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Songs mentioned: Sam Smith - Say Something and Kelsea Ballerini- Dibs
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Rumors-Chapter 14: All Hail The Queens
After confronting Chloe at her house and basically begging her to grow a pair of lady balls, get off her high horse and talk to Beca, Stacie had adrenaline running through her veins in her entire body. Her heart was pounding through her chest and she had determination envisioned through her eyes wherever she looked. She didn't know where it all came from especially, the sudden spur of courage running through her mind, making her feel invincible and super human in a way.
It was a weird feeling but she assumes it came from climbing a tree. That shit can definitely trigger your inner spiderman senses.
So instead of wasting this extra boost or push of courage, she decided to take advantage of it and take a trip to a familiar blonde's house before she has the chance to chicken out and drive back home. To say she wasn't nervous would be a damn lie because for one, she is talking to Aubrey Posen and that girl has intimidation oozing through her pores twenty four seven and two, Stacie would be talking to an ANGRY….Aubrey Posen which who knows what could happen. There are literally endless possibilities of how tonight could play out, Stacie just hopes that it wouldn't involve her getting slapped in the face because everyone knows that would leave a killer mark and Stacie Conrad's face is made of millions.
Sitting outside of Aubrey's house, Stacie was fidgeting in her seat while occasionally rotating the keys, turning on the car, ready to take off and just forget about this whole plan until she rotated them back, silencing the engine once again for what seemed like the millionth time tonight.
Her nervous were bouncing off her bones and she was still hesitant about going up to the door. What she needed was an extra boost-just a little bit more than she already had to give her that confidence to walk up to that door and ring the doorbell and once she pep talked herself into it, she stepped out of the car and slowly started closing the distance between her and the house.
Reaching the top of the porch's stairs, she brought up a shaky hand to the wooden door, clenched in a fist and exhaled a long breath before she used her knuckles to give a firm knock.
Right away, she felt her heart shoot to up to her throat and she swears if she were to talk right this moment, she'd choke it right up.
Get your shit together Conrad! She thought positive to herself. There was no time for her to bitch out about this now since the deed was already done. It's just Aubrey…..It's just Aubrey. She repeated to herself, trying to keep her anxiety controlled and the sweat spilling from her palms at a minimum. I'll just tell Aubrey the truth before she slams the door in my face like a similar redhead just did. I'll just apologize first thing when she opens and everything will be fine-
Her thoughts were interrupted when the door started opening."Uh, Hello there?" FUCKKK! Stacie's eyes stretched unnaturally wide as she stared at the new figure who opened the door and looked the complete opposite of a blonde, teenage girl in high school who Stacie was nervously expecting. Instead, a rather tall man whose blonde hair was starting to faded to gray from where Stacie could see was standing in front of her, arms crossed over his chest and had a puzzled look on his face, probably wondering who the hell was this girl standing outside on their porch at this time of night.
Stacie never thought she'd say this but she rather have an angry blonde answer the door instead of her fucking father who looked ten times more intimidating than the blonde herself.
"Hi!" Her voice came out a lot higher than she expected, causing the older man to flinch at the volume. Clearing her throat nervously, "Uhh sorry Mr. Posen." Aubrey's dad was making no effort to show any emotion as he just stood there, deadpanned, with his arms remaining crossed. Never, has Stacie felt so defenseless towards another person and just being around this man after hearing how crazy he treats Aubrey was straight up terrifying.
"Who are you?" he asked bluntly, his voice hinting with irritation as if Stacie just interrupted something important he was currently doing.
Panic. Yeah, Stacie was panicking. How the Hell is she suppose to get inside to talk to Aubrey? She was about to just say 'wrong house' and quickly bolt it away to the back of the house and hopefully there will be another tree to climb up. Hell, she'd swim in a pool of sharks to talk to the blonde if it would avoid her father's death glare.
"Uhhhh-" Stacie started, her eyes floating around the perimeter to search of something that she could possibly lie about. Landing her eyes directly on a bookshelf filled with nonsense and positioned right behind the man's head, she thought of an idea. "Oh I'm Aubrey's study partner for lab. Uhh, I thought she would've told you I'd be coming over to work on some homework," Stacie chuckled nervously.
"Oh." Stacie could read by the way her dad's eyebrows shot up in shock and could tell he was surprised that a girl like Stacie was in all the honor classes like Aubrey was. It seriously looked like he was being PUNK'D and if she had a nickle for every time she received this reaction when telling someone she was in classes such as, physics, chemistry, calc, etc, she'd be the richest woman in America. "Don't you mean tutoring? Aubrey is brilliant when it comes to trigonometry or the….lower level courses." He shrugged casually, trying not to sound like he was offending the taller girl but failing completely.
Trig? Lower level courses? Stacie scoffed and clenched her fists together, keeping her from not decking him in the face right then and there. "Um no. Actually, I completed trig in middle school when I placed 'Advanced' in all the standardized tests so the school had no other choice but to make me take high school courses in seventh grade. Even with those added to my schedule PLUS, tutoring on the side, I remained at a 4.0. Actually, that's been my grade point average since I even started school," Stacie gloated with so much amusement it almost made her sick.
