Chapter five
"Aubrey, wake up it's time for my first day!" Beca chimed from the foot of Aubrey's bed. "I made you some waffles and coffee" she sang cheerily
Beca sat on the left side of the bed waiting patiently while Aubrey groaned and stretched until she finally blinked her eyes open.
"Thanks Becs" she mumbled sitting up and taking the coffee with an appreciative smile. Glancing down she saw that Beca had smothered the waffles in Nutella, Aubrey fondly recalled a couple weeks ago when Beca had tried her first taste of chocolate'It tastes like heaven' she had stated dreamily while she ate the spread from the pot with a spoon,
"Are you excited for your first day?" Aubrey questioned whilst tearing a waffle in half and giving the half with more chocolate to Beca who happily began munching on it
"Of course, Luke said i can listen to some of the records while i stack them" she said excitedly her words slightly muffled by her food."Thats great Becs" aubrey nodded enthusiastically, swallowing the lingering feelings of jealousy at the mention of Luke. She finished of the half of waffle she had left before glancing at her alarm clock "Beca! It's still six am why have you woken me so early, your shift starts at nine" Aubrey groaned sadly, mourning the loss of her extra hours sleep that was stolen from her.
"You said it was important to be early on my first day" beca answers tilting her head and watching as Aubrey collapses back onto her pillow "Yes, by ten minutes not three hours" the blonde explains exasperatedly "now go to sleep, we still have an hour before the alarm goes off" she grumbled pulling Beca down next to her and wrapping her arms around the girls tiny waist.
Beca squirmed slightly under the tired blondes arms twisting around so she was facing Aubrey only to find that she had already drifted next hour was spent with Beca inspecting Aubreys sleeping face while planning her first day of work out inside her head, she was far too excited to fall back into exactly one minute to seven Beca moves forward and begins to lick at Aubrey's face drawing a sleepy smile from the blonde before she opens her eyes "Becs you really need to cool it with the licking thing" she teases, gently moving the girl backwards and sitting up.
Beca nods in agreement "Sorry i'm excited" she apologises before jumping out of bed. "I'll go wake chloe" she exclaims running out of the room slipping slightly on the polished wooden floor before rushing out of the room. Aubrey smiles a few minutes later when the sound of Chloe shrieking that it was 'too early to be conscious' at Beca.
She sighed before flipping the duvet off of herself and heading for the shower. Her mind was clouded with worry throughout. She couldn't help but think that it was too early for Beca to be fully independent, the girl had the naivety of a child and in the real world she would be very easy to take advantage of her. Another tiny voice in her mind was telling her that if Beca became financially independent she might not need Aubrey anymore, and that thought scared her a little.
Yesterday Aubrey and Chloe had decided they both wanted to escort Beca to work. Aubrey had been worried about Beca coming across Professor Mitchell, she wasn't entirely sure as to whether Beca remembered him or not but she didn't want to ask and accidentally remind the brunette of the abuse she had suffered at the hands of that man. Chloe had also wanted to tag along so she could check out 'Luke's smexy abs', Aubrey wrinkled her nose at the thought.
After her shower Aubrey dressed ready to deliver Beca to the station then head of to another lecture. From her room she could hear Beca humming the tune to ABC by the Jackson 5 in the kitchen. It seemed Beca was in a happy mood.
She leaned against the doorway of the kitchen and watched in fond amusement as Beca fried bacon on the stove while periodically eating jerky from a packet on the counter. Even though Beca was now human she still retained the appetite of a dog.
"What's all this" Aubrey asked in wonder when she noticed that Beca had laid out a feast on the dining room table. Aubrey had found it surprising when after two weeks of Beca being human she had managed to teach herself how to cook using online tutorials, she had been banned from watching Hell's Kitchen when they'd received a warning from the college about the loud swearing coming from the apartment.
"I made breakfast" Beca stated, beaming proudly at her creation before rushing over to the dining table and pulling the chair out for Aubrey to sit.
"Awww" Beca and Aubrey looked up from where they had locked eyes in an intense stare to see Chloe watching from the doorway with a knowing smirk "that's so nice Becs, is this all for us?" Chloe asks incredulously, eying the mountains of food that Beca had somehow managed to cook in the time Aubrey had been in the shower.
"Yup" Beca smiled oblivious to the excess of food she had cooked. Aubrey watched with a smile as Beca turned of the gas and brought the final plate of bacon to the table before sitting down next to Aubrey with Chloe opposite.
They both watched with bemused faces as Beca grabbed several pieces of bacon along with eggs and the jar of Nutella. Chloe looked to Aubrey who shrugged before grabbing a scone and jam from the table and digging in.
Ten minutes later Beca had somehow finished off the entire table with a small contribution from Aubrey and Chloe. She rushed around shuffling the plates into the sink and washing up as fast as she could.
