After the party, Chloe walked Beca to her dorm and gave her a good nite kiss before heading to her apartment dorm she shared with Aubrey for the night. It's now the next morning and Beca awakens with a groan as her alarm goes off. She turns it off and quickly dresses before heading to the rehearsal hall.
Ten minutes later, the tiny brunette walks in the doors and Aubrey instantly sees her cousin. The blonde captain nudges Chloe and gestures to the brunette walking in. The redhead smiles and squeals before running and hugging the small girl. "Oof!" Beca sounded at the force of her girlfriend's hug. "Morning to you too!"
Chloe pulls away giggling. "Sorry. Good morning." She replied and pulled Beca's head up for a peck on the lips. "Sleep well?"
"Not exactly. Well, I guess, but I'm not a morning person. I could really use some coffee right now." The brunette replied before yawning.
Chloe giggles. "You'll be ok. We can get coffee afterwards if you still need it."
Beca smiles and pecks her lips. "I love you, Dork."
"I love you too."
"Alright! Sopranos in the front and Altos in the back!" Aubrey commanded.
Everyone dispersed as said and Aubrey told them about Kori's Treble-boning last night. Beca looked at her cousin shocked. "That oath was SERIOUS?!?"
"Dixie Chicks serious." Aubrey said. "You can fool around with whoever you want to. Just not a Treble. Not that I have to worry about YOU. You're with Chloe."
The said redhead turned and winked at the Dj at that and the brunette blushed. Stacie then spoke up at the statement before that. "That's not going to be easy. HE'S a hunter." She said pointing to her crotch.
"Stacie... The Trebles don't respect us. If we let them penetrate us, we are giving them our power." Aubrey replied making the leggy brunette close her legs frowning.
Amy made a joke making Beca hold in a laugh. Mary-Elise then confessed she did the same and was kicked out. Again, Beca looked at her older cousin shocked. "Was that really NECESSARY?!?"
"Beca, I love you, but it's MY job as captain to make sure that my soldiers are prepped and ready at go time with three kick-ass songs sung and choreographed to perfection. Regionals are in four months, so if you have a problem with the way that I run The Bellas, then you should just..." Aubrey said and turned trying to keep from stress vomiting.
Chloe walked over and comforted her best friend while Beca suddenly looked guilty before standing up. She started to walk out when Chloe noticed and ran over grabbing her arm to stop her. The brunette freshman looked at her with tears welling in her eyes. "Becs, what's wrong? Where are you going?" The redheaded co-captain asked concerned.
Beca pulled her to the door for more privacy before speaking. "I obviously don't belong here. I upset my cousin not meaning to and now I'm going to my dorm." She said turning to leave again as the tears started to silently run down her face.
Chloe stopped her again spinning her around to face her. Gently lifting her chin with her finger to make her look her in the eye, she finally spoke. "Babe, don't go. You're wrong. You DO belong here. Aubrey is just stressed. She didn't mean what she said about leaving. And as for you being the cause of her stress, you're wrong. It's not your fault. It's just her first year as Bellas captain and it puts a lot of pressure on her shoulders because she wants to make sure she doesn't screw up. It's her last year and that doesn't help. Now come on..." She said gently wiping the tears away with her thumbs. "Come back and sit down. No matter what, that girl loves you. You're her little cousin and you've been through a lot. You need each other and right now, she needs you to give her some slack. She'd do the same for you if the roles were reversed. Now come sit down."
The brunette Dj hugged her tight and jumped wrapping her legs around her waist burying her head in her neck. The redhead rubbed her back and kissed her cheek then carried her back to the group who just finished watching a video on Aubrey's incident last year. Aubrey seeing the couple walked over looking worried. "What happened?" She whispered.
"She's upset because she thinks it's her fault you're stressed and that you really wanted her leave." Chloe whispered back. "I explained everything, but she's really taking it hard."
The blonde's eyebrows furrowed more in concern and rubbed the brunette's head in a gentle massage. Whispering that only she and Chloe could hear, she spoke up. "Beca... Hunny, I never wanted you to leave. I'm sorry I yelled at you. I was just stressed because it's my last year and my first time as captain. I just want to get it right and not screw up. If my former captain found out I screwed up leading this group, she'd kill me. I'm just trying to make everything right and perfect. Don't blame yourself. It's not your fault. And I love you. ALWAYS. You're my little cousin and you've been through way too much to put the blame of my stress on yourself. If it makes you feel better, I'll let you take it easy today."
Beca looked at her older cousin and nodded with a small smile of thanks. Aubrey kissed her cheek and went back to handing out papers. Chloe sat Beca on the chair she previously occupied and helped the blonde captain as the said blonde explained the details of everything.
There was a small argument between cousins about the set-list and then everything went smoothly. During choreography, the tiny brunette Dj had some trouble, so Chloe helped her girlfriend closely.
After rehearsals, Aubrey sighed. "Alright! I'm calling it!"
"Finally. I asked to go to the bathroom three hours ago." Lilly said quietly as Aubrey passed her.
Aubrey looked at her funny. "NOTHING. I hear nothing." She grabbed some papers and stated handing them out. "Everyone, take a schedule. Don't forget that we have our first performance next week. That's right, NEXT week."
"Guys, it's Sigma Beta Theta's annual Fall Mixer." Chloe supplied.
"Ok, Everyone. Hands in." When nobody, but herself and Chloe did so, she screeched. "Hands in, Aca-bitches!" The girls all put their hands in. "Ok. Sing Ah."
"Aaaaaaahhhhhhh..." Fat Amy started making everyone look at her.
"Nonono. That's actually ON three, Fat Amy." Aubrey corrected.
"Ahh."
Everyone giggled except Beca who just half smiled in amusement. "Ok. ON three." Aubrey started.
"One... two..." They all said, but the ah was out of sync.
Aubrey cringed putting her hands up to cover her ears. "Ok. We will work on that first thing next time." Everyone grabbed their stuff and headed out when Aubrey called Beca back. "Oh. Uh, Beca?"
The tiny brunette turned around and walked back over to her cousin. "'sup?"
"You know you'll have to take those ear monstrosities out for the Fall Mixer."
Beca looked at her incredulously. "Seriously? It's just the way I dress. Can't you respect that?"
"It's not that. It's the fact that they'll be a distraction. They'll stick out among-st the rest of the uniform. It's just for the performance."
Chloe walks over. "Everything ok?"
The cousins look at her. "We better have our shit together for SBT." Aubrey said.
"I'm not worried. I think we're gonna be aca-awesome." Chloe replied nudging her friend with her elbow.
Beca just looked confused about what her cousin responded. "Brey was saying about my ear 'monstrosities' again." She said air quoting monstrosities. "She wants me to take them out for the mixer."
Chloe looked at the blonde with raised eyebrows. "I thought I told you to quit calling them that? They're just piercings."
"I respect that. But it's just for the performance. They'll be a distraction."
Chloe rolled her eyes, but looked at her girlfriend. "Just do as she says, Babe. It's just for the performance. There's no persuading her."
The brunette sighed, but nodded. "Fine. Can we go get that coffee now? I feel like I'll crash real soon if I don't get caffeine in my system asap."
The redhead giggled, but nodded. They gathered their things and headed out to cafe on campus.