"Oh and did I mention? I was a 12 year old in seventh grade, tutoring a bunch of sophomores and juniors in Math, Science and Hell, even English." Stacie smirked, watching the man's face deflate in defeat as he swallows his own words. "So this talk about lower level classes is like a, 'been there, done that" type of deal so really, if you wouldn't mind, I'd like to start on my Chemistry lab with your daughter." Even though those words felt so good coming out of her mouth, especially after Aubrey's dad insulting her knowledge because of her appearance, she instantly regretted everything when she heard the amount of harshness come out and the way the man's face was frozen in place.
Silence washed over the two as Aubrey's dad just stared at her in shock while Stacie was mentally face palming herself at the verbal courage she just displayed which probably will get a restraining order on her soon, making it impossible to ever talk to Aubrey again.
She was about to apologize until Aubrey's dad's mouth curved into an impressed grin and gestured with his head for Stacie to step inside.
Oh thank God…. She released a heavy breath and shifted her body forward.
"What's your name?" Aubrey's dad twisted his body in the door frame as Stacie cautiously squeezed through him and the door, stepping into the Posen's house.
It was everything she was expecting. A fancy piano, a gorgeous chandelier hanging from the ceiling that looked like it costed more than Stacie's entire life. Freshly clean carpets and candles lit that made the house smell like lavender. She felt like she needed to wear gloves and brush off her socks before walking because she is scared of making their perfectly clean house dirty.
"Stacie Conrad." She gave him a tight lip smile as he closed the door. "I uhhh, just moved here from Oregon and luckily, I was paired with Aubrey so we have became pretty close." Minus the fact that they kinda had a thing until Stacie ruined everything and now Aubrey hates her guts.
"Well Stacie, I like they way you present yourself and can tell you're going to go far," he said with a genuine smile that eased all that tension right off of Stacie's shoulders so she was able to mirror the gesture. "Aubrey! You have a guest!" he called up the spiral staircase. "I'll let you two get to studying."
"Thank you, Mr. Posen." Stacie watched him walk back into the kitchen before he stopped in his tracks and turned around, facing the leggy girl again.
"Call me Bill," he said before disappearing around the wall.
Amused, Stacie couldn't handle how great she felt knowing she was already on a first name basis with Aubrey's dad. That honestly has to be record time especially if it is a freaking Posen she is now on good terms with.
All that excitement vanished away when she heard an upstairs door swing open. Soon, Aubrey walked down the stairs with Stacie going unnoticed until the blonde reached the carpet where Stacie currently was standing and she was greeted face to face with a familiar pair of emerald eyes.
Stacie could see the physical appearance of Aubrey's face drop when they were met face to face. That gleam in her eyes was gone and now, all that was left was anger and a hint of water beginning to pool around the green.
"Hey Bree," Stacie said with a mouthful of uneasiness. Just looking at the blonde made all those nerves reappear in her body, making it almost impossible to make eye contact without wanting to shrivel up. "I think your dad and I are going to be best friends soon." A slight, nervous chuckle broke pass Stacie's lips.
She felt her chest tightening when Aubrey didn't move, didn't speak, didn't even show any emotions and was just standing there, burning holes into Stacie's soul with her venomous eyes.
"What are you doing here Stacie?" Aubrey bit out angrily. She was in no position to see the taller girl and Stacie could read by Aubrey's body language that her presence wasn't welcome.
Running her hands through her hair and shifting her weight side to side, "I came to explain things to you."
"What is there to explain Stacie? You lied to me….you hurt me. What else is there?" Aubrey's voice was weak as it was fighting against the tears that were threatening to fall.
"Yes, I know that I lied to you Bree and I have every right to lose your trust but none of this was suppose to happen-"
"Not suppose to happen?" Aubrey cut off harshly with her eyes glaring at Stacie. "So what you're saying is that I wasn't suppose to find out that you were fake fucking your best friend who lives in the same house with you while I sit there and fall in love with you while you sit there and lie to my face?" The tears finally broke by as Aubrey lifted her hands to wipe them away.
"Wait what?" Did Aubrey just say fall in love? "Y-you.. w-were-" Stacie was starting to stumble over her words, feeling her own tears forming in the pit of her eyes. "You were falling….in love?" she gasped out. If this were true, Stacie doesn't think she'd be able to handle it without wanting to jump off a cliff. She thought that maybe it was only her and it was too soon but she also was falling deep under Aubrey's charm.
Aubrey scoffed, clenching her jaw and looking up to her ceiling. "Doesn't matter anymore," Aubrey hissed through her gritted teeth. "Now please leave." Turning around, she started making her way back up the stairs.
In a hurried movement, Stacie followed right behind. "Aubrey stop." Stacie quickly grabbed Aubrey's wrist, preventing her to walk up the stairs any higher.
