Staubrey prompt 'cause it's been a while :3 "Shut up and marry me Aubrey!" "Fine! What?" Where Stacie and Aubrey is arguing about something, I dunno maybe intellectual thing or what. That is one heated discussion but Stacie falls over and over for Aubrey even if they are arguing over something that she realizes that she wanna be with Aubrey for the rest of her life.
One Shot 35
Aubrey is sitting at the kitchen table working on the schedule of the retreat for the coming week. But her mind is racing a million miles an hour. This is the third time this week that Stacie bailed on dinner without giving her any heads up. It never used to be this way, they would always let the other know. But the past few weeks things have changed. Stacie is being more cryptic, and is barely home.
They both work long hours. Aubrey at the lodge and Stacie at the laboratory. She works late all the time and that's something Aubrey can really get behind but shooting someone a text or call them to let them know, is that too much to ask?
Aubrey throws her pen on the table with a groan and watches as it rolls of the edge. She then switches her attention to the food on the countertop that by now has gone cold. She gets up with a sigh and starts putting the food into containers so either she can eat it tomorrow for lunch or Stacie can eat it when she comes home. She's done waiting, so she's going to call it a night. There's no use in waiting up anyway.
The blonde makes her way up to their bedroom and starts on her nightly routine. A little over 15 minutes later, when she's almost done and ready to climb into the bed when she hears the front door shut, followed by Stacie's voice shouting: "Babe, I'm home!" The blonde stays quiet, still too angry with the brunette. "Babe?" Once again Aubrey ignores her girlfriend. She can hear the brunette running up the stairs. "Bree? Are you in here?"
Stacie walks into the bedroom and sees her girlfriend laying on bed. "Ok babe, I know you're not sleeping. What's wrong?" Aubrey just huffs and turns the other way. "Aubrey what's going on? Why are you mad at me?" The blonde sits up with a jolt. "If you can't even answer that question maybe you should think about that first." She moves away when the brunette tries to come closer. "No, don't touch me."
The brunette takes a step back in shock. "Aubrey?" The blonde shakes her head. "You know what, I'm going to call Chloe a-" Stacie cuts her off. "No, we're going to talk about this. I want to know what's bothering you. You've been weird lately and I don't know why." The brunette crosses her arms. It doesn't give the desired effect though because Aubrey scrambles off the bed and runs down the stairs. Stacie doesn't hesitate and follows her.
They stop in the kitchen and Aubrey immediately heads for the fridge and takes out the food containers. It takes a lot of strength not throw the containers at her girlfriend. Instead she just puts them on the table (read slams it down). "You tell me Stacie. Can you explain to me how you managed to bail on me for diner? Three times, this week alone?" The brunette freezes in shock. "I-I can explain."
"Really? I'm really curious to how you're going to talk yourself out of this?" Stacie take a deep breath and motions to the chairs for them to sit down. Aubrey sits down on one side and Stacie chooses the one right across the blonde. "We're on the verge of a breakthrough at the lab. And James needed me to stay longer. I'm really sorry I forgot to call you."
Aubrey scoffs. "And you want me to believe that? Do you really think I'm that gullible? James wanted you to 'work late'?" The blonde uses her fingers to make air quotes. "What? What are you implying?" Stacie sits back, with a completely deadpanned expression. She lets out a shaky breath filled with disbelief. "You've been working overtime for a month now, you always make promises that you don't keep and you've been secretive ."
Stacie rolls her eyes. "I've been working overtime because I have to, not because I want to. Do you really think I want to stay there longer than I have too? I want to go home, to you and spend time with you. Make it for dinner so we can talk about our days. I want to hold you when you have a long day with annoying clients like today… yeah I know that because Ashley called me."
The brunette runs her fingers through her hair. "I should have called you but I was already on my way home so I didn't think you'd mind but I was wrong. Maybe you're right… I'll go sleep at a hotel tonight and we'll talk in the morning. I'll cancel my shift so I'll be home when you come back." Stacie makes a move to stand but stops when she sees Aubrey hitting the table in anger. "No, neither of us is going anywhere until we get this settled. "
Stacie is taken aback and plops back down in her seat. She watches the few loose strands in her girlfriend's face bounce up and down. She should be terrified of the blonde, but the look in her eyes reminds her of the old Aubrey, the one she fell for in her freshman year of college. "You and me are going to sit here and talk about this Stacie."
The brunette nods. "Fine, you start. You're the one that blew up at me." Aubrey takes a deep breath and starts a long rant about how Stacie's never home. And about the fact that whenever she is home they never talk or do anything together, and that they haven't had sex in over 2 weeks. She doesn't trust James at all because he's been ogling her for months now, even though he knows she's in a relationship.
Stacie just watches the blonde with a goofy, distant smile. She watches as everything seems to go by in slow motion. All the memories of their early days come rushing back. One memory in particular finds its way to the surface.
*Flashback*
Stacie is smiling up at the ceiling. She still can't believe how lucky she had gotten. Her and Aubrey are dating for almost a month and spend every possible free moment together. That's how they both ended up naked with Aubrey wrapped around her underneath the sheets. The brunette had taken her girlfriend out for surprise dinner date. The blonde has been extremely stressed out with the lodge and could use a distraction. And she would always be a happy distraction for her.
