Hey Guys, its been a while. But here is the next chapter. I am sorry it's taken so long but please enjoy :)
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"Wha…" for once Aubrey was at a loss for words. The colour was visibly drained from the blonde's face. The pep talk she had with herself in the elevator after Beca comforted her was all in vain. It didn't mean anything. Because nothing prepared her for this, not even expecting that there was a chance she was now apparently a Mrs.
"This…no. How did this even happen? Why didn't you stop us Lily?" Beca said in disbelief.
Lily shrugged and whispered words. The only words that Beca managed to catch were 'drunk' and 'opportunity'.
Aubrey got up quietly, "I'm going to my room". Right now Aubrey didn't care about the how or why, all she needed was space to take what she had saw in. She of course needed to have answers but right now hearing that her family knew was more then she could handle right now.
Beca sat watching Aubrey walk to Chloe whisper something and disappear. She didn't blame Aubrey for wanting space after what Lily just told them. But where did that leave her? There were too many unanswered questions that stirred in Beca's mind making her unsettled. It didn't make sense how they went from having a screaming match to 'I do', no matter how much alcohol entered their body. Sure, Aubrey is a pretty girl but as far as Beca knew, Aubrey couldn't bear to even share a cab with the alt girl, how did she suddenly agree to do something that meant sharing the rest of their lives together?
"Hey Becs" Chloe snapped Beca out of her thoughts. "Aubrey told me she is feeling sick after eating that salad. You and Aubrey both had the same thing. Are you ok?" Chloe asked noticing Beca was in similar shape as Aubrey.
"Not really Chlo" Beca said leaning her head down on the table. Beca decided to just go with it, looking for a way to escape. "I'm just gonna lie down for a few minutes then come back down"
"I hope you feel better soon Becs" Chloe smiled before heading back to the pool and the group of Bellas.
"And you are coming with me, I have questions that need answering" Beca said grabbing Lily's hand.
Once Beca was safely inside out of the Bella's sight and of course hearing distance Beca started.
"Lily, please. I need you to tell me everything right now." Beca pleaded as she pressed the elevator button in the lobby. Beca wanted to get the story straight. It now made sense to her why her dad tried calling her so many times. But if she had any hopes of going to LA now, she needed to know the full story before figuring out what her next move was.
"Alright. But Aubrey should hear this too. Once she is okay meet me at my room." Lily said audibly enough to Beca.
Lily started walking away from the elevator, "Hey, aren't you going to your room to meet us?" Beca puzzled.
"From what I saw, Aubrey looks like she will need more than just a few minutes to be okay." With that Lily walked away. Beca couldn't really argue with Lily had said.
The elevator took her to her floor. Beca wasn't sure what state Aubrey would be in. But she knew if she could hurry the process along, everything would go a lot faster.
"Aubrey open up" Beca said pounding on the door. "Aub-" the door swung open to a frantic blonde running her around the room packing.
"And where are you going?" Beca asked curtly.
"That is none of your god damn business" Aubrey retorted.
"Apparently it is Mrs Posen" Beca glared at blonde, who now had stopped all her actions and turned her back to face the shorter woman.
"So now we're married Beca? Suddenly now when someone shoves a video in your face you can now believe that? Not when I've been saying that all along that we are?" Aubrey let loose.
"I can believe that because it's evidence. There is proof that we are married. Fuck, you saw the same video I did." Beca swung her hand.
"Proof? Sure I saw video proof. What proof I fail to see is the proof on the basis on why we got married. People who get married love each other. They want to spend a life together. Why? Why did we get married Beca? We both know how we feel and we both know it's not love or any sort of attraction to each other." Aubrey stated bluntly.
"I don't know Aubrey. Okay is that what you want to hear? I don't know. But we can still fix this. We just need to find out everything from Lily."
"How? How are we going to fix this exactly? Our parents already know. Lily said she signed as our witness so that's probably legitimate. How are we going to fix anything before we leave? We only have tomorrow left before we go back." Aubrey said aiming the top that was bunched up in her hand at Beca's face.
"So that's why you're packing. You're leaving. And suddenly I'm married to the person that ditches people." Beca said holding her hands up. "We can still fix this Aubrey. Even if we go back home and do it."
"So divorce then? My family aren't like yours. We don't just get married and then divorce like your parents did. We have standards." Aubrey offensively said. But as soon as the words came out, she regretted every word. It was a low blow to pick on her family and make Beca feel like she was worth nothing.
Beca stood silently. Hearing the words that came out of Aubrey's mouth hurt her. But they hurt even more because it was true. Her parents fell in a love and got married hastily. But as fast as they fell in love, they fell out of love. They only stuck together for as long as they did because of Beca. She took each word more harshly then she should because she vowed that she would not have a life like her parents. She knew they became different people at the end of marriage and Beca swore that she would only commit once she unconditionally loved her partner. A partner that would see her as whole and not someone who was compiled of broken pieces.
Aubrey saw the way Beca held her head down and shoved her hands in her pockets. Beca was closing herself up. Aubrey knew it was her fault.
"Beca…I'm sorry." Aubrey moved until she was right in front of Beca. "I shouldn't have said that. Any of that. I was taking my frustrations out on you. I'm sorry." Aubrey's eyes met the steel blue eyes of Beca Mitchell and she saw the hurt that lingered. Aubrey drew herself closer, and for the second time today, Beca and Aubrey hugged. As soon as Aubrey brought her into the hug, Beca's hands instinctively hugged back with her hands resting on Aubrey's mid back. Maybe Beca didn't cry, but it was her way of releasing her emotions. Aubrey knew that this was a very rare time that Beca showed her emotion or vulnerability as Beca put it people.
