In the meantime Stacie wasn't much better off than her best friend. She too never forgot that fatal day. When she closed her eyes she could still hear her best friend scream.
The days before the anniversary she was usually plagued her dreams. After five years she still had nightmares about that day. Mrs. Mitchells death hadn't effected not only Beca.
Both Stacie and her mother still had problems around this time of year. Mrs. Conrad had always been strong around Beca and Stacie but the brunette knew her mom had nightmares too.
Absent-minded she walked to her next class, when she bumped into Aubrey. She and the blonde had grown close since their best friends started dating each other. But today, Stacie had tried to avoid the blonde.
"Stace, are you alright?" the blonde asked concerned.
"Huh?" she snapped back to reality.
Apparently the blonde had tried to catch her attention for the past five minutes.
"I asked if you were alright" the blonde repeated her question.
"Yeah, I'm okay. I've gotta go. I don't want to be late for my class" she said softly avoiding the other girls eyes.
Before Aubrey could respond to that she had walked away to her class. She took a deep breath as she sat down. She was tired of being strong all the time.
She didn't expect to see the blonde outside her classroom when she finished today's lessons. Without saying a word she walked over to Aubrey.
Wordlessly the blonde wrapped her in a hug. The two of them stood there, not caring about the rest of the school staring at them.
"Let's get you home" the blonde whispered in her ear.
"I don't want to go home. Not today." she answered whispering.
"We'll go to my place" Aubrey said.
They broke their hug and walked to Aubrey's car. The ride to Aubrey's house was a silent one. They were both in thought. Aubrey tried to understand what was going on. The royal couple that missed school today. Stacie who nearly had a breakdown.
When they were in het bedroom, the blonde waited for Stacie to start talking. She didn't pressured her friend into talking. She patiently waited till the brunette was ready.
The lay on Aubrey's bed when Stacie started to talk.
"Today it's five years ago that Beca and I saw her mom get killed before our eyes" Stacie said barely loud enough for Aubrey to hear it.
The blonde didn't know what to say to that. She had known that Beca's mom had passed away. But that was all she really knew. Mrs. Mitchells death had always been something mysterious.
After maybe ten minutes the tall brunette started to talk again. Slowly everything that had haunted Stacie for so long came out. Sometimes she had to stop because of the crying, but eventually after two hours she had told Aubrey everything.
The blonde didn't know what to say simply hold her friend tightly. She couldn't undo what happened five years ago. The only thing she could do was to be there for Stacie.
The two girls lay in a tight embrace on Aubrey's bed. And that is how Mrs. Posen found them hours later, fast asleep.