She can feel Aubrey stir in her arms. "Hmmmabe too loud." Stacie chuckles at the adorableness that's her girlfriend. "What's too loud baby? It's silent in here." A soft grunt escapes the blonde and she nuzzles her nose even further into the crook of her girlfriend's neck. "Think…. loud…staph" It takes all of Stacie's willpower not to burst out laughing. "Sorry baby, it's just sometimes I look at you and wonder how you can be so cute all the time."
Once again the blonde groans and squeezes the brunette in probably some kind of protest to being called cute. "Oh but you are." Stacie mumbles into her girlfriend's hair while pressing soft kisses to her forehead. "Stace what's bothering you?" Aubrey pulls away slightly and squints up to look at the brunette. "Nothing Bree, I'm just… I'm really happy to be with you. I uhm…."
"What's up Stace.?" Aubrey sits up completely and switches on the light on her bedside table. Stacie follows her lead and turns to face her. "I-I love you Aubrey Elizabeth Posen, I'm in love with you. I know it's too soon to say but I mean it and I'm n-" She gets cut off by Aubrey bouncing on top of her, attacking hers lips with her own. The kiss deepens and gets heated really quickly.
Stacie manages to flip them over and pushes herself up so she can look her girlfriend in the eyes with a goofy grin plastered on her face. Aubrey has an equally big grin. She looks up and lets out a content sigh. "I love you too, Stacie Amelia Conrad. More than you can imagine." That's all it takes for Stacie swoosh back down and kiss Aubrey with all the passion and power she can muster.
Yeah, she fell in love with the right person. The person she wants to spend the rest of her life with.
*End Flashback*
Stacie snaps back to reality while Aubrey is still complaining about something that has to do with her toothbrush? With every passing minute the brunette gets even more confused about what Aubrey really is angry about. It takes less than 3 minutes for the brunette to snap. Maybe it's the best spur of the moment decision she'll ever make or she might regret it.
"Oh for Christ's sake will you please shut up and marry me, Aubrey!"
"Fine! Wait… what?" The blonde doesn't completely process the question or rather the full question at first. When it finally hits her jaw drops to the floor. The two stare at each other, not sure of how to proceed. Stacie of course knows she should make the first move. So the brunette slowly gets up from her seat and goes to stand before her – she still hopes is her girlfriend – and kneels down on one knee.
Her heart is pounding out of her chest, her palms are sweaty and she can't seem to maintain eye contact so she looks down at her hands and starts playing with the ring she had inherited from her grandmother on her index finger. Then an idea hits her. She takes of the ring and holds it up before Aubrey. She's terrible at winging it but she doesn't really have a choice right now.
"I-I uhm pffft okay, I got this… Sorry that was lame uhm…" Stacie is on the verge of a panic attack and Aubrey seems to notice so she puts a reassuring hand in the brunette's shoulder with a smile and tear filled eyes.
"This wasn't how I was planning on doing this. But I knew from the moment I met you that we'd be forever. It took me a long time to find the courage to tell you. I knew that I wanted to take care of you no matter what happened. And when I saw you getting angry I remembered why I fell in love with you in the first place. You being our Bellas captain was the first time I realized it. The second time was when I started to figure it out was when you showed me your vulnerable side, the day you told me about your father. In that moment I knew I would never let you go. So Aubrey Elizabeth Posen, will you do me the greatest honor of becoming my wife?"
Aubrey stays quiet a minute too long and it makes Stacie really nervous. Her hands starts shaking so badly that she almost drops her late grandmother's ring. The blonde snaps out of her shocked daze and throws herself at her girlfriend. They fall to the ground and Stacie gets attacked by Aubrey's lips on hers. The brunette clutches the ring and her girlfriend as hard as she can.
The two break apart after making out for a few minutes. Aubrey rolls of off her girlfriend with a light laugh and huge grin spread across her face. Stacie wraps her arms around her and takes Aubrey's left hand and slides the ring on her finger. "I know this isn't the ring you were imagining bu-" The blonde cuts her off. "Of course I'll marry you. And this is perfect, Stace. But you don't have to give me this ring, I know how much you love your grandmother's ring. How about we go ring shopping together someday soon?"
"I do love this ring but I want you to have it, do you know why?" Aubrey shakes her head 'no' while nuzzling even closer to her girlfriend. "This ring around your finger? It was my grandmother's engagement ring, my grandparents were married for almost 67 years. And even after my grandma past away my grandfather went to her grave everyday and placed her favorite flowers on it. Until he passed away a year later. He just couldn't live without her. I really believe we can have that… scrap that, I know we already have that."
Another tears rolls down Aubrey's cheek as she sits up so she can look down at Stacie, and then at the ring. Without a warning she jumps up and runs up the stairs. Stacie follows her fiancée up to their bedroom and watches quietly as the blonde rummages through her sock drawer. She hears a faint 'aha' and waits for the blonde to turn around.
When she does she sees her holding a ring, one she has never seen before. "This is my great grandmother's ring. My mom gave it to me after I… I told her I was gay. I talked for 2 hours about you when she asked me if I liked someone. We weren't dating yet at the time. She told me to give this to the person I love more than anything in the world. And I think she already knew you were the one for me."
Stacie chuckles and walks over to Aubrey and wraps her arms around the blonde's waist and pulls her close. "And I think she was right." Stacie leans in and kisses Aubrey gently. "So, what do you say? Stacie Amelia Conrad, will you marry me?" The brunette nods and mumbles a soft 'I do' against her fiancées lips. when they pull apart Aubrey slides the ring on her fiancées finger. This is the beginning of the rest of their lives.
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