"No Stacie!" Aubrey yelled, yanking her wrist out of the taller girl's grip. "I want you to get out of my house!"
There was no way her father didn't hear Aubrey's yelling but that didn't matter at the moment.
Stacie flinched at the blonde's harshness but had no choice but to shake it off. "Just listen," Stacie basically begged. Walking down the stairs and over to the fancy piano centered in the middle of the living room, she took a seat on the bench before lifting the top and revealing the keyboard. She steadied her fingers on the keys and took a deep breath before continuing.
As she played the notes on the piano, Stacie lifted her eyes up to the staircase to make sure Aubrey didn't leave and when she did, Aubrey was still in place with her reddened eyes and flushed cheeks, staring down at Stacie at the piano.
Closing her eyes and releasing a heavy sigh, she began to sing.
Guess it's true, I'm not good at a one-night stand
But I still need love 'cause I'm just a man
"Woman," Stacie corrected in a whisper and could've sworn she heard a faint snicker on the top of the stairs where Aubrey was but didn't take her eyes off the piano.
These nights never seem to go to plan
I don't want you to leave, will you hold my hand?
Oh, won't you stay with me?
'Cause you're all I need
This ain't love, it's clear to see
But darling, stay with me
Why am I so emotional?
No, it's not a good look, gain some self-control
And deep down I know this never works
But you can lay with me so it doesn't hurt
Oh, won't you stay with me?
'Cause you're all I need-
Stacie stopped playing when she felt a knot in her throat keeping it impossible for her to continue. She didn't even realize she was crying until a tear rolled down her nose and dripped of the tip, landing directly on the piano's keys next to her fingers.
She also didn't notice the gentle hand that all of a sudden was under her chin, lifting her head up to to meet those beaming green eyes that make her fall deeper every time she looks into them.
Aubrey was still crying, tears still running down her cheeks but her eyes were softer than they were previous. With her thumb, she swiped the wetness off of Stacie's cheek and instantly causing Stacie to lean into the touch.
"Can I sit down?" Aubrey asked with her palm still cupping the taller girl's cheek. Her voice now sounding a lot calmer and not like before when she was two seconds away from slapping Stacie in the face. Stacie nodded her head and scooted over on the piano's bench, allowing Aubrey to take a seat next to her.
They sat in silence for a while and the only noise around them was the giant grandfather clock ticking by the lit fireplace and the wood crackling. Stacie would occasionally steal glances at Aubrey who was staring straight ahead and would quickly look down into the piano's keys when Aubrey felt her eyes, causing her to twist her head.
"I'm so sorry, Bree," Stacie broke the silence, eyes focused on her fingers trailing against the smooth white on the piano's keys. "The first day I ran into you outside while walking into school, you took my breath away." Stacie furrowed her brow with a small smile. "Beca told me to go into my senior year focusing on college and academics and to keep boys and girls out of the way because I've been through enough shitty relationships that I don't think I could've handle going through another one. And though I agreed, it wasn't until I was helping you pick up your class textbooks and looked into your eyes when I suddenly, wanted to go against my words." Stacie swallowed thickly, feeling her eyes start to get misty all over again as Aubrey watched her with so much passion that she felt the blonde could read her mind.
"I had my eyes set on you from day one. Aubrey Posen is-and will, be mine, no matter what," Stacie muses proudly with confidence. "Then I saw you with Jesse and found out he was your boyfriend and I'm going to be honest with you and say I wasn't too happy about it. Then, Chloe mentioned that Beca and I were dating and quickly, the whole school thought that we were this ideal lesbian couple and I let jealousy get the best of me, thinking that using this fucked up rumor would bring you and Chloe closer to us." A frown appeared on her face as she continued. "Now I know that that was the stupidest fucking thing a person could do because in the end, I hurt the one person I care the world about and to see you cry and know I was the reason behind those tears, physically and mentally killed me."
There was no stopping the tears now as they streamed down Stacie's cheek while she lowered her head again. It wasn't long until Aubrey repeated a familiar gesture and lifted her face, wiping the tears all over again until her skin was dry.
"Well technically-" Aubrey started, still letting her thumb brushed under Stacie's eyes to wipe the smeared mascara. "Your plan worked because Chloe and I were basically picking our eyes out with spoons watching you and Beca play tonsil hockey all the time," she snickered softly. Removing her hand off Stacie's face, she reached for the taller girl's hands, intertwining their fingers and placing them gently into her lap. "You hurt me. Bad, Stacie, and who knows when I'll be able to trust you again."
Stacie felt that knot back in her throat and the only thing keeping her from totally being submerged in guilt was the soft hands that were brushing their thumbs back and forth on the back of her's.
"I know," Stacie voice was weak and was barely audible. "And I understand if you never want to see me again but I just wanted you to know everything." God, did she wish that wasn't what Aubrey was thinking. Just the thought of Aubrey not in her life made Stacie's heart cramp up.
