Title: Jess' Birthday
Author: Pinkcat4569
Rating: Teen, at least, for now. Adult situations, mild language.
Spoilers: None
Pairing: Becker/Jess
Description: It's a big day for Jess, and Becker has plans.
Disclaimer: I don't own Primeval or the characters. This is only for fun.
Author's Note: My birthday is less than two weeks away, and I'm in the mood. I'm giving Jess the things I wish I had a Becker to give me. Chapters one and two are pure fluff. Later chapters will probably have bad things, anomaly bad. Won't end up too sad, probably. I need a happy ending, always. Still writing it, so plans may change.
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Jess' Birthday, Chapter One
Becker stood in his kitchen, staring at the calendar on the wall. It was two weeks away. Despite his long career, and all his training, this mission scared him. He had to exceed expectations, and achieve the objective with outstanding results. It had to be perfect. No, better than perfect.
His fear gave way to excitement, and he smiled. He looked at the date again, circled with pink marker and filled in with little hearts. Jess had done it. She wasn't letting him forget. Like he would. It was as special to him as it was to her. A miracle had happened on that day, many years ago.
Jess Parker had been born.
Becker smiled bigger. He was blessed to have her in his life. He wanted to show her just how much he cared for her, how grateful he was she existed.
He was developing a plan, had some things already in the works. He even enlisted spies and agents. Some things were a given: cake, ice cream, balloons, flowers, a disturbingly large amount of chocolate,...but that wasn't good enough. He was going to get creative.
Oh, she'd be blown away.
Jess sat at the ADD, seeing Abby and Becker out of the corner of her eye. They were whispering, laughing, and shooting glances her way.
They were up to something.
Finally, Becker wandered over.
"What was that about?" she asked.
"Nothing. Just...chit chat."
Jess snickered. "You don't chit chat, Captain."
He smiled.
"You're up to something," she said. "And with a certain day fast approaching, I think I know what it is."
He said nothing, just kept smiling.
"It better be smashing."
"I don't know what your babbling about, Jessica."
She smiled. "Fine. Be mysterious. I can wait."
The odd behavior continued for days, and spread around the ARC. She'd walk into the canteen to see Bernie whispering with his staff, then stop when they saw her. She went into the menagerie, and Abby smiled suspiciously and shut her laptop. Yeah, like there was creature stuff Jess wasn't supposed to see, right.
In the locker room, girls would shut lockers suddenly upon her arrival. Emily became way too curious about her shoes. This really excited Jess, maybe there were new shoes in her imminent future.
Connor sneaked around her personal laptop, almost leading to a fist fight. No one messed with her computer. No one.
Even the normally aloof Matt was asking questions about her tastes, likes and dislikes.
Then there was Becker, super stoic, super infuriating. Finally, one day during lunch, Jess couldn't take it anymore.
"Give me a hint," she blurted out.
"A hint? What are you talking about?"
She frowned. "Becker, you've been working on something, with the entire ARC in cahoots."
He grinned. "You're imagining things."
"I am not, plus you look incredibly guilty."
He chewed, his cheeks puffing into a grin, and his eyes dancing.
"Becker!"
He kept chewing.
"Ooh! You're infuriating."
He chuckled.
Lester strolled in. "Ah, there you are Becker. It's been arranged and...Oh, hello, Jess."
"Hi. You were saying?" she asked.
"Was I?"
"Mmm...hmm. Arrangements."
"Oh, yes...um...arrangements for soldiery things...guns...exploding stuff."
Jess rolled her eyes.
"Well, must go. Loads to do," he said, and left, but not before winking at Becker.
Jess pointed after him. "See!" she cried at Becker.
He laughed. "You're still imagining things," he said calmly.
Jess narrowed her eyes. "Give me a hint," she repeated. "What are you planning? A Party? Chocolate? Shoes? What? Becker!"
He smirked. "It's driving you crazy, isn't it?"
"Yes!"
"Fine, one tiny hint."
"Yay!"
He gestured her closer. She leaned in. He smirked and whispered, "It's a surprise...for your birthday."
She swatted him. "Not funny!"
He collapsed into his chair, laughing. "Sorry. You have to wait until your birthday."
"You're mean."
"I know."
"It's going to drive me insane!"
"Yep, know that too."
"Ooh!"
Jess snuck around his flat. She wasn't looking for actual presents, really, just some sort of hint. "Where is he keeping everything?"
"In a safe," came his smooth, cool voice. "Under guard."
"You would, wouldn't you?"
He nodded.
Jess tried weaseling it out of his cohorts, but everyone was on alert. No one said anything, not even the tiniest detail.
Finally, in a coffee and chocolate haze, she resorted to hacking.
"No way!" she screamed.
"Firewalls, or whatever," said Becker, smirking. "Connor set it up. You were actually going to hack into my computer, weren't you?"
She frowned. "Not just yours."
He burst out laughing. "Jessica, I think you need to chill, and back off, from the coffee and chocolate too. Trust me."
She sighed. "Fine. You are having a lot of fun torturing me, aren't you?"
"No, Jess. I don't want to torture you. I just want to totally surprise and enthrall you."
She smiled. "Enthrall?"
He laughed. "Oh, yeah."
"He he he. OK. I am backing off."
"Thank you."
The day before her birthday, at the end of the day, Becker walked in. "Hi. Want to grab dinner?"
"I guess so."
"What's wrong?"
"Nothing. I just...the suspense is killing me. I'm trying to relax about it, I am. It's hard."
He laughed. "You can make it twelve more hours."
"Twelve?"
"I'm sure you'll start pestering me as soon as you wake up.."
"I will," she said, with a grin, "Promise. Your phone will buzz with an early morning text."
"Actually, I was hoping you'd stay at my place tonight." He added a sexy eyebrow lift, to really entice her.
"Any reason why?"
He smiled. "Yes."
She laughed. "Fine. Keep your secrets, but only a little while longer."
"Please, come home with me," he said softly, then he tenderly kissed her. "Please."
She blushed, giggling. "You do know how to turn me into putty in your hands."
He laughed. "You ain't seen nothing yet."
She giggled. "Alright, Captain, your place."
He smiled, and they walked out of the ARC together.
Jess sat at his kitchen table as he placed baked salmon and green beans in front of her.
"Thank you," she said, as he sat a plate next to her, and sat down. "Not that I'm complaining, it's always a turn on when a man cooks, but...this is kind of basic."
He took a bite, and grinned. "Sorry. It's an ordinary day, so ordinary supper. Now, on a special day, like...a birthday, you'd get something special."
She smiled back, and said, "Special?"
"Yeah."
She giggled. They continued having an ordinary evening: household chores, a little telly, and early to bed.
"You just goofed, Captain," she said, lying sweaty and naked next to him. "You said ordinary, and that was anything but."
He chuckled. "I refuse to apologize. It's impossible, apparently, for you and me to make ordinary love."
She giggled. "It is impossible."
He pulled her face up to him, and kissed her slowly. "I love you."
She smiled, and sighed in contentment. "I love you, too."
He closed his eyes. They laid in silence, drifting off to sleep.
"Becker."
"Hmm..."
"Where's my present?"
"Tomorrow."
"OK."
Silence.
"Becker."
"Yes, Jessica."
"It's nearly tomorrow."
"Go to sleep, Jessica."
End of Chapter One