Chapter 9
"Luke is such a dick" Beca grumbled walking into Aubrey's apartment without looking up from her phone, "Sorry I'm late, babe, he made me stay back. Ready to go?"
"Hey honey" Chloe greeted brightly, greeting Beca with a swift kiss on the lips and hugging her tightly while whispering into her ear "Aubrey's dad made a surprise visit"
"Oh, hello sir" Beca said when Chloe released her and she noticed the tall blonde man for the first time
"Hello" He replied politely, "I'm Nathan Posen, Aubrey's father. May I ask who you are?"
"I'm Beca-"
"She's my girlfriend" Chloe interrupted, wrapping her arm around Beca's waist with a smile
"I… See" Nathan nodded looking Beca up and down, "In that case, would you like to join us for dinner, Beca? I understand that you had a… Date with Chloe tonight but I haven't seen either Aubrey or Chloe in the longest time"
"Sure" Beca replied cautiously, "Can I borrow something to wear, Aubrey?"
"I think I could find something" Aubrey dragged Beca to her room
"What the hell is going on?" Beca hissed when the door closed
"I'm sorry" Aubrey apologized immediately, "I tried to ring you but your phone was turned off"
"That doesn't explain why I was greeted with a kiss from my girlfriend's best friend"
"He walked in when we were talking about our date and I panicked" Aubrey explained, "He'd already heard your name so I said you were Chloe's girlfriend"
"What, am I not good enough to be yours?" Beca asked
"That's not… You know that's not how it is, Becs"
"You told me you were ready to come out to him and this was the perfect opportunity" Beca crossed her arms across her chest
"I-" Aubrey was cut off by Chloe sticking her head in
"You better hurry, he keeps looking at his watch"
"We'll talk about this later" Aubrey said when Chloe closed the door, "Here, these should fit"
"So Beca, what made you choose this life style?" Nathan asked once they took a seat
"Excuse me?"
"You're a pretty young lady, I'm sure if you wanted to you could find a nice young man to settle down with"
"Daddy-" Aubrey began
"I'm only asking, Aubrey" Nathan didn't even spare a glance in Aubrey's direction and kept his gaze on Beca, "I feel compelled to ask Chloe as well"
"I don't believe it's a choice, sir" Beca answered, taking a sip of her drink
"Of course it is" Nathan replied, "You could choose to be with a man but instead you choose to sin"
"Daddy this isn't appropriate conversation for dinner" Aubrey said quietly and flinched when Nathan turned his gaze to her
"I think I know what is appropriate, Aubrey"
"With all due respect, sir" Beca started, "We all sin every day in one way or another and I don't see how one sin is worse than the other, especially when it comes to love"
"I do not-" Nathan started indignantly
"It's a sin to wear two different clothing materials at once" Beca interrupted, "I'm not sure what your suit is made from but I'm pretty sure it isn't silk like your tie is. I'm pretty sure it's a sin to cut your hair and yours is nice and short and your face is clean shaven"
"Becs" Aubrey shook her head and discreetly put her hand on Beca's thigh
"What?" Beca asked, "I didn't mean to offend, I'm just pointing out the obvious"
"Whatever the matter is, I'm just glad Aubrey chose the right path" Nathan said with a tight smile and narrowed his eyes when Beca started laughing
"Sorry" Beca apologized, turning the laugh into a cough "It went down the wrong hole"
"Why don't we order?" Aubrey asked with a smile, signalling for the waiter
"What are your plans for after university, Beca?" Nathan asked, bringing his fork up to his mouth
"I'm going to move to LA and become a music producer" Beca said proudly, "I work at the campus radio station and the station manager has started playing my music"
"Your parents are okay with this?"
"Nah, but it's my life not theirs so they don't really have a say" Beca's eyes flashed towards Aubrey who looked down at her plate
"How do you feel about this, Chloe?" Nathan turned his attention to Chloe whose eyes widened
"Beca's music is really spectacular and I'll support her through anything" Chloe replied
"Hm" Nathan replied, "Have you given any thought about what you're going to do, Chloe?"
"I'm not sure yet" Chloe shrugged, "I think I might want to teach music or art"
"I see" Nathan nodded, "How are your applications to Yale and Harvard going, Aubrey?"
