Chapter 4

Stacie groaned as her eyes slowly opened. She hissed from the pounding and throbbing headache that registered in her brain as she slowly sat up. She looked around her bedroom trying to remember what happened the night before. She remembered the festival. She remembered taking pictures with Troye Sivan. She also remembered shots of tequila….lots of shots of tequila….but everything else was a blur. Flashes of rainbows, swimming, and donuts echoed in her head, but nothing made sense. Aubrey groaned and held her head as she buried her face in her pillow.

"Why," whined Aubrey and Stacie winced at the volume of the sound as she reached for the bottle of Tylenol she kept in her nightstand.

"Why what, babe," asked Stacie as she pulled out enough for her and Aubrey.

"Why does this happen every time we have a Bellas Reunion," questioned Aubrey and Stacie sighed. She handed Aubrey the medicine and shrugged.

"Why does the universe keep expanding faster even though gravity is pulling inward on space and time?"

"What the hell did you just say," grumbled Aubrey as she looked up with a frown. Stacie giggled at how cute she looked with her hair sticking every which way, but then winced at the reminder of her headache.

"Dark energy joke, never mind," said Stacie and Aubrey groaned.

"I am married to such a nerd."

"Damn right," said Stacie with a proud smile before reaching over Aubrey to grab the mug on the other nightstand. She popped the pills in her mouth and took a swig of the liquid in the cup only to immediately spit it back out onto the floor. Aubrey looked at her as if she grew another head and Stacie shuddered.

"There is vodka in my mug," she stated in disgust and Aubrey smirked.

"That's what you get for not putting it in the sink."

"Really," laughed Stacie and Aubrey did as well.

"Best type of karma," laughed Aubrey and Stacie kissed her before gingerly rolling out of bed.

"Well, I can't take meds with alcohol. I am going downstairs to get some water and a dry piece of toast. You coming?" Aubrey slowly nodded and grabbed some pajamas from their dressers as she got out of bed too.

"Stace, you are naked and we have houseguests," reminded Aubrey and Stacie quickly closed the door again. She smiled appreciatively as Aubrey tossed her a pair of pajama pants and a tank top. They got dressed and slowly made their way downstairs to see pizza boxes, empty glass bottles, donut boxes, and other snacks and candy splayed out on the living room tables. There were two people sleeping on the couch but pillows and blankets were covering their heads. Beca and Chloe were in the kitchen, quietly making breakfast and looking just as hungover. Aubrey sat down on a bar stool and Stacie pulled one close to hers before sitting down and resting her head on Aubrey's shoulder.

"Green tea," muttered Stacie and Aubrey knocked on the counter.

"Coffee," she said and Beca frowned at them.

"This is your house. Get it yourselves," grumbled Beca, but Aubrey smiled smugly.

"I hereby invoke the bestie clause, Chlo. You are standing. I am unable to. I need coffee," explained Aubrey.

"And green tea," mumbled Stacie as she closed her eyes. Aubrey wrapped an arm around her and Stacie cuddled more into her side. Chloe rolled her eyes, but nodded.

"I guess that is fair. We are already making breakfast for the others anyways," agreed Chloe.

"What the hell happened last night," asked Aubrey and Beca sighed.

"I am surprised you don't remember. We all started drinking in the VIP lounge with Hayley before heading over to Brendon's party. When we got there, he insisted we have shots of tequila, which is always a bad mix for Bellas. Next thing you know, Jessica and Ashley are making out with Brendon and talking about a threesome. Amy kept trying to join in. We all played truth or dare and you two ended up kissing Hayley…a lot," informed Beca and Stacie's head darted up.

"No, no, no, no, no, no, this will not do. The Hunter does not share! I would never just….I mean….and Bree wouldn't….I mean, what," exclaimed Stacie, but hissed when her head began pounding again. Aubrey sat there in stunned silence.

"And Troye watched the whole thing and said he is now 100% sure he is gay since it didn't turn him on at all. Don't worry though, it was totally hot," added Chloe. Aubrey snapped out of her stupor and slapped Stacie's arm.

"What was that for? You cheated on me too! Wait, is it cheating if we both were there and consented….I'm so confused," whined Stacie as she placed her face in her hands.

"This is all your fault! I told you we shouldn't have gone to Pride! Look how proud we got, are you proud now," scolded Aubrey. Beca and Chloe burst with laughter, which made Stacie and Aubrey frown.

"This isn't funny," shouted Aubrey and Chloe shook her head.

"None of that happened," she laughed and Stacie clenched her chest in relief as Aubrey glared at them.

