella's are gonna die. Can I go tell them?"  I asked. "I think you misunderstood. What DJ Khaled is trying to say here is that he doesn't want the Bella's. We want you." Theo explained which kind of killed my excitement.

"The other day, when you was just playing around with the loop and you was singing and you was just..I could tell that you was just playing around, but..I seen something..I heard something. Then I felt something." He said. "Amidst the chaos, I went back in the room and pulled your recording." Theo said. "Why did you do that?" I asked him. "Because I wanted to know what you could do on your own." "Lara Jean, it's time to go to the next level. I see it. I'm DJ Khaled, aka Billy." He said and I snickered. "Who?" Theo asked. "I know these things." He said. "That's amazing. This means the world to me, honestly.  But I'm part of a group and we all have something special. They've been my family, my life for six years." I said.

"I respect that you love your group, but it's time for you to move on. It's time for you to grow. The group will be happy for you." Khaled told me and just the thought of moving on from the Bellas made my heart drop. "What Khaled is trying to say here is that you've really gone as far as you can with the girls. It's time for you to now flourish on your own. Independent..ly." Theo said. I wanted to cry. Just the thought of it.

"These ain't opinions. These are facts." "Yes. Come with me for a second." Theo told me.  "I know it's a lot to take in , okay?" "Yeah." "The label is gonna sign you, Lara Jean. They're gonna help you develop your own material as a solo act." He said. "This is very generous but those girls are my life. My sister's. I'm not interested. " "It's a tough decision, I get that. LJ." He said and Jesse gave me that name. "Don't call me that and no it's not." "It is. It's a big opportunity for you. All right? Look at me. Stop. What are you doing? Go home. Sleep on it." He said and I shook my head. "I'm sorry. I can't do it.." I said and left.

I went back to my room and called Jesse. "Hey." He said in kind of a tired tone. "Oh my God. Did I wake you? I'm sorry. The time zones slipped my mind." I said and he chuckled. "No. I just got up. What's up?" He asked. "Nothing. I just miss you. Well, DJ Khaled, I met him and he wanted me to open for him tomorrow." I explained. "LJ, that's amazing! Did you take it?" "He wanted me to open for him tomorrow without the Bella's. I couldn't do it, Jess. I just couldn't." I told him. "I'm sorry , babe. What are you doing right now though?" He asked. "Nothing. Although I have no idea where the girls are. I haven't seen them since Theo took me to see Khaled." I said.

"Theo?" "Oh, just this guy I met, he works with Khaled and introduced me earlier and blah blah blah. Ugh, I miss you. I'm just sick of being here." I said and he chuckled. "I miss you too. You're almost done, LJ. I love you." "I love you too. Bye." I said and hung up.

I went to Amy's room. "Amy, I need to talk to you about something and it's important." I said. "Oh, yeah, just a sec." She said and I waited. I started talking and she was running around the room and pulled out a rope. "Oh. We didn't get picked. And you know what? Screw them. It's not like the whole story....uh" "Let's go." She said pulling me. "Go where?" "Don't worry. We'll change in the cab." She said and I was confused.