A/N: Thanks for all the views and follows! Hopefully the rest of the story goes as smoothly as this chapter did. I was a little worried about it, but I think it came out alright.

Disclaimer: Still not owning anything Pitch Perfect

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The weeks turned into months and Beca and Aubrey still hadn't told the Bellas yet. They would go out on dates to various places in Atlanta and Aubrey would be sweet and affectionate, not really caring if people saw them holding hands or kissing chastely. But when they were around campus, where they might be seen by someone they know, Aubrey was cool towards Beca. She wasn't really cold to her, but she kept her distance, her responses were tenser, but she still gave Beca those sweet soft looks and sexy smiles that were reserved just for her (just not too obviously). Beca brought this up one evening while that sat cuddling after enjoying each other rather thoroughly, "So, don't get mad at me or anything, but I've got a question for you about us?" Aubrey lifted her head off of Beca's chest and looked up at her with a frown, "Well, that start doesn't make me feel all warm and fuzzy."

Beca smiles down at her and strokes her hair, "No baby, it's nothing like that. It's just that I'm confused. You have no problems being seen with me and being affectionate when we are away from campus, but you won't even let the Bellas know about us."

Aubrey holds up a finger to let Beca know she isn't ignoring her, but trying to think of how to phrase her response. Finally she leans up and kisses her girlfriend's lips, and yes, Aubrey thinks of Beca as her girlfriend and so much more. She doesn't know what she would do if she lost Beca. She hesitantly starts, "Well, the best way to put this is that the Bellas are like my family and everyone else isn't. I don't care what anyone else thinks about you, me or us. But I do care about what the Bellas think, and it scares me to think that they might judge us, or hate us, for being together."

Beca frowned down at her, "Baby, you know the Bellas would never be like that. Hell, Cynthia Rose is a lesbian and proud of it. They don't think any less of her."

Aubrey gave her a sad smile, "Deep down I know that, I really do. But I've lived with being judged by my real family for so long, it's hard for me to remember that the Bellas aren't like that. It's just what I've come to expect from the people that are close to me."

Beca's heart broke a little to know that the love of her life had to grow up like that, constantly worried about being a disappointment to her family. She held Aubrey tightly, kissing her neck, "Well I'm part of your family now. I love you Bree and I will never be disappointed in you." Beca closed her eyes and flinched a little. She had said those three words without thinking about it. She really did mean them but she didn't know if Aubrey was ready to hear them.

Aubrey turned around in her lap, lifting herself up slightly to look into Beca's eyes. Her eyes were glistening with held back tears and she had a hopeful look on her face, "You love me?"

Beca smiles and nods like a giddy schoolgirl, "You don't know how much." And then Aubrey's lips were crashing against hers. Aubrey only broke the kiss long enough to let Beca know, "Thank god, because I am so in love with you Beca Mitchell."

As they sat talking again later that night, they decided that they needed to tell the Bellas about them. Well, Aubrey decided that she was being silly and the girls would be happy for them. Beca figured she should give Aubrey a little more time to let this all sink in and set the date for the next Friday night. They would have a Bella sleep over at the apartment and they would tell them.

Little did they know, they almost didn't have to tell the Bellas.

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While none of the Bellas were stupid, Stacey easily made them all look that way. Not that she ever did, or even that they really knew how smart she was. She never told them that she was a pre-med chemistry major. She never let them know she was on full academic scholarship. Because that didn't matter to the Bellas and for once she fit into a group for being her, not because of her brains. But she noticed things. That's why she was so good at chemistry, she could see things and then put patterns together. And she had started to notice things about Aubrey and Beca.

There was that one touch, so long ago. Once could be an accident, maybe even twice. But those kinds of touches happened quite regularly now. That couldn't be an accident or coincidence. Then there was the time that she showed up to rehearsal a little early and found Aubrey and Beca sitting in the bleachers, backs ramrod straight and looking a little guilty. Beca had just cleared her throat and said they were talking about set ideas. And speaking of set ideas, what about Aubrey's sudden change in attitude about using Beca's ideas for the music? That just didn't make sense.

There were other small hints, like Beca would bring two coffees in before rehearsal. She would set one of them down on the piano and take the other one for herself. A few minutes later, Aubrey would pick up the coffee and start drinking it. Their fights weren't even the same. Sure they still fought, but just not as much as they used to. And every once and awhile one of them would say something and the other one would get a hurt look in their eyes and just turn away. The other one would get a panicked look in their eyes and look like they want to say something, or grab them, but then they stop themselves and just walk away with a sad look in their eyes.

