Aubrey is jealous and hurt because Beca has been hanging out with Jesse/Chloe a lot and hasn't been that much with her. She thinks she's being ignored and closes herself up in her room. Beca notices and yeah, you can take it from there if you want.

It isn't that Aubrey doesn't trust Beca, really it's not, she just hates that the past month has been full of friends instead of her. Each day she comes home to a note from Beca saying she would be home late, or not at all, because Jesse wanted to watch movies. Or Chloe wanted her help with some new dances. Aubrey was drowning in work, having graduated but still taking a few extra online classes and even having to mostly drop the Bella's into Beca's lap for her internship, and all she really wanted was some time with her girlfriend when she got any. Was that really too much to ask? No she didn't think so.

So that day when she walks in and sees the three of them on the couch, Beca with her head on Chloe's lap and her legs on Jesse's while they watch movies with their school books on the table, she has to fight back tears and clench her jaw to keep her stomach calm. They don't even notice her standing there for a few beats and it's Chloe who sees her first, waving with a blissful smile before Beca even looks her way. It's like a bit of a punch to the gut that those two were getting Beca's attention and affection while she was left in the cold.

"Bree! You're home! How was work, Princess?" Sliding her jacket onto the hanger, she doesn't bother stopping to say hi as she passes the couch, ignoring Beca's greeting entirely. Aubrey doesn't trust herself in that moment not to throw up on them or, just as bad, start screaming things she doesn't mean. "Bree?... Princess?" The nicknames hurt instead of making her blush with a smile, her heart clenching as she simply goes into the bedroom and slams the door behind her.

There's talking through the door as she gets changed, movement and then a door opening and closing. Sitting on the bed, she rubs her face, not caring that she's crying at this point. Beca probably figured she had a bad day and was pissed off so they went back to the dorms or Chloe's to watch movies. Really, it wouldn't surprise her much with how it's been lately and the thought makes Aubrey curl up into a ball on Beca's side of the bed. They'd moved in together just before the beginning of the year to make everything easier time wise and because Beca was basically living there anyway. It was amazing and perfect, Aubrey loved living with her girlfriend and they were getting better at dealing with their little fights now that they had time to be around each other, but now it seemed like she was getting left behind.

Her thoughts were interrupted by a small noise and then a dip in the bed, warmth settling against her as arms tugged her backwards. "Bree? What's going on?"

The confusion in Beca's voice matched the confusion Aubrey was feeling, though there was quite a bit of happiness stirring there as well. "You didn't leave." She didn't mean to blurt that out but the way Beca was slowly moving her so she was cradled against the smaller woman, how she pressed a small kiss to the top of her head. It was all so soothing, relaxing, and Aubrey found herself sinking into her arms. Months ago this would have been a fight, would have been screaming and yelling, but living together had brought those walls down. Living together made Aubrey loosen the reins a little while Beca kept some snarks to herself as well.

"Why would I leave when you're upset, Bree? It's just Chloe and Jesse. I can see them whenever. Besides, you seemed like you needed me, even if you just stormed past like a dork." There was a smile in Beca's voice and even in Aubrey's mixture of hurt and anger, she couldn't fight the twitch in the corner of her mouth.

"You're an ass, Mitchell." Even as she said it, Aubrey nuzzled into Beca's neck, hiding there as the arms around her tightened.

"I am, just as you can be a bitch. Known fact." Rolling her eyes, Aubrey didn't even have to say anything for Beca to press an apology kiss to the top of her head. "You're my bitch though. Now, if you'd be so kind, why was I an ass this time?"

Well trying to think of a way to explain it in her head made everything sound stupid, especially with how Beca seemed to be so confused, and it took Aubrey a moment to gather her thoughts. "You haven't been home lately. I really only see you when I'm waking up and you've come home to crawl into bed with me. I mean, I know I've been falling asleep pretty early lately but am I really so boring that you'd rather spend time with our friends instead of me?" Her voice started out strong, almost accusing Beca of neglecting her, but in the end she sounded small and scared of the answer.

If Aubrey Posen was something it was not small but Beca was the one thing that could bring her to her knees, make her beg just to get one minute with her and Aubrey Posen never begged.

"Oh Bree.." Now Beca had learned Aubrey hated the phrase 'I'm sorry' after hearing it so many times through their early relationship. Whenever she sighed her name like that, sad and full of regret, it was her way of saying sorry. "I didn't realize.. I mean, I knew I wasn't home much but I never knew when you got home from work and we've been working on a lot of my mixes so it's usually loud. I figured being out would be better so you could sleep but I always work with my headphones so that was pretty stupid."

Aubrey was a little amazed. Beca's apologies were never this thought out, nor did she ever admit to being wrong so easily. Either she really looked bad or Beca really did feel horrible. Shaking her head with a little laugh, she shifted so Beca was laying on her back so she could hover over top of her. "You are an idiot, it's true." Beca scrunched up her nose and Aubrey couldn't help her laughter, laying down completely so her chin was resting on the smaller woman's chest. Looking up at her, she sighed softly with a shrug. "I guess we should work on talking things through a little more.. Plus I would appreciate it if you'd spend a little more time at night with me since it's the only time I can be home on days I work." The fact that the brunette was nodding at everything she said made Aubrey's chest fill with a warmth she'd been missing lately.

"From the way you're lookin right now, Princess, I'd say that's a conversation for the morning ." Another roll of her eyes was the reward for that, though the blonde couldn't deny it really. It had been a long day on top of everything she had been worried about the past while. Now in Beca's arms, she was exhausted. Another kiss was pressed to her head and she felt an arm shift before the blanket was wrapped around her. "Sleep, Bree. I've got you now."

Aubrey didn't think she'd ever need anything more than those arms wrapped around her as she drifted off to the beat of Beca's heart.