Hey, long time no see right? I know, crazy but hello. Here is chp 12!
The next morning.
Bright and early the next morning, the Posens and Beales came along with their guests came together for a breakfast before the parents left for their trips. Even though Aubrey had planned to use this time to let her parents get know Stacie, she'd be lying if she said she wasn't happy that they were leaving. All they had to do was get through this breakfast and she could go back to not worrying about a thing and spending all her time with the girl she loved. So far, everything was going well and conversation was flowing perfectly and Aubrey's parents didn't suspect a thing.
"So Aubrey, I don't know what your plans are for the summer but there's a opening at the firm and I think you'd be perfect for it. " Mr. Posen proposed. "We recently had to let one of our law clerks go and as of now we only have temporary fill-in. It'll work out perfectly while you attend law school as well."
"I didn't have any specific plans but that definitely sounds like something I'd be interested in."she lied. "Why exactly did you fire the last person? God forbid I make the same mistake as them."
"You'd never make this mistake and I didn't think he would either." he began. "He was a charming lad, very charismatic and full of energy, not exactly the office type but we hired him nonetheless. All was well until he was caught getting rather intimate with the receptionist."
"Aca-awkward." Stacie mumbled.
Aubrey let a small giggle escape at Stacie's comment but kept her attention on her father. "I don't see the problem in that, unless of course it was a form of public display of affection. There's quite a few relationships going on at the firm isn't there? You and mom being one. "
"It wouldn't have been a problem if our receptionist wasn't a male as well. I won't have those kind of people working in my office. Its unprofessional and nobody wants to see any of that. Its repulsive and just not acceptable."
"Wait, so you fired him because he was gay?" Beca cut in.
Chloe nudged her side."Don't get involved."
"I'm not, but I don't see how that's right considering his own daughter is gay."Beca blurted out in a blunt manner.
"Even more aca-awkward."Stacie mumbled again.
"Beca!"Chloe chastised. "Pardon her, Mr. Posen. She's a little delirious and talks crazy in the morning."
"That's alright Chloe, I would never believe such a preposterous idea." he laughed.
"He's not your father, I don't have impress him. I'll even save him the effort of kicking me out of the house because I'm gay." Beca snapped before leaving the table and walking outside to the backyard.
Chloe sighed and stood up as well. "I'm really, really sorry for her..." she apologized before leaving as well.
Mr. Beale cleared his throat as the awkwardness was in the air. "Well then, this was a rather...upsetting breakfast. I didn't know you had a problem with homosexuals."
"It is in my preference to not be around them therefore the topic would never come up. " Mr. Posen answered.
"I see. In that case, we might have new problem among us because my daughter happens to be gay and I see nothing wrong with that as long as she's happy." Mr. Beale said.
"Well, that is a problem. To think our daughters grew up together and yet they're on such different paths. What a shame." Mr. Posen finished.
"We're not that different actually." Aubrey finally cut in, unable to stay silent this while this all went on in front of her. "I-uh-I-I'm g-...I-I have a g..."
Stacie then cut her off and put a reassuring hand on her thigh. "You don't have to do this. "
"I do." Aubrey smiled as she looked at her. "Stacie is my girlfriend." she finally admitted.
"Very funny, Aubrey. That's nice of you to try to make your friend seem like she is normal but you don't have to do that." Mr. Posen mentioned.
"I'm being serious." Aubrey stated. "I introduced Stacie to you guys as my friend so that it'd be easy for you to like her as my girlfriend."
Mr. Posen stood up, not showing any emotion. "I'm sorry, would you all excuse me for a second. I need to have a word with my daughter." he motioned for Aubrey to follow him. She stood up and the two of them walked to the living room in the front of the house. "Are you trying to embarrass me or something?! Enough with your little joke! You are not one of those freaks."he yelled.
Aubrey could feel her emotions building up, the tears started to swell in her eyes. This was a bad idea but it was out now and there was no turning back. "We're not freaks dad, who we love doesn't change who we are."
"Love?! You actually think you could love another woman as much as man. Aubrey you sound ridiculous. I warned you about surrounding yourself with the right people and look what you've done to yourself. This is not who you are." he went on.
"How would you know? How do you know who I am? Why can't you just accept this?" she yelled back as the tears rolled down her face.
