This is pretty much a filler chapter but it's a bit humorous towards the end so you should enjoy it.
It's All About Finding Yourself - Chapter 18
The next day was Jesse's seventeenth birthday and the birthday boy started the day off with the most amazing surprise a seventeen year old guy could ask for. A 1969 Chevrolet Camaro, although it was Jesse's responsibility to get it up and running again since it was pretty beaten up but he was more than over the moon with it especially since he loved anything to do with cars and fixing them.
Stacie on the other hand was trying to keep herself together after what happened the previous night. She was wrong, her parents didn't wake up in the morning and everything was okay. She had called Beca after she had retreated upstairs only to have the short brunette in a panic because she couldn't make out a word Stacie was saying due to the tears.
Mr McKay sat at his desk, silently marking off who was here on the register as he let his class get on with the first task. This was his favourite class to teach, call him bad for having favourites but he had Chloe, Stacie, Beca, Aubrey and Jesse in the class and those were some of the best, kindhearted kids he had ever met and it's not just because they're all in glee club, they have never failed to put a smile on his face ever since he met them.
He looked back down at the register and tapped his pen on the desk. "Chloe's here." He mumbled to himself and glanced up before ticking off her name. He chuckled slightly to himself as he came to the next name. Anastasia Conrad. Stacie hated her full name and had always complained to the school to put Stacie on the register instead since that's what everyone calls her but they continue to refuse to for whatever reason. Think of the poor girl at the start of the year with new teachers. Mr McKay looked up at Stacie, he had absolutely no idea how the school allowed her to continue taking Spanish throughout these years since she's probably more fluent in the language than he is.
Mr McKay's brow then furrowed, Stacie looked a tad distant from her friends, looking upset almost; She had her hand on her forehead and her eyes closed. He got up from his seat and moved around to the front of his desk. "Okay class, copy down the vocabulary from page forty-two and I will be back in a moment." Mr McKay walked up to Stacie and crouched down beside her desk, he looked over at the other four and made sure they were two busy to listen. "Can I have a word with you outside?" He asked, placing a hand on her shoulder.
Without a word, Stacie reluctantly stood up and followed Mr McKay outside. "You alright Stace?" He asked, the concern obvious in his voice.
Stacie looked down at her feet and crossed her arms.
"If you're not gonna talk, I can't help."
"My mom and dad are splitting up and it seems serious this time because they were talking about filing a divorce." Stacie finally said lifting her head to meet her teacher's eyes. She seemed to be tired of crying and just looked downright miserable.
"That's awful, you must be devastated, how's Ally and the boys handling it?" Mr McKay asked with sympathy, his voice softening.
"Well Aiden obviously doesn't know any different but Elliot and Ally just keep making it out like dad's leaving. Those three are staying at my Grandma and Grandpa's for a few days while my mom and dad sort stuff out, Mom suggested that I stay with Aubrey or Beca to get some peace and quiet from everything." Stacie explained with a sigh. "Aubrey said that I could stay with her because staying with Beca, Jesse and Rachael is anything but quiet." She added with a slight smile.
"That's good then, you should just try and relax and let your parents figure out what to do and you know that no matter what the outcome is you'll still have your mom and dad in your life, okay?" He placed a hand on the girl's shoulder. Stacie nodded. "I can let you go practice your cello in the choir room for the period if you like; I heard you Jesse, Aubrey and Beca are representing the Music Academy at an assembly at the middle school to encourage kids to audition. It's not like you can actually fail Spanish anyway." He laughed with a wink.
"Gracias Señor." She replied mockingly and Mr McKay internally cheered as he finally managed to get a smile from the teenager.
Aubrey unlocked the door to her house, Stacie close behind her, and was instantly greeted by her puggle, Rocky.
"Girls is that you?" Aubrey heard her mother call from an undetermined location as Rocky threw his front paws up onto the blonde's thighs so he was standing on his hind legs, tail wagging rapidly.
"Yeah it's us Mom." Aubrey called back, pushing Rocky off of her only to have him do the same thing to Stacie.
"I love you Rocky, you're so cute." Stacie ran her hands over his fur before leaning down and giving him a kiss on the top of his head. Aubrey laughed over her shoulder.
