Title: Unexpected CH 2
Pairing: Aubrey/Beca/Chloe
Rating: T

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Chapter 2

Aubrey's family had kept quiet until they reached the car. "I can't believe we are having dinner with the Mancini family tonight." Randall looked at his children in the back. "Danielle, Kevin I want your friends to be on their best behavior tonight. Aubrey I want you to look up the restaurant and find out what kind of dress is appropriate. This isn't a business dinner so go light on that topic." The patriarch of the Posen family kept giving instructions on the dinner they were going to have and how happy he was to find out that Aubrey was friends with the youngest Mancini the rest of the way to the beach house they had rented for the summer.

Aubrey had looked up the restaurant and found out it was dressy casual and informed everyone shortly before her father received confirmation from Mariella that their reservation was indeed for 7:30 that night. Josh, Danielle's boyfriend, and Heather, Kevin's girlfriend, were equally as excited about the dinner plans. They too worked for Posen Enterprises and knew how big it could be for them all to make such powerful connections and possibly friends. Aubrey sighed, she was the only one in her family that was looking forward to the dinner simply to spend time with a friend and get to know her better.

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The Posen and Mancini families arrived at the restaurant almost at the same time, all except for Beca that is. She did not step out of the Mercedes with her grandparents. Randall Posen and one of the distinguished gentlemen with Mariella handed their keys to the valets to park their cars. They were all shown to a long table at the edge of the floor of an open aired section of the restaurant that looked out over the beach and ocean, it was quite beautiful.

Before being seated Mariella introduced her husbands to the group. "These are my husbands Gregorio and Nikolos." Both men were tall and well built with full heads of hair. Gregorio's hair was an equal blend of salt and pepper and he had dark blue eyes and his features showed off his Italian heritage. Nikolos's hair was dark on top and back, but steel gray at his temples and he had chocolate brown eyes that obviously smiled a lot. His wife called him her boisterous Greek. Handshakes and greetings were happily exchanged.

"Our granddaughter will be here shortly. She wasn't able to escape the office as soon as my lovely wife did and was still getting dressed when we left." Gregorio informed them.

"I'm surprised she didn't beat us here." Nikolos chuckled. "She loves that Porsche Boxster of hers."

Mariella swatted her husband's arm. "Nik our girl is a good driver with a perfect record and you know it. It is you who received the tickets while driving the thing. I think mia bella is about ready to ban you from driving it. She received it on her sixteenth birthday and you are the only one who has been ticketed in it so far."

"You bought her a Boxster for her sixteenth birthday?" Kevin asked in wonder. "I would have loved to have gotten one of those for my birthday even now." The fair haired young man chuckled with those around him.

"No, we didn't get it for her. Our Mirabella bought it herself. She has always been a very independent little thing." Pride was obvious in Gregorio's voice.

"She could afford to buy it herself at 16?" Josh could hardly believe it.

The Mancinis laughed. "Our little one has always wanted to make her own mark in the Mancini family and not simply work off of ours. She started working with her grandmother when she was 5 and became a fixture around the office. She would do errands, make copies, do all kinds of little tasks, and as she grew older and learned more, those tasks grew. She earned a wage for what she did. Our girl even used her musical talent to earn money. After saving most all of her money until she was 8, Rebeca invested in a project that had sounded interesting to her after sitting in on several of the meetings with her grandmother. Our little powerhouse kept working as before, but had also made a pretty good chunk of change on her investment and that was when we all learned she had a knack for picking out the most profitable projects to invest in. Whether it was one of ours or some we were looking at investing ourselves. The little tycoon made her first million all with her own money and hard work by the time she was 12 and has since amassed quite the fortune." Nikolos was also popping his buttons in pride for his little nipote. (Granddaughter)

"That is incredible and makes me think even more strongly about investing in the project she is heading." Randall smiled broadly. "You have every right to be proud of your remarkable granddaughter."

Aubrey could hardly believe what she had heard. The little alt-girl with her mad lib beats was not only a music genius, but a business one as well. How did she miss so much about the girl? Her attention was drawn across the room as the young woman in question was being shown to the table. Beca had on dark blue silky looking shorts that came to rest a few inches above her knees, a sleeveless blouse with a keyhole neckline that really showed off her amazing cleavage, as well as the tattoo on her shoulder and wrist. When the brunette turned to say something to someone who had stopped her in passing, Aubrey saw that the small woman also had words tattooed across the middle of her back displayed by the see through back of the blouse. Beca's make-up was darker than at the meeting that day, but not like her total alt-girl look from Barden. She was also sporting all of her ear monstrosities except for the ear spike and had on silver hoop earrings and a silver necklace that had a female symbol pendant hanging in the middle of the keyhole neckline of her blouse, there were silver and blue bracelets, and a watch on her wrists. To top it all off if she wasn't mistaken there was also a very tiny diamond stud in her left nostril that caught the light when Beca turned her head. Her hair was in thick wavy ringlets down her back and pulled loosely off of her face with a few loose strands at her ears. All-in-all she looked casually elegant with attitude and it was incredibly hot. The blonde took a drink of her ice water to cool herself off and to wet her suddenly parched mouth.

