Title: Be Mine
Pairing: Amy/Aubrey
Rating: K+
Disclaimer: I own nothing.
A/N: This is the crappy sequel to "I Need You"
It was five in the morning when Aubrey burst through every single Bella's room to drag them into practice. When they all gathered around in the quad, most of them were half asleep. Cynthia Rose was snuggling into Stacie's arms while Beca was dozing off on Chloe's shoulder. Lilly was glaring daggers at Aubrey and some of the Bella's didn't even bother to change. (For a second, Aubrey thought she saw a knife coming from behind Lilly.)
"Wake up aca-bitches!" Aubrey yelled in a harsh tone, it was obvious that the tall blonde was pissed, frustrated and even pained. Cynthia Rose grumpily detangled herself from Stacie but remained close to the tall dancer. Chloe was trying to coerce Beca into waking up in fear that her girlfriend would face the wrath of her best friend.
"Wait, where's Fat Amy?" Stacie asked while looking around.
It seemed like a switch was flipped on, "She's busy." Aubrey instantly said with venom.
"Wait; hold up," Beca started, "You got us up at the crack of the dawn because you had a fight with your girlfriend?" She asked disbelievingly.
"I did not have a fight with her." Aubrey snapped harshly, indicating the end of the conversation.
Practice began with the Bella's running twenty laps around the school, followed by thirty minutes of practicing scales. (Those who whined were treated to a wonderful dose of Aubrey-Glare)
While the Bella's were doing their scales, Chloe approached Aubrey as she was sitting near the piano, completely unaware of her environment.
"Bree, you can talk to me you know?" Chloe said easily as she took a seat beside her friend.
Aubrey turned her head to face Chloe, a few seconds later, tears started to fall from her eyes.
Chloe collected Aubrey into her arms and whispers soothing words.
"I—I think Amy is cheating on me."
What the two best friends didn't realize was that the Bella's had stopped their practice when they saw their strong-headed captain rendered into tears and they were all listening into the conversation.
"She did what!?" All the Bella's including Chloe said in synched.
Aubrey whipped her head upwards so fast that she might have whiplash but she saw all her Bella's crowding around the piano, all casting her worried stares.
She wiped off her tears and decided that practice was a fluke.
"I just… It's just for the past weeks, she have been 'busy'. And, and she wouldn't even let me touch her anymore." Aubrey started gloomily, "I mean, we still hold hands sometimes but when I try to kiss her, she would… I don't know, evade me? And when I ask her where she was most of the time, she wouldn't tell me." At this point, Aubrey was full-on crying, her sentences were chopped in between by hiccups or another burst of tears.
Nobody knew what to say to comfort their leader, they simply gathered around for a group hug.
About fifteen minutes later, the whole gang knew the whole story from Aubrey. Honestly, they found Amy's disappearance and attitude quite bizarre.
They all knew that the big girl had a huge toner for Aubrey since like, day one.
Nothing more could be said and Aubrey dismissed the practice and returned to her dorms with Chloe.
—
A few days later, Aubrey decided to confront her lover about the situation. They were sitting in the cafeteria, enjoying their time together during their daily lunch.
"Amy, what are you doing today?" Aubrey decided that she shouldn't immediately accuse Amy of cheating, but instead try to understand her lover's constant business.
"I've got a study session; it'll probably last all afternoon." There came the distant yet sufficient answer, but it was definitely not enough for Aubrey.
"Can I come?" Aubrey asked nonchalantly but she was actually very nervous, 'She's probably going to say no, but why… If it's just a study session' she thought bitterly.
"Ye… Sorry, it's for my class only."
Aubrey knew that it was impossible for her to know what was really happening in the nice way, so she tried to come up with a plan to find out on her own.
After lunch, she rushed back to her dorms to find Chloe.
"You have to help me, Chlo. I can't do this anymore."
Chloe sighed, knowing that whatever that's going to come out of Aubrey's mind will be a bad idea but still she told Aubrey to tell her the plan.
"We're going to follow Amy and see what she's really doing."
—
Chloe and Aubrey was now hiding behind a shelf, they found Amy sitting in the library alone.
"Aubrey… Maybe this isn't such a good idea… You should just talk to her." Chloe whispered to her friend.
"Shh. Look! Someone is coming." Aubrey nudged Chloe to turn her head back to their target.
A tall brunette walks towards Amy's desk and the blonde greeted her warmly as they hugged before they sat down again.
