This is a little bit different but I hope you like it.
Benji was arranging the platters of food on the table when he felt a pair of arms grab him from behind. He turned into the arms of the love of his life and smiled.
"Hey, beautiful," Benji said and kissed his fiancee. "What time did Beca say she'd be here?"
"I think around 5:00," the leggy brunette beauty responded.
"Good," Benji said. "She promised to put on some of her mixes from when we were at Barden."
"Oh, I love the Bellas old stuff. I hope she-"
The doorbell rang and Benji said, "I'll get it. It's probably Beca and Chloe."
Benji answered the door and Beca and Chloe hugged him as they came in. "Where is your setup so I can get the music ready?"
"Over here," Benji said and showed Beca the setup.
The engagement party was just gettings started and Benji looked across the room and couldn't help but feel his heart beat faster. Who would have believed that beautiful leggy brunette he was staring at would consent to become his wife. She caught his eye and gave him a wink while blowing him a kiss. He reached out as if to grab it and held it to his heart.
The doorbell rang and he went to answer as he had been doing all afternoon. When he opened the door he found Jesse Swanson and, his wife of two years, Aubrey Posen. There was a couple he hadn't really expected to see together. He remembers how much Jesse cared for Beca and was surprised when he found out that she was gay and in love with Chloe Beale. Beca and Jesse became best friends and he even convinced Chloe that moving to L.A. with Beca would be a good thing. He was right and the two got married last year.
"Jesse, you're late," Benji said.
"Sorry, man," Jesse said. "I didn't take into account the traffic."
"It's okay," Benji said and gave the man a quick bro hug. "Aubrey, always a pleasure," he told the blonde while giving her a hug.
"Nice to see you, Benji," Aubrey said.
"Drinks are in the kitchen," Benji said. "Food is, well, everywhere."
"Where's that fiance of yours?," Aubrey asked.
"Last I saw her she was across the room by the kitchen talking to Beca and Chloe" Benji said.
"I'm going to go say hi," Aubrey said to Jesse. "Would you get me something to drink, please?"
"You got it, babe," Jesse said giving her a quick kiss on the cheek. She spotted Chloe's bright red hair and made her way over.
Jesse headed for the kitchen to get their drinks. Benji had followed Aubrey and called to Beca to get her attention. She excused herself and walked to where Benji was standing.
"What's up, Benji?," Beca asked.
"I just wanted to give you a heads up," Benji said. "We're going to have the best man and matron of honor give a speech tonight. I just hope you're okay with that."
"I'm fine with it," Beca said. "I'm much better at having to speak in front of big groups. Being in the music business you kind of have to."
"Thank you," Benji said. "It will mean a lot to the both of us."
Beca stood next to Benji and looked around. She smiled and said, "Do you realize how many couples came together from our class at Barden?"
"You mean how many Trebles and Bellas became couples?," Benji said with a laugh.
"Yeah," Beca said. "I mean we have Jesse and Aubrey, Jessica and Ashley, me and Chloe, Donald and Lily, Bumper and Fat Amy." Beca stopped and looked around. "Where is Fat Amy?"
Before Benji could respond they heard Stacie yell out, "Is everyone drunk enough to play Truth or Dare yet?"
"Stacie," Emily chasties her. "This is an engagement party not a college kegger."
"So," Stacie said. "We played at Beca and Chloe's wedding. And at Jesse and Aubrey's. Why not now?"
"You played Truth or Dare at my wedding?," Aubrey asked.
"Stacie," Chloe said stepping between the two. "Maybe we should hold off on the Truth or Dare for a while."
"Fine," Stacie said. "But I will get someone to play it before the night's over."
Benji taps on the side of his champagne glass to get everyone's attention. Everyone turns to him.
"If my beautiful fiancee," Benji puts his hand over his heart, "God, I love saying that." He held his hand out catching her eye, and said, "If you would be so kind as to join me up here."
The leggy brunette comes and stands by the curly haired magician, wrapping her arms around him.
"Now, we would like to thank everyone for being here tonight," Benji said. "Never in a million years would I have believed that this beautiful creature would ever date me, and now she has agreed to marry me. I feel like I'm in the middle of the best dream ever." Several awws were heard and Benji blushed slightly. "I remember when I asked her father for his permission to marry her, he told me to make sure that I treated his baby with love, respect, and admiration. And I make that promise to her today to always love, respect and admire her."
Before they could continue, the doorbell rang again. Jesse was closest so he opened the door to find Bumper and Fat Amy on the other side. The two were still claiming that there was nothing going on between them after seven years of being together.
"Now the party can really start," Fat Amy yells from the doorway.
"Hey, guys, come on in," Benji said and waved them in.
Fat Amy led the way with Bumper close behind. She immediately stomped over to Benji.
"Congratulations on snagging a Bella, Benji," Fat Amy said and grabbed him in a hug that lifted him off his feet.
"Oh, wow," Benji said. "Um, thanks Amy."
"Where's the beer?," Bumper asked.
"Kitchen," Benji said and pointed. "Straight back."
Bumper and Amy both headed for the kitchen.
"Um, as I was saying," Benji continued. "We've asked our best man and matron of honor to say a few words. Beca? Ladies first."
"Nope," Beca said. "Jesse should go first."
"Okay," Jesse said and walked up to stand by the happy couple. Just as he starts to speak there is loud crash from the kitchen.
"I do not want to go in there to see whatever it is Amy and Bumper are doing," Beca said as everyone headed toward the kitchen.
"Oh, my God," Emily said as she entered. "Can't you two keep it in your pants for more than five minutes? This is ridiculous."
