AN: Hi all, this is to first of all let you know that there will be minor drug use in this. I am open about the fact that I smoke pot on occasion and I see no problem with it as long as it is used in moderation and a responsible way...just like drinking booze. If you don't like, then please leave as I don't need hate.

This is going to be set a year before Pitch Perfect 2, but based on Chloe telling Beca in the tent that she wished she experimented more.

-Summer Daze-

Chapter One

Since Beca's freshman year at Barden University, mash up acapella songs were becoming more and more regular. Her group, the Barden Bella's had to work overtime to accomplish a further two ICCA championship titles. Working hard paid off, but with the added stress of studies and working as the resident DJ at the campus radio station, Beca grew tired.

Her co-captain, choreographer and best friend, Chloe, had purposly failed classes to keep on with the Bella's, but as Beca finished her junior year, she was told by the red head that she had failed more classes and that she would be redoing her senior year while Beca was about to begin hers.

The Bella's, minus Beca, had all realised that Chloe was intentionally failing her classes not only to be part of the acapella group, but also to stay with the tiny DJ.

Chloe watched throught the year as the stresses amounted on the whole team, and what the majority of them didn't know was that the ginger had organised a summer get away after the university had split for the break.

She had done some research into the location and had come across a small area, about an hour north of the university. It was mainly bushland with a river that divided a small open camp ground from the wild. It was cheap to rent for the summer as it was well out of the way and after having talked to the school, she had managed to get permission to use the Bella's bus as a mode of transport.

Chloe didn't do anything small, and in all honesty, she was a child when it came to a surprise. One by one she had let the Bella's know of her plans, and all of them were in on it. Chloe purposely waited until Beca had, had her final exams before filling her in on the secret.

Originally Beca had been flustered, wanting to go and hang with her friends over the summer, but also being tied down at the radio station as the resident DJ. Chloe had pleaded with her, bringing out her puppy dog eyes which even Beca couldn't say no to.

Somewhere during the three years that Beca had been at the university, had the Bella's been given sponsorship enough that they invested in their own campus house. Beca refused to call it a sorority house, something about her being so badass that being in a sorority would have ruined her street cred. Fat Amy had politely reminded her that Beca had lost all street cred when she joined the Bella's. This had made the whole group laugh.

Sitting in the lounge now were the current Bella's. There had been one new addition to the group since Aubrey's departure, however she was unable to make it to the summer getaway due to her questionable immigration status.

Beca was the first to speak as Stacie finally settled onto the couch. "So, this trip," she started, clearing her throat, feeling the eyes of her friends on her. Even being friends with them did nothing to stop the anxiety she felt speaking before a group. "I think I managed to get cover at the station for the whole summer."
The girls in the room smiled but Chloe beamed. "How did you manage that?" the ginger asked her friend.

"Yeah, how did the house DJ get cover?" Fat Amy piped up. "I'm only the next best thing there is besides you,"
A few laughed, but Beca shook the remark off. "Jesse is staying on campus over summer, and since he and I broke up, he's had eyes on the freshman intern I hired," the Bella's stared at Beca, her statement of the break up giving no actual information as to how she managed to get cover for her shifts. She continued, sensing the waiting in the room. "Well, the freshman is staying on campus over summer as well. She can take his job and he can take mine,"

"Hey, that's awesome," Cynthia Rose approved, but no one had ever talked about the break up. "Do you trust him to your job though?"

Not even Chloe knew the grounds for the break up, she assumed that Jesse had just been unable to handle Beca because as everyone knew, no matter how tiny or quite she was, she was intimidating and dominant. Chloe, of course had dealt with Beca as her roommate for the last two years and had figured out how to handle her personality, and quite frankly, the ginger really didn't care about the reason for the breakup, she was just happy that she finally had a chance with the brunette.

