Beca woke up at the ungodly hour of 7am. She rolled her eyes at the bright light seeping into the room. She thought about waking up Emily, but knew the girl had early classes all day, not to mention a rigorous Bella practice ahead of her, so she placed a kiss on her forehead and got out of bed. She climbed into Stacie's bed and blew a raspberry in the taller girl's ear.
"Ahh, what the fuck Beca!" Stacie yelled silently. She hated it when Beca did that, well at least on the upper half of her body.
"Why the hell do you and Chloe not have dark curtains in here. You're on the west side of the house, that's where the sun rises Stace." Beca said
"Thanks for the astronomy lesson, now if you don't mind me asking, why is it that you really woke me up?" Stacie asked as she rubbed the sleep out of her eyes.
"Come have breakfast with me, and by that I mean you have no choice because I'll just hoist you over my shoulder, even with a bum wrist. So get dressed and make both of our lives easier." Beca squeezed Stacie's pressure point on her upper thigh and smirked as the older girl fought back a yelp. She turned and pointed to Emily before looking at Stacie again and putting a finger to her lips, tell the leggy brunette to be quiet.
She got up and went to her room where she found Aubrey and Chloe spooning on her bed. The dried tear stains on Aubrey's face broke her heart. She went over to Aubrey and kneeled in front of her, brushing a few stray hairs behind the blondes ear. The gentle action woke the green eyed beauty and she gave Beca a weak smile.
"Hey Bumblebee, how ya feeling today?" Beca asked. She only used Aubrey's nickname for her when there was no one around, but judging by Chloe's light snores, she had nothing to worry about.
"I'm okay I guess. Where are you going so early in the morning?" Aubrey asked. She spent majority of the night crying on Chloe's shoulder telling her about her fears of her father coming. She'd be lying if she said she didn't miss Beca's presence last night.
"I'm gonna grab breakfast with Stacie in a few minutes. What are you gonna do today?" Beca asked.
"I guess go back to your apartment and figure out what I'm gonna say when my dad gets here in two days.I'm so scared Beca, you don't know how angry he sounded over the phone." Aubrey began to sob again, tears running down her face slowly, seeping into the pillow beneath her.
"Hey, don't cry Bumblebee, everything's gonna be alright. I'm gonna be right by your side when your dad comes and we'll get through this together okay? I'm not gonna let him force you into doing something that you don't want to do." Beca wiped the tears away from Aubrey's cheeks and placed a soft kiss on her cheek.
"Hey Becs, almost ready to go?" Stacie called from the doorway. She had been standing their for awhile, but didn't dare to interrupt their moment. Beca rarely let her guard down, so seeing her being so attentive and sweet was definitely a rarity to say the least.
"Yeah just give me a sec Stace." Beca turned back to Aubrey and caressed her cheek. "I'll come by later on tonight okay?" Aubrey smiled and placed her hand over Beca's briefly before closing her eyes and falling back asleep.
Beca stood back up and changed quickly before walking out the door and meeting Stacie in the kitchen. "That was really sweet of you Beca" Stacie said as she grabbed her purse and opened the door for Beca.
"Eh, I have my moments. Now we really need to get going because I'm so hungry, even you're starting to look like a delicious meal." Beca said as she walked out of the door
"Well it wouldn't be the first time you enjoyed eating me, now would it Beca?" Stacie teased
Beca's eyes practically bulged out of her head as she got in her car and put seatbelt on. "I swear to god Stacie, you're gonna be the death of me someday." Beca chuckled as she started the car and drove down to their favorite diner on campus.
The two girls walked in and sat in their usual booth. Moments later, their favorite waitress Samantha came up to them and winked flirtatiously at Stacie. "So what can I get you guys this morning." she asked
"She'll take you with a side of syrup." Beca joked as Stacie kicked her under the table and smiled at the blushing waitress. "We'll both just have a hot chocolate please." Stacie said as the waitress scurried along to put their order in.