Josh, Kevin, and Aubrey all shifted in their seats seeing the sexy woman walking towards the table. Beca smiled as she arrived catching the attention of the others at the table. "Hello everyone, sorry I'm late. I didn't want to push the speed limit too much, for some reason the local 5-O have started keeping a look out for my car." She smirked at her grandfather Nikolos.

"I have no idea why they would be doing that nipote." The grin he gave was very reminiscent of the younger woman's.

"Sure you don't Nonno Nik." Beca kissed her grandfather's cheek before turning to her other grandparents. "You are looking beautiful as always Nonna and you are looking rather handsome yourself their Nonno G." She kissed them on the cheeks as well before straightening. "Actually, this whole table is looking pretty good." Beca smirked when she saw the looks she was getting from Aubrey's parents because of her little bit more alt style. She was who she was even when she was Mancini. "I don't believe we have met." The smaller woman offered her hand to an unknown man and woman. "Rebeca Mancini." She smiled as the woman blushed and the man checked out her tits.

"I'm Josh Sanders, Danielle's boyfriend." The dark haired young man offered as they shook.

"Nice to meet you Josh."

"Heather McGill." The sandy haired woman offered as they shook hands. "Kevin's girlfriend."

"Nice to meet you as well, Heather." Beca moved around the table to the empty place left for her between her Nonno G and Aubrey. Aubrey was looking at her in a way she hadn't seen the girl look at her before and Beca found she liked. The blonde was in fine looks as always. The yellow and white spaghetti strapped dress she had on looked amazing on her, showing off her sun kissed skin and silky hair. Beca sat down next to Aubrey. "You look beautiful Aubrey. You make that dress look great." She said low though she knew her Nonno G heard when she heard him chuckle. Beca couldn't help flirting with her tall friend, even when they had been at each other's throats she had still been crushing big time on the older girl.

"Well you look amazing tonight Beca. I love the hair by the way, sexy." Aubrey smiled back hardly able to believe how her heart was racing over the smaller woman. She tapped her own nose. "That's new isn't it? I don't remember seeing that one before." Indicating the tiny diamond chip that looked to be almost embedded in Beca's nostril.

"Yes that one's fairly new. I also got my belly button pierced over spring break. I thought about wearing a different outfit that would also show that off, but I think that might push your folks too far." The brunette winked.

Aubrey chuckled. "It might have, but I doubt they would have said anything about it. Your last name goes a long way with them." She grimaced at that whispered comment.

"Don't worry about it. I'm used to it. I know you are here because you are my friend and not because of my last name. I mean you have told me on more than one occasion that I am a pain in the ass and even called me a bitch a few times if I recall. Such flattery warms the heart." The youngest Mancini winked and she and Aubrey cracked up causing the others to all turn to them.

"Oh I am sorry, my bad. I simply got off talking about on some things from college." The smaller woman waved their actions off. "So Nonna is the chef bringing that wonderful sample platter he does for us so our new friends here can try all the appetizer menu has to offer." Beca turned to her friend. "I just know you will love their spicy ahi sushi rolls. They are incredible." She went on to describe them.

"They do sound delicious as does many of the things on their appetizer menu." Aubrey was really enjoying Beca's company and the woman had only just arrived.

"Yes mia bella. Actually if you all don't mind I arranged to have him do a whole sampler menu tonight so you may all try several of their wonderful dishes. The chef here is a friend of ours and very talented."

"That sounds wonderful." Gloria Posen was having a delightful time and was really pleased with how well her youngest was getting along with the rather attractive young Mancini woman. The mother knew her baby girl's preferences and was okay with it even if her husband had a much harder time accepting the fact. Although she thought that if it was the young Mancini woman that Aubrey was interested in Randall would be more accepting of the relationship even with the tattoos and piercings. They seemed to suit Rebeca.

