Author's note: So I'm going to try and do this. I hope to be able to keep up with it. 12 Days of Chaubrey WILL be finished, I just lack motivation for it right now. And if you're reading this, to the guest asking if She'll Leave You With a Smile will be continued, yes it will be, but unfortunately it's a joint project with Smeg699, so sadly it won't be continued till his hiatus ends. We continue to have words, he knows how pissed I am at him. Go leave good reviews on his works, it might be the spark he needs. Slaying Intersected in particular I'd suggest, that's my passion project and I've always disliked how little love it's gotten. Anyway, if anyone is still reading this and cares, info can be found at staubreyweek dot tumblr dot com. I really dislike how you can't just put urls in but c'est la vie. I have zero idea what to do for the free space, I'm open to suggestion
Aubrey dreaded her 13th birthday, the day her soulmate's name and distance would appear. She wasn't ready for anyone to find out that she was gay. She didn't know how her parents would respond. She didn't want her parents to disown her. Her older sister Janet, the only person that knew she liked girls, assured her everything would be fine. It didn't make things easier.
When the day came, she was a bundle of nerves. The info showed up when precisely when you turned 13, which for her was 2:47 PM, right before the end of her last class of the day. She spent the whole period watching the clock, barely paying attention to what the teacher was saying. When the time finally came, she felt a tingle on her wrist. She looked down, and sure enough there it was. The name was Stacie, and she was apparently 250 miles away.
On the car ride home, Janet once again told her everything would be ok, that she wouldn't let anything happen to her. She'd be right there by her side. And when Aubrey showed their parents her wrist, she was there. It didn't matter though, her parents understood, soulmates are meant to be together. They didn't care if Aubrey's was a girl, so long as Aubrey strove to be her best.
By the time she got to college, Aubrey had triangulated that her soulmate most likely lived in New York. She wasn't sure when they'd end up meeting, when she settled into her dorm, the distance read 775 miles. Her roommate Chloe was anxious that she'd meet her soulmate Beca soon, because while she appeared to live in Seattle, she'd visit Atlanta every so often, specifically a few weeks every summer, and Thanksgiving. Aubrey had no indication that Stacie ever came south, she never appeared to get further south than Philadelphia. Aubrey made an educated guess that Stacie was younger than her, positing that if they were the same age, there was a high likelihood they'd be going to the same college.
In fact, it didn't take long for Chloe to meet Beca. The Friday before Labor Day, Chloe's distance dropped drastically, to the point of being within reasonable walking distance of campus. It was Chloe's overwhelming personality that convinced her to come along as she tracked the girl down. It was a little awkward when she turned out to be only 15, but as Chloe pointed out, in a few years, when Beca was attending Barden, the age difference would be a lot more reasonable. Seeing Chloe and Beca's meeting first hand drove home one thing, that there would in fact come a day when her distance would be 0.
It took till Aubrey and Chloe's junior year for Aubrey's distance to drop dramatically for the first time since Aubrey had been to New York in her senior year of high school. It was an innocuous day, but the distance kept shrinking. Aubrey was on the second floor of the library, working on a paper for Beca's father's class, when she noticed how close Stacie seemed to be. Guessing that Stacie might be downstairs, she rushed towards the stairs, keeping an eye on her wrist. As she came through the stairwell door, her wrist read 30 feet. She glanced around and spotted Irene, a Barden Ambassador she'd fooled around with a few times, leading a tour group that she guessed were perspective students. Any of the girls could be Stacie. She didn't know what to do. None of them appeared to be actively looking at anything, they were mostly taking in the atmosphere. Aubrey stood watching the group, trying to will herself to do something, anything. Just before Irene ushered them towards the exit, a tall brunette looked directly at Aubrey and winked at her. Aubrey was too flabbergasted to move.
Aubrey never did make an effort to approach Stacie that day and soon enough her distance was back at 775 miles. Before she knew it, the Bellas were headed for New York to perform in the ICCA finals. Chloe kept trying to convince Aubrey to try and track down Stacie while they were in New York, but Aubrey knew with all the pressure it wasn't the time. She hoped Stacie would find her. When they were backstage at Lincoln Center, getting ready to go on, Aubrey wasn't sure if she should be happy or sad that Stacie was clearly not in the audience, though when all was said and done, she ended up being glad she wasn't.
At the start of her senior year, it was obvious that this would in fact be the year she'd finally meet Stacie. Chloe of course was thrilled, she and Beca had kept in touch and would now be seriously pursuing a relationship, and of course she wanted the same for her best friend. Chloe tried to urge Aubrey to be proactive, but in the end, Aubrey decided to leave it to fate. She knew she and Stacie would meet soon enough. Besides, she was more determined to rebuild and redeem the Bellas. She and Chloe handed out as many flyers as they could at the Bella booth, but none of them to Stacie. She felt a twinge of happiness when a pair of soulmates named Jessica and Ashley reached zero at the booth. She was amused when Beca visited Chloe at the booth. The redhead called out to Beca as she neared the booth, which caused a boy nearby to perk up and make his way to the petite brunette.
"Nice to meet you Rebecca, I'm Jesse, your soulmate." he said to her. Beca, Chloe and Aubrey broke out laughing. "What's so funny?"
"One, I'm hella gay and my soulmate is standing right over there." Beca nodded to Chloe as she showed him her wrist. "Two, my name is Beca, not Rebecca. It's on my driver's license, my passport, everything."
"Oh, sorry." Jesse said sheepishly, looking away from Beca. His eyes fell on a blonde standing nearby holding up her wrist with 'Jesse' and the short distance on it. "Good luck."
"You too." Beca said, turning her attention to Chloe and Aubrey. "How's recruiting for the wonderful world of a capella going? Stacie come by?"
"No." Aubrey shook her head. "I'll meet her when I meet her."
"I'm still surprised, as...driven as Chloe always says you are, that you're leaving this up to fate." Beca chuckled, trying her best to be civil for Chloe's sake.
"I think it's kind of romantic." Chloe said, placing a kiss on Beca's cheek. "You're coming to auditions, right?"
"You aren't giving me much choice in the matter." Beca answered. "Of course I'll be there."
When auditions finally came, Aubrey was nervous. She had a certain feeling that it would be a significant day. She took the information sheets from Justin and made her way to sit next to Chloe in the front row. She leafed through them and smiled when she saw one that read 'Stacie Conrad'. She glanced at her wrist. She was near. After standing up to Bumper's taunting, she settled and waited. Soon enough, the tall brunette she'd seen in the library strode on stage and made eye contact with her. This was her. This was it. This was the beginning. This is one of the many days they'd tell their children about. Aubrey listened as Stacie gave her introduction and broke into song. She knew everything had fallen into place as it should have.