"Really Beca? Did you have to do that right when she was standing there. If I recall correctly, you use to get pretty jealous whenever she came around." Stacie teased
"Well in my defense, she use to always spill drinks on your shirt, knowing you were more than willing to take it off in the middle of breakfast. I think anyone who cares about someone would have been a bit jealous about that." Beca replied in her defense.
"You said cares, not cared." Samantha set their drinks down in front of them and left.
"Of course I still care about you Stacie, why else would I be having breakfast with you this early in the morning for no reason, other than I missed talking to you.? What you thought just because we broke up I stopped caring about you just like that?" Beca asked. Stacie looked down at her drink and nodded slightly. Beca reached over and took her ex-girlfriend's hand
"Stacie, I will always love you deeply, no matter the circumstances. You'll always be one of the great loves of my life and even though we're not together that doesn't mean I've stopped loving you. I just love you differently is all." Beca smiled at Stacie as the taller girl lifted her head and returned the warm smile.
"Thanks Beca, I really needed to hear that. So enough about me, what's going on between you and Emily? I see the way she looks at you, and you've been spending A LOT of time in your room with her…..with your door closed….and locked." Stacie took a sip of her hot chocolate and wiggled her eyebrows at Beca.
Beca sighed and ruffled her haired. "I don't know Stacie, it's different with Emily. Like I've never been one to get nervous, but I'm always worried that I'm gonna say or do the wrong thing and ruin whatever it is that we have." Beca had been keeping her feelings for Emily a secret, but she knew it was safe telling Stacie. That's why she cherished the girl so much.
"Wow that girl has turned you into such a ball of mush. So on a scale of 1 to me, how great is she in the sack?" Stacie teased
"So are you ready to order yet, or do you need a few more minutes? Samantha asked saving Beca from having to answer Stacie's question.
"I think we're good, can we both have an order of pancakes with bacon on the side, and a bowl of mixed fruit for Stacie please?" Beca ordered for the both of them. Samantha took their order and went to go put it in the window.
"Don't think that adorable act of ordering for me will get you out of the question Mitchell, I still want answers."
"Actually we haven't slept together. I don't want to move too fast, I mean she's obviously a very attractive girl and I would love nothing more than to tear her clothes off and listen to her scream my name, but I just want to do things right for once. You know take her out on a nice date, ask her out properly, and then when she's comfortable, we can take it to that next level." Beca had been trying to take it slow with Emily as best as she could. Yeah they had had some pretty intense makeout sessions, but she never let it get past that, she didn't even let her hands wander.
"Wait, are you telling me I'm the last person you had sex with? Jesus Beca that was weeks ago! How are you managing with the sudden lack of lady love? You and I use to have sex at least twice a day and now you've turned off your tap completely, man Emily must be one special lady." Stacie said.
"Yeah, she really is, and really Stacie? On a scale of 1 to me? Someone sounds pretty sure of themselves, even though I seem to recall you always being a whimpering mess whenever I got you under me." Beca said slyly. Beca may have not have been as open about her "lady-loving skills" as Stacie was, but she knew she was a master at working a woman's body.
"Be that as it may, you and I both know that I'm the best sex you've ever had. And don't you dare try to deny Mitchell." Stacie took their food from Samantha who had just arrived and let her hand linger on the waitresses. She quickly scurried away causing both Stacie and Beca to laugh at the girl's actions.
"You do realize, we can never come back in here right?" Beca said
"Guess that means you'll be making me breakfast from now on then?" Stacie shrugged as the two girls laughed and enjoyed their breakfast.
Back at the Bella house, Chloe had just woken up. She took in her surroundings and immediately knew she was in Beca and Emily's room. She sat up in the bed and heard a slight groan from the person next to her.
"G'morning Bree, did you sleep well?" Chloe asked cheerily.
"About as well as one could when there's a snoring redhead behind you." Aubrey joked
"Ugh, you've been hanging out with Beca way too much. I can just see the sarcasm taking over your body like the venom suit in Spider Man 3." Chloe retorted.
Aubrey finally rolled over, and faced her best friend. Chloe had a really bad case of bed hair and her makeup from the day before was disheveled to say the least, but she was still the same Chloe she'd met over ten years ago.