The last piece of the puzzle for Stacey wasn't even a piece. It was the whole damn puzzle in one shot and it confirmed her suspicion. She was walking with Chloe to get coffee before the Bellas practice and she happened to look over at the practice building. She gasped when she saw her captain and the little brunette tucked around the corner of the building and Beca had just leaned up and given Aubrey a light kiss. She turned and grabbed Chloe's arm, hard. Chloe turned to look at her, "Damn Stacey, that hurts."

Stacey looked down at her hand and smiled sheepishly as she let go of Chloe, but then started hopping up and down, "Beca and Aubrey are dating aren't they." Chloe looked panicked, but then just shut her mouth and pantomimed taking a key and locking her lips. Stacey smiled, "They swore you to secrecy didn't they." Chloe just shrugged. Stacey though about it a moment, "Well they probably said you couldn't tell anyone about it, but did they say you couldn't let someone know if they guessed?" Chloe thought about that, then a big smile crossed her lips as she shook her head no. Stacey grinned like the Cheshire cat then, "So Chloe, Beca and Aubrey are dating, aren't they." Chloe looks like a redheaded bobblehead doll at that moment, her head was moving up and down that fast, not wanting to actually respond so she didn't have to lie when she said that she didn't say anything if asked. Stacey squealed, "I can't wait to let everyone know, this is so cool. They look so good together."

Chloe smirked as she remembered reacting the same way when she found out. Just like Beca had done to her, she reached out and took Stacey's hands, bringing them down to her waist and holding them there as she looked seriously at her, well at least as serious as Chloe can look, "Stacey, they don't want anyone to know just yet. Aubrey is still getting comfortable with this whole liking girls thing. I promise you they will let everyone know soon." At least she hoped they would, because this keeping things a secret was killing her.

Stacey let out an exasperated sigh, "Fine! But I hate not being able to share this awesome news with the girls. They are going to be so happy for them." Chloe just rubs her arm, giving her a sympathetic look, "I know Stace., now Aubrey just has to realize that." It was the longest seven days of Stacey's life.

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Aubrey and Beca had devised a way of telling everyone without actually just coming out and telling them in something like a formal announcement. They had decided to do it during their typical game of truth or dare. Now they just needed the Bellas natural curiosity to help them with the announcement. So, after a few drinks while watching Tangled for the tenth time this year, the girls find themselves sitting around a circle playing truth or dare. A few rounds go by and Beca finds herself the recipient of a dare. In typical Bella fashion, she finds herself running out to the street and back in just her bra and panties. After she gets back in and the girls back away from the window laughing, they all sit back down in their circle while Beca gets her clothes back on. As she sits down, Beca smirks at Aubrey as she asks, "Truth or dare?"

Aubrey looks right into Beca's eyes as she answers, "Truth."

Beca's smirk gets even bigger (if that's possible), "Are you in love with anyone, as in romantic love?"

Aubrey looks down shyly at her lap, whispering, "Yes."

At that, the entire circle erupts with the same questions, "With who? How long has this been going on? Why didn't you tell us?" Beca laughs quietly at the Bellas' enthusiasm. This was probably going to go better than she had expected. She waved her hands up and down with a "Shush. You all know the rules. You can't ask her things like that. Aubrey, it's your turn."

Aubrey looked around the circle, knowing she couldn't pick Chloe because she already knew and might not ask the question. There was something about the look Stacey was giving her that made her decision for her, "Stacey, truth or dare?" Stacey asked for a dare, of course. After Stacey did her body shot off of Chloe she sat back in her spot and stared hard at Aubrey, making her blush, "Aubrey, truth or dare?" "Truth." "Who are you in love with?"

Aubrey looked down into her lap again, her cheeks flushing. Then she took a deep breath and steadied herself. She looked up, right at Beca, "I am so deeply in love with Beca Mitchell that it scares me sometimes." She didn't hear the "Oh my god, really? That is so awesome," or the "You guys make such a cute couple," or even the "Way to go Beca." She was too focused on the brunette who was crawling across the floor to take her face gently in her hands as she leaned down to kiss her now 'Bellas official' girlfriend, "I love you even more than that Bree."

With all of the love and support coming from the Bellas that night, Aubrey wondered to herself why she was so worried about telling them about her and Beca. She knew that the girls would support her and Beca because that's what Bellas did, they supported their sisters. But it went even deeper than that, these girls were her family like no other group of Bellas had been. She knew they would love her no matter what, just like she would always love them. Unfortunately, she knew telling her actual family would not go so well. That was one thing she knew that she should be worried about.