2 Years Later - Stacie turns 18
Beca was staring at the picture of her and Stacie that was sitting on her desk when she felt a pair of arms wrap around her shoulders from behind.
"Hey," Chloe whispered.
"Hey," Beca said bending her head back for a kiss.
Chloe kissed her and said, "Are you okay?"
"Yeah," Beca said with a sigh. She turned and pulled Chloe into her lap. "It's just hard to believe that Stacie will be 18 in a few days."
"I know," Chloe said. "She's become quite the woman."
"That's what scares me," Beca said. "She'll technically be legal to do just about anything she wants. She won't need me anymore."
"Oh, baby," Chloe says pulling Beca into a hug. "She'll always need you. You're her anchor. You're the one true constant in her life. She adores you."
"I guess," Beca sighs.
"Come on," Chloe said. "We still need to get her a birthday gift."
"I am at a loss what to get her," Beca said. "She doesn't need a new car, or a computer, or clothes-"
"Girls always need new clothes," Chloe tells Beca interrupting,
Beca laughs. "Oh, sorry, I forgot who I was talking to, Miss Girliest Girl ever."
"That's why you love me," Chloe says with a smirk.
"Only one of the many reasons I do," Beca adds.
Chloe laughs and kisses Beca. One kiss leads to more and hands start wandering. Chloe grabs Beca's hand when she moves it under shirt.
"As much as I hate to stop this," Chloe says, "I promised I'd help Stacie with dinner."
She gives Beca one more kiss and gets off her lap.
Stacie woke up early on her birthday. Beca and Chloe were throwing her a pool party to celebrate. She hurried downstairs and into the kitchen. Beca and Chloe were in the middle of a makeout session when she walked in.
"Do you guys every stop?," she asks walking around them to get to the coffee.
"You've seen her," Beca said waving her hand up and down in front of Chloe. "Can you really blame me?"
Chloe laughs and gives her smack on the arm. She moves away from Beca and sits at the counter.
"Are you ready for our mani/pedi/spa date?," Chloe asks Stacie.
"Hell, yeah," Stacie says. "I've been looking forward to it since you asked me about it."
"Let's get ready," Chloe said. "Our appointments are for 9:15."
"Don't worry about me," Beca said with a sigh. "I'll just be here, waiting for the caterers and slaving away at getting everything ready for YOUR birthday party."
"Aww, babe," Chloe said putting her arms around Beca. "We invited you but don't like anyone touching your feet. And we're getting massages and you don't like anyone touching your body."
"I like when you touch my body," Beca whispers.
"Oh, God," Stacie says. "Please stop or we're never going to get out of here."
Chloe laughed and kissed Beca on the cheek. "Gotta go, babe."
Stacie and Chloe got ready and left. Beca decided to finish up some paperwork in the living room so she could hear if anyone came to the door. She had been working for about an hour when there was a knock. Thinking the caterer was early, she got up to answer.
"Aubrey!," Beca exclaimed hugging her. "I thought you couldn't make it?"
"Chloe and I wanted my being here to be a surprise for Stacie," Aubrey said pulling back.
"Come in," Beca said. "Stacie is going to flip when she sees you."
Aubrey drags her suitcase into the foyer and turns to Beca.
"I know you weren't expecting me," Aubrey said. "But, Chloe said I could stay here for the weekend."
"Of course," Beca said. "I wouldn't expect you to stay in a hotel. Let me take your bag to your room. Chloe's folks should be here soon. They're driving up from Tampa and are staying with us, too. They couldn't get away any sooner so they were planning to leave super early this mornig. I'm going to put you in the smaller room next to Stacie."
"Thanks," Aubrey said. "Do you have any coffee?"
"There should still be some," Beca said. "Help yourself."
Beca went upstairs. There was a knock on the door and Aubrey answered it since Beca hadn't come back down yet.
"Aubrey!," Mrs. Beale squeals when she saw the blonde.
"Mrs. B!," Aubrey says getting pulled into a hug.
"I didn't know you were going to be here," Mrs. Beale says.
"Chloe and I wanted to surprise Stacie," Aubrey says. "Come in, come in."
Mrs. Beale came in followed by Mr. Beale. He hands Aubrey a gift bag and says, "This is for Stacie."
"Mr. B," Aubrey says. "Why don't you take your bags upstairs. Beca's up there somewhere. I'll figure out where to put this," she says holding up the gift bag.
Two hours later Chloe and Stacie return to find Mr. and Mrs. Beale in the kitchen drinking lemonade.