"Of course I trust him," Beca defended. Her saying this only cast doubt into the red heads mind as to whether Beca was over him, but she knew better than to open her mouth. "Besides, I have my dad here to keep an eye on him if anything gets out of hand down there,"

Stacie let out a howl, "Maybe I should stay behind, I'll keep him tame," she winked at Beca. "Nothing would get out of hand,"

"Ew, Stacie, keep it in your pants," Amy said, throwing a scowl towards the leggy brunette. She replied to the scowl with a lip bite.

The room of girls giggled at the banter before Chloe stood from her spot next to Beca on the couch, and stood before them with a map and a few photos.

"What are these?" Beca questioned.

"This is where we are going," the redhead beamed, handing the photos to the tiny DJ. "The others have seen, but we kept it a secret from you until you'd finished your exams. We didn't want you panicking about trying to find cover for your station until after,"
Beca glanced up at her friend and giving her a small smile. The smile melted Chloe's heart. Beca had been so stressed by the ICCA's, exams and work that her face was always blank.

"Anyway, pack your bags girls because we leave tomorrow morning," the redhead finalised, clapping her hands in happiness.

The group of girls jumped up off the couch, Jessica and Ashley running for the stairs excitedly so they could pack, Amy, Stacie and Cynthia Rose headed towards the kitchen so they could grab a cold beer and relax and that left Beca and Chloe in the lounge; Lily must have snuck off and down into the haunted basement. She was the only one who went downt there.

"Need help packing, Becs?" Chloe asked, extending her arm to pull the brunette off the couch.

Beca shook her head before grinning at her friend. "Race ya," she yelled, using the momentum from Chloe pulling her up to propell herself through the couch and up the stairs.

"Oh no you don't!" the ginger yelled after Beca as she tried to grab the smaller girl as she ran past. She heard Beca's boots thud up the stairs but Chloe smiled as she realised that was a little more weight for her. She dashed towards the stairs that Beca was only half up. "Bet you thought you left me to eat your dirt?"

Beca laughed, losing her footing a tripping on a step, but this didn't stop her for long, she let out a laugh again as the red head came neck and neck with her, both reaching the top of the stairs at the same time.

"Draw?" Beca asked.

Chloe laughed, "Why? Because I caught up to you?"
"Don't be silly, Beale,"

"I would have smoked you,"

Beca immaturely stuck her tongue out at the older girl.

"Well, its good to have the old Beca back,"

Beca's eyebrows furrowed. "What do you mean? I've been here the whole time?"
Chloe cocked her head, "Barely, you've been mopy, and now that its all over, we are acting like children again." The ginger extended her hand to playfully tug on her friend's cheek.

"Oi," Beca warned, narrowing her eyes. "We still haven't finished this race, I might just decide that the draw is over and that I wanna win,"
"Hey!" protested Chloe, as she began speed walking towards their shared room. "No take backs,"

Beca's pace quickened to match Chloe's, before the two burst into a full on run down the hallway to their door. Beca smirked as she over took Chloe by a fraction before realising that neither of them would fit through the doorframe at the same time, so she stopped, allowing Chloe to run through the door first. And people though chivalry was dead.\

"Hey, no fair, you let me win," Chloe moaned.

"You'd still complain if I won," Beca explained. "I can't win with you,"

Chloe laughed at her friend as she watched the brunette pull out a duffle bag from under her bed. "Sure you don't need a hand packing?"

Beca looked up from her bag, "I'm pretty sure I'm ok, but I'll be sure to throw a smelly sock at you if I need you,"

Chloe grinned at her friend, throwing her top off and sliding her jeans down, she proceeded to flop herself on her bed and throw the covers over her legs. Tonight she just couldn't be bothered getting her PJ's out. They were burried in her own duffel bag, which she had packed a week ago in anticipation for the trip.

Leaning toward her bedside table, she plugged her cell in to charge and set an alarm for the morning so she could finalise everything. She mentally cursed her preparedness on Aubrey, her blonde friend was such a perfectionist. Grabbing her iPod, she flicked the lightswitch next to her bed, turning off the lights on her half of the room.

"Goodnight, Becs,"

"G'night Chlo," came the reply.

Chloe slipped in her ear buds and smiled as she pushed play on one of Beca's mashups.