"At first, yeah, I never wanted to have anything to do with you. I wanted to block your number, delete you off of every social media known to man and goodness, I was even thinking about transferring classes." Stacie felt her insides shattering bit by bit after every last word Aubrey said. Worry was eating her alive and she couldn't help but think this was the last time her and Aubrey would be together.
Stacie's worries were soon faded away though when Aubrey leaned her face up close next to Stacie's, placing a soft, lingering kiss on her cheek and pulling back with a small smile that made Stacie's breathing hitch at the sweetness it was laced with.
"God, I should hate you right now." Aubrey shook her head with a small laugh. "But truth is, I can't."
At this, Stacie felt every muscle, nerve, organ, bone in her body explode with excitement that it was almost overwhelming to handle. Aubrey doesn't hate her and Stacie no longer had to overthink things and see a future without the blonde by her side.
Confidence and courage hit her bloodstream again and soon, Stacie found herself leaning into Aubrey's face until the blonde twisted her head, pulling away from the kiss.
Shit. I fucked up AGAIN. "I uh, shit I'm sorry I didn't...I-I mean w-wasn't thinking and god-"
"Stacie stop." Her panic rambling was cut short by Aubrey's voice. It wasn't sharp like Stacie was expecting and actually, it was comfy and reassuring. Squeezing her hands to remind Stacie they were in fact, still conjoined, "I don't want to dive into things. I'm not going to lie and say I'm still not hurt by what you did," Aubrey said simply. "I just want to start over. Start as friends and see where things go. Is that okay?"
Stacie scoffed and stretched her mouth into a wide grin. "Okay?" she challenged with a furrow in her brow. "Of course it's okay! I'd rather have you in my life as a friend-hell even acquaintance- than not have you in my life at all." And it's true. Though she wishes that she could kiss Aubrey like how she imagined she'd do when they make up, she was lucky enough to get a second chance even though it was as a friend.
"Good." Aubrey smiled at the taller girl and leaned her head on her shoulder. "Because I don't think I would want to look for another lab partner when I already have the best one at Barden."
Leaning her own head on top of Aubrey's, smelling the fruity shampoo within the blonde locks, " I'm one of a kind Posen," Stacie joked and felt the blonde next to her chuckle.
Releasing a satisfied sigh, she grinned to herself at how things were starting to look up.
Even though Stacie was expecting more than just a friendship with Aubrey, she was grateful she even got that. Really, Aubrey could've kicked her out of the house, saying she never wanted to see her again and even worse, she'd lose her lab partner.
But no. And although Aubrey and her weren't at the position where they left off at, that doesn't mean they can't work back up to it and possibly become even more than friends.
In a sense, it gave Stacie something to look forward to and fight for because there was no doubt in her mind that she didn't want to Aubrey to be a potential girlfriend.
She made it home and she couldn't help but smile in satisfaction at everything she accomplished tonight. She was able to convince Chloe to give Beca a chance to explain things which hopefully, they did and also, she was able to talk to Aubrey and win her friendship back. Overall, it was a pretty successful night on her part.
Walking inside the house, she noticed that all the lights were off except for the one in the living room. She dropped Warren's keys on the kitchen table and made her way into the living room.
When she entered, she saw the TV playing the end credits of some movie that Stacie assumed it was Disney because of the animation. As she turned off the movie and twisted her body, she noticed that on the couch was Beca sprawled out with her arms wrapped around a redhead who was pressed snugly into her chest and arm snaked around the brunette's waist.
Stacie smiled at the sleeping duo and was glad that they were able to talk it out. Picking up a blanket from the lovesac, Stacie draped it over sleeping beauty one and two before turning off the lights and going up stairs.
She was truly happy for her best friend. Stacie knows how much Chloe means to Beca and saw how beat up the girl was when Chloe and her got into that fight. And too see them cuddled up on the couch with popcorn kernels and crumbs all over their faces and couch warmed Stacie's heart, knowing her best friend would be happy again.
But though she was glad Chloe and her were back together, she couldn't help but feel something deep inside that herself to see that. She didn't know what it was but had a hunch of what it could be and it only grew stronger the longer she stared at Chloe wrapped in Beca's arms.
Kind of like jealousy.
Her wanting to be in Chloe's position.
It was a confusing feeling;even scary, but now that her and Aubrey were on good terms, she hopes that the blonde will be able to keep her mind off her best friend because the last thing she needs in her life is for this jealousy to become stronger and her feelings to grow deeper towards Beca.
"So Beale," Beca walked into her room and dropped a plate of pancakes and eggs in front of Chloe who was reading her anatomy textbook at Beca's desk. "How does it feel to officially spend the night?" Beca asked with a smirk, watching Chloe face light up at the sight of freshly made food. "Am I a good host?"
Shrugging her shoulders with a playful smile, the redhead took a bite out of the bacon. "I'd say if you were a hotel, the service would be a four out of five stars," she said in between chews.