"Mr. and Mrs. B," Stacie says hugging the couple. "I'm so glad you could make it."
"We wouldn't miss your 18th birthday!," Mrs. Beale tells her. "Hey, Chloe."
"Hey, mom. Hey, dad," Chloe says giving both her parents a hug. "Where's Beca?"
"She's out back with the caterers, 'supervising'," Mr. Beale says using air quotes.
"Oh, lord," Chloe says. "I'd better go make sure everything's okay."
Chloe goes out back and sees that Beca has everything under control. She walks up behind her and puts her arms around her waist.
"Hey, babe," Chloe says.
"Hey," Beca says. "Is the set up okay?"
"Looks great," Chloe says. "Is Aubrey here yet?"
"She is," Beca says. "Thanks by the way for letting me know she was coming."
"I'm sorry, Becs," Chloe said. "We wanted it to be a surprise and I knew you would spill the beans."
"Okay," Beca said. "I'll give you that. I know how much Stacie admires Aubrey and I would have probably told her."
"Admires?," Chloe asks. "Yeah, we'll go with that."
"What's that supposed to mean?," Beca asks facing Chloe.
"Nothing," Chloe said quickly.
Beca narrowed her eyes and glared at Chloe. Chloe knew something and she was going to find out what it was.
Chloe gives Beca a quick kiss and heads back inside. Stacie is still in the kitchen with the elder Beales.
"Hey, Stace," Chloe said. "I have a surprise for you so you stay right here while I go get it."
"Oh, I love surprises," Stacie says clapping her hands.
Chloe leaves and comes back. She called out to Stacie to close her eyes before she and Aubrey entered the kitchen. Once they were standing a few feet away from Stacie, Chloe told her she could open her eyes.
Stacie squealed when she saw Aubrey. She rushed over to give the blonde a hug.
"I thought you couldn't get away," Stacie said.
"It was a lie so we could surprise you," Aubrey said.
Stacie pulled back and said, "I'm so glad you're here."
The two girls continued to look at each other. They jumped apart when they heard the back door slam and Beca loudly mumbling something about help these days. Four pair of eyes watched as Beca started opening and closing drawers, obviously not finding what she was looking for.
"Babe," Chloe said walking over to her girlfriend. "What are you looking for?"
"That grill lighter thing," Beca said slamming another drawer closed.
Chloe walked over, opened a drawer, and pulled out what Beca wanted. She handed it to Beca, who took it with a soft thanks and went back outside.
"I'm going to go shower and get ready for the party," Stacie said and left the kitchen.
"I think I'll go see if I can help outside," Aubrey said and also left the kitchen.
Mrs. Beale looked at Chloe and asked, "Is there something we should know about those two?"
Chloe sighed and smiled. "I can't really say. They both care about Beca and don't want to upset her."
"So there is something going on.," Mr. Beale says.
"Stacie likes Aubrey and Aubrey likes Stacie," Chloe said. "The problem is that neither one will do anything because they're afraid of how Beca might react."
"You don't think Beca would approve?," Mrs. Beale asked.
"I really don't know," Chloe told them. "She's having a really hard time with Stacie turning 18. She feels like Stacie isn't going to need her anymore. If those two get together, she'll feel like she's being replaced."
The party is in full swing and everyone is having a great time. Beca looks around and smiles. She sees Stacie and Aubrey talking with Chloe and walks over to them.
Stacie grabs Beca in a hug. "Thanks so much for this, Becs," Stacie says. "This is the best party ever."
"I'm glad you're having fun," Beca says. "Mind if I steal Chloe for a minute?"
"Sure," Stacie said.
Beca takes Chloe's hand and leads her into the house.
"I thought we should bring out the cake," Beca said.
"Okay," Chloe says. "I'll put the candles on."
Beca gets the cake and Chloe puts the candles on. "We'll light them when we're outside so they don't blow out," Chloe says.
Beca gets the cake and Chloe leads her back outside. As Beca is setting the cake down, Chloe calls everyone over. The crowd sings the Happy Birthday song and Stacie blows out the candles. Cake and ice cream are consumed and Beca says it's time for presents.
Stacie sits in the "birthday girl" chair that Chloe has decorated with pink streamers and balloons. Beca just rolls her eyes at all the pink.
Stacie opens her gifts and thanks each person as she goes. Mrs. Beale hands her the gift bag from her and the rest of the Beales.
"Clay and Cal are sorry they couldn't make it," Mrs. Beale tells her. "They send their best wishes to you."
