Hey nerds! We've got a new story for ya that I just couldn't get out of my head.
It's very loosely based off of Cheaper By the Dozen 2 with the lake house and all.
Don't worry if you read Change of Heart that will be updated this week too.
Hope you all enjoy the first chapter! :)
Lakeside Love : Chapter 1
Beca paced the living room of her small, one-bedroom apartment with her phone pressed between her ear and shoulder.
"Dad, I'm trying to get ready to move to LA in a month, I don't have time for stupid family vacations" She picked at her chipped black nail polish, sighing as she did so before glancing up at the clock on her wall. "It's already six and I'm starving, can I go now?"
"Just consider it, Beca"
Beca groaned, running her hand down her face before taking her phone in her other hand. "Isn't Maddie due in a few weeks? She's pregnant and you're expecting her to go to the lake house?" She asked incredulously, tapping the speaker phone button as she set it on the coffee table so she could sit down and tie her shoe laces. She wasn't actually hungry, she was in the middle of getting ready to go out for a couple of drinks with Stacie but her dad didn't need to know that.
"Actually, Maddie and James have already agreed to go, so has Hayley"
"Hayley's thirteen it's not like she has a choice anyway" Beca rolled her eyes as she tucked her laces into her black converse high-tops.
"I wanted to go! It was me who asked dad and Sheila if we could go but only if you and Maddie came too" Beca mouthed a train of profanities as the voice of her younger sister rang through her living room.
"I'm twenty-one now, I have a life! I have a job, I have friends!" Beca stood up, lacing her fingers through her hair as she picked up her phone again, hitting it off speaker phone.
"You're a barmaid dude, that's some life"
"Put dad back on!"
"It's on speaker phone, idiot" She clenched her fist out in front of her at her irritating younger sister. "Hayley leave her alone-Beca are you there?"
"Yes, I'm still here..." Beca replied through gritted teeth.
"Beca I'm aware that you're flying off to LA to chase your dream but that's the point we want to do this, we want to spend the summer as a family before you leave and before Maddie and James go off and live their lives as their own family."
She sighed.
"Fine..." she mumbled finally giving in to her father.
"What was that?"
"I said 'fine' but only if I get to drive the Chevy up there and if you give me gas money for it when I arrive" Beca was now ready to leave the house with her leather jacket on and her car and apartment keys spinning on her finger. The 1969 Chevrolet Camaro convertible was her dad's precious car that hardly ever got driven but was parked outside Beca's apartment for a reason they completely forgot about.
"Fair enough. I'll give you the money when you get up there" Once he confirmed, Beca silently fist pumped the air. "Drive up on Friday, we'll be arriving around noon along with Maddie and James"
"I'll arrive whenever" She shrugged, tapping her keys on her thigh impatiently.
"Just...don't be too late, Bec"
"Yeah whatever. Now I need to go so I'll see you Friday"
"Okay, thanks for agreeing. Bye Becs"
"Talk to ya later, dad" She sighed with relief as soon as she hung up the phone, she couldn't believe she was agreeing with this, spending a vacation with her dad, step-mom, annoying little sister and older, pregnant sister with her husband.
She shook her head of any thoughts about the lake, all she wanted to do is spend the night at the bar with her best friend. As she opened her front door, she scrolled through her contacts and called Stacie. Placing the phone between her ear and shoulder, she locked the door behind her before catching the elevator just in time.
Friday came around way too quick for Beca's liking as she found herself pushing her sunglasses up her after lugging her guitar and suitcase into her dad's Chevy.
It was a beautiful day, the sun was shining and there was not a cloud in the sky.
As soon as she climbed into the car and inserted her key into the ignition, her phone started ringing.
"Typical..." She mumbled, quickly hitting speaker phone before throwing the device on the other seat as she pulled away from the curb. "Hello?"
"Hey Beca, it's me"
"Dad, I told you I'd just see you when I get up there" She rolled her eyes before checking the time on the dashboard.
"Are you driving whilst on the phone?"