Beca rolled her eyes at the redhead and took a seat on her bed as she as well, enjoyed her breakfast. Everything was great-perfect even. Chloe and her were able to straighten things out and now, they were eating breakfast together after spending a very laid back, and much needed night together watching movies and doing everything Beca would usually hate if it were someone else besides Chloe.
Beca couldn't wrap around her mind how fucking lucky she was that Chloe was even with her at this moment. She could've easily avoided Beca for the rest of the school year and stayed hating her guts but, she didn't.
She forgave Beca and that was something the brunette was so grateful for, words couldn't even explain it.
"Four out of five?" Beca questioned, offended in a way but still kept that playful smirk on her face.
"Mhmmm," Chloe hummed as she finished her bacon and closed the textbook shut. Taking her plate, she walked over to Beca's bed and set the food down on the nightstand before leaning into the brunette and placing a soft kiss on her lips.
Beca instantly sighed into the kiss and moved her hands to the back of Chloe's neck to pull her down on top of her body. She never realized how much a person could miss someone's lips until she met Chloe. It felt like she was kissing her for the first time all over again with the electrifying sparks and butterflies spreading through her entire body.
Chloe allowed a small swipe of her tongue to brush against Beca's bottom lip. She tasted like syrup and bacon mixed together even a slight hint of coffee that Beca made earlier. Overall, Chloe tasted delicious and was a little upset the redhead pulled away so soon.
"Guess I'll have to come again and stay the night so you'll have another chance to get that five out of five huh?" Chloe purred as their lips were ghosting against each other. "And if not, I guess I'll just have to keeping staying over until you do." Quickly, with one last peck, Chloe rolled off of Beca to sit on the spot of the bed next to her, already starting to dig into the rest of her breakfast.
After Beca snapped out of her mini daze Chloe's lips hypnotized her into, she twisted her body and leaned her head on her hand which was kept up by her elbow on the pillow. She took the time to watch Chloe eat and didn't even care that it was borderline creeper because it was still all so surreal that this redhead was sitting in her bed, eating her breakfast and wearing her clothes after spending the night with Beca.
Beca saw Chloe's eyes peek through the corner, catching the brunette staring intensely at her. "You're freaking me out, Becs."
Snickering, Beca snatched a piece of bacon off of Chloe's plate, earning a long whine in the process from the redhead before sticking it into her mouth and savoring the flavor.
"You have your own plate you smooch!" Chloe was covering her plate with her arms, keeping her food out of reach from Beca who was laughing at her squeals whenever she got her hands close.
Giving up with trying to steal another piece, she retracted her hand and placed it next to her body, still staring at the redhead. "I have a question," Beca said.
Taking a sip of her coffee, Chloe placed her plate on the nightstand again and positioned her body laying down so she was now facing Beca. "Shoot."
"What's our status?" Beca asked plain out, deadpanned and everything. Chloe quirked her eyebrows up, not really knowing what Beca meant. Catching this, Beca continued. "Like, what do we do when we get to school?"
Beca knew exactly what she wanted and that was to be able to walk into Barden, holding Chloe's hand and kissing her whenever and wherever she was no matter the time of day (of course respecting PDA because that shit is annoying when couples suck face constantly in public). But even though she wanted this, she didn't know where things were stood between them in Chloe's mind.
"I say we wait a little bit…. not that I don't want Barden to know we have a thing," Chloe reassured when she saw a slight frown on Beca's face. "I just…. the students at Barden can be harsh as you know with the rumors and stuff. I just don't want them saying anything bad about me, or you since the whole dating Stacie thing you had."
Beca and Stacie talked about announcing their fake relationship to the school but really, it wouldn't really do anything since they already broke up. Soon, their relationship would fade just like every other one does eventually.
"Deal." Beca smiled and moved her hand to Chloe's waist, gripping the skin under her shirt gently. "But so you know Beale, I'm calling dibs." A spark lit inside Beca's head at her words and Chloe instantly knew where this was leading. "On your lips," Beca sang with a smirk, inching her face in closer to Chloe's until their lips were barely touching. "On your kiss," Closing the distance, she placed a soft kiss on Chloe's lips, feeling the redhead smile at the contact. Pulling away and still keeping that signature smirk, "On your time, girl I'm calling dibs," Beca finished singing and gave the redhead a wink while mouthing,'all mine' when she gestured her finger in the air all over Chloe's body.
Chloe laughed at how adorable Beca was being and smacked her hand away. "I feel so proud that you are now starting to do spur of the moment country singing," She gushed in between laughs and pulled Beca into her arms. "If you have dibs on me, I have dibs on you."
Beca nuzzled her face into Chloe's neck and wrapped her arm around the girl's waist. "Sounds good."
Beca laid in Chloe's arms for a while until the redhead gave a playful smack to her butt, hinting for Beca to sit up. "Come one. We have Anatomy to do."
Groaning loudly, Beca fell straight back into the pillows with a huff. She completely forgot about their tutoring session and she really didn't want to spend the day mesmerizing muscles and bones.
