Who Run the World? Girls.

22 - The Greatest Day (II)

Chloe did up Dylan's tie for him while he smoothed out his hair. She was wearing her light blue dress, her hair freshly washed and ready to style.
"You look great," she said. "Your hair is naturally perfect. I'm jealous."
"You look absolutely beautiful. I look plain next to you," Dylan commented.
"No you don't. We look like a hot celebrity couple," Chloe said, observing the both of them in the mirror.
"Ha, I should do a Will Smith," he laughed, before standing back and holding up his arms in her direction.
Chloe giggled. "Any other time, but we don't want to overshadow the married couple."
"No, of course not. Even if to me you're the most important one in the room," Dylan said, holding her from behind, causing Chloe to blush.
There was a quick knock on the door before Beca charged in, gripping her hair with her hand.
"I forgot my hairspray. I need to borrow yours," she stated, grabbing the can from the table and spraying her hair.
"Okay I'm done. Go back to your kanoodling. I was never here," she said, before running out of the room as quickly as she had entered.
Chloe glanced at her watch. "Oh, shit. The rehearsal starts in five minutes. I have to get downstairs. I'll see you later," she said, kissing Dylan before chasing after Beca.
Beca had already reached her room and the door was closed. Chloe knocked and entered.
"Hey, Bec. Rehearsal," she announced, rolling her eyes at the sight she saw.
Beca and Jesse were sitting on the bed, kissing each other passionately.
"You'll smudge your makeup you know," Chloe droned.
"Shut up. It's not like you were completely innocent last night," Beca spat. She leaned into Jesse to give him one last kiss. "I'll see you at the ceremony."
Chloe snorted, although she couldn't say that it wasn't true.
"I've missed rehearsals," she said ecstaticly as they walked.
"Oh, I haven't. They were always hard work. At least we won't be doing any dancing today..." Beca commented.
"You've picked a good song though, Bec. Cynthia will love it!"
"I hope so. We just have to get the harmonies right and it should sound great. Although Cynthia was always our strongest vocalist but we'll have to manage without her," Beca said.
"Who knows? She might join in," Chloe laughed.
"Ha, true that," Beca chuckled.

***

The ceremony began at 2pm in a marquee stationed in the hotel's gardens. It was a beautiful venue, but the smiles of Cynthia Rose and her wife-to-be, Denise, were what lit up the day completely. Chloe sat with Dylan next to Beca and Jesse in the third row on the left. Cynthia was wearing a white suit and was standing proudly at the front, waiting for her bride. She gave Beca and Chloe a small wave when she spotted them. Chloe waved back, giving her a thumbs up. It was so great that Cynthia Rose was getting married. She was the first out of their generation of Bellas, so in a sense, she was first to leave the pack. Denise had technically been a Bella, but she had quit after the first year and Chloe hadn't talked to her much anyway.
By "you may kiss the bride," Chloe was holding back the tears so her make-up wouldn't smudge. Beca put a hand on her shoulder.
"It's okay, mom. It's for the best," she said sincerely, but jokingly.
At the corner of her eye, Chloe saw Dylan and Jesse exchange glances.
"Men..." was all she thought.
Beca looked to Jesse, who gave a her a small smile. There were such moments where she could fall in love with him all over again. The topic of marriage crossed her mind since they were there sitting at a wedding. She was sure this was only the first of many that would come around in the near future, and she was quite looking forward to seeing all her friends as happy as Cynthia was today. As for herself, Beca couldn't see herself up there making the vows. Since her parents' divorce, she had sworn she would never get married, although she had debated it in her mind several times since meeting Jesse.
After the ceremony, everyone filed into the hotel while the marquee was being prepared for the party. In this time, the Bellas (minus Cynthia) sneaked into a separate room to discuss the final arangements for their performance.
"Okay, so we decided not to change because that's just hassle. Everyone got the lyrics in their heads?" Beca asked.
All of them nodded, and Beca sighed in relief.
"Alright then, nerds. It looks like we're ready for our first performance since World's," she announced, punching the air.
There was a cheer and they all did a group hug.
"It's honestly been too long since I've been squished in the middle of you guys," Amy exclaimed as she stood at the centre of the hug.
"If you want to know what it's like on a smuggler's ship, then here you are," Flo muttered from beneath them somewhere.
"I'll admit this is the most intimate I've ever been with a girl," Stacey confessed.
They were all together again, and Beca couldn't help but laugh with Chloe and give her a high five.
"You're right, Fat Amy. It's been far too long," Chloe grinned.

***

Later in the evening, the Bellas all filed onto the stage for their slot, informing the band that they wouldn't need instruments and that it was "all from their mouths."
Then Beca took to the front and claimed the microphone to get everyone's attention.
"Okay..." She mumbled, adjusting her ears to the loudness of the mic. "Hello everyone. As you may know-"
"Of course they fucking know! Cynthia wouldn't have forgotten to tell people she was part of the World's best accapella group!" Fat Amy literally shouted.
Beca gave an awkward laugh. "Yeah, I mean. If you thought she was joking, you're mistaking. We actually won the Acapella World Championships earlier this year. But getting to the point. Cynthia Rose means a great deal to us, as part of our group. Of course our hearts are also with Denise, who was a brief member too. But we just want to show you how we care, and we're also advertising the fact that just because you're married now, it doesn't mean you're allowed to get out of singing with us!" Beca yelled with a laugh.
Cynthia raised her glass of champaigne to that as the Bellas all chuckled.
"We'll be singing 'Greatest Day' by Take That, because it's the biggest day of your life and it's a great day for us because we can all be here to witness your happiness," Beca finished, before placing the mic back on the stand and removing it off the stage.
"One... Two..."
Flo, Jessica and Ashley began the intro and then one by one they all entered, before Chloe came in with the first lines of the song.
"Today this could be, the greatest day of our lives..."
Chloe saw Dylan watching her in the crowd. He was clutching his beer and Jesse was talking to him. But she knew he didn't take his eyes off her once.
"Stay close to me... Stay close to me..." Beca sang. They were sounding so good it almost brought tears to her eyes. If she didn't have such an ice cold heart she may have got sentimental enough.
She spotted the tear rolling down Cynthia Rose cheek though, and it brought a smile to her face. This meant so much to her, and Beca was happy to be giving the performance for her. She signalled for the newly-wed to come up onto the stage, and Cynthia didn't hesitate in bit. She ran up and stood at the front, singing heart out. And there they were, all the Bellas singing together again all together. And they could not have been any happier...

A/N

And that's it!! The end of the story! But do not fear, if you think that's all your getting, you have surely been mislead ;) For you lucky people I'm writing a... Epilogue. Okay, yep. It may not be the sequel you were hoping for, but let me make this clear. There is nothing to say that I won't write a sequel for this story, but all in good time. I really hope you did enjoy the story because I honestly loved writing it, even if the updates weren't as frequently as I hoped. If you haven't voted or left a comment yet, now would be a great time to do so. Thank you for all the support. Kisses to everyone that read, voted, commented or even just glanced at one chapter. It honestly means the world to me that you appreciate my writing! Bye for now!!

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