Chapter 6
Beca and Aubrey were sitting across from a sheepish looking Jim, and a mostly just hungry Pam.
"Bank robbers, and old people. Jim." Beca growled at him.
"Babe. We all went through that, and we all made it out of there. We can talk about it with them when we get home." Aubrey pleaded leaning her head against Beca's shoulder. Beca wrapped an arm around Aubrey's waist, and breathed in her scent.
"They almost took you." Beca bristled again.
"They almost shot you. Please can we just talk about it when we get back to the house?" Aubrey shot back. Beca sighed.
"Okay. I'm sorry. Jim." Beca held Aubrey tightly.
"It is my fault. I can't be mad at you when you stood between my sister, and a gun today." Jim told her with a shrug.
"It's not your fault. It's the damn bank robbers. I mean. Who still robs a bank? Everyone knows they don't hold any real money anymore." Beca grumbled.
"Babe." Aubrey sighed.
"Okay. We can talk about it more when we get home." Beca promised.
The bank robbers had taken all their phones, and personal bags. They had even tried to take Aubrey as a hostage, but Beca had adamantly refused to let that happen. Resulting in the gun in face incident. The bank robber had been wanting to take Aubrey as a hostage for his own greedy desires. His boss had beaten him to his senses when Jim had stood beside Beca in front of his sister protectively. He hadn't been prepared to kill anyone, much less two people, to get out of the bank with what they wanted. Aubrey had been willing to go with them to spare the girl she was falling in love with, and her brother. Thankfully the sirens had been heard before they had to decide, and the robbers thankfully fled the bank. Unfortunately, with all their belongings. Phones included in the valuables that were taken. They ate in silence. Beca was gripping Aubrey's hand tightly under the table. Just to reassure herself that the blonde was okay. When they made it to the house Jim filled his parents in on everything that happened. Beca had pulled Aubrey over to the Posen's landline.
"I need to call my dad, and tell him I won't have a phone until I get back to Barden. I keep a spare in my desk. You should call Chloe, and tell her too. That way she knows to call the landline if she needs to get in touch." Beca brushed a loose strand of hair behind Aubrey's ear.
"You can go first. The call with Chloe will probably take a minute. Beca. I promise I'm okay. I'm going to go talk to my dad while you call yours." Aubrey kissed her cheek lightly. Beca pulled her into a tight hug wrapping her arms around Aubrey's waist, and burying her face in Aubrey's neck. Aubrey smiled wrapping her arms around Beca's shoulders.
"Today could have been a lot worse than it was. I think I would go mad if I ever lost you." Beca admitted.
"I'm going to have nightmares for weeks." Aubrey laughed weakly. They didn't know that Jim, Pam, Frank, and Alice were watching them. Or that Aubrey's family could hear them.
"Alright. Enough weepy stuff. Jesus. What have you done to me Aubrey?" Beca groaned wiping at her eyes. Aubrey laughed before she kissed Beca's forehead.
"I like sharing Beca, better than broody Beca. Stacie is going to be so jealous of me when we get back." Aubrey told her.
"Oh my god." Beca groaned.
"Go call your dad." Aubrey ordered with one last kiss to the cheek while she nudged Beca towards the landline. She turned to see her family smiling at her. Aubrey let her mom, and dad pull her into a double hug again. Jim had finished explaining everything that had happened at the bank by the time Beca finished talking to her dad. She went to grab her laptop while Aubrey was talking to Chloe. She set up on the counter. Mr. Posen looked at her curiously.
"I'm going to have a technically inclined friend of mine self-destruct the sim cards in all our phones that way if the bank robbers happen to hack into Aubrey, or Jim's phones they can't trace them back here with the maps app, or location settings activated." Beca explained.
"That's actually a really smart idea. If they were local, they know where we live anyway. Jim and I were going to stay up, and watch over the driveway tonight just to be safe. He told me what you did for Aubrey at the bank. I don't think I can ever thank you enough for that. I know what would have happened if they had taken her." Frank squeezed her hand from around her laptop. She set up the facetime link with Stacie who just happened to be majoring in Computer Science.
"Hey. I was with Chloe when Aubrey filled her in on what happened. We're all glad you guys are okay." Stacie greeted her.
"Yeah. We are okay, and we are at Aubrey's parents place. I need a favor though. If you can help me out." Beca explained.
"Shoot Capitan." Stacie winked. Beca rolled her eyes at her friend.
"They managed to take all of our phones. Can you do a hard wipe, and lock down on four?" Beca asked her hopefully. Aubrey's dad walked around the counter to try, and see what was happening. Beca looked at him with a raised eyebrow.
"This is Aubrey's dad. This is our friend Stacie from Barden U." Beca introduced the two. Frank waved awkwardly.
"Holy shit. I mean. Hi. Nice to meet you General Posen." Stacie waved awkwardly. Frank laughed at the girls response to him glancing at his daughter who was still standing by the phone.
"Aubrey must have painted quite the picture of me." Frank smiled at Beca who nodded with wide eyes.
