Emily steps out of the bus anxiously. Her stomach twisted even more when she saw Aubrey. All the others ran to greet her, but Emily lagged behind, and Aubrey noticed.
"Hi, you must be Emily!" She says calmly.
"Yeah, I am." She whispers.
"Welcome to the lodge of fallen leaves, where Fortune 500 companies send employees to build teamwork skills." Aubrey says, then her tone changes. "Which reminds me. FALL IN LINE, BELLA'S!" They all stumble into a line, and she gives the Bella's a lecture.
Emily tries to push every single memory and flashback that creeps into her mind away, distracting her more.
"Emily, you coming?" Cynthia rose snaps her out of her trance.
"Y-yeah, I'm coming." Emily picks up her bag and hurried toward all the girls.
Later in the tent...
"Ooh, I have an idea, let's tell each other something we don't know." Amy says as she sits up. Emily sighs silently.
"Okay!" Stacie says, propping herself up on her elbows. "I'll go first. When I was in high school, I gave my history teacher a..."
Everyone held there breath. They thought they knew what was coming.
"...chocolate bar, because he gave me a good mark. My mum told me to do it, so I did."
"That's odd... but I'll go next." Beca pushes her hair back out of her face. "When I was a toddler, I climbed a small tree by myself."
"And...?" Chloe raises her eyebrows.
"I broke my nose." She says, laughing. Then she clears her throat. "Emily, you go next."
"Me? Oh, umm... let's see." Emily searches her thoughts, but nothing appeals to her as something she wants to tell the girls.
"Emily? You going to say anything?"
"N-no."
THE NEXT DAY....
"Come on, get up!" Aubrey shouts at the girls. "We have a big day ahead of us!"
All the Bella's step out of the tent and stumble towards Aubrey.
"Today, we are going to find your sound again." Everyone nods, even Beca. But then she adds "And do teamwork activities." Everyone nods again, but Beca sighs and shakes her head.
"Okay. Let's start with 'Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy', I trust everyone knows the words?"
Yet again, they all nod.
"Great." She blows the pitch pipe, and they start.
He was a famous trumpet man from out Chicago way
He had a boogie style that no-one else could play
He was the top man at his craft
But then his number came up
And now he's gone with the draft
He's from the army now, a-blowin' reveille
He's the boogie woogie bugle boy of company B
After that song, they keep going with songs and activities, such as mud pit, obstacle courses and much more. Emily is exhausted.
"One more song. Never gonna get it." Aubrey says. After that, Beca has had enough.
"Great. How is this going to help us at the worlds?"
"Come on, Beca, this is just an exercise to find harmony!" Aubrey says, passive aggressively.
"No. No-one knows how to beat Das Sound Machine, But I know it's not going to be by doing this." Beca says. "I've got more important thing to do!"
"Like what?" Chloe's voice shakes. "What could be more important than the Bella's?"
"Forget it."
"Come on Becs, just tell her." Amy pats Becas shoulder, and Beca looks alarmed.
"Tell me what." Tears are about to fall from Chloe's eyes.
"I don't want you two to fight, you're Beca and Chloe, together you're Bhloe, and everyone loves a good blowey." When Amy says that, Emily feels a tang of jealousy. Beca was hers, not Chloe's, not anyone elses.
"Okay. I've been interning at a recording studio and a legit music producer wants to hear my work, god forbid I have something going on outside this group!" Beca shouts.
"Okay, why would you keep something like that from us?"
"Because you're obsessed! You all are."
The fight goes on and in, and Emily zones out, trying to protect herself from getting a flashback. Then Beca says "I'm out of here"
Emily notices the bear trap sign.
"Beca the-"
"If you all knew what was good for you, you'd follow me!"
"Beca the sign-" She was cut off yet again by an ear-piercing scream. Emily secretly freaks out.
"Well, well, well. Look who needs our help!" Chloe smirks.
"Not cool guys!" Beca shouts, clearly distressed.
"No, what's not cool is you taking out you're frustrations on us!"
"Really? That's what you're gonna say to me right now! Help me, I'm dying I'm dying-" she cut off herself as the trap drops lower, and she screams again.
"Okay. We are going to get you down. Someone get a ladder!" Emily says, louder than usual.
"We don't have ladders!" Aubrey says. "They interrupt teamwork skills."
"Aubrey, this whole place is like, full of booby traps, and guess what! Boobs should never be trapped!" As ifAubrey was already confused enough, Amy adds, "unless it's for support if you have lower back issues."
"Okay, I'm sorry I said all those things, I didn't mean any of that stuff I said, I'm sorry, I love you guys, I'm so stressed out right- AARRGGHH!" She screams. "Jessica and Ashley, I don't know which one of you is which!"
"I'm Jessica!" They say, then look at each other confused.
"Don't worry, we are gonna get you down! Focus up, get in formation." Chloe says, grabbing the taller, stronger people.
Then, Beca falls with more screaming. Emily immediately gets up and runs to Beca.
"A-are you okay? Does anything hurt?" Emily gushes. Beca groans but sits up.
"I'm fine. What about you?" Beca smiles.
"Could be better, but you know." Emily smiles back before pulling Beca up. Beca jumps up and kisses Emily on the forehead. A warm feeling creeps through Emily's body. Emily was ecstatic.
OKAY I'M SORRY FOR NOT POSTING FOR LIKE TWO WEEKS IVE BEEN BUSY SORRY I HOPE YOU LIKED IT
sorry I've been also really unmotivated for this chapter Idk why ahhhh
Byeee
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Eyes Wide Shut
FanfictionThey thought their eyes were open, but everything they wanted was right in front of them. Emily was an innocent girl with a horrible past, just starting college. Beca Mitchell steps into her life and stirs it up more, not realising the damage they a...
