A/N: So here's Stacie's chapter! Sorry to keep y'all waiting, I think I figured out a good writing and update schedule that will allow me to post 3 chapters per week, so yeah. Also, someone asked if Aubrey is married to Stacie in the story…
…well… ;)
Anyways, enjoy the chapter!
I'll update with the two other chapters soon, so hang tight. They're going to be featuring Amy and Cynthia Rose.
Reviews and Comments are always appreciated and thanks for the positive feedback so far! :D
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Beca came to after a good fifteen minutes had passed.
"Beca, are you sure you're okay?" Aubrey asked, she was huddled right next to her on the couch, checking if the DJ was alright.
Beca got up, looked around, and seeing as she was still stuck in whatever world or dimension she was in, groaned.
"You're really still hung up on your imaginary world, are you?"
"It's not an imaginary world Aubrey." Beca replied through gritted teeth and Aubrey sighed.
"Well, I think my wife would be able to help us."
"Your wife?" Beca asked dazed.
Too much info to process and all.
"Come on Beca." Aubrey said as she marched towards the door, Beca rushing behind her.
"Your wife? You have a wife?" Beca repeated as they made their way out the door.
Aubrey talked about her missus the whole ride through, but she never mentioned her name once, making Beca wonder who on earth actually managed to sweep Aubrey off her feet. The blonde kept commenting on how "she" was always going home late, "she" is always busy cooking up something, and apparently "she" should be able to fix whatever was wrong with Beca.
They pulled up at the parking lot of an impressive looking research facility and made their way through the lab when Beca realized just who Aubrey was talking about.
Tall. Check.
Brunette. Check.
Dressed for some reason in smart casual threads that were not at all revealing. Strangely enough, check.
"Stacie's your wife!" Beca exclaimed, catching the attention of the former Bella who was busy tinkering with some sort of instrument.
"Beca! Hey Bree, what brings you two here? Is Beca okay? She sounds surprised to know we're married." Stacie noted.
Aubrey sighed and quickly explained Beca's strange behavior, with Beca jumping in every now and then.
The blonde noticed Stacie biting her lip towards the end of their whole explanation, and immediately Aubrey realized that the DJ was telling the truth.
Sort of.
"You have something to do with this, don't you?" Aubrey asked calmly.
"Well, here's the thing." Stacie started to say as she gestured for them to grab one of the swivel chairs littered around the lab to sit. "See, last night, we had the first trial run of this new instrument I've been designing for months. It's supposed to help study the very thin fabric of time and space, you know, explore the multiple universe theory. But during the meteor shower, one of my lab techs had a mishap with one of our time continuum monitors and accidentally caused a rift in said time and space continuum. Anyways, long story short, there was a temporary black out in the whole facility and when the generators kicked in, one of the earths in the multiple earths we were monitoring suddenly…"
"Suddenly what, Stacie? Imploded or something?" Beca asked, jumping in sounding concerned.
"No, nothing like that Beca. But it froze. It stopped moving, like, it stopped moving forward in time. It's in a standstill. No signals. Nothing. It's not like we can see what's going on or anything, but we get to monitor seismic activities, and such, things that indicate the movement and progress of time. We haven't really found a way to monitor events in those places, the other earths in the multiple universes."
Both Beca and Aubrey nodded, not entirely sure at what Stacie just said.
"I thought there was something wrong with our monitoring equipment, but I think I have an idea of what had happened now. Beca from that earth is here. Her consciousness at the minimum. And maybe our Beca is still there somewhere, that's why your world now is in a standstill, you don't have a ghost to go along with your machine if you get what I mean."
"I don't get it, do you get it?" Beca then said to Aubrey.
"Your consciousness got transferred here, in our reality, and you're reality now is frozen. No time is passing. Not until you get back, right Stace?"
"Yes, exactly." Stacie answered.
"How do I get back then?" Beca asked.
"I don't know… not yet, at least." Stacie replied honestly.
"So you're telling me I'm stuck here?" Beca pressed on and Stacie nodded. "I'm stuck here while my version of Chloe is about to marry stupid Kyle, wait no, is frozen in time with whatever she's doing with stupid Kyle, and the Chloe here is getting married to Jesse of all people! Jesse!" Beca ranted, leaving a confused Stacie to search for answers from Aubrey.
"Apparently Beca's in love with Chloe." Aubrey started and Stacie immediately jumped up of her seat.
"Oh my God! That's it!" Stacie exclaimed while Beca and Aubrey exchanged looks. "No, listen. About three months ago I went out on a trip with my lab group, you know bonding and stuff, we met this sort of mystic during a fair and he kept talking about this red thread called the red string of Fate. The legend says that no matter the place, the time, the situation, two people meant to be together will be together. Maybe Beca was supposed to sweep Chloe of her feet and that's why this whole mess happened."
