Saying that Aubrey was having a hard time getting over Stacie would be an understatement. The girl only left her room to go to class and was barely eating. She had skipped the last two Bella's practices, which worried Chloe. After Aubrey missed practice for the second time, Stacie approached the redhead to try and find out what was wrong with the older girl.

"Hey, Chloe, do you have a minute?"

"Yeah, sure," the redhead replied, turning around to face the brunette, "What's up, Stacie?"

"Do you know what's going on with Aubrey? I've tried texting and calling her, but I haven't heard from her."

Chloe knew exactly what was wrong with Aubrey, and she knew why the blond was ignoring Stacie, but she just couldn't bring herself to tell the freshman that she was the reason Aubrey hasn't left her room in almost a week. So Chloe created a lie on the spot that she hoped Stacie would believe.

"She's just going through a rough time right now," she said, "I assure you that she is not mad at you."

The brunette, of course, believed her and went on her way leaving Chloe alone. The girl felt guilty as hell for lying to Stacie, but she didn't have any other choice. What she supposed to do? Tell the girl that Aubrey won't leave the apartment because she couldn't remember a kiss that they
shared when she was drunk? Putting all of her guilt behind her, Chloe packed her things and headed back to her apartment.

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When Chloe arrived back at the apartment, she hesitated before she opened the door. She was nervous that she would open the door and find Aubrey dead. Once again she had to put her worries aside. When she entered the apartment everything appeared to be the same, until Chloe
noticed the drops of blood on the hardwood floor. The drops led to the bathroom door which was closed, making Chloe nervous once again. She knocked on the door and received no response from her roommate.

"Aubrey, are you okay in the there?" Chloe asked gently, once again receiving no response from the blond.

Chloe decided to open the door, and what she saw when she opened the door was absolutelyhorrific. She opened the door to find Aubrey leaned over the sink, blood gushing from her nose.

"Oh my God! Aubrey are you okay?!"

Chloe rushed over the sink to remove some of the blood from the now blood-stained sink. She lifted Aubrey's face away from the sink to clean the girl up and stop the bleed when she noticed how pale the girl was.

"Aubrey, how long have you been bleeding?" Chloe asked, her tone changing from worried to serious in a matter of seconds.

"Just a couple of minutes," the blond finally responded weakly, "But this is the third one in the last two hours."

Aubrey began to feel dizzy, before losing consciousness and collapsing into Chloe's arms. Chloe kept her cool and carried Aubrey to the car to take her to the hospital. On the way to the hospital, Chloe made a couple of calls and hoped for the best.

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Aubrey finally awoke two hours later and was confused as to what to the hell was going on.What confused her, even more, was the fact that Stacie was sitting in the chair next to her bed. Even though the girl did nothing to the blond, and Aubrey knew that, but she still couldn't bring herself to look at Stacie. She instead focused on the ceiling, when Stacie finally realized she was awake.

"Aubrey, you're finally awake. I came as soon as Chloe called me. I wanted to make sure you were okay," she said, taking Aubrey's hand in hers. Aubrey figured that Chloe was the reason
behind the brunette's visit, and although she was mad at the ginger, she was happy at the same time that Stacie was concerned. She finally was able to pull her eyes off the ceiling to meet Stacie's gaze, making her realize how much she missed the brunette. Staring into Stacie's green
eyes, Aubrey couldn't help but smile. Stacie smiled back, but then remembered the question that had been bothering her all day.

"Aubrey, did I do something wrong? I've been texting and calling you all week but you've been ignoring me."

"It's really nothing, Stace," Aubrey said trying to brush the other girl off.

"It's obviously something, Bree. You started acting all weird after I said that I couldn't remember anything from Hood Night," Stacie paused, finally able to put things together, "Did something happen at Hood Night?"

"Do we really have to..." Stacie cut the blond off before she could finish.

"Aubrey, listen to me. If I did something wrong, I want you to tell me so I can fix what I did."

Aubrey hesitated and searched for a sign that Stacie would just let the topic go. When she finally realized that she wasn't going to have any such luck, she decided to finally just tell Stacie.

*Flashback*

The tall brunette, however, could barely walk in a straight line by the time the Hood Night party was over. So Aubrey being the good captain she was, offered to walked Stacie back to her dorm, which was all the way across campus. The girls walked in silence until they reached the door to
Stacie's dorm, when the brunette finally spoke.

"Thank you for walking me home," She slurred out, which made Aubrey smile.

"It's no problem, Stacie. There's no need to thank me, I'm just doing a nice thing for a friend."

Just then Stacie leaned over and kissed Aubrey. The kiss started out sweet, then became deeper and more passionate. When both girls pulled away due to the fact that they needed air, Stacie kept her forehead against Aubrey's.

"I think I love you," Stacie still slurred her words, but Aubrey thought it was cute nonetheless.

"I think I love you too," Aubrey told the girl, the smile on her face growing.

Stacie pulled Aubrey in for another peck upon her lips before finally going into her dorm room.

*End Of Flashback* (the flashback is how Aubrey tells Stacie)

When Aubrey was done recounting the night to Stacie, the younger girl just sat staring back at her. Aubrey was afraid that she would run out of the room, instantly regretting what she had done. Instead, her expression turned soft and she moved her chair closer to Aubrey's bed.

"Aubrey, I'm so sorry that I couldn't remember. I want you to know that I mean what I told you that night, though. I really do feel something for you but I was afraid that if I told you, it would make things weird between us, and I was convinced you just wanted to be friends. I'm pretty sure
I can make it up to you."

Aubrey furrowed her brow slightly confused, but before she could protest, Stacie was pulling her into a kiss. Aubrey was quick to kiss back, deepening the kiss. The girls only pulled away for air yet kept close to one another, afraid to let the other go.

"Aubrey Posen, I am so madly in love with you, and I don't want you to forget that."

"Stacie Conrad, I love you more than I've loved anyone in my life. I never want to be away from you again. To be honest with you, these last few days have been hell without you."

Chloe watched in the doorway as the exchange took place, happy that her friend was happy again. Happy that two of her best friends will finally get to be together.