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Staubrey - "No, no, no, no, no, we aren't ready… We aren't ready for kids yet!"

One Shot 13

Beca groans as her head is pounding and the loud knocking on the door isn't helping with the hangover. The brunette rolls off the couch and goes to open the front door. She furrows her brow when she sees the person on the other side. "Stacie what are you doing here?" The other brunette is just as confused as to why the other is there. "I-I'm looking for Chloe?" Beca rubs her forehead with a sigh. "Dude it's like 2 AM." Beca looks up and finally notices the tearstained face before her. "Oh shit Stace what happened?" Beca pulls the tall brunette inside.

"Bec who's at the do- Stacie?" Chloe rushes down and pulls the now crying friend into a tight hug. "Why don't we go into the kitchen, I'll make us some tea." Beca says with a soothing voice. "That's a great idea Beca, why don't you go ahead?" Beca catches on quickly and makes her way into the kitchen and first takes an aspirin against the throbbing headache before starting to make tea. Chloe on the other hand stays with Stacie in the hallway.

"Do you want me to call Aubrey?" Chloe asks softly but the frantic no shaking of Stacie's head kind of scares her. Aubrey was at the Lodge Of Fallen Leaves the past week because some high profile company was going to be there. Aubrey and Stacie are engaged and are set to get married in 5 months. They started dating shortly after the Bellas visited the lodge during their senior year. They dated for 2 years and a few months ago Stacie proposed to Aubrey and of course the blonde said yes.

"Can I s-stay here for bit?" The scared voice coming from the once so confident Stacie Conrad freaks Chloe out, especially at this time of night. "Of course, let's get you warmed up so we can talk, alright?" Stacie nods and follows the redhead to the kitchen. Beca is pouring the boiling water in three mugs when the other two walk in. "I'll give you guys some space to talk." Beca says picking up her mug ready to leave to the living room.

"No, could you stay? Please?" Beca turns around and sees the distress in Stacie's eyes. The leggy brunette has been Beca's best friend all through college but she also know that in situations like these Chloe is a better option. "A-are you sure because I don't mind…" Beca gets cut off by a whispered 'please'. "What happened?" Chloe tries gently. "I don't know how… I love Aubrey but I don't think I'm ready for…"

An extremely bad feeling nestled itself in the pit of Chloe's stomach. Did Stacie mean what she just said? She was the one that proposed to Aubrey why would she be crawling back? What caused this sudden turn? "Stace I think you lost us in translation." Beca looks at Chloe and shrugs her shoulders when she gets no reaction. They look at their friend who is zoned out and staring into the distance. "What do you think happened?" Beca whispers to Chloe, trying not to disturb the weird moment Stacie is having. "I don't know." She whispers back.

"Stace? Stacie?" Chloe waves her hand in front of the brunette but no reaction. "Stacie?" Beca tries a bit louder, this time shaking her friend softly. "What?" Stacie shakes her head and looks confused between her two friends. "Stace what did you mean with not being ready?" Beca asks while Chloe quickly chimes in, her curiosity taking the better from her. "Are you having doubts about marrying Aubrey?" The question comes out rushed and shocks the leggy brunette.

"No… no, no, hell no, we aren't ready…. We aren't ready for kids yet!" Chloe's eyes widen and Beca drops the mug in her hands. Luckily it Beca reacted quickly and put out her foot so it would land on it instead of the floor. Beca lets out a yelp because the tea is still pretty hot and she burned her foot trying to save the stupid mug. "Beca?!" Chloe and Stacie shout out when they see their friend in pain. "I'm ok… I'm ok." Beca puts up a weird smile that no will ever believe.

Chloe circles around the table and goes to check out the damage. When she does she sees an soaked sock and a mug balanced on the alt girl's foot. "Did you do that so my mug wouldn't break?" Beca nods while bending down to pick up the mug. "Yeah but that's not something we should be focusing on right now." Chloe tries to hide her slight blush that's creeping up by turning to face Stacie.

"Stacie why are you talking about children? Did Aubrey say something?" Chloe asks checking the girls face for anything really. "She didn't really say anything she… wait I'll show you…" Stacie reaches into her purse and takes out a piece of paper and hands it to Chloe. The redhead lets out a gasp when she sees what's written on it. "Stace you have to talk to her, let her explain?"

"Ok, what do you know that we don't Beale?" Chloe lets out a sigh and watches Beca mop up the floor. When the brunette had the chance to do it she didn't know but it made her heart swell up. "Spill it Beale." Beca was starting to get impatient. "Uhm yeah… Stacie made this list her first week of college, I watched her write and ponder over it for hours a day." Beca takes the list and reads what's on it.

