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

Him & I: Chapter 35

I was with Claire. We headed to the store. "Hey, we have a ton of food at home so we don't need anything." She said as we were outside. "Where do you live? Last I checked, there was only breast milk, baby food and water. We're going in." I told her before trying to walk in but she didn't move. "Babe, it's fine." "It's too weird." "We're gonna have to meet him eventually." I told her. "Great. How about next year?" She asked. "I'm going to be so cool there, you will mistake me for shaft." I told her. "There will be no interrogation. No kissing noises, no embarrassing stories from my childhood, no comparison to The Ring of The Lord's to the Ring of Fire,  No Tyler Perry jokes, no father with the shotgun stares, no acapella--" "Chill out. We both know my days as a Barden Bella are over. I'm truly gonna be chill and cool. Let's just go inside." I told her.

We finally went inside. We were getting some stuff for tonight. "There he is." She said and I looked over to see him. "Boy, he's tall or maybe we're just short." I said. "He's taller than Dad." She said. "That must've been some back-bender, that kiss." "Mom!" "Make sure you warm up next time with ChapStick and brush your teeth. Guys love a girl with a minty kiss." I said.

"Dad loves it?" "No. It's been 20 years. He's used to my breath." "We are leaving now." She said. "He's got great eyes. You got to love a guy with great eyes. And a nice smile." "Very nice." "Hotter than Aaron too." "Shh!" She said but I was just joking. "You Swanson's having another movie night?" Rachel the cashier asked. "Yes, ma'am. It's Jesse's pick and it'sThe Breakfast Club. Might as well kill myself while I'm here." I said. Claire hit my arm. "Isn't that the one with Judd Nolan?" "Judd Nelson." Tyler corrected. "You're a TBC fan?" I asked him. "Yeah." "Uh, Tyler, this is my mom--Lara Jean." "Lara's fine." "Don't let Dad hear him say that." Claire added and I chuckled.

"Nice apron." I said and Claire looked at me. "Um, thanks." He said. "41.83." Rachel said. "Wow. It's expensive to slowly rot your insides...I'm joking, Justin has Leah over as well." I told her. "So, Tyler, nice meeting you." I told him. "Yeah. You too." He said and a guy came to get him. "See? Totally chill and cool." I told her. "You're right." "I said nothing embarrassing and stupid so chill out, Supermarket Slut." I said jokingly. "See? Even a little information in your hands is dangerous." She said and I laughed.

"I need coffee." "Mom, we're having dinner in 10 minutes!" "Go, get coffee. I'll wait." I said and she ran. "Hey, you forgot your red vines." Tyler said coming out. I snickered. "Oh, wow! You totally saved the whole night. These are totally gonna stop me from killing myself!" I said and he laughed. "What are you doin' tonight?" I asked him. "I don't know." "Well, do you wanna come over? You mentioned you're a fan of The Breakfast Club and it's my husband's favorite movie so I'd think he and Claire would like a shared interest with someone like you. A nice and tall guy." I said and chuckled. "Well, umm..." "It's totally causal. Claire will love it." I told him.

"Okay." "8:00 sound good? Our address is 1537 Cornwall. So see you tonight." "Bye." He said. I saw Claire. "So?" "Got it." "Score!" I said. "Oh, hey, I invited your friend over." I told her. "Tyler?" "Mmm-hm." "What?!" She asked. "Yeah. I told him about our weekly movie night and he is a fan of that horrible movie your dad loves and he agreed." "This isn't the Amish country. Boys and girls date alone." She added.

"I thought of it more as a hanging out-session." "I don't want a hanging out session to be with my mother." "Stop saying it like that." I told her. "Like what?" "Like there's another word after it." I told her. "You inviting him over would be like the Bella's inviting the Trebles over." She said and I winked. She laughed and we went home. "It's gonna be fine, Claire. I know it is." I told her.

She was getting ready. "Mom, I need help with my clothes!" She called out. "Okay. You need to look hot but not too hot so you don't sleep with him." "Mom." "Sorry. Leggings and then....this purple top." "How'd you do that? I was staring at that for 20 minutes. You walk in and three seconds later, it's a whole ass outfit." She said. "Well, I was a "alt girl with mad lib beats" at one point in my life so I know all about fashion also  experience with fashion brain freeze before I found my style."