Beca, Aubrey and Chloe lead the girls to where the Bellas' rehearsal usually was and tried their best to avoid the looks people were giving them. Surely four girls with bags on their heads wasn't an everyday sight, but the boys very sexually charged comments were a little too much. Aubrey talked non stop so Santana, Brittany, Sugar and Mercedes couldn't hear them. This was the only part of the tradition she had managed to convince Beca and Chloe that was worth saving and she didn't want it ruined. Truth is, although Beca tried to play it as silly, she actually thought it was really fun to see the new girls tripping over and being completely blind about where they were going. Santana complained a few times about Sugar stepping in her toes but Sugar kept telling her she was just not used to darkness because she needed to shine.

When they finally got to their destination, Beca asked for the other girls to wait outside the door. She quietly opened it and prayed the Bellas to be there already. It was 4:30 pm and there were no excuses to miss aca-initiation. Thankfully, everyone was there, sitting in chairs and talking to each other.

"We're here!", Beca announced as she got closer to the girls.

"It was about time, my sexy ass was getting glued to this chair already", Fat Amy complained, turning her head from Stacie.

"What are you talking about? You got here five minutes ago", Cynthia Rose said from across the room.

"Well, but I didn't remember I had chocolate in my pocket and now it's really hard to get up", Amy shrugged.

"Oh, happened to me once, but I forgot I had tried the back row the night before", Stacie put her right hand on Amy's shoulders, "I know it hurts now but you'll be fine in like, three days."

"Uh... Okay, so the new Bellas are just outside", Beca shook her head and tried to remember what she was actually going to say. "I'm going to bring them in, no one will be rude to each other, we'll just have a nice girl bonding moment before the party, and everything will go a lot better from then on because there will be lots of alcohol on everyone's blood. Any questions?" She was a little nervous. It was her second day as a leader and considering everyone's interaction with the new girls, she didn't think things were going to go smoothly.

"Yeah, are you drinking now?", Cynthia asked Beca.

"Maybe. Probably. Any more questions?", Beca rolled her eyes.

"Where's the blood they have to drink?", Lilly asked and her tone was barely audible. It was a huge step anyway.

"We're not doing the blood thing again, it's creepy", Beca told her.

"But I only came here for the blood", Lilly said a lot quieter this time.

"What?", Stacie turned her head in Lilly's direction.

"She said I hope they really like us", Cynthia Rose explained. "Right?" There were a few seconds of silence as everyone turned their attention to Lilly.

"Yes, right", Lilly smiled.

"Okay, I'm going to bring them in now", Beca announced before going back to the door. She heard what seemed to be Brittany's voice asking Santana if she was sure Beca was not going to kill them and bury their bodies behind closed doors. "Hey", she opened the door and smiled, "Still not going to kill you. Come in."

Aubrey, Chloe and Beca lead the girls inside until they were right in front of the half-circle made out of the chairs the Bellas were sitting in. Chloe stood right behind them.

"Time to meet the new Barden Bellas", Aubrey said, ceremonially, "Ladies, please welcome Santana, Brittany, Sugar and Mercedes", Chloe took off each one of the bags covering their heads as their names were called out.

"HiiIiIIiIIiII", Fat Amy singed at the top of her lungs, trembling her hand every high note she hit. Everyone stared at her. "What? I'm just trying to be nice."

"HiiIiiiIiiiIi", Sugar tried to do the same, but her voice cracked a few times. "You're like, super nice."

"What the hell?", Cynthia Rose whispered close to Beca, glaring at the girl's voice.

"Oh, don't worry, she's good as a background singer", Beca reassured her, making sure the girl wouldn't hear her.

"I just wanted to say that you all look super good and that if any of our performances go wrong we should just take off our clothes because all the judges would give us A+ since we are so pretty", Brittany smiled at each one of them and looked really proud of her idea.

"Been there, done that", Amy said, recalling the time she took her blouse off.

"Or I could just ask my daddy to buy all the judges like he did with my math teacher so I wouldn't fail", Sugar shrugged.

"Those are all great ideas, but we're not going to need them", Beca said, standing in front of them, "Because we're gonna kick every other group's ass only with our mouths", she smiled at Chloe, remembering how proud she looked when she explained how the Bellas worked at the activities fair last year. Chloe recognized the line and immediately smiled back at her.

"Yeah, Neon Trees lover is right, the audience is gonna throw their underwear at us when we're on stage", Santana said, sounding pretty confident.

"I like her kind of analogy", Stacie smiled at Santana.