"That skank! How dare she touch my Amy!" Aubrey whispered in an angry tone. Chloe sighed as they continue to spy on her friend's girlfriend.
For another ten minutes, Amy and the mysterious brunette continued to study. There were times where the brunette ogled (in Aubrey's opinion) Amy and the blonde simply gave her a smile (which caused Aubrey's hold on Chloe's wrist to tighten painfully)
It wasn't until twenty minutes later that the duo finally got up and put their stuff back into their own bags. Amy led the brunette out of the library, closely followed by the spy duos.
Chloe tried to convince Aubrey that they were simply returning to the dorms but when Amy and the brunette walks out of the campus, Chloe knew none of her excuse for Amy would work.
Chloe took Aubrey back to their room and let the blonde cry to her heart's content.
—
Finally, the weekends rolled in and Aubrey received a text from Amy Saturday morning.
"Aubrey, want to come over? I think we need to talk. –Amy xo"
It was short but it also confirmed all of Aubrey's fear: Amy was going to break up with her to be with that skank.
Aubrey decided that she would break it off with Amy instead of the other way around; she couldn't and wouldn't let Amy break her heart any more than it was already broken.
"Sure. I have something to tell you as well, see you in an hour? –Aubrey"
She got a simply 'See you soon' from Amy a few minutes later and she felt her heart ripped out of her chest.
—
An hour later, Aubrey was about to get out of her dorm room to finally face her destiny when she heard knocking on her door.
She opened the door and found Amy standing in front of her.
'Do you really want to break up with me so badly…?' She thought bitterly as she tried to reign in the tears, there was no way in hell she'd let this girl see her cry again.
"Amy! I was about to come over," She said coolly, not wanting to leak any of her emotions out.
"Ye, my roommate came back so I figured I'd come over here instead." She said almost shyly.
"Aubrey, I" "Amy, I"
They both started, Amy chuckled softly. 'It still sound like the most wonderful melody I've ever heard'Aubrey thought sadly.
"You go first." Amy said with a grin. 'How can you be so happy…?'
"Okay, um…" Aubrey rubbed her hands together, 'It's you or her, don't let her break you!' "I think this thing between us isn't going to work." She said quickly and monotonously, she couldn't bear to see Amy's relief so she looked away from the hazel eyes.
"I think you should go." Aubrey said as she turned around and tried to close the door.
"…Wait." Aubrey heard Amy said behind her, she stopped in her track as she heard the abnormal nasal tone.
Aubrey wanted to turn around but she didn't want to see Amy crying or smiling in relief, it would break her and she wasn't about to let Amy do that to her.
"This is for you." Amy shoved two things into Aubrey's hands and turned on her heels and set off running.
Aubrey was gobsmacked by the sudden weight placed onto her hands, she lowered her gaze and found a nicely wrapped red box and… A bouquet of primrose? 'How did she know they were my… Oh no.'
She quickly ripped open the pink wrapping papers, only to reveal a jewelry box from Tiffany & Co. Her hand shot to cover her mouth as tears rolled down her face, 'Oh no, no. No. No.'
Aubrey shifted her eyes to the still opened door, and immediately she ran after the blonde.
'I got this all wrong; she wasn't going to break up with me. What have I done!?'
Aubrey glanced around frantically as she ran in the general direction that she saw Amy rushed out into.
The run felt like eternity and after running around the campus for ten minutes, she finally found the girl she was looking for; Amy was sitting under their tree, the same tree that Amy had taken them to their first picnic date. The blonde had her head buried between her knees; Aubrey hastily made her way towards the girl.
"Amy…" She called out to the girl; her voice was raspy from the harsh running she had just experienced.
The Australian didn't look up to the sound, nor did she make any movement indicating that she wanted Aubrey here.
"Amy, I am so sorry." Aubrey kneed down in front of Amy, her hands still clutching onto the gifts that Amy had shoved into her hands only moments ago.
"I am so stupid, I promised myself I wouldn't hurt you again and I…" Aubrey tried to reach for the blonde but her hand froze in the midway. 'Why did I question her loyalty to me…? She probably doesn't even want to see me right now… I fucked everything up again.'
Tears were falling from Aubrey's darkened blue eyes as she started to sob, "I—I didn't—I thought you were—I'm so sorry Amy. I didn't mean it. I just wanted—I didn't want you to break up with me." She said as she cried like an overgrown baby.