"You're a Posen. You're not gay, you seek no interest in the same sex. Perhaps you're going through a phase, rather an identity crisis. You just need to separate yourself from those horrid people you call friends and figure yourself out and get on the right path." he explained. "And when you're ready, I have just the gentleman that will sweep you off your feet. His father is a good friend of mine, he's a good man and he's raised a good man. You two will be perfect together."
Aubrey wiped her face as she shook her head, she knew her father wasn't going to let her have her way with this. She knew she would have to agree in order to get him off her case. "Sure, I'd love to meet him."
"Excellent, I'll set something up after break. But for now, why don't you come with your mother and I instead of staying here. I think it would be good for you to get away and clear your mind." he suggested.
"Um, sure I suppose that'd be a good idea."she half agreed.
"Great, go get your stuff and we'll leave as soon as you're ready."
Aubrey sniffled her way throughout the house and made her way up to her room so she could pack her stuff. Her mind was running wild. Her dad basically just told her who she had to be and that he wasn't going to accept who she really was. Her heart was hurting not only for her own sake but for what she was going to have to tell Stacie. Hell she didn't know what she was going to tell Stacie at this point. She loved the girl and she knew those feelings were real despite her fathers words. She just hoped she'd understand why she had to leave for now. After a moment of silent packing she heard a knock on the door and the younger brunette had appeared.
"Leaving so soon?"Stacie asked as she went closer to Aubrey.
"Something like that. My father wants me to go with them, he thinks it'll be good for me." the blonde answered as she vigorously packed.
"Good for what exactly?" Stacie questioned.
"Um...I'm not sure." she lied. "But he was really mad and I just want to make him happy and I think me going will make him happy."
"Right...ok. Well, can we at least talk first...before you leave." the brunette moved and stood in front of the suit case so Aubrey would have to stop and look at her. "You didn't have to come out, I was fine with waiting. Even though what you did was pretty amazing."
"I did though, now or never. And I really don't like lying to my parents." she admitted.
"I get it, but I just think it could have been done in a less hostile way..."
"I know. Look, I know this all seems really crazy and weird right now but I promise everything will go back to normal when I come back. We can discuss this and everything and anything you want when I come back but for now I really need to pack."
"Oh...ok. Yeah...I'll leave you to that."Stacie said as she slowly backed out of the room. "Do I at least get a goodbye kiss? Lord knows we can't do it down there."
Aubrey rolled her eyes playfully at the brunette as she walked over to her. "Its not really goodbye, but sure."she said before planting a lingering kiss on her lips. "And one for the baby too. Don't get too big while I'm gone." she knelt down and kissed Stacie's stomach.
Two weeks later (break is over)
Stacie sighed to herself as she scrolled through social networks on her laptop. Break had just ended so she had no work to do, not that she was so sure she'd do it anyway even if she had some to do. She really didn't have anyone to hangout with, better yet anyone she wanted to hangout with. There were plenty of people at Barden that she could spend time with but she really only wanted to be with Aubrey. The last time she had spoken to her was the day she left with her parents. She texted her here and there but for the most part she didn't want to be a bother. She knew she was probably going through a lot with her father and all. So she would just wait for Aubrey to be the one to initiate things. But now that the break was over, she expected a call, a text, a visit, something from her girlfriend but she got nothing. But at this point she really didn't want to just sit around and wait anymore. So she grabbed her phone and her purse and got ready to go over to Aubrey and Chloe's apartment.
When she arrived she first hoped that Aubrey was home, seeing that she didn't even call or anything to tell her that she was on her way over there. But nonetheless she was there now and she was just going to have to find out now. She walked up the door and knocked and waited patiently to hopefully be let in. To her surprise, Beca answered the door. "Oh, um hey Beca. Is Aubrey here?" the taller brunette asked nervously. Beca stepped aside giving Stacie the okay to come in. "Yeah, she's on the couch." Stacie smiled and walked inside and saw as Beca had said, her lovely girlfriend relaxing on the couch. "Hey Aubrey."
Aubrey immediately shot up when she heard the familiar voice. "Stacie, hi. What are you doing here?" she asked. "Not that I'm not happy to see you but I just.."
"I know, I'm sorry I should have called or something first but I..." the brunette paused gathering herself as she walked closer towards Aubrey. "I missed you. We haven't talked since...well you know. "
"Right, yeah its been awhile. I missed you too, break wasn't nearly as fun without you." Aubrey admitted as she patted the spot next to her, inviting the other girl to come sit down.