Then something rang to her. "Can't, Beale," Beca said smugly, sitting up to catch a confused look on Chloe's face at the decline.
"And why is that?" Chloe cocked her hips, crossing her arms over her chest and sporting a face that read, 'bullshit' all over.
"I got a concussion yesterday."
Chloe's face quickly transformed into worry when Beca announced this. "What? Are you okay? How? When? Did you go to the doctors?"
Beca chuckled at Chloe's sudden rampage of questions, feeling good that the redhead was so worried about her well being. "I'm fine, I passed out after hitting a girl in the face with a basketball and her nose was pouring out blood. Yes I went which is why I can't work on Anatomy right now. I have a Doctor's note to show teachers, saying that I am excused from heavy school work if experiencing symptoms and Beale, as my tutor, my head hurts." Beca fake winced when she touched her head, earning a dramatic eye roll from Chloe when she did so. "That being said, Anatomy has to wait until symptom free so, you can get your butt back over here so we can kiss instead."
It took a while for this to become convincing to the redhead but Beca was glad it worked when Chloe placed the book back onto her desk and with a mischievous grin, she started making her way back over to Beca's bed.
Laying her stomach flat against Beca's and placing her forearms on either side of the brunette's head, she leaned her forehead on Beca's. "What am I going to do with you, Mitchell?"
With her hands, she moved them off the bed and gripped them onto Chloe's hips. Smirking, "That's for me to wait and watch while you decide. Don't worry, you have lots of time to pick something."
Beca the Adorable Badass [7:05 am]: Better be ready Beale! Stacie and I are on our way!
Beca the Adorable Badass [7:05 am]: Also for tax, I will take a muffin or pop tart. Surprise me with the flavor ;)
Chloe smiled down at her phone as she read the message. Never has she felt these giddy around someone especially if it was only through a text.
She has said this before but she is going to say this again, Beca Mitchell is and will be the death of her.
Finishing her hair and checking her outfit in the stand up mirror on her closet door, she walked down stairs and was greeted with Clay and Chris eating breakfast at the kitchen table.
"Chlomosexual!" Chris yelled when he caught a glimpse of red hair walking down the stairs and into the kitchen. Chloe winced at the loud volume and also, that stupid nickname they came up with. She wasn't going to say she's not a morning person because that isn't true. Actually, she an all day type of person and is always blessed to live another day but, her brothers were the extreme and prime example of morning people.
"Hey Chris, hey Clay," she greeted with a smile before looking into the pantry for breakfast. Searching the closet, her eyes landed on a box of s'more poptarts and decided this was what she would surprise Beca with, knowing everybody who was human loved s'more poptarts and if you didn't, you should be arrested.
"Why are you leaving so early?" Chris asked when he saw Chloe starting to pack her breakfast up when usually they all eat together. "Already ditching us for your girlfriend?" He clenched his hand up to his heart for dramatic effect. "Clay did you hear that?! She is leaving us for a girl!" Now he was fake crying and everything was just way too much to handle this early in the morning.
Rolling her eyes but managing to still snicker at her annoying brother, "Chris, shut up." She made herself a to go coffee and joined her brothers at the table. "She isn't my girlfriend….well not official and plus, she is just taking me to school. We have to pick up Aubrey also."
"So you and Beca are friends with benefits?" Clay asked, sticking some cereal in his mouth.
Chloe shakes her head in response. She knows that her and Beca don't use each other just because they want to release some sexual tension-which in fact, they haven't even gotten past making out so this FWB deal was an automatic no. "Yeah no. We are just really, really good friends."
"But she isn't your girlfriend?" Chris added into the conversation. "And you guys are intimate with each other….. what the fuck are you?!"
Chloe leaned her head back against the chair, groaning into the air. "I don't knowww." Which this was true. Chloe knew she wanted to be more with Beca. Be able to take her on dates, take her to dinner, kiss her in public. Hell, she even wanted to make it official on Facebook, or post cute couple pictures on Instagram because she was a sucker for those.
With all these wants, she just had to make sure nothing would get in the way of their relationship.
*Ding Dong*
Chloe couldn't help but smile at who was at the door but regretted it instantly when Chris and Clay's eyebrows shot up to their hairline and were wearing a devilish grin.
"I got it!" Before Chloe could stop her brother from running to the front door because who knows what he will tell Beca, she missed his wrist completely, allowing the boy to run out of the kitchen with Chris right behind.
"Oh hey Beca who isn't a girlfriend yet but neither a friends with benefits." Chloe heard her brother's greeting from the kitchen and in a quick motion, she hurried to the front with her breakfast and coffee in hand.
Beca tossed the boys a sheepish smile before her eyes caught Chloe and immediately her face lit up.
Smiling at the brunette, "Hey Becs." She reached into her bag and fished out the pop tart so collected earlier and when she did, she handed it over to Beca. "For you m'lady."