Just as she was about to say something, there was a knock on the door. And both Aubrey and Chloe looked at each other. "Come in." Chloe said.
"Oh, um hi guys, I was just wondering if you guys knew where Beca was? She wasn't there when I woke up and I can't seem to find her anywhere." Emily asked.
"Yeah her and Stacie went to go get breakfast a few hours ago, they should be back any minute now Emily." Aubrey answered back. She saw Chloe's head snap in her direction as she disclosed Beca's whereabouts.
"Thank you Aubrey, I'm sorry for waking you." Emily quickly closed the door and went downstairs to the kitchen where she found a note from Stacie confirming Aubrey's story.
"How did you know where Beca was?" Chloe asked.
"She came in here around 7ish and told me where she and Stacie were going. You were still asleep so she probably didn't want to wake you." Aubrey answered as she got out of bed and stretched her sore muscles.
"They left around 7? It's like 10:30 right now, why aren't they back yet?" Chloe asked. Seconds later she heard the front door slam shut and loud voices coming from downstairs.
"Well, let's hope the brunettes had the decency to at least bring us back breakfast." Aubrey walked out of the door and headed downstairs, Chloe not to far behind her.
Beca and Stacie were unpacking numerous bags of to-go containers when Aubrey and Chloe entered the kitchen. They looked up and smiled at the girl's approaching them.
"It's about time you guys woke up, Beca and I were about to fill up the ice buckets." Stacie said
"You guys wake up before us one time and now you guys think you're Queen of the house or something?" Chloe teased. Emily walked in the kitchen and gave Beca a side hug, smiling at her the sight of her captain.
"Well I am captain, and I did lead us to a national title in my first year, so...yeah that kinda makes me hotshit right now." Beca retorted back with her signature smirk. She watched the two girls roll her eyes before she turned to Emily and stole a quick kiss.
"Enjoy your breakfast guys, practice is in one hour sharp, we've got a lot to go over." Beca grabbed her coffee and walked up the stairs towards her room. She grabbed her shower caddy and went to take a much needed shower.
"I'm just going to take my breakfast upstairs. I'll..um..see you guys at practice." Emily took her container marked "For Em ❤" upstairs and ate in her room.
"She's a shy one isn't she?" Aubrey said while looking for her container that no doubt held her usual; an organic spinach and ham omelette with a side of turkey bacon. She immediately smiled when she found her order in place and silently thanked Beca to herself.
"Oh Emily's not shy, I'm sure she saves her talents for when they're needed, like for Beca." Stacie teased as she made her way upstairs to get ready for practice.
"Wait a second, Beca and Emily? When the hell did that happen, and why didn't anyone tell me?" Aubrey whispered to Chloe. The other girls were starting to make their way into the kitchen and dig around in the bags of food.
"It's pretty much been happening under our noses all year, guess we shouldn't have slept on Legacy huh? She's obviously doing something right." Chloe answered back as nonchalantly as possible. She had been ignoring the fact that Beca and Emily were pretty much a thing now because she was finally happy were she was in life, well that's what she kept telling herself.
"Okay girls practice is in approximately 45 minutes, we have a lot to go over before sectionals this weekend, so Beca and I need 100% commitment and laser focus from everyone. Got it?"
"Yes sir!" Amy replied back, earning a slight giggle from the group. Beca and Emily came walking down the stairs laughing about something and stopped when they saw everyone in the kitchen.
"Emily and I are gonna meet you guys at the auditorium, apparently her mother is in town and wants to watch a Bella's rehearsal so we're gonna go pick her up from her hotel. See you guys soon." Beca gave a small wave and opened the door for Emily. The two girls got in the car and started laughing again.
"You couldn't just tell them that you wanted to get me alone? You just had to involve my mom in this." Emily said between giggles
"Well it wouldn't be very "captain" like of me to say hey I'm gonna be a little late to practice because I want to sip on this tall drink of water really quickly. Sometimes you gotta bend the rules a bit to get what you want." Beca leaned over and kissed Emily before starting the car and driving to the Marriott.