A/N: So I changed the rating, it doesn't really matter much for this chapter but I'm just planning ahead. Just letting you know in case you're not into that.
"Hey" Stacie stepped into Aubrey's apartment and looked at her with a goofy grin.
"Hey" Aubrey had a matching look on her face. Stacie looked down at Aubrey's lips and back up. She used her index finger to tilt Aubrey's chin and kissed her softly. Aubrey took a step closer, running her hands up Stacie's neck, one hand scratching the back of her head lightly while the other slid down to rest on top of Stacie's heart. She felt Stacie's heart rate quicken and she smiled against Stacie's lips.
The kiss slowed down after a while, ending in a few lazy pecks. Stacie rested her forehead on Aubrey's and took a deep breath with her eyes still closed. "I'm still not used to that."
Aubrey hummed contentedly. "I don't think I'll ever get used to that."
Aubrey fiddled with Stacie's necklace before looking up shyly. "As much as I'm enjoying standing here doing this, do you think we could maybe move this to the couch so we can watch the movie?"
Stacie laughed and gave Aubrey a quick kiss before nodding. "We can do that."
Aubrey led Stacie to the living room and gave her the remote so she could pick out a movie while she ordered a pizza. She leaned on the back of the couch and swept her hand across the top while she waited for them to pick up. She felt Stacie's hand tugging at her own and turned to look at her. Stacie grabbed Aubrey's hand and kissed her knuckles. The pizza guy had to say hello twice before Aubrey realized he had picked up. She freed her hand and cupped Stacie's cheek gently. Stacie leaned into her hand and turned her head to kiss her palm. She placed a line of kisses down to her wrist, her tongue peeking out on the last one making Aubrey gasp. She shook her head and ran her fingers down Stacie's jaw before walking away to finish the call.
She hung up and sat on the couch glaring playfully at Stacie. "You're really distracting."
Stacie shrugged and smiled. "I try."
Aubrey shook her head before leaning over and kissing her. Stacie's hands wrapping around her back pulling her closer. Aubrey's hands framed Stacie's face. Stacie slid one of her hands down to Aubrey's waist and continued along her side to her leg, moving it under Aubrey's thigh and pulling her closer. Aubrey straddled Stacie without breaking the kiss, Stacie's hand resting on her leg just under the hem of her dress, her fingers tracing patterns on her skin, the other one pulling her closer from behind. Aubrey ground her hips down making Stacie moan, both of them too busy to hear the front door close.
"Oh my god!" Aubrey straightened up on Stacie's and looked over her head to find Chloe covering her eyes behind the couch. "I'm so sorry, Bree, I totally forgot Stacie was going to be here tonight. I'll go."
She started walking backwards, her hand still over her eyes making her bump into a wall. Stacie was holding Aubrey by the waist and pulling her close, her forehead was on her chest as she kissed her stomach over her dress, making it really hard for her to think. Aubrey pulled back and put her hand on top of Stacie's head keeping her back. "Chloe, it's okay. We just ordered a pizza, do you want to stay?"
"Oh! No, no, I wouldn't want to intrude, you were clearly in the middle of something." Chloe had stopped trying to walk away but she was still covering her eyes.
Stacie surprised Aubrey by turning around slightly, holding on to the blonde's legs so she wouldn't fall off her lap. "It's okay, I don't mind getting to know Aubrey's best friend a bit better."
Aubrey bit her lip and looked adoringly at Stacie before quickly pecking her lips. Chloe had dropped her hand and smiled at the couple. Aubrey looked up with a big smile. "It's settled then, you're staying."
Aubrey gave Stacie a lingering kiss before getting off her lap and walking towards Chloe. "Help me get the drinks."
Stacie leaned back on the couch and sighed, trying to calm down. She could feel her heart hammering in her chest and her face felt hot. While she still thought getting to know Chloe was a good idea, she didn't know if she was going to last the whole movie without jumping Aubrey. She pressed her hands to her face and groaned. It was going to be a long movie.
Aubrey dragged Chloe to the kitchen and closed the door behind her. "I'm so so so sorry, Bree."
Aubrey waved her hand in front of her dismissively. "It's okay, I don't know if I'm ready for where that was heading."
"Well, from what I saw, it looked like you were the one taking it there." Chloe chuckled. She opened the fridge and looked inside. "What does Stacie drink?"
"Umm." Aubrey scrunched up her face in thought. "See, I was dry humping someone when I don't even know what they drink! I don't know anything about her!"
Chloe shrugged. "I don't think knowing what she drinks is all that important. And you can find out, and about all the other things." Aubrey was still frowning. Chloe gave her a one armed hug. "You don't have to do anything you're not ready for, Bree, but she seems like a great girl."
Aubrey looked up at her dreamily. "She does, doesn't she?"
Chloe rolled her eyes. "Go ask her what she wants to drink."
Aubrey was practically sitting on Stacie's lap on the couch, Stacie had one arm around her waist and her chin on Aubrey's shoulder. Aubrey had a bowl of popcorn on her lap and she would occasionally feed popcorn to Stacie. Chloe would have rolled her eyes at how ridiculous they were being if she hadn't been aware of how much more happy and relaxed Aubrey seemed. In all her years as a Bella, she had never seen Aubrey so at ease, and if feeding popcorn to the girl on her shoulder made her happy, who was she to judge? The movie ended and Chloe stretched out on the couch. "So, Stacie, are you going to audition for the Bellas?"