Beca drew back after a while. "Thanks Aubrey." Beca said and then quickly shifting her eyes to the window and shoved her hands in her pockets once again.
Aubrey knew she messed up. She knew Beca. All that time working on their set lists brought them closer. Although Aubrey wasn't attracted to Beca, they became really good friends. Even if Beca wanting to leave Barden caused a strain on their friendship, Aubrey without a doubt knew Beca Mitchell. She knew that Beca was rebuilding her walls higher because of her.
"Unpacking so soon?" Beca noticed as she saw Aubrey taking her clothes out of the bag.
"Well we do need to know the whole story before anything." Aubrey said quietly.
"Meet me in my room when you're…done I suppose." Beca left before Aubrey had the chance to respond. It's what she deserved after her fabulous choice of words. That's what they have been doing recently. Pushing each other's boundaries until one of them walks away.
After everything was unpacked and back in place, Aubrey took time gathering her head together. She didn't know how the story would unfold but she knew the end result and that's all that really mattered to her. She checked her phone log and saw her parents trying to call her a couple times last night. But there wasn't anything today.
After getting tired of overthinking and overanalysing the situation, Aubrey headed to Beca's room so they could meet Lily at hers.
When they arrived at Lily's room door, it was the way Lily ushered them in to sit down with bottles of water, headache pills and tissues all already set up that increased their nerves. All that Lily knew was what she saw, she didn't know how bad the pair would take what she witnessed. Hence, all her supplies.
"I'll start at the beginning. So here is what I know..."
*FLASHBACK*
Since the Bella's had rooms on the same floor they planned to meet at the floor's elevator before they were going to the club. The girls opted to do each other's make up in groups, with Chloe vying to finally be able to do Beca's makeup.
Lily entered the room with the goal of retrieving Chloe to convince Jessica to dress a bit bolder, however when she entered she entered a battle field. She saw Beca and Aubrey ready and dressed arguing full on. Chloe jumped at the opportunity to leave the room. Nobody really knew that Chloe had to deal with the result of their fights. She was often the one that played mediator, calmed the situation and spoke to each of them individually at times of war.
"Guys I'm gonna head to Jessica's room and….you guys aren't listening so bye." Chloe sighed dejectedly as she was ignored by her friends who carried on arguing. She didn't even know what the issue of the fight was. She knew that there was a problem but not what it was. All she knew was when there was an issue, they got triggered by the small things the other did.
Chloe left but Lily stayed trying to guess what the problem was this time around.
"You know what Aubrey I'm sorry I'm not as perfect as you. Sorry for dropping and breaking your mirror." Beca uttered.
"Carefully Beca you sound like might actually care to be sorry." Aubrey scoffed. Assuming they were alone, they were now moving away from the current small issue into the bigger one that engulfed them in every fight so far.
"What do you want from me Aubrey? Do you want me to hand you a leash so you can tie it around my neck to control my every movement? Or would you prefer I get an electric collar so you can electrocute me whenever my actions aren't to your liking." Beca yelled.
"I don't want anything from you Beca" Aubrey muttered harshly turning her back from the shorter woman.
"Really Aubrey?"
"Why don't you want to tell the Bellas? Or are they just the back-up plan if yours doesn't pan out?" Aubrey asked quietly.
"Why don't we discuss how you know Aubrey?"
"This isn't about me and you know it Beca." Aubrey said turning her back to face Beca once again.
Aubrey finally noticed Lily standing in corner and turned her attention to her.
"Lily." Aubrey cleared her throat. Beca swirled around noticing the quiet Bella. Realizing this was not the time they grabbed their stuff to exist the room.
"You guys ready?" Chloe said re-entering the room and surprisingly found both of them stopped fighting.
"Yeah Chlo lets head out" Aubrey motioned.
Once they were out of the room and walking, Beca noticed the Bellas weren't all there waiting. She sped her movements up to the pace Chloe was at.
"Where are the Bellas?" Beca questioned.
"They decided to save some time and go get a few cabs while I called you and Bree." Chloe replied bubbly, though Beca could tell her friend was a bit tipsy. They may or may not have started drinking while getting ready.
None of Bellas heard their fight because of how far away everyone's rooms were on the same floor. Luckily their rooms weren't next to each other's so the Bellas hearing something they shouldn't was a relief for Beca. It was only Lily that she had to worry about, but she trusted her. Lily didn't say much anyway.
Once they reached the lobby Beca's phone rang. Checking the caller ID, it was her dad that called.
Slowing down her movements, she answered the call.
"Hey dad." Beca greeted.
Unknown to Beca Lily lingered around Beca, far enough not be noticed but close enough to hear her co-captain's responses to the conversation. Lily had to admit, Aubrey and Beca's fights always assumed her. However after hearing what did in the room, this time their fight intrigued her.
"Wait, what do you mean you can't send me to LA?" Beca asked demandingly but kept up appearances being surrounded by people.
"You what, I really don't want to hear this as your reason right now." With that Beca hung up.
Chloe noticed Beca putting her phone away a few meters behind them.
"You ready Bec?" Chloe beamed as she called out.
"Damn straight. I'm ready to make tonight my bitch" Beca winked.
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