"Oh, good grief," Benji said. "Seriously you guys."
"This is Amy at her finest," Beca said, shaking her head.
There were several liquor bottles smashed on the floor, the liquid that was in the bottles now puddling on the floor. Amy was pulling her shirt down and Bumper was trying to zip his pants.
Emily grabbed a towel and tried to wipe up some of the liquor. The towel was soaked and she hadn't made a dent.
"Get out of here," Emily yelled. "Both of you just go."
Amy and Bumper walked out with their heads hanging down. Benji pulled them over to the sofa and made them sit down.
"Stay!," Benji told them and went back to the kitchen to help clean it up. "Okay, everyone. We're going to get this cleaned up and we'll be back out shortly."
Everyone who wasn't helping in the kitchen just look at Amy and Bumper shaking their heads. Several were murmuring about how this happened at every party.
With most of the Bellas helping to clean up the mess Amy and Bumper made, it only took a few minutes to get the kitchen almost back to normal. The smell of various liquors was still somewhat strong but there wasn't much that could be done about it at this point.
"Thanks everyone for helping," Benji said when they were done. "Looks like the rest of the party is going to be a bit dry."
"At least the champagne survived," Stacie said, giggling as she took a giant swig from one of the bottles on the back counter.
Benji, being closest grabbed the bottle from Stacie. "Speaking of which," he said. "We need to have some for the toast. Could some of you help fill the glasses so they can be taken out to the guests for the toast?"
The girls all get the champagne poured and carry them out to the group, making sure everyone had a glass. Once everything was done, Beca went over and stood in front of Amy and Bumper. Both were still sitting on the sofa and actually seemed to be have some remorse for what happened in the kitchen.
"Amy," Beca said. "You and Bumper stay right where you are. I don't want to see you move from those spots until whatever is being done up there is...done. Aubrey, you and Chloe watch them. I know they won't try anything with you two standing guard."
Aubrey and Chloe moved to stand behind the unruly couple. Amy gave Beca her trademark sheepish grin and Bumper just nodded his head, mouthing "Yes, ma'am."
"Good," Beca said. "Go ahead, Jesse. You were up."
"Thanks, Beca," Jesse said. "Okay, so I met Benji on my first day at Barden. He was my roommate. As soon as I walked into my dorm, I found out that Benji loved Star Wars and close up magic. I can't tell you the number of hours we spent watching all the Star Wars movies. Most people looked at him and just saw this awkward guy who liked Star Wars and magic. But, when you dug deeper you found he had this sweet endearing quality that you can't help but love and appreciate."
Benji holds his glass up to Jesse and gives him a slight nod in acknowledgement of his words.
"Then, when Bumper left the Trebles," Jesse said. "I knew there was no one better to take his place. And, Benji helped lead us to the ICCA Finals for the next three years."
"And they lost to the Bellas every time," Beca cut in and everyone laughed.
The Bellas all give out a cheer and say "Hell yeah!"
Jesse chuckled and continued. "Benji is now one of my very best friends and I am honored that he has asked me to be his best man. To Benji."
Jesse raised his glass to Benji and they clinked them together and drank. Everyone else followed suit and said "To Benji" as they drank their champagne."
"Beca, you're up," Jesse said and moved to the side.
"Okay," Beca said as she looked at the happy couple and smiled. She then turned to Jesse and gave him a slight frown before turning to the crowd. "Is it me or did Jesse's toast seem a bit misogynistic? I mean he didn't mention the bride-to-be at any point. So, I guess that's being totally left up to me."
"Oh, God," Jesse said and shakes his head.
"Hey, you," Beca said. "Hush. You had your turn now it's mine."
A few in the crowd chuckled at the ribbing Beca was giving Jesse, knowing it was all in fun.
"I'm going to get serious for a minute," Beca said. "What Jesse said about Benji is true. He is one of the sweetest people I have the pleasure of knowing. I couldn't ask for a better guy to take care of this lady right here. Although, I think most, no ALL of us are wondering how in the world sweet, mild mannered Benji managed to tame the hunter."
"I like it, I love it, I want some more of it," Stacie said and kissed Benji, causing him to blush.
"Somebody cut her off," Beca said waving her drink at Stacie. "She's starting to talk in song lyrics."
"Don't be cruel," Stacie said. "To a heart that's true."
Several started laughing. Especially the Bellas who knew of Stacie's and Beca's penchant for responding in song lyrics when they got really drunk."
"Okay, babe," Benji said. "Maybe we should we should get you some water and let Beca finish."
"I'm alright," Stacie said. "Nobody worry 'bout me."
"Okay," Beca said. "As much fun as this is, I'll finish up. To two of the best people I know. May your love grow stronger as you move onto the next chapter of your lives, together. To Benji and Stacie!"
Beca raises her glass as does the rest of the crowd. "To Benji and Stacie" is repeated and people take a drink of their champagne. Beca looked at Stacie as she just stared into her empty champagne glass.
"Something wrong there, Stace?," Beca asked.
"We got champagne problems," Stacie said. "Only one way to solve 'em. Raising our glass 'cause it's our last. With these champagne problems. Just keep on, keep on drinking. Keep on, keep on drinking. But I can't keep on drinking cause my glass is empty." She looks over to Beca. "Can we play Truth or Dare now?"
I put the words to songs in Italics that Stacie used as responses at the end. I don't own any of the songs (or parts thereof), the artists, or an Pitch Perfect characters.
Songs used:
I Like It, I Love It by Tim McGraw
Don't Be Cruel by Elvis Presley
I'm Alright by Kenny Loggins
Champagne Problems by Meghan Trainor