"Nope" Beca lied as she rested her elbow on the door once she was stopped at a red light. She laughed as she stepped on the accelerator, making the engine roar. "Dad, it's fine you're on speaker phone, thrown onto the other seat"
"Anyway, I was calling just to say that that's us arrived now so we'll see you up here. Don't crash my car"
"I've been driving for five years now, I'm sure your baby will be okay. Come to think of it, I'm your daughter and you're more worried about your car. Charming" Beca joked which made her dad chuckle. "Oh I get it, the middle child is the least important right? On the scale it goes first born, last born then the middle child."
"Beca, shut your trap and get up here, we're all waiting" He laughed.
"I'll be about an hour because I need to stop for gas, which you're paying for, remember?" She smirked, drumming her fingers on the steering wheel "why won't these lights fucking change!?"
"Yes, I remember. Now calm down and drive safe"
"Kay, I'll see you then"
"Bye"
Halfway through her journey, Beca stopped off at a nearby gas station to fill up the tank.
She grabbed her keys and phone before climbing out of the car with a sigh. Just as she was about the open the gas cap, a sight met her eyes that caused her to lower her sunglasses.
A tall brunette man stood at the opposite pump beside his red Jaguar F-Type convertible. But it wasn't his car that made her stare. Oh no, it was the way he pulled his shirt up to wipe his brow with it, revealing his toned abs that could make any girl sweat.
She grazed her teeth over her bottom lip as he let his shirt go and she took in his facial features. She couldn't make out his eyes since he had a pair of aviator's on but if they were as hot as his abs, he had a good thing going for him. His hair was short and messy and had stubble across the lower half of his face. Stubble always got to Beca, it was one of her major turn ons when a dude had a beard, the way she could scratch her fingernails through it.
Beca quickly pushed her sunglasses back up her nose, clearing her throat as she caught the man shaking his head and laughing. Even though she couldn't tell what he was looking at because of his glasses she was about ninety-nine point nine percent sure he was laughing at her, either that or he was a complete head case.
Once quickly filling the tank, Beca made her way inside to go pay but of course, she had to be behind the hot guy in the line.
She let her thoughts drift to the lake but then ended up back at the image of the man in front of her's body. She was twenty-one, single and sex deprived and the imagine inside her mind was not helping. Stupid guys with amazingly sexy bodies.
"You've got to be fucking kidding me!" Beca exclaimed as her phone began to ring but immediately covered her mouth, realising how loud she was. A few heads turned around as she placed her phone to her ear, including hot guy, who had his glasses resting on top of his head so she could see his chocolate brown eyes. He smiled goofily at her and she averted her eyes as she answered the phone in the most lady like manner.
"Dad, for fuck sake, I said I'd see you when I got there" She hissed down the phone, glancing up to see the man's amused expression before he turned back around. "It's not like the lake is going anywhere!"
"I'm just making sure you haven't crashed my car yet"
"Oh wow" She deadpanned, pinching the bridge of her nose "if you really want to know. No I haven't crashed your car and I'm at the gas station, filling it up"
"Beca, you know using your phone at a gas station could cause a fire, right?"
"Dad, that's a myth" She rolled her eyes and noticed that the man had turned back around to face her. "Can I go now? I'll be at your precious lake house in like half an hour" Beca whined, checking the time on her watch. She quickly bid her father her farewell before sliding her phone into her back pocket, letting out an annoyed sigh.
"Dad troubles, huh?" Beca looked up to find the man she had been staring at, leaning his elbow on the counter, tapping his keys on the surface as he waited on his change.
She tried to decide whether he was trying to be conversational or he was a complete weirdo because he would've only been able to gather this information from her phone call.
"Yeah..." she eyed him skeptically "He's making me drive up to his stupid lake house for a stupid family vacation" She huffed, folding her arms.
He shook his head, laughing. Even his laugh was sexy, she hated when guys had a sexy laugh, it wasn't fair.
"That's funny because my dad's making me do the same thing except I'm actually really excited, I loved the place as a kid. We used to go every year" Beca was amused by the way he talked significantly faster when he was obviously excited.
"Hey wait, you went every year too? That's funny because there was always this family that was there at the same time as us...and they had a kid who was my age-wait no way, you can't be" Beca shook he finger at him, racking her brain for any memory of him.
He smirked at her, he had already clicked. He grabbed his change off the counter "Thanks, man" he nodded at the clerk before stepping to the side to let Beca up to the counter. "You haven't changed a lot y'know?"
