A/N: Hey, guys! Guess who is back? I'm so sorry fo the hiatus. I had a lot of things to figure out. Thank you all for putting up with it.
My favorite review from chapter 5 is from Aquamarine99 and also anyone who encouraged me to take my time with writing this chapter. Thank you all so much. I didn't want to rush it and give you guys something that sucked or something I wasn't happy with or proud of.
To answer some questions:
Will we see the village of Benders? - Yes
Is there a war coming? - Yes
Who will lead the Dark uprising? - I can't tell without giving some things away, but it is a great question!
I hope you all enjoy this long awaited chapter. As always, I love you all! - Fox
Aubrey woke up the next morning and got ready for class. She knew Chloe and her little freeloader weren't going to go to school today. For once, Aubrey wasn't going to argue with them. She felt kind of bad for Beca. She knew that it couldn't be easy seeing her dead mother and realizing that she was alive this whole time.
The Igniter wasn't going to spend time thinking about it, though, once she left the apartment. She had her school work to focus on. It was her last year and she was determined to get her diploma. As she was walking towards the building that her class was in, she spotted Jesse, the one she thought was her soulmate before he chose Dark. She stared at him for a while, thinking about the times before he had chosen. She remembered how they went to watch movies all the time and how much of a movie geek he was. The blonde continued walking, staring at him until he glanced up at her. As soon as he did this, she looked away, quickening her pace to the building her class was in.
But it seemed like once she saw one of her problems, she saw another. As she walked into the building, she literally ran into Stacie, causing the things she was carrying in her hands fall to the floor.
"I'm so sorry," the leggy brunette said, helping Aubrey pick up her things. She didn't realize it was her until she looked up, "Oh…it's you."
Aubrey looked down, "Yeah, um, I kind of wanted to talk to you."
"Well, I need to get to class, but we can meet up later and talk if you want?" Stacie offered.
"Oh, yeah we can do that. Where do you want to meet?" Aubrey asked.
"Here," Stacie grabbed the phone that was in Aubrey's hand, putting her number in it, "Just text me and we'll figure it out. I can't afford to be late to this class again." With that, Stacie left.
The Igniter looked down at her phone, a little shocked. Stacie had put her name in her contacts with a winking face. She put it away, heading to her classroom. The professor smiled at her as she walked in and took her seat. It wasn't long before she began thinking about Stacie, not that she ever stopped, but it felt like her phone was burning a hole in her pocket.
Aubrey took it out of her pocket, texting the brunette.
[10:50] Aubrey: You just wanted an excuse to put your number on my phone.
[10:51] Stacie ;): Well, that was fast :P
[10:51] Aubrey: I wasn't going to text you while my class was going on.
[10:52] Stacie ;): Aww, why not?
[10:52] Aubrey: It's against the rules
[10:53] Stacie ;): So what?
[10:53] Aubrey: So I'm not going to do it. When and where are we going to meet?
[10:54] Stacie ;): Eager are we?
[10:54] Aubrey: You're the one who wanted to meet.
[10:55] Stacie ;): That's true. Where would you like to go?
[10:55] Aubrey: We could go to that café, I suppose.
[10:56] Stacie ;): You suppose? That sounds so proper. It's just me.
[10:56] Aubrey: I suppose I'm just a proper person.
[10:57] Stacie ;): Of course, what else should I expect from you, Ms. Posen?
[10:57] Aubrey: Nothing. Now, what time are we going to meet?
[10:58] Stacie ;): Do you have another class after this one?
[10:58] Aubrey: No, but it doesn't get out until noon.
[10:59] Stacie ;): Mine doesn't either. We can meet right after our classes.
[10:59] Aubrey: I will meet you there.
Aubrey put her phone in her pocket as the teacher started class. She smiled, thinking about meeting the other girl…even if she was a Frost.
Beca was woken by the sound of a door closing. With a groan, she sat up. Everything was sore from her fingers to her back. She knew she used a lot of energy the day before. She'd gotten angry at her mother who showed up after eight years of Beca thinking she was dead. She looked at her hand and remembered what she did to cause the source of her pain at the moment. Her knuckles were bruised and had some scratches from the concrete wall she had punched. Even though she'd used her powers, it still managed to scrape up her hand.
When she started to get out of the bed, Chloe reached for her, grabbing her wrist, "Where do you think you're going?" she mumbled with her eyes still closed.
"I was going to get some Tylenol. My whole body hurts," the younger woman said."
The redhead opened her eyes, sitting up, "You lay down. I'll go get it for you."
"No, it's okay Chloe. I can get it myself. Go back to bed," Beca said.
Chloe shook her head, "No, let me take care of you."
The petite girl smiled, "I can get it, Chlo. Really."
The Mind Reader slid the covers off her and got out of bed, "I'm up already now so let me get it."