"Just go upstairs whenever you're ready I just need to talk to my mom." The blonde said but Stacie was too busy talking to Rocky instead. Aubrey rolled her eyes before walking down the wide hallway. "Mom? I need you to tell Dad something for me-oh." Aubrey walked into the living room as she spoke expecting to find her mother but also found her father sitting on the couch next to her. "Uh hi Dad." Aubrey said slowly knowing she just dug herself into a hole with the previous thing she said.
"Hi, honey. Why don't you take a seat and tell me what you were going to get your mother to tell me?" He asked with a raised eyebrow, patting the couch beside him.
"You know what? It doesn't matter, I should really go upstairs and see Stacie." The blonde pointed behind her and began slowly walking backwards.
"Stacie's known this house for years, I'm pretty sure she knows where she's going." He replied with a small smile. "Aubrey, sit down and talk." He added more firmly as he sat forward himself and clasped his hands together.
Aubrey closed her eyes and inwardly cursed at herself before reluctantly taking a seat. "Dad please don't go crazy but I'm dating someone." Aubrey said slowly before dropping her gaze as she awaited the voice raise.
"Who's the guy?" He asked instead making Aubrey quickly lift her head, she glanced at her mother who was simply smiling. "Your mom told me you were dating but she wanted you to come to me and tell me who it is." He explained.
"Well it's Jesse." Aubrey shrugged with a smile, finally feeling relieved.
"Aubrey you know the kid's had anger issues in the past." He furrowed his brow.
"Colin." Rose interjected warningly after seeing her daughter's hurt expression.
"Dad you can't be serious that was like five years ago. You've known Jesse since he was born, you know how well he's treated Stacie, Beca and I growing up. He's the sweetest guy I know." Aubrey gushed.
"She's right Colin, you know how close the four of them are, you know how close we are with their parents so there's no need to lash out now just because Jesse is dating our daughter. Would you rather him or some boy you knew nothing about?" Rose asked with raised eyebrows.
"You have a point. I'm sorry, you're right, even though I frown upon you dating when you have school to worry about if I had to choose one guy for you to see, it would be Jesse." He finally broke into a smile and relief washed over Aubrey as she leaned back into the couch. "Just be safe, Aubrey." He placed a hand on her knee and her eyes widened.
"I think that's my cue to leave." She quickly stood up and retreated towards the door.
"You know we've never had the talk, Bree." Her mother said.
"I don't need it Mom, you're a bit late. That's the talk you have with thirteen year olds not sixteen year olds who already know everything." Aubrey called as she left the room.
Later That Night.
"Watching you makes my skin crawl." Stacie shivered as she turned away from watching Aubrey remove her contact lenses. The girls were getting ready for bed just as it was coming up for ten-thirty.
"Is there anything that doesn't make you collapse?" Aubrey teased, blinking rapidly once she removed the two lenses.
"Very funny." Stacie faked a laugh and shoved the blonde's shoulder as she crawled up the bed. She removed the hair tie from her hair and shook her head causing her hair to fly in every direction.
Aubrey hauled her handbag up onto the bed and started raking through it, removing things in the process.
"What're you doing?" Stacie asked before picking up the hairbrush Aubrey had just thrown out her bag and began brushing it through her hair.
"Looking for my glasses." The blonde replied distractedly.
"You just took out your contacts, what the hell?"
"I know but I want to read my book and it's much easier just to pull my glasses off when I'm too tired instead of having to take out contacts." Aubrey explained, finally pulling out the desired case from her bag before putting everything she launched out back in.
"Is it weird being long sighted?" Stacie asked, pulling the covers over herself as she rested her head on the pillow.
"You've asked Beca and I this about a million times." Aubrey rolled her eyes as she removed her glasses from her case and put them on.
"I know but I just can't wrap my head around it."
Aubrey unlocked her phone and went onto her messages. "Look here." She moved closer to Stacie and made sure her head right next to the brunette's before pushing her glasses up to rest on her head. "I can't read this until it's out to about here." The blonde stretched out her arm and squinted her eyes slightly.
"That's crazy." Aubrey laughed her best friend's facination. "Remember that time Beca lost her glasses so you guys were sharing yours the whole day?"
"Clear as day." Aubrey shook her head at the memory because it ended in a lot of arguing.
"Obviously not that clear because you're blind as fuck." Stacie scoffed and Aubrey kicked her under the cover with a gasp in offence.