Graduate top of the class
Find potential husband
Be married by the age of 26
Have children by the age of 30
Become a successful lawyer

"Aubrey is a very complex person. She has had her life mapped out for her since she was 10, I don't even think she remembers this list." Stacie shakes her head. "I don't know Chloe, what if she only said yes because she wants to finish this list with a small delay?" Chloe lets out a sigh. "She love you Stacie, she really does."

"I love her too, that's why it hurts so much to think it's all been a lie… I mean look at Beca and Jesse they've been together for years and still just dating, what if it's all going to fast?" Stacie missed the brunette tensing up and grit her teeth. "Beca she didn't …" Beca stops the redhead mid sentence. "It's fine Chlo." Stacie sits up straighter and looks between her friends. "We broke up this morning, he proposed and I said no. He got mad and some not so great things were said and he told me to leave because I wasted his time. I got really drunk and called Chloe to pick me up. I crashed on her couch, that's why I'm here."

"Beca I'm so sorry." The short brunette shakes her head. "Don't worry about it, now that I'm thinking clearly I realize that everything he said was true." Beca looks at Chloe with a shy smile. "Everything?" She asks softly. "Everything." Beca breathes out before turning her attention back to Stacie. "All I'm saying is that you need to communicate your feelings, we didn't and we had a bad relationship. I never loved him but you two… you love each other through and through so don't run away from it but talk to Aubrey about it. I know you can both work this out."

Stacie's jaw dropped in surprise. The one person she would never have thought to be helpful in a situation like this was Beca and it turns out she's the best person to fix it. "I-I-I d-don't know…" Stacie gets cut off by a knock on the door. "Dude is it like open season at your apartment tonight? Who can it be at this hour?" Chloe shrugs her shoulders and heads for the front door. Her jaw drops when she sees who's there.

"Aubrey?" Before Chloe can really process what's going on the blonde throws herself into her best friend's arms and breaks down crying. Chloe understands something along the lines of 'she left me' and the realization of what the blond is taking about hits her. "Oh sweetie, that's not true… she's here." Aubrey's head shoots up. "She's in the kit-chen." Chloe rolls her eyes and watches her best friend shoot off. Not really wanting to miss this part of the evening Chloe follows her.

"Oh my god, I was so worried about you." Aubrey runs straight into her fiancé's arms sobbing loudly. "What are you doing here?" Stacie asks confused. "I came home early and when I saw you were gone I panicked, I looked everywhere and called you but you didn't pick up." Aubrey holds on even tighter. "I thought you left me." Stacie tries to hold in her tears and kisses Aubrey's head. "I will never leave you Bree, I love you."

"Then why did you?" Stacie softly wraps her arms around the blonde's waste. "Because I panicked." Aubrey pulls her head away slightly so she can look Stacie in the eyes. "Why? Are you having second thoughts?" The brunette shakes her head. "No, not really I just… we need to talk." Aubrey takes a step back, tears still streaming down her cheeks. "Before you start panicking can you first listen?" Stacie asks making sure Aubrey won't break down even more.

"I found this while cleaning, one of your books fell out of the shelf and it slipped out." Aubrey stares at the list and her eyes widen in fear when she fully realizes what it is. "Stacie this is not what you think…" Aubrey wants to grab Stacie's hand but she pulls away. "Aubrey, Chloe told me about the list and everything. I don't care about you wanting to be married to a guy because deep down I really believe you love me and when you said yes you meant it."

"Of course I did, I still do. This list is ancient and honestly I forgot about it." Aubrey stretches her hand to take Stacie's and this time the brunette doesn't pull away. "I thought I wanted all that but when I met you I knew all of that is just a fantasy and I want reality… you are my reality." Stacie chokes on a breath but manages to breath out the one question that's on her mind, the question that started this in the first place. "What about kids?"

"I want kids, one day in the future but only if you're ok with it." Aubrey's eyes search for an answer in her fiancé's eyes. "I want kids too but not immediately though, I want us to start a family but firstly I want to enjoy us maybe get a pet and see how things go?" Aubrey lets out a soft chuckle. "Of course, we're not ready to have kids yet, we both know that." Stacie lets out a relieved sigh. "So is everything ok between us now?" Aubrey asks. "Yes, everything's perfect." Stacie leans in and kisses the blonde passionately. The couple breaks apart and acknowledge their friends standing there watching the exchange. Maybe Stacie had overreacted but it did make them closer, not just as a couple… but as friends.

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