"She is." Aubrey replied immediately.
"I am." Stacie shrugged and kissed Aubrey's cheek. "I'm trying to convince Beca to come too but it's not working out so well."
"Who?" Aubrey raised an eyebrow at Chloe, she asked Aubrey if Stacie had said anything about her a few times, so she knew Chloe knew who Beca was.
"She was with me when we met at the activities fair?"
"Oh, yeah, your roommate." Chloe nodded as if she'd just remembered.
"She's not my roommate."
Aubrey moved so she could look at Stacie. "She's not?"
"No, she lives across the hall."
"Huh." Aubrey furrowed her brow in a way that Stacie thought was adorable making her smile. "I just assumed she was since you haven't really talked about your actual roommate."
Stacie nodded and kissed Aubrey, not really caring about this conversation or thinking about what she was saying. "That's because I don't have one."
Aubrey was too preoccupied with Stacie's lips to think about what she had said. "Wait, you're a freshman, how do you not have a roommate?" Chloe asked.
Stacie froze mid kiss and turned her head slightly to look at Chloe. "Umm. I'm just lucky I guess."
She tried to go back to kissing Aubrey but she pulled back to look at her with narrowed eyes. No freshman was that lucky. "Stacie."
Stacie looked down and bit her lip. 'Things were going so well, why did Chloe have to ask about stupid Beca?' She took a deep breath and looked into Aubrey's eyes and saw confusion in them. "Chloe, can you give us a minute?"
"Oh, sure, I'm just gonna… I'll go to my room. This was nice, we should do this more often." Aubrey glared at her. "Yes, leaving now. Bye."
Stacie moved out from under Aubrey, placing her on the couch next to her and taking her hands. "Stace, you're scaring me, what is it?"
"It's not something bad, I just don't know how you'll feel about it." Stacie looked at Aubrey's hands in hers and sighed. "You know that building with all the labs?"
"The Conrad research center?" Aubrey shook her head confused.
"Yes, and you know the big library by the quad?"
"The Conrad library? Stacie what does this have to do with anything?" She pulled on Stacie's hands making her look up.
Stacie smiled and looked back down. "You know how there's this portrait in the library, right when you walk in? Do you know who that is?"
Aubrey shook her head. "I don't know, that old Conrad guy I guess."
"That old Conrad guy was my grandfather." Stacie closed her eyes and waited for Aubrey to say something but she stayed silent. She opened her eyes slowly and saw Aubrey biting her lip pensively.
"So you're... Stacie Conrad?" Stacie nodded. "And like eighty percent of things in this school are named after you?"
"My family really, I wasn't even born when most of these things were built, I did come for the research center opening when I was little. Although I'm the only one left now so I guess you could say I am the Conrad family. I don't really get my shares until I turn 21 though. I don't really know all the technical details, I should probably find out but I think-"
"Stacie!" Stacie looked at her sheepishly. Aubrey let go of her hands making her frown. "So you're-"
"Beca calls it Barden royalty." Stacie shrugged.
Aubrey laughed and Stacie relaxed a little. "You're ridiculous."
Stacie bit her lip. "So, you're not mad I didn't tell you?"
Aubrey shrugged and took Stacie's hands again. "I guess not, I mean, I get why you didn't tell me."
"So we're good?"
Aubrey nodded and got back on Stacie's lap, throwing her arms around her neck. She kissed her softly. She started fanning herself as soon as she pulled back. "I never thought I'd ever kiss actual royalty."
Stacie laughed and flipped them over making her squeal. "Shut up! It was Beca!"
Aubrey laughed and shook her head. "I'm sorry, it's just too funny."
"If you keep making fun of me I'm not taking you to my secret Conrad study room in the library." Stacie sat back on Aubrey's lap and crossed her arms.
Aubrey leaned up on one elbow and pulled her down over her, rolling her eyes. "Shut up and kiss me."
Stacie smiled and obeyed, leaning down to capture Aubrey's lips. She used one hand to hold herself up, the other one wrapped Aubrey's leg around her, settling between her legs. Aubrey moaned and dropped her elbow under her to lay fully on her back, hooking her other leg around Stacie and pulling her closer. Stacie bunched the bottom of Aubrey's dress in her fist, her thumb grazing the top of her thigh. Aubrey grabbed her face and pulled her away. "Wait, were you kidding about the study room?"
Stacie shook her head and leaned down to kiss down her jaw. Aubrey gasped as she moved down her neck to her collarbone. "Can we go now?"
Stacie sat up and gave her an incredulous look. She motioned at them. "Right now?"
Aubrey bit her lip and nodded. Her head was splayed on the couch and Stacie had never seen something sexier in her life. Stacie opened and closed her mouth. "But... we're..." She closed her eyes and took a deep breath. She opened her hand and let go of Aubrey's dress. She brought her hand up and pinched the bridge of her nose. Aubrey dropped her legs from around her waist and Stacie held back a whimper. She waited until she couldn't hear her heart hammering in her ears and sighed. "Let's go."
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