Tell the World That We Finally Got It All Right

Titanium

Titanium by David Guetta ft. Sia.

It had been a week since Beca and Mia had made it back to Barden, and the DJ had only left the dorm to go to her classes and get food. She remembered spending most of her free time freshman year mixing and avoiding classes, but she figured it wouldn't hurt to make better grades this time around. Today, however, was a big step. Today was the day she started her job at the radio station. The first time, she had been nervous and excited about getting her start in the music industry; this time, she was more worried about the time/space mumbo jumbo that Mia kept spouting off.

"Hey, I'm Beca."

"Nice to meet you Becky, I'm Luke."

"No, Beca."

"Beca" he repeated and she nodded. "I see you've already gotten started on stacking CDs, nice to see somebody take initiative. Usually the new people just stand around."

"Well, I'm going to be doing it for the next year so I might as well get started."

"I like you Becky. You just might make me break my 'no freshman in the booth' rule." He turned as door opened and Jesse walked in.

"I'm Jesse!"

"You're late. Becky here will catch you up." He started into the booth before whipping his head around and pointing at them. "And no sex on the desk, I've been burned before."

She turned to Jesse and handed him a stack of CDs. "This is pretty much it, stacking CDs."

"So your name's Becky?"

"No, Beca, actually, he just says it wrong; I guess you can't change some things."

"Huh?"

"Nothing."

He studied her for a moment and then his eyes lit up. "Hey, I know you!"

"Yeah, the car, you were the kid singing."

"And you were the girl getting out of the taxi. Does your dad drive a taxi?"

"No, he's a teacher here actually, English Literature."

Jesse's laugh was contagious. "That sounds . . . really boring actually."

"It is, trust me."

They worked in silence for a while before Jesse spoke again.

"So what's your deal? Are you one of those girls who's all dark and mysterious and then she takes off her glasses and that amazingly scary ear spike and you realize that she was beautiful the whole time?"

"You realize it makes you sound like a total douche when you say stuff like that right? I mean to expect someone to change their appearance just to conform to your narrow minded standards of beauty; that's pretty shallow."

His mouth worked but no words came out. Beca raised her eyebrows questioningly before turning back to the CDs. They passed the rest of their shift in silence.

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Beca made her way to the showers, her heart racing. She hadn't seen Chloe since the incident at the activities fair, and she was nervous about seeing her tonight. or at least, she hoped her time travel hadn't affected Chloe's decision to stalk her shower. They had seen each other just about everyday for the past 7 years, and after a week she missed the other girl terribly.

You shout it out,
But I can't hear a word you say.

Beca made her way to one of the stalls and hung her robe outside, her alto voice echoing in the quiet of the bath hall.