Beca took the poptart. "Man. You sure are wifey material." Smirking, she reached out her hand and grabbed Chloe's wrist, bringing her in for a needy kiss. Chloe was surprised with the sudden motion that she completely forgot that her brothers were right behind them. All she cared about was how much she could get use to kissing Beca Mitchell on a daily basis because really,
Beca was a phenomenal kisser.
It wasn't until Chris blew out a piercing whistle when she finally broke apart from the brunette.
"No banging on the porch!" Chris hollered, amused written all over his face.
Beca was blushing, adorably and if it wasn't for her annoying brothers taunting them in the background, she'd kiss her again and kiss her hard.
"We are leaving." Chloe took Beca's hand and lead her outside.
"Morning sex before school is always the way to go!" She heard Chris yell.
"Yeah! It really boosts your brain for school!" Clay added.
Closing the door before anymore nonsense her brothers could embarrass Beca by, she grabbed onto Beca's hand, intertwining their fingers as they walk down to Beca's jeep. Stacie was in the backseat, fixing her makeup and when the couple made it to the car, Stacie stopped what she was doing and smiled.
"Okay lover girls, way to take your time but we still have one more person to pick up and Chloe I know for sure you don't want to experience the wrath of Aubrey when we are late for school."
Beca detached her hand from Chloe's and walked around to the driver's side as the redhead got into the passenger seat.
Buckling her seat belt, Chloe turned her head, smiling at the leggy girl in the back. "Good morning to you too, Stacie. Climb anymore trees?" she joked which received a sarcastic laugh in response.
Beca on the other hand, watched the interaction confused at the random climbing trees inside joke the redhead and Stacie had going on. "Someone want to elaborate?" She asked, turning on the engine.
"Oh shoot," Chloe totally forgot to even tell Beca this story which was surprising since it was probably the funniest thing she has ever seen in her life. She'd pay millions just to watch Stacie climb up and down trees for a living. "Saturday night, Romeo over here was throwing rocks at my window after I kicked her out of my house and when I didn't answer to her rocks, she climbed the tree next to my room like some sort of spider monkey." Chloe giggled at the memory. She could vividly see the taller girl struggling to get down the tree with her long legs getting in the way of every branch.
Dropping the mascara from her eyelashes,"You laugh now Chloe but that was pure talent." Stacie stated proudly.
"Why were you at Chloe's house?" Beca asked curiously while Stacie continued with her make up.
Chloe decided to answer for Stacie when it seemed like she wasn't going to respond. "She went through all trouble just to convince me to talk to you. She was tired of seeing you so upset and wanted to make things right between us." Smiling and taking Beca's free hand that was on the shift, she connected their fingers together. She didn't think of it too much that night but now, she realizes how sweet that was of Stacie. Putting Beca's emotions before her's.
"What?" Beca smiled at the reveal and looked into the rear view mirror at her friend. "Is this true Stace?"
"I will not confirm nor deny." Stacie said with a straight poker face. She was applying lip gloss into her hand mirror and Chloe couldn't help but think she was getting ready for a certain blonde.
Wanting to change the subject, "Oh look!" Stacie closed her mirror and looked outside the jeep's window when they stopped to see Aubrey's house."We are here!" Without hesitation, she got out from the car and skipped her way over to the blonde's front door.
Beca scoffed and shifted her body outside of her open door, yelling, "We are talking about this later Conrad!"
After picking up the blonde, they made their way to school ready to get over whatever buckshot today was about to bring them.
"I feel so legit." Stacie chirped excitedly as Beca pulled the jeep up into Barden's parking lot.
Students today were staring more than they usually did Beca noticed. She knows that her jeep is pretty fancy, it's a wrangler, black on black and looks basically brand new but seriously, it wasn't a type of vehicle to stop mid conversation to look at like all these students were doing.
"I feel like the plastics man!" Stacie continued to gush about whatever fantasy that was dealing through her delusional mind.
Beca pulled up into a spot and turn her jeep off. "People are acting weird." She noted when she stepped out and all eyes were on her and the group. "I wonder what they're saying about us now."
Stacie, Aubrey, Beca and Chloe made their way towards the school's entrance but not without people flaunting them awkward smiles and waves. Even people they never talked to were walking up to the group and having a conversation like they were best friends.
"There is no fucking way we aren't walking around like the fucking plastics!" Stacie cheered, again, when she caught so many eyes on the group. "We are like the Cady Heron, Gretchen Wieners, Regina George and Karen Smith of Barden!"
Beca couldn't help but agree with the leggy girl. It felt like the four of them were walking under a spotlight
"Hey Beca!" Emily yelled with excitement as she jogged across the sidewalk and grass. Instantly, Beca caught the dark bruise under her eyes and how swollen her nose has gotten.
Damn did Beca mess her up.
Emily appeared up with the group with a bright and shining smile plastered on her face.
"Is this the poor girl you nailed in the face with a basketball?" Chloe questioned after examining the girl's killer bruise forming under her eyes.
Beca chuckled nervously. "Yeah…" Chloe gave her a scowling look like one your mom would give her child after behaving badly. "Sorry again, Em. At least you look like a badass." Beca really tired to make the awful injury look like a plus and was grateful Emily wasn't too worried about it.