"Comments like those is what gets you kicked out my bed." Aubrey warned, grabbing her book off her nightstand and opening it at the page she left off. As the blonde read, the brunette tossed and turned in attempt to get to sleep. She sighed before looking at Aubrey, would she risking getting her head bitten off by starting conversation? Ah well.
"How's things going with Jesse?" She asked conversationally.
"You see us everyday, surely you can answer your own question." The blonde replied distractedly.
"I meant when no one is around, like sexy stuff." Stacie shifted onto her side and propped herself up with her elbow. "Like, how far have you gone with him."
Aubrey's face reddened slightly. "Stace we haven't been dating for that long."
"I know but you guys are perfect for each other and you know it. You're a teenager! This is the time to start exploring sex!" Stacie exclaimed.
Aubrey finally turned to the suddenly excitable Stacie and sighed. "All we've done is make out a little but he's kept his hands to himself." She finally said before turning back to her book.
"He does manage to turn you on when you're making out though right?"
Colour rose the Aubrey's cheeks again, this time much worse. "I-I uh...yeah?" She internally slapped herself silly for sounding so uncertain but it was true, she was uncertain.
"Girl please don't tell me you're trying to say that you don't know whether he can turn you on or not?" Stacie asked incredulously.
"I'm unfamiliar with the feeling." Aubrey mumbled but Stacie sure heard.
"How - wait what? you've went sixteen years of your life without even like touching yourself?" Stacie asked with a raised eyebrow.
"Stacie do you even know my family? Most of them are crazy Christians who have already shoved their beliefs about-"
"-Masturbation." Stacie finished for her, knowing fully well that the blonde wouldn't say it.
"I know what it's called." She mumbled, her face burning. God why was Stacie so embarrassing. "Can we not talk about this? I'm already slowly losing my dignity."
"No because you need to know what feeling you're looking for when you're making out with your boyfriend." Stacie sat up and crossed her legs.
Aubrey's eyes widened. "Stacie I think you're sleep deprived."
"Quit being such a prude. Listen, I'm not going to do anything weird to you, I'm not a lesbian I'm just helping you out."
"I don't like the sound of that." Aubrey replied quickly as Stacie threw the book onto the floor.
"You're making it out like I'm about to molest you, oh my god will you calm down? It won't work if you're all crazy." Stacie tried to put the blonde at ease but Aubrey still had no clue what was going on.
"What the hell won't work?" Aubrey's eyes widened.
Stacie gave up on talking and sat up onto her knees before sweeping her hair to one side. In one swift motion, she pushed Aubrey's hair out of the way and attached her lips to the blonde's neck.
Aubrey was too busy trying to catch up on what happened that when she tried to open her mouth words wouldn't follow.
"Did Jesse do this to you?" Stacie murmed against her neck.
"No." Aubrey replied once she finally found her words "Stacie what-"
"Close your eyes and imagine I'm Jesse." Stacie mumbled once again.
Aubrey blamed her tiredness as she did what Stacie said. The brunette kissed softly along Aubrey's neck as she moved her hand down to the blonde's waist in order to catch any telltale signs that she was enjoying it. Stacie ran her tongue against her skin until she came to Aubrey's ear lobe before clasping her teeth around it.
Aubrey felt heat rush to her core as she pictured Jesse in her head. She shifted her legs under Stacie's grip and the brunette pulled away. "That's what it feels like." Stacie said as she rolled onto her back and back under the covers.
"How did you know I was-" The blonde was a tad flushed mixed with confusion.
"I'm an expert in arousal." Stacie shrugged.
"Please never say that again and please can we forget just what happened?" Aubrey begged.
"Sure it was just best friends helping each other out." Stacie laughed. "I feel like that's something Beca and Chloe said to each other before coming out the closet." She added as an after thought.
"I really need to reconsider who I should be hanging about with, how did I get landed with you weirdos? I mean I'm pretty sure no one else's best friend kisses their neck for help." Aubrey couldn't help but laugh because as weird as the situation was it was such a Stacie thing to do.
As Aubrey was beginning to fall asleep that night she couldn't seem to tear her mind away from sex. Sex with Jesse. It was so unlike her to have these thoughts in her head. God dammit Stacie.
Staubrey! gotta love it, sadly neither of them are gay in this fic.
Question - Should I change the rating to M? I have a feeling I'll have to write some sexy scenes later on
Can as many as you guys answer this question please I'd appreciate it greatly :D