Aubrey brought her hands up to wipe her tears but it didn't seem like it was stopping any time soon; she didn't want Amy to leave her but it ended up that she was the one who pushed her lover away.
Aubrey continued to sob and tried to explain to Amy why she had said what she said, she wanted to tell Amy that she loves her and she just didn't want Amy to break up with her so she did it instead. She wanted to say everything but at the same time, nothing was right.
It was then that she felt the same familiar warmth on her face; Aubrey opened her eyes and found a pair of blood-shot hazel eyes staring back at her.
Amy wiped away some of the tears with the center of her thumb, and slowly she pulled Aubrey into her embrace.
'I don't deserve you.' Aubrey thought sadly.
"No, maybe you don't. But I love you," Aubrey didn't know she had said her thoughts out loud but Amy replied softly. Amy's accent had thickened from all the crying and Aubrey couldn't help but to love it.
"I'm sorry, Amy…"
"What makes you… Why did you want to break up with me?" Amy's voice cracked slightly.
"I thought— I thought you were cheating on me with that brunette…" She said while bowing her head in shame, "I thought you were going to break up with me."
It was then that she felt Amy pushing her away from her arms, Aubrey closed her eyes, feeling another wave of tears pooling up. 'This is it; I'm the one that drove her away. Now she's going to leave me for real.'
"What brunette?" She heard Amy questioned.
"I saw you with a brunette in the library the other day, and then… you guys left the campus together." She said with her eyes still shut firmly.
Aubrey heard the girl chuckled, "You mean Ashley? She's my cousin from Tasmania."
Right about now, Aubrey wanted to hide in a hole and just never resurface.
"I asked her to help me with you." Amy said her tone dropping to a sadder octave.
"What do you mean?" Aubrey opened her eyes quickly.
"It's just… I never asked you to be my girlfriend and I know you like the grand gestures and shit, so I asked her what I should do… I mean I don't have a single romantic bone in me."
The tears that Aubrey had tried to reign in had broken the dam and she was now on another crying fit.
It was all for her, she was going to make them official; Aubrey had never felt stupider in her entire life. She had once again succeeded to push the love of her life away because of her stupidity.
"I—"
"I was going to give you those flowers and that necklace and then I'd take us out to that fancy restaurant you love so much. Then we would come back here and I'd ask you to be my girlfriend, right here actually."
Aubrey couldn't believe her ears right now, it was the most perfect thing anyone had ever said they'd do for her. She wanted to kill herself right now, why did she even doubt Amy for a minute. She had been nothing but perfect from the beginning.
"I'm so sorry…" She sobbed out, reaching out to take Amy's hand in hers.
They have always been opposites, while Amy is patient, Aubrey was rash. When Aubrey gets frustrated easily, Amy would always take her into her arms and just tell her to take a breath. Amy had always been the perfect lover; she took care of her and never once asked for anything in return.
"I love you, and I'm really, really sorry… Please don't leave me" She begged the girl in front of her, she had never begged in her life but right now, she would do anything to keep Amy in her life.
"Please don't go…"
Aubrey couldn't say anything more as she felt Amy's lips on hers; she wrapped her arms around Amy's neck and pulled her in. She didn't want to let go, she didn't want this kiss to be their last.
It was only when they both ran out of air that they parted, Aubrey didn't remove her arms from Amy and she didn't want to.
"Aubrey Posen, will you be my girlfriend?" Amy asked quietly.
To say Aubrey was shocked would be an understatement, after all the bad things that she had put this wonderful girl through and she still wanted her to be her girlfriend.
"Why do you… After all the things I put you through…"
"Because I love you and that means I love you for all your perks and flaws. I know you panic when things get rough, that you cannot take pressure and you become a stubborn bitch when things don't go your way," Aubrey laughed through her cries, and Amy continued "But I also know that you have the biggest heart, you love the people you care for and you will do anything for them."
Amy pulls the sobbing blonde into her again all the while keeping their eyes connected.
"I'm so sorry…"
"And I forgive you, but I won't if you don't give me an answer soon." Amy smiled warmly at her.
"Yes, yes a million yes." She said as she pushes Amy onto the ground and covering her face with kisses.
"I love you Aubrey, don't ever leave me." A smile was placated onto Aubrey's face as she heard these words.
"Never, and don't you dare leave me. You're stuck with me even if you think I'm a stuck-up bitch."
Aubrey had never felt so elated and happy, as Amy leaned in to kiss her, she smiled into the kiss.
They have a lot of things to work through, but for now they are perfect.
