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Chapter 16

Aubrey's POV

Beca and I drove home in complete silence. I can't believe what just happened. I feel like I should be comforting her right now, but I just don't know what to say. I let her know that she is spending the night at my place. I think Chloe is the perfect person to comfort her right now. The drive back feels like it takes ten years. As soon as I pull into my parking space I feel relieved. Beca and I slowly walk up to the apartment and I unlock the door. I watch Beca head to Chloe's room as soon as she walks through the door. I knew that she was going to want to talk about it with her. I slowly remove my shoes and place my keys on the table by the door. I make my way to my room.

As soon as I open the door I see Stacie laying in my bed scrolling through what I assume is tik tok on her phone. The instant she hears the door open she looks up at me. At first with a smile, but as soon as she sees my face, which I assume is currently showing all my emotions, her smile fades. She stands up and crosses the room, pulling me into a long hug. As soon as I feel her arms around me I start to sob. Stacie pulls out of the hug and leads me over to the bed and holds me in her arms. I'm not sure how long we are laying like that before I finally stop crying.

"Do you want to talk about it?" I hear Stacie quietly ask when she notices I stopped crying. I nod my head and move to sit up, Stacie following my actions.

"What exactly happened? Was your dad upset with Beca?" Stacie asks, rubbing my back.

"You have no idea how mean he was to her. I've never seen him act the way he did. He just started attacking her and I couldn't just sit there and watch it. I wasn't sure what to do. He started comparing her to me and acting like I was some saint or something." I feel fresh tears start to fall. Stacie pulls me into another hug.

"It's ok Bree. You are a great sister to Beca. I'm sure she isn't upset with you." Stacie tries to reassure me.

"Stace, I came out to him too." I manage to whisper before I start to sob again. Stacie continues to hold me until I am able to continue talking again. After I catch my breath I hear Stacie ask me another question.

"What did he say to you?" She asks so gently. I look into her eyes. They are filled with so much kindness and affection it takes everything in me to not start crying again. She sits there patiently rubbing my back and giving me an occasional kiss on the cheek or forehead until I can find the words to finish explaining what happened.

"At first he thought I was joking, he acted like I was just lying to help get Beca out of trouble or something. When he realised I was serious, he just stormed out of the room. Stace, I think he really hates me. I… I don't know what I'm going to do." She pulls me into another hug.

"I'm sure your dad will come around. He was probably just surprised. You aren't alone Bree. Even if it feels like it. Beca won't leave you, she needs you and she knows that you need her. This goes without saying, but Chloe will never leave you, even if you tried to push her away she wouldn't go anywhere. And just so you know, you will always have me. I'm not planning on leaving. You're honestly the best thing that's ever happened to me. I love you Bree." I see panic in her eyes as soon as she says the last few words, like she didn't mean for them to come out.

We hadn't said I love you yet. I've never said it in any of my past relationships. Plus we've only been together for a couple months. It does feel really soon. "I love you too, Stace." I hear my voice say all of a sudden. It feels soon, but it feels right. I should feel scared that I developed feelings this fast for someone, but I feel calm. We lay down on my bed and she holds me until I feel myself start to fall asleep.

I slowly start to wake up and reach my arm across my bed. It's empty. My eyes shoot open. Stacie isn't in my bed. I can feel myself start to panic. Maybe it was too soon to say I love you, but she said it first. Maybe she regrets it. I stretch, then start to get out of bed. I start to head toward the bathroom when I hear whispering in the kitchen. I change course and head there to see who else was up. I walk in and see Chloe and Stacie whispering by the stove while making what looks like pancakes. They hear me walk in and instantly stop talking. Stacie turns around and drops the spatula she is holding and pulls me into a hug. I squeeze her back and I know she can tell I was worried.

"I'm sorry Bree. I didn't mean to scare you. Chloe and I just thought we would make breakfast for you and Beca since you had a hard night last night. I thought we would be done before you woke up."

"That's really nice of you guys Stace. Sorry. I was just nervous. I thought you were regretting last night." I say looking down at the ground, nervous.

"Bree look at me." I feel her lift my chin up and I slowly bring my eyes up to meet hers. "I meant everything I said last night. I love you and I'm not going anywhere." She pulls me in for a kiss.

"I love you too Stace."

"Aww you guys are so cute!" I hear Chloe squeal from across the kitchen. "I'm going to go wake up Beca so we can eat before Bella's practice, unless you want to cancel?"

"No" I sigh "We can't cancel. We have a competition in 2 weeks and you know how our last performance went at the fall mixer. And don't even get me started about the riff off. At the rate we're going we won't be close to making it to nationals."

"Okay…. If you're sure. I'll go wake up Beca so we can eat then."

"We can survive one practice without you if you want to stay home Bree." Stacie says after Chloe leaves the room.

"I need to be at practice so I don't think about last night." I reply. Stacie offers me a small smile then goes back to finishing the food. I start setting the table and bringing the finished food there. I know I need to try and process what happened with my dad last night, but I just can't bring myself to think about it yet.