Chapter 7

"Okay, change back now" Aubrey said recovering from her shock and now becoming slightly unnerved at Jesse's unblinking dog eyes staring at her. He barked and then suddenly Jesse was back in human form.

"So how come Beca doesn't know you if you're her brother? And why were you talking with Professor Mitchell?" Aubrey asks unable to piece together this ever more confusing puzzle.

"It's kind of a long story and I was hoping I could tell it to Beca as well?" Jesse asks hopefully before adding "today?"

Aubrey mulls the idea over wondering if she should talk to Beca before Jesse tell her the truth but eventually decides that it would be unfair to keep Jesse from his sister for any time longer than necessary.

"Fine, come with me" Aubrey says before swiftly making her way out of the alleyway and in the direction of her apartment. She heard the quick steps of Jesse following after her, she can't help but notice that his footsteps are slightly clumsy much like Beca's were when she first became human. It seemed Jesse didn't spend a lot of time in his human form.

As they neared the apartment Aubrey broke the silence. "If Beca doesn't want to see you then you will leave with no arguments, do you understand?" Aubrey says with a dangerous undertone to her voice. Jesse gulped and nodded his agreement.

Aubrey placed the key in the lock and pushed the door open to be greeted with the sound of footsteps speed walking from the living room. Aubrey had forbidden Beca from running in the house as she always slipped on the polished wooden floors. Beca appeared from the depths of the apartment moving in to hug Aubrey, as she always did when she got home only to stop suddenly when she spotted Jesse waving sheepishly from the door.

"Hi Aubrey!" Beca said excitedly "...and Jesse" she adds hesitantly glancing at Aubrey in confusion. "What are you doing here?" she asked him.

"Jesse has something he needs to tell you, shall we go to the living room" Aubrey says quickly guiding Beca through the apartment and sitting her down on the couch. Jesse takes the seat next to her looking apprehensive and Aubrey takes the armchair.

"What's this about?" Beca asks bemused at Aubrey and Jesse's serious demeanor. She looked back and forth between the two concentrated faces.

"I'm your brother" Jesse blurted out before slapping a hand over his mouth with wide eyes. Aubrey just shook her head, rolling her eyes. It seemed that the ability to lie was hereditary.

"That's impossible, I don't have a brother" Beca said, shaking her head in disbelief.

"Yeah, you kind of do..." Aubrey adds trailing off, unsure oh how to explain this to Beca, she turns to Jesse pointedly and he nods.

Aubrey watches Beca's face turn from an expression of confusion into shock as she watches Jesse turn into an almost identical copy of herself in dog form. Beca cocks her head to the side in confusion and regards the puppy in silence.

Jesse then barks something at her and realisation dawns in Beca's eyes. Aubrey watches in mild amusement as Beca proceeds to hold a conversation in barks and growls. Shaking her head Aubrey mutters "So weird".

There is a lapse in conversation as Beca and Jesse seem to hold a staring contest before he suddenly reappears in human form. He sat down silently as Beca processed whatever he had told her.

"He's my brother..." Beca turns to Aubrey, her face clearly showing the shock she was feeling. Suddenly Beca hissed in pain, her hands coming up to grip the sides in her head. Aubrey stood, moving quickly to kneel next to Beca as the brunettes head fell between her knees.

"What is it? Beca?" She questioned urgently, tilting the girls head upwards only to see her stormy blue eyes brimming with pain. "What's happening? What did you say?" she asked, panicked clear in her voice as she directed her question to Jesse, not holding back the accusation in her tone.

"Nothing! I don't know why-" he began but was cut off by Beca's pained words. "I'm remembering..." she choked out, arms coming up to wrap around her own waist protectively.

"My parents..." she started "Professor Mitchell..." she trailed off her eyes becoming clouded as she remembered what that man had done to her. "The tests..." Tears began to stream down her face before she began to sway. Aubrey darted forward, catching Beca before she fell.

Looking down she saw that Beca had fainted. "Get me some water" she ordered Jesse sharply as she cradled Beca in her arms. Jesse quickly scampered towards the kitchen, Aubrey winced as she heard various crashes before he returned with a glass of water.

Aubrey snatched the glass from his hands and sprinkled some water over Beca's face whilst softly calling her name.

After a few moments Beca's eyes blinked open as she adjusted to the light. "What happened?" she mumbled confusedly.

"You blacked out. You were talking about 'The tests'" Jesse piped up from the chair, Aubrey turned to glare at him. Did he have no tact.

Beca's face seemed to fall as she took in his words. Tears once again brimmed in her eyes.

"I need to be alone" she said her voice lowering to a strange monotone. "May I?" she asked Aubrey, gesturing to the blondes bedroom. Aubrey nodded warily. "Thanks" Beca muttered before standing up on slightly shaky legs and making her way to Aubrey's bedroom. The door shutting firmly behind her.

"That could have gone better" Jesse mumbled from the couch. Aubrey gave him an incredulous look. Seriously, no tact.

Sorry for the delay. I've had a bad case of writers block so have been writing one-shots on my other story to get past it.

Thank you so much for all the reviews and follows/favourites. i can't believe this has over 100 follows :)

Also i know this chapter is short but i had to split this and chapter 8 because i think it flows better.