Not long after the appetizers were delivered everyone dug in, trying a little of everything and when the main courses were brought out they all did the same. The conversation was lively and they were all enjoying themselves and the fine warm evening hearing with the waves in the background along with Hawaiian music playing distantly not too far away along the beach. When the group was almost through with the main courses the chef came out to see how they liked everything.

"It is wonderful Kapali. Mia nipote is catching up to you though. You need any kitchen help this summer?" Nikolos winked.

"Hey my summer is full enough, although I wouldn't mind a few more lessons." Beca gave the chef puppy dog eyes.

"You are a handful." Chef Kapali laughed. "If you have a few moments though I have a few new special things I would love your opinion on."

"Oh I am so there. Do you mind if I bring my friend? Aubrey has excellent taste in food."

"Come, come, you both can give me your opinion." Kapali's happiness was genuine and all at the table could see it.

"Great." Beca stood and helped Aubrey slide her chair back and stand. "You are going to love this Bree, a private visit into Kapali's domain is an adventure." She took the blonde's hand as the couple followed the chef to the kitchen.

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"They seem to be pretty good friends. I have heard Aubrey and her best friend Chloe both talk about the young woman that they voted to be the next captain of the Barden Bellas." Gloria smiled as she watched the two young women disappear. "They both said that she was incredibly musically talented and was also going to be the managing DJ at the campus radio station as well as Bellas Captain next year. That is pretty impressive. Even more so now that we know she also works so hard with the family business."

"Mia bella has always done well at multi-tasking. Now I think we should finish up with a sampler of the desert menu as well. I know I will have to do several extra laps in the pool the next few days, but go big or go home is what I believe I have heard Rebeca say many times." Mariella smiled at Gloria seeing a fellow dessert lover. The young people also looked eager to sample some sweet treats.

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An hour later Aubrey and Beca left the kitchen. "Chef Kapali is amazing, but I don't think I am going to be hungry again for another week." Aubrey patted her full stomach with a smile on her face. "I had no idea you could cook like that Beca. Actually, I am finding out there is a lot I don't know about you, but I would like to find out."

"I would like that and I'm enjoying getting to know you as well Bree. Do you want to go walk on the beach with me for a while? I think we might need it after all we have eaten anyway. I could take you home later so your family doesn't have to wait for us." Beca felt something forming and growing within for her beautiful friend. Something strong, powerful, life altering, and surprisingly it didn't scare her one bit. In fact it was becoming a craving.

"I would like that and I agree a walk might help ease this swollen tummy of mine." Aubrey felt her tummy fluttering in addition to how full it was. Her feelings and attraction to one Rebeca Mirabella Mancini, aka Beca Mitchell, was growing in leaps and bounds. They arrived back at the table to see the rest of their party sipping coffee as a waitress sat a few white carryout boxes on the table. It looked like they had all had fun with the dessert menu.

"Mom, Dad, I'm going to go walk on the beach with Beca for a while. We both ate way too much in Chef Kapoli's kitchen. There are food magicians behind those doors and Shorty here was one of them." Aubrey lightly bumped shoulders with her small friend. "She will take me home afterwards so you guys don't have to wait on us." The blonde turned to the three elders at the table. "It was a real pleasure getting to know you all this evening. Thank you for the entertaining night and delightful meal."

Mariella reached out taking the young woman's hand. "It was our pleasure, dear girl. Now you two go have a good time and don't worry about us, we also will be waddling towards our cars soon. That is the one drawback of coming here. I tend to eat entirely too much when I do. Goodnight dears." She squeezed Aubrey's hand briefly before releasing it. The elder woman had a feeling that something big was going on between her little girl and the beautiful blonde.

Gregorio and Nikolos both stood up hugging Beca and each kissing Aubrey's hand telling her what a pleasure it was to meet her, a sentiment the blonde returned.

Beca hugged her Nonna. "I won't be out too late I promise." She kissed her on the cheek as Beca had her Nonnos before moving back around the table next to Aubrey. "It was nice to get to know all of you tonight and I am sure I will be seeing more of you this summer."

"You girls have fun and be careful out there." Gloria smiled at the young women.

"It is no fair Aubrey gets to ride in Rebeca's sweet Boxster." Kevin grumbled good-naturedly, earning him agreement from Josh and an elbow in the side from Heather.

"Actually, I was thinking of letting Bree drive it to her house so she could see how well it handles." Beca began pulling the other woman towards the exit onto the beach.

"Hey, no fair!" Kevin whined behind them.

Aubrey and Beca both chuckled as they heard that while they slipped off their heels before stepping out into the warm sand.

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