A/N: Alright, I was originally planning on moving quickly through the next year and a half and pretty much jump to the World's (and I'm still going to move quickly through most of it). But Electronis Zappa apparently thought the story needed a bit more. And apparently my fingers agreed because they came up with something for them. Hope you like it E.Z. So that also means that I 'lied' in the A/N's of the last chapter…there's at least one more chapter in this one because I didn't get to World's in this one. I don't know how long the next chapter is going to be, but I wanted the Chaubrey piece and World's to be separate.

In my version of PP2 here, Beca doesn't have the same issue with complimenting Kommissar. I mean, she isn't sexually confused here and she has Stacie. I mean it's Stacie. Also, Stacie replaces Jesse as the only one who knows about the internship, which pretty much keeps the retreat bear trap scene intact.

Disclaimer: It's getting hard to come up with original ways to say that I don't own PP or PP2.

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As most of the Bellas weren't even aware of 'the kiss', Beca and Stacie ended up having to explain why they were found coming out of the same bedroom the next afternoon. The rest of the Bellas were happy for them but curious on how they came to be a couple. Beca and Stacie had talked about this and had decided that this discussion would also be the best time to tell them about Stacie's major (and thus the potential for them to find out how smart she actually was). So, they talked about how Beca followed Stacie into the library one evening and then started to study with her.

Jessica piped up at that point, "Why would you need to study in the library that much Stacie?"

Beca burst in proudly before she could respond, "Well because being a chemistry major takes a lot of work. Trust me, I've seen her homework." Then she turned to Stacie, making a silly face and holding her hands in front of her, play begging, "Can I show them Shrek, pleeeeease?"

Stacie laughed at her girlfriend and nodded. Inside she was nervous, what if the girls pushed her away because she was different than them, just like everybody else had; well, everybody except Beca. Beca came bounding back, holding up her first quantum mechanics homework set, "See, these upside down triangles remind me of Shrek, and the other letters and stuff are the villagers with their pitchforks."

Chloe looked at the homework set, "Stacie, you actually understand this stuff?"

Stacie shrugged, "I guess."

Chloe just looked at her, "Holy shit Stacie, that's awesome. I wish I could do even basic algebra, but this stuff is just crazy."

Cynthia Rose piped in, "So what do you want to do when you're done here?"

Stacie looked startled for a second. Nobody (except Beca) had ever asked her that before, "I want to go get my Ph.D. in materials chemistry and my goal is to try and develop better materials for renewable energy, like solar cells or fuel cells. But I've been told by a couple of people that what I want now and what I end up liking in graduate school could be very different things."

Cynthia Rose nodded, "That's really cool Stacie."

Chloe snapped them back to the topic at hand, "Ok, so Stacie's smart, we get that now. But how did you two get together?"

Beca chuckled, leave it to Chloe to want to know the details of their love life, "Well, it just happened. I would go and study with her one night a week, then two until finally I was studying with her a few nights a week. We didn't just study, we talked and laughed. We found out that we were kind of alike, except the part where she's a genius and I'm just me."

Stacie nudged the smaller girl with her shoulder when she said the last part, "We disagree on that, I keep trying to tell her she's a genius too, just in different areas. While I'm good at chemistry, she's great at doing things with music." All of the Bellas quickly agreed with that, making Beca blush.

Beca kissed her quickly, making the other girls 'awwwww' before she continued, "Well, we had a couple of really deep conversations and I kissed her after one of them. We knew then that there was something more between us, so I asked her out, and that's that." The girls asked a few more questions, but pretty much just like that, their relationship was accepted.

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The spring semester went along pretty much the same as the fall term left off. Beca and Stacie still spent a few evenings a week studying in the library. The first night the two girls walked into the library together, holding hands, Olivia met them at the counter with the key to room 312 and a big smile on her face, "You know this is the first time that you've come in together."

Beca winked as she took the key from her, "Well, we're actually 'official' now."

Olivia nodded, "Well it's about time you two, you look so cute together."

The two girls just smiled and waved as they walked towards the stairs.