Stacie thanks her and opens her present. Inside is a framed picture of her and Beca with Chloe and the rest of the Beales. It was taken at their first Christmas with them.
"Oh, my God," Stacie squeals. "I love it. Thank you so much!" She hugs both the Beales. She loves how they welcomed her and Beca into the family so easily.
"I'm glad you like it," Mrs. Beale said. "It was hard trying to find something for a girl who has everything."
Beca takes the picture and hands Stacie an envelope. Stacie opens it and squeals. She grabs Beca and hugs her.
"This is the best gift ever," Stacie said.
"What is it?," is asked by several party goers.
"It's a shopping trip to New York for me and Chloe!," Stacie squeals.
"We are going to have so much fun," Chloe says.
"It's like Mrs. B said," Beca told her. "It's hard to find a gift for someone who has everything already. This was Chloe's idea."
"Well, thank you both," Stacie said.
The party starts winding down and most of the guests have gone home. Aubrey helps Stacie take her gifts into the house. Chloe and Beca are cleaning up while the Bellas and the Beales are sitting around chatting.
Beca grabs a couple of bowls and heads into the house. Suddenly, there's a loud crash and everyone rushes into the house. Beca is standing there, the bowls she had been carrying shattered on the ground, mouth opened in shock.
Chloe looks over and sees Stacie and Aubrey looking embarrassed and guilty. She grabs Beca's arm and asks her what happened.
"They, I, close," Beca stammers. "They were kissing!"
A collective "Oooo," is heard. Chloe sighs and turns Beca to face her.
"Babe," Chloe said. "It's not a big deal."
"Not a big deal?," Beca practically screams. "It's a huge deal."
"Beca," Stacie says walking over to her sister. "It's not what you think. I've had a crush on Aubrey since Freshman year. I didn't think I had a chance but when Chloe and I went to Boston over Spring Break, I found out she liked me too."
"You!," Beca growled lunging toward Aubrey. Chloe and Stacie held her back.
"Beca!," Chloe said. "Nothing happened. Yes, Aubrey had feelings for Stacie but she never did anything about them out of respect for you."
"I swear to you, Beca," Aubrey said. "That was our first kiss."
"Beca," Stacie says looking her in the eye. "I came out to you and Chloe last year because of the feelings I was having for Aubrey. I am in love with her, Beca. And I am so happy that she feels the same for me. Can't you be happy for us, for me?"
"You really love her?," Beca asks Stacie.
"I really do," Stacie replies.
"And you really love Stacie?," Beca asks Aubrey.
"I really do," Aubrey says.
"I guess you'd probably call me a hypocrite if I said Aubrey was too old for you," she told Stacie.
"Definitely would seeing as how you're 5 years older than Chloe," Stacie said with a smile.
"Beca," Chloe said. "Aubrey has been my best friend for years. Stacie is like a sister to me. I wouldn't approve of them being in a relationship if I didn't think it would work. Trust that they know what they are doing."
Beca sighs and runs her hand through her hair. "Don't expect me to go on any double dates," she tells them.
Stacie squeals and grabs Beca in tight hug. "Thank you, thank you, thank you!"
Aubrey and Chloe both let out a breath they didn't know they had been holding. Aubrey walks over to Beca and Stacie.
"I promise you, Beca," Aubrey said. "I will never do anything to intentionally hurt Stacie. I'm as surprised as you are about all of this."
"Just be good to her," Beca said. "I'll be watching you."
"Yes, ma'am," Aubrey says.
The Bellas all started congratulating the new couple. Mr. and Mrs. Beale were all smiles. They were happy for them as well. They loved both the girls like they were their own.
Chloe pulls Beca into a hug. "I'm so proud of you," she whispers. "You actually took this better than I thought you would."
"I know, right?," Beca says with a laugh. She pulls back from the hug and says, "I think deep down I knew Stacie liked Aubrey although she never said anything. Her face would light up whenever Aubrey's name was mentioned. She would get the same look on her face that I get whenever I hear your name."
"You know you just lost like a ton of badass points saying that?," Chloe says with a grin.
"Yeah, I know," Beca says kissing Chloe.
Beca looks over at Stacie just as Aubrey is leaning in to kiss her. Aubrey stops and looks at Beca. Beca smiles and nods her head as if to say, "go ahead."
Aubrey and Stacie both smile and kiss.
To all you Staubrey shippers: You're welcome! Next chapter - Stacie's Graduation!