The Love Between Us

Prologue: The Love Between Us

Prologue: The Love Between Us

Chloe Beale woke up, thinking it was just another regular day. Sure there was the activities fair and all with Aubrey around noon, but it didn't feel like anything special was going on that day. She climbed out of bed and shut off her alarm before going to get dressed into some workout clothes.

Chloe was one of those bubbly, close-talking, friendly girls that was fairly popular in high school. However, choosing to do a cappella in college wasn't really the greatest choice She didn't really if she wanted to stay on top of the social food chain. She didn't care though, she just enjoyed living everyday to its fullest. She had bright ginger red hair and piercing light blue eyes that entranced anyone who looked upon them, boy or girl.

She headed over to the gym and did her workout before taking a shower.

For the activities fair, Chloe had decided to wear a cute blue dress that brought out her eyes. She and her best friend Aubrey were really hoping to find some new Bellas, because they truly needed to bounce back after the disaster last year at the ICCA Finals. Chloe had suggested looking for good singers at this point, because anyone who knew about their little incident a few months ago wouldn't even think about joining.

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For Beca Mitchell, today was anything but a regular day. Her entire life was going to change, all because of one word: college. No matter how many times she begged her father to let her go to Los Angeles, he refused, insisting that she should at least try college for a year because of the whole "I teach here which means you get to go for free" deal.

Beca's father's house wasn't far from the campus of Barden University, where Beca was inevitably going to spend the next 12 months of her life until she fulfilled her end of the bargain. Once she made it through those 12 months of misery, her dad had promised he would give her enough money for a one-way ticket to Los Angeles and enough Taco Bell to last until she started to pay her dues.

Beca woke up at 8:00 am sharp, determined to avoid her father and her evil stepmother, Sheila. She had packed her bags the night before, and after eating a Pop Tart for breakfast, she called a cab and waited on the front porch. The small yellow car pulled up to the curb in front of her house, and Beca turned around, a small smile crossing her face as she bid her farewells to the hellhole she had been living in since her parents divorced.

Chloe and Aubrey set the Bellas booth up and stood there for an hour without anyone stopping by to show their interest. Chloe just wanted the Bellas to stay as a group so all she really wanted were good singers. "Aubrey, we really just need to find good singers. All the Bellas that were with us last year who were in this group, they don't have the nerve to come back. So we really just need to pick good singers, no matter what their body type."

They stood there for another twenty minutes or so before a young blonde girl from Tasmania came up and introduced herself as Fat Amy. After that, it took a while for them to find anybody who seemed interested. Chloe was on the verge of giving up when suddenly a girl caught her eye.

Chloe's eyes locked on a young girl with medium length brown hair. She had a couple tattoos and a shit ton of piercings in her right ear. But despite all that, she had to be the most beautiful girl Chloe had ever laid her eyes on. Chloe smiled softly and watched the girl, her heartbeat speeding up a little bit. Her world completely aca-stopped for a moment, and Chloe smiled at the girl. "What about her Bree?" Chloe asked once she came back into reality.

Aubrey took one look at the girl and immediately cringed. "Ooh, Chloe I don't know. She looks a little too alternative for us," Aubrey told her best friend. Whatever she said went in one of Chloe's ears and out of the other, because as soon as the alt girl walked up to the table, Chloe just had to speak to her.