Beca had finished packing her bag in no time, but by the time she had finished, the red head had already fallen asleep. Beca smiled at the sight of her friend in bed. She cocked her head at her bed attire though.

'Only a bra?' she thought to herself, smiling.

Beca was about as straight as a board, or thought she was until she had broken up with Jesse. That was something that had happened relatively recently. For a long time she had been feeling as though they weren't connecting like a couple and for the last six months of her relationship with him, she had been viewing him as a brother.

Since Beca's freshman year, he had been trying to get with her, and she had been relucant, mainly because there were small feelings for a certain redhead, and after their first ICCA win, she had chosen Jesse over the other because she was totally convinced she was straight.

As time went on, she found herself falling slowly for the ginger girl and when Jesse and her had finally decided that they were better off as bros than as hoes, she fell into a pit named Chloe. There was no way for her to get out, except to dig with her bare hands. So Beca started pushing her friend away, convinced the feelings would never be reciprocated.

She would rather be Chloe's friend than to not have her in her life at all. So as Beca watched the red head sleep in nothing but her underwear, she smiled a sad smile before turning and leaving their room.

She trotted down the steps and out the backdoor, the warm summer air engulfing her. She decided to sit by the pool, rolling up her jeans, she dangled her legs in, swirling them around, creating small wake. The tiny brunette must have been sitting there for ten minutes before her phone buzzing brought her out of her reverie.

'I have some good stuff if you want some stock over summer?' read the text. It was from Luke, her old station manager, who had since graduated university and found himself a job at the local main radio station.

She smiled as she replied, 'I'm going away with the girls for the summer, how much do you have?'

The reply from her old friend was instant. 'I can spare an 'O', meet at the usual?'

'Awesome, be there in 5,'.

Beca pulled her feet out of the water, quickly dried her legs off and rushed off to meet Luke.

The meetup took a couple of hours, of course with the exchange of gossip and the goods, and by the time Beca was home, it was after one in the morning. She assumed most of the girls were asleep, so she removed her boots and crept up the stairs and headed towards her shared room with Chloe.

Pulling the door open, she noticed that all the lights had been turned off, which meant that the red head had woken up and turned Beca's lights off while she was out.

Feeling her way around in the dark considering neither her or Chloe were particularly tidy people, and it wasn't long till Beca stubbed her toe. It was inevitable. She let out a sharp hiss at the pain and she heard Chloe stir in her bed.

"Where have you been?" Chloe asked groggily.

Beca cursed at herself. "I just went out, caught up with Luke,"

"This early in the morning?"

"Uh, yeah..." Beca really had nothing to say without telling her friend what she had tucked under her shirt.

"Oh, ok," Chloe hummed, sleep taking over her again. "Becs?"

"Yeah?"
"I...have an...odd request..." sleep was drawing even closer for the red head.

"Anything, Chlo,"
"Can I...have a...cuddle..."

Beca smiled, thanking the dark that Chloe couldn't see her smile. "Sure," she replied, scuffing her feet along the floor to find her way to Chloe's bed. She stripped her jacket and jeans, leaving her in a tank top. She pulled the goods out from under her shirt and threw it on her small pile of clothing, climbing into bed with Chloe to give her a hug.

"Th...ank..." Chloe said, turning to snuggle into the side of the smaller girl.

Beca's heart raced. Maybe the redhead did want her? That would be a thought for the morning, she told herself as sleep engulfed her and she fell asleep with the red head in her arms.

AN: To those of you who made it through my first authors note, welcome to my second one! Thank you for taking the time to read my fic :D I plan on having this as a small multichapter as I tend to lose plot lines quickly...but this one is all drawn out and ready! HURRAY!

On a side note for further into the series...

I've tried doing a bit of research into Atlanta...but there isn't really much there in the way of how I want the scene to be set. Being from New Zealand, I have NO idea what kind of climate America has anywhere...so please ignore the fact that I am going to use a local spot to describe a place in the US lol (Also happens to be the home of Rivendell)

Reviews are always awesome and will help keep me on track :) Stay beautiful!