From the First Time I Saw You - A Bechloe Fanfic

Chapter 28: Aubrey and Jesse

A/N: Hey aca-nerds! So, it's been a while. I basically wasn't in the mood to write. I'd lost my mojo and then I got sick (I still am...), but I decided to write chapter 28 for ya! I hope you enjoy it. 

-Bella Living room, 8pm-

"Chlo, stop looking at your phone. She isn't going to be texting you. She too busy getting' it onnnn" Beca laughed to herself from behind the ginger as she walked in with two mugs of steaming hot chocolate. The Bella's had all decided to have another movie night and Beca didn't openly object this time. She wanted any excuse to cuddle up with her ginger after being away from her for so long. She handed Chloe her mug before taking her seat on the sofa just as Fat Amy clicked play.

"You know I'm still annoyed at you." Chloe said from over the rim of her cup.

"Me? What did I do?" Beca asked in mock innocence.

"You heard what the doctor said. You're supposed to be resting!" Chloe put her mug down on the table next to her before taking Beca's out of her hands and placing alongside her own.

"Chloe, I made two cups of hot chocolate. It's not like I offered to clean out the attic." Beca smirked at her girlfriend.

"I know, but you're supposed to be resting. Doctor's orders. I don't want you hurting yourself." Chloe wrapped her arms around her girlfriend's waist and pulled her into her embraced so they sat on the sofa cuddling.

"Yes, sir!" Beca saluted before letting out a laugh.

"I love you girls a lot and you're both very cute, but if you carry on talking over the movie I'm coming over there and sitting on both of you." Fat Amy hollard from the opposite side of the room where she sat holding a bowl of popcorn, throwing a couple of pieces their way.

XxX

Chloe couldn't concentrate on the film. Her mind was too busy wondering about Aubrey. She let her mind wander back to that afternoon, after everything had calmed down.

"Why don't you just text him?" Beca offered from her, again, position on Chloe's lap. The girls had all moved back into the living room to devise a plan for Aubrey. Everyone had suggested different ideas. They ranged from 'kidnapping him and cutting off a lock of his hair', no surprise to which Bella suggested this, to holding a full blown musical performance for him expressing how she felt. Eventually after Beca groaned and moaned at every suggestion, she offered that Aubrey simply texted him.

"I can't just text him now." Aubrey looked more shocked at this suggestion that she did at Lily's kidnapping idea.

"Sure, you can. Just text him asking to meet you. You know, then explain how you feel face to face."

"That's not a bad idea, Beca." Chloe said, slight shock rising in her voice.

"Don't look so shocked babe. I was due for a good one." Beca lightly tapped Chloe's upper arm before laughing.

"No, I can't. I can't text him." Aubrey was starting to go into a meltdown over this. The girls had been suggesting ideas and plans for over half an hour and had been getting nowhere.

Just then Cynthia-Rose crept up behind the blonde. "Thank you!" She exclaimed as she pulled Aubrey's phone out of her back pocket of her jeans. The blonde had taken to pacing back and forth to try and calm her nerves.

The A Capella singer then ran around the back of the sofa tossing the phone to Chloe who had subtly signalled to Cynthia a couple of minutes ago, to grab her phone. Now Fat Amy was stood in the way as Aubrey tried to claw her way to Chloe to stop her typing.

"Sent!" She beamed up at Aubrey who looked like a ghost.

"Oh my-aca-god! He's gonna hate me. He's not going to want to speak to me. He isn't going to meet me. Beale, what did you say to him?" A fire was slowly starting to rise in Aubrey's eyes.

"Hey, Posen, chill!" Beca hollard at her.

"I just said 'Hey, I'm sorry about the other night. Can we meet up again tonight? I'd really like a chance to explain.' See. Not so bad."

Aubrey had her face in her hands, but as soon as she had them their they went flying all about the place as a chime admitted from her phone.

"That's him. I can't read it. What does it say?"

Chloe giggled slightly before speaking, "He said he'd love to." Relief spread quickly over Aubrey's face as she sank back into a chair.

Chloe was then brought back to her surroundings when Beca screamed, hiding her face into Chloe's side. "Oh. My. God. Who knew the famous Beca Mitchell was scared of horror films?" Stacie laughed from her place on the sofa. Jessica had also screamed and hid behind a cushion. Whilst Lily just laughed and Cynthia-Rose watched in anticipation.

"Shut up Conrad!" Beca yelled back. Chloe giggled slightly as Beca lifted her head. "I wasn't really scared. I wa- was trying to make Jessica feel better about hiding herself." Beca looked up at her girlfriend, trying to convince her.

"Oh yeah, tots." Was all the ginger said. Secretly smiling to herself and tightening her hold on the younger woman.

XxX

-Bella Living Room, 1am-

Aubrey walked into the house to see all the girls crashed around the living room. She laughed to herself before switching off the TV and turning on the light. The girls slowly opened their eyes and proceeded to complain about being woken up.

"Well, if you don't wanna know how it went then I can turn the light back off and not tell you." Aubrey teased them.

The girls were suddenly alert and awake. Every one of them sat up and leaned in eagerly to Aubrey.

"Okay, so we met at the ice cream place again at 8 o clock. We had something to eat and then I started to explain about how I told all you guys and how you encouraged me and comforted me and gave me the confidence to purse my relationship with him."

"And?" Ashley asked bubbling with excitement.

Aubrey laughed to herself. "And he just sat there in a state of shock because he couldn't believe that you girls were letting me date him. I mean a Treble. Then the conversation started to flow back into normal ease and we decided to go to the cinema and watch a movie. So, we did. He was a real gentleman and paid for me, even though I put up a good fight. Afterwards we went for a walk around the park and it was so nice and relaxing. Then he stopped so we could look up at the sky and before I knew it he kissed me." Aubrey's cheeks glowed pink.

A squeal was heard from Chloe and Jessica. "Go on!!" Denise exclaimed.

Aubrey laughed again, "Then he apologised and said he shouldn't have kissed me because we weren't official yet and he was getting so flustered so I kissed him back and assured him that I wanted to be his girlfriend. I thought he was going to faint." Aubrey smile widened. "He then walked me back to the house and said good night."

"I want to thank you girls so much. I know me telling you guys about Jesse has been hard but I'm glad I did. You girls are so important to me and I'm glad to call every one of you my friends, yes even you Mitchell. I owe you all so much. Thank you." Aubrey's eyes filled with years and all ten women embraced in a giant group hug.

XxX

Fat Amy had made Aubrey retell the story five more times before Beca announced she was going to bed. "I'm so happy it worked out for you Aubrey. I know we don't always see eye to eye but that doesn't mean I don't want you to find true happiness like I have." Beca casted her gaze towards Chloe and smiled. "Anyways, night everyone." She then disappeared upstairs, with Chloe soon following as she hugged Aubrey and congratulated her.

At around 2am all the Bella's were asleep and a gentle hush fell over the house. Aubrey smiled to herself as she saw a text appear on her phone. 'Thank you for tonight. I really enjoyed myself. Sleep tight, Bree and pleasant dreams. J x' Aubrey's deep smile was back again and she closed her eyes and fell into a deep enjoyable sleep.