"Okay, first of all Stace, you don't seriously believe that legend, do you? Second of all, she hasn't even met Chloe in this world." Aubrey argued.
"Yes Bree, but just hear me out. Chloe's looking for a DJ for her wedding, and we honestly can't keep avoiding her, we have to meet up with her soon, you are her maid of honor. I hate the jerk face ex-Treble as much as you do, but think about it this way, if we introduce Beca to Chloe, then maybe they'll finally get a shot in this world, and Beca gets back to her own world."
"And how Stace? Magically?"
"No, listen. I'll work on the instrument and we can try testing it out, work on sending Beca back. But for now, now that Beca's here, would you at least consider the possibility that maybe that's why Beca's here?"
"As much as I love Beca, how sure are we that DJ lady killer here deserves to be with Chloe?"
"Are you telling me you prefer her to be with Jesse? Chloe deserves better."
"No, that's not what I meant. I just think we're getting a little out of hand with the assumptions."
"I get your point but what if Beca and Chloe are meant to be together in whatever world they're in? And this is the only way for Beca and Chloe to be together for both this world and our confused DJ's here. Beca, what do you think?"
"Well…" Beca started looking unsure. "You and Aubrey do sneak off somewhere a lot for a number of sketchy reasons, so I guess you're secretly together in our world?" she said in response to Stacie's question before turning her attention. "If that's true, then maybe what Stacie's saying is true."
Aubrey sighed. "If that's true then we have a lot of work to do. How on earth would Chloe fall for our DJ with her given reputation in this world?"
"Hey!" Beca commented. "I'm not that bad."
"Bree's right Beca. In this world, you've pretty much had your way with any and every single model you probably know. Name them, you've slept with them."
"Yeah, and meeting Chloe now with Jesse always by her side wouldn't help. The guys a jerk, but Chloe keeps insisting he's the sweetest, she's really in love with him."
Aubrey's comment almost made Beca barf.
But she managed to keep it down.
"But Jesse's a sweet guy. I dated him for almost three years in my version of this world." she tried to reason.
Now that comment almost made both Aubrey and Stacie barf.
Beca could tell.
"Maybe your Jesse, but not this one. And you seriously dated him?" Stacie then said.
"I was stupid and blind? I knew I was in love with my best friend, I was confused with which one." Beca offered as an explanation.
"That's good enough. But still, we have to come up with something sort of a miracle. Chloe's never been in love with anyone other than Jesse. Well, except for a stupid childhood crush of sorts."
"What do you mean Bree?" Stacie asked, and Beca's attention was fully on Aubrey.
Not on the weird noises of whatever was going on in the lab.
"When Chloe was like eight or nine or something, her mom and dad visited some relatives in Portland. She met this little girl in a park she ended up being playmates with. Anyways, they met when some kids were picking on Chloe for being a redhead and then the girl decked the leader of the gang in the face. She never told me her name, but apparently they made a stupid playground promise of marrying each other when they grow up."
Beca chuckled.
She couldn't help it.
The girl Chloe met sounded so much like Beca.
That's when she realized it.
She was that kid.
That was what that photo in the room was with her mom and the two redheads was all about.
And Beca couldn't help but laugh.
"Beca, are you okay?" Aubrey asked.
"Bree, you're wrong. I've met Chloe." she said light heartedly.
Both Aubrey and Stacie gave her a questioning look.
"Follow me. Stace, you okay to take a short leave?"
"Beca, I'm the boss. I can leave whenever." Stacie replied.
"Then what are you guys waiting for? You'll get a kick out of this." Beca commented.
They made their way back to the parking lot and to Beca's penthouse.
With Beca grinning stupidly all the way back.
As soon as they got back, Beca ushered both Stacie and Aubrey into her bedroom, the two of them crossing the threshold of its doors for the very first time. Both ladies at awe at the number of personal belongings Beca never showed anyone else.
Because she was only letting people into her private life, her deepest and most private thoughts and memories, for the first time.
And that's when they saw it.
The picture in a frame.
The redheaded woman was definitely Chloe's mom.
And the redheaded girl was definitely Chloe.
Aubrey couldn't help but notice the red band made of string that was supposed to represent a ring taped to the back of the frame.
They also noticed what was scribbled on the back in Beca's handwriting.
Need to find way back to her. Don't ever forget the promise!
Underneath was the date when the picture was taken.
Also written in Beca's handwriting.
The three of them exchanged smiles. A certain Dr. Conrad seem to have made the right hypothesis.
And Beca couldn't help but beam with happiness.
Fate was on her side now.