"One of my boyfriends threw his underwear at me when I stripped for him once", Fat Amy said casually, "Ended up he was only wearing a sock."

"Okayy, I'm gonna interrupt you there", Beca said, a little eagerly, "And the initiation is gonna start now...", she started getting some of the other chairs so everyone could sit down. Chloe was by her side in a few seconds, helping her organize the chairs into a circle. Beca gave her a grateful look.

"What exactly are we going to do?, Mercedes asked as she took her place.

"We're gonna tell each other things we're don't usually say out loud or we don't really tell other people", Chloe explained, "So we don't have any secrets and start off without any reasons to lie to each other."

"Can we go back to telling our names first?", Stacie asked, "I don't really remember any of theirs", she pointed at the new girls.

"Oh, we can say our names, tell something about us and then a secret", Chloe answered her, "What do you think Beca?"

"Yeah, great", Beca said, thankful that Chloe asked for her opinion. "Who wants to go first?"

"I can go", Sugar said excitedly, her hand in the air. The others nodded their heads. "My name is Sugar Motta, my favorite singer is Adele, like you all know", Sugar winked at Fat Amy, who looked a little confused, but just shrugged it as being really attractive to anyone. "And my secret is that I am not actually made of Sugar, my parents just thought that was a really sweet name."

"Oh, I see what you did there", Cynthia Rose chuckled. Sugar just stared at her, not really sure what she actually said. "I can go now", Cynthia said, but most of the others were still trying to figure out if Sugar was serious or not. She took their silence as consent. "I'm Cynthia Rose, I used to have a gambling problem but I'm clean for like, one week now, and my secret is that I buy new flannels shirts every month."

"Wow, that must be though", Brittany said sweetly, "A whole week is a lot of time. That's like a month, and a month is almost a year."

"Uh, yeah", Stacie said, unsure. "We're really proud of you."

"Thanks, man", Cynthia Rose said, looking at the ground. "It's mostly because last week's shirt was so expensive I didn't have the money to bet."

"I could totally help you out with that", Sugar immediately told her.

"I'm pretty sure that's not how you help someone with a gambling problem, Sugar", Beca said, holding off a smile. The girl was completely clueless.

"Yeah, but we'll figure something out", Chloe said, sympathetically. "Who's next?"

"Please let me go next, not saying anything and trying to let everyone socialize harmonically and spontaneously is being a lot harder than expected", Aubrey said in an almost desperate tone. She quickly covered her mouth as she realized what she actually said, a little embarrassed.

"Yo... Chill", Fat Amy said, making a peace and love sign and blowing her a kiss. The others smiled.

"Floor is all yours", Beca said.

"Right... Okay, I'm Aubrey, I really really really really care about acapella competitions and Christmas decorations and... I think I never told anyone this but two years ago I set a little fire on the Treblemakers' food during Nationals", Aubrey stared at the ground for a few seconds.

"Wow... I like you so much more now", Lilly said, her eyes wide at the mention of fires.

"Who are the Treblemakers?", Mercedes asked, a little confused.

"They were in the auditorium, the all boys group with matching jackets", Santana explained. "Think of The Warblers without the hair gel and the Katy Perry songs."

"Oh, they did Katy Perry once", Chloe recalled.

"Who are the Warblers?", Stacie asked.

"They're a high school group from Ohio", Aubrey said, "They're very talented but very predictable and they always wear the same uniform and...", Aubrey stopped mid-sentence. "Oh."

"It's okay, honey", Chloe said, putting one of her hands above Aubrey's.

"Okay, it's my turn", Fat Amy cut in. "I'm Fat Amy, I currently have 4 boyfriends and my secret is that one of them is a kangoroo. His name is Jack."

"Can I see him?", Brittany's eyes were sparkling.

"If you ever go to Australia, yeah", Amy shrugged.

"Well, this is going a lot different than I expected", Beca chuckled. "Matches us just fine", they nodded their heads. There were no way they could ever be normal. "Anyway... I'm Beca, my dream is to, I don't know, hear something I made playing on the radio. And I guess my secret is that I have the soundtrack of Priscilla, the Desert Queen on my iTunes."

"Oh my god, you told me you didn't like musicals!", Aubrey exclaimed, "You made fun of me because I had The Broadway Classics collection!"

"Yeah, well... I kind of changed my mind after watching a few", Beca tried a fake smile to calm her down.

"We could totally do a number from Hairspray", Chloe said, excitedly, "I know all the choreographies."