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Things continued the way they had been, except they didn't have to hide their relationship around the Bellas. They had decided to keep their same rooms for the time being, which could get a little awkward for Lily and Amy at times, but they made do. By the time finals rolled around, they decided that it was in the best interest of everyone involved for the two girls to just move into the same room together. So after finals, Beca moved all of her stuff down into Stacie's room and Lily moved her stuff up to room with Amy. While that took care of the awkward roommate walking in part, it didn't do anything about the fact that the walls weren't soundproofed.

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The next school year went by fast. Beca had her internship at Residual Heat while Stacie finished her last year of courses and studied for both the General and Chemistry GRE exams. She took the exams over Christmas break and nailed both of them. Stacie started applying for graduate schools while Beca started looking for studios and labels in the areas that Stacie was applying. The girls still kept their study dates, finding their time in the library to be almost therapeutic. That didn't keep Beca from stressing out about things. For instance, where was she going to find a job? All of the best schools for Stacie weren't really in music hotspots. Stanford or Berkley were both on the bay by San Francisco and Oakland, over five hours from L.A. Other places were even worse. UW-Madison? They had music in Wisconsin? UNC? Ever heard of a major label in North Carolina? So Beca was getting stressed.

That's how they found themselves sitting around a campfire in a circle at Aubrey's retreat. Beca had freaked out on everyone, especially Chloe. When she got caught in the bear trap, it helped her realize that she had been taking out her worries on everyone else, even Stacie a little bit. Being scared to death always helped one realize what was important. So she apologized and apologized and when she fell on top of Amy (after a very scary Lilly cut her down) she decided that maybe they did need this retreat after all.

So there they sat, Ashley leaning against a happy Jessica, Stacie mimicking her by leaning against Beca, and the rest of the Bellas spread out around the fire. Aubrey had decided to join them for the campfire and sat next to Chloe, their shoulders almost touching. They talked about their plans for the future and with a little encouragement, Chloe decided that she would actually graduate this year. Aubrey beamed at her best friend, "I'm so proud of you, Chloe." Chloe smiled back and squeezed the blonde's hand. The night wound down when Amy realized that she was actually in love with Bumper and ran off into the night, only to be captured by a bear trap. After Lucy cut the Australian down, the girls headed back to their tent.

Aubrey held Chloe back, telling the redhead that she wanted to spend some more time catching up. Chloe was more than eager to spend some quality time with Aubrey, she really missed her friend and texting, calling and Skype just weren't enough sometimes. They settled back into old routines, with Aubrey cuddled into the redhead's lap as they sat by the fire talking. Aubrey sighed as she looked up at Chloe, "I've missed this. We haven't really done this since the beginning of my Senior year."

Chloe smiled down at her, "I know, everything was just so tense and hectic that year we just kind of fell out of it."

Aubrey's smile faltered because she knew it was more than just that, there was a certain tiny brunette that took up a lot of Chloe's time that year. She always thought the two of them had a deep attraction to one another and would just end up together. When she saw Beca and Stacie together, she was a bit startled because she always envisioned Beca with Chloe. To be honest, that was another reason why they didn't spend more time together that year, because it hurt a little too much seeing the two of them together, so Aubrey had distanced herself. But now she brought her smile back for the redhead sitting above her, "I know Chlo, but at least we can enjoy it now."

The two girls talked for a while and when Chloe yawned, Aubrey frowned at her, "You should be in bed. You aren't going to be any good to the Bellas if you are dragging your ass because you are too tired."

Chloe smiled at her, "I know Bree, but this is more important."

Aubrey sat up, "Well we can do this again sometime. And sometime soon I hope, but you really need to get to bed." Chloe nodded at the blonde, standing up with her.

The two girls walked side by side towards the Bellas campsite, close enough that their shoulders would rub against each other occasionally. Just before they turned the bend in the path that led to the clearing the Bellas tent was in, Aubrey reached out and grabbed Chloe's arm, stopping her. Chloe turned to her friend with her brows creased in confusion, "What is it Bree?"

Aubrey looked up at the sky, taking a deep breath, thinking to herself, "It's now or never, Posen." She looked back into those gorgeous blue eyes as she stepped towards Chloe. She slid her hand up to Chloe's neck and slowly brought the other girl in for a kiss. Her lips finally meeting the one's that she had always dreamed about but been too scared to kiss. The lips that she was sure belonged to someone else, a certain tiny brunette, when she thought she finally had gotten the courage to try.

