I'll be here for you Jess

"You will all be very upset to hear you all have a day off today, so we can clean up the ARC it needs a good spring cleaning" said Lester his booming voice and everyone stared at him and smiled "You don't have to look so disappointed you know"

"Really?" asked Matt "you're not just pulling our legs are you?"

"Do I look like a leg puller?" said Lester in a sardonic tone "Now scram, all of you!"

"Hey Jessica, want to pop round to my flat!" Shouted Becker to Jess

"Urm, no thank you but you can come round to mine if you want" shouted back Jess in a very strain voice.

"Yes, should we be off, I'll drive"

The car journey was quite, neither Jess nor Becker said anything. As Becker tapped his hands on the steering wheel waiting for the traffic to part and let them though, Jess stared out the window not looking at anything in particular. Jess' eyes where blank. The country scenery rushed past in a flurry of colour but as for sound, there was a lack of noise. Becker got to the point where the silence hurt his ears but he knew breaking the silence wouldn't do anything. When they finally came to Jess's flat and Jess and Becker had walked out of the silent safety of the car and back into the noisy world and photo fell out of Jess's pocket, Becker reached to pick it up. On this photo were to girls one look like and Jess and the other one, Becker did not recognise.

"Who is the other girl in this picture Jess?" asked Becker quietly.

"She's, she's, she's my sister" Jess said and ran into her flat, Becker folded shortly after. When he found Jess in her bed room he walked up to her, she was sitting on her bed crying silently.

"Jess what's wrong?" asked Becker. He sat by her and turned her head gently towards him and with his thumb wiped away all of her tears from her face "Jess"

"I got the news last night she's dead" said Jess and a new wave of silent tears over came her.

"Oh Jess" whispered Becker, retching over to her putting one of his arms round her waist pulling her close and the other stroked her hair tenderly. Jess had stopped crying now and was leaning against Becker's chest with a pained expression edged on her once perfect face.

"Becker" Jess said very quietly and nervously "You have lost people you loved very dearly, will I ever be the same?"

"That's hard to answer Jess" said Becker not looking down at Jess but looking straight ahead "I'm guessing she meant a lot to you. Jess it won't be easy be you will get over it and I will help you get over it, I'll be here for you Jess"

"Promise?"

"Yes Jess I promise" said Becker kissing her soothingly on the forehead.