"I am going to kill you, Chlo! You really had me thinking I made out with another woman," shouted Aubrey, but Chloe couldn't stop laughing, so Beca had to explain.

"We did go to the party and have too many shots last night with Brendon, Troye, and Hayley, but Brendon disappeared a couple of hours later with his wife. Troye and Hayley went to another after party and we had a limo take us back here. We all played truth or dare, you idiots switched to vodka despite us protesting, and before you know it, Emily and Stacie are going for a swim, Aubrey ordered pizza, Amy ordered donuts, and Ashley, Jessica, Flo, and Lilly raided the pantries for as many sweets and snacks as they could find. It was like the best and worst slumber party ever," explained Beca. Stacie rested her head back on Aubrey's shoulder and closed her eyes again.

"Well at least you didn't mention us having sex, which means we made it upstairs before we started going at it," said Stacie and Aubrey giggled.

"Stace, I don't remember a thing about last night after the festival. How do you know we had sex? You love to sleep naked and pretty much demand that I do when you are drunk." Stacie winked at her and sighed happily.

"My recall is slowly coming back and I am filling in the bits and pieces in my mind. Trust me, babe, we had sex, really hot sex at that," assured Stacie and Aubrey blushed as Beca pretended to vomit in the sink. Chloe giggled and playfully nudged her.

"You can't talk too much, Becs," teased Chloe and it was Aubrey's turn to pretend to gag. Chloe and Stacie shook their heads at their wives and laughed. Emily slowly shuffled into the kitchen and slumped down in a chair with a sleepy smile on her face.

"Morning, Em, how are you feeling," asked Chloe and Emily sighed happily.

"I got autographs from Troye, Hayley, and Brendon. We all took pictures together and posted them online, so all my social media accounts are blowing up with a zillion new followers. I accepted Aubrey's offer to start working for her next month and Moms and Pops are making me pancakes. Best….trip….ever," exclaimed Emily and Aubrey groaned.

"Crap, I am starting to remember and….wait, I offered you way too much money last night for your starting salary," said Aubrey and Emily giggled.

"Yea, I figured it was a bit crazy to think I could become a millionaire just by starting off as your intern," admitted Emily and Aubrey winked at her.

"The offer of employment still stands, but the salary will need to be renegotiated."

"Deal," said Emily as they shook hands.

"I was a millionaire even though I only worked as an intern at Conrad Industries," said Stacie and Beca smirked.

"That's because your parents own it and you are an heiress," reminded Beca and Stacie smiled as she nodded.

"Yea, I really like being me," she said with an appreciative nod and Aubrey shook her head in amusement.

"Alright, we are heading back to bed. This one is still deliriously tired. See you in a few hours," said Aubrey as she pulled Stacie out of her chair and toward the stairs.

"Wait, who is on the couch then," questioned Aubrey and Emily's eyes widened as Beca cleared her throat. Chloe tried to hide her smile.

"Cynthia Rose and Lilly got a bit too comfy with each other last night. Let's just say Em walked in on something and the two of them will have some explaining to do when they wake up," informed Chloe.

"Some things you just can't unsee," mumbled Emily as she shook her head.

"Ew, on our couch," shrieked Aubrey and Stacie shushed her.

"Inside voice, baby, and we have done plenty of freaky things on that couch," reminded Stacie. Beca shook her head profusely.

"Do not need this information…ever," said Beca.

"Come on, Bree, back to bed we go," said Stacie and Aubrey pouted as they passed the living room and saw Cynthia Rose and Lilly still sleeping.

"I watch TV on that couch," grumbled Aubrey and Stacie kissed her.

"I will buy us a new couch," assured Stacie.

"Thank you," giggled Aubrey. She suddenly gasped as they walked toward their bedroom and more memories from the past night flooded her mind. Stacie smirked at her.

"Remembering the sex now," asked Stacie with a knowing smile and Aubrey blushed.

"Maybe," she said with a coy smile of her own.

"You know, one of the best cures for a hangover is an orgasm. How about I remind you about last night?"

"Best wife ever," giggled Aubrey as she pulled Stacie into their bedroom knowing that they were going to have plenty of amazing memories of their third Bellas Reunion.

AN: The End! This story was a bit of a rollercoaster for me. I wanted it to be mainly fluffy and funny, but also wanted to dive a bit into Aubrey's backstory. I have touched on Aubrey coming out to her father in past stories, but never really wrote a scene where there was a confrontation and it wasn't all peace and love. Overall though, I still wanted a fun story with tons of fluff, so I hope you enjoyed. Feel free to let me know what you think!