"Good" Aubrey replied, "My professor's will have my letters of recommendation to by the end of the month and then I can send them off"
"Good girl"
"How's work?" Aubrey asked after a long silence
"Busy" Nathan replied and took a sip of his water, offering nothing else as they fell into another silence with only their knives and forks hitting their plates for noise
"Well, I should be heading home" Beca said when they had finished their meal, "Lots of stuff to do"
"Right" Aubrey nodded
"How are you getting home?" Nathan asked, "If you would like to wait, I've called a taxi and it should be here in twenty minutes"
"No, no that's fine. I can walk" Beca replied not wanting to spend any more time with the man, "It's a nice night and the exercise will do me good"
"Why don't you walk her home, Chloe?" Nathan suggested, "I'd feel horrible if I sent a young women to walk home by herself at night"
"Oh" Chloe said, looking at Aubrey "Sure, I'd love to"
"It was… Nice meeting, Mr Posen" Beca held her hand out
"I'm sure" Nathan replied with a tight smile, squeezing Beca's hand
"I'll see you later, Becs" Aubrey's smile slipped off of her face when Beca simply nodded and held her arm out for Chloe
"You're angry" Chloe said once they were out of hearing distance
"I am but I would also rather not talk about it to my girlfriends best friend" Beca replied
"I'm your best friend too, Becs"
"I know, I just don't want to put you in the middle of it. If it were anything else you would be the first person I told. How awkward was this entire night though?"
"It was terrible" Chloe laughed, "I'm sorry about kissing you, by the way"
"You're lucky you're that pretty, Beale, or I would not have stood for it" Beca joked, "Is her dad always like that?"
"You would have swooned, don't worry I won't tell Bree" Chloe winked, "Pretty much, yeah. He's a bit easier to be around when her mums there too but other than that, he's a dick"
"Bree doesn't talk about her mum that much" Beca commented
"I think she's so focused on her dads' approval that she forgets. Aubrey's mum is an absolute goddess, I love her"
"I think it's safe to say her dad hates me, do you think her mum would too?"
"Oh no, Grace would love you" Chloe said, "You make Aubrey too happy for her not to. Anything that makes Bree happy she loves, that's why she's encouraged Bree so much with her music"
"Chlo is staying over – B"
"Oh, okay. Are you mad? xx – A"
"A little bit, yeah – B"
"I'm really sorry, Becs, I thought I was ready but I'm not xx – A"
"That's not what I'm mad about. Okay, it is a little but not mostly. – B"
"Then what are you angry about? Xx – A"
"He was ripping into my sexuality and you didn't even say anything – B"
"What was I meant to say, Becs? – A"
"I don't know. Hey dad, stop being such a tool it's 2012 and no one cares if you're gay anymore? – B"
"You seen how he was when I said that it might be inappropriate – A"
"You're a grown ass women, Bree, you can stick up for yourself - B"
"He's my dad – A"
"I stick up for myself to my dad – B"
"Please, you don't have a relationship with your dad – A"
"Wow. That was ugly, Aubrey. – B"
"I'm sorry. I didn't mean it, Becs, I'm just getting frustrated. I'm sorry x – A"
"What do you think I am, Bree? My girlfriend is too ashamed to tell her father about me, instead choosing for her bestfriend to take claim of her just so she doesn't argue with her daddy – B"
"I am not ashamed of you, Becs. I'm trying, okay? – A"
"It feels like you are. I'm going to sleep, goodnight – B"
"I said I'm going to sleep, Bree" Beca answered her phone when it rang
"I am not ashamed of you" Aubrey whispered, "I never will be"
"Then why is it so hard for you to admit that we're together?"
"You seen my da-"
"It's not even just to your dad. Only Stacie and Chloe know about us because you don't want to tell the Bella's" Beca spoke over Aubrey, "How am I meant to take that?"
"I don't know what you want from me, Beca" Aubrey sighed
"I want you to admit that we're together, even if it's just to the Bella's. I want to be able to kiss and hug you whenever I like without worrying that Fat Amy might see"
"It's not that simple"
"It literally is that simple, Bree, all you have to do is let me come near you one time in practice and they'd accept it"
"I'm not having this conversation right now"
"Alright. Goodnight" Beca clicked the end call button and turned her phone off
"Everything alright?" Chloe asked
"Everything's fine. Night, Chloe"
"Night Becs. Love you"
"Love you too"