Beca shook her head, chuckling, "Alright. Thank you, babe."
Chloe smiled when Beca called her babe, "You're cute, you know that, right?"
For once, Beca let it slide, "Yeah, I know."
The redhead grinned, at her and went to get the medicine.
"Hey, Chlo?" Beca called out when Chloe left the room.
Chloe was only a couple steps out of the room so she turned around and came back in, "Yeah?"
"Could you grab something I can wrap my hand up with? It's messed up from what I did yesterday."
"Yeah, I can."
"Oh, one more thing," Beca said before Chloe stepped out again.
"Yeah?" Chloe tilted her head.
"I love you," Beca smiled
The redhead walked over and kissed her on the forehead, "I love you too, Becs."
Aubrey's class got out about ten minutes early, so she was sitting in the café before Stacie got there. She was sitting there nervously. Just then her phone buzzed. She looked down at it.
[12:00] Stacie ;): I'm on my way. Stupid professor wouldn't let us out early even though we weren't doing anything
Aubrey decided not to answer, knowing she would see the brunette in a couple minutes. But those couple minutes seemed to be the longest of her life. She stared at the clock on her phone, sighing when it seemed to be going slower. She had spaced out eventually before someone was sitting in front of her.
"Hey there," Stacie smiled.
"Oh," Aubrey shook her head quickly to refocus her attention on the brunette, "Hi."
The Frost looked at the Igniter, "So, you wanted to talk?"
"Yes, I did. I wanted to-" Aubrey started.
Stacie cut her off, "Let's get something to eat or something before we get into this." With that, the brunette stood up and got in line at the counter to get something to eat and drink.
Aubrey stared at her for a moment, partially in shock that she cut her off. Not many people did that to Aubrey Posen and got away with it. She stood up, standing behind Stacie. When the brunette made it seem like she wasn't interested in what Aubrey had to say until she had gotten something to eat, Aubrey let it go.
"What are you going to get?" Stacie asked, continuing to look at the menu above the people at the front counter.
The blonde sighed, "A coffee."
"That's all? You're not hungry?"
"No, I don't particularly like to eat donuts or anything sugary."
"Wow, you're really uptight."
"Excuse me?" Aubrey scoffed, looking at Stacie in absolute shock. She could feel her body temperature rising in anger.
The Frost laughed, "Chill out. I was kidding."
"Did you just tell me to chill out?" she was completely floored. No one really had the audacity to speak to her this way.
"Yeah, I did. You always seem like you're about to explode. You just need to relax a little."
Aubrey had no idea how to respond to her, for once not being able to find the words to say. She just took a deep breath, trying to relax just a little bit, "Fine."
"See? It isn't that hard, is it?" The leggy brunette smiled as she walked up to the counter to order something to eat and some iced tea.
Aubrey ordered after her and they both sat down when they got what they ordered. As she took a sip of her coffee, "I'm sorry."
"What for?" Stacie asked before she took a bite of her food.
"For being a jerk to you at practice. Also for being uptight all the time. I was just raised that way. My dad told me if at first, you don't succeed, pack your bags."
"Wow, what a horrible thing to say."
"That why I'm so intense, I suppose."
"There you go again with the 'I suppose,'" Stacie laughed.
She smiled at her, "Don't make fun of the way I speak."
"Sorry, sorry," Stacie giggled, "It's okay, by the way. I'm glad you wanted to speak so soon."
"I was originally going to ignore it, but I ran into you today."
"Well, I guess it's a good thing we did run into each other."
"Quite literally, I might add."
Stacie laughed at that, "Is that what you wanted to talk about?"
"Yeah, but I think we can go into more detail about this whole thing."
"Man, my soulmate just had to be super proper. We're polar opposites in just about every aspect."
"You don't know that. We haven't been able to get to know each other yet."
"I guess we haven't. We'll have to change that, huh?"
"Yes, we will. If we really are soulmates."
"I think you know that we are."
"I'm still trying to wrap my head around it, honestly. I thought someone else was my soulmate for the longest time. He ended up being Dark, so we had to end things."
"Do you think maybe you have more than one soulmate?"
"I'm not sure. I haven't heard of anyone ever having more than one."
"Maybe you're just different. I mean, that Beca girl came and changed the game. I heard she's a Guardian now."
"She is," Aubrey rolled her eyes, "She's Chloe's Guardian."
"Chloe's huh? I figured that was the case. They're really close aren't they?"
"Closer than I've needed to see," Aubrey shuddered at the thought of walking in on them one time, "They're soulmates and Chloe is my roommate."
Stacie nodded, "I see. That must have been awkward."
"It was. If you don't mind, I'd like to stop talking about that Hobbit and my best friend."
"Okay, so what would you like to talk about?"
This is going to be an interesting ride.