"Emily, this is Chloe and Aubrey," Beca greeted as the younger girl shook hands with Aubrey and Chloe. "And you already know Stacie."
"Hey Emily. Face looks pretty gnarly!" Stacie joked with a amused smile that was soon mirrored by the younger girl. "Looks like you got into a sick ass fight."
"Hey guys!" Another voice rang behind the group. It was Jesse and he was holding a stack of flyers all printed only disgustingly bright, florescent colors.
"Oooo! Are those ballads for homecoming court?" Aubrey asked when she saw the stack of papers in Jesse's arms.
"Yes ma'am."
Aubrey frowned at this and knitted her eyebrows together. "How come I didn't know about this? I am student council president."
"Welllll-" Jesse started with a smile breaking through his mouth as he twisted one of the papers on top so that it was facing the blonde. "As a nominee for homecoming court, we wanted it to be a surprise."
"What?!" Aubrey shrieked and yanked one of the papers, bringing it up to eye level.
"Yay Bree that's awesome!" Stacie cheered for the blonde. As for someone who won homecoming royalty freshman, sophomore and junior year plus, won prom queen, she was excited for Aubrey. It's a huge honor to get nominated also, looks great on college applications. "Congrats!" Stacie grinned at Aubrey who wasn't as excited as Stacie was expecting. She looked kind of between a mixture of vomiting or yelling.
"Chloe, you're nominated too," Jesse added, looking down at the paper.
Once he said this, Beca knew that was probably why they were getting so much attention from other people. And she hates to agree with Stacie but right now, they were pretty high up on the chain when it came to popularity.
Beca took her shoulder and nudged it against Chloe's. "Wow stud. Who knew I had a thing for a homecoming queen." She smirked at the redhead who just shrugged it off, making Beca wonder why she was so mellow about this.
In a way, she even looked a little irritated. Deciding to figure out what was wrong, "you good Beale?"
"I'm paired with Tom," Was all Chloe said, emotionless. Beca's stomach churned in jealousy at the thought of Tom and Chloe up on stage, waving their hands with flowers and wearing a crown and tiara. She almost threw up at the thought of Tom putting his hands anywhere near Chloe when they would have to do the king and queen solo dance.
Before Beca could reply to Chloe, a guy and his girlfriend came up to Beca and tapped her on the shoulder, causing the brunette to turn around.
"I just want to let you know, you guys have my vote." This boy that Beca has never even seen before said with a cheesy smile that reminded her of Jesse's but less annoying.
"And mine too. You guys are just so cute," His girlfriend added with the same smile. Beca glanced down with her eyes and saw the same bright color of paper Jesse was holding in both of these random student's hands.
Votes for what? And whose we?
She was about to ask what they meant by their votes but was too late when she saw the couple walking away.
"Jesse…" Beca asked cautiously. "What did they mean by that? They had the same papers as you."
"Really you don't know?" Jesse responded in a shocked tone.
No, that's why I fucking asked. Beca kept this sarcastic comment to herself.
"You guys are like...all that Barden is talking about right now!" Emily announced like it was some major hurrah. "It's pretty cool even talking to all of you guys." Okay, Emily was starting this fan girling thing and it was starting to worry Beca.
"What do you mean Emily?" Stacie was starting to now get curious.
Not wanting to fluff up the conversation anymore than it already has, Beca snatched a piece of paper off Jesse's pile and read it out loud.
Homecoming Court Nominees *Senior*
Aubrey Posen & Luke Stroma
Chloe Beale & Tom Smith
Gwen Stacy & Aaron Reed
Stacie Conrad & Beca Mitchell
"Oh my God…" Beca clasped a hand over her mouth as she read the last names written on the paper over, and over again.
Stacie Conrad & Beca Mitchell
And again…
Stacie Conrad & Beca Mitchell
Anndd again.
Stacie also read this over her shoulder and saw her mouth drop as wide as Beca's. That's probably why Aubrey was acting so weird when she read the paper. Beca didn't even want to look at Chloe, knowing she was probably sporting the same face.
"You guys are Barden's first same gender candidates! This is like history you two are breaking!" Beca ignored everything that Jesse was saying and even if she wanted to listen, her eyes wouldn't be able to tear from her's and Stacie's name written on the ballads she was now holding.
In unison, Beca and Stacie faced each other.
"Oh….Shit."
YES! XD For any of you wondering why homecoming is so early, in Colorado (well at least my high school) they had it seriously a month into school. So like Barden, I made it that way as well.
Don't worry about angst anytime soon as it may seem like there is about to be some. It will be funny I swear :) And I can't wait to write about it.
homecoming assembly (Choir will perform), homecoming... I'M SO EXCITED!
Next chapter we will meet some new characters, Qwen Stacy (NOT SPIDERMAN Qwen) and Luke! They are...well they're going to be a hassle for our girls.
Till next time lovelies,
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