To say that Chloe was surprised would be an understatement. She never knew that Aubrey had any feelings beyond friendship for her. For that matter, she never thought that she had feeling for Aubrey beyond their friendship. But when Aubrey's lips met hers, she felt the kiss to her core. Nothing had ever felt so right to the redhead. It wasn't the fireworks that all of the romance novels talked about, it was deeper than that. It felt like coming home after a long time away. Her hands slipped around the blonde's waist, pulling her closer as her tongue flicked out, desperate for more. Aubrey matched her enthusiasm with her own, parting her lips enough to let her tongue tease the redhead's.

Beca, meanwhile, was getting worried about Chloe. It was getting late and they had an early morning. So she kissed Stacie and let her know she was going to check on Chloe. She slipped quietly out of the tent and started walking back towards the campfire. Luckily the moon was out so she could see where she was going. She only got a few steps from the tent when she saw the two girls in a very heated embrace. Beca stood there watching her best friend (that wasn't Stacie) kissing the former Bellas captain and smiled. Then she quietly slipped back into the tent so as not to disturb them. As she wrapped herself back around Stacie, the taller girl mumbled, "So where's Red?"

Beca smirked, "I don't think Red's coming back to the tent tonight."

Stacie turned over as quickly as she could without disturbing the other Bellas, whispering, "No way?"

Beca nodded, whispering back, "Yup, came across Red and Blondie in a serious lip lock just around the corner on the path."

Stacie lightly pushed her girlfriend, "No way?"

Beca nodded again, a big smile on her face. Stacie smirked, "Good, now I don't have to worry about her hitting on you."

Beca leaned in and kissed her, "Well, you never had to worry about me. I'm all yours."

Stacie kissed her back, "Good, I'm going to hold you to that."

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When the girls woke in the morning, there was one noticeable absence in the tent. Amy was the first to say something about it, "So what's up Shawshank, did you piss Red off again?"

Beca just smirked at her, "Nope, I had nothing to do with this."

Everyone started asking questions or getting worried that their other captain wasn't there. Beca quieted everyone down, "She's with Aubrey, they like have a thing."

Amy laughed, "Yah right, Red and the aca-Nazi are a thing, whatever Becs."

Beca shrugged, "Fine if you don't believe me then follow me."

She led the girls up to Aubrey's cabin, knocking on the door. Aubrey answered in just a t-shirt, then looked in shock at all of the Bellas standing there outside her door. Before she could say anything, Chloe came up behind her in one of her t-shirts, her hair all messy, "Who is it babe?" She just got the words out before she looked around Aubrey's shoulder to see all of the Bellas standing there in shock.

Amy just turned to Beca, "I'll never doubt you again Becs." Then she walked back to the tent, shaking her head. The rest of the Bellas followed with varying degrees of smiles and grins on their face.

Beca laughed at the other Bellas, turning to the two shocked women, "They didn't believe me when I told them that you two were together."

Chloe looked surprised, "How did you know?"

Beca smirked at the two of them, "Well, when I came out to check on you last night I saw you two just outside the campsite. When you weren't there this morning, I figured that the two of you had a lot of," she finished the sentence with air quotes, "catching up to do."

Chloe grinned from ear to ear as she wrapped both hands around Aubrey's arm and kissed her cheek, bouncing a little as she did, "We certainly did."

Beca turned with Stacie to head back to the tent, calling over her shoulder, "No more 'catching up' this morning girls, we have work to do so we can kick some German ass."

The Bellas had a productive morning of activities and singing. That afternoon while the girls finished packing everything on the bus, Chloe and Aubrey stood to the side facing each other, their hands linked between them. Chloe sighed, "I'm going to miss you Bree."

Aubrey leaned in to kiss the redhead, "Well, now that I've finally had the courage to let you know how I feel, I'm never giving you up again. We'll figure out how to make this work."

Chloe sighed into the kiss, this was already her favorite thing in the world. When they broke apart she finally responded, "I know baby. We'll figure this out. When are you coming back to Atlanta to see me?"

Aubrey squeezed her hands, "I have an open block in two weeks. I'll be down there as soon as I can after my last group leaves."

Chloe leaned her head against the blonde's shoulder, "I can't wait. And I'll call every day and we can Skype more.

Aubrey kissed the top of Chloe's head, "We'll do whatever it takes Cho, I can't lose you."