coming home.

She hated the army, she hated them so much that she could hardly handle her rage and took it out on everyone. She hated the army for letting her father die, she hated the army for taking away her uncle and now, now the army was taking her sister away! How dare they! She won't let it happen there is no way the army is going to take away Stacie from beca. Hell would freeze over before beca let Stacie leave into the army. 

"I Dont understand why you want to leave me" beca huffed from her spot on Stacie's bed. "It isn't fair, your my best friend Stace!" 

"Oh honey," Stacie cooed. "I'm not leaving to hurt you, in a way I'm leaving to protect you." She tucked a rogue curl back behind beca's ear. "Besides I'm not leaving forever..ill be back bug" 

"That's what dad and uncle Kevin said and guess where they are now." Stacie didn't have to guess she knew. She vividly remembered both funerals but the worst part between both deaths is beca's newfound ability to close herself of from the world, off from her. She hated that her sister had so many walls already, sue hated that beca had been hurt at fault of death, she was only glad that beca knew nothing of the gory details of their father and uncle's death. She sighed straighting and going back to packing the belongings she was aloud to take. 

"Beca I'm going to come back just you see, om not leaving you behind I'll call every chance I get even if I'm dog tired" beca wordlessly held out her pinky, she knew it was childish but she also knew Stacie would never break a pinky promise. Stacie smiled softly linking her pinky with her younger sister's, she pulled beca up from her bed and hugged her tightly. "I'll never leave you forever, I'll always come back I swear." Beca smiled 'the day you leave is when hell freezes over'

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Well, hell has frozen over. Stacie was throwing the last bag into her mom's pick up, while beca watched sadly from her bedroom window. She didn't want Stacie to leave, and she didn't want to say goodbye because goodbye seemed so finalized. She was terrified that Stacie wouldn't come back but she beloved Stacie when she wore and she believes her now. She looked back out the window and took in Stacie for the last time, her long brown hair piled into a bum on her head under the camouflage hat.she wore campo everything except down to her brown steel toed boots, she looked beautiful yet beca wanted to cry. She watched beca hug Emily goodbye and she felt a pang of guilt as Stacie looked up into her bedroom window, she blew a kiss to her older sibling and made a heart with her hands. She watched Stacie get in the car with Emily and their mom, she watched the truck ride away until she couldn't see them anymore. She screamed and punched the wall. How could she let her go? Its almost as if she handed her a gun and said have fun! Beca took all her rage and slammed her fist into the wall, the drywall crumbled and gave in against her her hand creating a fist sized hole in the wall. Beca glanced at her hand and winced, blood was now seeping through a good sized cut in her hand with already darkening bruises around her knuckles that just made her hurt worse. She started to cry, not just a few tears but full on crying. Beca cried herself to sleep the first of many nights that night.

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Stacie was exhausted, training was brutal today. She glanced at the time and winced it was 1 o'clock in the morning, she doubted beca would be away but called anyways a promise is a promise. 

"H-hello?" Stacie's heart broke at the small voice coming through her phone, it was obvious beca had been crying. Its only been a week sense their departure but everyday seemed to get harder for the girl.

"Hey bug, did I wake you?" 

"No..I was waiting..I didn't think you were gunna call tonight." 

"Oh honey, I'm sorry training went on a little longer this time someone fell asleep standing and made the Sargent go harder on us.I'll never not call you"

"Oh, you must be tired I know I am." 

"I am too but if you want I  stay up a little while and talk." Soft snores were her only answer. "Um becs?" More snores. "Bug?" When Stacie didn't get a reply she chuckled "goodnight bug I love you always" she hung up and closed her eyes to get some sleep herself. 

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When beca awoke she groaned, it was Monday and Monday ment the first day of highschool. It was her second year so at least she was familiar with it, she got dressed within fifteen minutes throwing on any random outfit. When she really looked at herself she realized she was wearing Stacie's favorite hoodie no wonder itfelt so big, Stacie was almost a foot taller than her. She sighed before she ran out her door almost knocking into Emily.

"Sorry em! Gunna be late!" With that she ran out the door only slowing when she got about two blocks down, she spotted her bestfriends Benji and Jesse she called out to them and jogged up to them.

"Hey guys, ready for basket ball?" 

"No becs me foot ball." Jesse pointed to himself. "You basketball". He spoke slowly as if talking to a child. She rolled her eyes good naturedly. 

" you're suck a dork" he slung an arm around her and she flinched hard. Jesse looked at her worriedly before remembering beca's no touching rule and sheepishly pulled his arm back.

"Sorry.." She glared at him but shook it off anyway.

"Just don't do it again" she noticed they had arrived at school and headed off to her first class. She had emailed her principle a month ahead of school for her schedule. She wouldn't go as far as say she loved school but it was a good distraction. 

Upon arriving to her first period, math with Mr.laken, she noticed that a beautiful blonde was seated next to her usual seat she realized Amy or Cynthia rose must have warned her against sitting there. She flopped down into the chair grinning up at her math teacher.

"What's up with my most favorist teacher in the world?" He laughed at her.

"Mrs.gleer would be so disappointed in your grammer miss Mitchell." Beca made a fake shock face.

"Wouldn't wanna disappoint my favorite English teacher" she laughed along with the older man, despite only teaching her for one year he had known her all her life. His best friend was her father and he became her father figure after warren had died.

"So I understand Stacie has gone into the army?" Beca's mood quickly turned sour and she quietly opened her notebook and began scribbling down the notes on the board. she noticed a small slip of paper on her desk.it read 'hi I'm Aubrey, I'm new do you think you could show me around today?' 

Beca looked up to the new girl and smiled softly. "I'd love to show you around Aubrey"