"Jesus Christ, enough of Broadway", Mercedes sighed. "I think we heard enough about it for a lifetime."

"Okay, but we're getting back at this", Aubrey said firmly.

"So, I'm Mercedes, my first real boy crush turned out to be my gay best friend and my secret is that when I was younger my favorite Destiny's Child was actually Michelle."

"I didn't know the president's wife was a singer", Sugar said. "She totally looks like she can rock that body, though."

"Okay, my turn!", Chloe held off a laugh. The new girls were turning out to be a lot more fun to be around with than she expected. "I'm Chloe, I'm really passionate about animals and my secret is that I, uh... I actually never kissed a girl."

"Wait, what?", Beca immediately asked. She didn't know what Chloe would say but she definitely wasn't expecting that.

"I don't know... I know everyone here did it", she looked at Cynthia Rose, Santana, Brittany... Santana gave her a confused look, they hadn't mentioned they were together yet, but they didn't have to. Chloe knew a couple when she saw one, and the way Brittany could tell Santana what to do just gave it away. That and the lovesick puppy eyes they had for one another. "I just never had the chance."

"Well, don't worry honey, you'll have the chance tonight. We're gonna play truth or dare, right?", Cynthia Rose said sympathetically. Everyone was playing it cool since all the Bellas were pretty sure Chloe was straight, so they just thought it was a curiosity, but Beca had her mouth dry. She was still recovering from shock but suddenly the idea of Chloe kissing one of the girls made her feel uneasy.

"Oh, are we?", Chloe chuckled. She smiled flirtatiously at Beca, raising an eyebrow, "If that's a part of the initiation we need the leader's approval..."

"We can... We can play truth or dare", Beca said, trying to sound firm. She didn't do a very good job.

"I can literally see your toner through your jeans, Beca", Aubrey whispered in Beca's ears. She tried not to blush and simply ignored the comment. Aubrey rolled her eyes at how oblivious the girl was to her blatant crush for her best friend. She was going to fix that.

"So... My turn!", Santana fake-coughed a little. Someone had to break the awkward silence that followed Chloe's secret. "My name is Santana, I don't like most people but you guys look okay, and my secret is that the real reason why my voice is so raspy is because my dad used to put tequila in my milk when I was a baby so I wouldn't wake up at night."

"I still love your voice, baby", Brittany said, giving her the sweetest look.

"Yeah, it sounds like you screamed your girlfriend's name all through the night", Stacie nodded her head, impressed.

"She does that a lot too", Brittany smiled at her, proudly.

"I like people screaming at night when they're locked in the basement", Lilly whispered.

"What was that?", Aubrey turned around to look at her.

"It's kind of late... There's only Stacie and, uh, Brittany left?", Beca asked.

"Yeah, we need to get going soon, I still have my nails to do", Stacie sighed. "I'm Stacie, I think I slept with half of the Treblemakers so far and my secret is that I only lost my virginity an year and a half ago."

"Really? I thought you were like, 13 when you lost it", Fat Amy exclaimed at her.

"What? I'm making up lost time!", Stacie shrugged. The others were a little shocked but laughed it off.

"You totally should be", Brittany said. "Okay, I'm Brittany, I really miss my mom and dad and my secret is that when I turned 11 I spent the day waiting for my Hogwarts letter and when I didn't get it I wrote to Dumbledore telling him he was dumb. It was a really mean thing to say."

"Me too", Chloe just nodded. Everybody glared at her. "I mean, I didn't write to Dumbledore, I just really thought I was going to get the letter."

"Oh my god", Beca chuckled. "Did you know all the spells too?"

"No! I mean, just the cool ones!", Chloe mumbled.

"I'm really sorry to interrupt Comic Con", Aubrey said, a little eagerly. "But we have to get ready."

"Yeah, yeah, I know", Beca rolled her eyes. She proceeded explaining how they would all get ready separately and then meet close to the auditorium. The girls agreed and stared getting the place organized again, chatting through it. They were getting along a lot better than they had expected. Turned out they just needed to let their guards down a little.

Beca was happy to see getting along and the new Bellas receiving a warm welcome. As they made their way to their dorms, Chloe and Aubrey were talking non stop about how proud they were of how the Bellas were turning out to be. They were staying at Beca's room because Aubrey refused to get a hotel room while visiting. Kimmi Jin didn't know about that yet. Beca didn't care very much, because while they were choosing dresses, jeans and shirts, listening to music, singing some (very embarrassing) songs and making their way back to the auditorium, she was still thinking every once in a while about how that Truth or Dare thing would go.