"Can we go now?" Beca pleaded impatiently bouncing in anticipation as she stood next to the dining table.
Aubrey checked her watch and found it was now half past eight "Yep" she announced grabbing her satchel and laptop from her room before handing Beca a bag of jerky. "Eat this during your break and i'll come get you so we can go to lunch together" she told Beca. They wouldn't be joined by Chloe for lunch as she had a lecture.
As they left the apartment Aubrey shoved the worries deep down and decided this would be a good day.
"Okay, so you will wait here when it's lunch time?" Aubrey asked, receiving a nod in reply "And you won't leave the station?" Another nod from Beca "And you will text me every thirty minutes telling me you're okay?" She asked in a slightly hysterical voice.
"Okay... Enough of you're crazy Aubrey, you'll see her again in four hours" Chloe smiled exasperatedly emerging from the booth where she had been flirting with Luke hug Beca goodbye "see ya later, Becs " she squeezes the smaller girl tightly before letting go and beaming "have fun" she encouraged.
""Bye, Beca" Aubrey mumbled pulling the girl in for a hug, she buried her face in Beca's hair for a minute before moving backwards slightly "I'm going to miss you" Beca mutters her cheeks flushing red. Aubrey plants a quick kiss on the shorter girls forehead before she is pulled away by Chloe who helpfully reminds her it's only four hours.
Aubrey sighed irritably as she once again glanced at the clock. Time had seemed to stop as she attempted to listen her professor drone on in her monotone voice. For the first time ever, Aubrey was unable to concentrate, her mind kept drifting to Beca stacking records in that dimly lit station with Luke and his 'abs'.
The sound of scraping chairs drew her back to reality and away from the building jealousy at her thoughts. 'Finally' Aubrey thought seeing that her lecturer had begun to pack up her stuff and half the class had already made it out the door.
She shouldered her bag and rushed out of the class, she wanted to have as much time with Beca as she could during her lunch break.
Reaching the station she opened the rotting wooden door and called out for Beca, furrowing her brow when she received no reply. She checked her watch and saw that Beca's break had started ten minutes ago.
Panicking she reached for her phone ready to call Chloe and orchestrate an immediate campus wide search. Would 'lost human - acts like puppy' be too weird for the missing poster?
"Her slightly hysterical thoughts were cut off by a cheery yelp of "Aubrey!" from the door of the station. "Beca, where were you, i thought i told you not to leave the station" Aubrey scolded whilst pulling Beca in for a hug. "Luke said to get him a cheeseburger so i went and got us something too so we would have more time together" Beca explained, her voice slightly muffled from where her head had been buried in the crook of the taller blondes neck.
"You need to be careful Becs, some people aren't nice like you" Aubrey warned "But look i got your favourite, extra ranch" Beca sang, waving the bag in front of Aubrey's face who snatched the bag with a suspicious look "you are forgiven" she announced as she pulled the girl over to a desk in the middle of the room.
"Becky, is that you?" She hears a British accent call from inside the audio booth, she watches as Beca's nose scrunches at the nickname "Yes, and my names Beca" she shouts back.
"Where's my cheeseburger?" He asks walking out of the booth raising an eyebrow when he notices Aubrey. "Who's this?" He asks with a smirk that causes Aubrey to shift uncomfortably. Beca notices his eye's trailing up and down the blondes body, a tiny growl builds deep in her throat.
"This is Aubrey, my friend" Beca states possessively emphasizing the 'my' before throwing one of the bags to Luke "now you can leave" Beca tells him, her voice icy as she crosses her arms tightly over her chest. She watches him raise his arms in surrender and back out of the room before turning to Aubrey and grinning
"I'm hungry" she announces sitting down at the desk next to Aubrey who decides to ignore the showdown she had witnessed. "You're always hungry" she teases the brunette.
"You're right, as always" Beca agrees through a mouthful of jerky. 'how does she always find jerky' Aubrey wonders in amazement.
They spend the next twenty minutes together chatting idly as they finish their lunches, well Beca finishes both their lunches, until Beca has to get back to work. Aubrey bids her goodbye once again and then heads for the grocery store to gather enough food to satisfy Beca for the week.
As she rounds the English and Theater block. Standing at the very same door where Aubrey had found him abusing Beca was Professor Mitchell, with him was what looked to be a student around her age. She hadn't seen him on campus before but assumed he must take different classes. He had brown hair and a boyish face which seemed to be contorted in anger.
She paused for a second watching as they seemed to be arguing in hushed tones before the boy threw up his hands in anger and stormed away from the red faced professor.
As she walked quickly away from the scene before the guy could notice her watching she couldn't help the bad feeling that suddenly sprung up in the back of her mind.
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