I Wish That I Had Jesse's Girl

24 - Distance and Almost Kisses

AUTHOR'S NOTE: Only 2 more chapter left, I'm really gonna miss writing this story. A little heads up for this chapter is that it's very angsty/depressing, but then again, weren't all the chapters?

Something was obviously wrong with Stacie.

It was only a few days into their week at the cabin and Stacie had seemed to withdraw from everybody else. It was very strange because no one could say that they saw it coming, it seemed that everything had changed in the last few days.

No one could say that Stacie was as happy as she used to be or in a cheery mood when they got here, but it seemed to drop in the past few days. Not by just a little though.

It had become very heartbreaking to watch the brunette do the simplest things, she always had this dejected look in her eyes. As soon as she walked into the room it was like a depressing mood was set.

Stacie would barely talk to others anymore and would mostly just stay in her and Aubrey's room all day. But when she did come out it was either for a movie, eating or smoking. She tried to save the smoking for around 8 o'clock, she figured that was when Aubrey would call Jesse, so it gave her an excuse to leave the room.

The brunette would try and act happy around the Bellas, always putting on a fake smile, laughing at others jokes.

But that was about it.

If you looked at her when she thought no one else was looking you could see the melancholic look on her face.

You also couldn't touch her anymore. Chloe would normally try and give her a hug or would put her head on the Stacie's shoulder, but as soon as the contact was made she would flinch or become very tense. When Aubrey and Stacie would go to bed, the brunette would sleep the farthest away from the blonde as she could, which was very out of the ordinary considering that they normally were close together and them their limbs entangled in each other.

They never talked about it though. It was kinda like the elephant in the room, there is an obvious problem with Stacie, but the girls do not want to talk about or bring it up to her. Well, that was until Wednesday night when the girls were sitting in the den watch a movie.

They were watching a horror movie so all the Bellas fit into both of the couches all huddling together. And unfortunately, much to Stacie's dismay, she was sitting next to Aubrey.

Every time something bad was about to happen Aubrey would get closer to Stacie, she would try and move away but was trapped because she was sitting at the end of the couch. But probably it was the worst when someone was killed Aubrey would turn her head and hide into Stacie neck. She could feel the blonde's hot breath on her neck, sending shivers down her spine.

After the first 45 minutes into the movie Stacie began to feel very uncomfortable with everything and had a sudden urge to just break down into tears. She had no idea why but the feeling had just hit her and she was barely holding back the tears now.

"H-Hey Aubrey" Stacie whispered, swallowing the lump in her throat.

She turned to look at her, "Yeah?"

"I-I'm gonna g-go back into the room, so could you uhh... like just move for a s-sec." She said stumbling across her words.

"Yeah sure."

After Aubrey moved for her she stood up and walked upstairs into their room. As soon as she entered the room, the tears came streaming down her face. She got onto their bed and grabbed the pillow burying her face into it, trying to muffle the sobs.

After the brunette left, Aubrey just sat in the corner of the couch alone thinking about her. She just seemed so off and she could have sworn that she saw tears in the corner of her eye.