"Let me check here for a minute….. Yes. I can to a hard wipe, and self-destruct on the sim cards. If I have the phone numbers. If all the phones are backed up on the cloud. I can reactivate them if you happen to get them back. Now. I understand you want to keep your current location private, and this is probably why you want to wipe the hard-drives, but it looks like I can still access the gps on Beca's phone, and maybe give you a location to report to the police. If you want me to wipe the others. I can wait on yours Beca. Did you have the Posen's address on your maps app?" Stacie asked her curiously.
"You can do all of that? Do you want to come work for the Navy?" Frank looked at her with a quirked eyebrow.
"Dad. No. Stop trying to recruit my friends. Hey Stace." Aubrey curled into Beca's other side.
"We can talk later Mr. Posen." Stacie chuckled.
"I will be so pissed at you if you join the military." Chloe warned Stacy appearing at her side.
"Guys." Beca tried to bring their attention back to the present.
"Sorry General Posen. That's a hard no for me. What do you want me to do with your GPS Becks?" Stacie asked her.
"Can they track my previous locations through Friend Finder?" Beca looked at her with a raised eyebrow.
"I can disable Friend Finder from your apple login. So. No." Stacie assured her. Beca considered her options for a few minutes.
"Go ahead, and wipe Aubrey, Jim, and Pam's phone. Keep an eye on mine. Don't self-destruct the sim card yet. I need you to do me one more favor though." Beca wiped a hand over her face.
"Okay…" Stacie looked at her curiously.
"IF they happen to get into my phone, and they stand still long enough for you to get an address. I need you not to tell me where they are. Can you call it in to the NCPD closest to the Posen's address?" Beca asked her with her teeth gritted.
"As much as I would love to see you go vigilante on their asses. I will grant you this favor. I'll keep your phone activated just long enough to pull an address when they become stationary, and call it in for you guys. I'll let you know when it's done." Stacie acknowledged.
"Thanks. I owe you big time." Beca promised her with a relieved sigh.
"You don't owe me anything. You helped me out already. Remember? On a scale of one to ten how far in the anger are you?" Stacy spoke the last question in French. The other three in the video chat looked between them confused.
"Eight, but I will be okay. I cannot do anything about it here. They were going to take her." Beca responded quickly still in French. Stacy nodded in understanding.
"When you get back. We'll go to the gym. You need to talk to her." Stacie promised her once more in their chosen foreign language. Beca just nodded in response.
"I have been. You talked to yours?" Beca nodded her head towards Chloe.
"Yeah. Taking things slow." Stacie grimaced. Beca laughed.
"Good for you Stacie. Thanks for the help." Beca spoke in English.
"Um. French?" Chloe looked at Stacie with her arms outspread, and a what the fuck expression on her face.
"Beca and I met before the Bella's in our foreign language French class. We actually knew each other for a year before the Bella's happened." Stacie explained while she typed away on her computer.
"You're kidding." Aubrey laughed.
"Not at all. We became friends when we realized we went to the same MMA gym close to campus." Stacie smirked at Beca.
"Damn it Stacie." Beca groaned.
"You do MMA?" Aubrey looked at her surprised.
"I'm small. I have to be able to defend myself a little bit. Stacie just does it for the workout." Beca shrugged. Aubrey actually giggled at the explanation.
"It's also really fun to try, and pin Beca on the off chance that it actually happens. The only time its ever happened was back when Aubrey spent the whole day yelling at her after Regionals." Stacie laughed.
"Yeah, and you broke my nose that day. Please. Stop talking." Beca groaned.
"That's what happened to your face?" Aubrey looked at her sadly.
"It turned out okay. They just had to re-set it at the hospital." Beca told her with a grimace.
"We need to have a serious talk about your extra-curricular activities." Aubrey told Beca seriously.
"I hate you Stacie." Beca mumbled.
"You love me, because I just self-destructed three out of four phones. I will send you a message on facebook when the mission is accomplished. Rest easy tonight Posen's. It's been a shit day. Beca catch you on the flip." Stacie saluted.
"Thanks Stacie." Beca shut down the call, and closed her laptop.
"MMA, and French!? What were you guys talking about?" Aubrey looked at her surprised.
"Electives." Beca shrugged with a smile.
"You, and Chloe. I was asking her if she told Chloe how she felt about her yet." Beca told her half of the conversation.
"Stacie, and Chloe?" Aubrey gaped at her. Beca just nodded in response.
"Stacie said they had their talk, and they were taking things slow." Beca laughed.
"Those two are taking things slow….? Okay. We'll see how long that lasts." Aubrey laughed.
"Yeah. That's what I said." Beca took Aubrey's hand.
"Can we go lay down? I'm exhausted." Aubrey leaned her head against Beca's. Beca glanced at Frank. He gave her a slight nod.
"I think the two of you have a lot to talk about after today. If you guys end up falling asleep. I'm glad you both are okay, and I'll see you tomorrow. I love you Aubrey." Frank hugged Aubrey before he let them go up to her bedroom.