Beca's brow furrowed as she handed the clerk her money, she wasn't sure whether to believe this guy. Maybe he was just saying that so he could kidnap her and possibly rape her or worse, murder her.
"Come on, don't you remember me, shorty?"
That's when it hit her properly.
"Jesse. You're name's Jesse Swanson and we used to hang out at the lake when we were kids" Once she got handed her change, Beca slowly turned around to face the one and only Jesse Swanson.
"Beca Mitchell. Well, well, well" He chuckled, raising his hand over her head, mocking her height.
She hit his hand away before she started to walk out the door, laughing as she shook her head. What were the odds of them coming across each other?
When Beca reached her car, she leant against the hood and watched Jesse walk up to her.
"What happened dude? You're now actually-"
"Hot?" He cut her off, hitting his sunglasses back down onto his face, smirking like a douchebag.
She wanted to say 'yes' because he wasn't just 'hot' he was 'drop dead sexy' but of course she wasn't going to admit it to his face.
So instead she scoffed "I guess puberty wasn't exactly cruel to you"
He gave her a crooked grin which was infectious.
"So is that you heading to the lake now?" Beca asked, pointing towards his car.
He glanced over his shoulder before nodding. "Yeah" He turned back to face her "Nice ride by the way"
"Your's isn't too bad either but this is actually my dad's" She confessed, tapping her hand on the hood of the Chevy.
"How long you staying at the lake for?" He asked, cautiously leaning on the car beside her.
"Two weeks"
"Same boat" He checked his watch before standing up and rubbing his hands together. "Well this was some coincidence" He laughed, spinning on his heel to face her "I better get going, they're all expecting me. I guess I'll catch up with you at the lake, it's been years!" He exclaimed dramatically, throwing his arms out as he walked backwards to his car.
"Maybe I was wrong!" Beca called as she swung her car door open "you haven't changed a single bit!" As an instinct she sent him a wink but thank the fucking lords that she had kept her sunglasses on because that would've been embarrassing.
She closed the door and turned the key in the ignition. She smirked in Jesse's direction with one hand on the steering wheel before revving the engine and accelerating off with a laugh.
Once Beca had finally arrived she pulled up the car beside where she spotted her family chilling out by the lakeside.
"Smells good!" She called, watching James standing at the barbecue, grilling burgers.
"Oh look, Beca's here! Oh how we missed you dearly sister" Hayley called sarcastically, jumping off her skateboard before scooping it up in her arms.
"Ha-ha" Beca deadpanned as she jumped over the car door instead of actually opening it and stepping out.
"Beca you're finally here!" Dr Mitchell cheered, clutching a beer bottle in one hand and a burger in the other.
Beca pushed her glasses up so she they rested on the top of her head as she walked over to the barbecue, throwing her arm around James' waist making him smile at her and kiss her on the cheek.
"Hey, hands off my husband" Beca felt a tap on her shoulder and turned around to be met with a very pregnant Maddie smiling at her.
"Jesus Christ, dude you're huge!" Beca exclaimed.
"Wow thanks" Maddie replied sarcastically which made Beca's hand fly to her mouth.
"I'm sorry, you know I was born without that little voice in your head which tells you when to say or not to say certain things" Beca apologised.
"Dude, I'm kidding now give me a hug" She laughed, pulling her younger sister by the shoulders in for a hug.
"So I see you never crashed my car"
"Stop going on about the stupid car dad" Beca sighed, making her way over to the water front.
"She's not a stupid car" He defended.
Beca picked up a rock before turning to face her father with the most comical expression.
"She?" She asked incredulously before skipping the rock out on the water. She shook her head, spluttering a laugh. "Hey, dad? Do you remember the Swanson's?" She asked, remembering her interaction with Jesse.
"Yeah, of course I do. Why'd you ask?"
As she continued to skip rocks along with Hayley, she looked across the water at the opposite lake house.
"They're actually here, I ran into Jesse at the gas station" She shrugged. "He's changed so much" After watching her rock skip two times she turned to her older sister and mouthed 'Hot as fuck!'
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Any favourite parts? made you laugh?
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