Stacie followed her cue and went to the couch. "I'm slightly happy to hear you say that, because mine was miserable. It wasn't very fun being a third wheel, not to mention that all I did was think about you."
Aubrey smiled but the expression left her face after a second and turned into a neutral look."I'm really sorry about that, and my dad and everything. But, I thought about you too, and us and our situation."
"Situation? I wouldn't call it a situation, I mean, you're dad freaked out about you being gay, I'd call it some other big word that I'm sure you can think of." Stacie joked.
"I would call it situation because my dad freaked out and so he thought something had to be done to fix it, to fix me. " she began. "While I was gone, he and I talked a lot and I did a lot of thinking and reevaluating."
Stacie was silent for a moment, unsure of if she was going to like the words that were going to be coming out of Aubrey's mouth next. "And what did you come up with?"
Aubrey took Stacie's hand and squeezed it as she looked at her. "I love you Stac, but more in sister/friendly way. Kind of the way I love Chloe. "
Stacie pulled her hand away and scooted away from her. "What are you trying to say? Aubrey you don't just have sex with your sister or friend! You can't just be romantically in love with me one day and then call me your friend the next."
"I know, but it was a mistake. I'm not gay, I was just having mixed feelings. With school and the Bellas, I was stressed and lonely and just looking for someone to make me feel good and, I suppose you were that person. " the blonde said.
A tear rolled down the side of Stacie's face and then another, before she wiped them. " I just...I don't get it. You're lying to yourself, and you're letting your father dictate who you are. This isn't you."
"No Stacie, I've been lying to myself while we've been together. My father was right, I'm not gay. I'm a Posen with a bright future ahead of me with a man, not a woman." Aubrey admitted. "This is me."
Stacie couldn't believe what she was hearing, the hurt she was feeling, she didn't know what to say or do but all she could do was feel hurt. "When were you going to tell me? Or should I say when were you going to rip out my heart and stomp on it till it became nothing."
"I was going to plan something nice and let you down easy. Look, I'm really, really sorry that I hurt you. This was never my intention but I wouldn't be doing either of us any good by pretending." Aubrey said. "And you know, its not too late for you. You're going to have your baby and you still have James. He's going to be there for you and who knows he might be the one. "
More tears fell down Stacie's face as Aubrey continued to talk. No matter what she said, she didn't believe her. She knew it was just her father getting to her but it still hurt. At this point she knew she wasn't going to be able to convince her otherwise. "You know what, Bree, save it. I hope your happy. All I ever wanted was for you to be happy, and if I can't make you happy then so be it." she said standing up getting ready to leave. She tried to smiled at the girl but it only turned into a frown.
"I hope we can still be friends. Like I said, I do love you. You've become one of my better friends and I wouldn't want to lose you completely." Aubrey said standing up as well.
"No we can't. Maybe one day when you stop living a lie we can, until then I rather not see you or talk to you. I'm sorry." Stacie shrugged and then left the apartment as the emotions began to overwhelm her.
As Stacie got into her car and started the drive back to Barden, all she wanted to do was cry, scream, yell, curse, hit something, and cry some more. But it was best if she didn't do either of those while driving. She turned up her music and left it up until she made it safely back to her dorm. Once she was inside the door, everything hit her like a brick. The tears came rolling down her face like a heavy rain storm, she sat on her bed and squeezed a pillow as she cried into it. For a second she almost had herself fooled, she almost thought that she could have something good, better yet, someone good in her life. But nope, she managed yet again to lose that good person. The worst part about it was that she was nothing but good to Aubrey. In her other relationships, she may not have been faithful but Aubrey was different. She saw no reason to be anything but faithful because Aubrey seemed so perfect to her. There were times when she thought she was luckiest girl alive to be able to call Aubrey Posen her girlfriend and now here she was not even being able to call her, her friend. She could have expected something like this from past people, but not Aubrey and that's what hurt the most. She trusted this girl with everything and now she was left with nothing. Nothing but a broken heart.
So, what'd ya think? I had some original plans but since I haven't written for this fic in such a long time I kinda forgot those plans so I came up with this instead.
Gosh, it was good to write again even though this wasn't my longest work, it was nice to just relax and write. The next chapter could have been apart of this but I felt like that'd be a lot in one so I decided to spread them out. I promise you it won't take nearly as long for the next update.
Anyway, thanks for sticking with me and I hope you continue reading till the end! A lot more twists coming at ya!
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